In the content of the previous issue, we learned that under the strong intervention of the Wanli Emperor, the case of the attack was hastily ended, and although the courtiers had objections to it, no one dared to advise it anymore.
It has to be said that after the attack, the crown prince Zhu Changluo's position as crown prince was also stabilized, and the power of the Donglin party was further expanded.
Next, we will talk about the second largest unsolved case of the late Ming Dynasty, the Red Pill Case.
The year 1620, the forty-eighth year of the Wanli Calendar, was an eventful autumn for the Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Mingshen died, and the crown prince Zhu Changluo justifiably took over the Chuanguo Jade Seal and changed it to Yuan Taichang for Emperor Mingguangzong.
To say that Zhu Changluo succeeded to the throne, the most panicked person in the harem, it is not Zheng Guifei. After all, in the case of the attack, all the spearheads and evidence pointed to her, at that time, there was still the Wanli Emperor protecting her, but now that the patron has fallen, how can it be good if the new monarch reopens the old account?
Zheng Guifei was in a hurry for a while.
However, there is no invincible road in the sky, and Zheng Guifei really thought of a way when she was cornered.
To say that Zhu Changluo's performance after taking office can also be regarded as remarkable, abolishing the mining tax, actively promoting political reform, retriing unjust, false and wrongly decided cases of the former dynasty, and rewarding the soldiers on the side of the border.
However, such a young emperor with great ambitions has a fatal weakness, that is, lust.
And it was Zhu Changluo's shortcomings that made Zheng Guifei, who was in a desperate situation, see a glimmer of hope. As long as you choose some beautiful women to serve in the palace, when the wind blows on the pillow, the life of himself and his son Zhu Changxun will be saved.
And the development of things is also as Zheng Guifei expected, the lustful Zhu Changluo is naturally not rejecting the beautiful women carefully selected by Zheng Guifei.
When he was a prince, because of his birth mother's humble origin, Zhu Changluo did not feel more fatherly love or the honor of the prince; when he was a prince, he was hindered by his own identity and the constraints of the Donglin Party, and his behavior had to be restrained by a few points; moreover, he also had to worry about his father's unhappiness and abolish himself, so as to make room for his younger son.
But now, the situation is very different, this feng shui finally turned to his side, the emperor wants to spoil the beautiful woman, who dares to say a word?
Thus, the Forbidden City sang night and night.
But can you say he's a mediocre, no?
Because although Zhu Changluo at this time was confused in the chaotic flowers, but his heart was also full of state affairs, no matter how indulgent he was at night, during the day, for the heavy state affairs, he was not like his father, the Wanli Emperor, and he picked the son to the minister without saying a word.
During the day is a mountain of state affairs, and at night is the fine wine Zhu Ying under the golden silk tent, at this time Zhu Changluo does not know that his life has begun to count down.
As a consequence of the lack of abstinence, only 10 days after the enthronement ceremony (August 10 of the same year), Zhu Changluo fell ill, so that the celebration of The Next Day's Halloween was canceled.
However, Zhu Changluo, who was seriously ill, saw that the medical officers of the Tai Hospital had repeatedly diagnosed it, but his illness had never improved, and he became impatient.
According to such a situation, then the next thing must be to summon the world's famous doctors, and the doctors in the palace can't do it, you can also try the folk ones. But we don't know what this Zhu Changluo thought, but he actually caught whoever treated him, and the person he caught was the internal servant Cui Wensheng, this matter, thinking about it, is not reliable.
Sure enough, after eating the medicine prescribed by Cui Wensheng, Zhu Changluo had diarrhea, and the number of times he went to the toilet overnight reached thirty or forty times, so tossing, even people who are healthy may not be able to withstand it, let alone Zhu Changluo who is seriously ill?
After several tosses, Zhu Changluo fell into a coma.
The emperor's unconscious emergency official letter was immediately presented to the cabinet, and the first assistant of the cabinet, Congzhe, received the news and rushed to the Taihe Gate with the cabinet ministers, until noon, after the full rescue of the tai doctors, Zhu Changluo slowly woke up.
When he saw Fang Congzhe, the imperial doctor sighed and said, "The illness on the top is not good. ”
Fang Congzhe wondered, "The emperor is less than forty, how can he be so sick?" ”
According to Zhu Changluo's original condition, as long as the medical officers use a class of drugs in Gujingjian to slowly adjust, but Zhu Changluo is eager to succeed, preferring to believe that Cui Wensheng, who does not understand pharmacology, will ruin the diagnosis and treatment of the doctors.
But at this time, the Tai Doctor said to Congzhe: "As long as the emperor is no longer ill and chaotic, there is still hope for this condition." ”
After Fang Congzhe heard about it, he hurried to see Zhu Changluo, planning to advise Zhu Changluo to calm down and recuperate according to the medical case of the Tai Hospital, and no matter how bad it was, he could spread the word to the world and look for capable people.
However, at this time, Zhu Changluo was extremely stubborn, and when he heard that Li Kezhuo, the emperor of the Hongxu Temple, had said that there was an immortal fang in his family and could cure the disease of long live, he insisted on trying the elixir in Li Kezhuo's hand despite Fang Congzhe's advice.
Why was Zhu Changluo so obsessed with the elixir that Li Kezhuo said? First, Zhu Changluo also knew that his physical condition was deteriorating, and he felt in his heart that the tai hospital was a group of quack doctors, so his illness could only be pinned on the elixir that could cure the disease of long live in Li Keluo's mouth; second, since the generation of Jiajing, the grandfather who beat Zhu Changluo, he had begun to believe in Taoism and indulge in alchemy in pursuit of immortality, and when he arrived at Zhu Changluo, there would still be some influence.
