The course of the attack
This case happened in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (16 15), and it was about the assassination of Prince Zhu Changluo.
During the reign of Emperor Wanli, the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Changluo, was a prince. However, a concubine named Zheng Guifei was very lucky at that time. She gave birth to two children for the emperor. Among them, the third son, Zhu, was loved by Emperor Wanli and wanted to make Zhu a prince, which was naturally opposed by the ministers of the DPRK. Standing for a long time but not being young is a rule handed down from China for thousands of years, which can never be broken. Wanli, in desperation, can only make Zhu Changluo crown prince, often as the axe king, fief for luoyang.
However, strange things have just happened. In the 43rd year of Wanli (16 15), at dusk on the fourth day of May, a man with a wooden stick broke into the tattoo palace where Prince Zhu Changluo lived. He hit everyone and wounded the eunuch who was guarding the door. The prince's attendants came and arrested the man.
Breaking into the prince's palace is no small matter. After Wanli knew it, he immediately ordered the legal department to arraign him. The man told him that his name was Zhang Cha, and he was from Jingeryu, Jizhou. Zhang Cha went crazy without saying a few words, which was timely. In desperation, Zhang Cha can only be held in prison.
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Wang Zhicai, the warden of the punishments department, saw some strange things and thought that Zhang Cha might be pretending to be crazy, so he interrogated Zhang Cha again. This time, when Zhang Cha saw him pretending to be crazy and selling stupidity, he confessed a surprising thing: Zhang Cha's real name was Zhang Wuer, and he was originally just a man who cut wood and hunted for a living. More than a month ago, Zhang Cha lost in gambling. A eunuch took the initiative to find him and asked him to do something Afterwards, he gave 30 acres of land as a reward. So Zhang Hui followed the eunuch to Beijing, and an old eunuch came to take him into the Forbidden City. The old eunuch told Zhang Hui to be brave when drinking, gave him a wooden stick, took him to Ciqing Palace and told him: Go in first, if you see one beating another, if you see one wearing a yellow robe, kill him, and you will be rewarded. So, Zhang Hui rushed into the tattoo palace and wanted to hit the man in yellow robe (Prince Zhu Changluo, of course).
Zhang Qian finally confessed that the two eunuchs were Pang Bao and Liu Cheng, eunuchs of Zheng Guifei.
How to deal with Wanli
Originally, courtiers always suspected that Zheng Guifei was behind the scenes, trying to murder the prince, thus helping the Axe King. When Zhang Qian's confession came out, there was an uproar in one's hand and in one's hand. Courtiers demanded that Pang Cheng be arraigned and investigated the case, and condemned Zheng Guotai, the consort? Specialized? . Zheng Guifei was also afraid that it would be traced back to him, so he came to see Emperor Wanli and cried to him. Emperor Wanli relented and didn't want to find Zheng Guifei. Zhu Changluo saw this kind of situation, so he had to order punishments to deal with it quickly, and let Zhang Hui take the responsibility alone, and he couldn't implicate others. Finally, Zhang Cha was sentenced to death for the crime of crazy rape. Emperor Wanli ordered the trial of Pang Bao and Liu Cheng to continue, but Pang Bao and Liu Cheng refused to admit that the chief envoy Zhang Hui had broken into the palace. Later, he was killed by the Wanli Secret Order.
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Suspicious assault case
The crackdown case was handled so rudely that no one would believe it. Zhang Hui was a madman and rushed into the prince's palace. Obviously, someone directed it. Zheng Guifei and the prince are enemies, and the prince is unfortunate. Zheng Guifei naturally benefited the most, so most people think it was directed by Zheng Guifei. In addition, Zhang Hui himself admitted that it was directed by Pang Bao and Liu Cheng, two eunuchs in Zheng Guifei. But if it is directed by Zheng Guifei, this confusing case is still full of doubts:
1. Why do you want to find the difference? As the most powerful person in the harem, Zheng Guifei is sure to have some people working for him. If you want to assassinate the prince, there should be more candidates. Why do you want to go to Jizhou and look for someone on the street?
2. Zhang Hui rushed in directly from the gate of the tattoo palace where the prince lived with a stick. Is the gate unguarded? Is there any possibility of success in this assassination?
3. Assassination is premeditated, and their tools are mostly sharp knives such as swords, while sticks have never been used to assassinate people, and sticks will not kill people easily. It can be seen that Theway was not an assassination at all, but a pure beating. So what is the purpose of hitting people?
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4. Didn't Zhang Cha think about the back road? Although it is dusk, it is daytime after all. If you rush in directly, you will definitely be caught.
Zheng Guifei is the darling of the harem and has certain power. Even if Zheng Guifei left this kind of thing to the eunuchs Pang Bao and Liu Cheng around him, why should Pang Bao and Liu Cheng go to Zhang Hui themselves? In addition, under the condition of knowing that Zhang Cha will be caught, Pang Bao and Liu Cheng also reported their identities to Zhang Cha. Aren't you a fool?