Wanli Xinming

Chapter 10 Heart Kill
After a while, Zhu Yijun returned to the hall and sat down on the dragon chair, and asked the inner supervisor to pass a message to Wenhua Hall, and stopped speaking today.Zhu Xixiao's convenience here is over, see you again.Zhu Yijun wasn't as pleasant as he was just now. Although he called Qixi to sit, he didn't talk nonsense. After turning his back, he asked directly, "The case of Minister Wang for driving with a knife on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, how was the trial?"

The case of Minister Wang was originally a famous mystery case in history, and it was also one of the Ming Dynasty mystery cases that later historians devoted a lot of energy to research.The case is very simple: on the [-]th day of the first lunar month this year, the little emperor who had not crossed over went out of the palace to inspect the court as usual.The emperor's sedan chair had just left the gate of Qianqing, when a man dressed in the garb of the inner guard drove down the western steps and was captured by the guards.After a body search, a sword was found.After the preliminary interrogation, this person claimed to be Minister Wang, from Wujin County, Changzhou Prefecture, and said nothing about the rest.At that time, when Empress Dowager Li heard about this, she was horrified and asked Dongchang to investigate.

Dongchang investigated for a few days, and found out that this person's real name was Zhang Long, and he was a deserter from Qi Jiguang, the general soldier.Feng Baobao and Zhang Juzheng said that Minister Wang said that the main messenger was Gao Gong.At that time, Gao Gong had been defeated, so he ordered his hometown to live idle, but he had not yet left Beijing.Zhang Juzheng invited the emperor on the 22nd of the first lunar month—the Empress Dowager Li endorsed it at that time, and drafted an order to thoroughly investigate the envoy.As a result, there was a lot of trouble in the official circles of the capital, and the officials generally believed that this was a conspiracy by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, who wanted to kill him.Later, Zhang Juzheng changed his mind and asked Zhu Xixiao, Ge Shouli, and Feng Bao to jointly try the case on behalf of Jinyiwei, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dongchang, respectively, under the strong backlash from Beijing officials and Ke Dao represented by Yang Bo and Ge Shouli.

After more than a month of trial, Zhang Juzheng reported in a report a few days ago that it is not appropriate to delve into it - completely different from what he said on the 22nd of the first month.Zhu Yijun couldn't intervene at first, but in the past few days, the relationship between mother and child has been brushed to MAX, and he has obtained suffrage. Today, when he got the opportunity, he directly questioned Zhu Xixiao, the party involved in the trial.

When Zhu Yijun looked at historical materials in later generations, he had two questions about this: First, was this person sent by Feng Bao?The second is that Zhang Juzheng knew about it in advance, or did he know about it and push the boat to kill Gao Gong?Got an answer today.This answer is not trivial. If it was sent by Feng Bao, Zhu Yijun would have to expel Feng Bao immediately, because he was too dangerous; if Zhang Juzheng knew about it in advance, then Zhu Yijun would have to re-acquaint Zhang Juzheng, and he might not dare to entrust all the major affairs to avoid being enslaved by him. Bullying, if you know about the situation and push the boat along the way, you can beat it and save it.

During this period, Zhu Xixiao, the left governor of Jinyiwei, has been trying the case together with Ge Shouli, the left governor of the Metropolitan Court, and Feng Bao of the East Factory. Knowing that, when Zhu Yijun asked questions, there was a kind of joy in returning to history to solve the mystery, but it was not enough. For outsiders.

Zhu Xixiao was secretly complaining at this time, he really knew the inside, but how dared to offend the dynasty?He received an orthodox aristocratic education since he was a child, and there is no problem with an upright job, but he lacks that kind of flexibility in dealing with it.Now when I see the emperor asking, he is sweating profusely, but he is speechless.

Zhu Yijun was dissatisfied when he saw him falter.Heart said that he was typing and pulling and writing, could it be that he was doing it for the blind?Sen Ran said: "Do you want to protect the leader?!" This question has two meanings, one is a literal meaning, do you want a head?Another meaning is, is there a leader above you?Who are you going to protect?
Zhu Xixiao's head jolted, and he suddenly recalled it. "Plug, who am I afraid of now, Lao Zhu?!" The emperor sang well today, and the mind of using Jinyiwei was clear, what else did he hesitate?
"I dare not, this case is very complicated, I just want to talk about it." Zhu Xixiao knelt down abruptly to answer: "After receiving the imperial decree, I will join the Zuo Yu Shi Ge Shouli, the Sili Supervisor Zhangyin and the Admiral of the East Factory. Feng Bao held a joint trial on the case. Before the joint trial, the minister found someone to secretly interrogate Minister Wang and asked him where he came from. Minister Wang replied: 'From Feng Bao's family, if the assassin was Gao Gong, Feng Bao taught him.'" Empress Dowager Li was on the screen After listening, the world turned around.

