The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Weichen also thinks what the queen mother said is reasonable. After all, your majesty... In short, everyone knows it." This time, it was Liu Ziqiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment, who stood up to speak. It's not that he has any reason, but now Zhang Juzheng is already Open your mouth, you can't just rely on Zhang Juzheng alone to support the front, no matter how you say it, two more people have to stand up to make sense, "However, even if this matter is aimed at the Queen Mother, it turns out that His Majesty is implicated." However, Weichen had just thought about it carefully, but he really didn't realize that the Queen Mother had done anything that would be so resented by others. In the past two years, the imperial edict issued by the court, Weichen and others have also I know, and there is nothing in it that would bring about such a disaster."

If he didn't know that Liu Ziqiang was honest and upright, his words could be regarded as flattery, but, the words Liu Ziqiang said were not all flattering words, at least What he said was correct, Zhu Yijun had been on the throne for two years, and Empress Dowager Li had also been in power for two years.

In the past two years, letting a woman hold power will naturally make many people unhappy, but the current situation is like this, if you are unhappy, then you are unhappy, and there is no other way, you can only do it like this , and, as I said before, in the past two years, the edicts and imperial decrees issued by the imperial court are all well known to those present, and perhaps some of them are really annoying to many people. But it would definitely not reach the point where he dared to send people to assassinate the emperor. Even if it was a punishment, it was only a small punishment, which was not too much.

Of course, Liu Ziqiang is neither a greedy sycophant nor a completely heartless and upright person. He can sit in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishments. He is fair, but selfishness also exists, and he is also very smart. Well, in what he said, he left a lot of leeway.

He said just now, "In the past two years, the imperial edict issued by the court, the officials and others are also aware of it." This sentence is not only as simple as it sounds, but also has a deeper level. In other words, the imperial decree issued by the imperial court, or another way, it is said that the orders issued by the Queen Mother Li have been completed in the past two years. What Liu Ziqiang means is that in the past two years, the orders issued by the Queen Mother Li The orders of these ministers are known to them, and they will never cause this kind of problem.

In other words, in the past two years, Empress Dowager Li has issued many orders that these ministers did not know, and among those orders that these ministers did not know, would there be anything that would cause trouble? Liu Ziqiang doesn't understand this disaster now.

The meaning hidden in Liu Ziqiang's words is not very deep, and everyone present can hear it, but this kind of thing, so what if you hear it, other people who are also ministers naturally don't What may be said, but Queen Mother Li is even more unable to express any stance on this. If she would be furious because of this, wouldn't it be obvious that she did something that would make people so resentful , and thus brought about Zhu Yijun's misfortune? Naturally, the Empress Dowager Li couldn't say such words, which are equivalent to confessing herself.

Moreover, Liu Ziqiang's remarks will not make Empress Dowager Li resent him. From one aspect, what he said is to name the incident caused by Empress Dowager Li, but at the same time, what he said The words can be regarded as a wake-up call to Empress Dowager Li. If she can speak out and she is not afraid of damaging the dignity of her empress dowager, then these ministers below will naturally do nothing, and will naturally go all out to help solve this problem. If she didn't say anything, then these ministers would naturally not ask about it. Let the Empress Dowager Li go to Zhang Fan to solve the matter secretly. Anyway, after such an assassination time, even if Zhu Yijun wants to go out again, it is estimated that Li It is absolutely impossible for the Queen Mother to agree. Now that Zhu Yijun is in the palace, he is safe. Naturally, these ministers can do whatever you want.

"What did Aijia... what did Aijia do?" But Empress Dowager Li either kept silent or said what she had done, as these people thought, but showed a look of grief and indignation on her face Aijia said indignantly, "What Aijia has done in the past two years, Aijia is naturally very clear in his heart, Aijia asks himself that he will never do anything that will harm the emperor, even if it is...even if it is If the Ai family has really done something, if they have formed a deep hatred with someone, then it has nothing to do with the Ai family's prince, it's all directed at the Ai family, why bother to implicate the Egyptian prince," said here The sadness on Empress Dowager Li's face makes people feel that she is very painful now.

The following people also have this kind of thinking, but these people have another kind of thinking in their hearts. Yes, it is true that Queen Mother Li said so. , then that person should come to him, what is it to seek revenge on Zhu Yijun, but in the same way, no matter whether it is Empress Dowager Li or Zhu Yijun, one is the queen mother and the other is the emperor, they are all masters living in the palace.

