The general's wife is sick

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the dynasty will resume.

The first thing that happened at the beginning of the dynasty was that Zhang Li, a civil servant and admonisher, participated in Wang Zhiyuan's book.

"Report to the emperor, the minister has his own book, the minister participated in the city defense general Wang Zhiyuan withheld military pay, physically punished his subordinates, accepted bribes in private, bought and sold officials! In addition, he was not strict with his daughter-in-law, and the third queen was as happy as marrying into Earl Ziyang's mansion." On the surface, he cared about Yan Bao, the concubine and son of a concubine, but in private, he poisoned Yan Bao when he was a child, causing him to become terminally ill, and now he often falls into a coma, and is already bedridden!" Zhang Li stood upright with an official hat on his head Righteousness, when talking about the assassination, the face is extremely angry.

Wang Zhiyuan did not expect that at the beginning of the new year, Zhang Lilai would give him a slap in the face as soon as he returned to the court.

He has been operating in Beijing for many years, and he has never encountered a situation that made him lose his head for a moment.

He has been a city defense general for more than [-] years. He has three daughters and one son in his family.

The eldest daughter married the second son of the Minister of Military Affairs, the second daughter married the third son of the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, only the third daughter married well, the aunt who is the head of the Earl's Mansion of Ziyang.The only son is even more promising. The year before last, he was a Jinshi. Although he is sent abroad, everyone around him knows that he will still be transferred back to be a Beijing official after he has experienced abroad.

With many years of painstaking efforts, Wang Zhiyuan's connections in Beijing are as dense as a spider's web, and he has never made any mistakes. Now, in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the fig leaf was lifted and the red underwear was ripped off. The old face instantly turned purple.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I have been wronged, and my daughter is even more wronged. The old minister has been an official for more than [-] years. He has worked hard and worked hard. During his tenure, there has never been a single mistake. The capital dare not say that it is solid, but no one can shake it. The minister's daughter is well-educated when she is at home, and she obeys her husband and son when she gets married. Besides, my daughter's love for Bao'er is well known in the capital, and she can't possibly harm him!" Wang Zhiyuan knelt down at the speed Very quickly, he knelt on the cold floor tiles of the main hall, his whole body trembling with excitement, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Seeing this, Zhang Li was not in a hurry. He took out a memorial from his pocket, "Your Majesty, I expected that General Wang would defend himself, so I wrote down all the evidence I mentioned in this memorial. The Emperor's Sacred Judgment!"

Shen Lin walked down from Emperor Xuande, and Zhang Li respectfully presented the memorial.

There was just a civil uprising caused by a corruption case in Yuzhou, Xiong Jinghai finally stepped forward to quell the chaos, and it subsided for the new year. Unexpectedly, just after the new year, another corruption case of the city defense army came. Someone would come forward to defend Wang Zhiyuan, but at this time all the courtiers kept silent on this matter, and no one wanted to hit the gun.

Wang Zhiyuan's book was dripping with cold sweat. During the silent time when Emperor Xuande read the memorial, three methods of getting rid of crimes had already rolled through his mind.

His thoughts raced, but he couldn't resist the fury of the thunder. Zhang Li's memorial was slammed down beside Wang Zhiyuan. He glanced at the content of the memorial, and piled it aside for a while, his thoughts were cut off on the spot .

"Chen...Chen..." The word grievance sticks in his throat, falling up and down like a ball.

"Wang Zhiyuan, it's in vain that I trust you so much. For 30 years, the city defense army has been under your jurisdiction. Is this how you repay me now! Come, take off his official hat and uniform for me, and put him in the prison , the chief judge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, let me find out who bought the official and what official he sold over the years! Also, as the head of the family's aunt who doesn't love her children, let me interrogate and ask clearly!"

Emperor Xuande's voice was cold, and his anger was palpable. He told Wang Zhiyuan what he said, but stared at Zhao Yongnian with sharp eyes.

The current empress dowager is not the biological mother of Emperor Xuande, she is the mother empress dowager of the dynasty.

Emperor Xuande's biological mother was the virtuous concubine among the four concubines. After she fell ill and died, the eight-year-old Emperor Xuande was named under the name of the empress dowager who was the empress at that time. At that time, the empress dowager had an eldest son. In order to make a living, although the Queen Mother treated him with affection, she really raised him.

