The Lianghuai Yu Salt Case is being handled here, and the task force of Yu Maoxue's "talking nonsense and alienating the emperor and his ministers" led by Li Santai is also not idle. Yu Maoxue deserved to be punished, and his bones were still very strong. He persisted in the interrogation room for several days, only saying that he was loyal and that this "Chen Wu Shi Shu" was all for the emperor.
Seeing that the torture methods he had used for many years had failed, Li Santai resorted to the method of "boiling the eagle" instructed by Zhu Yijun under the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
After irradiating him with strong light, pricking him with needles and splashing water, and depriving him of sleep for three consecutive days and nights, and asking him the same questions over and over again, he actually pried open his mouth while he was in a trance.
In fact, these questions are very simple: "How old is your son?" "How old is your daughter?"... "Who ordered you to submit the memorial?"
Li Santai never expected that such a simple method would be more effective than all the tortures Jin Yiwei had used before. Surprised, he expanded the results of the battle and finally found out the information that Zhang Siwei wanted to alienate the emperor and his ministers and take advantage of it.
According to the confession provided by Yu Maoxue, Li Santai also arrested the middleman who was in contact with him and sent him to prison. Under three circumstances, the entire inside story was clarified.
It turned out that when Yang Bo resigned last year, Zhang Juzheng reached a deal with Zhang Siwei, and once he completed the "Records of Emperor Shizong", he would be introduced to the cabinet. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yijun intervened and Wang Guoguang became a bachelor of Dongge University ahead of schedule.
Under the Ming system, if one is not a very holy family member, the order of the cabinet is usually based on the time of joining the cabinet. Not to mention that Wang Guoguang entered the cabinet a year early, but even if he entered the cabinet one day early, Zhang Siwei would always be ranked behind Wang Guoguang.
Although Zhang Siwei is fourteen years younger than Wang Guangguang, he is almost a generation behind. But Zhang Siwei himself is a medicine pot. Compared with Wang Guoguang, a strong and beautiful woman, he will probably leave first before Wang Guangguang is killed.
Later, it was found out that Wang Guoguang was able to join the cabinet because he edited "Wanli Accounting Records" and Jane was in the emperor's heart. The emperor also said in front of Zhang Juzheng, "Wang Shangshu can be called the 'strategist'." This holy family member could not catch up with him by himself. .
He also compiled books, compiled history books himself, and Wang Guoguang compiled accounting books. With the emperor's current temperament, Zhang Siwei thought that he had no competitiveness at all in terms of holy family members. Doesn't this mean that he has no hope of being the first minister in his life? My mentality was a bit broken.
He was originally a man who had a strong desire for power. Although Zhang Juzheng repeatedly promised him that the "Records of King Sejong" would be compiled next year, he would be immediately introduced to the cabinet. But after Zhang Siwei experienced this, he felt that his fate was still in his own hands.
Driven by the desire for profit, he forgot Wang Chonggu's warning and ordered Yu Mao to learn how to play Zhang Juzheng and alienate the emperor and his ministers - he did not expect to be able to defeat the chief minister, but just planted a nail in the emperor's heart. After all, opportunity favors the well-prepared.
Wang Guoguang is Zhang Juzheng's ally. If Zhang Juzheng falls one day, Wang Guoguang will be uneasy about his position and he will take over from behind. If Zhang Juzheng survives, this memorial also gives him a warning - there will be a price to pay if you don't keep your promise.
Yu Maoxue was able to be selected because he took refuge with Yang Bo when he was appointed as the county magistrate. He was already a member of the camp. How could he not listen to Zhang Siwei's words? What's more, there are still a thousand taels to polish the pen.
In fact, this memorial did play a role in driving a wedge between the emperor and his ministers in the original time and space. Yu Maoxue later rehabilitated himself from "never employed" and finally became a third-rank minister.
In Zhang Siwei's view, it is normal for ministers to support the scientific profession, and the emperor should also be happy to hear it. If the court is in harmony, can the emperor still sleep?
He judged that Yu Maoxue would be exiled or dismissed from office at best. Even if Zhang Juzheng was angry to death, he would still have to abide by the unspoken rules of civil servants. The most important thing was to give Yu Maoxue never to be hired. It was impossible to imprison him. ——In the original time and space, this was indeed the case.
However, something unexpected happened to him. The emperor, who had considerable political literacy, actually fainted and had Yu Maoxue directly imprisoned.
After all, Zhang Siwei had never stood in Zhang Juzheng's position and could not see the political scene between the emperor and the chief minister of the cabinet. It is not surprising that misjudgments occurred. His uncle was even more cunning, but didn't Zhang Siwei not listen to him?
