Volume 7 Chapter 75 The bamboo basket is empty
Wang Yingxiong finished, but this time Chongzhen did it neatly, beckoned him over and asked a few words, and then raided his home with Jinyi Wei with great fanfare, without giving anyone time to react.
When Wen Tiren received the news, Wang Yingxiong had already been dragged by Chongzhen to parade on the street, and it was too late for him to save him.
The reason why Chongzhen acted vigorously this time was probably because he felt that he had been deceived and ruthlessly by the ministers, Wang Yingxiong, such a treacherous villain, was able to live in the cabinet and the secretary of the ministry, and no one in the court reminded him, until Huang Chenghao took office in the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and began to investigate Wang Yingxiong, and the investigation process was extremely difficult, I don't know how many people were secretly blocking it.
What he hated the most was that the ministers formed a party for personal gain, controlled the court, set him up, and used him as a puppet, but he didn't expect the courtiers to unite to deceive him, so he wanted to clean up Wang Yingxiong to deter the ministers.
After Wang Yingxiong's corrupt dirty silver was found, he immediately discussed with Huang Chenghao and convicted Wang Yingxiong, in order to have a deterrent effect, he set Wang Yingxiong a very heavy charge, and he almost put on everything that was on the top, what kind of bullying the king, corrupting the law, forming a party for personal gain, abusing power, etc., there is a long list, and the punishment of the personnel involved in Wang Yingxiong's case is also quite severe.
Wang Yingxiong beheaded the public, and all his family members were filled with troops;
Wang Yingxi beheaded the public, and all his family members were filled with troops;
Sichuan Governor Wang Weizhang, Chongqing Governor Chen Yaoyan and other relevant officials were all dismissed from their posts and investigated, and escorted back to Beijing for interrogation.
Chongzhen thought that he would be able to shock the officials who tried to deceive him in vain, but in fact? There is hardly any effect!
Wang Yingxiong is just one of Wen Tiren's henchmen, although he is high and powerful, but after all, he is just a minion under others, as long as Wen Tiren does not fall, Chongzhen will only be played by others after all, even if Wen Tiren falls, he will not eliminate the remnants of the eunuch party, and he will not really control the entire court.
Wen Tiren was not frightened by him at all, but he was thinking about how to get through this difficulty and continue to control the entire court!
The force behind Huang Chenghao is really powerful, he cut off one of his arms as soon as he made a move, he felt that the crisis was approaching, if he didn't think of a way, the other party's next target might be himself.
He doesn't even know who the enemy is now, what can he do?
He believes that the reason why the forces behind Huang Chenghao are biting Wang Yingxiong is mainly to seize the position of the secretary of the ministry, and at the same time enter the cabinet as the prime minister.
It doesn't matter who you don't know who the other party is, it's okay to know the other party's goal, originally he wouldn't give up these two positions, but this time, he took the initiative to contact the Qi Party and other eunuch remnants to give up these two positions to them!
This trick is called the cause of trouble, the other party doesn't want to seize the position of the secretary of the ministry, and wants to enter the cabinet as the prime minister, then let people fight with the other party, and then the other party will shift the target to the Qi party and other eunuch remnants, so that he will be safe, anyway, he is in a cooperative relationship with the Qi party and other eunuch remnants at this time, and it is nothing to give them these two positions, and it will not affect his control of the court.
Of course, Zhang Bin, the position of the secretary of the ministry, wanted to enter the cabinet for the prime minister, but the purpose of his move this time was not to snatch these two positions, he was mainly to clean up Wen Tiren and his party, and also to help Huang Chenghao punish Wang Yingxiong, a big corrupt official, as for controlling the power of the court, he was really not ready.
Now, he was educated by Wen Tiren again, which made him deeply understand what it means to have a bamboo basket to draw water!
Wang Yingxiong was ambushed, and the cabinet was missing a cabinet minister, and at the same time, there was also a vacancy in the position of the secretary of the ministry, plus Zhang Bin, the secretary of the military department, was only hung up with an empty name, and did not have any real power, which was equivalent to the lack of three important ministers of the court, Chongzhen was not allowed to announce it in the morning on the first day after cleaning up Wang Yingxiong, and the next day organized the court to push and agree on the candidates for the cabinet scholars, the secretary of the ministry and the secretary of the military department.
As soon as Chongzhen announced, Zhang Bin chuckled in his heart, oh no, he was unprepared!
Wen Tiren was secretly proud, he had already thought of this, and discussed it with the Qi Party and other eunuch remnants.
Cabinet scholar, he is ready to let people elect Zhang Zhifa, the veteran of the Qi Party, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites to enter the cabinet as the prime minister, there is nothing unruly, because according to the past practice, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu entered the cabinet, and the next is the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, but this Zhang Zhifa really has no talent, and when it comes to governing the country, he is not even as good as Wen Tiren.
