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The people in the village gathered in groups of three or five, and everyone talked about the horror story of Wang Shan's murder with relish. Wang Shan's wife, Ma Lan, often hid alone in the room, sometimes sobbing quietly, sometimes sighing loudly, sometimes complaining about her miserable life, and sometimes scolding her husband for being unkind. Only the elder brother Wang De was convinced that his younger brother was a kind person, so he worshiped his parents and said: "Father, mother, my brother is the best, this matter must be strange, and the brother can't avenge his brother, what is the meaning of life?" I heard that there is a good official who enforces the law fairly and fairly, surnamed Cao Mingyin, who is Langzhong of the Criminal Department, and the emperor gave him Tongtian Wat first, and the current emperor orders him to practice the law. Er thought, my brother's grievances Zhaoxue is all thanks to this person, and now I decided to go north to the capital to ask Lord Cao for justice, hoping that my father and mother would be gracious. ”

My father and mother were overjoyed and prepared dry food and clothes for Wang De overnight. In the early morning of the next day, a family of three people said goodbye to each other, and after a thousand instructions from his father, he sent the thirteen taels of silver accumulated over the years to his son to make entanglement, Wang De took it with tears in his eyes, and knelt down to say goodbye to the two elders.

In the depths of winter, frost days, ancient winding paths, walking alone.

Wang De went all the way north, eating and sleeping in the wind and water, and lying in the moon and sleeping in the frost was sad to the sky. In order to save some silver and filial piety to Cao Qingtian, this poor complainant was reluctant to spend money indiscriminately, walked in the mountains to pick wild fruits, walked on the village to beg for leftovers, I don't know how much humiliation he endured, how much he suffered, walked for more than four months, and finally came to the city of Beijing.

At that time, it was early summer, the weather in Beijing was slightly warm, Wang De changed his clothes and entered the city, only to see the noisy people in the wine shop and tea shop, and the noisy rice street and oil alley. Wang De was born in the view of mountains and rivers, grew up in the lush forest, how could he have ever seen such prosperity? For a moment, he lost his mouth and showed his teeth, and his bitter face showed a happy smile.

After several inquiries, he came to the front of the yamen of the Criminal Department, and saw the cornices and arches, lined up one after another, very **, Wang De straightened his clothes, and boldly stepped forward to ask: "Official, villain Wang De, there is a grievance appeal, I have come to see Lord Cao, and Lord Cao is the master of the people." ”

When several men saw it, one waved impatiently and said, "Roll the edge, roll the edge." The other said to the others, "Another person looking for him, he seems to be the only one in this yamen." ”

Wang De hurriedly took a few steps back and explained: "Xiaomin does have strange grievances, and he has traveled thousands of miles to ask to see Lord Cao, and he hopes that several officials will be accommodating. ”

The disciple who waved his hand to drive Wang De away, scolded: "Everyone who comes to us says that there are strange grievances and strange grievances, Lord Cao, he is three heads and six arms? How can I manage so many of your affairs? Tell you, if you mess around again, you will be convicted of overstepping the lawsuit, hit a hundred boards, and make you jump happily on two legs, and crawl on four legs crying. ”

After several disciples drove away, Wang De dared to argue, so he had to retreat to the side. In the midst of a dilemma, a white-bearded old man approached and shouted, "That man, that man, come with me!" ”

Wang De didn't know what was going on, and followed the old man to a small alley in a daze, and the old man said: "You stranger doesn't know anything!" ”

Wang Dedao: "Uncle, my brother was wrongfully imprisoned, and I heard that Lord Cao was holding Tongtianwat and presiding over the justice of the world, so I came to ask to see him, what's wrong?" ”

The old man shook his head and sighed, "Alas! It's no wonder that you can know about the affairs of the DPRK and China! ”

Wang Debai said: "Please teach me." ”

The old man said: "This criminal department yamen is in charge of the world's criminal prisons, there is a Shangshu in it, it is a second-grade official, one person on the left and right waiters, and it is also a three-grade official who wears a peacock purple suit, and it is Langzhong, a member of the outside Lang, the director, a light mill, a school inspection, a prison, a secretary and other official positions, and there are headquarters, a department, a capital official, and a secretary in the criminal department. ”

