Shang Yi slowly opened his eyes, turned over from the bed and sat up. This was a room of only six or seven square meters, with earth walls on three sides, and an iron bar as thick as an arm from top to floor, leaving only Rong's arm. During the break in and out, the furniture in the room was only a small bed and a small square table, just a standard cell image. There were no windows, and the only light source came from a walkway between the two rows of cells. A few candles made the whole prison look dark, gloomy, damp, and filled with a putrid smell.
Although there was no daylight in the prison, he could still hear the time being announced by the prisoners. Shang Yi knew that he had already spent two days in the prison. The cell where Zeng Hualong was imprisoned was diagonally across from Shang Yi, and the conditions were the same as those of Shang Yi. Same as Yi. After Zeng Hualong was put into the cell, he remained silent and looked resigned to his fate.
The conditions in the prison are naturally very poor, but surviving in harsh natural conditions is also one of the training special forces must receive. Before the time travel, Shang Yi's usual training included two to three times a week of surviving and enduring in harsh environments. Training, during one mission, he soaked in rotten grass sludge for two full days, so the prison environment was nothing to Shang Yi. Although Shang Yi had not experienced such conditions for several months. It took some training, but after living there for two days, I basically got used to the environment here.
But what puzzled Shang Yi was why he ended up in this situation. Although Shang Yi knew that when Chongzhen was in power, he had killed many ministers, many of which were in vain or Expanding crimes, but killing without reason. And his military ability is exactly what the Ming Dynasty is in urgent need of. Moreover, he is a small and powerful official and has not done anything to disobey the imperial court. Even if he was promoted to Shandong The general will not threaten Chongzhen's throne. From that point of view, there is no need for Chongzhen to kill himself.
Judging from his own charges, he falsely reported military intelligence and faked military exploits. If Chongzhen didn't want to kill him, then he was obviously framed by others. Then who would want to harm him?
The first thing Shang Yi thought of was the members of Shen Yang's group of Jinyiwei. But when he thought about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong, because when he was at Muling Pass, his relationship with the Jinyiwei was pretty good, and more importantly, he was The place of detention was the prison of Dali Temple rather than the Fusi Imperial Prison in Beizhen, so it is unlikely that he was the Jinyi Guard.
But except for Jin Yiwei, he has no dealings with the ministers in the DPRK, and there has been no conflict of interest. Therefore, the possibility of being framed is not high. Then there is only the last situation left, that is, he is the victim. Zeng Hualong was implicated.
Zeng Hualong was the governor of Denglai and a local official. He would definitely have some connections or factions in the court. The party struggle during the Chongzhen Dynasty was very fierce, so it is entirely possible that Zeng Hualong would be involved in it, and he would be jointly involved in his meritorious service. Zeng Hualong also had merit and was expected to become an official in the court this time. Therefore, Zeng Hualong's political opponents fabricated the facts and confused right and wrong to attack him. Now he was obviously on the same front as Zeng Hualong, so he was jointly and severally punished. It's completely logical. If things were really like this, then I would be really unlucky.
Although this inference is very reasonable, there are still some things that don't make sense. First, the party struggle at this time mainly revolved around Zhou Yanru, Chen Yan, and Wei Zaode, and Zeng Hualong did not seem to be involved. , he is at least a minor character. Therefore, it is unlikely that he will become the main target. On the other hand, what are Shen Yang and others doing? Didn't they report their achievements to Chou Zhen?
If Chongzhen knew that his military exploits were true, would he let him get away with it this time? After all, he was still very useful to the current Ming court. In fact, the officials of Chongzhen's dynasty could not
Young Master, it’s just that at this time, the Ming Dynasty has only three people, Sun Chuanting, Zuo Liangyu, and Wu Sangui who can take advantage of it. Although he has only made his debut for half a year, he has established many
Compared with these three people, his achievements are not inferior at all, but his qualifications are much worse, and there is no reason to kill him.
But Shang Yi then thought about it. The emperor's mentality cannot be judged by normal people's thoughts. And the IQ of the ministers of this era cannot be judged by normal people's reason. Therefore, it is really difficult to decide whether he is dead or alive.
Anticipate.
Just when Shang Yi was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a crash. A jailer came to Shang Yi's cell with a bunch of keys and said, "Shang Yi, someone is here to see you." As he said,
Just unlock it for him.
Shang Yi was startled. Someone came to see him. Could it be that Ye Yaoyao came again? Because they were not imprisoned in the imperial prison of Fusi in Beizhen, but in an ordinary Dali Temple prison, and the supervision was relatively lax, so family members were allowed to come.
Visit and send some food and daily necessities. Yesterday, Ye Yaoyao, Han Zhi and Xiao Wenjun came to visit the prison and gave Shang Yi some food, a change of clothes, and some money.
Of course, Ye Yaoyao's purpose was not just to visit the prison, but also to explore the route and prepare to rob the prison. Although Shang Yi was very worried about their actions, he also knew that he could not persuade Ye Yaoyao, so he had to let Ye Yaoyao
They acted cautiously, making a detailed plan first, and refraining from taking any action until the facts of their case were clear. So, Ye Yaoyao came to see them again today, could it be that there was something new?
