His Majesty Xie planted it, faster than Wang Yingxiong and Zhang Sizhi, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate had just begun to investigate him, and there was no evidence, so the emperor suddenly issued an order and raided his home.

This night was another sleepless night for most officials in the capital, and it was even more like a year for the remnants of the eunuch party, especially the Qi party.

To tell the truth, Xie Majesty is relatively honest among the remnants of the eunuch party, he did not go to the local area to expropriate tyranny, let alone seize people's property, but just used his position to make "a little money", just because of corruption, he was cleaned up by the emperor because of corruption, according to this standard, none of the remnants of the eunuch party can be spared!

Obviously, the emperor has found out that they have formed a party for personal gain, and it is difficult to say whether the remnants of the Zhejiang Party and other eunuchs have been exposed, but the Qi Party must have been exposed, and the successive falls of Zhang Sizhi and Xie Majesty are enough to show that the emperor is doing something against the Qi Party.

What to do?

This question, no one else said it, only Wen Tiren said it, Wen Tiren thought about it all night, and finally decided to draw a line with the Qi Party!

He became more and more suspicious that Huang Chenghao was standing behind the emperor, if it was other courtiers, he could still find a way to unite all the remnants of the eunuch party to fight, if it was the emperor, the more you fight, the faster you die!

He knows quite well that Chongzhen, the emperor, is a typical emperor who eats soft and does not eat hard, if you dare to be hard with him, he will dare to drag you out and let you see if your neck is hard or hard, your neck is naturally not hard, and if you go down with a knife, everything will be over.

Therefore, with the emperor, you can only come soft, flicker hard, and maybe there is hope.

This time, he hasn't thought about how to fool the emperor, but the Qi Party must not support it anymore, the emperor is now clear that he wants to clean up the Qi Party, if you dare to stand behind and support, he will definitely clean up with you!

Therefore, we must quickly draw a clear line with the Qi Party and dissociate ourselves.

Early the next morning, at three o'clock in the ugly hour, Zhang Bin walked out of the mansion with a personal entourage as usual, and walked slowly to the left gate of Chang'an, he was in a good mood, and his steps were quite brisk, and even, he joked with Zhang Cha, who walked with him to the left door of Chang'an, and asked him how he felt about being a thief.

The emperor finally ordered to raid His Majesty's house, His Majesty Xie is finished, Xie Sheng is not far away, as soon as the Qi Party excludes his strength in the court, it will surpass Wen Tiren, and then it will be the end of this traitor.

Zhang Bin is so cool in his heart, if he doesn't have to maintain his image, he really wants to hum a few words of music.

His mansion was only a hundred steps away from the imperial city, and soon, the left gate of Chang'an arrived, Zhang Cha arched his hand and retreated quickly, while he slowly walked towards the back of the line outside the city gate.

At this time, the situation has undergone a subtle change, and many courtiers who had never paid attention to him actually took the initiative to greet him, and their expressions were obviously flattering.

These people are all human spirits, what does Zou Weilian mean by accidentally seizing the position of secretary of the criminal department, they know very well that this is a signal that Zhang Bin has regained the emperor's favor, because Zou Weilian was originally a cadre under Zhang Bin, and the emperor can let his cadres serve as the secretary of the criminal department, is the day when he is the boss in power far away, while he has not yet come to power, hurry up!

Zhang Bin didn't reject people thousands of miles away, but he wasn't too enthusiastic, he just kept a polite smile, and the people who greeted him one by one nodded and signaled, and he didn't even put down his hands behind him.

It's not that he's conceited, or that he is rampant, don't look at him at this time he doesn't have any real power, his grade is not low, when the prince of the dynasty is the prince, from the first rank of the civil service, this is already the highest position in the entire court, because the three dukes are not very set, the Taishi, the Taifu, and the Taibao are basically posthumously gifted posthumously by the ministers with outstanding merits in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, except for Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangqing, the Ming Dynasty has not had a living Sangong for a long time, and the civil official from Yipin is already the highest position among all civil officials.

As for the generals, Zhengyipin is nothing at all, because the Ming Dynasty is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and the generals of Zhengyipin are not as high as the civil official positions of Zhengsanpin.

At this time, he is already regarded as the highest-ranking official in the entire court, and he can let him put down his shelf, and at least he must be a waiter above the third grade or a courtier at the level of the six Shangshu, however, at this time, most of the six Shangshu and even the six squires are the remnants of the eunuch party, and they are unlikely to greet Zhang Bin, although most of the rest are Zhang Bin's cronies, they will not be too enthusiastic about Zhang Bin in order to avoid suspicion, so he doesn't have to put down his hands behind his back at all, Nodding his head is already very face-saving.

