Volume II, Chapter 4

Due to Zhu Cijiong's misjudgment, the impeachment of Xu Guangqi became more and more intense, the impeachment was more and more complicated, and the number of officials became more and more angry, and the matter gradually developed in an uncontrollable direction. The only one who can stop things from getting worse is Sun Chengzong, but Sun Chengzong is not very active in this matter, why?

First of all, no matter how honest and honest Sun Chengzong is, he is a member of the Donglin Party after all, and he is also the leader of the Donglin Party, and he is emotionally biased towards the Donglin Party.

Then, Xu Guangqi is not a member of the Donglin Party, and he is not very familiar with him, the two are ordinary colleagues, and he does not need to offend his party friends for Xu Guangqi.

Finally, the most important point is that he also thinks that Xu Guangqi is not doing the right thing, and the reason why he agreed to the little emperor to persuade those officials is that he doesn't want to make a big deal about it. There is a difference between not wanting to and not being willing, not wanting to be from the bottom of my heart to want to stop it, don't you want to, that is, I don't take the initiative to participate, I can still persuade it, but if they insist on making trouble, then make trouble, anyway, it has nothing to do with me!

So Sun Chengzong just routinely dissuaded him, and didn't force it, which means that if you want to give me face, then don't make trouble, if you don't give me face, then you are free.

Originally, it stands to reason that these Donglin Party officials wanted to give him this face, but there are still people behind him who are fueling the trouble!

When Qian Qianyi heard that Sun Chengzong had come forward, he was originally scared and wanted to stop, but when he saw Sun Chengzong's casual persuasion, he didn't care, and his courage became stronger again.

This Sun Chengzong is clearly perfunctory, and he is still afraid of a fart!

As a result, the first forced palace was staged during the Chongzheng period, and Qian Qianyi instigated his cronies and the Ministry of Rites to gather more than 30 officials in the matter, and directly made a fuss outside the Qianqing Palace. A group of big men were crying outside the palace gate, as if the emperor had been controlled by Xu Guangqi and couldn't help himself! If you don't get rid of Xu Guangqi, the Ming Dynasty will be over! That scene is really scared to death!

Now the matter is getting bigger, and the construction of the military factory is in danger of dying before it has even begun.

Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was frightened and locked himself in the mansion directly, thinking about it behind closed doors, he didn't dare to go out, if he ran into that group of crazy people when he went out, he would definitely be beaten by Haibian, and he would be beaten in vain!

Hubu Shangshu came to the Taoist sect and was frightened to stop the allocation of silver taels from the military factory, he didn't dare to allocate it, if he did, he would immediately be classified into the ranks of traitors, and he would fight together!

Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was so frightened that he didn't even dare to enter the palace, although he was a member of the Donglin Party, but those crazy people went crazy but caught whoever bit whom, in case he was bitten, he had no place to cry!

Only Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youzhen didn't care, they should enter the palace to review and review the folds and enter the palace directly, and no one dared to stop them from the crazy people at the palace gate.

Sun Chengzong was the leader of the Donglin Party, and a group of younger brothers naturally didn't dare to do anything to him.

Zhu Youzhen is the prince, the emperor is the biggest, and he is followed by a large group of Jinyi guards, who dares to touch him, he dares to let the general Jinyi Wei beat people, and if he beats him, he will be beaten in vain.

Only Zhu Cijiong is the most depressed, isn't it necessary to build a military factory, is it necessary to be so excited?

He sat in the imperial study, looking at Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youzhen with blank eyes, but in his mind he was thinking about how to solve the dilemma in front of him.

Thinking about it, he suddenly found a problem, this Zhu Youzhen was a little anxious, and looked outside from time to time; This Sun Chengzong didn't care at all, and slowly reviewed the folds, as if the people outside were air!

Could it be that in Sun Chengzong's eyes, this is not a matter at all?

He had an idea, and asked tentatively: "Taifu, it seems that these officials outside are all members of your Donglin Party, don't you have any way to deal with them?" ”

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he put down the fold in his hand, and sighed helplessly: "Alas, they are also for the good of the emperor, I really can't bear to scold them." ”

Zhu Cijiong suddenly realized when he heard this, it turned out that Sun Chengzong also thought that Xu Guangqi was wrong, so he didn't really stop those officials. It seems that he can still drive those people away, but he doesn't want to be this evil man.

How can he take the initiative to become this wicked man? Zhu Cijiong's eyes rolled, and he thought about it.

