"That's right, I wanted to say the same thing just now," Fang Zuotang nodded. While taking a sip of tea, he frowned and said, "But if it's what the lord meant. That's not right, the lord asked us to take good care of the convicted officials and their families in the 20-year-old case. At the same time, let us Swear to protect the deposed prince to the death. This is too unbelievable."
The 20-year-old case that Fang Zuotang talked about was a big case that happened on the New Year's Eve of Jiasheng's 20th year, that year. Zhao Changrong, who was then Minister of the Ministry of Officials, exposed in the court that ten high officials conspired to welcome Pingxi King into Beijing and force the palace to rebel. Lord Long Live was furious. Zhao Changrong was sent to investigate the case. Within ten days, thirty-eight officials, big and small, had been involved, and Lord Long Live was furious. Bedridden. At this time, Prince Zhong Mingwei, who had just entered the East Palace, was in charge of the court in place of Long Live. Naturally, this case also fell on Zhong Mingwei's head, after three months. Eighteen officials involved in the case were executed and twenty others were demoted to pariah. The whole family was exiled to Ninggu Pagoda to serve hard labor. Because it happened in the early 20th year of Jiasheng, it was called the 20-year major case in history.
"That's right. I don't know how many people hate him for the 20-year-old case handled by the Prince Abandoned, especially the criminals who are still serving hard labor in Ninggu Pagoda. I'm afraid they would like to kill the Prince Abandoned, but My lord asked us to take care of those sons and ministers, and at the same time asked us to swear to protect the deposed prince, I am afraid there is a deep meaning in it." Kong Wenmin said in a deep voice.
"Speaking of which, the abolished prince was not willing to intervene in such an unnecessary case back then. Zhao Changrong opened his mouth and dragged down thirty-eight officials. Could it be that the Long Live Lord can't see the strangeness in it? But who made the Long Live Lord afraid of Ping Xi? As for the king, Zhao Changrong is also clever and knows how to use King Pingxi to make a fuss." Fang Zuotang sipped his tea and continued, "But with the Queen Mother here, it is naturally difficult for Long Live Lord to handle such a case himself, and he has to be afraid of getting tired. Brothers and friends respected the virtuous name, so they suddenly fell ill, and the abolished prince had no choice but to take this hot potato. In fact, how could the aborted prince be willing? It was just according to the wishes of the Lord Long Live, that the thirty The eight officials were either executed or exiled," Fang Zuotang hooked his lips mockingly at this point, "Such a big case was started because of King Pingxi, but King Pingxi was not convicted of it later However, it cost hundreds of lives. It can be seen that Long Live Lord knew the weirdness of it early in the morning, but he couldn't help Zhao Changrong jumping up and down like this, and executed all the people in the court who had something to do with Heping Xiwang by the hands of the deposed prince. People who come and go, even if King Pingxi really has the heart of a tiger and a wolf, he has already cut off all the foundations of the dynasty, and it really solved a concern of the Long Live Lord for many years."
"Yes, King Pingxi is young and powerful, and has a high prestige in the army. How can Long Live Lord not be afraid?" Kong Wenmin also said in a deep voice, while sipping his tea, he said slowly, "But I think that Zhao Changrong is not Provoking this case for no reason must involve the powerful King Pingxi and the Queen Mother. No matter how prosperous the Zhao family is, they would never dare to provoke King Pingxi and the Queen Mother easily, but Zhao Changrong did. After 20 years of the big case, the Xu family gradually faded out of the court and moved to southern Xinjiang, but the Zhao family has risen since then, so I always think that the reason why Zhao Changrong dared to risk the world It’s a big shame, it must be the will of the Long Live God.”
"I think so too," Fang Zuotang nodded, stroking the teacup lightly with his fingers, and sighed again, "At that time, I only thought that the abolished prince's actions were cruel, but now that I think about it, for such a big case, he, who has just entered the East Palace Prince, how can you dare to make decisions without authorization? Long live Lord was sick and bedridden at the time, and said to the outside world that he wanted to rest, but can he really rest with peace of mind?"
"The abolished prince is nothing more than obeying orders. He executed his confidant for Lord Long Live, and he also bore a bad name for Lord Long Live," Kong Wenjie answered, remembering something, Kong Wenjie suddenly sighed, and said, " Lord Long Live is really too cruel. He was already so cruel to his younger brother in the past, but now he doesn't spare any sympathy for his own flesh and blood. When I heard that the deposed prince was rude to the imperial court at the New Year's Eve dinner For this matter, I just said that Lord Long Live reprimanded him a few times or ordered the deposed prince to reflect behind closed doors, but I didn't know that it would end like this, it was really unexpected."