Chapter 142: Cut the Mess with a Quick Knife!
In the real historical facts,
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling are mainly guilty of the following crimes.
1. Slaves of the family forcibly seized the people's fields and houses. This matter was later impeached by the official Shangshu, and the emperor sent Xiao Jing to investigate. Xiao Jing wanted to be with the mud, he didn't dare to say that there were no such things, because the whole court knew that there was indeed such a thing, and he was talking nonsense for those two people to open their eyes? Friendship didn't come to that.
But he didn't dare to dispose of Shou Ningbo and Jian Changbo like this, so he thought of a way. It is...... I can punish those house slaves, right? Find someone to blame the two uncles, and this matter will be over.
After making a calculation, the old eunuch came back to report in this caliber. As a result, Empress Zhang was furious, house slave? You can't move a house slave.
The history books record that at that time, 'the emperor also faked anger, that is, Emperor Hongzhi had no choice but to pretend to be angry. Afterwards, I felt embarrassed, so I went to comfort the old eunuch Xiao Jing again.
And the matter itself, naturally, has no result.
2. Reselling illicit salt. During the Hongzhi period, it was not uncommon to reward the powerful and eunuchs with tens of thousands. The Zhang brothers were more than that, not only would they ask the emperor directly for salt, but they would also use the ships to sell illicit salt. The salt tax was an important source of revenue for the imperial court, so it can be seen that they did not think about digging into the corner of their relatives' houses.
3. Go in and out of the Forbidden City at will, flirt with palace maids, and try on crowns. When this happened, there was a eunuch named He Wending who couldn't stand it and was ready to beat Zhang Yanling, and the history books recorded: Wending held a big melon outside the curtain and would hit it!
But it didn't work out, because of Li Advertising's secret, Zhang Yanling escaped.
On the second day, He Wending went to the emperor to expose the illegal affairs of the Zhang brothers, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling backhanded He Wending and framed some of He Wending's crimes that I don't know where they came from.
So the emperor sent someone to arrest He Wending and put him in Jinyiwei Prison. and tortured, to ask who is behind the scenes.
He Wending replied that there were two envoys, one named Confucius and the other Mencius.
In fact, what can an old eunuch with no roots do behind the scenes, and he can't help but beat Zhang Yanling in the inner courtyard of the palace, obviously he can't stand it, and he is angry.
Later, He Wending was beaten to death in prison, and the person who was ordered to do this was called Li Guang.
At that time, because He Wending had a good reputation, there were also Yushi Huangshan and others who rescued him, but he was unsuccessful. After He Wending's death, the people of the time wrote a poem to pay tribute to: "There is a foreign relative who has unauthorized power in the world, and there is no internal minister who resists the ancient and modern times."
So sometimes Zhu Houzhao is also thinking,
If he considered his uncle's kinship, or the risk of doing this, he let Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling survive until the next few decades,
Not to mention how much trouble they will cause themselves because of Queen Zhang,
Even in the years of their lives, those ordinary people who will still be bullied, enslaved, and killed by them, who will speak for them?
Yes, the deaths of Shou Ningbo and Jian Changbo will make Empress Zhang sad, so will the relatives of those who were killed by the Zhang brothers be sad?
In order to keep his uncle alive, let those people die. That's selfishness. ….
"There is a ...... in the world where relatives have unauthorized power."
And that's not the only one.
In the evening of the same day,
Mao Wenwen didn't sleep all night, and after the situation became chaotic, he sent people to enter and fish in troubled waters.
The scene was full of excitement, and people chanted 'Taizu, Taizong, such words, as if they were emboldening themselves.
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were frightened by this situation.
The two of them pushed the guards in front of them, shouting in fear and arrogance, "You rebels and thieves! The lord who dares to run into the court in the street, does he want to die?"
Syllable!
There was really an egg smashed on Zhang Yanling's face!
And then there's the fist.
"Bullying!
Zhang Heling shouted, "Come on, kill them all!"
Of course, the guards didn't dare to let people just like that
violated Shou Ningbo and Jian Changbo, and when the situation was pressing, they had no choice but to do it to some people in front.
With this move, the anger of the crowd is even more uncontrollable!
"Go!"
Mao Wenyu gave the order.
So crowding, screaming, sweating, fear...... Hundreds of people, hundreds of voices stirring in this chaotic scene,
Until a blood poured into the sky, pouring out the person who was hit,
"Who's got the knife?!"
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On the evening of that day,
After bathing, Zhu Houzhao sat on his soft floor with his hair scattered, and he read Li Shimin's "Emperor Fan" over and over again.
He still remembers that when he was in history class in junior high school, when he talked about Datang, he heard the teacher talk for the first time about Li Shimin killing his brother and putting his biological father under house arrest.
At that time, I felt ...... In fact, it doesn't matter, anyway, Li Shimin is far away from him.
But it has been a long time since he came to Daming, and he will also be an emperor in the future, like Li Shimin. He suddenly thought, what was he thinking when Li Shimin made this decision?
Later, he created the rule of Zhenguan, only looking at the second half, not the first half, who would have thought that he would make a change in Xuanwumen.
The prince read silently: "In the reward and punishment of "Emperor Fan", it is said: There is no bias and no party, and the royal road is swinging. It is said that rewards and punishments are not to be judged by preference, but by merit and sin."
The palace maid Qiuyun was helping him comb his hair, and her movements were gentle and soothing, so as not to disturb him reading.
