Chapter 29 Want to practice magic and swing the sword from the palace
Update time:2012-10-05
It was a cloudy day and the sky was gray. I don’t know if it was the weather that affected Zhang Ning’s mood, or the gloomy mood that affected his vision of things. The colors of Beijing in winter are very monotonous, with withered grass and trees, except for the gray in the residential areas over the Imperial City.
, brown and other dull colors are the most common, and even people don’t like colorful clothes as they do in Nanjing.
However, the bleakness of autumn and winter is more obvious only in the north.
Zhang Ning was in a low mood when he got home after work and spoke very little. Several times Wang Zhen encountered him, he seemed to be hesitant to speak, but he seemed to have something to say, and Zhang Ning didn't bother to ask him.
The dinner was cooked by Old Man He. He used yesterday's leftovers and fried a very unpleasant vegetarian dish. The host and guest ate in silence, and then Wang Zhencai said, "Brother Ping'an, can you lend me some money?"
"How much?" Zhang Ning asked immediately. Then he thought about whether he had other plans. He would hurry up and get out after borrowing the money, so he couldn't help but ask again, "What does Brother Wang want to use it for?"
Zhang Ning admits that he is a relatively secular person and cannot yet dare to love or hate. He can pretend to call people he hates "Brother Wang" but can only remain silent to those he wants to love and protect. Life can do that
How many people are really serious?
"Five taels..." Wang Zhen lowered his head and said. Zhang Ning understood the feeling of borrowing money from others. But this guy was also willing to ask for two months' salary from me.
Wang Zhen paused and then said: "To tell you the truth, I had already thought about it when I was at home. I wanted to go to the palace to find a living. According to the law of selecting eunuchs in the imperial court, I have already passed the age, and there must be several eunuchs.
Brothers are good at it, so we can't take this path; the only solution now is to find someone to take action."
Zhang Ning was stunned after hearing this: Is this Wang Zhen really going to be a eunuch?! Could he become that famous eunuch in history?
"I was reading the "Da Ming Law" a few days ago. Doesn't the law prohibit people from committing suicide?" Zhang Ning asked.
Wang Zhendao: "This is what the law stipulates, but it is just written on paper. No one cares about it, but you may not be selected into the palace."
Zhang Ning then advised: "Brother Wang has a great reputation and a family. Do you want to think about it again? There is no other way out."
Wang Zhen shook his head and said coldly: "I am self-aware of talent and learning, but now that I am more than thirty years old, my status as a member of the imperial examination has come to an end. I can't even pass the imperial examination. There is no hope for the imperial examination. Besides, I have been involved in a lawsuit."
Besides, keeping that thing is nothing more than passing on the family line and playing with women, I have long been dismissive of it, what’s the point of just doing something like that?”
It's really just that little thing, but it's not completely boring, right? Isn't it true that the neighbors rumored that he was a heavenly eunuch and he was not being unfairly accused? If it was really a heavenly eunuch, it wouldn't be a loss to cut off Tu's future.
Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang ancestrally prohibited eunuchs and the harem from intervening in politics, but since Emperor Yongle, eunuchs have been reused and the cabinet has increasingly participated in decision-making. The system has developed into a "separation of three powers" pattern: monarchy, mutual persuasion, and eunuch power. They are interdependent and check and balance.
From the perspective of the way for the masses to climb up, monarchy is out of the question. Unless the rebellion is successful, it is extremely difficult for the country to be in the early and middle stages, almost violating the laws of history; and persuading even ordinary civil servants to power is not easy, and it is hard to live in poverty.
After studying for decades, there are not many people who can be promoted to Jinshi. After that, there are not many officials unless they are Jinshi, and it is even rarer to be able to get a good position. Although eunuch power is also not easy, there are tens of thousands of eunuchs in the imperial court, so not all eunuchs can do it.
Powerful, but in comparison, the threshold for eunuch power is very low. If you cut it off, you will have a chance. It is easier than waiting for decades, right?
In fact, Chinese people are very utilitarian, and honoring their ancestors and being powerful are what most people pursue.
"As a neighbor from the same hometown, I just want to give you some advice. If Brother Wang has made up his mind, of course I can lend you the money." Zhang Ning didn't want to cry out in front of him that he was poor and only had two and a half taels a month. He had just become an official and had to pay rent.
, the Ministry of Civil Affairs had previously paid fifty taels of housing allowance and deposited it in the bank. He had fifty taels, so he said happily, "The bank is closed now. Brother Wang will follow me out early tomorrow morning. I will take it out and give it to you."
Unexpectedly, Wang Zhen agreed as soon as he heard it, and looked a little impatient: "Bank notes are also acceptable."
Zhang Ning thought to himself: The banknote I deposited is in denomination of ten taels. Aren't you borrowing five taels and giving me change if you have the money? He pondered for a moment and then said: "That's fine, I'll go get the banknote."
When Zhang Ning came over with a ten-tael silver note, he said: "This is a ten-tael banknote from Datong Bank. Brother Wang bought some nourishing food by the way... It just so happens that I only have a ten-tael banknote."
He deliberately added the last sentence, thinking that Wang Zhen was also a student and always knew the rules and so on. Unexpectedly, Wang Zhentian was shameless and did not understand the difficulties of the so-called "brothers". He shamelessly said: "Forget the supplements.
If you are afraid that you will not be chosen to enter the palace in the future, it is always good to be a little prepared. Brother Ping An helped me generously, and I will never forget it."
