In fact, there was no need to wait for three days, on the day Li Dongyang was arrested and sent to Jinyiwei Prison, countless officials had already blocked Ma Wensheng's way and began to ask Ma Wensheng and others to beg Emperor Zhu Houzhao to release Li Dongyang.

This phenomenon was very common in the late Ming Dynasty in the original history, and the Donglin Party used to use this trick:

That is, to force the cabinet ministers to put pressure on the emperor, and many times the cabinet ministers are not pleasing to the two, and pleasing the emperor will naturally be attacked by the entire civil official group, and currying favor with the civilian official group will naturally make the emperor dissatisfied, so that the emperor can only rely on eunuchs.

But in many cases, cabinet ministers are still willing to choose to curry favor with the entire civilian bureaucracy.

The first is that they themselves are also civil officials, and their butts themselves sit on the side of civil officials, and the second is that if they offend the emperor, they will be dismissed at most, but the consequences of offending the entire civil official group will be even more serious, Zhang Juzheng is an example.

Of course, at this time, Ma Wensheng and others naturally didn't know who Zhang Juzheng was, and they didn't know that Zhang Juzheng offended the civil official group and was forced to starve his whole family to death, but at this time, seeing so many officials reprimanding him and Jiao Fang and others for being eunuchs and traitors also made him realize the strength of the Qingliu civil official group.

Ma Wensheng didn't want to break with the entire civil official group, and being slandered as colluding with eunuchs even made him feel very wronged, but he knew that it was meaningless for him to say anything now, so he could only let a cadre of officials point at his nose and scold.

I don't know if it is the turbidity civil officials who are congenitally inferior in front of the Qingliu civil officials, just like the ordinary college students in later generations in front of key college students, Rao is Ma Wensheng is now an official residence, Rao is he used to be selfless and resolute and ruthless in the rectification of military attaches and the army, but at this moment, he does not know how to control in front of these so-called Hanlin Imperial History Gallery officials.

Jiao Fang, who was born in Hanlin, didn't have such a mentality, and couldn't help but want to go and angrily reprimand these Qingliu officials who didn't take himself and Ma Wensheng in their eyes, but was pulled back by Ma Wensheng:

"Meng Yang stop! These people are all Qingliu, or in Hanlin or in the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Science and Corridor, and you will need to lead the reform in the future, and it will be harmful for you to offend them at this time and the new policy, and it will not be beneficial to your personal career! ”

Jiao Fang retreated helplessly.

And Xu Jin also came up at this time and asked: "Then what should we do now, it is a trivial matter for these people to scold us for being traitors, but what kind of system have they been blocking outside the palace gate, if you let Your Majesty know, how can Your Majesty be soft!" ”

After Ma Wensheng waited for a nitroglycerin tablet under his tongue to melt away, he gritted his teeth and resolutely stood up, shouting loudly: "Everyone, please go back first, Your Majesty only sent Shoufu to the edict prison in a moment of anger, we will enter the palace again, convey your request in front of the emperor, plead for Shoufu, please do not stay here, lest the situation expand to the disadvantage of Shousuke, and it will not be beneficial to you!" ”

"Whew! I want to pretend to persuade us to go, and then ask the emperor for credit, don't think that I can't recognize your Ma Wensheng's tricks, you Jinyi Wei don't let go of Lord Shoufu today, and I can't afford to kneel for a long time! ”

An official named Xin Yi spat directly at Ma Wensheng, and then shouted loudly.

So, all the officials responded and knelt directly on the ground.

"If Jinyiwei doesn't let go of Lord Shoufu, I won't be able to kneel for a long time!"

"If Jinyiwei doesn't let go of Lord Shoufu, I won't be able to kneel for a long time!"

"If Jinyiwei doesn't let go of Lord Shoufu, I won't be able to kneel for a long time!"

……

Ma Wensheng could only spit on himself, and he couldn't say anything.

Jiao Fang and Xu Jin were furious when they saw this, but they couldn't blame anything now.

At this time, Gao Feng led a large group of forbidden soldiers to appear, and surrounded the palace gate inside and out.

Ma Wensheng couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this, so he asked Gao Feng: "Grandpa Gao, what are you doing here?" ”

Gao Feng didn't answer Ma Wensheng's words, but only quickly stood on the right side of Ma Wensheng and the others.

