From the Hongzhi period to the present, how many years have the Zhang brothers been arrogant?

Although they were frightened by Fang Muxian's incident last year, they have been fine for such a long time, they are low-key outside, but not in the house.

Even more brutal.

This day also happened to be the first day of December, and the Zhang Heling brothers also participated.

The subordinates of the palace risked being killed by the rod for breaking the ban in the middle of the night to escape from the Hou Mansion, and the news soon spread throughout the court counselors and relatives.

At the court meeting, Yang Tinghe was "filled with righteous indignation", and a big hat was covered.

"At this time when you want to implement the new law to enrich the country and make the country strong, Your Majesty has made it clear that Jiajing five years ago, the new law was only implemented in Guangdong, who is fanning the flames? The minister asked His Majesty to issue an edict ordering the three law divisions to work with Jinyi Wei to strictly investigate this case, and to find out the people behind the scenes who are the masterminds who are violating the law and harming the country! ”

The Zhang brothers trembled.

The matter is getting bigger and bigger, and now this small matter is related to the new law.

The emperor's face on the throne sank like water.

Yang Tinghe generously stated: "The traitor Fang Muxian has found out the truth, and the thief is just hiding in the Hou Mansion and using the relatives of the country to intend to cause trouble to the Ming Dynasty. In this small land dispute, who is making waves in the future? The Marquis of Shouning and the Hou of Jianchang are not strict and create more grievances, which must be strictly investigated and the people are angry; The people behind the scenes take advantage of the incident to cause chaos, which is intended to be the success or failure of the new law, and the kindness of the clan, which is even more punishable! ”

Instead, the emperor asked, "Elder Yang Ge, is it serious?" ”

"No!" Yang Tinghe looked resolute, "Your Majesty has decreed that if you violate the law, the three law divisions can first determine the sentence and then submit it to Your Majesty for a holy ruling." This case has been widely known in the capital, if the three legal divisions do not judge the case impartially, where is the prestige of the ministers to implement the new law? His Majesty's holy judgment, forgiveness means that the new law still cannot bind the relatives, and the punishment of the crime will damage the grace of the relatives. The thieves' intentions are vicious, which can be seen. ”

Wang Qiong looked at him with admiration.

That's brave. It may be Your Majesty who made the shot, you are a thief, are you venting your grievances.

The emperor's face was really ugly.

After a long time, he glanced at the Zhang brothers, and his face was full of hatred.

"Then let's check it out first! After the dispersal of the dynasty, participate in the deliberations of the imperial study! ”

So the Zhang brothers, who had just dispersed the dynasty, were first taken into custody for the previous murder, the murder in the house last night, cursing the emperor and practicing witchcraft, and when they were escorted to the prison of the Criminal Department, they saw Si Cong kneeling outside the Chengtian Gate.

The picture seems to be familiar, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling suddenly looked like earth.

What the fuck do you want to learn from Fang Muxian? You, the thick-eyed and big-eyed commander of the brocade guard, are actually a traitor?

Si Cong is too exaggerated.

Don't forget the past, the teacher of the future, the news quickly spread to the imperial study.

It is still the door of the imperial study, and it is still the position where Fang Muxian knelt.

After Si Cong kowtowed, he said, "The minister knows that he is guilty!" It is a crime for the criminal minister to release the money on behalf of Jianchang to make a profit, and now Wen Shou Ninghou and Jianchang Hou still dare to force the domestic servant to death when the public grievances are boiling, and the criminal minister is afraid, and his person in the Cao Zu case in the past ordered the minister to kill Cao Zu in prison Cao Zu I am afraid that there is really an inside story. The guilty minister did not dare to slack off, but only dared to speak out honestly, and asked His Majesty to send it down. ”

Yang Tinghe's face changed: In the past, Cao Zu denounced the Zhang brothers, but he used the charge of conspiracy.

At that time, no real evidence was found. Cao Zu sued the Zhang brothers, but it was only because his son was a servant in the Hou Mansion and did not take care of his father.

But Cao Zu died in Jinyi Wei Prison, and it was Si Cong who acted on the orders of the Zhang brothers?

