The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 351 When the tree falls, the hozens scatter, and when the wall falls, everyone pushes them away

Liu Jin’s corruption “number” has been determined.

Emperor Zhengde ordered: "Order Li Dongyang, the chief assistant, Yang Tinghe, the cabinet member, Zhang Yong, the chief official of the ceremonial department, Yang Yiqing, the new official secretary, Qiu Yue, Xianning Boqiu, and Chang Feng, the acting commander of the Chinese Army, to thoroughly investigate Liu Jin and his followers for treason. Case. Hundreds of officials will attend."

"Chang Feng, where is the list of Liu Jin's party members?"

Chang Feng took out a long list from his sleeve. Wei Bin, who was on duty in front of the emperor today, gingerly forwarded the list to Emperor Zhengde.

Wei Bin's legs were weak. Everyone knows that there are seven tigers among the eight tigers. One tiger will suffer losses, and one will prosper and others will prosper. Liu Jin fell, and Wei Bin had to follow suit. He was afraid that his name would be included in the list by Chang Shuaiye.

Unexpectedly, the only members of the Eight Tigers on the list were Liu Jin and Gu Dayong.

After looking at the list, Emperor Zhengde said: "Two people are missing. The matter is urgent. Chang Qing, please be careful and sparse. I don't blame you."

Chang Feng cupped his hands: "May I ask Your Majesty, who is missing?"

Emperor Zhengde said coldly: "Zhang Cai and Shi Wenyi are missing. These two are die-hard Liu Jin party members."

Chang Feng was extremely surprised. He didn't know how Zhang Cai and Shi Wenyi offended Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Zhengde said again: "Zhang Cai and Shi Wenyi must be killed."

Chang Feng didn't know that Zhang Cai and Shi Wenyi had offended Jiang Bin before. Jiang Bin often spoke ill of them in front of Emperor Zhengde.

Chang Feng wanted to plead for the two of them.

Emperor Zhengde said: "I know you want to say good things for them. Please don't do it. I will kill these two beasts. You don't want to be charged with covering up the eunuchs for nothing."

Chang Feng cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

Emperor Zhengde added: "Jiao Fang is a veteran of the Four Dynasties. He has served as an official for forty-six years. In view of the hard work without merit, I will not kill him. I will only dismiss him from his official position and send him back to his hometown."

"As for Gu Dayong"

Chang Feng said quickly: "Your Majesty, Gu Dayong is Liu Jin's number one confidant. During his time in charge of the West Factory, I don't know how many loyal ministers and generals died in his hands."

Emperor Zhengde waved his hand: "That's wrong. Gu Dayong is the internal agent I sent to Liu Jin. I will continue to use this person in the future."

Since you, Chang Feng, can claim that Huang Yuan and Chang Ponu are the internal agents you sent to Liu Jin, they are in the Cao camp and their hearts are in the Han Dynasty. Then I can also say that Gu Dayong is also in the Cao camp and his heart is in the Han Dynasty.

Chang Feng said quickly: "Your Majesty, think twice, Gu Dayong is a cunning and insidious person."

Emperor Zhengde changed the topic: "Chang Feng. I have read the memorials of Huang Yuan and Chang Ponu asking for their demotion. I have approved the memorial. They have been promoted too fast in recent years, which is not good for them."

The implication of Emperor Zhengde's words is: If Chang Feng bites Gu Dayun and refuses to let go, then I will pursue Huang Yuan and Chang Ponu. Without Liu Jin, with their shallow official qualifications, how could they have become third-rank officials and second-rank officials?

Last night Chang Feng was busy dispatching troops and generals to arrest people everywhere. Emperor Zhengde was not idle either.

Emperor Zhengde reflected on himself. He thought he had made a mistake. The mistake was that Liu Jin should not have been allowed to act as a substitute, causing Liu Jin to lose power and become the emperor.

He decided that after killing Liu Jin, he would still find someone to act as a substitute. But the substitute must not be a person.

Emperor Zhengde has decided on three substitutes, namely Gu Dayong, Jiang Bin, and Qian Ning.

Speaking of this, Chang Feng couldn't help but say: "Ah, it turns out that Eunuch Gu, like Huang Yuan and Chang Ponu, is also a hero in getting rid of tigers through curves."

