Zhu Xixiao, the Tishuai who was in charge of supervising the case of assassinating the king and killing the driver, said: "The criminal's name is Minister Wang, his surname is Wang Zhanglong, he is from Wujin County, Changzhou, South Zhili Province, and he describes himself as a member of the Zhejiang Army under Qi Jiguang. After verification, he is a servant of the capital. His real name is My name is Wang Zhanglong. Yesterday at three o'clock in the morning, he pretended to be a chamberlain and had a waist badge from Caihuying, and entered the imperial city from Xuanwu Gate."
After Zhang Juzheng heard this, he asked, "Where did this person get his uniform and badge?"
"The self-report is provided by Chen Hong." After Zhu Xixiao said this, he looked at Feng Bao, the governor of the East Factory. He had no control over matters in the palace.
Zhu Yijun was sitting on the platform, flipping through the "Four Books Direct Interpretation". Hearing Zhu Xixiao speak, he realized a problem. The reason why Minister Wang was able to sneak into the palace was entirely because of his inner clothes and Caihuying waist card. .
This minister Wang now has an identity.
In fact, it is not unusual for outsiders to mingle in this palace. This is a way for the eunuchs to make money. Some people are curious about what the imperial palace in the capital looks like and are willing to pay to come in and have a look.
It's ridiculous to say that in the Ming Dynasty, where etiquette was strict, outsiders could pay some money to enter the heavily guarded palace.
Who received the money? Naturally, the eunuchs took it away.
The Tiqi have no control over the affairs of the eunuchs. Cutting off a person's wealth is like killing his parents. The Tiqi must investigate strictly. The eunuchs are not sure how to deal with the Tiqi.
Even the ministers took it for granted, but no one blamed it. It was the poor supervision of Tishuai Zhu Xixiao that led to the thieves entering the palace, because everyone had become accustomed to it.
Who hasn’t mixed sand into the palace?
Jin Yiwei and Dongchang were supposed to be two spy forces that checked and balanced each other. However, due to Dongchang's rise in power, this ability to check and balance has been continuously weakened. Jinyiwei's power is too low and has become a vassal of Dongchang.
Zhu Yijun, a little butterfly, flapped its wings and the effect was already shown.
Originally, the case of Minister Wang was to be handed over to Dongchang for interrogation, but because of Zhu Yijun's remarks, Queen Mother Li handed the case over to Tiqi for interrogation.
According to regulations, Dongchang has to open the palace gate at dawn before leaving the palace to handle cases. Therefore, during this morning's sutra feast, the true identity of Minister Wang cannot be determined.
Tiqi had the Beizhen Fusi Yamen outside Chengtian Gate. If he sent out a message, he would be able to find out all the eighteen generations of Minister Wang's ancestors in just a few sentences.
At least it was confirmed that this man was not under the command of the Qi family army, but a servant of the capital.
The identity of the assassin is really, really important.
It's just that Tiqi doesn't show much power, it's not that he can't do things well or can't do things.
Feng Bao, with starched gauze wrapped around his forehead and two swollen cheeks, sat in the position of the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, and said in a high voice: "Our family has a life-and-death feud with Chen Hong. Chen Hong was arrested yesterday. Chen Hong has admitted that he provided the interior clothing and Caihuying waist badges, and that Teng Xiang, Meng Chong and others went out of the imperial city and formed a conspiracy with evildoers, which allowed the king minister to sneak into the palace, causing this evil thing to happen. .”
"Thank God, Your Majesty is fine."
"Is your Majesty okay?" Yang Bo, the Minister of Civil Affairs, flicked his sleeves, stared at Feng Bao, and asked: "The gangster stabbed the air. What if he didn't stab the air? Your Majesty is still young, how can you judge if you are frightened? ? You are the internal minister, and you are responsible for everything in the palace. If you let bad people enter the palace, why are you still sitting here!"
