Chapter 359 Disasters Came from Heaven

A great war is about to break out in the Forbidden City. Although this war is free of gunpowder, it is more intense than waving thousands of troops and more powerful than capturing several cities and prefectures, because today's battle determines who will control the political situation in the future of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, a rebellion that seemed irrelevant and seemed to have no impact on the overall situation of the court also began in Bazhou. The initial number of people was only a few hundred, just like a little bit of fire on the boundless dry land, inconspicuous...

Emperor Zhengde just announced that the Six Cases of the Centre had advocated, and all officials responded to the impeachment of Yang Ling and Liu Jin and asked them to defend themselves. Liu Jin wailed, rushed forward two steps, knelt before the imperial case, and said sadly: "Emperor, I have devoted all my worries to the emperor and never dared to neglect them. However, I am an internal minister and have always been afraid of the external court. I must get rid of it quickly.

The emperor still remembers that when you ascended the throne and rule, the old slave was just a humble slave who ran with the emperor to serve as a dog and horse. He had no power, so why did he have any serious crimes? However, Liu Jian, Xie Qian and other treacherous parties used the power of all officials to force the palace to force the emperor to kill the old slave and others. The past is vivid, and today is just a recurrence of the old slave. The difference is that Liu Jian and Xie Qian have left, just replaced by Yang Ling and Jiao Fang."

When Liu Jin said this, he raised his head in tears and pointed at Yang Ling, saying, "Yang Ling was ordered to investigate the Taoist , leading a group of ignorant young men, who were arrogant and rude, arbitrary, and arbitrary in power, resulting in paralysis of supervision, and all officials were in danger. Huang Qiushi reported the case, which was his duty. Somehow, Yang Shen bit back and said that the old slave had tried to transfer the target to Yang Ling to get rid of his crime.

The emperor, who doesn’t know that Yang Shen came from Yang Ling’s disciples, and the two had the friendship of master and disciples, and recommended him. Yang Shen must have been instructed by Yang Ling to frame the old slave, so please investigate clearly.”

Yang Ling glanced at Liu Jin: "This guy said with all his emotions. It seems that he must have memorized his homework last night. Last time, Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others arranged countless charges for them and himself. At that time, Liu Jin was indeed not a big evil. He was just a slave and tried his best to find some fun for the little master. As a result, he said that he was very evil and he was very sad. When the emperor remembered the old things, he must have the same feeling for his words today."

Looking at Emperor Zhengde, he really showed sympathy. Yang Ling remembered Zhu Xianger's instructions and did not dare to go straight to the point. He could not use all the sharp words he had prepared before. He had to carefully say: "The emperor is humble and good at accepting loyal advice. He has been advised by all officials and has been reflecting on it. In order to clear the administration of officials, the origin of the righteous discipline is the source of the officialdom. I am afraid that I will bear this important task. How dare I not fulfill my loyal duties?"

"I investigated the corrupt officials of Kedao, and a large amount of evidence pointed to Liu Jin. As an internal minister, Liu Jin held the power to "criticize the red" and was in charge of the power of all officials to investigate and dismiss the appointment and removal. Most of the corrupt officials found by me had an affair with Liu Jin. Liu Jin distorted the original intention of supervision and arranged private individuals at will. There were only 150 officials in Beijing, more than half of which were guilty. Liu Jin was innocent and was obviously in the eyes of the ears. He was afraid because of this, so he bit him back!"

Yang Ling wanted to seize the greed and ink first. Let’s take a look at the limelight. When Zhang Cai heard Yang Ling mention the administration of officials and the appointment and removal of officials, he would definitely not be able to escape from his relationship. He couldn’t help but leave the class to defend himself: “Your Majesty, it is a good thing to investigate the ruling of administration of officials, but once the power is in control, the ruthless laws and strict laws are on the part of the ministers. This has led to the public’s hearts being terrible and everyone is in danger. I am very worried about this and have to say some things.

The emperor, those who gathered in the Tao of the Scientific and Dao, are all elites of the Scholars. Some people may be greedy and abused by the law and use their power to seek personal gain. However, the Duke of the Power of the State has been implicated and is still being investigated. It is very likely that these officials will not have the loyal and patriotic, loyal and honest people? Yang Ling's move made the Taoist officials silent and dare not act.

