Five years of the Apocalypse, late November, Haicheng.

"My lord, the official department is in an urgent hurry for eight hundred miles." When Li Hongyu was talking to Xu Guangqi at the Western Academy, a guard hurriedly came to report and sent an official document from the ministry.

Li Hongyu sighed secretly in his heart when he heard this, it seems that the situation in the capital has been out of the control of Ye Xianggao's Donglin Party bosses, and he has begun to ask him for help.

"Master Xu, the affairs of the academy will be handed over to you, and the official will go back to the capital." After reading the urgent letter, Li Hongyu said to Xu Guangqi in a deep voice.

Speaking of which, the content of this urgent letter is rather strange, after Sun Chengzong, the Jin army had a change and the Ming army outside the gate had not yet completed the training, so he asked the Emperor of the Apocalypse to transfer Li Hongyu to Shanhaiguan for discussion.

Emperor Tianqi granted Sun Chengzong's request, so the officials immediately rushed to Haicheng and informed Li Hongyu to go north and return to Beijing.

Obviously, the reason why Sun Chengzong gave that piece to the Emperor of the Apocalypse was naturally to transfer Li Hongyu back to the capital, and officials in ancient times were not allowed to leave their posts without permission during their tenure, let alone return to the capital without a call.

Therefore, if Ye Xianggao wants to let Li Hongyu return to Beijing to maneuver, he must find an excuse, he can't tell the Emperor of the Apocalypse to let Li Hongyu come back to coordinate the situation in the capital that is more and more unfavorable to the Donglin Party.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Ye Xianggao decided that it would be better to do this matter through Sun Chengzong, so Li Hongyu received this urgent letter from the ministry.

"Young master, rest assured, the affairs here must be handled carefully."

Xu Guangqi had already guessed why Li Hongyu suddenly returned to Beijing, so he bowed down and said in a deep voice, after all, there is a lot of uproar in the officialdom of the capital now, and the officials of the two capitals and thirteen provinces have heard about it.

Due to the urgency of the situation, Li Hongyu drove from the north the next day and rushed to the capital.

At this time, it was the season of heavy snowfall, so it snowed in many places along the way, which made Li Hongyu's trip to the north quite bumpy.

When Li Hongyu braved the heavy snow and arrived in the capital, it was already the middle of the lunar month, and as soon as he entered the city, he heard a reasonable and unexpected news.

Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, who were imprisoned in the imperial prison, committed suicide one after another after entering Layue, and the day before Li Hongyu entered Beijing, Zuo Guangdou, the last of the six, hanged himself, which made Li Hongyu too late to see his last face, and he was quite regrettable.

At the same time, Dongchang and Jinyiwei used Wang Wenyan's confession to arrest officials of the radical faction of the Donglin Party in Beijing under the pretext of accepting bribes.

Not only that, Jin Yiwei had already officially used the "Donglin Party" to refer to the arrested officials in his recital to the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

In the past, when outsiders talked about the officials of the Donglin Party, they were at most from Donglin or from the Donglin family, after all, many members of the Donglin Party had stayed in Donglin Academy.

This means that the Donglin Party's crime of forming a party for personal gain will definitely not be able to escape, and Jin Yiwei has also found a lot of evidence that Donglin Party officials are in the same party and have different parties.

To tell the truth, don't talk about the Donglin Party, even the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang also have a lot of tricks, as long as the Emperor of the Apocalypse wants to check, he can't run away at all.

On the same day that Li Hongyu entered Beijing, the cabinet assistant Ye Xianggao officially asked the Emperor of the Apocalypse to resign, and pleaded with Zhishi to return to his hometown on the grounds of unladylike employment and advanced age.

Ye Xianggao's unladylike employment naturally refers to the appointment of Wang Wenyan as the secretary of the cabinet, so that many Donglin Party members, including Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, are implicated, and he has to bear this responsibility.

Obviously, Ye Xianggao wanted to use his resignation to settle this dispute in the capital, so that the Donglin Party could survive the catastrophe in front of him.

It's a pity that his idea is too naïve, since the Emperor of the Apocalypse has already moved a thunderbolt against the Donglin Party, how can he easily stop.

Therefore, the Emperor of the Apocalypse immediately approved Ye Xianggao's resignation, not only gave Ye Xianggao many rewards, but also crowned him as a prince, which can be described as infinitely glorious.

"Fu-sama."

The first thing Li Hongyu did after returning to Beijing was naturally to enter the palace to meet the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and he happened to meet Ye Xianggao, who walked out of the palace gate with a gloomy expression, outside the Qianqing Palace, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute.

"Young Master Li, the old man has resigned, and he is no longer an auxiliary adult."

Ye Xianggao was taken aback when he saw Li Hongyu, he never expected Li Hongyu to come to the capital so quickly, but he knew the hardships of the journey, and then felt warm in his heart, and said to Li Hongyu, "In the future, the affairs of the capital will have to worry a lot about Young Master Li." ”

"Fu-sama has resigned?"

Li Hongyu couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart when he heard this, as the leader of the Donglin Party, how could Ye Xianggao be safe and sound this time? Then he pretended to look at Ye Xianggao in surprise.

"The old man is old, and he doesn't know anyone, it's time to say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown to enjoy his old age."

Ye Xianggao smiled bitterly, and bowed his hand to Li Hongyu again, "Young Master Li, I hope to worry a lot about the affairs of the capital." ”

"Master Fu is serious, and the officials will do their best." When Li Hongyu heard this, he hurriedly returned the salute and replied solemnly, he naturally knew that Ye Xianggao wanted him to take care of the Donglin Party, so as not to be wiped out by Wei Zhongxian in this party dispute.

