After the bloody battle of Salhu, Huang Taiji led the remnants to flee north, and the Ming army swept away the leaves in Liaodong like an autumn wind. Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Zuo Zhan was determined to let the cabinet go all out to prepare for the famine. Because the affairs are too cumbersome, he has been eating and living in the Qinzheng Palace for several days, and several uninteresting imperial historians impeached him for not going to the early dynasty, and he scolded his mother angrily.

As soon as this early dynasty system was mentioned, Zuo Zhan had a headache. Now all the decrees come from the Qinzheng Palace, and the early dynasty is a formality, but every day you have to waste energy for this form, and it is good to say that you live close to yourself, and those ministers are miserable.

Most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty lived far away from the Forbidden City, and they had to get up at midnight every day, go through most of the city of Beijing to gather at the noon gate, open the palace gate on time at five o'clock, and everyone crossed the Jinshui Bridge in turn and formed a team again, and then went to the Huangji Hall or the Huangji Gate to perform the etiquette of kneeling and knocking three times. If there is a cough, spitting or unsteady pace in the middle, it will be recorded, it is a marathon test!

In order to improve the efficiency of the imperial court, Zuo Zhan took advantage of the early dynasty to announce a reform, and later changed the time to Western clock records, from 12 hours to 24 hours, and went to court at 8 o'clock in the morning every Monday and Friday every month. In addition, Baotaifang, which is relatively close to the Forbidden City, is planned as a community for civil servants, which not only saves them time to go to court, but also facilitates Dongchang to monitor their movements.

After all, the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty was the most stringent, and if you can be an official at the age of forty, even if you are young and promising, you will be around sixty years old if you want to mix in the court and be an errand in the court. Every day these old guys have to get up in the middle of the night, and it is torture to put it on anyone. Comrade Lenin said it well: "If you don't rest, you can't work", and if you want the horses to run, you have to let the horses graze. In this way, the physical burden of the officials was greatly reduced, and they were able to concentrate on more court affairs.

This kind of pragmatic measure resonated with everyone the most, and the courtiers all applauded, and even the iron men Fang Congzhe and Xiaoqiang Han Xi, who have always been conscientious, also smiled. Seeing that everyone was busy discussing, Wang An deliberately opened his voice and shouted:

"There is a book, nothing to retreat!"

Only then did everyone realize that they were here for a meeting today, not a big gathering outside the front door, and they all quieted down. I saw Yu Shi Cui Chengxiu holding the black materials collected in the past few days, and knelt down and said:

"Qi Shengshang, the minister's left capital Yu Shi Cui Chengxiu has a book to play!"

Zuo Zhan took a closer look at the "famous" head of the Five Tigers, and thought to himself that it was really a fish looking for a fish and a shrimp looking for a shrimp, and he was in cahoots with Wei Jinzhong so quickly. Previously, Wei Jinzhong had collected the fraud case files of Jingcha during the Wanli Xinhai, Ding Si, and Guihai periods, and sharpened his knife Huo Huo to prepare to continue the war against the Donglin Party. For Zuo Zhan, this is an excellent opportunity to rectify the rule of officials, and he said happily:

"Cui Aiqing is exempt from courtesy, say it!"

Cui Chengxiu saw that the little emperor looked at him with approving eyes, and secretly said that it seemed that Gonggong Wei had already passed the anger with the saint in advance, and with the support of the saint, he would be a fox and a tiger, and said loudly:

"During the Beijing inspection last year, the ministers found that the Ministry of Officials' Literature and Literature Selection Division and the Examination and Merit Division used whether they were from Donglin Academy as the criterion, and wantonly excluded other officials. The Military Selection Division and the Arsenal Division of the Ministry of War took advantage of the war in Liaodong to deliberately exaggerate the military exploits and losses, and greedily paid countless soldiers.

In order to find out about this matter, the ministers also found that when Wanli Xinhai, Ding Si, and Guihai were inspected, Li Sancai, Gu Xiancheng and others took advantage of their positions to eliminate dissidents and promote their protégés in violation of regulations. It can be seen that Donglin officials have formed a party and secretly colluded with each other in an attempt to control the government. Earlier, their collective protest against His Majesty's resumption of mining taxes is ironclad evidence, please Holy Heaven! ”

Cui Chengxiu's righteous words were very emotional, and he wanted to die to show his position against Donglin's treacherous and evil forces. If it hadn't been for Yulin in front of the hall to stop him, he would have almost crashed into the Danqi.

