Zhang Bin was very angry, and the consequences were serious.

The result of this court push completely angered Zhang Bin, and he was busy for more than a month, and finally let Wang Yingxiong go down, but he didn't expect that what he brought up was still the remnants of the eunuch party, and even the military department book that he thought he was sure of was robbed by the remnants of the eunuch party.

He originally just wanted to clean up Wen Tiren and his gang, but now he even hates all the remnants of the eunuch party, these people are the same as Wen Tiren, if they are not cleaned up, even if Wen Tiren is eliminated, Xie Sheng, Zhang Zhifa, Xue Guoguan, and even Zhang Sizhi and others may become the next Wen Tiren, and then the court will still be a mess, since they have decided to do it, it is better to wipe them all out and do it once and for all.

However, he ordered someone to roughly check, and his head was big in an instant, because there were too many remnants of the eunuch party in the court, and when Wei Zhongxian was in power, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could basically be regarded as a eunuch party, because it was not a eunuch party, you basically don't want to stay in the court.

Wei Zhongxian, that is the real one who obeys me and those who disobey me perish, join the eunuch party, even if you are corrupt and pervert the law, or even kill people and set fires, it is okay, if you do not join the eunuch party, whether you are dedicated to the country and the people, or loyal and diligent, either get out of the way or die, there is no other choice.

Those who oppose him are basically dead, like the Donglin Party, most of them chose to oppose him, and they were almost killed by him, and there were less than ten people who missed the net; Those who are unwilling to go along with him are almost gone, and famous ministers like Yuan Keli and Bi Ziyan who are dedicated to the country are finally forced by him to have no choice but to get out.

It can be said that from the fifth year of the Apocalypse to the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian still stayed in the court with one hand to cover the sky during this period of time, of course, the eunuch party is also hierarchical, some recognize the thief as a father, give him a godson or even a grandson, some follow him with all his heart to do nonsense, some cooperate with him, and some have to succumb to the eunuch party due to the situation.

Among these people, those who confessed that the thief was their father and those who followed him to the end of their misdeeds were basically cleaned up when the King James was condemned to the eunuch rebellion, but most of the people who cooperated with him and had to succumb to the eunuch party due to the situation were not cleared up, because there were too many of them, and at least five or six hundred of the 1,000 Beijing officials at that time belonged to this category.

Among them, there are the Qi Party, the Chu Party, the Zhejiang Party, and there are also officials like Xue Guoguan who have no background, the composition is extremely complex, and the relationship is also intertwined, so it is not easy to catch them all.

Zhang Bin thought hard for a few days and still had no clue, the best way is, of course, from top to bottom, first clean up the important ministers of the court who are in power among the remnants of the eunuch party, and then clean up the other small minions, the problem Wen Tiren and Xie Sheng's gang of heads are all human spirits, you sue them for forming a party for personal gain, they can flicker Chongzhen is dizzy, you want to catch the evidence of their corruption, they are all very hidden, basically can't find it, these shameless people, it's really a headache.

On this day, Zhang Bin returned to the mansion after teaching the prince, and just entered the front yard, he suddenly heard a noisy sound from the courtyard of the guards on the right, what are these guys doing?

He walked into the courtyard curiously to take a look, it turned out that Sun Biao, this kid came to Zhao Xia to play chess, they were actually quite bored this day, they had to guard the mansion, without their own orders, they couldn't go anywhere, so Zhang Bin tried his best to find some entertainment activities for them to kill time, playing chess seemed to be one of their favorite activities, of course, their level was not very dripping, basically they were all stinky baskets, but they had been happy.

When Zhang Bin came in, a group of guards from the special operations battalion were shouting vigorously there.

"Brother Ru, jump off the horse and jump the horse, and will be his army."

"Brother Biao, hurry, drive the cannon and hit his horse."

These guys don't know what to do with chess and don't say anything about true gentlemen, so they want to have a good time.

When everyone saw Zhang Bin coming, they all bowed their hands to say hello, but Zhao Ru and Sun Biao were so killed that they didn't pay attention to Zhang Bin coming in at all.

Zhang Bin sometimes guides and guides them, and when he sees that they are fascinated, he doesn't disturb them, but just raises his hand to signal that everyone doesn't need to be polite, and then stands aside and looks.

These two boys have grown a little bit, but compared with a literati like him, these two guys are still very poor in prediction, and they can think of two or three steps behind at most, and they only focus on the big sons such as chariots, horses, artillery, etc., like what kind of soldiers they rarely use, this level is really not flattering.

