Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 354: Prince Ning's Three Passes
Among all the officials in the court who can be named, such as Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang, Lu Wan, Peng Ze and the like, which one has not received benefits from him? !

Later, when Prince Ning wanted to restore the Three Guards, Zang Xian only made a little effort, and the court supported him like a tsunami!

The person who played a decisive role was Yang Tinghe!

Later, Prince Ning's rebellious intentions were exposed too quickly, and Zhu Houzhao took advantage of these few short years to capture the hearts of the border troops in Xuanfu and Datong.

Yang Tinghe then panicked and began to cut ties with Prince Ning.

After Yang Tinghe made all the moves, Prince Ning panicked and simply overturned the table and started a rebellion.

Then why did Yang Tinghe and a large group of officials who served as accomplices to Prince Ning still leave a good reputation in history?
That was because the rebellion of Prince Ning was promptly suppressed by the hexagonal macho Wang Shouren. Zhu Houzhao, who was originally going to lead the troops south in person, changed his plan to go on a southern tour and died on the way.

After Zhu Houzhao died, these guys made a stunning turn and became the heroes who supported Emperor Daojun!
Later, Yang Tinghe obtained the chief editing rights of "The Veritable Records of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty".

He is the one who organized and compiled history!!

He, Yang Tinghe, is the most teasing white lotus in the Zhengde Dynasty. If you don’t accept it, send him back to rewrite it!
Therefore, in the entire "History of Ming Dynasty", every word and sentence related to the affairs of the ministers related to the Ning clan was recorded.

But there is no record of Yang Tinghe mentioning anything about Prince Ning.

He was the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, but in all these years he had never said a word about Prince Ning.

Just outrageous.

This is why Yang Tinghe was highly praised in history books but could not produce any decent political achievements at all, because many of the things he did were deleted as much as possible.

Not only this incident, when Liu Jin fell, Yang Tinghe also actively covered up the evidence of his connections with Liu Jin.

Under his strong advocacy, the court burned all the correspondence found in Liu Jin's house in the name of appeasing the people.

——"Any private letters or the like found in Jin's private room should be burned."

It's just weird.

Didn't Liu Jin want to rebel? Why couldn't we read his family's letters?
This behavior of trying hard to prove that Liu Jin was going to rebel while trying hard to indicate that it could not be investigated seems very strange.

So later generations are very confused. What exactly did he do during the entire Zhengde period?

Apart from a brief participation in the killing of Jiang Bin, it seemed as if he did nothing.

And speaking of killing Jiang Bin, there were two main forces behind the killing of Jiang Bin. One was Wang Qiong, the Minister of War, who stabilized Jiang Bin and tricked the border troops under Jiang Bin to Xuanfu to receive the reward. The other was Zhang Yong, who tricked Jiang Bin into the palace and invited him to dinner.

Yang Tinghe, who was in charge of watching the show, could only be considered a guest star, not to mention a ranking.

However, in the history books revised by Yang Tinghe, he directly exaggerated the possibility and harm of Jiang Bin's rebellion, slandered Zhang Yong, ignored Wang Qiong, and Yang Tinghe himself became the greatest contributor.

All I can say is, be grateful.

Without these people messing up history, how would those who mess up history in later generations have a chance to make a living?

When Pei Yuan heard that Zang Xian was the one coming, and then he calculated the current historical process, his mind suddenly became clear as a mirror.

Li Shishi came to Beijing and took charge of the Censorate, which was equivalent to strangling the throat of public opinion. The voices of those censors would be completely suppressed.

If we don’t push for the restoration of the Three Guards now, when will we wait?
The meeting between Li Shishi and Zang Xian was probably to coordinate the internal support in the capital and make the final confirmation for the restoration of the Three Guards.

Pei Yuan never expected that when he was about to leave Beijing, a big plot would be triggered.

"Prince Ning restored the Three Guards" had a more powerful impact than "Liang Ci's case".

Historically, the process of King Ning restoring the Three Guards was extremely complicated.

The planning and scheming involved is a textbook example of political conspiracy.

Prince Ning restored the three guards. If he wanted to complete the whole process, it could be summarized as passing three levels.

The first hurdle is the Ministry of Rites.

That’s right, when Prince Ning restored the Three Guards, the Ministry of Rites, not the Ministry of War, had the power of review.

Prince Ning had three guards and horses, which was essentially a courtesy treatment for him as a king.

Whether to restore it must first be approved by the Ministry of Rites.

The second level is the cabinet.

After the Ministry of Rites's ceremonial officer nods, he will report the matter to the cabinet, asking the cabinet to draft it, come up with opinions, and write a clear imperial edict.

The third level is the eunuch.

The imperial edict written by the cabinet must be stamped by the Imperial Household Department before it can be considered complete and effective.

In order to pass these three levels, King Ning relied on Zang Xian, a manipulator, to bribe officials in the capital in large numbers and open up the connections bit by bit.

