Chapter Ninety-Three: The Conspiracy of the Donglin Party (Seeking Collection, Asking for Votes)
The reaction of the Donglin Party was also strange.
After Yang Lian and other six gentlemen were imprisoned, the Donglin Party did not have the previous behavior of running for each other and actively saving people in the capital.
Instead, their focus has been placed on various places. They trumpeted the honesty and perseverance of the Six Gentlemen among the people in various places, as if they were building up a lot of momentum for the Six Gentlemen's imprisonment.
Look at the reaction of the Donglin Party and compare the memories of the previous life. Zhu Youzhen feels that the current methods of the Donglin Party are not like saving people, but more like creating gods.
The Donglin Party held the six gentlemen to the sky, but on the other hand, they allowed the six gentlemen to be tortured and persecuted. It's a strange reaction.
Zhu Youzhen couldn't figure it out at all.
In the capital, Wei Dazhong's son borrowed all the relatives and friends in order to raise the stolen money pursued by the Jinyi Guard, and only then did he borrow 3,000 taels of silver.
Just 3,000 taels of silver?
You know, which of the bigwigs of the Donglin Party does not have a net worth of millions?
To save the six gentlemen, the neutral faction does not contribute much, which is reasonable.
However, with the position of the Donglin Party in the southeast, it should not be difficult to raise tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Why do the family members and friends of the six gentlemen borrow all over the world but can't beg for it?
This made Zhu Youzhen even more puzzled.
A message from the night incense in the edict aroused Zhu Youzhen's suspicions.
In the action of asking for the protection of the six gentlemen, the prison tyrant Yan Ke in the edict sighed with emotion: "These guys are really valuable, so many people are staring at them." ”
seemed to know that he had lost his words, and then Yanke simply offered a price far beyond the usual to the contact person of Night Primrose.
Yan Ke is the representative of the inner prison of the Imperial Prison. His outspoken high asking price shows that he wants to maintain the safety of the six gentlemen, and the resistance within the edict is very great. The pressure on the edict is not supposed to come from one side.
Based on this information, Zhu Youzhen pondered for a long time, and he came to a conclusion that he himself did not believe very much.
The Donglin Party also seems to want the Six Gentlemen to die, and the Six Gentlemen of Donglin are really the outcasts of the Donglin Party.
Only this conclusion can reasonably explain all the activities of the Donglin Party.
The Donglin Party should want to use the lives of the six gentlemen in exchange for the monstrous public opinion support of the government and the opposition; exchanging the lives of the six gentlemen for the unanimous opposition of the scholar class to Wei Zhongxian; With the help of the lives of the six gentlemen, he proved to the Emperor of the Apocalypse that Wei Zhongxian's domineering was difficult to control.
In the history of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how powerful the eunuch was, under the unanimous opposition of the scholars, he would step down in disgrace, without exception.
is as strong as Wang Zhen, Wang Zhi, Liu Jin and other big eunuchs, who were not in power at the beginning, and finally lost power and stepped down for this reason? I believe that Wei Zhongxian will not be an exception.
The real masters of the Donglin Party may be snickering in the dark corners.
They may be desperately hoping that Wei Zhongxian will kill Yang Lian and the others. In this way, it is good to exchange Yang Lian's life for the support of public opinion in the world.
Maybe in their eyes, the tall and arrogant Six Gentlemen exist for this moment.
What a reasonable deal to exchange the lives of the six gentlemen for their benefits.
Zhu Youzhen was taken aback by his own inference, and suddenly felt creepy.
Trade the lives of the six gentlemen for benefits?
The memories of his previous life told him that the so-called Donglin Party might really do it.
If the six gentlemen were really framed to death like this, it is estimated that the whole world would really scold Wei Zhongxian. Many neutral factions will also side with the Donglin Party.
But who has considered the impact of this on society as a whole?
Nobody thinks about it.
No one will give a careful consideration to the social implications of this matter.
