The diamond plaid pattern on the upper part of the doors and windows of the inner doors and windows of the imperial door, the embossed cloud dragon pattern on the lower part, and the customized Suzhou gold bricks paved on the ground are all the highest-standard architectural decorations of this era.
The pillars in the hall were mined from the remote primeval forests of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan for long distance transportation to Beijing. Only such nanmu can support the domineering and stable hall.
The treasure elephant, horned end, crane and incense pavilion placed near the imperial throne. The treasure elephant symbolizes the stability of the country and the consolidation of the regime. The horned end is a legendary animal symbolizing auspiciousness; the crane symbolizes longevity; the incense pavilion symbolizes stability in the country.
But in such a dignified place, there was a smell of conspiracy.
Wang Gou'er's arrival made things seem to be a mess, and Zhu Zhanji signaled Haitao to let Wang Gou'er come in.
Because Wang Gou'er was not allowed to participate in this matter, both Hu and Zhang stopped arguing for the time being.
Zhu Zhanji said to Wang Gou'er who had just knelt down: What's the urgent matter if you are rushing over?
In Zhu Zhanji's impression, Wang Gou'er was a person who was keen and tactful. He knew that all the officials and eunuchs in the Imperial Sect had been shut down. If there were no important things, he wouldn't have come here at this time.
Sure enough, Wang Gou'er, who is thin, had a serious expression on his face: Emperor, something big happened!After saying that, he turned around and looked at the two foreign ministers standing on the brick floor.Zhu Zhanji understood and waved gently.
Wang Gou'er bowed and walked up, bent down and put his mouth to the emperor's head and whispered: It's all my fault for not being able to control me... Just now, a small person came over and said to me: A while ago, Haitao locked a concubine of the late emperor, the beauty Wang, in a secluded place, and then when he left the palace to buy something, he bought some things, which was the kind of poisonous forbidden object!When he entered the imperial city, he was found out that the person who found out that this was the little slave who came to report it; but the little slave was threatened by Haitao and did not dare to say it out at that time.
...The little slave was afraid that something would happen, so he looked at it secretly and found that Haitao dared to take the things outside and put them in secretly with Meiren Wang's food, poisoning her to death!I hurriedly asked someone to inquire about the matter of beauty Wang, and then I heard the rumors that beauty Wang was found to be pregnant when she was buried with her husband... Haitao was responsible for burying the concubines with her husband. She was afraid that the emperor would blame her, so she was brave enough to poison beauty Wang secretly, with one corpse and two lives.The eunuch who was killed this day would be cut into pieces!
After hearing this, Zhu Zhanji immediately looked angry, turned to look at Haitao, and said coldly: Are you saying that Haitao was carrying a prohibited thing, and he poisoned Meiren Wang to death?
Haitao's face suddenly turned pale and he knelt down: Emperor, you have to be the master of my servant. It is obvious that Wang Gou'er framed me...
Zhu Zhanji did not yell. He thought in his heart: If Haitao really poisoned Meiren Wang, it was not because she was pregnant. This matter was originally instructed by him to use Meiren Wang for experiments; Haitao's motive should be to fight for power and profit. He wanted to take the opportunity to make Wang Gouer suspected of conspiring to poison Taizong and lose trust, and then Haitao can take the lead.
Which eunuch sued you?Zhu Zhanji asked Wang Gou'er.
Wang Gou'er bowed and said: Go back to the emperor, he is kneeling outside the imperial gate. As long as the emperor passes an imperial edict, he can come in and confront him.
pass!Zhu Zhanji said coldly, his tone was calm, but his murderous intent was everywhere.Haitao lay on the ground, his body trembling.
Hu Ying and Zhang Ning both looked silently. None of them wanted to get involved in the affairs in the inner court.
After a while, an ugly eunuch walked in carefully with his body bent, and knelt down from a distance, and used his knees as his feet to move to the front of the imperial throne. He was full of fear and horror. He kowtowed: I will bow to the emperor, long live long live long live long...
Haitao knelt down and looked back, and immediately said excitedly: Emperor, Emperor Ah, don’t believe this eunuch!His name is Wang Zhen, and he is Wang Gou'er's godson. It must be the two of them who have joined forces. They not only framed the slaves, but also deceived the emperor!
Slave... I dare not... Wang Zhen said in horror.
Zhang Ning saw it, and didn't know whether he was pretending or real. Pretending to be like that can mean that he was afraid of not lying; of course, he might also be really afraid, like Jing Ke's assistant boasted about how old he was to kill people in history, but he was still scared to death when he saw King Qin's majesty.
