Lantern Festival.

Due to the death of Emperor Xuande, the government canceled the annual Lantern Festival, and it was clear that the atmosphere in the capital was not suitable for such a festive festival.

After a few days of surprise trial, King Yue gained a lot in the Fang Liang case, and successively interrogated the right governor of the Left Army Governor's Mansion, Feng Chang'an, the Marquis of Wuning, the right governor of the Later Army Governor's Mansion, Gong Kui, the Marquis of Anwu, and the right governor of the Right Army Governor's Mansion and Gu Dayong, the Marquis of Anyi.

According to the confessions of Feng Chang'an, Gong Kui and Gu Dayong, because they received a cold reception after Emperor Xuande put down the rebellion of the Han Dynasty, they were unwilling, so they united to find an opportunity to make a comeback.

Emperor Xuande released the family of the Han Dynasty who was imprisoned in the palace and placed them in Jiangnan, where they lived as commoners under the supervision of the local government.

Emperor Xuande's illness became more and more serious, which gave the three of them a golden opportunity, so the three of them met in secret, and after some deliberation, they prepared to control the situation in the capital after Emperor Xuande's death, and then sent someone to Jiangnan to pick up the son of the King of Han into Beijing to inherit the throne.

In order to clear the obstacles that stood in front of their plan, they specially designed Li Yuntian for this purpose, originally thinking that Li Yuntian would implicate a large number of people in the court and create a prison on the same scale as the big case of Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu.

It's a pity that Li Yuntian is too powerful, and he was able to find flaws one after another from their self-righteous plans, and in the end, they fell short, and they had to use the left eunuch Cheng Wang Yu, who had been lurking in the celebrant eunuch, to burn Li Yuntian to death.

According to the explanation of the three of them, they had to kill Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian not only has a high prestige in the army, but also has unparalleled resourcefulness, coupled with the Xiaowu army stationed outside the city, if Li Yuntian is there, he will definitely be able to see through their tricks and deal with them, which makes them very jealous of Li Yuntian.

Although Li Yuntian disrupted their ruse, their plan to seize power had been launched and could not be stopped, so they attacked Zhang Hao, preparing to continue to frame the ministers of the court, saying that they colluded with the Northern Yuan to cause chaos in the capital, so that they could take advantage of the chaos to seize power.

However, their plan was thwarted again, and what they thought was a seamless and foolproof assassination was actually escaped by Zhang Hao.

Not only that, but even Fang Liang was exposed because of this failed assassination, and then all his efforts were lost, and he lost all the games.

"It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable!" In Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but be furious after reading a few confessions sent by King Yue, threw the confession to the ground, and shouted angrily.

According to the confessions of the four, after Zhang Hao was attacked and killed, they would target the nobles of Zhang Fu's line, so that the position of the governor of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion would be vacant, and the nobles of Zhou Zheng, Zhang Hao's line and Zhang Fu's family would fight, and they could watch the fire from across the mountain, take advantage of the fishermen, and take the opportunity to seek the power of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office.

What particularly shocked Empress Dowager Zhang was that Chen Tianlei and others also colluded with the civil officials who had an affair with the Han Dynasty in the past, and secretly gathered a cadre of civil officials headed by Lang Wutong, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, and echoed them in the court at that time.

Wutong was originally the right attendant of the Criminal Department, although Emperor Xuande was not dismissed or transferred to Nanjing for retirement like Qin Yongxiang, the left attendant of the original Criminal Department, and Fan Bin, the left deputy capital of the former Imperial Procuratorate, but Mingsheng secretly descended to the Ministry of Works, and became the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry with his tail between his legs.

Because Wu Tong and Feng Changan and others had a close relationship with the King of Han, this made Empress Dowager Zhang very shocked in her heart, and she invisibly believed in the authenticity of this matter, she knew the cruelty of the battle for the throne, if Wu Tong and Feng Chang'an and others succeeded in this plan, then Da Ming Ke would become the world of the Han King, and the prince might not have a way to live.

"The queen mother, this is true, and the sons have found from their homes the account books used to record the money exchanged, which shows that they secretly spent a lot of money to carry out their schemes." When King Yue heard this, he bowed to Empress Dowager Zhang and replied quietly.