The emperor's face was pale: "Escort to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and give me a clear investigation!" ”

The counselors looked at the emperor and felt uneasy: Could it be that they didn't expect more and more things to be involved?

In the past, there was the Cao Zu case, and last year there was the Rijingmen assassination case, and the two emperors before and after were "moved" by those two fools, can the emperor still "open grace" at the last moment to control the direction of things?

Si Cong was taken away.

He could take out fifteen thousand taels, but Wang Zuo was afraid.

This time he jumped into this quagmire, and Si Cong didn't know whether he was alive or dead, although Wang Zuo told him that he would be fine.

He didn't know that if he hadn't surrendered himself in advance now, he would have been forced to death by Zhang Yanling in another time and space, or let his son burn him to death himself.

This incident also became the beginning of Zhang Yanling's final imprisonment until death.

In any case, the current Si Cong has also become the last straw that crushed the Zhang brothers.

The atmosphere in the imperial study was depressing, and the counselors didn't really understand why they had to move these two people now.

Even if it's for money, it's not going to be, it's not going to ......

Money squeezed, scraped together, moved, there are still some.

Everyone looked at Cui Yuan.

Sun Jiao went to Guangdong, Cui Yuan's identity is the most special, why don't you ask the emperor what to do now? What exactly is the plan?

Cui Yuan also felt that he had to ask, but before he could speak, he heard a very miserable cry faintly from the back of the imperial study.

Everyone's faces changed.

That place is Kunning Palace, this cry...... It's a bit like Empress Dowager Zhang.

The voice grew louder and louder, though I couldn't hear the whole thing: "...... Spare ...... Beg...... Knock ......"

"Go see what's going on." Zhu Houxi's face was even more ugly.

Huang Jin went over there for a turn, and when he came back, he was a little entangled: "Your Majesty, let's go for a while." ”

Zhu Houxi stood up: "Cui Yuan, go with me." ”

Cui Yuan's heart sank, and he quickly stood up.

He is the "brother-in-law" of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and he, a relative, could have been the Zongren Order.

When he arrived outside Kunning Palace, he first stood at the door of the hall and lowered his head, so as not to see anything he shouldn't see after entering.

He couldn't see it, but what he heard made him tremble.

"Empress, I beg you, persuade the emperor to spare our family and widows. The big position is stable, why not kill them all, the old body kowtows to you......"

Zhu Houxi strode into the palace gate, and saw Sun Ming standing there helplessly, while Empress Dowager Zhang was wearing shabby clothes and kneeling in front of her, hugging her legs and crying.

Seeing Zhu Houxi coming in, Sun Ming's tears exploded.

She's really here to sprinkle.

She's the queen mother!

An old woman in her fifties sprinkled on a teenage girl, how could Sun Ming ever see such a battle?

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Huang Jin had actually shouted, but Empress Dowager Zhang didn't seem to hear it, and when Huang Jin shouted for the second time, she lay on the ground, as if she was cornered, and kneeled in front of Zhu Houxi to kowtow.

"Your Majesty, you are doing well. Your Majesty, no matter what you say, I am also your imperial aunt......"

Zhu Houxi and Cui Yuan outside the palace gate both moved away.

Although everyone is only looking at the palace maids and eunuchs, the dignified queen mother has a noble status, there is no emperor's will, and no one can step forward to hold her - what if something happens?

"Queen Mother, you better get up first, what kind of system is this?" Cui Yuan opened his mouth.

Didn't the emperor let him come, just because he was also an elder of the clan?

Empress Dowager Zhang has been feeling aggrieved and indignant for more than a year, and now that her emotions are out of control, where can she care about this?

She knelt down and just cried: "Didn't Your Majesty promise it?" A little thing, a few untouchables, why can't we spare our family and widows? The temple of filial piety is still watching in the spirit of the sky! You are also the one I ordered to persuade hundreds of officials to ascend the throne immediately! ”

Cui Yuan suddenly changed color, is she really crazy?

Throw the grace of election to the emperor, accusing him of killing everything regardless of his kindness?

