"Zhang Jiangling, even if I become a devil, I will not let you go!"
Zhang Juzheng, who was talking eloquently in the cabinet, suddenly found Liu Tai, dressed in white and with a pale complexion, rushing towards him. He was speechless and wanted to explain something, but he couldn't say a word with all his strength.
Zhang Juzheng had never seen Liu Tai like this before. His eyes seemed to be spitting fire, and the muscles on his face were almost twisted because of anger. The blood dripping from the corner of his mouth was red and dazzling.
When he bared his teeth and claws to attack Zhang Juzheng, his face suddenly changed and turned into a high-arched face. Zhang Juzheng breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Mr. Xinzheng. When the father-in-law met, you and I
From the time we met until now, it has lasted for several years."
Gao Gong's eyes widened and he scolded: "You are a traitor who monopolizes power and overwhelms the country with funerals. I, Gao, are ashamed to be your friend!" After speaking, he bared his teeth and claws and stepped forward, grabbed Zhang Juzheng's hand and said, "Let's go see the late emperor.
, I will accuse you of forging an imperial edict!"
Zhang Juzheng struggled hard and said: "Xin Zheng Gong is joking, how can anyone dare to correct the imperial edict?" He suddenly thought back: "Xin Zheng Gong, haven't you been dead for several years?"
Just after he said this, the person who grabbed his hand was no longer high-gone, but turned into Feng Bao. Behind Feng Bao stood a person with a blurry face, like the late Emperor Longqing, or like a human head being buried in a trap.
Seven Xu Jue in a box.
Hearing Feng Bao say: "Uncle Zhang, does it hurt if Feng gives your old thief a knife?" After saying that, someone said with a ferocious face: "The pain of your death is not as painful as mine! You betrayed me that day and ruined my family.
When it’s time to die, I can’t even ask for death!”
Zhang Juzheng saw his father's killer in his dream, but he couldn't bring himself to fight, so he only tried to pull his hand away from Feng Bao's hand. The person behind Feng Bao suddenly shouted: "Treacherous Prime Minister"
, look at the knife!" There was a flash of cold light - exactly the same as the one that hit his father's throat that day, a shining flying knife came straight to his face.
With a sound of "Ah——", Zhang Juzheng suddenly sat up from the bed and broke out of this terrible nightmare. He was sweating profusely and his heart was beating fast.
Hearing soft words beside him: "Master, are you suffering from a nightmare?" Before he finished speaking, the glass oil lamp was turned on, and a beautiful woman in silk silk picked up a soft silk scarf and wiped Zhang Juzheng's forehead.
Dense beads of sweat.
Zhang Juzheng calmed down, looked at the two lively faces waiting on the bed outside, and let out a long sigh.
He whispered: "Bring me a cup of tea." The woman agreed first and then said: "Sir, the health doctor said that you can't drink tea at night. It's best to drink some milk so that you can sleep deeply." After saying this,
Seeing that Zhang Juzheng didn't answer, she still took the bowl of tea handed to her from outside.
After she tasted the heat and cold first, Zhang Juzheng lay half on the pillow at the head of the bed, leaned against her and took a sip of tea. Then he asked: "What time is it now?"
The beauty said: "It's not even midnight yet, sir, please sleep a little longer." Zhang Juzheng didn't answer, and stared blankly at the top of the tent, feeling that the round blessing character embroidered with gold thread was like a millstone.
Zhang Wenming was assassinated on the Mid-Autumn Festival in the fifth year of Wanli. It will now be five years. At the beginning, the entire world situation was affected by Zhang Wenming's case. The emperor broke up dozens of Jiangnan wealthy families to bury Zhang Wenming.
Zhang Juzheng's tentacles all over the empire also fed back various news related to Zhang Wenming's assassination. There were people in Zhang Juzheng's staff who were responsible for sorting out the information. However, as the information gradually increased, Zhang Juzheng had already taken the initiative to stop it at the beginning of the sixth year of Wanli.
investigation.
Deep down in his heart, he never dared to think that his father's death had anything to do with the emperor. He stopped himself from thinking that way, and he could not think of a reason for the emperor to attack his father.
However, today's dream revealed the real murderer clearly. Zhang Juzheng clearly remembered that at the end of the fifth year of Wanli, the Wei Dynasty was assigned by the emperor to go to the south of the Yangtze River. Some people said that he went to Nanjing - Feng Bao's
The nest is right there.
No one explained to himself, even though he was already inferior to one person and superior to tens of thousands of people. It was extremely difficult for Zhang Juzheng to believe that it was the emperor who ordered Feng Bao - no one with a little bit of political wisdom could do this. However, Feng Bao assassinated Zhang Wenming, and the emperor
But he was not executed - Zhang Juzheng thought of this, shook his head, and killed this idea from the bottom of his heart.
