Emperor Chongzhen's decision made the four ministers look at each other and at the same time let them breathe a sigh of relief. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At least three of the four ministers were once sympathizers, or fellow travelers, of the Donglin Party.

For example, Sun Chengzong, who was able to supervise Ji Liao back then, on the one hand, was certainly related to his identity as an emperor, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse respected and trusted him very much, but on the other hand, it was inseparable from the support of the Manchu Dynasty Donglin Minister.

Although he is a native of Gaoyang, Baoding Prefecture, Beizhili, and has nothing to do with Wuxi Donglin Academy in terms of region, class, and academics, he has a close relationship with the older generation of Donglin Party bigwigs on the issue of fighting against Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs, and is a comrade in the same trench.

And Xu Guangqi is the kind who wants to enter Donglin but can't get it, he was born in Songjiang Mansion in Nanzhili, and he is very familiar with the connections of the Donglin Party, and his political views are also very similar.

It's just that because he believes in Catholicism and engages in Western learning, although he stands on the side of Donglin in the political struggle of the court, he is unanimously rejected by the bigwigs and younger brothers of the Donglin Party, which is also the reason why he has achieved nothing during the Apocalypse.

Despite this, however, he was still a fellow traveler in politics for the Donglin Party.

Needless to say, although Li Banghua has never been a figure in the circle of the Donglin Party, he is also a supporter of the Donglin Party, and he has an irreversible relationship with the older generation of Donglin Party members.

Of the four important ministers in today's cabinet, three of them have an inexplicable relationship with the Donglin Party, plus a gentle and steady personality who never goes to extremes Li Guoyan, even if this Chongzhen Emperor now has a soul from the next generation, he can't indiscriminately purge the Donglin Party people inside and outside the government and the opposition.

Fundamentally solving the problem of the Donglin Party cannot be achieved by killing people.

At this time, these cabinet ministers learned that the emperor was only raised high and gently put down, and his heart fell to the ground with a stone.

In the final analysis, it was just the exile of Qian Qianyi's family.

And he also agreed that Qian Qianyi's disciples of Donglin would go with him, which was simply incredible.

Of course, not all of these people didn't understand the emperor's deep meaning, at least Xu Guangqi guessed the emperor's intentions.

Although he was born in the base camp of the Donglin Party, he was not accepted by the Donglin Party since the Apocalypse because he converted to Catholicism and had close contacts with Western missionaries such as Matteo Ricci and Long Huamin, as he himself knew.

It is also because of this that Xu Guangqi and a small number of people with similar positions and experiences can only protect themselves by themselves, such as Li Zhizao, Li Tianjing, and Wang Zheng, who are neither eunuchs nor Donglin, although they have a sympathetic attitude towards the Donglin party in the party struggle between the Donglin party and the eunuch party, but they have survived the most intense party struggle during the Apocalypse.

However, the fierce party struggle has also educated people like them who advocate Western science, and made them have a clearer understanding of their own situation, especially how to survive in the cracks of party struggle.

In his opinion, Emperor Chongzhen is really taking a salary from the bottom of the kettle by doing this.

One of the ties that the Donglin Party members rely on is interests, and those bigwigs of the Donglin Party are generally wealthy landlords or wealthy industrial and commercial classes, and they have the money to fund various associations, lectures, and other activities.

The other is morality, the most important of which is also the one that plays a fundamental role, is the friendship between teachers and students.

The Donglin Party is only a relatively loose political group, and the liaison and combination between them, no matter what the purpose is, but the banner they play is mainly based on the friendship between teachers and students.

Now Qian Qianyi is the leader of Jiangnan Shilin, and there are many protégés, so now the teacher has been exiled to Dongfan, and the holy decree also says that the protégés and disciples can follow.

In this way, the question arises, that is, whether to follow or not, and how many people will follow.

The more people who followed, the more the Donglin Party's power in Jiangnan would be lost, and now the Chongzhen Emperor would of course be happier.

And if the teacher suffers and no disciple goes with him, especially when the emperor and the imperial court explicitly allow the disciple to follow, then what does this mean?

This shows that the set advocated by the Donglin Party members on the surface is a fake trick, a false benevolence and false righteousness, and has no moral superiority.

And this point can be said to be the foundation of the Donglin Party, without this moral foothold, the hypocrite appearance of the Donglin Party will soon be exposed, what qualifications and faces will be used in the future to initiate a clear discussion and influence public opinion? !

You can see through it, but don't say it, this is also the truth that people like Xu Guangqi realized after a few ups and downs in the court.

The twists and turns in Emperor Chongzhen's heart, the black belly, of course he wouldn't say it in public.

Several other important ministers of the court are not fools, and of course they can understand the emperor's intentions.

However, they had no way to oppose the emperor's conspiracy, and the emperor even considered the friendship between the leader of Gu Quan Donglin and his protégés, so what reason did they have to disagree?