"Your Highness is really working hard, I'm going to bed in a while, and I still have to study."
Zhu Houzhao said slowly: "It is not easy for Wang Tu to dominate the industry, if I don't sacrifice at all, I'm afraid I won't be able to achieve a great cause."
It was at this time that
Liu Jin called softly outside the door, "Your Highness, Your Highness......
"Come in."
Liu Jin lowered his head, walked quickly, didn't say anything, and knelt down directly and exclaimed, "Your Highness! On the way back from the palace this evening, Shou Ningbo and Jian Changbo suddenly encountered an accident, because of the beating of Tang Bohu, the son of Jiangnan, the Jing sergeant had a lot of resentment towards him, so they gathered and collided, and in the chaos, Shou Ningbo and Jianchangbo were both ...... All...... Unfortunately, I can."
"What?" Zhu Houzhao's whole person was like being shocked, he was stunned and didn't move, and after a while, he cried and asked viciously, "Who did it?!" Send someone to find out now!"
Then he didn't have time to change his clothes, so he simply tied up his hair and went to Kunning Palace, but halfway through, he was told that the queen had gone to Qianqing Palace, so he changed his course again. ….
There was a trot all the way, and when I arrived outside the Qianqing Palace, I heard Queen Zhang's terrible roar,
「…… At the time of the Zuo Shunmen Change, the prince had already taught a group of ministers, and at that time, the concubines still felt that killing dozens of officials at once would have a bad impression! I didn't expect them to dare to commit murder in the street, and the two younger brothers of the main palace died on the spot! Your Majesty, if you don't find out the truth about this matter, the concubine ...... The concubine is also dead!"
Empress Zhang's hair was messy and her eyes were red, and she looked like an angry tiger at this time.
Emperor Hongzhi's god swept to Zhu Houzhao, as if he had grasped a straw, "Zhao'er is here. Zhao'er ...... Your two uncles......
"The son already knows, so he wants to come to his father and mother before he has time to change his clothes. Mother, don't hurt your body because of grief... The father asked his sons to be in charge of the country, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen during this period, and in the final analysis, it was also the sons who were ineffective......
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"The sons thought that Shou Ningbo and Jianchang Bo were both nobles of the court appointed by their fathers, and this major event happened on the street, it can be seen that the scholars and officials are already bold, if they are not rectified, where is the majesty of the father and the court in the future?"
Empress Zhang was a little relieved when she heard this, "The prince's words are good! Your Majesty, all the gentlemen should be arrested and decided!"
This is angry talk, no matter how good Emperor Hongzhi is, he will not kill so many ministers and scholars.
"Tomorrow, I'm going to go to the morning court. Ahem." The emperor covered his mouth and coughed a few times, "Empress, you...... Oh, don't be too sad, but your body is important. The funerals of Crane Ling and Trillium will be organized by the Ministry of Rites. Just now, the prince said that he was to blame for this, but it was not right...... After all, it's still strange to me, I have indulged these relatives too much over the years, and I thought that the minister was a little dissatisfied with them, at least he would understand my affection. I never thought that the contradictions between the courtiers and the emperor's relatives had reached such a level."
"That Tang Bohu...... Everything started because of him, how could he have nothing to do with it? Tomorrow, I will inform Li Dongyang and Dai Shan that they will be disqualified from participating in the examination, and they will not be used for the rest of their lives."
Empress Zhang was in this mood at this time, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't say anything, so let him go back to the peach blossom dock.
"The rest of the men involved must also be arrested and interrogated strictly!"
Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was in charge of it, the queen's grievances and anger finally vented a little, and then she was sad, crying and crying until she was tired of crying and fell asleep.
But Emperor Hongji couldn't sleep,
Zhu Houzhao couldn't sleep.
Their father and son talked for a long time,
Because the emperor gave birth to the idea that 'the courtiers and the emperor's relatives are too conflicted, Zhu Houzhao gave birth to an idea.
"Father, it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong in this matter so far. As the queen mother said, Tang Bohu did insult the uncle in public, and then he caused his uncles to beat him. No matter how wrong the two uncles are, Tang Bohu doesn't know how to be humble after all. However, the trouble is that most of the words that Tang Bohu scolded were also true. Therefore, people who read the world can naturally talk about it from his point of view. It's too complicated to mix humility and right and wrong."
"Since it's complicated, we can only cut through the mess quickly, quickly calm down the matter, and eliminate the impact. Therefore, the sons thought that the father should deal with all the parties involved. Some officials of the imperial court and some of the scholars who took the examination acted in the streets, and they did not know the height of the sky, and they should be dethroned, and they should be degraded, and the meritorious names should be reduced, but the imperial relatives and relatives of the imperial court should also be restrained and reined in, and the acres of land they occupied, and the salt that begged their fathers and emperors should be spit out. In this way, even if one of them has an opinion, the father always disposes of the other. No one will continue to make trouble, and the situation will not continue to deteriorate, and the impact will be dissipated over time."
The two sides strike at the same time, which has the advantage of strengthening the imperial power. This is the first point that attracts the emperor.
In addition, Hongji is a person who is afraid of trouble, he doesn't like to have this kind of bad things all day long, and cutting through the mess quickly is the second point that caters to his heart.
Since no matter what you do with one of them, the other will be dissatisfied, so well, each of them will play fifty boards.
Emperor Hongji thought about it and finally agreed, "Okay. Tomorrow it will be proclaimed."
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