The second time, the final blow two
When Qin Tai didn't leave the capital, Zhang Juzheng's health was already not good. Coupled with his old age and long-term sitting still, coupled with his lack of attention to his diet, Zhang Juzheng's health was very poor. Qin Tai has reminded Zhang Juzheng many times that Zhang Juzheng either doesn't listen or is inappropriate, causing Zhang Juzheng to be bedridden. Zhang Juzheng is not unwilling to be treated, but almost every doctor has to let Zhang Juzheng put down his work and recuperate in peace to cure the disease. But Zhang Juzheng was not at ease and unwilling to let go, so he became a serious illness for more and more time. When Zhang Juzheng felt that his condition was serious and he had to be isolated for treatment, the little emperor did not let Zhang Juzheng let go.
Zhang Juzheng is a very ambitious person, and if he says that he is good, he is not at ease, and if he says it is not good, he is authoritarian and unwilling to fake his hands on others. Zhang Juzheng was reluctant to leave the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, and the little emperor hated and jealous Zhang Juzheng. But when Zhang Juzheng was willing to let go, when she proposed to leave the court temporarily to recuperate, the little emperor uncharacteristically rejected Zhang Juzheng's request. When Zhang Juzheng first asked for cultivation, the little emperor said in a tactful tone that the court and him could not do without Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng was not allowed to leave. Only the imperial doctor was allowed to see Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng was allowed to work while seeing a doctor. Soon after, Zhang Juzheng asked for a second time to recuperate and see a doctor, and at this time Zhang Juzheng could no longer move around on his own. According to common sense, he is already sick like this, and the little emperor should agree to Zhang Juzheng's request. Unexpectedly, the little emperor did not let Zhang Juzheng leave, on the grounds that several ministers sued the court, saying that Zhang Juzheng had not handled some things well. The affairs of the imperial court can be big or small, and they are more likely to cause bad consequences, so the little emperor asked Zhang Juzheng to deal with these matters first, and then discuss the question of whether to recuperate. In fact, someone reports Zhang Juzheng almost every day, Zhang Juzheng's things can never be done, and it is absolutely impossible for Zhang Juzheng to settle all the problems. The little emperor said this tantamount to not allowing Zhang Juzheng to recuperate, this time it was not a request but an order. Zhang Juzheng had already seen the little emperor's intentions, but Zhang Juzheng was still unwilling to bow his head to the little emperor's student at this time and admit defeat. Zhang Juzheng hoped that the little emperor would let go of himself in the past, and he hoped that the Empress Dowager Li would use her identity to stop the little emperor's behavior. But Zhang Juzheng didn't see any behavior, and his condition became even more serious.
Not long ago, Zhang Juzheng fainted again in his study, and everyone carried Zhang Juzheng into the bedroom. The doctor has been living in Zhang Juzheng's house for a long time, and shook his head after seeing Zhang Juzheng. The most famous internal medicine doctor in Beijing told Mrs. Zhang that if Zhang Juzheng did not rest and recuperate, his life would not be long in coming. Only then did Mrs. Zhang know that her husband had reached the point of exhaustion. This usually not overbearing Mrs. Cabinet First Assistant, for the first time, took matters into her own hands. She invited someone out of the palace to invite the Empress Dowager Li and the little emperor to come to the house to see Zhang Juzheng, who was already in a coma, hoping to hear the little emperor's holy decree to allow Zhang Juzheng to recuperate.
Empress Dowager Li and the little emperor finally came to Zhang Juzheng's house, but the result was not satisfactory. Empress Dowager Li almost didn't say a word, Feng Bao originally wanted to say a few words on behalf of the royal family, but he didn't expect Empress Dowager Li to make a look to prevent Feng Bao from speaking. The little emperor said a lot of things, but almost all of them were high-sounding kind words. kept saying that Zhang Juzheng was an old minister of the Three Dynasties, an indispensable minister of the imperial court, and a teacher of the little emperor, etc., but did not mention Zhang Juzheng's merits and arrangements for Zhang Juzheng. The more Mrs. Zhang listened, the cooler her heart became, and she even had an urge to get up and ask these people to leave her home.
