The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 236 The confrontation between factory guards and civil servants
The smart and cute little girl Tangtang was now 25 years old.Even her son Jianjian is six years old.

The family gathered at the princess's mansion.

Liu Xiaoyan was in harmony with her nine wives and concubines, and they were preparing banquets and meals.

Chang Ponu coaxed his cousin Jianjian into playing a slingshot.

Chang Feng and Lao Taishan Liu Bingyi admired the golden-armored general that Huang Yuangang bought from the fish and insect market.

Chang Tian was grooming the old dog Xiaohu.

Time has passed and even the tiger's cubs have become old dogs, dying and dying soon.

Since Xiaohu was not qualified for the silver-hunting job of inspecting Qianhu Station, Chang Tian took him to the princess's mansion to raise him, and he had three meals of meat every day.

Liu Xiaoyan said: "Don't be busy. Let's eat."

Everyone entered the dining room.

Emperor Hongzhi loved Chang Tian, ​​his savior and adopted sister.Give generous rewards every year.The dining room of the princess's mansion is magnificent.All the porcelain on the table is for the royal family.

Letting his sister enjoy glory and wealth was once one of Chang Feng's life goals.This goal has long been achieved.

Chang Feng raised his wine glass: "The first glass of wine at our family banquet, I wish Zhuangzhuang to be named on the Guibang list and be on the Apricot List and Gold List next year."

The family raised their glasses and drank together.

Huang Yuan deliberately laughed at Chang Feng: "Brother, you passed the five subjects of Hongzhi in three years, six years, nine years, 12 years, and 15 years, and you failed every time."

"In my opinion, father and son will enter the spring together next year. Maybe my son will win, but I will still lose my reputation."

Chang Feng smiled and said: "If that's the case, I have to burn three sticks of incense for my father. Thank him for his good spirit in heaven, and bless his grandson's academic success."

The release date for the undergraduate Beizhili Township Examination is set for one month later.

Chang Ponu was not worried at all.He answered fluently in three nine-day exams.Winning the exam is not a problem.But there is still suspense as to how high it will rank on the apricot list.

Let's talk about Emperor Hongzhi's health deteriorating.The person who knew the most about Emperor Hongzhi's condition was a strange man named Liu Wentai.

Liu Wentai was a second-class Jinshi in Chenghua in 14 years.During the Chenghua period, he served as Youtongzheng and the judge of Taiyuan Hospital.He is both a civil official and a medical officer.

One of his most famous things during the Chenghua period was the execution of Emperor Chenghua.

Emperor Chenghua suffered from diarrhea before his death.Liu Wentai went to see a doctor for Emperor Chenghua and said that he would be fine in a few days.

Liu Wentai prescribed medicine to Emperor Chenghua.Then there was no more. Chenghua Emperor Long Yu passed away.

At that time, Wantong, Shang Ming, Wan An and others had not yet lost power.Go to Cha Tai Hospital’s medication record book.Finally, it was concluded that Liu Wentai "administered a good prescription to cause collapse."

In plain English: Liu Wentai prescribed the wrong medicine and killed the emperor.

In any dynasty, it was a capital offense for a mediocre doctor to kill the emperor, and executions by clans were always light, at least for three clans.

Not to mention the emperor, even if future generations of ordinary people have a medical accident, the attending doctor will still be responsible.

The strange thing is that Emperor Hongzhi, who had just ascended the throne, did not pursue Liu Wentai at all.It was just that he was removed from his civil service position as a right-hand official and made him full-time judge of the Taiyuan Hospital.

The emperor was put to death, but Lao Liu was still safe!

At that time, both Chang Feng and the important officials in the imperial court believed that there must be something hidden in it.

But the new emperor has just ascended the throne. If we trace the cause of the old emperor's death, wouldn't we be looking for trouble?

Everyone maintained a tacit understanding.Just leave it at that.Following the new emperor's efforts to govern and create a prosperous age is the right thing to do.What old score is being settled?
If this kind of old score cannot be reconciled, the legitimacy of the new emperor's accession to the throne may be questioned.
It stands to reason that Liu Wentai should be honest after escaping from death.

