Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 588

He Mansion, the bedroom where Lao Hu lived before his death.

In front of Lao Hu's god tablet, there is a roast chicken.

He Liu lit a stick of incense, and then handed the stick of incense to Feng Bao.

Feng Bao respectfully put the stick of incense on the incense burner in front of the god tablet: "Godfather, my son is leaving. I will never see you again in this lifetime."

He Liu touched the scene and said, "Hey, Feng Bao, you have to live well. Although you lost the power in your hands, the emperor didn't go into the mistakes you made these years. Liudu Xiaoling is a picturesque place. It’s a good place. It’s a good home for you to retire there.”

Feng Bao nodded, and then said angrily: "Oh, I have been in power for ten years. I have endless wealth, but I forgot to build a decent ancestral hall for my godfather. It is too late to regret it now."

He Liu smiled: "Old Hu didn't like living in a big house when he was alive. It's the same when he's dead. He definitely doesn't like being enshrined in the ancestral hall. People disturb him to drink in the sky all day long."

Feng Bao took out a booklet from his pocket.He said: "The emperor issued an order to confiscate my property. At that time, Brother Six will probably be required to take action. This booklet records the place where I hid the silver in the house. This is me, my righteous brother, so I will do Brother Six a favor in the end." .”

He Liu took the brochure: "How much money is your property in total?"

Feng Bao's answer surprised He Liu: "I...I don't know how much money I have in total."

In recent years, Feng Bao has done a lot of things such as selling officials and nobles, embezzling and accepting bribes.There is so much silver in his house that he can't even remember how much it is.

He Liudao: "Is there a rough idea? One million taels? Two million taels?"

Feng Bao sighed: "It won't be less than 700 million taels. It's clearly stated in the brochure that there are a total of sixteen silver cellars in my house. There are also two large warehouses, in which there are many priceless treasures. Treasures."

He Liu shook his head: "Hey, money is something that you don't bring with you when you're born or die. What do you want so much money for? In the end, isn't it going to be confiscated?"

Feng Baodao: "Yes, after all these years, why haven't I thought about opening it? People only eat three meals a day, and sleep only on one bed. Why do you need so much money?"

He Liu patted his brother-in-law on the shoulder: "Wealth and glory are just a matter of flicking a finger. Forget it, those people in Dongchang may be waiting impatiently. You can go on your way. When you arrive in Liudu, write me a letter. Say hello."

Feng Bao cupped his hands: "Sixth brother, take care."

In the winter of the tenth year of Wanli, Feng Bao, the chief inspector of ceremonies, was convicted and demoted to Xiaoling, the capital.The next year, Feng Bao died of depression.

Post-truth history books have mixed evaluations of him.Some people say that Feng Bao was greedy for money and good goods, jealous of the virtuous and capable, and was the most treacherous internal official in the Wanli Dynasty.Some people also said that Feng Bao fully supported Zhang Juzheng in implementing the New Deal, and made great contributions to Jiangshan Sheji.

The summer melts and the rivers overflow.People may be fish and turtles, and the merits and crimes of thousands of years are left to future generations to comment.

Feng Bao left Beijing.The speech officials in the imperial court even more unscrupulously reported all kinds of illegal things that Zhang Juzheng did during his lifetime.Officials, like ordinary people, love to follow suit.The officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Six Branches all scolded Zhang Juzheng for nothing.The civil and military officials of the six and five armies' governor's mansions couldn't hold back anymore, they followed the trend, and together they submitted papers to participate in the impeachment of Zhang Juzheng.

In the court, it seems that whoever does not scold Zhang Juzheng is a traitor and disloyal to the emperor.

The officials first participated in the impeachment of Zhang Juzheng for stealing the power of the state, colluded with the Minister of Internal Affairs Feng Bao, deceived the emperor, and conspired against him.Zhang Juzheng's "Big Mistake" was over, and they began to participate in some "Little Mistakes".

During his lifetime, Zhang Juzheng was indeed somewhat informal.Those indiscretions were all dug out by the officials and placed on Emperor Wanli's desk.

For example, Zhang Juzheng once used a "Ruyi Zhai" before his death, which was carried by 32 people, which violated the regulations.

For example, on Zhang Juzheng's three birthdays, he received gifts from many officials.Among the gifts, there are large gemstones and pearls that exceed the standard.

For example, Zhang Juzheng had a concubine.And that concubine turned out to be the daughter of an imperial court official.

Zhang Juzheng's crimes when he was in power are almost dug up.Officials are digging up again for the wrongdoings he did before he entered office.

The Ministry of Etiquette made a big deal out of it. When Zhang Juzheng was 13 years old, he peeked at the widow next door taking a bath.

Zuoqian Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate said that when Zhang Juzheng was 16 years old, as a Juren, he stole half of a watermelon from a melon farmer in the suburbs of Jingzhou.

When Emperor Wanli saw the "Stealing Watermelon" memorial, he couldn't laugh or cry: "A 16-year-old Juren went to the suburbs to steal a watermelon? He even stole 'half' of it?"

After digging out the "illegal deeds" that Zhang Juzheng did when he was young, the officials began to dig deep into the eight generations of Zhang Juzheng's ancestors.

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple turned up and said that Zhang Juzheng's ancestor, Zhang Guanbao, was actually a deserter.After bribing Shangguan, he pretended to be a leader in the army, and won the hereditary position of thousands of households in Guizhou Garrison for future generations.

Shangzhe, the arresting doctor of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, said that when Zhang Juzheng's great-grandfather Zhang Cheng was doing business in Jingzhou, he used inferior rice as good rice to deceive the people.

Huguang's political envoy said that Zhang Juzheng's father Zhang Wenming's fame as a scholar was obtained by cheating.

Officials set off an upsurge of scolding Zhang Juzheng.Naturally, the royal relatives will not be idle.

Xu Congcheng, the consort's superintendent, scolded Zhang Juzheng for persecuting the royal family and nobles and alienating the clan.

Zhu Zhimiao, general of Fengguo, went up and said that Zhang Juzheng was a traitor and took away the land bestowed on his descendants by his great-grandfather.

Even the king of Liao, who was demoted to be a commoner, made a statement, saying that after the Liao king's mansion was raided, all the property that was confiscated was returned to the Zhang mansion.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it, and when the drum breaks, everyone beats it.For a while Zhang Juzheng became the heinous bastard in the mouths of everyone.It seems that since he was born, he hasn't done a good thing.

In the imperial court, only a few people such as Shen Shixing, Wang Guoguang, and Wang Xijue remained silent, and did not follow the trend to throw stones at Zhang Juzheng.

(End of this chapter)