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"However, I just know that a few years ago, there was a servant who died suddenly after taking the elixir. It hasn't happened again these years. Why is this medicine still available? You can't be sure to make that kind of medicine. It just so happens that Lu Bing Be there."

As soon as Yan Shifan said it, King Jing figured out his so-called method.

To say yes, that is definitely the best way, but it is difficult to control.

King Jing felt that with Yan Shifan's ingenuity, he only needed to mention a little bit to think of it. The method is a good method, but it is difficult to operate. He shook his head from side to side.

Is that a head shake?
King Jing was slightly surprised, and then he was sure that Yan Shifan didn't seem to think that this matter was difficult to implement. It seemed that he already had a careful plan.

So, King Jing just stared at Yan Shifan, and said, "Brother Donglou has any insights, you can talk about them."

"Does Your Highness know what those pills looked like when they were refined? What did they look like when they were taken?"

Yan Shifan said.

King Jing frowned slightly when he heard the words, then shook his head.

He is not interested in practicing Taoist immortality, at least not now, so naturally he will not ask how the elixir is refined.

"Those so-called elixirs are countless medicinal materials mixed together. Most of them are not elixirs when they are baked, they are just medicines, and they are also ointments."

Seeing King Jing shaking his head, Yan Shifan said to himself: "I heard that people in the alchemy room have to bathe and change their clothes before opening the furnace. Send it to His Majesty in the bottle, and then test the medicine."

"You mean, in this process, choose to operate when Lu Bing is in the palace?"

King Jing immediately thought of something and opened his mouth to answer.

Yan Shifan nodded, "After all, Lu Bing has a special status, and he must find the right time to do it. Otherwise, if he fails once, there will be no second chance."

By this time, King Jing had already understood why Yan Shifan asked him to tell him about this matter. Obviously, it was okay for him to inquire about the news from the beginning and the end of the palace, but it was very difficult to achieve any major event.

King Jing's influence in the palace is greater, at least it is much easier to arrange these people than Yan Shifan.

The whole plan was aimed at Lu Bing, not Emperor Jiajing, which was an important reason why he was able to encourage King Jing to take action.

Killing the king, with King Jing's courage, is obviously not qualified to do such a thing.

If it's just arranging people, it doesn't seem to be very difficult to kill an important official in the court, let alone an enemy.

King Jing knew that Yan Shifan was a very thorough person in his work, and it was absolutely impossible to explain things in just a few words. He must have a relatively complete plan.

"Tell me about it in detail, I wish to hear the details."

Although King Jing didn't agree directly, he asked about the detailed plan, which let Yan Shifan know that he had persuaded him, so he explained his plan to King Jing carefully.

Speaking of it, it is actually irresponsible, that is, the poison was poisoned during the kneading process after the elixir was released, and all the elixirs had to be poisoned, so that it could be said that the elixir was dispensed incorrectly.

If the poison was only aimed at the elixir used for testing the medicine, if Emperor Jiajing became suspicious and sent someone to test the medicine again, it might show his flaws.

However, whether it was the timing of the poisoning or the news of Lu Bing's entry into the palace, it involved the people in the palace. Yan Shifan had no way to intervene, so he could only come up with ideas and let King Jing find someone to arrange.

"It's a little troublesome to do this, but it's better than safety."

After Yan Shifan finished talking about his plan, he continued: "At first I thought it would be simpler, that is to make a poison pill and put it in a jade bottle, and then steal it when Lu Bing was testing the medicine, but when I thought of tracking down the pill later, I turned off the pill. got this idea."

After Yan Shifan finished speaking, King Jing just nodded slightly.

If we follow the latter method Yan Shifan said, we only need to find the right person, that is, the servant in charge of taking the elixir, but it is not safe.

Emperor Jiajing would probably ask his servants to test the medicine, and he would give up the pursuit only after confirming that the medicinal power of the pill was indeed strong.

Using the former method, although it requires a lot of manpower, and the troubles are more likely to be exposed, it is indeed safer. The most important thing is that the potion is indeed too powerful. Whoever eats it will die, so naturally no one will doubt it. Everything was just an accident.

"This is a big matter, let me think about it for a few days."

Although King Jing approved Yan Shifan's words in his heart, he still didn't agree on the spot. After all, Lu Bing was a first-rank official in the imperial court. He had to carefully consider and plan before deciding whether to do this or not.

Moreover, even if it is really going to be done, it cannot be done in a short period of time. It also needs to secretly mobilize reliable personnel to go there, which is also quite time-consuming.

In short, this matter is not easy, and it cannot be agreed hastily.

