The Ming Dynasty started with caution

The Zhang brothers cried in grievance.

After all, he was his biological brother. Although Queen Zhang scolded him, she still felt distressed in her heart.

Emperor Hongzhi slowly entered Kunning Palace. When the Zhang brothers saw him coming, they cried even louder, which made him a little upset: "What's going on?"

Empress Zhang obviously didn't know that Emperor Hongzhi would come. She thought it was her brother who sent someone to complain again, so she stood up and saluted: "My concubine made no excuses. I don't know what the messenger said to your majesty. Your majesty must not take it seriously."

The two stone lions in front of the Kunning Palace have forty-five curly buns on their heads, but they are slightly different from the stone lions in the Fengtian Palace. Their ears are drooped, which means that the harem must not interfere in political affairs.

How could Queen Zhang not remember?

It concerns court officials, and since Emperor Hongzhi is here, she will naturally not interfere much.

Emperor Hongzhi was more concerned about how he was blind and what it had to do with Yan Chengjin. He walked up to Zhang Yanling and said, "Tell me carefully."

"Your Majesty, I was using a telescope to collect money. Yan Chengjin said that looking at the sun would make me blind. I didn't believe it. Who would have thought that I would actually be blind after looking at it!" Zhang Yanling felt aggrieved.

Zhang Heling gave his brother a beating, like a sand dollar, can you say that?

Hearing that her brother, relying on his status, commandeered the Song Telescope to collect money from the gentry, Queen Zhang was so angry that she shook her phoenix crown: "Your Majesty bought the Song Telescope for the common people to watch. If you dare to disobey the edict, you deserve to be blind!"

Emperor Hongzhi's face darkened: "Send Yan Chengjin to see me!"

Yan Chengjin guessed that Empress Zhang would announce him, but to her surprise, it was Xiao Jing, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, who knew without asking that it was Emperor Hongzhi who wanted to see him.

"Do you have any yellow rice on your father-in-law?"

Xiao Jing was shocked: "Is it possible that you still want to bribe His Majesty?"

"Borrow it, use it, and return it soon."

When they arrived at Kunning Palace, Yan Chengjin knelt down when he saw Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi said abruptly: "Do you know your guilt?"

"I am aware of my guilt."

Xiao Jing's old face twitched, and His Majesty said casually, "Are you moving too fast?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked strange. He had originally planned a series of interrogation procedures, but now he was holding back his words, feeling unspeakably uncomfortable.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Is Jianchang Bo really blind in his life?"

Zhang Heling glanced at Emperor Hongzhi, his expression seemed to tell him, didn't your Majesty ask the question knowingly?

Zhang Yanling cried out, "I'm blind...I'm blind!"

Yan Chengjin took out a gold bar from his arms and threw it at Zhang Yanling's feet.

Bang!

There was a crisp sound of metal colliding. Zhang Heling quickly lifted the gauze from his eyes and was overjoyed: "I knew it was gold as soon as I heard the sound! Brother, I picked up gold!"

He put it in his mouth again and bit it, "It's really gold!"

Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang could clearly see how Zhang Yanling lifted the gauze and picked up the gold accurately.

This is obviously a false accusation against the minister!

The Song family telescope who occupied the imperial court dared to falsely accuse the ministers, and they almost believed it.

Emperor Hongzhi's voice shook the main hall, and he said angrily: "Do you really think that I won't deal with you two!"

The Zhang brothers were like chaff, trembling with fear, shouting words such as "spare their lives", and then looked at Queen Zhang.

Empress Zhang looked sulky. When she heard that her brother was blind, she burst into tears and felt pain in her heart. She even felt sorry for her dead father. Is it a false accusation to cause such a big farce?

"It's time for you two to be taught a lesson!"

As long as their lives are not taken, even if they are sent to the frontier to build the Great Wall, Queen Zhang will not complain at all.

Since Jian Changbo's eyes are not blind, doesn't it mean that...

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin. Yan Chengjin knew what he wanted to ask and said: "Jianchang Bo just took a look. That's why I concluded that he was temporarily blind, not permanent. If he really used Song's telescope to look at the sun, I'm afraid." Within half an hour, you will really go blind."

Not to mention using telescopes, even if you just look with your eyes, you will run the risk of going blind.

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a few times: "Why did you still plead guilty just now?"

"I did not inform Your Majesty in advance and could not watch the sun. I am indeed guilty and of course I must admit it."

With this censor, why worry about the lack of official integrity in the court?

Emperor Hongzhi sighed in his heart: "Yan Chengjin's recommendation is meritorious. The Song telescope is a property of the imperial court. How can a treacherous official make personal profits and order the Jinyi Guards to guard it? Marquis Ningshou and Uncle Jianchang are all dragged out to fight fifty big boards!"

"Your Majesty, wait!"

Yan Chengjin interrupted.

The Zhang brothers were immediately moved. Yan Yushi is a good man. He falsely accused him, but he still interceded for us. The world is declining, and people are not as old as they used to be. There are not many people like this.

"I borrowed that ingot of gold from Eunuch Xiao. Please return it to me."

Zhang Yanling didn't want to give it back, but felt Emperor Hongzhi's murderous gaze and quickly handed over the gold.

The imperial staff was invented by Zhu Yuanzhang. Its purpose was only to humiliate civil servants mentally, not to cripple them.

Therefore, when receiving the imperial staff, one can put a bedding under the clothes.

There is not a single stick missing from the fifty big boards. The eunuchs have been playing with the board all year round. They can control the strength of their hands freely. They know how to break the bones through the skin and how to make a crackling sound without any pain at all.

The Zhang brothers are uncles of the country, so they don't dare to do too much harm.

After finishing the beating, the brothers got up from the bench.

"Brother, my butt hurts!"

Shouning Hou said angrily: "We want Yan Chengjin to become an official, and he will not become an official!"

"Yes! Let him not become an official!"

The two brothers supported each other and walked out of the Meridian Gate. They saw the Song telescope again and felt very sad.

This morning, at least more than 300 taels of silver were collected. Silver fell from the sky for nothing! Just flew away like that.

I couldn't help but feel pain.

Emperor Hongzhi sent Jinyiwei to guard it. Anyone can see it, but no money is collected.

Zhang Heling thought about it and said, "Brother, there is one in the capital, but not in Jiangnan! Jiangnan is richer than the capital. If it is brought to Jiangnan, wouldn't it be counting silver until the eyes roll?"

After leaving the palace, Yan Chengjin was stopped by the Zhang brothers. Zhang Heling smiled and gave him goose bumps.

These two brothers are long-lived, but not very smart!

During the Jiajing Dynasty, they angered Emperor Jiajing. One was imprisoned and died alive, and the other was beheaded in Xishi.

Playing conspiracies and tricks is really a bit embarrassing for the two brothers.

Zhang Heling held his buttocks and said with a smile: "My dear nephew, have you left the court?"

"Does Shouning Marquis want to take revenge on me? In broad daylight..." Yan Chengjin's voice rose several degrees, and the surrounding Jinyiwei looked over here.

"Oh no, you misunderstood, isn't it just a beating? My brother doesn't take it seriously." Zhang Yanling was anxious after hearing what Zhang Heling said. He wanted to press Yan Chengjin to the ground and beat him up.

But Zhang Heling was his brother after all. He gave him a look and Zhang Yanling didn't dare to say anything.

"Not revenge? What do the two lords want from me?"

Zhang Heling's teeth creaked with hatred: "I want to build a Song telescope, but Song Jing, that bastard, won't agree! I have to ask you to agree. Here are fifty taels of silver. Tell Song Jing, and this is your money."

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