After watching Cui Chengxiu's performance, everyone felt that it was a pity that the head that didn't hit the head was bleeding. In the blink of an eye, he thought that it was Donglin Academy that he wanted to impeach, and everyone was terrified, and even Huang Kezhang, who had done five books, secretly sweated.

Zuo Zhan looked around, thinking that these Donglin party members had spread all over the government and the opposition and became an abscess in the Ming Dynasty, but there were too many people involved in this matter, and the old things in the Wanli period were pulled out.

"It's a big deal, Cui Aiqing said cautiously. Since its establishment, Donglin Academy has cared about national affairs, and the so-called wind and rain and the sound of reading are in the ears; Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, everything is concerned. ”

Zuo Zhan's words were ambiguous, no one could figure out whether he was praising or depreciating, Taichangqing Ni Wenhuan was afraid that the little emperor would favor the Donglin party, and he would definitely be retaliated against in the future, so he stepped forward and said:

"Shengshang Mingjian, Donglin Academy cares about state affairs on the surface, but secretly forms a party for personal gain, interferes in government affairs, and is extremely evil. The ministers and others have a large amount of human and physical evidence, please ask the Holy Grace to investigate this matter thoroughly! ”

Zuo Zhan thought that he would watch the fire from the other side today to see how the Donglin Party reacted, so he turned his head and said:

"I know that many of the cabinet and senior members of the DPRK and Central Committee are from Donglin Academy, so I have to listen to their opinions on this matter for the sake of fairness!"

Ye Xianggao, Yang Lian and others saw that the little emperor had an ambiguous attitude, and they all said that although they studied in Donglin Academy, they only wanted to serve the imperial court as soon as possible, and they absolutely did not say anything about forming a party, and then the two sides fell into a battle of words. Because the eunuch party came prepared this time and the evidence was sufficient, they had the upper hand at first, but soon Ye Xianggao adjusted his tactics and gradually recovered the situation with the help of the advantage in numbers.

The two sides of you and I spit back and forth, and instantly turned the morning dynasty into a shrew scolding street. Zuo Zhan was not angry, and secretly instructed Cao Huachun to record the content of these people's attacks on each other in the court discussion word for word, as evidence for the verdict in the future. Where did the rise of the crowd fight take care of these, and when their mouths were dry, they found that they had fallen into the trap of the little emperor, and they all complained bitterly.

Zuo Zhan saw that the hall was quiet, so he pretended to be angry and said:

"You usually think of yourself as a sage and look down on those shrews in the market, but now you sweep the floor and blaspheme and bow down, which is really an unforgivable sin. Each person writes a review and posts it publicly, and a fine of one month is imposed as a punishment, and if there is an additional twenty additional canes for the next time. ”

These words are reasonable, and impartial, for a while the hall was silent, and everyone was like a defeated rooster, and they all lost their former brilliance. Seeing this, Zuo Zhan continued:

"You are all my ministers, I don't believe that anyone dares to form a party, this is digging your own grave. However, Cui Chengxiu and Ni Wenhuan were conclusive, and there was sufficient evidence that Jingcha should severely punish the fraud, and first cut off Li Sancai, Gu Xiancheng and others from their official status, and all their descendants were dismissed from their posts. The case was jointly reviewed by Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Yushitai, and the celebrant and Dongchang assisted in handling the case, thoroughly investigated the officials involved in the case, and all of them were dismissed from their posts and their homes were never used.

As for Donglin Academy, Zhennian and the people who trained a large number of talents for the imperial court were temporarily closed, and all the people were repatriated to their hometowns. Yu Shi Zhongcheng can't restrain his subordinates, let them roar in the court, and order you to think about it behind closed doors at home, and Wang Zaijin will take over for the time being. ”

Wang Zaijin, the word early Ming Dynasty, was born in Taicang, Jiangsu. In the 20th year of Wanli, he served as a scholar in the middle of the book, a political envoy in Jiangxi, and is now the right deputy capital of the imperial history. This person had a wonderful dialogue with Sun Chengzong in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" and was a negative character. However, "Three Dynasties Liao Shilu" is more credible, Wang Zaijin knew that the border soldiers were good at walking, and everyone outside the border was in danger at that time, even if he killed the deserters, he could not save the defeat of the army, so he temporarily built two fortresses to stabilize the army's heart. As long as the Shanhaiguan is tightly closed, these deserters will be put to death after entering the castle, and they can only rely on the city wall to fight to the death with the Eight Banners.

This is a clever plan, fortunately, all the Eight Banners soldiers are entrusted to fight in the Guanjin area, by fighting the number of people and financial resources to consume Houjin, using the city wall to give full play to the advantages of firearms, avoiding field battles with the Eight Banners, and being able to exchange for the fastest victory at the lowest cost.

