Chapter 802: Wait and see
"Zhou Gong?" After listening to Jin Ying's suggestion, Wang Jin, Yang Qing and Fan Hong first glanced at each other in some surprise, and then all bowed their heads in agreement.
As Jin Ying said, Emperor Xuande's heart disease still needs to be cured with heart medicine, so that Emperor Xuande understands that compared with those arrogant civil and military officials in the court, Li Yuntian is a person who is truly worthy of trust.
While Jin Ying was secretly discussing with Wang Jin, Yang Qing, and Fan Hong in the utility room, in the prison of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, Li Yuntian was lying on the bed, his hands pillowed behind his head, and he looked at the dark night sky outside the window with an expressionless face.
Li Yuntian knew very well in his heart that his life and death would be decided tomorrow, if the palace handed over the fake records to Chen Tai, it meant that Emperor Xuande had made up his mind to put him to death, and I am afraid that he would soon be given death by Emperor Xuande.
Although it seems that Li Yuntian did nothing in the arquebus incident of the Bafang Warehouse and was in a situation of being passively beaten, in fact, he judged the situation and bet on Jin Ying and others in the inner court.
Obviously, the crown prince Zhu Qizhen is young, once Emperor Xuande dies, the government will fall into the hands of those ministers who trust orphans, this is definitely not what Jin Ying and others, who are in charge of the inner court, want to see, otherwise the celebrant will be suppressed by those ministers who trust orphans, so they will definitely find a way to prevent this from happening.
The reason why Li Yuntian did not move was because he knew that since Emperor Xuande was suspicious of him, his efforts to save himself were in vain, and if he contacted the ministers of the central government to make it clear, it would exacerbate Emperor Xuande's suspicions, so it was better to use static braking to avoid irritating Emperor Xuande.
The people with the closest relationship between the capital and Emperor Xuande are undoubtedly the eunuchs of the inner court, especially Jin Ying and other leaders of the inner court are deeply trusted by Emperor Xuande, just like Fang Liang, who is waiting for orders in the palace, can find the right time to manipulate Li Yuntian's rights and wrongs, Jin Ying, these eunuchs who serve by Emperor Xuande's side, can also inadvertently change Emperor Xuande's mind.
In Li Yuntian's opinion, there is no need for him to contact Jin Ying to discuss cooperation, because it is related to the interests of the inner court after Emperor Xuande's death, so even if he does not contact Jin Ying, then Jin Ying will definitely find a way to save him, and if Emperor Xuande finds out, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Now Li Yuntian has thought very clearly, if he can't escape this catastrophe, then he can only face death indifferently, after all, he has a big family now, and he has to think about the future of his family, presumably Emperor Xuande will not embarrass his family after killing him, and at the same time, the martial arts hall and the Xiaowu army can also be retained.
"Time, life!" Looking at the night sky on the dark side, Li Yuntian couldn't help but smile bitterly, and muttered to himself, this time the shape is grim and I don't know if he can save the day this time.
On the morning of the next day, a eunuch from the celebrant went to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion to deliver a decree that Emperor Xuande had granted Chen Tai's request to ask the yamen of the inner court to assist Chen Tai in investigating the arquebus case of the Bafang Warehouse, so that he could access the relevant records of the inner court.
At the same time, the cabinet elders, the military cabinet members, the governors of the five military prefectures, and the officials of the six ministries were also notified to go to the Gyeonggi Governor's Office in the afternoon to continue the hearing.
The news of Li Yuntian's trial at the Gyeonggi Governor's Office had already spread throughout the capital, and since the Gyeonggi Governor's Office was not open to the public, and the Gyeonggi Governor's Office sergeants and Jinyi guards who participated in the trial had been strictly forbidden to disclose the matters of the court trial, no one except for the people who participated in the court trial knew the process of the interrogation.
Originally, the people of the capital pinned their hopes on the "Ming Xin Bao", and according to the previous management, the "Ming Xin Bao" would always report the latest developments in various matters of the imperial court to the outside world as soon as possible, so many people were ready to rush to buy.
However, people are both surprised and feel that it is logical that today's "Mingxin Pao" did not report on yesterday's Gyeonggi Governor's Court trial, according to the explanation of the Mingxin Newspaper, because the Bafang Warehouse arquebus case is very important and involves a wide range of issues, so the imperial court is ready to announce the relevant court trial matters after the case is concluded, which makes everyone feel very disappointed.
Originally, the Myeongshin Newspaper was ready to report the course of yesterday's court trial in the "Myeongshin Pao", but soon after the court trial ended, it received an official letter from the Gyeonggi Governor's Office, prohibiting the publication of information related to the court trial before the conclusion of the case, so as not to affect the trial.
Qi Fu, the shopkeeper of the Mingxin Newspaper Building, did not dare to slack off after receiving the official letter from the Gyeonggi Governor's Office, and hurriedly rushed to the Zhenguo Mansion to report the matter to Lucao.
When Li Yuntian followed Emperor Xuande to quell the rebellion of the Han Dynasty, he wrote a suicide note, if the property of his family who died in the war was distributed by Zhou Yuting, he believed that Zhou Yuting would definitely distribute those properties fairly.
However, in the suicide note, Li Yuntian specially confessed that he left the Mingxin Pavilion to the green calyx, who had no prominent family background and would not be able to do business, so the Mingxin Pavilion would be her place to settle down in the future.
