In the capital, the news of Wang Xian's defeat has become known to everyone...
The common people all seemed to have lost their souls. They never expected that when the overall situation was clearly decided, the situation suddenly took a sudden turn and the imperial army was completely wiped out!
The Duke of Zhenguo, who had become the new patron saint in the hearts of the people, was so defeated that he lost all the imperial army...
This defeat was a really heavy blow to the people of the Ming Dynasty. This was not only the collapse of the gods, but also the collapse of faith. The pride and self-confidence that had been rebuilt in the Hongwu period and reached its peak in the Yongle period was completely shattered by this defeat.
The common people no longer dared to think of themselves as a great country and a proud people, and their fear of the Tatars had reached an unprecedented peak. Many wealthy families began to make plans to move out of the capital, preparing to go south to escape the war.
Everyone understands that the imperial court is temporarily unable to fight against the Mongols. The Tartars will annex the Hetao and look at the Central Plains! From then on, the Xuanda Great Wall has become the front line, and Juyong Pass may be trampled by the Mongolian cavalry at any time. The day when troops approach the city seems to be just around the corner.
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Faced with such a dangerous situation, the common people were increasingly dissatisfied with the imperial court. In the streets and alleys, there were voices scolding the imperial court for its uselessness and that each generation was inferior to the last. Soon, under the guidance of some people, the common people gradually focused their attention on the life and death of the Duke of Zhen Guo.
He thought that if he hadn't disobeyed and underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, Ming Dynasty would not have suffered such a disastrous defeat!
It's true that people's hearts are like water and people's movements are like smoke. Wang Xian has fallen from a national hero to a national criminal. All he needs is a big defeat...
Under the control of this emotion, the common people had almost no objections to the imperial court's move to abolish Wang Xian's title and investigate and deal with members of the royal party, and there were even voices of applause.
In order to investigate and deal with the Wang Xian members, Zhu Zhanji ordered Hu Hao to rebuild the East Factory with only one mission: to arrest anyone outside Shandong who was related to Wang Xian. Within a few days, tens of thousands of people were imprisoned and re-employed.
The Dongchang fans hated Wang Xian for making them lose their jobs, so they naturally wanted to entertain his pro-party members well.
In Dongchang's prison, the gangsters tortured him day and night, forcing Wang Xian to confess his crime of deceiving the emperor. Under torture, what kind of confession could not be obtained? In just a few days, Dongchang compiled countless charges.
Feet high, there are thousands of different crimes!
On this day, Hu Hao was carefully screening Wang Xian's crimes, hoping to find some serious crimes against Tian Tiao so that he could submit them to His Highness the Crown Prince. But what made him extremely depressed was that out of a thousand crimes, nine hundred
Many of them were about "stealing the neighbor's pants when I was a child", "molesting women when I was a teenager", "spitting everywhere when I was in my twenties", etc. They were trivial things.
Among the remaining dozens of confessions, there are some exciting charges, such as rebellion, bribery, murder, forming cliques, etc. However, if you look closely, you will see that the confessions themselves are so ridiculous that no one will believe them.
...For example, a guy who had been a member of a household under Wang Xian for several years confessed that Wang Xian had approached him and wanted to recruit him into a gang to form a party and rebel together.
As Wang Xiangui is a very popular minister, even if he invites people to rebel, he must be at least second grade or above. How can the earl find a small hundred households to discuss it?
Similar mistakes can be found everywhere, it can be said to be full of nonsense!
This is not to say that Wang Xian is really innocent. On the contrary, the things he has done are enough to copy his nine clans a hundred times. But those things, overtly or covertly, all implicated Jinshang, and even implicated the prince.
Those prisoners dared to say it, but Dongchang fanzi didn't dare to remember it!
In the past three years, Wang Xian has acted cautiously and with integrity, without any reason to teach others. This has led to the current situation...
Hu Hao was feeling worried when he suddenly heard a report from his subordinate that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had arrived.
Hu Hao quickly put down his work and wanted to go out to greet the Lord. However, he saw that Zhu Zhanji, who was dressed in plain clothes, had already arrived at the door of the signing room.
Hu Hao hurriedly paid homage and respectfully invited His Royal Highness to enter.
"What are you busy with?" Zhu Zhanji was a little absent-minded, picked up a confession and turned it over.
"Back to Your Highness, I'm sorting out Wang Xian's charges." Hu Hao replied softly.
"Oh, what's the progress?" Zhu Zhanji became interested.
"Not yet." Hu Hao shook his head helplessly and said: "Although there are many confessions, most of them are untrue. They can really stand up and there are only a few accusations." Not only a few, there is simply no one...
"Well..." Zhu Zhanji had obviously expected this situation, so he was not surprised at all. He just said lightly: "If he is found guilty of disobeying the order and underestimating the enemy, it will be enough to punish him."
Convicted. You can make do with a few more, so that it will look better when the time comes." After a pause, he said: "If that doesn't work, go to the Ministry of Punishment and check the files on the Lan Yu case and see how Lan Yu was given the crime at that time.
If you want to convict someone, just copy a few of them."
"His Highness is wise and enlightens me immediately!" Hu Hao thought to himself, 'You should have said it earlier, saving me the trouble.' On his face, he said respectfully: "Your Highness took the time to come here, it seems that he is not just here to give advice to me."
