I'm really not the carpenter emperor

It was dusk, Wang Huazhen looked at the direction of Guangning, saw the twilight, and heard the wailing of swan geese, and the iron hooves of Liao land echoed in his ears.

After a while, he turned around and looked at the emperor's capital again. A dark cloud swept over in front of him, and he felt thunderstorms, just like the situation he was in at this time.

Now that he saw everything clearly, he relaxed instead.

Since the Wanli period, Liao affairs have worsened in Qing and Fu, then in Liao and Shen, and third in Guangning.

One bad situation is a dangerous situation, the second bad situation is a defeated situation, and even worse, it will become an endgame.

Fortunately, Xiong Tingbi made the right choice between Guangning and Shenyang through Liaoyoufang, and tried his best to keep Liaoyang from losing.

In the rear, Mao Wenlong, who was favored by the emperor, led the Dongjiang army out of the island on a tiger ride, captured the fifth son of the slave chieftain, and recovered Yizhou.

That's why the current Liao incident was not defeated and turned into an unmanageable mess.

Wang Huazhen was both grateful and regretful.

Fortunately, what he did did not cause the greatest damage. Regret is that he insisted on going his own way, causing the overthrow of more than [-] soldiers and civilians in Guangning.

Liu Qu, Luo Yiguan... These loyal and brave people all died in battle because of his orders, and he knew that he could hardly escape the responsibility for this crime.

With such a heavy but relaxed mood, Wang Huazhen slowly entered Shanhaiguan in the dim sunlight of dusk.

……

At first, Zhang Heming, former Minister of the Ministry of War, was imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment.

However, after a few days of interrogation by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, there was no clue, and the intention was to cover up Zhang's crime.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian went to Qianqing Palace, fanned the flames in front of the emperor, bewitched the audience, and finally put him under the gate of Dongchang.

As soon as the news came out, the government and the public were boiling.

Dongchang, independent of the three law divisions, is not bound by laws and systems, and only respects the emperor's order. Its prison is located north of Donghuamen.

Compared with the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and Dali Temple, which handle the world's criminal cases, this place is even more creepy, and the methods of interrogation here are omnipotent.

Sun Juxiang, the servant of the Ministry of War, Feng Xiangao, the censor, and countless supervisors and scholars, none of those who entered the Dongchang prison survived.

Zhang Heming was in a state of desperation and was escorted to the prison by Fanzi. On the way, he saw a scarlet human figure imprinted on the stone steps in the courtyard.

According to legend, this is Sun Juxiang, the minister of the Ministry of War, who tried his best to resist when he was arrested and imprisoned.

Seeing this, Zhang Heming's legs softened even more, and Fanzi pinched him in from left to right.

"You know what crime you have committed!"

The person who asked the question was Fu Yingxing, Wei Zhongxian's nephew and nephew. He is now one of the top three stalls in the East Factory.

Facing Fanzi's viciousness, Zhang Heming reacted at this time.

If he wants to be innocent, he has to be tough.

Once he failed to hold on to the trick, not only would he implicate the sages of Donglin who had been friends with him in the past, but his family would also be implicated.

As soon as he changed his terrified expression, he knelt hastily, then stood up, and replied: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, what crime can I have!"

Fu Yingxing took out the horsewhip and kept trying it in his hand, making crackling noises, then said with a sneer:

"You are in charge of the military department. Without the emperor's order, you form a party with Wang Huazhen for personal gain, and attack without authorization. Now you have lost ground and fallen into the city. The merits and crimes are investigated together. It is hard to shirk your responsibility."

"Now that you've entered Dongchang, you'll know right from wrong!"

Fu Yingxing knew in his heart that Zhang Heming wanted to die rather than surrender.

However, so many people have been interrogated in the Dongchang Prison, how can there be very few people who have had this idea?There are ways to get them to recruit!

No matter how bad it is, it is still possible to kill the painting and pledge with one hand.

The reason for the interrogation was because he wanted to have fun with this once majestic Second Grade Shangshu.