Shang Yi was just thinking when he heard a "squeak" sound, the cell door opened, and the person who came in was not Ye Yaoyao, but a man.
Because of the dim light, he couldn't see his appearance clearly. He could only see that the man had a short beard, was about fifty years old, and was wearing dark clothes. But Shang Yi was sure that he had never seen this man before.
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At this time, I heard the person coming say in a low voice: "Are you Shang Yi?"
Shang Yi nodded and said, "Yes, I just don't know who you are."
The man said: "My surname is Luo, and my given name is Yangxing. Have you heard of it?"
Shang Yi couldn't help but be shocked. Wasn't Luo Yangxing the last commander of the Imperial Guard in the Ming Dynasty? He was also the immediate boss of Shen Yang's group. Why did he come to him? Could it be that his case had turned around? He thought
Here, I couldn't help but feel refreshed. I hurriedly raised my hands and said, "It turns out to be a big stall. I've been looking up to it for a long time."
Luo Yangxing smiled lightly and said: "I have received a secret letter from Shen Tongzhi. I know that you were wronged and were actually framed. But Shen Tongzhi is spying on the military situation in Hebei and cannot defend you. I will send someone to fly
Report to Tongzhi Shen and ask them to rush back to the capital immediately. As soon as they come back, you will be fine. Therefore, I am here to sue you. If someone interrogates you, you must not confess. Even if someone wants to torture you, you must grit your teeth and hold on. However,
Don't worry, I've prepared the punishment for you according to the scriptures, and I won't do anything serious, but you still have to endure some physical pain."
Although he didn't know why Jin Yiwei took such good care of him, Shang Yi couldn't help but feel overjoyed after hearing this. After thinking about it, he said: "Thank you for taking care of me. I can still endure these small punishments, but I don't know that Mr. Shen When they come back, will it be possible to really make Dabai look like him?"
Luo Yangxing looked at Shang Yi and said, "Don't you believe in the ability of our Jin Yiwei?"
Shang Yi waved his hands hurriedly and said: "That's not what I meant, but when I went to Beijing this time, I brought some heads of chief slaves, swords, guns, and armor, which can be used as evidence and may be useful to the stall owners. "
Luo Yangxing stared at Shang Yi with bright eyes, nodded, and said: "These things are indeed useful, but we still have to wait for Shen Tongzhi and the others to come back before they can be used. Inform your people to take good care of these things. Don’t wait until the person who is interrogating you knows about it, do you understand?”
Shang Yi immediately nodded and said, "I understand. Now let me ask the stall owner who framed me. Can you tell me now?"
Luo Yangxing smiled lightly and said: "What's wrong with this? The person who harmed you is Zhou Yanru, do you understand?"
Shang Yi was startled. He knew that Zhou Yanru was the current chief minister of the cabinet and the third to last chief minister of the cabinet in the Ming Dynasty. He was also one of the two chief ministers of the cabinet after he was killed by Chongzhen. But why would he frame him? What about me? I couldn't help but said: "I have never met Mr. Zhou Ge, and we have no enmity. Why would Mr. Zhou Ge deliberately harm me?"
Luo Yangxing snorted and said: "Does Zhou Yanru need any reason for harming others? To tell you the truth, he harmed you just because your military exploits were too great."
Shang Yi was stunned for a while, and finally realized that in history, this time when the Qing army entered the pass and attacked, the Ming army's performance was simply vulnerable. Later, Chongzhen forced Zhou Yanru to fight with his own troops, forcing Zhou Yanru to invite himself. After leaving the capital to supervise the division, Zhou Yanru was afraid of the enemy and refused to advance after arriving in Tongzhou. He only drank and had fun with the generals in Tongzhou all day long. He also kept false reports of victory. For a time, Chongzhen believed it to be true. But later, because the true picture was exposed, Chongzhen forced Zhou Yanru to Confucianism commits suicide.
Only now, due to his own intervention, during the invasion of the Qing army, the performance of the Denglai area was outstanding. For the Ming Dynasty, this was naturally a good thing, but for Zhou Yanru personally, it was a very bad thing. .If everyone performs poorly, even if Chongzhen is dissatisfied, Zhou Yanru can still have an excuse. On the contrary, Shang Yi's outstanding performance can only reflect Zhou Yanru's incompetence. Therefore, in this case, Zhou Yanru must Only by completely obliterating your own achievements can you avoid your own responsibilities.
Shang Yi never expected that the reason for the whole thing would be like this. In the economy of later generations, there is a law that bad money eliminates good money, so in the current officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, mediocre ministers are trying every means to defeat capable ministers. , to put it bluntly, if everyone is incompetent, it will be fine. The emperor cannot blame everyone. The important thing is not to let one capable person come forward. If the style of officialdom has become like this, then if the Ming Dynasty does not fall, there will be no It makes sense, it seems that I am still very stupid and naive.