Chapter 156 The truth in the mist
In another time and space, although Zhang Ju visited Gao Gong when he was returning home, he visited him again when he returned to Beijing, and said all the good things, and helped him solve some practical difficulties and conveyed a strong desire for reconciliation, it was difficult to eliminate Gao Gong's overwhelming hatred.
But Gao Gong is proficient in power and naturally will not have conflicts with Zhang Juzheng in person. Instead, he is slandering him and using Zhang Xianggong's eagerness to reconcile, he has gained a lot of benefits. For example, he has recovered various retirement benefits that he has been cancelled because he was dismissed from office and returned home. He has arranged a job for his nephews...
When Zhang Juzheng left, he began to write black materials. At that time, Gao Gong was already dying, but he used his last time to write his resentment into a "Last Word of the Sickbed" with every word and tears, exposing how Zhang Juzheng colluded with Feng Bao to frame him, how he deceived the emperor and his son, and caused various crimes to harm the court.
But after the materials were written, he ordered his heir Gao Wuguan to keep them properly. Zhang Juzheng was alive for one day and was not allowed to show them to others for a day. He also told him that even if Zhang Juzheng died, he would not rush to ask someone to present it to the emperor, nor should he read it to the ministers. Instead, he printed it into a booklet and let it be circulated in society.
Gao Wuguan strictly followed what Gao Gong said, and as a result, "The Last Words of the Sickbed" had a wide social impact and became a strong catalyst for the final liquidation of Zhang Juzheng.
At that time, under the hinting from Emperor Wanli, the court had already exposed and criticized Zhang Juzheng in all aspects. Someone presented the "Last Word of the Sickbed" to Wanli. The ungrateful thing completely gave an excuse to liquidate Zhang Juzheng - look, he was the one who deceived me and my mother at the beginning! So he has been lying to me over the years! Then what else can hesitate to do to his whole family!
Perhaps the 'Zhuge's plan to kill Wei Yan' is a joke, but the 'Gao Gong's suicide note avenge' is a real story.
But Gao Gong didn't expect that when he encountered something like Wanli, the result of his revenge would be so good, which made Zhang Juzheng's family almost die...
Although Gao Zhang’s contradiction is far worse than that in this place, seeing that the tenth year of Wanli is getting closer and closer, Zhao Hao has to be careful, and being able to discharge a thunder is a thunder...
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The Gao family’s ancestral tomb.
Gao Gong was stunned for a long time by Zhao Hao's question, and finally smiled bitterly, "Forget it, the young master spoke, so Gao naturally wants to listen. I promise not to slander him."
"I won't criticize him in the future?" Zhao Hao asked, "I won't write a memoir or something in the future. Wait until a hundred years later?"
"Don't worry, I won't." Gao Gong was frightened when he heard this. He was just thinking about it! If he hadn't started writing and hadn't told anyone about this, he would have thought that everyone around him was a spy from the East Factory.
"That's good, that's good." Zhao Hao breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Mr. Xuan, don't blame me for being too careless. If my father-in-law can get a result like you in the future, it will be Amitabha."
"This..." Gao Gong was stunned again. "Don't you be optimistic about Ling Yue?"
"The father-in-law himself also has this view." Zhao Hao whispered: "He often said that the new policy of Wanli was successful, and one of them would come first with the Zhang family."
"Oh?" Gao Gong was shocked and looked at the sedan chair on the large field in the village and said nothing for a long time.
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After saying goodbye to Gao Gong, Mr. Zhang rushed forward.
Thirty-two strong men worked together, and on the fourth day of the April 19th, they sent Xianggong Zhang back to Jiangling, his hometown where he had been away for twenty years.
Then the funeral ceremony was naturally extremely mourning. The officials on the ground in Huguang all gave mourning to Lao Fengjun as soon as they were governors. Everything was extremely brilliant. I believe that the old boy Zhang Wenming would be so happy that he could not stop talking about it.
After the burial, Zhang Juzheng closed the door and thanked the guests and stayed at home to accompany his 73-year-old mother.
However, all this is just a manifestation. The eight hundred miles from the capital have been rushed, almost every day, and important memorials are delivered to the Zhang Mansion. On the return trip, Zhang Xianggong's ticket is planned to be brought back.
Although Mr. Zhang was mourning at home, he had never relaxed his authority for a day.
Zhao Hao stayed in Jiangling until the end of April. In addition to accompanying his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he mainly investigated the cause of Zhang Wenming's death...
Although the Jinyiwei had already reached an investigation conclusion--Old Fengjun did fall into the water accidentally.
However, the decay of the organization must be synchronized. There will be no situation where the government is scattered, but the secret service agencies are still accurate and efficient.
Therefore, Zhao Hao did not trust the conclusion of the Jinyiwei, so he still ordered the Special Forces to conduct a secret investigation.
Sure enough, this search found the problem.
Feng Bao told him that on the night Zhang Wenming fell into the water, everyone on the boat, including the Jinyiwei who protected Lao Fengjun, was sentenced to death.
However, the truth is that the servants on the ship were all the tortured. The guests just went into the prison of the local Jinyiwei for a few days, and then they had to be released again.
Of course, I heard that Mr. Zhang was back, and they all ran to another country to hide from the limelight.
So either Feng Bao intended to deceive him or the Dongchang man who was sent to investigate was bribed by the Jinyi Qianhu in Huguang, helping to deceive his superiors together.
