In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, fierce struggles broke out over the issue of national nature. In the forty-third year of the Wanli Calendar, there was an unprecedented event in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and there were assassins who entered the imperial palace in broad daylight and hit the prince's bedchamber, which was one of the three cases at the end of the Ming Dynasty. What was even more unexpected was that the Wanli Emperor did not investigate in detail, and hurriedly closed the case and executed the assassins, thus covering up the truth. So what exactly is the "strike case"?
According to the records, the fourth day of the first month of May in the 43rd year of the Wanli calendar was about 17-19 o'clock. The Ciqing Palace, where the crown prince Zhu Changluo lived, suddenly broke into a man who, armed with a jujube stick, injured the eunuch guarding the gate to the ground and rushed directly under the eaves of the front hall. The eunuch Han Ben shouted loudly, and the nearby eunuchs heard the noise, and the crowd joined forces to take the assassin down, and then handed it over to Zhu Xiong, the commander of Donghua Gate, to guard.
The next day, the crown prince Zhu Changluo wrote down the incident and reported it to his father, Emperor Mingshenzong ordered "The Fa Division to ask questions." Not long after, Liu Tingyuan, who was inspecting the imperial city, reported to the Wanli Emperor."
The prisoner confessed to the name Zhang Cha, who was a Jing'er Yumin in Jizhou. The language is reversed, like a wind frenzy
”。 After that, the officials of the Punishment Department called Zhang Cha"
Burned by Li Ziqiang and Li Wancang, he was angry and came to Beijing within April to go to the DPRK to complain
”。
According to the explanation of the officials of the Punishment Department, Zhang Cha was a madman, and his intrusion into the tai womb was a completely personal act of madness, so he could be closed by directly beheading him. However, this case is full of doubts, how can a madman successfully enter the heavily guarded Forbidden City, and then directly rush into the prince's palace? Not only do we have doubts about the attack, but some upright officials of the Ming Dynasty also feel that there is a problem in it!
Wang Zhimi, the head of the punishment department's prison, took advantage of the opportunity of supervising the prison of the criminal department to interrogate the criminal Zhang Cha. First of all, Wang Zhiyu observed for a while and found that Zhang Cha was not a crazy person. Secondly, Wang Zhiyu deliberately did not give Zhang Cha rice to eat, and then put the meal in front of him and said:"
Real tricks and meals, not when starving to death.
After that, Zhang Cha summoned many appalling things! It turned out that Zhang Cha's assassination in the palace was led by two eunuchs in the palace!
The eunuch said to Zhang Cha:
You rush first, bump into one, kill one, kill us to save you.
"At the same time, they also promised Zhang Cha,"
Things become planted with a few acres of land
”。 Zhang Cha's confession caused shock to the government and the public, and after interrogation, Zhang Cha confessed more information, instructing his eunuchs named Pang Bao and Liu Cheng, and it was Liu Cheng who took Zhang Cha into the palace, and said:
Hit the palace, hit one by one, hit the little master, eat there is also, there are also.
”
At this time, the government and the opposition boiled over, because Pang Bao and Liu Cheng were Zheng Guifei's subordinates, and Zheng Guifei was the most favored woman of the Wanli Emperor! The ming dynasty's dispute over the foundation of the country was caused by the Wanli Emperor's favor for Concubine Zheng Guifei and her son Zhu Changxun. Therefore, some officials advocate interrogating Pang Bao and Liu Cheng and finding out the mastermind behind the scenes! At this time, the Wanli Emperor had not been in the court for more than twenty years, but this time he could not sit still, and summoned the Wen and Wu officials in front of the Cining Palace.
The Wanli Emperor took the hand of Crown Prince Zhu Changluo and said to his courtiers"
I am extremely filial to this child, and I cherish it very much
”。 Crown Prince Zhu Changluo also said, "
People who seem to be in turmoil will stop when they are determined, and there is no need to connect
”。 In the end, the Wanli Emperor handled the attack in this "harmonious mud" way and killed Zhang Cha. After that, the Wanli Emperor did not interrogate Pang Bao and Liu Cheng, but killed them with a staff, which was regarded as killing people. In this way, the case became an unsolved mystery in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
Resources:
1. "Ming Shilu"; 3. "The End of the Ming Chronicle"