Zang Xian was a jester that Zhu Houzhao loved very much, and with the money of Prince Ning as a paving way for him, many officials fell from power under his corruption.

If Pei Yuan had not interfered in history, Wang Ding would not have been dismissed so early, and Li Shishi would not have been able to enter Beijing in advance.

So when they started the rebellion, the Bazhou rebellion had already ended, and the main attacker at that time was Lu Wan, who had returned to the court to become the Minister of War.

Prince Ning also used money to buy the tacit approval of the Minister of Rites Liu Chun, the active cooperation of Cabinet Minister Yang Tinghe, and the support of eunuchs such as Zhang Rui and Lu Ming.

It can be said that all the conditions for passing the three levels are met.

As a result, just as Minister Lu began to charge through the three checkpoints, he was defeated.

Liu Pang, the official in charge of the Ministry of Rites, was firmly opposed to this and no one could say anything about it, not even if someone gave him a thousand taels!
Fortunately, Zang Xian was very good at handling things and asked tactfully, "Besides the 1,000 taels, does Doctor Liu have any other difficulties?"

Liu Pang said righteously, "I, Doctor Liu, cannot stand seeing this."

This is easy to handle.

So Zang Xian not only paid 1,000 taels of toll, but also transferred Liu Pangping to a new position, making him the Shang Baoqing.

After successfully passing the first level, Minister Lu happily came to the second level with some experience points.

He was just waiting to meet Yang Tinghe, but unexpectedly another person jumped out and tried to stop him.

That is Fei Hong, the honest man who has had little presence in the cabinet!
If an honest person jumps out to oppose something, it won’t be so easy to negotiate.

Moreover, Fei Hong doesn't love money and is not interested in money.

This is even more difficult.

Yang Tinghe, who originally wanted to support, could only watch helplessly.

At this time, Zang Xian demonstrated the qualities of a top political broker and played an extremely beautiful political bayonet, passing the remaining two levels in one breath.

Minister Lu's assault team patiently laid down their activities and waited for a day.

That was March 15th of that year.

This day was the day of the palace examination, and the cabinet ministers had to review the examination papers. Yang Tinghe and Fei Hong were both responsible for reading the papers. While Fei Hong was reading the papers, Yang Tinghe escaped by urinating, and without even having time to pull up his pants, he sprinted 100 meters straight to Wenyuan Pavilion and met up with the eunuch Lu Ming who was waiting there.

Then, while Fei Hong was reading the papers, the two of them took advantage of the time when Yang Tinghe, as a cabinet minister, drafted the imperial edict, and Lu Ming took it to the Imperial Household Department for seal.

Directly caused the fact!
As for what Fei Hong should do when he comes back and finds out?

Fei Hong never came back.

Not long after, the honest man Fei Hong was ordered to retire. Then on his way home, Fei Hong was chased all the way by the cavalry sent by King Ning. When they chased him to Linqing, they set fire to Fei Hong's boat.

It was because Fei Hong was lucky that he escaped the disaster.

This event, which was completely deleted from the Veritable Records of Emperor Wuzong, was clearly recorded in the "Hongyoulu" written by Gao Dai, a Jinshi during the Jiajing period.

In addition, the records of Ming Dynasty officials such as Xue Yingqi's "Constitutional Records", Yin Heng's "Ming History Stealing", and Jiao Hong's "Yutang Collection" can all serve as circumstantial evidence.

You know, the three garrisons restored to Prince Ning were of great significance, because this gave Prince Ning the name to maintain an army in a legitimate manner.

Even though there are only three garrisons and the imperial garrisons can draw empty salaries, Prince Ning can do the opposite and use these three garrisons to support the troops of thirty garrisons!
Later, after Prince Ning's rebellion, Yang Tinghe, who had gained the right to interpret history, shamelessly revised history and put the blame on Wang Qiong, claiming that it was Wang Qiong who did it.

When Yang Tinghe's son Yang Shen heard that his father had been wronged, he immediately came out to support his father in order to clear his father's name.

He wrote a book called “Miscellaneous Records of Dan and Qian” to prove that his father was in mourning when Prince Ning restored the Three Guards, and he had an alibi!

According to Yang Shen, the person primarily responsible for this matter is Uncle Liang Chu!

Unfortunately, this smartest top scholar in the Ming Dynasty made two mistakes.

The first is that he misremembered the person his father framed. He should have scolded Wang Qiong, not Liang Chu...

The second reason was that he remembered the wrong year of his grandfather's death. The incident of restoring Prince Ning's guards happened in the ninth year of Zhengde, but his grandfather died in March of the tenth year...

It's just, it's very embarrassing.

It’s better not to say anything.

This extremely embarrassing situation was recorded in his "Errors in Historical Records" by another great talent, Wang Shizhen, the son of Right Censor-in-Chief Wang Rong, who invented the idea of ​​inserting a chicken head and butt into a goose.

