Chapter 551: Fallacies
Originally, he had already used Zheng Wang's affairs to make Empress Dowager Zhang have to stand on his side. Then he was ready to take advantage of the situation in the imperial court to propose the reforms that he had previously talked about with Empress Dowager Zhang.
That day was the first day of the third month, and more than half a month had passed since then. Li Dongyang and other courtiers also received a little news in advance, and knew that Liu Jin intended to stir up trouble in the court, but they all just felt that this was just Liu Jin's dying struggle, and they didn't take it to heart.
After shouting long live from the next mountain, after dealing with the affairs of various places, Qiu Ju, the eunuch in the hall, said again: "Do you ministers still have something to do?"
As soon as his words fell, Liu Jin came out of the ranks, stood on top of the collapse, looked at the many civil and military officials under the collapse arrogantly, arched his hand at Zhengde, and said quite casually: "The old minister has two things to start!"
Emperor Zhengde has been out of the palace since a few years ago, and after having a dewy marriage with Shangshan Muzi, he has been thinking about tea and dinner since he returned to the palace.
Just like Zilong, although he was poisoned, his consciousness was also extremely clear, knowing the existence of Zilong, Dugu Sword God and others, and even more knowing that night, in a cave in the mountains and forests near Yujiazhuang, the tactful and colorful figure was emotionally entangled with himself.
Although Emperor Zhengde is quite absurd, he was not a boy early on, and he has experienced a lot of these clouds and rains. But the combination of wildness and gentleness of Shangshan Muzi also made him deeply infatuated with it and couldn't extricate himself.
Sometimes, he thinks it's just a dream, a dream that he never wants to wake up from. But since it's a dream, you still have to wake up after all.
In the end, after the extreme peak, Emperor Zhengde only felt as if he had flown into the sky and could never come down again.
When he woke up tired, there was only a piece of brocade embroidered with a pair of mandarin ducks, which was placed beside him.
It wasn't until this moment that Emperor Zhengde knew that all this was true, not just a dream, but now he wanted to find that graceful and charming beauty.
The people of Kesi have gone, and there is no trace of them, Zhengde searched all over the mountains and forests, but except for the faint Qian Ning, he never found anyone else.
When Qian Ning was rescued, he heard from his mouth that it was Liu Jin's men who strangled Qian Ning this time, and Zhengde couldn't help but temporarily let go of Shangshan Muzi's thoughts, and instead remembered his own situation.
In his impression, Liu Jin has always been the loyal servant who leans up, accompanies him, satisfies all his pleasure requirements, and handles national affairs for himself.
Why, in the blink of an eye, did this faithful old servant order his men to come and kill those close to him?
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhengde was shocked into a cold sweat, immediately stopped thinking about it, and after discussing with Qian Ning, he contacted Zhang Yong through a secret channel.
Originally, Zhang Yong was still very impatient, and the hundreds of elite Beijing battalions he sent to guard Zhengde were killed and wounded, and he sent the defenders of Baoding to guard, but in the end, there was no one left, and even the emperor was missing.
If this matter is stabbed, Zhang Yong will not be able to escape a thousand cuts and be sentenced to death. So he burned all his forces and mobilized all his forces to find the figure of Emperor Zhengde in the Baoding area.
The hard work paid off, but Emperor Zhengde contacted him, and Zhang Yong immediately personally led his elite subordinates, and after receiving Emperor Zhengde, he returned to the palace.
After experiencing the catastrophe of the rivers and lakes, Emperor Zhengde, who was originally born to jump out and playful, suddenly seemed to be a different person, becoming a taciturn person, and was silent to Fang Jinpa all day long.
Everyone else didn't know what happened to Emperor Zhengde, even Liu Jin. Fortunately, after Liu Jin confirmed that this was Emperor Zhengde, he didn't pay attention to Emperor Zhengde's mood.
In his heart, Emperor Zhengde is just a naughty boy, Xu is experience outside, which scared him, and after a while, it should be fine.
It's just that he didn't know, so the matter of Yujiazhuang made Emperor Zhengde already have a little distrust of Liu Jin, which was one of the reasons why he was silent.
At this moment, Liu Jin started playing, according to usual, Emperor Zhengde must have asked Liu Gong with a smile what was going on, but at this time he just nodded very perfunctorily, and after a sigh, there was no follow-up, as if he hadn't heard Liu Jin's words.
Seeing the emperor like this, Liu Jin couldn't help but feel angry on his face, and immediately thought of how the emperor had been stubborn since he was a child, and he had just experienced fright and behaved abnormally.
At that moment, he waved his hand, cleaned up his face, and said to himself: "This is the first thing!
After Zheng Wang recognized Zilong, he promised to keep Zilong, disclose Zilong's identity, and really take action after Zilong left.
He revisited the events of the year, and wrote a piece of paper with his own hand, saying that his daughter Zheng Jinlian was the biological mother of Emperor Zhengde, and that Empress Dowager Zhang was just a tanuki for the prince, and she also brutally killed her daughter.
Then he found someone to hand the paper into the General Administration Department and went up to the heavenly court, but this matter caused the capital to be full of storms, and the streets and alleys were all spreading the news.
