After a night of chaos, Liu Jin, Gao Feng, Wei Bin and other eunuchs of the inner court were all captured. The Han general camp of the Imperial Guards all disarmed, and all those who participated in the rebellion were captured, with no one slipping through the net.
The Jinyiwei yamen were sealed, and regimental battalions were stationed in the north and south towns of Fusi. The yamen of the major Jinyiwei Qianhu offices required all Jinyiwei generals and captains to stay in the camp and wait for screening.
When the sun rises, everything has settled.
In front of the Fengtian Palace, a large number of courtiers gathered here. Cabinet scholars and officials from various ministries all arrived. Several princes and relatives of the emperor in Beijing also rushed here. In fact, they got the news in the middle of the night, but the palace
There was so much chaos that they were not allowed to enter the palace. They were not allowed to enter until everything calmed down and the emperor was about to come to Fengtian Palace to hold his morning court.
At this moment, all the officials were talking and speculating about what had happened. The officials who knew the inside story were stroking their beards and smiling, feeling confident. Some who did not know the situation looked uncertain and looked around, asking around.
At Chen hour, Zhang Lun, Zhang Yanling, Zhu Lin, Xu Yande and others entered from the entrance of the square with a large number of soldiers and horses, fully armed. The soldiers and horses of the regiment ran into the square and quickly took over the defense affairs around Fengtian Hall. The voices of orders came one after another.
Yang Tinghe stepped forward quickly, frowned and asked: "What happened? What happened? How come no one informed the cabinet?"
Zhang Lun said in a deep voice: "Master Yang, the matter is urgent and I have not notified you all. But now everything is over. As for what happened specifically, let's go into the palace and talk about it."
The court bell rang, and all the officials filed into the palace. They suddenly discovered that Zhu Houzhao, who had to wait for a long time before coming, was already sitting on the throne. I straightened my back and watched everyone come in.
Everyone hurried forward and knelt down to salute.
"I bow to the emperor, long live the emperor!"
Zhu Houzhao stood up, waved his hands in a calm voice and said, "My dear ministers, please come forward."
Everyone stood up, and Yang Tinghe stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, what happened in the palace? There was a chaos of soldiers and horses last night, and the city is heavily guarded today. What happened? How could I not know?"
Zhu Houzhao said in a deep voice: "There is a treacherous minister in the court. There was a disturbance last night, but it has been calmed down. The incident happened suddenly, and I learned about it in a hurry. Lord Protector, you can tell the ministers the whole thing to clear up their confusion.
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Zhang Yanling came out of the queue and raised his hands, saying loudly: "My lords, the traitor Liu Jin plotted to kill the late emperor and intended to rebel. Now that he and his accomplices have been captured, the situation has been calmed down."
"What?" There was an explosion in the palace, and most of the courtiers who didn't know what was going on were dumbfounded and opened their mouths in shock.
"Come here, bring Liu Wentai, the former judge of the Taiyuan Hospital, Fang Shuhe, the person in charge, Li Sanzi, Zhao Xiaoliu, the handyman of the Taiyuan Hospital, and present the evidence together." Zhang Yanling shouted loudly.
The guards of the regiment escorted Liu Wentai and others in, and presented evidence such as blood letters. Zhang Yanling narrated the case investigation process while interspersed with questioning Liu Wentai and others to provide evidence. The truth about the death of Emperor Hongzhi was made public.
When the courtiers saw the blood letters written by Gao Ting and Xu Hao, heard everyone's testimonies, and listened to Liu Wentai, Fang Shuhe and others' interpretation and explanation of the illness at that time, there was an uproar in the palace.
"The dog thief Liu Jin is so bold as to commit the crime of regicide. He is truly a heinous person."
"I said earlier that the late emperor's death was very strange. Gao Tinghe had testified against Liu Jin, but unfortunately no one cared."
"My late Emperor, you died unjustly. You were harmed by such a thief. It is simply unbelievable."
"I didn't expect that the regicide dog thief was in the middle of the court, and he still occupies a high position and behaves openly. It is simply a shame for our Ming Dynasty."
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The ministers were furious and filled with righteous indignation, and they all gnashed their teeth.
"The traitor Liu Jin learned about the Dongchuang incident and gathered his party members to kidnap the emperor to rule the world. The plot was discovered by the Protector of the Country, and he attacked in time to remove the emperor from the leopard room. Liu Jin failed. The regiment rescued him in time, quelled the rebellion, and captured him.
Liu Jin and his gang. This is what happened last night." Zhang Lun said loudly.
Yang Tinghe was ecstatic in his heart. He never expected that when he woke up, the situation in the court changed drastically, and Liu Jin was finished. Now, he could finally feel proud.
"Your Majesty Yang Tinghe has a memorial." Yang Tinghe said loudly.
"Say." Zhu Houzhao said solemnly.
"Your Majesty, the traitor Liu Jin, who committed regicide and conspired against the emperor, is an unforgivable evil thief. I suggest that he be dealt with severely and quickly. Such a serious crime should be punished by the nine tribes. Liu Jin should be punished with Lingchi." Yang Tinghe said loudly.
"I second the proposal."
"I second the proposal!"
A group of ministers were filled with indignation and shouted one after another.
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "Such a traitor cannot be taken advantage of. He attempted to commit suicide out of fear of crime and bit his tongue to die. I want him to lantern Chi in public and die slowly. Accurate! Ling Chi will be punished after the trial."
Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty is a wise man. I still have a memorial. Liu Jin, the traitor, has been planning for many years. He has controlled the government, appointed private individuals, formed parties and monopolized power, sold officials and titles, committed corruption, and committed all kinds of evil. His gang members are spread all over the inner and outer courts, inside and outside the court, in the capital and in other places.