Maybe Dong Jianxiong was the final murderer, Zhang Juzheng thought. His grandfather died in the hands of King Xiao Liao. The ridiculous prince kept pouring wine into his stomach, and drank him to death like that.
The real culprit didn't get the punishment he deserved until the Liao Prince's palace fell. Zhang Juzheng now recalls that his grandfather should be the most beloved person in the Zhang family - far more than his own father.
So, when the King of Liao was impeached, he gave him a gentle push and threw the entire King of Liao family into the abyss. Well, the person who wrote the unveiling note would not let this matter go - Liu
The Taiwan incident was just a small introduction, and the princes' counterattack would eventually cost the entire family their lives.
I don’t know if the National Security Bureau found out who was responsible for uncovering the post, the National Security Bureau of Jinyiwei Gai, the Military Intelligence Bureau—and the secret guards who only heard Zhang Juzheng’s voice but never saw his face. I don’t know how the investigation went.
The Zhang family must have been cursed. I wonder what will happen to me in the future. Will he die an unexpected death like his grandfather and father, or will he die a healthy life?
The chirping of autumn insects disturbed Zhang Juzheng's thoughts. For many years, he had no time to mourn the spring and autumn. But at this time, in the early morning of an autumn day in the tenth year of Wanli, a sense of sadness suddenly came to his heart.
The beauty next to him screamed, and Zhang Juzheng realized that his hand was a little too strong. He turned his head and looked at the tearful beauty, and suddenly realized that since the last time the emperor came to visit him, he had been on the bed.
On top of that, natural resources have been wasted for many days.
He motioned to the woman to untie her clothes, and used his loose-skinned and skinny fingers to roam around her elastic body for a while. After feeling slightly refreshed, he motioned again and gently closed his eyes.
Following the beauty's movements, Zhang Juzheng let out a deep breath again. He turned over, arched his back, and waited for the waves of relief to arrive as expected.
...
On the third day of August in the tenth year of Wanli, the Emperor went to the imperial court. Jia San, the deputy censor of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the imperial censor of the left, was sent to the court for discussion by the emperor. Zhang Xueyan used his influence in the Privy Council in the "empty salary case" to
They gave the green light to the arms business of Weng Dali, Jia Shanyan and other gangs, and accepted 70,000 taels of bribes - the Metropolitan Procuratorate has investigated and found out, and it has been a solid case.
Zhang Xueyan was a very capable person, and people at the time thought he was a scheming man. He not only made countless achievements in collaboration with Li Chengliang in Liaodong, but also served in two capitals, Shandong, and Shaanxi, where he liquidated the wealth of his relatives, Zhuangtian, and seized official and civilian settlements, which greatly eased the burden on the people.
Zhen Fu was considered a capable minister in the Wanli Dynasty.
However, the status of a capable minister could not save the emperor's hatred for corruption. Zhang Xueyan was sentenced to be hanged in prison and executed later in the year. When Zhang Juzheng heard the emperor's indifferent opinions on the verdict, his face was calm, but his heart was filled with excitement.
Zhang Xueyan was the highest-ranking civil servant to be sentenced to death after Zhu Yijun arrested officials. Wang Ning, the former governor of Yunnan, was killed before the Burma War, which shocked the officialdom of the world. Now the deputy privy envoy and a first-rank official have been sentenced to death.
The shock will be far greater than Wang Ning's sentence.
When Zhang Xueyan was involved in the empty wages case and was first detained, some people thought that the wind was about to change, and they impeached Zhang Xueyan and Wang Zongzai one after another, thinking that they had a plan. Unexpectedly, they were reprimanded by the emperor one after another, scolding them for following the wind, which was extremely shameless.
——In a state of disgrace.
Subsequently, the palace announced that Zhang Juzheng's youngest son, Zhang Jingxiu, Princess Shang Shouyang, disappeared without a trace from the Ming Dynasty's officialdom without even making waves.
After the verdict in the Zhang Xueyan case was pronounced, Zhang Juzheng was about to return to the political hall for work. Zhu Yijun asked him: "Old sir, Zhang Ziyu has made great contributions to the country. Although his merits and demerits cannot be offset, you can go to see him in prison on my behalf and express my regrets."
I mean - ask him by the way if he has anything to say."
Zhang Juzheng was horrified when he heard this. He didn't know where Zhu Yijun's words came from. Seeing his doubts, Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Some people around me say that he is scheming. This man really has some tricks. Just go and ask him.