Chapter 143: Unscrupulous son is unethical

In fact, among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, no matter whether you are a clean official or a famous treacherous official, there is absolutely no official who has never been scolded. Needless to say, Mr. Zhang Juzheng, who is more powerful than Wei Zhongxian, was more powerful than the government and the country. When his father died of illness in the fifth year of Wanli, Zhang Dazhao was almost scolded to death for Ding You's problem. Even the famous Hai Rui Hai Qingtian was impeached by censors and censors! As for Mr. Zhang, who has only been in office for one year, although he has not been scolded for a long time, the Ministry of Personnel had to make a special room to store it.

Compared with officials, the royal relatives like Zhu Youjian who were impeached and scolded by so many censors was the first. Even Zhu Di and Prince Ning who really rebelled were not as good as those of the two princes. The key is that these two princes were not in the capital before the rebellion, and there were not many officials around them who dared to scold them. Unlike Zhu Youjian, who was so unlucky, they went out and threw a brick and smashed three people. Two of them had to be censors, and the other was relatives of the censors. Especially this time, for the sake of scolding.

Zhu Youjian, our eldest son Zhang was even beaten by the court, and even stabbed the hornet's nest. Not only the Hanlin Academy, but also the civil servants from the Imperial College and the Censorate. Even the military officers who didn't know the word "Yi Shi" intervened in and cursed. At least the gang of mangui, Zhao Shulun, Hei Yunlong and Ma Dengyun, who were stationed in the military camp outside the capital, submitted a letter to the Ministry of War to scold the future Chongzhen for hiding evil intentions, jealous of the virtuous and framed loyal and meritorious officials, and had ulterior motives, so he wanted to avenge Jiannu.

Amidst the overwhelming curses, Zhu Youjian of Chongzhen was really dizzy and at a loss in the future. Chongzhen used the secret edict to form a clique, but he did not intend to make private decisions. The real purpose of forming cliques was to deal with the old eunuch Wei who would definitely destroy his succession and kill this dead old lady who was devastated by the country and the people! But what Zhu Youjian could not expect was that the sudden emergence of Master Zhang disrupted his wishful thinking. He first killed Wang Tiqian, his ally in the Silijian, and then caught him without returning the secret edict in time, chasing him to the dead, forcing him to the dead and becoming the target of public criticism. He secretly vowed to cut Master Zhang into pieces, but Chongzhen, who had always been low-key, had to stop being low-key. Every day, he rushed to the palace as soon as the dawn was dawn. One was to accept the impeachment of his ministers and officials, and the other was to cry and ask for help from his brother and sister-in-law.

On the fourth day after Master Zhang was beaten, on the morning of April 20, the sixth year of Tianqi, the cabinet received a lot of memorials impeaching Zhu Youjian as usual, and found that the officials who impeached him were getting higher and higher. Some people even began to report their private party Zhu Youjian was panicked again and rushed into the Qianqing Palace again and asked for help from his brother who was on the sickbed for treatment. After hearing Zhu Youjian's cry, Emperor Xizong of Ming spread his hands in embarrassment and said, "Brother Emperor, what should you do if you call the emperor brother? Although you have returned the secret edict, according to the family law of the ancestors, I have to give you some punishment, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the subjects in the world. Now I can't bear to attack you, so of course the civil and military officials will not let go."

"But...but, if this continues, when will it be the end?" After all, Chongzhen was only sixteen years old in the future. When Zhu Youjian thought of the mountains of memorials impeachment in the cabinet, he was shuddered. At this time, Wei Zhongxian, who led the Western doctor to treat Emperor Xizong of Ming, spoke, nodded and bowed to the brothers of Emperor Xizong of Ming, and said, "Your Majesty, I have an idea. It can definitely help King Xin through this level and shut up all officials."

"Zhongxian, what are you good ideas? Tell me quickly." Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty asked happily. Wei Zhongxian replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, my idea is actually very simple, but it is absolutely effective. King Xin is also sixteen years old this year. He is at the age of being a vassal. Your Majesty, you can issue an imperial edict to let King Xin go to a wealthy place to be a vassal, and then ask King Xin to tell the officials that those officials had contact with him in secret and would go to the Ministry of Justice to discuss crimes. In this way, King Xin can not only clear the suspicion of forming cliques, but also stay away from the right and wrong place in the capital, but also let all civil and military officials calm down. It will kill more than one kill. Isn't that great?"

