Emperor Hongzhi read the confessions of the five people.
Li Dongyang and Chang Feng knelt on the ground, waiting for the emperor's decision on the case.
Emperor Hongzhi first announced the punishment for Cheng Minzheng, which shocked Chang Feng and Li Dongyang.
Emperor Hongzhi said: "Cheng Minzheng neglected his duties and caused the test questions to be leaked. Fortunately, the test questions were only leaked to Xu Jing."
"Instruct Cheng Minzheng to become an official."
The emperor wants to dismiss Cheng Minzheng from office?
How can it be?
Everyone in the world knows that the emperor is tolerant and relies heavily on civil servants. Cheng Minzheng is one of the core members of the North Korean civil servant group because of his background, in-laws, academic rank, and reputation as an official!
The officials in the capital had nothing to do, predicting who would be the next person to join the cabinet. The final conclusion is: 90% is Cheng Minzheng.
However, this time, the emperor pushed the promising Cheng Minzheng to the end?
Li Dongyang quickly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty. Cheng Minzheng is guilty. But he did not do evil unintentionally. Although he is evil, he will not be punished. At most, he will be fined or demoted."
Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand impatiently: "I know, he is your friend. Of course you will be partial!"
The word "partiality" carries a heavy weight.
Li Dongyang quickly fell silent. As soon as these two words came out, Cheng Minzheng could not be saved.
Emperor Hongzhi asked Chang Feng: "Chang Qing, do you think my punishment of Cheng Minzheng is appropriate?"
Chang Feng replied: "The emperor is the most sage monarch in ancient and modern times. Long live the emperor. Long live the emperor."
Answered, but seemed not to answer. It’s rated, but it seems like it’s not rated.
When he was young, Chang Feng despised Wan'an, the man from the Long Live Pavilion who would only yell "Long live the emperor" when he was in trouble.
After getting older, Chang Feng suddenly discovered that sometimes shouting long live is a sure way to make no mistakes.
Li Dongyang felt very strange: Why was the always lenient emperor so harsh on Cheng Minzheng this time?
Chang Feng knew it in his heart: I understand. The power of civil servants has become increasingly powerful in the past two years. The emperor was using this to punish Cheng Minzheng and slightly suppress the civil servant group.
Emperor Hongzhi said: "Whether I am a saint or not will be judged by future generations. But for Cheng Minzheng, I must order him to become an official."
"There is no need to draft an edict. Li Dongyang, since you have a good personal relationship with Cheng Minzheng, it's up to you to ask him to take the initiative to submit official documents. I will give my permission."
Emperor Hongzhi had made up his mind, and Li Dongyang had no choice but to hand over his hand: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Hongzhi said again: "Cheng Minzheng's servants, Cheng Wang and Cheng Zhong, dared to steal test questions and sell them to their sons. It's really hateful! Damn it! The guards in brocade clothes immediately had the two of them secretly judged without going through the three judicial examinations."
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "I obey your order!"
Now, only the innocent Huiyuan Tang Yin and the second-place Xu Jing who bought the exam questions are left to deal with.
Chang Feng originally thought that since Tang Yin was innocent, he would be safe and take part in the palace examination.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Hongzhi actually said: "Tang Yin is extremely arrogant. He has no reserve or humility of a scholar."
"The apricot list has not been announced yet. He claims to be Huiyuan. How can such a crazy student deserve to participate in the palace examination and be on the gold list?"
"Draft an edict to remove Tang Yin from his status as Huiyuan. He will not be allowed to take part in the imperial examination again forever. He is only allowed to be a clerk, not an official."
With this decree, Tang Yin's career was ruined!
Chang Feng wants to intercede for Tang Yin.
Chang Feng said: "I respectfully ask the emperor to take back his order. Tang Yin is the first of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River. He is very talented and learned. People who have the ability will naturally be crazy."
Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said something meaningful: "It's okay to end his career. The court just loses one official. The Ming Dynasty will have one more talented man with a reputation from ancient to modern times."
Chang Feng was stunned!
There is something that Chang Feng doesn't know.
Emperor Hongzhi was diligent in his work. In his spare time, he liked to read poems, calligraphy and paintings by contemporary people to nourish his mind and soothe his mood.
There is a dedicated box in the inner shipping warehouse. It contains Tang Yin's poems, calligraphy and paintings collected by Emperor Hongzhi in the past five years.
Emperor Hongzhi was one of Tang Yin's little fans.
He made up his mind to end his career as an idol for two reasons.
First, the turmoil in the general examination originated from Tang Yin’s madman’s rants. Tang Yin has made the scholars jealous.
Emperor Hongzhi did not intend to make the matter about Cheng Minzheng's servant selling it public to the public, so as not to disturb the public opinion of the officials and endanger the foundation of the country.
