During this time, Jinyiwei, who had been low-key and passively beaten in the Zhenfu Division, suddenly poured out of the nest and sent a large number of people to Dongchang and other places, which was naturally quickly reported by the eyeliners arranged by the major yamen nearby. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

And when they learned the news, several yamen invariably did not choose to immediately send people to stop them or continue to help Dongchang deal with Jinyiwei. Because this matter came too strangely, these officials who had been in the officialdom of the capital for many years quickly sniffed out the strangeness, and he would not bump into it headlong until there was a clear answer to the matter.

However, after all, this matter was instructed by Zhang Gelao, and in order to give him an explanation, all the officials still sent people to the palace in person or sent people to deliver the news to see how Zhang Juzheng would react to this.

In fact, long before these officials received the wind, Zhang Juzheng, who was in the palace, had already learned about the source of this change. Although he is only a foreign court official, he also has a lot of eyeliner contacts in the palace, so it is naturally impossible to hide such a major event from him.

After learning that Feng Bao was taken down by Wanli's order, Zhang Juzheng was also frightened. Although he disagreed with Feng Bao's approach to some things, Zhang Juzheng also knew that this was his closest ally, and if this ally was really taken down by the emperor, then his next days would not be so good.

It was precisely because of this consideration that soon after learning the news, Zhang Ge Lao hurriedly got up and asked to see the Son of Heaven coming.

"Master Zhang wants to see me?" After hearing the report from the servant beside him, Wanli, who had just been deeply excited about winning Feng Bao, was nervous. Of course, he knew the close relationship between Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng, and immediately judged that Master Zhang was here for this, which made him a little confused about how to deal with it.

"Your Majesty......" Sun Hai saw Wanli's uneasiness, and hurriedly comforted him: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much, after all, our evidence is conclusive in this matter, and even Elder Zhang Ge can't change the facts because of this." ”

Wanli was a little relieved at this time, nodded and said: "What you said is right, I just acted according to the rules and laws, and it was Feng Bao, a slave, who made a big mistake that I would be severely punished!" Go, Master Xuanzhang come in. ”

Zhang Juzheng quickly walked into the warm pavilion, and after seeing the ceremony, he stopped going around in circles, and asked bluntly: "Your Majesty, I heard that you suddenly took down Feng Bao, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

"That's what happened!" Wanli looked at Zhang Juzheng calmly and replied. To be honest, even if he is getting older now, as long as he is alone with Zhang Juzheng, the little emperor will still feel uncomfortable.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what mistake did Gonggong Feng make that he would be taken care of suddenly?" Zhang Juzheng asked urgently. Looking at this disciple who he cultivated single-handedly, Zhang Juzheng unconsciously put on the appearance of a teacher.

was reprimanded by him so bluntly, Wanli beat a drum in his heart. But fortunately, as he grew older, his courage became much stronger than before, so he responded: "He has been greedy and deceived the king, and has committed all kinds of great crimes, and if it were not for the credit of his past, he would have been condemned to death this time." ”

"Ah......h Although he had already known that something had happened to Feng Bao just now, he didn't expect the matter to reach such a serious point, and his face changed rapidly, and his heart became more and more anxious: "Your Majesty, why don't you discuss such a big matter with the cabinet first?" And after the incident, I didn't see you send someone to the cabinet to inform you, which is really against common sense. ”

Facing Zhang Juzheng's questioning, Wanli was nervous at first, but soon, he calmed down again. Because he suddenly thought of the flaw in the other party's words, he turned his face blank: "Master Zhang, there is a big problem with what you say." I was only dealing with a eunuch in the inner court, not a courtier, so why should I inform the cabinet, or even seek the cabinet's opinion first? Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have never been such rules and precedents, right? ”

"This ......" was asked by Wanli, and Zhang Juzheng was stunned for an instant. Only then did he come back to his senses, he was so anxious because of Feng Bao's being taken that he actually ignored the other party's special identity. In the final analysis, Feng Bao is just a servant in front of the emperor, and what power does he, a foreign minister, have to control how the emperor disposes of the minions. If it is more serious, his words are also an act of arrogance and deception.

Looking at the deep-eyed Wanli staring at him, Zhang Juzheng felt for the first time in his heart that he couldn't figure out the disciple in front of him, and knew that he could no longer control this young emperor. This realization made Zhang Juzheng's heart unconsciously more nervous, and he couldn't even speak for a while.

Seeing Zhang Juzheng's somewhat flustered or cowering eyes, Wanli only felt a burst of excitement. This is the first time he has occupied a word of reason in front of Master Zhang, and the first time it is difficult for Master Zhang to distinguish, which makes him more pleasant than the order to take down Feng Bao just now.