However, who called him lucky, it just so happened that Wen Tiren wanted to find a few targets for the opponent in the dark to lead the troubles to the east, and he, the veteran of the Qi Party, was the best target, if he didn't go up to block the knife, who would go up!
The secretary is still the secretary, he is going to let people elect Xue Guoguan, the right attendant of the eunuch ministry, this Xue Guoguan seems to be his henchman, but after Wen Tiren mentioned him to the right servant of the ministry, he found that this guy was a little inflated, and even began to secretly contact other eunuch remnants to cultivate his own power.
This guy is an unfamiliar mad dog, when Father-in-law Wei was in Japan, he in order to win the favor of Father-in-law Wei, crazy biting the Donglin Party, but, as soon as Father-in-law Wei fell, he went crazy to bite the eunuch party, and as soon as he took power, he climbed up again, showed loyalty, and won his trust, but, as soon as he climbed to the position of the right servant of the ministry, he began to secretly cultivate strength, perhaps, when he can't do it, he will pounce on himself and bite himself madly.
Wen Tiren had already seen this guy through, so he decided to throw this guy out and bite his opponent in the dark!
As for the secretary of the military department, he chose the newly attached remnants of the eunuch party, Zhang Fengyi, the right attendant of the military department.
This Zhang Fengyi is not simple, his teacher is Donglin Yun Lao Ye Xianggao, and another Donglin veteran Han Yi is still his hometown, but when Wei Zhongxian was in power, he built a shrine for Wei Zhongxian when he was the governor of Baoding, so as to win the favor of Wei Gonggong, and he was so angry that Sun Chengzong, another veteran of the Donglin Party, gave him a bad evaluation: he was contemptuous and cowardly, dark and cunning, working for profit, and skillful at avoiding trouble.
It means that this guy is a useless coward, insidious and cunning, he will tend to be inflammatory, fight for power and profit, and know how to hide when he encounters something!
Wen Tiren actually doesn't like this kind of milk is a mother's waste very much, but he really doesn't have any suitable candidates in his hands, plus this guy is quite well-behaved and obedient, it is better for him to come out and control the military department than to be taken away by someone else.
Chongzhen actually didn't have any preparations, because he didn't expect Wang Yingxiong to be such a treacherous villain before, so he didn't prepare any suitable candidates for the cabinet scholar and the secretary of the ministry, as for the secretary of the military department, he originally wanted to let his favored Yang Sichang be the one, but unfortunately, Yang Sichang's father Yang He happened to pass away, and Yang Sichang had to go home to worry about it, so this military department secretary has been hanging empty.
Zhang Bin racked his brains and thought about it for a day, and he didn't think of any suitable candidate to serve as a cabinet scholar and a secretary of the ministry, because his capable ministers and officials were exiled to Jinling by Chongzhen in disguise, as for the secretary of the military department, Sun Chuanting, the new left attendant of the military department, was very promising, Zhang Bin simply asked Huang Chenghao to come forward to promote, as for himself, he really didn't dare to come forward, because Chongzhen had always suspected him of forming a party for personal gain, this Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng and others were still fished out of Jinling by him with great difficulty, and he went up to promote, It is estimated that it will make Chongzhen more suspicious.
In short, whether it is ready or not, the chief officials of the two important yamen, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, cannot be empty for a long time, and the cabinet cannot let the four scholars hold it for a long time.
As soon as his words fell, Xie Sheng stood up without giving in, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Your Majesty, as usual, after the Ministry of Rites Shangshu entered the cabinet, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites is actually the candidate of the cabinet ministers, and Zhang Zhifa is shrewd and capable, loyal and diligent, and outstanding, which is really a good choice to replace the ministers, so Weichen proposed to add Zhang Zhifa, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, as a cabinet scholar. ”
As soon as his words fell, Zhejiang Party officials and Qi Party officials came out one after another, lying in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "The minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal" .......
After a while, hundreds of people knelt down in the imperial road, some of them were instructed by Wen Tiren, and some were launched by Xie Sheng and Zhang Zhifa.
Seeing this, Chongzhen frowned, the rule is this rule, but the cabinet scholars do not necessarily have to be selected in the Ministry of Rites, and he has already faintly noticed that the courtiers are suspected of forming a party for personal gain, and so many people seconded the proposal at this time, which made him feel quite unhappy.
He suspected that these people might be forming a party for personal gain, so he did not make a decision immediately as usual, but sat there silently, just not speaking.
His meaning is already obvious, this I am not very satisfied, do any of you have anyone else to recommend?
It's a pity that at this time, in addition to the remnants of the eunuch party headed by Wen Tiren, there are only the "hidden forces" headed by Zhang Bin left, and Zhang Bin has no suitable candidates to recommend at this time, so Chongzhen waited for a long time, but no one stood up to recommend other candidates.
