Chapter 357: Inside and Outside of the Zhang Family (Part 1)
Wang Tingxiang came to Tianlao with the intention of giving it a try, but he didn't expect that Qin Dewei actually came up with an idea.
Although the idea of passing the blame is not in line with his courageous and responsible style, there are always many helplessness in life, at least this is an answer to solve the problem.
Besides, it would be nice to pass the blame to Zhang Shoufu and Fang Cifu, the two proponents of etiquette, and make them feel disgusted. Wang Tingbang has no psychological burden on this. He is not a pedantic person.
Therefore, although Wang Tingxiang came under great pressure, he relieved the pressure in Tianlao and left with satisfaction.
After Wang Tingxiang left, Feng En had a doubt in his heart and couldn't help but ask Qin Dewei across the aisle:
"Zhang Yanling has committed many crimes over the years, and I also think he deserves to be killed! I heard that many ministers took action and thought about getting rid of him.
But today, Zhang Yanling has finally been imprisoned. Why do the princes in the court want to save him? Is it possible that it is just to maintain the dignity of the royal family?"
Zhang Yanling could hear it clearly in the cell next to her, and she really wanted to curse.
You bunch of civilized officials have had enough! It’s endless, isn’t it? In front of you, you’re just here talking about killing yourself in different ways!
However, Qin Dewei had some feelings about Feng En's question, "Although the Zhang family is trash that brings disaster to the country and the people, they are trash from Xiaomiao after all."
Mr. Feng still didn’t understand. Xiaomiao refers to Emperor Xiaozong Hongzhi, and the Zhang family is Xiaozong’s trash. What does this sentence mean?
Qin Dewei was also idle, and explained: "To put it another way, you can see that most of the princes in power are around sixty years old, which is very different from us.
Most of the princes entered officialdom during the Hongzhi period, or grew up during the Hongzhi period when they were young.
The first loyal emperor in their lives was Xiaomiao, so Xiaomiao has a special status in their hearts."
For the sake of political security, Qin Dewei added: "Unlike us, we are all Jiajing men!"
Qin Dewei can't say more. If he says it out loud, he might lose his head. Let Mr. Feng experience it for himself!
At the peak of the Great Rites Discussion, almost all the ministers wanted Emperor Jiajing to be adopted by Emperor Xiaozong. Of course, this was mainly due to the principle of etiquette and law.
But on the other hand, could it be that the minister was more emotionally inclined to Xiaozong, who was a pretty good person, and didn't want to see Xiaozong die?
So the sensitive Emperor Jiajing said angrily: You horse-riding people only know how to be loyal to Emperor Xiaozong, but you don’t know how to be loyal to me, the emperor!
But everyone will grow old and die. When the wave of ministers who were successful in studying during the Hongzhi period gradually disappeared from the political arena, the issue of great ritual discussions also faded away.
But now that they were talking about Zhang Yanling again, Qin Dewei suddenly realized why Mr. Zhang, who was diagonally opposite him, had been silent for a long time.
So Qin Dewei took his turn to knock on the iron fence, and shouted towards the cell diagonally opposite: "Is this old man named Zhang a coward?
When Duke Li Kongtong went to prison, weren't you very arrogant? You tried to kill Duke Kongtong but failed. As long as I, Qin Dewei, can get out, I will avenge my predecessor!"
Here it comes again! Mr. Feng, who is writing hard, rubbed his forehead in pain. The environment with naughty children really affects the coding!
How can Zhang Yanling still have the mood to confront Qin Dewei? Although he is arrogant and domineering, he is not a fool. Can he still not see which direction the wind is blowing at this moment?
Just now, Wang Tingxiang, the Minister of Punishment, was unscrupulously discussing with the young man diagonally across the street whether to kill him, how to kill him, and who to kill him!
What does this mean? It means that in the eyes of Wang Tingxiang, he is already a dead dog without any threat! Whether he kills him or not is the only thing that matters!
So Zhang Yanling began to panic. When the family was ruined and life and death were at stake, who would have the heart to scold him?
Anyone with experience knows that in most cases, quarreling and scolding will not last long if it is only one-sided.
