Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Four Sun, Moonlight, Heavenly Virtue, Mountains and Rivers Zhuangdi R
The rhombus pattern on the upper part of the inner doors and windows, the embossed cloud and dragon pattern on the lower part, and the custom-made gold bricks from Suzhou on the ground are all the highest-standard architectural decorations of this era. The pillars on the main hall are from the distant primeval forests of Yunnan and Guizhou Sichuan.
It is mined from here and transported to Beijing over long distances. Only such nanmu can support the domineering and stable main hall. The treasure elephant, Jiaoduan, crane and incense pavilion are placed near the throne. The treasure elephant symbolizes the stability of the country and the consolidation of political power. Jiaoduan is a kind of
The legendary animals symbolize good luck; the crane symbolizes longevity; and the incense pavilion symbolizes the stability of the country. But in such an upright place, there is an air of conspiracy.
The arrival of Wang Gou'er made things seem to get out of hand. Zhu Zhanji motioned to Haitao to let Wang Gou'er in. Because Wang Gou'er was not allowed to participate in this matter, Hu and Zhang temporarily stopped arguing.
Zhu Zhanji said to Wang Gou'er who had just knelt down: "What's the hurry for you to come here?" In Zhu Zhanji's impression, Wang Gou'er was a man who knew the general situation and interesting things. He clearly knew the officials in the imperial gate.
The servants all retreated, and would not have come here at this time unless there was something urgent.
Sure enough, the thin Wang Gou'er had a serious expression on his face: "Your Majesty, something big has happened!" After saying that, he turned to look at the two foreign ministers standing on the brick floor. Zhu Zhanji understood and waved gently.
Wang Gou'er then bowed and walked up, bent down and put his mouth to the side of the emperor's head and whispered: "It's all my fault that this slave has no way of controlling me... Just now a young man ran over and said to my slave: A while ago
Haitao locked one of the late emperor's concubines, the beauty, in a secluded place. Then when he went out to buy some things, he bought some poisonous forbidden things! When he entered the imperial city, he was found out and discovered this.
It was the little slave who came to report. However, the little slave was threatened by Haitao and did not dare to speak out at that time.
... The little slave was afraid that something would happen, so he secretly watched and found out that Haitao dared to take outside things and quietly put them in Wang Meiren's meal, poisoning her to death! The slave girl was busy looking for someone to inquire about Wang Meiren.
, I heard the rumor that Miss Wang was found to be pregnant when she was buried...Haitao was responsible for the burial of the concubines. He was afraid that the emperor would blame him, so he had the audacity to secretly poison Miss Wang, killing two people. This eunuch is damned.
, to be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts!”
After hearing this, Zhu Zhanji immediately showed anger, turned to look at Haitao, and said coldly: "Are you saying that Haitao was carrying prohibited items and it was he who poisoned Beauty Wang to death?"
Haitao's face suddenly turned pale, and he knelt down with a plop: "Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me. This matter is obviously framed by Wang Gou'er..."
Zhu Zhanji did not yell, he thought for a moment: If Haitao really poisoned Wang Meiren, it was not because of her pregnancy. He had originally ordered this to be done with Wang Meiren as an experiment;
Tao's motive should still be to fight for power. He wanted to take the opportunity to make Wang Gouer suspected of conspiring to poison Taizong and lose trust, so that he, Haitao, could take over.
"Which eunuch tipped you off?" Zhu Zhanji asked Wang Gou'er.
Wang Gou'er bowed and said: "Go back to the Emperor, he is kneeling outside the royal gate. As long as the Emperor delivers the edict, you can call him in for confrontation."
"Pass!" Zhu Zhanji said coldly, his tone calm, but full of murderous intent. Haitao lay on the ground, his body trembling.
Hu Ying and Zhang Ning both watched in silence. None of them wanted to get involved in the affairs of the inner court.
After a while, an ugly eunuch walked in cautiously with his body hunched over. He knelt down all the way and moved to the front of the throne with his knees as his feet. He showed full of awe and horror. He kowtowed and said: "I, my servant, come to see the emperor."
