Chapter 7 Former Chief Assistant Gao Gong ordered the assassination
Tishuai Zhu Xixiao, who was responsible for supervising the case of assassinating the king and killing Jia, said: "The villain's name is Minister Wang, his surname is Wang Zhanglong, and he is from Wujin County, Changzhou, South Zhili. He described himself as a servant of the Zhejiang Army under Qi Jiguang. After verification, he was a servant of the capital. His real name was Wang Zhanglong. At three o'clock in the morning yesterday, he entered the imperial city from Xuanwu Gate wearing the uniform of a servant and having the waist badge of Caihuying. "
Zhang Juzheng. After hearing this, he asked: "Where did this person's internal service and waist badge come from?"
"The self-report was provided by Chen Hong." When Zhu Xixiao said this, he looked at Feng Bao, the governor of the East Factory, who was in the palace. He can't control the matter.
Zhu Yijun was sitting on the platform, flipping through the "Direct Interpretations of the Four Books". 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. There is a Caihu camp waist card.
This minister Wang has an identity.
In fact, it is not unusual for outsiders to mix into 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 very 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 nothing to do with the affairs of the eunuchs. Cutting off a person's wealth is like killing his parents. The Tiqi must be investigated strictly. The eunuchs may not know 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?
Jinyiwei 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 Dongchang’s. vassal.
Zhu Yijun, this little butterfly flapped its wings and it has already shown the effect.
Originally, Minister Wang's case 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 has the Beizhen Fusi Yamen outside Chengtian Gate. If he sends out a message, he will be able to find out the eighteen generations of Minister Wang's ancestors with just a few sentences.
At least it is confirmed that this beast is not under the Qi family army, but a servant of the capital.
The identity of the assassin is really, really important.
Tiqi just doesn’t show his power, it’s not that he can’t do things well.
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 clothes and Caihuying waist badges, and that Teng Xiang, Meng Chong and others went out of the imperial city to conspire with evil people, so that the king minister sneaked into the palace, causing this evil thing to happen ."
"Thank you, your majesty is fine."
"Is your majesty fine?" Yang Bo, the official secretary, shook his sleeves, stared at Feng Bao, and asked: "Who is the bad guy? What if there is no assassination? Your Majesty is still young, so how can you judge if you are frightened? You are the internal minister, and you are responsible for everything in the palace. Why do you let the villain into the palace? "Sit here!"
Yang Bo was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing, and 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 work at night. He summoned Yang Bo to the palace to play a duet, which was highly appreciated by Jiajing. He began to patrol the border areas in the 25th year of Jiajing.
In the 33rd year of Jiajing reign, the Tatar generals Du'er Khan and Da Laisun led more than 100,000 cavalry to plunder Jizhen. Yang Bo and the chief military officer Zhou Yichang fought hard and resisted the enemy without taking off their armor until nightfall. Recruiting death warriors, going deep into the prisoner camp, and repelling the enemy. In the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing, Yang Bo once again repelled the invading Badu'er Khan.
Yang Bo patrolled the border areas until the 42nd year of Jiajing. Due to the defeat of Yang Xuanbing, the governor of Jiliao, 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 merit. He is really not afraid of the eunuch Feng Bao, because he is the current leader of the Jin Party.
The Jin Party is a deep-rooted clique entrenched in the court.
Another unbreakable political alliance.
Ge Shouli, the imperial censor of Zuodu, immediately echoed and said: "Feng Bao! You are in charge of 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 doing good fortune. If you are too demanding, what else can you do besides being greedy for money! 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 thick curtains, holding a copper hammer and knocking on the copper bell. He knocked as many times as he wanted and in what order. It is up to the courtiers to guess what is being expressed.
Jia Jing 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 to the Taoist people. This memorial is lengthy, but there is one sentence in it: [Shang Ruo or If there are those that are approved internally without being drafted, they can only be implemented after the ministers have made it clear. ]
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 cannot rule the world, but also gave specific restrictions. The emperor could not bypass Wenyuan Pavilion and criticize memorials without authorization.
The emperor approved it internally without drafting it.
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: "Humph! We are sitting here. Of course, it is the Queen Mother and Her Majesty who trust us, so we are allowed to come and keep an eye on you! In the palace It’s not your turn to intervene!”
“You have to take care of things outside the palace! You also have to take care of things inside the palace!”