Sure enough, all the courtiers who greeted him did not think he was pretending to be coercive because he was carrying his hands, but rather felt that he was approachable because he smiled and nodded.

As soon as he walked into the imperial city, he found that the situation outside the gate at noon today was a little wrong, many eunuch remnants had already come, of course, they were not here to befriend Zhang Bin, but to convey Wen Tiren's order, Lord Wen said that he wanted to draw a clear line with the Qi party, and they came to inform the other eunuch remnants.

So the atmosphere of the noon gate gradually became weird, and many of the remnants of the eunuch party who were originally like brothers turned out to be as if they didn't know each other, some looked up at the sky, and some looked down at the ground, just didn't greet people, which made many people turn blue and embarrassed.

When Zhang Bin saw this scene, he smiled secretly in his heart, is it okay to draw a clear line? You're thinking too much, this time, I'm going to catch you all!

The early dynasty began in this strange atmosphere, according to reason, after the civil and military hundred officials shouted long live, the emperor raised his hand to let everyone flatten, the Honglu Temple ceremony officials will come out to sing, there is something to report, nothing to retreat from the court, but, today's early dynasty, even the Honglu Temple officials and even the emperor have become extremely weird, after the civil and military hundred officials shouted long live, the emperor did not even raise his hand, nor did he speak, so let the ministers kneel, the Honglu Temple ceremony officials did not have any movement, and there was no sound outside the entire Huangji Palace.

I don't know how long it took for Chongzhen to stand up slowly, and said loudly: "You are all very good, a cabinet scholar and secretary of the ministry is corrupt for millions of taels, a criminal department is corrupt for hundreds of thousands of taels, and a ministry of work is corrupt for hundreds of thousands of taels, you are very good at making money!" I am far worse than you, hundreds of thousands of border soldiers are still suffering from cold and starvation, they have eaten the last meal without the next meal, and tens of thousands of heroes and martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country can't even pay out their pensions, I am too far behind you! “

Speaking of the back, he almost yelled out, these eunuch remnants really made him angry, one by one in front of him pretending to be for the country and the people, in fact, they are all shameless people who are corrupt and pervert the law, he saves his own money, and he is reluctant to buy a new one, and the money saved is less than a corrupt official in case of corruption, let these people control the government, even if he is tired to death, is it useful? Even if he drinks porridge every day, is it useful?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but roar angrily: "I asked you to reflect on it, which of you has reflected?" ”

In fact, he also knows that it is impossible for these people to introspect, because they have done too many bad things, there is no turning back, introspection is death, who will introspect!

If you don't reflect, just wait for me to give you a good introspection, Chongzhen took a breath, sat on the dragon chair, and then said coldly: "Get up." ”

The early dynasty finally officially began, however, on this day, everyone was a little absent-minded, and some people were even scared to death, not to mention the discussion, the tongue was a little knotted when he spoke, Chongzhen was too lazy to talk to them, after playing the right link, he didn't say anything, and directly asked the Honglu Temple official to announce that he would retire from the dynasty.

The morning dynasty of this day ended hastily, but Chongzhen's words at the beginning still played a little role, and someone finally began to reflect on himself, this person is a cabinet scholar, Xie Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

He had to introspect, Wen Tiren's cold attitude told him that the Zhejiang Party and even all the remnants of the Eunuch Party had drawn a line with them, and the Qi Party had been abandoned!

At this time, the result of being abandoned is obvious, they are finished, even if they refuse to withdraw from the court, they will be ruthlessly purged by the emperor in the end, being purged and automatically withdrawing are the difference between the abyss, he has no choice, he can only withdraw to save his life, if the emperor comes to cleanse, they will be exiled for at least three thousand miles!

Therefore, after the early dynasty, he took the initiative to come to the Qianqing Palace and asked to see the emperor.

Chongzhen was completely disappointed in these people at this time, he didn't even bother to do superficial work, after the monarch and the ministers greeted him, he didn't even let Xie Sheng get up, so he asked directly: "Are you doing a good job of reflection?" ”

Xie Sheng lay on the ground and said in fear: "Back to the emperor, Weichen has confessed his guilt and begged the emperor for forgiveness." ”

Confess nothing, forgive what?

Chongzhen asked coldly: "How much are you greedy, tell me honestly." ”

When Xie Sheng heard this, his face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out, he thought about it, but gritted his teeth and said: "Wechen is not an insatiable person, but the filial piety of the people below sometimes has to be accepted, before and after, Wechen probably received more than 300,000 taels. ”

greedy for more than 300,000 taels and said that he was not insatiable!

