Chapter 199: Confrontation

After a few days of trouble, Wen Tiren didn't make too much of a fuss after all, not only did he not remove the title of "Su Zi" from Su Baiyi, but also lost his official position, which he didn't expect.

The number one traitor of the Ming Dynasty, who had to continue to play the role of a fighter in the cabinet first assistant position until Chongzhen's ten years, ended his career ahead of schedule because of the arrival of Su Baiyi.

Of course, no matter who is missing, the world still has to run as usual.

Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, was driven away, and Xu Guangqi lived up to expectations and advanced to the position of first assistant.

In order to maintain the dignity of the cabinet, the courtiers of the Sixth Ministry, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Sixth Section began to discuss the vigorous court push.

The so-called court push is the qualification examination before entering the cabinet.

In the system of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to enter the cabinet, you must first be pushed out by the court, just like the ** candidates of the Celestial Dynasty in later generations.

After a vigorous court push, the minister finally launched four people, namely Min Hongxue, Dong Qichang, Cheng Weijia and Bi Ziyan.

The emperor was furious: I don't have a single person in my eye, what are you pushing?

Re-push!

So, the imperial court held the second court push!

The result of the second court push is still four, but the person has indeed changed slightly, becoming Min Hongxue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Chengzong, the prince and the prince, Yin Liu Zongzhou of the Shuntian Mansion, and finally there is an existence that almost made Su Baiyi fall off his big teeth: Wen Zhenmeng.

This time, the emperor was satisfied, and waved his hand happily: I don't choose either, let's all enter the cabinet.

Well, the most lively cabinet in the Chongzhen period is on the horse!

In the Ming Dynasty, the number of cabinet ministers was never fixed, sometimes seven, and when there was little, there was only one person. Since the Wanli Emperor, the number of ministers in the cabinet has decreased suddenly, and there are only three when there are many and one when there is little.

Of course, one or two are the majority, for example, before, Wen Tiren was the first assistant, and then Xu Guangqi was the second assistant.

But this time, there were five cabinet ministers, and it was really lively.

Su Baiyi never expected that Wen Zhenmeng would also be promoted to the cabinet!

This made him quite worried, Wen Zhenmeng didn't deal with him, and he was a big Confucian, what if he didn't support himself to build a railway at that time?

Moreover, this product is still the mind of the Fushe.

He represents the Fushe, and Su Baiyi represents the emerging faction Yuyuan, which is simply a needle-to-wheat existence, and it seems that friction and contradictions in the future will definitely be indispensable.

The cabinet has been chosen, and then let's get to the point!

After Zhu Youzhen had been brewing for two days, he first held a small meeting with the cabinet ministers to reveal his idea of wanting to build the railway, and by the way, he tested the opinions of the cabinet ministers.

The result was a big disappointment for him.

Not only Min Hongxue, but also others such as Xu Guangqi, Sun Chengzong, Liu Zongzhou and Wen Zhenmeng, all the cabinet ministers looked at Chongzhen with idiotic eyes after hearing about the construction of the railway, and then refused without hesitation.

Sun Chengzong and Min Hongxue just persuaded the emperor to retract his fate, and Xu Guangqi asked the emperor to think about it carefully.

Liu Zongzhou was not polite, and directly called Su Baiyi's name and scolded Su Baiyi as a demon, saying that His Majesty was bewitched by demons and wanted to do this thing that cost the people and money!

Even more unceremonious is Wen Zhenmeng. The old guy straightened up and slapped the table, looking like a minister was going to admonish each other with death, and said angrily: "Your Majesty is going to be the Emperor Yang of Sui......"

"I don't use the wealth of the treasury, how can I work the people and hurt the money, and how can I be Emperor Yang of Sui?" Chongzhen's face was pale.

There is a very simple truth in Su Baiyi, it is nothing more than to circle money to do things, and then give away some benefits, and it is not a big deal, why are these ministers opposed one by one?

"That's not good, Your Majesty asked Su Baiyi to raise funds from the people, isn't it still the wealth of the world?" Wen Zhen Meng Zhenzhen said: "The people of businessmen have always valued profit over righteousness, and Su Baiyi is also a villain, Your Majesty should not be deceived by it." Your Majesty is a dignified royal man, so why should he cooperate with a businessman? Besides, building a railway, what is a railway? Even if the railway is built, it is not recommended to charge fees, and the exploitation of merchants is against the way of Confucius and Mencius, so I will not do it.

Railway to get money, not to produce, this is not the way of a righteous man and a gentleman! ”

It didn't work out!

The emperor returned to the Qianqing Palace angrily, the more he thought about it, the more impatient he became, and he went out and walked a few steps to the north, and then arrived at the Kunning Palace. said to the queen: "A group of rotten people, I will kill them sooner or later, do you really think that you can't do things without the cabinet?" ”

If you want to spend the money of the imperial court, you really can't do things without the cabinet, but if you don't spend the silver of the imperial court, the household department will not be able to card the imperial court, and then things will be much easier.

It really made Su Baiyi accurate.

As a result, the two were issued directly without going through the central decree of the cabinet.

The first central decree clearly stated that the railway from Xi'an to the sea should be built, and Su Baiyi was appointed as the railway promotion officer and the governor of railway affairs; Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the original division of the palm of the pen, supervised the railway, assisted Su Baiyi to complete the railway affairs, and had the privilege of opening mountains and smelting mines and expropriating land; He ordered the former Jinyi Guard to command the deputy envoy to set up a railway guard to supervise railway affairs, and anyone who dared to obstruct it would be imprisoned.

