The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 213 Chen Kuan takes action
Jinyiwei Prison!
It can also be called "imperial prison".

A notoriously vicious place.

Jinyiwei is divided into north and south town Fusi Yamen.

Originally, there was only one Zhenfu Division in Jinyiwei, named Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division.

During the Hongwu period, after Emperor Taizu Gao established the Jinyi Guards, if he wanted to handle major cases, he would often hand them over directly to the Jinyiwei Town Fu Division without going through the Ministry of Punishments.

Therefore, the Jinyiwei Zhenfusi was powerful for a time and recklessly violated the law, becoming the sharpest weapon in the hands of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, he did too many bad things, and Jin Yiwei became a notorious street rat. For a time, the government and the public were rushing to impeach him, and the people complained so much that in the 20th year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao had to issue an edict to "burn all the guards' torture instruments and send the prisoners to the Ministry of Punishment for trial." .

This edict also announced the downfall of the Jinyiwei. Since then, the Jinyiwei has returned to its original form and has become a personal army of the emperor, responsible for the protection of ceremonial guards.

After Emperor Taizongwen captured Jinling and proclaimed himself the emperor, in view of the complicated situation in the court, he again relied on the Jinyi Guards to monitor and spy on officials. Not only did he restore the Jinyi Guards' privileges to arrest, interrogate, execute, and execute on their own, but also established a new Northern Guard. Zhenfu Division, specializes in imperial edicts and prisons.

In other words, Jinyiwei not only revived in the hands of Emperor Yongle, but also succeeded in going one step further and increased his power greatly!

"This time His Majesty was able to change his mind, thanks to Marquis Tang. No matter what happens in the end, as long as Marquis Tang stays in my prison for one day, I will never let Marquis Tang suffer!"

Therefore, as long as people enter this imperial prison, almost few people can get out with all their hair and tail.

"Tishuai, I have something to ask you for help."

Because they can't see any hope of living, and they don't even know when they will die, let alone what is happening to their loved ones outside.

Fu Siguan in Houbei Town was responsible for imperial edicts and prisons, and the cases handled by Jinyiwei's divisions were mostly general crimes in the capital area, while Fusi Guan in South Town was in charge of military affairs, forming two parallel agencies with different responsibilities.

In addition, all the cells in this prison were built in dark and damp basements with poor air circulation, rats and insects were rampant, and the prisoners in them were tortured severely. The stench of putrid bodies and blood filled the entire prison.

Therefore, even if this person is not Tang Hao, but an upright and righteous person such as Li Mengyang, Mou Bin will treat them with courtesy and protect them as much as possible!

"I've heard a little bit about what's going on in Qianqing Palace."

Death row, death row, you get in alive and get out sideways, how can you get out unless you die?

After all, these mad dogs in Jinyiwei don’t care whether you are really guilty or innocent, as long as you say something you shouldn’t say, they will do everything from tiger bench, ice cube, Ling Chi, broken vertebrae, finger-twisting, filling with lead, scrubbing, playing pipa, etc. Martial arts are waiting for you in the prison!
Even if the person caught is a dog, after all this cooking, frying and stir-frying, Jin Yiwei can make it speak as a witness!

The shackles on Tang Hao's body were immediately removed by Mou Bin from the moment he stepped into the imperial prison.

Even if the imperial court offers "general amnesty to the whole world", it will not pardon these prisoners on death row!
In fact, the Prison of the Ministry of Punishment is extremely terrifying, but compared with the imperial edict prison, it is far inferior. It is like one is heaven and the other is hell.

"Now I am in jail. I don't know when I will be released from prison, or maybe I will be beheaded in public."

The symbol of controlling the imperial edict is to be in charge of the imperial cavalry, the so-called Tishuai.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mou Bin bowed to Tang Hao solemnly.

This is the power of these mad dogs, Jin Yiwei!

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing!" Tang Hao suddenly changed his face and ordered with a solemn expression: "The archives of Zheng He's voyages to the West, as well as the detailed information of our voyage, are all kept in Yidao. I hope Ti Shuai can get it first and put it in your hand!"

"Don't worry, Marquis Tang, this matter will be taken care of by me!"

In view of the illustrious reputation established by the Hongwu Dynasty and the Yongle Dynasty, the Jinyiwei Prison is still a terrifying existence that everyone has heard of.

In other words, whoever controls the imperial edict is the real person in charge of Jinyiwei. As for the commander who makes him flow, it is all false.

The architectural location of this prison, "with its rooms low on the ground," makes it very cold and cold, and you can hardly feel any warmth. In addition, the space is small and there are many prisoners. Infectious diseases are easy to spread among the prisoners. "There are so many people in the prison." The land is narrow, diseases and epidemics are easy to occur, and the spread of malaria causes death one after another."