Therefore, several people listened to the emperor's arrangement, although they were a little surprised, but the four of them quickly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

Emperor Chongzhen saw that the four ministers had no opinions, and then said to them: "Hui Shiyang and Qian Qianyi, these two people, will be disposed of like this." As for Xincheng Bozhao Zhilong, he is a minister, relying on the merits of his ancestors, enjoying wealth for 200 years, and the heavenly family's kindness to his Xincheng Bofu is not insignificant, and how does he repay it?

As one of the ministers of the Nanjing Five Military Governor's Office, he was corrupt and perverted the law, and this time he colluded with the courtiers and officials to obstruct the affairs of the imperial court for his own interests.

"Eating the food of the heavenly family, but coming to smash the pot of the heavenly family, what is this called? This is called ingratitude, eating inside and out. There is nothing to say about such a noble and military minister, only by beheading and copying his family can I eliminate the hatred in my heart! ”

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at several ministers, and all of them were speechless.

Speechless, of course, means acquiescence.

After all, the honorable military ministers and the civil officials from the Jinshi are not born on the same front, and today's cultural palace deliberations, there is no British public Zhang Weixian present, so as long as the emperor in front of him does not mess around, and there is no big mess in the court, they will not care if there is one less noble military minister in Nanjing.

If the emperor wants to deal with a super noble like Xu Hongji, the lord of Wei Guogong, the lord of Nanjing, then they may have to persuade the emperor to act cautiously, as for the role of Xin Chengbo, it is not enough for them to stand up and say a word.

Seeing that several cabinet ministers were speechless, Emperor Chongzhen of course knew that he had obtained their acquiescence and understanding, so he turned back to Wang Chengen, who was standing on the side, and said: "Send someone to Nanjing immediately, to tell Wang Zhixin, and let him and Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, personally stay in the southern capital of Jingying, and wait for the will of the imperial court." ”

Wang Chengen bowed down and left.

Seeing that Wang Chengen went out to arrange for his ministers to go to Nanjing to deliver the decree, Emperor Chongzhen turned to Gong Yonggu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard who was standing beside him, and said: "Early tomorrow morning, Jinyi Wei will send someone to Nanjing, secretly pass on my will, and tell Luo Yangxing that for the crime of colluding with the courtiers and forming a party for personal gain, Zhang Gongri, Marquis of Longping, Tang Guozuo, Marquis of Lingbi, and Jiao Mengxiong of Dongning, will be taken into the prison of Fusi in Nanzhen. ”

When Gong Yonggu heard this, he looked up at the emperor, and when he saw Emperor Chongzhen looking at him expressionlessly, he immediately bowed his head and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Gong Yonggu received the decree and was about to retreat, when he suddenly heard Sun Chengzong say: "Your Majesty wants to rectify the Nanjing Xungui General, just like the previous Beijing Division?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen saw Sun Chengzong ask this, and at the same time saw that several other ministers were also looking at him, with questions on their faces, so he said, "No." The situation in the southern capital of the southern capital is naturally not rectified as the practice of the Jingshi. I just want to kill a few of them, especially those who have no court and are corrupt and pervert the law, in order to establish their authority. ”

After listening to the emperor, Sun Chengzong continued: "These four lords are all governors of the capital of the five armies in Nanjing, and your majesty will take them all down for a while. ”

Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong, Longping Marquis Zhang Gongri, Lingbi Marquis Tang Guozuo, and Dongning Bo Jiao Mengxiong were the heads of the noble military ministers who took the lead in shaving their hair in Nanjing more than ten years later.

The old Zhu family is indeed not thin on them, at least the Chongzhen Emperor in the original history, has not treated them badly, but in the end, none of these people stood up for the Ming Dynasty to be martyred, and not even one dared to stand up and call on the people to stick to Nanjing.

When the Manchu army marched south to Jinling, these people did not organize resistance, nor did they flee with Emperor Hongguang, but chose to shave their hair and surrender to the Qing Dynasty very simply.

At that time, the Manchu army went south, engaged in no rear warfare, and the supply depended on looting, and these noble families, who had accumulated wealth for two hundred years, were all dedicated to the Manchu army in exchange for survival.

Such people, it will be a scourge to keep them sooner or later.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about this, and was just about to speak, when he suddenly heard Sun Chengzong say: "If Your Majesty has made up your mind, then the minister suggests that Your Majesty should adopt a strategy of division." At the same time of re-punishing Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong and others, a group of Nandu nobles were reused. If this is the case, there will inevitably be a division in the noble family of Nandu, and with His Majesty's thunderbolt means, the possibility of chaos in Nandu will be minimized. Please Emperor Mingjian! ”

After listening to what Sun Chengzong said, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "What Qing and others said is reasonable. ”

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Gong Yonggu, who was standing down, and said: "In this case, Gong Yonggu, you send a proper person to Nanjing, and before ordering Luo Yangxing to arrest people, first meet with Huaiyuan Marquis Chang Yanling, Boping Marquis Guo Zhenming, Sincerity Bo Liu Kongzhao and Nanning Bo Mao Menglong, and let him pass on my will. ”

After hearing this, Gong Yonggu immediately said: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and then went to see a few ministers, Li Guoyi and the other three said together: "The ministers obey the order!" ”