Wei Zhongxian and the vision of the Donglin Party decided that they would not think about it so long-term.
No, maybe the Donglin Party doesn't think it will have an impact on society at all.
They may think that in order to eradicate the evil eunuchs, the Six Gentlemen have died a well-deserved death.
What is the impact of the unjust death of the six gentlemen on the middle and lower classes?
Maybe in the cognition of the Donglin Party, the middle and lower class people do not exist in their eyes.
Zhu Youzhen is different from them.
The memory of his previous life made Zhu Youzhen unconsciously consider the impact of the incident on the whole society.
In particular, the impact on the middle and lower strata of society. That's where the real hearts and minds of the people of the empire lie.
In Zhu Youzhen's cognition, the unjust death of the six gentlemen may cause a heavy blow to the people's hearts (the reputation of the six gentlemen's incorruptibility is widely spread in the middle and lower classes), and it is even more devastating to the national credit of the Ming court (the people no longer believe in the justice of the court).
What's even more terrifying is that according to the Donglin Party's plan, if Wei Zhongxian is overthrown, a large number of loyal and upright ministers will be sent to the altar as sacrifices.
The Six Gentlemen may just be the first batch.
But the memories of his previous life told Zhu Youzhen that the Emperor of the Apocalypse had an unusual support for Wei Zhongxian. The trust in Wei Zhongxian was not changed until the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.
It can be said that as long as the Emperor of the Apocalypse is alive, the Donglin Party's plan will not succeed.
Once the Donglin Party's goal of defeating Wei Zhongxian is not achieved, there will definitely be more loyal ministers who will be sent to the altar.
Only in that way can Wei Zhongxian's evil be confirmed, and Wei Zhongxian's evil can be exposed in front of the government and the opposition and the Son of Heaven.
According to this inference, even if Wei Zhongxian is hit, Da Ming will be greatly injured. With such a plan, the Donglin Party's intentions can not be described as poisonous.
When the Donglin Party was left with only hypocrites and ill-intentioned people.
When the loyal and upright ministers of the Ming Dynasty were swept away by Wei Zhongxian, the government and the opposition were all flies and dogs.
When the credibility of the Ming court was corrupted.
At that time, even if the imperial court issued a good policy, I am afraid that there would be no good results.
From the mouth of a monk with a crooked mouth, there should be no good scriptures.
The clothes behind Zhu Youjian were instantly soaked through cold sweat, and he was extremely frightened when he thought about it.
Zhu Youzhen didn't know if he guessed right, but he didn't want that terrible situation to happen.
Once the authority of the Ming court is completely destroyed, it will be very, very troublesome to rebuild.
The truth is so cruel, the lives of the six gentlemen are not taken into account in the eyes of several parties (including Zhu Youzhen). Several parties are calculating only their own interests.
The action formed by the tacit understanding between the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian this time was too wide-ranging.
Zhu Youzhen must not be tossed by them, he must come forward to end this incident, hoping that his actions can still save some of Daming's vitality.
Imperial Palace, Ciqing Palace
"Big companion, Lone is going to make trouble for you again." Zhu Youzhen thought about it, and felt that it was better to speak directly with Wei Zhongxian.
"Your Highness, if you have something to say, please speak directly. The old slave tried his best to solve problems for His Highness. Wei Zhongxian said dryly.
Some time ago, the resettlement of refugees in Liaodong, Wei Zhongxian owed King Xin a great favor. Of course, even if it is not a favor, Wei Zhongxian did not dare to slack off on King Xin's request.
King Shin is favored by His Majesty, and there is no other place in the world.
As the vassal king of Kaifu, he can still retain a residence of such a scale in the imperial palace, which can see the status of King Shin in the heart of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.
"Then, big companion, Lone will be straightforward." Zhu Youzhen briefly organized the language.
"Big companion, I want to ask my big companion to spare Yang Lian and the six of them."
Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's face changed suddenly.