"I came to Ming Dynasty naked in my life, and now I leave naked. I have nothing to regret. It is the brothers who went to sea with me this time. In view of the needs of the situation, I left three thousand brothers at the Jeju Racecourse. One hundred brothers are in Ryukyu Kingdom.”

Because all death row prisoners are inmates who have committed the most heinous crimes, they are all built underground to eliminate the possibility of anyone escaping.

Soon we came to a cell, which was quite clean and tidy. There was even a layer of blankets on the ground. In addition, there was a window high on the wall, and sunlight even shone in from it. Obviously, this was the "VIP room" in the prison.

This gift was not because Tang Hao helped him get rid of Liu Jin's spy Yang Yu in the Jinyi Guards, but to thank Tang Hao for brazenly entering the palace and killing the prostitute Feng'er regardless of his own safety, forcing the little emperor to change his mind and take the right path!
Not to mention the personal friendship between the two, Mou Bin admired him to the extreme just for this heroic feat of disregarding his own life for the sake of his family and country.

Even if some people managed to hold on for a breath and survived by luck, they would either have their arms and legs broken off or be seriously injured, and they would die within a few days after they got out. This established the Jinyiwei's illustrious reputation!
However, these have nothing to do with Tang Hao.

The light in the Fusi Prison in Beizhen was dark, and all kinds of rotten odors filled the nostrils.

Tishuai Moubin personally led the way, and his attitude was much more respectful than before.

In order to ensure the independence and confidentiality of its prison trials, the imperial court allowed the confessions obtained by Beizhen Fusi to be sent directly to the emperor, bypassing the superiors of Jinyiweitang. This meant that although Beizhen Fusi was subordinate to Jinyiwei in terms of establishment, it was actually a subordinate. An independent affiliated institution.

In this dark and silent death cell, the prisoners locked up in the Jinyiwei death cell all have pale faces, dull eyes, and lifeless faces.

When Mou Bin heard this, he rolled his eyes at him angrily, and then sighed heavily.

Tang Hao looked at Mou Bin with a half-smile, and deliberately joked: "Why, just because I killed that Yang Yu for you, is Tishuai reciprocating the favor?"

This is Mou Bin.

They say they are alive, but in fact they are no different from dead. They are just walking corpses.

A loyal and upright commander of the Imperial Guard.

After all, the famous torture methods in imperial prisons included eighteen types of torture, such as finger-twisting, stick clamping, skinning, tongue-breaking, spine-breaking, finger-dropping, heart stabbing, and pipa playing. In the process, they were constantly developed, and the punishments became more and more severe. The more miserable it is.

For example, Li Mengyang, who has been impeaching the Zhang brothers for their lawlessness, can be said to be a regular client of the prison. He is thrown in every now and then. Mou Bin has never treated him badly or harshly, and he has been provided with good food and drink. It is okay. When we were there, we had a good time drinking together.

Tang Hao sat directly on the chair and waved his hand.

Mou Bin was startled when he heard this, and then nodded heavily.

"Whether you use private channels or report it to Zhu Houzhao, please Tishuai find a way to recall these brothers."

"But this matter involves His Majesty the Emperor and the secrets of the palace, so I, the commander of the Royal Guards, do not dare to intervene. I can only choose to turn a blind eye."

"If my head is exposed to the public, Tishuai will immediately burn all these things, and they must not fall into the hands of those gentry and gentry!"

As soon as these words came out, Mou Bin couldn't help but blush.

"Marquis Tang, why is this happening?"

"Your Majesty is just confused for a moment. You have the grace to save His Majesty's life. Your Majesty will definitely not..."

"No! You don't understand!" Tang Hao waved his hand impatiently, "I know our Majesty better than you do!"

"The emperors of the old Zhu family are mean and ungrateful to their core. Emperor Taizu Gao is like this, Emperor Taizong Wen is like this, and all the emperors in the past are like this. They can sacrifice anyone for their own power!"

Tang Hao's eyes were deep and the corners of his mouth were full of self-mockery.

"In order to help him suppress the civil servants and gentry, I chose to spare the life of Liu Jin, a mad dog, so that after I led the army to leave Beijing, someone could bite the civil servants and gentry and prevent the great situation from collapsing."

"But I, Tang Hao, underestimated the heroes of the world. It's not an exaggeration to say that I brought it upon myself. I didn't expect Liu Jin to be so courageous. He secretly colluded with Li Dongyang to seize the opportunity of my going to sea and overthrow the entire court. Gain internal and external power!”

