Brocade legend

Chapter 303
At this time, Emperor Jiajing was obsessed with Taoism and ignored the government.

On the first day of December in the 31st year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing ordered 14 folk girls between the ages of eight and 300 to enter the palace in eight prefectures, including inside and outside the capital, and Shuntian.

He kept recruiting virgins into the palace, refining red pills and golden pills, and the power in the court was gradually controlled by Yan Song.

After Wang Zongmao was demoted because of Shangshu's impeachment of Yan Song's "eight major crimes", the court was silent for several months, and no one dared to speak out about the crimes of Yan Song and Yan Shifan.

It wasn't until Yang Jisheng, who had been impeached by Shangshu for opposing the opening of the horse market, and was later demoted to the history of Didao County, stood up again.

After Qiu Luan was murdered, under Lu Bing's suggestion, Yang Jisheng was moved to be a member of the Ministry of War, Wai Lang, and later moved to be a doctor of the Military Selection Division of the Ministry of War.

Yang Jisheng was loyal and righteous, devoted himself to serving the country, and took office for one month, that is, on the 32rd of the first month of the 23nd year of Jiajing, he impeached Yan Song for ten crimes and five traitors:

"First, the ancestors dismissed the prime minister, set up cabinet ministers, and prepared advisers, while Yan Song regarded himself as a prime minister everywhere, and had the power of a prime minister without the name of a prime minister. This is destroying the law of the ancestors.

[-]. Every time your Majesty uses someone, Yan Song will say that he recommended him; every time you reprimand someone, you will say that this person is not his relative; every time you forgive someone, you will say that he saved him;This is to use His Majesty's joy and anger to indulge in prestige and blessing, and steal the power of the King.

[-]. Your Majesty has good governance, and Yan Song said that he adopted his suggestion, which is to cover up the merit of the emperor.

[-]. Zongzi usurped and entrusted his son Yan Shifan with the most power, so the capital had rumors of "big prime minister and small prime minister".

[-]. Add officials and salary to relatives and private parties, and impersonate the imperial court's military merits.

[-]. Accepting a large number of bribes and citing treacherous ministers.

[-]. Foreign bandits invade, fear of fighting, and miss the country's military aircraft.

[-]. Holding power, those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish.

Nine, civil and military officials are promoted, but the amount of bribes is not considered, which leads to the prevalence of corruption and exploitation in the world, which greatly loses the hearts of the world.

[-]. Since Yan Song used his affairs, bribery has become a common practice, and officials have used opportunism as their ability to do things, corrupting the customs of the world.

Not only did Yan Song commit the above ten crimes, but he also committed the five major crimes, recruiting power and accepting bribes, forming buddies, and distributing at key points:
[-]. His Majesty's left and right are all Yan Song's spies.

Second, His Majesty's mouthpieces are all Yan Song's eagle dogs.

Three, His Majesty's minions are all related to Yan Song.

Fourth, His Majesty's ears are all Yan Song's slaves.

Five, His Majesty's ministers are all Yan Song's confidantes.

Why does Your Majesty love a traitor minister and make the common people die in misery!

May your majesty listen to the words of the ministers, check Yan Song's treachery, or ask the two kings Yu and Jing, or ask the ministers.Take Yan Song to the law as soon as possible or order him to become an official, so that the whole country can be organized. "

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Yang Jisheng's report was submitted, and Yan Song tried his best to sow dissension, and took the phrase "calling the two kings" as a serious crime, and hinted at Emperor Jiajing that this was a great treason. Poor governance, endless torture.

This is not over yet, after all, Daming still has a few strong ministers.

On March 32th, the [-]nd year of Jiajing, Zhao Jin, the censor of Yunnan and Guizhou, traveled thousands of miles to impeach Yan Song, saying: "The Taizu dismissed the prime minister, and he has far-reaching considerations. In today's cabinet, there is no prime minister's name but a prime minister's reality. It is not the original intention of the Taizu. The chief assistant Yan Song and his father Zhang Wei, who steal power and indulge in lust, do not care about the details, are not self-sufficient, pretend to be torture halls to practice their love and hate, and let life and death be taken by others. , Sweep the temple with shame.

