The 8th day of the eighth month of August. The mission to the Qing court finally returned after three months of www.biquge.info mission. At the same time, it also sent back bad news - the negotiation failed!

Looking at Zhu Guochang and Chen Hongfan, the chief and deputy envoys of the mission standing in the hall, Zhu Youhua asked indifferently, "Where is the deputy envoy Chen Yongji?" Why didn't I see him return to his life? ”

Zhu Guochang hesitated to say something, but Chen Hongfan had already interjected: "Lord Chen was detained by the Dongyu, so he is not allowed to return to the court." Remembering the hard work of the ministers and others, please Your Majesty will be gracious to the northern ministers. ”

Nothing has been done, and I still want to ask for credit. I've seen shameless, but I've never seen such shameless.

The first assistant Ma Shiying couldn't stand it anymore: "The envoy of the mission is in vain, the deputy envoy is in a foreign land, and the rest gather in a group to promote the knights, what a ridiculous thing!" ”

The ministers in the hall also secretly exchanged their heads and talked about it.

Zhu Guochang lowered his head, as if he was a little ashamed. Chen Hongfan didn't blush at all, and still stood with a bow.

Zhu Youhua got this reply, he already knew it in his heart, he looked at Chen Hongfan carefully, and saw that his face was fearless, and couldn't help sneering: "The main envoy was not detained, but the deputy envoy was detained, Qing is also one of the deputy envoys, but he only deducted Chen Yongji, Qing is really a fool?!" ”

As soon as the emperor's words fell, there was another round of discussion in the hall.

There were also many old foxes among the ministers in the court, and from the emperor's questioning, they immediately noticed the abnormality of this matter.

Since the deputy envoy is to be detained, why can Chen Hongfan come back?

is also a deputy envoy, Chen Hongfan is the prince and Taifu Zuo Dudu, a first-grade title, Chen Yongji is only a Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, a third-grade title, from the perspective of official rank, Chen Hongfan seems to be more hostage value, if only one deputy envoy is detained, it should also be detained Chen Hongfan. Why did you choose Chen Yongji in the end?

They originally ignored this, but now after being reminded by the emperor, they immediately felt that something was wrong, and there must be something wrong with this! Looking at Chen Hongfan's gaze, he couldn't help but have a hint of suspicion.

Chen Hongfan didn't expect the emperor to have such a strong insight, and he thought that he had done the best secret, so he said calmly: "When Lord Chen was negotiating peace with Dongyu, his words were too aggressive, which angered the captive chief Dorgon, so he was detained. ”

"Really?" Zhu Youhua looked at Chen Hongfan playfully.

Chen Hongfan replied: "It's true! ”

"But why did I get a secret report that Chen Yongji was killed because he was unyielding!" Speaking of this, Zhu Youhua suddenly asked: "How much benefit did Qing and others receive from Jian, and they dared to betray this dynasty, but there is still shame?!" ”

Chen Hongfan was shocked, fell to the ground, and kowtowed again and again: "The minister has a Dan heart, Your Majesty knows everything, how dare you betray the Ming Dynasty?" I hope that Your Majesty will be able to see clearly! ”

"Dare to be hard-mouthed! Come! took the traitor Chen Hongfan and handed him over to Jinyiwei for interrogation! The guards responded respectfully, rushed into the hall, and dragged Chen Hongfan upside down to the outside of the hall.

"The minister is wronged! Treat unjustly! Your Majesty is clear, the minister is really wronged! Chen Hongfan desperately broke free from the guards, prostrate on the ground, and cried loudly.

"Take it down!" Zhu Youhua said sharply.

Chen Hongfan was finally put out of the hall by the guards.

This time was really unexpected, and all the ministers in the palace, including Zhu Guochang, were suddenly suppressed by the emperor's resolute methods, and they were all silent.

"Zhu Qing, what else do you have to say?" Zhu Youhua turned around and said with a smile.

"Minister...... The minister regretted the life of greed, and the minister was guilty. ”

Thinking of those terrifying and terrible methods in the edict, Zhu Guochang broke out in a cold sweat, struggled and hesitated again and again, and finally lowered his head and knelt on the ground.

