Tang Shiji was really frightened and fainted, because he had seen too many loyal ministers and wise men who were tortured to death, and every time Luo Yangxing said a torture instrument, he would think of the tragic situation of those loyal ministers and wise men who were tortured by this kind of torture instrument, thinking about it, he smoked.

Some people are like this, when they torture others, they torture as much as they want, they don't care about other people's feelings at all, they don't care about other people's pain at all, once someone does this to them, they are afraid to die, and they haven't suffered from other people's pain in case, they cry dad and call mother, fart and urine.

This is especially true of eunuchs, like Wei Zhongxian, when he tortures others, he has no humanity at all, as if torturing people is a kind of fun, but as soon as he heard that Chongzhen was going to arrest him and go back for interrogation, he was so frightened that he committed suicide directly!

There is also Xu Xianchun, when he tortured the "Six Gentlemen of Donglin" and "Seven Gentlemen of Donglin", it was called a cruelty, peeling the skin and cramping was the same as drinking porridge, how perverted and how to come, but when he was tried, Huang Zongxi stabbed him a few times with an awl, and he cried and shouted for mercy, like a grandson!

Tang Shiji was even worse, when his comrades tortured others with these torture tools, he didn't feel any problem, and he was complacent, but once someone wanted to use these torture tools against him, he was frightened.

Luo Yangxing had no choice but to let people send Tang Shiji back to prison first, ready to be tried again tomorrow, he thought about such an eggless soft egg, he estimated that he would be scared a few times, but he never thought that he would never have a chance to scare people again, because Tang Shiji was so scared that he committed suicide that night!

There is no doubt that the eunuch party or the Zhejiang party is good at making medicine, such as the "red pill" that can stimulate the potential and make people feel that the spirit comes in an instant, and then they can make it suddenly and violently, and the poison that directly poisons people to death is naturally not a problem.

Tang Shiji didn't let people send him medicine this time, nor did he let people feed him medicine, he brought his own poison, after the jailer found out that he committed suicide, he quickly found his poison to help, this guy actually hid the poison in the button of his underwear, the button was under the neck, he wanted to commit suicide, he lowered his head and held the button, and bit the medicine bag inside, it was convenient.

In fact, this is a preventive measure set by Wen Tiren, because most of the people under his gang are problematic officials, and they have not been investigated at all, if they are suddenly impeached one day, the East Window incident occurs, they are arrested by Chongzhen, and they are tortured to extract confessions, and they are likely to be unable to stand up and implicate others.

In order to prevent the "good situation" of controlling the court from collapsing because of someone's accident, he gave each of his subordinates a poison pill, if anyone did the ugly thing was shaken out and caught by Chongzhen, it was better to die by himself, don't bother him.

If he honestly "commits suicide in fear of sin", his family can still be taken care of; If you want to die or not, and you want to implicate other people and force him to do it, then you will not only clean up one person, but also your family members will clean up for you!

Tang Shiji knew Wen Tiren's viciousness, coupled with the fear of torture in the edict, he chose to commit suicide on the night of his imprisonment, saving Wen Tiren a lot of hands and feet.

The case of Tang Shiji's framing of Bi Ziyan seems to have settled, but soon, there was another wave in the court, because Bi Ziyan, the head of the household, resigned from his illness!

Bi Ziyan resigned, Chongzhen refused, but once a person is iron-hearted, your emperor will take him without a rut, Bi Ziyan is iron-hearted to resign this time, once he is not allowed to come for the second time, and he is not allowed to come for the third time twice, after five consecutive books, Chongzhen finally has no way, and can only be approved.

At this time, the court vacated two important positions, one is the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the other is the Household Shangshu, these two positions Wen Tiren naturally wants to be in the pocket, because the Imperial History of the Zuodu of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court was originally "his", and the household department is also the only important yamen he has not won, if he can take down these two positions in one go, then he will basically "unify the court"!

However, this time he is afraid that he will not succeed so easily, because Chongzhen has already chosen someone in his heart.

For example, the candidate for the head of the household department, when Bi Ziyan left, he recommended to him the left attendant of the household department, Cao Jun, and he was more satisfied.

This Cao Jian is also a famous loyal minister, in the past, Guangzong died suddenly because of taking the "red pill", he was indignant, and tried his best to write a letter to ask for a thorough investigation, but unfortunately of course the Zhejiang party is powerful, and the first assistant of the cabinet Congzhe quickly suppressed this matter.

Later, Wei Zhongxian covered the sky with one hand, Cao Jue was ashamed and treacherous, and wrote to resign, but he was personally vendetted by the Zhejiang Party Communiqué in the eunuch party at that time, slandering him for using the "Red Pill Case" to slander the imperial court, and as a result, he was dismissed from office and demoted to a commoner.

