[Comprehensive martial arts] I fall into the city

There is not much difference between the official system of the Ming Dynasty and the official system known to Li Che, except that the phase system was abolished, and a cabinet was reorganized, and the important ministers of the court joined the cabinet for consultation. However, once the cabinet is big, it is also very convenient to empty the emperor.

The reason why Wan'an fell so quickly has nothing to do with the arrogance and domineering of the Wan clan. The most important point is that he violated the emperor's taboo.

Strictly speaking, the Emperor Chenghua in Li Che's eyes cannot be considered a good emperor, but there is also a strange point. Generally speaking, incompetence and stupidity go hand in hand. Although the emperor Chenghua is incompetent, he is not stupid. He intends to be a good emperor. As for why he has become such a mess, it can only be said that his IQ has not kept up.

Li Che wants to form a party, the first step is to label himself as a clean official, which Li Che has already achieved through the blood of Jinling nobles, and the second step is to make some actual achievements and let the rest of the people know Only when he is reliable will someone come to cling to him.

In the second step, Li Che planned to take Xichang into surgery.

The factory guard system has been around for a long time. Although the Dongchang and Jinyiwei are also despicable, they have found their own way of survival after several dynasties. It will never be as excessive as the existence of the West Factory. , not only followed the old road of Dongchang to catch wind and shadows, but also wrote and directed to crack a "major case". He did not move corrupt officials who formed a party like Wan'an, but he attacked innocent Zhongliang. Being able to scare everyone in the official circles of the Southern Lands into danger shows how powerful Zhen Wang is.

Li Che's return to Beijing happened just in time for Wang Zhi to return from an expedition. The atmosphere in the calm capital became tense for a while, and many officials didn't dare to go out at all except to go to court, for fear of going out by themselves. , Come back and become a member of the anti-party.

Li Che is different. Not only is he not prepared to evade the power of Xichang, but he has even planned to touch porcelain.

But before that, he still gave Li Ning a reassurance. Li Ning had heard how Xichang was domineering not long after she came to the capital. She frowned, but Li Che smiled and said, "I know that, Don’t you still have you? If something happens to me, you will cut through Xichang, don’t be afraid of them.”

It was a coincidence that Li Che's house happened to be rented not far from the West Factory. It used to be a rare and good location, but after the establishment of the West Factory, the surrounding area gradually became desolate. Dare to continue living.

Li Ning looked at the Xijiu Factory not far away from the window, and said solemnly: "I only wait for three days. If you haven't come out after three days, I will do it."

Li Che rubbed her head and said with a smile, "Okay."

At other times, it would sound difficult to touch a high-ranking official, but Wang Zhi didn’t have to worry too much. He acted arrogantly, and Xichang had the power to arrest people directly without reporting. Often when the emperor remembered, Xichang had already been severely punished. The confession was tortured. A few years ago, Xichang was temporarily abolished for a month under the impeachment of the cabinet minister Shang Ren. After one month, Xichang was restored. Wang Zhidang took revenge on Shang Ren and the courtiers who impeached him at that time, After that, Wang Zhi became more and more arrogant. Wherever he went, the officials avoided him, and anyone who refused to give way would be humiliated.

Wang Zhi is not too old, and has always been attached to the concubine Wan Gui in the palace. With this kindness, he was a little cautious at first, but when he realized that no one could stop him from doing anything, all the thoughts he had when he was an eunuch in his early years suddenly came up. He not only wants to trample down those who have bullied him in the palace, but also likes to make the former high-ranking officials and nobles bow to him. There was a minister who refused to avoid Wang Zhi's path, and Wang Zhi made friends with him later. The students under the school took revenge on the same year they had a little friendship, but had no choice but to resign and return to their hometown.

For such a person who is both inferior and proud, Li Che doesn't even need to do anything, just standing in front of him is enough to make Wang Zhi feel resentful.

Li Che had seen Wang Zhi before when he was in Beijing, but he could only see Wang Zhi from a distance when he was in the Imperial Academy, and later he entered the Ministry of Punishment, although he also saw Wang Zhi, but he never got close.

Li Che was very accurate about people's psychology.

The Jinling massacre was not far away, and Emperor Chenghua personally named Li Che to supervise the follow-up cases. Li Che had already found out the secrets behind these cases when he was in Jinling. When it came time to handle the case, he was not as swift and swift as he was in Jinling, and he even seemed a bit procrastinated, but compared to the usual procrastination of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he was actually quite fast.

By now, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has not even tried Wan An's case.

Li Che sometimes thinks, no wonder the emperor likes Xichang. After all, regardless of whether the Xichang case is true or not, if the person is arrested the first day and the case is completed the next day after the confession is delivered, at most it will not be delayed until the third day. From a fool's point of view, it's amazing.

Wang Zhi took the bait very easily.

Xichang itself is only responsible to the emperor and has no actual rank. Wang Zhi can let the public officials avoid it. The most important thing is that the scope of power of the Xichang is too large. It can only be regarded as a temporary yamen, so not to mention the right servant of the Ministry of punishment who is the third rank, even if he is a Yuanwailang, there is no need to salute when he sees Wang Zhi.

