Chapter 945: Burning Yourself

Despite being the empress dowager of the two palaces standing at the apex of the entire empire, Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen are still women in essence. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Therefore, Wang Fulin broke out such a big gossip, Empress Dowager Li couldn't help but be stunned, living in Ciqing Palace, not bothering to ask about foreign affairs, and there was no place to know about this kind of minister's family affairs, so Empress Dowager Chen immediately asked: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Knowing what kind of incident happened in the palace today, Wang Fulin didn't intend to tighten the atmosphere, so after glancing at Zhang Juzheng, he saw that the cabinet chief assistant bowed slightly, obviously instructing him to say it directly, so he sorted out his thoughts and started directly from his wife Xiaobei's life experience. When he mentioned that he heard about Wang Daokun's messenger in front of Zhang's house, he was angry and said that he wanted to find Zhang Siwei's theory, and Zhang Sijiao hurriedly came to take Zhang Taizheng to ask for the guilt, he pretended to be indignant, and regardless of whether the emperor was out of honor or not, he directly raised his voice.

"Dignified and second-handed, his hand is stretched out so long, just because he heard that Neiko has a little family background, he is behind his back? Even if it was really done by Zhang Taizheng, the Zhang family's family was rotten, if it weren't for Zhang Ge's connivance, would it have come to this point? I heard that Zhang Ge Lao is not even ready to admit his son, and his own son is still like this, not to mention that I have offended him a lot, can this so-called reconciliation be taken seriously now? If he really has no flaws in his sleeves, then I really obey him, but he himself is a clean official, but his brothers and in-laws are rich and powerful in Shanxi, I really can't get used to his pretentious appearance! ”

Empress Dowager Li basically didn't understand state affairs, and she would entrust it all to Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao before, but she could still distinguish right from wrong when it came to her parents. Since it was Zhang Sijiao who hurriedly roared and took his nephew Zhang Taizheng to Wang Fulin to take the blame, it is obvious that the rights and wrongs have been clear, and for Wang Fulin to frankly state his wife's life experience, she suddenly felt a little empathy from a small family.

After all, her current situation is also thanks to her family who sold her into the Yuwang Mansion back then, but when she became a concubine, an imperial concubine and the queen mother, she really had no resentment about the old things? Of course not, it's just that filial piety is as important as the sky, even if she really hates her parents for selling their daughters, so what, isn't it to give them glory and wealth now? Because of this, Xiaobei hated her brother for being unkind and unwilling to return to the sect, so she didn't plan to say anything.

Just as Empress Dowager Li was about to comment on the two sentences of the Zhang family's father and son, Li Yong's cautious voice came from outside: "The two old ladies, Mr. Yuanfu Zhang, and the Jinyi Wei outside sent someone to tell you that the second assistant Zhang Ge's hometown has gone to water." It seems to ......"

"Seems like what?" This time it was Zhang Juzheng who spoke. He knew most of what Wang Fulin said just now, so he didn't interject, saving himself self-defeating, but for this new news, he couldn't keep silent, "Now that the second assistant Zhang Ge is in Fuque, such a big thing has happened in his family, and he has to give him a message, you make it clear first!" ”

"It is said that it is Zhang Taizheng, the eldest son of Zhang Gelao...... Seems to be dead......"

Hearing this news, Wang Fulin couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, knowing in his heart that Liu Ying had already done the thing.

This news happened to be sent over after Wang Fulin said that he had a holiday with the Zhang family, and said that it was the people of Jinyiwei who came to tell him, Empress Dowager Li couldn't help but glance at Zhang Juzheng outside the curtain, and suddenly remembered that he had just told him that among the accomplices of Zhang Ming's confession, in addition to Zhang Wei, the master of ceremonies, Wang Fulin who is here now, and Zhang Siwei, Liu Shouyou, compared to Wang Fulin is just an insignificant imperial history, Liu Shouyou is in charge of Jinyiwei, she couldn't help but immediately ask: "Who is the news of Jinyiwei?" But Liu Shouyou? ”

"No, it was Liu Baichuan who was sentenced to 1,000 households by Jinyiwei and Guo Bao, who was sentenced to 100,000 households, who went to the Waidong Factory to report, saying that it was Liu Dashuai...... Liu Dashuai took people to help put out the fire in Zhang Ge's hometown. ”

Wang Fulin almost wanted to laugh three times. The reason why Liu Ying was able to help Zhang Taizheng run out of Zhang's house was because there were people from Feng Bao outside to help; The reason why it is said that Zhang Taizheng is dead is because Liu Ying confirmed this as Zhang Sijiao, and asked the Zhang family to ask Liu Shouyou to help put out the fire. With this voice confusing the public, the Zhang family will not think deeply after being anxious, and will definitely do so; And the reason why Liu Baichuan and Guo Bao went to the Waidong Factory to report this matter, by the way, was because he asked Liu Bo to inform Chen Liang and let Chen Liang tell Liu Baichuan and Guo Bao.

