Zheng Yiwei has been really busy these days, and he didn't care about such a trivial matter as Shui Jiayun's impeachment of Liang Tingdong, so before he knew it, he fell for Wen Tiren's tricks.

He saw the two folds in front of him, and then recalled Wen Tiren's smug smile when he met Wen Tiren on the way over, and he instantly understood that the whole thing was arranged by Wen Tiren.

Shui Jiayun's impeachment of Liang Tingdong was originally nonsense, and their target was not Liang Tingdong, but him Zheng Yiwei!

Liang Tingdong must have been informed by Wen Tiren, and his self-defense was purely superfluous!

The reason why Wen Tiren sent someone to inform Liang Tingdong was purely to concoct the "criminal evidence" that Zheng Yiwei ignored the law and discipline and formed a party for personal gain!

Is this still clear?

Zheng Yiwei thought about it for a while and found that the whole thing was carefully planned by Wen Tiren, and he couldn't tell it at all!

The key to this matter lies in the person who informed Liang Tingdong, and he believes that if this person is found, it will be even more terrible.

Wen Tiren will definitely not make such a low-level mistake, this informant may be his henchman, if he finds out, he will definitely try his best to plant himself in a desperate way, and at that time he even jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it.

This informant may also be an acquaintance of himself and Liang Tingdong, and Wen Tiren can completely let him know about Shui Jiayun's impeachment of Liang Tingdong through a vague method, and exaggerated it, so that he was scared to inform Liang Tingdong quickly.

If it's the latter, then this matter is even more terrifying, Wen Tiren is trying to make a series of schemes, and clean up all the courtiers who have a relationship with him in one fell swoop!

Taking advantage of the time to watch the twists and turns, Zheng Yiwei thought about it a lot, and he found that in front of a suspicious emperor like Chongzhen, he couldn't explain this matter clearly, and if he tried his best to defend himself, he might implicate more honest officials.

Forget it, it's better to go back, admit it, carry everything down by yourself, take the blame and resign, and others should not be implicated.

As for Wen Tiren, let God clean it up!

He closed his eyes in pain, lay on the ground, and said against his will: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, Weichen did not intend to ignore the law and discipline, the talent and merits of Liang Tingdong, the right attendant of the military department, are obvious to all, and Yushi Shui Jiayun is a fellow villager of Yuan Hongxun, a party cadre of Wang Yongguang, and the two of them have a very secret relationship." In the past, Yuan Hongxun was impeached by Liang Tingdong for accepting bribes from General Hu Zongming, and was imprisoned for several years, Shui Jiayun was almost implicated, Yuan Hongxun joined the eunuch party to save himself, and Liang Tingdong also formed an indissoluble enmity with these two people. Now that Yuan Hongxun has been ambushed, Shui Jiayun jumped out to impeach Liang Tingdong, just to avenge the revenge of the past, Weichen was afraid that Liang Tingdong, a capable minister, would be framed by the remnants of the eunuch party, so he sent someone to inform Liang Tingdong and told him to be careful. Weichen broke the law and discipline for this, it really shouldn't be, and asked the emperor to punish him. ”

Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, it turned out that there was still this reason, and he was a little hesitant, for such a trivial matter, is it necessary to punish a cabinet scholar?

However, before that, there is one more thing that must be clarified, and he asked coldly: "What do you mean, you are not forming a party for personal gain?" ”

Zheng Yiwei said calmly: "The emperor is clear, the so-called party and private people, one is power, the other is profit, although Weichen is favored by the emperor, you are a cabinet scholar, you have not sought any personal interests for yourself, the emperor can send someone to check, Weichen's family only has this month's rations left, Weichen's relatives only have a few acres of thin land to rely on, and the rest of the money and grain, Wechen all donated to help the victims." If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can send someone to copy Weichen's house now, if he can copy out more than one or two silver, Weichen is willing to suffer a thousand cuts! ”

This is a bit serious, for such a trivial matter to raid the house of a minister, and even put people to death, Chongzhen has not gone crazy to this extent.

Zheng Yiwei's incorruptibility is also famous, this Chongzhen has heard of it, his family doesn't even have a good clothes, they are all coarse linen clothes, if this has to go to other people's homes, it will be ridiculous.

Chongzhen could only wave his hand stupidly and said, "Okay, go back and reflect on it." ”

Zheng Yiwei didn't have to reflect anymore, because he had already introspected, and after he went back, he immediately wrote a resignation and submitted it!

At this time, Chongzhen was a little hesitant, after all, Zheng Yiwei's party and private affairs have not yet been decided, and if he gets rid of a cabinet minister just for the sake of leaking such a trivial matter as impeachment, it will be too child's play.