Then, the eldest son of the empress dowager died unexpectedly, and Emperor Xuande was assisted by the current empress dowager to ascend to the throne of God.

In other words, Emperor Xuande's ability to secure the throne was largely due to luck.

The Chang'an Dynasty emphasized concubines, but Emperor Xuande was a concubine. Even though he disliked his own identity the most, he had to bow to reality under the strict distinction between concubine and concubine, orthodox and unorthodox, but in the end At the bottom of his heart, he was still extremely disgusted with making this boundary clear.

This is also the reason why Wang Xinru treats Yan Bao very well. Everyone knows that the emperor is a nominal son, so the mothers of each family are more tolerant towards the sons and daughters. be an official.

Wang Zhiyuan was dragged away by the Imperial Forest Army in front of several halls. After the sound of begging for mercy, there was a dead silence in the hall, as heavy as embers of volcanic ash falling to the ground.

The silent atmosphere of the officials was three parts frightened, three parts nervous, three parts scared, and one part rejoicing.

Zhang Li stood aside with his usual expression, unaware that his actions had turned the peaceful court upside down.

The turbulent winds and clouds above the court tended to calm down, and Ji Liu in Ji's mansion was peaceful. He even boiled a pot of tea for himself in his free time. , in order to reconcile the taste of herbs, additional licorice was added.

Herbal plants have a lot of fine foam, so he sewed many small cloth bags with fine silk, put the medicinal herbs in them, and threaded them with silver needles to seal them. Today's brewing is this kind of small tea bags.

In addition, there are some tea bags for weight loss, beauty and beauty. Now the time has not come, and the large-scale output has not yet been produced. They are only made for their own people to taste.

Cheng Cheng came back from the street with a silk basket in his hand. This is his usual travel equipment, which can be disguised and is very practical.

Today he didn't put down the things and came back to answer. Just judging from the excited expression and the unloaded equipment, Ji Liu had already guessed the outcome of the matter.

"Master!" Putting the basket in his hand on the table, Cheng Cheng picked up the teacup and drank the herbal tea in one gulp.

Seeing how thirsty he was, Ji Liu added another cup for him, "Is it done?"

Putting down the teacup, Cheng Chengyuan's eyes sparkled, "It's done! Mr. Zhang is really powerful. On the first day of the opening of the dynasty, he broke the matter in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Wang Zhiyuan was imprisoned during the dynasty. He is going to the Earl's Mansion of Ziyang, and his daughter will also be imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Justice!"

"Did you send the antidote to Earl Ziyang's Mansion?"

"Send it, and hand it over to Yan Shuangshao's maid Zhaohua at the back door. You can rest assured, young master."

Ji Liu nodded and praised him, "Well done, the next step is to wait for the court's decision."

The antidote sent was for Madoka, he had been in a coma for half a month, now it's time to wake up.

The fact that Wang Xin poisoned Yan Bao as follows is the news that Ji Liu disclosed to Zhang Li. Zhang Li has always been upright. rigid.

This kind of person doesn't rub a grain of sand in their eyes. Wang Zhiyuan is corrupt, buys and sells officials, and his daughter poisons and murders the concubine in the mansion by virtue of her status as the head of the house. pain.

All the doctors that Aunt Yun invited from other places to examine Yan Bao’s pulse were invited to the capital by Zhang Li, and the doctor who was in the Earl’s residence of Ziyang who had cleared Yan Bao’s pulse was also arrested in advance. Although Xiaoyuan’s confession was difficult, But he believed in the justice and methods of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it was only a matter of time before he got his testimony.

Wang Zhiyuan is Wang Xinru's backstage, as long as Wang Zhiyuan is still the general of the city defense, even if Wang Xinru's matter is exposed, it will eventually be reduced to a minor one.

Ji Liu is in the backyard and is restricted everywhere, so the easiest way to deal with Yan Bao is...

Draw the bottom of the pot and kill with a borrowed knife!

"You should listen to the news on the street more these two days."

"Okay, but master, what about our military boot business?"