Wang Shizhen said: “Hehehe.”

By the way, Wang Shizhen, the Minister of Justice, was the leader of the literary world and the "Later Seven Masters". He frequently appeared in Ming Dynasty novels and was ravaged by various time travelers who copied his poems.

This is the fate of the fun-loving people.

Thinking about these things, Pei Yuan had a clearer understanding of the future of the Ming Dynasty court.

At present, Pei Yuan has basically figured out the political struggles in the inner palace, and can basically smoothly take advantage of the eunuchs.

However, there are still some opportunities worth speculating on regarding matters outside the court.

At this moment, another Jinyiwei rushed in and whispered, "People are coming, less than fifty steps away from here!"

Pei Yuan quickly asked the Jinyiwei to disperse and pretended to stroll outside the courtyard where Li Shishi was staying.

As soon as Li Shishi appeared in Pei Yuan's field of vision, Pei Yuan immediately saw two guys with red circles.

My goodness, Zang Xian’s ambition is no less than Li Shishi’s.

Perhaps it was some kind of mysterious admiration that made Li Shishi immediately notice Pei Yuan who was inspecting the temple.

He immediately couldn't help but greet him warmly, "Isn't this Captain Pei?"

Pei Yuan also pretended to meet him by chance, looked at Li Shishi and said in surprise, "So it's the Left Censor-in-Chief! Why are you here too?"

Li Shishi laughed and said, "Right Censor-in-Chief, Right Censor-in-Chief!"

Pei Yuan smiled and said, "Du Xian is too modest. Everyone in the court knows that the Left Censor-in-Chief Hong Zhong is already old and may retire at any time. The court asked Du Xian to take charge in preparation for the handover. I may have called you too early, but I won't call you wrong."

Li Shishi laughed and said, "That's not a good way to put it."

After saying that, he quickly introduced the person next to him, "This is Pei Yuan, the captain of the Evil Suppression Thousand Households Division. I met him in the palace last time. We hit it off right away and got along very well."

Then, he introduced Pei Yuan, "This one, this one..."

Li Shishi was silent for a long time.

I was careless. Zang Xian's identity is too sensitive!
Zang Xian is currently working as an official in the Jiaofangsi, which doesn't sound like a good idea.

And what about Li Shishi?
The de facto head of the Censorate and the highest official in charge of the disciplinary department.

In addition, there are two of them, one is a ninth-rank official, the lowest rank in the officialdom, and the other is a second-rank official, the highest rank in the officialdom.

These two people mixed together, it's weird no matter how you look at it, there's something wrong no matter how you look at it!

The person in front of him was a military officer of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, who was specifically responsible for espionage.

Moreover, Zang Xian has a special identity. He is Zhu Houzhao’s male favorite!
Li Shishi was speechless for a moment, and then became a little flustered.

Pei Yuan smiled and looked at Zang Xian, then he said with a folded hand, "I also know the great name of Zang Fengluan."

Pei Yuan said this with some emotion. He never thought that there would come a day when he would have to speak of his humble position to a ninth-rank official.

"Oh?" Zang Xian looked at Pei Yuan.

He was fair-skinned, with eyes as clear as autumn water. "I never thought that even an unknown Jinyiwei like you would know my name."

Pei Yuan smiled and said, "What a coincidence. I live in Dengshi Hutong, where there happens to be a property of the Jiaofangsi. I was young and admired Ai, but my family was poor. I often thought that if I could be an official in the Jiaofangsi, I would be happy."

Zang Xian burst into laughter after hearing this.

Pei Yuan continued, "Zang Fengluan was the left music director at that time. When he was training female musicians, I often listened to him in the courtyard, so I have admired him for a long time."

Zang Xian laughed and said, "Interesting."

As Zhu Houzhao's male favorite, he felt very happy when he occasionally met someone who treated him as a man and expressed envy.

Zang Xian took the initiative to say to Li Shishi, "It's rare to meet a wonderful person. Today, let's not talk about anything else. How about talking about the scenery in the capital?"

Li Shishi also wanted to make friends with Pei Yuan.

He had now come to Beijing to serve as an official, and had plenty of opportunities to plot with Zang Xian. He immediately forgot the embarrassment just now and took the initiative to say, "How about we go to the Zen room together and have a cup of tea?"

After saying that, he added as if to make up for it, "I just happened to meet Zang Fengluan who was here to burn incense, and was just about to ask him some questions about music."

Pei Yuan also explained the reason why he was here, "I usually only take care of monks and Taoists in the Evil Suppression Unit, and don't care about other things. I just happened to be here for inspection today."

He smiled again and said, "I just never thought that we would have such a chance to meet today. Besides Zhong Ziqi and Yu Boya, there is also a third person like me."

The three ambitious men had a good impression of each other and immediately moved into the courtyard where Li Shishi lived.

(End of this chapter)