Indeed, as everyone expected, Guo Zhiyuan made such a big fuss about this matter, Chen Zizhen couldn't hide it even if he wanted to help him cover it up, so he had to report to the court truthfully, in fact, even if Chen Zizhen didn't report to the court, Zhu Gongyu would not give up, and the contemporary Zhou King Zhu Suqin was furious after listening to his baby son's crying, and personally went to the capital to complain to Emperor Wanli!

At this time, the Donglin Party has gradually recovered from the party struggle between the "Yisi Jingcha" and the Zhejiang Party, and their influence in the DPRK is getting bigger and bigger, so Ye Xianggao, who replaced Li Tingji as the first assistant, also favored the Donglin Party, at this time the Donglin Party has completely become a seriously exclusive party, and any non-Donglin Party members will be attacked by them as long as they catch their braids, and now Guo Zhiyuan has done such a bold thing, and the Donglin Party people naturally cannot let go of such a good opportunity. The impeachment of him flew like snowflakes to the desk of the Wanli Emperor!

When Emperor Wanli heard this, he was also furious, so angry that he slapped the table on the spot, swept the folds on the desk to the ground, and said angrily: "This Guo Zhiyuan is too lawless, does he still have me in his eyes?" Is there still a court? It's a sin that deserves death! ……”

Those ministers who have a good impression of Guo Zhiyuan are not easy to help Guo Zhiyuan speak, Guo Zhiyuan has even done such a rebellious thing as kidnapping the prince of Zhou, isn't it uncomfortable to help him speak at this time? Therefore, the attitude of the court towards this matter is almost one-sided, that is, Guo Zhiyuan must be dealt with severely!

However, there was a disagreement among the ministers on how to deal with Guo Zhiyuan, and the opinion of the Donglin party was to directly punish Guo Zhiyuan as a traitor, send a large army to Dongfan, and take Guo Zhiyuan back to the capital to be imprisoned!

The moderate ministers think that although Guo Zhiyuan's move is a bit bold and reckless, it seems that it is too much to directly deal with the traitor, after all, Guo Zhiyuan did not openly rebel, and more importantly, now that the imperial treasury is empty, there is no ability to launch a large-scale counterinsurgency campaign, and the risk of sending a large army to Dongbo is too high.

Of course, no one dared to say the latter words in front of Emperor Wanli, and several ministers in charge of the military department just said that it was not easy to mobilize the army, and the imperial court still owed a large number of military salaries that had not been paid.

This time it is the turn of Emperor Wanli to have a headache, now he is no longer as ambitious as when he launched the "Three Great Expeditions", he just wants to be a Taiping Emperor, he can try not to do things as much as possible, looking at His Royal Highness's arguing ministers, he knocked his forehead a little tiredly, why can't this damn Guo Zhiyuan settle down a little, I have already turned a blind eye, why do you have to force me?

At this time, there was no one in the cabinet, and the only thing that Emperor Wanli could rely on was Shoufu Ye Xianggao, so he could only look at him, and asked in a long tone: "Ye Aiqing, what do you think?" What should I do about this? ……”

Although Ye Xianggao is biased towards the Donglin Party, he is in charge of the cabinet at this time, which is equivalent to one person having to do the work of several people, and he is also exhausted by the complicated affairs of the court, so he is not like the Donglin Party people who do not know the cost of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and know that the Ming Dynasty at this time is already a wall leaking everywhere, and it is already the limit to be able to maintain this wall, and there is no ability to send a large army to Dongfan.