Seeing a man pretending to be tough, gradually trembling under his feet, becoming desperate, Fu Yingxing liked the perverted pleasure the most.

Thinking of this, he licked his lips excitedly.

Zhang Heming was still stubborn: "Then Wang Huazhen took the blame on himself and insisted on going his own way, so what have I to do with it!"

Fu Yingxing was furious: "You are Minister of the Ministry of War. It's not because you have any talents. It's because of the emperor's sage."

"It's only been a few months. The defeat of Sanchahe and the fall of Xiping Fort are all due to your connivance with that Wang Huazhen!"

"My heart aches for General Luo, who guarded Xiping Fort, and I also ache for Liu Zheng and Liu Shizhang, who fought in the Battle of Shaling. Why did they die at the hands of mediocre people like you?"

As he said that, Fu Yingxing sneered a few times, whipped him with a whip, and said:

"Zhang Heming, you don't know anything about military affairs."

"Since I took office in the Ministry of War, I have never made a strategy to settle the frontier. I divided my troops to deliberately sow discord, seek skins from tigers, and act as traitors."

"The matter has come to this, and you shirk your responsibility and let Wang Huazhen be the scapegoat. You have already entered the East Factory, so what's the point of making a strong distinction?"

"This is not the Ministry of Punishment. A crime is a crime."

Hearing this, Zhang Heming's heart stopped beating, and an unknown feeling suddenly emerged, and he subconsciously asked:

"What act of treachery?"

"Hahaha--"

Fu Yingxing stared at him like a ghost for a while, then laughed a few times, but didn't say anything clearly.

"You are in the court, you have never led the army, but you insist on intervening in the military affairs, and you have become the Minister, but it is as you wish?"

"Your father, your brother, and your daughter will all die in this disaster, and the whole family will be cut off as one, can you believe it?"

Hearing this, Zhang Heming suddenly understood, opened his mouth and shouted:

"You, you want to defile me!?"

"Understood people."

"This is not to insult you. I said you are a prisoner, and you are a prisoner." Fu Yingxing laughed again and said wantonly:

"Today I won't torture you anymore, I just want you to understand what will happen if you offend the factory owner and the Holy Majesty."

After saying that, Fu Yingxing looked at Zhang Heming whose eyes gradually changed from calm to despair, laughed wildly a few times, and said loudly:

"Treat me well, I want him to live to see how the three clans were killed by my East Factory."

After saying that, Fu Yingxing left a dark smile and disappeared into the prison.

……

"Oh!"

The next day, Zhang Mansion.

A group of fans kicked open the gate blatantly, and one of the leaders held up an imperial decree and said:

"Zhang Minghe, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, formed a party for private interests, colluded with captives and captured the land, causing the overthrow of more than [-] soldiers and civilians in Liao, and the loss of life. The crime is heinous!"

"Let the Dongchang kill the three clans, confiscate all the family property, and use it as internal money!"

After the words fell, the fans rushed into Zhang's mansion.

Zhang Minghe's father, brothers, sons, and daughters, from 99 to just walking, were all taken out, carried to the big table set up at the entrance of the vegetable market, and their heads were beheaded one by one.

All of a sudden, the blood was scattered everywhere, and the common people applauded.

It is said that Zhang Minghe humiliated the country and killed more than [-] soldiers and civilians in Guangning.

……

Beizhen Fusi, a Jinyiwei from hundreds of households ran back in a hurry.

"Reporting to the commander, Dongchang has already started the execution. In half an hour, more than 100 heads were chopped off!"

There was a lot of trouble outside to punish the three clans, and the common people rushed to watch, but inside the Beizhen Fusi, all the guards in Jinyi were sad and uncomfortable.

Hearing this, Liu Qiao frowned and said, "No, if this continues, there will be no room for my Jin Yiwei."

Xu Xianchun, who had just returned from the supervisory department, heard the words, his face became ruthless, and he said: "Wang Huazhen is on the way back to Beijing, and was brought back by our people from Fusi in Beizhen."