Wang Gou'er looked at Haitao and said: There are not one or two people calling our godfather in the palace, and there are also people named ancestors. Can you take it seriously?We are all still the emperor’s slaves!
Zhu Zhanji ignored them and asked Wang Zhen what he saw, but he couldn't even explain the words clearly. Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to ask Wang Gou'er to repeat it in public, asking Wang Zhen to nod and shake his head.
When things came to this point, Zhu Zhanji was also thinking: Wang Gou'er did not participate in this matter, and he had no way to find out the inside story.
Haitao will definitely not disclose it to him; it is difficult for two foreign ministers to have the opportunity to contact the eunuch.
Since Wang Gou'er didn't know that he might be involved in the murder of Taizong, he would not be guilty of cheating on the emperor and framed Haitao in vain. Wang Gou'er was already the chief eunuch. He was the largest among eunuchs. Why do he have to frame a subordinate with his head?
On the contrary, Haitao's motives are more reasonable. Haitao always felt that he had a seniority and served in the East Palace when Zhu Zhanji was the prince. He should not be suppressed by Wang Gou'er.
He wanted to frame Wang Gou'er, and he had sufficient information and his motivation was obvious...
Zhu Zhanji had already leaned towards Wang Gou'er at this time, so he told me: Send someone to the place where Wang Meiren is detained and Haitao's residence to investigate!
Wang Gou'er hurriedly went to pass the imperial edict, and everyone was waiting for the result at the Imperial Gate.After a long time, the eunuch in charge of the search came back and reported that a lot of gold was found at the residence of Eunuch Hai...
It’s important to pick it up!Zhu Zhanji said that it is not important for him to embezzle and accumulate wealth now.
The eunuch who came to report said again: Something was found in the place where the beautiful Wang was detained, and the dust in the window was cracked... The emperor asked to check it out.
Zhu Zhanji asked: What is this?
The eunuch said tremblingly: Arsenic!
Wang Gou'er added fuel to the fire: Arsenic is highly toxic, but if it is used in small amounts, it will not die immediately. If it accumulates too much in the body, it will cause inexplicable death.
I am wronged!Dog-gou'er, your heart is so poisonous!Haitao was afraid and hated, and spoke without hesitation.
Wang Gou'er said: Our family really wants to harm you. Don't hate our family. This kind of thing is too big. How dare we hide it and not report it?
Haitao hurriedly said: Autopsy...yes!Whether he died of arsenic can cause the coroner to be immediately revealed after an autopsy is examined.
Zhu Zhanji calmed down at this time. Could it be that he would disturb the tomb of the late emperor because of such a shameless conspiracy?Someone came and took Haitao to the East Factory for custody!
Wang Gou'er was surprised and didn't understand why the emperor had to let Haitao go. Such a person was not executed on the spot. Time could save a dog's life.
Seeing that things have developed to this point, Zhang Ning thought Wang Gou'er has really helped.Sure enough, Zhu Zhanji asked Hu Ying: Since the smell of incense ash is very light, would Mr. Hu sniff the wrong one that day?
Hu Ying did not immediately reject it like ordinary people. After watching a play in front of him, he knew nothing about it because the internal struggle of eunuchs made the situation extremely unfavorable to his political views...
Fortunately, the emperor asked about the wrong sniffing, rather than asking directly about the crime of deceiving the emperor. That was not too bad, otherwise the emperor would not have to find a way out for him Lord Hu; perhaps because Hu Ying's butt has not been crooked, even if he did one or two things, he would not be killed.
He wanted to stop and kneel down and said: In theory, the old minister would not sniff the wrong person, but... the emperor was right. The smell of that thing was too light. Sometimes people may feel trance. Maybe the old minister sniffed it wrong. The old minister deserves to die. Please give it to the emperor.
In fact, if you dare to write to the emperor, how can you be determined?
Either you deliberately deceive the king with ulterior motives, or you can be sure of things; if you are right and wrong, why do you still write memorials? Wouldn't you treat the temple as a joke?
The emperor and his subjects asked and answered each question and answer, but the emperor first found a way for others, and then Hu Ying followed the way.
Sure enough, Zhu Zhanji said kindly: It is not a death sentence, I am not a monarch who is mean to his subjects.
The beheading should not be that serious, but once this matter is lost to Zhang Ning, Hu Ying suddenly feels that his career is bleak. If he becomes smaller and smaller, he really can't help but nod and bow in front of his subordinates. He thought of resigning on the spot.
