Chapter 11 The Tenth Chapter: Wang Zhenren's Murder and Murder

The letter Zhang Juzheng asked Yao Kuang to send to Feng Bao still talked about Zhang Jiayin's handling of the mutiny of the Anqing garrison.He felt that Gao Gong would make a big fuss about this matter again, so he explained the whole story to Feng Bao, and hoped that he would pay attention to Gao Gong's recent memorial and inform him when it was convenient.About two days later in the afternoon, while Gao Gong was going to work in the Ministry of Officials, Feng Baoyue and Zhang Juzheng came to Gongmo Room to meet.As soon as he sat down, Feng Bao opened the small mahogany box he brought with him, took out three copies and handed them to Zhang Juzheng.Among these three copies, Zhang Jiayin's copy Zhang Juzheng had already seen it in Gao Gong's value house, and the remaining two copies were Zha Zhilong's appeal and Gao Gong's opinion on the matter.

Gao Gong's scriptures have harsh words for Zhang Jiayin, thinking that his arrest of Zha Zhilong is "taking the emperor's authority for his own use, and treating officials appointed by the court as thieves... For two hundred years in the imperial court, the heads of the two courts have been patrolled. Slippery, it is still necessary to ask for the king's order in advance. There is no one like Zhang Jiayin who completely abandons discipline and prestige. Besides, although Zha Zhilong has minor faults, he is not a major villain... Wouldn't it be a rebellious general who will become fierce if he is treated like this? Scholars all over the world, are you cold-hearted towards the emperor? I invite the emperor to issue an imperial decree to demote Zhang Jiayin to the people and never use it again. The case of Zhang Zhixue and Zha Zhilong will be handed over to the Tribunal for trial..."

This memorial was stamped with the seal of the cabinet, and it was obviously an official document submitted by Gao Gong.After reading the scriptures, Zhang Juzheng's displeasure is needless to say: since it is a public document, Zhang Juzheng has the right to know.What's more, this document is related to the Ministry of War. According to common sense, he, the second assistant in charge of the Ministry of War, should be the one who drafted this document, but now the document has been sent to the Ouchi, but he doesn't know it.It can be seen that in Gao Gong's eyes, his second assistant has already become a deaf ear - a display.

"Has the emperor read these three copies?" Zhang Juzheng asked. "No." When Zhang Juzheng was reading the notebook, Feng Baobai was bored and stretched out ten fingers to practice fingering on the coffee table. When he heard the question, he put his hand away and replied, "The notebook was only given to the chief inspector this morning. I was on duty, remembering your instructions, so I didn't let anyone read it." Zhang Juzheng expressed his thanks, and then asked: "In my father-in-law's opinion, what will the emperor do when he sees these documents?"

Feng Bao thought for a while, but did not answer directly, but said in a detour: "That day, Lord Long Live came back from the cabinet, for some reason, he praised Gao Huzi a lot, but his attitude towards Mr. ,How is this going?" "That's because I offended the emperor." As Zhang Juzheng said, he narrated what happened in the cabinet that day.After hearing this, Feng Bao gritted his teeth and scolded: "Gao Gong, this old fox, knows how to act with the emperor's eyes." Zhang Juzheng was not as excited as Feng Bao, but his tone was full of disdain when he spoke: "In fact, Gao Gong also hated these monsters to the bone. After Emperor Jiajing passed away, the current emperor revoked the title of Tianshi Zhang from Longhu Mountain. Last year, Tianshi Zhang Going to Beijing for activities and wanting to restore his title, he found Gao Gong, but he flatly refused. This time he didn't really believe in some strange folk recipes of the demon way, but to please the Sacred Heart to gain favor. As the minister of the country, it should be 'If the Lord has made a mistake, he dares to dispute and remonstrate', if the meaning is presented, it will really make the world's scholars feel cold."

If Zhang Juzheng hadn't absolutely believed in Feng Bao, he would have never dared to say the words of "blaming Gao Gong and ridiculing the emperor", but Feng Bao kept silent after hearing this.There is another layer of secrets that Zhang Juzheng is not aware of. When Zhang Tianshi came to Beijing last year, he asked someone to find Feng Bao and give him 10,000 taels of silver, hoping that he would also help to speak in front of the emperor on the issue of restoring the title.Feng Bao fully agreed, and it was precisely because of Gao Gong's obstruction that this matter could not be done.Now that Zhang Juzheng brought up the old matter again, Feng Bao felt a little embarrassed in his heart, and after a little silence, he changed the topic:

"Mr. just asked the emperor's attitude towards Zhang Jiayin. I think nine out of ten it is still the old rule. Send back the cabinet proposal." Zhang Juzheng smiled wryly, "What is the return of the ticket, Elder Gao Ge's attitude has been stated in the brochure." "That's right, the black gauze hat on Zhang Jiayin's head won't be worn for a few days," Feng Bao said with a sigh, "Long Live Lord has never rejected Gao Gong's proposal in the past two years." "Poor Zhang Jiayin, who lived his life with a clean reputation and acted impartially, but instead suffered such a fate of cutting his status."

