Chapter 854 943 Surveillance
Lu Tiaoyang spoke. Although he did not help clear Gao Gong's suspicion, he pointed out that Feng Bao's confession was just a family statement, and the factory guards did not obtain a complete chain of evidence at all.
That is, find the Gao Gong family members who contacted him from Minister Wang, and then obtain the confession of Gao Gong's instructions from them.
You know, it has been half a year since Gao Gong was expelled, and all the Gao family members in the capital have left and returned to Xinzheng. This is obvious to all.
Now Minister Wang said it was instigated by Gao Gong’s family, then who is this person?
In the confession, no one was named at all.
I have to say that Lu Tiaoyang immediately pointed out the biggest flaw in the confession prepared by Feng Baopao.
After all, he left long ago, and Feng Bao couldn't think of a name for a while.
Even if the key is to be used, the person must be captured first before he can be forced to submit and admit his involvement in this matter.
This is why Feng Bao urgently asked Jin Yiwei to prepare Tiqi to go south to Xinzheng to arrest people. He needed to catch Gao Gong and the people around him before others could react, and find a weakling to admit this. thing.
In this way, Gao Gong's crime of paying for the assassination can be confirmed.
Seeing Lu Tiaoyang say this, Feng Bao felt secretly resentful. Of course he knew the loopholes in his dangerous move.
But now that Lu Tiaoyang brought it up, he had to find a way to deal with it.
When Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Li looked at him, Feng Bao also said: "The matter has been delayed for a day. I guess Gao Gong's family already knew the news and fled in fear of crime. It was time to send the Jinyi Tiqi south immediately. Xinzheng arrests people.
Only by catching people first can the suspect not get away.
Gao Gong has been a chief minister, and he has so many people in the world. Once he is allowed to escape, it will be difficult to take them away. "
After Feng Bao finished speaking, he noticed that Empress Dowager Li frowned slightly, while Empress Dowager Chen seemed to be still thinking. She rolled her eyes and continued: "Mother, this matter cannot be delayed. Who knows Gao Gong? When I was the first assistant, I had secretly prepared those back-ups.
Once this matter is exposed, I am afraid that he will make a desperate move and endanger the stability of the country.
Please also ask the empress to issue a decree and send Jin Yiti to capture the people. ”
The suspect escaped and could not be brought to justice, but he was suddenly promoted by Feng Bao to affect the stability of the country, which had to attract the attention of the Queen Mother of the two palaces.
Queen Mother Chen had already looked at Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde, as if asking for their opinions.
Wei Guangde didn't know what Zhang Juzheng was thinking, but personally, he didn't want to involve the ministers who became ministers.
Well, for his future or whatever, he doesn't want that.
The cabinet minister is a very good amulet, but Feng Bao's move is undoubtedly to break this golden body.
When Gao Gong was rectifying the Xu family, he only took action against Xu Jie's nephew and did not involve the prison case in Xu Jie. In fact, this was also the inner concern of the cabinet ministers.
Today you are using means to punish your ex, but what about the future?
The ministers of the Ming Dynasty have already seen this, so they all handle cases involving the ministers in a tacit understanding.
In later generations, a certain peninsula country is very interesting. It is not so much the elected president, but the elected criminals.
A president will inevitably be imprisoned after leaving office. It has become a fixed rule and no one can be spared.
No wonder some people say that the Feng Shui of Cheong Wa Dae is not good, and even the president is unwilling to work and live there.
With a calculation in his mind, Wei Guangde could not remain silent under the gazes of the two empress dowagers, so he had to say: "What Mr. Lu said is absolutely true.
This case involves a former cabinet minister, and there are only a few witnesses and physical evidence. The assassin himself is a bit weak.
What Eunuch Feng said makes sense. Even if this matter was instigated by others, he might have escaped from the capital now. Went.
I think we should first get the information about the Gaofu family from the assassins, send orders to the factory guards and the Ministry of Punishment, go to sea to capture the documents, and apprehend this person. After a confession is obtained, the Ministry of Punishment will join the Dali Temple. , the three departments of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will jointly review the case. "
Wei Guangde can already imagine that the reaction of the government and the public after the news came out will be another uproar.
It’s hard to say what everyone will think of.
Although Gao Gong's position as chief assistant offended many people, there are also some people who hold a positive attitude toward his political views.
Feng Bao's attempt to frame important cabinet ministers so casually may arouse the anger of both the government and the public. If he doesn't handle it well, he may even get burned.
Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help but glance at Feng Bao and sighed slightly in his heart.
In fact, Feng Bao didn't know that he was a little worried and should think twice instead of giving a confession so rashly.
However, the grudge between him and Gao Gong was a bit deep, and he wanted to kill Gao Gong immediately.
The turtle son supports Chen Hong and helps Meng Chong, but does not support himself and wants to step down. This is intolerable.
Didn’t Gao Gong have any clues about Emperor Longqing’s last words on the imperial couch that day? I'm just worried that he's too wild-minded.