Always deal with a person publicly to appease the scholars in the world. Tang Yin is the most suitable person to take the blame.
Secondly, it seems to be punishing Tang Yin, but from another perspective, it might not be to protect Tang Yin.
There are so many Jinshi in the imperial court, including Tang Yin.
Once a talented man steps into the court, his edges will be smoothed away by the cruel court.
Ming Dynasty will have one more mediocre bureaucrat and one less talented person who is unparalleled in the world.
The officialdom can be without Tang Yin, but the literary world cannot be without Tang Yin!
After hearing Emperor Hongzhi's meaningful words, Chang Feng immediately understood in his heart: Ah, I understand. The emperor is doing this for Tang Yin's good.
He immediately shouted: "Your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"
The last person who needs to be punished is Xu Jing, who bought the test questions.
Bribing to buy exam questions is a definite death penalty.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Hongzhi actually said: "Xu Jing's purchase of examination questions should not be disclosed to the public. This person has a good relationship with Tang Yin, a mad man, and he is probably a mad Confucian boy."
"He will also be deprived of his qualification as a tribute scholar, and will never be able to take the National Examination again. In this life, he can only be a clerk, not an official."
Chang Feng has figured out Emperor Hongzhi's intention: The emperor wants to coldly handle the imperial examination fraud case!
Cheng Minzheng nominally took up his official position on his own initiative. It has nothing to do with the test.
Cheng Zhong and Cheng Wang are secret tailors of Jinyiwei. These two little people, Mi Cao, cannot make even a single ripple in the capital.
Tang Yin and Xu Jing were deprived of their qualifications as tribute scholars and their careers in the imperial examination were cut off. The reason is that they are "arrogant". It has nothing to do with fraud.
Li Dongyang was overjoyed: Wonderful! In this way, the eunuchs' intention to use the imperial examination fraud to start a major case could not be realized.
Although Cheng Minzheng lost his official position. But the court is still the court for us civil servants!
Li Dongyang shouted: "Your Majesty!"
The examination fraud case in the twelfth year of Hongzhi seems to have come to an end. It just seems.
Emperor Hongzhi issued an imperial edict: After the cabinet, Hanlin Academy, and Jinyiwei reviewed the case files, there was no fraud in the examination. All the tributes took part in the palace examination as usual.
Tang Yin, who came first in the examination, and Xu Jing, who came in second, were arrogant and unworthy of participating in the palace examination. The qualification of a tribute scholar will be removed and the remaining tribute scholars will be replaced according to their ranking.
The number of undergraduate Gongshi is 300. Two people went, 301 and 302 were successfully added to the apricot list.
Poor Chang Feng! He is number three hundred and three.
In other words, this time we are only one place short of being able to try out the tribute.
Maybe this is life.
When the unsuccessful candidates saw that Tang Yin and Xu Jing were deprived of their qualifications as tribute ministers, they all took pleasure in their misfortune and regained their psychological balance. They stopped making trouble and each embarked on their journey out of Beijing and back home.
It is March in spring. Outside the pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass reaches the sky.
Tang Yin and Xu Jing rode on healthy mules and left the capital lonely.
Xu Jing has himself to blame. However, Tang Yin was unlucky and unlucky following him.
With Tang Yin's talent and learning, even if he took the imperial examination with his eyes closed, splashed ink on his face and rolled his face over the answer sheet, he would still be able to get a first or second place, and become a Jinshi or a Jinshi.
But now, he has no chance to take the imperial examination in this life.
Tang Yin was despairing and had no intention of returning to Jiangnan. Instead, I plan to visit the famous mountains and rivers in the north and meet women from all over the world.
Xu Jing was still frightened, but very grateful. This time it was the crime of losing his head, and he actually escaped death. Thank you very much.
Xu Jing said apologetically to Tang Yin: "Brother Tang, it was me who hurt you this time. I'm sorry for you."
After speaking, Xu Jing took out a three thousand tael silver note from his sleeve: "This money can be used as my apology for your sin."
Originally, Xu Jing thought that Tang Yin would not accept it, or at least he would be polite.
Unexpectedly, Tang Yin grabbed the silver note in his hand: "It's only three thousand taels! Brother Xu's family wealth is more than hundreds of thousands of taels? Wouldn't it be nice to give two thousand more to make up half a million taels?"
"You hurt me, you should compensate me!"
Xu Jing was overjoyed after hearing this: "Yes, yes! Brother Tang, wait a moment!"
After speaking, Xu Jing opened his luggage and found a few banknotes: "Here are two thousand four hundred taels. All for you."
Tang Yindao: "In the Book of Songs, frustrated literati always used the pretext of 'seeking a good woman' to express their political ambitions of being valued by wise kings."
"My official career is over. In this life, I can only pursue good women, place my love on Goulan, and indulge in beautiful women."
