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Although they hoped that the emperor would have a clear and decisive attitude on this issue, especially to show the other courtiers their firm support for the two of them, they did not expect that the emperor would act so vigorously and resolutely, directly sending Shu, a servant, to prison during the matter, and also asking Jinyiwei to track down the instructors and comrades behind it.

These two people are people who have survived many court party battles, of course they know that Ren Shu was handed over to Jinyiwei, so no matter whether there is really a commander behind it, whether there is really a party behind it, whether there is really a party in Jinyiweibei Town, Fusi will find out some people, as for how much to find out, it all depends on how much the emperor in front of him wants.

In the original history of the late Ming Dynasty, Li Guoqi and Su Maoxiang were both dismissed from office because they were attacked by the Donglin Party members who once controlled the court.

For the current Emperor Chongzhen, it doesn't matter whether these two people are the remnants of the eunuch party, what he wants is someone who can do things, as long as he can do things, is willing to do things, and does what he wants them to do, he will give him space to display and give him a platform to play.

As for Ren Shu's matter, if he analyzes the pros and cons of opening the sea and trade on a case-by-case basis, argues with reason, and opposes the opening of the sea, then Emperor Chongzhen will be more or less tolerant of him.

However, what Ren Shu adopted was not a method of fighting on a case-by-case basis, but a method of fighting with the party and engaging in party disputes, regardless of the pros and cons of opening the sea trade itself, and only grasping the eunuch color that Li Guowei and Su Maoxiang once had, in an attempt to label them as a remnant of the eunuch party, and then obstruct the decision to open the sea trade by defeating these two people.

This is something that the current Emperor Chongzhen cannot condone no matter what.

Historically, the fall of the Ming Dynasty was directly related to the fierce party struggle above the imperial court.

In particular, the kind of party struggle that the Donglin Party has repeatedly set off only asks about the position and background without asking whether it is right or wrong, delaying many major events related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty's national fortunes.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen said to Li Guowei and Su Maoxiang: "Opening the sea and trade is a major policy of the imperial court, on this issue, I will not waver, or I will not retreat, the two Aiqing do not have any doubts about this, let alone be afraid of slander and fear." When it comes to the Wangri Pilgrimage, I will naturally give the world an explanation. ”

Emperor Chongzhen said that the Wangri Dynasty Meeting would soon arrive.

In the ten or so days before the arrival of the Wangri Dynasty, he finally waited for the news he wanted to wait for, that is, the attitude of officials from the coastal provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong in Nanjing towards the opening of the sea and trade.

The attitude of these people also made Emperor Chongzhen more determined to clean up a group of Donglin party members.

On the 15th of February, Emperor Chongzhen set up a pole hall.

Now the Shuowang Dynasty of the court discussion of the court has all been changed to be held in the Jianji Palace, because the emperor asked the cabinet to make a qualification limit for the courtiers to participate in the court meeting, among the courtiers, only the six squires, the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, the Tongzheng Envoy Si Tongzheng, the Hanlin Academy Attendant Bachelor or above, the six science corridors to the matter, and the military attache above the governor of the five armies, are eligible to participate in the Shuowang Dynasty of the imperial court, and discuss the government with the emperor face to face.

Now the Chongzhen Emperor has been tired of the kind of civil and military officials who are pressed by a large area, and you say a word to me, the more people who discuss the government, the greater the controversy, the lower the efficiency, and it will not play a role in brainstorming at all.

Besides, the current Emperor Chongzhen has never worried about any powerful ministers to empty himself, and there is no need to use so many officials to make comments in the court, and check and balance or bargain with the cabinet and important ministers of the Military Aircraft Department.

Therefore, the ministers who are now eligible to participate in the Shuowang Dynasty, in addition to the cabinet, the military aircraft department, that is, the five armies, the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration Department, the Dali Temple and other high-ranking officials of the yamen, add up to only seventy or eighty people, just such a few people, put in the highest level of the Huangji Palace, a little bit of a waste of that place, and at the same time, if there are fewer people, it seems that the Huangji Hall is too empty, and it is not appropriate to discuss the government.

