Ming Dynasty Strategy Notes [Transmigration Book]

He didn't tell Zhu Chun about Zhou Ting's matter the first day, but Xia Ziling couldn't help but feel a little worried the next day. He went to the Ministry of Industry to find Zhou Ting, but got the news that he was at home on leave because of Zhou Xing's matter.

Zhou Ting's time in the Ministry of Rites was very short, and although Zhou Xing and Zhou Xing were father and son, they fought on their own and didn't have much contact with each other.It is unreasonable for the officials to impeach Zhou Xing to involve his son.

Xia Ziling walked to Zhou Mansion, wanting to find out the situation, but didn't expect Zhou Mansion to be surrounded by Jin Yiwei's men.Seeing Jin Yiwei in flying fish suit entering and leaving the Zhou Mansion, his strong political acumen set Xia Ziling's alarm bells ringing.He quickly disappeared and left Zhou Mansion by detour.

Who is Jin Yiwei?It was the most feared spy organization in the Hongwu Dynasty, and it was the spy organization that directly obeyed Emperor Hongwu.Although Emperor Hongwu occasionally let Jin Yiwei eavesdrop on the private affairs of hundreds of officials on a whim, but with Zhou Xing's rank, Emperor Hongwu would never be so interested.Besides, if Jin Yiwei appeared openly in formal attire, he was ordering the case to be handled by the emperor.

I just heard about Zhou Xing's impeachment yesterday, what kind of thing it was, but within a day, the emperor was alarmed and asked Emperor Hongwu to order Jin Yiwei to investigate in person?

Xia Ziling didn't dare to delay for a moment, and went straight to the Shu Palace, hating that he missed the matter yesterday because of personal feelings. If he knew that this was not an ordinary impeachment, how could he just sit idly by.

Zhu Chun happened to be in the mansion today, and after hearing what Xia Ziling said, he immediately asked Zhang Shou to inquire about the news.

After the king of Shu returned to the capital after his meritorious service in Mobei, he took the initiative to make friends with many civil and military officials, including some powerful generals in the Jinyiwei.

An hour later, Zhang Shou came back, but the news he brought was not good——

The official who impeached Zhou Xing was also a guest at Jin Yiwei at this time. As for the content of the play, only the left and right supervisors of the Inspectorate and Zhao Mao, Zhou Xing's immediate superior, had seen it, and the three of them were all invited into the palace by the emperor. went.

When Zhang Shou said this, Xia Ziling already knew something was wrong.But he couldn't think of what kind of shocking crime Zhou Xing could commit.

"After begging in every possible way, Song Tongzhi told the minister that this matter may have something to do with Hu Weiyong, and he repeatedly asked not to leak it." Song Tongzhi is second only to the commander of Jinyiwei, and currently the number two figure in Jinyiwei.Zhang Shou is Zhu Chun's confidant. He personally came out and only asked this sentence, which shows that the matter is indeed more serious than imagined.

Hearing the word "Hu Weiyong", Xia Ziling couldn't help shivering. As the case with the largest number of convictions among the four Hongwu cases, Xia Ziling didn't study history and didn't know the whole story.But in the Ming Dynasty, when the Hu Weiyong case happened, Emperor Hongwu only killed his nine clans and killed several ministers close to Hu Weiyong, which was far less than the record of "3 people involved in the case" in history.

So... Maybe this shocking case is not over yet?

But even so, Xia Ziling still couldn't think of any relationship between Zhou Xing and Hu Weiyong.Hu Weiyong was from Huaixi, and was recommended by Li Shanchang to be the prime minister, while the Zhou family was originally from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

When Liu Ji was in the imperial court, he and Hu Weiyong were deadly enemies, but Liu Ji was from eastern Zhejiang. If it was said that Zhou Xing and Liu Ji had a good relationship and were from the same village, Xia Ziling still felt somewhat credible. Zhou Xing and Hu Weiyong, he I really feel that the eight poles cannot be played together.

However, no matter what, Xia Ziling felt that it would be extremely dangerous if he was involved in Hu Weiyong's case.

Xia Ziling looked at Zhu Chun solemnly, saluted respectfully, and said, "My lord, I implore you to use all your strength to save Zhou Ting's life!"

At present, Zhu Chun and others don't know that Hu Weiyong's case will harm so many officials. Seeing Xia Ziling's sudden pale face, they are still a little confused.

