Jiang Tongzu was reprimanded and dismissed by the emperor, and it was already the seventeenth year of Hongzhi.

At that time, Zhu Houzhao was still the crown prince of the prison country, and he himself specifically forgot Jiang Tongzu who was reprimanded for something at that time.

However, the atmosphere of the court at that time was very different from that of now.

At that time, there were a lot of people in the clear stream, and Zhu Houzhao repeatedly used too heavy means in dealing with the corruption nest case in Zhejiang, Ma Zheng and other issues, so all kinds of exhortations can be said to be full of courts.

This is completely different from the fact that many people are figuring out the holy will every day, rushing to the next Gu Liqing and the next Song Heng with their eyes open.

So what about Zhu Houzhao?

can only refute these imperial histories one after another, and if they encounter fierceness, then they will be dismissed from their posts and removed from office.

Many of them are not particularly at fault, and to say that they are at fault is to oppose them too fiercely, but in their own eyes, it is the duty of the courtiers to give advice.

In this way, the two sides naturally collided.

In fact, the high-ranking officials who were close were okay, especially those who were young and couldn't see the prince, were too high-spirited and degraded a lot.

Jiang Tongzu is one of them, they were obviously abandoned by the imperial court as soon as they came out, and they were worthless overnight after ten years. What kind of psychological ups and downs is this?

This kind of person is much more slow, sympathizes with each other, and naturally hugs each other.

And because they are very young, it is actually difficult for them not to think about the affairs of the court.

In the Ariake generation, the fame of the literati was very important, to be precise, the name of the clear stream.

That's why there are such words as great loyalty and hypocrisy, and the name of Bo Zhi.

To have this kind of clear name, it is natural to write more articles and poems, fight for fame in the literary world, and scold the courtiers on weekdays.

For several years, the imperial court did not seem to pay much attention to them.

Like Jiang Tongzu, these people still had some scruples, but they slowly relaxed, so these frustrated people often gathered in groups with literary meetings or poetry meetings.

Jiang Tongzu's small courtyard is also very literati and elegant, there are rockeries, green bamboo, and the stone window flowers on the corridor are carved differently.

However, a peaceful day called Jinyiwei to be completely destroyed,

Steward Shi was so frightened that his face turned pale, his legs were weak, and he fell on both feet when he ran flat on the ground, and the whole person went to tell the master of the house quite sadly, crying and saying: "Master! There are a lot of people from Jinyi outside!! ”

Jiang Tongzu and his friend Lu Meng are studying ink and brushing, they are all young people under the age of thirty, Jiang Tongzu is wearing a green shirt, Lu Meng is wearing a white shirt, a square scarf on his head, and the cuffs are wide, completely like two literati.

As soon as they heard Jin Yiwei, the two of them looked quite solemn.

And before they could get out of the house, there was obviously chaos outside, and the mighty shouts and screams of the ladies were mixed together, and it was going to be very bad all of a sudden!

'Snap'.

Mao Wenwen came very quickly, he kicked the door and rushed in, the first thing to show was the raised arm, and the brocade guard waist card in his hand.

The waist card seemed to be shining golden in the sun, with a total of nine words on it, the right is Jinyiwei, the left is the commander, and his name is written below: Mao language!

That cool murderous official!

Mao Wen's head was crooked from behind the waist card, "The Son of Heaven is pro-army, and the imperial power is licensed." The former Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, Shi Jiang, assassinated the Son of Heaven with his ancestors and plotted to rebel! Take it for Ben! ”

"Yes!!"

Jiang Tongzu was extremely frightened, and he exclaimed: "I am a wild literati, and I rarely go out on weekdays!" How could he assassinate the Son of Heaven and do something treasonous?! Treat unjustly! This is a great injustice!! ”

He was afraid, and Lu Meng on the side felt even more afraid, and he was the one who came to be a guest, "Commander Mao!" There must be a misunderstanding in this, please be sure to find out the facts, the crime of rebellion involves the lives of dozens of people in the Jiang family! Wouldn't such a hasty conviction be a reckless conviction?! ”

"Grass Kan human life?!"

Mao Wenwen smiled, his eyes gestured to the people around him, and he said coldly, "Search for me!" ”

Jiang Tongzu, Lu Meng, and the housekeepers who had come to report before were all arrested and thrown aside with their backhands, while behind Mao Wen, there was a team of people on the left and right sides running to enter the door.

This is a study with a side room, in addition to the stairs to see, turn right there is also a room.

There is a brown wooden table in the room, and there are wooden cabinets on all sides of the wall, which are used to place all kinds of books and letters.

These brocade guards were not so elegant, and when they got inside, all the brushes and brushes were turned out, and the sound of paper was continuous, and books, pens, and pen stands were suddenly scattered all over the ground.

Even the two words hanging on the wall were torn off, mainly to see if there was any hidden space behind the words, they searched a lot, and some of them had a lot of experience.

After rummaging through the cabinet like this for a while, a person pressed the scimitar on his waist in one hand and presented a large piece of light gray paper to Mao Yuwen in the other.

"Tishuai, look at this."

