Fang Yichen nodded and said, "I see." The pen www.biquge.info immediately raised his eyes and said, "I heard that when you inspected Fujian, you were not very friendly with this Yu Zhigao?" ”

Sun Yueling sighed and said: "It's not just that it's not very harmonious, I have become a life-and-death rival with him, in order to put me to death, he did not hesitate to collude with Hongmao Fan to deal with me, so that I almost couldn't leave Taiwan." The reason why I lost my official position and dismissed me was also because of this person, which you must know something. ”

Fang Yichen said with a smile: "No wonder Wu Chunfu and Ni Wenhuan impeached you for slandering Zhushi and ignoring the law and discipline, it turns out that there is such a story in it." ”

Sun Yueling smiled bitterly: "Brother Fang, you don't have to laugh at me, now that Donglin is in decline and the power is strong, you and I have to work together to deal with it, otherwise I can't fight Wei Gelding alone." ”

Fang Yichen smiled faintly, his eyes squinted at him and said, "Are you ordering me as the leader of Donglin?" ”

Sun Yueling hurriedly shook his head and said, "Brother Fang, what are you talking about, Jiangnan Shilin Gong recommended Qian Qianyi as the head of Donglin, you must have already known that I, Sun Yueling, am the leader of Donglin, but just like you, I am just a person in Donglin who has never lost his ideals." How dare I command you, I sincerely hope to join hands with you and fight together. ”

Fang Yichen said calmly: "But as far as I know, Qian Qianyi, the position of the head of Donglin, was given to him by you. You also compared Li Sancai, who was strategizing in the East Forest back then, there will be nothing wrong with this, right? And Jiangnan Shilin is now listening to your orders, and those Donglin juniors are headed by you, do you dare to say that you are not the actual decision-maker in Donglin at present? ”

Sun Yueling could only smile bitterly, and said helplessly: "I can't help it if you insist on saying this, that day I was to unite all the scholars in Jiangnan and persuade Qian Qianyi to be consistent with me, and I had to compare myself to Li Sancai as a last resort." In fact, my ability is very limited, Brother Fang, you should be the one who knows me best......"

"Enough is enough." A smile flashed in Fang Yichen's eyes, and he said, "I don't want to listen to your nonsense, I just want to listen to your plan, if you can't say it, be careful that I don't recognize your status as the head of Donglin." ”

Sun Yueling was overjoyed when he heard this, Fang Yichen's words undoubtedly indicated that he had accepted his identity and was willing to work with him, so he hurriedly said: "Since Wei Gelding took power, eunuch party elements have spread all over the government and the opposition, but after two years of changes, they have gradually been divided into two distinct factions, I don't know if Brother Fang can understand this?" ”

Fang Yichen snorted and said, "They are all a bunch of miscellaneous pieces in Fang's eyes, what's the difference?" ”

Sun Yueling was patient and continued: "During the period of time since I came to Beijing, I have been closely inquiring about the movements of the eunuch party. As far as I know, the eunuch party is currently divided into two factions, one is the old faction led by the cabinet ministers Feng Quan and Ding Shaoshi, which represents the old forces in the eunuch party; The other faction is the emerging faction represented by the Five Tigers such as Choi Chengxiu and Wu Chunfu, and there has always been a gap between the two factions, and there is a constant struggle, and perhaps we can take advantage of their contradictions and break them down one by one. ”

After a pause, he said, "Shoufu Gu Bingqian is old, Wei Zhongxian wants to replace him with Feng Quan, and wants to promote his henchman Cui Chengxiu into the cabinet, and then the cabinet will be completely controlled by the eunuch party." Before I came to Beijing, he had written a letter to me to hand it over to the cabinet minister Huang Liji, who has always remained neutral in the cabinet, and Sun Gebu said that as long as we can help him become the first assistant, then we Donglin will be able to recover the decline, and he will be able to return to the court and take power again. At that time, not to mention the Citigroup, even Wei Zhongxian would not dare to take responsibility for us and frame us. ”

Fang Yichen frowned deeply after hearing this, and said: "This matter is easy to say, but it is difficult to do it. You and I are both departed people, how can we influence the layout of the imperial court, let alone decide on the candidate for the first assistant? ”

Sun Yueling gritted his teeth and said: "It's man-made, how can you know if you can't succeed if you don't give it a try." In today's court, who else is in the court with you and can contribute to you? ”

Fang Yichen shook his head and smiled bitterly, and sighed: "Don't say that I have been away from the imperial court for a long time, even if I am still in the imperial court, I am afraid that there will not be many courtiers who are willing to speak for me and help me......"

Sun Yueling was speechless to respond, he was telling the truth, with his character, there were not many people who were willing to work with him back then, and now that he has left the center, how can anyone be willing to help him, when he was about to speak, he heard Fang Yichen say: "However, when I was in the military department, I had a deep friendship with Li Guopu, who was originally a minister, and formed a brotherhood with each other. ”

"Li Guopu?" Sun Yueling thought for a while before he remembered this character, this person has a straightforward personality, is fair, and is also an "upright" courtier like Fang Yichen, the two have similar temperaments, no wonder Fang Yichen would become brothers with him back then. Li Guopu is now a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, although he is committed to the eunuch party, he is very low-key and cautious, he didn't expect it to be a big help behind Fang Yichen, if he didn't say it himself, how could he imagine it.

