Chapter 171 Why Wei Zhongxian vulnerable

This day can be said to be the most important day since Taichang ascended the throne, because tomorrow he will deal with the eunuch party, end the party struggles, control the court, and become a true emperor!

He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

He endured it for a long time for this day.

He has been preparing for this day for a long time.

Now, the officials of the Southern Zhili Censorate and the Sixth Ministry have been in place. The students who are preparing to fail as lower-level officials have already taught them, and the new Jinshi who are the backbone of the court have also been selected.

What else?

There are also crimes of the eunuch party, which is definitely indispensable. There must be a reason to purge the court. Although the eunuch party has caused public resentment and even forced the Northwest victims to rebel, not everyone knows these crimes.

He had to sort out all these and publish them so that the people could clearly know what evil deeds the eunuch party had committed so that the best results could be achieved.

If he didn't say anything, he would kill the eunuch party, and he would just soak up the good shit and become a urinary.

Why should things that could have been supported by the people not do clearly?

As for the crimes of the eunuch party, it is naturally not difficult to find. There are only a bunch of eunuch party in the imperial prison. As long as they confess honestly and sort out their confessions, it should be almost done.

So, will the eunuch party in the imperial prison honestly explain?

According to legend, as long as you go to the imperial prison, no one dares to refuse.

Actually, it is not the case.

The imperial prison generally refers to the imperial prison appointed by the Jinyiwei Beizhenfu Department. The prisoners here are all prisoners who were convicted by the emperor personally issued an edict, so they are called imperial prisons.

Generally, when the Jinyiwei arrests people and goes to the imperial prison, they are just eligible to act. There is no need to go through the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, and the three judicial departments of the prisoners in the imperial prison have no right to interfere.

The imperial prison has always been criticized and is called the biggest tyranny of the Ming Dynasty. The reason is actually not much related to the Ming Dynasty's emperor.

Because the emperor was not mindful, there was a reason for them to arrest people and go to the imperial prison. Those who could be imprisoned by the emperor were basically guilty of serious crimes. Even if some were wronged, the imperial prison would not become the greatest tyranny of the Ming Dynasty.

It is impossible for an emperor to use all kinds of torture instruments for no reason, and torture people to enjoy.

After all, if you commit a crime, you will either beheaded or cut into pieces. There is no need to be bored to torture people.

Moreover, except for the two major purges of the Hongwu Dynasty and the Yongle Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, no other emperors of all dynasties arrested many ministers and entered the imperial prison. The imperial prison was mostly empty, and there were more than ten people in it at the same time.

The reason why the imperial prison is so notorious is mainly because of Wei Zhongxian.

In history, there are more people arrested by Wei Zhongxian and sent to the imperial prison than the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty who were arrested and sent to the imperial prison together!

Moreover, Wei Zhongxian arrested people and went to the imperial prison not because he had done something, but because he did not listen to him, went against him, or even accidentally offended him.

In other words, Wei Zhongxian arrested people and went to the imperial prison not to see whether the person had committed any crime, but to see whether the person had offended him!

Wei Zhongxian doesn't care whether you are an official or not. Even if the common people scold him behind his back, he will be caught in the imperial prison and cut off his skin, cramps and cut his tongue.

"The Tribulation of the Edict and Prison" says: In the Wei Yin era, those who were guilty of the crime would issue an edict and imprisonment, and the soul would fly, and the poison would be hard to describe. If you were sent to the court, it would be a joy in heaven.

Donglin offended Wei Zhongxian the most, so the one who imprisoned the most in the Zhao Prison was Donglin. The first six gentlemen and the last seven gentlemen were tortured in the Zhao Prison, which was beyond the scope of human nature. Even humans and animals had never tortured so miserably.

After Wei Zhongxian’s actions, the imperial prison was naturally notorious and had a lot of infamous reputation for many years!

Perhaps it was because of the cycle of retribution of the law of nature. At this moment, the prison was full of eunuchs. Moreover, Taichang had issued an order to order Luo Yangxing to use all the eighteen torture instruments, regardless of life or death, it would be right to be scheming.

His orders to Luo Yangxing do this actually mean the same as Wei Zhongxian, that is, to establish his authority!

In history, if you offend the nine thousand-year-old Eunuch Wei, you will definitely be worse than death.

Now, those who do not take him as an emperor seriously, who only know how to fight for power and profit in the court for a day will be worse than death!

Just ask if you are afraid?

I'll ask if you still have a party dispute?

I just ask if you dare to fight for power and profit, try to control the court and the emperor!

There are really no one who can withstand the 18 torture instruments in the prison, at least these eunuchs cannot withstand it.

So, these guys have done everything they know, no matter whether they did it or not, even if they only heard about it, they have done it.

In this way, there will be more crimes caused.

What is the Minister of Personnel, Wang Shaohui, and Li Kuilong, the Left Censor of the Censorate, joined forces to buy and sell officials. No matter where the position is, as long as someone pays the money, Li Kuilong is responsible for reorganizing the current position, and Wang Shaohui is responsible for taking over the person who paid the money.

In order to compete for the position of eldest son, Grand Secretary Cui Chengxiu and Jinyiwei commander Tian Ergeng tried every means to help Wei Zhongxian eliminate dissidents, deliberately framed and murdered Zhongliang.

In order to get to the top, Feng Quan, the Minister of Revenue, Wu Chunfu, etc., tried every means to flatter Wei Zhongxian and made money everywhere to respect him.

