Chapter 64 Send people to Shaanxi to capture Zhang Yu
Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin and Ma Yongcheng, who was on duty to accompany him: "Do you think Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others should be lenient?"
Liu Jin naturally has no feelings for Liu Jian and others. After all, for him, he has already broken up with Liu Jian and others, and they are incompatible with each other. When he thinks that he will see Li Dongyang's face in the court in the future, he He was already very uncomfortable, so he was still willing to forgive Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others easily.
Therefore, Liu Jin first stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that cutting the grass requires eradicating the roots. Ma Gechen wants to be a Bodhisattva, but the Bodhisattva cannot suppress evil spirits except being offered up for good people to worship!"
Ma Yongcheng, the admiral of the East Factory, also thought that Liu Jian and other civil servants were constantly trying to kill several of his eunuchs. If the emperor hadn't desperately saved him, he would have been dead long ago. What reason did he have to spare them so easily? Also echoed:
"As the emperor said, the death of the late emperor cannot be kept secret. Even if they are not guilty of regicide, they still have to commit the crime of regicide. Otherwise, it is not enough for foreign courtiers to understand the consequences of disobeying the emperor!"< br>
Zhu Houzhao agreed very much with Ma Yongcheng's remarks. Too many emperors of the Ming Dynasty fell into trouble because the civil servants forgot the consequences of the discovery of regicide. They took the emperor's good temper for granted, and they had to live in the Qing Dynasty to know how to get along with the emperor.
"Ma Yongcheng, what you said makes sense, but we still have to give Ma Wensheng and the others some face. After all, they are also thinking about us, and they still have to have proof of regicide. Fortunately, I have already made preparations for you. The person in charge is you, Ma Yongcheng. , please tell me, what is the current whereabouts of Zhang Yu and others who were exiled due to the death of the late emperor?”
After Zhu Houzhao said that, he raised his head and asked Ma Yongcheng.
Ma Yongcheng hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty asked the ministers to keep an eye on them before, and they are still keeping an eye on them. However, they did not take any action to arrest them. They were afraid of alerting the enemy. As long as your Majesty gives the order, the ministers will send them now." People go to Shaanxi to capture them and interrogate them severely!”
"If the late Emperor died unexpectedly, Zhang Yu is most likely to be the direct murderer! These people must not be forgiven! Now we must find a way to arrest them and bring them to Beijing for careful interrogation, but not in the open, so as not to let Li Dongyang and others find out in advance. They silenced them and even did other desperate things, such as committing suicide."
Zhu Houzhao said and looked at Ma Yongcheng again: "You are now the admiral of Dongchang, and you will be dedicated to investigating major cases in the future. What are your ideas?"
"There is no shortage of manpower to escort the important prisoners. The minister suggested that it would be better to bring a group of officers and soldiers directly. Moreover, these officers and soldiers must be reliable and there must be no possibility of leaks. There must be other reasons to avoid Li Dongyang and other secret agents. Silencing people and knowing our purpose in advance," Ma Yongcheng said.
Zhu Houzhao nodded: "There is a ready-made reason for sending a group of officers and soldiers to Shaanxi. Wang Shu is from Shaanxi, and now that I am planning to appoint him as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, I asked the Chief of Ceremonies to draw up an edict on the grounds that Wang Shu is old. He is a highly respected veteran and sent officers and soldiers to escort him to the capital with the courtesy of an imperial teacher. The question is which officers and soldiers should be sent? "
"Your Majesty, the ministers thought that they could send the Juesheng Guards to Shaanxi to arrest Zhang Yu and others in the name of escorting the prince to Beijing. The Juesheng Guards are composed of deaf-mute people and have minimal or even impossible contact with foreign ministers. I heard It is undoubtedly safer not to speak out, and the news will not be leaked. However, Yang Mao, the current commander of the Juesheng Guard, has always kept a low profile, and most people no longer know how to communicate with him in sign language."
Liu Jin stood up and said at this time.
After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao thought it was okay, but he had to admit that he didn't know how to communicate with deaf-mute people. The Jinyi personal army established for Zhu Yuanzhang by the deaf great counselor Lu Bufu and the deaf general Yang Zhongkai had often been Ignored by most people.