Fang Congzhe saw Zhu Changluo's resolute attitude, and after much persuasion was fruitless, he used the dragging trick, but he did not expect that after only three days of delay, Zhu Changluo ordered Li Kezhuo to enter the palace with the elixir and the holy will to descend from the sky.
Fang Congzhe didn't recruit, he couldn't just openly resist the will!
Therefore, Fang Congzhe could only take Li Kezhuo into the palace to offer medicine.
According to Li Kezhuo, the elixir in his hand was a medicine he had collected medicine in Mount Emei when he was young, and he had the opportunity to meet the immortals, who gave him the elixir that could cure all diseases.
There are still many unreasonable points in these words, but Zhu Changluo is convinced of this so-called elixir as the last straw of life, and immediately swallows the "immortal medicine".
Coincidentally, not long after taking the medicine, Zhu Changluo was able to get up, and he was also able to get out of bed and take two steps to go around the outside of the palace.
At this point, Zhu Changluo was full of admiration for the medicinal effect of the elixir, and praised: "Li Kezhuo is a great loyal minister! "And I felt that one more pill would heal."
Hearing Li Kezhuo say that the second pill needed to wait until the third day after the first pill was taken, Zhu Changluo had to wait for three days.
Unexpectedly, it was the so-called little red pill from the Divine Palace that could cure all diseases, which became his last life-telling charm.
On the night of September 1, 1620, Zhu Changluo, who had taken the second red pill, did not get the long life he expected and died suddenly, thus ending his tragic life.
He ascended the throne on August 1 and died on September 1, and Zhu Changluo reigned for only one month, so he was given the name of "January Heavenly Son" by posterity.
The emperor died, and the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar! The twists and turns of only tracking down the emperor's death piled up in an instant.
One of the biggest doubts was the fact that the internal servant Cui Wensheng gave Zhu Changluo laxatives, after all, Cui Wensheng was initially a person under Zheng Guifei's hands, and then he came to Zhu Changluo's side to serve after Being referred by Zheng Guifei.
Therefore, the spearhead once again pointed at Zheng Guifei.
According to the "First Pulling Zhi Shi", "After ascending to the pole, the Japanese relatives are full of opportunities, and they are deeply tired. Zheng Guifei wants to invite Huanxin, and re-decorates beautiful women to advance, and the sick body is especially a big drama. ”
But what is puzzling is that Li Kezhuo, who offered the red pill, is also a guilty person, but Fang Congzhe issued a testament in the tone of Zhu Changluo, in which he praised Li Kezhuo and gave him silver coins.
And when the courtiers knew that the edict was from Fang Congzhe's hand, they decided in their hearts that there must be filth between Fang Congzhe and the Red Pill case.
I would like to ask, such an obvious loophole, will the Donglin Party let it go? Of course not!
In mid-October, the Rebbe Shangshu Sun Shenxing and the Zuo Capital Yushi Zouyuan marked the song shu, accusing Fang Congzhe of having no intention of killing the king, but having the crime of killing the king.
Fang Congzhe of course felt that he was very wronged, so he wrote a copy of his own defense, and at the same time put forward his request for retreat, and after the approval of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he left the Forbidden City in early November.
Although Fang Congzhe left the capital, the plea to the Emperor of the Apocalypse to thoroughly investigate the Red Pill case continued. Fang Congzhe had no choice but to write to the court again, saying that he was old and ignorant, and that he had failed to prevent the mediocre officials from offering medicine, which was really a crime that could not be blamed, and said that he was willing to cut off his official position and exile him to the frontier in order to appease the grievances of the Qunchen.
I have to say that this trick is played beautifully with retreat. After Fang Congzhe wrote the letter, the ministers who were in the cabinet began to excuse him again, and the cabinet minister Han Ye even clearly explained Fang Congzhe's dilemma when Zhu Changluo fell ill, and said that in the Red Pill case, the people who really put the emperor to death were Cui Wensheng and Li Kezhuo, but they were also ordered to donate medicine, which could be properly triggered, and the Red Pill case should not be pursued any longer.
Because Han Ye was an old minister during the Wanli Dynasty and also had a lot of prestige in the eyes of the ministers, the Emperor of the Apocalypse adopted Han Ye's suggestion, and the internal servant Cui Wensheng was sent to Nanjing, and Li Kezhao was exiled to the frontier, so that the sensational Red Pill case was finally hastily concluded.
The reason why the Red Pill case became the second largest unsolved case in the late Ming Dynasty was because the results of the handling of this matter surprised the people: First, Fang Congzhe, who introduced Li Kezhuo to the red pill offering, only led to the retreat of the official field and was not convicted; second, Cui Wensheng, who dragged down Zhu Changluo's body, was not severely tortured, but was only demoted to Nanjing; third, Li Kezhuo, the devotee of the Red Pill who gave Zhu Changluo a fatal blow, was not executed, but exiled to the frontier.
However, the hasty conclusion of the Red Pill case does not mean that the matter is over, the parties use this as a spearhead to exclude dissidents, and the open and dark struggles above the court are continuous, which greatly consumes the qi of the Ming Dynasty and accelerates the decline of the Ming Dynasty.
Source:
"The Beginning of the First Pull"
Ming Dynasty Northern Sketch Volume 1
《The Kingdom of The Republic》
The Book of Sin
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