Then, Ye Xianggao smiled at Li Hongyu and got up to leave, his back looking quite lonely and lonely in the snowflakes falling from the sky.

Ye Xianggao didn't expect the Emperor of the Apocalypse to agree to his resignation without retaining him, and his disappointment was beyond words, although the Emperor of the Apocalypse gave him the title of Taifu, but he failed to protect the Donglin Party from being hurt in this turmoil, and the bitterness in his heart can be imagined.

At this moment, Ye Xianggao may have understood in his heart that the biggest winner in the party struggle in the capital in the past few years is the young Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the prosperity of the Donglin Party and the current ups and downs are all given by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, so that the Donglin Party and the factions of Qi, Chuzhe and other factions have lost both.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine to sell in the world, and now the Donglin Party has become a fish on the chopping board for the Emperor of the Apocalypse to slaughter, as for whether the Emperor of the Apocalypse will open the net, Ye Xianggao has no bottom in his heart now.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Donglin Party collapsed almost overnight, which is simply incredible.

Li Hongyu looked at Ye Xianggao's lonely back and shook his head helplessly, then cheered up and entered the Qianqing Palace, and a chamberlain bowed down and led him to the Dongnuan Pavilion.

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was leisurely fiddling with a wood carving with a carving knife, and his mood looked very comfortable.

"Young Master, I thought you would come in two days, but I didn't expect you to arrive today, but I just in time, I recently carved a tiger, and I will reward you."

Seeing Li Hongyu enter the door, the Emperor of the Apocalypse said with a smile while carving the wood carving, and rewarded Li Hongyu with his latest work.

"Thank you for your grace." Li Hongyu knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in a good mood, so he bowed down and thanked him, with a little emotion in his heart.

Of course, he can understand the excitement and excitement of the Emperor of the Apocalypse at this time, after five years, the Emperor of the Apocalypse has finally removed the stumbling block that hindered his ruling in the court, and from then on, he will truly control the power of the Ming Dynasty, and he will no longer have to look at anyone's face to act.

Li Hongyu did not disturb the Emperor of the Apocalypse to carve there, but stood silently and watched, the Emperor of the Apocalypse has an innate talent in woodware, not only can make all kinds of utensils but also the carving skills are also perfect, can be called a master in this field.

"Young Master, what do you think of the current situation in the capital?" After carving the tiger, the Emperor of the Apocalypse asked Li Hongyu while playing, as if he was very satisfied with his craftsmanship this time.

"Your Majesty, the events of the two years in the capital have made the people of the hundred officials panic, which is not conducive to the stability of the Ming Dynasty, so the ministers feel that it is time to end all this, stabilize the officialdom, and appease the people." Li Hongyu bowed down when he heard this, and replied in a deep voice quietly.

"Hmm."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded approvingly when he heard this, and then said to Li Hongyu with a smile, "Young Master, since you are back this time, then this aftermath matter will be handed over to you." ”

"Obey." Li Hongyu had long expected this, so he bowed and agreed.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a reluctant request, now that Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others have died, I hope that the emperor can make an order and allow his family to collect the corpses, although they have violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, but they have also worked hard for the Ming Dynasty in the past, and there is no merit and hard work."

Subsequently, Li Hongyu respectfully asked the Emperor of the Apocalypse for instructions, because the case had not yet been concluded, and the bodies of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others were still in the edict of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town.

Because of the imperial case committed by Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, even if the case is closed, if there is no nod from the Emperor of the Apocalypse, the family is not allowed to collect the body, and let Jinyiwei throw it into a mass grave, or find a remote place to dig a pit and bury it.

"Just do it according to the young master's wishes."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned slightly when he heard this, knowing that Li Hongyu's move was to appease the Donglin Party officials who were now in a state of turmoil and were all soldiers, so he would naturally agree.

"Young master, you are really blessed, the three concubines gave birth to two sons and a daughter for you, hurry up and go home and have a look."

Saying that, the Emperor of the Apocalypse remembered something, and then said to Li Hongyu with a smile, Qin Yue, Naren Tuoya and Rou'er gave birth one after another after Zhao Xin, and spread the branches and leaves for the Li family.

"Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Li Hongyu hurriedly bowed down to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and thanked him, he already knew about it, but he couldn't return to Beijing without the emperor's conscription and the court's order, and now he really couldn't wait to meet the two sons and one daughter.

"Your Majesty, the minister's wife has also given birth to a son, and the minister named him Li Yunxuan, hoping that he can serve Daming in the future and share his worries for the emperor."

Li Hongyu was just about to turn around and retire, when he suddenly remembered something, and bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and reported that he was a dignified young master of the Ming Dynasty, and now that his son was born, he naturally had to inform the outside world, and the first person to know the news was the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"Haha......"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse immediately laughed when he heard this, and said to Li Hongyu with some ridicule, "Young Master, you can really be said to be a hit, and you really give me a surprise, and I look forward to them serving the country in the future." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely teach them carefully and let them be loyal to the monarch and serve the country." Hearing this, Li Hongyu showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and bowed down to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said.

Because he accepted several concubines in his home in Baihe Town last year, he already has a reputation for romance in the outside world, such as today's Emperor Qi's ridicule is naturally embarrassing, and people who don't know still think he is a womanizer.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled disapprehantly, and did not think that there was anything wrong with Li Hongyu's concubines, Li Hongyu was the champion of the Ming Dynasty, both civil and military, and he was young, handsome and elegant, naturally there were many women who loved him, and he also hoped that the children of the Li family could serve the Ming Dynasty like Li Hongyu in the future.

(End of chapter)