He immediately bowed: The emperor is kind, but the old minister is not good at doing things well. He has let down the expectations of the king and father, and he has no face to wear black veil.The old minister is not young anymore, and his nose is not clear. He still has problems. Please surrender the emperor and allow the old minister to return to his hometown to support him.
Mr. Hu, don’t say anything angry, I will talk about it in a few days.Zhu Zhanji insisted that we will stop here today, let’s go all out.
Hu Ying and Zhang Ning saluted together, and then they retreated out of the imperial gate.
The two walked together, silently, and spoke until they left the Ming Gate.
The Daming Gate is inscribed with the sun, moon, light, sky virtue, mountains and rivers, and the residence of the Emperor, which was written by the great talent Xie Jin.
Xie Jin was convicted and was frozen to death in the snow, but for some reason Emperor Yongle did not take down the lyrics he wrote.
The hero Yàn also walked out with him.
After leaving the Ming Gate, the houses on both sides were all official offices. Seeing the situation of the power center made Hu Ying a little regretful. He turned around and said to Zhang Ning: I did not expect that the eunuch would also get involved. I admit defeat in this matter.
Zhang Ning hurriedly clasped his fists and said: There is no winner, and the officials never thought of defeating Lord Hu. They just had their own positions and could not help themselves. Please forgive me.
Hu Ying nodded and said a little dissatisfied: Ping An is right. After all, the incense ash case has nothing to do with you. Your biggest weakness is that you are attacked in your life.This is the main thing that the emperor has to be irresistible to you, and you really can’t do anything about it.
Lord Xie Hu reminded.Zhang Ning hurriedly said, looking very sincere.He did not compete for the advantage of Hu Ying's words because he was angry and embarrassed.
Hu Ying was slightly surprised to see this and nodded and said: The young man is terrifying.
The two walked a long way, and then bid farewell to each other and parted ways.
Zhang Ning thought about it. If Wang Gouer’s information was discovered, he would collapse and the consequences would be very serious if he established the basis for Zhu Zhanji’s judgment. So he felt that it would be better not to interact with Wang Zhen in the future. I believe that Wang Gouer also knew the links. Wang Gouer was not a brainless person. If the matter was hit, it would be a disaster for everyone.
……
Hu Ying and Yàn Ruofei got on the carriage. Yàn Ruofei looked at Hu Gong with a tired face and said, "After exploring the cult, these people are extremely unfavorable to the court."Can Mr. Hu write a letter based on this?Let the emperor know that it is not useless to investigate this matter.
The pillars in the hall were mined from the remote primeval forests of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan for long distance transportation to Beijing. Only such nanmu can support the domineering and stable hall.
The treasure elephant, horned end, crane and incense pavilion placed near the imperial throne. The treasure elephant symbolizes the stability of the country and the consolidation of the regime. The horned end is a legendary animal symbolizing auspiciousness; the crane symbolizes longevity; the incense pavilion symbolizes stability in the country.
But in such a dignified place, there was a smell of conspiracy.
Wang Gou'er's arrival made things seem to be a mess, and Zhu Zhanji signaled Haitao to let Wang Gou'er come in.
Because Wang Gou'er was not allowed to participate in this matter, both Hu and Zhang stopped arguing for the time being.
Zhu Zhanji said to Wang Gou'er who had just knelt down: What's the urgent matter if you are rushing over?
In Zhu Zhanji's impression, Wang Gou'er was a person who was keen and tactful. He knew that all the officials and eunuchs in the Imperial Sect had been shut down. If there were no important things, he wouldn't have come here at this time.
Sure enough, Wang Gou'er, who is thin, had a serious expression on his face: Emperor, something big happened!After saying that, he turned around and looked at the two foreign ministers standing on the brick floor.Zhu Zhanji understood and waved gently.
Wang Gou'er bowed and walked up, bent down and put his mouth to the emperor's head and whispered: It's all my fault for not being able to control me... Just now, a small person came over and said to me: A while ago, Haitao locked a concubine of the late emperor, the beauty Wang, in a secluded place, and then when he left the palace to buy something, he bought some things, which was the kind of poisonous forbidden object!When he entered the imperial city, he was found out that the person who found out that this was the little slave who came to report it; but the little slave was threatened by Haitao and did not dare to say it out at that time.
...The little slave was afraid that something would happen, so he looked at it secretly and found that Haitao dared to take the things outside and put them in secretly with Meiren Wang's food, poisoning her to death!I hurriedly asked someone to inquire about the matter of beauty Wang, and then I heard the rumors that beauty Wang was found to be pregnant when she was buried with her husband... Haitao was responsible for burying the concubines with her husband. She was afraid that the emperor would blame her, so she was brave enough to poison beauty Wang secretly, with one corpse and two lives.The eunuch who was killed this day would be cut into pieces!
