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Chapter 36
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"Someone beat the Dengwen drum? Sue the imperial court for injustice? Is he crazy?! Beat the Dengwen drum to sue the imperial court. Even if he wins, he will be sent to the army!" Wei Zhongxian was taken aback—the first reaction was that this person must Come here to sue yourself, otherwise, who would be wronged enough to risk being exiled to Inner Mongolia and exile, and also come to the point of knocking on the drum to sue the imperial court?So Wei Zhongxian immediately yelled: "You bastard, what are you going to do? Long live the emperor is currently presiding over the palace examination. Someone beats a Dengwen drum. Is it worthwhile to enter the palace to report to the emperor? Go and send a message to the officials guarding the Dengwen drum tower to tell him Put the person who played the drum in prison for now, and ask him why he filed a complaint another day."

After all, Wei Zhongxian turned to Ming Xizong, bowed his head with an apologetic smile and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think it's appropriate for slaves to arrange this way?" , Nodding in agreement directly.Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed, and was about to drive away the eunuch who came to report the letter, when the crowd of civil and military officials suddenly walked out to salute Ming Xizong, and said in a very calm tone: "I report to the emperor, I think this is inappropriate, the emperor should immediately meet and knock Those who call for injustice, or at least should first understand whether the matter is urgent or not, and then decide whether to deal with it another day."

Suddenly a rabbit jumped out of the flock of sheep, Wei Zhongxian's inner anger can be imagined, but when he looked carefully at this daring rabbit, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but gasped - this rabbit is not easy to mess with, his ancestor Zhang Not to mention Yu is the number one hero of Jingnan. Another ancestor, Zhang Fu, once quelled the Annan Rebellion, and died for the country in Tumubao; Zhang Weixian is also the most famous hero, loyal and good for generations, highly respected, the highest hereditary Duke of Ming Dynasty, and the famous seventh-generation British Duke Zhang Weixian!Don't mention Wei Zhongxian for such a person, even Ming Xizong dare not give him some face.

"Your Majesty, I set up the Dengwen Drum as early as the first year of Taizu Hongwu. The Emperor Taizu once said that no matter whether you are a scholar, farmer, businessman, rich or poor, anyone who has a big grievance or a secret love can beat the drum to express their grievances. Any official from the DPRK and China who obstructs or makes things difficult will be punished with serious crimes." Zhang Weixian, a British prince who is over fifty years old, speaks sonorously and forcefully, but his tone is calm and composed, and he speaks slowly, which is simply irresistible.Zhang Weixian and Rice: "Later, during the Jingtai period, the imperial court made another case. Anyone who beat the Dengwen drum, regardless of whether the accusation was true or not, would be exiled to serve as an army, so as to prevent the unreasonable people from intentionally causing trouble and making trouble for no reason. It is rare to hear the drum beating, but when the drum sounds, there is either a military event or an eternal injustice. Therefore, I think that now that someone has sounded the Dengwen drum, the emperor should understand it first. The situation will be dealt with instead of being shelved directly.”

Zhang Weixian not only has a distinguished status, but also has a very good reputation in the court and among the people, and is extremely supported by Qing gossip officials, so after Zhang Weixian finished speaking, most of the officials from the Donglin Party and the neutral faction in the court came out and said in unison He said: "What the British government said is very true, and the ministers will second it." Only the officials of Wei Zhongxian's party complained in their hearts, fearing that the person who came to sue the imperial court would target him-because the possibility was too great.And Wei Zhongxian hated in his heart, "Damn it, the old man Yingying must have been dissatisfied when he saw that our family brought down another Donglin traitor today, so he jumped out to make things difficult for our family. No, this sue Yu Did the traitors of Donglin arrange the petitioner?"

Still the same sentence, Zhang Weixian's ancestors' credit and his own reputation are there, Ming Xizong can't refute his face anyway, so Ming Xizong had to withdraw the order and asked the little eunuch who reported the letter: "Say, Who is the person who beat the drum? Why is he beating the drum to cry for injustice?"

"Long live the report." The little eunuch kowtowed and stammered, "The person who beat the drum is a young man who claimed to be the servant of Zhang Haogu, a candidate for the undergraduate palace examination. Haogu put Mongolian sweat medicine Mandala flower in his breakfast, deliberately making his young master Zhang Haogu unable to pass the palace examination, so he brought personal and material evidence to the Forbidden City to complain. Let him enter the palace, and in a hurry, he beat the Dengwen drum and directly sued the emperor..."

"Mandala flower?!" The little eunuch hadn't finished speaking, and the audience in the Golden Luan Hall was already full of exclamations.The person involved, Young Master Zhang, even screamed, "There was sweat medicine in the food I ate this morning? No wonder I wanted to sleep all the time, and I was poisoned after doing it for a long time." Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang hurriedly added, "No wonder I can't even write a word today, so I was murdered!"