He could only nod helplessly and said: "Well, since everyone is trying their best to promote, then Zhang Zhifa, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, will be a scholar of Dongge University and a counselor of the cabinet." ”
"The emperor is wise!" As soon as his words fell, a sound of praise sounded in the royal road, how could Chongzhen feel a little harsh when he heard this at this time, the election of this cabinet scholar seems to have been manipulated, and it is also wise!
He waved his hand and asked the courtiers to return to the train, and then said with some unhappiness: "Next, the secretary of the ministry, can all Aiqing have a suitable candidate to promote?" “
As soon as his words fell, Qian Xiangkun, a cabinet scholar, walked out of the train, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen recommended the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, Lord Xue Guoguan, Lord Xue, Lord Xue is upright, dares to speak out, rectifies the rule of officials, and never softly, it is actually a good choice for the Ministry of Officials, so Weichen recommended Lord Xue Guoguan Xue to be the Secretary of the Ministry of Officials. ”
It's shameless to say this, Xue Guoguan is still upright, bullshit, he is a villain who can only drill the camp power, to say that Li Changgeng, the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, is not upright, and according to the rules of replacement, Li Changgeng is also more qualified than Xue Guoguan to serve as the secretary of the ministry.
It's a pity that an upright minister like Li Changgeng can't drill camps, let alone form a party for personal gain, so no one has elected him at all.
At this time, another group of Zhejiang party officials and eunuch remnants walked out of the train, lying in the middle of the royal road and shouting: "The minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal" .......
This time there are not as many people as last time, but there are enough forty or fifty, Chongzhen looked at it coldly, and still didn't speak, he didn't have any opinions on Xue Guoguan, but he was quite dissatisfied with this way, the court push was to let the courtiers recommend a few suitable candidates for him to choose, as a result, just push one, does he still have a choice?
This time, he waited for a full quarter of an hour, but no courtiers stood up to elect others, although he was unhappy, he could only helplessly say: "Well, since everyone is trying their best to promote, then Xue Guoguan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, will be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Officials." ”
At this time, Zhang Bin was also very unhappy, Zhang Zhifa was the elder of the Eunuch Party and the remnants of the Qi Party, Xue Guoguan was still the remnant of the Eunuch Party, and he was busy with him, completely making wedding dresses for others, and both positions were taken away by the remnants of the Eunuch Party, what is the difference between that and when Wang Yingxiong occupies the position!
"The emperor is wise." There was another burst of praise, Chongzhen heard it more and more and felt that this was a mockery, he waved his hand impatiently, and then said excitedly: "Next, the secretary of the military department, can you have a suitable candidate for Aiqing?" ”
As soon as his words fell, Zhang Sizhi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, walked out of the train, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen recommended Zhang Fengyi, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, Lord Zhang, who had patrolled Baoding, supervised Ji Liao, had outstanding meritorious service and skilled in the art of war, and was actually a good choice for the secretary of the Ministry of War, so Weichen recommended Zhang Fengyi and Lord Zhang to be the secretary of the Ministry of War. ”
He is talking nonsense again, Zhang Fengyi was the governor of Baoding and the superintendent of Jiliao, but he either hid in Baoding City and did not go out, or ran to Shanhaiguan to nest, and he had never fought with the enemy at all, where did he get any merits!
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of eunuch remnants walked out of the train quickly, lying in the middle of the royal road and shouting: "The minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal" .......
Seeing this scene, Huang Chenghao was stunned for a moment, and then walked out of the train without hesitation, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen recommended Sun Chuanting, the left attendant of the military department, Lord Sun Chuanting, Lord Sun, in the first battle of the Meridian Valley, wiped out more than 100,000 anti-thief main forces, captured the thief chief Gao Yingxiang, with outstanding military achievements and outstanding strategy, it is really a good choice for the secretary of the military department, so Weichen recommended Sun Chuanting Sun to be the secretary of the military department. ”
The people who seconded the proposal behind him were a little cold, and only a few imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate ran out, lying in the middle of the imperial road and said loudly: "The minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal", "the minister seconded the proposal" .......
Chongzhen saw that two people finally came out to elect, and his face was originally a little softened, but when he heard that Huang Chenghao was promoting Sun Chuanting, he felt a little embarrassed in his heart, this Sun Chuanting is Zhang Bin's cronies, one of them is a nominal military department secretary, and a real power military department is still a secretary of the military department, and this military department is not Zhang Bin's world!
He thought about it, and said against his will: "Well, yes, Sun Chuanting, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Fengyi, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, are very good, but Zhang Fengyi has served in the Ministry of War for a long time, and his experience should be a little more sophisticated. ”
When Zhang Bin heard this, he glanced at Chongzhen coldly, and then looked at the remnants of the eunuchs who were lying there praising the emperor's wisdom, and couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart: "Hmph, faint king and traitorous ministers, you wait." ”
He's angry, he's really angry, he's been doing it for a long time, and it's still some eunuch remnants, can't you really be a master to cure you!
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