Chapter 410 Prince Yu has a headache
The matter of Zhang Jing’s secret memorial continues to ferment, but with the instruction and acquiescence of Yan Song and Xu Jie, Zhang Jing’s secret memorial has become Zhang Jing’s own crime Letter of apology.
So in the court of public opinion in the capital, Zhang Jingjing’s achievements in Southeast China for more than two years can almost be described as a complete failure.
Zhang Jing, who was far away in the southeast, could not help but feel panic and wanted to win a big victory as soon as possible to restore his image.
So, with Zhang Jing's repeated efforts, Zhang Jing sent his staff general Lu Bor to lead the Baojing wolf soldiers, and the commander-in-chief Yu Dayou led the Yongshun wolf soldiers to advance from Mao Lake to Pingwang. Kekuan led the navy to wedge in the middle and fought together at Wangjiangjing.
After several days of fierce fighting, the Japanese pirates who invaded Jiaxing were defeated. More than 1,900 people were killed, and countless others were burned or drowned. This battle also achieved the most glorious victory in the Southeast Anti-Japanese War.
But such a great victory did not cause waves in the capital.
Because Zhang Jing’s previous behavior of overstepping secret reports has completely destroyed his foundation in the capital, whether it is Yan Song’s Yan Dang or Xu Jie’s Qingliu, they all ignored Zhang Jing’s behavior. Big win.
The reason why they ignored Zhang Jing's victory was because if Zhang Jing was right, then they were wrong.
So, even if Zhang Jing has merit, it is still a crime!
And it is still a capital crime that requires death.
Therefore, with the full cooperation of Yan Song and Xu Jie, Zhang Jing's victory seemed to be an insignificant battle of duty. Then Zhao Wenhua, the imperial envoy recommended by Yan Song, also went to Zhejiang.
After Zhao Wenhua arrived in Zhejiang, he began to collect Zhang Jing's "criminal evidence" and rushed these evidence to the capital. Emperor Jiajing was furious when he saw the evidence of Zhang Jing's crime sent by Zhao Wenhua.
Emperor Jiajing was originally annoyed by the corruption in the situation in the southeast. Now that Zhao Wenhua had sent back the evidence, Emperor Jiajing mercilessly issued an edict to bring Zhang Jing back for questioning.
The official Yan Guan, who had a sense of justice in the court, saw the incident and immediately reported: "Our army has achieved great success, and the arrogant arrogance of the Japanese pirates has been curbed by the battle of Wang Jiangjing. It is not appropriate to replace them at this time." Coach, please call back the envoy in brocade clothes.”
But Emperor Jiajing, who was already furious at this moment, could not listen to what Li Yongjing and Wen Wangyun said.
Emperor Jiajing believed that Li Yongjing, Wen Wangyun and Zhang Jing had formed a clique to protect him, so he used imperial staffs on them and then reduced their positions to civilians, so he still arrested Zhang Jing and imprisoned him in Beijing.
After the matter came to an end, Emperor Jiajing's anger also subsided a lot, and he began to review the matter in his mind. However, when asking questions, Emperor Jiajing asked Yan Song.
When Yan Song heard that Emperor Jiajing was so soft-hearted, he wanted to give Zhang Jing a lighter sentence. How could he do this?
Zhang Jing’s fate today was all caused by Yan Song and the others. If Zhang Jing was right, who was wrong?
They can't, right?
Of course not the emperor!
So Yan Song immediately replied: "Your Majesty. Xu Jie, Lu Ben and the people of Zhejiang all said that Zhang Jing supported the invaders and did not fight. Wang Jiangjing's great victory was someone else's plan. Zhang Jing used it to ask for rewards and deceived the Holy One. His crime "Deathly!"
When Emperor Jiajing heard this, he also felt that it made sense. Xu Jie and the locals in Jiangsu and Zhejiang all said that Zhang Jing respected himself for raising the bandits. Now that the court was going to hold him accountable, Zhang Jing showed up. A great victory, there must be something fishy here.
So no matter how you think about it, this Zhang Jing is not an honest person.
