My father is Jiajing

Chapter 410 Prince Yu has a headache
The matter of Zhang Jing's secret report continued to ferment, but under the instruction and acquiescence of Yan Song and Xu Jie, Zhang Jing's secret report had become Zhang Jing's letter of apology.

Therefore, in the public opinion field of the capital, Zhang Jing's achievements in governing the southeast for more than two years can almost be described as a complete failure.

Zhang Jing, who was far away in the southeast, couldn't help but feel anxious about this and wanted to win a big victory as soon as possible to restore his image.

Therefore, after several arrangements by Zhang Jing, he dispatched Lieutenant General Lu Tong to lead the Baojing Wolf Soldiers and General Yu Dayou to lead the Yongshun Wolf Soldiers to advance rapidly from Mao Lake to Pingwang, and Lieutenant General Tang Kekuan to lead the navy to wedge in from the middle road and fight at Wangjiangjing.

After several days of fierce fighting, the Japanese pirates who invaded Jiaxing were defeated. More than 1900 of them were killed in battle, and countless others were burned to death or drowned. This battle also achieved the most glorious victory in the anti-Japanese war in the southeast.

However, such a great victory did not cause any ripples in the capital.

Because Zhang Jing's previous act of reporting to the higher authorities had destroyed his foundation in the capital, both Yan Song's Yan Party and Xu Jie's Qingliu faction ignored Zhang Jing's great victory.

The reason why they ignored Zhang Jing's great victory was that if Zhang Jing was right, then they were wrong.

Therefore, even if Zhang Jing had made merit, it was still a sin!

And it is a capital crime that must be punished with death.

Therefore, with the joint efforts of Yan Song and Xu Jie, Zhang Jing's great victory seemed to be an insignificant battle. Then Zhao Wenhua, the imperial envoy recommended by Yan Song, also went to Zhejiang.

After Zhao Wenhua arrived in Zhejiang, he began to collect evidence of Zhang Jing's crimes and sent them to the capital urgently. When Emperor Jiajing saw the evidence of Zhang Jing's crimes sent by Zhao Wenhua, he was furious.

Emperor Jiajing was already annoyed by the deteriorating situation in the southeast. Now with the evidence sent back by Zhao Wenhua, Emperor Jiajing issued an edict without mercy to arrest Zhang Jing and bring him back to be punished.

Li Yongjing and Wen Wangyun, two censors with a sense of justice in the court, saw this and immediately reported: "Our army has won a great victory, and the arrogance of the Japanese pirates has also been curbed by the battle of Wang Jiangjing. It is not appropriate to replace the commander-in-chief at this time. Please recall the Jinyi envoy."

But Emperor Jiajing was already very angry at the moment, so he would not listen to the reports of Li Yongjing and Wen Wangyun.

Emperor Jiajing believed that Li Yongjing, Wen Wangyun and Zhang Jing were in a clique to protect him, so he beat them with a stick in the court and demoted them to common people, but still arrested Zhang Jing and brought him to Beijing to be imprisoned.

After the matter came to a temporary end, Emperor Jiajing's anger subsided a lot and he began to review the matter in his mind. However, when he asked questions, Emperor Jiajing asked Yan Song.

When Yan Song heard that Emperor Jiajing was actually soft-hearted and wanted to give Zhang Jing a lighter sentence, what should he do?

Zhang Jing's fate today was caused by Yan Song and others. If Zhang Jing was not wrong, then who was wrong?
It can't be them, right?

Of course it can’t be the emperor!

So Yan Song immediately replied: "Your Majesty. Xu Jie, Lu Ben and the people of Zhejiang all said that Zhang Jing was nurturing the enemy and not fighting. The great victory at Wangjiangjing was the work of others. Zhang Jing falsely requested a reward to deceive Your Majesty, and he is guilty of death!"

When Emperor Jiajing heard this, he thought it made sense. Xu Jie and the locals in Jiangsu and Zhejiang said that Zhang Jing was harboring the enemy for his own benefit. Now the court wanted to hold him accountable, but Zhang Jing suddenly won a great victory. There must be something fishy going on.

