In the middle of June of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, a major event occurred in the court, the new left deputy capital Yang Lian impeached the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and the eunuch Wei Zhongxian. Eighty-one? Chinese Network (8) ??.? ８?１?

Subsequently, the Donglin Party officials in the capital wrote to second, denouncing Wei Zhongxian for bringing disaster to the country and the people, and imploring the Emperor of the Apocalypse to punish him severely.

At the same time, the officials of the original Qi, Chuzhe, and other factions also immediately wrote a letter, and Yang Lian was responsible for pointing out the deer as a horse, reversing black and white, and crying out for Wei Zhongxian.

This made the already treacherous officialdom in the capital explode in an instant, and the Donglin Party and the anti-Donglin Party officials who were attached to Wei Zhongxian went toe-for-tat and set off a new round of competition.

Those officials of the original Qi, Chuzhe, and other factions suffered a big loss in Jingcha, and were wantonly suppressed by the Donglin Party, which was favored by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and they were holding back their sulkness at this time, and now seeing that the Donglin Party wanted to deal with Wei Zhongxian, who was also trusted by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, they naturally had to fight back with all their might.

is different from the situation in Jingcha, now these officials of Qi, Chuzhe, and other factions also have the Emperor of the Apocalypse as their backer, so they will naturally not be helpless anymore, and they will definitely have to wrestle with the Donglin Party again, to see whose backstage is more favored by the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Li Hongyu got the news as soon as possible, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, what he was most worried about was inevitable.

"It's too hasty, it's blind!" Regarding Yang Lian's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian's 24 major crimes, Li Hongyu could only sigh helplessly in his heart.

Putting aside whether Wei Zhongxian really committed those twenty-four major crimes, it has been less than a year since the Donglin Party used Jingcha to defeat Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and other factions, Yang Lian made it difficult for Wei Zhongxian, and his sharpness was too strong, and no emperor wanted to see such a strong faction appear in the court.

Furthermore, although the Emperor of the Apocalypse supported the Donglin Party and defeated the Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and other factions in one fell swoop, this did not mean that he completely obeyed and trusted the Donglin Party, and compared with the Donglin Party, it was obvious that Wei Zhongxian was more favored by the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Therefore, in Li Hongyu's view, Yang Lian and the Donglin Party chose the wrong opponent at the wrong time, and they are bound to bear a series of consequences.

Didn't they realize that the Emperor of the Apocalypse had been waiting for an opportunity to launch a thunderous offensive against the Donglin Party? Do they really think that the Emperor of the Apocalypse is so easy to fool and will let him control the government? After all, this country belongs to the emperor, not the Donglin Party!

In addition, in Li Hongyu's view, Yang Lian's list of 24 major crimes to impeach Wei Zhongxian is also empty, with more power than enough killing.

It's also a little ridiculous and helpless to say, none of Yang Lian's twenty-four major sins can catch Wei Zhongxian's real handle, Wei Zhongxian has always acted cautiously, knowing that the Emperor of the Apocalypse wants to deal with the Donglin Party, so naturally he will not leave a tongue for the outside world to attack him.

If summed up, Li Hongyu summarized the 24 cardinal sins listed by Yang Lian into five points:

Internal officials interfere in foreign affairs, and the political system of the ancestors for more than 200 years is bad; Jian eliminated dissidents and violated the precept of the first emperor not to change his father's ministers; indiscriminately attacked Enjia, blasphemous the more usual; In charge of the East Factory, he is quick to have personal revenge and fall into the country; Set up internal soldiers, once the elbows and armpits are born, it can be deeply considered.

In Yang Lian's view, Wei Zhongxian deceived his superiors and subordinates, was arrogant, and wanted to do wrongdoing, he was really an extremely hateful villain, and if he kept it, he would definitely disturb the dynasty.

For this reason, the officials of the Donglin Party also vied with each other to accuse Wei Zhongxian of his evil deeds, and even said that Wei Zhongxian was openly called "nine thousand years old", and his intention to seek the throne was clearly exposed.

Nine thousand years old? This is a higher title than the prince, you must know that the prince of the Ming Dynasty is only "a thousand years old", this is an out-and-out taboo for the emperor, unless Wei Zhongxian's brain is in water, otherwise how can he blatantly challenge the majesty of the imperial power.

Therefore, Li Hongyu is quite disdainful of this, not to mention that Wei Zhongxian does not dare to call himself "nine thousand years old", even if he dares to do this, the officials who are so attached to him do not dare to shout, as long as he shouts, then it is an out-and-out rebellion, and the backstage of those officials is the Emperor of the Apocalypse and not Wei Zhongxian, who dares to violate this taboo?

On the night of Yang Lian's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, the capital, Qianqing Palace, and the South Study.

"Your Majesty, the old slave has been wronged, and he will never dare to act like Lord Yang impeached, let alone call himself 'nine thousand years old', and I hope the emperor will see it."

Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground and said to the Emperor of the Apocalypse who was sitting behind the desk and reading the recital, "Your Majesty, the old slave is willing to resign from all positions, and ask the emperor to allow the old slave to go to guard the tomb of the first emperor." ”

Originally, the twenty-four major crimes impeached by Yang Lian had already made Wei Zhongxian panic, and the rumors of "nine thousand years old" made him even more frightened.

"Let's get up, it's just some chasing after the wind, why should you be serious." The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled slightly when he heard this, put down the music in his hand and said to Wei Zhongxian.

