Chapter 7 [Life is a scene of temperament emperor Ming Wuzong]-1

Temperament Emperor Ming Wuzong In 1518 AD, on the playground of the Ming Dynasty imperial court, there was a tent surrounded by translucent silk fabrics. The strange thing is that there is no dome on the top of the tent.The hunting wind made the silk curtain tremble and rattle.A group of courtiers in brocade shirts and the royal army in gold and silver armor are holding their breath, watching the "circus" inside the tent Performance: I saw a young man in his twenties with a handsome, fair face and a strong physique.He has a net scarf on his head, his upper body is bare, and his lower body is only wearing a red knee cap and a pair of black soft leather boots.On the open space next to it, there are round-necked and narrow-sleeved gowns and Yishan crowns embroidered with golden dragon patterns.This person is agile, jumping around, and is dealing with a big eye-catching tiger.The king of beasts roared and flicked its tail, rushing back and forth, with a fierce look in its eyes, with the intention of devouring it.But the tiger cut and danced its claws, but the young people dodged them all.When he was brushing against him, this young man with a thin waist and shoulders, his whole body whirled and kicked sideways, kicking the tiger's throat, kicking the big guy to the ground, howling endlessly.Onlookers chanted "Long live".

This man is not a juggler in the palace, nor an orc teaser like a gladiator in ancient Rome, but a majestic son of heaven—Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Zhengde of Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty. After the transitional emperors Ming Xianzong and Ming Xiaozong Mingyingzong died, their son Zhu Jianshen came to the throne, namely Ming Xianzong.Zhu Jianshen was originally named Zhu Jianjun. When his father was captured, he was still very young, and he was promoted to the crown prince by the ministers and the queen mother.Emperor Jing of the Ming Dynasty took the throne firmly and wanted to make his son the crown prince, so he abolished his nephew as King Yi.Ming Yingzong was restored, and Zhu Jianshen was established as the crown prince. It can be said that he has suffered many disasters since he was a child.

From a psychological point of view, boys who were mentally traumatized in childhood have a strong sense of psychological dependence, so Zhu Jianshen has always favored Concubine Wan Gui, who is seventeen years older than himself.When Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he was only eighteen years old, and the Wan family was already thirty-five.This woman is very scheming, and she can always hold her husband, the emperor, who is almost half her age, tightly in her hands.While making progress, she slandered and forced Ming Xianzong to abolish Empress Wu.With this woman in charge of politics, one can imagine that the politics of the Ming Xianzong era were not much better.This Concubine Wan Gui not only made great use of the eunuch Wang Zhi, but also was extravagant. She worshiped Buddhism and built temples.

The palace is like a wolf's lair.Concubine Wan Gui is a sinister she-wolf.Only the court lady Ji was a little lucky (she was the daughter of the chieftain of Hezhou, Guangxi). Her son Zhu Youtang was hidden by the eunuch Zhang Min, and finally lived to be six years old in the palace. Later, the child surfaced and became known to Ming Xianzong.Concubine Wan Gui was furious, and quickly sent someone to poison Ji to death, but the fire could not be contained in the paper, and the child could no longer be killed, so she simply let go of Emperor Xianzong's penis and let him have children with his concubines .Living one is living, and living twenty is also living, anyway, the old lady can't give birth in her stomach, so these court ladies and concubines are allowed to have children.In this way, in the future, the chaotic juncture of establishing a crown prince and competing for the crown prince will depend on my wife's ability.

After Ji's son was established as the crown prince, the Empress Dowager, the birth mother of Xianzong, raised the grandson herself.The old grandmother locked the child in her own palace every day, fearing that the concubine Wan Gui would poison her.Once, Concubine Wan Gui called the prince to her palace to "play" , Grandma asked her grandson, "Go there and don't eat anything!" The child was very clever, and jumped into the Palace of Concubine Wan Gui, and the old lady immediately brought out a lot of food.The child shook his head and said he was not hungry.In fact, Concubine Wan Gui wanted to curry favor with the "quasi-emperor", and at this time she had already dared not to poison her publicly.Seeing that the child said he was not hungry, she sent someone to make a bowl of fish soup for the child to drink.The crown prince blinked his big eyes, and simply said, "I don't want to eat it, I'm afraid it will be poisonous!" When Concubine Wan Gui heard this, she was angry and anxious, clapping her hands and crying, "This child who is less than ten years old doubts me so much!" If he becomes emperor in the future, he will definitely kill me!" As a result, Concubine Wan Gui became ill with anger and depression.In the 23rd year of Chenghua, the wicked woman died of a serious illness.Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty mourned endlessly, and stopped court for seven days, posthumously titled "Gong Su Duan Shen Rong Jing Huang Noble Concubine".Ming Xianzong, who had always had an Oedipus complex, could not bear the blow and died of illness half a year later. His son Zhu Youtang succeeded to the throne as Ming Xiaozong and changed Yuan Hongzhi.

One emperor and one courtier.When Ming Xiaozong succeeded to the throne, a courtier wrote a letter to investigate the death of Ming Xiaozong's biological mother who was poisoned by Concubine Wan Gui, and wanted to initiate a major case to arrest the family members of Concubine Wan Gui.Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty was a kind man, afraid that this matter would involve future generations' evaluation of his father, so he issued an edict not to ask. During the period of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, the title of Emperor Mingjing, his uncle, had been restored, and he was rehabilitated in Qianqian Prison. He had good governance in the early days.

However, because of his favor and trust in Concubine Wan Gui, the eunuch Wang Zhi opened the "Xichang" spy agency, and the woman was in danger, causing a lot of harm.Fortunately, there were many upright ministers in the Xianzong dynasty, such as Li Xian, Peng Shi, Shang Ren, Han Yong, Xiang Chen, Wang Yue, Yu Zijun, Ma Wensheng, etc. The political situation during the Chenghua period was generally maintained. Ming Xianzong Yongjun is one, and his son Ming Xiaozong Zhengzheng is a virtuous and wise monarch.The emperor was "respectful, thrifty, conscientious, diligent and caring for the people, conscientious and conscientious, the way of maintaining prosperity and profitability, using the order of the dynasty to be peaceful, and the people's property prosperous", with the assistance of the virtuous ministers Xu Pu, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others, He deposed the sycophants, managed the river troubles, edited the canon, and stopped the Tatars. His literary and military achievements are commendable.It is a pity that Ming Xiaozong did not live forever, and died of illness at the age of thirty-six.His eldest son, Zhu Houzhao, came to the throne at the age of fifteen. This young master, the famous Ming Wuzong, changed his name to Yuan Zhengde.