Guo Xiyan was executed, and the small earthquake caused by his memorial to the officialdom in the capital quickly subsided.

No one complained for him. After all, it was the result of the discussion of the six subjects. Even the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who likes to be picky, didn't go to the memorial to discuss the matter afterwards, such as not being convicted for his words.

The official document sent to Nanjing has been sent, but the Nanjing Zhenwu Camp mutiny is still being discussed in the court, and the person in the vortex is not a high-ranking official in Nanjing, but someone in Beijing.

Emperor Jiajing kept the memorandum of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's impeachment of Minister of the Household Department Ma Kun, which naturally caused dissatisfaction among the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In their view, Ma Kun was the chief culprit of this incident, and Huang Maoguan was just faithfully carrying out his orders. In fact, he died quite unjustly, so they vowed to seek justice for Huang Maoguan, who were dedicated to the public.

Since a memorial was retained by Emperor Jiajing, the second and third letters will be published until Emperor Jiajing makes a statement.

The Tongzheng Envoy has been overwhelmed by the impeachment memorials from the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for two consecutive days. At this time, the happiest people are Yan Song, Yan Shifan and his son.

They have already made preparations for this six-part replacement, and in their plan, they will carry out a major rotation of the six-part hall officials.

Ouyang Bijin, who replaced Zhao Wenhua as Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, is one of the protagonists of this adjustment. Because of his contribution to rebuilding the palace and pavilions destroyed by the fire, Ouyang Bijin was added the title of Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but his actual position is still the Ministry of Industry. Shangshu, this naturally gave Yan Song the idea of ​​transferring him to a more important yamen.

Although Ouyang Bijin often showed resistance to his decision, most of the orders would still be faithfully carried out, after all, we are still relatives.

This time, Yan Song planned to let Ouyang Bi enter the Ministry of Officials, and Wu Peng, the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials, as an obedient marionette, moved to the Ministry of Households to replace Ma Kun.

In this way, relying on Yan Shifan's good foundation in the Ministry of Industry, their Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households have both in their hands, and they can continue to work hard to make a fortune from the state funds.

Ouyang must enter the chief official's department, and with his usual strength, he will also reassure Emperor Jiajing.

Ouyang Bijin was able to stand firmly in the Yan family's core circle, not because Ouyang Bijin was so loyal to the Yan family, but because of Yan Song's wife Ouyang's relationship, otherwise such a seemingly incompatible guy would have been kicked out a long time ago .

And Ouyang Bijin is also because of this, so in many cases, as long as it does not involve fundamental principles, most of them turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye, just pretending not to see it.

However, once the bottom line was reached, he would argue with Yan Song and Yan Shifan without any scruples, and even wrote a letter to ask Emperor Jiajing for a ruling.

With this situation, Emperor Jiajing naturally favored him, and in addition to his outstanding ability, so under Yan Song's intentional or unintentional promotion, Ouyang Bijin's position in the court was as firm as a rock and unshakable.

At this time, the door of Ma Kun's mansion, the Minister of the Household Department, was already "the color of the evening and the morning, and the saddle and horses were deserted in front of the door."

After the Nanjing incident, Ma Kun had an ominous premonition.

All the things that Huang Maoguan did in Nanjing were consulted with him. Even though he had been transferred to Beijing as a minister, the power of the Nanjing household department was still firmly in his hands, and the minions were naturally Huang Maoguan and other old subordinates. It's up to them to do it.

The mad dog in the Metropolitan Procuratorate aimed at him and impeached him madly. Although Ma Kun felt that he was wronged, he was forced to do what he did. If Beijing hadn't transferred a large number of reserves from the Nanjing household department, why would he do this? Bad policy.

In fact, strictly speaking, the deduction of military pay is also saving money for the court, but he has forgotten the soldiers below and the people in the soldiers' families who are waiting to be fed.

It was difficult for the imperial court, and it was even more difficult for military households.

For this sake, he said that it was useless, and he had to take care of it if something happened.

From the moment he knew that the Metropolitan Procuratorate had impeached him, Ma Kun chose to stay behind closed doors, declined all visitors, wrote a petition letter, and stayed at home.

This is also the behavior that officials of the Ming Dynasty should behave after being impeached. They don’t have to do anything and wait for the results of the investigation.

Ma Kun's first memorial, Yan Song didn't draft it, but sent it directly to the palace, and after the second impeachment memorial was issued by the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yan Song was waiting for Ma Kun's second memorial. He will vote in this memorial, expressing his belief that Ma Kun should bear the main responsibility for this incident.