"Brother Xu gave me more than five thousand taels, I will use all of it as prostitution money!"
Xu Jing hurriedly bowed: "I was the one who harmed Brother Tang."
Tang Yin said: "That's all. Everything is fate."
At this moment, a knight galloped on his horse and came to the two of them.
The knight is the regular butcher of Jinyiwei.
When the two saw Chang Feng, they shrank their necks subconsciously in fear.
Could it be that the court has changed its mind and wants to kill us both?
Xu Jing reminded Tang Yin: "Brother Tang, kneel down quickly."
The two fell to their knees with a "pop". He hurriedly requested: "Master Chang, please spare my life."
Chang Feng couldn't help laughing when he saw this funny scene.
Chang Feng said: "You two have misunderstood. I am here, firstly, to see you off. Secondly, someone asked me to give Mr. Tang a farewell poem."
After speaking, Chang Feng took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Tang Yin.
Tang Yin was a little strange. Whose farewell poem was worthy of being sent by the butcher of Jinyiwei personally?
He opened the letter and saw a five-character farewell poem in the letter.
"The sadness of parting is gone with the wind, and the feeling of lovesickness comes back in my heart. It's hard to express the feelings of seeing you off, but meeting you again is like traveling in a dream."
Frankly speaking, this poem is very ordinary. In front of Tang Yin, the most talented person in the Hongzhi Dynasty, he was as good as a schoolboy.
The signature of this poem made Monk Tang Yin Zhanger even more confused.
Signed: Ji Guizi.
Tang Yin thought: I have never heard of this person, let alone have any friendship with him. Why did he write me a farewell poem? Or did the big man from Jinyiwei personally transfer it as a gift?
Naturally, Tang Yin would not and would not dare to think about it: the current emperor’s biological mother’s surname was Ji and she was originally from Guangxi. Guangxi, Guiye!
Fourteen years ago, the pseudonym of the letter written by Cai Shilang's residence to frame the crown prince was Ji Guizi.
Emperor Hongzhi liked Tang Yin very much and wanted to give him a farewell poem when he left the capital. I finished writing the poem, but I didn’t know how to sign it.
He remembered the alias given to him by the imperial concubine party fourteen years ago. Just sign it Ji Guizi.
Tang Yin asked: "Mr. Chang, may I ask who this brother Ji is?"
Chang Feng smiled slightly: "In the Ming Dynasty, there are thousands of people who admire Mr. Tang. He is just one of them. Don't ask further."
Tang Yin said: "It's getting late. Students say goodbye."
Chang Feng said: "Mr. Tang. I have been handling cases for many years and have met countless people."
"I once met a very interesting person. His surname was Shi and his name was Mingyue."
"He said something very philosophical. I will give it to you today."
"There is only one success - to live life in your own way."
Tang Yin cupped his hands and said, "Be taught."
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said: "The green mountains will not change, and the green water will always flow. Mr. Tang, see you soon!"
Changfeng's words become a prophecy, and the results will come later. More than ten years later, Chang Feng and Tang Yin will meet again. However, the place of meeting was not the capital, but Nanchang.
Emperor Hongzhi was a wise king. He ended Tang Yin's official career, and the Ming Dynasty gained a romantic talent who will be famous throughout the ages.
In the following years, Tang Yin placed his love on Goulan and revealed his love to the businesswoman. Became a real romantic talent Tang Bohu.
In the Ming Dynasty, the most talented people should be two people. One is Tang Yin, and the other is Xu Wei. It was not said by any celebrity, but by Internet writer Fat Coke.
Xu Jing caused such a catastrophic disaster and became seriously ill when he returned home. Then the four books and five classics were burned. And many years later, he established a family motto: "Children of the Xu family are not allowed to take the imperial examination."
More than eighty years later, Xu Jing's grandson was born.
Xu Jing's grandson was named Hongzu, with the courtesy name Zhensheng and the nickname Xiake.
That is Xu Xiake!
The unlucky Minister of Rites, Cheng Minzheng, had a promising career and it was only a matter of time before he entered the cabinet. But because of cheating in the examination, he was ordered to retire.
He couldn't bear such a big psychological gap and became seriously ill. He died of illness not long after.
A few days later, Chang Mansion.
Liu Jin and Zhang Yong found Chang Feng angrily.
Liu Jin said: "Little uncle, why are you turning your elbows outward? You could have used the imperial examination fraud case to severely attack the power of civil servants."
"But you stopped and let a great opportunity slip away."
Zhang Yongdao: "Master Chang, let me remind you. We palace officials regard you as one of their own. But the civil servants never regard you as one of their own. They only regard you as a humble servant of the emperor!"
Chang Feng took a sip of tea and smiled without saying a word.
