Li took one to the emperor in the morning and another in the afternoon. After eating those two red pills, it is said that the emperor really felt better at that time, but at night, there is no clear record in the history books. It was only on the first morning of September that news of the emperor suddenly came from the palace. The sudden death of a middle-aged man under 40, the king of a country, naturally caused an uproar inside and outside the court. People first suspected this kind of red pill because the emperor died suddenly after eating it, which is really doubtful. In 2000, it was only said that it was a prescription for immortality provided by Taoist priests, and the language was not detailed. Some scholars have suggested that the red pill and Chunshan gum in Han Dynasty belong to the same kind of drugs, and their main function is to stimulate male sexual desire. To think that the emperor got sick because of indulgence and then took this medicine to stimulate him is to add fuel to the fire. Results overdose led to death. No matter what medicine this red pill is, killing the emperor is a terrible thing. So the main plot of the Marubeni case is to track down the murderer who killed the emperor. You don't want it, and I don't want it. This has become a power struggle between court ministers. Party struggle and personal hatred are intertwined, and many people are involved in death. First of all, Cui and Li of Jinhongwan are suspected. Yang Lian believes that before this, there were rumors inside and outside the imperial court that Tang Street's indulgence of Thirteen Sisters was actually an excuse for Cui Wen to cover up his poisoning of Guangzong. The emperor was drugged by Cui Wen. Yang Lian's statement was supported by Zuo Guangdou, an imperial envoy at that time. At that time, many honest ministers agreed with this statement and thought it was more guilty than Li. He pointed out that Zheng Guifei was behind the scenes and demanded that Cui Wen and others be severely punished. However, the accusation against Cui was not smooth until the second year of the Ming Emperor's Apocalypse, and the matter went through many twists and turns. The reason is that, except Zuo Guangdou and others, most North Korean ministers pointed the finger at the records of Fang Congzhe, a university student who was a member of the cabinet at that time, and thought that he agreed to send medicine to the emperor by Li, so Fang Congzhe should be the most guilty. In fact, there is also a strong power conflict, so that the focus of ministers' attention is not Li and Cui, but Fang Congzhe. The reason for this is also related to Fang Congzhe's improper handling. At first, most ministers thought that Li should be put to death because he died of Red Pill, but Fang Congzhe didn't do the opposite. He ordered Li to retire due to illness and gave him a lot of money. In this way, other hostile officials seized the handle and thought that Fang Congzhe and Li had agreed that she was taking medicine. Although it's harmless to your heart, it's actually killing the king. You need to get rid of Fang Congzhe first to vent the anger of those who worship God. At the beginning, Zong also forgave him, which should be said to be reasonable. Some scholars found from Han's narrative that it was Guangzong's decision whether to take the red pill or not, and it really had nothing to do with Fang Congzhe. However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a serious conflict between the cronies in the imperial court. Since there is such a good opportunity to attack, Fang Congzhe's political opponents naturally won't, so they rallied to attack Fang Congzhe. The famous Lindong Party also supports this position. The famous Gao Panlong urged Fang Congzhe to be punished and called him a thief. As a result, Fang Congzhe wanted to muddle through, and hurriedly wrote to ask for retirement, which can be said to be pulled down from the record position. Even so, there are still many books denouncing him and demanding strict treatment, so Fang Congzhe has to defend himself vigorously, and at the same time, he has to cut his post for the people and stay away from the Central Plains. True story, Wei, Nanjing, are all light sentences. Especially after Cui and Wei Zhongxian came to power, because of his appreciation, they were promoted to be the governor of the main river. exist
As a result, at the beginning, some officials who condemned Fang Congzhe were dismissed and exiled to the frontier, while party member who attacked Cui and Fang Congzhe was also punished and forced to commit suicide. In that year, Wei Zhongxian was punished and the case was transferred back. Later, after the death of Chongzhen, Nan Ming once again provoked party struggles with this theme, and finally the Ming Dynasty went to the end in an infighting. A small red pill caused so many twists and turns, which was really unexpected at that time.