Chapter 907: Liquidation and Escape
On July 17, the 13th year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli issued an order to examine the Censorate, Dali Temple and Li Ministry, and interrogate the former Censor Yao Bo.
Yao Bo submitted a memorial on the same day, which was the first censor in the world to advocate the establishment of the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince. He dared to be the first in the world, which aroused all officials to submit suggestions, which made Emperor Wanli not attend court for nearly three months and did not dare to mobilize troops. This one-sided situation even attracted the troops of Empress Dowager Cisheng and his group to join.
Until the end, Emperor Wanli secretly transferred Wang Tong back to Beijing, and used the personnel of the Jinyiwei and Shuntian Prefecture, as well as the confidants of the imperial guards and Beijing to grasp the situation in one fell swoop.
On July 15, the officials in the court were asked to return to their homes. Except for Wu Zuolai, they had never punished one person or given one person. The imperial guards also issued an order to appease him without any changes.
When the Huwei Army arrived outside the capital on July 16th, any changes would be suppressed by the emperor and Wang Tong, and the liquidation began.
A scattered and unyielding slogan has never said anything amazing in the Censorate for nearly ten years. His memorials are all in line with the crowd. Why dare to speak on the major event of the title of the crown prince? And it is so unrestrained and scrupulous. Why did such a tyrant who had no reputation and prestige, the big bosses in the court went to local officials in various places like this?
In fact, on the day of the Grand Court meeting, everyone already knew who was the instigator behind the scenes. In fact, there was no need to make trouble at the meeting, and everyone had already known who was the instigator behind the scenes.
But knowing is about knowing and the program is about the program. You must use reasonable means to let everyone in the world know what is going on?
Is it for the sake of the difference between elders and young people, for the persistence of the great way of sages, for the struggle for power and profit, or for the sake of giving oneself a higher position and greater power.
The three departments held a trial, and the Silis Supervisor sent eunuchs to listen. Such a grand scene had not appeared in the Ming Dynasty for many years, and it was even more rare that a censor was tried.
Once upon a time, the innocent man seemed to have become an example of the Ming Dynasty. If you say the wrong thing and say the wrong memorial, you will be punished. Then the later generations will definitely shrink back, block the way of speech, and make politics stupid. This high-sounding Taoist
Rule has become the truth. In order to win the world, many censors made amazing words, slandered and criticized court officials, and even targeted the emperor. The heaviest punishment for them was nothing more than court sticks and exile.
Although the court stick and exile are severe, they do not harm their lives after all, and are even regarded as medals of literati. Someone is just a third-rate person. Once he is beaten by a court stick, he will immediately become the best-class celebrity in the world. If he returns to the countryside, he will be the local Qingwang. If he is still in the officialdom, he will be waiting for promotion step by step. The same is true for exile. As long as he has the chance to come back, his reputation will increase and everyone will pay attention to it.
The emperor, the powerful ministers also knew this truth, so they had the same attitude towards civil servants who were talking nonsense. They just said that they were just like birds.
But this attitude made the censor Ran even more scruples, and allowed people with ulterior motives to see this method that could be used.
However, this time it is different. The soldiers who appeared in Fengtianmen Square that day have already shown that the Tiger Power Army outside the city is also a verbal evidence. Wang Tong never knew what the speaker was.
The left censor Zhao Jin reported his illness, and the ancient capital envoy Wei Zhengyin also wanted to call him sick, but was blocked by the eunuch who came to announce the imperial edict. The Minister of Li was still able to question this case. The chief in charge of the Censorate went to examine the history of the Censorate's ties. Isn't this equivalent to slapping himself in the face? But he had to go.
After so much trouble, even the children and the old ladies in the capital knew what to argue about now. Now we have to settle it and the three departments will have to review it. Many people want to go and see this fun.
Of course, everyone cannot get into the Dali Temple's important land, but curiosity is inevitable. Therefore, those who work as a businessman in Dali Temple have gained a lot of benefits in the past few days, asking them to inquire about the trial process.
It is said that the opera troupes in the city are the most enthusiastic. If this case can be adapted into a play, it will definitely be a big deal.
The interrogation process was not so story-telling. In the past, the eunuchs from the Silijian listened but sat on the side without saying a word. There were only a few small eunuchs and civil servants recording each other. This time, in addition to the people recorded, there were also the arrival of the Dongchang officials and officials, and they did not speak. They just placed various Dongchang's weapons in the hall.
These things are tools for skin-puncture and bone-bone. The blood on them has turned black, making them look even more evil. The eunuch said it clearly:
"Don't make a slap to increase this person's reputation this time. If you don't say it, let him taste the East Factory's method. This was said calmly, but the officials who heard it couldn't help but shudder. The father-in-law said so clearly and expressed so unscrupulously, probably because it was the meaning of the palace.
