Chapter 552: The Imperial Hall
"Kill!" But although Emperor Zhengde hesitated, Liu Jin on his side reacted very quickly, and said directly, "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, this gossip confuses the public and spreads rumors, and the person who causes trouble should be sentenced to a heavy sentence, not to mention that the object of Zheng Wang's gossip is the Ming royal family, and it should be cut with a thousand knives in order to calm down the people's grievances!"
When Empress Dowager Zhang saw Liu Jin say this, she was extremely happy, and was about to continue Liu Jin's words, but Yang Tinghe came out to admonish her: "No! The matter of Zheng Wang's fallacy has already been concluded in the time of the first emperor! The first emperor once said that this Zheng Wang's evil words confuse the public, and it is not a pity to die." It's just that after all, he has lost his heart and is crazy, and he is an old man, so the first emperor was merciful, forgave his sins, and allowed him to live in the capital for a long time! If he wants to kill Zheng Wang now, isn't it against the will of the first emperor?"
In fact, Yang Tinghe didn't know that Zheng Wang at this time had been assassinated by Liu Jin. He only knew through Li Dongyang the true life experience of Emperor Zhengde, and he knew that Zheng Wang should indeed be regarded as the national ruler.
Originally, with his strong temperament, he would expose this matter on the spot, but remembering that this matter involved the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, he had to protect Zheng Wang by the will of the first emperor.
This is also what Li Dongyang wants to do, after all, after Li Dongyang and Zilong met, he had a very good impression of Zilong, and he wanted to protect his grandfather for Zilong. It's just that Li Dongyang, as the first assistant, is an example for all officials, but he can't move lightly.
Unexpectedly, Liu Jin smiled proudly, as if Yang Tinghe's actions were all under his control. He didn't speak, just glanced at Empress Dowager Zhang.
Sure enough, Empress Dowager Zhang stood up suddenly, pointed at Yang Tinghe with a halberd, and said: "Scholar Yang, this palace thought that you were full of poetry and books, and you should be a virtuous person who knew the Three Principles and Five Constants, and I didn't want to say such stupid words today!"
This reprimand is extremely severe, Yang Tinghe is a person who cherishes his reputation, and his face immediately turned red with anger, but it was the Queen Mother who reprimanded him, and he couldn't make any drastic moves.
At that moment, he had to clench his fists angrily and said: "The minister doesn't know what is wrong!
"The lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord is humiliated by the death of the ministers!" has Scholar Yang heard this sentence?" Empress Dowager Zhang asked sharply.
"This ......" Yang Tinghe's face changed greatly, and he was speechless for a while.
Empress Dowager Zhang didn't care about him, and said directly: "Now Zheng Wang's gossip confuses the public, even if it is the first emperor, he is convicted of a lie." It's just that the first emperor was merciful and couldn't bear to hurt people's lives, and seeing that Zheng Wang was old and frail, he didn't have a few years to live, so he confined him in Beijing and lived for a long time, which can be said to be extremely merciful!"
"Yes......" Yang Tinghe was extremely smart, and he already knew what the Empress Dowager Zhang wanted to say, but he didn't think of how to refute it for a while, so he had to answer hard.
"Such a generous and benevolent treatment, this Zheng Wang not only did not appreciate half of it, but once he got a gap, he slipped out of the capital and went to the Ningxia Fengyue Gang, and continued to incite the ignorant people and spread rumors and make trouble! Such an ungrateful villain, Scholar Yang, do you tell the mourning family that you should be killed?" Empress Dowager Zhang said with her phoenix eyes wide and waiting for Yang Tinghe.
"Hey......" Although Yang Tinghe was unwilling to convict Zheng Wang of a hundred crimes, but this crime was condemned by the first emperor, and there was almost no refuge, so he had to sigh and slowly retreat to the class.
Seeing that Yang Tinghe had retreated, Empress Dowager Zhang was also quite happy, standing on top of the collapse, and said to the civil and military officials below: "Fellow ministers, Zheng Wang spread rumors and made trouble, slandered the first emperor, Your Majesty, and the mourning family, you say, such a person should not be killed!"
Liu Jin stood behind Empress Dowager Zhang, and glanced down proudly, and Cao Yuan and the others, who were looking forward to him, immediately came out of class and said in unison: "Kill, kill!"
For a while, under the leadership of Liu Jin's henchmen, even the Qingliu civil officials and some military attaches came out and told in unison that they should be killed.
Seeing that the court agreed, Empress Dowager Zhang also smiled, nodded, looked back at Emperor Zhengde, and said: "Your Majesty, all the ministers said that Zheng Wang should be killed, and Your Majesty has also issued a decree before.
"Hey, it's all according to the queen mother's will!" Emperor Zhengde felt a faint pain in his heart, nodded and said.
Seeing that Emperor Zhengde also nodded, this matter of Zheng Wang's gossip ended with him being sentenced to death.
But Liu Jin's goal was not just to deal with a Zheng Wang, and after the Empress Dowager Zhang sat down, he said out loud: "Since Zheng Wang has been sentenced to death, then the old minister wants to say that the previous decree of His Majesty and the decree of the Empress Dowager have been issued to King An, ordering him to exterminate the Fengyue Gang who sheltered Zheng Wang."
But instead of carrying out His Majesty's holy order, His Royal Highness King An made a strong effort to communicate with Jiang Han, the chief soldier of Ningxia Town, to accumulate soldiers and horses, with bad intentions. How should this matter be handled? Please also ask Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to judge it!"