After hearing this, Zhu Zhanji immediately looked angry, turned to look at Haitao, and said coldly: Are you saying that Haitao was carrying a prohibited thing, and he poisoned Meiren Wang to death?
Haitao's face suddenly turned pale and he knelt down: Emperor, you have to be the master of my servant. It is obvious that Wang Gou'er framed me...
Zhu Zhanji did not yell. He thought in his heart: If Haitao really poisoned Meiren Wang, it was not because she was pregnant. This matter was originally instructed by him to use Meiren Wang for experiments; Haitao's motive should be to fight for power and profit. He wanted to take the opportunity to make Wang Gouer suspected of conspiring to poison Taizong and lose trust, and then Haitao can take the lead.
Which eunuch sued you?Zhu Zhanji asked Wang Gou'er.
Wang Gou'er bowed and said: Go back to the emperor, he is kneeling outside the imperial gate. As long as the emperor passes an imperial edict, he can come in and confront him.
pass!Zhu Zhanji said coldly, his tone was calm, but his murderous intent was everywhere.Haitao lay on the ground, his body trembling.
Hu Ying and Zhang Ning both looked silently. None of them wanted to get involved in the affairs in the inner court.
After a while, an ugly eunuch walked in carefully with his body bent, and knelt down from a distance, and used his knees as his feet to move to the front of the imperial throne. He was full of fear and horror. He kowtowed: I will bow to the emperor, long live long live long live long...
Haitao knelt down and looked back, and immediately said excitedly: Emperor, Emperor Ah, don’t believe this eunuch!His name is Wang Zhen, and he is Wang Gou'er's godson. It must be the two of them who have joined forces. They not only framed the slaves, but also deceived the emperor!
Slave... I dare not... Wang Zhen said in horror.
Zhang Ning saw it, and didn't know whether he was pretending or real. Pretending to be like that can mean that he was afraid of not lying; of course, he might also be really afraid, like Jing Ke's assistant boasted about how old he was to kill people in history, but he was still scared to death when he saw King Qin's majesty.
Wang Gou'er looked at Haitao and said: There are not one or two people calling our godfather in the palace, and there are also people named ancestors. Can you take it seriously?We are all still the emperor’s slaves!
Zhu Zhanji ignored them and asked Wang Zhen what he saw, but he couldn't even explain the words clearly. Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to ask Wang Gou'er to repeat it in public, asking Wang Zhen to nod and shake his head.
When things came to this point, Zhu Zhanji was also thinking: Wang Gou'er did not participate in this matter, and he had no way to find out the inside story.
Haitao will definitely not disclose it to him; it is difficult for two foreign ministers to have the opportunity to contact the eunuch.
Since Wang Gou'er didn't know that he might be involved in the murder of Taizong, he would not be guilty of cheating on the emperor and framed Haitao in vain. Wang Gou'er was already the chief eunuch. He was the largest among eunuchs. Why do he have to frame a subordinate with his head?
On the contrary, Haitao's motives are more reasonable. Haitao always felt that he had a seniority and served in the East Palace when Zhu Zhanji was the prince. He should not be suppressed by Wang Gou'er.
He wanted to frame Wang Gou'er, and he had sufficient information and his motivation was obvious...
Zhu Zhanji had already leaned towards Wang Gou'er at this time, so he told me: Send someone to the place where Wang Meiren is detained and Haitao's residence to investigate!
Wang Gou'er hurriedly went to pass the imperial edict, and everyone was waiting for the result at the Imperial Gate.After a long time, the eunuch in charge of the search came back and reported that a lot of gold was found at the residence of Eunuch Hai...
It’s important to pick it up!Zhu Zhanji said that it is not important for him to embezzle and accumulate wealth now.
The eunuch who came to report said again: Something was found in the place where the beautiful Wang was detained, and the dust in the window was cracked... The emperor asked to check it out.
Zhu Zhanji asked: What is this?
The eunuch said tremblingly: Arsenic!
Wang Gou'er added fuel to the fire: Arsenic is highly toxic, but if it is used in small amounts, it will not die immediately. If it accumulates too much in the body, it will cause inexplicable death.
I am wronged!Dog-gou'er, your heart is so poisonous!Haitao was afraid and hated, and spoke without hesitation.
Wang Gou'er said: Our family really wants to harm you. Don't hate our family. This kind of thing is too big. How dare we hide it and not report it?