Zhang Juzheng stood up as he spoke, and walked under the four-character plaque hanging on the front wall with the words "Strive for governance"—this is the handwriting of Emperor Jiajing.She cut her hands behind her back and stared for a long time without saying a word. Feng Bao understood Zhang Juzheng's painful mood at this time, and said in a sympathetic tone: "I heard that Zhang Jiayin is one of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River today. , but it is impossible for Gao Gong to be harmed. Mr. Zhang, what do we think we can do to rescue Zhang Jiayin?"

Zhang Juzheng turned around, sat back on the chair, looked at Gao Gong's memorial, and said slowly: "Save, there is no need." "Sir, why is this?" Feng Bao asked puzzled. "I guess Gao Gong is thinking that I will definitely be rescued by Zhezi. This will definitely cause the emperor's displeasure, so he can take the opportunity to ask for an order to push me out of the cabinet." Feng Bao felt that Zhang Juzheng's analysis was reasonable, but he still said worriedly: "I heard that Zhang Jiayin's handling in this way was originally instructed by his master to handle it with full power. Officer, do you have a place to chew your tongue?"

"This is exactly the insidiousness of Gao Gong," Zhang Juzheng shook his head helplessly, and sighed, "If you save it, you will offend the emperor. If you don't save it, you will offend your colleagues. Is there a superior policy that does not offend both?" Feng Bao thought for a while, and said: "It seems that Mister can only watch the fire from the other side, and leave the pawn to save the car." Zhang Juzheng smiled wryly, and said: "If I lose my rook and can save Zhang Jiayin's pawn, I will go all out. The problem is that they have designed a trap to make the rook and the pawn die together. !"

"As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about no firewood. As long as you can sit on the Diaoyutai, Zhang Jiayin, a pawn, will have a comeback day." Feng Wenwen comforted him. "I wish so," Zhang Juzheng took a long breath, and then asked, "How is your majesty's condition recently?" "There are good times and bad times," Feng Bao said with his face suddenly darkened, "This afternoon, Lord Long Live called Meng Chong into the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, and talked behind closed doors for more than an hour, but he didn't know what to say? " "Could it be related to that demon?" Zhang Juzheng asked. "I don't know." "What's the name of that monster?" "Wang Jiusi, who calls himself Kongtong Taoist." "So he came down from Mount Kongtong? I thought he was one of Zhang Tianshi's subordinates." "This person has nothing to do with Zhang Tianshi." Feng Bao took the opportunity to defend Zhang Tianshi, "Mr. Zhang doesn't know something, Zhang Tianshi is still a decent person, and restrains a group of real Taoist priests under him, not to engage in these crooked spells." Zhang Juzheng was noncommittal, his train of thought was still on that Yaodao, and he said: "It's not easy to find two hundred boys and girls in the capital within three to five days. I heard that there are children in the capital who heard the news and sent the children to the countryside to hide." Zhang Juzheng's tone was full of disgust, and his face was also full of anger. Feng Bao stared at him, and said secretly: "What kind of yin and yang pill are all lies, and this is Meng Chong's bad idea. Every night, I have to make it A pair of boys and girls sleep with Long Live God." "The emperor really wants to die?" "I can't see it anymore," Feng Bao said meaningfully, and then said in a low tone, "Mr. Zhang, let's get through it." When Zhang Juzheng's sedan chair with green wool brocade curtains was lifted out of the east corner gate, the sun was already westward, and the tile-blue sky provoked by the flying horns and double eaves of the gate tower had already raised large fire clouds.The weather in the past few days has been scorching hot, and the city of Beijing, which has just passed the mid-spring season, seems to have entered the scorching summer all of a sudden.Some shops on the street began to sell large bowls of cold tea, and summer items such as cattail leaf mats, summer cloth, sweaters, and back coats also became popular immediately.Zhang Juzheng, who was sitting in the sedan chair, felt stuffy and hot, but he didn't bother to lift the yellow satin curtain on the sedan window to breathe.He is still upset about Zhang Jiayin's matter.After saying goodbye to Feng Bao and coming out of Gongmo's room, he went back to the cabinet and wrote a letter to Zhang Jiayin, informing him of what might happen so that he could make early preparations.He was also concerned about the affairs of Qingyuan.After Li Yihe returned to Changsha from Qingyuan, he sent him a letter, saying that Yin Zhengmao seemed to be "stepping on both sides of the boat", but he did not agree with this statement.Although Yin Zhengmao has always been a tricky person, he also pays attention to friendship. He clearly distinguishes between monarchs, ministers, and friends, and he is not the kind of person who sells himself to seek refuge.He wondered why Yin Zhengmao refused to speak the truth to Li Yihe. Firstly, he was worried that Li Yihe's words were not strict, and secondly, he didn't know much about the situation in the capital, so he refused to act rashly.Yesterday, the Ministry of Officials sent back the cabinet's proposal to the emperor to promote Yin Zhengmao to the title of censor of the right capital, and he was promoted to a higher rank before he saw any merit. This is against the law of the court.Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that Gao Gong wants to use this to win over people's hearts and take Yin Zhengmao away from Zhang Juzheng's camp.In all fairness, Zhang Juzheng wanted to stop this.But it's wrong to think about it, Gao Gong insists on going his own way, and the holy family is upright, he can't stop it even if he wants to, and he will offend his friends in vain.Things have come to this point, and they can only let it go.However, he believed that with Yin Zhengmao's shrewdness, he would not fail to see Gao Gong's "playing hard to get" trick... Thinking about this all the way, Zhang Juzheng suddenly felt that the sedan chair stopped and could not move. "Li Ke, what's the matter?" Zhang Juzheng put away the lacquered folding fan that was shaking slowly in his hand, opened the door curtain of the sedan chair and asked the guard in front of the sedan chair - a black-booted schoolboy in orange soft armor.Li Ke didn't need to answer, Zhang Juzheng had already seen thousands of people gathering in front of the sedan chair, blocking the way with noise and clamor.This is at the entrance of Ertiao Hutong at the south end of Wangfujing Street, only a few steps away from Shamao Hutong, Zhang Juzheng's mansion. "My lord, I don't know what happened to the little ones, so I'll go and disperse them." After Li Ke finished speaking, before he had time to move, he saw the crowd rushing toward the sedan chair like a tide.Li Ke was so intimidated that he gave an order, and dozens of guards in brocade clothes drew their knives together and surrounded the big sedan chair.Zhang Juzheng took a closer look, and saw that all the people around him were short-clothed and brown common people, men, women, old and young, all with sad faces.An old man in front of him, supported by two young people, stumbled, and was about to pass through the guard of honor and come rushing to the sedan chair. Li Ke was afraid of accidents, so he raised his knife and was about to stop him. "Li Ke, don't mess around!" Zhang Juzheng shouted sharply, Li Ke stopped his footsteps, and all the guards also opened a passage and let the three of them in. As they approached the sedan chair door, the three of them knelt down together, and the old man at the head burst into tears and said: "I ask Grand Master Zhang to avenge Xiaomin." The old man was about sixty years old, and he was wearing a semi-new blue-label sermon robe that was covered with mud stains, and a pair of yellow grass heelless sandals on his feet was also lost. The situation was extremely serious. Embarrassed.Zhang Juzheng looked at the old man's kind face, and asked: "What grievances did the old man have, can you expose it?" The old man replied: "Xiaomin didn't reveal the post, my son was beaten to death by the government on the road." "Oh?" Startled, Zhang Juzheng got out of the sedan chair, looked in the direction the old man pointed, and saw that the crowd had dispersed to both sides, and there was a figure lying on the ground tens of feet away. The old man told the whole story with tears and snot. The old man's name is Fang Lide, he lives at the entrance of East Er Hutong, and his family runs a grocery store.Opening a shop in the front and living at home in the back, living a prosperous life.The old man Fang's son is Fang Dalin, who helps manage the store and is responsible for all purchases.This Fang Dalin gave birth to a daughter named Yunzhi, she was born delicately, like a lotus.Fang Dalin, a family in the alley, gave birth to such a good daughter. Some were envious, some were jealous, saying that "a golden phoenix flew out of the chicken coop".The Fang family also regards Yunzhi as the jewel in their palm, holding it in their mouths for fear of melting, and holding it in their hands for fear of flying away.But people are not as good as heaven, and a few days ago, there was a sudden wind from the Forbidden City, saying that the current emperor issued a decree to choose a palace lady again.Hope their children will become dragons, hope their daughters enter the palace - for thousands of years, parents all over the world have hoped that their children will have these two colorful futures.However, the common people at the foot of the emperor on the ground of the capital think differently.After raising a son, I hope that he will study, become an official, become a general, and become a prime minister. This has not changed.But for the daughter she gave birth to, few