Ming Xiaozong is a good man. Unfortunately, there is Ming Xianzong, a mediocre father, and Ming Wuzong, a madman. On the contrary, he himself is not so eye-catching in Ming history, and he is almost a forgotten role. The fifteen years of Ming Wuzong's reign were truly a key turning point for the Ming Dynasty from prosperity to decline. Before Liu Jin’s father-in-law’s era, Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty was about to die, and when he was dying, he tried his best to support him. He sent people to call the three academicians Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian to the sickbed of Qianqing Palace, and entrusted him: "I can’t afford to be sick, it is also the fate of heaven." .Since I took the throne, I have always abided by the laws of my ancestors, and I dare not be negligent and lazy. What will happen in the future, I will bother you and your loved ones!"

He took Liu Jian's hand again, and asked Gu: "The prince is young, he likes leisure and happiness, Aiqing and others should teach him to study, and guide him to become a virtuous king." Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao who succeeded to the throne, in terms of his "birth", he couldn't be more upright.His biological mother was the Empress Zhang of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty.Moreover, Xiaozong and Zhang's couple are very rare loving couples in history. "The emperor (Xiaozong) and Zhang Hou had a very close relationship, and they were never close concubines for life."Ming Xiaozong had few sons due to his lack of lust. Besides Zhu Houzhao, he also had another son, Zhu Houwei, who died of illness when he was three years old.Therefore, Ming Xiaozong only had his son Zhu Houzhao as the successor of "Genhongmiaozheng".Knowing him like a father, Ming Xiaozong made clear his son's disposition before his death, which shows that he has always been worried about his young son.What is a little gratifying is that the ministers are in power and the world is not chaotic. Ming Xiaozong felt that after his son succeeded to the throne, he should be able to learn well if the ministers corrected him.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, where the imperial power was extremely autocratic, the only flaw in the fundamental system was that the emperor was as big as the sky.If you catch up with Ming Jun or Yong Jun, you will not cause too many troubles; but if you catch up with Ming Wuzong, a troubled emperor who succeeds to the throne in adolescence, whimsical, and does whatever he wants, the country will be in great trouble. At the beginning of the first year of Zhengde (1506) of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch Liu Jin was appointed to be in charge of the "Five Thousand Battalion".

Liu Jin, a native of Xingping, Shaanxi, was originally surnamed Tan. Like Wang Zhen, he was castrated into the palace after becoming an adult.This kind of person knows the world well, and when he is bad, he is much worse than ordinary eunuchs who were castrated since childhood.After he entered the palace in the reign of Emperor Jing of the Ming Dynasty, he recognized an eunuch surnamed Liu as his adoptive father, so he changed his surname to Liu.When Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was the prince, Liu Jin served in the East Palace, coaxing the young master around, fighting cocks and playing dogs, and he couldn't leave this empathetic Eunuch Liu for a moment.Therefore, after Ming Wuzong became emperor, he promoted Liu Jin very quickly. Among the eunuchs brought into the imperial palace by Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty from the Prince's East Palace, besides Liu Jin, there were also seven eunuchs including Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng, Gao Feng, Luo Xiang, Wei Bin, and Qiu Ju, collectively known as the "Eight Tigers".These eight eunuchs are all good people, they are good at making the little emperor happy, especially Liu Jin is the most cunning, this person has a good knowledge of ancient and modern times, he always admires Wang Zhen's character in his heart, his ideal in life is to learn from the good example of his predecessors.How absurd, the prince who caused the defeat of Ming Yingzong's civil castle turned out to be the target of Liu Gonggong's envy and imitation. In order to invite pets, Liu Jin presented the little emperor with tricks and entertainments such as hawks, dogs, songs and dances, and horns every day, and often lured Ming Wuzong's "weifu" out of the palace to play. Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, was only a young man of fifteen or six years old at the time. He was red when he was close to Zhu, and black when he was close to ink. scholar.In the edict of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, there was a request to remove eunuchs from prisons and serve outside the city gates, and Liu Jin was frustrated.He also persuaded Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty to issue an edict requiring those eunuchs who supervised the army abroad to pay "contracting fees" of "ten thousand gold" each, so as to guide the emperor's desire to amass wealth.At the same time, Liu Jin set up more than 300 "Huangzhuang" around the capital, seizing people's land and invading people and things. As for the outer court, the ministers didn't pay much attention to the eunuchs that Ming Wuzong brought from the East Palace to the palace, they just thought that they were just a few people making the emperor happy and having fun in the palace.However, these people urged the emperor to set up "Huangzhuang" , making money everywhere, disturbing the people and invading profits, the ministers can't just sit and watch, and the academicians Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang made admonitions for a while and "don't report it." The cabinet ministers were tired of admonishing and did not listen, Shangshu Zhang Sheng, censor Wang Huan, and Nanjing censor Li Guanghan and others wrote chapters to discuss admonitions, but they did not listen.It wasn't until Yang Yuan, who was in charge of astrology observation, used the "star change" as an example, saying