I'm watching the gate in the jail

On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month in the 13th year of Chenghua, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival that just passed, a major event happened in the capital.

After this incident, the entire structure of the Chenghua Dynasty changed.

And the origin of all this is thanks to one person.

On that day, Zhu Jianshen gave a banquet to civil and military officials at the Meridian Gate according to the practice of past dynasties.

After the banquet, Shang Ren, the chief assistant of the current cabinet, and a group of important ministers in the cabinet, were invited by Minister Xiang Zhong of the Ministry of War to go to the meeting hall of the Ministry of War for secret discussions.

After leaving the Ministry of War, the chief assistant of Shang and the cabinet ministers jointly drafted a document, praying to His Majesty the emperor to abolish the Xijiu Factory, which was only established five months ago, and punish Wang Zhi, the admiral of the Xichang.

A few days later, this heavy joint memorial was presented to the imperial court by Huang Ci, the eunuch who was in charge of rituals and who was also a servant of the Eastern Palace.

Zhu Jianshen looked at the content written in this booklet, listing all kinds of "crimes" in the West Factory in the past few months, and then asked Tan Chang to go outside and bring Wanda, who was patrolling the streets, into the palace to speak.

"Uncle Lang, come and take a look, do you understand?"

Zhu Jianshen threw the memorial into the arms of Wanda, who was sitting on the small chair, and said with a sneer.

"The West Factory just opened in the first month of the month, and Ah Zhi just handled a big case, and they couldn't wait to ask me to stop."

Wanda opened the memorial, and quickly browsed through his knowledge of classical Chinese, which he had improved a little over the years, but hadn't improved much.

What is Xichang's dense criminal network and frequent inspections, causing panic among the people and fear among the people.What else is there to say that Wang Zhihu pretends to be a tiger, hurts Zhongliang, hurts the virtues of nature, and even hurts the country's constitution.It is even more demanding that all criminal cases be returned to the Three Law Departments, that the decrees must go through six divisions, and the memorial must go through the cabinet to return to the original version, to return to the will of God based on the hearts of the people.

"This one……"

Wanda scratched her head, "I feel that Mr. Shang is scolding me."

And Xiaoqiu.

After all, Wang Zhi still has little experience in handling cases, and the West Factory was just opened, and he didn't have many soldiers under him.Now there are only about a hundred people there, and most of them were transferred from Jinyiwei by Wanda to help.

When Ah Zhi encounters difficulties in handling a case, he always asks Wanda for advice.As Jin Yiwei's second in command, he would of course pull his brother along to help.

And this set of impeachment rhetoric is really familiar to Wanda.

After all, he has been "bombed" for more than ten years, no matter how poor his literary literacy is, these few swearing words without dirty words can be opened his mouth.

"Uncle Lang, look at that passage—criminal cases are returned to the Three Law Departments, decrees must go through six divisions, and memorials must go through the cabinet."

Zhu Jianshen repeated.

Alan's photographic memory may have been inherited from him.

"If this statement is followed, I should not only abolish the West Factory. The East Factory and Jinyiwei should also be abolished together. After all, the actions of these two yamen have always been ordered by me, not the cabinet and the Ministry of punishment."

Zhu Jian stood up from the dragon chair in a deep breath, put his hands behind his back, and said bitterly.

"Jinyiwei was established by Grandpa Taizu. It was Grandpa Taizu who gave Jinyiwei the right to arrest and inspect independent of the 'Three Legal Divisions'. Dongchang was established by Grandpa Taizong to arrest treason, gossip, and evil. It goes straight to heaven The right to listen was given by the ancestors. Rather than saying that I should not set up Xichang, this letter from them is asking for power from the Zhu Ming Dynasty!"

"His Majesty!"

Wanda never imagined that the relationship between Zhu Jianshen and the cabinet had become so rigid that the emperor would even say such cruel words.

"These civil servants and military generals are colluding and want to cut off my wings. Will you listen to them in the future?"

Zhu Jianshen sat back on the dragon chair and sneered, "Are you still thinking that it would be best for me to resume the position of prime minister? After all, the power of the chief assistant and prime minister is incomparable."

Wanda bowed her head in silence.

This is not something that a man like him can get involved in.

Wanda knew in her heart that what her brother-in-law said just now was not complete. After all, there was another very important reason for the establishment of the East Factory, which was to monitor Jinyiwei.

Aside from other things, Beizhen Fusili is full of big stalls stationed in Dongchang, and they are used to monitor every move of the imperial prison and torture chamber.