parents were willing to send her to the palace.There are tens of thousands of court ladies in such a huge Forbidden City, and the lucky ones are only very few. The fate of most of the court ladies is very miserable.Once a girl with blue hair and bright face like a flower enters the deep courtyard of the palace with red walls and green tiles, she will never be able to find family love forever.Therefore, when they heard that there was a decree to choose a palace lady, all the people in the capital who raised daughters panicked.This year's purpose is special, only one hundred twelve-year-old girls will be selected, and one hundred twelve-year-old boys will be matched.What kind of charter is this?When people were puzzled, they asked around and finally got the exact news.It turned out that these two hundred boys and girls were going to be used to prepare the emperor with Yin and Yang supplements.A 12-year-old boy's urine is just a sip, but the 12-year-old girl's menstruation is not what she wants to have.I heard that the demon named Wang Jiusi first used some kind of spell to confuse the girl, and she had menarche within a day.It was spread so miraculously that the people who raised their daughters were terrified when they heard it. When Yunzhi's grandfather Fang Zhengde and father Fang Dalin heard the news, they even twisted the hemp rope in a panic—because Yunzhi happened to be twelve years old this year.After the father and son discussed it, they disguised Yunzhi as a man, and Fang Dalin sent her to a relative's house in the countryside overnight to hide.Fortunately, she left in time, early the next morning, an official from Shuntian Mansion came to Ertiao Alley, and pasted a blank piece of paper at the door of Fang's house with Shuntian Mansion's customs defense. At first, Fang's family didn't know what it was It means that when you arrive, you will know that if there is a twelve-year-old girl in the family, a white paper will be pasted on the door, and if there is a twelve-year-old boy in the family, a red paper will be posted on the door.After breakfast, there will be a team of three Yamen Zaoli to pick up people at home according to the note. However, it was said that the three Zaoli came to Fang Dalin's house in vain, the women in the family hid in the back room, and only the old man Fang entertained in the front hall. Zaoli flipped through the books he brought with him, and asked, "You are Fang Zhengde?" "Yes." The old man Fang smiled and nodded in agreement. "You have a granddaughter named Yunzhi?" "There is one." "Where are people?" "gone." "Gone?" Zaoli asked, pulling the muscles on his face, "Where did you go?" "Return to the messenger, my granddaughter is married." The old man Fang bowed and bowed, and told the lie he had agreed on last night, but because he told a lie, his expression on his face was extremely unnatural, and he seemed to have a rabbit in his arms. Zaoli chuckled, turned around and said to his two companions: "Listen, his twelve-year-old granddaughter is married!" Then he glared at old man Fang and shouted, "Who did you marry? Did you marry Feng or If you are married to Yu, please tell me clearly." "To be honest, my granddaughter was engaged when she was eight years old. After the Spring Festival this year, her husband's family took her over." "Married?" "It's over." "Where have you been?" "Master, it's far away! What's the name of that place?" Old man Fang pretended not to remember, slapped his forehead and said, "Ah, yes, Kaifeng Mansion." Zaoli remained silent, took a sip of the Gaiwan tea that Old Man Fang held in both hands, and asked, "Do you know why we came here?" "Master Hui, the little old man doesn't know." "No wonder you push back and forth, but you don't know that the three of us are here to send you a big happy event?" "Don't lie to me little old man, we are a small family, how can there be any happy event sent from the public gate." "Who lied to you?" Zaoli said with a smirk all over his face, "Old man Fang, you have raised a good granddaughter, and Long Live Lord has taken a fancy to it. We were ordered to come here and bring her into the palace." "Enter the palace?" The old man Fang pointed in the direction of the Forbidden City, "Master, are you saying that the emperor has taken a fancy to my granddaughter Yunzhi?" "That's right, old man Fang, anyway, we have to have a wedding feast." The Zaolis started booing, and the old man Fang shook his head and said with a sad face, "Why didn't you say such a good thing last year? It's too late now. My granddaughter Yunzhi is married." It was only then that the slaves realized that old man Fang was a piece of brown candy, and the first general questioned, "Is your granddaughter really married?" "I got married and went to Kaifeng Mansion." "Damn it, it was opened at the age of twelve, which is too early," Zaoli salivated, and said glibly, "So, you don't have to eat the wedding wine?" "I only blame my granddaughter for not being so lucky, but I can't let the poor man report the happiness in vain. For this