He finally made a reservation and ordered Zheng Yiwei to comfort a few words, but Zheng Yiwei was bent on resigning, and after he connected three folds, Chongzhen finally became impatient, can't I really leave you!

As a result, Chongzhen no longer retained, and another cabinet scholar resigned.

Zheng Yiwei was already sick from hard work, his health was very poor, he was framed by Wen Tiren like this, he was even more angry and wanted to spurt blood, and within two days of going back, he fell ill, and within two days of being sick, he died!

When Chongzhen heard the news, he could only sigh, but the upright people in the court were gloomy, Wu Zongda was taken away by Wen Tiren, Zheng Yiwei was killed by Wen Tiren, and this court was afraid that it would become Wen Tiren's world.

That's natural, didn't Wen Tiren frame Wu Zongda and Zheng Yiwei just to control the court, and now that both of them have been taken down by him, who would dare to compete with them!

The cabinet has lost two scholars at once, and it is not possible to add them, the day after Zheng Yiwei's death, the early dynasty, the end of the recital, Chongzhen announced that all the courtiers would promote the cabinet scholars.

At this time, all the courtiers of the Wen Tiren lineage, including the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party and other remnants of the eunuch party, showed excited expressions, because they all knew that the time had come for the eunuch party to regain control of the dynasty, and from then on the court would become the world of the eunuch party again!

The other courtiers, some with angry faces, some with melancholy faces, some with desperate faces, and some have already retreated, they know that Wen Tiren has no one to govern, and the court of the Ming Dynasty will fall into darkness again.

Zhang Bin looked at all this lightly, without any expression on his face, he was naturally quite clear about Wu Zongda and Zheng Yiwei, when Wen Tiren was about to clean them up, he received an alarm from Cao Huachun, if these two people had a good relationship with him, he might try his best to save it, but these two people were not familiar with him, and he did not agree with the two of them, one only knew how to fight against each other, and the other only knew how to save people afterwards, so he couldn't save Daming at all, and he couldn't fight Wen Tiren, They are purely doing useless work, so Zhang Bin has no interest in saving them at all.

He also knew that at this time, no one could stop Wen Tiren from controlling the court, so he stood there motionless, and he didn't even react at all when Xu Guangqi secretly cast an inquiring look.

He is crazy and let him be crazy, Wen Tiren's ability Zhang Bin is quite clear, he can't clean up the peasant army, and he can't do Jiannu, in addition to fighting for power and profit, he will be a fart, Chongzhen wants to trust him so much, let him do whatever he wants, he will eventually taste the bitter fruit, and then see who Chongzhen can rely on if he doesn't rely on himself!

If you want to make it perish, you must first make it crazy, Zhang Bin wants to see how crazy this Wen Tiren is!

After Chongzhen announced the start of the court push, no one stood up to speak, and the entire imperial palace fell into a strange silence, Wen Tiren glanced around among the courtiers like a king, and saw that everyone did not dare to jump out to compete with him.

Wang Yingxiong walked out of the train without hesitation, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Your Majesty, according to the rule, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu is really an alternate for the cabinet ministers, and Xie Sheng Xie is a good choice for the cabinet ministers. ”

This is the truth, generally when the Ministry of Rites is still the book, it is only one step away from the minister, if the cabinet is vacant, if nothing else, it will be supplemented by the Ministry of Rites.

Xie Sheng really doesn't have any big bad deeds for the time being, and he has been cautious and diligent in the past few years, Chongzhen still recognizes him, so Chongzhen didn't say anything about Wang Yingxiong's recommendation, but just raised his eyes and swept to a group of courtiers.

At this time, the officials of the Qi Party came out one after another, lying in the middle of the royal road and shouted: "The minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal".

After a while, dozens of people knelt down in the imperial road, most of these were the Qi Party or other remnants of the eunuch party related to the Qi Party, Wen Tiren finally gave up the position of a cabinet scholar, and they naturally tried their best to echo it.

Chongzhen didn't know this, he just thought that Xie Sheng had a great prestige among the courtiers, and it was not bad for such a person to be a cabinet scholar, he nodded slowly and said: "Well, since everyone is strongly recommending, then Xie Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, will be promoted to a scholar of the East Pavilion University and a cabinet counselor." ”

"The emperor is wise!" As soon as his words fell, a voice of praise sounded in the royal road, and Chongzhen couldn't help but look proud, as if he felt that he was really wise.

