Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Naturally, the civil service group cannot allow Wang Zuo and others to be interrogated - once Zhu Qizhen knows the truth, what's the point?

In the struggle between the emperor and his ministers, Zhu Qizhen, who had little power at that time.

They had no choice but to give in and let them go.

Here I will only talk about Yu Qian. As the first person to request food distribution, he was imprisoned for three months!

Even after he was released, Zhu Qizhen only agreed to demote him.

Directly from the rank of Minister, he was demoted to the rank of Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Then he was caught in Shanxi and thrown into prison.

Zhu Qizhen’s idea is simple:

The capital can't take action?

it is good!

I'll ask Jin Yiwei to go to the local area for interrogation!

However, Zhu Qizhen missed one point:

As mentioned before - Yu Qian distributed national grain in Henan and Shanxi... and won the hearts of the people!

He has a very good reputation locally.

In an instant, the news of Yu Qian's arrest spread throughout Henan and Shanxi.

People traveled thousands of miles to Shanxi Prison to plead for mercy.

Seeing more and more people gathering together, Zhu Qizhen couldn't hold on any longer.

He can't cause a civil uprising because of this!

Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to let him go again and reinstated him as governor of the two provinces.

However, the minister was gone, and he only had the title of Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

(Yu Qian’s position was not added back until the 13th year of Zhengtong.)

After eight years of orthodoxy, Zhu Qizhen took action again!

Guo Jing, the official minister, was dismissed from his post.

Ting Tui was replaced by Wang Zhi, but he was still imprisoned...

However, unfortunately, the Wenchen Group had too much power, and in the end Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to release the people again.

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Two attempts in succession failed.

However, Zhu Qizhen did not back down. Since the central court could not take action, then he would start from the local level!

In the tenth year of orthodoxy, Zhu Qizhen made a U-turn and began to inspect the granary.

This check...

Wherever they are found, fires begin!

Ten years: Habayashi vanguard, loyal defender, granary on fire.

11 years: Kyoto, Taicang, Daning Zhongwei, Pengchengwei, Nanjing Xincang, granaries caught fire.

12 years: The Jinlingwei granary caught fire.

13: A fire broke out in the Zhongyi Vanguard Granary...

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This is a common practice. Throughout the dynasties, as long as the granary is inspected, there will be no fire!

Literary Group:

You idiot, you still want to check the benefits that I worked so hard to get?

If you check one, I will burn one!

Let you check everything!

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The brothers put themselves into the role of Zhu Qizhen and think about it carefully——

You are invincible in battles in the north and south, and even Mongolia has been defeated.

Focusing on internal affairs, I ran into obstacles everywhere. Every time I found some clues, the chain of evidence was immediately broken.

Will you give up, or continue to delve deeper?

I guess——Zhu Qizhen will definitely continue to investigate...

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I talked about food issues, external issues, internal issues, and the struggle between gentry and imperial power earlier.

Let’s talk about the truth behind Zhu Qizhen’s capture!

Orthodox year 14, April.

Just over three months before the Tumu Fort Incident.

Deng Maoqi, one of the leaders of the Fujian rebellion, and Si Jifa, the leader of the Luchuan rebellion, were captured by the army.

You think, with Jin Yiwei's method - did you pry open their mouths?

Did Zhu Qizhen know something that he shouldn't know?

Will he take action again?

In such a situation, what should a certain group of people do?

really!

May.

Zhu Qizhen personally ordered the Jinyi Guards, led by Dongchang, to arrest Liu Hua, the former Fujian patrol censor.

Liu Hua, who had been transferred to Shandong Province as deputy envoy, immediately committed suicide by taking poison.

The speed is so fast that not even Jin Yiti's cavalry can run away...

Zhu Qizhen was furious and ordered Liu Hua's house to be ransacked. The men guarded the border and the women were put into the Huanyi Bureau.

The thread is broken again.

At this time, a person was afraid.