Wang Dedao: "The villain and the rough man in the countryside don't understand the rules of the court, and I hope that my husband will teach me how to do it." ”

The old man said with a smile: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, it is a felony to appeal beyond the level, if you entangle outside the yamen and annoy them, it will be troublesome to really convict you of overstepping the prosecution." If I write you a complaint, you can go back and file a complaint in the local state capital, and you will be able to open a court for review. ”

Wang De was skeptical and asked, "How about I present your complaint to Lord Cao?" ”

The old man said: "If you have to look for him, I will write you a complaint first, maybe one day Lord Cao comes out and is touched by you, you can stop the sedan chair to complain, whether it is successful or not, it depends on your creation." ”

Wang De was overjoyed, and immediately asked the old man to start writing, and after writing, Wang De asked again: "Can this be done?" ”

The old man said angrily: "Look at what you said, I am the first master in the capital, and I have written thousands of cases for others, how can I not get to you!" ”

Wang De was overjoyed, carefully accepted the form, paid the old man a hundred copper coins, and left with a thousand thanks.

2

After guarding for three days, every time a sedan chair came out, Wang De had to go up to inquire which adult was traveling, and he was scolded back by the official who opened the road.

Wang De was very depressed, and secretly thought to himself: When I saw Lord Cao, I had to buy some gifts to honor my filial piety, the silver brought by the family had been used bits and pieces for several months, and now there were only eleven taels left.

The idea has been decided, Wang De found a wine shop to do a fireman, this day to ask the shopkeeper Liu for advice on the way to redress grievances, the shopkeeper Liu said: "In addition to the criminal department in the capital, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple are also the yamen who accept the world's criminal prisons, however, there are many people who go to the capital from all over the country to complain every year, but there are few successful people, I advise you to die this heart!" ”

Wang De bowed his head silently, waited for the wine shop to close, went to the street alone to buy paper and pencils, copied a few copies of the complaint and hid it, took a day off the next day, and came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate with the complaint with the complaint.

The gatekeeper of the Metropolitan Procuratorate said with a smile: "The duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is to review the criminal cases of officials in various provinces, even if the small people without official positions have a big unjust case, they are not qualified to come to us, it is not easy to read that you are high and far away, and I will not investigate your crime of harassing the public, leave quickly!" ”

Wang De hung his head and had to go to Dali Temple to try his luck outside the yamen, and was reprimanded by Menzi again: "You are so bold, although Dali Temple records the world's criminal names, specifies and identifies, and does not trap the innocent, but only accepts the cases submitted by the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

Wang De was helpless and tired and returned to the winery, and when the shopkeeper Liu saw him like this, he had already guessed the result, and re-persuaded: "How many successful cases have been sued since ancient times?" The government office is unpredictable, the official family is unreliable, the ancients said that people have blessings and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, so you can admit it! ”

Wang De was indignant and said, "No, I have to wait for Lord Cao, I believe that Cao Qingtian can return my brother's innocence." ”

Shopkeeper Liu sighed: "I am a native of the capital, now in my thirties, I have never seen an official above the fifth grade, you have only been here for a few days, and you want to meet Lord Cao on the street?" ”

Wang Dedao: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, in front of the royal gate, is there no Qing official who can avenge my brother?" ”

Shopkeeper Liu sighed: "You people who come to the capital to complain, always complain about how many injustices there are in your hometown, and you want to come to the capital to seek justice, don't you know that the injustice in your hometown is precisely in this capital, do you think that sycamore seeds will grow jujube trees full of thorns?" ”

Wang De was greatly frustrated, and muttered to himself: "Brothers, brothers and sisters, my brother is being aggrieved in prison, even if it is difficult to avenge grievances, I have to fight as a brother." ”

After a few days, I heard that the officials would enter the palace to see the emperor in the morning, Wang De looked forward to Cao Yin being among these ministers, even if he couldn't meet him, I believe that there would always be a blue sky among so many officials of the early dynasty, as long as he met one, then the younger brother would be saved.