Sun Ming's mood was also close to collapse, and she didn't know if this was the consequence of taking over that stubble.

When I went to Renshou Palace in the morning, I told her that I had mentioned it to the emperor.

Suddenly, I came here to sprinkle.

Now the eunuchs and palace maids inside and outside the Qianqing Palace are kneeling on the ground and trembling, hating the way they have eyes and ears.

Zhu Houxi finally opened his mouth: "The imperial uncle is in the spirit of the sky? Okay, please Empress Dowager Cishou follow me to the Fengxian Palace! ”

He stared at Empress Dowager Zhang with cold eyes: "Does Aunt get up and go over by herself, or does she need to carry her steps over?" ”

“…… Desperate and begging, I will go to my fathers and fathers to confess the sin of dereliction. ”

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded and got up by herself.

She only said that she was guilty of dishonorment.

Zhu Houxi nodded: "Cui Yuan, let the counselors get busy first." What should I do about the case, after it is approved, it will be submitted to me for adjudication. ”

“…… Obey the order. ”

He watched the emperor and the empress dowager go from the gate next to the Kunning Palace to the east, and walked to the Fengxian Hall in the southeast.

"Your Majesty!" Cui Yuan still caught up and said, "Control your anger......"

He was already familiar with the Emperor. When Si Cong appeared, the emperor's face was ugly, and there may have been an element of acting, but now he really has monstrous anger.

The Queen Mother did this regardless of her face, but as a junior, he couldn't really use the knife against his relatives. After all, she is a young man, no matter how calm she is, it is related to the cause and effect of the inheritance of the throne, and it is too difficult to suppress the anger brought by the big hat she deducted in the past.

"I have my own measure."

Zhu Houxi's voice was calm and indifferent, and he didn't look back.

Empress Dowager Zhang walked in front of him, and suddenly felt like a mang on her back.

For some reason, there was a sense of fear that he would be taken to the execution ground.

……

Fengxian Hall is a small temple, a family temple in the palace.

In the Taimiao outside the palace, when to sacrifice, who to sacrifice, and what the process is, all have customization.

In the Fengxian Palace, except for some specific ceremonies, the emperor can come to pay tribute to the ancestors whenever he wants.

In addition to the emperor himself, according to the rules, the one who can enter the palace to pay tribute to the main palace is the mother.

Although the Empress Dowager Jiang has been given the title of Queen Mother, and although the King of Xingxian has also been posthumously honored by the emperor, Zhu Houxi did not think about these "special honors", so that the emperor god could enter the Fengxian Palace, so that the Empress Dowager Jiang could also come to worship.

Now, only one palace is arranged in the Qingning Palace, dedicated to the emperor and the god.

This is the rule of this era, after all, Emperor Xian has never really been an emperor, and he has no other merits for the Ming Dynasty.

Although some people speculate that Emperor Yingjing's entry into the temple is the beginning of the next step, Zhu Houxi actually has no such plan.

Now, Zhu Houxi and Empress Dowager Zhang have entered the Fengxian Palace, and the door of the palace is closed.

In front of him, starting from Zhu Yuanzhang's direct ancestors, to Zhu Yuanzhang, to Zhu Di, to Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Youzhang, and Zhu Houzhao......

Their portraits and tablets are all placed in the Fengxian Hall one by one.

Zhu Houxi knelt down, and Empress Dowager Zhang also bowed.

There was no one else inside and outside the hall, and Zhu Houxi let them all stay a hundred steps away - the eunuchs and palace maids who were in charge of chores here were all relieved.

The lanterns are swaying, and the incense burner is misty.

Empress Dowager Zhang knelt on the mat and muttered words in her mouth, and she couldn't hear what she was chanting.

"Taizu Taizong is above, the ancestors are above, the unfilial descendants are arrogant, today's words, the ancestors and the ancestors are in the spirit of the sky."

After Zhu Houxi finished speaking, he got up and turned to the side: "Zhang's family is the Emperor of Xiaomiao, and today I said that Xiaomiao is in the spirit of the sky, and I said bluntly in front of the god of Xiaomiao." ”

The title of Zhang made Empress Dowager Zhang's figure abrupt, and her eyes couldn't hide her eyes and turned her head to stare at him angrily.