Therefore, the person who decides the affairs of the Mingxin Pavilion now is Lu Calyx, don't look at the green calyx who lives in a simple place on weekdays, neither like Zhou Yuting and Zhu Yuxin who walk around with the female dependents of the powerful in the capital to maintain the relationship network of the Zhenguo Mansion, nor like Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou who dominate the business sea, and not like Lei Ting and Liu Wenqing who are engaged in military affairs, but the affairs of the Zhenguo Mansion and the industries under the name of the Zhenguo Mansion are taken care of by her and take care of it in an orderly manner.
Among Li Yuntian's wives, Lu Cao has the best relationship with Zhou Yuting, after all, the two not only got acquainted early but also often stayed together, and their relationship was naturally irreversible.
After getting Qi Fu's report, Lu Cao knew that the matter was serious, and he didn't dare to decide to go to Zhou Yuting to discuss immediately, it was obvious that once the court trial was recorded in the "Ming Xin Bao" and made public, the public opinion in the capital would support Li Yuntian one-sidedly, even a fool could see that Li Yuntian had exposed the lies of those witnesses one after another in the court trial.
After careful consideration, Zhou Yuting finally decided to do it in accordance with the ban of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office, although she really wanted to save Li Yuntian from the current danger, but at this time, it was in a sensitive period, once she angered Emperor Xuande, I am afraid that it would cause Li Yuntian a lot of trouble, and if Li Yuntian wanted to create public opinion, she would have done so a long time ago, and it would not have been delayed until now.
In this way, under Zhou Yuting's decision, the Mingxin Museum withdrew the manuscript that had been prepared, which made the people in the capital who had been waiting for it for a long time quite disappointed.
At noon, the Forbidden City, the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.
Several palace maids carefully waited for Emperor Xuande who was sitting on the warm couch to eat, Emperor Xuande's appetite was not very good, after drinking a few mouthfuls of gruel, he coughed and waved his hand to let the palace maids go down, and then lay on the warm couch and closed his eyes to rest, he is now physically and mentally exhausted, as if he doesn't even have the strength to eat.
"Your Majesty, Wang Jin asks to see you." Soon after, Jin Ying walked to the warm couch and whispered.
"Oh?" Emperor Xuande couldn't help but open his eyes when he heard this, and he was a little surprised by this, Wang Jin is usually either in the master of ceremonies or in the East Factory, and rarely takes the initiative to come to the audience, especially when he is sick with a dragon body, he will not come to disturb for no reason, is something big happening?
"Xuan!" Subsequently, Emperor Xuande issued an edict in a deep voice, wanting to know the purpose of Wang Jin's visit this time, now he is in an extremely anxious period, and he has become very sensitive to some things.
"Slave Wang Jin knocks on the emperor." Soon, Wang Jin walked in briskly under the guidance of a small chamberlain, knelt in front of the warm couch to greet Emperor Xuande.
"Get up." Emperor Xuande cheered up, stretched out his hand to Wang Jin and asked, "What do you want to see me?" ”
After Wang Jin got up, he looked up at the chamberlain and palace maid standing in the room, and then lowered his head, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.
"Stand down." Seeing this, Jin Ying waved his hand to the chamberlains and palace maids quietly.
"Your Majesty, the slave just received a report from the spies in Dongchang, there were several night banquets in the capital last night, and the slave felt that the emperor should be let know." After the chamberlain and the palace maid left, Wang Jin took out an official document from his arms, held it in both hands and bowed to Emperor Xuande.
Dongchang's current sphere of influence is mainly in the South Zhili and North Zhili regions, to be precise, in Nanjing City and Beijing City, specifically to monitor the actions of court officials, although it has been established for less than 20 years, but the ability to detect news is slightly better than Jinyiwei, including the Zhenguo Mansion, in the court of all important officials have set up eyes and ears.
Emperor Xuande sat up straight with Jin Ying's support, coughing while flipping through the official documents, his face becoming more and more ugly.
According to the official documents, there were several banquets attended by important officials of the imperial court in the capital last night, including cabinet elders, military cabinet members, governors of the five military capitals, and officials of the six ministries.
Although it is common for a banquet to be held in the capital, it is very rare for so many important ministers to attend a banquet on the same night.
According to the investigation of the Dongchang spies, the reason why these important ministers gathered together was because of one person - Li Yuntian, the prince of Zhenguo.
Due to yesterday's court trial Wei Xinti read other records of the sixth day of the eighth month of the Inner Court, this made the civil and military officials in the court keenly feel that Li Yuntian could not escape this time, and Emperor Xuande's condition was worrying, so he began to plan what would happen after the crown prince ascended the throne.
Obviously, with the death of Emperor Xuande, the power structure in the court will undergo heavy changes, and the civil and military officials who have been gradually suppressed by Emperor Xuande will definitely take advantage of the young age of the prince to rise.
Although there are many loyal ministers such as Yang Shiqi and Jian Yi in the imperial court, there are more powerful ministers who are loyal to the monarch and serve the country for their own personal gains, otherwise there will not be so many officials in Nanjing City who will take refuge in Emperor Yongle after the Battle of Jingjing.
As for the late Ming Dynasty to take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty officials are countless, Emperor Chongzhen asked the civil and military officials in the court to raise military funds, but there were few responders, and so Li Zicheng led the army to break through the capital from which officials seized tens of millions of taels of silver, which shows that the officials in the court actually love themselves more.
What particularly shocked Emperor Xuande was that important ministers such as Yang Rong, Zhang Fu and Hu Ying also participated in the banquet, and they were also the protagonists of the banquet, leading the process of the banquet.
The content of the banquet was very simple, that is, to discuss how to redistribute the interests of the various factions of the imperial court after the death of Li Yuntian and Emperor Xuande, which was an inevitable thing in the future, and it obviously touched the taboo of Emperor Xuande.