Chapter Seventy-Four: Liu Jin: Where did this yellow robe come from?
Hearing this, the smile on Zhu Houzhao's face disappeared.
Although he loves to play, he will still put away his temperament when he encounters this matter related to human life.
"What do you mean?"
"The slave will die at the hands of Liu Jin soon!"
"Why did he kill you? Both of you are my confidants. ”
"Because the slave and maid prevent him from rebelling!"
Zhu Houzhao's expression finally began to be solemn, and his voice was a little low:
"Zhang Banban, you can't talk nonsense about this...... Do you know that Liu Banban is a eunuch who is the master of ceremonies and a key member of the imperial court, and he is guilty of slandering at will. ”
Zhang Yong had already prepared, he walked a few steps closer on his knees, and took out the prepared piece from his coat pocket:
"This is the evidence, please look at it, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao took the piece and watched it.
embezzlement of millions of taels...... That's a lot of money, but it's acceptable.
recklessly acting in the court...... Zhu Houzhao's brows furrowed.
When officials from all over the world came to Beijing, they all offered bribes to Liu Jin, bowing their heads like filial sons and grandsons...... The brow became tighter and tighter.
cracking down on dissidents, meddling in the imperial examinations, and promoting party henchmen...... Zhu Houzhao's lips began to tremble slightly, his brows tightened, and then he threw this piece to the ground heavily!
His heart was completely ignited with anger, and there was even a trace of uneasiness and ...... Fear?
The East and West Second Factory and Jinyiwei are all controlled by Liu Jin and his henchmen, and the news from the emperor's ears and eyes is that the world is peaceful, and now that he thinks about it, he must have been blinded.
If everything on the recital is true, then even his status is afraid that he has already been threatened by this eunuch!
His gaze stayed on the final impeachment of Liu Jin's rebellion.
With his cleverness, he naturally saw that this impeachment was not based on real evidence, but only a possible conjecture made by relying on Liu Jin's power and some arrogant behavior.
But these things don't matter anymore.
His own connivance with him had made the eunuch's power a threat to the emperor, and he had to die.
However, after all, Liu Jin is in power, and when he hears his name, he always has to give him a reason to end.
"Zhang Banban, now immediately transfer the fifth military camp to Beijing, arrest Liu Jin, Gu Dayong and others, and watch the East and West No. 2 Factory, immediately!"
"I will personally lead someone to search Liu Jin's mansion tomorrow."
Zhu Houzhao lowered his eyes, his tone was light, and it seemed to imply something:
"I hope that my Liu companion will not ...... What kind of contraband is really hidden......"
Hearing this, Zhang Yong's eyes rolled, and he had already understood the deep meaning of Zhu Houzhao's words, and he said respectfully:
"Yes!"
And in my heart I was overjoyed - it was done!
The recital arranged by Chen Guogong is really strong enough, and it is really amazing to be able to make His Majesty react like this!
At the same time, a trace of awe also appeared in his heart.
I must not be like this stupid spore Liu Jin to provoke Chen Guogong.
……
On the second day, Zhu Houzhao personally took the soldiers of the Fifth Army Battalion to Liu Jin's mansion and launched a search.
It has been found that 240,000 ingots of gold and 57,800 taels, and 5 million ingots of ingots and 1,583,600 taels, which can only be directly counted as money, and other gems, antiques, jade belts, and gold armor cannot be counted.
Seeing Zhu Houzhao's round eyes, Liu Jin's assets are equivalent to the total tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty for five or six years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the rich are rival the country!
Although he thought that Liu Jin would be corrupt, he didn't expect Liu Jin to be so corrupt, even far more than his internal funds.
And as the raid deepened, the things that were copied out became more and more amazing.
Open the wooden chest, and inside are five hundred firearms; Lifting the straw leaning against the wall, three hundred pieces of iron armor were revealed.
Seeing this iron armor, everyone involved in the raid was shocked.
The so-called "one top three crossbows, three top into the underworld", this is not a joke with you, even if it is as strong as the Yan family, they dare not equip their clan soldiers within the control of the Ming Dynasty with armor, because once this is done, it will almost be a clear announcement: I am going to rebel.
However, the three hundred full armor in Liu Jin's mansion blinded the eyes of the soldiers, and these armors were even better than the armor on their generals.
With a "click", everyone turned their heads when they heard the sound, only to see the folding fan in Zhu Houzhao's hand falling to the ground, and the emperor's eyes were already red at this time:
"Good thief, he really has a different heart!"
The roar spread throughout the mansion, and at this time everyone realized—
Liu Jin, it's over.
At this time, Liu Jin hadn't realized all this, and he didn't even know why he was arrested and imprisoned by the soldiers of the Fifth Military Battalion who suddenly appeared.
Maybe it's a misunderstanding. He comforted himself in this way.
After all, there was no warning at all, not long ago, everyone returned hello and I was good, why was I arrested all of a sudden.
He even wondered if Zhang Yong had rebelled.
So when Emperor Zhengde walked into prison, Liu Jin immediately slipped and knelt in front of him, hugging Zhu Houzhao's thigh and about to cry bitterly.
In his cognition, the emperor is obedient to him, and as long as the emperor is still there, then he will have nothing to do.
However, before he could speak, the emperor's boots kicked him in the stomach, and the force was so great that Liu Jin held back his tears.
"Liu Banban, this is from your mansion."
Zhu Houzhao coldly threw a yellow robe in front of him, and the five-clawed golden dragon on it was so dazzling.
Liu Jin: ???
No, where did this yellow robe come from?
……
The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were different from the previous dynasties, and all their power was built on the emperor, so when they lost the emperor's favor, they also lost everything.
The towering tree collapsed overnight.
The imperial court began a comprehensive liquidation, and Yan Yuan's subordinates joined forces with the civil officials to launch a frantic offensive against the officials who had defected to Liu Jin, the former for their own ascension, and the latter for Liu Jin's oppression of them.
There is no doubt about Liu Jin's ending, rebellion, Ling Chi was executed, and while he was executed, he also dragged down nearly 300 of his own party officials.
This is a very terrifying number, you must know that the officials of the central court of the Ming Dynasty, there are less than 500 people above the seventh grade, and more than half of them are Liu Jin's henchmen, which shows how huge the power was at its peak, and it made Zhu Houzhao feel terrified.
Fortunately, Zhang Yong exposed it in time, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable.
In addition, there are countless local officials who have been implicated by him, and it can be said that there has been a comprehensive reshuffle.
Zhang Yong took over the power of the inner court as Zhu Houzhao's new favorite minister, although he is still the palm print of the imperial horse supervisor, but the palm seal of the master of ceremonies is also his person, and the second factory of the east and west and the Jinyi guard have been completely cleaned.
There was a serious vacancy in the six Shangshu, and Zhang Cai naturally won in the court push and became the new official Shangshu.
And Yan Yuan was also summoned by Zhu Houzhao not long after.
(End of chapter)