"Now, the initiative is in the hands of the two of them. Even if the Queen Mother endorses my trespassing into the palace, committing murder and injuring someone in the restricted area of ​​the palace is one of the capital crimes, and killing someone in front of His Majesty the Emperor is the second capital crime. The following is the third crime of death for angrily cursing the emperor!"

"After this incident, even if His Majesty cares about the old friendship, or considers that I, as a warrior, can still be of use to him, and chooses to forcibly keep me, there will still be a thorn between me and Your Majesty, and we cannot do what we did before. They trust each other and support each other, which is what Liu Jin and Li Dongyang want to see!"

After a series of reviews, Tang Hao still didn't understand all the plans of these two idiots.

After he, Tang Hao, led the fleet back to Dengzhou Water City, these two idiots probably received the news immediately, and then started a series of arrangements.

First, he deliberately let Liu Jian, the old chief assistant, know that the young emperor had fallen in love with Long Yang and hid in the Qianqing Palace all day long to have sex with the prostitute.

So what can Liu Jian, who is devoted to the country and the people, do?

He could only place his hope on Tang Hao, a reckless man, hoping that Tang Hao could enter the palace to persuade the emperor and bring order to the chaos.

And this happened to fall into the calculations of Liu Jin and Li Dongyang.

In fact, when Tang Hao entered the palace unimpeded, and when Shi Wenyi and Liu Zhang, the confidants arranged by Liu Jin, pretended to let him go, Tang Hao already understood.

In fact, Liu Jin was not afraid of Tang Hao going to face the saint and revealing what he had done during this time to the saint!
why?

Because of that prostitute Feng'er! This idiot Zhu Houzhao really fell in love with that prostitute!
Tang Hao wanted to bring order to the chaos and persuade Zhu Houzhao to return to the right path. What was the most direct and effective way?
Kill that molester Feng'er!
And Tang Hao really did this!

Then he successfully planted a thorn in Zhu Houzhao's heart!

Just like Tang Hao used Zhang Yong to check and balance Liu Jin after the Nanyuan Tiger Case, Liu Jin was paying back the favor by using Feng'er to break the solid trust between Tang Hao and Zhu Houzhao, and laid a foundation for their relationship. prick!

As long as Zhu Houzhao sees Tang Hao, he will think of Tang Hao's violent murder of the prostitute Feng'er, and think of Tang Hao's crazy behavior towards him today!

In this case, which emperor can still make peace and let Tang Hao continue to control the military?

You dare to break into the palace and kill my lover today when your military power has been taken away. Then when you have a large army tomorrow, will you directly lead the army to rebel and take my head off my neck?
Oh, the human heart is the least able to withstand the test.

Zhu Houzhao has never been a kind and merciful king!
To put it bluntly, after this incident, Tang Hao would be crippled even if he did not die. He would never have the chance to hold military power again in this life!
"Those navigation data cannot fall into the hands of the gentry, otherwise they will squeeze the people even more and plunder overseas interests, and then there will be no one to check and balance!"

After saying this, Tang Hao became decadent, with a look of exhaustion on his face.

"Tishuai, go ahead and leave me alone!"

Mou Bin sighed after hearing this, bowed and left.

The cell door was locked, leaving Tang Hao alone in silent contemplation, staring at the ray of sunshine in a daze.

In fact, when Liu Zhang released him, Tang Hao figured out the overall plan of Liu Jin and Li Dongyang.

But he did it anyway and killed the prostitute directly.

Perhaps in the eyes of Liu Jin and Li Dongyang, this is a very ridiculous and stupid behavior.

Because even though the prostitute Feng'er died, Liu Jin could still find a new one from other places, such as "Luan'er" or "Huang'er".

As long as Zhu Houzhao likes it, wouldn't he catch a lot of prostitutes?

But Tang Hao still did it.

Because he was holding a bad breath in his heart!

Three years of hard work, three years of dedication, three years of hard work, all turned into nothing in one day, all in vain!

The root of the problem all lies in this idiot Zhu Houzhao, and he still neglected the government because of ridiculous child molestation!
If he, Zhu Houzhao, indulged in beauties in the harem and gave birth to a son as soon as possible, Tang Hao could still understand him. After all, this bastard was born to be lustful.

But why is he a pedophile?

Do you really want to be that Jingtai Emperor and be easily soluble in water?

Tang Hao sighed, then fell asleep with his hands on his hands.

In the Qianqing Palace.

Mou Bin explained exactly what Tang Hao said.

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao's face became uncertain, and he even gritted his teeth with hatred.

"what is this?"

"Who does he think he is, Tang Hao?"

"He is just a savage that I brought out from Nanyuan!"

