After dinner, Sun Chengzong thought quietly in the study, thinking about what the apocalypse said to him about Donglin Academy during the day, and wondering if there was any other meaning in it. The emperor's grace, like the weather in June, is unpredictable and unpredictable, and a careless person will go from being inseparable from a right-hand man to a dog who is annoyed at first sight. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. Li Shanchang of the Taizu Dynasty and Xie Jin when he became an ancestor are role models, Sun Chengzong doesn't want to capsize when he is old, he still wants to put the trust of the apocalypse on the verge of survival.

Just when he had something to gain, the housekeeper came to report that a guest had come to visit, and Sun Chengzong knew that someone had come to inquire about the news, so he ordered to be invited. However, when he saw the person who came, he was also slightly surprised, because this person was a former official who had retired to the Holy Academy and wrote books. **Xing was the recognized leader of the Donglin Party after Gu Xiancheng's death, and in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian cleaned up the Donglin Party according to something called Donglin Point General Record, **Xing was compared to the Jade Qilin Lu Junyi. Seeing ** Xing personally come to the door, Sun Chengzong knew that there must be something difficult to do.

**Xing and Sun Chengzong are not seen at all, after a meaningless but inseparable politeness, **Xing directly explained his intention, he came to Sun Chengzong to ask Sun Chengzong to thin a few people in the tabloid incident this time. **Xing's meaning is very clear, he wants Sun Chengzong to rely on the trust of the Apocalypse to work hard, even if he can't thin these people's official positions and property, at least his life.

Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said, "Lord Zhao will definitely obey his words and will do his best, but can Lord Zhao say why he wants to protect them?" Let the next know the inside story may be better fundraised. ”

**Xing said: "Don't hide it from Brother Sun, the commander of Hongshanwei was originally my disciple in my early years, he was smart and righteous but he mistakenly entered the martial arts, and I didn't have much contact with him because I avoided suspicion in the Ministry before, but the love between teachers and students has always been." The two people who took the lead in making trouble were originally young heroes in my academy, and I often complained when we were ostracized by Wei Biao two years ago, and these two people have been following me so they have been influenced by me. Several heads of the family in Nan Zhili have an old relationship with Ye Xianggao and Han Yi, they are embarrassed to ask you to let me beg Brother Sun with a cheeky face, and now you are the only one who can make the emperor change his mind. ”

Sun Chengzong was anxious when he saw that ** Xing was so invisible, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly, he nodded and said: "Don't hide it from Lord Zhao, the emperor can let these other people go, as long as they show their attitude and take action." It's just that the chief and deputy commanders of Hongshanwei made the emperor insist on killing, and he did not let go after persuading the emperor again and again, and finally gave a three-day deadline. ”

Star asked, "Three-day period?" What must be done in these three days before the emperor is willing to forgive them? ”

Sun Chengzong shook his head and said, "The emperor didn't say the conditions, it means to see if he is in a good mood three days later." ”

**Xing was displeased: "How can this person's life be based on his mood?" Can Sun Daren think of something more? ”

Sun Chengzong said: "In fact, I heard from their words early in the next morning, they have something to do with Lord Zhao, I remember the last time I congratulated Lord Zhao on his birthday, a few of us talked about current affairs, Lord Zhao said that it is not a good thing that the imperial power is too big, and we should find a way to limit ♀ it. ”

**Xing said: "The old man is ashamed, and he also asked Brother Sun to help more." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "I thought about it for a day and came up with three methods, although it may not be successful, but it is also a little bit of a loss, say it and ask Lord Zhao for reference." ”

**Xing Yi heard that Sun Chengzong had a way, and hurriedly said: "Brother Sun, please speak, don't be modest if time is pressing." ”

Sun Chengzong smiled slightly and said: "First, although the emperor did not let go, compared to the initial attitude of killing, it seems to have softened later, if the emperor can be satisfied, then it is not impossible to let them live." ”

**Xing asked: "How can I satisfy the emperor?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Officials want to find out a fair and reasonable system for the use of officials through debate, and the big families must accept the requirement of a maximum profit cap of 20% from their hearts, and how to do it is Zhao Daren's business, because these two things are carried out in the Holy Academy, and it is estimated that Liu Zongzhou is having a headache." ”