"It's extremely hateful, Emperor Daxing treated them well, and did not hold them accountable for having an affair with the King of Han back then, but they didn't want to repay the emperor's favor and wanted to rebel, which is really an unforgivable crime." Mrs. Zhang's face was cold, and she looked at King Yue coldly and ordered, "This matter involves rebellion, and it is a matter of great importance, so you will thoroughly investigate this case with the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town, and all the people involved in the case must be arrested!" ”

"The sons and daughters will obey the decree." The reason why Empress Dowager Zhang put aside the three law divisions this time is obviously that she has no trust in the three law divisions, which can just enable him to control the situation of the interrogation, and then do whatever he wants.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, all cases of rebellion related to the important ministers of the DPRK have been handed over to the Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division for disposal, and the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to do this matter after the restructuring of the Beizhen Fusi.

The reason why the Three Law Divisions were not allowed to intervene was because both Ming Taizu and Emperor Yongle were worried that the officials of the Three Law Divisions might show favoritism in the trial, and the internal interests of the civil official group were complicated, and the two emperors did not believe that the civil official group could judge the case impartially.

Therefore, Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division is the only choice to try the rebellion case, because Jinyi Wei is the emperor's cronies, and he usually has a bad relationship with the courtiers, so the emperors are not worried that they will shield those courtiers involved in the case, but will try their best to investigate thoroughly.

The reason why Jinyiwei and Dongchang acted arrogantly and arrogantly in the Ming Dynasty for a long time was that the emperor's connivance made them contradictory to the courtiers, so that the emperor did not have to worry about collusion between the two sides, which can be described as a model of the way to control the subordinates.

Of course, the civil and military officials definitely didn't dare to say that the emperor was not, so they concentrated their grievances on Dongchang and Jinyiwei, so that the emperor could get out of it and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight.

In addition, there is the inner court, and the reason why the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are powerful is that the emperor is secretly supporting them to compete with the civil official group and the Xungui group to balance the political situation in the court.

It's just that some emperors can control the eunuchs well, while some emperors adopt a laissez-faire attitude towards the eunuchs, so that the political situation of the Ming Dynasty is full of malpractices, and various social contradictions are increasingly intensified, which eventually leads to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

"Wen Yuanbo's generals must have someone involved in this case, and the pro-army under his command should not be stationed in the imperial city before the case is concluded." After taking over the rebellion case of Chen Tianlei and others, King Yue pondered for a while, and looked at the Empress Dowager Zhang with concern.

"Yes, the pro-army is responsible for guarding the Imperial City, and it is a matter of importance, and now they are really not suitable to come to the Imperial City to garrison again." Empress Dowager Zhang nodded when she heard this, thinking that King Yue was reasonable, and if someone in the pro-army rebelled, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Someone is coming, Chuan Taishi and Marquis Wuping." Subsequently, Empress Dowager Zhang gave a deep voice to the female officials standing on the side, and she was ready to transfer Chen Tianlei's pro-army out of the imperial city first, just in case.

"The retainers retired." King Yue knew Empress Dowager Zhang's intentions, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he bowed to Empress Dowager Zhang and said.

"You stay, and tell the case to Master Sù and Marquis Wuping." Empress Dowager Zhang stretched out her hand to stop King Yue, and she wanted Zhang Fu and Cui An to know the intention of transferring Chen Tianlei's pro-army.

When King Yue heard this, he bowed down again, and stayed to discuss the current situation in the court with Empress Dowager Zhang, and he could keenly feel that Empress Dowager Zhang was relying on him more and more, which made him feel very proud and a little fluttering.

"Queen Mother, has this matter been confirmed?" After Zhang Fu and Cui An came to Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Zhang showed the confessions of Chen Tianlei and Wu Tong and others to the two, and the two were shocked after reading it, and Zhang Fu looked at Empress Dowager Zhang with a stunned expression.

