If he could attach himself to Jin Yiwei, it would be a bright way out for Xia Xun.
But as soon as Mr. Feng opened his mouth, Xia Xun knew that he was lying. It didn't matter if he lied. What mattered was how much secret the lie concealed. If the secret was not something he could bear, a man who was not allowed to know the details but had to
What will happen to those who participated in the secret? They will be silenced!
Before the Jinyiwei, the only comparable organization was the imperial prison during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, there were twenty-nine imperial prisons, where hundreds of county governors, Jiuqing and other high-ranking officials were detained, affecting more than 100,000 people.
Wei swaggered through the city, and everyone who saw it changed their expressions. However, the imperial edict and prison did not last throughout the Han Dynasty, and few people in later generations knew about it. This was not the case with the Jinyiwei. Even those who were not familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, who had not heard of them?
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Zhu Yuanzhang was a man of great wisdom. He knew very well why he used severe punishments, and also knew when to restrain severe punishments. He used the Jin Yiwei to control ambitious people such as the Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, corrupt officials such as the Prince Consort Ouyang Lun, and arrogant and arrogant people like the Prince Consort Ouyang Lun.
After the general Lan Yuzhe and even the powerful ministers and relatives who he considered to be a major threat to Zhu Ming's world were killed, he said: "In a troubled world, punishment must be severe. My descendants are in a peaceful world, so the punishment should be light." Jin Yiwei said this.
The first tiger was locked in a cage by him.
According to Feng Zongqi, the Jinyiwei were not reduced in power. It was only because the emperor was uneasy that he made them turn light into darkness. Is this Zhu Yuanzhang's style? Not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang's own way of going his own way and acting vigorously and resolutely. Any emperor would
When it comes to issues involving imperial power and rebellion, how could one use such weak means and send a few small fish and shrimps to secretly carry out reconnaissance, and even have to go to great lengths to win over a local gentry to get close to the target? Such ridiculous nonsense is also impossible.
Only a truly illiterate country boy would believe it.
In later historical materials, from the 29th year of Hongwu when Zhu Yuanzhang deprived the Jin Yiwei of power until Emperor Yongle revived the Jin Yiwei, the records about the Jin Yiwei during this period are blank. If the Jin Yiwei really turned light into darkness, they still had great power.
He had great power and was still carrying out various activities secretly. Even if he acted secretly and no one knew about it at the time, it would be impossible for there to be no trace of it in the archives of the Ming Dynasty that would be made public in later generations.
Therefore, Xia Xun concluded that Feng Jianxiao's story about their origins was not entirely true, and their activities in Qingzhou were not necessarily legal, let alone in compliance with the imperial edict.
Immediately afterwards, on the way to Unload Shipengzhai, Zhang Shisan lied to An Xiaxun that the case did not involve King Qi. The reason why the emperor wanted to do it secretly was because King Tan Zhu Zi had rebelled against his uncle.
He committed suicide for fear of being implicated and punished. The emperor was worried that King Zhu of Qi would follow in the footsteps of his eighth brother, so he ordered Jin Yiwei to do it secretly.
As a result, Xia Xun also had deep doubts about their purpose. Because by coincidence, he happened to know that King Tan's self-immolation was definitely not because of his uncle's rebellion, even if no one in the world knew it.
The kings may not necessarily know the true cause of King Tan's death, and Zhu Yuanzhang will certainly not believe the lies he announced.
Regarding the death of King Zhu Zi of Zhang, according to the official statement, it was because his uncle Yu Hu was accused of being a party to the Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, and King Tan committed suicide in fear. There is another theory among the people, saying that Zhu Zi's mother is the current
The emperor's concubine was originally Chen Youliang's empress Dalan. After Dalan became pregnant, she became Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine. Zhu Zi was actually the posthumous son of Chen Youliang, the emperor of the Tianwan Empire. King Tan knew his true life experience, so he wanted to
When he rebelled, the emperor sent troops to arrest him. Unwilling to be defeated and humiliated, Zhu Zi burned himself to death.
The whole story is well-written, with Concubine Da secretly telling her son to avenge his father, Zhu Zi setting fire to the palace, and how he cursed in the fire when the fire started.
, no one can remember how others knew these details?
Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine Dalan was indeed Chen Youliang's queen. As early as in the "Great Edict" formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, he had personally admitted this to the people of the world. He said: "When the world was not yet peaceful, I conquered cities and territories, and joined forces with the heroes.
During the fourteen years of exile, I never took away a single woman in the army. Only after capturing Wuchang, Chen Youliang was angry and repeatedly launched troops to invade, so he took away his concubine and returned."
For this reason, this rumor is quite confusing. The common people do not know the specific ages of these princes and which princess they were born from. Many people believe it to be true. Even if they don’t believe it, they are happy to spread it. People are curious.
, the more absurd something is, the more vital it is, so the more unreliable rumors spread, the more evil they become.
In fact, Zhu Zi was born after 1997 after Chen Youliang's death. The birth time does not match up at all, not to mention that he has a compatriot brother above him. His brother, who is from the same mother and compatriot, is now in Qingzhou.
If Qi Wang Zhu and Chen Youliang really had a posthumous son, it should be his brother Qi Wang instead of Tan Wang.