At this time, accompanied by Guo Rong, Liu Jin and others, Zhu Houzhao appeared in front of Chen Licheng, Xin Yi and other officials who pleaded for Li Dongyang.

Zhu Houzhao asked directly: "Who just spat Ma Gefu and frothed on his face, stand up!" ”

Seeing so many sergeants appearing, and Zhu Houzhao's notoriety for killing the official has long been spread in the court, therefore, after these Qingliu officials saw Zhu Houzhao appear, they all consciously fell silent, and now Zhu Houzhao asked like this, but he didn't answer.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Guo Rong and said, "If you dare to vomit, you dare to be!" ”

Guo Rong commanded the two brocade guards and hurriedly dragged Xin Yi out of the matter.

It is impossible for these Qingliu officials to gather outside the palace gate to hide Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao hurried over as soon as he learned about it from Gao Feng, and happened to see the scene of these Qingliu officials humiliating Ma Wensheng and others.

Zhu Houzhao was in a bad mood, so naturally he would not give these people good fruits to eat, not to mention that for the sake of the new policy reform in the future, he also had to support the civil officials who obeyed him, so as to ensure that some civil officials who were determined to reform would not completely fall into the civil official group like Wanli Shi.

Therefore, when Xin Yi was dragged out, Zhu Houzhao directly ordered: "Beat to death with a stick, fight here!" ”

"Yes!"

Guo Rong hurriedly ordered someone to press Xin Yi to the ground, and began to be beaten by Jinyi Wei with a stick.

Li Kedu gave Xin Yi a panic when he was dragged out, he didn't expect that he just scolded Ma Wensheng but was discovered by His Majesty, and looking at it like this, he meant to be severely punished by His Majesty.

Therefore, when he heard that Zhu Houzhao was going to beat himself to death, Xin Yi shouted directly: "Your Majesty! Although the minister's behavior just now was reckless, it was also caused by hatred of the traitorous minister, and His Majesty could not punish the minister for this! ”

"Your Majesty, although Xin Yi behaves perversely, he is young in the end, and he has no intention of offending the king, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive him for his capital crime!"

Seeing this, Ma Wensheng was also busy begging for mercy.

Zhu Houzhao didn't pay attention to Ma Wensheng, and only said: "I have already made a clear will, and those who don't give Ma Ge face will not give me face!" To humiliate the Horse Pavilion is to humiliate me! Less than two months after I made this will, you knowingly broke it! You can see the evil of his heart! Kill! ”

As soon as Zhu Houzhao's words fell, the stick in Jin Yiwei's hand hit this Xin Yi!

Syllable!

Yes!

This Xin Yi screamed: "Your Majesty spare your life!" Guilty of sin! ”

Naturally, the stick didn't stop.

One stick after another beckoned to this Xin Yi's body, and he was immediately beaten to the point of breaking his flesh and regretting it, and then he knew the consequences of offending Ma Wensheng.

Not long after, this Xin Yi broke his femur and died of excessive blood loss.

And at this time.

Zhu Houzhao didn't mean to stop, but continued to ask: "Who scolded Ma Gefu and others for being traitors, stand up!" ”

The Qingliu civil officials present had already lost half of their courage when they saw Zhu Houzhao appearing, and now they saw Xin Yi being beaten to death, and they suddenly lost their guts, how dare they admit that they have scolded Ma Wen for being promoted to a traitorous minister, and Chen Yuanyan, who is the leader, consciously buried his head lower.

Zhu Houzhao had already discovered him, and after giving Guo Rong a look, two brocade guards walked up to Chen Yuanyan.

But this Chen Yuanqian directly waved his hand and said, "It's not me!" Not a minister! The minister didn't scold, it was him, it was Zheng Yushi who scolded first! ”

This Zheng Yushi replied directly: "You spew blood!" It's you! Your Majesty, the minister can testify that it was Chen Yuanqian who scolded first, and he also knew that Shoufu was arrested, and then called on us to surround Lord Shoufu to intercede! ”

Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes helplessly: "Drag it down, beat it to death, I'm too lazy to divide who scolded first!" ”