In comparison, the moderately sized Jianji Hall is much more suitable.

On February 15, the Wangri Great Court Meeting began in the Jianji Palace, which was closest to the Qianqing Palace among the three major halls of the Outer Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen took his standard equipment when he participated in the court meeting, the eunuch Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, Fang Zhenghua, the commander of the Dongchang Palace, and Gong Yonggu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, walked in quickly from the back door of the Jianji Palace, walked up the steps where the emperor's throne was located, and then sat down on the throne.

At this time, seventy or eighty courtiers were already standing in a row behind the four cabinet ministers and a minister of military aircraft who had not yet entered the cabinet, and when they saw the emperor seated, they immediately bowed and shouted: "Ministers and others to meet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen was exempted from the courtesy in front of the ministers, and then said: "Recently, the government and the opposition have been discussing the opening of the sea and trade with the imperial court, some for which there are those who support and those who oppose it. Many local dignitaries and officials wrote to the imperial court to denounce the government.

"At today's court meeting, the ministers and others can speak freely, and say what they want to say to me, what they want to say to the cabinet secretaries, or what they want to say to the imperial court's opening of the sea.

"However, I want to talk about the ugly words first, the opening of the five coastal ports of the imperial court to trade is the major policy of the imperial court that I have discussed with the cabinet and the secretaries of the military aircraft department, and the edict has been issued on New Year's Day, announcing it to the world.

"Whether the secretary agrees or disagrees, he must give a good reason, if it is for the sake of the party and the difference, just to seek his own selfish interests or the private interests of the party, rather than discussing the major policies of the imperial court, Ren Shu is a good example, and the secretary must not be careful."

After Ren Shu was imprisoned by the Jinyi guard, many Kedao officials wrote to Emperor Chongzhen to save him, saying that even if Ren Shu wrote to impeach the ministers of the court as the remnants of the eunuch party, it was his duty and duty to do this as a Kedao official, even if the emperor wanted to punish him, he could not be punished as a remnant of the eunuch party!

But Emperor Chongzhen was not moved at all, because the day after Ren Shu was imprisoned in Jinyiwei, under the torture and inducement of Wang Guoxing, the envoy of Beizhen, and the jailers of Beizhen Fusi, a group of "masterminds behind the scenes" were bitten.

It just needs an opportune time to make it public.

At this time, after Emperor Chongzhen finished saying this, the ministers standing in the Jianji Hall were silent for a while, and some of the people who were originally going to speak suddenly became hesitant because of the emperor's words.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ministers in the palace indifferently, and after a while, he saw a person walking out behind Li Biao, the left capital of the Imperial Palace.

This person walked to the front, bowed and saluted, and then said: "The ministers and officials have given Zhang Shenyan a good performance in the matter!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't speak, just nodded expressionlessly.

Zhang Shenyan continued: "Your Majesty is the right person to speak, and the ministers have been thinking for a long time, so I think it is bad. During the Apocalypse, Wei rebelled against the CCP and denounced all those who did not cooperate with the DPRK and China as the Donglin Party, or died unjustly in prison, or died in the border fortress, or cut down their status and dismissed the official to live idle. All of a sudden, the scourge of party strife spread all over the government and the opposition.

"Since Your Majesty's accession to the throne, Wei has rebelled against the law, and hundreds of Wei rebels have been attached to the party, or beheaded their homes, or confiscated the army and exiled, and there has long been no party in the court.

"His Majesty ordered Jinyiwei to arrest Ren Shu in prison and let him identify with the party and confess to the people behind him. The minister thought that this was a big mistake. The minister asked His Majesty to retract his order and acquit Ren Shu. ”

After Zhang Shenyan said this, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed silently.