Zhao Hao is more inclined to the latter, after all, it is normal for the factory guard to be so bad. With Eunuch Feng's power and status, no one should be able to threaten him...
So he ordered the secret arrest of the fleeing guests.
The guests actually thought the case had been closed, and the reason why they went out to avoid the limelight was mainly because they were afraid that Mr. Zhang would take his anger and they were almost unprepared. They basically went to Yueyang, Wuchang, and Changsha. And they were openly entering and leaving various entertainment venues, and it was a piece of cake to capture them by Special Science and Technology.
When these guys were taken off their black cloth covers, they were shocked to find that they were in Dongting Lake.
The three-story pleasure boat I rode was the one that Zhang Wenming fell into the water on the Double Ninth Festival last year.
In the middle of the vast Dongting Lake, it is called Tiantian but not effective, and the earth is not suitable. These pampered masters have been questioned by special departments torture officers.
I have only been halfway through the basic routine, and I have all given up before I can get extra meals...
Seeing the confessions presented, Zhao Hao smiled at Cai Ming, who was with him, and said, "That's right. Drinking, sex and money will erode people's will. The masters and men are completely incompatible with rather than surrender."
"Yes." Cai Ming nodded and said, "Even the Jinyiwei was pulled into the water. His opponent's family is really a big deal."
"Look, let's talk about it." Zhao Hao looked through the confession. This time the guys admitted that someone asked them to deliberately get Zhang Wenming drunk in advance, and even gave him a lot of medicine, saying that there would be a good show at that time.
And the companion who helped Zhang Wenming to the stern of the boat was actually a little husband he liked. The two of them were doing something shameful, so they spread their left and right...
A guest confessed that the young husband was actually the man of King Guangyuan Zhu Xian.
Seeing this, Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh. He understood what the opponent was trying to do.
It was indeed a vassal trump card that had been tried and tested in the Ming Dynasty! And it was a vassal king who had a mortal grudge against his father-in-law!
In addition to King Guangyuan, Zhu Xian also has another identity as the Zongli of the Liao Prefecture.
He was the younger brother of the deposed King of Liao, Zhu Xian. The Liao Kingdom was expelled, but someone had to take care of the royal family of the Liao king, right? So Zhu Xian was appointed as the "Liaofu Zongli", which is the boss of tens of thousands of royal families in the entire Liao vassal.
The Liao vassal king was deposed, the country was removed, and the government was taken away. It is recognized by the world that Zhang Juzheng retaliated against his grandfather's death, so both sides had an absolute feud. It is reasonable for Zhu Xian to kill Zhang Juzheng's father.
Moreover, the royal family was the largest landlord group in the Ming Dynasty, and the land of the clay camp had the greatest influence on them.
There is also a "Qingfan" in the Wanli New Deal, which aims to reduce the stock of the royal family and limit the increase of the royal family through strict examination. Naturally, it also seriously touched the interests of the royal family.
Killing Zhang Wenming not only can you take revenge, but you may also avoid Qingzhang and Qingfan, killing three birds with one stone!
Therefore, Zhu Xian had sufficient motives for committing crimes and had the ability to commit crimes, which seemed to be the culprit.
"But is it really that way?" After reading the confession, Zhao Hao walked up with his hands behind his back. "Why do I feel so familiar?"
"Young Master refers to the five gentlemen who oppose the robbery of love?" Cai Ming said softly.
"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "It seems that you feel the same way."
"Yes, the royal family has no shortage of courage, but do you have this brain?" Cai Ming nodded and said, "If the young master hadn't come to Jiangling to investigate thoroughly, they would have been confused."
"Who said no? Can a group of pigs who are not good enough to make things happen? "Zhao Hao rubbed his face with both hands and said a little depressed for a while: "But if you look down, it's probably not worth the money."
"Yes." Cai Ming nodded. He understood what Zhao Hao meant. Because those who urged Zhu Xian from behind were definitely not afraid that Zhu Xian would be found out.
Because once he was found out, the Liao vassal states would definitely cause trouble, and the royal families in various places would respond. At that time, the whole country would be in chaos, and the empress dowager and the emperor would definitely settle the matter.
As long as the Zhu family has the final say, this situation will not change. So the civil servant group... is called the bureaucratic landlord group, and they especially like to use them as guns.
Of course, Zhao Hao had countless ways to make Zhu Xian die from an accident or illness. But Zhang Wenming was not his grandfather, so he didn't have to dirty his hands for him, and even mess around with him if he didn't do it well.
"Young Master, what should we do?" Cai Ming asked softly: "Do you want to report to Mr. Zhang?"
"It's not the time yet." Zhao Hao shook his head slowly and said, "For us, it's enough to confirm that those guys really have no lower limit. As for my father-in-law, before he got out of his grief, don't sprinkle salt on his wounds."
Then he ordered: "Cut all of them, according to the standards of the Ministry of Justice, and sign and seal each page."
Obviously, Zhao Hao did not intend to give up this card, but was just ready to be played at the right time...
"What then?" Cai Ming asked again.
"Let the special science waste make use of it." Zhao Hao said lightly: "With a sharp weapon, the murderous intention arises. We can stand the scrutiny of future generations."
"I understand." Cai Ming nodded and went to convey orders to the people in the special department.
Zhao Hao easily refused to kill. Especially when Jiangnan Group reached this point, if he did not control his desires, he would easily become a monster that would harm the country and the people.
Chapter completed!