Liu Jin was a little worried: "Uncle, we also have eyes and ears among the civil servants. Do you know that the civil servants say that you are the chief culprit that caused Cheng Minzheng to lose his official position."
"They already consider you an enemy!"
Chang Feng did not answer, but asked: "You two came to my place at noon. Have you eaten? Are you hungry?"
"Liu Jin, Tangtang said a few days ago that I haven't seen you for a long time and miss you. I'll send someone to the princess's mansion and ask her to come over. How about we get together with our families?"
Liu Jin, who is in his fifties, said a little arrogantly: "I won't eat it. I have no appetite when I see people who are smart all the time and confused all the time!"
Liu Jin pretended to leave. When he walked to the door, he turned around and added: "The Shanxi garrison eunuch returned to Beijing and gave me two kilograms of specialty brown candies. I will send someone to deliver it to Princess Wanping later."
After speaking, Liu Jin left angrily.
Zhang Yongdao: "Master Chang, I'm leaving too. I'd like to give you a word of advice: know the inside and outside of things!"
When Chang Feng used to do things, Qin Shihuang always looked in the mirror and won more and more.
This time, it was Zhu Bajie who looked in the mirror and saw that he was no longer a human being.
Civil servants felt that Chang Feng caused Cheng Minzheng to lose his official position.
The officials felt that Chang Feng's elbows were turned outward.
But soon, the officials would understand that Chang Feng's elbow belonged to Emperor Hongzhi and had never been turned toward a civil official.
Three days later, Fengtian Hall went to court early.
Civil officials were extremely dissatisfied with Emperor Hongzhi's abandonment of Cheng Minzheng.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we civil servants are the backbone of the imperial court. How dare you order core members of the civil service to serve?
Then don’t blame us for being rude to you!
Xiao Jing shouted "discuss" at the top of his lungs.
Zhang Hongzhi, from the military department, jumped out: "Your Majesty, I have this memorial! It's called "Yi Chu Zheng Shi Shu"."
Ke Dao is the mouthpiece and thug of the civil servant group.
Zhang Hongzhi’s memorial was authorized by the senior officials of the civil service group. The target of the attack was not any minister, but Emperor Hongzhi himself.
The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were like a bunch of mad dogs. Be cruel and even bite the owner.
Emperor Hongzhi didn't take it seriously at first and just said: "Come here."
Zhang Hongzhi, on behalf of the civil servant group, launched an attack on Emperor Hongzhi.
Zhang Hongzhi said loudly: "Your Majesty, when you first came to the throne, you dismissed 500 ministers. But in the past two years, you have restored the position of ministers. This is the first change in the first government."
"When you first ascended the throne, you expelled the evil monks from the palace and killed the evil monk Jixiao. But in the past two years, you have believed in Buddhism. This is the second policy of Yichu."
"When you first came to the throne, you dismissed mediocre officials such as Chief Minister Wan'an and Minister of Rites Li Yu. But in the past two years, the mediocre Minister of Rites Xu Qiong was repeatedly impeached. You did not remove him from his official position. This is three different things in the early administration. .”
"When you first came to the throne, whenever you had to formulate major national policies, you always consulted with ministers and ministers to formulate them. But in the past two years, you have made your own decisions on major national affairs and never consulted with ministers and ministers. This is the fourth difference in the initial policy."
"At the beginning of your accession to the throne, you abolished the guarding and supervising eunuchs in six places and reduced the power of internal officials. But in the past two years, you have sent more guarding and supervising eunuchs to the local areas. This is the fifth chapter of the First Policy."
"When I first came to the throne, the internal officials did not dare to beg for your favors. But in the past two years, the internal officials have repeatedly asked you for rewards for fields and outer houses. You agreed one by one. This is the sixth chapter of Yichuzheng."
"When you first came to the throne, you advocated frugality. You asked Guanglu Temple to cut expenses. You never used Taicang's national funds to replenish the internal transportation treasury. However, in the past two years, you have used treasury money several times to replenish the internal treasury. This is the seventh policy of the First Policy. "
"To sum up, I have to suspect that Your Majesty has forgotten your original intention of working hard to govern and be a virtuous king."
"If things continue like this, the country will not be a country! I'm afraid you will be remembered as a faint king in the history books throughout the ages!"
As Emperor Hongzhi listened to Zhang Hongzhi's attacks on him, his face became increasingly ugly, and finally turned pale, and he kept coughing and breathing heavily.
Anger, grievance, sadness, and complex emotions surged into my heart.
In an extremely complicated mood, he didn't know how to argue.
He cannot give direct advice or vent his anger on the matter because of his knowledge. In this way, he fell into the trap of civil officials and became a foolish king who did not accept loyal advice and killed officials in vain.
Emperor Hongzhi was so angry that his hands were shaking and he almost fainted.