As a result, Emperor Jiajing handed Zhang Jing over to the court for trial, and asked people from the cabinet and the six ministries to interrogate Zhang Jing's crimes.
Faced with being held accountable by the court, Zhang Jing also defended himself to Emperor Jiajing, "Since I became governor, I have captured and killed five thousand people, begging for forgiveness."
What a pity Emperor Jiajing is. There is no time to admit mistakes, and Yan Song, Xu Jie and others also made Zhang Jing's sins real.
Even if Emperor Jiajing wanted to open up a wide margin, this is incompatible with national law.
So Emperor Jiajing would not accept Zhang Jing's begging words at all, and could only let the three ministers discuss the crime and convict him of death. In October of that year, he and the governor Li Tianchong were both executed. It can be said that Zhang Jing's death was an outright political murder. Whether it was the superior Emperor Jiajing, Yan Song who was responsible for the murder, or Xu Jie and others who added insult to injury, they are all murderers who cannot be exempted from guilt.
But politics can be so cruel sometimes. When Zhang Jing had no right to speak and no foundation, he still did not follow the "political rules" and sold both Yan Song and Xu Jie to the Emperor Jiajing for scolding. At that moment, everything he did was wrong.
So, his tragedy was already doomed when the secret report was delivered to the Yuxi Palace of Emperor Jiajing.
Now that Zhang Jing is dead, the governor of Zhejiang is also dead.
But the Japanese pirates in the southeast are still there, and someone needs to step in and take over the task to clean up the mess in the southeast.
Therefore, the imperial court had to consider the next candidate for the governor of Zhejiang Province as soon as possible.
But Zhang Jing’s tragedy was in front of him, and the Japanese pirates’ ferocity was behind him. At this time, no one dared to take advantage of this fatal position.
And anyone with a clear mind knows that the current position of Governor of Zhejiang Province must be filled by someone with a strong background.
Otherwise, whoever goes to the southeast will repeat Zhang Jing’s fate.
So when the court was looking for a new candidate for the governor of Zhejiang Province, it was also confused by this embarrassing situation. The huge Ming Dynasty could not find anyone who had the courage to support the overall situation.
Zhu Zaijing could only lament about this, it was your hands that were too dark and scared everyone.
And Zhu Zaijing was helpless about Zhang Jing's tragedy.
Originally, Zhu Zaijing thought that after he intercepted Hu Zongxian, Zhang Jing would no longer be framed and died brutally like in history.
But Zhu Zaijing never expected that Zhang Jing would die in the end due to the joint efforts of Yan Song and Xu Jie.
Even Zhu Zaijing had to weigh the two of them before they joined forces. After all, King Jing was still there and he was not the only heir.
Therefore, it can also be seen from this how terrifying the power of Yan Song and Xu Jie is both inside and outside the court!
In Prince Yu's Mansion, Zhu Zaijing was sitting in his new study, with Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Zhenji, Chen Yiqin and others sitting below him.
In the past few days, every once in a while, as if it was an appointment, I would go to Zhu Zaijing's house and discuss the current situation with Zhu Zaijing.
It turns out that when they were discussing, they would still worry about hiding Zhu Zaijing's identity.
But since they felt that Zhu Zaijing's position as supervisor of the country seemed to be very stable, they began to speak freely and give advice, thinking that they could also be as old as the cabinet cabinet of Wenyuan Pavilion.
Zhu Zaijing also saw this change in their mentality and knew it well. It is a good thing for these "young people" to have ideals and ambitions, but they cannot avoid others like this.
Now everyone regards Prince Yu’s Mansion as the Xiyuan of Emperor Jiajing, which is really a headache!
"Your Majesty, the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia continues, the governor of Zhejiang Province is vacant, and the court has been unable to choose a governor, what should we do?"
Gao Gong was as straightforward as ever, He expressed his worries without any hesitation, unlike Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Zhenji, Chen Yiqin and others who had to think twice before speaking.
Zhu Zaijing looked at the impatient Gao Gong and said helplessly: "Isn't it enough for Mr. Gao to deal with the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve? His Majesty did not let me intervene in the affairs of the Southeast, and you didn't even tell me this. Use it.”
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