The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 303
capital city.

Liu Jian re-read his "Extermination of Tigers" and he was very dissatisfied with the writing.

Liu Jian turned to look at Xie Qian: "The wording in this memorial is quite satisfactory, more than neat but not murderous!"

"The memorial of participating in the impeachment of the Eight Tigers Eunuch Party is to leave a name in history! It is difficult for such mediocre writing to enter the history books."

Xie Qian said: "How about writing another article?"

Liu Jiandao: "We all became officials by writing eight-part essays. We know how our articles are."

"When my essay is brought to the examination room, it may be favored by the examiner. But if every word is like a knife, I will have to find someone else to draft it."

Xie Qian patted his head and said, "I have a candidate."

Liu Jian quickly asked: "Who?"

Xie Qian replied: "Li Mengyang, a doctor in the Shandong Qing Dynasty Department of Household Affairs!"

Li Mengyang is the first of the seven retro-style writers in Ming Dynasty literary circles.He put forward the ground-breaking idea that "literature must be compared to the Qin and Han Dynasties, and poetry must be compared to the prosperous Tang Dynasty".

Although there is only one character difference in their names between Li Mengyang and Li Dongyang, their official careers are very different.

Li Mengyang was a man of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, with a clear distinction between love and hate, and he was informal. Han Wen, the Minister of Household Affairs, once commented on him as "debauched".

People with distinctive personalities and unconventionality are not welcome in officialdom.

Therefore, although Li Mengyang is quite famous in the literary world, he has only achieved the rank of fifth-grade officer so far.

Liu Jiandao: "Okay! Go and invite Li Mengyang!"

Li Mengyang was awakened in his sleep by a servant sent by Liu Mansion to deliver a message.

Lao Li was quite dissatisfied and cursed angrily: "The chief assistant is in charge of heaven and earth, so you can't let your subordinates sleep, right? Even big things have to be discussed in the morning!"

When Liu's servant told him that the chief minister asked him to write a campaign against the Eight Tigers.The anger on his face disappeared!

Use a pen as a knife to kill the Eight Tigers?Hey, Liu Da’s chief assistant should just ask me, Lao Li!
Li Mengyang has a simple view of good and evil: The Eight Tigers are eunuchs. How many good people have been in the eunuchs since ancient times?Shi Changshi killed the Han Dynasty, and Wang Zhen almost killed the Ming Dynasty.

As a scholar, you should be different from eunuchs!
Li Mengyang and Ma Liu got dressed.Followed the servant to the Shouxing Mansion.

Liu Jian is a very arrogant official.Liu Jian usually didn't even take a look at someone like Li Mengyang, a fifth-grade boss, when he met him.

This time, Liu Jian followed the old rules of officialdom and asked Li Mengyang: "Brother Mengyang was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Hongzhi, right? I am the deputy examiner of that subject. Let's talk about it. We are close teachers and students. "

Who would have thought that Li Mengyang, who has a distinctive personality, would not accept his behavior at all.Lao Li said straight to the point: "The Chief Assistant asked me to write a memorial to eliminate the Eight Tigers? Please give me pen and paper!"

Liu Jian smiled and said: "Brother Mengyang is indeed a cheerful person! Come here, take the langhao brush and pine smoke ancient ink given to me by the late emperor!"

Li Mengyang got the pen and paper and started splashing ink without thinking.

He wrote the [-]-word "Extermination of Tigers" in half an hour.It's just a matter of waiting.

You must know that the average writing speed of later Internet writers such as Liu Mingke who wrote eighth-rate hydrology was only two thousand words per hour.

Internet writers use a keyboard.Li Mengyang uses a brush.

Needless to say, the handwriting of this memorial is neat and tidy. The content is as clear as a sword, and the sword is as sharp as a sword.The Eight Tigers were scolded bloody but not a single curse word was found!
After reading the memorial, Liu Jian sighed repeatedly: "What a great article, what a great article! Brother Mengyang, if we can get rid of the tiger successfully tomorrow, I will transfer you to the Hanlin Academy to be a bachelor!"

Xie Qian said: "Yes! Brother Mengyang has the potential to be the head of the Hanlin Academy."

Li Mengyang said: "Fame, fame, fortune, and fortune are nothing to me! I only want to wipe out the eunuchs and protect the country and the country!"

When Li Mengyang said this, his words were sonorous and powerful.

In every dynasty, there will be a few loyal ministers who are not afraid of the powerful and hate evil.

