Rise From the Humble

While waiting for the Holy Emperor's approval, the crowd outside the public office prayed for a miracle and knelt down devoutly.

They hope that justice can defeat evil, and they hope that heroes can break free from their shackles and win the final victory.

Therefore, they pray for a miracle to come.

Looking at the people kneeling and praying outside the public office, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but close his eyes. He couldn't bear to see them praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky with hope, because reality was destined to disappoint them.

Such miracles as surviving under the sword are often born in opera literature and almost do not exist in reality.

Zhu Ping'an couldn't bear to see them full of sunset, because he was afraid of seeing them disappointed.

However, while waiting for the royal approval from the Holy Emperor, something unexpected happened. The crowd watching and praying outside suddenly became excited, and they all became excited and rushed to tell each other, saying that a miracle was already brewing. It will come soon.

After this incident, some officials who were watching could not help but whisper to each other, feeling that the case was about to take a turn.

Here's the thing.

Didn't Yan Shifan personally write the defense letter before, and ordered the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War and other relevant yamen to copy it and submit it to the court in their name?

This thing is exposed!

The Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Husbandry and other yamen all followed Yan Shifan's wishes and copied the defense in their names and reported it to the court.

However, Yan Shifan's plan suffered a big setback at the Yamen of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, which was the most critical.

The Department of Military Affairs of the Ministry of War was a key office in Yan Shifan's defense.

Because Yang Jisheng impeached Yan Song in the memorial for pretending to claim military merits for his two grandsons. First, he was loyal to his eldest son Yan and made contributions to the victory in Guangdong and Guangxi, and was promoted to the governor of Jinyi. Then he pretended to lead a man in Qiongzhou to kill seven heads and turn it in. Yan Xiao advised him to be ill, and Yan Song ordered his grandson Yan Hu to take his place. Yan Hu also sued and merged with the former seven-year-old allegiance officer, and was promoted to the rank of Jin Yiwei Qianhu, and was promoted to the steward of Qianhu. Yang Jisheng said that Yan Xiaozhong and Yan Hu were two young boys who had never been in the army, so how could they achieve military merit? !

Moreover, Yang Jisheng said in his memorial that the above impeachment facts were evidenced by Wu Xuan Si Zangzi No. 19 Hall Draft.

Therefore, Yan Shifan wrote a lot about this in his defense letter, spent a lot of effort, and specifically emphasized to the Yan Party officials who were handling the matter, asking them to find officials from the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War to copy it in the name of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War The defense statement stated that after verification, the impeachment matter of Yang Jisheng was untrue, and the draft No. 19 of the Wu Xuan Si Zangzi had nothing to do with the impeachment matter.

Yan Party officials who were handling the matter went to the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. In strict accordance with the name of Yan Shifan, they found the only leader working in the Military Selection Department at that time - Zhou Mian, a doctor in the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. They took out Yan Shifan's name and ordered him to use the name of Yan Shifan. In the name of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, Yan Shifan's defense was copied and submitted to the court.

However, the official handling the matter may not have read the almanac or done enough homework when he went out. He did not know who the Zhou Mian he was looking for was. He didn't know that Zhou Mian, the doctor of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, was not a yes man who was afraid of the strict party.

This Zhou Mian is a tough guy who is not inferior to Yang Jisheng. His creed in life is "literary admonishment and military fighting". This is a being who is not even afraid of the Holy Emperor, so how can he be afraid of the strict party!

Court staff!

Yang Jisheng received the imperial cane once before impeaching Yan Song; and Zhou Mian had already received the imperial cane twice.

The first time he was punished was because Emperor Jiajing built the Ancestral Temple. At that time, a few years after the Great Etiquette Controversy, Emperor Jiajing rebuilt the Ancestral Temple to worship his ancestors. However, after the completion of the Ancestral Temple, Emperor Jiajing did not personally enshrine the shrines for his ancestors. He practiced devout Taoism and made elixirs, but sent officials to worship the gods on his behalf. This was against the ancestral system, so some officials raised this point. Emperor Jiajing was furious when he heard the news and issued an edict to warn all civil and military officials, saying that all officials with such thoughts are trying to coerce me to improve their reputation. In the future, any official who wants to gain fame from me will talk too much. Tongue, I will definitely punish you severely. This was not long after the Great Etiquette Controversy. In view of the remaining power of Emperor Jiajing's Great Etiquette Controversy, no official dared to mention it anymore. Only Zhou Mian was not afraid at all and resolutely submitted a memorial to oppose and condemn Emperor Jiajing's behavior. His words were much more violent than those of the previous officials. Emperor Jiajing was so furious that he ordered Zhou Mian to be beaten with a cane and imprisoned. .

The second time he was punished was six years ago. Zhou Mian had just been released from prison a few years ago. At that time, the former prince had not yet left the court to give lectures. Zhou Mian thought that this was not good. The prince could not neglect his studies. He should hurry up and select those who were both good in character and academics. The great scholar gave lectures to the prince. People reminded him that this was the Holy Emperor's private matter, but Zhou Mian ignored it. He felt that this was not good for the future of the Ming Dynasty, so he resolutely reminded Emperor Jiajing. Sure enough, after the memorial, Emperor Long Yan of Jiajing was furious. He thought that Zhou Mian had ulterior motives and even locked up the royal affairs. In anger, he had Zhou Mian beaten with a royal stick and demoted to the misty Yunnan. He went to work as a pawnbroker in a small county town.

Even though he was demoted to a small county town in Yunnan, Zhou Mian still had no less blood, never changed a word of his life creed, and still refused to succumb to any power or pressure, letting everyone in this small county know his toughness and stubborn temper.

The results are impressive.

As a result, he was recalled to the capital again and took up the post of Doctor Selected by the Ministry of War.

If the strict party official who was handling the errands had done his homework and checked Zhou Mian's resume, I believe he would never dare to hand over the matter to Zhou Mian.

However, without if, he did not do his homework and did not read the almanac. When he arrived at the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, the only leader working in the Yamen was Zhou Mian. The others were all minor officials and minor officials, and they were not important enough.

When he handed the defense written by Yan Shifan to Zhou Mian and told Zhou Mian his request, Zhou Mian smiled.

The Yan party official who was in charge of the errands saw Zhou Mian smiling and laughed too, feeling that Zhou Mian was quite decent.

However, when Zhou Mian's memorial was written, the official on duty could not laugh anymore.

"Yan Shifan ordered his ministers to copy the defense statement and submit it to the court. However, he conducted thorough interviews and conducted honest interviews. No loyal loyalist ever came to serve in the army. Hu was not loyal to his biological brother. His name was a fabrication, and there was no trace of real evidence on his head... My duties are very important, I dare not hide my righteousness, I beg for justice, so that the world will know that my ministers have meritorious deeds and laws that cannot be broken. Even if I am offended, I will die without regret!"

Zhou Mian's memorial not only failed to copy Yan Shifan's defense statement, but also revealed this, and further revealed the truth about Yan Song's taking merit. Then, without stopping for a moment, he sent the memorial to Xiyuan.

The Yan Party official who was in charge of errands was so frightened that he hurried back to the office to report Yan Song and his son, but the news could not stop the fire, and the news spread quickly.