On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Empress Dowager Zhang passed down a decree to let King Yue preside over Fang Liang's case, and the three law divisions sent personnel to supervise the trial, and the most striking thing in Fang Liang's case was that Yang Pu, Wang Hui and Chen Tianlei were implicated.

It is worth mentioning that Jin Yiwei has found the golden jade Guanyin statue that he gave his mother a birthday greeting from Chen Tianlei's house, according to Chen Tianlei, the ticket of Li Ji Jinpu in Fang Liang's hand is indeed his, but it has been lost last year, because the golden jade Guanyin statue was retrieved by Shun Lì, so he didn't care, I don't know how to run to Fang Liang, he has never dealt with Fang Liang at all.

As for Yang Pu and Wang Hui, they also flatly denied knowing Fang Liang, and both said that they had nothing to do with Fang Liang.

Empress Dowager Zhang was obviously not satisfied with this result, could it be that the ticket of Li Ji Jinpu was lost inexplicably, and then happened to be picked up by Fang Liang? The odds are slim to none.

In addition, it is impossible for Fang Liang to deliberately frame Chen Tianlei, because Chen Tianlei lost the ticket a year ago, could Fang Liang start calculating Chen Tianlei a year ago?

In view of the close relationship between Yangpu, Wang Hui and Chen Tianlei and all parties in the court, so in order to prevent favoritism, Empress Dowager Zhang let King Yue come out to try the case.

At the same time, the 50,000 defenders who rushed from Juyong Pass began to exchange guards with the Beijing army, which caused speculation from the outside world but did not make any big waves, after all, this was a transfer within the Gyeonggi Governor's Office.

Essentially, the army of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office could be called the Gyeongsan Army, not just the troops in the capital, so although it was a surprise, there was no resistance.

In this transfer involving 100,000 troops, the most striking thing was naturally the artillery battalion and musket battalion of the Xiaowu Army, which came to Jiangcheng with the defenders of Juyong Pass, and after arriving in the capital, they went straight to the imperial city and became the strongest mobile force in the hands of the pro-army.

In order to make better use of the firearms battalion and the musket battalion, under the persuasion of Empress Sun, Empress Dowager Zhang ordered the transfer of Li Daniu, the Marquis of Wu'an, to command the two troops, and only in this way could the power of these two firearms units be truly brought into play.

In fact, the reason why Empress Sun would do this was Li Yuntian's idea, and Li Yuntian's biggest concern was that the artillery battalion and musket battalion would be used by King Yue, so he let Li Daniu go to the town.

Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi, edict prison.

Accompanied by several personal guards, King Yue entered the torture chamber and went to see Chen Tianlei, who had been beaten to an inhuman shape, Chen Tianlei was sitting on a chair covered in blood, his hair was scattered, and the skin and flesh of the wound were turned out, looking a little miserable.

When Zhang Fu and others tried the case, they did not punish Chen Tianlei severely, but the situation changed when the presiding judge was replaced by Queen Yue, and Chen Tianlei was tortured.

It is worth mentioning that Yang Pu and Wang Hui received preferential treatment from King Yue and were not harmed in the slightest.

Chen Tianlei was not the only one in the torture room, but Chen Tianlei's two sons and three grandsons were also put on torture instruments, which made Chen Tianlei have to give in.

Chen Tianlei knows very well that he will not be able to escape this catastrophe whether he recruits or not, because King Yue will definitely hand over a confession to Empress Dowager Zhang that he wants, and this kind of thing is not uncommon for him, so it is better to cooperate honestly and suffer less.

In fact, Chen Tianlei has been waiting for Cui An to save him, although Chen Tianlei is also the noble of the Ming Dynasty, but the pro-army capital and the five military governor's mansions are not subordinate to each other, and there is no interaction between the two sides in order to avoid suspicion, so Chen Tianlei has a general relationship with the nobles in the court, and he can only count on Cui An, who is on the same front, to stand up for him.

But to Chen Tianlei's disappointment, he couldn't leave the edict prison of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town for a few days, and the imperial court also changed the king of Yue to try the case, and the king of Yue punished him as soon as he came, making it clear that he wanted him to bear the charge.

Of course, Chen Tianlei was unwilling to bear this kind of trumped-up charge, and the assassination of court officials, especially officials at the level of governors, was a major crime of killing heads, and even his family would be implicated.

But just like Fang Liang, Chen Tianlei has now become a fish on the chopping board at the mercy of King Yue, and he doesn't even have a chance to shout grievances, thinking about how many people were innocently implicated in the big case of Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu, and Chen Tianlei's current situation is the same as those people, he has no power to fight back when he is tried by the order of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and after resisting, he can only obediently accept his fate, and save some pain from eating flesh and skin.

After entering the torture room, King Yue waved his hand, and the people in the room left one after another, even Chen Tianlei's children and grandchildren were taken away, leaving only King Yue and Chen Tianlei.

"Chen Dudu, by now, you must have known that you can't get out of Fang Liang's case, if you do what this king says, this king can not condemn this case as a rebellion, and then you can escape this catastrophe with an iron ticket to avoid death."

After the outsiders left, King Yue came to Chen Tianlei and raised a proposal in a deep voice, "If you are obsessed, then this king will condemn it as a serious crime, and even the iron coupon to avoid death will not save you at that time." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the highest reward for ministers was to avoid death with iron coupons, except for rebellion, even if it was a heinous capital crime, as long as they took out the iron coupons, they could live.