Li Mengyang is such a loyal minister.

During the Hongzhi Dynasty, how favored were Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, their uncles?Emperor Hongzhi wished he could pamper them to heaven.

The Zhang brothers were engaged in lawlessness and had a fight with the Empress Dowager Zhou's brother in the market.Li Mengyang was a small sixth-rank sesame official at that time, but he still dared to submit memorials and participate in impeachment.Not only did he scold the Zhang brothers, he also accused Emperor Hongzhi of doting on Empress Zhang.

Even though he was imprisoned, Li Mengyang never regretted it.

So what if you can't enjoy it in the officialdom?So what if he goes to jail?I am me, I am Li Mengyang!No one can change me!

Liu Jian sighed: "Brother Mengyang is really a person who is indifferent to fame and wealth! I admire him!"

Xie Qian said: "I don't think there is a need to change a word in this memorial. Before going to court this morning, we will have hundreds of officials sign their names on the memorial by the Jinshui Bridge."

Liu Jiandao: "Okay! We will eliminate the tiger and the eunuch today!"

Qianqing palace bedroom.

Emperor Zhengde has recently become obsessed with dominoes.I was having a great time playing with Jiang Bin and Ya San.

When the Eight Tigers came to Emperor Zhengde, they fell down and began to cry.

I cried so much that my liver and intestines were broken, my five internal organs were burned, my heart was like a knife, my liver and gallbladder were split, and I was in pain beyond words.Pain and despair came out together, and the mucus and tears were the same color.

Emperor Zhengde frowned: "I cried so much that I got goosebumps! What happened?"

Liu Jin sniffed loudly and said, "Your Majesty! Liu Jian, Xie Qian and those civil servants are not giving me a way out! They have made up a bunch of charges and will go out in force tomorrow morning to force The emperor killed eight old slaves!"

Emperor Zhengde smiled slightly: "Oh? Really? Are these charges fabricated? Or is the evidence solid?"

The subtext of Emperor Zhengde is: Has the tiger crime box been found?If it is still in the hands of Liu and Xie, I can't protect you even if I want to.

Liu Jin replied: "Your Majesty, it's all just fabrications and rumors. There is no evidence."

Emperor Zhengde said: "That's easy to handle. If they interfere with you, I will reject it."

Liu Jin froze on the spot: Just reject it? !Your Majesty, don't you plan to get rid of Liu and Xie in one fell swoop and become the real head of the Ming Dynasty?

Why do you seem to want to put things to rest at this moment?

Well, I have to warm up to you.

Thinking of this, Liu Jin said: "Your Majesty, all the civil servants of the fourth rank and above in Beijing tonight have gone to the Chief Assistant Mansion!"

"Liu Jian summoned the high-ranking officials of the imperial court and sent them away. He is called the assistant minister, but he is actually the regent!"

"What's even more shocking is that tonight he said something to the six ministers and nine ministers, insulting the Holy Lord!"

Emperor Zhengde asked: "Oh? What are you talking about?"

Liu Jin used his killer move and made up a lie: "Liu Jian said, 'How can a 16-year-old naughty emperor rule the world?' Your Majesty, Liu Jian has a disloyal heart!"

Emperor Zhengde suddenly became furious: "Oh, the naughty 16-year-old emperor cannot rule the world. Only Mr. Liu can rule the world, right? When did the Ming Dynasty have the surname Liu?"

Liu Jin continued to add fuel to the fire: "Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others have prided themselves on being the emperor's teachers since the emperor ascended the throne. When the emperor said to go east, they must go west. They also brazenly said that the emperor was young and ignorant."

"They have been Sima Zhao's heart for a long time, and everyone on the street knows it!"

"If Liu, Xie and the huge civil service group behind them are not eliminated, the Ming Dynasty may really have to change the surname to Liu! Liu Jian's Liu!"

Jiang Bin, his favorite minister, spoke up and said, "Your Majesty, those rotten scholars are always trying to hold your hand at every turn. They use the power of others to bully you at every turn. It's not bullying through deception, but bullying through bullying!"

"From what I can see, what Eunuch Liu said is true. If you want to create a lasting legacy, you must get rid of Liu and Xie!"

Emperor Zhengde sneered: "Okay! Wonderful! You guys go back for now, I will make your own decision tomorrow morning!"

Let’s talk about Jin Yiwei’s imprisonment.