Even if that person wanted to seek revenge directly from Mrs. Li, how could he enter the palace? Now, the reason why Zhu Yijun was assassinated was not because Zhu Yijun went out for autumn hunting this time, even though there were guards In the body, but after all, it is not as strict as in the palace. Isn't this a loophole for people to find.

However, no matter what, no matter whether there is any reason for this matter, and whether there is any doubt behind this matter, let alone whether Queen Mother Li has offended anyone, in a word, no matter what you do Assassination of the emperor is not acceptable. Although these ministers think that the Empress Dowager Li must have done something, or think that this matter is probably caused by the Empress Dowager Li, they will definitely not endure the assassination of the emperor. Not a word was said about it.

"Queen Mother," at this moment, Zhang Fan made the calculations, and it was time for him to speak, "Although I haven't found anything yet, I do have some ideas."

"What did Zhang Aiqing think of, tell me quickly," Empress Dowager Li asked hastily, as if grasping at straws.

"Qizou Empress Dowager," Zhang Fan said, "When the assassin assassinated His Majesty that day, the scene was really weird. Up until now, I have been confused by the assassin's superb skills. I didn't think of this for a while. One point, now that I have heard the words of several adults, I have some thoughts in my heart, "

"What exactly did Aiqing think of?" Queen Mother Li frowned. This passage was not rehearsed by her and Zhang Fan, it was Zhang Fan's improvisation, and she had no clue at all. no more,"

"Yes, queen mother," Zhang Fan said, "just now, the queen mother and several adults heard the assassination scene that Weichen said, and the scene was really dangerous, but it seems that Weichen set his eyes too much on The word "dangerous" was mentioned above, but one problem was overlooked.

"Queen Mother, my lords, don't you think that the way this assassin appeared is really too ostentatious?"

Zhang Fan's last words made everyone startled, and then they all started to think deeply.

When Zhang Fan saw them like this, his face remained motionless, he smiled in his heart, and continued: "Speaking of assassination, although there is almost no such incident in this dynasty, the adults are all scholars, so they should be no strangers, right? , There are many such assassinations, but whether Cao Mo assassinated Duke Huan of Qi, Jing Ke assassinated Yingzheng, or after the pre-Qin period, such as Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo, or the assassination of Liao Muzong, these assassinations are nothing more than one point. , all of them have to approach the target quietly beforehand. Some of them spent a lot of time to gain trust;

"But this time, the assassin is different. If he sneaks in, he will go to assassinate His Majesty at night, or put on the clothes of the rear army, and approach His Majesty's big tent, although there are big internal guards outside His Majesty's big tent." Protection, this method is very difficult to succeed, but it is the most reasonable method, but this assassin is different, he appeared in front of everyone in a grandiose manner, and even he did not see His Majesty at the first time, so let Master Zheng People have seen it, masters, if someone wants to assassinate some important person, will they use this method?"

You don’t even need to think about what Zhang Fan said. Everyone just shook their heads. That’s right. Since it’s an assassination, the target must be a big shot. Then the big shot will naturally have guards around him. If you want to assassinate, you should try your best to get close first.

But now, the person who assassinated Zhu Yijun didn't do that at all, but braved the situation of being surrounded by hundreds of officers and soldiers, and appeared in front of everyone in a majestic manner, and openly pointed his sword at each other. With so many people around, it is obvious that it is possible to retreat, but it is impossible to assassinate Zhu Yijun again. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse.

"Yes, this is indeed unreasonable," Zhang Fan said, "But, Queen Mother, several adults, what is the outcome of this person doing this, if there is no coincidence for Wang Meng, I'm afraid Your Majesty... However, Queen Mother, Wei Wei What I want to talk about is not this, what I mean is, why did this person do this, appear in a grand manner, and be surrounded by the rear army, but he still almost succeeded, "

The second half of Zhang Fan's words was actually only halfway through, and all the people present were stunned. Yes, it stands to reason that this assassin would simply seek his own death, let alone assassinate Zhu Yijun.

"Aiqing means..." Empress Dowager Li looked surprised, but she was very happy in her heart.

"That's right," Zhang Fan nodded, and said, "From my point of view, this person came to assassinate His Majesty, it was definitely arranged by someone, and his appearance was also ordered by the person who arranged him. The reason is that that person Know Your Majesty very well,"