The emperor, Emperor Taizu established the Taoist sect and made it heard the news. In order to monitor the administration of officials, the selection of Taoist sects must be a Jinshi. Could it be that all the teachings of the sages received by these Jinshi since childhood have been gone? What's more, the emperor personally slandered, appointed and removed from the cabinet and the Ministry of Personnel, and the internal court's investigation system, how many mediocre officials could be there? If this continues, wouldn't the censors dare not speak and the officials in the world lose their constraints? It is related to the country and the country, and the ministers have to offend Yan Zhizhi: Duke Weiguo should stop investigating the Taoist secting the Taoist sect!"

Liu Jin would cry, making the emperor soft-hearted. But if it were in terms of eloquence, Zhang Cai would say it, and the person who said it would be moved. Liu Jin's school was excited and immediately stretched his neck and looked at Yang Ling: Look at what you guy said!

Yang Ling didn't say that because Yang Shen jumped out first, and some words were broken up, even if they were just retorting. If someone with a high official position said it, someone would say that you were not well-educated enough, and just take action. If you say it right, you would be young and promising. If you say it wrong, it would be young and vigorous. Anyway, no matter what you say, you are full of vitality. It depends on people and development.

Yang Shen bowed and said politely: "Mr. Zhang is so bad, but the lower officials think that......"

Liu Jin hated this little guy who was always troubled by himself. Besides, he cried and knelt for a long time. The emperor forgot to get him up, and his legs were numb. When he saw him jump out, he immediately took the opportunity to stand up and pointed at him, "Bold, the Minister of Personnel and the Duke of Weiguo, you are a small sixth rank in charge, and you dare to interrupt and speak nonsense?"

Yang Shen calmly bowed to him, smiled a little shyly, and said only four words: "I, yes, sir!"

Liu Jin was speechless immediately. What is a censor? A censor is a combination of a censor and a censor, also known as a censor, commonly known as a censor. Although his official position is small, he is a person who represents the emperor to supervise officials at all levels and investigate officials, and can also speak out and even return imperial edicts for the emperor's faults. The emperor can speak out in person, but what other people are using to pretend?

Liu Jin's face turned red and he retreated aside with hatred. Yang Shen brushed his sleeves as if dusting dust, and said respectfully: "Mr. Zhang said that the selection of officials from the literati was all elites of the literati. They have been taught by sages for a long time, and their moral character is inappropriate. However, if the origin of a Jinshi is the guarantee of character, it is not a matter of character. Eight or nine out of ten officials in the court are also a Jinshi. The character is naturally enough to be self-disciplined. Why set up a supervisor for the literati?

"That is, within the judiciary, officials of third-rank or above must self-correct themselves and reflect on themselves, and must also be investigated by the Ministry of Personnel. Other supervisory officials also have regular assessment systems. Isn't it just to prevent the appearance of jackals in the office and hawks in private doors?

Now the emperor has purged the source of the administration of officials. If there are countless corrupt officials found out, it just means that this path is right. It just means that everyone is corruption in Bazhou is caused by the corruption of the officials themselves and have lost their ears, eyes, mouth and tongue. With the thunder and heavy rain, the Kedao has cleaned the administration, why worry about the uncertainty of the administration and the unstable world?"

This is also good! The Yangling Sect's people were also excited and their eyes moved to Zhang Cai again. Some people had heard that Liu Jin used his requests to give letters and calligraphy and paintings as close basis for coercion, and coerced himself not to participate in the attack, and were both hated and afraid, and were inconvenient to stand up again. However, when he saw Yang Shen speaking like this, he felt very relieved. As long as the attack was not a sin that was unforgivable to touch himself, he wished he would be embarrassed.

Zhang Cai took a step forward, squeaked his eyebrows, and said in a stern manner: "Who is the jackal of the office and the hawk of the sect in what Yang Jusen said?"

Zhang Cai has a majestic figure, a beautiful and charming person, and is very handsome. Although she is over 40 years old, she shows a more mature temperament. She is a famous handsome man in the capital. Yang Shen is beautiful. In terms of appearance and dignity, especially those who have been in the officialdom for a long time, it is naturally not as powerful as that.