Chang Feng sat blankly in his chair, feeling chilled that Zhang Cai took refuge with Liu Jin.

That's right, not angry, but chilled.

Zhang Cai was carried by him alone.But at the most critical moment, he betrayed him and destroyed the tiger crime box for Liu Jin.His heart felt cold at this moment.At this moment, You Jingwu and Chang Ponu walked in.

Seeing his biological son and godson, the elderly Chang Feng opened his arms and hugged them: "My two good sons, you are back!"

Chang Ponu said: "Dad, when we were in Baoding, we heard from Uncle Guo that Liu Shoufu turned back halfway, so we rode on a fast horse to the capital. Didn't we delay things?"

Chang Feng originally wanted to say: "If you had come back a day earlier, I would not have handed over such a big thing to a traitor." But he swallowed the words again.

Chang Feng said: "There is no delay. Just come back, just come back. Brothers fighting tigers, father and son soldiers in battle. No one else can be trusted, only you two can be trusted!"

Chang Ponu was a smart man, and he heard the clues from Chang Feng's words: "Did someone in the Jinyi Guards seek refuge with Liu Jian and Xie Qian?"

Chang Feng shook his head: "No, someone took refuge in Liu Jin!"

Chang Ponu said: "That's okay. At least for now, Eunuch Liu and you are still sitting on the same boat."

Chang Feng said: "That's all. There will be a bloody storm tomorrow morning. Let's go home first."

Yinshi, by the Jinshui Bridge.

Hundreds of officials came to the Jinshui Bridge one after another to wait for the court.

Liu Jian first read "Eliminating Tigers" to the civil servants, and then holding the long memorial in his own hand, he walked up to each civil servant and asked them to sign it.

Li Dongyang signed, Wang Hua, Wang Shouren and his son signed, and Liu Daxia signed.

Li Dongyang has a little thought.Wang Hua and his son have a good relationship with Liu Jin, but they admit that Li Mengyang's heroic article was right and well written.

Anyway, all the civil servants signed it.Even if the Eight Tigers turn defeat into victory, there will always be a group of people left in the court.

So they followed the crowd and signed.

Chang Feng came to Duierli, a military attaché.

Xie Qian came over: "Captain Chang. Our grudges must be settled today!"

Chang Feng sneered: "Ha, if I hadn't helped you back then, I'm afraid you would have been killed by Li Guang. Now you should be cutting sugar cane in Lingnan! Where can you get the top job of a cabinet minister?"

"You will never be able to repay my kindness in this life!"

Xie Qian originally came to demonstrate, but failed to show his threat and was met with disgrace.

Veteran general Shi Wenzhong added: "Those who are ungrateful and repay kindness with evil are right in front of us, these rough guys!"

Veteran Ye Guangdao said: "Oh, we Qiu Ba are illiterate. But we don't know how to repay kindness with enmity! We despise ungrateful bastards the most!"

Xie Qian asked for trouble and returned to the civil service.

Finally it was time for Yumen's morning court meeting.All the officials filed into Fengtian Gate.

Emperor Zhengde came to Qianguangting and sat on the dragon chair.Xiao Jing, the ceremonial supervisor, shouted: "Discuss!"

Liu Jian went out: "Your Majesty, the cabinet, the six ministries and nine ministers, deputy ministers, chief ministers, ministers, chief ministers, geishizhong, censors, officials of various temples, officials of Zhan Shifu, and Hanlin academic officials, a total of 390 six We have signed a petition to request the Emperor to kill the Eight Tigers to rectify the imperial court!"

Emperor Zhengde said: "Oh? Is this the case? Read the memorial!"

Liu Jian read "Chuhu Shu" aloud.

Emperor Zhengde took a picture of the Dragon Case and said: "Well written! Who drafted such a majestic article? It doesn't sound like Mr. Liu's writing style to me."

Liu Jian replied: "I dare not deceive the emperor. The memorial was drafted by Li Mengyang, a doctor in the Shandong Qing Li Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Emperor Zhengde said: "Li Mengyang? I know. He is the first of the Seven Ancient Masters and a giant in the literary world. He has read thousands of volumes and writes like a god! There is such a literary giant in the court, which shows that the literary style of our Zhengde Dynasty is flourishing!"

Liu Jian listened to Emperor Zhengde's wild praise of Li Mengyang and thought that Emperor Zhengde would obey the wishes of the civil servant group and kill the Eight Tigers.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhengde changed his subject: "But I have a question. This heroic article indeed made me feel filled with righteous indignation and my blood boiled. But the reference was too broad. Is there any specific crime? Is there any specific personal or material evidence? Well?"