"Uncle An Wang is loyal and will never rebel!" As soon as Liu Jin finished speaking, Emperor Zhengde denied it, "I heard that the Fengyue Gang is deeply rooted in Ningxia and has a huge power, and it is known as the No. 1 Gang in Ningxia!
Liu Jin had an expression that he had already known, and immediately smiled lightly and said: "The old minister said that King An intends to rebel, but it is not a one-sided statement! From the order a month ago to now, a month has passed, and King An has not moved at all, but is accumulating food and soldiers, is it necessary to exterminate a local gang?"
The second is that in order to investigate the movements of King An, the old minister has long ordered someone to investigate, and a few days ago, Li Zeng, the eunuch guarding Ningxia, reported that King An had bad intentions and plotted to rebel, and even colluded with many other forces in order to succeed!"
"Li Zeng?" Emperor Zhengde was stunned, but he didn't expect Liu Jin to be able to find a witness, although this witness is also a eunuch and belongs to Liu Jin's command, but Liu Jin himself is in charge of the supervision power of the Ming Dynasty, this Li Zeng also belongs to the category of supervising the army, and his words have to be believed.
"That's right! Li Zeng's messenger is just outside the Fengtian Gate, may I ask Your Majesty, do you want to invite the palace to ask?" Liu Jin said proudly.
This is also the benefit of his control of the three factories and one guard, as long as he says who is guilty, he is not afraid that the three factories and one guard will not be able to weave it out.
It's just that noble ministers like King An and Li Dongyang can't weave casually, but must be able to have real materials.
Fortunately, King Na'an did have the intention of causing an incident, and he had already been noticed by Liu Jin. Zheng Wang has been monitored and guarded by him for so many years, and he was suddenly rescued by King An, in fact, Liu Jin deliberately set a trap on King An.
If King An wants to start an incident, he must be famous. And Zheng Wang is the best name. As long as Zheng Wang arrived at King An's land and told the events of the year, with the influence of Empress Dowager Zhang, he would naturally be able to influence the courtiers and convict Zheng Wang with the help of the will of the first emperor.
Once Zheng Wang's charges are confirmed, then King An, who shielded him, will definitely be implicated.
As long as he forces King An to hand over Zheng Wang in the name of the imperial court, if he hands it over, he will naturally lose his sharpness and will not be in trouble.
If he doesn't hand it over, then King An is accused of being an accomplice, and he can also be convicted of it with the help of Empress Dowager Zhang's intention to cover up the events of the year.
Even Liu Jin, in order to prevent King An from handing over Zheng Wang, shrank again and made himself a rat trap, and he deliberately took advantage of Empress Dowager Zhang's anger and ordered his killers to kill Zheng Wang.
In this way, King An had to make trouble, and secondly, it could make Zheng Wang no longer able to speak, and he could no longer disrupt his plan.
All this was a poisonous plan set by Liu Jin after knowing King An's general intentions, and King An couldn't be fooled.
"That's not necessary!" Emperor Zhengde's impression of King An is good, when the first emperor was alive, he summoned King An many times, and faintly entrusted Emperor Zhengde to King An's care.
Therefore, if you want to say that King An is rebelling, Emperor Zhengde does not believe it. But now that Li Zeng is the eunuch guarding the town, he has already reported like this, and King An is indeed acting secretly, as the emperor, Zhengde has to be treated carefully.
"Since there is a report from Li Zengmi, then let's do it! Zongzheng recruited King An into Beijing and explained it clearly!" Emperor Zhengde still didn't believe it, and immediately said.
Empress Dowager Zhang knew that this King An was one of the insiders back then, and that painting had proven everything. No matter what, she didn't want King An to arrive in Jingshi alive and make the events of that year public.
After all, Zheng Wang is just a cloth cloth, and there is a decision made by the first emperor, so he can't afford to stir up too much turmoil.
King Ke'an is the king of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also a high-ranking king of the vassal kings, and he can also lead the military and political power in wartime, and he is quite prestigious in the Ming clan.
If King An is recruited into Beijing to confront him, the Empress Dowager Zhang is afraid that he will tell the events of the year, and at that time, it can be said that there will be a hundred responses, and she is afraid that it will be difficult for her to get off the stage.
At that moment, she asked, "What if King Ruoan refuses to enter Beijing?"
"This ......" Emperor Zhengde never believed that King An would rebel, so he didn't think about the possibility that King An would refuse to enter Beijing, so he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said, "It shouldn't be! Uncle An is loyal, and he has to be respected by the emperor first, so he shouldn't be disrespectful!"
"His Royal Highness King Ke'an has already resisted the decree not long ago!" Liu Jin said predictively, "Your Majesty ordered the extermination of the Fengyue Gang, but a month has passed, and the Fengyue Gang is still there, isn't this a protest?"
"......" Emperor Zhengde couldn't help but be speechless.
Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others in the audience were also impatient, but when Empress Dowager Zhang talked to Emperor Zhengde, they had no chance to intervene, so they could only stand below and wait for the right opportunity.
"The old minister suggested that the Xuanfu, Datong, Taiyuan, Yansui, and Jingying should be mobilized immediately and stand by on the spot! If King An is ordered to enter Beijing, everything is easy to say! If he dares to hesitate at all, then immediately launch a large army, encircle and suppress King An, and capture him to go to Beijing to ask for his guilt!" Liu Jin said coldly.