Now Ma Kun, of course, knew that he was in a difficult situation. He was being targeted by the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Unless the emperor supported him, it would be really difficult to pass the test.

In the study, pacing back and forth thinking about how to deal with it.

Although the feeling is not good, but having tasted the sweetness of power, he will naturally not be willing to wait for death, but although the city of Beijing is big, he can't find anyone who can help him.

Whether he went to seek refuge with Yan Song or contact Xu Jie, or went to Yuwang Mansion or Jing Wang Mansion to seek asylum, he felt very unreliable, and he also knew that although he seemed to be free to move, there were already many people outside the mansion. The powerful eyeliner, perhaps including Jin Yiwei, will fall into their eyes every move I do, and will be reported to Xiyuan in the end.

"Hey"

Naturally, Ma Kun did not regret making that decision. At that time, he was the Secretary of the Nanjing Household Department. Otherwise, the salaries of Nanjing officials would not have been paid out.

Offending military households is always better than offending colleagues in the officialdom, but he did not expect that the soldiers whom he regarded as ants would be so bold as to launch a mutiny, making the situation completely uncontrollable.

Although the mutiny did not have much impact on the city of Nanjing, the responsibility was indeed great, and that was Liudu.

Looking at the memorial laid out on the desk, Ma Kun hesitated how to word this memorial so that he could score points with Emperor Jiajing and let himself pass this level smoothly.

As for the deceased Huang Maoguan, although he was his confidant, he messed up the matter. If he hadn't treated the soldiers harshly and paid the military salary on time, such a thing would have happened there.

Ma Kun had already inquired clearly about the cause of the Nanjing incident, so he naturally knew that it was not the misfortune caused by the money he had embezzled, but that it was caused by the unstable morale of the army after the plague and Huang Maoguan's failure to pay the military salary in time.

Even if Huang Maoguan wants to clean up, it can't start right after the plague is over. You have to wait a few days before taking action, and it shouldn't be the way it is now.

Now sighing and sighing can't solve the problem, so I can only write another memorial to express my feelings.

Stepping back to the desk, Ma Kun picked up the pen and began to write, but he didn't know that someone in the cabinet was waiting for his memorial.

The next day, Ma Kun's family sent the memorial to the Minister of General Affairs, then to the Cabinet, and then to the Supervisor of Rituals. In the evening, Gao Zhong took it to Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan.

Tonight, Emperor Jiajing had to deal with some memorials as usual after the late repair, and the memorials specially reminded by the cabinet naturally had to be dealt with first.

After the memorials were read by the servant, Emperor Jiajing was often able to make a statement quickly.

Approved, rejected, or retained, there are few proposals to amend the memos and bills.

Because if the memorial is inappropriate, the cabinet will deny or supplement it in the proposal, or give a better solution, so there is no need for him, the helm of the Ming Dynasty, to think too much.

This is the main function of the cabinet, and all their power lies in this.

Although it cannot determine the success or failure of a matter, it can influence the judgment of the decider and exert a subconscious influence.

When the servant finished reading Ma Kun's memorabilia and Yan Song's ticket to be handed over to Gao Zhong, waiting for Emperor Jiajing on the throne to make a decision, he would also approve the red hair and return it to the cabinet.

This time there were some exceptions. Emperor Jiajing on the throne did not speak for a long time, as if he was thinking about something.

After a long time, Emperor Jiajing finally said: "Look for the memorial to the guilt posted in Nanjing two days ago, as well as the impeachment memorial of Kedao in Nanjing. I remember Huang Maoguan's last memorial. Find them all."

Emperor Jiajing chose to stay in the court for the first impeachment by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After all, in his opinion, Ma Kun had been away from Nanjing for some time, so how could he be blamed for the Zhenwu Camp.

But now, Yan Songpiao also said that Ma Kun should bear the main responsibility, which requires Emperor Jiajing to think carefully.

In fact, since the Zhenwuying incident subsided in a timely manner and did not cause major turmoil, Emperor Jiajing did not pay much attention to it.

Compared with the mutiny in the border towns, what happened in Nanjing was just a drizzle, as long as it didn't affect this year's summer grain and autumn gifts.

However, Ma Kun was impeached one after another. Not only the Beijing Metropolitan Procuratorate launched the impeachment with all its strength, but Nanjing Kedao also played the impeachment.

"The upheaval began with Ma Kun's proposal to reduce the amount of money, and ended with Huang Maoguan's investigation and reform of his wife's food. The minister, Cai Kelian, was sick and resigned, and the foreigner, Fang Youji, and the principal, Anqian, were let go."