"The emperor arranged for Wang Shouren to study in the Leopard Room. He was originally the head of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. He studied specially to review the situation of Juesheng Guards. He also had a good relationship with the current commander Yang Mao. The minister boldly suggested that Wang Shouren and Wang Shouren should be together. We took the Juesheng Guards to Shaanxi together, but the officers and soldiers of the Juesheng Guards had to dress up as guards in order to get through," Ma Yongcheng said.
"Very good!" Zhu Houzhao immediately stood up and told Liu Jin and others: "The Chief of Ceremonies drafted the edict, and the eunuch Admiral Dongchang Ma Yong became the chief envoy, and Wang Yangming, who moved to the left, became the bachelor of Hanlin Academy and became the deputy. As an envoy, I will lead the royal army to escort the prince to the capital to show my sympathy for the old ministers and my eagerness to govern the world! ”
Ma Yongcheng hurriedly received the edict and thanked him. At the same time, he took the edict prepared by the Supervisor of Ceremonies and went to the Leopard Room to find Wang Yangming.
At the same time, Zhu Houzhao ordered someone to call Gu Dayong and said: "Now you are responsible for interrogating Wang Yue and other traitors, and the Jinyi Guards North Town Fusi will cooperate with you. Remember, I don't care what means or punishment you use, you must do it." We need to pry open the mouths of Wang Yue and others and force out the secret about the late emperor's sudden death, but we can't let people die, otherwise it will be too easy for these traitors, do you understand?"
Gu Dayong did not expect that the emperor Zhu Houzhao would give him the power to interrogate Wang Yue and others, and he was very excited for a moment. He saw with his own eyes how Wang Yue forced Emperor Zhengde to kill them that day, so naturally he wanted to kill Wang Yue and others. When he was ready, he hurriedly agreed: "Your Majesty, don't worry, my ministers understand!"
Zhu Houzhao just smiled slightly when he saw Gu Dayong leaving, and immediately began to think again, thinking about how to ensure that he would definitely avenge the blood of Emperor Hongzhi.
Now, while he is sending Ma Yongcheng to Shaanxi to arrest the direct murderer of Emperor Hongzhi, he is also asking Gu Dayong to use torture in the capital to extract evidence of the crime from the mouths of Wang Yue and others. This can be regarded as a double insurance, ensuring the evidence that Emperor Hongzhi was killed. conclusive.
But Zhu Houzhao is still a little worried that even if he has conclusive evidence of Emperor Hongzhi's death, he may lose to the civil servants in public opinion. After all, civil servants have always been very good with their pens, especially good at confusing right and wrong. Zhu Houzhao feels that he has to create a Let the facts that are convincing and irrefutable for people of this era come out, and this fact is naturally the fact that Emperor Hongzhi was killed.
To control public opinion is nothing more than mastering the right to speak and using natural phenomena to create opinions. The latter is undoubtedly easier to convince people in this era, especially the common people. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao felt that he could take advantage of public opinion and go to the capital at the right time. There were rumors that the late Emperor was harmed by treacherous ministers.
By coincidence, the next morning, Xu Jing came to Zhu Houzhao to report that the equity transfer had been completed and the Royal Bank and the Taxation Corps had been established. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask first: "Has your sworn brother Tang Bohu already come to Beijing?"
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"Back to Your Majesty, I have already written to him, and it is estimated that it will take some time before I arrive in Beijing. This sworn brother of yours has always had many close friends. He went all the way north, from Suzhou, Yangzhou, Linqing, Baoding, Tianjinwei, Tongzhou and even Everyone in the capital has their love debts, and he must compensate these lovers for their lovesickness one by one!”
Xu Jing replied.
Zhu Houzhao felt speechless and thought that grass powder is grass powder. Why should he speak so elegantly? He couldn't help but said: "I have great use for him. You send someone to rush him and tell him that within five days, if I can't see you, He, I will find someone to castrate him!”
Xu Jing had no choice but to obey the order, but he couldn't help but curse. If he really castrated his adopted brother, would he be able to get back his 20,000 taels of silver?
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