At this time, the battle situation in Liaodong has been decided, and Sun Chengzong needs to be reused in the left war, so arranging Wang Zaijin to the Yushitai can be regarded as making the best use of his talents.

After listening to the little emperor's arrangement, everyone had nothing to say for a while, and discussed it separately after they dispersed. Zuo Zhan returned to the Qinzheng Palace and secretly rejoiced in his heart, and used the Jingcha case to punish a group of Donglin Party members, closed the notorious Donglin Academy, and installed Wang Zaijin in the eunuch party, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

However, Wei Jinzhong was able to gather so many henchmen in such a short period of time, and he made a ruthless move, and pinched the weakness of the Donglin Party at once, which shows that this person is not a good type. For this kind of villain with bad morals but outstanding business ability, Zuo Zhan decided to continue to retain, but the dog chain should be tied more tightly. For this reason, he decided to invite the guest family to dine together, and took the opportunity to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger.

The Hakka family is now Mrs. Fengsheng, and her status in the palace is more noble than that of the concubine, but she is wearing a thin Shu brocade, but she can't wrap up the charm of her body. At this time, Zuo Zhan had no interest in her, since she was sent to spy on Wei Jinzhong, she took the opportunity to collude with Wei Jinzhong to squeeze out Wei Chao and others, completely disrupting Zuo Zhan's plan, and she couldn't help but be extremely disgusted.

"I've been busy with important things in the previous dynasty, and I haven't seen my nurse for a few days. Seeing that you are walking lightly today, it seems that there is something happy, you might as well talk about it. ”

That Ke was originally a water-based poplar person, shaking the waist of the water snake to show off his amorousness, a pair of sexy buttocks loomed, and chattered:

The saint laughed, how could there be any happy event in the slave family, but I heard that the saint gave a banquet, so I dressed up. Now that I see that the Holy Dragon is healthy and much stronger, I am really happy from the bottom of my heart. ”

For Hakka's teasing, Zuo Zhan wanted to pinch her ass, but at this time he needed to solve the trouble, and said lukewarmly:

"The nurse has been serving me carefully for sixteen years, and she has done a lot of things for me, so I should really thank you."

The Hakka family was overjoyed when he heard this, and he knelt down to thank him and said:

"It is the blessing of the slave family to be able to serve the saint, but I can't afford this thank you. Hearing that the palace has begun to choose concubines for the saint, the slave family is happy and wants to make a few new clothes for the saint to congratulate. ”

Zuo Zhan knew that Zhang Yan had to end this scourge before entering the palace, and deliberately said:

"The nurse has a heart, so I'll leave these rough jobs to Grandpa Wei to do!"

The Hakka family thought that Zuo Zhan was asking Wei Jinzhong, and replied without thinking:

"Gonggong Wei is now busy with the ministers of the previous dynasty dealing with the Jingcha fraud case, how can you have the time to do these trivial things, let the slave family help handle it."

"The Wei Dynasty is quite loyal, do you know where he went?"

Zuo Zhan pierced this layer of window paper, which frightened the Hakka family's face and panicked for a while.

Wang An saw that the opportunity had come, and immediately said:

"The slave heard that the Wei Dynasty had disturbed Mrs. Fengsheng, and she had been assigned to the Zijing Army by Wei Jinzhong."

"This dog minion is really getting more and more disagreeable!"

Zuo Zhan made a pun, and everyone didn't know how to answer, so they had to kneel down and plead guilty. This matter was originally that the Hakka family and Wei Jinzhong teamed up to squeeze out the Wei Dynasty, but Wang An couldn't help, and he really didn't understand how the great eunuch Feng Bao could have such a useless apprentice.

A few days later, the Hakka family returned to his hometown in Hebei under the "escort" of Qi Baoguo, with the title of Mrs. Fengsheng, naturally worry-free about food and clothing, and the left war can be regarded as benevolent and righteous. Wei Jinzhong was removed from the post of 1,000 households for abuse of power, and the eunuch of the Dongchang palm seal was succeeded by Chu Xianxian. This person was originally a eunuch of the Admiralty Bureau, and was ostracized by Wei Jinzhong when the harem was abolished, Zuo Zhan knew that he was a character, and he had been hiding in the Qinzheng Palace, and now he could come in handy. As for the Wei Dynasty, considering that he had the ability to loot money and was Wang An's younger brother, he continued to manage the Weaving Bureau in Yingtianfu, and at the same time supervised the collection of merchants' taxes.