Xiao Jing shouted: "Zhang Hongzhi, how dare you! Do you dare to use your words as a sword to attack the current emperor? You are trying to assassinate the king!"
Zhang Hongzhi sneered: "Taizu has established the ancestral system, and eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics! Eunuch Xiao, when you are at the imperial court in the morning, you are just a servant serving the emperor. You have no right to participate in discussing government affairs."
"You have no right to label me as the assassin of the king!"
Chang Feng couldn't listen anymore. I have seen bullies, but I have never seen anyone bully the emperor!
Chang Feng stood up: "Master Zhang, I am the hereditary commander of Jinyiwei. I am a third-grade military attache of the imperial court. I have the right to participate in the discussion of government affairs during the morning court at Yumen, right?"
Zhang Hongzhi was stunned: "You can."
Chang Feng cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, all seven of Zhang Hongzhi's statements are lies! Please allow me to refute them one by one in front of all the civil and military officials!"
Chang Feng is going to stand up for Emperor Hongzhi!
Emperor Hongzhi said quickly: "Bian!"
Chang Feng said sternly: "The emperor has spent almost all his time and energy on governing the government during the past few years, including banquets, imperial meetings, and reviewing memorials. He has been tense all day long."
"Reinstate the ministers and let them bring some delicious and fun things to the palace to have some fun and relieve their tired body and mind. This is a matter of course!"
"You bunch of civil servants are forcing the emperor to be a wooden emperor without any fun!"
The words "you bunch of civil servants" popped out of Chang Feng's mouth, which broke the window: Zhang Hongzhi has a backstage, and the backstage is the North Korean Civil Service Group!
Chang Feng continued: "The emperor is a wise king with ideals and hopes to make the prosperous age last forever."
"The old man still has countless things he wants to do to benefit the country and the people. But the emperor's dragon body has been in trouble due to his diligent work in recent years."
"Even ordinary people, when they are not in good health, will look for sustenance, pray to gods and Buddhas, and pray for longevity."
"Your Majesty is not like the late Emperor, who allowed demons and evil monks to run amok in the capital!"
"What's bothering you civil servants?"
Emperor Hongzhi tried his best and shouted: "Well said!"
Chang Feng continued to be filled with righteous indignation: "Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites, just doesn't get involved with you guys. He only does things and doesn't form any clique. When he and Bai Ang jointly revised the "Regulations on Punishment", they didn't listen to the instructions of you civil servants. .”
"You slandered Xu Qiong as a mediocre official like Wan An and Li Yu?"
"Is it wrong for the emperor to use him? Is it against his original intention? Is there such a truth in the world?"
Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites, looked at Chang Feng with grateful eyes.
Chang Feng said again: "It is said that the emperor formulates major policies without consulting the civil servants. It's a joke, this world is the emperor's world, not the civil servants' world!"
"If the emperor cannot govern the country arbitrarily and listens to you civil servants on everything, wouldn't he become the puppet of the civil servants?"
Chang Feng was so excited that his words began to go too far.
Finally, he came to the issue of internal officials.
Chang Feng said: "Send more guard eunuchs and supervise eunuchs to the local areas. This is because civil servants are becoming more and more powerful in the local areas. Local civil servants even show signs of subverting the imperial government's policies and doing half-hearted things!"
"What if we don't send eunuchs to keep an eye on the civil servants?"
"For meritorious old officials like Xiao Jing and Qian Neng, the emperor rewarded them with 1,800 acres of land for their retirement. Why is this so outrageous? And it's an eyesore to your civil servants?"
"Damn it, don't your ministers and ministers get generous rewards from the emperor when they become senior officials?"
In desperation, Chang Feng unexpectedly let out some dirty words.
Chang Feng was furious: "It's wrong to say that the emperor used treasury money to replenish the internal treasury. Can you civil servants speak with conscience?"
"After the emperor ascended the throne, he never regarded the internal transportation treasury as his own private money. Whenever there was a war, he always used internal funds as military expenses."
“Whenever there is a disaster or famine, we always use our internal funds to help the victims.”
"This has been going on for more than ten years, and the internal transportation warehouse is so poor that even a mouse passing by would walk away with tears in his eyes."
"The emperor can't even give real money or silver to reward meritorious ministers. He can only give symbolic treasures and banknotes."
"What's wrong with using tens of thousands of national funds to replenish the internal treasury? Is it possible that the emperor is so poor that you civil servants are happy?
Chang Feng said everything in his heart. Finally, he began to use magic to defeat magic, and used Confucian ethics to attack civil servants.
Chang Feng said loudly: "Have you let the dogs eat the consciences of your civil servants? Have all your sages' books been read into the dogs' bellies?"
"You swallowed up the ethics of the king, the king, the minister, the father, the son, and the son, and dragged them into the hut with wine and meat?"
