Chapter 156 The real reason for Liu Jin's downfall
Jinyiwei Zhaozhu, whenever people in the capital hear this name, they will shiver, because this name represents cruelty, blood and death. As long as it is related to this name, there is absolutely no good thing. However, Jinyiwei has no good things.
Not everyone can enter the imperial prison. Generally, only those officials will be detained in the imperial prison when they commit crimes. Ordinary people can only go to the Shuntian Prefecture Prison for crimes at most.
The imperial prison has existed in ancient times, but in many cases it does not refer to physical prisons, but rather to cases in which the emperor issued an edict to imprison the prisoners. However, during the Ming Dynasty, with the emergence of the special department of the Jinyiwei, they
The emperor ordered all officials to supervise the officials, and the arrests were all officials who committed the crime, so their private prison of Jinyiwei was also called the imperial prison.
The Jinyiwei belongs to the emperor's private army. It is independent of the state system. The imperial prison is naturally not subject to any national department's supervision, but directly belongs to the emperor. However, the Ming emperors of all dynasties did not have any time to manage a small imperial prison, so the imperial prison was
The prison is almost unregulated, which also leads to extremely darkness in the imperial prison, and the prisoners entering it have almost no hope of living.
It is also the reputation of Zhaozhu, so no matter how glorious you are in the court, as long as you enter here, you have to stay honestly, otherwise you will be skinned, plucked your tongue, broken your spine and other cruel things in Zhaozhu.
Sin is not a vegetarian.
However, there is always an exception in everything. Since Liu Jin was arrested and imprisoned, he has not only been honest, but has cursed in the cell every day. Almost all the civil and military officials in the court have been scolded by him. Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong
The two murderers who directly led to his downfall were even more scolded by him. As for Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others, they were also the key targets of his scolding.
The Jinyiwei in the prison of Zhao Jin was also very troubled. This was the first time they saw someone so arrogant when they were admitted to Zhao Wang. If it were someone else, they would have been punished by them long ago.
However, Liu Jin is not an ordinary person. The two commanders of the Jinyiwei, Zhang Cai and Shi Wenyi, were both subordinates of Liu Jin. They are all Liu Jin's people, although with Liu Jin's fall, Zhang Cai and Shi Wenyi
They were also taken to the imperial prison, but their remaining power was still there. The ordinary Jinyiwei not only dared not touch them, but also had to serve them with delicious food and drink.
After dinner today, Liu Jin still started to curse as usual. The guards of Jinyiwei had already figured out the rules. He knew that Liu Jin would definitely curse with a sharp voice after three meals in the morning, noon and evening. In order to make them
The ears are quiet, so many people consciously stay away from Liu Jin's cell.
"Zhang Yong, you, a martial artist who only knows how to use a little bit of brute force, would have sent you to Fengyang for the sake of your Majesty. But you actually colluded with foreign ministers to rectify our family sooner or later.
One day you will suffer the same retribution…”
Although Liu Jin was old, his sharp voice was extremely penetrating and echoed for a long time in the empty imperial prison. The guards of the Jinyiwei were all avoided, but the prisoners in the prison cell next to Liu Jin could not avoid them. These people
They are all Liu Jin's former accomplices. Now they want to persuade him but they dare not persuade him. They have to cover their ears and crouch in the straw in the corner of the cell.
Liu Jin, who had just eaten, was full of energy and cursed for nearly an hour, and he was not in a different way. However, just as Liu Jin was cursing, suddenly the gate of the prison opened and a young man in the Jinyiwei official uniform left.
When he came in, he saw that this person was in his twenties, tall and strong, and very handsome, but his eyes were too narrow and long, which made him look like he was squinting when looking at people, and at the same time gave people a sinister impression.
This young man with long eyes was Qian Ning, who had just been promoted to commander of the Jinyiwei. Qian Ning was not originally surnamed Qian, but when he was a child, he was adopted by an eunuch named Qian, so he changed his surname to Qian, and later became Cheng Jinyiwei.
Baihu then became the confidant of Emperor Zhengde and promoted to Qianhu. Although he was an underling of Liu Jin on the surface, he actually obeyed Emperor Zhengde directly. After Liu Jin fell, he was immediately promoted to the commander of the Jinyiwei.
In charge of the imperial prison.
Seeing Qian Ning come in, Liu Jin immediately stopped scolding others, but pointed at Qian Ning and started scolding him angrily. After all, others may be afraid of Qian Ning, but he is not afraid. Even if his life is in Qian Ning's hands now, he still
Just scold me.
However, Qian Ning smiled disdainfully at Liu Jin's scolding, and then seemed to have not heard it. He directed his subordinates to transfer all the prisoners in the prison cell next to Liu Jin, because someone would come to see Liu later.
Jin, he didn't want others to hear his conversation with Liu Jin, so he could only transfer the prisoners.
Liu Jin saw Qian Ning ignore him and sent all the prisoners in the prison cell next to him, which surprised him at first, but then he showed an ecstatic expression on his face. He no longer cursed, but instead made him mess with him.