Imprisoning Liu Jin was a big deal. Whether it was correct or not, it was not inferior to integrity. Now he asked him to name his fellow scientists who flattered Liu Jin and who had suspiciously reported on his own. Yang Shen couldn't help but hesitate.

He was thinking about how to answer tactfully, Yang Ling had already taken over the topic and said: "Mr. Zhang, my country's official, in accordance with the emperor's will, investigated the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and found that some of the accumulated cases involving Liu Jin were detained. After interrogation, he found that these Ministry of Science and Technology colluded with Liu Jin, embezzled money and corrupted the rules and regulations."

He stepped forward and bowed and said, "Emperor. I have investigated the subject and found that many things involved Liu Jin. I wanted to investigate and report to the Emperor Ming one by one. Today, since the court confronted me, I will report to the Emperor on the ground to the case that has been reviewed and reported to the Emperor."

When all the civil and military officials heard that he was going to report Liu Jin, they couldn't help but feel a little nervous. They didn't know what crime he was going to accuse Liu Jin.

After Liu Jin was tyrannical, he was very dedicated and took charge of internal and external affairs. Officials had to ask for help from their own affairs and private affairs, and they had to nod. So they all expressed their graces and welcomed each other.

Such things do not mean that they are all people. The person who gives gifts to the leader may not be his confidants. Some of them are secretly against him. These are two things, the same is true in ancient times. The difference is that in ancient times, the method of joint positioning was too powerful. Ordinary corruption was okay, but forming gangs and chaos in politics shakes the foundation of the country, making friends with all the clans and rebellion. If the emperor doubts these two, he will be implicated.

Liu Jin was good at patting horses and also liked to enjoy others' patting horses and welcome them. In order to meet their preferences, these officials would claim to be born in the late age of Yuan officials and disciples, and his confidants called themselves Liu Jin the mansion, the benefactor, etc.

For example, Zhu En, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice in the hall, was promoted by Liu Jin in this political examination. Zhu En was grateful. Anyone who wrote a letter to Liu Jin did not write "paid up" but "top up", which means that he was kneeling on the ground and praying on his head.

On Liu Jin's birthday this year, Zhu En gave a gift and wrote a congratulatory post. His mind became hot and he even made a big taboo. He actually called Liu Jin Qianse. Although he had two metaphors, for example, because of his birthday, he wished him a long life, but he was originally ambiguous, so how could he say it clearly?

There are many officials like him, and civil and military ministers look down on internal officials the most, but how powerful is Liu Jin? With the former Wang Zhen and Wang Zhi's arrogance, five out of ten people in the court who knelt when they see Wang Zhen, three out of ten people who kneel when they see Wang Zhi, and seven out of eight out of ten people who kneel when they see Liu Jin.

There are many places to praise and praise. The Xuanming Palace, which Liu Jin spent a lot of money and money, was built by the people. Although it was a disaster to the country and the people, Li Dongyang's status as the emperor, in order to cause less trouble for Liu Jin in the government, he had to make a "stele record" for him and praise his merits. Others can imagine it.

Yang Ling said: "Your Majesty, I checked the Ministry of Science and Technology and found that the local officials who were detained reported the report. Liu Jin asked the military and civilian government treasury to dispose of the inventory to the capital, so that the county and county storage would be empty. Once a drought and flood disaster occurs, the disaster relief cannot be provided in time, and the consequences are worrying. What's worse, the money and grain were sent to the capital, and more than half of it was lost, but it was actually in Liu Jin's personal pocket. The escort of grain and silver in each government escort was not something that could be done by one person, and many people were informed. This matter must be investigated and the truth will be revealed.

Liu Jin accepted bribes and granted more than a hundred rogues in the capital to the official position of Jinyiwei, and forcibly placed them in the Northern Town Fushi. What was he intended? Another Hanlin Zhang Jun and others sent bribes to Liu Jin. Liu Jin falsely accused the original Hanlin editor of being disrespectful in copying. He asked these people to re-copy and then upgrade to the level. Even Dou Mao and others who decorated the book were promoted to deputy envoys of Wensiyuan.

Isn’t it outrageous that the imperial official position has become a piece of goods that Liu Jin is waiting to sell? And….”