filial piety, you can use it to have a glass of water and wine." After the old man Fang finished speaking, he slapped the two taels of silver that had been prepared in Zaoli's hands.Seeing that there are too few Zao Li, and seeing that this small grocery store can't squeeze out too much oil and water, I have no choice but to accept it with a stubborn face, pat my buttocks and leave. After Zaoli left, old man Fang's hanging heart finally settled down, and the whole family was extremely happy, thankful that they only spent two taels of silver to get over the difficulty easily. Unexpectedly, the next morning, the three Zaolis turned back again. As soon as he stepped into the threshold, the leader shouted: "Old man Fang, how dare you fool the public, die!" The old man Fang hurriedly invited these servants to sit down in the main room, and said cautiously: "My good servants, even if I eat ten leopard galls, I won't dare to fool you." Zaoli sneered: "Hmph, I'm still playing tricks. Someone saw with their own eyes the night before yesterday that your son Fang Dalin led Yun Zhinv out of the city disguised as a man." The old man Fang's heart sank, and he cursed secretly: "Which bastard told the secret, he has boils on his mouth." In order to deal with it, he could only search his stomach and make up the lie, "Poor man, what you said is not wrong. Fake, some time ago, Yunzhi went back to stay for a few days, but the day before you came, she went back to her husband's house again." "Don't put green onions on your mother's pig's nose, pretend to be fake, when did this alleyman see your family having a wedding?" "This..." Old man Fang was at a loss for words. "This, this, this dick," Zaoli cursed rudely, and then pressed, "Where is your son Fang Dalin?" "Send Yunzhi hasn't come back yet." "Then we'll just sit here and wait." The three Zaoli didn't talk to each other anymore, they raised their legs one by one.The old man Fang was left on the sidelines. Although he was upset, he had to force a smile and hurriedly offered tea and snacks.Seeing that the slaves had no intention of leaving when it was lunch time, old man Fang had no choice but to bite the bullet and go up to strike up a conversation: "Master, why don't you give me a favor and have a light meal at the little old man's house at noon." Zaoli squinted his eyes, snorted, and said, "Your throat is dry after chewing, and you want to eat bird's nest to nourish you. Do you have it at home?" The old man Fang smiled and said: "Men really know how to tell jokes. My old man Fang has lived to this age, and he has never seen what a bird's nest is." "Then, shark fin is also fine." "This, this one doesn't exist either." "Neither this, nor that, so what are you treating us to?" "Anyway, it's time to eat, so I'll deal with it anyway." "Even if we want to deal with it, we can't deal with it at your house. Exit the alley from here and turn left a hundred feet away, which is Jinghualou Restaurant. Let's go there and deal with it." Zaoli said lightly, the old man Fang knew that this was another scam, and thought that it would be a good thing to lose money to avoid disaster and send away the plague god, so he decided to go to the grocery store and used a wooden tray to hold out a few pennies.said: "Master, this is the meal money for the little old man's filial piety." Zaoli glanced at it and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why are they all made of copper?" The old man Fang swallowed his anger and replied: "I have a small business. One copper plate sells a grate, and two copper plates sells a sea bowl. Usually, I can't collect money." "Why are you crying poorly, our men are not beggars!" Zaoli roared, then sat quietly again without making a sound. The old man Fang had no choice but to go back to the grocery store, tremblingly took out a piece of silver from the cash drawer, handed it back to Zaoli, and said with tears in his eyes, "Master, this is the capital of my small shop, that's all it is." , you take it anyway." "Who doesn't know that you businessmen are doing somersaults in the money hole!" Zaoli snatched the silver resentfully, even put away the few slings of money on the wooden tray, and walked away. This time, Fang's family didn't dare to be happy anymore, but worried about another accident.That night when Fang Dalin came back from the countryside, he listened to his father describe what had happened at home in the past two days. He couldn't help complaining to the old man, and said angrily, "Why are you so careful? People in Gongmen will stretch out their hands to ask for money. , A dog that can’t get enough to feed. If I come back tomorrow, I’ll just ignore them and see what they do.” There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning was safe and sound.Just after Shenshi in the afternoon, old man Fang, who was sitting in the grocery store, suddenly saw a four-person official sedan chair brought in from the entrance of the alley. In the guard of honor, besides a pair of golden fans, there were also six big yellow