I request you to investigate the members of the party as soon as possible and severely, eliminate the evil, restore the Ming Dynasty to a clean and righteous atmosphere, and punish the eunuchs."
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "Accurate performance, as it should be."
Yang Tinghe said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor is willing to take the lead in supervising the handling of this case and eliminate the evil eunuchs."
Zhu Houzhao said: "You? I am going to let the Protector of the Country handle it. After all, he was the one who found out about this case."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it is best to leave this case to Yang Shoufu and the others. Even if Liu Jin is heinous, he must investigate the case and handle it impartially in accordance with the law. The court's laws are the most important, and the case needs to be handled through established procedures. Minister
It's not suitable to handle this case, just leave it to Yang Shoufu and the others."
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "That's fine. In that case, Yang Tinghe, this case will be handed over to you. It is necessary to find out Liu Jin's gang members and not tolerate adultery. Deal with it severely."
Yang Tinghe knelt down, kowtowed, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is wise, and I accept your decree."
In the main hall, Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai, Liu Yu, Xu Jin and other dozens of Liu Jin's party members, standing among the ranks of the outer court, looked pale and soulless. They knew that they were about to be in disaster.
Zhang Yanling smiled brightly. Not long ago, she took over one million taels of silver notes and a large amount of rare jewelry from Chen Shiyi. She did not want to engage in the eradication of poisonous drugs. Such a thing would involve a large number of people.
This is an offending thing and also very complicated.
Yang Tinghe wanted to handle the case. Firstly, he had a grudge and revenge. After having been aggrieved for so long, he naturally wanted to counterattack and settle the case, to catch them all in one fell swoop. Secondly, he wanted to grab some credit, express himself, and reshape the outer court.
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When Liu Jin fell, he was actually not the biggest winner. The biggest winner was actually the outer court represented by Yang Tinghe. However, there was nothing that could be done about it. This was a side consequence of Liu Jin's death. For the time being, everyone is happy with the outcome.
.What will happen in the future is currently impossible to predict.
Yang Tinghe's work efficiency has never been faster. That afternoon, notices were posted all over the streets and alleys of the city. The notices listed dozens of crimes against Liu Jin.
Zhang Yanling got one, took a look at it, and saw that it was packed full of accusations. She couldn't help but sigh: "As expected, I am a scholar. It's really troublesome to list so many accusations in such a short time."
Liu Jin's crimes include: regicide, rebellion, deceiving the emperor, forming cliques, pursuing selfish interests, despotic power, disregarding human lives, killing loyal people, bullying colleagues, occupying land and buildings, selling official positions, and so on.
What is also eye-catching is that indiscriminate governance leads to civil unrest, causing people to fall into misery and misery, and the crimes are heinous.
This article was written on the charge sheet, indicating that Zhu Houzhao no longer insisted on the land and horse affairs policies. Even if it was something he nodded and agreed to, he could no longer care about dignity at this moment.
Zhang Yanling actually pities Zhu Houzhao. He is the most embarrassing person in the whole thing. The enemy who killed his father has been around for several years, and he still loves him so much. He has become a big joke. If you don't act decisively now,
If Liu Jin were to bear all these charges, he, the emperor, would probably be stabbed in the spine and scolded to death.
In addition, there are some ridiculous charges. For example, one of the charges states that Liu Jin likes to eat duck tongues. He kills dozens of ducks in one meal, pulls out the tongues and cooks them. The tongue is cooked but the duck is not dead.
He was bleeding, stumbling, and in terrible condition.
Zhang Yanling laughed so hard when she saw this.
I don’t know if there are people who love ducks among the people. I am afraid this article will make them angry. If this happens in future generations, the saints of the animal protection organization will probably tear Liu Jin alive. Vegetarians will also angrily condemn Liu Jin. Environmentalism
The reader will even ask: Oyster sauce?
The purge of Liu Jin's party members was also in full swing. The imperial edicts came down one after another. Jiao Fang, a bachelor of the cabinet and the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was dismissed from his post and investigated. Zhang Cai, Liu Yu, Xu Jin, the Minister of the Ministry of War and other members of Liu Jin's party were dismissed from their posts and investigated.
In three days, there were more than 300 officials involved in the court, both inside and outside. There were hundreds of officials in the court and hundreds of local military and political officials outside Beijing.
Dozens of Liu Jin's family members were all arrested and imprisoned. Liu Jin's residence was searched and millions of gold and silver treasures including antiques, calligraphy and paintings were found. Suddenly, a large sum of money was added to the national treasury.
Hearing the news, Zhang Yanling was so angry that she almost fainted. She underestimated Liu Jin's ability to make money. In just five or six years, this guy actually made millions. He also criticized Chen Shiyi for wanting too much and couldn't do it.
It would be counterproductive. I didn't expect that this guy actually has millions of taels of assets.
If I had known this, how could I only have more than one million taels of silver? Originally, I had received more than one million taels of silver, which was already a lot of money. But after hearing the news, Zhang Yanling felt as if he had lost a million taels of meat.
pain.
Those were originally my own money. I thought I had broken Liu Jin's bones and sucked out his marrow, but who would have expected that this guy was extremely rich and his ability to make money was beyond my expectation.
What Zhang Yanling didn't know was that the confiscated property included a mansion, a large number of calligraphy and paintings, and a new gift of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver received after Liu Jin's father died.
On June 24, an imperial edict was issued, and the news that Liu Jin was executed in the street quickly spread throughout the city.
In the morning of the same day, Liu Jin, who had a broken tongue and broken fingers, was taken out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishments and began to parade through the streets. The arrogant Eunuch Liu huddled in the prison car, his eyes closed and his face turned pale. What greeted him was the most cruel thing in history.