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Chapter 163 Moving Palace Case ([-])

"On the day Zhu Changluo died, Fang Congzhe drew up an imperial edict to reward Li Kezhuo, which made some officials doubt Fang Congzhe."

"It is said that there is a speech officer named Wang Anshangshu impeaching Fang Congzhe for recommending mad doctors, and at the same time deliberately rewarding Li Kezhuo to cover up his fault."

"The censor Guo Ruchu impeached Fang Congzhe for not rewarding Li Kezhuo who offered the immortal medicine, so a large group of officials went up to impeach Fang Congzhe."

"So when Fang Congzhe was still the chief assistant of the cabinet, because he couldn't stand the impeachment of so many officials, he drew up a prince's decree and fined Li Kezhuo with one year's salary."

"In October, Sun Shenxing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Zou Yuan, the censor of Zuodu, marked up two memorials. Sun Shenxing pointed out that although Fang Congzhe had no intention of killing the king, he was guilty of killing the king."

"Thus, although Fang Congzhe wanted to resign from his position as the chief assistant of the cabinet to explain that he had no intention of killing the king, the crime of killing the king cannot be shirked."

"Later, Fang Congzhe Shangshu defended himself, but unfortunately the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao at the time was still too young to be ignored by some people, so Fang Congzhe left the capital in November, but the matter is not over yet."

"It is said that after Fang Congzhe left the capital, he still couldn't get rid of the dry cleaning. There are more and more memorials in the court demanding a thorough investigation of the Hongwan case."

"One day, Emperor Tianqi received a memorial from Fang Congzhe from his hometown. Fang Congzhe said in the memorial that the old officials were old and ignorant, and they failed to prevent quack doctors from using medicine. There is no punishment for the crime."

"Fang Congzhe expressed his apology and begged Emperor Tianqi to cut off his official rank and exile him on the frontier as an octogenarian, so as to appease the resentment of the courtiers."

"It didn't take long for Fang Congzhe's secret message to Emperor Tianqi to be known by some ministers. Some ministers even excused Fang Congzhe. Emperor Tianqi also felt Fang Congzhe's sincerity, but because the truth was unknown, he delayed making a decision."

"But at this juncture, Fang Congzhe's old partner, Han Kuang, stood up and spoke out. He told all about Li Kezhuo's medicine and the dilemma after Zhu Changluo's death, and he said it very specifically and in detail."

"Finally, he also said that the Hong Pill case has not been solved for more than a year, but Cui Wensheng and Li Kezhuo, the real culprits who caused Zhu Changluo's death, have not yet been dealt with."

"Although these two people abused drugs indiscriminately, they did take drugs according to orders and can be punished appropriately. Then the Red Pill case should not be pursued further."

"Han Kuang was very famous during the Wanli period. He is an old minister. He has been an official for decades and has been fair and respected by the courtiers."

"And after he entered the cabinet, he accompanied Fang Congzhe to deal with the Hongwan case. What he said is very credible in the court."

"After the memorial saying that it was a Korean mine was submitted, the turmoil quickly calmed down."

"Not long after, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of Tianqi issued an order to question Cui Wensheng and Li Kezhuo for their crimes, and in the second year of Tianqi, Cui Wensheng was sent to Nanjing, while Li Kezhuo was sent to the frontier."

"So far, the Hongwan case has ended hastily due to the struggle between the respective factions, but some doubts are still unclear."

"So the red pill case became the second of the three late Ming mystery cases. The main doubt is whether the death of Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo is related to the red pill he ate."

"During the Tianqi period, the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian was in power. He wanted to overturn the Hongwan case, so he was dismissed and exiled because he denounced Fang Congzhe's Minister of Rites, Sun Shenxing."

"Some Donglin party members who criticized Cui Wensheng were also punished by Wei Zhongxian. The most terrible thing is that under Wei Zhongxian's persecution, a minister named Gao Panlong threw himself into the pool and died."

"Pay attention to remember this Gao Panlong. When we talk about Chongzhen later, he will be mentioned again, and he will play a huge role."

"Okay, the red pill case is basically over here, because it is not clear whether Zhu Changluo's death is related to that red pill, so the red pill case has become an eternal mystery."

"Okay, now that we've finished talking about the Hongwan case, let's talk about the Yigong case, which is the third of the three most mysterious cases in the late Ming Dynasty. This case happened during the Tianqi period, and it was not long before Zhu Changluo's death."

"Come on, let's talk about the business, and listen to me as a teacher."

"Well, it is said that Emperor Zhu Changluo of Taichang has Dongli and Xili as his chosen attendants, but there are also queens, imperial concubines, noble concubines, etc. in the harem, and the status of the chosen attendants is relatively low."

"The mother of Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao died not long after giving birth to him, so Zhu Youxiao and his half-brother Zhu Youjian were entrusted to Xili Xuanshi to take care of him."

"Xi Lixuan asked Zhu Youxiao to live with her in order to control Zhu Youxiao, but Zhu Youxiao refused."

"Later, Zhu Youxiao said that my mother died because Si Li Xuan beat my mother."

"Attention, Zhu Youxiao was still young at that time, his father Zhu Changluo was still the prince, and the Wanli emperor Zhu Yijun was in power."

"It is said that after Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo succeeded to the throne, Zhu Youxiao and Xi Lixuan moved to Qianqing Palace."

"At that time, Xi Lixuan was very favored by Zhu Changluo, so Zhu Changluo wanted to canonize her as an imperial concubine. Hey, but Xi Lixuan refused. She said that I don't want to be an imperial concubine, but I want to be a queen."

"However, before she could wait for Zhu Changluo's canonization, Zhu Changluo went west on a crane. Within half a year, two emperors were lost. The succession of the new emperor was related to the fate of the country, so Zhu Youxiao's succession became the focus of the entire court at that time. "

"As for this Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao, because his father Zhu Changluo was not loved by his father since he was a child, Zhu Youxiao was similar. He was neglected since he was a child. It was not until Wanli died that he was registered as the emperor's grandson."

"Zhu Youxiao's mother was called Wang Cairen. Although her status far surpassed that of Xili Xuanshi, because Xi Li Xuanshi was favored, his mother Wang Cairen was tortured to death by Xili Xuanshi. Before she died, she said that I and Xili Xuanshi Enmity, we can't share the sky."

"But because Zhu Youxiao was influenced by Xi Lixuan's domineering character since he was a child, he said that he cried all day long, and formed a weak character that was afraid of Xi Lixuan."

"Now let's talk about the specific process and sequence. In the 48th year of Wanli, in July 1620, Zhu Yijun died and Zhu Changluo took over."

"After Zhu Changluo succeeded to the throne, he quickly moved Xili Xuanshi and Zhu Youxiao into the Qianqing Palace. One month later, Zhu Changluo died, and Xili Xuanshi and Li Jinzhong took control of the Qianqing Palace."

"This Li Jinzhong is none other than the later famous eunuch Wei Zhongxian!"

"The two of them joined hands to control the Qianqing Palace, and wanted to coerce Zhu Youxiao to confer Xili Xuanshi as the empress dowager, but this move was strongly opposed by the courtiers."

(End of this chapter)