It was exceptionally clear in the afternoon, and the cloudless sky was extremely blue and clean. The brick floor between the red palace walls and the yellow eaves below had also been swept very clean. Hu Ying, neatly dressed in red robe, walked seriously on the white marble bridge. However, this situation gave him an illusion, as if he was the only one in the world, it was deathly quiet, and the Han generals on the roadside stood like stone statues. But Hu Ying's nerves were still tense, avoiding There were some oversights in behavior, because this is already a forbidden city.
The place of the audience was the Qianqing Palace, where the emperor handled government affairs on a daily basis and also lived here. It was nominally part of the harem. Being summoned to the Qianqing Palace to meet the emperor was an honor in itself, and it was extremely rare to be interviewed alone for a confidential conversation.
Hu Ying had already predicted the content of the conversation in this summons: Mongolia was newly defeated, there were no major domestic events, and the purpose of the urgent summons was nothing more than the recent assassination case.
After the incident, many people were arrested, but there was still no result. There were also many people involved, and Hu Ying seemed to be mostly muddying the waters. Then the two censors who secretly joined the East Palace took the opportunity to impeach the King of Han again, but there was no evidence. At this time, The Dongchang Jinyiwei is also at a loss. If Ji Gang was the commander of the Jinyiwei a few years ago, it might not be so troublesome, and Hu Ying would not have anything to do.
Ji Gang was a ruthless character and had the emperor's trust. Who wouldn't dare to touch him? The famous Jie Jin was thrown into the snow and froze to death. But the civil servants were not vegetarians either. In the end, they seized on his weak spots and let the emperor Being executed was regarded as revenge for those scholar-bureaucrats who were killed. Several factory guard leaders after Ji Gang have learned a lot. They understand what can be bold and when it is necessary to be embarrassed, especially when it involves No one in Dongchang Jinyiwei dares to mess with the case of the issue of concubines... If you are not careful, the next emperor will die without a burial place as soon as he ascends the throne. The factory guards are beyond the government and justice, but they are not lawless. , in the final analysis, the emperor's words matter, it is much easier for the emperor to deal with the factory guards than to deal with the civil servants and courtiers.
Walking up the stone steps step by step, Hu Ying straightened her hat first, stood outside for a while, and waited until a eunuch screamed: "Here's an edict, Hu Ying, the Minister of Xuan Li, comes to see you." Then he strode towards the palace with his head held high. Go up.
There is bright sunshine outside. When I first entered the Qianqing Palace, I felt that the light was a bit dark. Only the elegant throne with green, blue, green, red and yellow in the middle was particularly gorgeous, and its brilliance was like the sunshine. The emperor was not sitting on the throne, but was pacing in front with his hands behind his back. .
The eunuch Wang Gou'er standing on one side saw Hu Ying coming in and knew that he wanted to pay homage, so he hurriedly retreated far away...Hu Ying was also a high official in the court, so if Wang Gou'er stood beside the emperor, he would not even Did you also worship together?
"Your Majesty, Hu Ying, comes to see your Majesty, long live my Emperor!" Hu Ying's well-spoken voice came from a distance.
Zhu Di turned around, stretched out his hand from behind and said calmly: "Get flat." Zhu Di, the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty, was already over sixty years old at this time, and his silk hair could not hide the gray hair on his temples and mouth. However, he still looks very tough. He has just returned from the northern expedition with hundreds of thousands of troops. When he speaks, he has a thick local accent and a very rough voice. He also has a beard, and the color and style of his body are very elegant. The robes don't seem to match well, just like a pig-killing scholar... Zhu Di is indeed a martial artist. At the same time, the dynasty under his rule has also reached the ultimate in martial arts. He dominates the sea and land. Looking around the world, there are no more qualified enemies. .
Hu Ying got up from the ground, bowed and stood in front of His Highness. The emperor didn't ask any questions, so he didn't say anything more because he was not here to report anything today.
Zhu Di did not put on too much pretense and said straightforwardly: "A palace maid poisoned my food, and Wang Gou'er found out. Later, many people were arrested, and some of them have killed themselves. The palace maid who committed the crime is still alive. She My parents and the county magistrate were also arrested, but they still didn’t find out. I didn’t kill innocent people. As long as they found out who was the mastermind and why they wanted to harm me, other irrelevant people could be let go. But after the trial, Gao Xu was also implicated in the trial, and I leave it to you today to ask, is it possible that Gao Xu did this?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, the case is in the hands of the factory guards and the three judicial officers. I don't know clearly without reading the files, but I personally feel that the King of Han would not do such a thing." Hu Ying answered simply and naturally.
But his thoughts are far more than that simple. It would be nice if he could just say a few words here... Just like what Hu Ying said, "The case is under the control of the factory guards and the three judicial officers." It has nothing to do with it. Why did the emperor come to him instead of others? At the same time, Hu Ying was not only the Minister of Rites, he had accepted the secret order many years ago and began to be responsible for secretly investigating the whereabouts of Jianwen and other party members, and reorganizing the monks and Taoism since the fifth year of Yongle. The list of monks was checked, and the subsequent visits to Jianghu to visit Zhang Zhenren were all for this purpose. Due to the above two factors, it was not difficult for Hu Ying to guess that the emperor was looking for him today because he suspected that Jianwen's subordinates were behind the assassination. The ghost lingers.
