The court meeting began, and a screen divided the Xinuan Pavilion into two rooms, inside and outside.

The seven ministers and the five eunuchs outside stood opposite each other, but behind the screen sat a faint figure.

All eyes were on the figure behind the screen, and no one spoke first, as if they were all waiting for something.

In the middle of the night, a clear bell finally came out from behind the screen, and everyone was shocked.

Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant supervisor, spoke first: "Everyone, then let's start discussing it now." I think you all know that today the emperor called us here to discuss how to reward the Marquis of Wu'an, and Jiangchuan, the general army of southern Liaoning, repeatedly defeated the Manchu Qing Tartars in Liaodong and broke through the Tartar Shengjing. The capture of the Manchu Emperor and the Empress Dowager is a piece of merit. How to do this thing beautifully, it can not lose the dignity of the court, nor will it chill the hearts of the heroes, but also let the people of the world understand the law and bearing of the court. Let's talk about it. ”

As soon as Wei Zhongxian spoke, this matter was already set in the tone.

The people who can stand here are not stupid, they all know who Wei Zhongxian's words mean.

But not being stupid does not mean that you should agree with the opinion of the celebrant.

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there has been continuous party fighting, and various parties in the court have attacked each other. The Zhejiang Party attacked the Chu Party, and the Chu Party attacked the Soviet Party. The outer court attacked the inner court, and there was constant chaos and party strife.

And this kind of partisanship became more and more serious in the future.

There is a struggle against someone's enemy, and the imperial court is no exception, and it is the hardest hit area of the struggle, which cannot be avoided.

At first, the emperor was happy to see it, and when there was a fight between the courtiers, the emperor could profit from it, and he could better control the courtiers with a detached attitude.

This kind of partisan struggle was considered to be a matter of matter at first, but the more it went on, the more absurd it became, and in the end it was an attack for the sake of attacking. The angle of attacking each other on both sides has risen from official affairs to personal morality, and even many people have begun to dig graves, and even the ugly and wrong things of the opponent's parents and even grandparents have become an excuse for them to attack each other.

The party struggle became more and more fierce, and finally became a huge tumor that grew on the giant of Daming Jiangshan, since it could not be cut off, it could only continue to suffer more and more serious pain.

In the end, the ministers of the foreign court formed a group, based on the Donglin Academy in the south of the Yangtze River, and formed a huge Qingliu group in the local area - the Donglin Party.

In the eyes of the people of the Donglin Party, as long as they do not join the Donglin Party, they are traitors, villains, and traitors.

In order to become famous, for their so-called vision of the righteous gentleman Ying Dynasty, the Donglin Party members are like mad dogs, as long as they disagree with them, they will be attacked wildly.

In addition to the officials who did not join the Donglin Party, the celebrant was the biggest target.

This situation is now getting even worse.

Although both sides greeted each other when they met, they both wanted to kill each other in their hearts.

And Zhou Yunyi is actually a backbone member of the Donglin Party, and he is also a disciple of Gu Xuanwu, the leader of the Donglin Party.

When the current emperor was the crown prince, he was very unhappy with the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party naturally did not have a good impression of him. Now that he is the emperor, he has long been determined to clean up the Donglin Party.

The Donglin Party is also guarding against the emperor's black hand, so the incident of killing Zhou Yunyi on the 29th of the month seems to be the emperor because Zhou Yunyi slandered the monarch's father, but in fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the emperor's war letter to the Donglin Party.

Zhou Yunyi's death did arouse the anger of the Donglin Party, and under the planning of Gu Xuanwu, the leader of the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party planned to launch a wave of counterattacks.

It's just that when the undercurrent was surging in the capital, Yuan Chonghuan's tragic death made the Donglin party see the ruthlessness of the new emperor, and they were a little scared.

It's good for them to sell their reputation, but no one wants to die, and they die like Yuan Chonghuan.

So the so-called counterattack storm finally came to an end.

It's a pity that Jinyiwei and Dongchang are not decorations after all, and the planning of the Donglin Party reached the ears of the emperor, which made the emperor hate the Donglin Party even more.

Coupled with Zhou Yunyi's matter, in the emperor's heart, the Donglin Party is even more hateful and worthy of hatred than Li Zicheng.

This strengthened his determination to clean up the Donglin Party.

It's a pity that the situation is changing too quickly, Li Zicheng's troops are sharp, and the speed of the fall of various places is far beyond his imagination.

In this erosive situation, he had no chance to eradicate the Donglin Party.

Therefore, the young emperor could only vent his unwillingness with an angry roar.

What he never expected was that Liaodong, who had already been given up in his heart, actually gave him a great opportunity. An excellent opportunity to reorganize the Ming Dynasty, re-inject fresh blood to the imperial court, and clear the Donglin party.

He is now sitting behind the screen and watching coldly, to see who will jump out to subvert his Daming country.

After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he looked at Huang Jin, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor next to him.

Huang Jin understood, his eyebrows moved, and he said in a slightly sharp voice: "According to the rules of the imperial court, Marquis Wu'an has made such a great contribution, and at least one duke title is needed to be rewarded. This is the general situation. Now the situation is special, Li Zicheng is a rebel and a thief is pressing forward step by step, and my Ming court needs a pillar like Wu Anhou to turn the tide. Therefore, we think that it is better to be higher on this basis. ”

"Gonggong Huang said it well, our family thinks that Marquis Wu'an should be awarded the title of king with a different surname in order to repay him for his contribution to the destruction of the Manchu Qing Kingdom." Chen Hong, who was under Huang Jin, also said in a sharp voice.

"Our family also agrees with Gonggong Huang's opinion." The two eunuchs in the back also cried in their voices.

After the people on the side of the celebrant finished speaking, Wei Zhongxian looked at Wen Tiren, the head of the cabinet who had been staring at the table with his head hanging down, with an expression that seemed to be smiling, and said, "Elder Wen Ge, you also heard it." Our celebrant has already laid out his opinion. Let me tell you what the Cabinet has to say. ”

After speaking, everyone's eyes looked at Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren didn't seem to see those eyes, and said unhurriedly: "Merit will be rewarded, and fault will be punished, which is the consistent standard of the imperial court." Wu'an Hou Jiangchuan exterminated the Manchu Qing Dynasty and established an immortal achievement. The old minister thought that if the reward was made in accordance with the rules of the imperial court, it was naturally necessary. If you want to set an example for the world, it is okay to exceed some specifications appropriately. ”

Old fox! Wei Zhongxian rolled his eyes, Wen Tiren's words seemed to have said a lot, but they were actually equivalent to not saying anything.

Wei Zhongxian became a much calmer eunuch after becoming a palm print eunuch, and although he was slanderous in his heart, he still looked at Zhou Tingru, the second assistant under Wen Tiren, with a gentle smile on his face that was harmless to humans and animals.

Everyone knows that Zhou Tingru is the leader of the Donglin Party in the court.

Under normal circumstances, only Zhou Tingru, who was opposed by the celebrant and the celebrant of ceremonies, would be in favor. As long as the celebrant agrees, Zhou Tingru will object.

To put it bluntly, this is a well-known celebrant who can't get along with the celebrant and eunuch.

Sure enough, before Zhou Tingru could wait for Wei Zhongxian to speak, he stood up and said loudly: "I oppose the addition of a king with a different surname to Jiangchuan." ”

Wei Zhongxian looked behind the screen at this time, as if he saw the figure on the chair suddenly tremble.