"Oops! I thought the person who came to sue the court was Wei Zhongxian, and I'm afraid many people will be killed this time!" The expression of the British public Zhang Weixian also changed, and he yelled in his heart that it's too bad!Everyone in Wei Zhongxian's party had bright eyes, knowing that there must be the shadow of the Donglin Party behind this incident. If it is handled well, it will definitely not be a problem to bring down seventeen or eight Donglin traitors.Wei Zhongxian, who laughed so hard that the wrinkles on his face turned into a flower, plopped down on his knees towards Ming Xizong, and shouted: "Your Majesty, someone actually poisoned and murdered the candidates in the palace examination. This is something that has never been heard of for thousands of years. This is a big case. This servant please ask the emperor to investigate this matter strictly and severely punish the mastermind behind the scenes!"

"It's no wonder that Zhang Haogu couldn't do the examination paper today, so it's like this." Ming Xizong suddenly realized, and roared again: "Quick, immediately bring Zhang Haogu's servant, together with the witnesses and material evidence, to the hall, and I want to interrogate this case myself! "

"Slave obeys the decree." Wei Zhongxian happily agreed, and went to arrange the execution of Ming Xizong's imperial decree in person - Wei Zhongxian is not an idiot, he knows that only the Donglin Party will offend Young Master Zhang when he comes to the capital, and he also knows that if Young Master Zhang fails in the palace examination Yiren is still the Donglin Party, so Donglin Party members must have been involved behind this incident. With such an excellent handle in hand, Wei Zhongxian would be really stupid if he didn't seize the opportunity to deal with his political enemies.In ecstasy, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but exaggerated Young Master Zhang, "Little monkey boy, you are really a great general."

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A moment later, Young Master Zhang's loyal servant Zhang Shitou was escorted to the Golden Luan Hall by Jin Yiwei, along with Young Master Zhang's elder brother Xiao Chuan, who was bound tightly, and a waiter who was beaten up until his nose was bruised, his face was swollen and his mouth was oozing blood.Seeing that Xiao Chuan was also among them, Tian Ergeng, the commander of Jin Yiwei, was taken aback, stood up and asked, "Xiao Chuan, why are you here too? Could it be you who knocked on the Dengwen drum?"

"Tian Aiqing, this Jinyiwei Baihu is your subordinate? Why is he involved in this matter?" Ming Xizong asked in surprise.Tian Ergeng replied with a mournful face: "Reporting to the emperor, he is not a subordinate of the minister, he is the Jinyiwei who belongs to the East Factory—but he is the brother-in-law of the minister."

"Okay, there is still hope." Zhang Weixian and most of the Donglin Party officials breathed a sigh of relief—as long as people from Dongchang are also involved in the case, then Wei Zhongxian will not find a good excuse to kill .Having said that, Xiao Chuan's answer completely disappointed these people. Xiao Chuan replied: "Brother-in-law, the person who knocked on the Dengwen drum was not me, but Zhang Haogu's servant Zhang Shitou. Originally, I advised him to wait a while. , I tried to find a way to bring you a letter to ask you to report to the emperor, but he was anxious to save his young master, so he desperately exiled the army to beat the Dengwen drum. As for me, I am the witness. The paleo diet is poisoned."

"Oh, that's good." Tian Ergeng breathed a sigh of relief - if his brother-in-law was involved in the case, he would have to avoid suspicion and not participate in the investigation. If he could not participate in the investigation of this case, he would lose a chance to make contributions to Wei Zhongxian.Young Master Zhang glanced back at Zhang Shitou, and cursed gratefully: "Shitou, are you crazy? If you beat the Dengwen drum, you will be exiled to eat the wind and drink the sand, won't you wait?"

"Master, I'm afraid something will happen to you." Seeing that Young Master Zhang is safe and sound, Zhang Shitou finally put his heart in his throat back into his stomach, and said with tears in his eyes, "As long as you can save Young Master, don't say exile. The wind is drinking the sand, and I am willing to exchange my life for another. Young master, it is as long as you are fine, as long as you are fine, otherwise, the little one really has no way to turn to the master."

Speaking of this, Zhang Shitou couldn't help but burst into tears on the spot, causing young master Zhang to burst into tears, and the master and servant looked at each other and cried loudly.Seeing such a scene, Ming Xizong's nose couldn't help a little sour, and he sighed: "A rare loyal servant, in order to save his master from danger, he would not hesitate to use his own body to replace the crime. It is rare, rare." Wei Zhongxian took the opportunity to wipe the corners of his eyes and flatter him Said: "Your Majesty, if you are in any danger, the servants are willing to replace you with their bodies just like this loyal servant."

"Zhongxian, I believe you will." Ming Xizong nodded appreciatively to Wei Zhongxian, then turned to Master Zhang and shouted: "Don't cry, Zhang Haogu's servant, if you have any grievances, just come to me. I will make the decision for you."