But soon, Wanli suppressed the smugness in his heart again. He knew very well that even if he could really refute Zhang Juzheng speechless this time and gain the upper hand, in fact, he would not be able to hurt the other party at all. Since this is the case, there is no need to anger this Master Zhang, who holds the power of the imperial court. Don't look at Wanli is not yet sixteen years old this year, but the life of the emperor who has been suppressed for a long time has made his mind far better than his peers.

After turning this thought, Wanli decided to accept it as soon as he saw it, and his face softened: "Actually, I also know that Master Zhang, you care about me, so you have this question." If it were another courtier, I would naturally not explain too much to him, but for you, Master Zhang, it would naturally be a different matter. As he spoke, he took out the testimony that was thrown on the ground by himself and again after being read by Feng Bao, and asked Sun Hai to present it to Zhang Juzheng for him to see.

After Zhang Juzheng took the testimony and swept it at a glance, he was stunned at first--he was not surprised that Feng Bao had embezzled so much silver, in fact, he already knew what Feng Gonggong had done behind his back, but he had never had a seizure--but was surprised that it was just such a corruption problem, and the emperor resolutely wanted to take Feng Bao, was this too much of a fuss?

But then, he smiled bitterly in his heart. In fact, the emperor's desire to get rid of this obstructive Feng Bao has already been reflected, but there is no way to take him because there is no definite evidence. And now, when such a charge appeared in front of the emperor, Wanli certainly couldn't leave any mercy.

Everyone in officialdom understands that whether you will be convicted or not is not whether you really made a mistake, but only whether anyone wants to condemn you by the mistakes you make! If the people above don't want to touch you, then you can't be convicted of murder and arson, but once the people above want to get rid of you, then even if you just scold a few words on the street, you will still be deducted a few big hats, and then convicted.

"It seems that this time, the emperor is determined to get rid of Feng Bao from his side......" Zhang Juzheng sighed silently in his heart, feeling powerless for the first time.

But Wanli hadn't finished speaking, but he continued: "If it is only a crime of corruption and bribery, I may still be open to Feng Baowang." But he also did something that was intolerable, he actually paid money to buy the palace attendants, isn't this ill-intentioned? If it weren't for his meager achievements, I would have ordered someone to execute him on the spot! ”

"What? How could he do such a thing? Zhang Juzheng was taken aback again and couldn't help but scream. Then he completely cut off the idea of asking the emperor to spare Feng Bao. Once this matter is confirmed, it is to convict Feng Bao of a bad plot, and it is not an exaggeration to accuse the king of assassination, it is a big crime to exterminate the nine clans, and no one dares to touch the edge. Even a powerful minister like Zhang Juzheng is the same.

"Master Zhang, after all, this matter is related to the palace, so I don't want it to be spread out, so I ......"

"The minister understands, the minister must be tight-lipped about this!" Zhang Juzheng hurriedly agreed.

"Also, the crime committed by Feng Bao this time has been confirmed, so I have already issued an order to the Jinyi Guards to let them go and raid Feng's mansion. I want to see how much money he Feng Bao has embezzled behind my back. Please also ask the cabinet to draft a clear decree to issue it, as for Feng Bao's crime, it is better to say that he was corrupt and bribed. Wanli took the opportunity to ask.

When the matter came to this point, Zhang Juzheng naturally didn't want to object to Wanli anymore, so he hurriedly agreed, and then retreated a little stupidly.

Looking at Zhang Juzheng's somewhat helpless and lonely back leaving, Wanli's eyes were shining, and he was very excited, and he had a sense of pleasure of letting out a bad breath.

As the cabinet issued a clear decree to dispose of Feng Bao, the fact of Feng Bao's fall spread quickly. And this time, it immediately aroused the uneasiness of many officials who relied on welcoming Gonggong Feng to have today's status. But with the joint nod of the emperor and the head of the cabinet, these officials have no other way to deal with it except to accept their fate.

In despair, many people suddenly thought of the only way to protect themselves - to clear their ties with him by impeaching Feng Bao. As a result, soon after the decree was issued, one after another impeachment seals impeaching Gonggong Feng for all kinds of illegal things flew like snowflakes into the General Political Department, into the cabinet, and into the emperor's imperial case. And these officials who have taken refuge under Feng Bao naturally know more and more about his evil deeds, so Feng Bao's crimes have accumulated more quickly.

In just three days, the imperial court has successively announced dozens of Feng Bao's crimes, which is enough to kill him more than ten times. And the emperor has not made a final judgment on this, just because he is still waiting for the report of Jinyiwei.