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Don't look at Wu Shaoqing is just an official from the fifth grade, in terms of position, his official position ranks third in the Hanlin Academy, and there are only the Hanlin bachelors from the fifth grade and the Hanlin attendants from the fifth grade.

It must be pointed out that the Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy, like the Imperial History of the Imperial Court and the Six Divisions, did not promote their positions one by one like ordinary officials, but rather promoted by leaps and bounds.

Taking Wu Shaoqing as an example, if he is transferred to the yamen of major ministries or local yamen, he will be at least a prefect of the fourth grade, and it is normal to be awarded an official position from the third rank or even the third grade.

Although the Hanlin do not seem to care about the affairs of the yamen and the local government of the court, they are the close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and have the right to participate in politics and discuss politics in the court, and at the same time have the same year or fellow villagers with the officials of the major ministries and the officials of the local government, and they have close ties with each other, so they are the most powerful force in the court, and the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate can only be ranked second.

Because he didn't know the truth about Zhang Wang's incident, Wu Shaoqing had no intention of intervening in this matter at first, after all, this matter was related to Emperor Hongxi, and Emperor Hongxi was praying for the Ming Dynasty.

Although he is tall and arrogant, he can also distinguish right from wrong, how could he stand up and attack the Venerable Yuan Xia who presided over the Dharma for Emperor Hong Xi based on gossip alone?

However, an incident happened then that Wu Shaoqing had to intervene in this matter, Zhang Wang's wife came to his house with two sons and a daughter, dressed in linen and filial piety, kneeling in the courtyard and begging Wu Shaoqing to make the decision for their orphans and widows, severely punish Zhang Wang's murderer, and point the finger at the Venerable Master of Yuanxia, Su Bolang, thinking that Su Bolang made people secretly kill Zhang Wang.

The arrival of Zhang Wang's mother and son attracted many onlookers, and everyone talked about it one after another, expressing sympathy for the Zhang family's plight.

At this moment, Wu Shaoqing couldn't be indifferent, after all, the mother and son of the Zhang family had begged for his door, how could he ignore it?

Therefore, Wu Shaoqing comforted Zhang Wang's wife that she would definitely ask someone in the cabinet to clarify and give an explanation to the Zhang family's mother and son.

Even so, Wu Shaoqing would not take any drastic actions, because first of all, he had to find out the exact cause of Zhang Wang's death.

Moreover, Zhang Wang's affairs were handled by the cabinet, and in addition to the cabinet, Yang Rong, Huang Huai and Jin Youzi were all from Hanlin, and he didn't believe that the three of them could do such dirty things.

But on the night when Zhang Wang's wife came to find Wu Shaoqing, a group of thugs broke into Zhang Wang's home, not only smashed Zhang's family to a pulp, but also injured Zhang Wang's wife. The update is the fastest and most stable

Wu Shaoqing was enraged by this incident, it is really hateful that such a bad thing can happen at the foot of the world.

At the same time, the actions of that gang of thugs are undoubtedly a provocation to Wu Shaoqing, everyone knows that the mother and son of the Zhang family went to him during the day, but something happened at night, so what did Wu Shaoqing have to lose?

Therefore, the next morning, Wu Shaoqing went to Wenyuan Pavilion with a blank face, and found Yang Rong to ask about Zhang Wang's suicide.

As for why Zhang Wang suddenly chose to commit suicide, Yang Rong is not clear now, and naturally he can't give Wu Shaoqing a satisfactory answer.

Because Zhang Wang's motive for committing suicide was unknown, Wu Shaoqing doubted the investigation results of the Criminal Department, believing that someone might be obstructing it and covering up the real cause of Zhang Wang's death.

In this way, this also invisibly confirms one thing, that is, Zhang Wang is very likely to be murdered.

And Zhang Wang, as the steward of the imperial dining room, deals with the affairs of the imperial dining room every day, and it is impossible for him to get in touch with those powerful people in the capital who are enough to put him to death, and he doesn't dare to get in touch with those powerful people.

