The day Lu Si rushed back to the capital.

He first stated these things to his immediate boss Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen took the matter of acting for the king in his hands, and motioned Lu Si to go down first, and talk about it later.

After Chongzhen decided against the case, he was in a good mood and began to push the cabinet ministers.

The original cabinet members have been impeached due to the influence of Wei Gelding's party, and it is now urgent to form a new cabinet team.

Wen Tiren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhou Yanru, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, were undoubtedly active members of the non-Donglin people in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Like most bureaucrats in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Zhou Yanru was transferred from Nanjing to Beijing.

Like Wen Tiren, he belonged to the non-party group, and such people were destined to be loners in the Chongzhen court.

Qian Qianyi considered that if Wen Tiren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhou Yanru, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, were pushed into the cabinet, their names would be on their own, so they conspired to stop it, so he sent the people of the door and the Ministry of Rites to abandon Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru to the main promoter of Qu Shiyun in the matter, and to face the eleven people including Cheng Jiming and Qian Qianyi.

This incident made Qian Qianyi have a grudge with Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru.

Chongzhen ordered the ministry to push the ministers.

Since Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru are not members of the Donglin Party, coupled with Qian Qianyi's secret operation, it is natural that the two of them will not be considered this time.

Wen Tiren's prestige is too shallow to participate, and Zhou Yanru, who is very respected by Emperor Zhu You, was not elected, which is not normal.

Zhou Yanru's defeat is even more incredible than Wen Tiren's defeat, because Zhou Yanru has always been a person who has won Chongzhen's trust.

In the first year of Chongzhen, the soldiers of Jinzhou mutinied because of unpaid wages.

The ministers all advised the emperor to pay a salary as soon as possible to appease, but at this time the financial difficulties.

Chongzhen was very cautious about this issue, Zhou Yanru realized Chongzhen's thoughts, so he said: "Now the imperial court needs to guard against the officers and soldiers from Shanhaiguan to Ningjin.

Now Jinzhou is following suit, and in the long run, all places are following suit.

Moreover, the garrisons in various places had sufficient food, and a simple lack of pay could not lead to a mutiny, so the mutiny of the soldiers must have been instigated by the officers. ”

Zhou Yanru's opinion is in line with Chongzhen's thoughts, he thinks that this person is the same heart as himself, and he has relied more and more on Zhou Yanru since then.

In the matter of the ministers will push the ministers, Chongzhen has said hello to the ministers, and now that Zhou Yanru has lost the election, Chongzhen naturally thinks that there is something greasy in this, it seems that it is impossible for him to avoid party disputes, it is really a tree that wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop.

Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren thought it was a good time to crack down on the Donglin Party.

Zhou Yanru spread the fact that Qian Qianyi manipulated and pushed, and Wen Tiren even went on a "Straight Hair Cover the World", exposing that Qian Qianyi accepted bribes from Tong Sheng Qian Qianqiu when he tried Zhejiang in the second year of the Apocalypse, and set the first place in the township test based on a poem of low level "Once stepping into the blue sky".

Since this matter and this meeting both involve personnel aspects, Chongzhen can't help but be even more suspicious of Qian Qianyi.

Chongzhen decided to summon Qian Qianyi and Wen Tiren to confront them face to face.

When Qian Qianyi arrived at the Wenhua Palace, he saw Wen Tiren and the ministers of science and technology standing there, and Chongzhen asked about the scientific examination fraud case that had already been closed in the previous dynasty, and Qian Qianyi was immediately asked.

He didn't expect the emperor to turn over the old case of the previous dynasty.

Then, Chongzhen asked Qian Qianyi to confront Wen Tiren.

Qian Qianyi said: "This case was done by Jin Baozhi and Xu Shimin, and the case has been closed, and the criminal department has a case file." "Love books

Wen Tiren said: "After the incident, Qian Qianqiu was on the run, and Jin Baozhi and Xu Shimin, who came to the Criminal Department, all confessed that you were the mastermind. ”

The two argued for a long time and couldn't say why, so Chongzhen ordered someone to watch Wen Tiren's ginseng Qian Qianyi's counsel and Qian Qianyi's defense together.

Because Chongzhen is not familiar with these people, Chongzhen adopted the method of putting the list of recommended people in a bottle and finally drawing lots to determine the final list of cabinet ministers.