"The solution is good, but it will be difficult for me to see the emperor's brother again in the future." Ming Xizong hesitated and asked Zhu Youjian: "Emperor, what do you think?"

In the future, Chongzhen's face began to turn pale. Going to a vassal state to be abolished. Not only did he have no chance to take revenge, but he would be ridden by Master Zhang and Wei Zhongxian for the rest of his life. This is not counting. Handing over the list of officials who secretly interacted with him is equivalent to betraying them and sending them to a dead end. If he did such a thing, he would still want someone to surrender to him in the future, which was like a delusion. At this moment, the voice of Zhang Yan, the most respected sister-in-law of Chongzhen, came, "Your Majesty, don't listen to Zhang Haogu's speculations. It is true that the uncle did not return the secret edict in time, but he absolutely did not use the secret edict to form a clique for personal gain - this is what I believe in my uncle."

"I also believe that the emperor's brother will not do this." Ming Xizong nodded, full of confidence in his younger brother. Although Wei Zhongxian's sinister intentions were seen through by Zhang Yan, he did not angrily agree with Ming Xizong's opinion, and snorted coldly in his heart: "Boy, our family gives you the last chance. If you don't cherish it, it's no wonder our family is here. Let's see, see how our son kills you!"

"Uncle, the Western doctor is going to treat the emperor. Do you and I go to the imperial garden for a walk?" Zhang Yan waved to Chongzhen and said. Chongzhen and Wei Zhongxian knew that Zhang Yan must have an idea, but out of concern for the body of Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty and confidence in his godson, Master Zhang, Wei Zhongxian was too lazy to send a few people to monitor and eavesdrop. Chongzhen happily agreed and quickly followed Zhang Yan out of the Qianqing Palace, walking towards the imperial garden while whispering to discuss.

"Uncle, that list is crucial, you must not hand it over!" Zhang Yan said to Chongzhen in a low voice: "All the officials on the list hold real power. As long as you have the list, you will not worry about not having a chance to make a comeback. If you hand over this list to the emperor, it is equivalent to harming all the officials on the list. Wei Zhongxian will never let these people who betray him. In this way, no one dares to work hard for you from now on. Regarding this, you must bite to death. No matter who asks about the list, you must deny that there is this list!"

"Thank you for your advice, my brother understand." Chongzhen nodded and whispered in a low voice: "But the officials are still impeaching me. If they don't think of a way to shut up, if the emperor is forced to go out, I will be a vassal even if I have a list in hand. - it will be a death sentence for the prince to make friends with ministers."

"Don't be anxious." Zhang Yan said in a silence: "This morning, I have discussed with Duke Cheng Guo and British Duke. I think the key to this matter is that Zhang Haogu. As long as he changes his words and pleads for you, the poor Hanlin under his command will also shut up, and his Jinshi of the same ranking will also shut up, and they will also agree with his proposals, and your affairs will be over. So the goal we are still fighting for is that Zhang Haogu."

"Zhang Haogu is Wei Zhongxian's godson, and only the old eunuch is following the leader. How could he change his words and plead for me?" Chongzhen asked dejectedly. Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I won't do anything you are unsure about. I just caught a huge handle from Zhang Haogu. If he doesn't agree, you will ask the officials on the list to impeach him. At worst, you will die with him. Let's see who is afraid of who?"

"What's the handle?" Chongzhen asked in surprise. Zhang Yan smiled charmingly and replied, "I only knew this morning. When Zhang Haogu sneaked into Jiannu's pseudo-capital, he caught a beautiful Jiannu general's family and took her as a concubine without asking for an order. This is a serious crime."

"Really?" Chongzhen was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Sister-in-law, then who will we send to negotiate with Zhang Haogu? Force him to give in?"

