Chongzhen stopped when he heard this, but he didn't speak, and his eyes looked at Wen Tiren: "Ah, I just want you to speak, but you don't speak, how can I know what you think?" ”

Wen Tiren was secretly scolding Zhou Yanru, and when he heard Chongzhen's order to enter the cabinet, he was overjoyed, and immediately thought: "The reason why people will have difficulties moving forward is because there are stumbling blocks on the road." Of course, stumbling blocks also change, and they may have been helped before, but in the blink of an eye, they can become stumbling blocks.

Just like Zhou Yanru, when he eliminated Yuan Chonghuan and the Donglin Party, he was the helper, and now we have also entered the cabinet, but he is the first assistant, isn't it our stumbling block? If we don't have to do it except him, how can we be the first assistant?

What, he helped us? Hmph, what do you mean by help? He helped us enter the cabinet, but he also gathered a lot of henchmen through us, and at most they could only use each other.

Hmph, it's time to get rid of him. Isn't it? On the issue of dealing with Yuan Chonghuan and Qian Longxi and others related to him, he is clearly playing tricks, how can we spare him?

He is now a big celebrity in front of the emperor, and it is obviously inappropriate to attack him directly. By the way, it's still the old way, cut off his henchmen first, and then deal with him. But when is the right choice? ”

Thinking about it quickly, seeing that Chongzhen was actually leaving, he was unwilling, and he was busy. Seeing Chongzhen waiting for himself to speak, he realized that he hadn't made up his mind yet, and in a hurry, he actually remembered something, it seemed that Zhou Yanru had an ambiguous attitude towards it, and said busily: "The minister has a matter, please ask the emperor to decide." ”

Chongzhen said: "Speak." ”

Wen Tiren paused for a moment and said: "There are people named Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai in Taicang, because they have read with classmates, they depend on each other, they are close to each other, they are happy to be good at rules, and they are afraid of each other's friends, and they are called 'Lou Dong Erzhang' at the time."

It is this 'Loudong Erzhang', last year in Suzhou Yinshan (now belonging to Suzhou Wuzhong District Guoxiang Street) held a group 'resumption of society', attended by more than a dozen associations such as Yunjian Society, Xiangshan Society, Zhejiang West Wen Society, etc.

Most of its members are young scholars, with nearly 3,000 people, claiming to be Zhang Pu's subordinates, and tens of thousands of followers are talking in vain about 'renting, abolition, withdrawing envoys, and stopping internal exercises'.

Lu Wensheng, the magistrate of Linxi County, denounced Zhang Pu and others for forming a party, saying that they 'advocated the resumption of society to disrupt the world'.

The minister also thought that in the future, if these people ascended to the rank one after another, the civil and military generals, the sergeants and doctors of the court, and the students in the school all claimed to be Zhang Pu's subordinates, what kind of system would they become? The minister suggested that the emperor should issue a strict order as soon as possible. ”

Chongzhen said: "Except for the voice of me, there should be no second voice in the world, okay, according to Aiqing's words, strictly investigate thoroughly." ”

Wen Tiren was full of joy, said "obey the order", and wanted to do it, but heard Zhou Yanru say: "No, never." ”

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment and asked: "Different voices have always been the source of trouble, why did Zhou Aiqing stop it?" ”

Zhou Yanru said: "For the emperor's plan, the minister has studied it specially, and the minister thinks that the reason why some people will call it a different voice is because of insufficient understanding of it.

According to the minister's understanding, although they have some exaggerated words, their purpose is to call for the retro of the sect scriptures, practical and practical, to learn from each other, to sharpen their conduct, to oppose empty talk, and to pay close attention to social life, which is no different from what the emperor advocated.

In fact, in addition to the 'Restoration Society', the 'Renhui' has also developed among the people, and they take the seven ends of hunger, nakedness, medical treatment, burial, sacrifice, and thirst as their urgent tasks.

The reason why they came into being and developed is due to the development of the times. Didn't the emperor also reuse Xu Guangqi? How can they be said to be a source of trouble?

The minister thought that the imperial court should regulate and restrict it, and it must not be re-established for it. It's like Yang He's appeasement, since I can use it for me, why bother forcing them? ”

Zhou Yanru said this, in addition to the fact that he had no ill feelings towards the Fushe and the Renhui, but also to restrain Wen Tiren.