In order to please Wei Zhongxian, the Minister of Justice Xu Dahua, the Minister of War Wang Zhichen, etc., robbed local important cases everywhere and border military achievements on Wei Zhongxian's nephews and nephews, and helped Wei Zhongxian increase his ranks and titles.

Wei Zhongxian wanted to snatch the luxury mansions in the capital, but if anyone did not give it away, he immediately dispatched the Dongchang man to arrest him and beat him to death.

What about Wei Zhongxian secretly trained the dead soldiers and had a bad intention.

There are also corruption in the northwest disaster relief, corruption in the southwest well salt taxes, etc., I don’t know how many of them have been recruited.

Taichang sat in the dark prison signing room, looking at the pile of confessions in front of him, and couldn't help but nodded slightly, "Well, cultivate your character, this matter is done well. All these crimes are listed separately, and dozens of them are compiled. Just like the confessions of the test cases, hundreds of copies are copied and prepared to be posted."

When Luo Yangxing heard this, he bowed without hesitation: "I obey the order."

Taichang nodded slightly, then got up and walked out.

This is the last day. As soon as the gold list is posted tomorrow, he will take action.

What else hasn't been handled properly?

He walked along the way, thinking about it all the time, and suddenly remembered a crime he had just seen.

Wei Zhongxian trained the dead soldiers and made ill-gotten plans!

If you don’t know about this, you will be a joke.

What a joke, training the dead soldiers?

But Taichang knew that this was true because Wu Mengming had reported this to him.

In history, this crime was also found in the case of Chongzhen’s imperial eunuch party rebellion.

Moreover, a powerful man named Wen Mouan wrote this book based on this matter, called "The Murderer Tang Zhan", which refers to the dead soldier trained by Wei Zhongxian. Later, the book was made into a movie.

These dead soldiers are not ordinary terrible, because these are a bunch of killing machines. If they are not removed, it will be a big hidden danger.

He thought about it and said to Huang Degong, the commander of the imperial guards beside him: "Degong, after returning to the palace, you can pick out a thousand of the best guards, send each of them a musket, and let them rest immediately. There is something to do tonight."

The Imperial Guards are actually not equipped with muskets, but Taichang has already begun to let Huang Degong practice the Imperial Guards and use muskets.

Because muskets will definitely become the main equipment on the battlefield in the future, the imperial guards under him will naturally be able to use them. When the muskets of the Shenji Battalion are equipped, he will prepare to equip the imperial guards.

At this moment, the Shenji Camp is still fighting in Bashu, and the muskets made by the Ministry of Works are basically given to the imperial guards for training, and there are still a thousand.

Huang Degong naturally bowed without hesitation: "I will understand."

Taichang looked at Gu Cheng again, Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou, and finally said to Ge Cheng: "Old Ge, you will take these thousand guards and one hundred Jinyiwei masters to solve the death warriors trained by Wei Zhongxian tonight?"

When Gu Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Wei Zhongxian is really practicing the dead soldiers?"

Taichang nodded with a serious face and said, "Well, Wu Mengming has found the place, but only Wei Zhongxian's nephews and nephews can enter the place. He can't go in, and he doesn't know what's going on inside."

This is a bit troublesome.

Gu Cheng couldn't help but frown and said, "It's a big night, if those dead soldiers escape, it will be a big trouble."

Taichang nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, so I sent you a thousand musketeers in the Imperial Guards. There is a manor. You ask all musketeers to surround the manor and then bring the Jinyiwei masters in. These musketeers stay on the periphery. Once someone escapes, they will open fire. No matter how powerful the dead soldiers are, they will never be able to escape hundreds of bullets, right?"

I don't know this.

Gu Cheng could only nod and said solemnly: "Weichen must do his best not to let anyone escape."

After Taichang arranged these things, he returned to the imperial study room.

He thought about it carefully again, and then said to the door: "Tell me about Wang Cheng'en."

Soon, Wang Chengen came happily.

Now he is the strongest in the palace. In order to enhance his strength, Taichang asked him to recruit another 200 martial eunuchs. In other words, he has a total of 400 martial eunuchs in his hands at this time, so it should be no problem to deal with Wei Zhongxian.

After the monarch and ministers met, Taichang couldn't help but smile and said, "Cheng'en, don't you want to punch Wei Zhongxian?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen couldn't help but shine with his eyes: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, can you do it?"

Taichang smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, tomorrow morning court will take action, and the Neidong Factory Office will be handed over to you. From the morning court, you will take action. Go and punch Wei Zhongxian and bring it to me!"

Wang Chengen couldn't help but bow excitedly, "I understand."

Taichang has almost made arrangements here, so I’m waiting to take action tomorrow. Where is Wei Zhongxian’s side?

Wei Zhongxian had long felt something was wrong, and he was so anxious after the cheating examiners were arrested.

However, his godson and grandson are just a group of waste, and they are all selfish. They know that using his reputation to bribe and abuse the law and eliminate dissidents, there is something wrong, and no one can count on them.

Now these guys know that they are anxious to follow him, and as for any countermeasures, they can't think of any of them!

Let them use the reputation of Godfather Wei or Grandpa Wei to bully people. They are one by one and one by one. They are one by one and one by one. They are one by one, and they are one by one, they are one by one!

The same is true in history. When Chongzhen first ascended the throne, he was really afraid of Wei Zhongxian, so he always endured and endured.

Chongzhen ascended the throne in August of the seventh year of the Tianqi period. It was not until November of the seventh year of the Tianqi period that he issued an order to ask Wei Zhongxian to go to Fengyang to guard the tomb.
To be continued...