“Isn’t that right? Do you have to care about what your 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 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's not that He didn't know about it, but He was just too lazy to care about it. He even wanted to let him establish his authority and take charge of the palace. Everything turned out to be a failure, he was slapped in the face, knocked on the head, gave up his power, and His 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 in peace and harmony. Civil servants tore apart.
"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 is extremely qualified for biting people in this Wenhua Palace. Even though he was injured, his attack power was still extremely powerful. With a few words, he blocked the ministers from talking and even stabbed them with a knife. It got into the hearts of civil servants.
Gao Gong, the former chief minister of the cabinet. When Gao Gong was in power, he promoted many Jin Party members. If Gao Gong was charged with the crime of treason by assassinating the king and killing Jia Jia, those Jin Party members promoted by Gao Gong would All bad luck.
Everyone turned their attention to Zhang Juzheng, the first cabinet minister on the left. Before Emperor Longqing's grand visit, he appointed three ministers to assist the country.
Gao Yi died, Gao Gong fell, 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 minister to stay out of the situation? This leaves more room for advancement and retreat.
Zhang Juzheng didn’t believe it from the beginning. He didn’t believe that the assassins from the Qi family army couldn’t even kill a ten-year-old child. They couldn’t even deal with the eunuch Zhang Hong. The Qi family army had less than 6,000 people, and everyone was brave. Extremely.
As for the documentary evidence, physical evidence, and witness evidence that Dongchang brought, Zhang Juzheng simply looked through them, then closed them and looked no further.
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, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, the governor of the East Factory, and the eunuch in charge of the horse. It can be said that he was extremely powerful and unscrupulous. Emperor Longqing was doing great things. Chen Hong immediately lost all his authority, 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, so that the furious Queen Mother could directly kill Feng Bao, the person most responsible, so that Chen Hong could use this opportunity to recover. His overwhelming power.
But Chen Hong obviously misjudged Feng Bao’s trust level. Although Chen Hong’s plan succeeded and Feng Bao also paid a heavy price, Feng Bao did not die, and the only one who died was Chen Hong. And his cronies.
The current problem 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 jointly review Wang Zhanglong's case."
Zhang Juzheng wrote his opinions on the case file, took out the seal and sewn the book He was escorted to Zhang Hong.
Zhang Hong, the eunuch of the 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 , this matter cannot be done.
Thirteen years after Wanli, Emperor Wanli began to neglect his government, and most of the people in the court were absent. Emperor Wanli didn't even need to seal it, and the courtiers couldn't do anything about it.
This is the system design of the Ming Dynasty's imperial system. Without the imperial power, everything will stop and nothing can be done in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, and the unbreakable political alliance was a fallacy.
Whether there is any problem with Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng has only one attitude towards this matter, and that is to have solid evidence.
If Gao Gong has a problem, we will do it. If after the joint trial of the three judicial departments, Gao Gong has no problem, we will not do it.
Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong only had different political opinions. Gao Gong was replaced by 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 Wang Zhanglong's assassination and murder case.
The three law divisions are the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment, as well as Jinyiwei and Dongchang Assistant Manager. The three law divisions 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, and then covered the Wanli Treasure. 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 deliberations, and this round of court deliberations involved all aspects of the Ming Dynasty, including finance and taxation of the Ministry of Household Affairs, border affairs of the Ministry of War, important criminal cases of the Ministry of Punishment, education of the Ministry of Rites, construction of the Ministry of Works, and Examination method for officials.
The method of 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 will naturally not be happy to put a halter on them. Everyone The seniority ranking process has been going on for a long time, so how can we be willing to be involved?
But Zhang Juzheng insisted on implementing it, so he could only improve the system.
Zhu Yijun has been studying. The court officials made a decision and handed it to Zhang Hong to be used in front of the imperial case. After Zhu Yijun read it, he would use the seal. He did not express his own opinions.
The court officials were discussing affairs, and the young emperor was reading. When the sun was about 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, stood 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 a book?" Zhu Yijun stopped writing and looked at Zhang Juzheng who had empty hands and asked. road.
Zhang Juzheng replied respectfully: "I am a scholar."
"Why do the Analects of Confucius read Yang Ping Sheng [lún] instead of Qu Sheng [lùn]?" Zhu Yijun He raised his doubts.
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