umbrellas.Even the ministers of the Ministry have never had such a prominent scale.The old man Fang has lived at the foot of the emperor all his life. He doesn't need to inquire about it, even if he picks his ears, he is familiar with it.Look at the sedan horse in front of me, except that the official sedan is a little smaller, but the umbrellas used are like princes and lords, what's more special, the pair of golden fans lead the way in front of a pair of two-foot-long plain white silk-faced large watermelons The front of the lantern is embellished with four large characters in red velvet official script: "Imperial Order Alchemy". "Which road is this prince, why haven't I seen it before?" Fang old man was wondering, but saw that the official sedan chair stopped at his door.It was none other than Zaoli who came to the house twice to pick his nose and eyes. "Master Wang, please!" Following the word "please" from Zaoli, a bearded man in his forties came out from the sedan door.I saw that this person was wearing a black poplin Taoist robe, the cuffs were turned up, revealing a fine white Gebu lining, a pair of black square-toed cloth shoes with thousand-ply soles, and a black Zhongjing crown on his head. He was dressed in black from head to toe. Dressed up, even the fan waving in his hand has black bones, black handle and black fan surface, and the end is completely black.This person is Kongtong Taoist Wang Jiusi who was ordered to refine the "Yin Yang Great Tonic Pill" for Emperor Longqing. "This is the Fang family?" As soon as he got out of the sedan chair, Wang Jiusi asked in a tone of voice.Zaoli quickly replied: "Exactly." Wang Jiusi saw the old man Fang standing in the grocery store, and asked, "You are the head of the house?" The old man Fang was nervous for a while, but he opened his mouth but there was no sound. The Zaoli rushed to answer: "He is old man Fang, the shopkeeper of this grocery store, and Yunzhi is his granddaughter." Wang Jiusi nodded, leaning against the counter and said, "Master Fang, listen to them, you hid your granddaughter." "Back..." The old man Fang didn't know how to address Wang Jiusi. "This is Daoist Wang who was appointed by the emperor." Zaoli introduced. "Ah, Master Wang," the old man Fang said cautiously with a long bow, "I have already told this servant that my granddaughter Yunzhi is married." "Did you get married to Kaifeng?" Wang Jiusi's voice suddenly turned cold, two big pimples rose between his brows, and he scolded, "You old man has never been out of the capital in your life, how can you bring your marriage to Kaifeng? You can't even make up lies , tell the truth, where did you hide your granddaughter?" Wang Jiusi has become a well-known figure since the recruitment of boys and girls from the turmoil in the capital.Those families in the capital who raised boys and girls cursed him countless times every day.In fact, this Wang Jiusi is not really a Kongtong Taoist, but a bastard on the ground in Longxi. When he was young, he had studied Taoism for two years in a Taoist temple in his hometown. The woman was kicked out by her master, and she has been living in the rivers and lakes since then, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.He also spent a few years in this capital city, and finally became a sneaky and low-level person.It wasn't until last year that he made friends with the great eunuch Meng Chong, and then the timing turned around, and he became a prominent figure who rode horses in front of the gate of the Ministry and rode public opinion in the Forbidden City.This time Emperor Longqing fell ill and believed him to be eloquent, so he wanted to recruit two hundred boys and girls to refine the "Yin Yang Great Tonic Pill".He originally thought that it would not be difficult to recruit two hundred boys and girls in such a big capital under the imperial decree, but he thought it was too simple.As soon as they heard the news, every family hid their children, and a group of sap slaves worked like headless chickens for several days before they found twenty or so.The emperor urged him so hard that Wang Jiusi became impatient and decided to go out in person. He ingeniously made a pair of big lanterns "imperially ordered to make alchemy", put them in front of the guard of honor and swaggered through the market, driving horses and mules to Fang's house . Although the old man Fang saw the honor guards of dignitaries and dignitaries every day, he had never interacted with them. Now Wang Jiusi rested the big sedan chair in front of his house and aggressively accused him of lying.The old man Fang suddenly panicked, and at this moment, Fang Dalin rushed out from the back room in three steps at a time. "What's the matter?" Fang Dalin asked Wang Jiusi with a glance. "Who are you?" Wang Jiusi asked back. "This is a dog..." The old man Fang introduced with an apologetic smile, Fang Dalin took the lead, and replied stiffly: "My name is Fang Dalin." "Fang Dalin... Well, you are Fang Dalin." Wang Jiusi asked the Zaoli beside him, "What is his daughter's