Why did Emperor Longqing add his name Feng Bao to the Minister of Gu Ming? Is it not just to ensure that the Chief of Ceremonies would not be acquired by Gao Gong, so that the throne of the old Zhu family could survive smoothly.
Gao Gong is capable and it is understandable that he wants to make some achievements, but if he wants to seize all the power of the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies and restore the real power of the prime minister, the royal family will be in danger.
Even if Emperor Longqing trusted Gao Gong, he would never make fun of his ancestor's foundation and let Gao Gong succeed.
Actually, Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde had somewhat guessed Emperor Longqing’s plans before his death.
The cabinet was led by Gao Gong, assisted by Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde and became the cabinet's troika, forming a tripartite force to restrain each other.
No matter who Gao Yi falls for, the other two will secretly join forces to fight against each other.
Zhang Juzheng has demonstrated to Emperor Longqing with his own personal demonstration that he could not handle Gao Gong alone and was restrained at every turn.
Okay, let’s get Wei Guangde.
This is also the reason why Emperor Longqing issued an order before his death, not allowing Wei Guangde to give in and return to the capital directly.
He can't wait any longer and has no time to spend here with Wei Guangde.
Coupled with the control of Feng Bao, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, it was enough to keep the power of the court from falling aside. The Ming Dynasty was so stable that Zhu Yijun grew up to take charge.
This is the only thing that his father can do for his son.
It's just that the tense change exceeded his expectation. After he sent a clear signal to Gao Gong, Gao Gong chose not to avoid the edge temporarily, but to overthrow Feng Bao and gain the right to be the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
But even so, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng were not willing to continue to embarrass Gao Gong. After all, they had all left the field, so why should they continue to quarrel.
After Wei Guangde spoke, Zhang Juzheng also said: "What Mr. Wei said is absolutely true. This matter is too involved. If it is not handled properly, the consequences will be unpredictable.
I think it is better to catch Gao first. It would be better for the government officials to subject them to strict interrogation, and The witnesses were finally handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for custody, to reassure the courtiers. "
The factory guards were responsible for investigating and handling the case. The foreign court would definitely have concerns. After all, the case handling process was completely opaque, unlike the case handled by the Ministry of Punishment, where everyone was involved. You can get a rough idea, more or less.
If Gao Gong really committed this crime, there would be nothing wrong with him, but if the evidence is not enough to convince the courtiers, the turmoil would be huge at that time.
Who can bear the temptation of the inner court to frame a minister?
Today can be a high official position, but what about tomorrow? "This won't work. Who knows who is working with Gao Gong? As you just said, when Gao Gong was the chief minister, he cultivated many party members.
< br>Once the witnesses are handed over, who can afford to be manipulated secretly? ”
When he heard that Zhang Juzheng said that Minister Wang would be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, Feng Bao certainly would not agree.
The person is in his own hands, and he can do whatever he wants. He will never hand over the person, not even to Jin Yiwei.
"Feng Bao, then you can continue to interrogate Minister Wang and ask about the Gao family members who have contacted him."
Empress Dowager Chen said.
“But empress, if we don’t send Tiqi to Xinzheng now, what will happen if Gao Gong learns the news and escapes?
At that time, it was like a mud cow drowning in the sea, and it was difficult to find anyone.
Gao Gong must be taken down before the news reaches Xinzheng, so that he cannot escape. "
Feng Bao continued to argue.
The Gao family must be caught so that he could manipulate them, so after finishing speaking, his eyes unconsciously looked at Wei Guangde below.< br>
Facing Feng Bao's pleading eyes, Wei Guangde had no intention of falling out with Feng Bao, not to mention that even if he ignored it, Feng Bao would probably seek help from Zhang Juzheng
His mind was spinning, and he had an idea, so he said again: "My dear, Eunuch Feng's opinion also has merit. You might as well send Tiqi to Xinzheng, but not to arrest Gao Gong but to monitor Gao Gong and order him not to go more than half of Xinzheng city." Step.
If Gao Gong insists on leaving, he can be arrested and questioned immediately and returned to Beijing."
Although Wei Guangde did not support Feng Bao in arresting Gao Gong now, he still agreed that the factory guards could be dispatched to put Gao Gong under surveillance first. Waiting for the progress of the case investigation.
If there is indeed evidence later that Gao Gong is involved in the case, we will arrest him again.
After all, it was a major case of assassinating the king and killing the driver. I think the courtiers could understand that the factory guards were sent to monitor the residence.
After Wei Guangde finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang both looked at him in surprise.
However, Wei Guangde turned a blind eye and still stood there with a calm expression.
In fact, from the beginning, Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang had already determined that the matter was framed by Feng Bao, and naturally wanted to delay it. In their view, this precedent must not be set.
Why did Yan Song have such a bad reputation in the first place? In fact, most of it was caused by his worship of his son Yan Shifan. He was narrow-minded and would surely retaliate.
