I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 57 Who is behind this?

At the Xi'an Gate of Xiyuan, Huang Jin was walking hurriedly, holding up his clothes.

What a big deal!

Outside the Meridian Gate, the eunuch beat the censor. Who did this?
This is a blatant provocation!

This is to sow discord between the inner court and the outer court. Who has such a vicious mind?
With a thought in his mind, Huang Jin quickly rushed into the yard of the Coordination Bureau and saw the general manager Zhao Zhenji and the deputy general manager Xu Wei standing in the yard, whispering something.

"Huang Gong!"

Seeing Huang Jin, the two of them hurried forward to greet him.

"Where is His Royal Highness?"

"In the front hall."

"Front hall?"

"Yes, I'm asking Eunuch Feng Bao."

Huang Jin took a deep breath, bowed to Zhao Zhenji and Xu Wei, walked to the front hall door, and bowed, "Your Highness, your servant Huang Jin greets you."

"Mr. Huang is here, please come in."

Huang Jin walked in and saw Feng Bao kneeling upright on the floor in the middle of the front hall.

Zhu Yijun came out, took Huang Jin, and sat down together in the seat at the top.

"Your Highness, you have also heard about the incident at the Meridian Gate." Huang Jin asked knowingly.

"I see. I'm asking Feng Bao what he said. The dozen eunuchs who beat up the censor were led by Sha Li, who is Feng Bao's godson. Feng Bao, how are you going to explain this?"

"In reply to the prince's words!" Feng Bao kowtowed, "Sha Li is my godson, but I would never dare to instigate him to do such lawless things that would cause trouble for the master."

"Have you ever complained to him?"

Feng Bao hesitated for a moment, slapped himself a few times, and said, "In reply to the prince, I have complained to him before, saying that a few imperial censors are always watching the coordination office and causing trouble for the prince."

"Listen to this." Zhu Yijun pointed at Feng Bao and said to Huang Jin with a smile, "The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it to heart! In this Forbidden City, even a cat has seven or eight minds, and you dare to say such nonsense?"

Then he asked Feng Bao: "Where is this kid Sha Li?"

"In reply to the prince, I have already sent someone to look for him."

Zhu Yijun turned to Huang Jin and said, "Mr. Huang, please send some people to find Sha Li."

"Don't worry, my lord. I have also sent people to look for them. The dozen eunuchs who caused the trouble have all been arrested, except Shali, who is still being looked for."

Zhu Yijun's eyes flashed, "Feng Bao, I told you, your heart must not float!"

Feng Bao kowtowed a few more times, feeling extremely angry.

Shali, you bastard, when I find you, I will pull out your tendons and skin you alive!

Suddenly, an eunuch reported at the door: "Your Highness, Mr. Huang."

Huang Jin immediately said, "Sir, it was the Dongchang official I sent to look for Sha Li."

"Call in."

"Yes."

The eunuch walked in, knelt down and kowtowed: "Your servant Wang Cheng greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Mr. Huang."

"Have you found Shali?" Huang Jin asked.

"In reply to Mr. Huang, the man has been found. He was hanged in a utility room in a remote courtyard of Changfu Palace in the Forbidden City."

"Dead?" Huang Jin and Feng Bao were both shocked.

"Dead." Zhu Yijun sneered a few times, "Feng Bao."

"Slave!"

"Get up." Zhu Yijun said, "Shali is dead, but you are alive."

Feng Bao looked up suddenly, confused.

Huang Jin stood up and stepped forward, kicking Feng Bao twice, "Why don't you thank me now!"

"Yes!"

Feng Bao stood up, lowered his head and put his hands down.

Huang Jin glanced at him and explained, “If Sha Li had acted on his own initiative and gathered people to beat up the censor outside the Meridian Gate to please you, he would have come to you to offer you treasures to please you.

Now he died inexplicably."

Feng Bao realized, "Godfather, someone secretly instigated him to do it, and when they saw that the matter had become serious, they silenced him." Zhu Yijun stared at him, "You are not stupid. Let me ask you, who does Sha Li usually have close contact with?"