Zhu Chun's face darkened, it was unclear what Zhou Xing had done, and Xia Ziling was so anxious that he lost his soul.In the past, Xia Ziling had also shielded Zhou Ting for no reason, but Zhou Ting had always loved and ignored Xia Ziling.Since the two met, Xia Ziling has been conscientious in helping him, and has never begged him for personal matters. The first time he spoke, it was for such an irrelevant person!

Why are you so nervous about Zhou Ting?Zhu Chun really wanted to ask this question that had been on his mind for a long time.But after clenching his fist, he still held back the questions that were about to come out.Given the difficult relationship between him and Xia Ziling at the moment, it was really inappropriate to ask such a question.And... who does Xia Ziling care about, whom does he show favor to, and what right does he have to interfere?

"Well, I'll try." Finally, Zhu Chun reluctantly agreed to Xia Ziling's request.

try?Xia Ziling saw that Zhu Chun's face was a bit unkind, and with this forced words, he was still a little worried.

In fact, Zhang Shou on the side also felt that Xia Ziling was too nervous. No matter what Zhou Xing did, it was his fault. The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" did not stipulate that the father made a mistake and had to implicate his son. Besides, Emperor Hongwu appointed criminal officials There is also something about the son of Fang Xiaoru. For example, Fang Xiaoru, whose father was punished for the empty seal case, Emperor Hongwu still used him.If there is any serious crime that must be implicated in the family, it is only treason?But is a third-rank servant, capable of rebellion?

Xia Ziling looked around the room, there were only Zhu Chun, Zhang Shou and him, the key point was that Zhu Gui's big mouth was not there, so he said bluntly: "My lord, if I am not mistaken, the case of Hu Weiyong will definitely come to an end." A shocking wave was set off, and more than [-] officials were involved in the killing, so...if Zhou Ting is not rescued as soon as possible, I am worried that the night will be long and dreamy."

Zhu Chun was startled, implicating more than ten thousand people?Hu Weiyong has been dead for eight years, what is it that may cause the father to overturn the case again and cause a shocking murder?

"Is it really that serious? How did you know?"

Xia Ziling paused for a moment before answering: "I know the stars by watching the stars at night."

He didn't dare to say 3 people. If he really said 3 people, I'm afraid Zhu Chun would not believe it even more.

Zhu Chun: "..."

Is it "stargazing at night" again?Zhu Chun suddenly remembered what Xia Ziling had said about the Guo Huan case three years ago in order to win his trust. Xia Ziling predicted at the time that it would be a shocking case. More than 1 people, it is indeed another shocking case after the empty printing case.

Having been with Xia Ziling for three years, he knew that Xia Ziling was not a man of fortune telling like Zhuge Kongming or Dongfang Shuo.Zhu Chun only felt that Xia Ziling was an ordinary person no different from himself, except that he was a little bit more courageous and courageous, but he still couldn't jump out of the box of an ordinary person.

But... at this moment, he uttered shocking words again.Like last time, will Xia Ziling's prediction come true this time?Are these things really visible through stargazing?Besides... why does he think that Xia Ziling is a person who stays in the house after dark and has no interest in watching the moon and stars?

"My lord, I know that what I said is a bit unbelievable, but please wait and see, I definitely didn't mean to deceive my lord, please believe what I said!"

Xia Ziling's words brought back Zhu Chun's thoughts.Yes, he has always believed in Xia Ziling. No matter whether there is any basis or not, no matter what Xia Ziling says, he will not believe it, will he?

Zhu Chun looked directly at Xia Ziling's earnest eyes, finally nodded, and said, "Okay, I understand."

Under Xia Ziling's repeated pleas, Zhu Chun naturally used all his strength to operate the matter.Three days later, they finally got some clues and learned why the Yanguan impeached Zhou Xing.

In the tenth year of Hongwu, Hu Weiyong worshiped Prime Minister Zuo and ranked first among all officials, which was the time when his power was unprecedented.At that time, Zhou Xing had just been transferred from the Hanlin Academy to the Ministry of Rites, and he was appointed as the head of a small sixth rank, so he was very inconspicuous among the Beijing officials.