"It's okay, Wang Zhiyuan was pulled down, and the position of the general of the city defense army is vacant, but the soldiers are still there. There are four generals in the court now, and now there is one less. The emperor will definitely consider a suitable candidate."

Xiong Jinghai's trip to Yuzhou has not been completed yet, otherwise, if he returns to Beijing at this time, maybe this position...

Cheng Cheng's eyes are bright, his thinking is synchronized with Ji Liu's, "Will General Xiong..."

"Will not."

Ji Liu shook his head rationally, denying this idea. No matter who will take over in the future, Xiong Jinghai will never take over the city defense army. "I'm afraid the emperor will promote one from the current city defense army."

"why?"

From the point of view of composition, although Xiong Jinghai's style is a bit of a bandit, he is sharp in kung fu and straightforward.

Looking at the current situation in the court, among the generals, only he has reached the position of general at a young age, and such a young talent is qualified to take over the city defense army.

"Why do you think Wang Zhiyuan has stayed in the city defense army for more than 30 years? The terrain of my dynasty is peculiar. There are tall and continuous mountains in the north, and there are no foreign enemies. Make up, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the military officers who can take action are only these few, if any one is missing, Emperor Xuande has no one who can fill it up immediately, so even if Wang Zhiyuan falls and the city defense army is vacant, the emperor will definitely not Let Xiong Jinghai stay in the capital."

Ji Liu sometimes hates his own reasoning, he can carefully analyze the situation in the capital, so he knows even more that even if he and Xiong Zheng understand that apart from the marriage contract, Xiong Jinghai is not the one who can be entrusted to.

Living in a feudal society, Shuang'er must marry. As long as this era remains unchanged, marrying will be his final outcome.

Xiong Jinghai will definitely be in the northwest all year round in the future. If he marries Xiong Jinghai, he will be taken as a hostage and stay in Beijing like Princess Guangyang, enduring the miserable situation of being separated for a long time.

Since ancient times, the monarch's way of employing people has been like this.

Unless he can join the army in the future, there is no room for his ambition, his ambition here.

"Young master, I overheard someone say that the emperor has been suppressed by the queen mother, and the prime minister is from the queen mother's side..." Cheng hesitantly looked at Ji Liu's reaction while speaking.

Ji Liu frowned, such words can be spread in the market?

"Who did you hear that from?"

Cheng Cheng shook his head, "I don't know, when I was inquiring about Wang Zhiyuan today, I passed by the private room of the wine pavilion, the window was not closed tightly, and I heard it. But I didn't dare to stay outside the window, so I don't know who was there at that time." Inside."

Ji Liu told him, "When encountering such a thing in the future, hide as far as you can, and don't listen to what you shouldn't."

"Accident, young master, but why is this?" The composition is not clear, although he likes to gossip, no one dares to talk about the emperor in an open and honest manner.

"Emperor Xuande is not the empress dowager's own son, but the nominal son. When the empress dowager's eldest son was still there, everyone thought that the throne must belong to the eldest prince. They didn't expect that the elder prince would die young. The emperor's throne is white. Picked it up. Although the emperor has been in charge for many years, and some of the princes under him have grown up, in fact, the decision-making power for many things is in the hands of the queen mother. Prime Minister Zhao is the queen mother's younger brother. , our emperor is a real foreigner."

As if he had heard some great news, Cheng's round eyes were round and round, "They...they want to usurp the throne?"

"No, if you wanted to usurp the throne, you would have done it long ago, but the premise is that the emperor must be a qualified puppet."

Cheng Cheng shivered timidly, "Master, let's go back, let's go back to Zhucheng, I'm a little scared."

"Don't be afraid." Ji Liu comforted him, "It's useless to be afraid, even if you are far away in Zhucheng, once there is turmoil in the capital, it will also affect other places."

Ingredient never thought that a noble as the emperor would be treated as a puppet by the queen mother. In his eyes, the emperor is a high-ranking person who holds the power over everyone's life and death.

Ji Liushen refills tea for him again, he doesn't want to instill in the hierarchical feudal society the principle of "Will princes and generals be kind?", because that will only speed up the path to death for those who don't follow the rules.

"Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and the royal family is no exception."

Composition nodded, "Master, it's still your best day."