Liu Jian was stunned: "Uh, this. The ambition of the Eight Tigers and Wolf Sons is as obvious as Sima Zhao's. Why do you need a specific charge?"

Liu Jian didn't know that Liu Jin also compared him to Sima Zhao in front of Emperor Zhengde last night.

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said, "Is that just what I heard?"

Liu Jian looked around and said to him: "Your Majesty, the Eight Tigers committed a heinous crime. Not killing them is not enough to set the course of the government, and not killing them is not enough to appease the anger of the officials and the people."

Emperor Zhengde asked: "Is it because of rumors?"

Liu Jiandao: "Your Majesty, the Eight Tigers are standing in the court, engaging in corruption, taking bribes, and practicing lawlessness, which has endangered the security of the country."

Emperor Zhengde asked for the third time: "Is it because of rumors?"

Liu Jian could no longer evade, so he had to say: "Reporting to the Emperor, there were originally more than 830 pieces of criminal evidence, testimonies, and more than 200 witnesses. They were snatched away by Chang Feng, the accomplice of the Eight Tigers!"

Chang Feng was out of work, and his quality continued: "Chief assistant, I am not, I don't have it, don't talk nonsense. How can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air?"

"You said that I stole evidence of the illegal affairs committed by eight father-in-laws. Who can prove it?"

Liu Jian said angrily: "Your Majesty, Liu Jin is the most treacherous official in the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties! Chang Feng is the most treacherous official in the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties!"

"Chang Feng is a man who talks sweetly but is secretive. He seems loyal, but in fact he has evil intentions! It has long been an open secret in the court that he and Liu Jin wear the same pair of trousers!"

"If the emperor wants to kill the Eight Tigers, he must be killed too!"

Emperor Zhengde said half-jokingly: "Mr. Liu, when did I say I wanted to kill the Eight Tigers? Are you pretending to pass on the imperial edict?"

Liu Jian, a big troll, not only criticized the Eight Tigers, but also brought Chang Feng along with him.

Zhang Heling, the uncle of the state who had just returned to Beijing, couldn't stand hearing it anymore and went out to help Chang Feng.

Zhang Heling rolled his eyes at Liu Jian: "Liu Jian, let me tell you, I also wear the same pants as Chang Feng and Liu Jin! Chang Feng saved my life and also saved Liu Jin's life."

"Do you want to kill me as well? Do you want to kill the emperor's uncle?"

Liu Jian said angrily: "Marquis Shouning, if it's not your business, don't talk about it!"

Zhang Heling raised the wat board in his hand: "Fart! Chang Feng's business is my business!"

Xie Qian left the class and said: "I will come to court early in the morning. Please don't speak dirty words."

Chang Feng said: "Dirty words? That's better than some people who talk about benevolence, justice and morality, but are full of male thieves and female prostitutes!"

Xie Qian said angrily: "Who are you calling a man a thief and a woman a prostitute?"

The early court meeting turned into a scolding battle, and Emperor Zhengde watched it with gusto.

However, Emperor Zhengde still spoke out to stop the oral gymnastics between both parties.

Emperor Zhengde said: "Okay, okay. Silence! Liu Jian, I ask you for the fourth time, is it a rumor that you participated in the impeachment of the Eight Tigers?"

Liu Jian replied: "I have already answered. There was evidence, but it was robbed by Chang Feng."

Emperor Zhengde said: "That means you have no evidence in your hand? If you don't have evidence, it's just hearsay."

"I can't kill seven eunuchs and one young eunuch in the inner palace just because of what civil servants heard about!"

"The Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to the law. Evidence is the law!"

Liu Jian and Xie Qian looked at each other.

Looks like he's about to make a killing move!

Liu Jiandao: "This is for your Majesty. If the Emperor insists on having his own way, I will resign. Nearly four hundred people from the six departments and nine ministers, deputy ministers, chief ministers, Yuanwai, chief ministers, geishizhong, censors, officials of various temples, and Zhanshi are jointly named in the memorial. Officials of the government and academic officials of the Imperial Academy, please resign together!"

"Hula la la", a large number of civil servants knelt down and said in unison: "Please resign!"

Wonderful!We, the Great Emperor Zhengde, have been waiting for these words from you, Mr. Liu!
(End of this chapter)