Zhang Yan whispered, "I thought about it carefully. It's not appropriate for anyone to send. That kid will not buy the accounts of Duke of England and Duke Cheng. Only when I went to see him personally can I convince him. I don't believe it. He doesn't even buy the face of me, the queen? Just now, when Wei Zhongxian was away, I used the excuse to visit Zhang Haogu's condition and persuade him to change his mind. He had already asked the emperor to leave the palace. After a while, the Western doctor gave the emperor a medical treatment, I went to see that kid. You are waiting for my news in the palace." Chongzhen was overjoyed and quickly agreed.

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In order not to attract attention, people know that they were going to have a secret deal with Master Zhang, Zhang Yan went out of the palace and specially wore casual clothes, took two palace maids, took a green sedan carried by eunuchs and rushed to Prime Minister Wen's Hutong where Master Zhang's mansion was. At the door of Zhang's mansion, Zhang Yan asked Zhang Fu to visit Master Zhang's housekeeper Zhang Fu. Zhang Fu replied in embarrassment: "This lady is not that the old slave will not let you in, but our young master has ordered that in order not to make people gossip that our young master will form a gang, and no one has seen each other in the past few days. Even the young master's brothers Liu Ruozai and Lord Yu Huangyu blocked it. The other court officials who came to visit the young master's injuries had stopped many times. I'm really sorry."

"Hmph, the little eunuch is very careful. I am afraid that we will just stop seeing him by grabbing his handle and then disappearing." Zhang Yan snorted coldly in her heart, and then smiled at Zhang Fu and said, "Old man, I am a wife and not an official family. Can you make a party with Lord Zhang? I'll tell you, and you'll say that the old friend Zhang Yan asks for a meeting. If he doesn't see me, I'll leave immediately."

"This..." Zhang Fu was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Zhang Laocai happened to walk out of the hall and shouted to this side: "Zhang Fu, what's wrong? If the court officials came to see my son and told them that they would not see him. My son was afraid of being criticized."

"Master, this time it's not an official of the court." Zhang Fu quickly explained: "This is a young lady, she must see the young master."

"Little lady?" Zhang Laocai moved his heart and hurried over to take a look. When he saw Zhang Yan's appearance, Zhang Laocai was stunned - nonsense, Zhang Yan, who was one year younger than Master Zhang, was one of the five most beautiful queens who were as famous as Wu Zetian and Mrs. Xuanhua. He was plump and beautiful, and had a noble temperament. Compared to Zhang Laocai who had seen those so-called daughters in Linqing countryside, I don't know how to be stronger! In shock, Zhang Laocai subconsciously recalled a question - this little lady is not a good match for Dog'er, right? No wonder Gou'er refused to go to the British man's house to propose marriage. It turned out that he had a woman behind him who was more beautiful than the Qingyun girl!

"You must be Uncle Zhang, right?" Zhang Yan came from a poor family and had no airs. She said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang and I met in the capital last year. I heard that he was given a court stick for impeachment of King Xin, so we came to see him."

"So the little lady is a friend of the little dog. Come in quickly, come in quickly." After hearing what Zhang Yan said, Zhang Laocai, who knew what his son was, believed that Zhang Yan was his son's good friend, quickly gave up his way, and said kindly: "My lady, it's too hot today. You can invite him to sit in the living room first, and I'll go and call the dog out of his room."

"Dog?" Zhang Yan laughed silently and said, "No, Mr. Zhang is injured and is inconvenient to walk around. I'd better go directly to his room to see him." When Zhang Laocai heard this, he was overjoyed and quickly led Zhang Yan to his son's room. He also asked the maid to prepare iced osmanthus sour plum soup for Zhang Yan to relieve heat and relieve fever. The palace maids and eunuchs brought by Zhang Yan stayed in the doorman and waited.

He led Zhang Yan to the door of his son's room, opened the door and saw that the wounded Master Zhang, who was about to recover, was standing next to the table and playing Go with Song Xiance. As for Mr. Zhang's other two confidants, Zhang Shitou and Lu Wanling, they were missing. It was time to come and have something to happen. Zhang Shitou and Lu Wanling were the only people in the Zhang family who had seen Zhang Yan at the door of Zou Yuanbiao's mansion, but Song Xiance had never seen Zhang Yan. Seeing that his father actually brought the queen in, Mr. Zhang was stunned and almost rushed forward to kneel down. Fortunately, Zhang Yan made a silence gesture in time and asked with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, can I talk to you alone?"