Thinking of the reason why Zhang Wang was arrested by the cabinet, then all the spearheads are pointed at one person, that is, the Venerable Yuan Xia who did things for Emperor Hong Xi in the Imperial Garden, Zhang Wang reported that the Venerable Yuan Xia was the demon who murdered Emperor Hong Xi, so the Venerable Yuan Xia had enough motives to kill.

In addition, since Master Yuanxia can be handpicked by Emperor Hong Xi, he is definitely not an idle person, and it is not difficult to kill Zhang Wang and cover up the facts.

Because Zhang Wang's death was too strange, Yang Rong also suspected that the Venerable Master Yuanxia instructed someone to kill Zhang Wang, but Empress Zhang trusted the Venerable Master Yuanxia and asked him to strictly investigate the rumor-mongers, so he had to press this suspicion to the bottom of his heart.

Since he couldn't get the answer he wanted from Yang Rong, Wu Shaoqing, in order to find out the real cause of Zhang Wang's death, and even more for the sake of Emperor Hongxi's safety, then wrote to the six Shangshu, Tongzheng Division, Tongzheng Division, Dali Siqing and Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate on the grounds that the matter was serious, asking Jiuqing to interrogate and jointly investigate the cause of Zhang Wang's death.

The triage of the three legal divisions and the triage of the nine kings can only be decided by the emperor, and according to the explanation given by Emperor Hongxi before fasting, the cabinet will discuss the matter with the senior officials of the five governments and six ministries.

It must be explained that the five prefectures and six ministries mentioned here are abbreviations, including the six ministries, Dali Temple, Tongzheng Division, Metropolitan Procuratorate, Gyeonggi Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and Five Military Governor's Mansion, and the most powerful people in the Ming Dynasty are all included.

To tell the truth, those important ministers of the court who attended the meeting had no reason to oppose it at all, although Wu Shaoqing did not say it explicitly, but everyone knew that Zhang Wang's death might implicate Master Yuanxia, and then be related to Emperor Hongxi.

However, when the cabinet and the senior officials of the five governments and six ministries were preparing for the Jiuqing interrogation and came together to experience Zhang Wang's corpse, an accident happened.

The commander of Jinyiwei made Saihazhi suddenly arrive, and handed over Zhang Wang's case to the Fusi of Jinyiwei North Town for trial on the grounds that Zhang Wang's matter involved the imperial court.

In the face of the sudden appearance of Saihazhi, the cabinet members and the senior officials of the five governments and six ministries were surprised, and no one thought that Jinyi Wei would intervene in this matter.

Because Saihazhi's reasons are very sufficient, and Jinyiwei is subordinate to Emperor Hongxi and is not subject to the control of the cabinet and the five governments and six ministries, Yang Rong and others can only let Zhang Wang's body be taken away by Saihazhi.

Saihazhi's actions undoubtedly shrouded Zhang Wang's death in a thick fog, which also exacerbated the breeding and spread of rumors in the capital, stirring up panic and unrest.

Imperial Garden, in an ordinary wing.

"Queen Mother, this move may be inappropriate, and the other party will definitely launch a counterattack with this." Yang Shiqi's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he bowed to Empress Zhang, who was sitting in the first place, and said worriedly.

The inappropriateness in his mouth refers to Jinyiwei's involvement in the Zhang Wang incident, and the reason why Saihazhi suddenly appeared in front of the cabinet members and the members of the five governments and six ministries was because of Empress Zhang's edict.

Now Emperor Hongxi is fasting and praying in the Qin'an Palace, and the Jinyi Guards naturally look to Queen Zhang, they are the first royal guards, and they are veritable Praetorian Guards, and they don't need to buy the cabinet and the accounts of the five governments and six ministries.

"This palace is also forced to do so, if they find out that Zhang Wang has arsenic in his body, then this matter will not be clear." Empress Zhang sighed, looking quite helpless.

When his body was removed from the belt hanging from the window, the officials in charge of his detention found that his lips were purple, his eyes were swollen, and blood was bleeding from his mouth and nose, which were symptoms of arsenic poisoning.