But he doesn't.It didn't take long for him to follow the path of the cabinet minister Qiu Ge and seek to be sent abroad to take charge of the salt and tea supply.

However, the fair and honest Heavenly Official Wang Shu blocked his way.

Liu Wentai actually framed Wang Shu for engraving and publishing books, slandering the late emperor.Emperor Hongzhi sent Chang Feng to take action, and Wang Shu was cleared of his grievances.

Impeached and framed Wang Shu, the most important official in the early Hongzhi Dynasty.Liu Wentai's attempt to commit suicide has come to an end.

It seems that Liu Wentai's head loss is a certainty.

What's even more strange is that Emperor Hongzhi did not severely punish Liu Wentai, the perpetrator of the frame-up case, but only expelled him from the Imperial Hospital.

Put the late emperor to death and frame the heavenly officials.Liu Wentai's life is not in danger.

The strangeness continues.

A few years later, Liu Wentai went back to Taiyuan Hospital and continued to serve as a judge.

Because Liu Wentai had access to two groups of people.One group is the internal official Zhang Yu, and the other group is the cabinet ministers Li Dongyang and Xie Qian.

Zhang Yu, Eunuch Zhang's status in the palace could not be called prominent, he was just a young eunuch.However, he was in charge of the medicines used in the palace.Supervise Tai Hospital in business.

Coupled with the support of two big bosses, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, Liu Wentai successfully recovered.

Emperor Hongzhi was reviewing memorials one day and found a memorial handed over by Liu Wentai.

Only then did he discover to his surprise that the civil servants had appointed judges from Taiyuan Hospital without his consent.

What's even more annoying is that the person appointed by the civil officials was Liu Wentai, who had executed his own father and framed Wang Shu!

It stands to reason that Emperor Hongzhi should have fallen to pieces, dragon roared, and had two consecutive qualities.

More, more, more strange things happened again.

Emperor Hongzhi actually chose not to mention this matter.Liu Wentai was safe and sound, and then became his judge.

One strange thing is an accident, three strange things mean there is something hidden.

Unfortunately, Chang Feng neither knew the truth hidden behind it nor dared to investigate.

I don’t know the history books either.

This truth will be left to future generations to reason about and daydream about.

Liu Wentai had a good relationship with both internal officials and civil servants.Having first-hand information about Emperor Hongzhi's physical condition, he had already leaked Emperor Hongzhi's condition to internal and civil officials.

Whether it is the three giants of the Bureau of Ceremony, the Eight Tigers, the three elders of the cabinet, and the ministers of various ministries, they all know that Emperor Hongzhi's destiny is not long.

Not long after the emperor was appointed, Prince Zhu Houzhao became a favorite.Everyone wants to get involved in the East Palace and seek power in the future.

Factory guards can't be unconventional either.

On this day, Qian Neng happily found Chang Feng and Qian Ning.

Qian Neng said: "The Ministry of Rites just got a precious sword that was sent as a tribute from the Japanese state. It is said to be a four-crotch cutter. It is so sharp that it can break the hair if you blow it."

"I cut off the beard of the Ministry of Rites and asked for this sword."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes good weapons. The two of you go to the East Palace immediately and present this sword to His Highness the Crown Prince on behalf of the factory guards."

Chang Feng said: "Sure, I will enter the palace with Qian Ning right now."

Chang Feng came out of Jin Yiwei and came to the East Palace.Qian Ning followed him holding the knife box.

Only the factory guards would dare to do such a thing as offering a knife to the prince.

If an ordinary official offered a sword, he might have been taken away by the Han generals as soon as he reached the palace gate, saying that he had entered the palace with the sword and had evil intentions.

Factory guards are different.General Han was originally part of the factory guard.

Chang Feng entered the East Palace and saw a scene that surprised him.

In the wide courtyard in front of the East Palace, there is a two-faced divine tablet.One of the sacred cards belongs to Taizu, and the other belongs to Kong Sheng.

The 14-year-old prince Zhu Houzhao knelt in front of the two sacred cards.

His three teachers Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Yang Tinghe did not kneel with him, but stood behind Zhu Houzhao.The prince is kneeling, but the minister is standing?

