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Chapter 104 The invisible enemy is the most terrifying

Liu Tai's memorial to impeach his teacher was called "Memorial on the Power of the Auxiliary Ministers with the Holy and Ming Dynasty".

Listen to this name, it’s so exciting. The content of the memorial is even more exciting, and a total of six major crimes are listed:

First, Emperor Gao looked at the mistakes of the previous dynasties and did not set up a prime minister. Emperor Wen first established a cabinet and participated in the security service. For two hundred years, some people who were good at doing great things have been afraid to avoid the name of prime minister and dared not live in it, and they were the laws of their ancestors. However, Zhang Juzheng openly treated the prime minister himself, and since Gao Gong was expelled, he had been good at making great things for three or four years.

Secondly, Emperor Gao emphasized the supervision of the six departments of the six departments, so the six departments were directly responsible to the emperor to maintain the independence of the supervision system. However, since Zhang Juzheng implemented the examination and implementation, he made the six departments responsible to the cabinet, and turned the court's supervision system into a subordinate of the cabinet.

Third, Zhang Juzheng formed a clique for personal gain and eliminated dissidents. All his fellow villagers had to enjoy a high position. His in-laws Zhao Shouzheng, but the Jinshi in the second year of Longqing, is now a third-rank official in the official position! And those who refused to rely on him, so the promoted ministers were all driven out of the court.

Fourth, Zhang Juzheng was superstitious and auspicious. He also flattered the harem for his favor, and offered a "Bai Yan Poetry" to make a laugh at the world.

Fifth, he relied on his power and was indifferent to the royal family. Because of his old grievances, he forced the King of Liao to death and occupied the King of Liao's mansion as his private residence.

Sixth, he lived a luxury and corrupt life. The Zhang family was originally an ordinary family, his grandfather was the guard of the Liao Prince's Mansion, and his father was just a down-and-out scholar. However, since he became the chief minister, the Zhang family was already rich and wealthy. Every day, he went to officials to give gifts, and he never closed his door at night. As for plundering people's wealth and bullying men and women, he couldn't count them...

Liu Tai finally said that these things are known to everyone in the world. All the officials in court sighed in anger, but no one dared to speak clearly for Your Majesty was because of Zhang Juzheng's accumulation of power! Juzheng is my teacher and is as kind as a mountain to me. I stood up to attack him today because I was loyal to Your Majesty and had to abandon my private kindness. I hope Your Majesty will observe my stupidity and loyalty, suppress the power of the prime minister, and do not repeat the old story of Huo Guang, and I will die and be immortal!

This bullet chapter hit the nail on the head, almost every sentence hit. The two most fatal accusations were: First, Zhang Juzheng used the name of reform to restore the prime minister and seriously trampled on Taizu's ancestral teachings; Second, Zhang Juzheng bullied the emperor at a young age, abusing power and dictatorship, and regarded himself as the master of the world.

In addition, there is an extremely obscure but equally fatal attack, which is to mention the "Bai Yan Poetry" written by Zhang Juzheng.

It was the birthday of the empress dowager that year, and a pair of rare white swallows flew over the Hanlin Courtyard.

Because of the allusion of "The Destiny of Heaven, the Xuanbird descended and gave birth to Shang", it is about a woman named Jian Di. After swallowing the "Xuanbird", which is the egg laid by a swallow, she became pregnant and gave birth to a son named Qi. Qi, who is the legendary ancestor of Shang. Zhang Juzheng wrote several poems "White Swallow Poems" to celebrate her birthday, comparing her to "Jian Di".

This is a very ordinary flattery, but it cannot be resisted, but it cannot be kept by the literati, and it actually exudes some ambiguous feelings from it.

Because one of them says, "White swallows fly, two jades are bright. The Emperor's order is passed by the emperor, and he sends joy to the charity. Sometimes the red medicine steps pass by, bringing the fragrance to the embroidery.'

Look at the two white swallows in pairs, flying past the flowers in front of my steps, bringing the fragrance of flowers in my yard to your boudoir..... This is just a blatant flirting!

The Supreme Emperor has not yet passed away, and the prime minister of the dynasty cuckold him. How could the emperor bear it?

It is no exaggeration to say that Liu Tai's bullet trick suddenly forced Zhang Juzheng to a dangerous situation.

At that time, Emperor Wanli was fourteen years old and no longer a child. What would he feel when he saw such a bullet? If he didn't deal with Zhang Juzheng like this, wouldn't he seem too cowardly?

Moreover, this is the students who impeached their teachers with the same desire to die together, which not only greatly increased the credibility, but also strongly implied that Zhang Juzheng's actions could not even bear with his disciples. Why don't those forces that oppose him quickly attack them?

Fortunately, the little emperor was still a mother's baby, which made Empress Dowager Li burst into chaos after tears. In addition, she was used to relying on Master Zhang, so she didn't even have to savor the three flavors. This made Liu Tai's heavy punch that he sacrificed himself was lost.

Although Zhang Juzheng had lost all his face, he was not confused. After he calmed down, he felt that things were not that simple.

He and Li Yihe and his fellow members thought carefully, and increasingly felt that there must be something strange about this, and he issued an order to rebuke Liu Tai and recalled him back to the capital. The situation was completely unreversible.

Then Liu Tai's normal reaction shouldn't be to ask for forgiveness quickly? Is it necessary to die with him? Even if he doesn't do anything, the ending will be much better than now. Liu Tai is not stupid, so how could he do such a thing that harms others and harms himself?

Zhang Xianggong noticed the breath of conspiracy.