name?" "Cloud branch." "Fang Dalin, where did you hide your daughter?" "Sent back to Kaifeng Mansion." "Damn, both of your father and son are dead ducks, so be careful not to make him angry." Wang Jiusi smiled grimly, put away the fan in his hand and pointed at the lantern, "Do you know the characters on it?" Fang Dalin glanced at it and replied, "Yes." "Just recognize it," Wang Jiusi scissored his hands back, pacing and playing with a paper fan and said, "Imperial order to make alchemy, you are a commoner in the capital, so you naturally know what imperial order is. Call your daughter Yunzhi, This is the imperial order, if you hide your daughter, this is disobedience to the imperial order. Do you know how big a crime it is to disobey the emperor's order?" When Wang Jiusi put on a show and spoke, there were already a lot of passers-by in the neighborhood, blocking the entrance of an alley.Fang Dalin saw that there were so many people watching the excitement, and he didn't want to pretend to be a coward to be looked down upon, so he replied in a high voice: "Returning to Dazheng Wang, the villain knows that disobeying the king's order can kill his head. But the villain did not disobey the king's order." "You hid your daughter, didn't you disobey the king's order?" "It is true that the emperor issued a decree to recruit boys and girls, but in the decree, it did not specify that my family, Yunzhi, should be recruited." "You," Fang Dalin's sophistry, made Wang Jiusi speechless for a while, and suddenly became angry from embarrassment, and cursed bitterly, "You tricky little man, if you don't show you how powerful you are, you won't believe that the neck The tofu knife is iron, come here!" "exist!" All the Zaolis paused the water and fire sticks in their hands together, and agreed with the mountain ringing. "Lock this kid." "yes!" Immediately, several Zaoli stepped forward and twisted Fang Dalin, holding the wooden shackle, they were about to put it on Fang Dalin's head. "Why do you take me?" Fang Dalin twisted his body to resist. Wang Jiusi stepped forward, pressed the handle of his fan against Fang Dalin's throat, and said viciously, "I specialize in punishing a stubborn donkey like you. Once you enter the prison and stand in a wooden cage, you will be honest and take it away!" Seeing Wang Jiusi's schadenfreude, Fang Dalin was so angry that he couldn't care less about the danger, so he spit a bubble of phlegm on Wang Jiusi's face with a "Pooh". It was a catastrophe. "hit!" Wang Jiusi took the bag from Zaoli and wiped away the phlegm, and shouted angrily, seeing that all the Zaoli had raised their sticks and beat their heads and faces to Fang Dalin.Fang Dalin was knocked over and rolled on the ground, with blood all over his head and face. "Hit, hit to death!" Wang Jiusi was still shouting wildly.At that time, Fang Dalin dodged the stick and had rolled out of the alley and lay down on Wangfujing Street. The Zaolis followed Wang Jiusi's order and still did not let him go. They chased and beat him all the way. kill. Seeing that a living person was beaten to death, the crowd of onlookers did not agree.They surrounded Wang Jiusi who was about to board the sedan chair and leave.At the moment when the two sides were at a stalemate, Zhang Juzheng's big sedan chair was carried over. After hearing old man Fang's cry, Zhang Juzheng felt that the situation was serious.I thought in my heart: "Two days ago, I was reprimanded by the emperor for this monster thing. If I take care of this matter now, I will either excuse Wang Jiusi, or I will lose the hearts of the people and be scolded by scholars all over the world. Or Just make a fair decision and severely punish Wang Jiusi for his illegal behavior of ignoring human life. This will set him on fire again, and if he offends the emperor, his already precarious position as a secondary assistant will be even more difficult to protect." At a time when he was in a dilemma, he happened to be patrolling the city censor Wang Zhuan rushed over after hearing the news. He was originally Zhang Juzheng's secret agent, and he had a close relationship with Zhang Juzheng on weekdays, and was trusted by Zhang Juzheng as his confidant. Wang Zhuan knew about Zhang Juzheng's difficulties, so he took care of everything when he came, and said, "Sir, please board the sedan chair and go home, and leave the matter here to the students." "fair enough." Zhang Juzheng nodded in agreement, turned around and was about to board the sedan chair. Seeing this, the old man took a step on his knees, hugged Zhang Juzheng's legs, and cried sadly: "Master Zhang, you can't go, this Wang Dazhen keeps saying yes." He came here by imperial order, I'm afraid Xuncheng Censor can't control him!" Following the old man Fang's cry, the citizens who gradually surrounded him also knelt down together, knocking on the ground and shouting: "Master Zhang, please make the decision." Facing the wailing voices of men, women, old and children, Zhang Juzheng could no longer care about his personal safety, so