He was Huang Ying, the censor of Zhejiang Province at that time.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" in Volume 160, left these words - "For fear of offending, I will use Bai Cheng to stop the troops."

What do you mean?

Fear of offending: fear of being guilty;

Gu: This is the secret of Shangshu;

Bai: confess;

Cheng: It’s a person;

Stop the troops: Something to tell soldiers to stop.

Who is this person named "Cheng"?

The current Fujian censor Wang Cheng!

In other words, Huang Ying, the censor of Zhejiang Province, was afraid that he would be implicated.

So he secretly reported that Wang Cheng had asked the local government not to resist the rebels!

He secretly reported the news he knew to Zhu Qizhen.

The evidence is available again!

The Jin Yiwei immediately dispatched, and this time, people from the military should also be involved.

Because at this time, Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao, who was the hero of Jingnan, was fighting the rebellion in Fujian.

Wang Cheng was caught before he could run away and even before he could commit suicide.

And Wang Cheng bit out another person - the previous Fujian censor Chai Wenxian.

Good guy, he has served as the censor of Fujian for three consecutive terms!

I am Nima!

Another case!

Zhu Qizhen mobilized the Jin Yiwei and immediately interrogated him. How did he deal with it?

"History of the Ming Dynasty" records this: "Then all the officials were sent down, and the prison was completed."

Arrest all the officials below!

"Jail is over" - Confession!

What did they confess?

Whatever was confessed, according to the inertia of the Jiangnan gang who compiled the "History of the Ming Dynasty", they would never be recorded!

But there is an ending.

Zhu Qizhen ordered Chai Wenxian to be punished with "the punishment of being punished by his family."

That is to say, I will be cut into pieces, my whole family will be killed, and the minors will be exiled!

Wang Cheng, on the other hand, was sentenced to have his waist cut off and abandon the city.

At the same time, Zhu Qizhen ordered Song Xin, the inspector's envoy Fang Ce... and so on, and all ten of them be executed!

In other words, this incident became Zhu Qizhen's breakthrough.

Killing more than a dozen high-ranking provincial officials at once, and either sentencing Lingchi to death, the entire Yi tribe, or all of them hacked to death...

One can imagine the scale of this case!

What kind of confession do you think this would be that could make Zhu Qizhen so aggressive?

Has Zhu Qizhen caught the tip of the iceberg?

With the temper of the young emperor, will he give up?

Good things come one after another!

The arrest of these people shocked the officialdom.

At this time, a Hunan official appeared.

Zhang Ji, a native of Anhua who serves as the governor of Zhejiang, becomes Wang Zha as soon as he takes action!

He designed to trap Chen Jianhu, the leader of the rebel bandits who had claimed to be king, with the founding name Taiping and the founding name Gongding.

Why did Zhang Ji take action?

Because the Jiangnan circle was very fixed and exclusive in the early Ming Dynasty—the core members were all from Southern Zhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi.

In the Hongwu, Jianwen, Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Zhengtong dynasties, most of the ministers who served as assistant cabinet ministers and ministers of the six ministries came from these places.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the number of important ministers from these places could challenge the entire country.

This place is now called the Yangtze River Delta.

An important place for foreign trade.

Haha - it was the same in the Ming Dynasty, the same in the Song Dynasty, and the same in the Yuan Dynasty.

Oh, so was the Qing Dynasty...so was Chiang Kai-shek...

These people suppress each other crazily externally and support each other internally.

During the Jianwen period, Zhu Yuanzhang's body was still cold, and civil servants immediately restored the recommendation system. (also called Jianwen New Deal)

For example, Fang Xiaoru, this guy recommended more than 800 people to become officials.

Recommendation is the kind that cannot even pass the examination.

Because in the early Ming Dynasty, when Juren was born and entered the central government, there should not be too many people in important positions!

After Zhu Di succeeded in the Jingnan incident, he purged these people, but was inexplicably blamed for "killing the ten tribes".

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