On this day, Wang De took leave again and came to the outside of the Forbidden City early in the morning, but unexpectedly, there were sword-wielding soldiers everywhere on the streets outside the Imperial City, and Wang De could not get close at all. Seeing a team of people coming over, one sedan chair after another approaching, Wang Dezhuang boldly called out in the air: "Lord Cao, Lord Cao, Lord Cao......"

Those officials didn't seem to hear it, and they still walked forward gracefully, and no one stopped, not even a glance at Wang De. Instead, a few sergeants guarding the road shouted and ran towards Wang De, scolding: "What is the noise, get out!" The sergeants pounced on him and beat him without saying anything, Wang De, who was in his fifties, could withstand this punch and kick, and after receiving three or five punches, he rolled on the ground in pain and couldn't get up.

The sergeant left, and a sedan car came behind him, and the officer in the sedan heard the ** sound outside, lifted the curtain and asked, "Who is it?" The guard replied: "Presumably it is Diao Min who sued again." The official shouted: "How did the road guard sergeant do it, and he didn't drag this people farther away, and put it on the side of the road to disturb the interest of the ministers." When the guard heard this, he grabbed Wang De and dragged him far away, and after dropping it, he kicked and scolded again: "Tell you to come back to complain!" ”

Wang De was full of grief and indignation, and wanted to cry without tears, but suddenly a person behind him asked: "Why are you crying here early in the morning?" ”

When I looked back, I saw that it was a middle-aged man, although his appearance was not fierce, but he was also wearing a cyan official robe, so Wang De hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The villain mistakenly broke into the adults, damn, damn!" Wang De struggled to get up as he spoke, and fled back one step at a time.

Wang De was in pain, lying in bed without eating or drinking, and couldn't get out of bed for two days. Shopkeeper Liu persuaded: "Money is something outside the body, you are not lightly injured, if you are reluctant to spend silver taels to ask a doctor for treatment, in case you fall into a disability, how will you spend the rest of your life?" Wang De was shocked when he heard this, and thought about it, my father and mother are still at home looking forward to me going back, if I really can't go home because I am disabled, won't I die of the second elder? So he begged the shopkeeper Liu to invite a doctor, put herbs on it, and asked the doctor to come and change the medicine three days later.

3

Seeing that there was no hope of filing a complaint and no way to redress his grievances, Wang De was disheartened and decided to accept his fate and go home to serve his parents. In grief, he tore up all the forms, accepted the five cakes presented by the shopkeeper Liu, and left with tears of thanks.

Walk to the Yongding Gate, see two men on the side of the street open clothes and sit on the ground, there is a sign next to read: "Shandong Dezhou" four words, look at it again, there are several people in front of it, but the words written on the card are different, there are "Henan Kaifeng", there are "Jiangnan Yangzhou".

Wang Dewei asked, "Two brothers, what do you mean by this?" ”

One of them said, "Don't you understand? ”

Wang De shook his head, and the man said: "My brothers and sisters came to the capital to sell sweaters, and now they are ready to go back to their hometown in Texas. ”

Wang De was overjoyed, and also set up a card, writing "Huguang Chenzhou", and sat down side by side with the two brothers. After waiting for a long time, the brothers who went to Texas were hired, Wang De was anxious, and added five words to the sign: "Thirty Wen a day". Wang De secretly thought, as long as there is food and shelter, even if the daily remuneration is less, it is better than me begging along the road alone.

Wang De had just put down his pen and was about to sit down, but he saw three men standing behind him looking at him, and asked with a smile: "This old brother, the porter here is paid fifty wen every day, why do you only need thirty wen." ”

Wang De saw that the three of them were not dressed like big officials, so he replied casually: "I want to go home earlier, so I voluntarily ask for less payment." ”

The man said: "I'm going to Zhending, go back to Huguang with you, are you willing to help me pick out some clothes to go with?" ”

Wang De was overjoyed, although he didn't know where it really was, but as long as he was on the way, he could also earn some money, so he immediately nodded and agreed.

