April 15th, Chen, Huangji Palace.

Today's morning pilgrimage ended quickly, basically the rhythm of breaking up after the morning pilgrimage, because everyone knows that the focus is on the small pilgrimage after the morning pilgrimage.

After the thousands of officials dispersed, only a handful of people were finally qualified to participate in the small pilgrimage. Excluding those departments such as Qin Tianjian who played soy sauce, and then excluding the noble generals who also played soy sauce, there are less than 100 people in the final qualification to stand in the Imperial Palace today.

These 100 people are the core bureaucrats in charge of the central operation of the Ming Empire, including the cabinet, the celebrant supervisor, the six Shangshu Shilang, Hanlin Kedao, Wusiqing and other officials of different ranks.

Of course, today's protagonist is indispensable in the palace: Lord Zhongyongbo.

Lord Zhongyong, who is dressed in the uniform of a military attaché, is standing alone on the rank of military general at this moment, and there are no people or animals within two meters of his body. Under the gaze of many civil officials, Zhong Yongbo crossed his hands in front of his abdomen, closed his eyes slightly, and his feet were not eight, looking like a master of the inner world was exercising.

The next moment, with the long shouts of "the emperor has arrived", the ministers knelt down one after another, and the mountain shouted long live and saluted.

Today, the emperor didn't have much nonsense, and as soon as he finished the scene, he threw a piece of the imperial case to the eunuch: "Cao Qing, there have been a lot of bullets recently, all of them are about you, and I will allow you to defend yourself today." ”

With the emperor's words, the eunuch also handed over the original bullet to Zhongyongbo.

According to common sense, the emperor so obviously allowed his courtiers to defend themselves, and the bias was already very strong. However, this discount is not sufficient in front of the civil officials who have set off a big tide.

In the past five or six days, officials in the whole capital have known what happened, because the black materials about Zhongyongbo that have been urgently printed are being distributed free of charge.

In this process, some people inevitably have a strong interest in the lair of Zhongyongbo and have some more ideas. But these people are too few to be seen in the crowd.

What really made a big splash was the Cao clique composed of the Donglin Party and a group of "self-gentry" with a sense of crisis. And when the mainstream opinion is unified, the political tide is set off. At this time, posting a post to impeach someone Cao has become politically correct, even if he pouts and disdains this matter in his heart, as long as he is a civil official, he has to follow the trend and say "the owner of the top floor", if he doesn't say it, he is not from the Ming Kingdom...... Oh, not a representative of the landlord class.

To tell the truth, this sudden political tide really surprised the traversers.

In this plane, the Ming Dynasty first appeared out of thin air a huge strategic victory, which severely damaged the northern captives. Immediately afterwards, the internal forces of the Ming Dynasty actually began to try to strangle the initiators, is this the so-called butterfly effect? Or is it called internal "compensation" after the loss of external pressure? ”

But none of this is of any use. Whether it's the butterfly effect or history, the hole cards of the crossing are too thick, and this time the north has already gotten what you want, so you can leave at any time, and you are not afraid of this wave of attacks at all.

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After receiving the concert handed by the eunuch, Uncle Zhong Yong bowed down at the same time and said "the decree of the minister", then opened the piece and pretended to look at it a few times.

In fact, on the night of Wei Xu's recital, an ally of the cabinet had already sent someone to send a copy of the recital to Zhongyongbo, so Cao Zongbing actually knew the above content for a long time.

Insert a sentence here: In this wave of political waves, the only one who did not post to scold Cao Thief was Wen Tiren and his fellow party who were bound to Cao Thief. And his own people, including the Ministry of Works, Langzhong Luo Lishi, on the contrary, issued a scolding and posting under the instructions of the people, and the underground party cannot be exposed.

After reading the recital, Lord Zhongyong first raised his head and laughed, and then pointed to the 12 major sins on it and began to argue one by one.

The first sin: abuse of the people.