Haitao hurriedly said: Autopsy...yes!Whether he died of arsenic can cause the coroner to be immediately revealed after an autopsy is examined.
Zhu Zhanji calmed down at this time. Could it be that he would disturb the tomb of the late emperor because of such a shameless conspiracy?Someone came and took Haitao to the East Factory for custody!
Wang Gou'er was surprised and didn't understand why the emperor had to let Haitao go. Such a person was not executed on the spot. Time could save a dog's life.
Seeing that things have developed to this point, Zhang Ning thought Wang Gou'er has really helped.Sure enough, Zhu Zhanji asked Hu Ying: Since the smell of incense ash is very light, would Mr. Hu sniff the wrong one that day?
Hu Ying did not immediately reject it like ordinary people. After watching a play in front of him, he knew nothing about it because the internal struggle of eunuchs made the situation extremely unfavorable to his political views...
Fortunately, the emperor asked about the wrong sniffing, rather than asking directly about the crime of deceiving the emperor. That was not too bad, otherwise the emperor would not have to find a way out for him Lord Hu; perhaps because Hu Ying's butt has not been crooked, even if he did one or two things, he would not be killed.
He wanted to stop and kneel down and said: In theory, the old minister would not sniff the wrong person, but... the emperor was right. The smell of that thing was too light. Sometimes people may feel trance. Maybe the old minister sniffed it wrong. The old minister deserves to die. Please give it to the emperor.
In fact, if you dare to write to the emperor, how can you be determined?
Either you deliberately deceive the king with ulterior motives, or you can be sure of things; if you are right and wrong, why do you still write memorials? Wouldn't you treat the temple as a joke?
The emperor and his subjects asked and answered each question and answer, but the emperor first found a way for others, and then Hu Ying followed the way.
Sure enough, Zhu Zhanji said kindly: It is not a death sentence, I am not a monarch who is mean to his subjects.
The beheading should not be that serious, but once this matter is lost to Zhang Ning, Hu Ying suddenly feels that his career is bleak. If he becomes smaller and smaller, he really can't help but nod and bow in front of his subordinates. He thought of resigning on the spot.
He immediately bowed: The emperor is kind, but the old minister is not good at doing things well. He has let down the expectations of the king and father, and he has no face to wear black veil.The old minister is not young anymore, and his nose is not clear. He still has problems. Please surrender the emperor and allow the old minister to return to his hometown to support him.
Mr. Hu, don’t say anything angry, I will talk about it in a few days.Zhu Zhanji insisted that we will stop here today, let’s go all out.
Hu Ying and Zhang Ning saluted together, and then they retreated out of the imperial gate.
The two walked together, silently, and spoke until they left the Ming Gate.
The Daming Gate is inscribed with the sun, moon, light, sky virtue, mountains and rivers, and the residence of the Emperor, which was written by the great talent Xie Jin.
Xie Jin was convicted and was frozen to death in the snow, but for some reason Emperor Yongle did not take down the lyrics he wrote.
The hero Yàn also walked out with him.
After leaving the Ming Gate, the houses on both sides were all official offices. Seeing the situation of the power center made Hu Ying a little regretful. He turned around and said to Zhang Ning: I did not expect that the eunuch would also get involved. I admit defeat in this matter.
Zhang Ning hurriedly clasped his fists and said: There is no winner, and the officials never thought of defeating Lord Hu. They just had their own positions and could not help themselves. Please forgive me.
Hu Ying nodded and said a little dissatisfied: Ping An is right. After all, the incense ash case has nothing to do with you. Your biggest weakness is that you are attacked in your life.This is the main thing that the emperor has to be irresistible to you, and you really can’t do anything about it.
Lord Xie Hu reminded.Zhang Ning hurriedly said, looking very sincere.He did not compete for the advantage of Hu Ying's words because he was angry and embarrassed.
Hu Ying was slightly surprised to see this and nodded and said: The young man is terrifying.
The two walked a long way, and then bid farewell to each other and parted ways.
Zhang Ning thought about it. If Wang Gouer’s information was discovered, he would collapse and the consequences would be very serious if he established the basis for Zhu Zhanji’s judgment. So he felt that it would be better not to interact with Wang Zhen in the future. I believe that Wang Gouer also knew the links. Wang Gouer was not a brainless person. If the matter was hit, it would be a disaster for everyone.
……
Hu Ying and Yàn Ruofei got on the carriage. Yàn Ruofei looked at Hu Gong with a tired face and said, "After exploring the cult, these people are extremely unfavorable to the court."Can Mr. Hu write a letter based on this?Let the emperor know that it is not useless to investigate this matter.
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