Generally speaking, only those who have made great contributions to the imperial court are likely to obtain iron coupons for avoiding death, so they are also called meritorious iron coupons.

In the third year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu decided to award iron coupons to the meritorious deeds of the opposite, which looked like a tile, and was divided into seven grades.

Among them, the dukes are divided into two classes: one is high, one is six inches and five minutes wide; One is nine inches and five inches high, and one foot six inches wide.

The marquis is divided into three classes: one is nine inches high, and one is five inches and five inches wide; One is eight inches and five minutes high, and one foot five inches wide; One is eight inches high, and one foot four inches and five minutes wide.

The earls were divided into two classes: one was seven inches and five minutes high, and one foot three inches and five minutes wide; One is six inches and five minutes high, and one foot two inches and five minutes wide.

The details of the resume and the number of graces are engraved on the outside of the iron coupon to remember its merits; Imponement and reduction of the number of sins, in order to prevent their transgressions. The words are embedded in gold. Where there are ninety-seven pairs, each divided into left and right, the left is awarded to the meritorious officer, and the right is hidden in the inner house, and if there is a reason, it is combined to win the trust.

During the period of Ming Taizu, there were six dukes and twenty-eight marquis who obtained the iron ticket to avoid death.

However, there are very few of these 34 nobles who were not killed later, or whose children did not sit in the Hu Lan case, and only two families were able to avoid these two calamities and not die due to the martyrdom:

One is the letter of the country Tang He, in his later years he was cautious, and he did not dare to leak a word when he heard about the country, and his two sons died in the army, and his grandson and great-grandson died early, and they died well.

The other is Guangde Hou Huagao, who died when he was in Qiongzhou, a distant town, and had no queen, so he was able to die well and was buried by Ming Taizu.

Compared with the Ming Taizu period, those who obtained the iron coupons were more cautious on weekdays, and the Yongle Emperor had always trusted Jing Nanxun, so as of the end of the Xuande Dynasty, except for those who participated in the rebellion of the Han Dynasty, Jing Nanxun had not yet had the iron coupons to be executed.

Therefore, King Yue proposed to Chen Tianlei, who had an iron coupon to avoid death, that this was actually equivalent to saving Chen Tianlei's life, as long as it was not a rebellion, but a simple struggle for power, then he could use the iron coupon to avoid death, and he would be imprisoned for a few years.

"What does the prince want the governor to do?" Chen Tianlei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at King Yue quietly, he didn't think that King Yue would let him go easily.

"It's very simple, this king wants you to confess your comrades." King Yue noticed the subtle change in the expression on Chen Tianlei's face, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile, and said meaningfully.

"Fellow party?" Chen Tianlei's face suddenly changed, and he understood that King Yue wanted him to frame others.

"The Right Governor of the Left Army Governor's Mansion, Feng Chang'an, the Marquis of Wuning, the Right Governor of the Rear Army Governor's Mansion, Gong Kui, the Marquis of Anwu, the Right Governor of the Right Army Governor's Mansion, the Marquis of Anyi, Gu Dayong, and the Left Deputy Governor of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion and Chen Tai, the Duke of Inguo!" King Yue glanced at Chen Tianlei and slowly said four names in his mouth.

"Why is there Ren Guogong?" After listening to King Yue's words, Chen Tianlei's face suddenly changed greatly, and his face was cloudy and uncertain for a while, and then he asked suspiciously.

Feng Chang'an, Gong Kui and Gu Dayong had a close relationship with the King of Han, so after quelling the rebellion of the King of Han, the three of them were overturned by their subordinate governors and became nominal governors.

If it is said that Feng Chang'an, Gong Kui and Gu Dayong are used as scapegoats, Chen Tianlei is easy to understand, but Chen Tai is different, he can be described as a powerful minister of the imperial court, he can't understand why King Yue did this.

"Can you control the situation in the capital alone?" King Yue was stunned when he saw Chen Tianlei, so he asked quietly.

"Anyway, Renguogong's reputation is already bad now, and no one will say anything even if he steps on it." Then, a smile appeared on the corner of King Yue's mouth, "In this way, you can put the blame on the Duke of Renguo, and this king can also give an account to the Queen Mother, it can be said that everyone is happy, why not?" ”

"Okay, just do as you say." Chen Tianlei suddenly understood, King Yue wanted to make this case bigger, so he made a great contribution in front of the Empress Dowager Zhang, which can be described as fame and fortune, and nodded after a while, although he didn't want to frame Chen Tai and others, but people had to bow their heads under the eaves, and he was now a puppet of King Yue.

Hearing this, Chen Tianlei's face showed a smug smile, and then called in several palace guards, opened the shackles on Chen Tianlei's hands and feet, and put a confession in front of him.

Chen Tianlei wanted to take a look at the content of the confession, but a guard patted it at the end of the confession, and he had to sign and press his fingerprint, and then the confession was taken away and handed over to the king of Yue.

"Good students take care of Chen Dudu." King Yue glanced at the confession in his hand, explained the personal guards at the scene, and left quickly, he had already got what he wanted.

Chen Tianlei's face showed a gloomy look, thinking that his dignified deputy governor of the pro-army capital protectorate had now fallen to the point of framing others, and he could not help but feel extremely sad in his heart.