Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

The rain was heavy.

Dark clouds gather.

The Forbidden City seemed to be in darkness, and the atmosphere seemed particularly depressing.

At that time, countless people were busy outside the Meridian Gate under the rain.

"beat!!"

As a shout rang out, dozens of young eunuchs were seen holding wooden staffs high, all with cold expressions, and they smashed them down hard on the eunuchs restrained in front of them.

"what!!"

"Spare my life!"

The severe pain struck, making the gang of thieves look ferocious and struggled hard. However, they were tightly controlled by the eunuchs on the left and right and could not break free at all.

Heart-rending screams echoed through the Meridian Gate.

"beat!!!"

The scenes that happened outside the Meridian Gate showed the various guards on duty with complicated expressions, and many of them felt fear in their hearts.

This was beaten to death with a stick!

After being on duty in the Forbidden City for a long time, some secrets are no longer secrets. When using the imperial staff at the Meridian Gate, whether you want to die or live depends on the method of the torturer.

The imperial staff is unique to the Ming Dynasty.

Literary men die in admonishment, and military men die in battles.

For the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, many people like to play this trick. As long as they receive the cane at the Meridian Gate and are not beaten to death, they will make a lot of money.

Not only can you gain fame, but you can even advance your career further.

Going against the emperor is what many civil servants love to do.

With good luck, you will gain fame and fortune.

Unlucky to earn a posthumous reputation.

This is exactly the case. When there is a dispute between imperial power and ministerial power, every time something happens with the imperial staff, it must be the time when the emperor is criticized the most harshly. This is the power of the pen!

"Mr. Factory, what should we do next?"

Under the heavy rain, the eunuch Li Yongzhen held an umbrella, frowned and said to Wei Zhongxian, who looked solemn, "Your Majesty, this time..."

"Don't ask our family."

Wei Zhongxian said in an indifferent tone: "If the emperor's anger does not come out, no one will be able to think about it. Now our family doesn't know what to do. The inner court is going to undergo a complete change. This is an established fact. Since the emperor has been fortunate to Xiyuan Things get complicated when you fall into the water.”

"Then who do you think would be so bold?"

Li Yongzhen's eyes rolled slightly, and there was a hint of temptation in his words, "If you say something unpleasant, you can bypass all the guards and run to Qionghua Island. Without anyone noticing, you can attack the self-thorn ship built by the emperor." It’s not something ordinary people can do if they have lost their hands and feet.”

"What do you mean?"

Wei Zhongxian turned sideways and looked at Li Yongzhen with a frown, "Are you talking about internal and external collusion?"

"Besides this possibility, our family can't think of anything else."

Li Yongzhen said with firm eyes: "Who is hiding in the inner court needs to be investigated carefully, but those who are interested outside, I'm afraid..."

"Donglin Party?"

Wei Zhongxian's face changed slightly and he looked at Li Yongzhen in disbelief, "This is unlikely, all the leaders of the Donglin Party have been driven out of the capital by our family. Even if they really want to do such a thing, they are powerless. "

"But the Donglin Party has not been driven out."

Li Yongzhen continued: "Mr. Factory, please think about it, why did the late Emperor Yuji pass away so well when he ascended the throne? Some truths were found in the Hongwan and Yi Gong cases, but they were eventually stopped by the Emperor. , I'm just afraid...there are some things that are not convenient to be made public to the world."

"enough."

After hearing what Li Yongzhen said, Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and interrupted: "That's it for now. How to investigate this case? Everything depends on the emperor's will. As for anything else, don't act rashly."

"Besides, Zhenghua and the others are investigating right now. Our family asked you to come out because we want you to help our family analyze the situation. After returning to the palace to handle business, you will stay with our family."

"Here."

Li Yongzhen nodded in response, but regrets arose in her heart. She originally wanted to take this opportunity to leave Qianqing Palace and explain some things, but now it seems that it is unrealistic.

Such major events occurred in the inner court, and situations occurred one after another. Even Wei Zhongxian felt at a loss. There were too many and complicated things.

The stick attack at the Meridian Gate lasted for more than half an hour. The group of thieves arrested by Fang Zhenghua and his party were all killed by the stick at the Meridian Gate without exception. Their deaths were extremely tragic. The first fire was already burning.

What happened at the Meridian Gate was soon known to the officials of Liuke Zhifang, Shangbaosi, Zhongshuke and other departments near the Meridian Gate, and it quickly spread to the officials in the outer court, causing different opinions.

This made the civil servants in Beijing speculate, but they did not dare to act rashly.

Originally, the emperor was lucky enough to fall into the water in Xiyuan and was assassinated. This was a shocking thing. During this period, situations frequently occurred. Such a turbulent situation meant that for the civil servants in Beijing, even if they wanted to move, they had to wait for the situation to prevail. Just a little bit of clarity.

Otherwise, under the thundering wrath of the Emperor, the end may not be much better.

Before I knew it, it was getting dark.

The rain is still falling.

……

Royal horse supervisor.

"I would like to advise you, there is no use in being stubborn. Just explain what you need to explain."

Fang Zhenghua, who was sitting on the official hat chair, glanced at the people kneeling in front of him, "My family was on duty in the Royal Horse Prison before. We all know the twists and turns here. As long as you are willing to explain, we can sneak out of the palace." Whatever you have done, our family will ensure that you will suffer less."

"Fang Zhenghua, you are just taking personal revenge from the official!"

A eunuch who was bound by a rope struggled hard, glared at Fang Zhenghua and shouted: "We will go to the imperial court to sue you, our family will go to Wei Qiansui to sue you..."

"Slap the mouth!!"

Fang Zhenghua glanced at the man and said calmly.

"Here!"

Li Fengxiang, who was standing nearby, responded, then quickly stepped forward, grabbed the man's neck, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and slapped the eunuch hard.

The emperor gave them three days to find out which of the entire inner court had connections with outside the palace. If they couldn't do it well, I'm afraid they would really have no good harvest.

"You don't know yet, right?"

As Li Fengxiang slapped him, Fang Zhenghua lifted up his robe sleeves, stood up and walked forward, saying in a calm tone: "A group of people were killed with a stick at the Meridian Gate. Well, they were arrested by our family, and Mr. Wei Chang himself." The governors, all of them are so audacious. They thought that if the emperor was assassinated in Xiyuan, there would be chaos in the inner court, so they thought of taking advantage of the chaos to steal the treasures of the inner court. Tsk, tsk, you don’t really think that you would recognize someone as your godfather. , can I protect you?"

Fang Zhenghua spoke slowly, but many of the eunuchs kneeling on the ground were sweating on their foreheads and their heartbeats were racing, and all the scenes were reflected in Fang Zhenghua's eyes.

"If anyone wants to die, then our family will help him!!"

Under such a situation, Fang Zhenghua changed the topic and said with a cold expression: "Even if the emperor is lucky enough to be assassinated in Xiyuan, even if the inner court is completely dead, no one will say anything else. Whether our family is dead or not is another matter." He said, but you, our family can guarantee that you will definitely die in front of our family, and our family will make your life worse than death!!"

Faced with such a tough aura, some timid eunuchs couldn't hold it back. The smell of urine began to fill the main hall, which made Fang Zhenghua frown slightly.

However, Fang Zhenghua knew better that a breakthrough had been opened. As long as he could find some people, he would pull out the carrots and bring out the mud to find more people.

The order he received was to find out how many people in the inner court had connections outside the palace. As long as he could handle this task well, he would be able to gain the trust and reliance of the emperor, and then his position in the inner court would be stable...