that these eunuchs had been punished by heaven for their harm, that Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was moved. University scholars Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and others, Hu Shangshu Han Wen, and others wrote chapters one after another, impeaching Liu Jin and others, saying that these people "prepared counterfeit tricks and cared about lewdness. Fu Hai Zaju is wrongly listed in the front, or the guide takes the emperor (emperor) of Wancheng to trade with others, which is obscene and obscene, and has no formal style. The daily tour is not enough, and the night is continued. It consumes energy and loses morality... In ancient times, the eunuchs misled the country, the ten permanent servants in the Han (Dynasty), and the changes in the Tang (Dynasty) nectar are their clear principles." The ministers hoped that the emperor would take the eunuchs' chaos in the Han and Tang dynasties as a warning, and implored Ming Wuzong to issue an edict to put several eunuchs in prison and interrogate them severely. Seeing that the ministers are so aggressive, they have the momentum not to kill their playmates. After all, Ming Wuzong is a young man who has just ascended the throne, so he was so shocked that he couldn't eat. Several eunuchs were also "terrified" and hugged their heads together Crying bitterly, feeling that the good times are over.The eunuch Wang Yue, who was the "commander in chief" of the eunuch at that time, was also an old minister of Emperor Wuzong's East Palace, but this prince was a good eunuch with an upright nature. We can't deal with Liu Jin and others' negligence. Ming Wuzong had no choice but to send eunuch Li Rong to send a message to the eunuchs in court, saying: "These eunuchs and servants have been serving me for a long time, and I can't bear to deal with them immediately. I hope that the ministers will be lenient, and I will deal with these people slowly." The ministers were clamoring endlessly, insisting on the emperor's order to punish him immediately.At this time, Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and others were horrified and asked to be sent to Nanjing for resettlement, saying that they only need to spare their lives.University scholar Liu Jian and others were extremely stubborn, saying that "exile" was unacceptable, and forced Ming Wu Zongwu to order to kill these eunuchs.The eunuch Wang Yue, the supervisor of ceremonies, echoed the opinions of the cabinet ministers, hoping that Emperor Wuzong would issue an edict to arrest all people and put them in prison, and severely punish them.Emperor Wuzong had no choice but to agree, and only waited for the next day to issue an order to arrest Liu Jin and others and send them to prison for punishment, so as to give the ministers an explanation. In fact, at this time, the ministers of the court could give Ming Wuzong "favor" and exile the eunuchs first. As long as these people leave the emperor's side, it will be very easy to kill and cut them.However, the cabinet minister Liu Jian and others, being reasonable and not forgiving, insisted on forcing Ming Wuzong to express his position, and immediately wanted to clean up Liu Jin and other favored father-in-laws, which already made Ming Wuzong very uncomfortable.In panic, Liu Jin and the others wept and did not know what to do.In fact, among the ministers, Xu Jin, Minister of the Ministry of War at that time, was a sensible person. He said: "It is enough for these eunuchs to be exiled. If they are forced to rush, things like the change of nectar may happen!" Everyone refused to listen. .Coincidentally, Jiao Fang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was a bad person. He had always been on good terms with Liu Jin, so he immediately notified Liu Jin of the courtiers' movements, and secretly advised Liu Eunuch and others.So, in the middle of the night, when Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was having a banquet and listening to the opera, eight people including Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, and Gu Dayong suddenly appeared, knelt and kowtowed to the little master, weeping loudly for grievances. Seeing this "miserable" state, Ming Wuzong also felt compassion. Liu Jin cried: "The one who framed us is Wang Yue!" Emperor Wuzong was puzzled: "Why did you say it was him?" Liu Jin: "Wang Yue led the Dongchang, colluded with the foreign ministers, and cooperated with the outside, trying to frame our loyal servants! The courtiers said that the slaves waited to buy eagles and dogs for His Majesty's entertainment. Are we the only ones? Wang Yue didn't share?" Hearing that Wang Yue communicated with the courtiers inside and outside, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty became angry from his heart: "We should arrest this Wang Yue who eats inside and outside immediately!" Liu Jin observed the words and expressions, knowing that the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will never come again, so he immediately said: "Things like dogs, horses, eagles and rabbits, what harm is your virtue! The reason why the ministers of the left class dare to speak freely is the supervisor of ceremonies. We don’t have any of our own. If Your Majesty allows your own people to control the Chief of Ceremonies, who would dare to shout!” Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was enlightened, and he immediately ordered Liu Jin to be in charge of the ritual supervisor and "admiral of the regiment camp".In this way, the secret service agencies such as Dongchang and Xichang are not only in the hands of Liu Jin, but he also has the command of the Imperial Guards in the capital. (Liu Jin is the "commander in chief", Qiu Ju is the admiral of the East Factory, Gu Dayong is the admiral of the West Factory, Zhang Yong and others are in charge of the camp affairs of the Imperial Guards, and occupy important areas.) Liu Jin was punished overnight, and the eunuchs were much more decisive than the courtiers. Immediately arrest Wang Yue and other former bosses who did not agree with him, and exile them in Nanjing.After a whole night of busy work, the ministers of the foreign court knew nothing and were kept in the dark. The next morning, all the officials were about to go to court to arrest Liu Jin and others. Before they could speak, a middle official announced the new appointment of Liu Jin and others by the emperor and the punishment of Wang Yue and others. The courtiers were stunned for a moment.Who would have expected that the situation would change drastically overnight. Liu Jian and other cabinet ministers knew that the matter was irreversible, so they had to go to the chapter to ask for it.Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was naturally happy to be at leisure, so he left it to Liu Jin to deal with.Liu Jin naturally "approved" and ordered Liu Jian and Xie Qian to retire from office, leaving Li Dongyang alone to guard the cabinet. Li Dongyang was able to stay because during the cabinet meeting a few days ago, Liu Jian burst into tears and Xie Qian yelled at the eunuch, but Li Dongyang didn't react very violently and remained silent.Liu Jin has many eyes and ears, and after detecting this situation, he decided to leave Li Dongyang alone as a blindfold. When the news came out, Liu Yu, the imperial censor of Shanxi Province, and others wrote a pleading letter, asking Emperor Wuzong not to abandon the Minister Gu Ming.Seeing the emperor's stance, Liu Jin and others became even more unscrupulous, "So (they) shared the emperor's intentions and punished the ministers with profound texts (severe laws) in foreign countries, making (the ministers) unable to save themselves, and no one dared to speak out." Seeing that there were fewer memorials from the ministers after Liu Jin's death, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty felt that his eyes and ears were much quieter. Apart from being happy, he felt that Eunuch Liu was capable and trustworthy in his affairs, and he relied heavily on him. Of course Liu Jin would not let the old superior Wang Yuegong go, and sent someone to chase and kill him halfway. Liu Jin is very scheming and pretentious, and he is also very "picky" about his old colleague Gu Dayong and others to show his "public heart".In doing so, he not only deterred his peers, but also bought it in front of Ming Wuzong, who praised him for his fairness in law enforcement.At the same time, Liu Jin promoted Jiao Fang, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who was the first to inform him, to a bachelor, and worked in the cabinet. "Every change into a constitution, shackles ministers and workers, Du Sai's words, and cruelty to the soldiers and civilians are all guided by (Jiao) Fang." With Jiao Fang as an accomplice in the Outer Court, Liu Jin's wings have been enriched, and things are more convenient.According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, the head of the Ministry of Officials cannot concurrently serve as the cabinet, because the cabinet is responsible for reviewing draft bills, and the Ministry of Officials is responsible for the selection of officials. All in hand. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, such appointments have been prohibited.Liu Jin broke the established law and let his own person "Jiao Fang hold two positions". , mainly for their convenience. Since Han Wen, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was also the leader who led the ministers to impeach the eunuch, Liu Jin naturally did not let him go.Xu Jin, who was changed to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, had a disagreement with Liu Jin, and was also expelled by Liu Jin.As long as there is a minister Shang Zhangshu who disagrees with Liu Jin's wishes, he will be dismissed from office at least, and will be imprisoned and killed at worst. Wang Shouren, who was in charge of the Ministry of War at the time, wrote a letter admonishing Ming Wuzong to punish his ministers too much. Liu Jinlan was furious and ordered Wang Shouren to be imprisoned. Field post Cheng. On the way to exile, Liu Jin sent people to wait in ambush on the way, trying to put Wang Shouren to death.When he arrived in Hangzhou, Wang Shouren was afraid that he would be killed, so he threw his clothes into the water overnight, and wrote a posthumous poem, "The hundred-year-old minister is so sad, every night Jiangtao weeps his sons." , trying to create the illusion of committing suicide by drowning to deceive the killer.This trick was done so well that even his family members thought he was really dead, so they went to mourn.Wang Shouren concealed his identity and fled into Wuyi Mountain, finally escaping Liu Jin's murderous hands. But soon, he was afraid that he would hurt his father Wang Hua, so he had to return to the "human world" and went to Longchang, Guizhou to serve as a postman. Wang Hua was then Minister of the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing, and Liu Jin forced him to retire.Wang Shouren must not die in the end, otherwise, the history of Chinese thought would lose a superstar.He later became a philosophical master of a generation, known to later generations as the "Yangming" school. Mr. Liu has the East Factory and the West Factory in his hands, and he is engaged in spy activities. "I have sent the party eunuchs to various places in the town, moved to the official school to more than 1,560 people, and passed the decree to teach hundreds of Jinyi officials... Scatter the school lieutenants and scout from far and near, so that people will never be saved." Eunuch Liu loves to innovate. He created the "Yang Law". He imprisoned ministers in Chang'an Gate in the name of the emperor when he had nothing to do.For key departments, he wants to insert his own people, surpass the rank of officials, take Liu Yu as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Cao Yuan as the governor of Shaanxi... Ning Wang Zhu Jiahao has unruly intentions and sent people to send a large number of gold treasures to Liu Jin, hoping that the court will return them. His old guard, Liu Jinli Xu.Those who follow the self prosper, those who oppose the self perish. Liu Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was originally just a local official like Governor Xuanda. After entering Beijing, he became the censor of