"Yes, yes, of course." Master Zhang nodded quickly, disrupted the chessboard again, and said to Song Xiance: "Master, you go out for a while first. I have something to talk about with this lady. And Dad, you go out too." Song Xiance also knew that Master Zhang was unscrupulous in playing with flowers and grass. Seeing Zhang Yan with a look of falling fish and geese coming in, Song Xiance didn't understand the strangeness? So Song Xiance quickly agreed with a smile, put away the chessboard and accompanied Zhang Laocai, who was also sneering, leaving Master Zhang and Zhang Yan alone.

"Empress, why are you here? I have seen Empress..." Master Zhang screamed in a low voice and wanted to salute Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan smiled and stopped him. He smiled and sat on the chair, took out a fragrant squid to wipe his sweat and fanned his sweat, and said with a smile: "If you have injuries on your body, you don't have to be too polite. How about it, is the stick better? By the way, is there water? It's too hot today and I'm thirsty."

"Thank you for your concern for the Queen. I am young and bloody. My injury has healed a lot. Apart from not being able to sit for a long time, walking is no longer a problem." Master Zhang whispered and shouted loudly: "Come here, give me tea to... my friend."

"What tea should you give me? You, the dog, won't have a wink?" Zhang Laocai shouted outside the door: "It's such a hot day, can drinking tea quench your thirst? I've already asked the maid to prepare iced sour plum soup, and I'll come later."

"Dad, stand a little far away and don't eavesdrop on us about things." Master Zhang roared angrily. Old Cai agreed with a smile, and he really walked away. Master Zhang smiled and explained with a wry smile: "Don't blame Queen, my father is from the countryside. I have never seen any world. If there is any offense, please forgive me."

"It's nothing, it's not a crime for those who don't know." Zhang Yan smiled and waved the incense palette, and asked casually, "Zhang Haogu, I came to see you today. In addition to visiting your injuries, there is another thing to ask you. I heard that when you captured the Jiannu's pseudo-capital Shengjing, you caught a Jiannu family and a Mongolian woman. She took it as a concubine without reporting to the court. Is this really true?"

"Sure enough, I used Da Yu'er's affairs to make a fuss." Master Zhang snorted coldly in his heart, but smiled: "The Queen is so well-informed, it's a good thing. There is such a thing."

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, and she didn't expect that Master Zhang would admit it so readily. After coming to her senses, Zhang Yan smiled charmingly at Master Zhang and asked with a smile: "Then why don't you report to the court? It is a big and small crime to privately accept the relatives of criminals without permission. If you spread it, it is probably not good for your reputation, Lord Zhang?"

"Damn, this Queen Zhang looks really good." Master Zhang was so tickled by Zhang Yan's charming eyes that he couldn't help but think to himself. But it was not a big reason why Master Zhang had poor self-control. In April of the lunar calendar, the temperature in the capital was already quite high, and today it was cloudless and sunny, so the plump Zhang Yan was dressed thinly, with a wet sweat on her body, revealing her plump and charming curves. Her round and rosy face was even more gorgeous. Master Zhang, who was not a good person, saw it in his eyes. It would be strange if he was not moved again.

"What's wrong? Mr. Zhang, why don't you speak?" Seeing that Mr. Zhang didn't speak for a long time, Zhang Yanfang was secretly happy and was about to continue knocking and revenge. A knock on the door sounded outside the door. A maid from the Zhang family whispered outside the door: "Master, the iced sour plum soup is being delivered."

"Come in." Master Zhang said casually. The door of the room was pushed open, and the maid carried two bowls of iced sour plum soup, one bowl was given to Zhang Yan, and the other bowl was handed to Master Zhang. Master Zhang drove the maid out of the room again, repeatedly reminded no one to get close, and then bolted the door from inside. I never thought that the maid had not walked far from the door, and Zhang Laocai rushed out of the flowers and couldn't wait to whisper to the maid: "How is it? Have they drunk?"
Chapter completed!