The four of them were sent to Zhao Prison, spanked on the buttocks, and stripped of their privileges. This shocked many people.
However, this person also suddenly became famous and became known as the Four Gentlemen. His prestige suddenly increased greatly.
This matter stimulated one person and made him excited. This person was Zou Yuanbiao.
As a scholar in the imperial examinations, Zou Yuanbiao's ranking was not high. Now, he was only observing politics in the Ministry of Personnel. After the observation, Zou Yuanbiao knew that he would not be assigned to a good unit. Then, he would be wasting his time in the bureaucracy.
This was not the life he wanted, and this was not what he wanted to do.
When the Four Gentlemen shouted, Zou Yuanbiao suddenly saw a shortcut. He felt that this was an opportunity.
However, Love Stealing was no longer shocking. After all, the Four Gentlemen had already done it.
Although there were many people who impeached Zhang Juzheng, the Four Gentlemen were famous because they were severely punished by the Emperor.
In fact, when the Emperor pulled off his pants and spanked his ministers' buttocks, he even let a martial artist that they looked down on do it. There was an element of humiliation in it.
But a person's mouth has two skins. No matter what, it's still inside. The literati are good at packaging.
He had directly elevated being flogged to the level of being righteous. If you had never been flogged before, how could you call yourself an upright gentleman?
The reason why the Four Gentlemen could be flogged was because they were Zhang Juzheng's students and fellow villagers. Zou Yuanbiao and Zhang Juzheng did not have such a relationship. This matter put Zou Yuanbiao in a difficult position. How was he going to cheat the flogging? How was he going to raise his reputation?
Soon, the poem began to circulate in the capital, accusing Zhang Juzheng of deceiving the emperor.
Zou Yuanbiao immediately saw an opportunity. Of course, he didn't choose to impeach Zhang Juzheng. That didn't have any technical content. It was no longer practical to cheat the Supreme Court.
Zou Yuanbiao decided to learn from his predecessor, the world-famous Hai Rui, Hai Gangfeng.
Impeaching Zhang Juzheng was not a skill. Impeaching the Emperor was a skill. Zou Yuanbiao set his target on the Wanli Emperor, Zhu Yijun.
Zou Yuanbiao knew that if he wanted to deceive Boting, he had to let the Emperor see his memorials. He knew that this was not easy. After all, the Emperor did not care much about these memorials. However, Zou Yuanbiao had a way, which was to bribe.
He wanted to bribe the eunuchs and have them hand over his memorial to the emperor. As long as the emperor could see it, his goal would be achieved.
Just as Zou Yuanbiao was about to make a big move, the East Faction Guards in the capital suddenly made a big move. One by one, the East Faction Guards rushed in all directions of the capital with ferocious expressions, instantly frightening countless people.
In particular, the appearance of Dongchang's General Manager, Zhang Jing, made everyone's jaws drop.
Since the beginning of Yan Song's era, the East Faction Depot had basically lost its sense of existence. Everyone had almost forgotten about the East Faction Depot's fierce reputation. But not long ago, the East Faction Depot had fiercely made its presence known. Now, everyone subconsciously wanted to hide when they saw the East Faction Depot.
The General Manager of Dongchang's General Manager, Zhang Jing, had definitely increased his power. No matter where he went, he shocked everyone.
The Dongchang's foreign troops did not disappoint. They went out to arrest people, and there were even fights in some places.
Many people saw the Dongchang's foreign troops besieging a courtyard. Battle cries shook the sky. Soon, there were foreign troops from Dongchang dragging the bodies out.
There were more than 20 bodies. The whole street was filled with the smell of blood. In an instant, countless people were silent.
As the eunuch of the Department of Rites and the eunuch of Dongchang, Zhang Jing rode in a small sedan chair that could seat four people. It looked very ordinary and did not have too many gorgeous decorations. However, no one dared to look down on this small sedan chair.
Countless soldiers opened the way in front, and the Dongchang's foreign troops raised their placards at the back. Zhang Jing's sedan chair arrived at a restaurant surrounded by countless people.
As the little eunuch beside him lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, Zhang Jing walked out. He looked around and asked the person beside him, "Wu Xing, where is he?"
"General Manager, he is inside!" Wu Xing hurriedly bowed and replied.
Wu Xing was a Qianhu of the Inner Factory. This time, he was here to help Dongchang's arrest.
At this moment, he was wearing the ordinary clothes of the Dongchang's foreign troops. He looked like an ordinary Dongchang's foreign troops. He bowed and stood beside Zhang Jing to flatter him.
Zhang Jing nodded and said, "Lead the way. I want to meet this person, Mr. Shao."
The group of people entered the restaurant noisily.
The guests of the restaurant had long been gathered in the hall on the first floor. The people standing around were all Dongchang's people. Every one of them had their sabers unsheathed and their bows drawn.
The guests were so scared that they didn't dare to move. Some of the timid ones directly cried.
When they saw countless Dongchang's people walking in with a eunuch in a red robe, the hall instantly fell silent.
Sitting on the chair that his subordinate brought over, Zhang Jing said with a smile, "You're quite capable to make me come here in person. Bring the others out to verify their identities. Leave Mr. Shao here."
Not long after, the hall was empty. The foreign troops of Dongchang forced a person to kneel in front of Zhang Jing.
