Chapter 629: A Conspiracy That Was Seen Through
The Son of Heaven has been troubled a lot lately, and the biggest worry is, of course, that he wants to choose a satisfactory heir again, but he has been met with strong and widespread opposition.
is the so-called pulling a hair and moving the whole body, let alone changing the prince, which is simply an extremely complex system engineering. It's not impossible to force the horse, but the trouble is great, so the outer court, the inner court, and the harem must be settled.
Here in the harem, the queen mother resolutely supports the current prince, so she can only rely on her own soft grinding and hard bubbles, no matter which prince is not his grandson? Why favor one over the other?
On the foreign side, it has been entrusted to the loyal first assistant Wan An, to win over the same party as much as possible and reduce resistance. I heard that it has already worked, and some heavyweight ministers will throw themselves on their side.
And here in the inner court, it is the weakest place of your side. The key is that the eunuch Huai En, who is in charge of the celebrant seal, supports the current prince, but in contrast, he can't find a person who can compete with Huai En. Liang Fang and the others under his command almost had a lot of prestige, and they really couldn't fight against Huaien.
Originally, another important eunuch, Wang Zhi, might have come forward, but her attitude was a bit **, and she had been inactive in the issue of the dispute between the princes, and she had lost a lot of help for no reason.
In terms of political status and strength, he can wrestle with the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and the role of the eunuch, but I am afraid that only the commander of Dongchang can barely be slightly competent.
Since the current commander of the East Factory is unwilling to cooperate, is it another obedient person? Zhu Jianshen, the son of heaven, has been thinking about this issue for a while, but he has never made up his mind.
On this day, the Son of Heaven summoned Liang Fang and Wang Zhi over, and talked very openly: "Wang Zhi, if you don't want to participate in the abolition of the establishment. I don't force you, but you can't hold on to your position. ”
Liang Fang was overjoyed. stepped forward and said: "Wang Zhi has too many distracting thoughts, and he can't serve the emperor wholeheartedly." But the emperor was merciful. Let him go. ”
Wang Zhi said: "Every qiē on the slave and maid is given by His Majesty, if the emperor has a will, the slave and maid have nothing to say!" In addition, the slave maid felt that Liang Fang should never take over, so please ask the emperor to investigate. ”
The Son of Heaven waved his hand and said, "I am most annoyed to hear you attacking each other, so you can't work with the harmonious ones?" There is no need to play the things that expose people's shortcomings, and you will change positions in a few days. ”
Wang Zhi wanted to speak and stopped, and finally said helplessly: "Since the emperor doesn't want to listen, the slave and maid won't say anything." ”
Press gossip without mentioning. However, he said that after Fang Yingwu returned from the south and handed over to the Qincha Customs, he would be procedurally inspected by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then a new position or dispatch would be finalized according to the results of the inspection.
Now that most of the work of the inspection has been completed, I only need to summon Fang Yingwu to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inquire. On this day, the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent officials to Fang's Mansion to inform Fang Yingwu that he would come to the Metropolitan Procuratorate tomorrow to go through the procedures.
However, the next day, the Metropolitan Procuratorate did not wait for Fang Yingwu to come, only Fang Yingwu sent a long entourage, and brought a document to the right deputy Du Yu Shi Tu Tu who was in charge of the matter.
It's quite strange that Master Tu can't be there for Fang Yingwu (it's also that Fang Yingwu is familiar with people.) If someone else dares not to be blacklisted, they will inevitably be blacklisted), opened the paperwork and looked at it, but was surprised.
It turned out that this party claimed to have been kidnapped by thieves the day before yesterday and was frightened. There are also minor injuries, so they have to be raised at home, and they can't come to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for inspection.
As a well-known focal point. News about the party always spreads quickly. What's more, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a place where the imperial history is gathered, and it was originally one of the several rumor distribution centers of the imperial court.
This message says simply. The famous Qingliu Fang was kidnapped two days ago, but fortunately, Dongchang Fanzi passed by. Lord Fang designed to call for help, and in the end, he was rescued from the near death.
Everyone who heard the news was shocked, shocked that in broad daylight, there were important members of the imperial court who were kidnapped and almost sold to the Xishan coal kiln, which sounded incredible.
This matter is really unbelievable, and first of all, many people suspect that it is fabricated by Fang Yingwu for some purpose.
However, it was soon confirmed that on that day in Dongcheng, someone was indeed chased by Dongchang Fanzi, and he was caught when the carriage galloped to the vicinity of Chongwen Gate.
Moreover, the bodies of the other two criminals were also seen on the street, and if the kidnapping case of Fang Yingwu was fabricated, it is unlikely that he would really make a public lawsuit for two lives as evidence.
A person with a little IQ would not take such a huge risk in order to fabricate an unclear purpose, and he is not such a murderous person from the perspective of Fang Yingwu.
There are all kinds of signs that Fang Yingwu was indeed kidnapped, and then he was rescued by Dongchang Fanzi who happened to pass by.
Someone explained that he is such a young man, and his daily clothes are simple, where does he look like a court official when he goes out alone? It seems understandable to be targeted by the kidnappers.