Lord, long live long live long live long live..."
Haitao knelt down and looked back, and suddenly said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't believe what this eunuch says! His name is Wang Zhen, and he is Wang Gouer's godson. The old and the young must have formed a partnership.
, not only framed the slave, but also deceived the king!"
"Slave... I don't dare..." Wang Zhen said with a look of horror. Zhang Ning saw it and didn't know whether he was pretending or not. Pretending like that could mean that he was too scared to dare.
Lying; of course, it may also be true fear, like in history, Jing Ke's assistant boasted about killing people at a young age, but was still frightened when he saw the majesty of King Qin.
Wang Gou'er looked at Haitao and said, "There are not just one or two people in the palace who call our godfather, but there are also people who call us ancestors. How can we take it seriously? Aren't we all still the emperor's domestic slaves?"
Zhu Zhanji ignored them and only asked Wang Zhen what he had seen. As a result, the fellow couldn't explain clearly. Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to ask Wang Gou'er to repeat it in public and Wang Zhen to nod and shake his head.
When the matter reached this stage, Zhu Zhanji was also thinking: Wang Gou'er was not involved in this matter, and he had no way to find out the inside story. Haitao would definitely not leak it to him; it was difficult for the two foreign ministers to have the opportunity to contact the internal servants. Wang Gou'er
Since Er didn't know that he might be involved in the murder of Taizong, he couldn't commit the crime of deceiving the emperor and framed Haitao for nothing. Wang Gouer was already the chief of the ceremonial supervisor, the biggest among the eunuchs, so why did he need to raise his head to frame Haitao?
Subordinate?
On the contrary, Hai Tao's motives were more reasonable. Hai Tao had always felt that he was senior and had served in the East Palace when Zhu Zhanji was the crown prince, so he should not be overshadowed by Wang Gou'er. He wanted to frame Wang Gou'er because of the amount of information he had.
Sufficient and the motivation is obvious...
At this time, Zhu Zhanji was leaning toward Wang Gouer, so he issued an order: "Immediately send someone to the place where Wang Meiren is imprisoned and Haitao's residence to check!"
Wang Gouer hurriedly went to deliver the order, and everyone was waiting for the result at the imperial gate. After a long time, the eunuch in charge of the search came back and reported: "A lot of gold was found in the residence of Eunuch Hai..."
"Tell me what's important!" Zhu Zhanji said. Nowadays, eunuchs' corruption and money-making are not an important matter to him.
The eunuch who came to report said again: "Something was found in the place where Beauty Wang was imprisoned. It was in the dust in the window... Your Majesty, please take a look." Zhu Zhanji asked: "What is this?" The eunuch said tremblingly: "Arsenic.
!”
Wang Gouer added fuel to the fire: "Arsenic is highly poisonous, but if it is used in small amounts, people will not die immediately. Only when more is accumulated in the body slowly, people will die inexplicably."
"My servant is unjust! You bastard king Gou'er, your heart is so poisonous!" Haitao was afraid and hated, so he spoke without hesitation.
But Wang Gouer said: "Our family really doesn't want to harm you. Don't hate our family. This kind of thing is too big. How dare our family hide it and not report it?"
Haitao said hurriedly: "Autopsy...yes! Whether he died of arsenic or not, let him do an autopsy and the truth will be revealed immediately."
Zhu Zhanji calmed down at this time, "Are we going to disturb the late emperor's mausoleum because of such a shameful conspiracy? Someone, please take Haitao to Dongchang for custody!"
Wang Gou'er was greatly surprised. He couldn't understand for a moment why the emperor wanted to spare Haitao's life. This kind of person was not executed on the spot. If time went by, a dog's life might be saved.
Zhang Ning saw that things had developed to this point, and Xin Dao Wang Gou'er was really helpful. Sure enough, Zhu Zhanji asked Hu Ying: "Since the smell of the incense ash is very weak, did Hu Shilang smell it wrong that day?"