Yang Bo was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing. He first served in local affairs. In the eighteenth year of Jiajing, he visited Jiubian with the great scholar Zhai Luan. In the nineteenth year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing went to night and summoned Yang Bo to the palace to play a duet. He won the title of Jiajing Emperor. Appreciation, began to patrol the borders since the 25th year of Jiajing.
In the 33rd year of Jiajing reign, the Tatars Du'er Khan and Da Laisun led more than 100,000 cavalry to plunder Jizhen. Yang Bo and the general officer Zhou Yichang fought hard and occupied the enemy without taking any armor. They recruited daring soldiers at night and went deep into the city. He captured the camp and repulsed the enemy. In the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing, Yang Bo once again repelled the invading Badu'er Khan.
Yang Bo patrolled the border and arrived in the 42nd year of Jiajing. Because Yang Xuanbing, the governor of Jiliao, was defeated, he returned to the imperial court and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Yang Bo is the prince's young master. He has been a first-class official, has local experience in performing duties, and has military achievements. He is really not afraid of Feng Bao, the eunuch, because he is the current leader of the Jin Party.
Jin Party, a deep-rooted clique entrenched in the court.
Another unbreakable political alliance.
Ge Shouli, the censor of Zuodu, immediately echoed and said: "Feng Bao! You hold the most important position in the palace, and Her Majesty the Queen Mother has entrusted you with important responsibilities. Is this what you do? In addition to being good at power and wealth, and asking for too much, besides being greedy, Yinzi, what else can you do! The emperor is so confused!"
Zhu Yijun flipped through the Analects of Confucius in his hand, occasionally picking up his pen and taking notes. He studied very seriously, and the noise in the audience did not seem to affect him.
Although Jiajing did not go to court, it did not mean that he did not participate in court meetings. The old Taoist priest always hid behind the heavy curtains, holding a copper hammer and knocking the copper bell. How many times and in what order did he strike? What was expressed? It all depends on The courtiers had to guess.
Jiajing cultivated immortality in Wenhua Hall, and the young emperor studied in Wenhua Hall.
The little emperor is studying, and the courtiers are noisy under the platform. The style of this painting is as weird as it can be, but it is the result of many struggles.
In June of the sixth year of Longqing, less than a month after Emperor Longqing's reign, Gao Gong, as Yuan Fu, wrote a memorial. This memorial is lengthy, but there is one sentence in it: "If the above may have not been drafted, Those who approve internally can only implement it after the officials and other officials understand it. ]
The meaning of this sentence is: If there is a memorial that has not been issued to the cabinet and the emperor directly approves it, the courtiers need to report it to the emperor and ask for it before it can be implemented.
Gao Gong not only said that a ten-year-old leader could not rule the world, but also gave specific restrictions. The emperor could not bypass Wenyuan Pavilion and approve memorials without authorization.
The emperor approved it internally without issuing any draft.
This sentence really touched Empress Dowager Li's taboo.
Can the emperor use the word "Jingzi" when reviewing memorials? !
Therefore, in order to allow the emperor to take charge exclusively, the young emperor, who was supposed to be studying in the back room of Wenhua Hall, was carried to the front hall and sat on the platform, reading while listening to the quarrels of the courtiers.
These twenty-seven court officials soon became accustomed to this method of court discussions.
Feng Bao was not timid at all at this time. He sneered, looked at Yang Bo and said: "Huh! We are sitting here. Naturally, it is the Queen Mother and Her Majesty who trust us, so we are allowed to come and keep an eye on you! Things in the palace will only take its turn. I don’t want you to interrupt!”
"You have to take care of things outside the palace! You have to take care of things inside the palace!"
"Do you also have to control what His Majesty eats?"
This morning, while waiting outside the Qianqing Palace, the little Huangmen next to the Queen Mother sent a message to Feng Bao. The Queen Mother meant that Feng Bao would not be allowed to participate in the Sutra Banquet. In the end, it was His Majesty who made the decision to let him follow.