So no matter how you think about it, Zhang Jing is not an honest man.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing brought Zhang Jing to court for trial and asked people from the cabinet and six ministries to interrogate Zhang Jing's crimes.

When Zhang Jing was questioned in court, he also defended himself to Emperor Jiajing, "Since I became the governor, I have captured and executed 5,000 people. I beg for forgiveness."

Unfortunately, Emperor Jiajing could not admit his mistake at this time, and Yan Song, Xu Jie and others also confirmed Zhang Jing's guilt.

Even if Emperor Jiajing wanted to show leniency, it would be against the law of the country.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing would not accept Zhang Jing's plea at all, and could only let the three courts judge his crime and sentence him to death. In October of that year, he was beheaded together with the governor Li Tianchong. It can be said that Zhang Jing's death was a thorough political murder. Whether it was the high and mighty Emperor Jiajing, or Yan Song who executed him, or Xu Jie who took advantage of the situation, they were all murderers who could not escape punishment.

But politics can sometimes be so cruel. When Zhang Jing had no say and no foundation, he did not follow the "political rules" and sold out Yan Song and Xu Jie to Emperor Jiajing to be scolded. At that moment, everything he did was wrong.

Therefore, his tragedy was doomed when the secret memorial was delivered to the Yuxi Palace of Emperor Jiajing.

Now Zhang Jing is dead, and the Governor of Zhejiang is also dead.

But the Japanese pirates are still there in the southeast, and someone is needed to take on the task and clean up the mess in the southeast.

Therefore, the imperial court had to consider the next candidate for the Governor-General of Zhejiang as soon as possible.

However, with Zhang Jing's tragic death in front and the Japanese pirates' brutality behind, no one dared to step forward and grab this fatal position.

And anyone with a clear mind knows that the position of Governor of Zhejiang must be occupied by someone with a strong background.

Otherwise, whoever goes to the southeast will repeat Zhang Jing's fate.

Therefore, when the imperial court was looking for a new candidate for the Governor-General of Zhejiang, it was also confused by this embarrassing situation. The huge Ming Dynasty could not find someone who had the courage to support the overall situation.

In response to this, Zhu Zaigui could only sigh and say that you guys are too ruthless and have scared everyone.

Moreover, Zhu Zaigui could do nothing to help Zhang Jing's tragedy.

Originally, Zhu Zaigui thought that after he intercepted Hu Zongxian, Zhang Jing would not be framed and killed tragically as happened in history.

However, Zhu Zaigui never expected that Zhang Jing would eventually die at the hands of Yan Song and Xu Jie.

If these two joined forces, even Zhu Zaigui would have to think twice, after all, Prince Jing was still alive, and he was not the only heir.

Therefore, this also shows how terrifying the power of Yan Song and Xu Jie was both inside and outside the court!
In Prince Yu's mansion, Zhu Zaigui was sitting in his new study, with Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Zhenji, Chen Yiqin and others sitting below him.

These days, they would gather at Zhu Zaigui's house every once in a while, as if they had made an appointment, to discuss the current political situation with him.

In the past, when they discussed the matter, they would still be considerate of Zhu Zaigui's identity and keep it a secret.

However, ever since they felt that Zhu Zaigui's position as regent seemed stable, they began to speak freely and give advice on state affairs, thinking that they could also be compared with the cabinet elders in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Zhu Zaigui also saw their change of mentality and knew it very well. It is a good thing that these "young people" have ideals and ambitions, but they can't do this without avoiding people.

Now everyone treats Prince Yu’s Mansion as Emperor Jiajing’s Western Garden, which is really a headache!

"Your Highness, the Japanese invasion in the southeast continues, the governor of Zhejiang is vacant, and the court has been slow to select a candidate for the governor. What should we do?"

Gao Gong was as straightforward as ever and expressed his concerns without beating around the bush, unlike Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Zhenji, Chen Yiqin and others who thought twice before speaking.

Zhu Zaigui looked at the impatient Gao Gong and said helplessly, "Mr. Gao, isn't the matter of the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve enough? His Majesty did not ask me to intervene in the affairs of the southeast, so it's useless for you to tell me these things."

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