He looked at Liu Jin with a pale face and said, "Liu Jin embezzled and accepted bribes, appointed private individuals, and abused the law and discipline. I have conclusive evidence in my hands. I will give you a few words to the emperor. A sinner died of drowning, so he pointed out that it was the fault of the censor Kuang Yizhi, and took the opportunity to dismiss him and replaced him with his own confidant.

Wu Yan, a Hanlin scholar, was not in office and refused to bribe him. He then found an opportunity to stop his official position and appointed his son-in-law of his slave as a Shandong scholar. He colluded with Bi Zhen, the Shandong governor at that time, and ruined the place. He almost broke the Shandong river and fled the fish.

Several officials including Qian Yue, who had retired from office, had impeached Liu Jin, but he was provoked to search for the house. Moreover, his family was illegal and even the neighbors were implicated. Qian Jingshi lived in Helean, and even the families in Helean were plundered..."

Yang Ling listed Liu Jin's various bad deeds in the later areas of the territory, talking about corruption, sales of officials, salt administration, and taxation, including Yang Yu, the Jinyiwei, and Shi Wenyi assisted the evildoer to commit crimes. He arrested people and solicited bribes: Chen Xiong, the Bo from Pingjiang, did not send bribes, was falsely accused of being corrupt by Liu Jin, instructed Yang Yu and others to arrest him, seized the land granted to the previous dynasty and exempted him from death, and finally reduced his title and confiscated his family, and his family was sent to serve as an army.

As for Zhang Cai, Liu Yu and others, Yang Ling Siji has exposed them now. It is far less powerful than accusing Liu Jin of forming a party and chaotic politics and planning to rebel. So he deliberately missed the past. Anyway, he had just announced that what he reported today was that the crimes he had already been found out, so it would not be surprising that he would have a new crime in the future.

Seeing that Yang Ling said that Liu Jin had always been guilty of corruption and bribery and using power for personal gain, the officials secretly settled down. Liu Jin, Zhang Cai and others were a little surprised and even disappointed. Liu Jin pretended to be panicked and even burst into tears, hoping that Yang Ling would rush over and arrange a huge charge for him, and take the opportunity to suppress him. Why did Yang Ling...

Did he respect him highly? His political opponents are like enemies of life and death. This person follows the rules and cannot be cruel and ruthless. Even if he wins the hearts of the people, has prestige, and is favored by the emperor, what achievements will he achieve? Zhang Cai, Cao Yuan and others are disappointed and despised.

Emperor Zhengde looked ugly, but a little embarrassed. Many of the actions of Liu Jin were under his guise and also reported to him through some high-sounding reasons, such as escorting the world's treasury to accumulate money and grain in the capital, saying that it was for the convenience of centralized mobilization and unified management, and the offenders punished rice and collected money to make up for financial shortages. He did not do anything, and it did solve the big problem of no money in the court.

He had never heard of other things. How much did Liu Jin get from these things? How many things were used to do for him? Zhengde really had countless thoughts. He asked him to question Liu Jin in public, but he would never agree. If something was wrong, he might have trapped his dignified emperor.

But what Yang Ling said is based on evidence, time, place, name, and name. How can he not ignore it? Emperor Zhengde was in a state of anxiety and sat on the dragon chaise, feeling like he was sitting on a needle and needle. He was not sure how to go there vaguely. Cao Yuan went out to report and began to criticize Yang Ling for committing unjust prison and torture, and forcing the confession to implicate him.

Then, it was analyzed that there would never be so many corrupt officials in Bazhou, and that the doctrine of the sciences and the doctrine of the mean officials would never be more than half of them. This was all Yang Ling's fault and cited the Yang Ling's method of interrogating the case. The princes and grandchildren used the land did not follow the law, insulted the civility, made the scholars lose their hearts, and shake the foundation of the country.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiao Fang responded to the task again, but the coach had not yet reached the key point and had not issued a general attack order. They could not make a rash move and mess up the situation. However, just by refuting the moves and accusing them, it was already extremely fierce, and smoke suddenly filled the Zhonghe Hall.

