"Whew~"

The cold wind is cold, freezing to the heart, even if you are sitting in a four-wheeled carriage, the charcoal stove is exuding heat, but it cannot isolate the cold between heaven and earth.

"It's getting colder, but it's not snowing, and I don't know what next year's harvest will be." Through the curtains, feeling the bone-chilling cold, Fang Congzhe couldn't help but shiver, and then leaned closer to the carbon stove.

Compared with the cold weather, what is colder is the current obscure court situation, especially the young emperor who has recently ascended the throne, whose attitude is unpredictable and unfathomable.

Since his accession to the throne, he has never been to the early court, has been living in the palace, forbidden eunuchs, released palace maids, abolished the twenty-four yamen one by one, and only retained some necessary yamen to maintain the operation of the court.

For these, Fang Congzhe was happy to see it happen, and removed the eunuchs, which was beneficial to civil officials after all, but the development of events later was beyond his expectations.

After the coup d'état of the Red Pill, it was supposed to arrest the relevant personnel, and the punishment was supposed to be done, but the emperor intended to take advantage of this to create a big case, causing the Jinyi guards to be tortured, collecting rumors, making waves everywhere, arresting Nashi officials, honorable military generals, and the hereditary reckless and cute shaders in Beijing.

Even recently, it has intensified, and all kinds of witness testimony are gathered together, faintly pointing to the Fu King of Fengfan Kaifeng as the first assistant, and now the only remaining minister, Fang Congzhe can still get the information of Jinyiwei, and under the cold watch, he is insightful about this.

The emperor is taking the opportunity to sweep away some people. It's a pity that this wind didn't blow to the body of the Donglin Party%2C in his heart, Fang Congzhe sighed secretly.

The high-level giants of the Donglin Party were involved in the Red Pill coup and were swept away, leaving only Zou Yuanbiao, who was far away in Nanjing and kept playing for the officials. But the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, and although the giant dies, the scattered and those with low official character are safe and sound.

Except for some of the changes in the court, the rest faintly have a tendency to get together to keep warm, and the person headed by it is the emperor Sun Chengzong. It's just that the name of Donglin can no longer be called, so as not to anger the emperor.

Fang Congzhe was a little regretful, but he also knew that this was the result of Zhu Youxiao's deliberate stay, and the government should always balance all parties, and one party should not be allowed to dominate, otherwise it would be difficult to control.

The wheels are rolling, trying to move forward in the cold wind, and soon came to the noon gate, Fang Congzhe got off the car, entered the palace through the noon gate, and under the guidance of the soldiers of the Yulin Army, he came to the Qianqing gate, where he temporarily sheltered from the cold wind and waited for the emperor to summon him.

Now that the eunuch is not visible, the affairs of the palace are entrusted to the newly established Yulin Army, and I don't know whether it is a curse or a blessing, Fang Congzhe looked at the strange scene in front of him, and felt a little happy in his heart.

He entered the palace alone today, in order to persuade the emperor to stop, and not to let the tide of the Red Pill coup d'état blow bigger and bigger, otherwise it will affect himself sooner or later.

"Hey!" Listening to the whirring wind, Fang Congzhe sighed, the government is weird, no matter what, after this time, he has to go, and he can't leave if it's late.

When the capital was wantonly implicated, and when the house was raided and people were taken, there was no peace in the place, and the people behind the Donglin giants were also a ghost crying wolf.

Jin Yiwei commanded Luo Sigong to obey the king's orders, go to the sea to catch documents, catch the traitors, and the capital rode out in all directions, went down to the place, and cooperated with the Jinyi Wei thousands of households in various places, and raided the house and took people.

The rolling tide blew from the capital to the locality, and the world was shaken, and all kinds of rumors about the mutiny that night were scattered and sung everywhere, and some strange words were also spread all over the world.

"Hey, have you heard, there's nothing hidden about the mutiny that night?" In a private room of a restaurant in Tongzhou, a scholar in an old green shirt pretended to be mysterious and said to his companion.

"What's the secret?" A few companions asked playfully, the scholar in the green shirt is a student, can speak well with a mouth, has a wide range of friends, and has always been well-informed.

