Jingming

Chapter 185 Should I Kill You?
From the reign of Hongzhi to the present, how many years have the Zhang brothers been arrogant and domineering?
Although they were terrified by Fang Muxian's incident last year, they have been doing well for such a long time. They kept a low profile outside, but not inside the mansion.

Even more brutal.

This day also happens to be the first Shuo Ri Dachaohui in early December, and the Zhang Heling brothers will also participate.

The servants in the mansion also escaped from the Hou's mansion at the risk of breaking the ban in the middle of the night and possibly being rode to death. The news quickly spread to the court officials and relatives.

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

"When the new law is about to be implemented to make the country rich and strong, Your Majesty has made a decree that the new law was only implemented in Guangdong five years ago in Jiajing. Who is going to stir up trouble? I ask your Majesty to issue a decree to order the San Judicial Division and Jin Yiwei to investigate the case strictly and decide We must find out those who are behind the scenes to disrupt the law and harm the country!"

The Zhang brothers trembled all over.

Things became more and more troublesome, and now this trivial matter has something to do with the new law.

The face of the emperor on the throne sank like water.

Yang Tinghe made an impassioned statement: "Fang Muxian, the traitor last year, has already found out the truth. The thief just hid himself in the Marquis's mansion, taking advantage of the relatives of the country to bring disaster to Ming Dynasty. Who is behind this small dispute over property? Shou Ning Hou and Jianchang Hou are lax under the emperor, causing more grievances is the reason, they must be strictly investigated and the people will be angry; the people behind the scenes are using things to create chaos, aiming at the success or failure of the new law and the kindness of the clan, and their hearts can be punished!"

Therefore, the Zhang brothers who had just dispersed from the dynasty were first detained on suspicion of the previous murder case, the murder case in the mansion last night, cursing the emperor, and practicing witchcraft. Si Cong.

Si Cong was too exaggerated.

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

The voice became louder and louder, although the whole content could not be heard clearly: "...forgive me...please...knock..."

Cui Yuan suddenly changed color, is she really crazy?
Throw the favor of election to the emperor, and accuse him of ignoring his kindness and killing them all?

Why the fuck do you want to learn from Fang Muxian?Your big-eyed Jin Yiwei commander is actually a traitor?

He could afford 5000 taels, but Wang Zuo was afraid of him.

"What's wrong with me! You are only allowed to force my family to death, and I am not allowed to beg for mercy?" Empress Dowager Zhang screamed out.

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

This time he jumped into this quagmire, and Si Cong didn't know whether he was going to live or die, even though Wang Zuo told him that nothing would happen.

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

Yang Tinghe's expression changed: In the past, Cao Zu denounced the Zhang brothers on the charge of conspiracy.

The spirits all 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. The officials and gentry, wealthy households, and even the vassal kings who jumped out in advance.

Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly collapsed, crying loudly: "You heartless..."

But with the honor of the empress dowager, she actually did something stupid in the palace to bully the empress. How is confinement in the palace any different from "recovering from illness" in Xiyuan?
"It's for the sake of the emperor's brother and heir. Empress Zhuang Su was terrified last year. She lives with Empress Dowager Cishou in Renshou Palace. She may become seriously ill again." Zhu Houcong said calmly, "After the renovation of Prince Rui's mansion is completed, Empress Zhuang Su will move to Hengzhou. , I will take Empress Dowager Cishou back to Renshou Palace."

It took a long time before he glanced at the Zhang brothers, with a look of hatred on their faces.

"How can the Marquis of Shouning stay out of the case of the assassination of the Japanese Jingmen? How can I seize his title and punish him? I have spoken hard and tried to persuade him, but have you ever been considerate? So what if I succeed the son of Xiaomiao? I am today The situation is the situation that the emperor was in in the past!"

Zhu Houcong nodded: "Cui Yuan, let the consultants go to work first. What to do with the case, after the trial, it will be submitted to me for adjudication."

Is it radical to move the Zhang brothers at this time?

Zhu Houcong's voice was not loud, but he took a step forward and looked down at her.

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

Never forgetting the past is the guide of the future, the news quickly spread to the imperial study.

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

Then she turned pale.

At that time, no real evidence was found in the end.Cao Zu sued the Zhang brothers only because his son was a servant in the Hou's mansion, and he didn't take good care of his father.