However, he is really "incorruptible" compared to Wang Yingxiong and Zhang Sizhi and others, and Chongzhen didn't expect this guy to confess so honestly, so he was stunned for a while.

Dragged him out and cut him?

This is a relief from anger, but it will not help, but it will scare the people behind and dare not "introspect" anymore, and then check one by one, I don't know how long it will take, like Chongzhen's eunuch rebellion case in the first year, until Chongzhen has not finished investigating for three years, as a result, checking and checking that Jiannu have hit the capital, Chongzhen does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past, and there is no result for three or four years.

He thought for a moment and continued to ask coldly, "How much is left?" ”

Xie Shengcheng said in fear: "There are more than ten thousand taels left." ”

Chongzhen said impatiently: "More than ten thousand taels is more than one hundred thousand taels?" ”

Xie Sheng hurriedly kowtowed and said, "About 120,000 taels." ”

Chongzhen snorted coldly: "Turn over all the 120,000 taels to the treasury, and I will forgive you this time." ”

Xie Sheng hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

Chongzhen waved his hand silently, meaning that he could go down.

However, Xie Sheng lay there motionless, as if he had something to say.

Chongzhen said impatiently: "Is there anything else?" ”

Xie Sheng hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Weichen is afraid, the emperor, Weichen's younger brother who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, I implore the emperor to open the net too." ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but be annoyed: "Is that inhuman Zhang Sizhi also going to be released?" ”

Xie Sheng kowtowed again and again: "Weichen doesn't dare, Weichen doesn't dare, it's just that my younger brother who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead is also filial piety and has to accept it from the people below, which is different from Zhang Sizhi's inhumane greed." ”

Chongzhen snorted coldly: "You know what to do, I am satisfied, and I will naturally let your brother go." ”

Xie Sheng kowtowed again and again: "Weichen understands, Weichen understands, thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

Of course he understands what to do, the emperor means to let him roll up the covers and get out of the house immediately!

After he returned to the cabinet room, he immediately wrote a letter of resignation and handed it in, returned to his home, and handed over all the remaining 120,000 taels of silver in the secret room to the state treasury, and then closed the door and sat at home waiting for the emperor to dispose of it.

In order to save trouble, Chongzhen directly approved his resignation, and sentenced His Majesty Xie to be dismissed and cut off, and he would never be hired, so he was released.

Xie Sheng received his younger brother Xie Majesty, and immediately dismissed the slaves in the family without hesitation, sold the mansion, and took the two families to return to their hometown in Shandong.

When Chongzhen heard the news, he did not send someone to escort him, but seeing that he was quite knowledgeable, he still ordered someone to catch up and reward him with sixty taels of silver and two horses of silk, which was a reward only for the cabinet scholars, but Chongzhen only gave half of it.

Xie Sheng went, Zhang Zhifa also understood that his limit was not far away, he simply followed Xie Sheng's example, took the initiative to submit his resignation to the emperor, and took the initiative to hand over more than 100,000 taels of corruption, Chongzhen did not embarrass him, so according to Xie Sheng's old practice, he gave him a reward of 60 taels of silver and two pieces of silk, and let him go home to retire.

At this point, the Qi party bosses are gone, and the entire court is more than half, but the shortage of important ministers in the court is also large, including two cabinet scholars, one secretary of the Ministry of Rites, one secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and one left waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

With so many important positions, it is naturally impossible to vacancy for a long time, so Chongzhen had to organize the court push again, add cabinet ministers, and determine the candidates for two Shangshu and one Zuo Shilang.

Wen Tiren didn't know whether he was alive or dead at this time, and tried in vain to seize these positions in order to control the entire court alone.

On the day of the court push, the Honglu Temple ceremonial officials just announced the start of the election of cabinet ministers, the cabinet deputy Qian Xiangkun walked out of the train, knelt in the middle of the royal road and said loudly: "Weichen recommended the Ministry of Officials Xue Guoguan Xue and the Ministry of War Zhang Fengyi Zhang into the cabinet auxiliary government, these two are important ministers of the court, and both are loyal to the country, diligent and diligent, the current Ministry of Rites Shangshu, the Ministry of Rites left Lang are vacant, these two people are the most suitable candidates to enter the cabinet. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of Zhejiang party officials and other eunuch remnants walked out of the train one after another, knelt 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" .......

Soon, there were hundreds of people lying on the royal road, and the momentum of the Zhejiang Party was still not weak.

Chongzhen looked at these people coldly, without saying a word, but he was already extremely angry in his heart, hum, I don't know whether to live or die, it's your turn next!