"His title, his power, and his official position were all given to him by me!"

"Why does he humiliate me so much?"

Zhu Houzhao roared with red eyes, slamming the "Emperor's Illustrated Book" to the ground.

At this moment, there were only two people in front of the saint, Chen Kuan, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, and Mou Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Mou Bin still looks like a good old guy, he would rather not speak than get into trouble.

Chen Kuan, on the other hand, couldn't help it anymore.

Speaking of which, with today's situation at this point, he also has an unshirkable responsibility.

Because Chen Kuan was also guilty of underestimating the enemy and underestimated Liu Jin too much.

When it comes to political wisdom and experience, Chen Kuan, an old eunuch who has served as an emperor for three dynasties, can definitely defeat Liu Jin.

But Liu Jin had an advantage that Chen Kuan couldn't compare to, not even all the eunuchs and eunuchs in the entire palace!
That’s what you know about Emperor Zhu Houzhao!

Does Liu Jin know Zhu Houzhao?

Don’t really understand him too well, it’s not an exaggeration to say it’s roundworms in his stomach!

That's why Liu Jin was able to seize the opportunity given by Tang Hou to go to sea and decisively choose to sacrifice the boy for prostitution, arousing the emperor's lust and novelty, thus regaining power!
The prostitute Feng'er was sent to the palace by Liu Jin. Liu Jin was naturally his benefactor to Feng'er. If Feng'er wanted to stabilize the emperor's favor, he had to rely on Liu Jin, and the two parties naturally reached a cooperative relationship.

Feng'er just blew the pillow wind, it couldn't be easier for Liu Jin to take power.

As for Chen Kuan, an old slave from the former dynasty, he was not close to Zhu Houzhao, and with the addition of Feng'er sleeping on the emperor's pillow, how could he be Liu Jin and Feng'er's opponent.

Because of this, Liu Jin's power grew day by day, and he even recruited old East Palace members such as Gu Dayong and Ma Yongcheng to squeeze out Zhang Yong, who had obviously lost power.

Chen Kuan, on the other hand, chose to sit back and watch, choosing to keep the Supervisor of Ceremonies and not give Liu Jin, a mad dog, any chance to steal the power of Supervisor of Ceremonies.

For example, in the "Imperial Dao Suicide Note Case", Liu Jin first used this to attack the civil servants and Jin gentry to establish his power, and then blatantly targeted the Superintendent of Ceremonies, Chen Kuan, Xiao Jing and others, thinking He wanted to take this opportunity to directly challenge the Supervisor of Ceremonies so that he could steal the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

It is a pity that Chen Kuan had made preparations in advance, reported in detail the day's itinerary of the people in the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and argued with Liu Jin to delay the matter. It was not until Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan, rushed back to the capital in time that it finally happened This central place of the inner court was preserved.

But the Supervisor of Ceremonies was saved, but the cabinet was lost, and Marquis Tang was about to lose it too.

If things go on like this, Liu Jin will join the Supervisor of Ceremonies sooner or later, and Zhang Yong's personal ability cannot stop him!
Therefore, Chen Kuan finally chose to take action at this moment.

I saw the Minister of Internal Affairs kneeling on the ground tremblingly, and actually asked to resign.

"My lord forgive me!"

"The old slave is old, ignorant and does not understand the emperor's holy will. Please ask the emperor to expel the old slave from the palace and guard the mausoleum for the late emperor!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Mou Bin looked at Chen Kuan with panic on his face. He didn't understand why Chen Kuan suddenly resigned. Wasn't this the gift of the Supervisor of Ceremonies to Liu Jin in vain?

Zhu Houzhao also froze on the spot, and then looked at Chen Kuan with a gloomy face.

"Chen Kuan!"

"You are brave!"

"Are you forcing me?"

Chen Kuan's face was filled with fear and uneasiness, as if a disaster was imminent.

"Your Majesty, please calm down!"

"This old slave has served three generations of emperors. He only wants to leave the palace to guard the tomb of the late emperor. He is not really coveting the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies!"

"If the emperor had told this slave earlier that Liu Jin was the emperor's favorite candidate, I would not have accepted Zhang Yong as his adopted son. This slave... this slave... deserves death!"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and angrily shouted: "When did I fall in love with Liu Jin?"

"Then why does Your Majesty tolerate Liu Jin's collusion with foreign ministers? This is a taboo in the inner court!"

Chen Kuan spoke with an angry face and stabbed Liu Jin in the back.

"Liu Jin is in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Li Dongyang is in charge of the cabinet, and Yang Yiqing is in charge of the military affairs of the world. If Tang Hou were to leave at this moment..."

(End of this chapter)