Zhang Bin looked at it, and suddenly remembered the matter of the remnants of the eunuch party, if this matter is compared to a game of chess, then he and Wen Tiren are generals, and the following Huang Chenghao, Cao Juan, Xu Guangqi, Xie Sheng, Zhang Zhifa, Xue Guoguan and others are equal chess pieces of carriages, horses and artillery, if you want to eat the opponent's generals, you have to do these chess pieces almost the same, and how to do it requires a precise layout, in short, which is delicious to eat, which one has a mistake to lay out and clean him up.

"General." Just when Zhang Bin was thinking about it, Zhao Ru suddenly shouted proudly, Sun Biao looked at the chess game, helplessly picked up a pawn and threw it on the chessboard, and said indignantly: "No, no, eat, I have to take turns at night, and I will come to you next time to take revenge." ”

After that, he stood up and walked out, but happened to see Zhang Bin standing there looking at them with a smile.

He hurriedly arched his hand and said, "My lord, you are back." ”

Zhao Ru also hurriedly got up to say hello, Zhang Bin nodded with a smile, and then said inexplicably: "Inform Dingguo and them, gather in the pavilion in the back garden at three o'clock tonight, the eight of you will also come over, and we will play a game of chess." ”

Play chess?

What kind of chess to play on the big night?

Moreover, it is enough to play chess with only two people, so what kind of chess is it to call sixteen people?

Zhao Ru and Sun Biao didn't understand what Zhang Bin meant at all, but they still respectfully surrendered and left.

At three o'clock that night, in the pavilion in the back garden, Zhang Bin sat alone on the stone bench, Zhang Cha, Zhao Ru, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and other leaders of the guards stood neatly on both sides in night clothes, there were no chessboard chess pieces on the stone table, Zhang Bin did not say anything about playing chess, he asked directly: "Any of you who found out about the Qi Party, talk about it." “

said that it was okay to play chess, everyone was so strange, they thought that Zhang Bin was really looking for them to play chess.

However, since Zhang Bin didn't say anything about playing chess, they were embarrassed to ask, during this time, Zhang Bin ordered them to investigate all the remnants of the eunuch party, this Qi party is also part of the remnants of the eunuch party, and it is the largest branch except for the Zhejiang party, so they naturally focused on investigating.

Everyone, look at me, I'll look at you, and finally Li Dingguo spoke first: "My lord, I found out that Xie Sheng, the brother-in-law of Xie Sheng, the secretary of the Cabinet University's Ministry of Rites, opened a casino in Songshu Hutong. There is also Zhu Guodong, the right temple minister of Dali Temple, who is more seriously corrupt, and he visits the kiln on weekdays, drinks flower wine, and is very generous. “

Zhang Bin nodded and ordered: "Xie Sheng's brother-in-law don't care about him first, this kind of thing doesn't have a big impact on him, try to investigate the things in the officialdom." This Zhu Guodong focused on checking, and it was best to find out where he hid the silver. ”

Li Dingguo surrendered his hand, and Liu Wenxiu arched his hand like a treasure and said: "My lord, I found out that Zhang Sizhi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is seriously corrupt, don't look at him uglier than a pig, but he often goes to the flower street and willow lane to look for flowers and willows, and specifically looks for famous oirans in major alleys, and he has already bought two oirans." There is also Huang Yingen, a scholar in the cabinet, who was brutal and violent, and once clashed with people because of drunkenness, and stoned people to death with a big soup bowl, which was also settled by Zhang Sizhi. “

This guy, Zhang Sizhi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, really doesn't dare to compliment his appearance, it seems that his face has festered with some kind of disease, and the description of being uglier than a pig is a bit excessive.

Zhang Bin nodded approvingly: "Well, it's very good, this Zhang Sizhi should be investigated, Zhao Ru, you go and help Wenxiu check this Zhang Sizhi well, let's eat this chess piece first." “

It turned out that playing chess meant this, and everyone finally understood a little bit, what Zhang Bin said about playing chess is not on the chessboard, but comparing people to chess pieces, and the next big chess game is alive.

Immediately afterwards, Ai Nengqi and Feng Shuangli respectively reported some problems of the Qi Party officials in their area of responsibility, but they were not as serious as Zhang Sizhi, Zhang Bin was sure, and he took Zhang Sizhi as a breakthrough to play this game of chess, however, if you want to eat other people's chess pieces, you must have enough chess pieces on your side, and at this time, there are really few chess pieces in his hand.

What to do?

At this time, Bi Maokang, Zou Weilian, Ni Yuanlu and other eldest sons were abolished by Chongzhen, and they were idle in the southern capital, and they couldn't use it for a while, he thought about it, and set his sights on Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan and other disciples, these people Chongzhen didn't know, although they couldn't stand up to the carriage and horse artillery, it was more than enough to serve as soldiers, and sometimes, the soldiers could also decide the outcome of a game of chess.