"You still have a trace of shame, very good, very good." Zhu Youhua put away his smile and said in a cold tone: "Go back to the house and prepare for the future, I will give you a whole corpse." ”

"Minister...... Thank you to the Emperor. ”

Zhu Guochang kowtowed to Zhu Youhua nine times in a row, "Knock! Boom! Boom! ......" every time there was a loud sound, and in just a moment, his forehead was blood-red.

After knocking his head, he bowed, lowered his head, and walked backwards out of the hall, he didn't dare to look at the eyes of his colleagues, he could already predict his reputation after death, hey, he knew now, why bother in the first place! At this time, Zhu Guochang no longer had a trace of fear of death, but hoped to be freed as soon as possible.

With Zhu Guochang's confession, Chen Hongfan's charge of betraying and defecting to the enemy was also confirmed.

Zhu Youhua did not hesitate to order the traitor Chen Hongfan Lingchi to be executed, and the family was exterminated.

Zhu Guochang is a member of the Donglin Party, and his betrayal has dealt a great blow to the reputation of the Donglin Party, and the Donglin ministers who recommended him at the beginning have also been unlucky one by one.

The emperor approved the resignation of Jiang Yueguang and Lu Daqi, and only demoted Shi Kefa by one level, fined him for one year, and ordered him to make meritorious service in Jiangbei.

The central Donglin Party forces were almost swept away because of this matter, and the only remaining fruits were Chen Zizhuang, the squire of the Ministry of War, and Xu Shilin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng were still not satisfied, and there were still many governors and governors of the Donglin Department in the local area. After clearing the obstacles in the center, they decided to make persistent efforts to defeat all the Donglin feudal ministers who were expected to enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister.

Mid-August. Yuan Hongxun, the imperial historian, impeached Yuan Jixian, the governor of Jiujiang, for conniving at the looting of his subordinates and disobedience, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor would be held accountable.

Zhu Youhua unexpectedly did not approve, although Yuan Jixian is a Donglin Party, he is a doer, with integrity and ability, for this kind of Donglin Party people, Zhu Youhua has always been mainly to win over, really obedient and capable people, even if it is the Donglin Party, Zhu Youhua will not move them.

The emperor did not let Yuan Jixian be rectified, and Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng set their targets on other Donglin parties, and the Donglin Party was irrepressibly split under the fierce attack of the two day and night.

Taking the lead in maintaining neutrality was Qian Qianyi, the former leader of the Donglin Party.

Qian Qianyi was originally the most resolute "reverse blessing faction", after the establishment of the Zhangwu court, Qian Qianyi was recommended by Donglin's friends and returned to the court again as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites.

Because he offended Zhu Youhua, Qian Qianyi has been relatively low-key after serving in the imperial court. Due to the close relationship between Mrs. Liu Ru and Ruan Dacheng's confidante Kou Baimen, Qian Qianyi and Ruan Dacheng have a good personal relationship, and the two sides give each other generous gifts from time to time and hold joint family banquets.

When the Donglin Party was fighting with the Ma and Ruan parties, Qian Qianyi was caught in the middle, in a dilemma, and finally fortunately set up a banner of neutrality, as long as his vital interests were not touched, he turned a blind eye and closed one eye, and he didn't want to help, so he was bored as his official and did his business.

Qian Qianyi's neutral attitude was immediately rewarded by Zhu Youhua, and his official position was suddenly promoted from the waiter of the Ministry of Rites to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he was given the rank of scholar of Dongge University and entered the cabinet for maintenance.

Zhu Youhua's favorite is honest and obedient, working hard, such as Zhang Youyu, Lu Zhenfei, etc. The most annoying thing is naturally those Donglin mouth cannons who are constantly making noise and are determined to be in power and dictatorship.

Under the vigorous promotion of the emperor, seeing that Lord Qian's career was getting smoother and smoother, and his official position was getting higher and higher, some Donglin Party officials decided to follow Qian Qianyi's example and no longer enthusiastically participate in the struggle with Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng. Instead, he worked hard and actively worked hard for promotion and wealth.