To be honest, the case of Young Master Zhang is actually very simple. Someone bought the waiter of Liansheng Inn with 50 taels of silver and instigated him to put mandolin flowers in Young Master Zhang’s meal on the morning of March 100th, in order to make Mr. Zhang The young master fell into a coma in the Golden Luan Hall, so that the young master Zhang couldn't complete the palace test normally, and then gave the waiter [-] taels of silver to the shop waiter after the matter was completed—it's just that the person behind the incident was unlucky, and was killed by a man accidentally when he was about to finish his work. Xiao Chuan, an agent of the East Factory, saw the flaw, and not only got witnesses on the spot, but even got physical evidence of the poisoned porridge bowl.And this incident has been witnessed from the beginning to the end. For example, the fat eunuch Song Jin and the four young eunuchs sent by Wei Zhongxian all saw Master Zhang drink the poisoned porridge, and Ming Xizong himself saw Master Zhang being poisoned. He looked drowsy in the Golden Luan Hall, and the waiter in the shop also admitted the fact that he was instigated by others to poison him, so this case can be said to be solid evidence, no one can turn it over.And so Zhu Youxiao, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, after hearing these things, immediately pointed at the waiter in the shop and jumped into a rage, "Bold thief, dare to poison the examinee's bowl and destroy the national talent ceremony. I will definitely smash your corpse into thousands of pieces!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Caomin is willing to pay off the crime." The waiter who poisoned Young Master Zhang was also very smart, and offered to confess: "Caomin knows who is the one who bribed Caomin to poison him. Caomin can find him."

"How did you find it?" Ming Xizong asked sharply.The waiter in the shop kowtowed and replied: "The man who bought Cao Min was met by Cao Min in the casino. He is a regular customer of that casino, and many people there know him. The emperor only needs to send someone to the Jixiang Casino in Huaishu Hutong in the west of the city. Then we can find the person who instigated the grassroots to poison Zhang Keguan."

"Very good." Ming Xizong turned his anger into joy, and immediately pointed at Tian Ergeng and shouted: "Tian Aiqing, I order you to investigate in person, and you must find the person who bought the innkeeper and his mastermind behind it!"

"My minister obeys the order." Tian Ergeng happily agreed.But before Tian Ergeng took any action, Wang Wenyan, the secretary of the cabinet, had already stepped out of the train, knelt down to Ming Xizong, and said calmly: "Report to the emperor, there is no need to investigate, this matter was done by a humble minister, buy it." The person who committed the poison is also the servant of this minister, and this minister pleaded guilty."

"What?" Before Wang Wenyan finished speaking, everyone in the hall blurted out in shock.Wei Zhongxian, who had disliked Wang Wenyan for a long time, was surprised and delighted, and quickly pointed at Wang Wenyan and shouted: "It turns out that you, a traitor, did it, just admit it yourself! Say, what other accomplices do you have? Why did you do this?"

"I don't have any accomplices." Wang Wenyan shook his head resolutely, and said calmly: "As for why I attacked Zhang Haogu? It was because I didn't like him, and I didn't want him to become an official in the court. That's enough."

"It turned out that Wang Wenyan knew that he couldn't escape, so he came out alone to resist all the charges and save the other Donglin Party officials." Zhang Weixian and Wei Zhongxian guessed Wang Wenyan's intentions together, and turned their eyes to the Donglin Party officials. , I saw that most of the Donglin party officials were pretending to be calm and expressionless, only a small number of people headed by Zuo Guangdou were full of horror, but no one showed sympathy or indignation.Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian sneered complacently in his heart, while Zhang Weixian sighed in his heart, "These Donglin scholars are usually full of benevolence and morality. When things come to an end, they are not as responsible as a servant. With your virtue and courage, what can you do with Wei Zhongxian?" fight?"

At this time, the ashen-faced Ming Xizong spoke up, and shouted: "Come here, take Wang Wenyan down and hand him over to the three justices for strict interrogation! Severe conviction!" Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this servant thinks that it is best for Wang Wenyan to go to court first." Hand it over to Dongchang for interrogation, find out if he has any other accomplices, and then hand it over to the Sanju Judiciary for conviction."

"Quasi-playing." Ming Xizong replied with a cold snort.Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed, and quickly ordered Jin Yiwei to strip Wang Wenyan of his official uniform and escort him to Dongchang to be imprisoned pending trial.But Wang Wenyan, who knew he was going to die, had no fear, and was still walking with his head held high when being escorted by Jin Yiwei. It was only when he passed by Young Master Zhang that Wang Wenyan spit thick phlegm in front of Young Master Zhang and cursed: Slave and running dog!" Young Master Zhang also knew that Wang Wenyan's entry into the East Factory was bound to come in and out, so he just turned his face away, ignoring Wang Wenyan's provocation.

"Huh?" Because of the different angles, when Young Master Zhang turned his face, Zhang Weixian just saw the fleeting look of pain flashing across Young Master Zhang's face. Ming, isn't it Wei Yan's best friend who is completely irretrievable?"

(End of this chapter)