Hearing Zhu Xixiao say: "At the time of the arraignment, the ministers followed Yang Tianguan's suggestion and compared the previous confessions of Minister Wang, and mixed Gao Gong's family members Li Bao, Gao Ben, and Gao Lai with the crowd, allowing Minister Wang to identify them, but Minister Wang did not. I can't identify it - it can be seen that it is a false accusation to say that Gao Gong is instructing."

Zhu Yijun listened and asked, "What did you ask?" Zhu Xixiao replied, "I asked Minister Wang where the sword came from, and Minister Wang replied: 'The Feng family slave Xin Ru gave it.'"

Zhu Yijun listened and asked, "Who ordered him?"

Zhu Xixiao said with a wry smile: "Feng Bao also asked this question during the interrogation. Minister Wang looked up and returned: 'You asked me to come, but asked me again.' Feng Bao asked again: 'You said yesterday that it was the old envoy Gaoge. You came to assassinate, why don't you tell me today?' Minister Wang replied: 'Teach me to tell me, how did I know Mr. Gao Ge?'"

Hearing this, Zhu Yijun glanced at the screen, and then asked, "What did you say later?"

Zhu Xixiao saw sweat on his forehead, and replayed: "It was the minister who saw him climbing up on the interrogator - this is common in interrogation, so he terminated the interrogation."

Zhu Yijun listened, and asked, "Is there a record of the interrogation? Let me see it in the future." Zhu Xixiao kowtowed and said, "He climbed the interrogator, but the minister did not dare to record it, but it was not in the record." Zhu Yijun heard the words, He shouted angrily: "Before, I said that Gao Gong was instructed but dared to remember it. Now, I said that Feng Bao was instructed but said that he was falsely accusing me. Do you dare to deceive me?" Zhu Xixiao kept kowtowing and exchanged tears.Behind the screen, Empress Dowager Li was trapped in her chest by the anger deceived by Feng Bao, and she burst into tears.

Zhu Yijun said: "I heard that you have a good relationship with Gao Suqing. You have bribed thousands of taels and a big crotch in the palace to keep your height in front of your mother. You are so rich and righteous!"

Like a thunderclap on his forehead, Zhu Xixiao almost fell to the ground.He is indeed a kind person, and has a good personal relationship with Gao Gong, and he can't bear to be smeared by Gao Gong for no reason. After the incident, Feng Bao surrounded Gao Gong's house, but Gao Gong hanged himself but did not die. ——Therefore, Zhu Xixiao took out the money to pay a bribe and wanted to save Gao Gong, but this was one-on-one without everyone, so how did the emperor know about it?This emperor is unfathomable!When I was heartbroken, my ancestors suddenly appeared, and inspiration emerged. He kowtowed and shouted: "I dare not deceive the emperor! I dare not deceive the emperor! But I am afraid of Feng Dangchao's ears! Feng Bao's family slave Xin Ru was looking for a broken house in Beijing, pretending to be a deserter from Qi Jiguang, because Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng wanted to pull Zhang Juzheng into the water! The officials reacted violently, and the Ministry of Personnel Yang Bo, Zuodu Yushi Ge Shouli, Taipu Qing Li Youzi and others argued with Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng regretted it again—"

There was a loud bang, but the marble screen fell to the ground and shattered!There is a person behind the screen, it is Li Caifeng, the empress dowager of Cisheng, who was in power in the dynasty!
Zhu Yijun jumped up with a jerk. Seeing the empress dowager's face full of anger, but her face was full of tears, she knew that she was heartbroken, and hurriedly went up to support her, and caressed her back with her hands to calm her down.Zhu Xixiao saw Ci Sheng sitting behind the screen, and his heart was also pounding. Today, he told Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng and even the ministers of the foreign dynasties, whether they were conspiring or cooperating with each other for their own political purposes. It was the pure minister who made up his mind to be only the emperor in the future—at this point, he was no longer afraid.

There was a loud noise in the hall, which had already alerted the inner supervisor and others who were serving outside the hall.Cao De, the head of the Qianqing Palace, and others entered the hall. Seeing that the three of them were in no danger and no one was injured, just as they were about to speak, Zhu Yijun said, "Retreat!" Then he stopped and said, "How dare you reveal a few words about today's affairs. Behead as many as possible! Go and get the list of servants around you and report it to me!" Cao De and others responded sternly, and then exited the hall again.

When the Empress Dowager Cisheng saw that the emperor had handled it properly, a sad smile appeared on her face.He said to the emperor: "Emperor, Queen Mother... Queen Mother... They will only bully me and other orphans and widows..." Before he could finish speaking, he burst into tears.

Zhu Yijun said: "What's wrong with the queen mother? They used to deceive the top and the bottom, and they changed the soup for many years without changing the medicine - this has always been the case, why should you be heartbroken? Your heart is broken, but it is the intention of these servants and so-called loyal ministers. , how can we kill them, as we want?" The Empress Dowager Li was stunned, forgot to cry, grabbed Zhu Yijun's sleeve and said, "Don't say that, the emperor, how can you kill them all? , I have to... I have to rely on these-" cried again, unable to speak.

