Lu Zhen, the examiner of the Nanjing Gongyuan Provincial Examination, was a key figure in this incident. Zhang Ning finally met him. The teacher acted very indifferently, but accepted the ginseng without any hesitation, and gave him a book "Ginseng" before leaving. "Collection of Shu Poems".
The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and Lu Zhen didn't show much enthusiasm, but there are various signs that he regards Zhang Ning as one of his own. Zhang Ning didn't know how the "Collected Poems of Ke Shu" was written, but he knew that a senior official of the imperial court personally sent it to him. The books you write have the meaning of being your disciples; after all, you are people who are in the same camp in times of adversity.
After coming out of Lu Mansion, Zhang Ning met Luo Yaoniang's maid again, and then met Luo Yaoniang. She rented a yard for Zhang Ning, but he didn't accept it, and Luo Yaoniang seemed very unhappy.
Zhang Ning did not explain: In the future, we will have to rely on Yang Shiqi's people. Now, if we accept Luo Yaoniang's benefits even though we have no relationship with her, will Yang Shiqi be disgusted? And the current situation is not impossible. Let's go to the inn first. Let's make do for a while, and when the official position is filled and there is a living allowance, why should he take advantage of the Yang family? With Hu Ying, the Minister of Rites, and his teacher Lu Zhen taking care of him, Zhang Ning is very optimistic about filling the official position.
After staying in the inn for some days, the weather became colder and colder. It was November in a blink of an eye. Zhang Ning also visited many places in the capital and was familiar with the ground. The hottest news these days is that the emperor's fourth visit Returned from the Northern Expedition to Mongolia with a great victory. The Arutai tribe and the Tatar princes surrendered one after another, and the Ming army won a complete victory. In this era, China dominated the entire East Asia region and was unrivaled by anyone in the world.
Zhang Ning ran to Deshengmen and watched the excitement for a while. In the distance, he saw clouds of banners and iron armor. Officials and people on both sides of the avenue fell to the ground with cheers. Guns and cannons were fired at Deshengmen. The emperor's ceremonial guard was set off to an extremely high status. He saw the ancient emperor's formation, and recalled Liu Bang's sigh when he saw Qin Shihuang's team: A true man should be like this! No wonder it is like this.
With this knowledge, Zhang Ning further understood the reality: only when you become an official and become a member of the ruling class can you be guaranteed. Otherwise, with the power of the imperial bureaucracy, it would be easy to take away everything from you.
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As soon as Emperor Yongle returned to the palace, all the hundreds of thousands of people in the Forbidden City were surrounding him. Every detail of the emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation would attract people's attention, as if the meaning of everyone's lives is to make the emperor live a better life. If the emperor said he wanted to go to heaven Stars, people will rack their brains to think of ways to build a ladder to the sky, or come up with all kinds of crazy ideas.
In the morning, the emperor held a grand celebration ceremony in Fengxian Hall, accepted the congratulations of the ministers, and also named the Tatar prince as the loyal and brave king, named Jin Zhong, and awarded the meritorious soldiers. Then there was a celebration banquet, where the emperor and his ministers gathered together happily Extraordinary. However, the emperor was probably a little tired that night, so he returned to the Longevity Palace without seeing anyone else. He only asked his favorite eunuch Wang Gou'er to serve him, and ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare dinner for him to eat alone.
The dishes are quite rich, but the meat and vegetables are all common ingredients that can be seen in the market, such as shrimps with pepper and vinegar, roast goose, pork and stir-fried cabbage, three delicacies soup, bean soup, etc. Of course, such a meal costs several taels of silver. Vegetable rice is a luxury for ordinary people's daily meals.
Originally, the eunuch in charge of meals was Li Shun, but Wang Gouer, in order to please Emperor Yongle and show his loyalty and responsibility, went to great lengths to personally take care of the dishes and rice that were served.
When the dishes were served, Wang Gouer called the eunuchs and maids next to him to come up and pointed to a dish: "Try this, you, roast goose." Everyone followed the order and carefully stretched out their chopsticks to pick up a piece of the dish and put it in their mouths, all cautiously.
, you can’t chew like you’re enjoying the emperor’s dinner, and you can’t have a frown on your face as if you’re drinking medicine. You just need to bend over and chew twice in a dignified manner and swallow it.
After tasting it quietly, Wang Gou'er asked the eunuch and the maid to open their mouths and carefully check whether they had swallowed everything. This procedure is very common and happens every day. Don't be too nervous. Of course, you have to go through it carefully.
There was nothing unusual. Wang Gou'er nodded. Everyone lifted up the scarves around their necks and covered their mouths and noses to prevent their breathing from soiling the dishes. At this time, Wang Gou'er suddenly remembered that a palace maid didn't open her mouth wide enough just now.
Then he turned around and said, "You, take off the scarf and open your mouth."
Unexpectedly, the palace maid suddenly looked a little strange. When she slowly stretched out her hand to pull the scarf, her neck squirmed as if she was swallowing something. Wang Gouer immediately became alert and shouted: "Don't move! Someone, please pull her out quickly."
, dig out the contents of her stomach, don't let her die!" The little eunuch next to him hurriedly grabbed the palace maid. The palace maid glared at Wang Gou'er angrily, gave up her resistance, and saw her lips as soon as she was dragged to the palace gate.
Paleness and bluish complexion are signs of poisoning.
Wang Gou'er was shocked and shouted: "Close the Wanshou Palace and don't let anyone in or out!"
