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On the second day of the knock case, the three officials hurriedly left Beijing and went to the Li family's mansion in Tongzhou, where Li Sancai, the former head of the household department, the governor of Caoyun, and the governor of Fengyang, was located.

The three of them are all Li Sancai's protégés, namely Xie Xuelong in the Criminal Division, Sichuan Provincial Superintendent Yu Shi Xia Zhiling, and Zhou Shunchang, Director of the Ministry of Officials.

Li Sancai was exposed two years ago for stealing the imperial mausoleum, and the emperor was angry and ordered him to be demoted to a commoner. It's just that in the past two years, although Li Sancai's figure has disappeared from the court, his influence is everywhere.

People in the Zhejiang, Chu, and Qi parties also knew that Li Sancai's influence on the Donglin Party was huge and that he still posed a threat to the three parties, so the imperial history of the three parties repeatedly wrote letters to impeach Li Sancai, intending to completely suppress Li Sancai so that he would never make a comeback.

For example, Liu Guangfu, the imperial history of the Chu Party, impeached Li Sancai and Lang Zhong of the Zhishi Criminal Department, echoed each other from the north and south on the right, and appointed the left and right officials and the Wenxuan Department. Whoever is recommended by the two of them, the Anthology Division will be promoted, and it will be a full underground ministry.

In addition, the Zhejiang Party impeached Li Sancai for embezzling the official factory as his own garden, and forcibly bought the land of the people of Tongzhou at a low price.

Under all kinds of impeachment, although the emperor did not issue a reprimand, nor did he order the officials to investigate, the pressure on Li Sancai was huge, and it was almost impossible to make a comeback, so he could only rely on his identity as the founding father of Donglin to instruct the party members to secretly influence the government as much as possible.

Every month, Li Sancai had to send his cronies to Beijing secretly to meet with Shoufu Ye Xianggao, and he kept writing letters with Zhao Nanxing, Zou Yuanbiao and other party elders.

Regarding the impeachment of Wei Liangchen, the lieutenant guard of Jiangnan Town, Li Sancai knew about Yang Lian and others yesterday morning, and at that time he felt that Yang Lian and others were messing around, and they didn't know the severity of the matter, but the incident had already happened, and he was powerless to stop it, so he could only wait and see the development of the situation.

At noon, he received an urgent report, saying that Yang Lian, who led the official to knock on the door, actually injured an old man in the palace, Li Sancai was angry at that time, and said to his family: "That Yang Lian doesn't know the importance of having a little reputation, and he doesn't discuss such a major matter as knocking on the door in advance, and completely makes his own opinions!" ... Now that the attempt to knock on the door has injured an old eunuch, it is not that he Yang Lian has become the laughing stock of the world, but that my Donglin Party is going to make people laugh in every way! ”

When Xie Xuelong, Xia Zhiling, and Zhou Shunchang arrived at the De'en Master's Mansion, Li Sancai was writing to another veteran of the party, Zhao Nanxing, who was impeached and dismissed from office in his early years and now lives in the township, wrote a letter in which he mostly accused Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, saying that these newcomers in the party were arbitrary in order to choose their reputation, regardless of the interests of the party, and if they were not restrained, it was very likely to implicate the ministers, making His Majesty more and more disgusted with Donglin.

This letter is clearly an accusation against Yang Lian and other radicals, but there is also Li Sancai's dissatisfaction with Zhao Nanxing between the lines. Because it is precisely because of Zhao Nanxing that the radical faction in the party is occupying more and more important positions. Li Sancai hopes that Zhao Nanxing can read his hard work and rectify the atmosphere in the party. Otherwise, everyone will follow Yang Lian's example, and the balance within the party and the political pattern of the court will be easily broken through, resulting in a big dispute.

"Whether the people are in the Ying Dynasty or not, the whole East Palace is one person, and the rest are not to worry."

At the end of the letter, Li San wrote such a sentence. When he heard that the students were coming, he hurriedly put down his pen and asked the servant to invite them into the study.

"Teacher!"

Xie Xuelong and the three of them stepped forward to salute the teacher one by one, and Li Sancai waved his hand and asked the three of them to sit down and talk.