In the eyes of the abductor, the target is only young and strong laborers, not the court member Fang Yingwu, so it is a coincidence, Fang Yingwu is unfavorable for the passing year, and he happened to bump into Tai Sui.
But there is no shortage of conspiracy theorists in the world, and there are many people who do not believe that this is a coincidence, so the second suspicion is raised.
Everyone knows what has happened in the imperial court recently, but at this time, Fang Yingwu, who is rumored to be going to enter the East Palace, was kidnapped, could it really be a coincidence? From this line of thought, new gossip has been picked up.
It is said that at that time, some eunuchs went to the Liaodong miscellaneous shop to extort money, and the owner of the Liaodong miscellaneous shop used his fellow villagers to ask Fang Yingwu to come forward to say something. It was only after Fang Yingwu left the Liaodong grocery shop that he suddenly encountered the kidnappers.
If this is not a mind-blowing, then you can think about it again, Liang Fang is responsible for the purchase of major items in this palace, can't it be thought-provoking? The grievances between Fang Yingwu and Liang Fang don't need to be repeated?
At this point in the analysis, a well-organized conspiracy is about to come out! First of all, Eunuch Liang deliberately sent the buying eunuch to the Liaodong miscellaneous shop to cause trouble, and then lured the unprepared Fang Yingwu to the Liaodong miscellaneous shop.
In the end, taking advantage of Fang Yingwu's departure, he found an opportunity to kidnap Fang Yingwu on the road! As for Liang Fang's next plan, it is difficult to guess because it did not happen, but Fang Yingwu definitely can't please him.
One is not good, maybe Fang Yingwu will even be killed, and even selling it to the coal kiln may be a pretext for confessing in order to reduce the crime after the matter is revealed!
When the discussion was boiling, there was a new piece of news coming out, I heard that the Son of Heaven planned to replace the governor of Dongchang, and the new candidate was none other than Liang Fang, who was "idle" after being dismissed as a eunuch.
This news seems abrupt, but it can't help but make people believe three points. All well-informed courtiers know that Liang Fang is an out-and-out courtier, but he is not willing to accept the status of Yu Xing in his heart, and has been seeking political status.
The East Factory spans inside and outside the palace, which can be called the first minion of the Son of Heaven to suppress hundreds of officials, and is an important role in the internal court of the Ming Dynasty. said a thousand things and ten thousand, the position of Admiral Dongchang must be Liang Fang's dish.
But let a eunuch who can do such a thing as kidnapping and assassinating ministers have no bottom line at all to be the governor of Dongchang, wouldn't the future be dark and cruel for the ministers?
Once the person with no bottom line has the power of the factory and health spies, the disaster will inevitably be extremely tragic, even more than Wang Zhi's rampant behavior in the thirteenth or fourteenth year of Chenghua!
This is absolutely unacceptable, and it is unacceptable to every civil official! The courtiers' anti-affection for this is incomprehensible.
Of course, there is another highlight that cannot be ignored, everyone in the court knows that Fang Yingwu is by no means a bully, and I don't know how many adults are disgraced under his hands.
From the family of the prince to the former admiral of Dongchang, from the former assistant Liu Jue to the eunuch of the Qincha, which one is a good character? In the end, they were all in the hands of Fang Yingwu, and they were demoted and lost their posts, and they even lost their lives inexplicably.
So after Liang Fang did such a harmful thing this time, judging from past experience, Fang Yingwu would definitely do everything possible to make the strongest counterattack! If Fang Yingwu is still as sharp as ever, Liang Fang will inevitably suffer a big loss.
But all the officials waited and waited, looked and looked, but Fang Yingwu did not move, and even the door was not entered, and he didn't know what he was doing when he was hiding at home. For a while, it was as if the wind and the waves had calmed down and nothing had happened.
There were quite a few qualified people who came to visit, but all of them were politely turned away by Fang Yingwu and did not come out to meet the guests. However, it is not that he is not thick-skinned and forced to break into the courtyard of the Fang family, such as Xiang Chengxian, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy.
Xiang Da Yushi dragged Fang Yingwu into the study from in front of his two sons, and as one of the most familiar people with the other party's Yingwu, Xiang Da Yushi was a little unhappy.
Xiang Dayushi asked: "To be honest, you didn't direct and act on this matter?" ”
Fang Yingwu replied: "Honestly, absolutely not. ”
Xiang Dayushi asked again: "Then this incident is indeed a coincidence?" ”
Fang Yingwu nodded and said, "It's really such a coincidence. ”
Xiang Dayu Shi pondered for a moment, and then said: "I was entrusted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to come to visit, but it is okay to see that you are fine, it is better to drink with me tonight." ”
Fang Yingwu took the initiative to say: "If there is wine, it must also be colored, and the combination of wine color can be satisfied, and it is indispensable." ”
Xiang Chengxian was surprised, "When you talk about these things in the past, you always push back and take the shelf, how can you be generous today?" ”
Fang Yingwu said with a smile: "I was almost killed, and the real murderer is at large and helpless, can't I be depressed?" I am such a delicate-minded literati. (To be continued......)