A court brawl caused by a stick

February** Dynamic Incentive Program

At about six o'clock in the afternoon of May 4, the forty-third year of Wanli, a middle-aged man holding a wooden stick rushed directly to the Cining Palace, where the crown prince Zhu Changluo lived.

And there is only an old eunuch named Li Jian guarding the door in Cining Palace, and this old eunuch is no match for this middle-aged man in any case.

But as a eunuch, his voice must be sharp, and this shout will be shouted by the eight eunuchs led by Han Benyong.

One eunuch couldn't compete with this middle-aged man, but eight eunuchs definitely couldn't compete with this middle-aged man.

In less than a minute, this middle-aged man was arrested, and because his route into the palace was Donghua Gate, it was Zhu Xiong, the commander of Donghua Gate, who was responsible for taking him in, and Liu Tingyuan, the imperial historian of the city, who was responsible for interrogating him.

Originally, this case was unusual, but Liu Tingyuan said that the middle-aged man was a madman.

If you weren't a madman, you wouldn't open your mouth and shut up to "beg for a seal", but this statement is obviously unconvincing.

You know, this is a palace, not a public toilet, is it something you can say you can enter?

What's more, as soon as you entered the palace, you didn't go anywhere else, and rushed directly to Cining Palace, you told me that it was an accident?

All in all, in a word, Liu Tingyuan is insulting everyone's IQ.

Since this is the case, then the public trial, the so-called public trial is of course not all the ** are tried against the middle-aged man, but by the three law divisions.

The three law divisions are the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the others can be observed.

And the three legal divisions are worthy of being the three legal divisions, and this trial has asked the question clearly.

This middle-aged man's name is Zhang Cha, born in Jizhou, the reason why he appeared in the palace was because he sold firewood back then, and the result? His firewood was burned by the ruffians.

He originally planned to go to the county government to sue the ruffians, but the county government did not accept it.

Since this is the case, he can only go to Beijing to sue the emperor.

Since he was an ordinary person and didn't know how to sue the royal complaint, someone deceived him, and he just had a wooden stick in his hand, so he broke into the palace with a wooden stick.

There is obviously a problem with this statement, if nothing else, just one point, if you say that someone else burned a house and went to Beijing to sue the imperial court, it is understandable, but you just went to Beijing to sue the imperial court just because someone else burned firewood, which is difficult to understand.

If nothing else, this time it will make waves again, but this time it didn't, why? Because the governor of Jizhou sent a report to Beijing.

This report is that Zhang Cha was originally a madman type of person in the local area, and even if he can do so, he can understand what he did.

Logically speaking, this is the end of the story, but what is the result? This is just the beginning.

And the one who made this case a big case was Wang Zhihuan, the director of the Criminal Department.

After the trial of the three law divisions, Zhang Cha was sentenced to death, after all, you broke into the palace, and if you don't die, who will die.

But the original death row prisoner Zhang Cha suddenly became active, because Wang Zhihuan interrogated him again in private.

This interrogation is also funny, Wang Zhihuan did not torture him, but only threatened him that if he told the truth, he would give him food, if he didn't say it, he would not be given food.

"The minister asks for real tricks and food, and if he doesn't recruit him, he should starve to death. —Ming History Chronicle

There are a total of four members of this gang, the first member is Uncle Ma, the second member is Grandfather Li, and the third and fourth members are all eunuchs.

He was introduced to a eunuch by Uncle Ma and Grandfather Li, who led him to Beijing to another eunuch, and it was this eunuch who brought him into the palace.

At this point, the truth was revealed, and Wang Zhihuan immediately wrote a letter and handed it over to Wanli.

But what is the result? Wanli didn't reply at all.

Some people may be curious, this matter has already involved the prince, why didn't Wanli reply? Because was the prince injured in this case? No.

And Wang Zhihuan is obviously ill-intentioned.

In addition to the identity of the head of the Criminal Department, Wang Zhihuan also has another layer of identity, and this layer of identity is the Donglin Party.

At that time, there were four major political parties in the imperial court, and the Donglin Party was only one of the largest, and there were three other parties, namely the Qi Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Chu Party.

