With Dongchang's monitoring of the capital, as soon as the rumor that Wei Zhongxian and Mrs. Ke conspired to frame Empress Zhang spread, the Dongchang spies reported to Wei Zhongxian as soon as possible.

When Wei Zhongxian heard this rumor, his first feeling was anger, followed by deep fear.

Wei Zhongxian was scared, very scared. He didn't know what would happen to him if this kind of rumor reached the ears of the Emperor of the Apocalypse. He is a guard dog of the emperor, and the most important thing for him is the trust of the emperor. If you lose the emperor's trust, you will soon be crushed.

The frightened Wei Zhongxian sent all the Dongchang spies out to cast a net in the capital and track them down.

The source of the rumors eventually pointed to the Donglin Party. Fear made Wei Zhongxian almost lose his mind, he didn't expect the Donglin Party to use such a vicious trick.

"How dare the Donglin Party release such vicious rumors to attack the miscellaneous family?" Wei Zhongxian gritted his teeth and said word by word, "This is the so-called righteous gentleman? ”

Wei Zhongxian paced back and forth, and he finally stood still and roared out: "Donglin Party, the miscellaneous family will never die with you!" ”

The frantic Wei Zhongxian decided to strike first.

Wei Zhongxian's eunuch henchmen gathered together. Through the discussion of the party henchmen, Wei Zhongxian decided to start with Wang Wenyan, the secretary of the cabinet.

Because no matter how annoying and hateful the Donglin Party is, most of the Donglin Party is still very clean at least on the surface. It's hard to get hold of them in a hurry.

This Wang Wenyan is different, he is an outlier in the Donglin Party.

The vast majority of the Donglin Party members were scholars from the imperial examination. But Wang Wenyan is not, he has not even participated in the imperial examination.

Wang Wenyan, a native of Anhui, was originally a jailer, commonly known as a cell boss. Like Song Jiang in the Water Margin, he is very sociable. No matter who he is, he can socialize, it is simply the Ming Dynasty version of timely rain.

Wang Wenyan is also the same as Song Jiang, he walked a lot at night and finally encountered a ghost. He was accused of stealing from prison, but fortunately he had many connections, and in the end he was only dismissed.

Wang Wenyan couldn't get along in his hometown, so he drifted to the capital.

I have to admit that Wang Wenyan's level is very high, and he is still doing well in the capital. He first mixed up with the eunuch Wang Anmen, and then somehow got mixed up with the Donglin Party.

According to common sense, with Wang Wenyan's background, the Donglin Party should not even look at him. But the strange thing is that Zhao Nanxing, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, these famous Donglin Party members all have close contacts with him.

After Wanli's death, Emperor Taichang succeeded to the throne. The eunuch Wang An gained power and became the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch. In the short one-month emperor career of Emperor Taichang, the Red Pill case and the palace transfer case occurred one after another.

During that time, Wang Wenyan, as Wang An's protégé, frequently communicated with the Donglin Party and played a significant role in bringing the Donglin Party to power.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, after the eunuch Wang An was kicked out of the palace and died, Wang Wenyan, who had lost power, was arrested and imprisoned. But he was soon rescued. After he was released from prison, he was promoted to the top of the cabinet (equivalent to the secretary of the State Council).

In the first year of the Apocalypse, the alliance between the Donglin Party and the Chu Party is said to have been facilitated by Wang Wenyan. The Donglin Party was able to defeat the Zhejiang, Qi, and Chu parties and dominate the court, and Wang Wenyan contributed a lot.

Wang Wenyan is known as the world's first cloth cloth by the Donglin Party, and he is a very unique existence.

Unlike the incorruptible Donglin Party, Wang Wenyan is not incorruptible. Like Song Jiang, he made friends everywhere and spent money like running water. Where does the money come from?

A little money, Wang Wenyan has a way. The main way is that whoever has something to ask him for, as long as he pays the money, he can find a way to help you. In the capital, Wang Wenyan dared to claim: There is nothing he can't do.