Zuodu, and immediately gave Liu Jin ten thousand taels of silver as a "meeting gift".At that time, Liu Jin had just assumed power, and her expectations were not high, but she was looking forward to hundreds of silver coins. Suddenly seeing so many white flowers and silver coins, she was inexplicably surprised and shouted: "Mr. Liu has treated me so well!" Therefore, Mr. Liu reciprocated his vote by referendum. After he had the right to "organize" in his hands, he immediately appointed Liu Yu as "Shangshu of the Ministry of War". Therefore, Liu Yu did pick up a lottery, bet properly, and the timing of knowing people is very critical. When Eunuch Liu wanted to show off, he decisively gave a big gift.The impact of the ten thousand taels of silver on Liu Jin at the beginning will not be exchanged for hundreds of thousands of silver in the future. After getting used to it, Liu Jin was no longer impressed by Yin Zi's meeting ceremony.This Liu Yu is a fine individual. A few years later, two months before Liu Jin's defeat, he saw that Eunuch Liu had been rejecting gentlemen and made countless enemies.Of course, Liu Yu is still listed in the dying party, but after all, his wealth and life have been preserved. Moreover, in the past few years when Lao Liu has been in power, he has received tens of millions of taels of silver, which is definitely a good deal compared to the mere 10,000 taels of silver he gave Liu Jin back then.worth it! The reason why Liu Jin can grasp the world's major events is not a new trick, but this trick has been tried and tested by eunuchs: when Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was concentrating on watching juggling, singing and dancing performances, or playing war games in military uniforms, Liu Jin would always hold a gun. A lot of chapters asked the emperor to "provincially decide".After coming and going, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was swept away, and scolded: "What do I want you people for! Annoy me with such shit!" Liu Jin waited for this sentence, and immediately took full responsibility for handling these military affairs. At the beginning, Liu Jin also symbolically put Zhang Zou's comments into the cabinet to "draft an order."The officials in the cabinet were not stupid, they tried to find out the real intention of Liu Jin's father-in-law, and then drafted an order according to his request.If the matter is too serious to be resolved, the cabinet officials will first ask the Tang Houguan to ask Liu Jin for clarification before he dares to write.Later, Liu Jin simply omitted this procedure, and brought all the Zhang Zou documents back to his private house, and his master Zhang Wenmian handled it all by himself.Master Zhang was born as a subordinate official in Songjiang, and was wanted for breaking the law. He fled into Liu Jin's residence and gained great reputation.As a result, such a "deputy-level" subordinate staff became a "true prime minister" who truly had the power to control the world. Due to the overwhelming power, officials of all sizes who were ordered to go out and return to Beijing will definitely go to Liu Jin's private house to say goodbye after meeting the emperor.Gonghou Xunqi, when he saw Liu Jin, he knelt down and saluted. Liu Jin "does his part" in handling affairs. He created a "white book" by himself, then wrote the general idea and sent it to the cabinet drafters. Li Dongyang and others were too busy to take care of themselves.Those who mentioned Liu Jin in the edict were all called "Eunuch Liu" and did not dare to write his "name taboo".In the memorial of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, an official once wrote "Liu Jin" by mistake The name on it made Eunuch Liu furious when he took the case. In the end, Du Yushi (Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Procuratorate) Tu Yu led all his staff to kneel down and beg for mercy. In order to further strengthen the power of the eunuchs, Liu Jin made an edict that "the eunuchs guarding the world will be pre-criminal political affairs", and the title of governor of the world was abolished, so that the local power is also firmly controlled by the father-in-law. Eunuchs are neither male nor female, half yin and not yang, and they hold grudges very much. It really is a resentment that is easy to make but hard to eliminate.Therefore, in April of the second year of Zhengde (1507), Liu Jin ordered all officials to kneel at the south of Jinshui Bridge, announcing the "traitorous party" personnel and their charges. There are as many as fifty-three scholars including Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and the Minister of the Household Department Hanwen.Those whose names were included in the "Record of Traitorous Party" were all expelled from office. As for Li Dongyang, Liu Jin did not forget the old grudge, and framed the cabinet minister in prison to prepare for his death.However, because Lao Li is good at ups and downs in troubled times, and because of the ups and downs in troubled times, and the great celebrity Han Lin Kanghai, who Liu Jin has always admired, came to Liu Jin's house to intercede, Lao Li finally got his life.Since then, Lao Li has become more cautious and tried to avoid misfortune.The reason why he has not been removed by Liu Jin is that Liu Jin's eunuch party did not want to expel all the former cabinet members at that time, fearing that acting too much would cause a greater backlash from the government and the public. The inscriptions included compliments or something, so he was finally "tolerated" by Eunuch Liu. In the future, when Liu Jin was defeated, Li Dongyang was hailed by many people as being able to understand the general situation, and praised him for being able to preserve the "good people" when the tigers and wolves were in power. Courage and practical action in the fight against evil snobbery.But Li Dongyang is honest, honest, generous, cautious, and a literary master of the Ming Dynasty, so he is definitely not a bad person in essence.There is a faint king on the top, and an eunuch on the bottom. It is not easy for him to rise and fall. In addition to Jiao Fang, Liu Jin appointed Zhang Cai as the