The four of them went all the way south to Daxing, and then rushed west from Daxing to Fang County, and then turned south, stopping and stopping along the way, and it took ten days to reach the city of Zhending. The clothes Wang De picked were not heavy, and every meal was full of wine and meat, which was really like a fairy-like day. When he looked up and saw the words "Zhending City", Wang De couldn't help but secretly complain, he couldn't imagine that Zhending City would arrive so soon, and he only had 300 yuan in ten days, and he would have to beg back alone for the next few months.

"Brother, this is true determination, thank you for carrying the burden for me all the way, you can take these eight taels of silver, take care of yourself along the way." The man at the head handed over the eight taels of silver to Wang De, and then turned around and walked towards the city, and the other man followed closely, leaving one who took Wang De's shoulder and picked it up and left.

Wang De was grateful for the silver, and felt that he had only picked for ten days, how could he accept eight taels of silver from others, so he grabbed the man behind him and said: "No, although the villain is poor, but he has no merit, how can he receive so many benefits from you." ”

The man smiled and said: "You can accept it with peace of mind, my family doesn't need to pick a husband, because everyone else asks for fifty yuan, and you alone only need thirty yuan, seeing that you are kind-hearted, and I know that you are a homeless man who mistakenly broke into the car of the ministers outside the imperial city a month ago and was beaten, I know that you are pitiful, so I hired you." The eight taels of silver are also calculated, you go home and estimate that it will take four months, and the daily remuneration will be calculated at fifty wen, and you can get six taels of silver in four months, plus eating and drinking all the way, so you will be given a total of eight taels. ”

Wang De was shocked when he heard this, and asked: "The villain has no merit and no virtue, how dare he be so loved by the adults of your family?" Dare to ask the adults with their names. ”

The man said: "My family's surname is Cao Mingyin, who is the Simen Langzhong of the Criminal Department, and the people in the world are called Cao Yin of the Northern Law." ”

Hearing this, Wang De's tears burst out of his eyes, and he couldn't imagine that Lord Qingtian, who had been looking for months of hard work, was looking for people but couldn't find them, and he hated and resented him. Wang De fell to his knees with a thud, full of grief and tears, worshipping the blue sky with grievances, kowtowing while crying: "Lord Cao, the small people are wronged......"

4

Zhending Post House.

"Red, green, green wine and meat, lonely and empty. Forty years of life do not come out, and it is in vain to read the spring and autumn of the millennium. The bustling world has been in a hurry for thousands of years. The beauty of the wooden building is shallow by the stream, better than the Kunlun immortals. Cao Yin asked after chanting repeatedly: "The county order Liu Luo convicted your brother of murder with this song "Xijiang Yue"? ”

Wang Dedao: "Exactly"

"No physical evidence?"

"Nope."

"Ridiculous!" Cao Yin was furious, isn't this a disregard for human life?

"My brother is kind, in the face of this unjust case, he will rest in this life, and I hope that Lord Cao will avenge my brother's grievances," Wang De said sadly, and couldn't help but kneel down for Cao Yin again.

Cao Yin hurriedly helped up and said: "Your brother's case, according to the law, should not be convicted, but unfortunately although I am in the criminal department, but I am only a Simenlang, it is not appropriate to directly inquire into this case, although I have Tongtianwa, but the whole country arrests and steals, but I have no right to try the case, but the elder brother rest assured, I will return to Beijing after finishing the matter in Zhending, that is, I will inform the Huguang Qing officials Wailang, the chief and others of this case, they will definitely review your brother's case, in case they are still unfair, I will hear that the emperor declares your brother's grievances." It's just that if you come to Beijing to file a lawsuit without authorization, it is a lawsuit, and the "Daming Law" clearly stipulates that both military and civilian lawsuits must be filed from the bottom up, and if you go to the boss to sue the lawsuit, you will be flogged 50 ......."