Emperor Zhengde said again: "Jiao Fang can be exempted from death, but all his property must be confiscated. Not only him, but all Liu Jin's party members' family wealth must be returned to the internal transportation treasury."

Sure enough, Emperor Zhengde regarded killing the tiger as killing the New Year pig.

Liu Jin fell down properly and Zhengde was full.

Chang Feng knew Emperor Zhengde's thoughts well. He saw that Emperor Zhengde was in a good mood when he talked about the eunuch family's wealth, so he took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, Wang Shouren is very upright. He used to be a mere sixth-rank official to fight against the powerful Liu Jin. He has the courage like a moth to a flame. He is loyal and upright. Role model.”

"I suggest that your Majesty reinstate Wang Shouren."

Emperor Zhengde said something that impressed Chang Feng.

Emperor Zhengde said: "I heard that when Wang Shouren was demoted to Guizhou, he achieved great success in learning and founded Yangming's Xin Xue. Now Xin Xue is widely spread in Jiangnan. Students in Jiangnan all call Wang Shouren the second sage."

"If I allow Wang Shouren to return to the capital to serve as an official, the imperial court will only have one more official in the capital. But China will lose a great scholar."

"In my opinion, let's give him a free post as the head of the Nanjing Criminal Department. I'm sure he doesn't have to take up the post. When he goes to lecture in various places in the south of the Yangtze River, he will be given the use of inns and post roads."

Emperor Zhengde's words set out a general pattern that an emperor should have.

This made Chang Feng feel a little ashamed: "I didn't think of this. Your Majesty, you are a sage!"

Emperor Zhengde added: "By the way, where is Wang Shouren's father, Wang Hua? Is he still serving in the Sixth Department of Nanjing?"

Chang Feng replied: "Wang Hua couldn't bear to see Liu Jin bringing trouble to the court, so he resigned and returned to his hometown to serve his centenarian mother."

"I heard that even though he was over seventy years old, he still performed filial piety at his mother's bedside. His reputation for filial piety spread throughout Zhejiang."

Emperor Zhengde was surprised: "What? Wang Hua's mother is a centenarian?"

According to later statistics and estimates, the average life expectancy of people in the Ming Dynasty was only forty-five years old.

The average life span of Ming emperors was only forty-one years old.

Centenarians are an absolute rarity and a miracle of life in the Ming Dynasty.

If a centenarian is born in any province, the governor will give a letter to the emperor to announce the good news. A centenarian is an auspicious sign of peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

Chang Feng took the opportunity to say good things to Wang Hua and his son: "Go back to the emperor. I heard that the most famous fortune teller in Zhejiang had a fortune telling for Mrs. Wang. He said that her life expectancy is only seventy-six."

"She was able to live to be a hundred years old, all because her children and grandchildren were filial. Her filial piety moved heaven."

"The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. Wang Hua and Wang Shouren, father and son, are simply models of filial piety!"

Emperor Zhengde took a picture of the dragon case and said the truth: "Hey! Okay! I also want to live a hundred years!"

"Draft a decree to confer the title of first-grade imperial edict to Mrs. Wang. Wang Huaqi will be reinstated as the Minister of Rites, and he can bring his mother back to the capital. The inner treasury will allocate one thousand taels of silver every year to be given to Mrs. Wang as 'life-extending silver'."

Chang Feng shouted again: "Your Majesty, sage!"

It's good to be an emperor. It was he who supported the traitorous eunuchs, and it was he who was praised as wise by his ministers when he killed the New Year Pig to eliminate the traitorous eunuchs and redress their injustice.

Chang Feng took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, many loyal ministers and generals have been killed, demoted, or exiled because they offended Liu Jin in recent years. I think I should vindicate them."

Emperor Zhengde nodded: "Let Li Dongyang take charge of this matter. Those who deserve to be rehabilitated must be rehabilitated, and their salaries must be doubled."

Jinyiwei lobby.

Liu Jin was interrogated by six persons, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Zhang Yong, Yang Yiqing, Qiu Yue and Chang Feng. All the civil servants above the seventh rank in Beijing attended the ceremony.

