eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 468
It has been Hongzhi 17 years since Jiang Tongzu was reprimanded and dismissed by the emperor.

At that time, Zhu Houzhao was still the prince of Jian Guo, and he himself forgot about Jiang Tongzu who reprimanded him for something at that time.

However, the atmosphere of the court at that time was very different from that of the current court.

At that time, there were a lot of Qingliu scholars, and Zhu Houzhao repeatedly dealt with the Zhejiang corruption nest case, Ma Zheng and other issues with excessive means, so all kinds of voices of persuasion could be said to have filled the court.

This is completely different from many people nowadays who are figuring out the holy will every day and are vying for the next Gu Liqing and the next Song Heng.

What about Zhu Houzhao?
You can only refute these censors one after another, and if you encounter fierce ones, you will be dismissed from office.

Many of them did not have any major faults. If they were faulty, they opposed them too fiercely. However, in their own view, it is their due duty to be admonished by courtiers.

In this way, the two parties naturally met.

In fact, the high-ranking officials who are close to each other are fine, especially those young officials who have never seen the prince, they are too high-spirited and have been demoted a lot.

Jiang Tongzu was one of them. They were abandoned by the court just after they became officials, and they became worthless overnight after ten years of hardship.What kind of psychological ups and downs is this?
This kind of people is much slower, sympathizing with each other, and naturally they hug each other.

And because they are very young, it is actually difficult to tell them not to think about the court affairs.

In the Ming Dynasty, the reputation of literati was very important, to be precise, it was the name of Qingliu.

That's why there are such words as being loyal and hypocritical, and using Bo Zhiming's name.

To have such a clear name, naturally one needs to write more articles and poems to gain a reputation in the literary world, and even scold the ruler on weekdays.

For several years, the imperial court didn't seem to care much about them.

People like Jiang Tongzu, who had some scruples at first, gradually relaxed, so these frustrated people often get together in groups, either through literature or poetry.

Jiang Tongzu's small courtyard is also very elegant, with rockery, green bamboo, and even the stone window grilles on the corridor are carved differently.

However, the peaceful day was completely destroyed by Jin Yiwei,

Butler Shi's face was pale with fright, his legs were weak, even when he ran on the flat ground, he fell his feet, and he went to report to the Patriarch in a miserable manner, crying loudly: "Master! There are a lot of Jinyiwei people outside!! "

Jiang Tongzu and his good friend Lu Meng are studying ink and writing. They are young people under 30 years old. Jiang Tongzu is wearing a green shirt, and Lu Meng is wearing a white shirt, with a square scarf on his head and wide cuffs. They look like two literati.

When they heard about Jin Yiwei, their expressions were quite serious.

And before they got out of the house, there was obviously chaos outside, the mighty scolding and the screams of the female relatives mixed together, and it was going to be a big mess all of a sudden!
There was a 'snap'.

Mao Yuwen came very quickly. He kicked the door and rushed in. The first thing he showed was his raised arm and the Jinyiwei waist badge in his hand.

The waist card seemed to be shining golden in the sun, with a total of nine characters on it, Jin Yiwei on the right, Commander on the left, and his name written on the bottom: Mao Yuwen!

That murderous cruel official!

Mao Yuwen's head tilted out from the back of the waist card, "The emperor is close to the army, and the imperial power is granted. The former imperial censor Jiang Tongzu assassinated the emperor and conspired to rebel! Take it down for this envoy!"

"Yes!!"

Jiang Tongzu was terrified, and he exclaimed: "I am a scholar in the field, and I rarely go out on weekdays! How could I assassinate the emperor and do rebellious things?! Wronged! This is a great wronged!!"

He was afraid, and Lu Meng next to him was even more afraid, and he was a guest, "Commander Mao! There must be a misunderstanding, please find out the facts, the crime of treason involved the lives of dozens of members of the Jiang family ! Wouldn’t such a hasty conviction be a disregard for human life?!”

"Issue your life?!"

Mao Yuwen smiled, gestured to the people around him, and said coldly, "Search for me!"

Jiang Tongzu, Lu Meng and the housekeepers who had come to report earlier were all arrested, tied behind their hands and thrown aside. Behind Mao Yuwen, a team of people on the left and right ran to enter.

This is a study room with a side room, except for the one you can see when you step over the steps, there is another room when you turn right.

There is a brown wooden table in the room, and the walls are surrounded by wooden cabinets, which are used to store various books and letters.
These Jinyiwei people are not so elegant, they all turned out when they got inside, there was a continuous sound of clattering papers, books, pens and pen holders were scattered all over the floor.

Even the two words hanging on the wall were torn down, mainly to see if there was any hidden space behind the words. They searched a lot and had a lot of experience.

After rummaging through boxes and cabinets like this for a while, a person held a machete at his waist with one hand, and presented a large light gray paper to Mao Yuwen with the other.

"Ti Shuai, look at this."