he could only sigh and walked to the entrance of the alley together with Wang Zhuan. At this time, Wang Jiusi and his party were still blocked in front of Fang's grocery store by the crowd of onlookers. Although Wang Jiusi relied on the support of the emperor, he didn't care if he killed someone.But seeing more and more onlookers, and the anger of the crowd, which seems to be on the verge of breaking out, I still feel unavoidably frightened.At this time, amidst the commotion, Wang Jiusi felt like a savior when he learned that Zhang Juzheng was coming.Although he has never dealt with Zhang Juzheng, but according to the principle of "fish helps water, water helps fish", he believes that Zhang Juzheng will try to rescue him from the predicament. "Old Zhang Ge, look, these troublemakers are about to rebel!" Seeing Zhang Juzheng in first-rank official uniform walking into the crowd, Wang Jiusi raised his voice and howled. Zhang Juzheng looked at Wang Jiusi who was dressed in black, and asked angrily, "Who are you?" When Wang Jiusi heard the bad tone, his heart sank, and he replied: "I am Wang Jiusi, the real person appointed by Emperor Longqing." "You are Wang Jiusi?" Zhang Juzheng glanced over like lightning, as if to see through Wang Jiusi's internal organs, then pointed at Fang Dalin who was lying on the road, and asked, "Did you beat this person to death?" "He resisted orders." "What order?" Pointing to the lantern in the attendant's hand, Wang Jiusi said arrogantly: "I was ordered by the imperial court to practice alchemy and recruit boys and girls. This Fang Dalin disobeyed the emperor's order and hid his daughter. This real person came to beg people in person today. He not only knows his mistakes and repents , but humiliated the official, so he was beaten to death with random sticks, and he deserved to die." "What an imperial order to concoct alchemy." Zhang Juzheng glanced at the two lanterns in disgust, and said solemnly, "You were ordered to concoct alchemy, so did you also follow the imperial order to kill people?" "This is his own fault." "The current emperor loves the people like a son. Every year on the Buddha Bathing Festival and the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva, he would go to the emperor's temple to burn incense and pray for the people. You monster, how dare you use alchemy to kill people in the street? If the emperor I know, and I will never forgive you!" As soon as Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, the crowd erupted into cheers immediately, and someone shouted: "Mr. Zhang Ge is right! Kill people for their lives, kill this monster." Wang Jiusi thought that a savior had come, but who knew it was a loser.Immediately, he stretched out his pimple-filled bitter gourd face, and began to compete with Zhang Juzheng.He only heard him sneer and said angrily: "Mr. Zhang Ge, it seems that you intend to make things difficult for me, Mr. Wang. Don't forget that you were in the cabinet the day before yesterday. You were scolded by the Long Live Lord for opposing alchemy." When the onlookers heard this, they all cast their eyes on the elegant and calm Zhang Juzheng. There were surprises, doubts, resentment, and fear in many eyes.The images of Gao Gong, Meng Chong and the emperor quickly flashed through Zhang Juzheng's mind, he couldn't help the blood rushed to his head, his chest was full of anger, he endured it before speaking, it was like a cold sword stabbing people: "It's not easy for a father and a minister to be a prince through the ages. If a minister does something wrong or says something wrong, the emperor corrects him in time with the wisdom of sage wisdom. This is the rule of the court. Why should you laugh at it? But you are a monster, neither an official nor a noble, How dare you use two golden fans and six yellow umbrellas to open the way when you go out, and the guard of honor surpasses that of a first-rank official in the imperial court. Don’t say that you killed someone, just this one crime of trespass can make your head move, Mr. Wang!” "exist!" Wang Zhuan agreed loudly, and stood up from behind Zhang Juzheng.Zhang Juzheng pointed at Wang Jiusi and gave him an order: "Take down this demon way!" "How dare you!" Wang Jiusi took a step away and shouted, "All Zaoli, fuck you, anyone who dares to do it will be shot to death!" Dozens of Zaolis raised water and fire sticks to surround Wang Jiusi, and a group of guards brought by Wang Zhuan also drew their swords.The two sides were at war with each other, and it seemed that a fight was inevitable. "Get out of the way!" Zhang Juzheng yelled angrily, stepped forward slowly, stretched out his hand to push the water and fire stick of a Zaoli, and asked, "Which yamen do you work in?" "Return to the adults, the younger one is working in Shuntian Mansion." “啊。”张居正点点头，说道，“顺天府三品衙门也不算小，你也算见过世面，你认得我身上的官服么？” “小的认得，是一品仙鹤官服。” “那你再回头看看，你身后这位王真人穿的几品官服。” 皂隶扭过头看看，回身答道：“回大人，王真人穿的不是官服。” “既然他没有官袍加身，你们为何还要听他的，反而还要违抗我这一品大臣的命令，嗯？” 张居正这一问声色俱厉，众皂隶顿时杀气泄尽，纷纷把举着的水火棍放下。 "superior!" 王篆一挥手，持刀侍卫早已一拥而上，把王九思五花大绑。