Even though Feng Bao had gauze on his head, His Majesty let him get up.
His Majesty's words also made Feng Bao feel sad. It turned out that all his little tricks were in His Majesty's eyes. It wasn't that His Majesty didn't know about it, but he was just too lazy to care about it. He even intended to let him establish his authority and take charge of everything in the palace, but he ended up doing errands. After being smashed, he was hit in the face, knocked on the head, and gave up his power. Your Majesty let him get up.
That means His Majesty still trusts him and allows him to do things. He is still useful. He is naturally confident. Behind him is the emperor. In this Wenhua Palace meeting, he represents the imperial power who is fighting with the civil servants.
"Chen Hong confessed that it was Gao Gong, the former chief minister of the cabinet, who instructed him to do what he did." Feng Bao said in a nonchalant manner.
These words were so powerful that the ministers immediately fell silent. The Wenhua Hall was extremely quiet, with the only sounds of the little emperor flipping a book on the platform and the big yellow curtain being blown by the wind.
Feng Bao was extremely qualified in biting people in this Wenhua Palace. Even though he was injured, his attack power was still extremely powerful. With a few words, he silenced the ministers and even stabbed the knives into the hearts of the civil servants. superior.
Gao Gong, the former chief minister of the cabinet. When Gao Gong was in power, he promoted many members of the Jin Party. If Gao Gong was charged with the crime of treason by assassinating the king and killing the emperor, those Jin members promoted by Gao Gong would be in bad luck.
Everyone turned their attention to Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet who was the first on the left. Before Emperor Longqing's grand visit, he appointed three ministers to assist the country.
Gao Yi died, Gao Gong collapsed, and now, only Zhang Juzheng is left.
Zhang Juzheng's attitude is very important.
At this time, the chief assistant was flipping through the case files and checking the documentary evidence, physical evidence, and witness evidence provided by Beizhen Fusi Yamen.
Tiqi handled this case vigorously and resolutely.
Qi Jiguang is Zhang Juzheng's man, and the two have a close relationship. If the gangster Wang Zhanglong is really from Qi Jiajun, Qi Jiguang will be in trouble, and even Zhang Juzheng will be implicated.
But Tishuai Zhu Xixiao found all the evidence. This servant had lived in Beijing for more than ten years, and his life trajectory was very clear. Jinyiwei was already in decline, so he finally got an errand, so naturally he couldn't do it anymore.
Qi Jiajun and Qi Jiguang were cleared of suspicion, and Zhang Juzheng could handle this case independently.
How important is it for the chief assistant to stay out of the situation? This leaves more room for advancement and retreat.
From the beginning, Zhang Juzheng didn't believe it. He didn't believe that the assassins from the Qi family army couldn't even kill a ten-year-old child, and they couldn't even deal with the eunuch Zhang Hong. The Qi family army had less than 6,000 people, and everyone was extremely brave.
As for the documentary evidence, physical evidence, and witness evidence that Dongchang brought, Zhang Juzheng simply looked through them, then closed them and didn't look at them any more.
At this point, Zhang Juzheng actually understood the context of the entire case.
Chen Hong was the ancestor of the palace during the reign of Emperor Longqing. He was the eunuch of the ceremonial department, the governor of the East Factory, and the eunuch of the royal horse. He was extremely powerful and unscrupulous. When Emperor Longqing was doing great things, Chen Hong was immediately lost. All the authorities, and Chen Hong and Gao Gong had a very good personal relationship. When Chen Hong fell, Gao Gong also fell.
There is nothing better than this for an emperor and his courtiers.
The villain Wang Zhanglong was indeed found by Chen Hong. Chen Hong wanted to take this opportunity to make a comeback and let the furious Queen Mother directly kill Feng Bao, the person most responsible, so that Chen Hong could restore his overwhelming power.
But Chen Hong obviously misjudged Feng Bao's trust level. Although Chen Hong's plan succeeded and Feng Bao paid a heavy price, Feng Bao did not die. The only ones who died were Chen Hong and his gang members. .