**Xing nodded: "I heard a little wind in the afternoon, what about the second way?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The second is that you can't exert force in just one direction, I have already used too much force here, and I am afraid that it will backfire if I try to persuade again, so it is better to let others help persuade from the side." ”

**Xing frowned and said: "I see the emperor's attitude towards the people in the court, only Brother Sun, King Xin and Yang Lian can still speak, and others are afraid that it is better not to say that the identity of King V is not good to get involved, Yang Lian is willing to help, but he can't speak, no better than your brother who is in charge of the Military Affairs Yuan, and can be persuaded justifiably." ”

Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "This matter is on Yang Lian and Han Yi. ”

** Star said: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "In fact, the emperor is a very lazy person, when he can't make up his mind, he asks the people around him, I heard that the emperor sometimes often asks the eunuchs and concubines around him about something, if you can get the help of the people in the palace, things will be much easier." ”

**Xingxiao looked at Sun Chengzong and said: "The emperor has long said that concubines and chamberlains are not allowed to interfere in politics, and the emperor said that courtiers who make friends with chamberlains in private will be castrated into the palace, does Brother Sun want us all to see the father-in-law in the future?" ”

Sun Chengzong laughed and said: "Lord Zhao is too worried, what I mean is to let Yang Lian and Han Yi find the queen to help through others, as long as they can impress the queen, they will be seven or eight points sure." ”

Star asked, "By whom?" And what did you use to impress the queen? ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Yang Lian's eldest daughter and Ni Yuanlu's wife Ni Wangshi are doing a long history with Princess Ningde, and Princess Ningde's nephew Liu Yougai, who is married to Princess Ningde, should not be a big problem if they talk and let the princess enter the palace to intercede with the queen." The queen is kind, benevolent and generous, as long as she says that the three servants in the palace are about to give birth, and now it is ominous to kill people for no reason, the queen should be able to listen. ”

Xing shook his head and said: "This can only help from the side and can't help directly, I'm afraid it's unreliable, what about the third?" ”

Sun Chengzong said in a low voice: "The third is to make my Donglin Academy show its attitude, whether to adhere to the previous proposition to make the emperor finally obey us, or to change the proposition to us to cooperate with the emperor, the emperor did not say this issue explicitly but has that meaning." I think Lord Zhao won't be able to be the master for a while, it's better to listen to other people's opinions, but be fast, there are only three days to wait for no one. ”

After listening to Sun Chengzong's words, ** Xing was silent, this is a difficult question to decide, and it is not something that he can decide in a short period of time alone.

To put it bluntly, the Donglin Party was an organization formed by a group of people who were frustrated in the court but had certain ideals, and because they were disappointed in the imperial power, they turned to seek ideas independent of the imperial power. In the course of long-term discussion and observation, they put forward the viewpoint of attaching importance to the rights and interests of the people and weakening the power of the monarch, and even proposed to elect the first and second assistants. Slowly, they developed a political goal of focusing on themselves, wanting to dominate the affairs of the imperial court, and unwilling to continue to be vassals under the imperial power.

The Donglin Party, a political group with an independent consciousness and a self-contained proposition, gradually became a political party that wanted to control the Ming Dynasty in the process of constantly summing up and discussing and constantly propagating its own ideas. They not only control many power departments in the imperial court, but also have a certain foundation among the people. Although they were almost uprooted by Wei Zhongxian in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, now they are not only making a comeback, but also more powerful than before.

Seeing that the reality and the ideal are getting closer and closer, but the current unexpected events have made the Donglin Party have to make a painful choice. **Xing knows that if he gives up the idea of the Donglin Party now, and instead goes to a subordinate position to cooperate with the imperial power, and continues with the current policy of the Apocalypse, he will definitely be able to get the support of the people more than the Donglin Party, then in this way, the Donglin Party will never realize its ideal day, if that is the case, I am afraid that the dead Gu Xiancheng will be angry and come back to life.