Wang De was overjoyed and surprised, and asked suspiciously: "Why, which watchdogs in your criminal department just coaxed me out and never beat me, so why does Lord Cao have to punish me?" ”

Cao Yin comforted: "Taizu is the king of the world, the law of etiquette is to guide the good people, the law is to be stubborn and foolish, the people of the world are happy to see the law, and the monarchs and ministers follow the law, your brother's grievances are caused by the officials not obeying the law, even so, as the person concerned, shouldn't you first obey the law and obey the law?" ”

Wang Dedao: "Lord Cao's intention, I should be flogged fifty before I have the right to avenge my brother?" ”

Cao Yin said: "I can't bear you to be punished, but the law is majestic, and the slightest obscenity is not allowed. ”

Wang De secretly thought, he had long heard that Cao Yin was meticulous in enforcing the law, and now it seems that it is true, no matter what, as long as he can avenge his brother, he will be beaten up, but he said firmly: "Okay, I will return to Beijing with the adult, and the adult will send me to the department for punishment, but I beg to remember my brother's injustice." ”

5

Cao Yin worked in Zhending for three days, took Wang De back to Beijing, just entered the yamen, Cao Yin called the principal and instructed: "This Wang De brother, a native of Huguangchen Prefecture, came to the capital to complain, according to the law to treat the crime of Yue Sue, you take him to Xicheng Soldiers and Horses Division to be punished according to the law, the old brother is old, he will definitely not be able to eat the fifty plates, after the punishment, you take him to the hospital to apply medicine." ”

The principal was startled, and was about to speak, but he knew the majesty of Cao Yin's law enforcement, so he had to forcibly swallow the unspoken words.

Cao Yin took another twenty taels of silver and handed it to Wang Dedao: "Old brother, don't blame Cao Yin, Cao Yin respects the law and does not dare to slack off. ”

Wang De was overjoyed, accepted the silver taels, thanked Cao Yin, and left the criminal department with the principal.

As soon as the two left, someone came to report, and Yang Lian, the left deputy capital, asked to see him. Cao Yin knew that Yang Lian was upright, so he hurriedly greeted him outside the door, and the two exchanged pleasantries and sat down in the hall. Yang Lian said: "Lord Cao has always been upright and innocent, and he was given by the first emperor to pass through the heavens, and Yang Lian bowed to him. ”

Cao Yin said: "When it comes to the past, Cao Yin is ashamed, the first emperor has been driving the west for more than three years, and Cao Yin still has achieved nothing, the first emperor and the people of the world." ”

Yang Lian said with a smile: "You can't blame Lord Cao for this matter, in the past three years, Yang Lian greatly admires how many good advice and good policies for the benefit of the country and the people have been proposed." The people also know that there is a Cao Yin in the court, who enforces the law like a ding, is loyal, and is a rare good official! ”

Cao Yin smiled bitterly: "Lord Yang, don't make fun of me. ”

"That's what happened," Yang Lian leaned forward and said in a low voice: "Master Cao's ambition is difficult to develop, and it is difficult to stretch it, do you know why?" Cao Yin shook his head blankly, and Yang Lian replied: "Now that the eunuch party has deceived Shengcong, manipulated the dictatorship, and brought disaster to the country and the people, Wei Zhongxian has snared traitors to form a dead party, and those who have taken refuge in his disciples include Cui Chengxiu, Wu Chunfu, Tian Ji, Ni Wenhuan, and Li Kuilong, these five traitors are known as the 'Five Tigers'." Wu Youtian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Cui Yingyuan, Sun Yunhe, Yang Yuan, these five thieves are known as 'Five Biao'. In addition, there are 'ten dogs' such as Zhou Yingqiu, 'ten children' such as Wei Liangqing, and 'forty grandchildren' such as Li Fan. These traitors are entrenched in the middle of the court, all over the capital and beyond, holding power and having the potential to bully the master. Lord Cao has mentioned a lot of twists and turns in the past three years, but he has been suppressed by Wei Eunuch's henchmen, and the Lord has asked to see the emperor many times, but he has also been unreasonably blocked by the eunuch party. It is precisely the misdeeds of these traitors that make it difficult for Lord Cao to stretch his ambitions and make it difficult for his big wings to fly. ”

Cao Yin's face turned angry when he heard this.