Don't look at Jinyiwei's limelight over Dongchang now.When the two eunuchs Cao Jixiang and Wang Zhen were there before, Jin Yiwei didn't know what it was like to be suppressed, and Commander Yuan was helpless.

Now those eunuchs who came to Jinyiwei Yamen to go through the motions were just to give him, His Majesty's brother-in-law, a face.In terms of accusations of rights, they can report to the emperor what they say and do every day, what they eat and drink.

Jinyiwei is in charge of all officials, and Dongchang is in charge of Jinyiwei.Therefore, it is only natural that the officials hated these two yamen and wanted to remove them.

But they didn't think about it, what kind of temper did the emperors of the old Zhu's family have? If they could trust civil and military officials, how could they have so-called factory guards?

The current situation is that Zhu Jianshen is no longer satisfied with this layout, and he asked Xichang to join the game.

The mountains that were originally pressing on the officials have changed from two to three, and there is really no chance to catch their breath even if they hang themselves.

In last year's "black man case", Wang Zhili made great contributions, which Zhu Jianshen thought could be of great use.

Wanda privately informed Yang Xiuxian that the emperor wanted to establish the West Factory, and appointed Ah Zhi, who was only [-] or [-] years old, as the owner of the factory.And he was worried that Wang Zhi was too young and impulsive, maybe he would do things with the blood of loyalty to the country, which would lead to catastrophe.

The most important thing is that His Majesty's move completely disregarded the face of Wynn, who is currently in charge of the East Factory.At any rate, Wang Zhi was raised by Wynn. When the two factories confront each other, how will Ah Zhi face his father-in-law Wynn who brought him up?

Yang Xiuxian analyzed sharply, with the character of the emperor, his thoughts must have been around for a long time, and he definitely did not make such a decision overnight.Maybe a few years ago, or even shortly after he took the throne, he had such an idea.

And you don't know, is this "passionate blood" what the emperor wants?

Xinghai, do you still remember the cases you handled when you were sixteen or seventeen years old?

If it is today, the 28 or nine-year-old Commander Wan, can he still do what he did back then, pleading for the people's life, happy to be kind and enmity?

Wanda was left speechless by his rhetorical question.

After all, now that he has a family, a business and a son, he is not like he used to be, he is a completely stunned young man.

"We are all eagles and dogs of the imperial court, the blade of the emperor. Where your Majesty points out is where we are pioneers. So don't say that Ah Zhi is young and impulsive. What the emperor wants is his fearless disposition. Do it Some things, neither you nor Eunuch Wynn, can or dare to do. "

Yang Xiuxian said calmly.

Not long after, Xichang really handled a vigorous case that shocked the government and the public, no less than the big case written by Wanda back then——the Yang Hua case.

This Yang Hua, whose great-grandfather was one of the "Three Yangs" in the Yongle Dynasty, was Yang Rong, the chief assistant who kept pace with Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu.

Master Yang was prominent all his life, but he didn't expect that bastards appeared frequently among his descendants.

His grandson Yang Tai and his son Yang Hua disregarded the ancestral precepts and the emperor's favor. They ran rampant in their hometown in Fujian, corrupted the law, killed innocent people, and were sued.

Coincidentally, after receiving the case, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs sent Qiu Zijin, the principal, to Fujian to investigate.

On Jin Yiwei's side, the General Banner Gaohui was dispatched to handle the case together with Qiu Zijin.

A few days later, before the first lunar month, Wanda received news from Gaohui that he and Mr. Qiu had just arrived in Fujian and received hospitality and bribes from the Yang family.The amount of bribes amounted to thousands of gold, which made Mr. Qiu very happy.

The Yang family is really interesting. You say they don't understand current affairs. They are good at bribery. As soon as the Beijing officials arrive, they come to stuff money.The news is not ill-informed.

But you said they are well-informed, but they are in Fujian. You don’t know that this young Mr. Xiaoqiu and this seemingly simple-minded Gao Zongqi are with Wanda, the famous evil star of Jinyiwei. People dare to give gifts and bribes to them.

Here, Wanda just replied to Qiu Zijin and the others, don't be impatient, and continue to inquire about the news.

Over there, Yang Hua secretly left Fujian, brought countless gold and silver, and came to the capital, where he began to bribe Wanda under Wanda's nose.

It was at this time that Wang Zhi joined the case with the team from Xichang.

As the so-called "three fires for a new official to take office", the East Factory has just opened, so it is natural to catch a big fish to be worthy of His Majesty's care.