Zhu Houxi was condescending and his eyes were indifferent: "With your sins today, I will not be afraid to kill you with my own hands in front of the spirits of the ancestors and ancestors!" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at him in disbelief with a shocked face.

This is the temple of the ancestors!

She is the queen of the main palace of the filial piety temple and his aunt!

Kill? Kill with your own hands?

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't know that he had already killed people with his own hands in the Fengtian Palace, but she really never imagined that he would tell her in person that he wanted to kill her with his own hands, or in front of the ancestral spirit.

"What a sin I have! Are you only allowed to force my family to death, and not allow me to beg for mercy? Empress Dowager Zhang screamed.

"What is the sin? The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and I will tell you about your sins, but I am not lying or not! ”

Zhu Houxi's voice was not loud, but he stepped forward and looked down at her.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at him with a hateful face, pursed her lips.

"Pampered and arrogant, domineering in the harem, disregarding the importance of the country, resulting in the barren harem of the filial piety temple and the difficulty of the heirs! One of these sins! ”

"The royal brother and young man succeeded to the throne, you didn't know how to help carefully, but connived at your mother's family to corrupt the law of the country, oppress the good people, do all kinds of evil, and talk to the courtiers, and make the mother and son centrifuge because of the evil of the mother's family. Controlling the harem, making the royal brother disgusted with the palace so that there is no queen, this crime is two! ”

"The imperial brother died, and there is no successor to the throne. According to the ancestral teachings of the family law, I should be established in the order of this Lun. As soon as I entered the throne, you let the palace maids bathe me, and then sent the ministers to pre-select ladies outside to ruin my reputation. At that time, the royal brother had not yet been introduced, what was your intention? You claim to be the grace of election, and you want to continue to control the harem, so that I have to rely on you, this sin three! ”

"Your own brother, I don't know anyone. If you don't have your brother's help, if your brother doesn't rely on your slaves and maids in the palace, how can you raise fire and stab you at the Rijing Gate on the ten days after I ascend the throne? This sin is four! ”

"Now that I want to change the law and try to become stronger, the gentry of the world are restless. The many evil deeds of the Zhang brothers aroused the anger of the people, you did not want to punish your mother's family, but when I was discussing state affairs with the courtiers, you bullied the queen with the respect of the queen mother, corrupted people, and wanted to tarnish my reputation in history. This sin five! ”

Zhu Houxi's voice became more and more severe, and he said five major sins in one breath, and after a pause, he continued to say coldly: "Since you have entered the harem, you are the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family!" There is nothing wrong with you caring for your mother's family, but how can you have the Zhu family in your heart? When the royal brother was seriously ill, you never visited once, where is the relationship between mother and son? Although I did not succeed under the temple of filial piety, after entering the palace, I decided to save the province in the morning and dusk, how did you remember it in your heart? I chose the heir to succeed the name of the imperial brother, how did you ever care for the imperial sister-in-law, so that she would not be frightened of serious illness? Marrying into your Zhang family as the emperor's sister-in-law and sister-in-law, one is prosperous, and one is lost! ”

"The case of the assassination of the Rijingmen, how can Shou Ninghou stay out of the matter? Can I take his knighthood and punish him? I have spoken hard and persuaded each other, have you ever been considerate? What if I am the son of Xiaomiao? My current situation is the situation of the imperial brother in the past! ”

"It's that the filial piety temple was deeply affectionate to you back then, how could you ever understand the filial piety temple? Xianmiao is so heroic, and how much of the generosity of the filial piety temple is because you are jealous and tyrannical? Your own brother wears a royal crown and rapes a palace maid, such crimes, if Taizu and Taizong were there, they would have been killed on the spot! ”

Zhu Houxi didn't have any psychological pressure to expose Zhu Youjiao's shortcomings here, and he didn't care how their ancestors and ancestors were spitting fragrant in the chat group in the underworld.

But after Zhu Houxi said so many one, two, three, four, Empress Dowager Zhang finally understood that the "killing" he said was not bluffing.