In the Forbidden City, the eunuchs fought openly and secretly, and those who were not smart enough would have died long ago.

Sha Li was able to be promoted to a small leader and take Feng Bao as his godfather, so he must have some ulterior motives.

This kind of person would not dare to go outside the Meridian Gate and beat the Censor without a few words of instigation from outsiders.

It must be a few people close to him who took advantage of his trust and set a trap in secret to trap him.

"In reply to the prince, Shali has close contacts with two or three people from the Shangshanjian and Sishejian, and they usually call each other brothers."

"Mr. Huang, please ask Wang Cheng to run a trip."

"Yes. Wang Cheng, did you hear what His Royal Highness said? Go with Feng Bao and arrest those bastards who are close to Sha Li."

"Yes!"

Feng Bao and Wang Cheng left in a hurry, leaving only Zhu Yijun and Huang Jin in the room.

"Mr. Huang." Zhu Yijun pondered for a while and then spoke.

"Your Highness." Huang Jin leaned his head closer.

"Who will benefit from this?"

Huang Jin knew what Zhu Yijun meant. He thought for a moment and said, "If I reply to the prince, no one will benefit from it."

Zhu Yijun pondered: "Since there is no internal motivation, the motivation that drives them to do it must come from outside."

Huang Jin was shocked. The prince's mind worked so quickly.

It seems this kind of intrigue is something that the Emperor has inherited.

But this involves the outer court, so the scope is wide.

Recently, because of the affairs of the Coordination Office, Lord Xu, Lord Gao, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of War all had complaints about the Crown Prince.

Who will take action in the middle?

In other words, who has the ability to reach into the inner court?
There were not many people in the outer court who were able to find Sha Li among thousands of eunuchs and then find someone to instigate and instigate him to do such a heinous thing outside the Meridian Gate.

Elder Xu, Elder Gao, and Prince Yu's Mansion.
It is easy to find clues and follow them, but can you uncover the mastermind behind the scenes?

The emperor heard the news of this matter early in the morning, but contrary to his usual behavior, he remained silent and even hinted to himself that he should cooperate with the prince.

This is to let the prince practice.

I wonder how the prince will deal with this matter.

"Mr. Huang." Zhu Yijun spoke again.

"His Royal Highness."

"I heard that Hai Rui, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, bought a coffin and took it home yesterday?"

How did it get to Hai Rui?

Huang Jin didn't understand what was going on, but answered honestly, "Yes, this matter has caused a lot of uproar."

"He comes to the Coordination Office every day, and often hangs out in the Ministry of Revenue's storage room, looking through files and documents. I heard that he wrote a magnificent memorial to impeach the Coordination Office?"

The Eastern Depot had submitted a report on this matter, and the Crown Prince had also read it.

Huang Jin immediately responded, "Yes. The original manuscript of the memorial was copied by the guards of the Eastern Depot. But Hai Gangfeng was not very satisfied with the memorial, and he kept revising it, but it was not finalized."

"Hai Rui is a lone minister."

Huang Jin replied, "That's right. When he was in Beijing, he advocated severe punishment for the relatives of Lord Xu, and impeached Lord Gao twice. He also scolded the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Justice.

Many people in the court called him a stone from a toilet, smelly and hard! "

"No matter how stubborn or stubborn you are, you should have a few close friends with whom you can talk and have a conversation."

"Yes. One is Wang Yao, the director of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is Wu Chang, the director of the Imperial College. It is said that they were both students of Nan Lin, the chief examiner when Hai Rui passed the imperial examination."

"Master. Even Hai Rui and Hai Qingtian can't escape this net!"

Zhu Yijun paused for a moment and then asked, "Mr. Huang, could you please help me find out who of Wang Yao and Wu Chang has a talent but is not appreciated and has a bumpy career?"

Huang Jin's eyes suddenly widened.

How come the prince's thoughts are even more erratic than the emperor's? I can hardly keep up.

(End of this chapter)