It happened that Liu Jin, the steward of the East Palace, walked up to Chang Feng.

Chang Feng asked: "What's going on?"

Liu Jin lowered his voice: "Gentlemen Li, Xie, and Yang are punishing His Highness by kneeling down!"

Chang Feng's expression changed: "What? They are so bold. Why?"

Liu Jin replied: "It's because of a policy paper."

It turned out that Li Dongyang left a topic for Zhu Houzhao a few days ago, writing a policy essay on "Emperors must have a way to govern the world."

Zhu Houzhao let himself go and wrote a policy that the three gentlemen could not tolerate.

The general content of the policy is: The foundation of world stability lies in the army.The emperor needs to personally control the army.Civilian officials running the army will cause endless harm and will lead to the story of Jingkang.

This is a naked challenge to the system of civilian leadership after the Orthodox Dynasty!
Li, Xie and Yang claimed to be the prince's teachers.In their view, the king of heaven and earth is his master.The three of us are your wild fathers after your biological father.

You haven't even ascended the throne yet, and you're threatening to seize military power from civilian officials?

If you ascend the throne, you will have to rebel!Where do we leave our three wild fathers?
Spanking children should be done as early as possible, and setting rules should be done as early as possible.

So Li Dongyang denounced Zhu Houzhao's article as unreasonable.It is said that if the civil servant Yu Qian had not been ordered to lead troops to defend the capital in times of danger, the Ming Dynasty would have perished long ago.

The emperor's personal control of the army will only lead to the story of earthen forts!
Zhu Houzhao was rebellious in his youth and refuted Li Dongyang: In the Song Dynasty, civilian officials governed the army, which led to the dispersion of the army and low combat effectiveness. Jingkang was ashamed of the two emperors' northern expedition.How do you explain, sir?
Li Dongyang did not reason with Zhu Houzhao.Instead, he showed a shocked attitude: It’s the opposite, it’s the opposite.How dare you, a student, question your teacher!This is simply treason!
Li Dongyang immediately asked Emperor Hongzhi for a decree, to the effect that the prince was naughty.The three of us can’t teach anymore.Please ask Gao Ming.

Emperor Hongzhi was ill and replied: Please don't resign, please three gentlemen, and please strictly discipline the prince.

good!What Li Dongyang wants is "strict discipline"!This is an imperial edict. Your Majesty asked us to discipline you strictly.

As a result, the three teachers punished the prince to kneel down.

Both internal and civilian officials knew that it would not take long for Zhu Houzhao to ascend the throne.But their attitudes towards Zhu Houzhao were completely opposite.

The attitude of the internal officials is: try to be flattering to the prince, cater to his liking, and invite him to be favored.

The attitude of civil servants is: spank children as early as possible!It is necessary to set rules for the prince before he becomes the emperor, so that he can form a masochistic dependence on being suppressed by civil servants.

It is early autumn, and autumn tigers are still very fierce.The sun was scorching, and Zhu Houzhao's forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

It feels uncomfortable to kneel in front of the tablets of Taizu and Confucius.

To be disrespectful, Chang Feng watched Zhu Houzhao grow up.Chang Feng was very distressed.

So Chang Feng stepped forward and interceded with Li Dongyang: "Mr. Li, it's too hot. Your Highness made a mistake. You can teach him and enlighten him."

"Why do you have to kneel down under this big sun? Your Highness is the foundation of the country. If anything happens to the foundation of the country,"

Chang Feng never expected that Li Dongyang would not care about their friendship for so many years.Not to mention Chang Feng's kindness in helping him enter the cabinet.

Li Dongyang said coldly: "Sir, when you teach students, how can you allow your slaves to talk too much?"

Chang Feng froze on the spot.House slave?Oh, it turns out that after all these years, in your eyes, Mr. Li, I am still just a lowly house slave!

Xie Qian added: "It is Mr. Donggong's duty to teach the prince. Do not allow the slaves to dictate."

Even Yang Tinghe, who fought alongside Chang Feng and You Tianjue in Yongning Acropolis, did not help Chang Feng.