That's all, if I give him an extra five taels of silver, I just want him to get out of home as soon as possible. Zhang Ning really doesn't like to associate with people like Wang Zhen.
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The difficulty of a person's escape depends on how much manpower and material resources the pursuer invests. Setting a fire like Wang Zhen's seems serious, but in fact it is nothing. Wang Zhen fled to the capital in a big way and still had the mind to find a way out; if he
It's killing someone, so I'm afraid it won't be so calm; there are more serious things than killing, like the imperial case that Zhang Ning may be involved in, and it will be very difficult to escape.
So he had no intention of escaping from the beginning, and went to work at the Jinyiwei Yamen office as usual the next day.
Hu Butang also quickly came to Jinyiwei Yamen, met with Wang Qinian and Zhang Ning, and said straight to the point: "The key person in this case is the palace maid Zhou. We must first find out her identity before we can make further arrangements. She
The identity registered when entering the palace must be false, and the surname and name are also false. How can a person who has no place of origin, name, or acquaintances know where she comes from? "
Wang Qinian replied seriously: "Unless she says it herself... yesterday Mrs. Zhou spoke, can you tell her place of origin from her accent?"
Hu Ying pondered: "The accent is very formal Huai Mandarin. There is no way to check it. Even if we guess that she is from Jianghuai, where can we start to check it?"
Zhang Ning stood there and didn't say anything. He was of the lowest rank, so not speaking seemed more polite.
At this time, Hu Ying said again: "I thought about it last night, and her sentence of 'killing innocent people and insulting women' has a lot of meaning. From this, we can make a bold guess before verifying it: the close relatives of this girl's parents were convicted and
Death, and it is not a murder-for-life case, such as the case of Jianwen's surviving minister, so the Zhou family hated the emperor and wanted to avenge her parents; otherwise, why would she have disregarded life and death and loyalty and filial piety at such a young age to assassinate the emperor and father of the Ming Dynasty? Of course, this is speculation.
It cannot be used as a basis, what we have to do now is try to verify it."
Wang Qinian nodded in agreement: "What Hu Butang said is absolutely true. Now I have no clue. Maybe we can find an opening by starting from this aspect."
Hu Ying sighed slightly and said: "We can only try it. I don't want to order her to be tortured for the time being. If she accidentally dies, I will have to bear the blame. Torture should only be tried when there is really no other way. The current direction of the case I haven’t figured it out yet, there are a lot of things to do, it’s better to do it sooner rather than later. Today you two are going to do this: check the files.”
The fat and fair Wang Qinian was not slow at all, and immediately said: "Generally, the files of the death penalty and execution will eventually be reviewed by Dali Temple. Almost all the files can be found in Dali Temple; another category is Dongchang Jinyiwei For imperial cases that need to be imprisoned and executed, they will go through Beizhen Fusi Imperial Prison, and the files can be checked at Guanbai Benwei. We can start from these two places. Notifying the Dali Temple's archives to the Dali Temple Minister can assist in checking, but Jinyiwei We, the foreign ministers, have no right to review the files of this guard, we must first request an order."
Hu Ying said: "In this case, I am repairing books in Dali Temple. Today, Donghai will take a few scribes and Jin Yiwei to the Third Judicial District in the west of the city to supervise the review. The files of Jin Yiwei will be supervised by Ping An and will be implemented after I request the order. There are many files, in order to To narrow down the scope, I listed a few conditions: first, the cases from the eighth year of Yongle to March of the twentieth year (anyone who was sentenced to death earlier would not be able to give birth to the Zhou family); second, the cases involving Jianwen’s surviving officials and similar According to the facts of the case, murder, arson and rape can be ruled out; thirdly, there is a woman under his knees who is estimated to be about the same age as Zhou."
Wang Qinian and Zhang Ning both accepted the order. Wang Qinian said: "A lot of Jianwen's ministers were killed in the early years of Yongle, but not many after eight years of Yongle. With the third condition, the scope of this matter will not be too large. There is a lot to be done. If you add in the Jianghuai origin, there will be even less."
Hu Ying said: "Let's not exclude places of origin other than Jianghuai. We can single them out as the focus."
The two of them sang and harmonized, simply trying to blame Jianwen Yichen, or they were so suspicious, but lacked evidence to support it. Zhang Ning thought: Suspecting Jianwen Yichen might be the emperor's intention, so Hu Butang and the others acted like this Passionate.
If it is confirmed that this matter was done by Jianwen's remaining ministers, then from another aspect, it will exonerate the king of Han from suspicion. Zhang Ning finally understood his value in this matter. Without real evidence, Hu Ying would not dare to frame him casually. On the mysterious Emperor Jianwen, otherwise he would be suspected of colluding with the King of Han.
Hu Ying finished her errands and left. Wang Qinian also hurried to run errands. Zhang Ning had to wait. Without an imperial edict, an official with great authority would not have the right to investigate the Jin Yiwei.
Zhang Ning pretended to be very busy, brewed a bowl of tea and burned the fine smokeless charcoal in the office building to read the file. It was best to do nothing now. He wanted to wait and see if Peach Blossom Villa was related to the Qin case; After all, Hu Ying wants to rely on real evidence. If there is no evidence to implicate the relationship, the peach blossom poem is just a waste of worry, and she will do whatever she has to do.
According to the known information, Peach Blossom Villa is a group of private salt dealers. It may not really be related to Jianwen Yichen and the Qin case. The speculations and inferences cannot be regarded as facts for the time being. Zhang Ning reminded himself: Calm down.
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