Li Santai handed over the memorial and the task was successfully completed. After Zhu Yijun looked at the situation, he sneered a few times. Li Santai was told not to reveal anything, and Yu Maoxue was imprisoned in the prison like that, and could not be released without an imperial decree.
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At this time, Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda, took the urgent letter from Zhang Siwei and yelled: "You idiot! Are you a big guy who offends Zhang Juzheng? You don't have time to get the goods! You idiot!"
It turned out that when Zhang Siwei saw that the emperor did not play his cards according to common sense, it felt like he had been hit by a stick, and stars were flying out randomly.
This Yu Maoxue was sent to prison. It stands to reason that in order to start a new plan for his family in the future, he must be gritting his teeth and asking for a first name.
But as Wang Chonggu commented, Zhang Siwei was greedy for power, narrow-minded and just a politician. He put himself in the role of Yu Maoxue - he must be able to kill him in one hit. If I can’t become an official, wouldn’t it be nice for me to go back and become a billionaire?
Thinking of the terrible consequences of being disliked by the emperor, Zhang Siwei almost felt regretful. He quickly wrote a long letter, explaining clearly the cause and effect, and asked the person in charge to send it to his uncle as soon as possible to find a suitable idea.
Wang Chonggu scolded him, but Zhang Siwei was the person closest to the cabinet in the Jin Party. At this time, he gave up. The many years of training and the large amount of gold and silver he had paid were all in vain.
Having no choice, Wang Chonggu resisted the urge to scold him and wrote a reply to his nephew. The central idea was: "Stop it! Zhang Juzheng is angry, and you have to hold it back! The emperor will never announce the truth about this case. Yu Maoxue is here." Just stay in jail until the emperor wants to make use of you or give you up - then we will know whether Yu Maoxue lives or dies."
Of course, Wang Jianchuan's letter must not be so customary. His original words are as follows: "Zhang Jiangling has a far-reaching vision, full of determination, and his ambition is to make his achievements famous in the annals of history. If he breaks a promise without permission, he will have so many people in his party." , we must not do it easily. You are humble and petty, the only word 'forbearance' is there at this moment, spit in your face and you will have to wait until you do it, just stay in peace - until they invite you into the cabinet."
"Your Majesty is working hard to govern, but at this time he has revealed his arbitrary intentions. Inside and outside the palace walls, as soon as your Majesty listens to your Majesty's instructions, the court's rewards and punishments gradually become more and more determined in his heart. If I want to use you in the future, how can I make you do your faults if I use your merits? ? Yu Mao’s academic achievements will definitely not be successful."
"However, because of this concern, you have taken the initiative to return to Jiangling. Remember the word perseverance - you can be patient until you enter the cabinet, and you can part ways with him. The emperor will be happy to see this."
Wang Chonggu wrote a lot about his judgment on the court situation, and asked his nephew Wang Quan, who went to Beijing to work in Beijing, to take it with him and give it to Zhang Siwei.
After Zhang Siwei finished reading the letter at home, Wang Quan asked for the letter again, put it on a candle and burned it in front of Zhang Siwei. He smiled and said to Zhang Siwei: "My uncle gave me instructions. This letter contains many words that speculate on heaven's heart." , can’t stay.”
Zhang Siwei did not feel dissatisfied, but frowned and said: "When I wrote to my uncle, the case of the remaining salt had not yet been released. Now I heard that the salt merchant Wang Gongyu had already confessed several officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs. This Wang Gongyu Yu and Wang Guoguang have long since inherited the family and recognized Wang Guangguang as their uncle."
"In this case, Wang Gongyu was sent out to serve as a minister. He probably lost his car to protect the commander, and exchanged a few members for Wang Guangguang. If I had known this, I would just push him at this time. Why use Yu Maoxue?"
After Wang Quan heard this, he secretly thought that this four-dimensional image had lived on a dog for forty-eight years. He smiled and said: "Second brother, when I came this time, my uncle gave me many warnings, telling you not to act rashly at this time. The more you act, the more you will make mistakes. If you attack Wang Guoguang again at this time, you may not be able to tolerate Zhang Juzheng. By then, How do you feel about yourself?"
Zhang Siwei nodded after hearing this and sighed: "Oh, why does my uncle need to tell me this? Of course I know it. I just said this just because I regretted what I did before."
Although Wang Quan was engaged in business, his friends were all from the families of powerful officials. He did not enter the officialdom because of his failure in the imperial examination. This level was higher than that of Zhang Siwei. He listened and laughed and said: "Based on my knowledge, Wang Gongyu's arrest should be because the emperor wants to divide the alliance between Wang Guangguang and Zhang Juzheng - or as the saying goes, how can one use his power to make it work? The emperor held on to Wang Guangguang There are a lot of clues, this guy has been the emperor’s loyal dog for a long time!”