Fang Yichen's eyes sparkled, and he shot at him and said, "Brother Sun, I have completely handed over to you, you should also tell me what strength you still have in the court?" ”

Sun Yueling smiled and said, "How dare I hide Brother Fang? However, I am different from you, I can't make friends with those ministers, and the people I have befriended are all lower-level officials such as Lang Zhong in the court, giving things, and imperial history, and this specific number is hard to say, cough cough, it may be a bit much, such as Zhang Pengyong of the military department, Gao Mo of the criminal department, Liu Youfu of the ministry of officials, Xue Wenzhou, Liu Zhongying of the imperial history, Hanlin Tang Dazhang, etc., can be regarded as good friends with me. It's just that I haven't seen them for many years, and I don't know if they are willing to sell me this old face! ”

Fang Yichen snorted sullenly and said, "Knowing that you are popular, you don't have to brag in front of me, you can be regarded as a crown full of Jinghua, at least the power you can launch is much stronger than mine......"

Sun Yueling sighed: "But compared with the strength of the eunuchs, our strength is still very small, if one is not careful, not only will it be difficult to protect itself, but I am afraid that they will also be implicated." ”

Fang Yichen said impatiently: "Don't sell it, just say that your next plan is okay?" ”

Sun Yueling said: "Don't hide it from Brother Fang, I really haven't thought about this, I'm still thinking about it, I don't know where to start, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Fang Yichen raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't you say that Sun Chengzong asked you to hand over a letter to Huang Liji, why don't you just find Huang Liji to show his attitude and let him help us succeed." ”

Sun Yueling shook his head and said: "I want to do this too, but Sun Gebu also said that Huang Liji is acting steadily, and if he is not sure enough, he may not be able to help us, as long as we can create a certain influence in the imperial court and make everyone feel that our Donglin is still powerful, Huang Liji will completely fall to our side." ”

"Make enough impact?" Fang Yichen frowned when he heard this, and said, "If you want to talk about fighting with people and killing people, I'm still good at it, but if there is any movement in the court, this is not my strong point." I'd like to hear what you think? ”

Sun Yueling frowned tightly, and sighed: "I really don't have any good ideas to say, now I can only cross the river by feeling the stones, and take one step at a time." A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he asked, "I heard that Liu Duo, the prefect of Yangzhou, was impeached by Ni Wenhuan and sent to prison." And you have a deep friendship with him, and you once broke into Ni Wenhuan's mansion at night to force him to give up the slanderous accusations against Liu Duo? ”

Fang Yichen said angrily when he heard this: "That's why I was wanted by the factory guard, aren't you talking nonsense?" ”

Sun Yueling said with a smile: "This Ni Wenhuan is really hateful, and I was deposed and returned because of this person's impeachment." However, Liu Duo was arrested and imprisoned, maybe it is an opportunity for us, and we don't know it! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Fang Yichen asked puzzled.

Sun Yueling covered his head and tried his best to adjust his thoughts, he asked knowingly just now, in fact, he was also using the dialogue with Fang Yichen to clarify his thoughts, and said again: "This Ni Wenhuan is one of the five tigers of the eunuch party, and he has always only obeyed the orders of Cui Chengxiu, the head of the five tigers, if we want to save Liu Duo, it will definitely not work to follow the path of the emerging faction of the eunuch party; But if we find another way and follow the path of the old school of eunuchs, maybe we can succeed. ”

After a pause, he said, "If it succeeds, not only can Liu Duo be rescued, but the contradiction between Cui Chengxiu and the old school can be further aggravated, isn't it a plan to kill two birds with one stone?" ”

"Take the old school of eunuchs?" Fang Yichen's brows furrowed, and he said unhappily, "What do you mean?" Do we beg them, or do we threaten them? ”

Sun Yueling said with a smile: "It's not a request, it's not a threat, it's to borrow strength from them, for example, we can prepare a lot of money and entrust others to go and talk about it for us, I estimate that at least seventy percent of them are sure that we can succeed." ”

Before he finished speaking, Fang Yichen almost slapped the bed and got up, and said angrily: "Borrowing? Isn't this just bribery, how can people like us, who claim to be loyal and upright, do such a despicable thing? ”

Sun Yueling accompanied the smiling face and said cautiously: "The matter is urgent, to this point, if these extraordinary measures can be successful, why don't we use them?" ”

walked to the table, poured a cup of tea and handed it to him, and continued, "I was forced by Liu Dexi, Mao Yilu and others in Jiangnan, and I was almost imprisoned, but I was able to get out thanks to the secret help of my eldest brother Qi Liao. Do you know what Qi Liao is doing? He persuaded Wei Zhongxian's henchman Li Shi to come forward to guarantee me, and I escaped that catastrophe. Therefore, the enemy is not unusable sometimes, and as long as we have no fault and no selflessness in our hearts, sometimes it is understandable to resort to extraordinary means. Actually, I'm just imitating Qi Liao, do you think he's also a downright cunning villain? ”

Fang Yichen was still angry and said: "What is the difference between Qi Liao's filthy behavior and despicable people? ”