Chapter 806 - Pull a Hair and Move the Whole Body
"Zhang Niu, the right young eunuch of the miscellaneous family, has seen the Governor and all the adults." The leading eunuch was dressed in the official robe of the fourth grade, and led the eunuch behind him to bow to Chen Tai and the court dignitaries present, and the officials sitting in the hall were taller than him according to their ranks.
Although Zhang Niu is only from the fourth rank, he is already the second highest eunuch in terms of official rank, including Jin Ying, even the official rank of those eunuchs in charge of the twenty-four yamen is only the fourth rank.
Yesterday, the celebrant only sent a eunuch of the seventh grade, and this time not only a young eunuch of the deputy fourth rank came, but also from the key yamen of the celebrant eunuch, which shows that the celebrant attaches great importance to the matter of sending the inner court records.
"Young Eunuch Zhang, this governor asks you, can you bring all the records of the inner court before and after the sixth day of the eighth month?" Although Chen Tai had already read those records in advance, he still had to confirm them in public in the lobby, so he looked at Zhang Niu with a stern expression.
"Lord Governor Yudu, the miscellaneous family has brought all the records of the inner court around the sixth day of the eighth month in accordance with the order of Chief Administrator Jin." Hearing this, Zhang Niu bowed slightly to Chen Tai and replied with a sharp voice.
"Since this is the case, then compare the records related to Zhenguo Gong on the sixth day of the eighth month to see if Zhen Guogong was in the palace that night." Hearing this, Chen Tai said to Zhang Niu expressionlessly, and couldn't help but feel sorry for Li Yuntian in his heart, this time Li Yuntian was out of line, did he want to question the authenticity of those records provided by the inner court?
There was a small commotion in the lobby, and the civil and military officials present were talking to each other in low voices, guessing what the outcome would be in front of their eyes.
Originally, everyone at the scene believed that Li Yuntian was finished this time, if Emperor Xuande supported Li Yuntian, he would not let Chen Tai look at the records of the inner court at all, and would scold Chen Tai, Wei Xin, and Hu Dahai.
However, Emperor Xuande actually agreed to Chen Tai's request, which made people think about it, it seems that Emperor Xuande has made up his mind to put Li Yuntian to death.
And recently, there have been rumors in the capital that Li Yuntian is ready to learn from Zhuge Liang of Xishu and wait for the prince to take control of the government after he ascends the throne, which angered Emperor Xuande and made Emperor Xuande make a killing move.
After all, all the events related to imperial power in all dynasties were bloody, and Li Yuntian really had the ability and strength to control the government, so it was natural for Emperor Xuande to be jealous, it was obvious that the prince could not control Li Yuntian at all, and he could only follow Li Yuntian's footsteps, and maybe he would become a faint monarch like the queen of Shu, no emperor wanted to see such a situation happen, and Li Yuntian was naturally about to be eradicated by Emperor Xuande.
However, in the face of Li Yuntian, who was calm and calm at this time, everyone felt that things were not as simple as they had imagined before, Li Yuntian had always planned and then moved, and would never sit still, there must be some future moves, and everyone was looking forward to Li Yuntian reversing the situation again and fighting a beautiful turnaround.
This is not because the relationship between those court nobles and Li Yuntian is good, but this is a battle between the monarch and the ministers, which is related to everyone's interests, and everyone naturally does not want to sit still.
In fact, now the officialdom in the capital is already panicking, not to mention coveting the industry of the martial arts hall and the distribution of interests after the crown prince ascends the throne, those important ministers of the court are now all worried that Emperor Xuande will use the Li Yuntian case to set off a bloody storm in the court, and like Emperor Hongwu, all the civil and military ministers in the court who can threaten the crown prince Zhu Qizhen will be removed.
At the beginning, the officials in the court thought that Li Yuntian had just lost his position in front of Emperor Xuande, and it was a big deal to lose his official position and resign, after all, Li Yuntian had made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and he could be described as the most outstanding court minister of the Xuande Dynasty, and Emperor Xuande should be grateful for Li Yuntian's hard work and let him live.
But what happened next made these important ministers of the court more and more frightened, Emperor Xuande actually put on a posture of putting Li Yuntian to death, counting the case of Liu Ren and his wife falsely accusing Li Yuntian not long ago, Li Yuntian encountered two passes in just a few dozen days, and one was more dangerous than the other, which had to make everyone frightened.
Just imagine, Emperor Xuande can even get rid of a courtier like Li Yuntian, who is both trusted and both civil and military, so let alone others, it is not that Emperor Xuande can destroy whoever he wants.
Among the five sons of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, both Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle have set up tens of thousands of prisons in order to ensure the stability of imperial power, and Emperor Jianwen is because he is busy cutting the feudal domain and has no time to take care of him, plus the ministers who should be killed in the Ming court have been eradicated by Emperor Hongwu, and Emperor Hongxi is in charge for too short a time, otherwise he may not be able to attack the Ming lords who secretly support the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Xuande not only had a gentle side but also inherited the iron-blooded character of Emperor Yongle, and forged ahead in ten years, eliminating many shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, so that the people could recuperate, and changed from a son of heaven who was despised by civil and military officials to a king who was awe-inspiring by the civil and military officials.