There is a deep pit in the middle, a big pit that can be buried. Both parties are walking around it, intentionally or unintentionally. One criticizes the other party for embezzlement and bribery for personal gain, and the other criticizes the other party for destroying the science and technology and the other is implicated. They are all witty words and passionate.

This kind of battle situation seems fierce, but it is like two teams of people crossing a river, shooting each other like rain under arrows, and the drums are pounding. However, there is no substantial contact between soldiers and soldiers.

The debate turned into a group battle, and the protagonist became a supporting role. Liu Jin and Yang Ling stood on both sides of the imperial case and remained silent. The ministers below were fighting red. Yang Ling's heart had already flown out of the hall: "Don't mention the crime of chaotic politics and rebellion. What happened? If you don't understand this problem, how can you exert your strength?"

Liu Jin was also guessing Yang Ling's intention: "These charges can defeat me? I am doing many things under the banner of the emperor. How many of them are used for the emperor's mission? How many of them are put into my own pocket? You can only investigate this confusing account unless I lose it. But if you don't find it, how can you defeat me?

Yangling, Yangling, you tried your best, it turned out that it was just so big and could be so watery. Our family really looked up to you. The so-called Yang Dafeng Tianshaxing Star, hehe, but that's it!"

Some officials from the places where they learned the news saw that Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and other bigwigs seemed to be unaware of the situation, so they took advantage of the chaos to whisper a few words. Only then did the two great masters understand why Yang Ling lost all his energy. Since he could no longer be focused, he should not bet on a life-and-death duel before the matter was resolved.

"First find a way to get rid of your worries!" As soon as he thought of this, the two great scholars immediately joined in enthusiastically. Li Dongyang, who did not make any public statements, was even more timely and conveniently added many controversies to this pot of palace chowder.

Suddenly, the decisive battle turned into a quarrel...

Zhengde finally understood: "I was so worried that I couldn't eat. The civil and military officials in the court... are all idle!"

Liu Liu, Liu Qi, Liu Hui and others changed into the earth-gray suit again, with a red scarf under their necks. They had not covered it yet. The long-handled saber was tilted behind their shoulders, and the red tassels were swinging, which was so evil that they were rows of strong men in front of them, everyone was wearing strong suits and holding a fierce horse.

"Brother, I have notified my brothers. Everyone is ready to fight with the untrustworthy government. I have gathered our people and the horses are all ready-made in their own land, but the weapons have been collected and we are not able to get them now. You, Feng Lei and Tiger, return to the thief camp, summon our people in the army to smash the armory at night, and we rushed in and distributed weapons. We immediately attacked Bazhou City at night."

Zhang Mao stood in front, with torches flying. His face and dark eyes turned red, and there seemed to be two flames jumping in his eyes: "Okay! Just because of our brothers, the world can be gone. By the way, my cousin is stationed in the Pijia Camp in the north of the city. I want to send someone to find him to cause trouble. What do you think?"

Feng Lei was stunned and said, "Brother, he has always been an official. Why are you willing to follow us?"

Zhang Mao said: "I can trust him. My brother is also a man of righteousness. Now that officials force the people to rebel, he is also angry with Liang Hong. I have long been resentful. I want to tell you that when I was arrested, my cousin wanted to rob the prison and save me. If I knew I rebelled, my cousin would come and surrender me."

Xing Laohu thought for a while and said, "Brother, it's already dark, and the uprising tonight. We want to attack the thief camp first, and seize the weapons. Your cousin is far away in the Pijia camp. Even if he is willing to vote for you, he must first rectify the internal affairs, and then take too long to recruit those who are willing to follow him to vote. And this is a big matter that loses one's head, so it's better to be careful."

Liu Liu pondered for a moment and said, "Brother, the tiger is reasonable. According to my opinion, we should act according to the plan. After taking Bazhou, we will get the troops, money and food first. If your cousin is willing to join you, he will make a decision after hearing the news. Anyway, we don't need to help you with a small thief camp. What do you think?"

Zhang Mao thought for a while and said, "Okay! That's it! I'll go back to the camp now and get the Tong Guard first. You only saw the fire. I immediately kicked the company camp and took the weapons and we rushed straight to the city!"