Liu Jin was taken to the lobby and stood upright without kowtowing or kneeling.

All the civil servants who were watching scolded Liu Jin: "Arrogant! You have fallen to this point and you still don't kowtow or kneel."

"Liu Jin deserves to die!"

"Liu Jin should be cut into thousands of pieces and chopped into pieces with thousands of swords!"

Li Dongyang knocked on the gavel tree: "Quiet!"

All the officials were silent.

Li Dongyang took out a list: "Liu Jin, this list is the evidence of rebellion found in your home. Do you admit it?"

Liu Jin sneered: "If you want to incriminate yourself, why bother? Chang Feng is an expert at frame-up. Isn't it a piece of cake to concoct some so-called 'evidence of rebellion'?"

Chang Feng coughed awkwardly.

Li Dongyang said: "If you don't deny it, you admit it. It's on record." Liu Jin snorted coldly: "It doesn't matter."

Li Dongyang said again: "Have you read King Anhua's testimony? Do you admit it?"

Liu Jin said: "Whatever."

Li Dongyang repeated: "If you don't deny it, you admit it. It's recorded in the record."

Yang Yiqing took out the list of Liu Jin's party members: "Do you have any objection to this list of party members?"

Liu Jin shouted: "Two people are missing!"

Yang Yiqing asked: "Who?"

Liu Jin said: "There are two generals in my party. One is Li Dongyang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the other is Changfeng Qianhu of Dongchang!"

"I have been in power for four years and issued countless decrees. If Li Dongyang was not my party member, why did he not reject any of them as the chief minister?"

"As for Chang Feng. His son Chang Ponu was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongzhi's reign, but he only ranked among the top 200. If Chang Feng was not my party member, how could I promote his son to a full third rank within four or five years? Tianfu Yin?"

Liu Jin only talked about Chang Ponu, but did not mention Huang Yuan. He was afraid that Chang Tian would be implicated.

Even though he was reduced to a prisoner, he still cared about his adopted daughter Chang Tian in his heart.

Yang Yiqing said quickly: "Liu Jin, don't talk nonsense! Chang Feng once scolded you in front of all civil and military officials in the early dynasty, so he and Wang Shouren were demoted to Guizhou Longchangyi. How could he be your party member?"

As for Li Dongyang, Yang Yiqing was unable to speak for him.

Liu Jin is right. You, Li Dongyang, have been submissive to Liu Jin in everything these past few years. More obedient than a real eunuch. Even Zhang Cai, the backbone of the eunuch party, still contradicted Liu Jin.

The civil servants who were watching began to shout again: "Liu Jin deserves to die, a crazy dog ​​bites people!"

"Why should such a madman interrogate him? Just punish him."

Liu Jin turned to look at the officials: "You bunch of civil servants! Why didn't you say these things when I was in power?"

"If I fail, you will add insult to injury? Will everyone push down the wall?"

"If you keep making noise, I have to think carefully about who else is among my followers. Have I missed you?"

"Oh, you are still wearing official uniforms today, which means you have bribed me before! Are those who have bribed me considered my party members?"

As soon as this statement came out, the civil servants immediately fell silent.

Liu Jin looked at Li Dongyang again: "You say that I used factory guards to frame and kill officials, and I admit it. If you say that I exercise power, I admit it. If you say that I appoint private individuals, I admit it!"

"But you said that I participated in King Anhua's rebellion, but I deny it! It was clearly me who forced King Anhua to rebel! How could I assist him in his rebellion?"

"If I hadn't sent Zhou Dongdu and An Weixue to investigate the northwest military villages, how could King Anhua have exposed his wolfish ambitions?"

"Not only did I have no fault in King Anhua's rebellion, I actually made meritorious deeds!"

"I, Liu Jin, have a lot of faults, but I am loyal to the Emperor. Ninety percent of what I do is approved, hinted or directly instructed by the Emperor!"

Qiu Yue grabbed the gavel in Li Dongyang's hand and slapped it hard: "I knew you would blame the emperor!"

"How can such a rebellious and unruly person be punished without being punished? Come on, let the imperial staff serve you!"