So she turned pale.

"Now that I have joined the unification, why is everything difficult? Unfilial descendants have the courage to tell their ancestors and ancestors, and the emperor's uncle and brother were all victimized by this woman during their reign! The truth is unknown, the fool is unknown, and the ancestors and ancestors should be clear! ”

Zhu Houxi glanced at Empress Dowager Zhang contemptuously.

Emperor Hongzhi favored her and was even afraid of the inside, the Zhang brothers were flying and domineering, and the Wenchen of the Hongzhi Dynasty faced such a weak and cowardly emperor with all kinds of words, so that there was a large-scale disappearance of the population and land Hongzhi Zhongxing.

By the time Wenchen's power gradually became stronger, when Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne, his relatives had already imitated the Zhang brothers, and they were so rotten that they couldn't be used. Zhu Houzhao reused eunuchs and righteous sons to break out of a way, but the effect was very limited.

Zhu Houxi's words now are indeed a point of view in his heart: the Ming Dynasty he took over is almost on the verge of despair, and part of the reason is because of the idiot in front of him.

Although he exaggerated a bit when he spoke.

"Now that I want to change the law and rebuild the Ming Dynasty, the guilt of your two brothers has not yet been reviewed by the Three Law Divisions, and it will eventually be judged by the Holy Father, so you are in such a hurry to act like this to force me to spare them again with your identity? Do you still have the Ming Dynasty in your heart? Are you so hoping that I will leave a reputation in the eyes of my subjects for not knowing right from wrong and persecuting my elders? If you want to let me sweep the majesty to the ground, what else do you mention that the temple of filial piety is watching in the spirit of heaven? ”

Zhu Houxi gritted his teeth and continued to say what he really went berserk about: "A little thing? How many untouchables? How did Taizu build the country? By the support of the untouchables in your mouth! The evil done by your two younger brothers is too much to mention, and a little spark will make the people of the capital resentful, this is a trivial matter? Wearing the imperial crown when the temple of filial piety, when the imperial brother was there, there was Cao Zuju who rebelled, and after I succeeded to the throne, the Japanese Jingmen assassinated, which incident has nothing to do with your Zhang family? ”

"The emperor of the Three Dynasties is in power, your Zhang Jiazong did not deliberately rebel, and his arrogance is almost like a royal family! In front of the ancestors and ancestors, you should tell me, should I kill you? Do you dare to kill you? ”

Empress Dowager Zhang became the princess, especially after becoming the queen, no one dared to say such arrogant words to her clearly, and every word showed that she wanted to kill her.

And this man is the emperor today, he thinks, he can too.

Why did you want to come to Fengxian Hall today, Empress Dowager Zhang now understands.

I thought that it was the ancestors and the ancestors who would affirm the "golden mouth" in front of her to make her feel at ease, but she didn't expect that she would first tell the ancestors to make it clear.

In the past, as long as she was coquettish and sprinkled, she could succeed in the Empress Dowager Zhang, who was cold, her face was like earth, and she was trembling.

"I thought that I promised you last year not to cure the sins of the Zhang brothers, and you are reforming by chanting Buddha in Renshou Palace. I originally wanted the three law divisions to pass through the court first, but if the crimes were true, they would only be fined some money and at most take the title. Will the Zhang family starve to death, or have I already said that I will exterminate the family? If you don't know right from wrong, and you don't want to be decent, I won't give you decency. The death of the Zhang brothers is really thanks to you! The royal uncle and the royal brother are inconvenient to treat and cannot cure the crimes, I will cure them! ”

Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly collapsed and cried: "You conscienceless ......"

Zhu Houxi grabbed the placket of her clothes: "In front of the ancestors and ancestors, it doesn't matter if you don't understand!" I tell you plainly that I want to take advantage of the gentry of the world by implementing a new law, and what will be my reputation in a hundred years, I know very well, I don't care! As long as I am rich and strong, if you are confident in your identity, I am not afraid of a dirtier reputation at all. If it weren't for the emperor's uncle and brother's face, I would definitely kill you here! You don't miss kindness, I miss it! ”

The piercing cold water flowed from his close eyes and between his teeth, although Empress Dowager Zhang knew that he would not kill himself now, but it was a real death warning.

