While waiting for the Holy Emperor’s approval, the people outside the public office were all praying for a miracle, and they knelt down devoutly.
They hope that justice can defeat evil, and they hope that heroes can break free from the shackles and win the final victory.
Therefore, they pray for a miracle to come.
Looking at the people kneeling and praying outside the public office, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but close his eyes. He couldn't bear to see them praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky with hope, because the reality was destined to disappoint them.
Such miracles as surviving under the knife are often born in opera literature, and almost do not exist in reality.
Zhu Ping'an couldn't bear to see them looking full of the sunset, because he was afraid of seeing them disappointed.
However, while waiting for the approval of the Holy Emperor, something unexpected happened. The crowd watching and praying outside suddenly became excited, and they all became excited and rushed to tell each other, saying that a miracle was already brewing.
It will come soon.
After this incident, some officials who were watching could not help but whisper to each other, feeling that the case was about to take a turn.
Here's the thing.
Didn't Yan Shifan write the defense letter himself before, and ordered the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War and other relevant yamen to copy it and submit it to the court in their name?
This thing is exposed!
The Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Husbandry and other yamen all followed Yan Shifan's wishes and copied the defense in their names and reported it to the court.
However, Yan Shifan's plan suffered a big setback in the most critical department of military selection, the Yamen.
The Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War was a key office in Yan Shifan's defense.
Because Yang Jisheng impeached Yan Song in the memorial for pretending to claim military merit for his two grandsons. First, he was loyal to his eldest grandson Yan and made contributions to the victory in Guangdong and Guangxi, and was promoted to the governor of Jinyi. Then he pretended to lead a man in Qiongzhou to kill seven heads and surrender the merit certificate.
Yan Xiaozhong warned Yan Song about his illness, and Yan Song ordered his grandson Yan Hu to take his place. Yan Hu also petitioned and pledged allegiance to the seventh-level officer, and was promoted to the rank of Jinyi Guard Qianhu, and was promoted to the steward of Qianhu. Yang Jisheng said that Yan Xiaozhong and Yan Hu were two young men.
How can a kid achieve military success if he has never even served in the military?
Moreover, Yang Jisheng stated the above impeachment facts in his memorial, and there is Wu Xuan Si Zangzi No. 19 Hall Draft as evidence.
Therefore, Yan Shifan wrote a lot about this in his defense letter and spent a lot of effort. He also specifically emphasized to the officials of the Yan Party who were handling the matter and asked them to find officials from the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War and copy it in the name of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War.
The defense statement stated that after verification, the impeachment matter of Yang Jisheng was untrue, and the draft No. 19 of the Wu Xuan Si Zangzi had nothing to do with the impeachment matter.
The officials of the Yan Party who were handling the matter went to the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. In strict accordance with the name of Yan Shifan, they found Zhou Mian, a doctor of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, who was the only leader working in the Military Selection Department at that time. They took out Yan Shifan's name and ordered him to use the name of Yan Shifan
In the name of Xuan Si, he copied Yan Shifan's defense and submitted it to the court.
However, the official in charge of this matter may not have read the almanac or done enough homework when he went out. He did not know who the Zhou Mian he was looking for was. He did not know that Zhou Mian, the doctor of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, was nothing
Fear the yes men of the strict Party.
This Zhou Mian is a tough guy who is not inferior to Yang Jisheng. His creed in life is "Literary admonishment and military fighting". This is a being who is not even afraid of the Holy Emperor, so how can he be afraid of the strict Party!
Court staff!
Yang Jisheng received the imperial cane once before impeaching Yan Song; and Zhou Mian had already received the imperial cane twice.
The first time he was punished was because Emperor Jiajing built the Ancestral Temple. A few years after the Great Etiquette Controversy, Emperor Jiajing rebuilt the Ancestral Temple to worship his ancestors. However, after the Ancestral Temple was built, Emperor Jiajing did not go there in person.
He enshrined the shrines for his ancestors, practiced Taoism and refined elixirs devoutly in the palace, and only sent officials to worship the shrines on his behalf. This was against the ancestral system, so some officials raised this point. Emperor Jiajing listened.
After hearing the news, he became furious and issued an edict to warn all civil and military officials, saying that all officials who have such thoughts are doing it to improve their reputation and coerce me. In the future, any official who wants to gain fame and reputation from me will be too talkative.
He would definitely be severely punished. This was not long after the Great Etiquette Controversy. In view of the remaining power of the Jiajing Emperor's Great Etiquette Controversy, no official dared to mention it anymore. Only Zhou Mian was not afraid at all and resolutely submitted a memorial to oppose and condemn Emperor Jiajing's behavior.
, the words were much more fierce than those of the previous officials. Emperor Jiajing was so furious that he ordered Zhou Mian to be beaten with a stick and thrown into prison.
The second time he was punished was six years ago. Zhou Mian had just been released from prison a few years ago. At that time, the former prince had not yet left the court to give lectures. Zhou Mian thought that this was not good. The prince could not neglect his studies. He should hurry up and select someone with both good character and academic performance.
The great scholar gave lectures to the prince. People reminded him that this was the private matter of the emperor, but Zhou Mian ignored it. He felt that this was not good for the future of the Ming Dynasty, so he resolutely reminded Emperor Jiajing of the imperial examination. Sure enough, after the memorial, Emperor Long Yan of Jiajing
Angry, he thought that Zhou Mian had ulterior motives and even locked up royal affairs. In anger, he had Zhou Mian beaten with a royal stick and demoted to a small county in Yunnan Province where he was demoted to work as a pawnbroker.
Even though he was demoted to a small county town in Yunnan, Zhou Mian still had no less blood and spirit, never changed a word of his life creed, and still refused to succumb to any power or pressure, making this small county town appreciate his toughness and stubborn temper.
The results are outstanding.
As a result, he was recalled to the capital again and took up the post of the military-selected doctor of the Ministry of War.
If the strict party official who was in charge of the errand had done his homework and checked Zhou Mian's resume, I believe he would never dare to hand over the matter to Zhou Mian.
However, without if, he did not do his homework or read the almanac. When he arrived at the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, Zhou Mian was the only leader working in the yamen. The others were all minor officials and minor officials, and they were not important enough.
When he handed the defense written by Yan Shifan to Zhou Mian and told Zhou Mian his demands, Zhou Mian smiled.
The official of the Yan Party who was in charge of errands saw Zhou Mian smiling and laughed too. He felt that Zhou Mian was quite decent.
However, after Zhou Mian's memorial was written, the official on duty could not laugh anymore.
"Yan Shifan ordered his ministers to copy the defense statement and submit it to the court. However, he conducted thorough interviews and conducted honest interviews. No loyal loyalist ever came to serve in the army. He was not loyal to his biological brother. His name was a fabrication, and there was no trace of real evidence on his head...
My duties are very important, I dare not hide my righteousness, I beg for justice, so that the world will know that my courtiers have meritorious deeds and laws that cannot be broken. Even if I am offended, I will die without regret!"
Zhou Mian's memorial not only failed to copy Yan Shifan's defense statement, but also exposed it, and further revealed the truth about Yan Song's falsehood. Then, without stopping for a moment, he sent the memorial to Xiyuan.
The Yan Party official who was in charge of errands was so frightened that he hurried back to the office to report Yan Song and his son, but the news could not stop the fire, and the news spread quickly.