Therefore, Qin Dewei was no longer interested, and peace and quiet returned to the prison.
The Zhang Yanling case in the twelfth year of Jiajing attracted wider attention than the Feng En case.
For example, the father-in-laws in the palace did not pay much attention to the Feng En case, as can be seen from the attitude of Dai Eunuch at the scene, but almost everyone was paying attention to the Zhang Yanling case.
First, the eunuchs all know that the Queen Mother Zhang involved in the Zhang Yanling case is closely related to Ouchi.
Secondly, the eunuchs all knew a while ago that the Zhang family is the next "wind outlet", and everyone is thinking about how to seize this outlet, especially Eunuch Bi of Dongchang who is the most active.
However, the case of Zhang Yanling exploded because a commoner went to the Penal Department Yamen to report it, which made the eunuchs feel particularly strange.
Therefore, in the past few days, various private chat gatherings in the palace have suddenly increased.
Eunuch Qin, who was in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor, finished his work as the Royal Horse Supervisor and leisurely walked back to Qianqing Palace along the inner right gate.
"Qin Gong, stay!" Someone shouted loudly, and the Qin eunuch turned around and saw that it was the eunuch Gao Zhong.
As mentioned earlier, although Gao Zhong was named an internal official and eunuch, he was actually in charge of the palace's projects and did work similar to that of the Ministry of Works of the outer dynasty.
Gao Zhong greeted Eunuch Qin, and then said: "I want to ask Duke Qin about the construction of the two palaces! Why don't you come to my place for a few drinks?"
The biggest project to be launched this year is a new palace for the Empress Dowager. Everyone knows that this is the emperor's filial piety to his biological mother, the Empress Dowager Chiang, but the problem is that there is also Empress Dowager Zhang in the palace.
The two palaces must be built together. As a result, the engineering issue turned into a political issue.
Eunuch Qin smiled modestly: "I know nothing about engineering, how can I give you advice?"
"Mr. Qin, please don't see anyone outside!" Gao Zhong, who was also familiar with Eunuch Qin, forced Eunuch Qin to leave.
Arriving at his immediate room, Gao Zhong waved off his entourage, and then asked Eunuch Qin: "At the beginning, you gave instructions on how to build the two palaces of the Queen Mother, depending on the emperor's attitude towards the Zhang family.
Now that the emperor's attitude has become clear, it's time to come up with the design of this palace. We really can't wait any longer."
Eunuch Qin asked in surprise: "I never expected that you would actually ask me about building the palace? In the past few days, we don't talk about this when we get together."
Gao Zhong: ""
Eunuch Qin patted Gao Zhong: "We are all brothers, so don't pretend to be honest."
Gao Zhong said angrily: "We just build palaces for the emperor and don't care about anything else!"
Eunuch Qin used himself to save others, but he still couldn't believe it: "Are you really just talking about building the palace?"
Gao Zhong said: "Just tell me, how should these two palaces be repaired? I am thinking about whether to make the Ciqing Palace of Empress Dowager Zhaosheng smaller?"
The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng refers to the Empress Dowager Zhang. Since the emperor does not want to see the Zhang family, can the palace regulations of the Empress Dowager Zhang be made smaller than those of the emperor's own mother, the Empress Dowager Chiang?
Eunuch Qin shook his head decisively: "That's inappropriate."
Gao Zhong then asked: "Then the Cining Palace of Our Lady should be built to be the same as the Ciqing Palace of Queen Mother Zhaosheng?"
The Holy Mother refers to the Empress Dowager Jiang, the biological mother of Emperor Jiajing. Since it is not appropriate to let Empress Dowager Jiang outdo Empress Dowager Zhang, then it can be done as well.
Eunuch Qin still shook his head decisively: "That's inappropriate."
Gao Zhong: ""
This is not appropriate, that is not appropriate, how can it be done properly? Do we want Empress Dowager Zhang’s Ciqing Palace to overwhelm Our Lady’s Cining Palace?
How many of your Qin Fu heads did you lend me? How dare you be so arrogant?