Because Wei Zhongxian had served the Emperor of the Apocalypse since he was a child, the two had a deep relationship, so the Emperor of the Apocalypse affectionately called Wei Zhongxian "Great Companion" to distinguish him from the rest of the chamberlain.

"Your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, got up from the ground and bowed to the side, Yang Lian's sudden difficulty made him quite passive now.

"Companion, I know all the twenty-four things that Yang Lian said, you are on an errand under my royal orders, what's wrong?"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse saw Wei Zhongxian's uneasy look, so he smiled and comforted, "The eldest companion can rest assured, I will reply to Yang Lian and let him retreat." ”

As he spoke, the Emperor of the Apocalypse picked up the piece on the side, wrote a sentence on it with a red pen, and then asked the chamberlain on the side to show it to Wei Zhongxian.

"The old slave thanked the emperor for his grace, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Wei Zhongxian glanced at the Zhu Bi imperial approval on the concert, and was immediately moved to tears, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

Written on the recital is a striking line of red letters: "All political affairs are personally judged." The inner palace is tight, how can the outer court know! ”

In other words, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was undoubtedly supporting Wei Zhongxian, clearly telling Yang Lian that the celebrant was an institution serving the Son of Heaven, so everything Wei Zhongxian did was acting according to his will.

Not only that, the Emperor of the Apocalypse also criticized Yang Lian harshly, but the celebrant was in the imperial city, and the officials of the outer court belonged to two systems, so how did Yang Lian know that Wei Zhongxian acted arbitrarily? Could it be that he has an eyeliner in the celebrant supervisor?

There is no doubt that this line of words is a reassuring pill for Wei Zhongxian, with the trust of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, what is he afraid of?

Moreover, Wei Zhongxian was also keenly aware of the Emperor of the Apocalypse's disdain for Yang Lian's movement, after all, if Yang Lian said the twenty-four major sins, if he left the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he would not be able to accomplish any of them.

In particular, the article of "cutting off dissidents" made the Emperor of the Apocalypse despised, just last year, the Donglin Party used Jingcha to suppress Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and other factions, isn't it also "to eliminate dissidents"? There is no softness at all.

After all, the partisan strife in the court has always been like this, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind, and it is not surprising that the Emperor of the Apocalypse has long been accustomed to this.

Ran Xingrang was taken aback when he learned of Yang Lian's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, and hurriedly came to Shanghai County to see Li Hongyu.

"Is this Yang Lian confused, Wei Zhongxian is the emperor's person, he actually wants to move Wei Zhongxian, isn't this forcing the palace to the emperor?"

After seeing Li Hongyu, Ran Xingrang couldn't help frowning and said to him, and he was quite dissatisfied with Yang Lian's move, which made the already tense situation in the capital even more complicated.

"What do you say, 'Accumulate power and rob it, and cause it to be in the court, but I know that there are loyal and virtuous people, but I don't know that there is Your Majesty; In the capital, he also knows that there is Zhongxian but he doesn't know that there is His Majesty', doesn't he know that Wei Zhongxian is a chess piece in the emperor's hand, so why worry about the change of elbows and armpits? ”

Saying that, Ran Xingrang sneered, and said with a disdainful face, "Yang Lian's tone is the same as Hai Rui's, does he want to be the 'Yang Qingtian' of the Apocalypse Dynasty?" No matter what Hai Jui says, he will not form a party! ”

"Don't be impatient, the emperor is the king of the Holy Wisdom, discerning, wise and wise, and will be able to solve the current matter satisfactorily."

Li Hongyu knew that Ran Xingrang was worried that there would be a big change in the situation in the capital, and that would undoubtedly be unfavorable to Daming, so he comforted with a smile.

As for Ran Xingrang's comparison with Yang Lian and Hai Rui, there is also a past in this, Hai Rui once wrote to Emperor Jiajing, saying: "People in the world are not straight to Your Majesty for a long time!" ”

And now Yang Lian also said to the Emperor of the Apocalypse: "In the capital, I also know that there are loyal and virtuous but I don't know that there is Your Majesty", which is not only comparing the Emperor of the Apocalypse with the Jiajing Emperor, but more importantly, accusing the Emperor of the Apocalypse of dereliction of duty.

Just imagine, during the period of Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle, which official dared to use such words to speak to the emperor?

This is simply arrogant and presumptuous, there is a chance that Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle will have their heads cut off, anyway, there are so many officials in the Ming Dynasty, and the two emperors don't care about killing one or two officials who dare to offend the monarch's authority.

"Alas!"

Ran Xingrang sighed and said worriedly, "Since Yang Lian has impeached Wei Zhongxian this time, how can those people in Donglin easily stop it?" I was worried that the situation in the DPRK would become chaotic because of this, and now the war outside the customs is unpredictable, and once it is affected, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, Ran Xingrang's worries are not groundless, today's Daming can be described as internal and external troubles, but the Beijing officials who have mastered the fate of Daming are keen on party struggle, and put on a posture of not defeating the opponent and vowing not to give up, which is really regrettable.

"I hope Lord Yang and they will retreat."

Subsequently, Li Hongyu pondered for a while, and said to Ran Xingrang with a serious expression, if those people in the Donglin Party continue to make trouble, they will be suspected of forcing the palace, which will make the Emperor of the Apocalypse take a heavy hand on this, after all, the emperor is not a papier-mâché tiger, how can he let the courtiers coerce?

"I hope so!" Ran Xing let Wen Yan sigh again, he and Li Hongyu were far away in Jiangnan, so they were powerless about the affairs of the capital, so they could only choose to wait and see.

(End of chapter)