Chapter 368: Turmoil in the Capital (Part II)
"Princess?" Wen Tiren was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly stood up and said to Zhang Pengyuan, "Zhang Gongzi, the old man will be with you for a while, can you wait for a while?" ”
Zhang Pengyuan immediately replied, "Lord Shoufu is light, and it doesn't hurt to wait here for a while." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"That's good, that's good." Wen Tiren smiled and said to the housekeeper at the door, "Ah Fu, hurry up and make a good pot of tea for Zhang Gongzi!" Take the Mengding yellow buds given by His Majesty and give them to Zhang Gongzi to taste! After giving the order, Wen Tiren walked quickly in the direction of the living room.
"I don't know if the prince is coming to the cold house, there is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome!" Before the person arrived, Wen Tiren's warm voice sounded in the living room, Wang Chengen looked up, and saw Wen Tiren already smiling in front of him.
"Oh, Wen Shoufu, you can be regarded as appearing, the emperor has something important to announce that you will enter the palace to face the saint, hurry up and go with the miscellaneous family, don't let the emperor wait in a hurry, otherwise you and I can't afford to suffer!" Seeing Wen Tiren appear, Wang Chengen stepped forward and grabbed Wen Tiren's arm and walked like a door.
Wen Tiren smiled bitterly and said, "Prince, you have to tell me why Your Majesty summoned me, right?" This hurried to face the saint, in case he made His Majesty unhappy, wouldn't it be a loss of decency? ”
Wang Chengen said angrily, "This is all burning eyebrows, how can you have time to say so much, Wen Shoufu will enter the palace with the miscellaneous family first, and you will naturally understand when the time comes!" ”
"Uh" Seeing this, Wen Tiren had no choice but to say, "Prince, don't panic first, can you wait for Wen to change clothes?" You can't let me dress like this to face the saints! ”
Wang Chengen looked back at Wen Tiren's home-lined robe, and said helplessly, "Okay, Wen Shoufu, you have to hurry up!" ”
Seeing Wen Tiren's anxious look, the housekeeper couldn't help but whisper, "Master, what is the prince looking for you?" Looks like I'm in a hurry! ”
Wen Tiren smiled bitterly and shook his head, "What else can there be, isn't it just to let the old man take care of the aftermath of those scholars." ”
The butler exclaimed, "The petitioner? This matter is extremely tricky, didn't Your Majesty ask the lord to go to the palace to let the lord take over this matter? ”
"Well, if the old man guessed correctly, this is the case, otherwise His Majesty would not have sent Wang Chengen to come in person! Alas..."Wen Tiren sighed and said, "Who let the old man be His Majesty's lonely and loyal minister, these troubles can't be avoided if you want to!" ”
The housekeeper didn't dare to answer when he heard this, but just bowed over and walked towards the bedroom with Wen Tiren. As soon as he walked to the door, Wen Tiren suddenly stopped and said, "Ah Fu, you go and tell Zhang Pengyuan, just say that his old man agreed, let him go back and wait for the news, there will be results today!" ”
Wen Tiren knew that Chongzhen asked him to go in order to let him calm down the turmoil. Since he can't get rid of this trouble, wouldn't he be able to agree to Liu Fan's request, so that he can not only sell a good one from Chongzhen, but also get a lot of silver for nothing. What you pay is nothing more than some tongues, cuddling the grass and beating the rabbit, how can it be considered a loss! Thinking of this, the corners of Wen Tiren's mouth couldn't help but smile.
Half an hour later, Wen Tiren and Wang Chengen appeared in the Qianqing Palace together, looking at the cabinet chief assistant in front of him, Chongzhen said angrily, "Wen Aiqing, now my palace is surrounded by scholars, as the head of the cabinet, you are still in the mood to stay at home, how did you become the head of the cabinet?" Is this how you repay my trust? Yes? ”
Wen Tiren secretly glanced at Emperor Chongzhen, who was gritting his teeth, and hurriedly lowered his head and replied in a low voice, "Your Majesty Mingjian, those scholars really don't know about the affairs of the ministers." In the past few days, the minister has been recuperating at home with a cold and wind, and he doesn't know anything about the outside world, so..."
Chongzhen felt a little relieved when he heard this, Wen Tiren didn't know that it meant that he didn't get involved in this matter, for this "lonely loyalty" courtier, Chongzhen still trusted him very much, otherwise he wouldn't have let him stay in the position of the first assistant for a few years. Looking at Wen Tiren, who was full of grievances, Chongzhen's face paleated slightly, "Okay, since Wen Aiqing is sick, I don't blame you." Now that Aiqing already knows the situation outside the palace, how should this matter be dealt with between Aiqing? ”
Wen Tiren secretly wiped the cold sweat on his head, and Xiao Xiaoyi replied, "According to Wei Chen's humble opinion, the most important thing now is to find a way to disperse the scholars gathered outside the palace, otherwise the longer the time drags on, the worse the situation will be." Once it's over, I'm afraid it's hard to clean up! ”
"I know that, too!" Chongzhen waved his sleeves impatiently and said, "I only want to know the solution to the problem now, and I don't want to hear you tell me how serious the matter is." Wen Aiqing, do you have any good ideas to teach me? ”
After pondering for a while, Wen Tiren analyzed for Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the main reason why the petition is so big now is that some officials have joined the petitioning crowd, otherwise some students may not be so bold and have no such great energy to cause such a big turmoil." As long as we grasp the source of the matter and appease the officials who made trouble, these students will naturally break themselves! ”
Chongzhen was greatly admired when he heard this, and nodded again and again, "What Aiqing said is reasonable, according to Aiqing's opinion, who is the key among these people?" ”
"Zhang Fengyi and Wu Weiye!" Wen Tiren said without hesitation, and after a pause, Wen Tiren hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, Zhang Fengyi is the secretary of the Ministry of War, among the people who petitioned, his official position is the largest, his status is the highest, he is a dignified second-class member of the imperial court, and the head of the military department of the most important department of the six ministries has participated in this petition, so it will give people a feeling that the imperial court is really wrong, and Your Majesty is really wrong." Whatever Zhang's intentions, his actions would only lead to a further expansion of the gaffe, allowing more and more court officials to join the petitioners. The second is Wu Weiye, this Wu Weiye is known as one of Jiang Zuosan's family, has a great influence in Donglin, as the initiator of this petition, Wu Weiye played a vital role, if it were not for his demagogy and instigation of the scholars in the capital, there would not be such an angry reaction. So if you want to calm this turmoil, you must eradicate these two people! ”
"Eradication?" Chongzhen frowned and said, "Now things are already in a uproar, but if Fan Zhen does something unfavorable to Zhang Fengyi and Wu Weiye, it will only make things more and more difficult to clean up!" ”
Chongzhen is still very sober now, although he knows that Wen Tiren's analysis is correct, but he does not dare to act rashly, because he does not want to bear the infamy of a faint monarch. (To be continued.) )