"Do you know the essence of Zhang Hongzhi's statement? The emperor is the father of all the people in the world. This is a son scolding his father!"
"A son who scolds his father is unfilial!"
"It is disloyal for a minister to scold the monarch!"
"Does an unfaithful and unfilial person deserve to stand in the courtyard in front of Fengtian Gate?"
"Zhang Hongzhi, if I were you, I would have been so ashamed that I bumped my head against the stone corridor pillar of Fengtian Gate and died!"
Chang Feng was so excited that he transformed into a big troll in the front courtyard. The kind that Zu An had his parents for eight years.
After spraying, he suddenly realized that he had been reckless today. After saying this, he will completely become the opposite of the civil servant group.
Well, since you civil servants are kicking your nose in the face, you want to sit on the emperor’s head and shit, stand on your head and shit on the emperor’s face.
Then I, Chang Feng, will be the enemy of civil servants!
Emperor Hongzhi held his breath and shouted: "Okay!"
"What Chang Feng said is what I think in my heart!"
"Chang Feng has refuted the so-called seven different initial policies for me one by one."
"Zhang Hongzhi, do you have anything else to say?"
Zhang Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, asking for help.
Liu Jian actually closed his eyes and said nothing. Chang Feng's argument was very logical, and Liu Jian could not speak for Zhang Hongzhi.
Besides, Liu Jian, an old man who has become the Prime Minister, will not openly quarrel with the boss of Jin Yiwei.
At this time, Zhang Hongzhi had become an abandoned pawn of the civil service group.
Standing in the front courtyard, he looked like a clown.
Zhang Hongzhi was about to speak to excuse himself. Emperor Hongzhi gave Xiao Jing a wink in time.
Xiao Jing said: "Dismiss the dynasty!"
Chang Feng walked towards Fengtian Gate angrily.
Ma Wensheng is a meritorious minister and the pillar of the country. Although he is a civil servant, he does not belong to the civil service group.
He kindly walked to Chang Feng and reminded: "Chang Xiaoyou, you are reckless today. You have offended the entire court."
Chang Feng said seriously: "Ma Laobu Tang. The court is the emperor's court. It is not the court of civil servants."
"The emperor is merciful and kind, so they feel that he is easy to bully. They have forgotten their status as ministers. I have to let them know what courtesy is."
"I know that the power of the civil servants is huge and intricate. If I fight against them, it may be a dead end."
"But even if I am shattered to pieces, I will still be their enemy!"
Ma Wensheng praised: "Chang Feng is a real man!"
Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei to check in.
In front of the koan, he picked up the tea cup, took two sips and then threw the tea cup to the ground.
"Crack!"
Chang Feng's follower, Deputy Qianhu Zhang Cai, walked in: "Master Chang, what's wrong?"
Chang Feng said: "Call Qian Ning, Shi Wenyi, and Xu Guangzuo!"
Not long after, the three people came to Chang Feng.
Chang Feng was furious: "Did you know that there is a dog named Zhang Hongzhi in Liu Ke Gallery?"
Qian Ning thought for a while and replied: "It seems that there is such a person."
Chang Feng said: "Listen to me! Check him. Even if he stole a needle when he was a child and washed the widow's vagina, I still want to know!"
"Find out his illegal affairs and put him in jail!"
Shi Wenyi asked: "What if this guy has never done anything illegal?"
Chang Feng cursed Shi Wenyi: "Brother Shi, you have only been busy welcoming and serving people these years. Have you forgotten the skills of Jin Yiwei?"
"frame!"
"Whether it's an upright method or a shameful method. I want Zhang Hong to die without a burial place!"
"Does he think that with the backing of cabinet ministers, ministers of ministries, and local governors and those stupid civil servants, he can bully the emperor and the father-in-law?"
"I'm going to let him know how many hairs Lord Ma has down there today!"
Chang Feng has always been kind to Shi Wenyi. Shi Wenyi has followed Chang Feng for fourteen years, and has never seen him so angry at him.
He could only remain silent.
Chang Feng slapped the table: "Within two days, I want Zhang Hongzhi to be sent to prison! If things don't work out, you all should go home and take care of your children!"
"Go do it!"
Qian Ning handed over his hand: "I have the order!" Then he and Shi Wenyi left the check-in room.
Fatty Xu didn’t leave. He asked: "Mr. Chang, what's wrong with you today? Normally, you always look like a slumping mountain without changing your appearance. Why do you look like a angry-eyed King Kong today?"
Chang Feng sat on the chair: "There is a limit to human patience. If you can't bear it anymore, there is no need to bear it anymore!"
"To tell you the truth, when I deal with Zhang Hongzhi, I am warning the civil servants in the DPRK. Don't get into trouble with your nose."