These three major political parties were all on the same front, and their opponent was the Donglin Party, which was not the opponent of the Qi Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Chu Party at that time.

After all, the party struggle at that time was in the initial stage, and everyone appeared in the Wanli Dynasty, and no party could eat another party.

What's more, now that there are three parties against one party, do you say that the Donglin Party can be an opponent? It certainly won't be an opponent.

It is precisely for this reason that Wang Zhiyu, as a member of the Donglin Party, wants to make this incident bigger.

What's in it for him?

First of all, if this matter is sloppily closed, you say that whether the three parties of Qi, Zhejiang, and Chu will be attacked, they will definitely not be hit, because this incident has not happened at all.

However, if this matter is made a big fuss, perhaps individual elements of the Qi, Zhejiang, and Chu parties will make a stupid move, and once a faint move appears, it will be an opportunity for the Donglin Party to show its talents.

Secondly, although Zhu Changluo was safe and sound in this case, this Zhang Cha obviously came to him, asking to investigate the case, and he could also show loyalty to Zhu Changluo, indicating that their Donglin Party was on Zhu Changluo's side.

Since Wang Zhihuan is targeting the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang, why did Wanli choose to suppress this matter? Because this incident is not only aimed at the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang, but also at Zheng Guifei, the most favored woman in his life.

If at that time, you stood in the court and asked the ministers, who most hoped that Zhu Changluo would disappear from this world? Then the ministers will definitely say that Concubine Zheng will be unanimous.

Because if there is no Zhu Changluo, the crown prince will definitely be Zhu Changxun, the son of Concubine Zheng Guifei.

You must know that Zhu Changluo and Zhu Changxun are also concubines, but because Zhu Changluo is the eldest son and Zhu Changxun is the second son, they missed the throne.

But during this period, Zheng Guifei has never given up, and when Zhu Changluo was not the prince, Zheng Guifei has always called Wanli Beili Zhu Changluo.

And this parting was a full fifteen years, so that Zhu Changluo was obviously the eldest son, but he did not become the prince until he was nineteen years old.

But even if Zhu Changluo becomes the crown prince, she will not die, and the other princes all went to the domain at the age of sixteen, because they were already adults at this time, but King Fu did not go to the domain until he was nearly thirty years old.

If it weren't for the minister's repeated requests, maybe she would have been able to keep Zhu Changxun in Beijing.

It stands to reason that Zhu Changluo has become the crown prince, and Zhu Changxun has also become a vassal king, she should no longer be a demon, but she continues to be a demon.

In the forty-first year of Wanli, Wang Riqian, a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, poked out one thing, this one thing was that the eunuch Jiang Yanshan secretly bought the adulterer Wang Sanzhao and cursed Zhu Changluo.

This incident caused a stir at the time, but because it was Jinyiwei who exposed this matter, it belonged to the emperor's side, and Zhu Changluo did not dare to stand up**, Wanli had the idea of suppressing this matter, so this matter was over.

You said that Concubine Zheng coveted the position of the crown prince so much, and Zhang Cha was instructed by her, is there a problem? No problem.

As the saying goes, those with vested interests are the initiators of the case.

Wang Zhiyu is also the ** of the imperial court, since Wanli refuses to accept it, he must have a way to force Wanli to accept it.

The solution was to write down the case on paper and circulate it everywhere.

Originally, it was only the ** of the imperial court who knew about this matter, but in the end, the people of the entire Beijing knew about this matter, and now it was completely impossible to cover it, and Wanli could only try this case again.

However, this time the trial was not the trial of the three legal divisions, but the thirteen divisions of the criminal department, which represented the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

Although it is not the highest grade, it is the most grand.

The reason why Wanli did this was to solve this matter quickly, after all, there are many people and great influence.

But this time, the development was completely out of control, because Hu Shixiang, as a representative of the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties, tried to suppress this case, but Wang Zhihuan, as a representative of the Donglin Party, tried to make this case bigger.