Since the "Gengxu Change" in the 29th year of Jiajing, the administration of officials has deteriorated day by day, powerful ministers have engaged in private interests, and generals and officials have been incompetent.As a result, in the imperial court, those who use them are not worthy, and those who are worthy are not used, rewards are not worthy of merit, punishments are not worthy of crimes, wealth is exhausted, foreign troubles continue, the people are poor and the country is poor, and internal and external difficulties.Please remove Yan Song immediately. "

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At that time, Emperor Jiajing was favoring Yan Song exclusively.

In the first month of this year, Yang Jisheng impeached Yan Song for ten crimes and five traitors, and was imprisoned and beaten.

In February, Zhou Mian, a doctor in the Department of Military Selection of the Ministry of War, impeached Yan Dang and Yan Zhongzhong for taking military meritorious service, was jailed and tortured, and demoted to civilians.

At this time, Zhao Jin Shangshu impeached Yan Song for arbitrarily authoritative, and Emperor Jiajing was even more dissatisfied. He arrested Zhao Jin on the charge of "deceiving the sky and slandering the emperor", ordered the prison to torture and rob him, gave him forty sticks, and dismissed him from office as a civilian.

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In this way, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty either followed Yan Song's lead, or remained silent.

Under such circumstances, some people naturally turned their attention to the only person who could contend against Yan Song——Lu Bing.

But Lu Bing really didn't care about the favor of these court ministers at this time.

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According to newspapers from various counties and government offices in the south of the Yangtze River, last year, that is, on April 31, the 24st year of Jiajing, the Pirate King directly sent the big bosses Xu Hai, Chen Dong, Xiao Xian, Ma Ye and others to seduce more than [-] Japanese pirates. , drove more than a thousand ships, landed from Zhoushan and Xiangshan counties in Zhejiang, robbed Taizhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo, and Shaoxing, captured the city, killed and captive residents, turmoil in eastern Zhejiang, Jiangnan and Jiangbei were in emergency at the same time.

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The pirate Wang Zhi here is the pseudonym of Lu Bing's little brother Wang Zhi!
And Wang Zhi is one of the two most mysterious Taibao among the thirteen Taibao under Lu Bing's command.

After Lu Bing returned to Beijing that year, Sun Quan's subordinates sent someone to contact Wang Zhi.

Through the relationship left by Qi Jingtong, Lu Bing obtained artillery and muskets for Wang Zhi, so that when Wang Zhi competed for hegemony at sea, he could do everything he could, and finally dominated the sea area and occupied Japanese territory as his base. sea ​​routes between.Anyone who goes to sea must hang the flag of "Five Peaks" in order to sail safely.

At that time, "Kouzhongxin" reported: "The bandits on the sea must not survive unless they are controlled by Wang Zhi."

And Lu Bing, the mastermind behind the scenes, used Wang Zhi to use his power as Ming's maritime defense line, while ruling the pirates, while refusing to accept the pirates outside the country.And by relaxing the sea ban, controlling maritime trade and smuggling, the people in the south of the Ming Dynasty were relieved of their desire for sea business, and at the same time, they prevented the outflow of gold and silver from the Ming Dynasty and increased the income of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Zhi has been doing very well.

In the 27th year of Jiajing, Wang Zhi, with the secret help of Lu Bing, used Zhu Wan to kill people with borrowed knives, and got rid of the two biggest pirates in the sea—Xu Dong and Li Guangtou, and then subdued and subdued the pirates from all walks of life. , and finally determined the dominance of the sea, known as the "King of Hui".

Wang Zhi became the weather, and Lu Bing didn't intervene more.

But last year, news suddenly came from Jiangnan that a pirate king led thousands of pirates into the interior of Ming Dynasty, burning, killing and looting.

At that time, Yan Song and Qiu Luan were fighting fiercely, and Lu Bing couldn't spare the energy to thoroughly investigate the matter, and the news from the "Mouth Letter" spy also showed that there was a reason for the incident, and it was not Wang Zhi's intention. Wang Zhi said that he could handle it. Out of his trust in Wang Zhi, Bing agreed to Wang Zhi's own handling and correction.

But unexpectedly, after a year, the farce was staged again!

Jiangnan urgent report!

(End of this chapter)