"It's Xiaomiao's deep affection for you back then. Why did you ever consider Xiaomiao? How heroic Xianmiao is, how much of Xiaomiao's tolerance is because you are jealous and domineering? Your brother wears a royal crown and rapes court ladies. Such crimes, if the Taizu and Taizong were around, they would have been executed on the spot!"

Wang Qiong looked at him in admiration.

The flames of the ever-burning lanterns are flickering, and the incense mist is lingering on the censer.

This incident also became the beginning of Zhang Yanling being imprisoned until his death.

The emperor's face was livid: "Take it to the prison of the Ministry of punishment, and let me check it out!"

At that time, these were just the three things the emperor had clearly stated his concern for.

In the past, Empress Dowager Zhang, who could get her way as long as she acted like a baby, was cold all over, her face was ashen, and she was trembling.

After Zhu Houcong finished speaking, he stood up and turned to the side: "Ms. Zhang is the emperor of the Xiaomiao Temple. Today, since I said that the Xiaomiao Temple is the spirit of heaven, I will speak frankly in front of the God of Xiaomiao Temple."

"Now that I have entered the Great Reign, why is everything so difficult? The unfilial sons and grandchildren dare to tell the ancestors and ancestors that the emperor's uncle and brother were all harmed by this woman when they were in power! The truth is that the foolish woman does not understand, and the ancestors and ancestors should be themselves." Mingjian!"

"No!" Yang Tinghe said with a determined face, "Your Majesty has decreed that anyone who violates the laws and regulations will be sentenced by the three judges first, and then submitted to His Majesty's holy judgment. This case has been widely known in the capital. If the San Judiciary does not judge the case impartially, what is the prestige of the ministers to implement the new law? Your majesty has ordered that if the new law is forgiven, it will still not be able to restrain the relatives, and if the crime is punished, it will damage the kindness of the relatives. The evil intentions of the thieves can be seen."

For the Taimiao outside the imperial palace, when to offer sacrifices, who to offer sacrifices to, and what the process is, all are customized.

What Zhu Houcong said now is indeed a point of view in his heart: the Daming he took over, which is almost at the end of the road, is partly due to the idiot in front of him.

kill?Beheaded by hand?

Everyone's face changed color: this is almost expelled from the palace, although there is an excuse to recuperate.

……

As a result, he suddenly came here to make a splash.

"Your Majesty, please do me a favor. Your Majesty, no matter what, I am your imperial aunt..."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, that would not take much time, and it was indeed like changing to a better environment to "recover from illness".

The leaders of the new party and the old party are all "insiders", so in the net that the emperor keeps laying down, can they accurately complete this round of spot killings?
At this moment, Yang Tinghe finally didn't have any luck in his heart. The monarch and his ministers had performed so many dramas, and at this moment, the real killing intent was fully revealed.

Zhu Houcong gritted his teeth and continued to say the point where he really went berserk: "A little thing? A few untouchables? How did Taizu conquer the country? Relying on the support of the untouchables in your mouth! The evils that your two younger brothers have done are too many to write. It caused the people in the capital to complain, is this a trivial matter? When you wear the imperial crown in the filial piety temple, when the emperor’s brother is here, Cao Zu sues for rebellion, and after I succeed to the throne, I will assassinate you in the Jingmen. Which of these things has nothing to do with your Zhang family?"

She thought it was the "golden words" that she reassured in front of her ancestors, but she didn't expect to ask her ancestors to make it clear first.

Si Cong kowtowed and said, "I know I'm guilty! It's a crime for a sinful minister to release usury money on behalf of Marquis Jianchang. Now I heard that Marquis Shouning and Marquis Jianchang dared to force their servants to death when the people were full of grievances. It's a crime." Your Majesty is terrified. I am afraid that the person who ordered the minister to kill Cao Zu in the Cao Zu case in the past may have an inside story. The guilty minister does not dare to neglect, but dares to speak the truth. Please forgive me."

Although the Empress Dowager Jiang has been conferred the title of Empress Dowager, and King Xingxian has also pursued the title of Emperor, Zhu Houcong did not think about these "special graces" and let the Lord Xiandi enter the Fengxian Hall so that the Empress Dowager Jiang could also come to sacrifice bye.

He just watched the emperor and the queen mother go east from the gate next to Kunning Palace, and walked one after the other towards Fengxian Hall in the southeast.

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

After Empress Dowager Zhang became the Crown Princess, especially after she became a queen, no one had ever dared to say such arrogant words to her, every word and every word showed that she wanted to kill her.

She really came to make a splash.