Wang Zhi had put all his energy into it, and wanted to learn from Susu's way of handling cases in the past, to make the empress look good, to win glory for His Majesty, and to show the crown prince and the eldest son of the emperor his skills.

After Yang Hua arrived in Beijing, Wang Zhi deliberately let him "move" for a while, let him look for ways around, hand in money, and then took advantage of his unpreparedness to arrest him in one fell swoop.

As expected of the descendants of the "Three Yangs", his great-grandfather's disciples can be said to be spread all over the government and the public. Even after so many years, these people are still the horns of each other, fully displaying the characteristics of the civil servant group newspaper group for warmth.

The list of gifts found from Yang Hua almost wiped out half of the famous officials in the court.

Not only that, even Yang Tai's younger brother, Yang Shiwei, who is now the head of the Ministry of War, and Yang Shiwei's brother-in-law, Dong Xu, the head of the Ministry of Rites, and even Huang Ci and Chen Zusheng, the eunuchs who were in charge of rituals, were involved.

You know, Huang Ci is the favored eunuch served by the prince Zhu Youtang, and Yang Shiwei, the head of the Ministry of War, was single-handedly promoted by Xiang Zhong, the current minister of the Ministry of War!

After learning of this list, Wanda was also speechless.

If this case is thoroughly investigated and the carrots are pulled out to bring out the mud, most of the court will probably be dragged into the water because of this.It wasn't a simple matter of him going over and tripping up one or two local tyrants and evil gentry, or even a prince who didn't like the emperor.

On April 27, after three months of joint investigation by people from Fujian and Beijing, the Yang Hua case was solved and Yang Tai and his son were sentenced to death.Yang Hua himself died in prison because he could not stand the criminal law of Xichang.

This is the first major case that Wang Zhi cracked.

If this matter ends here, that's all.

After all, the evidence of murder and bribery of these two people is solid. From the memorial submitted by Qiu Zijin, it can be seen that their family has been a small court in the local area for the past three to forty years.

The local people even called Yang Tai "Yang Qiansui", and the local officials allowed him to do evil, "I only knew that there was a Yang family, but I didn't know that there was a Zhu family"!

But Wang Zhi didn't stop, he decided to catch them all.

Guangxi Kanshi Lang Wuqing, Taiyuan Hospital Jiang Zongwu, Zhejiang Zuozheng Envoy Liu Fu, Rites Doctor Zhang Tinggang, Yunnan Supervisor Huang Ben, Zuo Tongzheng Fangxian, these people on the list of accepting bribes were all listed by Wang Zhi in their own right. For this reason, he was arrested in Xichang and tortured. (note 1)

Some who proved that they did not accept bribes were released by him.And those who proved to be guilty were sent directly to Jin Yiwei and the Ministry of Punishment for conviction.

Wang Zhi handles affairs directly, without considering official relations, and Qiu Zijin is a lone wolf who wholeheartedly walks the path of a lone minister and does not leave a way out for others, let alone himself.

In just a few months, the two almost overturned half the court.

This was something that neither Jinyiwei nor Dongchang had done before, but it was done by two fearless guys, and they almost offended the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Now that the civil servants are grouped together, it is only natural that they want to eradicate this Xichang Yamen that may endanger them in the next moment.

"However, what is written in this book is because of Ah Zhi, 'a hundred officials are restless in position, a hundred ministers are restless in their duties, merchants are restless in the city, pedestrians are restless in the road, soldiers are restless in the army, and common people are restless in their jobs' (Notes 2) ...Hey, is Ah Zhi so powerful? Daming's old sow doesn't give birth, so should Ah Zhi be blamed?"

Wanda really can't stand it anymore, the cultural and choreographers have to talk about the basic law, how can it be like this.

"I shouldn't be expecting ivory to come out of your dog's mouth..."

Zhu Jianshen was furious at first, but when he heard the metaphor of Wanda, he couldn't help laughing.

"I have ordered Wynn to go to the cabinet and ask who is the initiator of this memorial."

Although he doesn't like it anymore, he still needs to keep it in the cabinet.

According to his intention, as long as the person who proposed to write the booklet is dealt with.

"His Majesty……"

Wanda felt vaguely in his heart that this was not a proper solution.But how to deal with that group of literati, he himself has no experience.On the contrary, Wynn, although he is an eunuch, has a good reputation among civil servants, maybe he really has a way.