"The evidence is conclusive, they have confessed to the crime." When King Yue heard this, he immediately spoke, and said with a stern expression, "Including the affairs of Zhenguo Gong, all the things in the capital have been secretly caused by them recently, and they are delusional about making a comeback with the help of the prince of Han. ”

Zhang Fu was silent when he heard this, now this case is no longer a simple struggle for power and profit in the officialdom, nor is it a simple rebellion, but involves the orthodoxy of the Ming royal family, if you make a wrong step in this, you will fall into a place of no return.

Especially Zhang Fu, the situation at this time was very sensitive, although he stood on the side of Emperor Xuande, and tied up the people sent by the King of Han to contact secretly and handed them over to the government, but because Zhang Fu had a close relationship with the King of Han, and it was rumored that the news of the death of Emperor Yongle was secretly passed on to the King of Han, so that the King of Han set up a heavy army to intercept the edict of entering Beijing.

After the rebellion of the Han King was quelled, Zhang Fu not only lost his military power, but also did not even enter the newly established military cabinet, and the first chief assistant of the military cabinet was Zhou Zheng, the prince of Zhongguo.

It was not until later that Emperor Xuande's attitude towards Zhang Fu gradually improved, and under the persuasion of Zhou Zheng, Zhang Fu, who had the highest seniority among the nobles, was appointed as the first assistant of the military cabinet.

Now that the case of Chen Tianlei and Wu Tong and others involves the prince of Han, as a person who used to have a close relationship with the king of Han, Zhang Fu's best choice now is to wait and see what happens, so as not to say the wrong thing.

"Queen Mother, if Wen Yuanbo really has bad intentions, then it is not appropriate for his pro-army to stay in the imperial city, please make a decision as soon as possible." Cui An had already understood the purpose of Empress Dowager Zhang summoning him and Zhang Fu into the palace at this time, so he bowed down and said.

"Taishi, what do you think?" Empress Dowager Zhang bowed slightly when she heard this, and asked the silent Zhang Fu.

"Queen Mother, the minister also thinks it is better to temporarily transfer Wen Yuanbo's pro-army from the imperial city." Zhang Fu naturally knew Empress Dowager Zhang's intentions, so he replied in a deep voice.

"So how do you say you should switch it?" Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Zhang Fu quietly when she heard this, after all, she was a person from the harem, and it was better for Zhang Fu, the head of the military cabinet, to say this kind of transfer of troops.

"Queen Mother, the minister is unclear about the case, I don't know if there are any comrades of Wen Yuanbo and others in the court, since King Yue is presiding over the case, it is better to listen to King Yue's opinion." Zhang Fu definitely wouldn't answer this question, and then opened his mouth to shirk it, firstly, to avoid suspicion, and secondly, to prevent that if the army in the imperial city was the accomplice of Chen Tianlei and others, then the consequences would be troublesome.

"Queen Mother, Yichen seems that it is not appropriate for the pro-army to make a big move, it is better to let them temporarily exchange with the defenders of Juyong Pass, and then change them back after the case is concluded." Hearing this, Empress Dowager Zhang looked at King Yue, who had already prepared and replied in an orderly manner.

"What does the master think?" Empress Dowager Zhang nodded and said to Zhang Fu.

"I think it's a good move." Zhang Fu's brows furrowed slightly, feeling that the changes in the garrison of Juyong Pass were too frequent, and the corners of his mouth squirmed and wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say it, but bowed to the Empress Dowager Zhang and agreed with King Yue's mention.

"Since this is the case, then this matter will be handed over to the military pavilion and the pro-army capital to deal with, and do your best to change the defense!" Hearing this, Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at Zhang Fu and Cui An, and said solemnly.

Since the pro-army capital is not under the management of the military cabinet, the exchange of the pro-army and the Beijing army must be coordinated by the two yamen, which is also the reason why Empress Dowager Zhang asked Zhang Fu and Cui An to come.

"The minister will obey the decree." Zhang Fu and Cui An bowed to the Empress Dowager Zhang in unison, and answered the matter in a deep voice.

King Yue's eyes flashed with a bright light, and a smug look appeared on his face, everything was now going according to Ah Qiu and his plan, which made him feel very comfortable, and he couldn't wait to implement the final plan.