This Ministry of Rites Shangshu has entered the cabinet, and if there are no accidents, it will be the turn of Zhang Zhifa, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhang Zhifa is also a veteran of the Qi Party, and he has a certain foundation among the courtiers, if he really wants to take the position, the person who recommended him will definitely be able to pull out a lot, but the Zhejiang Party has given up the position of a cabinet minister, and he will repay the peach, and then he has to recommend a Zhejiang Party backbone to the cabinet, otherwise, Wen Tiren will have to turn his face!

Therefore, after Xie Sheng successfully entered the cabinet, a group of Qi Party officials did not promote Zhang Zhifa, Zhang Zhifa ran out of the train by himself, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen recommended the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wang Yingxiong Wang, Lord Wang presided over the Beijing inspection plan, rectified the rule of officials, outstanding meritorious service, hard work and high achievement, if you can enter the cabinet as a supplement, you will be able to make the Ming Dynasty more clear, and lay a solid foundation for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty." ”

I can say this, and I have to be shameless!

The upright courtiers showed disdain, and even Zhang Bin couldn't help but pout, he Wang Yingxiong can also make the rule of the Ming Dynasty more clear, it's just a joke, Wang Yingxiong's untidy dynasty is full of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, it's not bad!

Chongzhen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he thought that everyone would recommend Zhang Zhifa according to the usual practice, he really didn't think much about this Zhang Zhifa, because Zhang Zhifa was on vacation at home, and he took a break for nearly ten years, and he was an official for less than three years after his comeback, he really couldn't see what Zhang Zhifa was capable of, but he didn't expect Zhang Zhifa to run out in person to promote Wang Yingxiong, this Zhang Zhifa is good!

At this time, Zhejiang Party officials, Qi Party officials, and other eunuch remnants who depended on Wen Tiren rushed out of the train, lying on the royal road, and shouted: "The minister seconded the proposal", "The minister seconded the proposal", "The minister seconded the proposal".

Good guy, after a while, there were hundreds of people lying in the middle of the royal road, which was much more powerful than when Xie Sheng was just promoted, it seems that this Wang Yingxiong's official reputation is very good!

Chongzhen didn't know that he was being played, and he also admired Wang Yingxiong a lot, because Wang Yingxiong's "performance" in the Beijing inspection plan was indeed very eye-catching, which he saw "clearly", and it seemed to be a good choice for Wang Yingxiong to be a cabinet scholar, he nodded affirmatively and said: "Well, since everyone is strongly promoting, then Wang Yingxiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, will be a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and a cabinet counselor." ”

Then there was naturally another burst of praise, and the remnants of the eunuch party shouted the four words "Emperor Wise" with a shocking sound, and I don't know if this will anger God!

At this point, the dust has settled on the cabinet scholars, and among the five scholars, Xu Guangqi does not care about power and strategy, and writes books wholeheartedly; Qian Xiangkun was supported by Wen Tiren, and he was polite to Wen Tiren; There are three left, two Zhejiang Party and one Qi Party, and almost the entire cabinet is in Wen Tiren's pocket, and he finally completely controls the power of the court!

Next, he was even more unscrupulous.

As soon as Xie Sheng and Wang Yingxiong came to power, Wen Tiren immediately began to infiltrate the locality.

All the remnants of the eunuch party who took refuge in him were almost all excellent in the big plan, and they were promoted by at least two levels!

Anyone who opposes him, he will order people to be framed in every possible way, impeached wantonly, and those who are not in order to be dismissed from office, cut off their status, or even imprisoned, and he will never stop!

At this time, even the local officials have also fallen into blood mold, and Wen Tiren has been rampant to the extreme, it is simply "those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die"!

These local officials were framed by him and have no place to complain, because the cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Officials and even the Criminal Department are all under the control of Wen Tiren, even if they write a letter to defend and Chongzhen orders to investigate, it is Wen Tiren's henchmen who are responsible for the investigation, and you still want to avenge your grievances, even if you don't add a level to your crime, even if your ancestral grave is smoking!

After rectifying the local officialdom, Wen Tiren stretched out his hand to the imperial examination again, and the chief examiner of the general examination and the palace examination finally had no one to fight with him, and he became the chief examiner as he wished, as for the other chief examiner is Wang Yingxiong, a scholar of the Ministry of Shangshu and Cabinet University, it can be said that he alone has the final say in the entire examination!

This imperial examination is strange again, everything related to the Donglin Restoration Society, anyone who has opinions on Wen Tiren, no matter how talented you are, all of them will be on the list; Anyone who begs him Wen Tiren or the Zhejiang Party and the Qi Party, no matter how talented you are, all the gold list titles!

For a while, the entire court was made into a miasma, the charm was rampant, and Wen Tiren was even more powerful, and no one could cure it!