Just because the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven and there are many horsemen, these ordinary people in the capital only dare to talk behind their backs, and dare not say it in public.
But the public opinion in the capital has become extremely unfavorable to Empress Dowager Zhang and Liu Jin because of Zheng Wang's complaint.
The people in the streets and alleys were rumoring, and in the end, the more outrageous the rumors became, saying that it was the Empress Dowager Zhang who had an affair with Liu Jin, and deliberately acted like this in order to occupy the position of power.
After the Empress Dowager Zhang heard these unbearable news, she was furious and smashed everything that could be broken in Cining Palace, and then she also met Emperor Zhengde in person to see what he thought.
Emperor Zhengde already knew about Zilong's existence, and he was also a little confused about Zheng Wang's matter.
It's just that after all, he was raised by the Empress Dowager Zhang from childhood to adulthood, but he also has a deep admiration for the Empress Dowager Zhang, so he won't really believe this statement.
He expressed his position on the spot, saying that all this was just a lie, and he didn't believe it. When Empress Dowager Zhang saw Emperor Zhengde like this, her heart was a little calm, and she immediately joined forces with Emperor Zhengde, ordering him to issue a decree to punish those who spread rumors, and also said that Liu Jin had found out that this Zheng Wang was now in the Fengyue Gang in Ningxia, and asked the emperor to issue a decree to order King An to exterminate the Fengyue Gang.
Liu Jin naturally testified immediately and confirmed everything that Empress Dowager Zhang said. After Zhengde heard this, he had to agree with the meaning of the two, and immediately asked Liu Jin to make a central order, ordering King An to exterminate the Fengyue Gang.
At this moment, Liu Jin raised this Zheng Wang's gossiness above the court again, and Zhengde couldn't help but reluctantly mention a little interest, and asked with some doubts: "Isn't Zheng Wang's matter already conclusive?"
"Not bad!" Liu Jin nodded happily and said, "When the first emperor was alive, he once said that this Zheng Wang was crazy, everything was a fallacy, and it was not enough to believe it. But now there are people who want to use this crazy old man to stir up the wind and rain and slander His Majesty, and they really deserve to be killed!"
"Oh, what news did Gong Liu receive again?" Emperor Zhengde glanced at the Jinpa in his hand nonchalantly, and asked without raising his head.
Liu Jin was a little angry when he saw Zhengde being so rude. But now that the big thing is coming, he has no choice but to suppress his anger and continue: "Yes, the old minister was rewarded by Jinyiwei, saying that His Royal Highness King An refused to carry out His Majesty's will, and avenged Zheng Wang's Fengyue Gang.
"How can this be reasonable!" Emperor Zhengde had not yet had a seizure, when he heard a cry of surprise from behind the Fengtian Palace, and then he saw the Empress Dowager Zhang, who was dressed in a phoenix crown, surrounded by a group of palace ladies and eunuchs, and walked with a demeanor.
Far away, under the leadership of Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe, all the courtiers bowed and saluted and said: "The ministers and others meet the Queen Mother, may the Queen Mother be a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
"No courtesy, flat body!" Empress Dowager Zhang slowly walked up to the collapse, came to a brocade seat on the side of Zhengde and sat down, squinted her eyes, glanced at Zhengde, and said, "Your Majesty, Zheng Wang's fallacy matter, but the first emperor set it, don't you know?"
"This ......" Emperor Zhengde didn't care too much about this matter, although it was related to his life experience, but he had no doubt about his life experience, but now that the Empress Dowager Zhang came forward in person, he also had to pay attention to it, glanced at the Empress Dowager Zhang, and found that the Queen Mother, who was graceful and luxurious in the past, was a little angry at this time, and the green tendons on her forehead could be faintly visible.
At that moment, Emperor Zhengde glanced at Liu Jin in embarrassment and motioned for him to come out and round the field for himself. Liu Jin smiled proudly, and immediately said softly: "The Queen Mother is angry, Your Majesty doesn't know, it's just that the person involved in the case is Your Majesty's imperial uncle, so Your Majesty is a little hesitant!"
"Hmph, what about Uncle Huang!" Empress Dowager Zhang slapped the chair heavily and scolded directly, "This Zheng Wang is just a commoner, so far, it has not been confirmed whether there is a woman named Zheng Jinlian in the palace, but this bold and reckless civilian dares to bewitch the public, saying that Your Majesty is his grandson, can you recognize it?"
"This is naturally unrecognizable!" Emperor Zhengde didn't know his true identity, and immediately shook his head with a wry smile and denied.
"That's good!" Empress Dowager Zhang saw Emperor Zhengde's statement in public, and said with some joy, "Since Your Majesty also feels that it has nothing to do with this civilian, and the first emperor has personally decided the case, this Zheng Wang is also a thief who bewitches the public, should this kind of thief be killed!"
"Uh......" Emperor Zhengde hesitated for a while, but he didn't want to kill Zheng Wang just yet, deep down in his heart, he also faintly felt that this Zheng Wang might really have something to do with him, otherwise how to explain the person named Xu Zilong?