"Hmm." Zhu Zhanji looked erratic and tapped his fingers on the table: "Show me the list of prisoners."
"Yes." Hu Hao responded. He was sorting out the files and had the list of prisoners in his hands. He quickly handed a thick file to His Highness the Crown Prince.
Zhu Zhanji took it and opened it. It was full of names of members of the royal party, as well as their official positions, years and places of origin. They were divided into categories and listed densely.
Zhu Zhanji followed the index and quickly found the list of arrested officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and found the name of Yu Qian, the censor of Youqian Capital. However, Zhu Zhanji's eyes did not stop at Yu Qian's personal information, but
It falls directly under the dependents column.
Zhu Zhanji's eyes stayed on the family fence for a long time, as if he was reminiscing about something, and a rare gentle expression appeared. But in the end he slowly said: "Bring her to see the orphan."
Hu Hao hurriedly took it and took a look, only to see that it was clearly written on it: Yu Wang, the sister of Wang Xian, the former Duke of the town, twenty-four years old...
After His Royal Highness the Prince gave an order, the people from Dongchang hurriedly took the female prisoner out of the women's prison and brought her to the detention room.
The female prisoner was naturally Yin Ling. Wang Xian placed his parents, wife, children, brother and sister-in-law in Jinan, but he could not take care of his married sister and brother-in-law. In fact, Wang Xian also advised him to be too modest. If he stayed in the capital, he might be implicated, so he should go
It is safe to be an official in Shandong.
But Yu Qian resolutely refused to listen. It was impossible for this loyal Taoist gentleman to leave his king. If Yu Qian refused to leave, Yin Ling naturally stayed in the capital. As a result, Dongchang was the first one to arrest people.
The two men were arrested.
Hu Hao knew that His Highness the Crown Prince definitely did not want to be watched, so he quietly led the people back out and personally guarded the door.
The man and woman were the only two people left in the custody room. Zhu Zhanji stared closely at the woman in cloth clothes and hairpin skirt, with slightly messy temples, but her face was beautiful and her manners were elegant, and his heart beat wildly.
"Silver bell..." Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but hissed, and couldn't help but take two steps forward. Looking at the woman who had once made him extremely obsessed, he seemed to have returned to the time when he was young and frivolous.
Yin Ling was still as cold as water, unwavering, and just said calmly: "I am already married, so calling me by my maiden name would be out of character for Your Highness, so please call me Wang."
Zhu Zhanji was stunned at that time, and then he suddenly realized that several years had passed, and he was no longer the passionate and innocent little grandson, and she was no longer the innocent and shrewd little Yinling.
Hearing Yin Ling's self-promotion, Zhu Zhanji was furious. He raised his head and gasped for a long time. When he lowered his head, he was smiling again. He looked at Yin Ling and said, "You are angry with me on purpose, right?" No wait.
When Yin Ling answered, he nodded excitedly and said, "That must be the case."
Yin Ling looked at the extremely unfamiliar Zhu Zhanji and shook her head helplessly.
"Are you still angry at me for not resisting the pressure from Grandpa Huang and marrying someone else to be the Crown Princess?" Zhu Zhanji became more and more excited as he spoke. He rushed forward with three steps at a time and held on tightly.
Yin Ling's shoulder said excitedly: "It was my fault at the time, but I had no choice but to do it. I had no choice! It's better now, no one can stop us from being together! Yin Ling, give me a chance to correct my mistakes.
Bar!"
As he spoke, his breathing became heavy involuntarily, and he hugged Yin Ling tightly! "As long as you promise me, the Crown Princess will be yours, and the future Empress of Ming Dynasty will also be yours!"
"Your Highness, please respect yourself. The daughter of the people is already a married woman!" Yin Ling struggled hard and said angrily: "You are so rude to me, aren't you afraid of being infamy in the history books?!"
"What an insult, you are too naive. Shi Chen is my royal dog. Give them the courage to dare not bite their master!" Zhu Zhanji's blood was boiling and he desperately wanted to get the silver bell. He looked at Zhang Chaosi
Mu Xiang's pretty face made her want to kiss her hard, but she suddenly froze.
I saw blood dripping down the corners of Yin Ling's mouth, and she actually wanted to bite her tongue to commit suicide!
After all, Yin Ling has a status in Zhu Zhanji's heart. Seeing the blood, His Royal Highness felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him, and all the pain was gone. He quickly pinched her chin to prevent her from really hurting her.
Bite your tongue off.
"It's all Yu Qian's fault for bringing you to Taoism!" After being stunned, Zhu Zhanji became angry and gritted his teeth and said: "I want him to return you to me, otherwise I will kill him with a thousand swords."
cut!"
Yin Ling's jaw was pinched, and blood continued to drip down the corners of her mouth, staining her white jade-like chin red, but she only said calmly: "My husband has nothing but a proud character. I'm afraid Your Highness will not be able to do what he wishes."
Hearing Yin Ling praise Yu Qian, Zhu Zhanji became even more angry and said: "No matter how hard your bones are, they can't be as hard as a torture instrument!"
But Yin Ling said very firmly: "You can break a person's bones, but you can't break a person's backbone."
"Ah! Are you going to make me mad to death?!" The violence in Zhu Zhanji's bones was aroused. He stared at Yin Ling and gritted his teeth and said: "And your brother and family? Do they also have pride?!"
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