After Liu Tai was escorted to Beijing and was sent to the imperial prison, Zhang Juzheng decided to meet him in person at the Beizhen Fushi.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng had completely restored the demeanor that the Ming Regent should have. He did not scold Liu Tai for being ungrateful, nor did he bother to ask him why you treated me like this? He just said calmly, Eunuch Feng discussed with me and sentenced you to be 100 sticks and sent to Liaodong as a military force.

Liu Tai was immediately scared and urinated. It was a good thing that the court stick was a medal of the censor. But the latter one might as well kill him! He was a mighty man in Liaodong, and many people were so angry that their teeth were itchy. If it fell into their hands, they would definitely be humiliated to death.

Zhang Juzheng changed his mind again, but if you are unrighteous, I must be kind. As long as you tell me the truth, why do you need to be a teacher? I can be extra kind and let you go home safely.

From Shenyang to the capital, the whole journey was 1,400 miles, and it was snowy and there were also Jinyiwei's "careful care" along the way. Liu Tai had been tortured to lose his backbone. He knelt down to Zhang Juzheng and cried and said that he had been deceived.

At first, when he received the imperial edict, he felt embarrassed and angry, and had no shame to see others. He was full of thought about how to ask the teacher for forgiveness after returning to Beijing, saying that he was cheated by Zhang Xueyan and others.

However, at this time, his friend reminded that things may not be as simple as he thought, and going to the capital city may be a burrow.

Liu Tai asked why. Friends of the mute told him that not long ago, the Henan censor Fu Yingzhen submitted a memorial to attack the whip method and used Wang Anshi to allude to Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Xianggong reported to the young emperor, dismissing Fu Yingzhen's post and investigating it, and trying to use him to uncover the small groups in the court against reform.

Liu Tai happened to be friends with Fu Yingzhen for many years, and both of them were subordinates of the conservative leader Ge Shouli. This made Liu Tai suddenly burst into a cold sweat, feeling that Mr. Zhang made a big fuss this time because he designated him as Fu Yingzhen's accomplice and decided to take tough measures against him.

In extreme panic, he was stunned by the instigation of the friend of the police and decided not to do anything and take action first!

Even the bloody bullet stamp was caught by that friend of the curtain...

"Where is your friend now?" Zhang Juzheng wanted to kill this idiot. If someone asked you to die, would you go too?

"Before the Jinyiwei came to the door, he didn't say goodbye..." Liu Tai cried.

"Where is his family? Are there any relatives in the capital?" Zhang Juzheng asked.

"He was recommended to me by Fu Yingzhen. Because he was from Liaodong, I used it without thinking too much... The Jinyiwei found his hometown Tieling, but found that there was no such person." Liu Tai said with a eclipse expression.

Zhang Juzheng repeatedly interrogated and found that these 25 were indeed only used, so he could only turn Feng Bao into the focus of the interrogation back to Fu Yingzhen, but Fu Yingzhen died in prison. His group of people made a big fuss about this in the same year, accusing the East Factory of torture and killing officials, making it very difficult to continue to follow Fu Yingzhen's investigation. In the end, the matter was left to nothing.

But this incident sounded a wake-up call for Mr. Zhang. Especially in the process of dealing with Liu Tai and Fu Yingzhen, many officials who had nothing to do with them wrote letters to rescue him, and even shouted the slogan "It is better to be a full counselor than to protect the country and the old man."

This made Zhang Ju feel like he was on his back and couldn't sleep at night. He would rather Fu Yingzhen and Liu Tai from behind the people, there were big men who covet his position. Zhang Xianggong had been in charge of his life and death after three dynasties, and had seen many such power struggles, and he didn't think anyone could win him.

What he was afraid of was that no one was instructing him behind his back, and everyone felt that things should be done like this. That would be a big deal!

Because that means that he and the most powerful force of the Ming Dynasty stood opposite each other.

It’s not Ge Shouli, not Gao Gong, and I don’t know what Shanxi Gang is stronger than Jiangnan Gang, it is the group will of the civil servant group!

This power is hidden deep, even invisible, but it has profoundly influenced the direction of the Ming Dynasty. All behaviors that violate it will be strongly corrected; all those who dare to challenge him will be ruthlessly erased. Even the emperor is no exception...

Although no one has any evidence, when you stand at the peak of power and think you can change this country according to your will, you will clearly feel its existence.

Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Jiajing all felt its power. The former lost their lives, while the latter almost lost their lives. When Emperor Longqing arrived, he lay down and wanted to pass the test safely...

Now that Emperor Wanli has not taken power, it is natural for him to feel the hostility of this power, as a regent with greater power than the emperor.

Zhang Juzheng knew exactly why the civil servant group was hostile to him and what direction their will was directed. Because he was once a member of this group, and he was a factor with great influence. He knew very well what these guys who were full of benevolence, righteousness, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, but were selfish in their hearts and only considered their own gains and losses. What do they want?

They hoped that he would give up the reform, end the exam and eliminate the idea of ​​clearing the land and implementing the one-whip method in the whole country. Because those all harm their interests and make them very uncomfortable.

But he couldn't give it, because in the past two hundred years, they have become more and more comfortable, but the Ming Dynasty and hundreds of millions of people have become more and more uncomfortable! If you want to keep this country from perishing and want the people to live, you can only make them uncomfortable!

For this reason, even if he stands opposite to all civil servants, he will do whatever he wants!

But Zhang Juzheng is also a human being. Even though he has the courage to "even if there are thousands of people, I will go", the psychological pressure can be imagined.

At this time, a white-brown divine turtle appeared in the world, which was extremely encouraging to him. It would definitely block the mouths of everyone and make those who oppose him shut up!
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