Mao Yuwen spread his hands, shook them, and read from right to left, top to bottom: "...Today's son abolished the ancestor's policy of banning the sea, which opened the country's gates wide, and then overseas thieves came and went freely. There are more and more foreign races in the territory. Once there is a change, the world will be shaken. The emperor insists on this, does not listen to the advice of the courtiers, and even uses intimidation, removal of nobles, and killing all the gentry and wealthy businessmen in Zhejiang. Restraining, acting arbitrarily, and losing the filial piety of children and grandchildren, this will eventually arouse the wrath of heaven and people, and cause people to die!"

After reading it, he said: "This is an article written by you, isn't it? You, a literati in opposition, care so much about government affairs, and every word says that the emperor has caused people to suffer. Is this evidence?!"

Jiang Tongzu refused to accept it. He argued: "The Son of Heaven is going against the grain. As the successor king, he changed the ancestral system without authorization! For three generations, has there been such a wise king? Although Jiang is far away, he is also a member of the Ming Dynasty. Caring about the imperial court, caring about the people of the world, is that counted as treason?"

"Of course! The emperor was assassinated in the outskirts of the capital. It must be that you and other people with resentment have the audacity to do such a rebellious thing!"

"Assassination? When did this happen? The two of us didn't hear anything out of the window, so we didn't even know about the assassination. Jiang was wronged!!" Jiang Tongzu stretched his neck, "Besides, Jiang is not an official, but he is I have read the books of the sages, and I know the word loyalty and filial piety, and the assassination of the emperor was definitely not done by Jiang!! You have no excuse for the crime you want to inflict!"

"Ti Shuai."

Another person next to Mao Yuwen took a neat booklet folded three times.

I don't know if I don't look at it. I was shocked when I saw it. There are two big characters written vertically on the upper corner of this thing: Youdao.

"It should be the name. These two characters are written in every copy."

In addition to the name, it is a bit like "Ming Pao", which is formatted in paragraphs. As far as the letter in his hand is concerned, it records the food and grass consumed by the imperial court in the early years of Zhengde, as well as some strange things in various places. knowledge.

This is enough.

"This envoy knows that you people have a name called Shanjian Yeyuan. There are dozens of people, big and small, and you are not big officials, but you have a lot of temper. Jiang Tongzu, this envoy holds it well." This is the ironclad proof that you are dissatisfied with the imperial court and His Majesty!"

"It's just some articles based on knowledge, similar to "Ming Pao". How can this be regarded as evidence of treason?"

"Of course! You have resentment towards His Majesty. If you fail to be an official, you write random articles in the countryside to confuse people's hearts and have evil intentions! In the end, you commit an assassination! Reading your articles, I thought that I was about to die in Ming Dynasty. It's like a landslide."

Jiang Tongzu really panicked. If this crime is proven, then there is no chance at all, "Jiang did not assassinate! This is definitely not what Jiang did! The emperor is the orthodox Ming Dynasty, no matter what, we will not plan such a thing. Reversal!"

Mao Yuwen didn't bother to talk much, because he was also a stubborn person. No wonder the emperor was so angry that he was dismissed from office.

Wouldn't this kind of person be annoyed to death if he stayed in the court if he didn't dismiss him?

"Take them all away! There are also things here, and I sealed them word by word. These alone are enough to chop off your head!"

Literati always like to complain, if they are not allowed to be officials, and if they are not made to feel sour, isn't this killing people?Even in the period of literary inquisition in the Qing Dynasty, some people who had no ambitions would leave some "short words".

Especially those things that are similar to diaries that I wrote, I don’t show them to others anyway, so my words are often bold.When Emperor Qianlong and Yongzheng copied the homes of ministers, they would pay attention to whether they had any diaries.

As long as you find a sentence, don't mention the description, it will be insinuated, and even if you can make it up, you will be beheaded.

Afterwards, serious people stopped keeping diaries.

And the literati in this period have never seen that kind of white terror, so as long as it is reversed, there will definitely be a few words left behind.

After that, as long as one person has a problem, the so-called mountain wilderness must have a problem. You are all in a group, and you don't talk nonsense on weekdays?
Who will believe it if this is told!

However, Jiang Tongzu and his family were arrested, and the guest Lu Meng next to him seemed a little embarrassed.

"Ti Shuai, is this person arrested?"

Mao Yuwen waved his hand, "Arrest! Not only he wants to be arrested, but also the literati who have been in contact with Jiang and Lu! The evidence is what I just read!"

"So many people are like a nest of dirty mice, dare to criticize the emperor! If you don't arrest these people, what are you going to do with this Jinyiwei commander?!"

As for the clues to arresting people, it is also very simple.
Go through all those letters, if there is any communication, there is a problem.

Seeing this posture, Jiang Tongzu understood a little bit in his heart. He cried bitterly, "The late emperor has passed away, and there is no more benevolent king in Ming Dynasty."

His sobs made Lu Meng on the side wipe away his tears, "My late emperor, I miss you... woo woo woo."

Mao Yuwen is a so-called cruel official who has arrested many literati, but he is a cruel official. These experiences have indeed shown him the unsightly side of these literati. It can be said that hypocrites account for the vast majority of male thieves and female prostitutes.

That's why he hated this kind of 'player' behavior even more, and pulled out the scimitar directly, "Cry? If you cry again, I'll cut you off now!"

(End of this chapter)