Precisely because there are two versions of the cause of death of King Tan, official history and unofficial history, historians of later generations have conducted research on it. The results of the research are surprising: the rumor that King Tan is Chen Youliang's posthumous son is certainly not true.
Letter, the official cause of death is also untenable!
Xia Xun is very interested in gossip and curious news. He happened to see this analysis article back then and remembered the main content of the scholar's research.
The scholar first listed his reasons in the article. According to the scholar, although Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless, he was very protective and tolerant towards others, but towards his own son. This can be seen from the domineering kings in the early Ming Dynasty.
It's evident.
When King Tan's eldest brother-in-law was accused of being a member of Hu Weiyong's party, Hu Weiyong and the main officials involved had been dead for ten years. His eldest brother-in-law Yu Hu was just a minor official under the command of the Ningxia Guard at the time of the incident.
Years ago, when he was not related to King Tan, his official position was even smaller. Is such a small official qualified to participate in Hu Weiyong's rebellion? If he did, what major counterattack would there be?
The most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang's biological son would be frightened to commit suicide because his brother-in-law was a traitor to the party? Don't forget that Prime Minister Li Shanchang collapsed because of the Hu Weiyong case. Li Shanchang was listed as a felon in the Hu Party. Only four people in his family of more than 70 survived.
, these four people are Li Shanchang’s second son Li Qi, his wife and their two children.
The reason was that the daughter-in-law of the Li family was Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter, so Zhu Yuanzhang pardoned his uncle and his two grandsons. His uncle and his own father were felons who rebelled against the Party, so they could be exempted. His biological son, his elder brother-in-law, was a traitor to the Party.
What could Zhu Yuanzhang do to his own son? How could he frighten a prince into committing suicide in panic?
This reason is simply untenable. The scholar extensively collected a large number of Ming Dynasty official documents, local government records and other historical materials. As a result, he discovered a major fact, that is, King Tan self-immolated on the 23rd day of Hongwu.
On the first day of April of that year, his elder brother-in-law Yu Hu had not yet been involved in the crime. That is to say, when King Zhu Zi of Tan committed suicide in fear because his uncle was a Hu Party member, his elder brother-in-law was still a commander in Ningxia.
Well, no one has reported him yet.
This is strange. Before anything happened to my uncle, his brother-in-law, King Tan, was happily setting himself on fire. Why?
This biggest flaw was ignored by people at the time due to the communication conditions and news dissemination efficiency at the time. If the official does not inform you of specific information, you will not be able to grasp the specific situation. In this way, the official deliberately reported the two cases.
The specific time of the two cases was vague. As a result, even people at the time could not see the problem.
There are very few people who are qualified to have access to the intelligence information before and after King Tan's self-immolation. Among these very few people, there are even fewer people who are interested in comprehensively analyzing the information and seeing the strangeness in it.
There are so few people left, and all of them are officials serving in the central court. Who would be impatient enough to publicize these doubts to the outside world? Therefore, the official version of King Tan’s death not only concealed it from countless people.
, even many officials and gentry believed it to be true.
However, after consulting a large number of archives and official records, the scholar discovered this unquestionable contradiction. Of course, the scholar did not verify the real cause of death of King Tan Zhu Zi. He only stated the true facts of this suspicious case.
Neng has long been buried in the vast history, but his analysis from both emotional and rational aspects completely overturned the official answer announced by the Ming Dynasty. Xia Xun took the road of becoming a policeman, and his analysis of the problem was more rational, so
I firmly support this scholar’s research.
In fact, in the scholar's research article, he also mentioned the strange identity of the person who reported Yu Hu's rebellion, and the loopholes in the confession. However, this was no longer within the scope of curiosity, and Xia Xun did not take a closer look. Unfortunately, Zhang
Shi San was dying, and Xia Xun did not check the problems he had discovered one by one. Otherwise, maybe he would have uncovered the eternal mystery from Zhang Shi San's mouth.
Because Zhang Shisan was one of the few people who knew the real cause of King Tan's death. He was Luo Qianshi's confidant and had personally heard Master Luo mention this matter.
Yes, King Tan was indeed not afraid of committing suicide because his uncle was involved in Hu Weiyong's rebellion. The real reason for his suicide was to cause chaos in the palace.
King Tan Zhu Zi is gentle and elegant, handsome in appearance. He is good at poetry and songs. He rarely acts domineering or disturbing the local area in the vassal country, so he has an excellent reputation. However, this person has one thing wrong with him, that is, he is romantic and lustful. As a man,
It's okay for the vassal king to like women. As long as he wants to, there are many beautiful women for him to take advantage of. The problem is that this romantic seed is so bold that he even dares to seduce women in the palace.
King Tan had formed a bad relationship with many court ladies before he became a feudal lord. He still missed them endlessly, so he often took advantage of the pilgrimage to return to the capital to hang out with them. Because the secret of the affair gradually leaked out.
The rumor was detected by the Jin Yiwei and reported to the emperor secretly. Theoretically, the palace ladies were all the emperor's intended concubines. Such a treasonous and unethical act was an unforgivable crime for Zhu Yuanzhang, who attached great importance to feudal etiquette and order. He was furious.
, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Jinyi Guards to secretly announce that Zhu Zi had returned to the capital.
Zhu Zi is fully aware of the sins he has committed