Zhang Whale stood there stunned, his face full of disbelief, he really didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would react like this after hearing his own message. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As one of the emperor's first few favored eunuchs, Zhang Whale asked himself to know a lot about the emperor's psychology. On weekdays, this young son of heaven will reveal his dissatisfaction with Zhang Juzheng from his words and deeds, feeling that he is hindering his own pro-government, and sometimes even thinks that once Zhang Juzheng is gone, his ambition can be completely served.

It is precisely because he recognized Wanli's disgust for Zhang Juzheng, so even if he saw that he had the intention of keeping the other party this time, and even issued a will to the other party to win the favor several times, Zhang Whale also thought that this was just what the Son of Heaven wanted to be, and his real purpose was just to drive Zhang Juzheng back to his hometown through the surging opposition from the court.

Zhang Whale, who thought he had seen through all this, wanted to take this opportunity to pat the emperor's ass, so that he could be more favored and able to overpower Sun Hai, who was now a head higher than himself. But I didn't expect that today's fart was actually slapped on the horse's leg - forehead, or dragon claw? - Yes, not only did he not get the emperor's reward, but he had to face the wrath of Long Yan.

"This ...... What the hell is going on? Zhang Jing, who has always boasted of knowing the emperor's mind well, immediately panicked when he found out that he had misjudged the situation, and he was a little distracted at this time. Fortunately, he still knew that he was in front of the Son of Heaven, and he still had a glimmer of clarity, so when the emperor called him twice in a row, he quickly came back to his senses: "Your Majesty ......"

"What are you thinking? If you don't hurry up and give the will to me, you can't let those guys add trouble to Master Zhang, and if anyone dares to offend, no matter who it is, I will severely punish it! If it is an official, it will be dismissed and questioned, and if it is a child, all fame will be cut off and the border land will be distributed on the spot. Wanli had a new idea at this time, and ordered solemnly again.

The content of this will is too serious, for scholars, fame is the stepping stone for them to enter the officialdom, once they are taken away, then this life is completely over. And officials, once dismissed, can only return to their hometowns to become a farmer at most. This kind of punishment is sometimes heavier than that of confiscation, court cane, imprisonment, etc., and it is more aimed at those who keep saying that they want to uphold discipline.

This time, Zhang Whale was completely convinced that the emperor really wanted to leave Zhang Juzheng, so he didn't dare to say anything, and quickly agreed, and he was about to leave the palace.

No, as soon as he turned around, the emperor shouted from behind him: "Wait." ”

Zhang Whale thought that the young man had suddenly changed his mind again, so he quickly turned around and put on a deaf look. I saw Wanli frowning again: "By the way, how did Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian deal with it in the end?" In his anger just now, he really forgot about these two.

"They...... According to reports, the servants of the Zhang family tied them up at the signal of Zhang Ge Lao and sent them to the Shuntian Mansion for disposal. There's no news from Shuncheonfu yet. Zhang Whale said busily.

"This matter will not be interrogated by Tianfu, with the student breaking into the teacher's mansion and making such a fuss, what kind of officials are the two of them? They were immediately taken away from their official bodies and driven out of the capital on the same day. The Emperor immediately decided. It's time to let those who are always clinging to this know that it's powerful, and use these two as the chickens that kill the chickens and monkeys.

Although he hesitated slightly, Zhang Whale still agreed. However, he knew that in this way, His Majesty would be criticized by many courtiers again, maybe today's will will be a lot, and tomorrow's opposition and protection of the two of them will be sent to the palace.

"Also, before sending them out of the capital, they should be escorted outside the noon gate, and each of them will be punished with fifty court rods." The young son of heaven either doesn't make a move, and once he does, he is extremely ruthless.

Zhang Whale was stunned again, and the fifty court staff ...... If it is really solid, it is very possible for these two scholars, who will definitely not be too strong, to lose their lives. But he didn't have much friendship with those people, and now that the Son of Heaven was angry, Zhang Whale naturally wouldn't speak for them, so he agreed again, and after being sure that the emperor didn't continue to give orders, he went backwards and went out of the palace.

It wasn't until he left the palace gate that Zhang Whale's face showed apprehension and uneasiness. This time, everything has to be done by themselves to pass on the decree, it is all a matter of offending people, they dare not say anything bad about Your Majesty, but they will not show mercy to such a eunuch as themselves. When he thought of this, he regretted it even more, he knew that this was the case, and he shouldn't have reported such news.

But when things came to this point, His Majesty had issued an order, so he naturally didn't dare to postpone, so he could only hesitate a little outside the hall, and finally stomped his feet and quickly walked out.

After he left, Sun Hailai with a smile on his face turned out from behind the pillar on one side. Although he was not in the hall just now, just looking at Zhang Whale's uncomfortable look like eating, you can know that he has suffered a loss in front of the Son of Heaven. This made Sun Hai feel a little gloating in his heart.