But when Zhou Xing was in the Hanlin Academy, he was appreciated by Song Lian, and he had always been good friends with Song Lian's eldest grandson, Song Shen.So once Hu Weiyong set up a family banquet, and Zhou Xing went to the banquet with Song Shen. During the dinner, Mu Ying, who had returned from the Northern Expedition, saw Zhou Xing's handsome appearance, and laughed and talked about capturing a Northern Yuan emperor's favorite concubine this time. There are some similarities.

Zhou Xing immediately anxiously asked where the captured concubine was, but unfortunately Mu Ying replied that before the army returned to the army, they were ordered by Emperor Hongwu to release all the prisoners to Beiyuan

This was originally a trivial matter during the banquet that day, but after seeing Zhou Xingjing's episode, Song Shen kept feeling depressed during the banquet, so he kept asking why.

Zhou Xing drank a little too much that day, and he had a good personal relationship with Song Shen, so he revealed his family's secrets——Zhou Xing's parents and heirs withered, and there was only one son and one daughter under his knees. With outstanding appearance, he was taken captive by the Yuan army, and they withdrew to Mobei together.

Such things were actually very common at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. When the Yuan army retreated, many gold and silver women were kidnapped. Once the daughter's family followed the Tartars, it was almost impossible to return to Daming in this life.

But Zhou Xing's family lost this daughter, but they were much more sad than ordinary families.Zhou Xing's father was originally an elegant scholar from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he was born in a scholarly family. He treated his son and daughter equally, while Zhou Xing's mother doted on her daughter who was like a caring little padded jacket.

Therefore, when Zhou Xing's younger sister suffered such bad luck, his mother was so distraught that she cried her eyes blind, while his father didn't show it on the face, but he was in pain in his heart.

Seven or eight years have passed since this incident, and the Zhou family had no hope at all, but Zhou's father became seriously ill a few days ago, and the grief and anger that had been pent up in his heart seemed to erupt suddenly. Tears washed my face.

Zhou Xing was worrying about the period Ai Ai at home, when he suddenly heard Mu Ying laughing, a little delusional thoughts suddenly appeared in his heart.Although he also knew that it was almost impossible, but in the dark, people always instinctively want to catch any ray of light, Mu Ying's words still made Zhou Xing feel hopeful.

But... that was just thinking about it, Zhou Xing didn't really think about what to do.

But Song Shen didn't think so. After the banquet was over, he forced Zhou Xing to stay, told Hu Weiyong what Zhou Xing had said just now, and begged Mr. Zuo Xiang to help Zhou Xing realize his dream of finding a sister.

Hu Weiyong just smiled quietly and promised to help as much as possible.

Zhou Xing didn't care about it at the time, thinking that Hu Weiyong, as the prime minister of the Ming court, is there any way he can help him?Unless the imperial concubine Yuan was caught again and he went to have a look in person, Hu Weiyong would not be able to have an affair with Bei Yuan in the Yuan court.

Zhou Xing originally thought that this was just a joke after drinking, and it passed away, but he didn't expect that Song Shen brought news not long after, asking Zhou Xing to write a letter from home, and Hu Weiyong sent someone to Beiyuan to find out who the beloved concubine was. Not Zhou Xing's younger sister.

Zhou Xing knew that Hu Weiyong was the prime minister on the left, so he definitely wouldn't remember such trivial matters. Song Shen must have talked about this matter in front of Hu Weiyong many times later, so he was willing to help.

However, it is absolutely impossible for Hu Weiyong to go to Beiyuan specifically for Zhou Xing's affairs, so... why did he send people to Beiyuan?

Zhou Xing didn't dare to speculate on the prime minister's intentions, but if Hu Weiyong had contacts with Bei Yuan, no matter what the purpose was, it would be very wrong.

Since Zhou Xing knew something was wrong, Zhou Xing took up the pen at that time. He really didn't dare to write this book, but Song Shen couldn't help urging him. Moreover, he was really eager to find a sister, so he risked his beheading and wrote a letter to his own sister. Letter from home.

And the official who impeached Zhou Xing this time got a letter from the sergeant who returned from the Northern Expedition—that was the family letter written by Zhou Xing back then, and then attached the letter and presented it to the imperial court.

Perhaps the original intention of this official was to impeach Zhou Xing alone, but when Emperor Hongwu saw the letter, he knew that the matter behind it was not simple, so he ordered Jin Yiwei to investigate thoroughly, and found out more things...