Last year, for the sake of the Guozijian, the impeachment of Wanda was once extinct.But after the New Year, the admonishers began to revive again.It's just that they have concentrated their firepower against Wang Zhi recently, and the chances of impeaching him have decreased accordingly.

"You, go back to Jin Yiwei and bring the guard of honor, and Wang Zhi and two, go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to deliver the decree for me. Qiu Zijin has made meritorious service and was promoted to be a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice Wailang."

The head of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is a sixth-rank official, and Yuanwailang is an official of the fifth rank. The speed of his promotion is staggering.What's more important is that His Majesty's move is not just a slap in the face of the cabinet.

In the same Yang Hua case, Qiu Zijin was promoted for his merits in handling the case, and Wang Zhi was also for his merits. You let the emperor dismiss him?Don't worry about it.

"The minister obeys the order."

Wanda is in pain.

Holding the even in his hands, he withdrew from the Wenhua Hall, and saw Wang Zhi who had been waiting for a long time under the eaves of the corridor outside the hall with an aggrieved expression on his face.

"Su Su..."

Seeing Wanda come out, Wang Zhi, who was full of grievances after hearing so many gossips, walked up quickly and asked, "Did your majesty say that I am not? Did Ah Zhi really do something wrong?" ?”

"What do you say?"

Wanda hurriedly pulled him outside the hall and walked towards Donghua Gate.

"What's wrong with me? Shouldn't Yang Hua's family be killed? The emperor spared them the crime of ransacking their family and exterminating their clan after considering that they were all veterans. He only sentenced their father and son to death. Why can't I even pursue the rest of the party?"

In the past, when Su Su handled a case, there was never a time when people's heads were rolling and blood flowed like rivers.This is not an unjust, false or wrongly decided case. From Wang Zhi's point of view, His Majesty is magnanimous, and he has been raised high and lowered lightly to the Yang family.

As a result, these people were ungrateful, and pointed the finger at themselves, calling him a heinous and treacherous sycophant.It seems that it is not the Yang family who is rampant in the village, but Wang Zhi, who kills and bribes.

All this made the fledgling Wang Zhi resentful for a while.

He wanted to go to the Fusi of Beizhen many times to tell Wanda to resolve it, but since the cabinet made a statement, he would be targeted whenever he went out of the palace.He was afraid of hurting Susu, so he had no choice but to hide in the palace, not even going to Xichang.

Now that he finally saw Wanda, Wang Zhi just wanted to vent all the words he had been holding in his heart all these days.

"Wait, look there..."

Not long after the two left, they saw Huang Ci, the eunuch who was supposed to be studying with the prince, hastily walked into the Wenhua Palace, and seemed to be holding a booklet in his hand...

If I remember correctly, the cabinet's impeachment note was also submitted by the eunuch.

"This Huang Ci, although he is the head of the chief inspector of ceremonies, it is indeed his duty to circulate the booklets. But what is more important to him, isn't he serving the crown prince? What are you doing so diligently in front of the emperor?"

Wanda said in a low voice.

"This Huang Ci was also on the Yang family's bribery list before. But after investigation, I found no evidence of him accepting bribes."

Wang Zhi glanced at the figure walking into the Wenhua Palace, and said depressedly.

"I don't know if I really didn't accept bribes, or I didn't have time to accept bribes..."

"Then His Royal Highness didn't create any barriers against you, did he?"

Wanda asked worriedly.

Huang Ci has been serving Zhu Youtang all the time. It would be bad if he said bad things about Wang Zhi in front of Zhu Youtang.

"That's not true. Regardless of his young age, the crown prince has his own ideas in his heart. After listening to the story of Wang Zhen's misfortune from Wan Niangniang, he stopped listening to the eunuchs."

"That's good."

Wanda breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's go, let's go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and congratulate Mr. Qiu on his promotion. Tell him to set a table of wine at 'Xinghaihui' and treat us brothers well."

"Okay. Call Alan so that my brother can also be there. Everyone is lively and lively."

Hearing that Qiu Zi was promoted, Wang Zhi was happier than anyone else.

In addition to being afraid of implicating Susu, he was also afraid of implicating Qiu Zijin's career. Hearing that he was not implicated and was promoted, Wang Zhi finally showed a rare smile during this time.

That night, the "Xinghaihui" was as lively as ever.

"I know what is written on the second notebook Huang Zhi sent."

After drinking for three rounds, Qiu Zijin held the wine cup and raised his eyebrows at Wang Zhi.

"Early yesterday morning, I was suddenly sent to Shuntian Mansion Yamen by the servant to second the file. I am a dignified master, why do I need to do this?"