After the court meeting, the officials left the palace gate, and those who were walking in front moved to the sides to make way for Wang Zhi who was behind.

Li Che didn't seem to notice, striding past Wang Zhi's side without even looking at him.

With Xiang Zhong who was revenged by the whole circle in front, Wang Zhi has almost never met anyone who dared not take him seriously in the past few years. He looked at Li Che's back viciously, and all the officials for a while silence.

That night, Jin Yiwei kicked at the door.

Jinyiwei is hard to say. Jinyiwei was established as an independent government office, and its reputation was not inferior to that of the East Factory. Later, the East Factory expanded, and it was not possible to use all the eunuchs, so we had to dispatch Jinyiwei to fill the role. But the boss is a eunuch, and he likes to ask them all to run errands.

Li Che put down the pen in his hand, and seeing Li Ning's nervous expression, he couldn't help but patted her on the head, and said softly, "Take care of the house, I'll be back in a few days."

Jin Yiwei, the leader, sneered, originally wanted to ridicule a few words, but seeing the little girl clenched her fists tightly, her heart softened for some reason, and she pursed her lips tightly and did not make a sound.

Li Che said again: "I'm going with you, but I don't want to suffer in prison. I'm afraid it will rain tonight, and it may also thunder. Let me change into a padded jacket."

The leader, Jin Yiwei, waved his hand and let him go.

Li Che went in, but Li Ning knew that he didn't say this for a padded jacket, but to remind her.

In the final analysis, Li Che planned to touch porcelain, and did not intend to be tossed about by others.

Li Ning clenched her fists, and saw the leader Jin Yiwei looking at her for a while, so she asked him, "What do you think I am doing?"

The leader, Jin Yiwei, paused, and said, "I'm afraid your father won't be able to come back. If he entered the case of Xichang, at least he would be convicted. Do you know what an official prostitute is?"

Li Ning blinked her eyes, and suddenly said fiercely: "No way!"

Jin Yiwei laughed and said, "When you think about it, I'll redeem your house, just give me my name, my name is Feng Ziying."

At this moment, Li Che put on his cotton coat and came out, saying, "No need, it won't be like that."

Feng Ziying shook her head and said: "You are an adult who doesn't know anything, why do you hide it from her? I'm not good at girls. When she becomes a lowly citizen, I will raise her up if I redeem her. You don't know what to do." Not happy anymore."

Li Che sneered, and said, "Let's see who lives longer, Wang Zhi or I."

It's not that Feng Ziying has never seen those tough and honest officials before, he didn't say any more, he fumbled from his sleeve, took out a bag of candies, and handed it to Li Ning.

Li Ning slapped the bag away and looked at him coldly.

Feng Ziying withdrew her hand, let out a long sigh, and still took Li Che and walked out.

The efficiency of the West Factory is very fast.

As soon as Li Che got one foot into the West Factory, someone came to take him to torture. Before dark, Li Che had already been whipped.

The whip was light. Li Che only screamed when he saw a prison cell not far from him. Ten iron sticks stuck into his fingers, and the red-hot iron sticks burned directly on his body. It's gone.

Li Che didn't even blink his eyes, and when he saw that the iron stick was about to be used towards his hand, he said, "I am the Minister of Justice, the emperor has been watching the case I have recently, and maybe tomorrow he will ask me about it." , if I'm not human, Wang Zhi can push it clean, you don't have to, right?"

Jin Yiwei, who was in charge of the execution, glanced at him and said, "You are the first one who dares to talk like that after entering the West Factory. Tomorrow your case will be placed on the emperor's table. When the emperor's jade seal is sealed, you will be the first one." It's up to us to handle it."

He pointed to the cell next door.

Li Che smiled, and said: "I heard that Jin Yiwei are all the sons of officials and have a bright future, so why would you bet against me? Among the officials that Wang Zhi used to take, did any of them reach the third rank? He deliberately went crazy and arrested If you don’t show up when I come, you are leaving a way out.”

The iron pick in Jin Yiwei's hand collided slightly, making a soft sound, as if he was thinking.

At this moment, a thunderbolt struck the outside.

Li Che heaved a sigh of relief indiscriminately. Accompanied by the sound of thunder, heavy rain poured down.

In November of the 16th year of Chenghua, a thunderstorm fell from the sky and covered the capital city. No one was killed or injured, but it smashed a Xijiu factory into ruins, and Wang Zhi's residence was still there.

Thunder from the sky, precise strike.

When he went to court the next day, Emperor Chenghua's expression turned a little ugly.

Everyone knows that Wang Zhi is the favored eunuch of Concubine Wan Gui. The emperor appointed Wang Zhi not only because he thought he was quick to do things, but also to give Concubine Wan Gui face. He did not hesitate to drive away a group of old officials for Wang Zhi. The big case really gave him a lot of face, even though he had vaguely heard some rumors about Xichang, he was still more willing to trust his close ministers and concubines.

Now Wang Zhi's face is no longer acceptable.

Emperor Chenghua ordered someone to call Wang Zhi, but learned that Wang Zhi had been struck to death by lightning last night.