Although these two people have not really had any head-on conflicts, they both know that the other party will be their biggest opponent in the future, and they are both holding back their strength to calculate each other. Now that Zhang Whale has made this incident, it is naturally the best for Sun Hai.

"Fortunately, Yang Yan reminded me not to meddle in anything related to Zhang Gelao, otherwise it may be me who eats and hangs." Thinking of this, Sun Hai's face showed a look of joy and gratitude again.

After Wanli ordered the ministers not to disturb Zhang Juzheng's will again, it really caused a lot of discussion among the courtiers again, and Zhang Whale, who passed the decree, was treated as an enemy by many officials. Fortunately, they were still calm and knew what they couldn't do, so even if they hated this eunuch who sowed right and wrong, they didn't really do anything to him, but even so, just being stared at by them with deep hostility made Zhang Whale like a thorn in the back.

But the matter was not over, and then Zhang Whale rushed to Shuntianfu to ask for someone, and announced in public that he would punish Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian with a court staff, and then take away the official body and expel them from Beijing, which aroused the unanimous opposition of the officials.

Many colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, who were good friends with the two of them, as well as other science and clear streams, came forward to exonerate the two, and some even wanted to go to the palace to meet the Son of Heaven and intercede for the two.

However, this time, Wanli didn't pay attention to their meaning at all, this Forbidden City is not something that anyone can enter, and in the end, they can only be blocked out.

In fact, in addition to pleading with the Son of Heaven, there is another way to save these two people, that is, to go to Zhang Juzheng and ask him to come forward to save people. But this time, the officials no longer had the courage to go to Zhang's mansion, and they didn't think that Zhang Juzheng was willing to rescue these two students who betrayed him and brought him great shame.

So in the end, in the helpless waiting of the officials, Wu Zhao and the others were still taken out of the Shuntian Mansion by the people in the palace and escorted to the noon gate, where they were about to be punished with a court staff.

In later dramas or film and television dramas, the emperor will always be heard popping up such a line: "Come on, pull so-and-so to me outside the noon gate and behead the public!" ”

But in fact, this statement is completely wrong, and there has never been a courtier who was killed before the noon gate from ancient times to the present. Because this place is unusual, it is not a place to kill people at all.

The noon gate, located directly in front of the palace, is the main gate of the palace, and even in a sense, the gate of the country. The symbolism of this gate is extremely important, only the Son of Heaven can enter and exit at will, and ordinary officials cannot approach it at all. Such a noble place, and the main gate of the emperor's house, naturally it is impossible to kill people here.

In fact, we can also think about it by analogy, who is willing to leave their own gate to kill people, and then they must not be afraid to enter and exit the door in the future? Even if you kill chickens and ducks or something, you have to go to the bottom of the wall. And the ancients, especially the emperors, were much more taboo than ordinary people, and it was naturally even more impossible to kill people at their own doorstep.

In fact, it was indeed a place of execution in the Ming Dynasty before the noon gate, but it was not a head, but a court staff.

This court staff is a special criminal responsibility imposed by the Ming Emperor on the ministers who have committed crimes against his subordinates, and to put it simply, it is a spanking of the fart. However, unlike the general method of scolding people with the cane in the yamen, the officials who were punished with the cane had to be stripped of their clothes and exposed their backs and buttocks, which meant insulting the officials.

And what makes the court staff really talk about the tiger for the Ming officials is that it can kill people. The rod of more than ten catties was whipped the person who was not in the wisp, and its lethality was naturally not small, but this would only hurt the person at most. But as some people who perceive the Sacred Heart ponder it, it becomes a kind of torture that can be light or heavy, and can take people's lives.

Those Han generals who tortured each of them had practiced their execution skills with great difficulty, and they were able to lay a piece of paper on the stone, and the stone would shatter without breaking the paper after a few rods. It can also be done to put a tofu under the cowhide and other things, and the cowhide will be broken without damage after a few sticks. The skill of his hands can be seen.

And these executioners all acted according to the orders of the eunuch in charge of the execution, and generally speaking, the eunuch would use very simple words to imply the severity of the punishment of those people - to beat, that is, to deal with it casually, to look miserable but not to hurt the bones; Speaking of real fighting, it is ruthless, at least it can beat people half to death, look at how much force, how much it goes down; And to say that to fight with heart is to take people's lives. At this time, even if it looks like an understatement, a few canes can kill people in an instant.

Naturally, the officials of the DPRK and China are well aware of this situation, so when the matter can no longer be stopped, they are most concerned about the life and death of these two people. Seeing that the person was escorted, everyone stared nervously at Zhang Whale, who was in charge of the execution, to see what he would say!