Mao Wenyu twisted his hands, shook them off, and read them from right to left, from top to bottom: "...... When today's son abolishes the ancestral policy of banning the sea, causing the country to open widely, and then overseas thieves come and go at will, in the long run, people's hearts are uneasy and there are more and more people at home and abroad, once there is a change, the world is shaken. The Son of Heaven insisted on this, did not listen to the advice of the courtiers, and even used intimidation, removal of lords, and killing all the Zhejiang gentry and rich merchants as a means, which really violated the virtue of the people, and disregarded the ancestral system, acted arbitrarily, and also lost the filial piety of the descendants, so that it will eventually provoke the anger of the heavens and the people, and cause the lives to be miserable! ”

After reading it, he said, "This is your article, isn't it?" Is this evidence that you, an opposition literati, care so much about the government and politics, and say every word that the Son of Heaven has caused the misery of life?! ”

Jiang Tongzu was not convinced, he argued: "The Son of Heaven is perverse, as the successor king, but he is unauthorized to change the ancestral system!" For three generations, how can you hear of such a king? Although Jiang is far away from the rivers and lakes, he is also a common man of the Ming Dynasty, and he just cares about the court and the people of the world, so is this considered a rebellion? ”

"Of course! The Son of Heaven was assassinated in the suburbs of Beijing, and it must have been the audacity of people with resentment to do such a rebellious thing! ”

"Stabbing? When is this happening, the two of us don't hear anything outside the window, and they don't know what the stabbing is, Jiang is wronged!! Jiang Tongzu stretched his neck, "Besides, although Jiang is not an official, he has also read the book of saints, knows the word loyalty and filial piety, and stabbing the Son of Heaven is definitely not what Jiang did!" You are guilty of adding to it, and there is no excuse for it! ”

"Ti Shuai."

There was another person next to Mao Wenwen who had a neat booklet that had been folded three times.

I don't know if I don't look at it, I was startled when I saw it, this thing has two big characters written vertically in the upper corner: There is a way.

"It should be the name, and each one has these two words written on it."

In addition to the name, there are some like "Ming Pao", which is typeset in paragraphs and paragraphs, and as far as the letter in his hand is concerned, it records the grain and grass consumed by the imperial court in the early years of Zhengde, as well as some strange things in various places.

That's enough.

"The envoy knows that you people have a name, called the Mountain Wild Courtyard, the number of people, large and small, dozens of people, the officials are not big, but the temper is not small. Jiang Tongzu, this envoy has this in his hand is ironclad proof of your dissatisfaction with the court and His Majesty! ”

"That's just some articles made from what I have seen and heard, similar to "Ming Pao", how can this be regarded as a conspiracy testimony?"

"Of course! You have a grudge against Your Majesty, and if you can't become an official, you will write some nonsense articles in the countryside, demagoguery, and bad intentions! Finally do the assassination! Looking at your articles, I thought that my Ming Dynasty was about to collapse. ”

Jiang Tongzu was really a little panicked, if this crime was confirmed, then there would be no chance at all, "Jiang didn't assassinate!" This matter is definitely not Jiang's doing! The Son of Heaven is the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, no matter what, we will not plan such a contrarian thing! ”

Mao Wenwen was too lazy to say, seeing that he was also a stubborn person, no wonder the emperor was angry and dismissed him.

If this kind of person doesn't dismiss the official, wouldn't he be annoyed to death by staying in the court?

"Take them all! And here's the stuff, word by word, for the envoy to be sealed up, these alone, it's enough to cut off your head! ”

Literati always love to complain, don't let him be an official, don't let him be sour, isn't this asking for human life? Even during the Qing Dynasty's literary prison, there were people who had no ambition to leave some 'just a few words'.

In particular, he said that he wrote something like a diary, and he didn't show it to others anyway, so his words were often bold. When Emperor Qianlong and Emperor Yongzheng were copying the minister's house, they would pay attention to whether there were any diaries.

As long as you turn to a sentence, don't say that it is written, it is insinuating, and even if you can make up for it, you will have to cut off your head.

Later, serious people stopped writing diaries.

And the literati of this period have not seen that kind of white terror, so as long as they turn it hard, they will definitely leave a few words.

After that, as long as one person has a problem, the people of this so-called mountain field faction must have problems, and you are all in a group, and you don't talk nonsense on weekdays?

Who will believe this?

However, Jiang Tongzu and his family were arrested, and Lu Meng, a guest on the side, looked a little embarrassed.

"Ti Shuai, is this person arrested?"

Mao Wenyu waved his hand, "Catch!" Not only he must be arrested, but also the literati who have dealings with Jiang and Lu must be arrested! The evidence is what Ben just read! ”

"So many people are like a nest of filthy rats, daring to judge the Son of Heaven! If you don't arrest all these people, what do you want to do with this Jinyi Guard?! ”

As for the clue to arrest people, it is also very simple,

Flip through all those letters, and there is a problem with the correspondence.

When Jiang Tongzu saw this posture, he understood a little bit in his heart, and he cried bitterly, "The first emperor has passed away, and there is no more benevolence and virtue in the Ming Dynasty." ”

His voice whimpered, and Lu Meng, who was provoked on the side, also wiped his tears, "Emperor Xian, the ministers miss you...... Woooooooo ”

Mao Wenwen is the so-called cool official who arrested many literati, but he is a cool official, and these experiences really let him see the unsightly side of these literati, what kind of corruption and bribery, greed for money and lust, how many people are full of benevolence and morality, full of male thieves and prostitutes, it can be said that hypocrites account for the vast majority.

So he was even more disgusted with this kind of 'drama' behavior, and the scimitar was directly withdrawn, "Cry? If you cry again, I'll cut you now! ”

(End of chapter)