"Dongchang has already dealt with Zhang Heming, Wang Huazhen can't give them any more."

"Commander, you want to go to the palace to see the emperor, and leave Wang Huazhen in Beizhen Fusi, interrogation and execution, let us come!"

"Otherwise, the Dongchang gang will jump on us sooner or later!"

Chapter 86 An Unlucky Egg

Liu Qiao turned to look at him, and said in a muffled voice:

"To face the saint, go to the emperor, where is Wang Huazhen?"

Subconsciously, he seemed to have a lot of resistance to facing the saint. He didn't know if it was simply fear of the emperor, or he didn't want to provoke the powerful Wei family.

"What are you talking about?" Xu Xianchun frowned.

"Zhang Heming has already been run by the East Factory, and the beheading is in full swing outside. Wang Huazhen will hand it over to them. Who will know that there is a Beizhen Fusi in the capital?"

"If you don't fight with Dongchang, the emperor will hand over everything to Fanzi in the future. At that time, won't Beizhen Fusi be under Dongchang?"

In fact, he still didn't finish half a sentence. From the perspective of Wei Zhongxian, the current factory owner, his methods are much more clever and vicious than our Jinyiwei commander.

It's fine if it's just living under others, but the key is Wei Zhongxian's temper, and he won't give up until Jinyiwei is completely turned into a subsidiary organization of the East Factory.

At that time, I will become someone else's second dog.

"Then... I'll go face the saint tomorrow." Liu Qiao hesitated again and again, seeing how strongly the Jin Yiwei persuaded him, he still decided to enter the palace.

Xu Xianchun said, "Not tomorrow, my subordinates have received news that Wang Huazhen will be taken to Beijing tomorrow morning, so I have to go now!"

"So urgent?" Liu Qiao was taken aback.

Xu Xianchun said: "Commander, you have to think about the brothers, no one wants to go out and be looked down upon by the fans of the East Factory."

"Jinyiwei is Jinyiwei, Dongchang is Dongchang!"

Now he doesn't seem to have the idea of ​​voting for Wei Zhongxian in the future.

Seeing the firm tone of Xu Xianchun and others, Liu Qiao took a few deep breaths, stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go now."

……

In the evening, the two eunuchs of Qianqing Palace finished their errands and sat under a tree for a while, one of them said, "Have you heard?"

"The movement is so big that many people know about it."

Another eunuch gloated a little, and said, "Dongchang and Jin Yiwei fought over which side should deal with Wang Huazhen."

"What are you laughing at?" At first the eunuch looked at him in surprise, and sighed:

"The factory guards are all for the emperor. Now that there is a fight, the emperor must not be able to make a decision."

The eunuch withdrew his smile and said in a low voice:

"Fu Yingxing, the boss of the East Factory, is the nephew of the current owner of the factory, and Liu Qiao, the current commander of the Jinyiwei, all have to come to meet the saint."

"It's a big deal."

At first the eunuch said again: "Tch, what do you know?"

"A few months ago, many inmates from Beizhen Fusi moved to the East Factory. This is because the East Factory deceived others first. The commander of Jinyiwei couldn't help it, so he came to fight for it."

While chatting, seeing a figure, the little eunuch said:

"The Lord is here."

So, the two eunuchs hurriedly restrained their expressions and walked away quietly.

Walking all the way, Liu Qiao's flying fish suit was covered with the night dew in the palace, and his tentacles were wet and cold.

He raised his head and glanced at the emperor who was squinting in the Xinuang Pavilion, took a deep breath, and said:

"Commander of Jin Yiwei, Liu Qiao, see the emperor!"

The sudden sound woke up Zhu Youxiao who was leaning on the seat.

His eyes moved slightly, he glanced at the visitor lightly, and said:

"You're here, sit down."

As soon as the words fell to the ground, Wang Chaofu, the eunuch in charge of Qianqing Palace, quickly brought a chair and put it behind Liu Qiao.

When the latter was seated, Zhu Youxiao yawned and asked wearily, "You don't come to the palace often, but you are coming here suddenly this time, what's the matter?"