And now.
Just when the two of them were puzzled as to why Wei Guangde was acting like this, Wei Guangde continued: "Jinyi Tiqi must be told clearly about this matter. They are only monitoring the Gao Mansion. They are not allowed to act recklessly before receiving the imperial decree. They can only restrict Gao Gong from leaving Xinzheng City. And can't stop him from visiting relatives and friends in the city."
Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang looked at each other at this time, feeling helpless, but they also realized that this might also be for the sake of peace for the empress dowager and the emperor. heart.
People will monitor him and won’t let him cause trouble.
After thinking about this, the two nodded tacitly, agreeing with Wei Guangde's proposition.
Empress Dowager Chen naturally saw the actions of the three cabinet ministers.
Although she did not expect that this matter was actually caused by Feng Bao, she still trusted the eunuchs in the palace. After all, they were domestic slaves and people approved by the late emperor, so she said: "Okay, this is what you will do, send People were monitoring Gao Gong's residence, and Gao Gong was not allowed to leave Xinzheng. The factory guards continued to interrogate strictly and arrested other accomplices. "
The words of Empress Dowager Chen were the final word and the matter was settled.
So soon, the palace's decree was sent to Beizhen Fusi. At this time, Liu Shouyou had already summoned a team of Jinyi Tiqi to wait in the Yamen.
The decree was sent, but Liu Shouyou was frightened.
After all, Gao Gong is the former chief minister of the cabinet, and he is a big shot that the commander in command cannot touch.
Although the status of the commander of the Jinyiwei is not low, it depends on who he is.
If you are a close minister of the emperor, you can naturally walk sideways.
But today, when I am only ten years old, I don’t know how to gather my confidants, so Jin Yiwei seems a little embarrassed at this time.
In fact, most of the time, because the Jinyiwei commander was far away from the emperor and eunuchs were needed as middlemen, Jinyiwei was always suppressed by Dongchang.
The only thing that Jinyiwei has better than Dongchang is that Dongchang is the emperor's private soldier, and so is Jinyiwei, but after all, he is a registered member of the imperial court and has more legal effect than Dongchang.
Therefore, most of the Dongchang fans are drawn from the Jinyiwei, otherwise it will be difficult to do things, because they have no official status, just the uniforms of the fans, it is okay to scare the ignorant people, but it is difficult to deal with the officials. .
Now that he had obtained the decree, Liu Shouyou immediately called the commander of Tiqi and handed the decree into his hands.
He also noticed that it was clearly mentioned in the decree that they were not taking people directly this time, but monitoring Gao Gong, which was different from the previous missions of Tiqi.
After repeated emphasis, Jin Yitiqi rushed out of Beizhen Fusi and went south to Xinzheng on errands.
As soon as Jin Yiwei's men and horses were dispatched, the government and the public were naturally alarmed.
After Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde returned to the cabinet, the news spread from the Sixth Section.
The person behind the assassination of the emperor was suspected to be Gao Gong, the former chief minister. Such a big melon instantly alerted all the officials. Everyone involuntarily put down their official duties and gathered together to discuss.
“This matter is totally weird.”
“What benefits does Duke Gao gain by doing this?”
I have to say that Beijing officials are not so easy to coax. Although it was just a rumor and Minister Wang's confession had not been seen, everyone was skeptical about it.
In the past, the civil and military officials would definitely have different opinions on the same matter, but this time, there was no disagreement among the civil and military officials, and they all agreed that this was deliberately framed by Feng Bao.
As for the reason, it is actually very simple, that is, what good will it do to Gao Gong to do such a thing of exterminating his family?
First of all, what benefit does Gao Gong’s assassination of the emperor bring to him? Can he be the emperor? cannot. On the contrary, even if he assassinates Wanli, the future emperor will kill him.
Secondly, although the place where Minister Wang was imprisoned was in Jinyiwei, the guard was Dongchang Fanzi, and the people from Jinyiwei had no chance to get close.
I have to say that Liu Shou was clever. The moment he saw the imperial edict, Liu Shou actually knew what Feng Bao was going to do.
Without hesitation, he immediately asked people to reveal the situation in the prison. If he wanted to take the Jin Yiwei out, he didn't want to be in the same boat as Feng Bao.
Too unstable.
Of course Jin Yiwei is familiar with how to convict people, and there are rules for framing people. If this matter was handled by Jin Yiwei, he would never do this.
Controlling Minister Wang and obtaining a confession is only the first step. Next, we must find someone to support him, and it must be someone involved with Gao Gong.
Only when the two confessions are in hand will they be reported to the palace and Gao Gong will be nailed directly.
This idiot.
Liu Shouyou could only curse Feng Bao, a layman in his heart, for failing to accomplish anything but failing.
Don't talk about why he is not angry. What Jin Yiwei made his fortune by is not just creating big cases.
(End of this chapter)