Chapter 236
Sun Yingkui and Cao Bian were almost scared to death, so they wrote a report overnight. They didn't dare to follow the normal procedure. They had to know that the cabinet only covered the sky, and officials from all over the country had to go through the first assistant before they put them on the imperial case. If the documents of Sun Yingkui and Cao Bian fall into the hands of Shoufu, then wait for their heads to move.
Fortunately, the emperor also knew that the cabinet had too much power, and opened up another way to contain the cabinet. If officials were in a hurry, they could send a letter from Zuo Shunmen, and the eunuch would send the book directly to the emperor. The cabinet and eunuchs check and balance each other, so that the emperor can sit firmly on the throne.
Therefore, the emperor saw the documents of Sun Yingkui and Cao Bian. The more the emperor looked at, the darker his face became. Zhang Zuo served on the side, and his heart couldn't stop beating.
After the emperor finished reading it, he handed out the book without saying a word. Zhang Zuo quietly stepped forward to change the tea and asked, "Your Majesty, you have approved the discount for a while, do you want to take a break?"
The emperor waved his hand, but still did not speak. Zhang Zuo understood, put down the tea cup, and retired lightly.
The emperor remembered what happened a few days ago, and Zhang Jinggong brought him a draft, saying that Xia Wen would like to instruct his subordinates to support the prince. Zhang Jinggong didn't say the rest, but the emperor was a very suspicious person. The emperor couldn't help but think, he was still in the prime of autumn, but Xia Wenjin advocated the establishment of a prince. What did he want?
The more the emperor thought about it, the more angry he became. Zhang Jinggong lowered his head and spoke as if he didn't notice the emperor's face, saying that the emperor could hold his troops and wait a few days to see if anyone would present a memorial.
The emperor agreed, and there was no attack. After waiting for a few days, I waited for the same memorial. The emperor was furious at that time, and ordered the people of Shangshu to be arrested and interrogated severely. In the past few days, the emperor's anger has dissipated, and he gradually felt that the events of the previous days were suspicious. As a result, just today, Sun and Cao sent the overheard conversation between Xue Kan and Peng Ze.
If it is said that the emperor's fire was the most superficial fire a few days ago, now, he is really angry. The emperor thought for a while, called Zhang Zuo in, and said, "Let Lu Heng enter the palace."
The author says:
Emperor: I am so angry, you are finished.
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I only have yīn, so it is relative to the sun, like the earth's inheritor of heaven. The husband is the guide for the wife, and the woman's way is to be respectful and obedient. Since Yuan Pei was lost early, because the helper and priests must not be unmanned, and the royal family must not be without lineage, Zhang was elected as the empress. The time of grace and courtesy is very near. Those who do not think well, are disrespectful and are not inferior, are being treated with kindness. Yesterday, I was arrogant and arrogant again, looking at me. Such a woman, how can she be able to inherit Qian? Today, I will withdraw from the office, collect the treasures of the Queen's book, and stop the writing in the world. - "The Record of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty"
Chapter 78
Lu Heng entered the Qianqing Palace and saluted the emperor in the Dongnuan Pavilion: "See the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live."
The emperor waved his hand: "No ceremony. I asked you to come today because there is something for you to investigate secretly."
The emperor deliberately said that there was a secret investigation, and there were no eunuchs in the warm pavilion, and even the eunuchs who were accustomed to serving were sent out... Lu Heng thought about it, and there were probably a few. He lowered his eyes and cupped his hands, and said, "I would like to share the worries of Your Majesty. I don't know, what does the Emperor want to know?"
The emperor handed the book to Lu Heng and said, "Come and have a look."
Without the eunuch to do it for him, Lu Heng could only step forward and take the memorial from the emperor. This is a document submitted by two small officials named Sun Yingkui and Cao Bian, saying that they overheard the conversation between Xue Kan and Peng Ze, the minister of personnel. Because the matter is too big to make a choice, I secretly reported it to the emperor and asked the emperor to decide.
Lu Heng finished it quickly, then put down the book, his face heavy.
The emperor was still sitting on the dragon chair very casually, and asked casually, "What do you think?"
Lu Heng didn't want to express his opinion at all. The crown prince is definitely the most taboo topic shared by the emperors of all dynasties, and the emperor is especially suspicious. If Lu Heng said a word wrong, he might plant the seeds of suspicion in the emperor's heart at some point.
Lu Heng looked contemplative. This kind of thing can't be talked about in a blur, so the emperor will feel that he is ready, but he can't think for too long, and the emperor will doubt his intentions.
Lu Heng grasped the degree, "thought" for a while, and said, "I don't know the details, so I can't make any assertions. However, Xue Kan insisted that the memorial was written by himself a few days ago, but now he suddenly changed his tune; A petty official has been interrogating for many days to no avail, but I heard such a complete dialogue yesterday, and I feel that there may be a fraud in this."
Lu Heng secretly picked himself up first. No matter who Xia Wenjin or Zhang Jinggong wanted to support the crown prince, it had nothing to do with Lu Heng, and Lu Heng knew nothing about it. Then, he stood in the emperor's position and analyzed the doubts of these people.
Lu Heng was in charge of intelligence and knew all about these people in the book. Xue Kan is a literate scholar who reads sages and sages stupidly, and is somewhat unrealistic and naive; although Sun Yingkui and Cao Bian are slick, they are absolutely incapable of secretly calculating the first assistant. . No matter Xue Kan, Sun, or Cao, they will not arrange the gossip of the first auxiliary. From their perspective, most of these are true.
But you can't tell the emperor that way. From the emperor's point of view, everyone around him, civil servants, military officers, nobles, and vassal kings, to the queen, concubines, palace maids, and eunuchs, everyone could deceive him. If the first assistant is telling lies, how do you know that these two petty officials are telling the truth?
All Lu Heng had to do was to conform to the emperor's heart, saying that these people were indeed likely to be deceived and that they needed to be strictly investigated.