The so-called abuse of the people, the chapter pointed out a series of vicious practices of Cao thieves in the south of the Yangtze River to set fire to forests, forcibly occupy people's land, and forcibly rob people's daughters. In addition, the fact that Cao Thief ordered to take a ship and fire at the gentry's house was also brought up as important evidence of abuse of the people and rebellion.

Mr. Cao began to loudly refute this article.

According to Cao Chuan, he had sent someone to Jiangnan to buy land to build a private port to buy a house, and after this Jianghu person who had nothing to argue with Zhao'an, he bought land and real estate on a large scale, isn't this a normal move? In history, after Zheng Zhilong recruited An, he bought almost all the land in the entire county of his hometown, and the government did not fart.

However, in the process of purchasing the land, Cao Zongbing said that he was resisted: a group of Jiangnan gentry not only did not sell the land to him, but also maliciously acquired the land around the port, hoarded Juqi, demanded sky-high prices, and resisted demolition.

Here, Cao Zongbing clearly pointed out: The so-called "people" on the chapter are actually selling miserably in terms of changing concepts: these landlords are all Jiangnan gentry, and there is no real grass people.

So the two sides fell out, so Cao Zongbing sent someone to "use some means" You are unkind and unjust, Lao Tzu is also an official of the imperial court, how can this group of gentry be so humiliated?

When Mr. Cao said this, he stopped talking, put his arms on his chest, squinted at the sky, and had the momentum of "you can bear me".

The next moment, the original author of the chapter shouted loudly to Wei Xu in the matter: "The traitor has such a sharp mouth, and he actually talks about the bullying of the good people so magnificently. ”

When Wei Xu said this, he turned to face the throne and bowed: "Your Majesty, since Cao Chuan has confessed to the abuse of the people, please send this person down." ”

Chongzhen, who was sitting on the stage, laughed when he heard this, with a face full of disdain: "Master Cao and Master Xu are fighting for land, why do I want to help your family?" ”

After Wei Xu was sarcastically ridiculed by the emperor, he was stunned for a moment, and then he blushed instantly, turned his head and asked loudly: "Even so, Cao Chuan, what is the explanation for you to kill the Jinyi Wei Baihu first, and then bombard the Xu family's mansion?" There is no order to raise troops, and there is no edict to kill the court officials in the heart of the Ming Dynasty, which is ironclad evidence of rebellion. On that day, thousands of people on both sides of the Pujiang River could testify, and you can't rely on it! ”

When Cao Zongbing heard this, he sighed helplessly: "Yes, the unordered use of troops is a rebellion, and you still know this." ”

"Your Majesty, before the minister came to Shanghai at the beginning of the year, the private port he set up in Jiading County was attacked by two bandits."

"This first case is the Taihu Lake bandits, so I won't say much. After all, in the best place in the south of the Yangtze River, thousands of lake bandits crossed the county and ran to Jiading to loot, which can probably be said to be in the past. ”

When Lord Zhongyong said this, he glanced at Wei Xu with a smile: "This second case is strange, on October 28 (lunar calendar) of last year, Feng Tong's subordinates of Jinshan Weihang Jiahu trained troops to guerrilla Wang Deqiao, Zeng personally led 1,500 regular soldiers, went out of the camp for 100 miles, carried two tiger squatting cannons, besieged the private port for two days, and then retreated. ”

"I said Wei Xu, who is raising troops without an order in the heart of the Ming Dynasty? Who is plotting rebellion? ”

"Bastard, there is such a thing!?" Chongzhen was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Where is Liang Tingdong?" Can the Ministry of War last year have an order to participate in Hangjiahu? ”

The newly appointed secretary of the military department, Liang Tingdong, is not a member of the Donglin Party, and even if he is, it is impossible for him to talk nonsense about this kind of headless matter, so he replied: "Your Majesty, the minister has not been in office for a long time, and he really doesn't know about it. But as far as the minister knows, there were no military disasters in places such as Hangjia last year. ”

