Chapter 41: The Ma Wensheng Incident
After this group of people entered Huai'an, they began to get busy, although they were targeted by people with intentions, but there was no way to know what this group of people were doing, they asked everything, and there was no rule, it seemed that they were preparing to do business, some people were curious, but no one went up to find any trouble.
For half a month, news continued to converge, and the bewitching son was also busy all day.
This person is naturally not a son, nor is he a woman dressed as a man, his name is Yang Lian, and he was adopted and brought into the palace by Yang Peng since he was a child.
Eunuchs adopt orphans for the elderly, this is not a new thing in Daming, Yang Peng is also attentive enough to Yang Lian, since he was a child, he asked someone to teach him to read, teach him how to do things in the palace, after doing it all these years, Yang Lian is also a relatively prominent eunuch in the palace, but now the eunuch really has no opportunity to show himself.
In addition to this time, not only Yang Peng was excited, but Yang Lian was also excited, this is his own opportunity!
Once Dongchang rises, his godfather will fly Huang Tengda, so he is not going to fly Huang Tengda?
Yang Peng trusted Yang Lian, so he handed over the matter to them this time, and Yang Lian made up her mind to do a good job this time, so all the veterans of the East Factory were transferred from this trip to Huai'an. These people will naturally not be found by others, and Yang Lian naturally has to work hard in order to do things beautifully.
The East Factory is in full swing, but it is not all smooth sailing in the capital, and there is also chaos.
Originally, after the news of the Dongchang came out, the court was still nervous for a while, and Wenchen was very worried that the emperor would use the Dongchang, but before he could do anything, this matter was replaced by another shocking thing, that is, the incident of Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the name was obtained by Ge Dan.
The cause of the incident was Ma Wensheng's tour of the Beijing camp, and Zhu Houzhao originally thought that this was basically the case, and dismissed a group of officials as a warning. But something happened, and someone sent an archer to ambush at the door of Ma Wensheng's mansion, ready to assassinate Ma Wensheng when he returned.
It's just that the assassination failed, but the person didn't catch it, and was run away, but this is also a big deal.
stabbed the imperial court official on the street, or Ma Wensheng, the military secretary of the dynasty who was growing in prestige, this incident instantly caused a backlash from the civil official group, and the inscription was sent into the palace like snowflakes, and the only requirement was to investigate thoroughly, strictly investigate, and must find the murderer and mastermind, and then severely punish him.
originally thought that this was the end of the matter, but who would have thought that there would be a follow-up, someone wrote a lot of notes tied to the bow and arrow, and then shot into the Chang'an Gate.
Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Houzhao stood on the steps, Zhu Youzhu sat on the dragon chair, and Ma Wensheng stood below, and the atmosphere in the hall was a little dignified.
Ma Wensheng came to ask for guilt, the problem is those so-called love letters, there are many things written on them, all about Ma Wensheng, what is the old disrespect, what is rampant in the township, what is in the military department, what is dictatorial and arbitrary, anyway, a lot of it was written, Zhu Houzhao also read it, and it is estimated that he almost didn't write that Ma Wensheng was going to rebel and rebel.
After this happened, Ma Wensheng naturally wanted to enter the palace, and he couldn't talk about asking for guilt, mainly because he asked for an investigation.
Zhu Hou glanced at his father, and sighed helplessly in his heart, these people are really unscrupulous.
Jingying is rotten like that, these people still have the heart to do these things, but this seems to be too stupid. But you say that these people are stupid, whether it is the people who ambushed in front of Ma Wensheng's mansion, or the people who shot arrows outside the Chang'an Gate later, these people all ran away and didn't catch any of them, which is not like a stupid person can do it.
"Aiqing, after so many years, I naturally know Aiqing's personality, since entering the dynasty, Aiqing has been doing her best for Daming, so Aiqing don't let me down." Zhu Youzhu comforted Ma Wensheng.
This is also the proper meaning, the courtiers have been wronged, and the emperor's big boss naturally has to be appeased.
"The tour of the Beijing camp must be done well, I believe in Aiqing's ability." Zhu Youzhu continued.
"Thank Your Majesty for your trust, and you will do your best to live up to your grace!" Ma Wensheng hurriedly said, his tone was sincere and his attitude was firm, which could be regarded as a statement, and at the same time, it could be regarded as getting off the donkey. That's pretty much it. To put it bluntly, this matter itself is a process, no matter whether Ma Wensheng is really in trouble or not, whether the writing that comes in is true or false, this matter will not be investigated.
Zhu Houzhao knew a word in later generations, it is called procedural justice, if you want to sue Ma Wensheng, you can, you can write seriously.
It is definitely not to take such a way to shoot arrows into the Chang'an Gate, this matter is not advisable, once the imperial court starts to investigate Ma Wensheng with this, then what will be the follow-up impact? The initiator, what is the aftermath? This will make everyone learn from the same, and the officialdom struggle will develop in an unpredictable direction.
Regardless of whether these things are true or not, Zhu Youzhu can't do anything to Ma Wensheng, he can only give more trust and let him continue to investigate.
Ma Wensheng left, and Zhu Houzhao asked, "Father, don't you check the people behind it?" Ma Shi was assassinated and slandered again, so if you don't check it, I'm afraid it won't be able to appease people's hearts, right? Now the court is full of officials, is this good? ”
Glancing at Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Youzhu said helplessly: "If you check, who are you going to send to check?" ”
After listening to Zhu Youjiao's question, Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face became entangled, and he sighed with a wry smile for a long time: "There is no one to send a son!" ”
Looking at his son's appearance, Zhu Youzhu immediately smiled, and he smiled very happily, the kind that laughed more than once, and said with a smile for a while: "Okay, very good, the emperor is amazing, come, tell my father why no one can send him." ”
"The yamen of the imperial court investigating the case are nothing more than a few, the Shuntian Mansion of the Criminal Department of Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Imperial Court is adding a rumor, who will these yamen send? This case must be complicated, and it is not so easy to find out, if the commissioner and civil officials are sent to investigate, the spearhead will definitely be directed at the military generals and nobles of the Beijing camp. ”
"Now the patrol is already panicked, and some generals and nobles are resentful, once the civilian officials investigate the case ruthlessly, it may provoke a mutiny."
What Zhu Houzhao said is quite polite, once a civilian official is sent to investigate, it will definitely be a chicken and a dog jumping, whether it is to track down the real murderer or to deter the generals, they will suppress it, and who the real murderer is is secondary.
"Let the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies investigate, it is estimated that nothing can be found, it is better not to investigate, maybe it will be more troublesome if it is checked." Zhu Houzhao spoke again, this time his tone was full of bitterness.