doctor of Wenxuan Department in the winter of the second year of Zhengde.Although this Zhang Cai is also a villain, but he has real skills. He was born as a Jinshi and was once the head of the official department. Because of his good relationship with Jiao Fang, he was naturally used by Liu Jin. Zhang Cai is a handsome man with a fair complexion and a slender figure.When I saw Liu Jin, Zhang Cai was very attractive, with a high crown and fresh clothes, a handsome man, and a eloquent eloquence.When Liu Jin saw such a talent and defected to the door, he respected and loved him, and when he moved his hand, he hated seeing each other late.He exclaimed: "Mr. Zhang, you are truly a genius, how could I get a talent like you!" This Zhang Cai was promoted all the way, and soon entered the cabinet, and was added to the prince's Shaobao.Zhang Cai is very good at coming.Every time Liu Jin's father-in-law was on vacation, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty would wait in front of his house, sometimes waiting for a long time without seeing Liu Jin's father-in-law. But only Zhang Cai always deliberately came slowly, walked slowly, went straight into Liu Jin's small pavilion, and had a long drink with his father-in-law before coming out happily.As a result, everyone feared and respected Zhang Cai even more, and the standard of meeting Zhang Cai was as respectful as meeting Liu Jin. Zhang Cai is a beautiful man, but his character is really bad.In his official position, he messed up his old style and practiced bribery.This person is lustful by nature and does everything.Liu Jie, the prefect of Fuzhou, was his stable fellow. Zhang Cai knew that he had a beautiful concubine, so he was promoted to Liu Jiejing and became a Beijing official like Taichang Shaoqing.Then, Zhang Cai entered Liu Jie's mansion to celebrate his promotion: "Old Liu, how do you repay me?" Liu Jie was terrified: "Except for me, everything is your Zhang Gong's property!" Zhang Cai was not polite, and went into Liu Jie's back room, holding his concubine in his hand, and carried it away complacently.Soon, he heard that Zhang Shu, the magistrate of Pingyang, had a beautiful concubine, so he asked for it.Zhang Shu does not agree with him.Zhang Cai was angry, and planned to send a censor to falsely accuse Zhang Shu of being guilty, and planned to arrest him.Zhang Shu was afraid when he heard the news, so he had to sacrifice his concubine to avoid disaster. Although Zhang Cai is lustful and loves money, she does her best for her master Liu Jin and has made many ideas to buy people's hearts.Seeing foreign officials offering huge bribes to Liu Jin one after another, he said privately to his father-in-law: "These people scour the local people for small people, and then give you only one-tenth of it, but all the grievances of the world belong to you, and they should be severely punished." Some people in the world to show the world!" Liu Jin claimed to be kind, and for a while he launched a campaign to "anti-corruption" and "anti-bribery". As a result, many local officials who gave bribes were offended and imprisoned.For a period of time, the people of the time were greatly deceived because of this, thinking that Zhang Cai could guide Liu Jin to do good. In July of the third year of Zhengde (1508), when Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty went to court, he discovered that someone had sent an anonymous letter to the court while the ministers were worshiping.Emperor Wuzong had sharp eyes and ordered someone to pick it up and read it carefully. It was all the content of suing Liu Jin for illegal intercession.The adolescent Emperor Wuzong had a very serious rebellious mentality. He took the anonymous letter viciously in front of all the officials and said, "I don't use the good people you call! I definitely use the bad people you call!" Liu Jin was even angrier.He drove all the more than 300 ministers who were in the court that day to outside the Fengtian Gate, and asked them to kneel eastward for punishment.All the ministers knelt for a day, and four of them died on the spot due to thirst.The eunuch Li Rong couldn't bear to see the courtiers kneeling in the cruel department, and sent his servants to throw frozen watermelons into the crowd to quench their thirst when Liu Jin was away. Liu Jin hated it when he saw it. The eunuch Huang Wei was also very indignant, and shouted loudly: "What is written in the anonymous letter is for the benefit of the country and the people. If a man does something, he should be responsible for it. It is useless to tire others!" He was expelled from the palace and dismissed from office.In the end, Liu Jin was going to send all the ministers who were present that day to prison for interrogation.After Li Dongyang persuaded him, and his cronies reported that the anonymous letter was sent by someone inside the eunuch, Liu Jincai "forgive" the officials once. In addition to the East Factory, West Factory, and Shenji Camp managed by his old colleagues, Liu Jin also set up an "expert factory" which he personally supervised.This "professional factory" has the greatest power and is the "king of kings" of spies. Often the middleman uses subtle methods, and the person and family who are "worried" basically cannot live for a few days.Not only ordinary people can monitor, but even the spies and spy leaders of the factory guards are also included in the reconnaissance.That is to say, Liu Jin is not at ease with his "old colleagues", and keeps strengthening surveillance on these same kind, lest they will not be of the same mind as him. In the fourth year of Zhengde, Liu Jin's capable confidant Jiao Fang retired.Liu Jin was then promoted to his confidant Liu Yu, who was appointed as the Prince Taifu and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and joined the cabinet to handle affairs; Zhang Cai, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, was moved to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. They are all Liu Jin's henchmen.Jiao Fang, who has been in the cabinet for several years, has helped Liu Jin mess up the country, turned it into a law, and poisoned the gentry. He is a very