Turning around to open the door of the palace, Zhu Houxi shouted: "Huang Jin! ”

Huang Jin, who was in the distance, ran over quickly, and said tremblingly: "The slave is here!" ”

"The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng Ci is sick and sent to Xiyuan Wanshou Palace to recuperate!"

“…… Slave Command! ”

Zhu Houxi is not worried that she will kill herself, this crazy woman will spare her life, she can survive better than Empress Dowager Jiang.

When he returned to the Qianqing Palace, he saw that Yang Ting and them were still waiting there anxiously.

Etiquette and reputation are extremely solemn in their minds after all, and they are worried about how the emperor will arrange them in the future.

When he came to the imperial study again, Zhu Houxi just said: "The Empress Dowager Cishou is ashamed, the phoenix body is sick, and I have ordered her to be sent to the Xiyuan Wanshou Palace to recuperate." ”

The faces of the people changed: this was almost expelled from the palace, although there was an excuse to recuperate.

But with the respect of the queen mother, she actually did a stupid thing to bully the queen in the palace, and what is the difference between being confined in the palace and "recuperating" in Xiyuan?

"For the sake of the emperor's brother and heir, Empress Zhuangsu was too frightened last year, and lived in Renshou Palace with the Empress Dowager Cishou, and I am afraid that she will be seriously ill again." Zhu Houxi said calmly, "When the Rui Wangfu is finished and Empress Zhuangsu moves to Hengzhou, I will take the Empress Dowager Cishou back to Renshou Palace." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, it wouldn't take much time in that way, and it was indeed like changing to a better environment to "recuperate".

But this movement, after all, will still fall in the hearts of many people, being speculated and interpreted.

Now go to the Zhang brothers, what is the emperor for? Is it just a step forward for the "new party" to take a more resolute step?

No...... Some unwilling people have one more excuse in their hearts, and some vassal kings will feel that relying on the power of the old party has more hope, right?

Next year, the request for the new monarch to mourn Emperor Zhengde in the palace within 27 months after ascending the throne will be time.

Zhu Houxi looked at them and said calmly: "If the new law is to be successful, Qing and the others need to work hard. If the new law is successful, Qing and others will be the heroes of the reopening of the Ming Dynasty, and they will be remembered for centuries in history. I will only be seventeen next year, and I will not have to worry about high merit, and I will be generous and benevolent, and I can tolerate it. ”

At present, how can the new law be so nervous?

Without flesh and blood, how can it be fertile?

The leaders of the new party and the old party are all "their own people", so in the net that the emperor constantly lays, can they accurately complete this round of point killing?

Yang Tinghe finally didn't have any luck in his heart at this time, Junchen had performed so many scenes to the outside world, and at this moment, the real killing intent was revealed.

"Wait for me."

The people know that although the new law was only implemented in Guangdong five years ago, from the second year of Jiajing, there will still be various reasons, and the rest of the provinces will fall one by one those lucky gentry, rich households, and even vassal kings who jumped out in advance.

The five-year covenant is just a blunt knife.

At this time, the Zhang brothers are moved, are they radical?

No, it's all up to them, the knife wielders, to do it.

"Three days later, I will patrol the Beijing camp!"

Zhu Houxi calmed their hearts and let them go back to do errands.

Everyone looked at the back of the emperor who was heading towards Kunning Palace, and remembered what he had said last year.

Guoben, Jingying, New Law.

At that time, these were only three things that the emperor said he cared about.

But starting from the second year of Jiajing a month later, these three things will also become the three things that all the counselors are most concerned about.

The emperor always had a way out, they didn't.

"I'll go to the Punishment Department." Li Chongsi said.

"I'm going to take a look at this year's Beijing camp salary." Wang Xian said.

"I'll go back to the Ministry of Rites to see how Emperor Jing's entry into the temple goes." Zhang Zilin said.

Yang Tinghe watched them leave one by one, and looked back at the Qianqing Palace.

When Emperor Zhengde died, he felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

(End of chapter)