Many people think that censors who dare to be the first in the world are of course somewhat charitable. These people were not scared to issue edicts, let alone use profits.
But Yao Bo was taken to the main hall and performed a great surprise. The Dali Temple started to ask questions. Before the eunuch in the palace said that he would use his fortune, the Qingliu fame said everything like a bamboo tube pouring beans.
"My dear lords, the lower officials are wronged. The lower officials' memorial was also forced. At that time, someone used the lower officials' wife and children to coerce, saying that if the lower officials do not submit the memorial, the lower officials' wife and children will die in a bad life. Xia An and his wife and children are in love with each other for their lives. They have a deep relationship, and they are really helpless!!"
After saying this, the chief of the case trial judge looked at each other. No one expected that Yao Bo would react like this. Because of this, the presiding officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate forgot to speak for a while and let Yao Bo continue to speak on his own.
"Your Majesty's family affairs can allow outsiders to interrupt. The memorial of the lower official is disrespectful. He has always regretted it and is ashamed. He wants to make a decision on his own, but he also thinks that if the lower official cannot explain the truth, wouldn't it be that the emperor suffered an unjust grievance? He will be dead and have no way to atone for his sins. Only then can he survive until today."
The people who tried the case were all dark. According to their inner thoughts, Yao Bo naturally didn't have to survive. However, the eunuchs from the palace were staring at him by his side, and he could only ask with a stern face:
"Yao Bo, you don't have to act like this. Since you said someone instructed and instigated him, who did it??"
"Wu Zuolai, the Imperial College Supervisor, gave Xiaguan a large sum of money and the land deed of Xiaguan Tianzhuang. In the end, he still took Xiaguan's wife and children's lives to decide."
Hearing this, the officials who tried the case looked at each other, but no one was willing to ask. Everyone knew very well who Wu Zuolai was, but did Emperor Wanli really have such a wide range of meanings?
"This Wu Zuolai from the Imperial College is just a sixth-rank Lengjie Gatekeeper. He has so much money and the land deed that he has instigated you to submit a memorial. Is he a sesame official still trying to make a profit in it?"
The eunuch who had been listening there spoke. After hearing the eunuch's words, the officials who were trying the case immediately understood the position of the palace. His face was dark, but his whole body felt cold. It seemed that the emperor was preparing to handle this case and was going to implicate it.
But they were also surprised. Yao Bo dared to submit this memorial but he was not brave enough, but now he knows everything.
"Then... Wu Zuo said it was his mentor's meaning. I believe that Wu Zuolai's mentor and his parents knew that it was the Minister of Personnel, and when Wu Zuolai threatened his subordinates, he also said that this was the Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and Martial Arts and
The meaning of a person is that if the lower officials do not do as they do, they will definitely enter a land of no return. The lower officials are just a small censor of the Censorate. How dare they fight against the prime minister of the current dynasty, it is really a must-do!”
"A seventh-rank censor, you can't meet the second-rank Shangshu. This person is a bit pitiful!"
Yao Bo finished speaking in tears, but the eunuch here said sympathetically. Everyone in the trial hall was speechless. Could it be that the turmoil that had been in trouble for several months was just a trap that led the king into the trap? What else can I say?
Yao Bo did not show any backbone under the torture and threatened, so he directly explained Wu Zuolai and the officers.
However, these confessions were made by Zhao Pizhuo. After receiving the news in the palace, there was no doubt about it. Yao Bo was still arranged to confess during the three departments' trial, in order to pass the matter through the occasion of Yao Bo and the three departments' trial.
Since Yao Bo has bit Wu Zuolai, as long as Wu Zuolai is arrested, the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of Personnel will be punished and completely slandered.
At this point, Emperor Wanli and Wang Tong found that they underestimated the energy of the civil officials. When the Jinyi Guards came to capture Wu Zuo, they found that he had died of poison.
When he found out that Wu Zuo came, he had already died of dark face for a long time. However, Wu Zuolai's family returned to his hometown early and could not ask anything to do.
The rewards of the Jinyiwei and the coroner of the Liwu who went to check the face were indeed poisoned, but it is hard to say whether they were taking poison or being poisoned by others. Although the signs at Wu Zuolai's home seemed to be that Wu Zuolai's suicide by taking poison, in this situation, the possibility of poisoning seemed to be very high.
Once a person dies, he will be killed by a hundred sons. Yao Bo's involvement can only be reached by Wu Zuolai. As for whether he is the commander of the Central Wei, Wu Zuolai has died suddenly, so it is hard to say.
Chapter completed!