At this time, Emperor Yongle's voice came from the door: "What happened?"
Wang Gouer ran towards the door. As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down without stopping. His knees slid forward on the floor. He knocked his forehead to the ground with a "thud" and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the royal meal
There is actually a goddamned person poisoning me!"
The smoke from the incense cauldron made the whole palace fragrant without a trace of peculiar smell, but Wang Gou'er could clearly smell the smell of blood. Just two years ago, the emperor massacred thousands of concubines and maidens with just one sentence. The emperor started killing people.
Without blinking an eye! I'm afraid many people will die this time. Wang Gou'er has only one thought: to clear his suspicions quickly!
Soon the emperor's cold voice sounded in my ears: "Instruct the Chief of Ceremonies to ask Cao Shen to come over and arrest and interrogate all those who have touched my food to find out who poisoned me and who was the mastermind!"
"My servant obeys the order." Wang Gou'er didn't dare to say a word, and after bowing, he stepped back and walked out. After hearing the emperor call the Chief of Ceremonies to supervise Cao Shen, Wang Gou'er felt a little relieved, because Cao Shen was his "godfather"
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Cao Shen quickly went to the Longevity Palace to face the saint, and after he came out, he arrested more than 800 people that night. Wang Gouer followed his godfather on horseback and worked effectively, and was praised by his godfather: "If you hadn't personally taken care of the meal, maybe there would be dinner."
He was sent to the emperor, and the consequences were disastrous; the palace maid Zhou who had taken the poison also handled it very well, and immediately dug out the poison in her belly and left her alive."
Wang Gou'er hurriedly thanked his godfather for his kindness. Cao Shen sighed and said, "But our family can't protect Li Shun."
Li Shun, the eunuch who was on duty at Wanshou Palace that night and was responsible for serving meals, originally had a good relationship with Wang Gou'er, but now Wang Gou'er didn't dare to say a word for him. If Li Shun was the one who checked the meals that night, the result would be
What? Who dares to protect Li Shun after thinking like this?
Li Shun immediately went to Dongchang Prison, and there were also clues about his survival. The palace maid Zhou was also transferred to Dongchang, and was jointly guarded by Dongchang Jinyiwei. If this survivor died, no one could tell. In order to share the responsibility, Dongchang Jinyiwei
The leader even asked the three judicial departments, the Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment to send people to jointly take care of it. As a result, the influence of the poisoning case spread from the inner court to the outer court.
Now the implications are complicated. Why did someone want to assassinate the emperor? What was the motive? There is much to be done here.
Nothing has been found in the trial, but just based on the background of the palace maids and the people who were selected into the palace, a group of officials and civilians were implicated in prison. Not long ago, the censor Zhou Ne was trusted by the emperor and was sent to patrol South Zhili. At this time, he directly
He was stripped of his black gauze hat and sent to prison.
Why did Zhou Ne go to prison? Probably because he had the same surname as Zhou, the palace maid who was most suspected, and of course there were other connections. Zhou Ne didn't know the palace maid when he was complaining about injustice in prison, but no one
Never mind him. People who know the inside story have guessed why Zhou Ne is unlucky: he has offended too many people and does not follow the rules. It just so happens that this matter has something to do with him, and those who prefer the East Palace will not take the opportunity to put him
How long will it take to prepare for death?
When Lu Zhen was sent to the imperial prison and was imprisoned for several months, he was fine, but Zhou Ne was not treated so well and was tortured to death as soon as he entered.
...Soon, a censor wrote something about it, pointing the finger at the Han King Zhu Gaoxu, saying that he harbored resentment and colluded with the courtiers to plot evil. He said it in a clear-cut manner. Dongchang Jinyiwei did not do much because they all knew these censors.
The letter was instigated by the people in the East Palace, to take advantage of the situation to counterattack the King of Han. Both the eunuch and the leader of the Jinyiwei all understood one truth: the prince will one day ascend to power, and if he messes with other people's affairs now, he will die in the future.
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Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han in Yong'an, Shandong, couldn't explain something clearly and was so anxious that he was anxious. At this time, the prince spoke and pleaded in front of the emperor with a loyal and honest look. He said that there was insufficient evidence that this matter had anything to do with the king of Han. He hoped that his father would not blame him.
younger brother.
Of course, the King of Han did not appreciate his eldest brother's kindness. He cursed the prince's hypocrisy in the palace, and mentioned the past to his staff: How did my king perform during the Jingnan Campaign? My father stroked my back and said, "I don't think so."
If you like the prince, do it well!
My father's earnest words are still ringing in my ears. Why am I sent to Yong'an now and let the people in the court keep pouring dirty water on me?!
At this time, there were new developments in the case. Zhou Ne was tortured several times and asked to confess. He really didn't know what to do. When he couldn't bear the hellish pain, he only regretted that he had not really participated in the poisoning. In desperation, he
The Taohua Fairy, a private salt dealer in the Grand Canal, remembered the bad things. This group of people had been protected by me but they didn't obey my orders. Now they had to drag them into the water together to | vent | their anger. So he confessed that he knew a group of Jianghu desperadoes, maybe
It's what they did.
So a large number of guards and spies went to arrest the Peach Blossom Fairy, but the person they wanted to arrest was not caught, which caused a lot of misfortune to a group of Jianghu people who were making a living on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. There was nothing the government could do about the gangsters, salt dealers, and Cao gang members.
, many people were arrested this time; the only gain was the capture of one of Peach Blossom Fairy's men.
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