"The assassination of Zhang Wenming marked the complete intensification of the contradiction between the conservative forces and the reformists." - "Jingshi Daily", an editorial in the 35th year of Wanli.
On the morning of August 19, Zhu Yijun met with Zhang Juzheng and informed him of the assassination of Zhang Wenming.
Zhang Juzheng's red eyes, trembling lips, and tears rolling down his face from crying - as well as his eyes full of pain, all made Zhu Yijun feel strong sadness in his heart.
As a person who traveled through time and became an emperor, Zhu Yijun consciously shouldered the mission of coming to this world. He wanted to lead this country and its people to escape the fate of being occupied, humiliated, and enslaved three hundred years later; he wanted to lead this country
Divide the world after the Great Geographical Discovery with the people to make China in this time and space truly vast and rich in resources; he does not want China's land to remain divided in the 21st century; he does not want future generations of Chinese to bear the glory of the distant past and the shame of modern times.
He swallowed his anger while chasing. No one asked him to do all this, he did it consciously.
But it was difficult, too difficult. Even though he had let the newspapers advocate for a long time, even though he had done a lot subtly, and even though he used kindness and power to eliminate all kinds of resistance, reality still gave him two loud slaps in the face.
His own fall from a horse and Zhang Wenming's assassination, both murderous attempts, had to be carried out by solving the problem of the person who caused the problem. Zhu Yijun thought in frustration: I have done a good job, why should I be thankless? Himself
After decades of being the Taiping Emperor, he was safe and sound - why bother, why bother about the life and death of future generations?
What's more, he thought, all this may not be true. Maybe there really is a parallel world, and everything he does in this world is real and believable. There is also a possibility that this world is just a dream of himself or a madman in the future.
Just imagine. In one lifetime, the vegetation lasts for one autumn, and when the morning dew evaporates in the sun, who cares about how brilliant it once was in the sun?
However, however, it can't be done! He thought amidst Zhang Juzheng's cries, I will not admit defeat! This world should have been dominated by my country, and those who accompany me, those who believe in me, and those who love me are all
Telling me the fact that I am alive and already in perfect harmony with them!
I, Zhu Yijun, this is the last time I call myself this way. I am the king of this world. Yes, I will never be that little director with good intentions and compassion, a history lover. Since I am the king,
And if you haven't solved me, then let me solve it for you.
"I didn't want to cause you much pain." Zhu Yijun thought. "Maybe I was wrong at the beginning, and I shouldn't just use the ten-ting stick."
After the desolation, Zhu Yijun's heart was filled with anger. "When the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will be buried" - maybe he should raise the butcher's knife and let the flower of reform absorb nutrients from his blood, because the opponents no longer want to follow him
Come and have a good talk.
"Old sir, please forgive me. I will give you an explanation - with the blood of many people."
Zhang Juzheng's crying stopped. He wanted to admonish the emperor, but deep down in his heart he hoped that the emperor would really bury his old father with hundreds or thousands of people - it has been nineteen years since he came to Beijing again. Nineteen years
He had never served his father for a day. What he never expected was that the father who loved him most would bid farewell to him in this way.
He fell to the ground and cried: "When I heard the news of my obituary, I was heartbroken. Pigs, dogs and other animals did not dare to kill me, but I killed my father. How can we live together for a day?"
"However, I hope that the emperor will not administer the government out of anger, and do not kill indiscriminately out of anger. Anyone who harms my father will be punished, and it is useless to implicate innocent people. I also ask the emperor to control his anger."
Zhu Yijun heard this and said: "Old sir, please get up. The person who killed your father just wanted Ding You, the prime minister of the reform, to obstruct the reform! Zhang Hong's rebellion and your father's assassination, one in the south and one in the north, one inside and one outside. Even if there is no connection between the two, who outside can believe it?"
"At this time, if we do not strictly enforce the law, the authority of the reform will be gone! I will give the old man three months' leave first, and go home to deal with my father's funeral. After that, I will issue an order to win over - let's see who it is. I still have to jump out."
"As for how to clean up, sir, you don't have to worry about it - the top priority is to find out who committed the murder."
"Your father is old and failed in the imperial examination. Although he has been a student all year round, he must have regrets in his heart. I grant Mr. Zhang Wenming, who was born with the same Jinshi, the title of a first-class qualified doctor."
Seeing Zhang Juzheng opening his mouth to resign, Zhu Yijun raised his hand and said: "Sir, there is no need to resign. I have had this intention for a long time. It is my fault that I did not give it to the old man before he was alive and be honored in the village."