"Tomorrow, there will be news, Shixiang, Yongjia, Huizhen, Menglong, Mei, Zhihuan and Zou Shaoxianfan, but Zhihuan, Mei and Menglong are together. The news will be heard. —The History of the Ming Dynasty: The Biography of Wang Zhiyu

Just imagine, if you are Zhang Cha, kneeling in the lobby, a group of people tell you not to speak, another group of people tells you to hurry up and say, do you say you say it or not? The result, of course, is to say.

Because if you don't say it, the group of people who tell you will continue to pester, but if you say it, the group of people who tell you not to say it will not tell you anymore.

And this said, the matter directly made a big fuss, because Zhang Cha confessed two names, one is Pang Bao and the other is Liu Cheng.

Both of them have a common identity, that is, Zheng Guifei's eunuch.

Since things have developed to such an extent, the Donglin Party will definitely not give up, and they will seize this incident and publicize it everywhere, lest the world will not be chaotic.

They had thought that this matter would continue to develop until it turned into a real big case.

But Wanli was the emperor who fought with them for fifteen years, do you say that this kind of emperor is facing this kind of scene? Therefore, this incident quickly went out in less than three days.

Why? Because Wanli pulled the victim Zhu Changluo out, Zhu Changluo has already said that he will not pursue it anymore, is it difficult for your Donglin Party to be investigated? This case has come to an end.

Zhang Cha was executed, Pang Bao and Liu Cheng were also executed, and the rest were all exiled.

And Wang Zhiyu, who made waves, did not end well, and the ** of a court was actually dismissed by ** for the crime.

"In the matter, Xu Shaoji and Yushi Han Jun used the greed of the impeachment to cut their records. —The History of the Ming Dynasty: The Biography of Wang Zhiyu

Although there seems to be only one person who started this case from beginning to end, that is Zheng Guifei. But as long as you think about it carefully, you will know that Zheng Guifei has no possibility of committing a crime.

After all, this case is too confusing.

Just imagine, if she really wanted to assassinate Zhu Changluo, would Zhang Cha be holding a wooden stick in her hand? No, what could it be? It would be a dagger, and a dagger stained with poison.

You must know that Jing Ke stabbed Qin back then, and what he took was the most poisonous Madame Xu dagger in the Warring States, and as long as he got a little blood, he could kill the other party.

Use a wooden stick to carry out assassination activities, and you are not afraid of others laughing when you say it.

What's more, whether this case is successful or not, it will cause an uproar, and once it causes an uproar, Zhang Cha may confess to the person who instructed him.

It stands to reason that Zhang Cha should have access to Pang Bao and Liu Cheng's informants, not directly to Pang Bao and Liu Cheng, but he can directly contact Pang Bao and Liu Cheng, you say this is outrageous?

After all, if it is just an informant, only this informant needs to be solved, and the chain of evidence can be interrupted, instead of extending directly to Zheng Guifei.

In that case, who would it be? Zhu Changluo.

Because the beneficiary of this case, in addition to Zheng Guifei, there is another one, that is, Zhu Changluo, why do you say that? Because of this case, his position as crown prince will be more secure.

After all, if there is any big case in the future, Wanli will definitely choose to calm things down, and as long as the wind and waves are calm, he Zhu Changluo can inherit the throne until Wanli dies.

And he, Zhu Changluo, can also use this case to observe who is on his side and who is not on his side in the court.

Some people may say, isn't he afraid of things being revealed? You know, he is the victim, who would believe the victim who started this case.

In fact, given the situation at that time, even if there was no one case, there would be another case.

Because as long as there is a situation of partisan strife in the court of a dynasty, then there will be no possibility of peace in this court.

Because if there are no cases for them to play, what do they do to suppress another political party.

But often this situation is the most resistant to the emperor, because it directly harms his interests.

What's more, this group of civil officials scolds me all day long, I scold you, who will administer justice? The Emperor, of course.

Through this case, one can also realize a problem, that is, the Ming Dynasty is not far from its demise.

After all, the ministers at that time had been reduced to the head of the butt decision, and it would be strange if the Ming Dynasty could go a long way.