Yang Tinghe said: "Mr. Li Ge and Mr. Xie Ge are right. Brother Chang, this is not your business."

Chang Feng didn't know what to say for a while.These three are now in power, and there is no point in breaking up with them.

At this moment, Qian Ning let out a loud shout: "Three bastards! Do you really think you are a dishonest person? How dare you punish His Highness the Crown Prince to kneel down!"

Li Dongyang asked: "Who are you? Do you dare to insult Mr. Donggong, the elder of the court?"

Qian Ning said angrily: "It's not like you don't know who I am!"

After saying that, Qian Ning walked to Zhu Houzhao and helped him up: "My lord, the right comrade, commander of the Jinyi Guards, knows that Qian Ning's rescue is late! Your Highness, please forgive me."

Zhu Houzhao held Qian Ning's hand as if grasping a life-saving straw.He looked at Qian Ning with grateful eyes: "Qian Qing."

Xie Qian shouted: "Rebellion! How dare your servant dare to flatter you! Stop the master from disciplining the master!"

Li Dongyang said calmly: "Qian Ning, you have to pay the price for what you said and did today!"

Chang Feng quickly smoothed things over: "You two, Qian Ning is also eager to protect the master."

Li Dongyang said: "Chang Feng, don't blame us for not giving you face this time. Qian Ning insulted the cabinet minister, and we will seek justice in front of the emperor."

Li Dongyang turned to Xie Qian and Yang Tinghe and said, "Let's go to Qianqing Palace."

The three of them left the East Palace directly and went to Qianqing Palace to complain.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Qian Ning, you'd better kneel down. The three of them are not easy to mess with. Father, obey their words. You can't fight them."

Qian Ning smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't worry. I'm not afraid! Master Chang and I are your slaves. It is our duty to protect you."

Qian Ning said to Chang Feng again: "Mr. Chang, last year you just recommended me to the emperor and promoted me to the position of You Tongzhi."

"This time I have to live up to your expectations. I estimate that the three people will soon invite an imperial edict to make me lose my official title."

"Qian Ning will not be able to help you with matters related to Wei Zhong from now on!"

Chang Feng said seriously: "Qian Ning, don't worry. If I can't even save you, I will have wasted 20 years working in the factory health office."

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was half lying on the bed.Empress Zhang served him the soup and medicine at the side.

Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Yang Tinghe knelt in front of him one after another.

Li Dongyang said: "Your Majesty, Qian Ning is a villain! He is trying to flatter the prince, which will definitely lead to great chaos in the future."

"Your Majesty, please issue an order immediately to have Qian Ning dismissed from his post and questioned!"

Xie Qian added his sword: "Your Majesty, although Qian Ning is not an eunuch, he is like Wang Zhen and Shang Ming! Please punish him severely to avoid future troubles."

Emperor Hongzhi coughed a few times, and then said: "I know that Qian Ning, but it's not like... cough cough."

Li Dongyang said: "If the emperor indulges the treacherous villain, I will resign as a cabinet minister, retire and return to my hometown!"

Xie Qian said: "The same is true for me!"

Both cabinet ministers have expressed their intention to give up their jobs.Yang Tinghe, the reserve minister, had to reconsider: "The same is true for me."

This is a naked threat!Civil officials threatened the emperor!
Emperor Hongzhi was terminally ill and lacked energy.All government affairs were entrusted to civil servants.

How could he let Li, Xie and Yang resign?

Emperor Hongzhi had no choice but to say: "Okay. Qian Ning will be dismissed from his post, questioned and severely punished."

Just as Qian Ning expected!
In fact, there is a reason why Qian Ning, a smooth person, broke up with the three pavilion elders in person.

He has many eyes and ears in the palace.I knew that Prince Zhu Houzhao was very disgusted with the so-called "discipline" of the gentlemen.

He was betting that Li Dongyang and the others couldn't kill him this time.

As long as he can't be killed, let him hold on until the prince ascends the throne.Then he is the one who goes out of his way for the new emperor.

By then, wouldn’t the overwhelming power be within reach?

It can be said that today Qian Ning provoked a head-on conflict between factory guards and civil servants.

(End of this chapter)