Hu Ying did not reject it immediately like ordinary people. After watching the play in front of him, he knew that he could not do anything because the eunuchs were fighting among themselves, making the situation extremely unfavorable to his political views... But fortunately, the emperor asked "Sniff" "Wrong", instead of directly asking about the crime of deceiving the emperor, that matter is not too bad, otherwise the emperor would not have to find a way for Mr. Hu to go down; maybe because Hu Ying's butt has never been crooked, even if he does it, he will smash it once or twice. If something happens, you will not be killed.
After thinking about it, he knelt down and said: "Normally, I will not smell it wrong, but... Your Majesty is right, the smell of that thing is too weak, and people's five senses may sometimes be in a trance. Maybe I really smelled it wrong, and I deserve it." If I die, please forgive me."
In fact, if you dare to write a letter to the emperor, there is nothing uncertain about it. Either you have ulterior motives and deliberately deceive the emperor, or it is something that you can definitely determine. If you are all right and wrong, why write a memorial? Isn't it just a joke in the temple?
When the emperor and his ministers asked questions and answered questions, it was nothing more than the emperor first finding steps for people, and then Hu Ying walked down the steps.
Sure enough, Zhu Zhanji said kindly: "It's not even a death penalty. I am not a king who is mean to his ministers."
Beheading should not be that serious anymore, but once the matter was lost to Zhang Ning, Hu Ying suddenly felt that his official career was bleak, and his official career was getting smaller and smaller. In front of his original subordinates, he really couldn't make him bow his head, so he had the idea on the spot. He thought of resigning. He immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty is so kind to me, but I am incompetent in doing things. I have failed to live up to your father's expectations. I really have no shame in wearing a black gauze anymore. I am not young anymore. I have no hearing and no eyesight." There is also a problem, please ask the emperor to show mercy and allow the old minister to return to his hometown to take care of himself."
"Master Hu, please don't make angry remarks. We'll talk in a few days." Zhu Zhanji persuaded, "That's it for today. Let's all go down."
Hu Ying and Zhang Ning bowed together and then retreated out of the imperial gate. The two walked together in silence, and did not speak until they left the Daming Gate. The inscription on the Daming Gate was "Sun and moon light and heaven are virtuous, mountains and rivers are the residence of powerful emperors" ", written by the great genius Jie Jin. When Jie Jin was "convicted" and froze to death in the snow, I don't know why Emperor Yongle didn't take out the words he inscribed.
Daxia Yan also followed behind and walked out. After leaving Daming Gate, the houses on both sides were all government offices. Seeing the situation of the power center made Hu Ying somewhat regretful. He turned back to Zhang Ning and said: "I did not expect that the internal servants would also be there." If you get involved, I will give up on this matter."
Zhang Ning hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "There is no winner, and I have never thought about defeating Mr. Hu. It's just that everyone has his own position and can't help himself. Please forgive me, Mr. Hu."
Hu Ying nodded and said a little unconvinced: "Ping'an is right. In the final analysis, the incense ash case has nothing to do with you. Your biggest weakness is your background. The emperor's grudge against you is mainly due to this. , you really can’t help it.”
"Thank you, Sir Hu, for reminding me," Zhang Ning said hurriedly, looking very sincere. He did not try to argue with Hu Ying just because he was embarrassed and said something angrily.
Hu Ying was a little surprised when she saw this, nodded and said: "The younger generation is to be feared."
The two walked for a while and then parted ways. Zhang Ning thought about it. If it was discovered that Wang Gouer's information was revealed by him, the basis for Zhu Zhanji's judgment would collapse, and the consequences would be serious; so He felt that it would be best not to interact with Wang Zhen for a period of time in the future. I believe Wang Gou'er also knows the joints. Wang Gou'er is not a brainless person. If this happens, it will be a disaster for everyone.
...Hu Ying and Yan Ruofei got on the carriage. Yan Ruofei looked at Duke Hu who looked tired and said: "I have done some research on the anti-evil cult. This group of people is extremely detrimental to the court. Can Duke Hu submit a letter based on this? ? Let the Emperor know that our investigation of this matter is not completely useless."
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