Yang Lian said: "Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty has its own loyal ministers, and it is not allowed to mess with the dynasty, I and Zuo Du Yushi Zuo Guangdou Zuo, Yushi Huang Zun Su Huang, Li Yingsheng Li, Yuan Huazhong Yuan, the official department to Wei Dazhong Wei in the matter, Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Chen Daoheng Chen, Funing Hou Zhu Guobi and other direct ministers of the court collected a lot of evidence of Wei Eunuch, such as: Minister Liu Yixi, Zhou Jiamo, both under the order of the first emperor to assist the government, Wei Zhongxian colluded with Sun Jie to cut off dissidents, designed a frame, forced away the two ministers, and his crime is also one. The first emperor was in the prime of life, but ascending to the pole in January was really suspicious. Lichen Sun Shenxing and Xianchen Zou Yuanbiao set things right, traced the conspiracy, and made great contributions, but Wei Zhongxian forced the two away, and their crimes were two. Man Chaojian, Wen Zhenmeng, Zheng Zheng, Xiong Deyang, Jiang Bingqian, Xu Daxiang, Mao Shilong, Hou Zhenyang, Jia Jichun and other nine people are all loyal ministers of my Ming Dynasty, all because they are not attached to Wei Zhongxian, he is angry and ashamed, and he pretends to pass the holy decree to reprimand, and everyone in the world is easy to understand the anger of the emperor, and the anger of the loyal and virtuous is unforgivable. Wei Eunuch's sins are difficult to write, there are too many to count, Lord Cao has always been upright, can he bear to look at Wei Eunuch and bring disaster to the country? ”

Cao Yin slammed the table and said angrily: "I said straight to Wei Gelding for personal gain, I never thought that he was so hateful. Taizu set the ancestral motto of eunuchs to interfere in politics and kill without forgiveness, but now this ancestral system has been trampled on by the eunuchs. ”

Yang Lian was overjoyed, and got up and bowed: "It's not a secret, since Wei Eunuch demoted the loyal minister Manchu to the frontier, Yang Lian has vowed to eliminate traitors for the country. Yang Lian is not talented, and he will risk his life to impeach the traitor tomorrow, if he can get the full help of Lord Cao, the big thing will be done. ”

6

On June 1, the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Yang Lian presented "Twenty-four Sins", bitterly condemning Wei Zhongxian's many crimes. When the Emperor of the Apocalypse was drinking tea in the pavilion, he ordered the eunuch Wang Tiqian to sit with him, Wang Tiqian was originally Wei Zhongxian's confidant, and squinted at the "Twenty-four Sins" on the desk, but took advantage of the emperor's toilet to peek at it, and saw that the first major sin was:

Emperor Taizu Gao's ancestral training, eunuchs and eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in the government, violators are not forgiven, Wei Zhongxian is chaotic, reckless for selfishness, pours good classes, damages the name of the emperor's Yao Shun, and brews endless hidden disasters in the sect society, which is an unforgivable crime.

Wang Tiqian was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly put this sparse at the bottom, and a little Emperor Tianqi came back and said: "Recently, the ministers have presented a lot of twists and turns, and I am overwhelmed, Wang Tiqian, you pick up the important ones for me to read." Wang Tiqian received the order, took a book from the top to read, and stopped after reading a few books. Somehow, the Emperor of the Apocalypse asked, "Why don't you read it?" Wang Tiqian wiped the cold sweat and said: "The weather is hot, and the minister is afraid that the sweat will be damp and broken, please let the minister wipe the sweat and read it again." ”

Emperor Apocalypse saw that he was really sweating profusely, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I sit in a cool place and taste tea and still feel hot, you will naturally sweat profusely when you stand there, and it will be difficult for you, so let's read and listen to me at night." ”

Wang Tiqian was overjoyed and knelt down to thank him: "The emperor is considerate of the lowly ministers, and the ancient saints have not been able to reach them." ”