Now, the Ming Dynasty has encountered the most special period since the founding of the country, no one would have imagined that Emperor Xuande would be bedridden due to illness and the prince was only seven years old, and the Ming Dynasty will usher in a special historical period of a long period of weak monarchs and strong ministers, which has to make Emperor Xuande feel anxious.
Just like Emperor Hongwu in order to pave the way for Emperor Jianwen and set up a rebellion against Lanyu, Emperor Xuande could not guarantee that he would also remove those powerful ministers in the court for the sake of the crown prince Zhu Qizhen, setting off a major case of Li Yuntian's rebellion.
Therefore, the hearts of the Chinese martial arts members were up and down, and no one wanted to be involved in Li Yuntian's case, which would mean that they would be raided and exterminated.
It is precisely because of this worry in their hearts that these powerful people in the DPRK and China at the scene hope that Li Yuntian can survive this catastrophe in a desperate situation, as long as Li Yuntian can hold up in the front, then they will naturally be safe.
"Quick, check the records related to the town on the sixth day of the eighth month." After Chen Tai gave the order, Zhang Niu waved his hand to the eunuchs behind him, and commanded in a sharp voice, and those eunuchs immediately turned over the account books in their hands in an orderly manner.
Li Yuntian silently watched the scene in front of him, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seems that those eunuchs in the inner court have finally made a move, if Jin Ying and others secretly help, then Emperor Xuande will prevent this court trial.
The reason why Li Yuntian was able to guess this was because of the appearance of Zhang Niu, Zhang Niu was Jin Ying's confidant who was pulled up by his hand, and he had a noble status in the celebrant eunuch, and if it were not for the important mission he shouldered, it was obviously impossible to appear in the lobby of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion.
Li Yuntian and Jin Ying are also old acquaintances, the two have had a friendship for more than ten years, with Li Yuntian's understanding of Jin Ying, Jin Ying will definitely not send Zhang Niu to supervise and inspect the records of the inner court at this time.
Therefore, Zhang Niu's intention to come this time is very simple, it must be to delay the time to check the records of the inner court, which means that the inner court headed by Jin Ying has finally begun to act.
Li Yuntian has been waiting for the inner court to make a move, and now it seems that Jin Ying and the others have chosen the right time, and they will quietly attack at the most critical moment, which will inevitably make Emperor Xuande retract his previous destiny and dare not get rid of himself lightly.
As for what method Jin Ying and others would use to achieve the goal of preventing Emperor Xuande from killing him, Li Yuntian had already guessed, thinking that Jin Ying would use King Yue and King Ning to block his shield.
Like Jin Ying, Li Yuntian also knows Emperor Xuande very well, and knows that Emperor Xuande's most fearful thing is the instability of imperial power, and King Yue and King Ning are the people most likely to seize imperial power in the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Xuande has to guard against it.
Compared with King Yue, King Ning was actually the most worried by Emperor Xuande, because King Ning's domain, Nanchang Mansion and Jiujiang Mansion were close at hand, and if King Ning secretly contacted the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and the Xiaowu Army, the consequences would be unimaginable.
In the fourteenth year of Zhengde, Zhu Chenhao, the fourth king of Ning, under the pretext of Emperor Zhengde's absurdity, gathered 100,000 troops to rebel, slightly Jiujiang, broke Nankang, went out of Jiangxi, led the boat division down the river, attacked Anqing, and launched another rebellion of the imperial family in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
However, only forty-three days later, Zhu Chenhao was defeated by Wang Shouren, the governor of southern Jiangnan, and was escorted to Nanjing with his sons and brothers.
It can be seen that King Ning is the most dissatisfied with the court among the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, and King Ning Zhu Quan was swept away by Emperor Yongle and fell into a situation where his power was lost.
It is precisely because he clearly saw the complicated entanglement of interests between the inner court and the cabinet, the military cabinet, and the five governments and six ministries in the imperial court that Li Yuntian put on a posture of "being caught with his hands tied"; although he knew that there was something greasy in it, he was still willing to bear the responsibility for dereliction of duty in the arquebus case of the Bafang Warehouse, and died without regrets.
However, Li Yuntian could not accept being charged with rebellion, in which case his reputation would be completely ruined.
It seems that Emperor Xuande is only dealing with Li Yuntian alone, in fact, Li Yuntian's status in the court is a matter of affecting the balance of forces in the court, so the inner court, which is the most affected, will definitely help, not only to help Li Yuntian but also for themselves.
In the capital, Emperor Xuande trusted Jin Ying and other henchmen and eunuchs to be far better than Yang Shiqi and other important civil and military ministers of the imperial court, the reason is very simple, Jin Ying and others are domestic servants, Yang Shiqi and others are courtiers, Jin Ying These eunuchs must be attached to Emperor Xuande in order to control more power, and Yang Shiqi and others can control more power after seizing power from Emperor Xuande, and Emperor Xuande will naturally trust Jin Ying and others more.
Li Yuntian looked at Zhang Niu who was commanding the inspection of the records with an expressionless face, his brows furrowed slightly, with Jin Ying's understanding of Emperor Xuande, as long as he made a move, then he would definitely be able to make Emperor Xuande change his mind to kill him, but it was not clear whether Emperor Xuande's holy decree to suspend the court trial could be sent to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion before the records of the inner court were announced.
Obviously, once the records of the inner court are made public, things will undoubtedly become complicated, and the aftermath will be more difficult, and it will become an out-and-out farce in the eyes of the outside world.