"I'm going to the Ministry of Punishment." Li Chongsi said.

These are the rules of this era. After all, Emperor Xian has never been an emperor, and he has no other merits to Ming Dynasty.

And this person is the current emperor, he thought, so can he.

Squeeze the money, make it together, move it around, and there is still some money.

Sun Jiao went to Guangdong, and Cui Yuan had the most special status, why don't you ask the emperor what to do now?What is the plan?
Cui Yuan also felt that he had to ask, but before he could open his mouth, he heard a very miserable cry from behind the imperial study.

Etiquette and fame are extremely solemn in their minds, and they are worried about what the emperor will do in the future.

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

Although only court ladies and eunuchs are watching, the dignified empress dowager has a noble status, and without the emperor's will, no one can step forward to hold her back—what if something happens?
"Empress Dowager, you should get up first, what's the proper way?" Cui Yuan said.

Zhu Houcong was not worried that she would commit suicide. This crazy woman spared her life, and she could survive better than Queen Mother Jiang.

"The emperor passed away, and there is no successor for the great position. According to the family law and ancestors' precepts, my own order should be established. You deceived me when I was young and didn't know the palace rules. When I just entered the throne, you made the maids tempt me to take a bath, and then Sending internal ministers to pre-select women to ruin my reputation. At that time, the emperor's brother had not yet been recruited. What are your intentions? You pretended to be the favor of the election, and wanted to continue to control the harem, and even made me have to rely on you. This is a crime three!"

Huang Jin had already called out, but Empress Dowager Zhang didn't seem to hear it, and when Huang Jin called out for the second time, she lay down on the ground, kneeling in front of Zhu Houcong as if desperate, making a gesture to kowtow.

Both Zhu Houcong and Cui Yuan outside the palace gate moved away.

Si Cong was taken away.

Although some people speculated that welcoming Emperor Jing into the temple was the beginning of the next step, Zhu Houcong actually had no such plan.

"Go and see what happened." Zhu Houcong's face became even uglier.

Empress Dowager Zhang now understands why she came to Fengxian Hall today.

Zhu Houcong strode into the gate of the palace, and saw Sun Ming standing there at a loss, while Empress Dowager Zhang knelt in front of her in shabby clothes, hugging her legs and crying.

Instead, the emperor asked: "Mr. Yang Ge, are you being serious?"

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at him with a look of hatred.

"The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng and Cisheng are ill and sent to Xiyuan Longevity Palace to recuperate!"

He was already quite familiar with the emperor.When Si Cong appeared, the emperor's face was ugly and maybe there was an element of acting, but now he was really angry.

She is the main queen of the Xiao Temple, his own aunt!

When they returned to Qianqing Palace, they saw Yang Ting and the others still anxiously waiting there.

All she said was that she was guilty of indecency.

For some reason, there was a sense of fear of being taken to the execution ground by him.

Although he exaggerated a bit when he said it.

"I thought that last year I promised you to kill the Zhang brothers. You recited the Buddha's name in Renshou Palace to correct your mistakes. I wanted the Sanju to go through the court first. If the crimes are true, I will only fine you some money. It's just a title. Is it that the Zhang family will starve to death, or have I already said that I will seize the family and exterminate the family? Since you don't know right from wrong, and don't want to be decent, I will not give you dignity. The death of the Zhang brothers is really thanks to you! For the crimes that are inconvenient or impossible for the emperor and brother to treat, I will punish them!"

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

Fengxian Hall is Xiaotai Temple, the family temple in the palace.

Empress Dowager Zhang was horrified and looked at him in disbelief.

Now to move the Zhang brothers, what is the emperor doing for?Is it just for the "new party" to take a firmer step forward?

How brave.It may be His Majesty who made the move, you are venting your grievances every time you bite a thief.

There was no one else inside or outside the hall, Zhu Houcong let them all stay a hundred paces away—the eunuchs and maids who were in charge of chores here were all relieved.

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

"Queen, I beg you, I beg you, to persuade the emperor, please spare our family and widows. The position has been stabilized, why did you rush to kill them all, I kowtow to you..."

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

Zhu Houcong stood up: "Cui Yuan, you will go with me."

Returning to the Imperial Study Room, Zhu Houcong just said: "The Empress Dowager Cishou is too ashamed, and the phoenix body is ill. I have ordered her to be sent to Xiyuan Wanshou Palace for rest."