"The civil servants are bullying the emperor, but I, Chang Feng, will not agree!"
"If you don't even have the guts to vent your anger on your master, then I, the evil dog raised by my master, should get out of the court and become a lost dog!"
Fatty Xu took a breath: "Mr. Chang, don't you regard Qian Ning as a substitute? You should push Qian Ning to the front desk for offending the civil servants of the dynasty."
Chang Feng shook his head: "This time, I will not use anyone as a substitute. The emperor has been kind to me. I cannot be a coward, a weakling, and ungrateful."
An hour later, ten internal officials came to Chang Feng's room.
The leaders were Xiao Jing and Qian Neng, followed by a small group of eight people including Liu Jin and Zhang Yong.
As soon as Xiao Jing entered the duty room, he bowed deeply to Chang Feng with the dignity of the Master of Ceremonies: "Chang Feng, I thank you on behalf of the Emperor."
Chang Feng said quickly: "Eunuch Xiao, you don't have to be like this. You are the internal minister, I can't bear it."
Liu Jin and Zhang Yong knelt down to Chang Feng.
Liu Jin kowtowed heavily: "Uncle, my nephew misunderstood you before! Your elbows have always been towards the palace!"
"You are the most loyal person to the Emperor in the world!"
Zhang Yong also said: "From now on, Master Chang, as long as we are of use, the people from the Twelve Supervisors, Four Divisions and Eight Bureaus will go through fire and water for you, no matter what!"
Chang Feng said: "The ground is cold, please get up quickly. Everyone, please sit down."
Ten senior officials sat down in the duty room.
Liu Jin took a sip of tea: "Uncle, I heard from Qian Ning that you want to deal with Zhang Hongzhi severely. How could he have such courage to attack the emperor at Fengtianmen in a small seventh-grade affair?"
"There must be a backstory! You only need to be tortured and you will be able to figure out the clues."
Chang Feng had just drank a few cups of tea on duty and had calmed down from his rage.
Chang Feng said: "Check the backstage? What should I do if the cabinet is found? Should Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian be arrested as well?"
Liu Jin asked, "Why not?"
Xiao Jing and Qian Neng have always been steady old men.
Xiao Jing shook his head: "The three cabinet ministers have been arrested. Will they arrest the minister, minister, and local governor under them?"
Qian Neng said: "It is not appropriate to involve too much. I only punish Zhang Hongzhi severely and express an attitude to the civil servants that the factory guards will defend the dignity of the emperor at all means. That's all."
Liu Jin was a little disappointed: "It's really easy for them."
Chang Feng said: "My dear father-in-law, let me tell you something you don't like to hear. From now on, you must restrain the guarding eunuchs and supervisory eunuchs below to be honest and self-responsible, and do not let the civil servants get caught."
Xiao Jing nodded: "This is natural."
At this moment, a young eunuch from the Qianqing Palace ran in: "Master Chang, the emperor ordered you to enter the palace to see him."
Chang Feng came out of Jin Yiwei and rushed to the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Emperor Hongzhi sat on the dragon throne and said nothing.
Chang Feng fell to his knees.
The monarch and his ministers were silent for a whole moment.
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help it. Years of grievances turned into tears at this moment, and the tears slid down like hot air.
The emperor could not let his ministers see his tears.
At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi didn't care so much. He let out a sad whimper: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu."
Chang Feng kowtowed quickly: "Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body!"
Emperor Hongzhi roared hysterically: "A small official of the Sixth Section, in front of the civil and military officials of the dynasty, called me a foolish king."
"In the civil and military dynasties, you are the only one who can speak for me!"
"Of all the civil and military officials in the dynasty, you, Chang Feng, are the only one who understands my heart!"
"Ugh! It's really sad that Mingjun has to do this to me!"
Emperor Hongzhi was so angry that Zhang Hongzhi was so weak that he didn't even have the strength to pick up the copper and threw it to the ground.
The emperor burst into tears, and the ministers had to express their feelings.
Chang Feng's tears hit the ground with crackling sounds: "Your Majesty, you are an eternal wise king, and you don't need to be recognized by those civil servants who are full of benevolence, justice and morality, but are full of male thieves and female prostitutes!"
"There is a steelyard in the hearts of the people of the world. The emperor, the queen, and the earth have learned from each other! You are a first-rate wise king."
Emperor Hongzhi wiped his tears: "Since my childhood, the gentlemen around me have criticized my great ancestor for killing officials too much. Let me be the merciful master."
"Today, I really understand Grandfather Taizu."
"It's a pity that I don't have the determination and skill of my great ancestor. Fortunately, I have you by my side!"
After saying this, Emperor Hongzhi began to cough uncontrollably.