Zhou Shunchang, who was the most anxious, first asked: "The teacher must already know about the knocking case?" ”

Zhou Shunchang was a native of Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture, a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli, and was later appointed as the governor of Fuzhou. At that time, there was a local tax supervisor Gao Yu who was ordered to collect taxes, but Zhou Shunchang secretly instructed the merchants not to pay taxes, and hired several scoundrels in the market to incite the merchants to violently resist taxes, causing the situation to change drastically.

In order to protect himself, Gao Yu took Lu Chunru, the deputy envoy of Fujian's political participation, as a hostage, and asked the Fujian gentry to send troops to protect him. The matter reached Zhou Shunchang's ears, and officials with inside information thought that the matter was purely caused by Zhou Shunchang, but now Lu Chunru has become this unlucky person, and Zhou Shunchang should replace the innocent Lu Chunru in public and private, and Zhou Shunchang should replace the innocent Lu Chunru.

But Zhou Shunchang was afraid that Gao Yu would harm his life, so he didn't agree to replace Lu Chunru. Later, Lu Chunru was released by Gao Yu, but the two formed a relationship. Zhou couldn't stay in Fujian, so he wrote a letter to his teacher Li Sancai for help, and with the help of Li Sancai, the Department of Literature and Selection, which was controlled by the Donglin Party, promoted Zhou Shunchang to the head of the Ministry of Officials. The grade of this post is not high, but it is no less valuable than Kedao, and it is really powerful.

"Teacher, Yang Lian called me Donglin this time and lost face, I'm really a bastard!" Xie Xuelong was firmly opposed to Yang Lian's knocking on the door, so when Fang Kezhuang found him that day, he refused.

"Yang Lian is not acting well, and Wang Wenyan, who was born as a prison official, is not a good thing, all he has some bad ideas, but now it's good, and he called me the Donglin Party for no reason and became the laughing stock of the traitorous party... They all said that Yang Lian made people beat people into pigs' heads. Xia Zhiling gritted his teeth and said.

"Yang Lian is really, why was he persuaded by Wang Wenyan's words! He didn't want to think about it, what virtue Wang Wenyan had? With this person here, I, Donglin, suffer from it! Zhou Shunchang looked down on Wang Wenyan, who was born as a prison official.

Li Sancai said: "That Wang Wenyan is the person who stands on the right." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Shunchang was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything more. Because whether it is inside or outside the party, they all know that Yu Youli has a shallow relationship with his own teacher. If he said that Wang Wenyan was not, he was afraid that the teacher would be unhappy in his heart.

"Teacher, you once said to your students that the most important thing in the party now is to retain the Fuqing minister, so as not to make the position of the first assistant fall on the head of the Zhejiang party, but now Yang Lian and others are putting the cart before the horse, to do something to punish Wei, intending to break the Zhejiang party by impeaching that Wei eunuch, if this thing is successful, it will be just a tiger... The teacher knows that now the whole Jingshi is laughing at me Donglin, saying that we are not as good as the generation now. Xie Xuelong hated and hated.

"Lack of success, more than failure! That Yang Lian, I had seen him several times in Donglin Academy in my early years, and at that time I felt that this person had an impulsive personality, was happy to talk about things, and was very unstable... I don't know how the Maharaja admires him, and he must be supported by him... If the monarch knows underground, he knows that my Donglin Party is now laughing at him because of Yang Lian, but he doesn't know what to think. Speaking of this, Li Sancai, who already hated Yang Lianhu, came up again, and his body trembled.