The little emperor not only came, but also brought the imperial doctor from the Tai Hospital. When the little emperor was leaving, he ordered the imperial doctor to wake up Zhang Juzheng, and this sentence slightly made Mrs. Zhang feel the kindness of the little emperor. But the little emperor's next words made Mrs. Zhang completely see the little emperor's sinister intentions, and also made Mrs. Zhang understand the fact that her husband Zhang Juzheng had completely opposed the little emperor. The little emperor asked Zhang Juzheng to rest for a night, and tomorrow Zhang Juzheng must attend the court meeting. Zhang Juzheng, as the head of the cabinet, should attend the court meeting presided over by the little emperor, which is also one of the signs that the little emperor began to take power. But now Zhang Juzheng can't even work at his own home, but the little emperor wants Zhang Juzheng to go to the palace tomorrow to attend the court meeting, doesn't this mean that Zhang Juzheng wants to watch it?
The words of the little emperor are the holy decree and the supreme instruction, and no one dares to oppose or disobey it. Zhang Juzheng really went to the palace to attend the court meeting the next day, but he was carried by someone to get it, and he couldn't walk to the palace at all. The imperial doctor reported to the little emperor one step ahead of time that Zhang Juzheng not only could not walk, but also could not sit for a long time, otherwise he would bleed. The little emperor knew this result, but he still chattered at the court meeting, and even acquiesced in some ministers against Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng was angry and anxious, coupled with the unwarranted accusations of the ministers, Zhang Juzheng finally couldn't help but move. Outsiders can't see such a slight movement, but the little emperor who has been paying attention to Zhang Juzheng understands very well that Zhang Juzheng not only bleeds but also begins to bleed more than once. The little emperor deliberately pretended not to see it, and continued to ask Zhang Juzheng to answer the questions of other ministers about him, until Zhang Juzheng's body was covered with blood, and then he pretended to find out. When Zhang Juzheng was carried out, there was blood all the way, and the whole person was spread out on the chair. Empress Dowager Li sighed when she learned the news, understanding that Zhang Juzheng couldn't survive it. Empress Dowager Li ordered to completely dissociate herself from Zhang Juzheng, so the correspondence and items were disposed of.
On the same day, Zhang Juzheng went into a deep coma, and the next day Zhang Juzheng's family reported that Zhang Juzheng was critically ill. Some officials who did not know the truth came to offer condolences, but they did not know that as soon as they left Zhang Juzheng's house, they were arrested and put in prison one by one, and they will become co-defendants in Zhang Juzheng's case in the future. Just when Zhang Juzheng was in a deep coma, Jinyiwei and Dongchang had already blocked Zhang Juzheng's house, and all people were only allowed to enter but not leave, even to buy vegetables and cook. Everyone in the Zhang family knew that the little emperor was going to do something to Zhang Juzheng's family, and some of the subordinates secretly planned for their future. A bookkeeper has begun to secretly put away the account books, preparing to use them as evidence for his own report on Zhang Juzheng's crimes in the future.
On the third day, Zhang Juzheng finally swallowed his last breath, and at the same time that Zhang Juzheng was out of breath, Jinyiwei and the people from Dongchang rushed into Zhang Juzheng's house as if they had made an appointment. The little emperor enumerated 27 big mouths, 375 faults, and 2,548 deficiencies that the minister had sued Zhang Juzheng, and raided Zhang Juzheng's house. Zhang Juzheng's house was not allowed to leave, everyone was allowed to move, and all items were confiscated. A majestic mansion of the first assistant of the cabinet is finished, Mrs. Zhang was the wife of the first assistant of the cabinet yesterday, and the next day she became a family member of a criminal.
At the same time that Jinyiwei and Dongchang were attacking Zhang Juzheng's house, many Jinyiwei and Dongchang entered the homes of Zhang Juzheng's cronies in the capital in batches, and they either raided or blocked them. Took away a lot of correspondence and belongings. These letters became evidence of Zhang Juzheng's crimes, and his property became evidence of Zhang Juzheng's corruption. It seems that this was all prepared in advance, and the little emperor had already made all the preparations, even if Zhang Juzheng died, he would not be able to go on the road with peace of mind.