▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁had ▁the ▁cap ability ▁to ▁defeat ▁the ▁pir ates , ▁only ▁striking ▁when ▁he ▁heard ▁about ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ' s ▁accus ation ▁against ▁him . ▁Inf uri ated , ▁the ▁em peror ▁ordered ▁Z hang ▁J ing ' s ▁arrest ▁on ▁ 5 ▁June . ▁ ▁Death ▁Yan ▁Song ' s ▁ind ict ment ▁of ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁was ▁end ors ed ▁by ▁Yan ' s ▁political ▁riv als , ▁the ▁Grand ▁Secret aries ▁X u ▁J ie ▁and ▁Lü ▁Ben ▁( <0xE5> <0x91> <0x82> 本 ), ▁who ▁were ▁n atives ▁of ▁the ▁pir ate - pl ag ued ▁districts ▁and ▁thus ▁ac utely ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁situation ▁under ▁Z hang ▁J ing ' s ▁command . ▁When ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁was ▁brought ▁to ▁Be ij ing ▁for ▁investigation , ▁he ▁tried ▁to ▁b ri be ▁the ▁three ▁grand ▁secret aries ▁to ▁the ▁t une ▁of ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁in ▁money , ▁but ▁none ▁would ▁accept . ▁The ▁J ia j ing ▁Emperor , ▁wish ing ▁to ▁make ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁for ▁his ▁in action , ▁sent enced ▁him ▁to ▁death ▁despite ▁his ▁ple as . ▁He ▁was ▁executed ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁November ▁ 1 5 5 5 ▁along ▁with ▁Yang ▁J ish eng , ▁a ▁known ▁critic ▁of ▁Yan ▁Song . ▁His ▁supre me ▁commander ▁position ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁too ▁powerful , ▁so ▁his ▁successor ' s ▁command ▁was ▁limited ▁to ▁only ▁the ▁Southern ▁Metropolitan ▁Region