From this point of view, Wang Wenyan is very much like the white gloves of the Donglin Party.

Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs unanimously believed that from Wang Wenyan's body, they would definitely be able to find the handle of the Donglin party.

The next day, the eunuchs launched an impeachment together and took down Wang Wenyan in one fell swoop.

Wang Wenyan was originally full of problems, and he couldn't wipe it clean under his buttocks, and many of the things he did were indisputable.

In this way, Wang Wenyan was arrested in one fell swoop and put in the Fusi Prison in Jinyi Weibei Town.

The contradictions in the court suddenly intensified, and the Donglin Party reacted very fiercely. Shoufu Ye Xianggao took the lead in standing up, and he submitted his resignation to the Emperor of the Apocalypse on the grounds that Wang Wenyan was promoted by him.

At this time, how could the emperor let Ye Xianggao return to his hometown. Emperor Apocalypse said good words, and repeatedly assured that Wang Wenyan would not involve Lord Shoufu.

A few days after the court calmed down, news came out from the Fusi of Beizhen that Wang Wenyan confessed in the edict prison.

Wang Wenyan said that he received 40,000 taels of silver from Xiong Tingbi's family to ensure that Xiong Tingbi would not die. He left 20,000 of the silver himself. The rest was given to the Donglin party.

At this time, the court remembered that Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen had been imprisoned for more than 1 year. Although they were all sentenced to death, no one in the court mentioned it, and now they are still in prison.

After getting Wang Wenyan's confession, Wei Zhongxian was like a treasure. He immediately arranged for the arrest of Zuo Guangdou, Gu Dazhang and other Donglin Party members mentioned by Wang Wenyan into the Imperial Prison.

Seeing that the eunuchs were arrogant and approaching step by step, the Donglin Party was in chaos for a while.

The chaos in the court did not affect Zhu Youzhen's good mood. The head of the Huangzhuang came to report that in the spring, he forcibly arranged to plant several crops, some of which were ready to be harvested.

Zhu Youzhen didn't ask much, and took Chu Tianxing and a few guards and went straight to Huangzhuang. When Zhu Youzhen arrived at the planting Huangzhuang, he saw the tenants in the village happily surrounding the fields.

The tenants were excited, chattering and arguing, and only flashed aside when they saw Zhu Youzhen's frame arrive.

Zhuang Tou smiled flatteringly, ran to Zhu Youzhen's side, bent his waist low, lowered his head and asked, "Lord Wang, will you start harvesting now?" ”

"Let's get started." Zhu Youzhen suppressed the excitement in his heart and commanded lightly.

There were many tenants in this Huangzhuang called Xiao Zhangzhuang, and in order to pat the sycophants of His Royal Highness King Xin, he called all the tenants to the edge of the field.

The more help the sooner done. Soon an acre of sweet potatoes and an acre of potatoes were dug up. While digging up the tenants, they kept screaming.

An acre of sweet potatoes and potatoes were piled up in large piles. The portion was also quickly weighed.

The number was reported, and the onlookers let out a loud exclamation. Potatoes are harvested more than 13 stones per acre, and sweet potatoes are harvested 7 stones per acre.

This figure is unheard of and unheard-of high! The tenants were shocked and laughed, and some even knelt down and bowed down to thank the heavens, and the gods came!

Hearing the numbers reported by Zhuangtou: 13 stones and 7 stones, Zhu Youzhen felt that something was wrong.

"The yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes should be about the same, and there should never be such a big difference, right?" Zhu Youzhen felt that he should have ignored something? "Shouldn't it, isn't it grown according to "Sweet Potato Shu"? Could it be that "Sweet Potato Shu" is wrong? ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately ordered: "Wang Chengen, go and bring the "Sweet Potato Shu" left in the village to Gu. ”

"Yes." Wang Chengen knew that King Xin's direct call by his name was a sign that he was not very happy. Although he didn't know why King Xin was unhappy, Wang Chengen didn't dare to slack off.