Emperor Tianqi loves carpentry, and set up a carpentry room in the palace, and he often plays carpenter work in it, listening to Wang Tiqian's words, he laughed and said: "Okay, okay, don't pat me on the back, get up, and accompany me to the carpentry room." ”

Wei Zhongxian was shocked and summoned his henchmen to discuss countermeasures. Shangbao Shaoqing Liu Zhixuan said: "Yang Lian's twenty-four crimes are not the conspiracy of one person, but the plan of the thieves of the Donglin Party. ”

Wang Tiqian said with a smile: "The emperor doesn't like party fighting, the more they slander Father-in-law Wei together, the more it proves that they are a dead party, so that they can be used by me." ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "What is the trick of the body? ”

Wang Tiqian said: "Father-in-law doesn't need to act for the time being, just wait and see what happens, when the Donglin Party members jump out to impeach the father-in-law in a few days, the father-in-law only needs to pretend to be wronged, go to the emperor to cry and beg for resignation, and tease a few words between words, implying that all the ministers are Donglin Party members." ”

Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed and said: "Wonderful, as long as the emperor understands that they impeached me out of selfishness, he will definitely not listen to them." After pondering for a while, he said to Wang Tiqian: "The emperor loves carpentry a lot, and is often obsessed with that private work. ”

Wang Tiqian and Zhao Zhixuan smiled knowingly, and they all called it a clever plan.

Wang Tiqian acted according to the plan, and when the Emperor of the Apocalypse was doing carpentry, he asked to read Yang Lian's "Twenty-four Sins", and the Emperor of the Apocalypse really didn't want to listen to him, so Wang Tiqian read it lightly, and the emperor nodded slightly and said, "Well, I know." ”

A few days later, the ministers impeached Wei Zhongxian in turn, and there were no less than 100 people, and Cao Yin also impeached Wei Zhongxian for violating the ancestral system, messing with the law, obstructing loyalty, and listening to the heavens. All of a sudden, a storm of anti-Wei was set off in the court, which made Wei Zhongxian panic all day long.

Wei Zhongxian saw that all the ministers really came to impeach him, so he cried in front of the emperor according to the plan: "The ministers are dedicated to the country and do their best, and they don't want to be tolerated by Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Cao Yin and others. If the minister can calm the anger of the Donglin Party because of this, so that the court is stable, and the civil and military are concentric, the minister wishes. Wei Zhongxian deliberately said the word "Donglin Party" very seriously, and after speaking, he raised his head slightly, squinted his eyes and peeked at the emperor, and saw that the emperor was slightly angry, and couldn't help but snicker.

Emperor Tianqi saw Wei Zhongxian crying bitterly, and his words were heartfelt, and he really blamed Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Cao Yin and others for forming a party for personal gain, and did not allow a single eunuch.

The treacherous and cunning Wei Zhongxian smiled gloomily.

After a few months, the matter gradually subsided, and the ministers saw that the emperor had no intention of eradicating the Wei party, and they were all helpless. Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed and said to his minions: "It's our family's turn to make a move." ”

Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "The Donglin Party has just made a difficulty, and the emperor has already blamed them, we are fighting back at this time, and the emperor in turn accuses us of forming a party for personal gain, isn't it self-defeating." ”

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "It's okay, our family will not move the Donglin party members for the time being, and we will start with Cao Yin first." ”

Jinyiwei commanded Xu Xianchun and said: "Cao Yin is bent on practicing the law and trying to be strong, he never forms a party, and he has no deep friendship with the Donglin Party, and this impeachment of his father-in-law is also bewitched by Yang Lian, in my opinion, he is not a wicked person, and taking him under the knife is not enough to deter Yang Lian and others." ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled and said, "How can there be any good and evil in the world? Those who do good to me are good, and those who are evil to me are evil. ”

Li Kuilong, the director of the Ministry of Officials, said: "If the father-in-law wants to take Cao Yin to open the knife, the lower officials have a strategy." ”

Wei Zhongxian said happily: "What is Kui Long's plan? ”

Li Kuilong slowly said his plan, and everyone applauded in unison.