The young eunuch serving in the main hall has been dismissed by Emperor Hongzhi. Chang Feng violated etiquette, stood up, came to Emperor Hongzhi, and rubbed his back.
Only the emperor's most trusted confidants dared to do this.
One day later. Changfeng value room.
Qian Ning held a thick piece of testimony in his hand: "Zhang Hongzhi is indeed a beast in disguise!"
Chang Feng asked: "How?"
Qian Ning told Zhang Hongzhi's evil deeds.
Zhang Hongzhi has a younger brother named Zhang Hongruan.
Zhang Hongruan passed the Zhili Township Examination last year. Hundreds of households and nearly a thousand acres of land "invested" in his name. Consider paying less taxes.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Hongruan would become greedy. He directly took over a thousand acres of land as his own, without acknowledging the people's "submission" and claiming that it was the land passed down from his ancestors.
This is a typical case of seizing and annexing people's land.
Hundreds of households lost their land and sued the Wanping County Yamen.
As the elder brother, Zhang Hongzhi did not warn his younger brother and ordered him to return the land. Instead, he went to say hello to Magistrate Wanping and asked Magistrate Wanping to suppress the case.
Those hundreds of poor families had no way to seek help. No livelihood again. Eventually he became a tenant farmer of the Zhang family.
That's not all.
Zhang Hongzhi likes prostitution, and to put it bluntly, he is a pervert.
One of the tenant farmers had a nine-year-old girl. It was unexpectedly snatched away by Zhang Hongruan and presented to his eldest brother Zhang Hongzhi.
The smart and lovely girl was brought into Zhang Hongzhi's mansion for three days. When she came out three days later, the girl was sluggish and could not even speak a word. Like a wooden man who has lost his soul.
After listening to Qian Ning's story, Chang Feng was so angry that he punched Gongan: "Shameless!"
Qian Ning asked: "Master Chang, if the evidence is complete, are you going to arrest Zhang Hongzhi and Zhang Hongruan?"
Chang Feng said: "Arrest! There is no need to interrogate them if they are arrested. Give these two people the severe punishment of the great memory restoration technique."
"Remember, you must castrate them both before they die."
"If the Third Law Division questions this matter, please hand over the evidence you have to the Third Law Division."
Qian Ning held up his hands and said: "I have the order! Brothers, follow me and take the people!"
The next day, the cabinet was on duty.
The three giants in the cabinet sit across from each other and drink tea.
Liu Jian said calmly: "Yesterday the Jin Yiwei arrested Zhang Hongzhi."
Li Dongyang said: "Zhang Hongzhi has lost his personal ethics. There is nothing to say. If I hadn't asked the Criminal Department to go to the Jinyi Guards to inquire, I really don't know that Zhang Hongzhi, who prides himself on being pure in front of us, would be such a beast."
Xie Qian said: "Did we go too far this time?"
Liu Jian took another sip of tea: "Well, now that I think about it, it's a bit too much. No wonder Chang Feng is so angry."
Xie Qian was a little worried: "Will Zhang Hongzhi mess around in the imperial prison?"
Liu Jian shook his head slightly: "Chang Feng is a smart man. He will never give Zhang Hongzhi a chance to talk nonsense."
Li Dongyang said: "You know people but don't know their hearts. We originally wanted to choose a sharp sword with honest words and remonstrances. Unfortunately, the wrong person used it, and the sword itself became rotten."
Xie Qian said: "It's just a pawn on the chessboard. He's still a shameless beast-like pawn. It would be a pity to give him up."
Liu Jian sighed: "The current turmoil started with fraud in the examination room."
"After the storm, Chang Feng has become our enemy. Alas, it was a miscalculation."
Li Dongyang said: "Although he is an enemy, we must admit that he is loyal to the country. He will not cause a big case through Zhang Hongzhi's random interference."
Later, Li Dongyang made a prophecy: "Power will change, world affairs will change, and enemies will become friends. Who can predict the future?"
According to historical records, six major events occurred in the twelfth year of Hongzhi.
Li Gao, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, killed good people and pretended to be meritorious, and trapped and killed three hundred good people in Duoyan's three guards.
Earthquake in Yiliang, Yunnan.
Yunnan Miru rebelled.
The imperial court reworked the regulations on interrogation and punishment.
There was fraud in the general examination, and Cheng Minzheng, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was forced to become an official.
Zhang Hongzhi talked about the political affairs of Yichu.
Who would have thought that there is a subtle connection between the last two major events.
Soon after, the palace examination was held as usual. After marking, the gold list will be announced.
The number one scholar is Lun Wenxu; the number two scholar is Fengxi; the top prize is Liu Long.
These three people are just minor figures in the vast history books.
The big figure on the gold list in the twelfth year of Hongzhi who truly left his name in history was Wang Shouren, ranked sixth in the top two!
(End of chapter)