Hu Ying had no choice but to tell the truth. Otherwise, if the emperor found out that she had two ambitions, it would be unclear whether she would be able to die well in this dynasty. He had been an official in the Yongle Dynasty for 20 years, except for secretly investigating Jianwen. There was some hard work in the matter, and he was mediocre in government affairs, but he achieved the position of minister. At this time, the cabinet did not have real power. The highest position of real power in the bureaucracy was the minister of the six ministries. He can be said to be an extremely human minister, and no one can rely on him. The emperor trusts you. Taking a step back may not mean that the sea and the sky will be brighter, but there may be a cliff behind you.
Sure enough, Zhu Di looked slightly relieved after hearing this, and then asked: "Do you think it is those old people who are causing trouble behind the scenes?"
Hu Ying said: "I think there is such a possibility. The emperor's civil and military skills will bring all the barbarians to join him. Everyone in the world will live and work happily. All the people hope that the emperor will live forever and there will be no borders. There are very few people with evil intentions."
"I will ask you to investigate this matter. Pick a few people from the Three Judicial Bureaus and a few from the Ministry of Rites that you can use easily. You must find out whether those people have not been eliminated. I asked Cao Shen to pass on the order. You want to It is convenient for them to decide which files to read and who to interrogate."
Hu Ying replied simply: "I will obey the imperial edict."
Zhu Di mentioned that Jianwen's former ministers did not use the title "rebellious ministers". Although it is an iron rule that a king becomes a king and loses a bandit, he himself did not know how to give Jianwen a reason to rebel. After all, his position was that of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. On the contrary, Zhu Di himself was the rebellious minister. The shadow of this unjustified reputation has been lingering in his heart for more than 20 years and has become his heart disease. For this reason, he has done a lot, such as writing Jianwen's poem in the history books. The era name was deleted in an attempt to erase those few years; the original purpose of sending the Ming Dynasty fleet expedition also had this incident. It seems that everyone has a heart disease, even the powerful Zhu Di is not immune.
Not long after the secret conversation, Hu Ying walked out of the Qianqing Palace. The bright sunshine shone on him again, but he did not feel spacious and comfortable. On the contrary, he felt that his steps were getting heavier.
Only the eunuch Wang Gou'er and a few internal servants knew the content of the conversation summoned this time, but outsiders did not know what was discussed. The emperor did not have many secret talks with foreign ministers. Most official matters should be upright and at least involved. The decision-making circle should be informed; and Hu Ying was one of the few. Every time he returned to the capital, he would be secretly summoned by the emperor, and sometimes even the close attendants would not know.
However, this matter could not be hidden, because he wanted to find someone to assist him in handling matters and interfered with the judiciary, which was obviously based on the emperor's order.
Is it the intention of the prince himself or his close officials to frame the King of Han? If it is true, Hu Ying feels a lot of pressure, and things will become a situation where the head and tail cannot be considered; if only a few people wrote those memorials to express themselves , the prince has not given up being forbearing and keeping a low profile, so this matter will be much easier to handle, but it is inevitable to leave a bad impression on the people around the prince. One day, the prince himself will have one thing for his own senses, and those around him will Trusting officials is another thing, and their influence is also very important.
When Hu Ying returned to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, she didn't bother to weigh the balance. She started to do things in a hurry. Since she had already agreed to the emperor, she couldn't slow down the work. He first found his deputy Wang Qinian in the Ministry of Rites. This person was the annotation officer because he was promoted to the Ministry of Rites. There was already someone in that position when I was promoted to the fifth rank of the Etiquette Department, so I designated a position. Usually I rarely take care of the affairs of the Etiquette Department. At first, I was responsible for contacting the Senglu Department for investigation work, and later became Hu Ying. Assistant; Logically the Minister of Rites is his deputy, but the Minister has no control over the secret visit to "Zhenren Zhang", and Wang Qinian is a role in this.
Wang Qinian first wrote a letter to the Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and sent people from Dali Temple. After that, Hu Ying formed a team of people to jointly try the case. Hu Ying felt that Wang Qinian was not enough officials on his side, so he wanted to find another one from the Ministry of Rites. It was really difficult to choose someone at the time. , there are only a few officials in the yamen, and there are also a group of confidants who are responsible for secret investigations in the local area but not in the capital... After thinking about it, Hu Ying suddenly remembered one person: Yu Qian.
Thinking of Yu Qian, he suddenly had an inspiration. He felt that this situation was not over yet, and there was still a solution. The way was to arrange for an inconspicuous official from the East Palace to come in.
At this time, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Hu Ying's mouth.
He has never been a person who gets things done right. I think back then, Emperor Yongle found an excuse to send him to Nanjing to monitor the prince. This was completely offending. He went to court every day like other officials, but others said it to his face. After Mr. Hu's errands were done, he left quickly. Hu Ying still kept up her appearance, and then returned to the emperor to secretly report the prince's diligence and perfection. That time, the emperor rarely scolded anyone in the East Palace after returning to Nanjing. .Hu Ying took care of both ends in no time.
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