Lowering his head to look at Mr. Shao, Zhang Jing looked him up and down before saying, "You don't look like much. But I'm quite curious. You came to the capital to stir up trouble. Aren't you afraid of being caught by me?"
"It seems that our Dongchang is really not scary!"
After saying this, Zhang Jing didn't bother to ask, "Take him back and ask other people about his identity."
"Capture his entire family. I like to have a family reunion. It's not appropriate for me to travel alone." After saying that, he stood up and walked outside.
Mr. Shao glared at Zhang Jing. His eyes were bloodshot. When he was about to shout something, Wu Xing had come over and pinched Mr. Shao's chin. With a crack, Mr. Shao's chin was pinched off.
"Now is not the time for you to speak."
Wu Xing said with a smile, "Last time in Jiangnan, it was you who stirred up trouble. It's fine in Jiangnan, but you also want to go to the capital to stir up trouble."
Dongchang's people set out quickly and returned quickly. Teams of foreign troops of Dongchang went to Dongchang with teams of people.
There were no officials arrested in Dongchang. Although some people were inquiring about it, it still didn't attract large-scale attention. Instead, a memorial from a political official of the Ministry of Personnel directly shocked the Daming officialdom.
Countless officials were suddenly enlightened. So it could be played like this!
Forbidden City, Wenhua Hall.
Zhu Yijun flipped through the memorial in his hand. Although he had read all kinds of memorials these days, Zhu Yijun was still angered by Zou Yuanbiao's memorial. Moreover, he was extremely angry. This person once again refreshed Zhu Yijun's understanding of the shamelessness of scholars.
Zou Yuanbiao, one of the famous Three Gentlemen of Donglin, was said to be an upright and upright person. In the end, the things that he did were really without a bottom line.
After reading this memorial, Zhu Yijun instantly understood Zou Yuanbiao's intention. This guy was here to build up his reputation.
At the beginning, the impeachment of Zhang Juzheng for stealing his love was reasonable. But in the middle, the tone changed and directly targeted Zhu Yijun.
The most unyielding sentence was: "Today, it is fortunate that you are in a difficult position and can still be retained. If you are unfortunate and die, Your Majesty's learning will never be accomplished and your ambition will never be determined."
The meaning of this sentence was very simple. This time, it was Zhang Juzheng's father Ding You who died. Your Majesty can still be retained. But what if Zhang Juzheng died?
Could it be that Your Majesty will not learn?
Will you not govern the world?
This was using Zhu Yijun's rebellious mentality to sow discord between the Emperor and Zhang Juzheng. It was clearly saying that you are the Emperor. Without Zhang Juzheng, how can you live?
You're too useless!
Seeing Zou Yuanbiao's words, Zhu Yijun knew that Zou Yuanbiao was playing both sides. If he could incite the Emperor's rebellious mentality and chase Zhang Juzheng home, then his name would shake the world and he would be even more powerful than the Four Gentlemen.
After all, if he did something that others did not do, then his future would be bright.
If he did not succeed, then these words would definitely anger the Emperor. Then, his goal of deceiving the court cane would be achieved.
At that time, he would become one of the Five Gentlemen. Moreover, he would be the most famous one. After all, he had committed a crime and criticized the Emperor!
Putting down Zou Yuanbiao's memorial, Zhu Yijun lightly said: "What you seek is what you get. Fulfill his wish!"
"Zou Yuanbiao will be sentenced to Zhao Prison and will be caned one hundred times. The rest of the punishment will be the same as the others before him."
"Yes, Imperial Majesty!"
Zhang Jing hurriedly replied. At the same time, he cursed in his heart. These people must have taken the wrong medicine. Why did they have to make the Imperial Majesty unhappy? Yet, he still wanted to show off his achievements!
When you receive the cane, I will definitely let you see my power.
"Imperial Majesty, this Zou Yuanbiao was able to bring up the memorial because he bribed a little eunuch of the Department of Rites. This is a bribe of 100 taels of silver." Zhang Jing took out two silver ingots and placed them in front of Zhu Yijun before retreating to the side.
Zhu Yijun was stunned. There was such a thing?
This time, Zhu Yijun did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Shouting slogans that shook the heavens and then appearing as a righteous person, but in the end, he bribed a eunuch. Such people were not the Three Gentlemen of Dong Lin or the Five Gentlemen of Love Stealing. Zhu Yijun felt that his worldview had been refreshed once again.
"Arrest that eunuch and beat him to death. Inform the eunuchs and maids in the palace that if anyone secretly passes information outside the palace, they will be punished accordingly!"
"Yes, Imperial Majesty!"
Zhang Jing hurriedly replied. This time, he had to properly clean up the people in the palace. How bold did they have to be to actually dare to do such a thing? At this time, even he did not dare to do such a thing.
"Those who spread the rumors, have they all been arrested?" After dealing with Zou Yuanbiao's matter, Zhu Yijun took a sip of tea and asked.
"Replying to Imperial Majesty, they have been arrested!"
Zhang Jing hurriedly said: "This person is called Shao Fang, from Dan Yang City. He is also a Jianghu Wanderer, but he is in the business of brokers.
He is forthright and generous, so he has won over a group of subordinates. "
"According to his accomplices, Shao Fang has befriended countless officials and honours."