Ye Xianggao himself is a native of Fujian, although he has been away from his hometown for many years, but through the correspondence of relatives and friends in his hometown, he still knows a little about Guo Zhiyuan, and he is not good at helping Guo Zhiyuan speak, and now that Emperor Wanli named him, he is not good not to express his opinion, and he stands up and says: "Qi Song Shengshang, the old minister thinks that Guo Zhiyuan is indeed bold and reckless, openly kidnapping the royal family, and not punishing is not enough to be a righteous dynasty, but if he is said to have a rebellious heart, it may not be, Over the years, Dongfan has been paying taxes and silver to the imperial court on time, and his father Guo Zhengyu has always been loyal to the monarchy, and now he is also in Dongfan, it is impossible to sit back and watch his son rebel, now the treasury is empty, it is indeed not appropriate to move the army lightly, if you order it to demote, let it go to Beijing to reflect, and then send a capable minister to Dongfan to replace him as the prefect of Dongfan, look at his reaction, if Guo Zhiyuan refuses to accept the order, it means that he does have a rebellious heart, and then it is not too late to talk about sending troops to quell the rebellion......"

Emperor Wanli's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was still thinking about the 200,000 taels of silver that Dongfan paid every year. Demotion Guo Zhiyuan and cut his power, as long as Guo Zhiyuan is willing to come to the capital, he is not afraid that he will be able to turn the sky upside down, and then send a capable minister to take his place, and slowly control Dongfan back into the hands of the imperial court, wouldn't it be better?

Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli slapped his face excitedly and said happily: "Ye Aiqing is worthy of being my minister of the humerus, this discussion is very wonderful!" Then, according to Ye Aiqing's performance, Guo Zhiyuan will be demoted to the sixth grade, and he will immediately go to Beijing to reflect on it, and select capable ministers to go to Dongbo to take over his position as the prefect of Dongfan......"

Although the Donglin Party members were a little unwilling, but Ye Xianggao mentioned Guo Zhengyu, they couldn't bite Guo Zhiyuan anymore, Guo Zhengyu was a member of the Donglin Party, although he had less contact after going to Dongfan, but to say that Guo Zhengyu also had the same rebellious heart as Guo Zhiyuan, wouldn't that slap the Donglin Party in the face? Therefore, he could only settle for the next best thing, agreed to Ye Xianggao's proposal, and sent someone to Dongfan to replace Guo Zhiyuan as the prefect of Dongfan.

Originally, like this kind of fat difference, the various factions in the DPRK and China have always wanted to fight for blood, but this time there are very few people who want to send people to Dongfan to replace Guo Zhiyuan as the prefect of Dongfan, just kidding, Guo Zhiyuan even dared to kidnap the prince of Zhou, if this is done again, I am afraid that the prefect's position has not yet been secured, and his head will move, so the fool is willing to take this risk?

At this time, the Donglin Party people stood up unyieldingly, you don't dare to go, we will send people! I have to say that there are still some people in the Donglin Party who are not afraid of death, such as the famous "Six Gentlemen of Donglin" Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others are well-known hard bones, especially at this time the Donglin Party people are even more proud of daring to admonish the emperor to death, regardless of historical merits and demerits, the Donglin Party people still have their respectability in this regard.

The Donglin Party took this hot potato, but they also knew that it was not easy to deal with Guo Zhiyuan, Guo Zhiyuan would not have been able to create such a situation in Dongfan without two brushes, so that the imperial court would have thrown a rat into the trap, so the person sent to replace Guo Zhiyuan was not only not afraid of death, but also familiar enough with Guo Zhiyuan, and would not easily fall into Guo Zhiyuan's trap, and finally the Donglin Party discussed and decided to send an old acquaintance of Guo Zhiyuan to replace him.

(Note: Ye Xianggao (September 1, 1559 - October 7, 1627), the name Jinqing, the name Taishan, the late name Fulushan, Fuzhou Fuqing (now Fuqing City, Fujian) people. During the Wanli and Tianqi years, he served as the first assistant of the cabinet twice. There is quite a debate in history about whether Ye Xianggao belongs to the Donglin Party, in the so-called "Donglin Point General Record" written by Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party henchman Wang Shaohui and others, Ye Xianggao was listed as the leader of the Donglin Party, but the author flipped through many historical materials and felt that although Ye Xianggao was biased towards the Donglin Party in terms of political tendencies, but during his presiding over the government, his actions were still different from the Donglin Party, and he was not a real Donglin Party member. ）