"I tell you, don't go out and talk nonsense." The scholar looked around and saw that there was no Jinyi Guard's cavalry, so he was relieved and relieved.

For his caution, several other people didn't say anything, the Li family was just copied a few days ago, and Jinyiwei has not gone far away, so it is not too much to be careful. It stands to reason that at this kind of pass, it is better to hear less news about the secrets of the palace, but they can't suppress the curiosity in their hearts, and they want to smell it as soon as possible.

"Let me tell you, on the night of August 25, it was not at all what was said in the yamen, what Xili Xuanzhi colluded with Donglin rebels, plotted to kill the former emperor, and wanted to abolish the crown prince. But the crown prince couldn't wait to be the emperor, so he dropped the red pill elixir, killed the first emperor, and wanted to ascend the throne, while the people of Xili Xuanzhi and Donglin saw through his conspiracy and raised troops to exterminate him. Unexpectedly, the prince had been prepared a long time ago, bought thousands of soldiers and horses in the palace in advance, and killed them unexpectedly. The people of Donglin did not expect it, and as a result, they failed and were condemned as traitors. ”

The scholar in the green shirt spoke in a low tone, eloquently, his words were simple and unpretentious, clear and detailed in the details, so that people could hear it, and the mutiny that night was vividly remembered, as if it was what he saw with his own eyes and then relayed.

"Oh!"

"Ahh

"Yikes!"

As soon as they heard such a detailed inside story of the palace as if it were real, several scholars couldn't help but be emotional, and they all revealed it, which was eye-catching.

The attitude of his companion made the scholar in green shirt enjoy it very much, and after squinting his eyes and accepting the baptism of everyone's gaze for a while, he continued to break the news, "Don't be surprised, there are more sensational ones." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, sold the guanzi, picked up the wine glass and sniffed it under his nose, "This wine is not mellow enough today." Putting down the wine glass, he raised his chopsticks and played with the appetizer twice, "This dish is also cold!" ”

"Shopkeeper, bring over the palace wine you bought from Jingshi, and get a few more signature dishes." The grasp of the scholar in the green shirt suddenly made one of them impatient, and as soon as the other party's words fell, he roared and shouted to the restaurant shopkeeper to serve wine and food.

"Brother Zhou, I know that you have always been good friends with the son of the Li family, but now that the Li family is in prison because of Mr. Daofu, I am afraid that there is a lot of news leaked out here. Come on, let's drink the palace wine today, talk about the secret history of the palace, and don't get drunk and don't return. After the wine came up, one person got up, poured it for Zhou Gongzi in green shirts, and then raised his glass.

"Okay, don't get drunk and don't go home." Several people raised their glasses, sat down after taking a sip, and stared at the scholar in the green shirt, the scholar didn't take it anymore, and the voice below said slowly.

"I heard that Mr. Daofu personally entered the palace that night and wanted to assist Xi Li Xuanzhi to exterminate the prince who killed his father, but the prince had already prepared for rebellion, bought soldiers and horses, and defeated Mr. Daofu. However, before Mr. Daofu was defeated and withdrew from the palace, he brought out the emperor's handwritten suicide note and testament, which clearly wrote the edict abolishing the crown prince. ”

"Ahh

Everyone shouted in unison, the voice was louder than just now, and the other little two who were waiting on the other side were inexplicable, I don't know if these scholars are drunk and crazy.

"Shh Zhou Xingshu stopped, and then shouted loudly, "Come, let's drink, such a good wine, how can we live up to it, if you don't get drunk tonight, you won't return." ”

"Yes, if you don't get drunk, you won't go home." The others chimed in, toasted together, and ended up getting drunk.

After dispersing, the rumors of the prince's murder of his father and rebellion gradually spread, and they were spread everywhere in secret, and such a scene did not only occur in Tongzhou, the land of Jiangnan, and all the states and counties that had sympathy for Donglin had such rumors, or hearsay, or showing off, and the saying that the prince killed his father and plotted rebellion gradually spread, and it was heard and remembered by the people of the time.

[Author's digression]: The back is a little messy, the thinking is not smooth, and Haihan.