In the first year of Chongzhen, he was re-activated as the right attendant of the household department, and he tried his best to cooperate with Bi Ziyan to manage the household in an orderly manner, so he was valued by Bi Ziyan and promoted to the left attendant of the household department in the third year of Chongzhen.

Bi Ziyan originally trained him as a successor, and when he left, he naturally strongly recommended it to Chongzhen, who happened to lose confidence in the airborne officials because of the Tang Shiji case, and wanted to be promoted in the original yamen in order to seek stability, so Cao Jian became the most suitable candidate in his mind.

There is also the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Chongzhen also has a candidate in mind, and this candidate is Huang Chenghao!

Huang Chenghao, Zhang Bin's "supernumerary henchman", has performed really well in recent years, Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, Min Hongxue, the secretary of the military department, Min Mengde, etc., these famous eunuch remnants were pulled off by him, this time he dug out the treacherous villain Tang Shiji, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Chongzhen is more and more satisfied with this "upright" "loyal minister", besides, according to the principle of promotion, he is also the most suitable candidate for promotion to the left capital imperial history.

Of course, in terms of position, the most suitable should be Zhang Bin, the right capital imperial history, but Chongzhen has already shielded Zhang Bin in his mind, because Zhang Bin is too powerful, Chongzhen doesn't want to give him any real power, and Chongzhen naturally can't hand over such an important yamen as the Metropolitan Procuratorate to him.

Chongzhen has a suitable candidate, but, according to the regulations, the nine Qings above the third grade, including the ministers, should be recommended by the court, and two or three people should be recommended by the courtiers, and then the emperor will select and appoint them, this process must be followed.

So, how does Chongzhen play?

If he wants to promote Cao Jian and Huang Chenghao, he must be recommended by courtiers, but no one is recommended, and he can't choose if he wants to.

Cao Jian is good to say, it was recommended by Bi Ziyan when he left, this can also be regarded as a reasonable recommendation, Huang Chenghao is a little troublesome, if no one recommends him, it will be embarrassing.

Of course, this little thing is nothing to an emperor, and among the courtiers, he always has a few people who have believed in him, and he can still do it if these people nominate him.

So, as soon as Chongzhen announced tomorrow's court push early this morning, Xu Guangqi received a summons and ordered him to go to the imperial study to face the saint.

Xu Guangqi is inexplicable, why is the emperor looking for him?

He rushed to the imperial study at the call, and after the monarch and ministers greeted him, Chongzhen said with concern: "Zixian, are you busy during this time, is your health okay?" ”

Xu Guangqi was flattered and said: "Thank you emperor, Weichen is fine, this time is not very busy." ”

Chongzhen nodded, and said, "Well, since you're not busy, can you do me a favor?" ”

What is said, if there is anything, you can just make an order, and even preach and give an edict, what to help or not, Xu Guangqi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, please instruct, Weichen will do his best and never give up." ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but laugh and said: "What is not dead, it's not that serious, I just want you to nominate Huang Chenghao as the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Court when the court pushes tomorrow." ”

"Ahh , Xu Guangqi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, it turned out to be this matter, Zhang Bin had talked to him secretly, try to keep quiet during this time, it is best not to come out, so as not to be suspicious of Chongzhen, but I didn't expect the emperor to let him come out!

However, this matter was confessed by Chongzhen, and the nature is different, and if you don't get ahead, people will be suspicious.

He hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Weichen obeys the order." ”

The court push on the second day was interesting, after the play, Chongzhen actually came on the stage in person, and said loudly: "Recently, the head of the household department Bi Ziyan was sick and sick due to old age and frailty, and had to return to his hometown. This household department is one of the most important yamen of the imperial court, and it cannot be left unmanaged, so today, the court is called to push, and everyone can put forward any suitable candidates. ”

What I said, how do I feel a little contradictory, Wen Tiren couldn't help frowning when he heard this, the emperor's meaning seems to be a little biased towards Cao Jue, this Bi is strict, it is really hateful, and it will not stop when he leaves.

At this time, the official Shangshu Wang Yingxiong was even more obviously shocked, because Wen Tiren asked him to come forward to promote Wei Zhaocheng, who had recently joined them, the emperor said so, do you want to promote Wei Zhaocheng again, what if the emperor feels that he is saving his face?

He is hesitating, other courtiers are also hesitating, the emperor has not proposed candidates when the court pushes, this time it seems to be the premise of Bi Ziyan's departure, but the words were said by the emperor, who knows what the emperor means, the emperor intends to let Cao Jian take over the position of the head of the household, and he will stupidly recommend others, which does not make it clear what he is doing against the emperor!