Empress Dowager Zhang has felt aggrieved and resentful for more than a year, so how can she care about this now that she is out of control?
She sat on her knees and just cried, "Didn't Your Majesty promise you with a golden eloquence? Why can't you spare our family and widows for a little thing? The Temple of Filial Piety is still in the sky! You are also my decree." Order Baiguan to immediately persuade him to ascend the throne!"

Everyone looked at Cui Yuan.

Now, only one pavilion has been arranged in the Qingning Palace, dedicated to the God Lord Xiandi.

Zhu Houcong exposed Zhu Youtang's shortcomings here without any psychological pressure, and he didn't care how their ancestors were talking in the underworld chat group.

Zhu Houcong looked at Queen Mother Zhang contemptuously.

This is Fengxian Hall!

He stared at Empress Dowager Zhang coldly: "Auntie, does she get up and go by herself, or does she need to carry a chariot?"

An old woman in her fifties is beating a girl in her teens. How has Sun Ming ever seen such a fight?
"His Majesty is here!"

The Empress Dowager acted like this regardless of face, but as a junior, he couldn't really use a knife against the elders of his relatives.After all, she is a young man, no matter how calm she is, it has something to do with the cause and effect of the inheritance of the throne, it is too difficult to suppress the anger brought about by the big hat she buckled.

The emperor's face was really ugly.

Seeing Zhu Houcong coming in, Sun Ming burst into tears.

Zhu Houcong knelt down and worshiped, and Empress Dowager Zhang also bowed down.

"Now I want to reform the law and rebuild Ming Dynasty. The crimes of your two brothers have not yet been judged by the three courts. In the end, they will be judged by my saints. You are so anxious to act like this to force me to read yours. Do you spare them the identity? Do you still have a great Ming country in your heart? You just hope that I will leave a reputation in the eyes of my subjects who do not know right from wrong and persecute the elders? If you want to let my majesty be swept away, why do you mention the filial piety temple in the sky? The spirit is watching? "

"I have my own measure."

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

"...Being desperate and begging like this, I am going to ask my ancestors for the crime of disrespect."

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

No, it all depends on how these knife holders do it.

"Your Majesty!" Cui Yuan rushed up and said, "Suppressing anger..."

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

It was still at the entrance of the Imperial Study Room, where Fang Muxian knelt.

Zhu Houcong grabbed her skirt and said, "In front of our ancestors, it doesn't matter if you don't understand! I tell you clearly that I will implement a new law to win the benefits of the gentry in the world. I know very well what my reputation will be in a hundred years. , I don’t care! I only want Ming Ming to be prosperous and strong, and if you rely on your status, I’m not afraid of getting a worse reputation. If it wasn’t for the emperor’s uncle and brother in person, I would definitely kill you here! You don’t think of kindness, I do!”

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

But when Cao Zu died in Jinyi Weizhao Prison, Sicong was ordered by the Zhang brothers to do it?

Now, both Zhu Houcong and Empress Dowager Zhang have entered Fengxian Hall, and the door of the hall is closed.

That place is the Kunning Palace, and the sound of crying... a bit like Empress Dowager Zhang.

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

Except for the emperor himself, according to the rules, the empresses who can enter the palace to pray are the empresses of the palace.

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

It's not that Empress Dowager Zhang didn't know that he had killed someone with his own hands in Fengtian Palace, but she really never expected that he would tell her that he wanted to kill her with his own hands, or in front of the ancestor's spirit.

"The minister understands."

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

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded and got up by herself.

Sun Ming's emotions were also on the verge of collapse, and she didn't know if this was the consequence of taking over the blame.

"Your brother, you don't know people well. The traitor is hiding in the Marquis's mansion. If you don't have your brother's help, if your brother doesn't rely on your slaves in the palace, how can you be able to hold the fire thorn at Rijingmen ten days after I ascended the throne?" Driving? This is the fourth crime!"

"Now that I want to change the law and strive to become stronger, the gentry all over the world are restless. The many evil deeds of the Zhang brothers have aroused public anger. You don't want to punish your mother's family. Instead, when I was discussing state affairs with the courtiers, you used the empress dowager's honor to oppress the queen. Corrupting human relations, wanting to tarnish my reputation in Qing history, how can punishing one's heart be different from killing one's body? This crime is five!"

Biting coldness flowed from his close eyes and teeth. Although Queen Mother Zhang knew that he would not kill herself now, it was a real death warning.

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

With interest in the word at present, how could the new law be so tense?
How can you be fertile without flesh and blood?