Therefore, the final decision on the candidate has the flavor of divination.

Therefore, when Chongzhen saw Wen Tiren's recital, saying "God is a traitor and a party to bully the king", "The Great Ceremony of Fortune is held with one hand", he asked Wen Tiren: "Who is the traitorous party?" Who holds the Divination Ceremony in one hand? ”

Wen Tiren replied: "There are many parties of humility and benefit, and the ministers dare not say everything.

As for this divination, the emperor originally hoped to fairly nominate some people with real talents and learning, but in fact, everything was manipulated behind the scenes. ”

After Wen Tiren finished speaking, Zhang Yunru said: "Qian Qianqiu's case has long been closed, and Tiren was not selected for this meeting because of his bad character, so he fired the gun."

If Qianyi is really involved in the Qianqiu case, why didn't Tiren fire the gun before the meeting? ”

Wen Tiren immediately retorted: "Zhang Yunru spoke for Qian Qianyi, which shows that the officials of Kedao are all Qian Qianyi's party.

Before the Bu, humility is insignificant, what do I do with him? Now that Qianyi has become a popular candidate to enter the cabinet, in order to make good use of people for the emperor, I naturally want to join him. ”

Zhang Yunru immediately retorted: "Villains have always framed gentlemen, and they have all been named with the word 'party', and Wei Guangwei framed Zhao Nanxing and Yang Lian in the past. ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but be furious when he heard Zhang Yunru pulling Wen Tiren on the eunuch party, and immediately asked the Jinyi guard to take Zhang Yunru out.

Then, Wen Tiren said: "Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, has repeatedly begged for rest, and he has not come out, Qian Qianyi instructed Qu Shiyun to come to the door and ask Wang Yongguang to hand over the meeting to Zhang Fengxiang, the servant of the ministry. ”

Hearing what Tiren said, Chongzhen questioned Wang Yongguang.

Wang Yongguang didn't want to offend the Donglin party, so he had to ask the emperor to ask the official Tan Zhiwei.

Hearing Wang Yongguang say this, Tiren continued to follow closely, and he hurriedly said: "You are the head of the six kings, and you will push big things in charge, why do you want to push it to the judge." ”

Yu Shifang Ke Zhuang said: "The ministers will push it is a public opinion. ”

"It is a person like Qian Qianyi who will be pushed, can it be said that it is a public opinion? The ministers came. Chongzhen cross-examined.

Cabinet minister Li Biao continued: "The Zhejiang scientific expedition case has indeed nothing to do with Qianyi. ”

Wen Tiren hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you have seen it, the whole dynasty is Qian Qianyi's party, if Qian Qianyi does not accept bribes, Qian Qianqiu is now in Beijing, and often runs to Qianyi's mansion, just hoping that Qianyi can enter the cabinet and continue to participate in the examination." ”

Li Biao said again: "I have already summoned Qian Qianqiu to confront him last time. ”

Chongzhen hurriedly said: "Qian Qianqiu's words are flickering, and you can't believe it. ”

Seeing that the emperor completely fell on Wen Tiren's side, Zhou Yanru hurriedly stepped forward to help: "The emperor has repeatedly asked his ministers to wait for the recital, why don't the ministers dare to play?" One is afraid of Tianwei, and the other is in the way, in short, Qian Qianqiu's case is well-founded, and His Majesty does not need to ask the ministers and so on. ”

Chongzhen heard Zhou Yanru say this, and hurriedly said: "I asked Jiuqing Kedao to push, but it was such a person who was pushed, why didn't you play?" ”

Zhou Yanru said again: "Dafan will push, on the surface, it seems to be public, but in fact, it is controlled by one or two people, and it is useless for the ministers to say, it will only lead to disaster." ”

Wen Tiren saw Zhou Yanru speak, he continued to slander Qian Qianyi in a grand manner, he said: "I am not a speech official who cannot be impeached at will, and when I encounter a push, I should avoid suspicion and not speak."

However, the election of cabinet ministers involved the safety of the society, and Qian Qianyi formed a party for personal gain and accepted bribes, and none of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty dared to speak. I can't bear to see the emperor isolated, so I have to say. ”

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen had long suspected that there were courtiers forming a party, and when he heard Wen Tiren say this, he agreed very much.