He put on his prison clothes and put his messy hair together so that he would not look too embarrassed.
Soon all the prisoners around were transferred, and then Qian Ning ran out to report in person. After a while, Qian Ning accompanied Emperor Zhengde into the imperial prison. However, when Zhu Houzhao walked in, he couldn't help but frown.
Because the moisture and stench everywhere in the prison made him feel uncomfortable.
Emperor Zhengde came to Liu Jin's cell under Qian Ning's guidance. At this time, all the other irrelevant people retreated. Zhengde only followed Qian Ning and Gu Dayong. When Liu Jin saw him,
He immediately rushed to the fence in front of the cell with great excitement, knelt on his knees and burst into tears, "Your Majesty, you have finally come to see me, I'm wronged!"
Zhu Houzhao was very calm about the cry for injustice. He waved his hand and asked Qian Ning to open the prison door, and then walked into the prison cell. Gu Dayong behind him hurriedly moved a chair. He waited until Emperor Zhengde sat down and spoke.
He said to Liu Jin: "Liu Jin, stand up!"
Hearing that Zhu Houzhao did not call herself Liu's partner like before, Liu Jin was afraid, and his voice trembled: "Old... I don't dare, please forgive me!"
"Hmph, now do you know that you are guilty?" Zhu Houzhao suddenly turned cold and asked with a fierce look at Liu Jin.
Feeling the chill in the words of His Majesty, Liu Jin couldn't help but tremble, but he insisted on himself: "Your Majesty, I'm wronged. In order to convict the old slave, Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing made up a lot of crimes for the old slave.
, Not to mention the rest, the old slave rebellion alone is simply a big deal. The old slave's loyalty to His Majesty can be seen. Moreover, as a eunuch, I rely on His Majesty's power, so how could I rebel?
?”
Unexpectedly, when Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jin's words, she shook her head gently and said, "Liu Jin, why don't you understand it until now? I have long known the crimes that Zhang Yong made up for you.
It’s just that I want you to be unable to turn over, but I finally got all of them. In other words, all of your crimes were from my instructions!”
"Boom~" Liu Jin only felt like his mind was struck by lightning. Although he had had this speculation before, Emperor Zhengde personally admitted that he wanted to rectify himself, which made Liu Jinyi
Time still couldn't accept it. Seeing Liu Jin's shocked and pitiful look, Qian Ning and Gu Dayong behind Zhengde both showed a bit of ridicule.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I have been following your instructions over the years and clearing out all the old ministers in the court, so that no one in the court dares to point fingers at His Majesty's actions, and he has worked diligently to deal with the government affairs.
I dare not be lazy at all, why does Your Majesty want to……”
When Liu Jin spoke at the end, he was also very excited. When Zhu Houzhao first ascended the throne, there were three ministers in the court, Xie Qian, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, and all the government affairs were jointly presided over by the three of them, and Zhengde was in the hands of
But there was no real power, which naturally made Zhengde very dissatisfied, so he supported the Eight Tigers headed by Liu Jin to seize power, and eventually drove all the old ministers Xie Qian out of the court. The power of the empire fell into the hands of the emperor again, but because Zhengde himself was greedy
It’s why I handed over the power of the government to Liu Jin. Others say that Liu Jin is tyrannical, but the real reason lies in the righteousness.
However, when it comes to Liu Jin's words, Zhengde snorted coldly and said, "Yes, I did ask you to exclude Xie Qian and others at the beginning, and you did a good job. It is precisely because of this that I can feel at ease to take the government into consideration.
I left it to you, but I asked you to manage the government, but I did not let you exclude dissidents, act as a mighty person, and I did not let you form a clique for personal gain, and you would be rich by taking bribes!"
Zhengde seemed a little angry when he said this. He suddenly stood up from the chair, strode to Liu Jin and pointed at him, "Look at what you have done over the years, it's actually in the whole court.
It has become your one-man show. Anyone who dares to disobey you will be retaliated by you. They will either be killed or demoted. Others call you the Emperor of Land. There is only one emperor in the world. If you are the Emperor, then
What is I?"
After hearing Zhu Houzhao's angrily scolding, Liu Jin's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He was not a fool, otherwise he would not be able to be in power. However, before, he was blinded by the power in his hands and was too arrogant to do things.
He was high-profile, but he didn't expect that he had touched the emperor's reverse scale.
"Your Majesty, old... I know the crime!" Liu Jin was stunned for a while, and finally said with a look of shame. He finally understood that he might be dead this time.
Zhu Houzhao is also a person who values feelings very much. When he saw Liu Jin looking desperate, he couldn't help but remember that when he was in the East Palace, he relied on the company of Liu Jin and others. This made him feel soft and he said:
"Liu Jin, don't worry, but I am not a heartless person. I will send you away your elder brother's child, and I will never let you talk about the queen of your family!"
Liu Jin was originally surnamed Tan, but later changed his surname to Liu after entering the palace. Now when Liu Jin heard Zhengde let him go on the road with peace of mind, he suddenly calmed down. He immediately bowed to Zhengde and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I understand."
Chapter completed!