"Check! Strict inspection! Spread my will, Feng Tong, Wang Deqiao and others were immediately dismissed and escorted back to the capital to ask questions, this matter must be investigated! ”

Seeing the emperor who was in a frenzy on the throne and Wei Xu, who was stunned, Uncle Zhong Yong shook his head with a smile: "Lord Wei, you patronize the party and harm me all day long, have you ever thought that the Xu family is bold?" Hehe, I didn't know you about the unauthorized transfer of troops, right? ”

After ridiculing Wei Xu, Cao Zongbing turned his face and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the Xu family's gang of inferior gentry colluded with Jinyiwei and the Nanjing Military Department, and they had no king's law, and privately transferred troops to attack the people's houses, and their backs have been revealed, and they are really thieves of the country." ”

Speaking of this, Uncle Zhong Yong turned around and pointed at a chubby middle-aged man among the ministers and shouted: "Xu Bengao, your brother Xu Jin moved Suzhou Jinyi Guard, and there was no purpose to transfer troops to rebel, I'm afraid it will take advantage of your power, right?" ”

With a "poof", Xu Bengao, whose face had already turned pale, knelt down for the emperor when he jumped out of the queue.

Ignoring Cao Chuan who was standing aside, Xu Bengao shouted at the emperor with a sad face: "Wronged, Emperor, this matter must be a false accusation of loyalty and bravery." The courtiers have been loyal for generations and loyal to the court, how can they do such a rebellious thing? ”

"Hmph, you will know if it's true or false, you go down." After Chongzhen glanced at Xu Bengao in disgust, he looked at Luo Yangxing, the official commander of Jinyiwei: "Look at the good things you Jinyiwei has done!" ”

At this moment, Luo Yangxing had already scolded Xu Bengao's ancestors for eight generations in his mind. Luo Yangxing, who was lying on the gun for no reason, hurriedly came out and knelt on the ground to thank him, and vowed to send someone to escort all the criminals back to the capital for trial.

Things have developed to this point, and the originally arrogant Wenchen queue has seen their arrogance disappear.

The people present were all old foxes, and they could guess from Cao Mou's insider words just now and Xu Bengao's reaction: The matter of privately transferring regular battalion soldiers to attack private houses in Jiangnan in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty is probably true.

It stands to reason that this kind of big or small thing will be fooled by everyone as soon as they try their best on weekdays. However, everyone knows that this matter is absolutely untouchable today.

Because the ministers knew that the emperor sitting on the throne was originally here to pull the bias today, but such a big handle actually came out and fell into the hands of the emperor...... At this time, if anyone dares to come forward and talk nonsense again, then once Jin Shanwei's stupid generals and soldiers are escorted back to the capital by Jinyi Wei to torture them, then the emperor will definitely settle accounts after the autumn, and what will be the disposal of the rebel comrades?

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When the emperors of Ye Zhengde and Wanli were in Taiwan in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was a pathological phenomenon in the court: Wenchen desperately went to the emperor to scold the emperor, and then the emperor ordered to fight the courtiers, and then the courtiers became famous, and since then he has become a Shilin boss, a model of upright and not afraid of imperial power.

This trick is called "deception".

However, today, this set of comical things has long been unworkable: the social contradictions in the late Ming Dynasty were fierce, and the political environment had long since changed from lax to constricted. As at the end of the previous dynasties, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, from the emperor to the courtiers, they all became cruel and vicious, and the family was ruined at every turn in political disputes, and the court environment deteriorated day by day.

Therefore, the ministers in the hall today, once the emperor really catches the handle, no one will jump out to deceive the court Chongzhen will order this person to be beaten to death.

You must know that Chongzhen reigned for 17 years, and the high-ranking officials who died under him, 1 auxiliary minister, 4 Shangshu, 7 governors and supervisors, 11 governors, and the rest of the servants and below, it is difficult to count the officials who were killed by order in various ways.

So at this moment, the court was silent, and there was no more civil official who jumped out to betray loyalty and integrity, because Chongzhen is really good at killing.