The problem now is that Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, is throwing dirty water on Gao Gong.
"It's well-documented." Zhang Juzheng closed the case file and said, "Let the Three Law Divisions convene to try Wang Zhanglong's case."
Zhang Juzheng wrote down his opinions on the case file, took out his seal and sealed it, and handed it to Zhang Hong.
Zhang Hong, the eunuch of Qianqing Palace, took the case file and placed it in front of His Majesty the Emperor, waiting for the Emperor to use the Wanli Treasure.
Zhu Yijun looked at the treasure of Wanli. This was his jade seal. Empress Dowager Li could not touch it, Feng Bao could not touch it, and Zhang Juzheng could not touch it. Zhang Juzheng was indeed the one who made the final decision on matters in the outer court, but if Zhu Yijun did not need to seal it, how could he handle this matter? No.
Thirteen years after Wanli, Emperor Wanli began to neglect his government. Most of the people in the court were absent. Emperor Wanli did not use the seal, and the courtiers had no way to do anything.
This was the system design of the Ming Dynasty's imperial system. Without the imperial power, everything would stop and nothing could be done in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun looked at the unbreakable political alliance between Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, which was a fallacy.
Whether there is a problem with Gao Gong or not, Zhang Juzheng has only one attitude towards this matter, and that is to have all the evidence.
If there is a problem with Gao Gong, we will do it. If after the three-law tribunal's joint trial, Gao Gong has no problem, we will not do it.
Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong only had different political views. He replaced Gao Gong just to realize his own ambitions, and it was not at all a matter of life and death.
Feng Bao's expression changed, but he didn't say much after all. Zhang Juzheng's attitude was very neutral. This time, he did not speak on Feng Bao's side, but the Three Justices Division convened to interrogate the case of Wang Zhanglong's assassination and murder.
The three law departments are the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment, as well as Jinyiwei and Dongchang Assistant Manager. The three law departments are in the lead.
If this case is handed over to the outer court, Gao Gong will not die.
Zhu Yijun picked up the ink pen to mark the red, then covered the treasure of Wanli, and the case of assassinating the king and driving the driver began to enter the next process, interrogation.
Zhang Juzheng continued to preside over the court discussions, and this round of court discussions involved all aspects of the Ming Dynasty, including finance and taxation in the Ministry of Household Affairs, border affairs in the Ministry of War, important criminal cases in the Ministry of Punishment, the promotion of education in the Ministry of Rites, the construction of the Ministry of Works, and the examination method for the Ministry of Officials .
The method of passing the examination is performance appraisal. The capable ones will be promoted and the mediocre ones will be demoted. The system design has taken shape, but it is still under discussion. The officials are naturally not happy to put a halter on them. Everyone has been ranking based on seniority for a long time. Why? What about Kennevola?
But Zhang Juzheng insisted on implementing it, so he could only improve the system.
Zhu Yijun had been studying. When the court officials made a decision, they handed it to Zhang Hong and sent it to the imperial court for sealing. After Zhu Yijun read it, he would use the seal. He did not express his own opinions.
The courtiers were discussing matters and the young emperor was reading. When the sun rose three o'clock in the morning, Zhu Yijun was able to read several paragraphs of the Analects silently, knowing what was happening and why.
"Your Majesty, the court meeting is over." Zhang Hong reminded His Majesty that the court meeting was over. Twenty-seven courtiers stood up to pay tribute and left the Wenhua Hall.
Zhang Juzheng stood in the audience, with his hands behind his hands, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I will help your Majesty clear up your doubts."
"Can Yuan Fu teach without reading?" Zhu Yijun stopped writing and asked Zhang Juzheng, who had empty hands.
Zhang Juzheng replied respectfully: "I am a scholar."
"Why is the Analects of Confucius pronounced with the Yangping tone [lún] instead of the Qu tone [lùn]?" Zhu Yijun raised his doubts.