Qiu Zijin sneered, "Don't you know that Ah Zhi and I have always been friends, lest I leak the news and ruin their event."

"What's the big deal?"

Wanda asked worriedly.

"Six ministers from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Households jointly wrote a letter to impeach Azhi."

As Qiu Zijin spoke, he tapped Wanda, "Look, the one who impeached you is no more than a seventh-rank admonisher. The ones who impeached Ah Zhi were all from the current dynasty, and Ah Zhi is much more capable than you."

"It can't be compared, it can't be compared."

Wanda was convinced.

"I didn't expect to deal with me, a little servant, not only the cabinet, but even the adults of the sixth department..."

If Wang Zhi said that he was wronged before, he is simply happy now.

"Look, this is the fate of offending scholars."

Qiu Zijin stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder sympathetically.

"Yang Rong is a role model for scholars in Ming Dynasty. If you attack their example, you are attacking scholars. If you attack scholars, they will trample you to death. Understand?"

That's why Qiu Zijin hated being with them.

"But I killed Yang Rong's grandson, not him."

Wang Zhi smiled wryly and drank a glass of wine.

"In addition to the six books, there are also all the bachelors of the Imperial Academy, as well as the chiefs of the various prefectures and colleges. In addition, the booklets of the big bosses in the previous cabinet... Ah Zhi, these scholars really want you to die. of."

Qiu Zijin added.

"That's why Emperor Taizong exiled Fang Xiaoru's ten clans back then."

Wan Lan, who had been sitting next to Wanda playing with cups all the time, was rarely obedient and suddenly said, "If I don't kill all his disciples, the world will be in chaos. If I were the emperor, I would kill all the ten clans of the Yang family. It's not just Yang's father and son. The emperor's uncle is too soft-hearted, this won't work."

Upon hearing this, Wanda covered his mouth in panic.

"Who told you this? What nonsense are you talking about? You're a kid, you know shit!"

"I heard what Brother Xiaoqian said."

Wan Lan pulled Wanda's palm off, blinked her eyes, "Brother Xiaoqian will tell me everything about Chaoli."

Before the words were finished, everyone's eyes turned to Mei Qianzhang who was sitting beside Qiu Zijin.

"Cough... Ah Lan wants to know the trend of various things happening in Beijing."

Mei Qianzhang first coughed, then straightened her back and said, "What I can say is what His Majesty agrees with me."

"Alan, you are saying this in front of your own people. You are not allowed to speak nonsense to others when you are outside."

Wanda asked worriedly.

"Where can I go, I'm a child. At least eight people look at me when I go out."

Wan Lan put her chin on the table and said angrily, "Besides, I can't be the emperor... Ah Tang is..."

"Grandpa, please shut up."

Wanda picked up a chicken leg and stuffed his mouth full.

Everyone exchanged glances with each other helplessly, probably thinking the same sentence in their hearts - ancestors!Fortunately, you have no chance to be emperor.

"I'm afraid the next good show will be the most exciting."

Yang Xiuxian touched Alan's head and said worriedly.

"It's counterproductive for them to force His Majesty like this."

The crowd was silent.

At the same time, in the Anxi Palace, Huai En, who had just returned, asked him about it. The ministers in the cabinet said that there was no initiative or sequence in this memorial, but it was the result of their concerted efforts and told Zhu Jianshen.

"Is that so?"

To Wynn's surprise, Zhu Jianshen nodded sincerely, with a smile on his lips.

"The six departments also signed a memorial just now."

"Yes."

Wynn bowed his head, "This time the cabinet and the six ministries jointly impeached Xichang, and I hope His Majesty will appreciate the patriotism of the ministers."

"Since the cabinet and all ministries of the imperial court have this intention...then let Xichang be dismissed."

Wynn originally thought that according to his understanding of the emperor, he might have to go through several rounds of persuasion before he could be persuaded.Who knew that Zhu Jianshen agreed in just one sentence.Instead, Wynn was stunned on the spot.

"Go down. It's too late today. Tomorrow, we will draw up an order to abolish the West Factory. Ah Zhi is only a child, and he doesn't understand the benefits. Let Ah Zhi go back to the Yuma Supervisor to continue his work. The rest of the West Factory Wait, disband on the spot and return to the original yamen."

"Yes."

Hearing the great news, Wynn quickly knelt down to thank him.

He didn't dare to disturb Zhu Jianshen and Wan Zhen'er's rest, and quickly exited Anxi Palace.