evil person.Every time he pays homage to Liu Jin, he always calls Eunuch Liu "Thousands" and calls himself "under the door".Reading the memorials in the pavilion, Jiao Fang obeyed Liu Gonggong's words and was a real eunuch slave.When all the officials offered bribes to Liu Jin, they first gave Jiao Fang a big gift.His son, Jiao Huangzhong, was arrogant and ignorant of academics, so he took part in the imperial examination, thinking that he would be number one.Li Dongyang and others were equal and listed him as the top two. Jiao's father and son resented their grievances, and went to find Liu Jin alone.But when Liu Jin also had "justice", she saw Jiao Fang scolding Li Dongyang every day, so she said to him: "Your son wrote poems in my house one day. He was very clumsy. Why do you always hate Li Dongyang for not taking him first!" Jiao Fang didn't dare to say any more. In the future, Lao Jiao and Zhang Cai had a rift, which aroused Liu Jin's anger and publicly reprimanded Jiao Fang and his son several times, so he had to retire to avoid disaster.Fortunately, Jiao Fang was out early, and Liu Jin was not implicated in a felony after the defeat, so she got a good death. In addition to grasping power in the capital, Liu Jin also caused troubles in the local area.He repeatedly ordered people to search the treasuries of the military and civilians all over the world, and ordered all the property left in the place to be sent to the capital by force.The savings of counties and counties were vacant; at the same time, he issued a death order to officials from other places who came to Beijing for pilgrimage. Every time the chief secretary entered the court, he must donate 20,000 taels of silver; All servants were expelled (there was no "temporary residence permit" at the time); widows across the country were ordered to marry, and those in the family who died and were not buried in time were immediately burned...etc.There are many, the world resents. If you are full, you will lose.Liu Jin's defeat had both internal and external causes.The internal cause is the internal strife among the eunuch groups, and the external cause is the rebellion of Anhua Wang Zhu Chenhao. In May of the fifth year of Zhengde (1510), Anhua King Zhu Yufen rebelled.The prince's rebellion, of course, must have a name. The banner he played was "the Qing emperor's side", and the proclamation listed 17 Liu Jin's "big crimes".Of course, this king of Anhua's "side of the Qing emperor" is false, and it is his original intention to be the emperor, but all the crimes written by Liu Jin in the proclamation are true. Liu Jin was terrified, and immediately arranged for his subordinates to never allow Ming Wuzong to see this statement. At the same time, he dispatched troops to suppress the prince's rebellion. After much deliberation, Liu Jin couldn't make up his mind about this kind of military affairs. Finally, under the advice of the cabinet ministers and others, he appointed the capital censor Yang Yiqing as the admiral, and the eunuch Zhang Yong as the governor, and sent tens of thousands of powerful troops to conquer. Liu Jin kept secrets, and Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yongjun had a big quarrel with him. Although Liu Jin hurriedly sent his confidant Chen Zhen to the front line as the servant of the military department and the censor of the capital, he wanted to "control the matter", but An Hua Wang's rebellion was over within 18 days, so Liu Jin and Chen Zhen couldn't be credited with the credit, but Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing won the jackpot. Here, let me explain the festivities between Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, and Yang Yiqing. Zhang Yong, from Baoding, was originally a buddy with Liu Jintie, both of whom were leaders of the "Eight Tigers".After Ming Wuzong succeeded to the throne, Zhang Yong took charge of Shenjiying.He cooperated with Liu Jin to push Wang Yue, the eunuch of rites, and Liu Jian, the imperial scholar, out of the imperial court. Benefits are eternal, but friendship is not.After Liu Jin came to power, he did a lot of evil, but he always liked to use his old best friend to show "fairness".Zhang Yong was annoyed beyond words.Liu Jin advised Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty to send Zhang Yong to Nanjing for downgrade.If it was someone else, even if he was a bachelor, he would have to resign himself to fate and consider himself unlucky, but Zhang Yong did not.He himself is the chief eunuch of the inner court, and he can see the emperor whenever he wants.After hearing about this, Zhang Yong ran directly to Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, crying and complaining that Liu Jin had framed him.Ming Wuzong invited Liu Jin to confront him.Before he could speak, Zhang Yong rushed forward and punched Liu Jin face to face, sitting the arrogant Eunuch Liu in meditation on the ground.For Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, Eunuch Liu and Eunuch Zhang were old playmates when he was the prince in the East Palace. Their palms and backs were full of flesh, and they couldn't bear to deal with anyone. So the emperor acted as a peacemaker, and asked another favored eunuch Gu Dayong to be his host, and invited the two to make peace. The eunuch has the same temperament as Lin Daiyu, toasting to each other on the surface, but the grievances in his heart are deepening. As for Yang Yiqing, in the third year of Zhengde when he was the censor of the three sides of the general system, he was arrested by Liu Jin and sent to prison.In fact, he did not offend Liu Jin directly, but because Eunuch Liu was annoyed that he did not give gifts to him, and did not show loyalty to himself, he falsely accused Yang Yiqing of "recklessly breaking the border fee" (Yang Yiqing once suggested that the three-year-old Liu Jin in the area from Yansui to Hengcheng The "Great Wall" was built for a hundred miles, and the Ming court agreed to allocate 100,000 taels of silver to build it), and he was arrested in Jinyi Prison.Fortunately, Li Dongyang, a bachelor, and others persuaded him, saying that Yang Yiqing had "great talent and high