The official was sent by Empress Zhang to interrogate Zhang Wang and prevent outsiders from approaching Zhang Wang, knowing that the matter was very important, so when he reported to the outside world, he only mentioned Zhang Wang's self-hanging, concealed Zhang Wang's poisoning, and then secretly reported to Empress Zhang.

Empress Zhang was taken aback by this, and let people continue to hide Zhang Wang's poisoning to avoid unnecessary trouble, but who would have thought that Wu Shaoqing would suddenly jump out and stir up the matter, and proposed that Jiuqing would interrogate the autopsy, so she naturally couldn't agree.

"Queen Mother, the other party is menacing this time, and the minister feels that he should inform some ministers in the court of the emperor's death and deal with it together." Yang Shiqi knew that Empress Zhang was also a last resort, and said solemnly after a while.

"This is exactly what this means in this court." Empress Zhang nodded when she heard this, now that the situation is getting more and more critical, she is already a little difficult to deal with alone, and she needs the help of the court.

"According to Lord Yang, who is more reliable in the DPRK and China." Then, Empress Zhang looked up at Yang Shiqi, who knew more about the things in the court than her.

"Yang Rong, Huang Huai, Jin Youzi of the cabinet, Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department, Zhang Hao, the prince of Yiguo, Niu Shihao, the Marquis of Anping, and King Fu." Yang Shiqi thought about it and said a few names in an orderly manner.

There are members of the cabinet, members of the five ministries and six ministries, as well as members of the imperial family, all of whom are trustworthy people, and if they help, they will definitely be able to curb the surging offensive of the other side.

"In addition, the minister thinks that the Taishi, Zhongguo Gong, the Ministry of Shangshu and the Wei Guogong should also know about this." After speaking, Yang Shiqi added.

Since Yang Rong and the others will all know about the death of Emperor Hong Xi, then Zhang Fu, Zhou Zheng, Qian Yi and Lu Zhongqian, who protected Emperor Hong Xi, should naturally also know about it, and they should know it before Yang Rong and others.

"It's according to Lord Yang's wishes." Empress Zhang bowed slightly when she heard this, and now she knows that it is difficult to hide the death of Emperor Hong Xi, so she can only tell everyone the truth of the matter and work together to tide over the difficulties.

As long as Zhu Zhanji can rush back to the capital before the end of Emperor Hongxi's fast, then all the problems will be solved, and no one can shake Zhu Zhanji's throne again.

Empress Zhang discussed the current crisis with Yang Shiqi in the Imperial Garden, and Zhu Zhanyu was not idle, chatting and laughing with Feng Changan, Qin Yongxiang, Fan Bin and others in a private house, and the atmosphere was relaxed and happy.

"Vice Fan Yushi, your trick of borrowing a knife to kill people is really high, and now the queen is in chaos, as long as we add a fire, then she will have nothing to do." While talking and laughing, Zhu Zhanyu said to Fan Bin with a smile.

Zhang Wang's suicide and Wu Shaoqing's murder were Fan Bin's ideas, worthy of being the right deputy of the Imperial Palace, who was quick in thinking and meticulous, and the plan to kill people with a knife was interlocking, forcing Empress Zhang to let Sai Hazhi stir up the Jiuqing trial, which made people think about it.

"Brother Fan, when the prince ascends the throne, I think the position of the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate belongs to the elder brother." Qin Yongxiang interjected without losing any time and said with a smile.

"Where, Fan is just doing his best to make a little effort, if it weren't for the little prince who laid Zhang Wang's wonderful chess, which made Zhang Wang commit suicide by swallowing poison and setting up a puzzle, there would be nothing he could do in the game." Fan Bin hurriedly said humbly when he heard this, and opened his mouth to compliment Zhu Zhanyu.

"Not only Lord Fan, but also my father and king will dominate the country, all of you are the merits of Conglong, the mainstay of the future Ming Dynasty." Zhu Zhanyu suddenly laughed proudly, and promised everyone a high-ranking official.

Now that the situation is going well, his mood is naturally very comfortable, if Zhu Zhantan can intercept the prince and kill him secretly, then it will be perfect, and the country of the Ming Dynasty will be in Zhu Gaoxu's pocket. One