The second central purpose is to give Su Baiyi forty percent of the railway equity, recruit private funds, enjoy the benefits of the railway forever, and rest with the country!

As soon as the two edicts came out, the General Administration Department was in an uproar!

The cabinet was dumbfounded, and the court was stunned.

Countless people scolded Su Baiyi for bringing disaster to the country and the people.

The ministers jointly wrote to Emperor Chongzhen to retract his order, and Chongzhen stayed in the middle and did not send it.

Moreover, in order to avoid further planning the conflict between the monarch and the minister, he simply hid in the harem and did not go out.

Cabinet Wen Zhenmeng asked to see ......

Min Hongxue asked to see ......

Zhou Zuo, the imperial historian of the left capital, asked to see ......

The six branches collectively knelt down on the platform to ask for a meeting......

Emperor Chongzhen is gone!

"Prince, please report, if Your Majesty does not see the ministers, the ministers are willing to kneel and die under this platform!" Wen Zhenmeng shivered from the cold, but he still gritted his teeth.

"Wait here and kneel to death!"

The mountains of people behind shouted long live.

Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the new Si Li palm seal, shot two sharp lights in his eyes: "Your Majesty is generous, I don't want to see you, don't you understand what's going on." If you are obsessed with it, our family is not a generous person! ”

He took two steps forward, and hundreds of Han generals surrounded him violently.

Everyone was shocked.

This prince doesn't want Cao Huachun, who used to be submissive, he is a notoriously ruthless person, and his methods are no less than Wei Zhongxian's back then, if he angers him, I'm afraid it won't end well.

So, many officials got up and casually found a reason to leave.

The rest of those who still insisted on not wanting to leave were thrown out of the noon gate by the arms of the Han generals one by one.

The ministers were half dead by the emperor's anger, but they were helpless. He is the emperor, can you still forcibly enter the harem and take him out and beat him up?

The IQ of the well-read ministers is not covered, it doesn't matter if you can't find the emperor, it doesn't matter if you can't enter the harem!

Let's go to the right Lord!

After a group of people discussed outside the noon gate, they lined up in heavy clothes and ran to the British Gongzhang Zhiji Mansion.

The people can't block it!

The old guy in the crimson official uniform of the general son can be compared with the cavalry of Jiannu in his hand, and the wat board in his hand will come twice when he sees an unpleasant maid or a subordinate, making the whole Zhangfu chicken fly and the dog jump.

"Did the old man provoke you?" Zhang Zhiji faced the excited crowd, and blew his beard angrily.

Wen Zhenmeng pointed at Zhang Zhiji and said: "Grandpa Guo will flatter the emperor, Su Baiyi is in your house, why don't you drive the demon away?" ”

"This ......"

"Let's go, knock him out of the Jingshi!"

The ministers pushed Zhang Zhiji into the flower bed in a chaotic crowd, and then rushed up and ran towards the small building where Su Baiyi lived.

Wen Zhenmeng rolled up his sleeves, looked at Xiaolou and said: "We don't have his ability to bewitch the saint, but as long as this fight is beaten to death, everything will be fine, and I will bear all the consequences!" ”

"Lord Wen is noble!"

The crowd touted left and right, took the opportunity to coax, and then swarmed up.

Su Baiyi was stunned!

It's true......

Where are these literati and ministers, they are simply hooligans!

When Wen Zhenmeng spoke, he was listening in the corridor.

For fear that these old guys will come up and beat themselves, they can only be the ones who strike first.

The pocket-sized electric shock rod in his hand was hidden, and he stood guard at the top of the stairs, and when everyone rushed up, he was already fully prepared.

"Hit him!"

"Beat him!"

"Up!"

A group of literati ran up like mad dogs, and without saying a word, they rolled up their sleeves and did it.

Su Baiyi is young and doesn't eat dry food, so he can't help but fight back when people come to the door. Hit me on the left cheek and I will hit you on the right cheek too, that's the Virgin Mary, not Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will revenge on the spot if he has a vengeance!

With his right hand, he opened the electric shock rod and stabbed the fat old guy who was the first to come up in the abdomen, and then heard only a shout of "oh ......", and then the old guy fell down the stairs.

The movements in his hands did not stop, and after seven or eight hits, the front row had all fallen to the ground!

"It's not good, I forgot that this guy will do his own kung fu!" Wen Zhenmeng suddenly frowned.

"Lord Wen, you, you, why didn't you say it earlier?" A guy who didn't faint after being electrocuted pointed at Wen Zhenmeng, and he had the urge to greet the eighteenth generation of women in his family.

"Help!"

The people went up and lifted the downed man outside, but they did not want to leave, and still blocked the intersection.

The eyes of dozens of people fell fiercely on Su Baiyi.

Hum...... If I can't beat you, I'll kill you with my eyes!

"What should I do?" Guozi sacrificial wine Liu Wenquan asked towards Wen Zhenmeng.

"Blocked here, let's spend with him, anyway, we can't let him go to see Your Majesty!"

"Yes, don't let him go downstairs, starve him to death."

"Let go of the dog, no one will bring a dog when you go home, let the dog go in and bite him to death!"

"If it were for me, let's set fire to this building and burn him to death!"

"Yes, yes, Lord Liu is right, burn him!"

"Burn him!"

Su Baiyi couldn't help but be a little worried, although these literati outside had no talent for governing the country, even the prince of Yama was afraid of madness, and if he was in a hurry, he might set fire.