Thinking about Liu Shouyou, it was also because he stood on the side of the little emperor, Zhang Siwei was in the palace again, and he had no way to retreat, so he had to go to Zhang's house.

Stance determines action, this is really an unbreakable truth! Liu Shouyou rushed to Zhang's house after listening to the report from the Zhang family, in addition to helping to extinguish the fire, I am afraid that he also has the idea to check whether there is a ghost behind him, and then hold Zhang Siwei's handle!

"It's just nonsense, there is no one in the Zhang family? There is no one in the Shuntian Mansion and Daxing County, and they need him to help put out the fire? Empress Dowager Li didn't care about this, her brows were erected, and she immediately said sharply, "Mr. Zhang, Liu Shouyou shouldn't stay in Ti Shuai's position any longer, this is really too unusual." ”

"It's not good to spread the word about it......," Zhang Juzheng said, glanced at Wang Fulin, and then ordered in a very natural tone, "Shiqing had better send another transcript." ”

Wang Fulin bowed and replied without saying a word: "Ti Shuai must not be a slave of the old family of the pavilion, and the minister should be impeached." ”

Empress Dowager Li's face suddenly turned a little pale, and she immediately said to Zhang Juzheng: "Mr. Zhang will recommend a few more reliable people to be in charge of Jinyiwei." The two who just said that they went to the Waidong Factory to report the matter are also very good, so you might as well promote them. Jinyiwei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, how can he be so willful and reckless like Liu Shou? ”

Hearing the words of the Empress Dowager Li, Wang Fulin looked at Zhang Juzheng and did not answer, so he asked him again with sincerity: "Forgiveness is presumptuous, speaking of the Son of Heaven and the army, the two old ladies are above, and Mr. Yuanfu Zhang is also here, but I don't know why the emperor is not in the Qianqing Palace?" Since the emperor's favor, the minister returned to Beijing from the Guangdong patrol according to the imperial history, and was promoted to the head of the imperial history of Guangdong. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Juzheng's face suddenly turned pale, and he immediately shouted: "Wang Fulin, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, since the two queen mothers have been summoned, you should also retire!" ”

Since Zhang Juzheng gave such a clear indication, Wang Fulin said everything he should have said when he came here, and immediately asked to retire. But before he could take a step, he only heard Empress Dowager Li say in a deep voice: "It turns out that Da Lang has asked Tian Yi to reward you several times. What did Tian Yidu tell you? ”

No wonder Zhang Ming insisted on slandering Wang Fulin and Zhang Siwei and he were accomplices, did her good son want to win over people early on?

This time, even Empress Dowager Chen, who had never spoken much before, couldn't help but sit up straighter. She thought differently from Empress Dowager Li, and only hoped that Wang Fulin would not pour dirty water on Zhu Yijun again. Even if the little emperor came to beg her to come forward before, but in the end, he behaved completely abnormally, which disappointed her, but after all, she has always attached great importance to this little emperor who was not born to her, but is also her son in terms of name.

"Grandpa Tian didn't say anything?" Wang Fulin's eyes widened in surprise, and then he said, "Probably because the minister has stepped into the Wenhua Hall and the East Pavilion several times and has the opportunity to have direct contact with the emperor, so the emperor only knows that the minister is such a person." Repeatedly awarded, the emperor of Gong Tian gave a lot of encouragement, and also mentioned that the ministers might as well calm down and immerse themselves in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a period of time, don't be too ambitious. The minister thinks it makes sense, and he has been recommended by Yuanfu before, and he starts much higher than ordinary Jinshi, so he has long been content, otherwise if he is so ambitious, how can he be worthy of Yuanfu's cultivation and the emperor's favor? ”

Zhang Juzheng added in due course: "Wang Shaofang, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, had intended to recommend Wang Shiqing as the Minister's Wen Xuanlang before, but he took the initiative to resign. ”

Empress Dowager Li didn't speak, but she quickly assessed Tian Yi in her heart. There are so many eunuchs in the palace, of course she can't remember them all, but Tian Yi is the best among the rising stars after all, and he has also shown his head in front of her, she heard Feng Bao and Zhang Hong both praise this person for his loyalty and kindness, and thought that people were also sick after Zhang Juzheng was sick, and it is said that he directly pleaded for mercy and temporarily raised them in a private house outside the palace, for fear of being too sick to the palace, let alone seeing the emperor, she removed the person from the list of suspicions in her heart. However, Zhang Juzheng wanted to send Wang Fulin away, but she had other ideas.

She summoned Zhang Juzheng to ask the cabinet chief assistant to at least write an edict on behalf of Zhu Yijun even if he was sick. But now there is Zhang Siwei with a large number of people in ambush, and Zhang Ming confesses, plus Zhang Siwei's house is on fire, and it is said that a son was burned to death, Liu Shouyou is handsome and is actually helping to extinguish the fire, and Wang Fulin impeached Zhang Siwei, she somehow gave birth to a thought in her heart that she had never had.

Folk parents can go to the government to sue their son for disobedience, but she was accused by her son so crazy before the queen mother, not only that, if it weren't for Zhang Hong and Feng Bao to stop it, Zhu Yijun would even be almost rude, could it be that this is not disobedience?