Looking at the back of Wynn leaving, Zhu Jianshen turned around and kicked over the big copper tripod incense burner on the carpet in the room.

The lid of the incense burner fell here, making a "bang-dang" sound.Charcoal and incense powder were scattered all over the floor.

Wan Zhen'er, who was sewing underwear for Zhu Jianshen in the bedroom, heard the sound and hurried out, and saw Zhu Jianshen who was in a rage.

"Zhen, I just said something about the six-part joint letter... Wynn didn't even think about it, he just said that he also impeached Xichang. Didn't he just return to the palace? Ah! How did he know? "

Upon hearing this, Wan Zhen'er hurriedly turned around and waved away the maids and servants who were about to come in to clean up the mess on the ground.

"Your Majesty, you have to take care of your health, and don't get angry because of these people."

Wan Zhen'er raised her hand to help Zhu Jianshen back to the bedroom, lay down on the small couch, and ordered the maid to wring out a towel and cover it on Zhu Jianshen's forehead with a splitting headache.

"In the fourth year of Chenghua, how far these ministers have pushed me, does Minister Wan still remember?"

Zhu Jianshen covered his head with one hand and said in pain.

Wan Zhener nodded in embarrassment.

On June 24 of that year, Empress Dowager Qian passed away.

The Empress Dowager Zhou insisted on violating the last words of the first emperor, "Empress Qian's name has always been established, she should be filial to the end of her life, and the empress will die in a day, so she should be buried with me" (Note 3).

He insisted on burying Empress Dowager Qian, who is his first wife, elsewhere.

As for the Yuling in Tianshou Mountain, it must follow the standard of the emperor and the empress being buried together, and after a hundred years, she will be buried in the same cave as the Daxing Emperor Zhu Qizhen.

The last time the Empress Dowager Zhou made a similar move was after Zhu Qizhen's death, she prevented the cabinet ministers from giving the Empress Dowager Qian an honorary title, and only allowed them to give it to herself.

This practice of using the concubine to bully the concubine to shake the ancestral system naturally received a backlash from all the officials.

Later, after discussion by the Ministry of Rites, it was decided to change the style of the mausoleum to three people in the same cave, as a turnaround.

Who knew that the Empress Dowager Zhou was still relentless, looking for life and death several times, forcing Zhu Jianshen into a panic.

After receiving no response from the officials of the outer dynasty, on the first day of July of that year, outside the gate of the Wenhua Palace, officials headed by the Ministry of Rites gathered hundreds of officials in Beijing to "cry and admonish" Zhu Jianshen.

Although this move did not impress Zhu Jianshen, it really frightened the Queen Mother Zhou.

The old lady also acted domineeringly over her son and daughters-in-law. Faced with the pressure from all the officials, she put down her airs as a queen mother, fled back to Renshou Palace, and agreed to the proposal of the three of them being buried together.

Although the matter was resolved in the end, this thorn has stuck in Zhu Jianshen's heart ever since.

I, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was blackmailed by officials.

For so many years, Zhu Jianshen has regarded this incident as a great humiliation in his life - as long as these courtiers are connected with each other, they can shake the imperial power and persecute the emperor - isn't this terrible?

If I were a strong man like Grandpa Taizu, Grandpa Taizong, Grandpa Xuanzong, would they still dare?Not to mention hundreds of people crying and admonishing, even if it is thousands of people crying and admonishing, so what?

But now, the scene he hated the most had happened again.

It's just that it's not just the courtiers and officials involved this time.

"Companion Wynn..."

Zhu Jian said bitterly.

"The concubine promises that even if Wynn did something wrong, it was out of loyalty. Wynn can't betray His Majesty."

Wan Zhen'er hurriedly knelt down to plead for Wynn.

Zhu Jianshen tore off the silk handkerchief on his forehead, narrowed his eyes, "I think I won't pursue him because of the relationship he grew up with me..."

With that said, Zhu Jianshen closed his eyes.

"But those ministers from the foreign court... I will deal with them one by one."

Wan Zhener lowered her head.

She grew up under the upbringing of the Empress Dowager Sun, and she knew the ancestral precept that concubines should not be involved in politics, so she couldn't say anything more.

"Call Wang Zhi and Xiao Lang to come..."

Zhu Jianshen straightened up, "Xichang can be closed. But the case needs to be investigated."

The author has something to say: Note 1: "Ming Xianzong Shilu Volume 165" Note 2: "Ming Xianzong Shilu Volume 166"

Note 3: "Ming Yingzong Records Volume 361"