But Chang Feng stopped Qiu Yue: "Wait a minute! How about we stop the trial first and discuss it?"

Qiu Yue respected Chang Feng very much. I'm afraid if Chang Feng said that shit smells good, Qiu Yue would agree that it smells better than dragon liver and phoenix marrow.

Qiu Yue nodded: "It's time to discuss carefully how to torture Liu Jin."

Chang Feng said: "Press Liu Jin down first. The civil servants who are listening are all tired of standing. Let's leave the lobby first and have a drink of tea and take a rest."

Not long after, there were only six presiding officers left in the lobby.

Chang Feng suggested: "We can't continue the trial like this! We have to change the open trial to a secret trial. Liu Jin started talking nonsense. The civil servants who were watching didn't know how many rumors would arise."

Qiu Yue echoed: "Yes, yes, yes. Liu Jin has already blamed the bad things he did on the emperor. It is an insult to the holy name!"

Li Dongyang agreed: "Yes, that's what I mean too."

Yang Yiqing yawned: "It doesn't matter if you try it openly or secretly. Anyway, the final result is that Liu Jin will be punished!"

Chang Feng said: "Since it is a secret trial, I don't need to participate. I have to be busy checking the eunuch's family property."

"After all, Liu Jin and I have been friends for twenty-five years, so we should avoid him."

Zhang Yong agreed: "Yes. It also saves people from making irresponsible remarks."

Li Dongyang decided: "Okay, let's change the open trial to a secret trial. Governor Chang will go and run the house search first. The five of us will be enough to interrogate Liu Jin."

Chang Feng came out of Jin Yiwei and came to Jiao Fang's mansion.

Power is the best life-extending medicine.

When Jiao Fang was the second assistant, although he was over seventy years old, he was still in good spirits and looked to be in his sixties at most.

Now he is very old. Jiao Fang, who was dressed in civilian clothes, packed her luggage and prepared to return home at the urging of You Jingwu.

Chang Feng walked up to Jiao Fang and said, "Jiao Cifu, if you had known this, why did you do it in the first place?"

Jiao Fang was obedient: "That's what Mr. Chang Shuai taught me."

Chang Feng watched Jiao Fang get on the carriage returning home. This is the end of a generation of court scoundrels who dared to stab a bachelor with a knife on Chang'an Road.

As a side note, Jiao Fang lived a long life after returning to her hometown, but Kan'er, the king of hell, who did not reach the age of eighty-four, died at the age of eighty-four without any illness.

You Jingwu said: "Father, Jiao Fang's property has almost been confiscated."

Chang Feng asked: "How many are there?"

You Jingwu replied: "Two million three hundred thousand taels of silver. Forty thousand taels of gold. Twenty thousand acres of farmland. Twenty-one properties. There are also two hundred maids."

Chang Feng said: "Wei Bin, Eunuch Wei has just taken charge of the internal transportation warehouse. Please hand over all these gold and silver properties to Eunuch Wei. Your maid will send them to the Jiaofang Department."

You Jingwu was a little angry: "Why doesn't the emperor let us move the West Factory Governor Gu Dayong? If Gu Dayong's house is raided, the number will not be less than that of Jiao Fang."

Chang Feng sighed: "Who says it's not the case?"

At noon, Chang Feng went back to his house for lunch.

The whole family gathered together, except Chang Tian was missing. Chang Tian also kept filial piety for Liu Jingxiang in Liu Jin's mansion.

Chang Ponu said: "Father, the emperor has approved my uncle and I's petition for demotion. Today, the official department issued an official letter delegating me to Daxing County Magistrate. My uncle was demoted to Wailang, the Department of Ceremony and Ceremony of the Ministry of Etiquette."

Chang Feng nodded slightly: "At this juncture, it is not a bad thing for the two of you to be demoted. Sometimes retreat means advancement."

"Based on the relationship between you two and the emperor, you will be promoted sooner or later."

"By the way, your aunt is still at Liu Jin's house?"

Chang Ponu nodded: "Yes."

Liu Xiaoyan answered: "I went to persuade her. She insisted on finishing the four-seven for Liu Jingxiang."

Chang Feng sighed: "Oh, let her go."

(End of this chapter)