The title of Mrs. Zhang made the Empress Dowager Zhang pause suddenly, and she couldn't hide her eyes and turned to stare at him angrily.

"Relying on favor and arrogance, domineering and domineering in the harem, disregarding the importance of the country, resulting in the desolation of the harem of the filial piety temple, and hardship for offspring! This is a crime!"

"The young brother of the emperor succeeded to the throne, but you didn't give your full support. Instead, you allowed your mother's family to corrupt the country's laws, oppress the good people, and do all kinds of evil. No descendants, this is the second crime!"

Zhu Houcong looked at them and said calmly: "If the new law is to be realized, Qing and others will need to work hard. If the new law is realized, Qing and others will be the heroes of the re-opening of the Ming Dynasty, and will be immortalized in history. I will only be seventeen next year, and Qing and others have no meritorious service. Worry, my benevolent heart can tolerate it."

No... some unwilling people have an extra excuse in their hearts, and some feudal lords will feel that relying on the power of the old party has greater hope?

Zhu Houcong reassured them and let them go back to work.

Now the eunuchs and maids inside and outside the Qianqing Palace are all kneeling on the ground trembling, hating themselves for having eyes and ears.

The counselors looked at the emperor and felt uneasy: Could it be that more and more things were involved?
In the past, there was the Cao Zu case, and last year there was the Nijingmen assassination case. The two emperors before and after were "triggered" by those two idiots. Can the emperor "grace" at the last moment to control the direction of the matter?

Zhu Houcong's condescending eyes were indifferent: "With your crime today, I will not be afraid to kill you with my own hands in front of the ancestors and ancestors!"

But this movement, after all, will still fall into the hearts of many people and be guessed and interpreted.

"...The servants lead the order!"

Empress Dowager Zhang knelt on the mat and muttered something, but she couldn't hear what she was chanting.

Even if it's for money, it's not, it's not...

Zhu Houcong's voice became more and more severe, and he said five serious crimes in one breath, and then continued coldly after a pause: "Since you have entered the harem, you are the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family! There is nothing wrong with you caring about your mother's family, but why do you have Zhu in your heart?" Family? When the emperor was seriously ill, you never visited once. What is the relationship between mother and child? Although I did not inherit the heir under the filial piety temple, when I entered the palace, I was in the morning and evening. How did you remember it? I chose to inherit the name of the emperor, How have you ever cared for the emperor's wife so that she would not be afraid of a serious illness? Marrying into your Zhang family as the emperor's sister-in-law's sister, everyone will prosper, and everyone will suffer!"

Zhu Houcong finally opened his mouth: "The emperor's spirit is in the sky? Okay, please follow me to the Fengxian Palace with the Empress Dowager Cishou!"

"...The minister obeys the order."

"Then let's do a strict investigation first! After the court is over, I will discuss matters in the Imperial Study Room!"

"What is the crime? My ancestors are above all, so I will talk about your crimes, but listen to my words!"

"Taizu Taizong is above, the ancestors are above, the unfilial sons and grandchildren are arrogant and arrogant, today's words, the ancestors and the ancestors are in the sky to learn from each other."

A five-year agreement is just a blunt knife.

Emperor Hongzhi doted on her so much that he was afraid of his inner self. The Zhang brothers were domineering and no one could rule them. The civil servants of the Hongzhi dynasty used all kinds of rhetoric in the face of such a weak and cowardly emperor, so that there was a population and land that disappeared on a large scale. Hongzhi Zhongxing.

Next year, the 27-month requirement for the new emperor to mourn for Emperor Zhengde in the mansion will come soon.

Isn't it because the emperor asked him to come because he is also an elder of the clan?

Everyone's face changed.

When the power of civil servants gradually became stronger, when Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne, his relatives had already fawned on the Zhang brothers, and they were so bad that they could not be used.Zhu Houzhao reused eunuchs and adopted sons to make a way out, but the effect was very limited.

National capital, capital camp, new law.

The picture seemed familiar, and Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling suddenly turned earthy.

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

"The emperors of the three dynasties are in power, even though your Zhang family did not intend to rebel, you are so arrogant and domineering that you almost call yourself a royal! In front of your ancestors, you talk about it, should I kill you? Dare you?"

She is the queen mother!

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

Turning around and opening the palace door, Zhu Houcong shouted, "Huang Jin!"

"I'm going to see the allocation of salaries and silver for the Beijing camp this year." Wang Xian said.

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

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

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

(End of this chapter)