He had already felt the expansion of Wen Tiren's ambitions, so he was always keeping a low profile to protect himself, but he couldn't let Wen Tiren cross his bottom line: "Isn't it? What did he mean by saying this to the emperor? As the first assistant, even if he is right, wouldn't he embarrass us by letting us fall behind him? Hmph, don't think about it. ”

Wen Tiren was thinking, "Oh, he's going to fight us." Okay, come on, just start today. ”

Thinking secretly, Wen Tiren looked up to look at Chongzhen, but seeing that Chongzhen was pondering, and when he was about to speak, Chongzhen had already said: "What Zhou Aiqing said is reasonable, okay, only restrict the Fushe, Renhui, etc., and do not raise a prison." ”

"Fuck, the emperor still believes in his surname Zhou more." Thinking about it, Wen Tiren's desire to fight faded, but the more hatred he felt in his heart, and he didn't dare to speak out. finally managed to get to the scattered dynasty, and when I returned home, I couldn't help but scold.

After scolding, it is still difficult to get rid of the remaining hatred. After a few days, Wen Tiren ordered his cronies to comb and expose that Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, was involved in the Jinyi Guard's sale of officials.

Chongzhen hated the officials the most for forming parties for personal gain, and felt that the last court meeting had saved Wen Tiren's face, so he didn't think about it, so he ordered Wen Tiren to draft an edict to dismiss Wang Yongguang and replace him with Wen Tiren's fellow villager Min Hongxue.

Wen Tiren was secretly complacent, and after retreating from the court, he celebrated with his cronies and stayed awake all night.

In 1628, Wang Yongguang was appointed as a full-time official of the Ministry of Justice, and he had always supported Zhou Yanru's correct ideas, and was naturally recognized as a member of Zhou Yanru's faction.

In fact, because Wang Yongguang is too incorruptible, Zhou Yanru doesn't want to treat him as his own.

Even so, Zhou Yanru still couldn't tolerate Wen Tiren's provocation, and secretly ordered his cronies to comb through overnight, exposing the university scholar Qian Xiangkun, the household secretary Liang Tingdong, and the governor Liu Kexuntong for cheating and selling official positions: "Hmph, if you get rid of one of me, I'll get rid of the three of you, see what are you doing?" ”

Wen Tiren didn't know, but the next morning, he consciously won a move, and always looked at Zhou Yanru with his eyes.

Zhou Yanru's eyes had already noticed it, so he just held his head high and looked solemn.

At this time, Chongzhen went to sit on the dragon chair without hurry, slapped the royal case suddenly, and said: "University scholar Qian Xiangkun, household secretary Liang Tingdong, and governor Liu Kexun are really bold, and they dare to defy my three orders and five shens, and they are all cheating and selling officials. ”

These three people are all people from Wen Tiren's faction, Wen Tiren immediately understood, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, Wu Weiye, the head of the New Science Association, brought the Qinglou woman to participate in the examination, and his virtue was lost; The champion Chen Yutai's article is too poor and does not live up to its name. These 'two yuan' were bought by bribing the first assistant Zhou Yanru, please ask the emperor to check it. ”

Chen Yutai, the champion of the new department, looked at Zhou Yanru inexplicably, Zhou Yanru was also looking at him, looking at each other, Chen Yutai had confidence when he boarded, and said unceremoniously: "Those who attack others must have ulterior deeds, so they try to save themselves by slandering others." ”

Although Chongzhen likes the courtiers to fight, but their fighting must not affect the government, seeing that Wen Tiren still wants to say more, Chongzhen said: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it anymore, let's talk about what will be pushed, and add the vacant cabinet members who were implicated in Yuan Chonghuan's case as soon as possible." ”

Hearing Chongzhen say this, Wen Tiren felt that it was not good to say anything, and turned his eyes to see Min Hongxue.

Because he had discussed it secretly, Min Hongxue knew what he meant, and said: "Emperor Qi, although Yao Xiyu, the official in charge of the prince's mansion, got the highest number of votes, Yao Ximeng complimented the first assistant Zhou Yanru in the field of Jinke, and it should be regarded as a suspicion, even if the suspected person has a high vote, it is not suitable to enter the cabinet." ”

"A few compliments are also suspected?" Chongzhen thought secretly and turned his eyes to look at Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Yanru knew that Chongzhen liked this Yao Xiyu quite a lot, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Zhou Yanru was originally a suspected person, so he shouldn't say much, but Yao Xiyu got the highest number of votes, which means that he has been recognized by everyone. ”

Chongzhen couldn't wait, and immediately answered: "Okay, just according to what Aiqing said." ”

"Hmph, since you Zhou Yanru are on the right side with us, even if we can't defeat you for a while, we can't make you feel better." Thinking secretly, after Chongzhen finished speaking, Wen Tiren immediately said: "It is said that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, but the first assistant is like this, it is inevitable that there will be a suspicion of cultivating party henchmen." ”

As he spoke, he turned to the courtiers and made his expression unusually rich.

Zhou Yanru was extremely angry, and when he was about to argue, the people of Wen Tiren's faction had already echoed it.

Zhou Yanru was speechless for a while, Chongzhen glanced at Zhou Yanru suspiciously, and said dissatisfiedly: "Scatter the dynasty." ”