Zhang Juzheng walked up to the throne, kowtowed with tears and said: "I am all in ruins, this trip is absolutely unavoidable. However, although I am temporarily away, my heart and intention of reform can be expressed by the sun. My heart is always with the emperor." On the left and right, look at the Holy Protective Bow of the Emperor. Especially after being injured, please be careful in your daily life, food and rest."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "I understand, old sir, don't worry."
Zhang Juzheng continued: "The above is the most important thing, and I can't worry about it day and night. The day before yesterday, when I heard that the emperor fell from his horse, my heart was shattered, and I looked up to the Holy Ming to protect the holy bow. The second thing is that for several years, nothing has happened. The emperor has entrusted all matters to his ministers, big and small, and does not have to worry about them anymore. From now on, the emperor must pay attention to his own affairs, and do not tell the ministers that they are separated for several months, as there may not be any mistakes."
"An old saying goes: 'One day, two days, tens of thousands, if you are not careful in one thing, you may cause trouble to the whole world.' How much more when the reform is just starting? From today on, all the yamen will report, hoping that the emperor will carefully read it and make a personal decision. If it is relevant, , summon the ministers in the cabinet, or Pan Sheng, Liu Yingjie, Wang Chonggu and others, to discuss with them and proceed accordingly."
After listening to his earnest instructions, Zhu Yijun's eyes turned red and he said: "Don't worry, old man, I know your loyalty and love. I also hope that you will take care of yourself during the long journey and don't get too sad when you get home."
After Zhang Juzheng heard this, he fell to the ground and cried bitterly again.
...
Zhang Hong's rebellion and the assassination of Zhang Juzheng's father temporarily silenced those who opposed the reform. Hidden in the dark, they celebrated each other, but they also knew that if they spoke nonsense at this time, they would probably be classified as traitors and traitors. Within the scope, they were all caught in one sweep.
However, it was too late to shut up at this time. The emperor was furious, and the Jin Yiwei, based on previous surveillance results, launched a large-scale roundup of the subjects across the country who were opposed to the reform and had spoken out about it.
This kind of manhunt was white terror-style, and soon turned into a massacre. Before September, the first batch of Beijing officials related to Zhang Hong's rebellion had been executed. The highest-ranking one was Xiong Dunpu, the head of the Ministry of War - because The warehouses and funds of the Ministry of War will be directly transferred to the branch after the reform. He has spoken against the reform on different occasions.
When the emperor no longer used his imperial staff to talk to his subjects, but directly raised the butcher's knife, the real silence of thousands of horses came. The death of Xiong Dunpu and the large amount of blood of the Yi family in Zhang Hong's rebellion turned the second half of the fifth year of Wanli red.
.Moreover, the bloody smell is getting stronger and stronger - gradually becoming darker and more permeating, making everyone in the empire feel depressed and find it difficult to breathe.
...On the second day of September in the fifth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng arrived in Jiangling under the escort of three thousand soldiers from the Beijing camp. On the fifth day after he arrived home, that is, the seventh day of September, significant progress was made in the assassination of Zhang Wenming.
On that day, the assassin knocked out the old student who played Yang Jisheng in the Zhang family opera troupe. After the disguise and performance, no one noticed. The lyrics were vivid and did not arouse any suspicion. Jin Yiwei used this to start all the actors from Jiangnan who were studying and performing "The Legend of the Phoenix".
Make a register and check the whereabouts of everyone before and after the incident.
At the beginning of September, he used to work for the Dong family, but after the Dong family broke up, he was living in the world. He changed his name to Dong Jianxiong and came into Jinyiwei's sight. After the Dong family broke up, he established the Jiqing class and set up his own business, thinking that the wealthy gentry in Jiangnan who did not have a team
Singing for a living.
At the end of the fourth year of Wanli Dynasty, he went to the Zhang family with a letter of introduction from the troupe and Shen Jing, a famous playwright at the time, and had a performing arts exchange with the Zhang family opera troupe - to celebrate Zhang Juyi's birthday.
In the fifth year of Wanli Dynasty, when "The Story of the Phoenix" became popular, Dong Jianxiong asked his own actors to learn to sing this opera, and fully competed with the Zhang family troupe. When Zhang Wenming was assassinated, he and his troupe were also in Jiangling, at the home of Chen Bingzhong, a squire in Jiangling.