Seeing this, Xie Xuelong hurriedly stepped forward to support the teacher and comforted: "The teacher dissipates his anger, don't move the liver fire, you are the pillar of my Donglin Optimus, if you are angry, our Donglin will be leaderless." ”

Xia Zhiling also said there: "Yes, teacher, don't get excited, there is always a way to solve things, the students are here to ask the teacher for advice, and they can't let Yang Lian really miss my Donglin matter." ”

Zhou Shunchang also said with concern: "Since the teacher's body and bones have not been as good as before, now that the prince of Donglin has gone, the party still has to rely on the teacher's prestige." With you in the old age, it will be like Mount Tai. ”

Seeing that the students cared so much about themselves, Li Sancai couldn't help but feel comfortable, nodded, and cheered up: "I have been supervising the teacher for many years, I haven't seen any storms and waves, and I am also a little anxious for a while, so I won't get sick out of anger." ”

After speaking, he asked Zhou Shunchang: "When you come, is there any movement on the side of the Fuqing Xianggong?" ”

Zhou Shunchang frowned and said, "Ye Ge Lao is closed. ”

"I think Ye Ge Lao also knows that Yang Lian is messing around and embarrassing, so he is angry and reluctant to come forward." Xie Xuelong guessed.

Li Sancai thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know who hit Yang Lian?" ”

Xia Zhiling hurriedly said: "Teacher, this person's name is Li Jinzhong, I heard that he is the one who burned the stove for Li Xuanzhi in the East Palace. ”

"East Palace guys?"

Li Sancai was stunned, the murderer turned out to be from the East Palace?!

After a while, Li Sancai asked, "Does Father-in-law An of the East Palace have something to say?" ”

The three of them shook their heads and didn't know.

Li Sancai frowned, the Donglin Party was the biggest supporter of the East Palace, why did the people in the East Palace beat Yang Lian? For a while, I couldn't figure it out.

Zhou Shunchang said: "Then when Li Jinzhong hit Yang Lian, what did he shout that I would get rid of this thief for the world, and now many people in the city regard Yang Lian as a traitor." ”

"Yes, there is a lot of discussion in the city, and the traitorous party is deliberately adding fuel and vinegar, reversing black and white, and many ignorant people regard Li Jinzhong as a good person." As soon as he thought of this, Xie Xuelong's teeth itched with anger.

"Teacher, if you can't correct Yang Lian's name, then this knock on the door is not right, Your Majesty certainly doesn't like my Donglin, if the traitor party seizes this opportunity, my Donglin will definitely be taken advantage of by the traitorous party." Xia Zhiling said worriedly.

"The Fuqing Prime Minister refuses to come forward to preside, and the students can only ask the teacher to preside over the matter." Zhou Shunchang said with a pleading face.

Li Sancai was noncommittal, only muttered there, and after a long time, said: "The article is going to be on that Li Jinzhong," paused, and sneered, "How can a mere Donggong guy have the courage to hit the imperial court officials, there must be someone behind this person!" ”

Zhou Shunchang and the three of them listened to it deeply, and Xie Xuelong inquired: "The teacher means to pry open this Li Jinzhong's mouth. ”

"Not only do you have to pry it open, but you also have to find out who is behind the scenes." Li Sancai clapped the call, glanced at the three students, and admonished: "Only this case, you must not implicate the East Palace." ”

This is a powerful relationship, and Zhou Shunchang and the three of them understand it very well.

Li Sancai asked Xie Xuelong: "Who can take on this important task?" ”

Xie Xuelong thought for a while and said, "Wang Zhike, the head of the Criminal Department." ”

Wang Zhiyu, Li Sancai, had heard a little about it, and knew that he was a Langzhong of the Criminal Department, and he had a lot of means in trying the case, so he nodded in approval.

Xia Zhiling reminded: "It's just that Your Majesty has issued a decree to lock Li Jinzhong in the Imperial Prison, if there is no Your Majesty's will, it will be difficult for Wang Zhiyu to enter the Imperial Prison to interrogate Li Jinzhong." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Li Sancai waved his hand and said lightly: "Beizhen Fu envoy Liu Qiao had the help of the old man back then, and you only asked Wang Zhihuan to take my name to see him, and said that everything was for the teacher, then Liu Qiao would not dare to disallow it." In addition, Yang Lian was an official of the imperial court, and he was beaten by palace slaves at Huijimen for no reason, and the Criminal Department should send personnel to investigate. ”

Zhou Shunchang and the three of them listened to the teacher's words, and they suddenly opened their minds one by one.

"But over there?" Xia Zhiling was a little worried.

Li Sancai snorted slightly: "Luo Sigong knows the relationship, if the matter involves the East Palace, he is more anxious than anyone else." ”