She took a deep breath and said bluntly: "Wang Fulin, you just asked where the emperor is. As the Son of Heaven, he was disobedient, and now he is still in Cining Palace! ”

Deathly silence......

Since Wang Fulin was summoned here, he had to ask, but he didn't expect that Empress Dowager Li would reveal such a truth at this time, he wanted to say very sincerely, I am a little person who was urgently summoned by you and was ready to leave immediately, you really don't need to say this to me. You tell me this, and those righteous men and gentlemen outside know that I am actually in the palace at this time, but I haven't done anything, so you can't step on me with 10,000 feet? I asked the emperor about his whereabouts, and it was because I saw that the queen mother occupied the Qianqing Palace, so I had to ask about it, and when I went out, I had to give an explanation to the officials in the outside world.

It's over, set yourself on fire!

When he looked at Zhang Juzheng again, he saw that the cabinet chief assistant also had a bitter face, obviously facing such a most difficult problem just now. And the next moment, the voice of Empress Dowager Chen came from behind the curtain.

"Sister, Da Lang was just instigated by someone to be confused for a while, and it will be good to change it in the future, the word disobedience is buckled on his head, what should he do in the future? cough cough ......" Maybe because she was too anxious to speak and her mood was too anxious, Empress Dowager Chen couldn't help coughing again and again, and grabbed Empress Dowager Li's sleeve with one hand, pleading bitterly, "What's more, he is your biological son......"

"I'm not the only one who is a rebel, I also have King Lu!" Empress Dowager Li retorted angrily, her face showed deep disappointment, and she could even say despair, "For six years, I gave up Cining Palace and didn't live, **** studied with him in Qianqing Palace, for fear that he would be taken crooked, but what about him?" How did he repay me? Listening to the wind is rain, disobeying the mother, and even blatantly making a move, if it weren't for Zhang Hong and Feng Bao blocking it successively, and the others came in time, don't say it's you, just say it's me, what will happen at that time? There are so many emperors in the Ming Dynasty, but there is such a thing as him? ”

Even if it was Yingzong, Wuzong, and even Yu Shizong, who had always been used by her to compare with Emperor Wanli, they had never acted unfilial!

Empress Dowager Chen was dumbfounded for a moment, and then couldn't help but look at the two foreign ministers outside, one big and one small, with her eyes asking for help. Under her expectant gaze, Zhang Juzheng squirmed his lips, but Wang Fulin, who was about to retire, took a deep look at it, and finally opened his mouth: "The two old ladies just said that the emperor was disobedient, and this crime is especially big, and the minister can't believe it." Moreover, with all due respect, in addition to the two old ladies and the palace attendants, were there other ministers present at that time? If not, Zhang Ge Lao and the others who are lying in the outside world are afraid that they will be more upright, and the government and the opposition will be in an uproar. The dynasty rules the world with filial piety, if the queen mother accuses the emperor of blatant violation of filial piety, wouldn't it be a shame in the world to spread it? ”

Zhang Juzheng was procrastinating before and refused to write an edict for his crimes, not to mention what was the abolished edict, and it was precisely for this reason that he got up from his seat at this time, knelt down and said: "Cisheng old lady, what Wang Shiqing said is very true, even if the people are guilty of disobedience, it will cause an uproar, let alone in the palace? Please also ask the old lady to think twice. ”

Seeing that Wang Fulin had advised and Zhang Juzheng had also advised, Empress Dowager Chen couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said to Empress Dowager Li: "Sister, the matter is too big, think twice before acting." ”

"Think twice? Didn't you hear the false accusations of the wicked beast! Empress Dowager Li refused to give up, but at this moment, she only heard Wang Fulin's voice in front of her.

"The two old ladies, the matter is big, and it will affect the world at every turn, even if the emperor is wrong, he knows that his mistakes can be changed, and he is very good, can he allow his ministers to meet the emperor and persuade him?"

As soon as these words came out, Empress Dowager Chen seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said: "Go, you go quickly, and persuade the emperor to come up and ask for guilt." ”

Zhang Juzheng didn't know that it was easy to write the edict of the guilty himself, and it was easy to write the edict of the abolition, but then he would definitely be pointed out by the Qianfu, this is not to implement other decrees, he would rather be pointed out by the Qianfu, he is absolutely unwilling to carry this kind of black cauldron. Therefore, pretending to be sick forced Zhang Siwei out, but he let the little emperor who had worked hard for many years make such a big mistake, how could he not be exhausted, but he could not maintain it, and at the moment he could only follow the tone of the Empress Dowager Chen and said: "Cisheng old lady, let Wang Shiqing persuade the emperor, even if you don't look at the relationship between mother and son, you need to look at the world." ”

Under the persuasion of a group of three people, Empress Dowager Li, who was already disheartened, raised her eyebrows and said, "Okay, then let Wang Fulin go!" If he is really sensible, he will go to the Fengxian Hall and kneel for three days and three nights, and sincerely write an edict for himself! (To be continued.) )