He called Cao Huachun over and explained to him, and then said to Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youzhen: "Taifu, fifth uncle, don't be busy reviewing the folds first, I'll take you to see something." ”

After that, he stretched out his hand, and Qin Mingyue next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help him off the kang, and the two walked out hand in hand.

Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youzhen glanced at each other suspiciously, put down the fold in their hands, and followed.

Zhu Cijiong wanted them to see the power of the new gunpowder, or the old place, which was in the small square between the Qianqing Palace and the Kunning Palace, but this time the wooden planks were placed sixty steps away.

After a few gunshots, Zhu Cijiong asked the two little eunuchs to carry the plank to Sun Chengzong and Zhu Youzhen, and asked proudly: "Taifu, how do you think the power of this gunpowder is?" ”

Sun Chengzong's eyes were about to pop out at this time, it turned out that he was clear about the power of this bird's gun, not to mention that the bullet was directly embedded in the wooden board sixty steps away, and he couldn't even leave a pit, and now the power has increased so much, if the Ming army uses such a powder gun, I am afraid that the Houjin cavalry will be able to fight.

He asked excitedly, "Who invented this gunpowder?" The power has increased so much! ”

Zhu Cijiong naturally wanted to put this credit on Xu Guangqi's head, and he also wanted to take another dose of fierce medicine: "This gunpowder is naturally inspired by his mentor Xu Guangming, and he is now developing a new type of musket with Bi Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. “

Sun Chengzong couldn't believe his ears, and muttered: "A hundred steps away, that's the range of a five-stone strong bow, is there really such a gun?" Wouldn't everyone be a marksman! “

Zhu Cijiong hit the railway while it was hot: "Of course it's true, this military factory can start production after it is built, otherwise how could I allocate a million taels of silver to build a military factory." “

Sun Chengzong suddenly realized: "The military factory was originally built to develop a new type of musket, why didn't you say it earlier?" “

Zhu Cijiong smirked and said, "Hehe, isn't this a moment of joy and forgot to tell you." Taifu, do you think this military factory is going to be built? “

Sun Chengzong said eagerly: "If you want to build, you must build, the sooner the better, if you can have a musket with the same range as the five-stone strong bow, I will no longer be afraid of the Houjin cavalry!" “

Zhu Cijiong pretended to be embarrassed and said: "What about the gang of officials outside the palace, they are crying and shouting that they will not let me build a military factory." “

These little rabbit cubs, they have turned the sky upside down, the tiger is really my sick cat, Sun Chengzong's eyes flashed, and he said coldly: "It's just a bunch of ignorant children, Weichen will let them get out." ”

After all, he was the overseer who had commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, and as soon as the evil aura came out, Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Youzhen next to him all felt a panic, only Qin Mingyue held Zhu Cijiong in his arms casually, so that he didn't have to panic.

Sun Chengzong didn't pay attention to it so much, he bowed his hand with a sinister face: "Weichen can come when he goes, and the emperor can go to the study and wait." ”

After that, he turned around and pounced outside the Qianqing Palace like a fierce tiger that chose people to devour.

The officials of the Donglin Party outside the palace were making trouble, and suddenly saw a figure popping out of the palace gate, followed by an angry roar: "What is the noise?" Any idea what this place is? Are you trying to rebel? ”

The officials shrank back in fright by the momentum of the comer, and then shook their bodies by the roar, only then did they see that the person who came turned out to be their boss Sun Chengzong, and everyone immediately stopped talking and didn't dare to make trouble.

They all muttered in their hearts: "Didn't you say that Master Sun didn't want to take care of this?" Why did you suddenly run out and curse people? ”

Seeing that his colleagues didn't dare to make trouble, Qu Shiyun had to bite the bullet and said: "Lord Sun, aren't we persuading the emperor not to trust villains, build a military factory for one million taels, and lose what Xu Guangqi said!" ”

Sun Chengzong was so angry, he pointed at his nose and scolded: "What kind of military do you know about military affairs?" Are you stupid to read? Get out of here! ”

Qu Shiyun was speechless when he was scolded, so he had to ask his companions for help with his eyes, where did everyone dare to come forward, this was the only remaining leader of their Donglin Party, and they were not so good at doing it against their own bosses.

Seeing that they were still hesitating, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but say coldly: "This military factory is the idea of me and the emperor, do you have any opinions?" ”

How dare everyone have an opinion, they shook their heads and said, "No, no." ”

Sun Chengzong burst out again and said, "If you don't have that, you won't let me go?" ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately got up from the ground and ran out of the palace in a panic, for fear that Sun Chengzong would come up and beat people if they hesitated.