Chongzhen sang this play, and after nearly a tea time, no one dared to come out to nominate the candidate for the head of the household.

Wang Yingxiong hesitated for a long time, and finally raised his head and looked at Wen Tiren faintly, he meant to ask Wen Tiren if this Wei Zhaocheng still wanted to be promoted.

Wen Tiren's nest fire, why is it so difficult to take down the position of the head of the household, it used to be because of Bi Ziyan, and when Bi Ziyan left, he even proposed a Cao Juan, what a fuck!

When Wang Yingxiong looked at it, he was also looking at Wang Yingxiong faintly, yes, he didn't believe in this evil, no matter how much he dripped it, he had to try it, in case the emperor didn't mean that, he lowered his head directly, as if he was tired and tired, but the action was a nodding action.

Seeing this, Wang Yingxiong immediately walked out of the train, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Weichen recommended Wei Zhaocheng, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, Lord Wei is honest and honest, diligent and capable, and he can be outstanding, and he will be able to take care of the household in an orderly manner." ”

This is, Wei Zhaocheng is a mediocre talent, and he is also a donkey, if he didn't take refuge in Wen Tiren, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to be the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, and those who were familiar with him all showed disdain, but Wen Tiren's henchmen walked out of the train one after another, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Soon, there were dozens of people lying on the royal road, and it seemed that everyone thought that Wei Zhaocheng was very suitable for the appearance of being the head of the household department.

However, this time they couldn't play this trick, Chongzhen was not moved at all, but said loudly: "Are there any other candidates?" ”

This is a bit of a slap in the face, Wang Yingxiong only felt a burst of heat on his face, and he was ashamed.

Even Wen Tiren's cadres, cabinet scholars, and Wang Yingxiong, the secretary of the ministry, have eaten turtles, who dares to stand up and talk more, everyone is naturally a more suitable candidate for "no".

Seeing this, Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction: "Well, then Cao Jian will take over the position of the head of the household." ”

No reason, no reason, I'm the emperor, I have the final say, it's as simple as that!

Wang Yingxiong and the other courtiers retreated with a disgraced face, and then Chongzhen said loudly: "Tang Shiji, the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, has committed suicide for framing important ministers of the imperial court, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate cannot be left unsupervised for a long time. ”

As soon as his words fell, Xie Sheng, a scholar of the cabinet and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, walked out of the train and knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Weichen elected Zhang Sizhi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Zhang is fair and honest, upright, and jealous and hateful, and he is the best candidate to serve as the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”

This is again, Zhang Sizhi is fair and honest, he has been impeached many times for corruption, if it wasn't for the Qi Party to protect him, he would have been removed from office and investigated.

The imperial history who impeached him couldn't help but show anger on his face, if such a corrupt official was allowed to lead the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it would be okay!

However, the Qi party officials and other eunuch remnants walked out of the train one after another, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "The minister seconded the proposal"

This guy, there are dozens of people, Xu Guangqi is a little discouraged, but he doesn't dare not do what the emperor explains, he can only bite the bullet, slowly walk out of the train, kneel next to Xie Sheng and say loudly: "Weichen recommended Huang Chenghao, the left deputy of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Lord Huang is fair and honest, upright, jealous and hateful, and has repeatedly reported the remnants of the eunuch party, and has made outstanding achievements, and he is the best candidate to serve as the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”

This was so simple that he actually changed Xie Sheng's words a little bit and repeated them.

What does that mean?

Xie Sheng beside him couldn't help but secretly roll his eyes at him, don't take you to such a disgusting person!

Xu Guangqi didn't have a problem, this was the emperor who asked him to come out and promote, he just didn't know how to praise Huang Chenghao, Xie Sheng's words just gave him "inspiration", so he hid and directly repeated Xie Sheng's words.

At this time, the entire court fell into silence, on one side was the Qi Party that united with the Zhejiang Party to control the government, with a huge momentum, and there were dozens of people; On the one hand, Xu Guangqi, who didn't ask about the government, was lying there alone, how the emperor would choose, it seems that there is no need to guess.

Chongzhen nodded and said without hesitation: "Well, then Huang Chenghao will take over the position of the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Palace." ”

"Ahh , there was a neat exclamation from the entire court, the emperor would choose Huang Chenghao!

Wen Tiren, Wang Yingxiong, Xie Sheng, Xie Majesty and other bigwigs of the current dynasty all showed a look of bewilderment, what the hell is going on?

Chongzhen didn't explain at all, and directly asked the ceremonial official to announce his retirement from the court, pat his buttocks, and leave!

At this point, the Metropolitan Procuratorate changed hands, Wen Tiren inexplicably lost the control of this important yamen, and Huang Chenghao unexpectedly became the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.