Now that things have happened, Yang Dan no longer conceals anything and directly speaks openly and honestly.
The officials, big and small, who were active in the court, such as Zhang Yi and others, were all disciples and former officials of Sanyang.
The Ming Dynasty was founded by force, and the civil service group was suppressed by Zhu Yuanzhang in the Hongwu Dynasty. In the Jianwen Dynasty, when it just raised its head, there was a crisis. Zhu Di's work style completely imitated his father, which made people breathless.
It was not until the Ren and Xuan dynasties that the civil service group really began to develop and grow under the leadership of San Yang in the cabinet.
Among the three Yangs, Yang Shiqi was the leader. However, in the eighth year of Zhengtong, something happened, which directly put this veteran of the Five Dynasties in danger.
Yang Shiqi's son, Yang Ji, relied on his father as the chief minister of the cabinet. He was domineering in his hometown of Taihe County, Ji'an Prefecture, bullying men and women, and even causing death.
Although the matter was serious, as the chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Shiqi wanted to suppress the matter with just one sentence.
The problem is that one victim actually bypassed local officials, fought all the way from his hometown to the capital, and brought the case to the emperor!
At this time, the matter was completely exposed. Yang Ji was captured by the Jin Yiwei and taken to the capital. The evidence was irrefutable. Yang Shiqi had no choice but to watch his son be beheaded in public.
Due to lax discipline, he, the chief minister of the cabinet, had no shame in continuing his job. He retired from office and returned home, worried about illness, and reunited with his son in less than a year.
After Yang Shiqi's death, there were other two Yangs, as well as his disciples and former officials, who were still active in the court.
In terms of qualifications, Yang Dan is the son of Yang Pu and Yang Tai is the grandson of Yang Rong. One of them is in the capital and the other is in Jiangnan. All they need to do is secretly unite the gentry of the previous dynasty and respond to the officials, and half of the matter is done.
The other half lies in military power. Civilians control the government, but they cannot control the army.
At this time, an episode suddenly occurred. Two censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate discovered the clues and prepared to file a report.
So, Yang Dan came up with a plan and conspired with the left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to send the two censors to investigate Yang Hong's deficit!
Because Wu Heng, the right minister of the Ministry of War, has already found out that when Yang Hong was the chief military officer of Datong, when he was the chief military officer of Xuanfu, and after he entered the court and became the minister, he had an unknown number of shortcomings.
In this way, he can not only eliminate dissidents with the help of Yang Hong, but also drag him down. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.
The more Zhang Yi listened, the more he frowned, and his face was so dark that ink could ooze out.
He never expected that these people would plot a rebellion under the eyes of the emperor. What was even more annoying was that the emperor cooperated and ran away with a few royal guards.
Confucius said: It was fine when I went there, but I can't come back!
"Who knows about this matter? Does Mr. Cao of the cabinet know?"
Zhang Yi asked the last question because he had to know how serious the matter was.
Yang Dan shook his head and said, "Cao Shoufu doesn't know."
"Is it because you don't know, or because you failed to instigate rebellion?"
"I didn't tell him at all!"
"Why?"
"He is from the north and we are not of the same mind. What's more, he is already the chief minister of the cabinet."
The implication is that even if the prince ascends the throne, Cao Nai cannot go further.
But Zhang Yi is different. He is now the second assistant and can become the first assistant, which is a very popular minister.
Yang Dan's words also have another meaning. Officials in the imperial court are divided into factions. From a broad perspective, they are divided into two factions: the north and the south.
The Southern Faction can be divided into many smaller factions such as the Zhejiang Faction, the Huaixi Faction, and the Huguang Faction. However, these people will immediately unite when dealing with the Northern Faction.
The most striking example is the first imperial examination in the Hongwu Dynasty. All the candidates on the list were from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang had to create a separate Enke North Field and re-select 300 northern students.
In the court, the northern and southern factions have never dealt with each other, and the southern faction has always suppressed the northern faction. Naturally, they will not want to see Cao Nai.
At this time, Zhang Yi had already understood the ins and outs of the matter. The planners were led by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang factions, former disciples and former officials of Sanyang's group. They did not want to see the imperial court open the sea for trade, nor did they want their land to be taxed, especially
Since the New Deal, people's lives have changed a lot, which has caused these scholars to gradually lose their sense of superiority.
I remember that in the beginning, the emperor went on a killing spree in order to open up the sea.
Tens of thousands of people were implicated, but they were eventually counterattacked by these people.
In the face of huge profits, no one is willing to back down.
Not even if you are the emperor!
From tonight's conversation, he also got another extremely important information, that is, the death of the late emperor seemed to be related to this incident.
At that time, he was just a small editor and didn't know the inside story.
If what Yang Dan said is true, they can join forces to kill the late emperor, and naturally they can also kill the current emperor.
Zhang Yi closed his eyes silently. If a new king is established in this way, all the ministers will definitely unite as one. Then his words will be the imperial edict and will be more effective than the emperor's words.
At this moment, he suddenly understood Hu Weiyong's thoughts.
In the face of huge power, who can resist the temptation?
Yang Dan waited for a long time, and when he saw that he was still hesitant, he said, "Brother Zhang, why are you doing this? Today's society is unkind. It levies excessive taxes on the gentry and the common people, and even suppresses officials like us to death. Ask yourself, are we worthy of it?"
Will you sacrifice your life for this person?"
Zhang Yi sighed and said: "This is a coup. If there is a slight mistake, it will be doomed!"
After hearing this, Yang Dan smiled instead and said: "In the cabinet, Cao Nai is in Mobei, Yu Qian is further away, leading troops in the bitter cold of the far north, Peng Qing has already gone to the West, only Brother Zhang is left, and there are others behind him
With hundreds of officials and Jiangnan gentry sitting in charge, why worry about big things happening?"
"To launch a coup in the capital, do you think the three major battalions are just decorations?"
"Three major camps?"
The smile on Yang Dan's face became even wider and he said: "We only need to forge a few reports saying that the Nanyang Guard Stations suffered heavy losses due to enemy sneak attacks, and then the Ministry of War will issue an order, and the Shenji Camp and the Fifth Army Camp will leave tomorrow!"
After hearing this, Zhang Yi's face became even more gloomy. Without Yu Qian, the Minister of War, the ministers on the left and right could control everything. Whether it was forging reports or issuing transfer orders, no one else would question it.
He raised his eyes and asked: "The Three Thousand Battalion is training in Shanxi and can return to Beijing at any time!"
Yang Dan replied: "The Three Thousand Battalion is in Mobei, but we have already had a plan to deal with it!"
"What did you say?"
Zhang Yi was shocked. Didn't the Three Thousand Battalion go to Shanxi for training? When did they go to Mobei?
"You don't know yet, right?"
Yang Dan smiled contemptuously and said: "Long before the emperor left, the three thousand battalions were broken into pieces and went to Mobei first."
Zhang Yi was horrified. The Three Thousand Battalion had gone to Mobei. Even he didn't know this news, but Yang Dan knew it all.
Doesn’t it mean that every move of the emperor is under their control?