expectations" and that punishing the crime would have "bad influence", so Liu Jin let him go, but still ordered Yang Yiqing to resign and send him home.This time Lao Yang was reappointed, mainly because he was familiar with border affairs and wars. Before Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing left, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, dressed in military uniform, sent them to Donghua Gate on horseback.Liu Jin on the side was jealous and angry, but there was nothing he could do. Liu Jin originally wanted to frame Zhang Yong while he was away, but Ming Wuzong was relying on him to put down the rebellion, so he couldn't say anything. As for the king of Anhua, Zhu Yifu, the great-grandson of King Qingjing, heir to the throne in the fifth year of Hongzhi.He is in the northwest, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there are many sycophants around him, and he has always harbored a heart of disobedience.但究其身边谋事之人，水平确实不高，只有宁夏的两个生员，一个叫孙景文，一个叫孟彬，其实是两个自不量力的穷酸，喝酒吃肉后就劝安化王应该雄踞西北造反，然后一统江山。更可笑的，这两人还未使安定王下安决心造反，有一个巫婆，名叫王九儿，是玩鹦鹉骗人的，她教鹦鹉说话，每见朱寊磻，鹦鹉就大叫“老天子”。朱寊磻见这五彩斑斓的大鸟都知道自己是“天子”，益怀不轨之心。 当时朱寊磻造反，在宁夏当地还真有“客观”环境。刘瑾派人在宁夏重新丈量田亩，征马益租，敲榨日酷，当地诸戌将卫卒皆怨恨满心。于是，安化王在王府中大摆酒宴，宴请诸边将，以言激怒众武夫，决定尽杀诸文臣，劫众起事。武将们头脑简单，又恨刘瑾手下人欺侮太甚，纷纷表示：“即使大事不就，死且无恨！”于是，都指挥何锦、周昂、丁庆等人皆参与谋反。 一日，朱寊磻摆下鸿门宴，杀掉了巡抚安惟学、总兵姜汉、少卿周东等人，放狱囚，焚官府，劫库藏，夺河舟，把庆府诸王、将军等宗室都抓了起来，勒索金币数以万计。接着，他又招平卤城千户徐钦引兵入城，伪造印章旗牌，四发檄文，以讨刘瑾为名，开始造反。 安化王造反时，派人去招时为宁夏游击将军的仇钺来与自己会军。仇钺很老炼，当时他正外出在玉泉营防边，根本不清楚情况发展。领兵还镇后，仇钺单骑归于私第不出。安化王以为这个人好欺负，没有再派人杀仇钺，只是把他手下军马全部劫走为已用。当时，京城人纷纷传言仇钺已经附贼造反，而时为兴武营守备的保勋与仇钺是姻亲，时人讹传保勋也是安化王的外应。 明廷毕竟还有不少明白人，不仅没有听信传言，还传令任仇钺为副总兵，以保勋为参将，让二率兵讨贼。保勋忠义之人，上疏朝廷，表示自己“恨不飞渡黄河、食贼肉以谢朝廷！” 仇钺处于被软禁状态，他假装得重病不起，暗中招纳游兵壮士于府，准备与保勋等人里应外合。同时，仇钺假装积极，派人为安化王出主意：“应急守渡口，防止敌人决江灌城，并阻遏东岸之兵，千万不要让他们过河。”叛将何锦等人信以为真，率数千叛军主力出城把守渡口，只留周昂等带领少数兵士守于城内。 安化王死催。他出城出拜神，又让叛将周昂来请仇钺前来给自己当陪同。仇钺装出一病不起的样子，连唤数次都不出。安化王便派周昂本人亲自来催。这下被仇钺侯个正着。周昂刚到床前施礼问候，仇家的两个仆人就突出其身后，用大铁骨朵把周昂灌顶砸死，并立马割掉首级。 于是，仇钺披甲仗剑，跨马出门。他身后有一百多壮士、家丁跟从，一行人直奔安化府杀去。由于叛军大多在外，王府根本没多少人守卫。仇钺来得急，手下又多神勇百战之士，一下子就冲进去，生擒了安化王父子，并杀掉为他出谋划策的孙景文等人。干完这些，仇钺又假传安化王命令，让守渡口的叛将何锦返城。 何锦等人行至半路，便遭迎头痛击，狂逃至贺兰山中，不久皆被擒斩。 所以，这倒霉的安化王造反，自起兵到失败，总共十八天。 安化王父子被擒，是正德五月阴历四月二十三日，路遥水远，明廷并不知道这一消息。所以，张永、杨一清出师北京，是五月份的事情。也就是说，二人受诏提大军出发的时候，安化王造反已经失败了十几天，只是明廷没得到消息。 事定后，张永和杨一清仍旧驰往宁夏，抚定地方。当时宁夏盛传京营士兵将屠宁夏，人心不宁。二人入宁夏后，晓谕地方，镇抚民众，派人认真分别首谋、共谋、随从等罪犯，遣押安化王入京受审，保全了百多余被胁从的边将。由于恩威并行，宁夏大定。 安化王父子自不待言，入京伏诛；仇钺功高，得封咸宁伯。 恰恰是张永、杨一清在宁夏灵州共事期间，二人相得甚欢，定下了除掉刘瑾的谋略。 杨一清知道张永与刘谨有嫌怨。一日，二人饮酒，杨一清叹言道：“张公您神武明达，定宁夏易如反掌，但国家大患在京城！” 张永知道杨一清话中有话，反问：“杨公您指是谁？” 杨一清移至张永身边，在他掌上用指划定一个“瑾”字。 张永不停点头，但又很为难的表示：“此贼朝夕侍于帝侧，朋党遍朝野，根深叶茂，耳目众多。” 杨一清慷慨激昂地说：“张公您也是皇上信臣，今讨贼不付他人而付公，圣意可知，对您极其信重。如今，功成奏捷，张公您如乘机以论军事为名，陈言帝前，揭发刘瑾罪恶，皇上必听您之言而诛刘瑾。刘瑾一诛，张公您可悉矫前弊，收天下人心，千古功业，在此一举！” 一席话，张永深为之动。但张公公仍旧有所顾虑：“万一事不成，奈何？” 杨一清激励道：“只要张公您肯在皇上面前进言，大事必成。万一皇上不信，您一定要顿首泣谏，做出剖心明志的姿态，力以死请，皇上必为您所打动。如获应允，立刻逮捕刘瑾，切毋迟疑！” 张永闻言，拍案勃然而起：“杨公此言是也，老奴何惜余年，定揭发巨奸，以报主上！” 由此，二人议定，也决定了刘瑾的命运。 阴历八月，张永回京叙功，杨一清仍留守，总制三边军务。 杨一清也真够受，成日提心吊胆，盼望张永事成，害怕失败。 刘瑾不知死。他获悉安化王造反被平定，竟侈然自以为功，矫旨给自己增加俸禄，又超拨哥哥刘景祥为都督。这位刘大哥福薄，刚接任命就病死，无福消受都督一职。 也可能出于某种不祥的预感，听术士说自己的侄孙刘二汉有天子命，刘瑾一时间竟起谋逆之念，在宅中广置甲杖，准备伺机起事。查其原意，本想借其兄刘景祥发丧时，百官送葬，他准备兴兵把众人一网打尽，然后率徒党弑明武宗，推侄孙刘二汉称帝。 其实，这位刘公公也是脑子一热发疯，侄孙当了皇帝，再怎样也不会让他这个没老二的太监爷爷当“太上皇”。 张永有心机，他先报称要在八月十五日入京献俘贺捷。刘瑾一边在京中加紧谋逆准备，一面让人告诉张永不必这么着急就入京。 张永闻此，公公们心意相通，更觉老刘要干大事，他就比预定日期更早一步，急急赶入北京献俘。 明武宗非常高兴，亲自在东华门参加献俘礼，大摆宴席，犒劳张永等人。 君臣多日不见，倍感亲切，明武宗、张永两个边喝边唠，渐至深夜。 刘瑾一旁陪的厌烦，起身告退，殿中只留下张永与皇帝二人在席。事实证明，历史上，无论是大人物还是小人物，不该睡觉的时候一定要忍住不睡觉，不该上厕所的一定要忍住不去厕所，否则，重则家族性命，轻则右派帽子，肯定没好果子吃。 见刘瑾退席还家，张永立刻从怀中取出安化王的檄文，指控刘瑾激变边塞，结怨天下，阴谋不轨。 对此，明武宗起初还敷衍，说：“算了，说这个干吗，喝酒吧。” 张永连忙跪地叩诉：“离此一步，老奴再无机会生见陛下！” 武宗闻此瞿然，问：“刘瑾想干什么？” 张永答：“他想取天下。” 武宗当时喝得很高，摇头一笑：“天下任他取罢了。” 张永大声疾呼：“刘瑾取天下，置陛下于何地！” 听此言，明武宗稍稍酒醒，可允其奏。张永完全依据杨一清教诲，马上派禁兵连夜逮捕刘瑾。 刘瑾正在熟睡，宫廷禁卫军撞门而入，刘瑾惊起。军将也不多说，命令刘瑾立刻受逮入狱。 刘瑾倒不是特别惊惶，问：“皇上在哪里？” 军将回答：“在豹房。”（其实是和张永在一起）。 刘瑾对家人说：“这事真是可疑！”但有诏逮人，他不得不从。 转日，众臣上朝，不见了大太监刘瑾，交头结耳，似乎知道了他已经“出事” ，但没什么人敢声张。京城内情势也很紧张，巡逻士兵大批大批骑马上街，交驰于道，严防刘瑾党羽生变。 起初，明武宗并没想杀刘瑾，毕竟多年老伴当，没功劳也有苦劳，没苦劳也有疲劳。 听说要把自己发配凤阳，刘瑾写信向明武宗哀乞，说自己被捕时没穿什么衣服，想让家人回家捎两件衣服给自己，以此试探皇上意思。 明武宗见帖，顿起怜意，命人交还刘谨故衣百件。刘瑾得意，对看望的家人说：“我仍不失为一富太监矣。” 张永知道这件事，心内大惧，知道不马上重办刘瑾，哪天皇上“回心转意” ，刘公公又会卷土重来要自己的命。 于是，张永下令有司以最快速度对刘瑾家宅进行抄搜。结果，“得金二十四万锭，又五万七千八百两。元宝（白银）五百万锭，又一百五十八万三千六百两。 宝石二斗，金甲二，金钩三千，玉带四千二百六十二束，金汤盒五百，蟒衣四百七十袭……“，清单送上，这些骇人听闻的财物，并未让明武宗感到愤怒。 让他勃然大怒的，是看到下列抄家搜得的东西：盔甲三千，衣甲千余，弓弩五百。 最终要刘谨性命的，是搜得平日刘瑾在宫中陪侍皇帝时的一把扇子，让明武宗惊怒异常：扇骨内藏锋利匕首二枚！ “这王八蛋果真要造反啊！”武宗皇帝拍案顿喝。于是，他下令锦衣卫、法司把刘瑾押至午门，命朝臣廷讯。 刘瑾仍大大咧咧不在乎。在午门跪定，听闻给事中李宪也弹劾自己，他笑了，大声说：“李宪出自我门下，他也来弹劾我！” 刑部尚书刘璟素怕刘公公得紧，此时也噤口不敢开言。 见百官呆呆沉默，泥塑木偶一般，刘瑾更来了精神，大言道：“满朝公卿，皆出我门，谁敢审我？”众人闻言屏息。 此时，驸马都尉蔡震上前，扬手给了刘瑾一个嘴巴，怒喝道：“我乃国戚，不出汝门，待我审汝！” 此时，内廷又有武宗旨意传出，“打四十”。于是，五棍一换打，八名大汉轮打，一顿杀威棒，终于打消了刘瑾的嚣张气焰。 蔡震问：“为何家中藏甲？” 刘瑾：“用来保卫皇上。” 蔡震大喝：“藏甲于自己家中，如何保卫皇上！” 刘瑾语塞。这时，又有官员上前宣读抄家所得禁物，刘瑾知道事已毕露，只得承招。 由于又挨打又挨夹棍，最后画押时，刘公公连笔也拿不住，揉手半天，才颤巍巍画成一个十字，算是画招认罪。 “既上狱，（皇）上命毋覆奏，凌迟之，三日枭其首，榜狱辞、处决图于天下。” 至于刘瑾受刑挨剐的详情，正史皆略，但当时监斩官张文麟为刑部河南主事。 此人文人出身，退休后写书，详详细细记录了刘公公被剐三千三百五十七刀的经过： （刘瑾）凌迟刀数例该三千三百五十七刀（不知是怎样“科学”计算出的如此刀数），每十刀，一歇一吆喝（类似卖肉表演），头一日，例该先剐三百五十七刀（先剐零头，后来好计数）。（所剐之肉）如大指甲片（大小），在胸膛左右起，初动刀则有血流寸许，再动刀则无血矣（刀少，血易凝结）。（旁）人言，犯人受惊，血俱入小腹小腿肚，剐毕开膛，则血皆从此出（不知是否合医理）。 至晚，押（刘）瑾至顺天府宛平县寄监，释缚数刻，（刘）瑾尚能食粥两碗（保留元气，留待慢慢剐），反贼乃如此。次日，则押至东角头（第一日在西角头）。 先日，（刘）瑾受刑，颇言内事（泄露国家机密，骂领导人），（现）以麻核桃塞口，数十刀气绝……奉圣旨，刘瑾凌迟数日剉尸免枭首……，剉尸，当胸一大斧，胸去数丈。 张文麟目见耳闻，当可足信。但就是凌迟数与天数含混，他笔记中只记录凌迟当日和次日，依理应凌迟三天。第一天剐了三百五十七刀，而他描写次日时，“数十刀气绝”，不知是如何凑算成律定的“三千三百五十七刀”，可能是漏记，也可能行刑记数另有讲究，但有一点非常可信：刘公公以近六十之年受剐，死得非常非常痛苦。但想想他从前害死那么多人，四位朝中御史犯小过也被他凌迟，就觉得这也真是上天有眼，罪有应得。 行刑之时，昔日受害家属“争买其肉啖之，有以一钱易一脔者。”生吃仇人肉，也算替亲人报仇了。刘公公日日山珍海味，身上之肉味道应该不算质量太差。 况且他又是阉人，定无膻气。 刘瑾不仅是一人被杀，其亲属，包括有“天子之相”的刘二汉，一共二十五人，皆被斩首示众。好在他哥哥刘景祥死的是时候，否则也被从家中拖入闹市砍头。至于刘瑾党羽，前大学士焦芳、刘宇以及现任户部尚书刘玑等人，皆被削籍为民。只有张彩最倒霉，他在刘谨败后被逮入狱，严刑拷打。 张彩大呼冤枉，狱中上疏，指斥阁臣李东阳等人也阿附刘瑾。 此时，张永大公公非常有定力，对众臣讲：“刘瑾用事时，我们这些人都不敢言声，甭说两班官员了！”言外之意，是保护李东阳。 锦衣狱内吏卒希旨，对张彩夹棍、脑箍、灌鼻、钉指、“鼠弹筝”、“拦马棍”、“燕儿飞”，一齐用上，老美男子没几天就被折磨死，仍被“剉尸市中”。 诛杀刘瑾后，根据廷臣所奏，把刘瑾变易的“成宪”尽数更回，共吏部二十四事，户部三十余事，兵部十八事，工部十三事，禁令各地镇守太监干预地方刑名政事，并罢内行厂与西厂。日后，特务机构之一的西厂未再重设。 这时候，明武宗已经是二十岁小伙子，不再是事事依赖太监玩伴的少年人。 此后十年，他沉浸在“豹房”的天地一家春淫乐与四处巡游的玩乐中，诱导他失德的不再是内廷公公，而是外镇军官江彬一类人。 “阁臣自（刘）瑾党败后，所用亦非甚不肖，时士大夫风气未坏，特资擢用，所得亦多正人，而帝（武宗）之不可与为善，则童昏其本质也。”（孟森语）刘瑾乱政，确实引起社会动乱。他被杀两个月后，河北地区就有刘六、刘七起事；四川保宁刘烈率众造反进攻陕西，不久廖麻子等人也自称“扫地王”，众达十余万，肆掠陕西、湖广等地；江西方面，也陆续有王钰五、汪澄仁、何积钦等人造反。可幸的是，明朝刘晖、王守仁、彭泽等人善战善抚，几年内陆续平乱，没对明朝政府造成伤筋动骨之患。 现在，该交待一下诛杀刘瑾的主策划杨一清和张永。 在张永援引下，杨一清在刘瑾败后入朝，拜户部尚书，不久改吏部尚书，加太子少保。明朝六部中，吏部权最重，连巡抚等官皆由吏部任用，吏部长官自可以“高下在心，予夺任意”。为报谢老杨，张永不遗余力。