Zhu Yijun saw that it was not the head, and some imperial officials were not suitable to be said in front of Zhu Xixiao, so he turned his head and asked Zhu Xixiao Dao: "You also saw the situation of the mother, but you haven't turned out the hearts of these bastards for the mother and me to see. Look?!"

Zhu Xixiao wept and said: "This minister deserves a million deaths! According to the investigation of the minister, Zhang Juzheng did conspire with Feng Bao to get rid of Gao Gong at the beginning, and he really regretted it later. At the beginning of the case, they suppressed Kedao and prevented them from reporting Gao Gong’s grievances to the Cisheng. Later, they went to the Guansheng Temple outside Wumen to ask for a signature. Renewed, and because of the persuasion of Yang, Ge, and Li, there is a matter of asking the minister and Ge Shouli to have a trial. Otherwise, the imperial decree will be asked by Dongchang, so why should the trial be held? Zhang Juzheng wants to pass Weichen and Ge Shouli to protect Gao Gong. ."

Zhu Yijun asked, "Cousin Wang committed the crime of driving with a knife, is Zhang Juzheng conspiring with him?" His voice trembled as he asked, and Empress Dowager Li grabbed his hand tightly, as if a drowning man was about to grab the only one left. of driftwood.

Zhu Xixiao kowtowed and said, "This minister has not found out. However, if Zhang Juzheng was conspiring with him, Minister Wang couldn't falsely accuse Qi Jiguang at first. This is evidence that Zhang Juzheng should not conspire." Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Zhu Yijun asked again, "What do Yang Bo and others want to do?"

Zhu Xixiao said: "Yang Bo and others feared that they would investigate this case deeply and cause a big prison to shake the country; they were also afraid that they would clash with each other and ruin the political style. He knew Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng who were in charge, so he recommended Wei Chen to Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng has remorse, please accept it."

Zhu Yijun asked, "Why didn't Yang Bo and others know about it with the Empress Dowager and Zhen?"

Zhu Xixiao smiled bitterly and said, "Zhang Juzheng, the person who proposed the vote, Zhang Juzheng, the person who criticized the red, Feng Bao. The important ministers and others do not have the right to secretly compose the special performance, because the empress dowagers are female, and there are differences between men and women, and the emperor...the emperor... "But can't take it.I thought that Yang Bo and others didn't know that you were so powerful at such a young age?Otherwise, I would have complained to you long ago, and by the way, I would be disgusted by Zhang Juzheng.

When Ci Sheng heard this, he already fully understood the ins and outs.Because he trusted Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng too much, he actually blocked the way of speech and made them deceive the Holy Spirit. The whole case of the king and ministers, internal and external collusion, actually kept her and the emperor in the dark.If the emperor hadn't subdued Jin Yiwei and held Zhu Xixiao under control today, the case might have passed in a confused way.She calmed down a little and said filial piety to Zhu Xi: "After you are also a hero, you have been with the country, and the honorable relatives who have been in the hairpin for many generations, how can you get along with them and not bring the real information?"

Zhu Xixiao smiled bitterly and replayed: "I know I'm wrong. I didn't know that the sage was so smart before, and I always had the idea of ​​being wise and protecting myself. I also wanted to use my identity as a minister to keep some vitality and righteousness for the court—" He took off his hat, kowtowed and cried. :

"Because of the trial of this case, the minister was also worried all night long and could hardly sleep. Today, the minister is ashamed and wants to die - please ask the queen mother and the emperor to issue the minister, and be abstained by the latecomers!"

The Empress Dowager Cisheng sighed and looked at Zhu Yijun.Zhu Yijun nodded and said filial piety to Zhu Xi: "The court has always been like this before, and Jin Yiwei has not been able to cheer up, but it is difficult for you to be considerate - only this time, the next time will not be an example, if there is a next time, it will not take off your hat, nor your head. Bao, but you will endanger your family’s reputation and humiliation, do you know how serious it is?”

Zhu Xixiao communicated with tears: "Thank you, Empress Dowager Longen! Thank you, Long live Longen! Today, the emperor uses words to wake up the ministers, and in the future, the ministers will protect themselves and deceive Shengcong, etc., and let Tianlei kill me!"

Zhu Yijun asked, "How is Minister Wang now?"

Zhu Xixiao replied: "Yesterday, the trial was over, and now the East Factory is closed."

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Go and pass on my oral edict, bring him to the Beizhen Fusi Grand Prison, and don't let him die!" After thinking about it, he picked up the pen and paper again, and handwritten the edict: "The East Factory may not listen to you. Jin Yiwei's, you can do it with my handwriting!"

Zhu Xixiao respectfully took the handwritten letter, picked up the hat on the ground, and exited the hall.

Seeing him leave the palace, Empress Dowager Li stood up at the table and said to Zhu Yijun, "Emperor, I have made a decision to seal the palace!"

　The first small climax, [-] words, please recommend, collect!
　　


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