Zhang Mao took Liu Erqi back to the robbery camp. Liu Erqi was his thief, a confidant who had been following him for many years, and Zhang Mao's most trusted assistant. No drinking was allowed in the army, nor was it allowed to stay women, but because the robbery camp was stationed not far outside the city, it was convenient for them to come and go. Tong Shoujie didn't care about these. At this time, there was not only wine and meat in his tent, but also a charming woman, sitting on his thigh, making a glass of wine with his mouth, ferrying wine into his mouth.

Tong Shoujie was up and down, and was having fun. Suddenly, the curtain of the tent was raised. A tall figure walked in with his waist. The woman screamed and wanted to jump up. Tong Shoujie grabbed her slender waist and laughed and said, "Don't be afraid, this military camp is so important that I am a big official. You, just serve the master with peace of mind."

After Tong Shoujie finished speaking, he said with a stern face: "It's Zhang Baihu, what's the matter? He came in without reporting it so late. Do you still need rules?"

Zhang Mao was dressed in a neat military uniform, burly and handsome, much taller than the thin boy's garrison. Zhang Mao smiled and said, "What the master taught me is that the junior official went home today and saw that the military life was hard. You worked hard for the country. Life was hard. The junior official was very moved and came back to pay tribute to you with 200 taels of silver."

He said as he approached. When Tong Shoujie heard this, he changed his face and smiled and said, "Oh, Lord Zhang. Why are you polite? Hahaha, look... um... do you want to sit down and have a drink?"

"No, no, no, you are busy with your life, and your subordinates are about to go back to the camp to rest. You know that I have many relatives and friends in the city. Haha, this is a social event..."

Tong Shoujie knew it. His eyes were staring at his hand in his arms. At this time, Zhang Mao had already walked in front of him. He knew that Tong Shoujie was thin. His kung fu was not weak. The people in Bazhou were strong and were already martial. How could anyone who was not good at martial arts at the thief camp here could not be skilled in martial arts?

The key to the armory was on Tong Shouge. Most of the officers and soldiers in the army were loyal to Tong Shouge. If they did not kill him first, they would have many troubles to attack the robbery camp smoothly.

Zhang Mao took out his hand from his arms, and a golden ingot shone with a seductive light. The prostitute's eyes suddenly shone with a pair of beautiful eyes staring at the ingot of gold. Tong Shoujie was stunned and raised his head in confusion and said, "Mr. Zhang didn't say two hundred..."

As soon as he said this, he found that the smile on Zhang Mao's face had completely disappeared, and the ferocious face was murderous. Tong Shoujie was shocked and immediately pushed the woman in his arms towards Zhang Mao, and punched him at the same time. But it was too late. At the moment when he raised his head to question, his unprepared throat had been strangled by Zhang Mao, and a crisp sound of bone cracks came out.

Half of the fist was pounded, it was powerless. When it hit Zhang Mao's steel-hard abdominal muscles, it was no longer strong, but the woman was pushed into Zhang Mao's arms by him.

"Ah~!" A short scream, her big hand covered her mouth, and most of her face was covered by the big hand, revealing only a pair of wide-open almond eyes.

"Silence your mouth, shut up if you don't want to die!"

"Wuwuwuwu", the woman wanted to nod, but her powerful hands fixed her face and couldn't even light her head.

Zhang Mao smiled slightly, let go of the woman, then picked up Tong Shoujie and touched the keys on his waist. When the woman saw Tong Shoujie's half-protruding dead fish eyes, she screamed again, "Ah!"

It was still a very short scream. Zhang Mao waved his hand and slashed her slender neck. The neck bone was immediately cut off, and his head drooped softly at a strange angle. The body stood up for a moment before it fell to the ground with a "pop".

"I have to die before I can silence? Woman!" Zhang Mao glanced at her disdainfully, took out the key from Tong Shoujie's arms, turned around and walked out of the big tent.

There was only one of the battalion lights at the door that was lit. Under the dim light, two dead bodies were lying on the ground. The two soldiers guarding the tent, and now the one standing was replaced by Zhang Mao's people.

Zhang Mao whispered: "Take these two bodies in, I'll go to the armory, and 27 will inform our people. After a while, I will start to hear the noise and immediately light the big tent."

"Yes!" The two confidants responded, bent down and lifted the two bodies, and threw them into the tent with a loud noise.
To be continued...