Wan Li Statue
There are countless problems in the Wanli Emperor, such as slacking off the government, such as drug addiction, and greed for money, among which there is a key figure who is inseparable from the dark politics of the Wanli period, and this person is Wanli's favorite concubine, Zheng Guifei.
In various dirty events, you can see the shadow of Zheng Guifei, but the relationship between Wanli and Zheng Guifei is still quite deep, so that no matter how big a mistake Zheng Guifei makes, there is always Wanli who comes forward to wipe her ass.
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In the forty-third year of the Wanli Calendar, on the fourth day of the first month of May, a man from Jizhou suddenly appeared in the Cining Palace, holding a wooden stick, injuring many eunuchs, and the eunuch Han Benyong immediately arrived and arrested the man.
At that time, Zhu Changluo was living in the Cining Palace, and the man's intention was to assassinate the prince. After interrogation, only the name of the person was Zhang Cha, and for several hours, Zhang Cha had been talking nonsense.
Historical records record that "on the fourth day of the first month of May, he entered from donghua gate with a jujube stick in his hand, and no one stopped him all the way, until he reached the head of the Ciqing Palace, and he was about to break in, but when he was stopped by Li Jian, the official who guarded the door, he sent a stick to Jian Jian, injured him on the ground, and ran under the eaves of the front hall and was held. ”
How can a person break into the palace and not even hold a knife in his hand, but take a jujube stick, unless he is a martial arts master like the "Jedi Warrior", otherwise, it is not impossible.
The interrogators were not stupid, and it was clear that there must be something catty in it. Wang Zhiyu, the chief of the Punishment Department, saw the hint and said to Zhang Cha when he was delivering food to the prisoners: "Tell the truth, otherwise, I will not give you food." ”
These methods are roughly the lowest level of interrogation, but just because there is no food to eat, Zhang Cha confesses the truth. It can be seen from this that Zhang Cha has no anti-reconnaissance consciousness at all, and the mastermind behind this scene is also a rice bucket.
It turned out that Zhang Cha was just a farmer who earned a living by collecting firewood, and once by chance, he met a eunuch on the street, and this eunuch saw that Zhang Cha was very poor, so he said to him: "You help me to do one thing, I will give you 30 acres of land." Zhang Cha immediately agreed.
So the eunuch took Zhang Cha into the imperial city, met an old eunuch, and explained his affairs, that is, to go to the Cining Palace to beat people, and the important beating was Zhu Changluo, who was wearing a yellow robe.
The beginning and end of the matter was finally revealed to the world, and the main messenger behind the scenes was the two eunuchs around Zheng Guifei, one named Liu Cheng and the other named Pang Bao.
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Assassinating the prince, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the past dynasties, most of the people involved in the case died a relatively tragic death, the prince is the foundation of the country, is the future successor, dare to move the prince, is against the imperial power, of course, can not give up.
However, this matter involved Zheng Guifei's head, and there were some twists and turns. Zheng Guifei's son was Zhu Changxun, Zhu Changxun was not the crown prince, although Zheng Guifei had always been committed to making her son crown prince, but Wanli could not get the Qunchen and Empress Li, and finally established the eldest son Zhu Changluo.
Zheng Guifei complained about this, and even blocked Zhu Changxun from leaving the capital for a long time, if it is said that this case was caused by Zheng Guifei, it can also be said that it makes sense.
When Zheng Guifei saw that the matter was exposed, she was also afraid, and immediately ran to the Wanli Emperor to cry and complain, the Wanli Emperor was also a little angry, no matter what the truth was, it had now been found on Zheng Guifei's head, so that his face as an emperor could not hang up.
However, the feelings between Zheng Guifei and Wanli are true, in order to save Zheng Guifei, Wanli gave Zheng Guifei an idea, let Zheng Guifei go to the prince, as long as the prince forgives you, he is the emperor will be able to talk.
Soon, Concubine Zheng Guifei ran to Zhu Changluo's place, and even knelt on the ground to ask for forgiveness, Zhu Changluo saw that the little mother fell to her knees, and she also fell to her knees in a hurry, and the two sides basically reached a peace agreement.
From this, we can see that the Wanli Emperor still did not like Zhu Changluo very much, his ideas were still inclined to Zheng Guifei, the assassination of the prince was not a trivial matter, theoretically speaking, killing Zheng Guifei was not excessive, but Wanli thought of his feelings with Zheng Guifei, and he was bent on making big things small and small things small.
The prince is solved here, but what should the Qunchen do there? The emperor always had to give an explanation.
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Historical records record that "Shang Yue: Yesterday, a wind and a wind and zhang cha burst into the Eastern Palace to hurt people, this is a strange thing, and what is the difference between it and the fall?" There is a lot of gossip in the outer court, but who has no father and son, but wants to alienate my father and son? ”
Subsequently, Wanli summoned a meeting of hundreds of officials, Wanli did not go to the court for many years, the folds piled up, did not see him approve a few sheets, even the cabinet ministers may not have seen the emperor, and this time, Wanli actually took the initiative to go to the court, it was actually for Zheng Guifei, Wanli's fainting, which can also be seen.
Hundreds of officials, crown princes, and imperial grandchildren are all there, and Wan Li first made his attitude clear, taking the matter of Concubine Zheng Guifei to himself, and I heard that now there is gossip outside, who of you does not have a son, if this is the case again, it is a father-son relationship that is separated.
Wan Li's meaning is obvious, now to engage Zheng Guifei, is to engage me, your minister's family also has a son, if you want everyone to get by, don't continue to dwell on this matter, for a Zheng Guifei, Wanli actually threatened hundreds of officials with words.
In fact, when it comes to such a field, who dares to say anything? The world belongs to your old Zhu family, and what you say is what it is. Seeing that there was no objection, Wan Li ordered that the two eunuchs and Zhang Chaling be executed, and the matter was put to rest.
The Wanli Emperor also thought more thoughtfully, and after dealing with the problem of hundreds of officials, he had to take care of the feelings of the prince, who was a victim of this matter.
Wan Li took Zhu Changluo's hand and said in a serious tone, "You have grown from a small baby to a man now, if I had other ideas, you would not be in the position you have now, you can rest assured about this matter, there is no need to have doubts." ”
Why did Wan Li say this, it is obvious that he is doing it for the Hundred Officials, the purpose is to let the Hundred Officials know that the position of the Prince has been secured, you don't have to think about it, this matter ends here.
The hundred officials were silent, watching Wanli acting on the stage, seeing the affection of father and son, Yushi Liu Guangfu could not sit still, he fell to the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty is extremely loving, the prince is extremely benevolent and filial!" ”
Liu Guangfu's original intention was good, he made this move to shoot Wanli's ass, but unfortunately his position was a little far away from Wanli, and Wanli did not hear clearly. Wan Li saw an official suddenly fall to his knees, did not know what he was talking about, thought that this official was looking for trouble again, did not ask qinghong, ordered someone to pull Liu Guangfu out, and beat up a board.
In fact, by the Wanli period, the supervision system was basically ineffective, and in addition to the mutual confrontation between officials, the main function of the imperial history became the lackey of the cabinet boss. Liu Guangfu's move was really ironic, and presumably from then on, he would never dare to talk nonsense again.
Author: Our special guest author Nine Fish Pavilion
Reference: "Ming Dynasty Northern Outline"