So, Zhang Bin slowly started a chess game and played with the remnants of the eunuch party in the court.

On this day, Xu Guangqi, a cabinet scholar, suddenly ran to the imperial study to ask for a meeting, Chongzhen is still quite important to this old minister, Xu Guangqi usually does not fight for power and profit, and does not interfere too much in political affairs, in addition to doing his own job, that is, he has compiled the "Agricultural Administration" and "Chongzhen Almanac", which are enough to last for a hundred years, Chongzhen has also earned enough face, such a courtier is his favorite, so, I heard that Xu Guangqi asked to see, he did not hesitate to put down all the things at hand, immediately recruited this old minister in.

After a salute from the monarch and the minister, Xu Guangqi said with some twist: "Your Majesty, this, Weichen wants to ask you for a favor." ”

This is strange, this old minister has never asked for anything to himself, and today he actually came to ask for his help, Chongzhen couldn't help but ask with interest: "Oh, what's the matter, you say." ”

Xu Guangqi said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, it's like this, Wechen has a fellow countryman, that is, Xin Weike Tanhua Chen Zilong, he is the son of Chen Sowen, the former waiter of the Ministry of Works, this Chen Sowen has a good relationship with Wechen, but unfortunately died young, he entrusted Wechen to teach his son Zilong well before he died, Wechen is ashamed, usually busy with his own affairs, neglect to teach Zilong, but this son is also diligent, study hard, not to mention, but also try his best to help Wechen edit the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", the reason why the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" can be compiled, this son is indispensable. This time, this time ....... “

Chen Zilong is a little impressed, after all, is it his hand-picked Tanhua, this son is handsome and handsome, and he is a good talent at a glance, but he didn't expect him to help Xu Guangqi compile the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", yes, cultivate it well, maybe like Xu Guangqi, compile two macro masterpieces to earn enough face for yourself.

Chongzhen saw Xu Guangqi stumbling, and couldn't help but be curious: "What's wrong with this Chen Zilong, is something wrong?" ”

Xu Guangqi hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, no, it's just that he has been studying in the Hanlin Academy for more than four years, and he is just an editor at this time, this, this ......." ”

Chongzhen understood as soon as he heard Xu Guangqi's tone, it turned out that he wanted to promote his old man, but he was embarrassed to speak, how could he refuse such an old minister's request, even if Chen Zilong was a wine bag and rice bag, he would carry it, meaning, not to mention that this Chen Zilong himself is a talent, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Oh, so that's the case, such a talent, who has been in the Hanlin Academy for more than four years and is only a seven-grade editor, is indeed a bit buried, have you found any suitable positions, I'll help you inform Xue Guoguan. ”

Xu Guangqi's old face was red, let alone him in front of the emperor, all courtiers would hardly do this, according to his temperament, even if Chen Zilong was an old man, he also helped him compile the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", he would not run to Chongzhen to help Chen Zilong ask for officials, the problem Zhang Bin begged him for help, he could only come to the emperor hard.

This kind of thing is really hard to talk about, fortunately, the emperor knew the meaning of the song when he heard it, and he understood it at once, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but be moved: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, Wechen heard that there was a vacancy in the right middle of the Zhan Mansion, and Wechen was shameless and asked the emperor for a favor." ”

This is to be replaced by other ministers who dare to run over and ask for officials in front of him, Chongzhen is afraid that he will slap the table and yell people out, but this Xu Guangqi, he won't, not only is he not angry, but he smiled and said: "What a shameless, a talent like Chen Zilong has been buried, you come and tell me, it's right, Zhan Shifu Youzhongyun is, not bad, I will talk to Xue Guoguan, and then let Shuangquan carry him well." ”

Xu Guangqi hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

Chongzhen hurriedly raised his hand to let him get up, and encouraged him a few more words, before waving his hand to let him retreat.

Xu Guangqi left with a grateful face, Chongzhen was still smiling proudly there, thinking that he had done a very wise thing again, not only favoring an important minister of the court, but also promoting a talent, if he knew that this Chen Zilong was Zhang Bin's disciple and not Xu Guangqi's disciple, it is estimated that his face would be green.

Of course, Zhang Bin not only brought Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi, but he also asked Huang Chenghao to help and promote the imperial history of the city; and Xu Fuyuan, he also operated it and made him a household department; There are also Du Linzheng, Zhou Lixun, and Peng Bin, he has tried to recruit people to serve in the capital, and now, there are slowly more chess pieces in his hands, at least there are enough pawns.