Chongzhen's method is actually very simple, that is, let Liu Fan get on the bus first and then make up the ticket, first give Liu Fan a right to send troops and let him do what he wants to do, and then Chongzhen will come forward to punish Liu Fan. In this way www.biquge.info not only can Liu Fan be grateful, understand the pressure that Chongzhen is experiencing, but also appease the dissatisfaction of the ministers, which is a perfect strategy to kill two birds with one stone.

Chongzhen's method was very good, but he obviously underestimated the stubbornness and fierce resistance of the Ming civil class. When the Ming Dynasty was still strong, Emperor Jiajing only sent some eunuchs to collect mining taxes, which seems to be a very common thing now, and was disgraced by the ministers, and now Chongzhen supports Liu Fan to dig the root of the landlord class, how can the civil officials from the landlord class agree to such a big thing.

So, as soon as Chongzhen's order arrived at the military headquarters, the news was walked out by someone with a heart. After learning the news, the Donglin party members thought that this was an excellent opportunity to attack Liu Fan, so they gathered like-minded friends to discuss countermeasures. Everyone finally decided that Emperor Chongzhen's obstinate behavior must be corrected.

Early the next morning, headed by Wu Weiye, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, thousands of scholars who were stranded in the capital, as well as the students of Guozijian, gathered outside the noon gate to ask the emperor to thoroughly investigate the Laizhou case, severely punish Liu Fan, and give an explanation to the people of the world.

After learning the reason for the students' petition, some low-level officials from wealthy landlords also joined the petition team because of their own interests. By noon in the afternoon, the number of people outside the gate had swelled rapidly from nearly 1,000 to more than 1,500. Among them even includes officials like Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

After hearing the news of the petition, the people of the unknown capital rushed to the vicinity of the noon gate of the Forbidden City to support and support the petitioners.

The reason why the people of the capital support the petitioners so much is not that they agree with the scholars' ideas. More out of blind sympathy and pity. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been countless cases of collective petitions by officials. The most famous is that it happened in the Zhengde and Jiajing years, in the fourteenth year of Zhengde, Ming Wuzong planned to use the pseudonym to tour the south, and the ministers advised one after another. Ming Wuzong was furious and ordered the court staff to advise the 146 ministers of the southern tour, and 11 were killed. In the third year of Jiajing (1524), Ming Shizong announced that he would respect his biological father Xingxian Wang as the "imperial examination", and the ministers wrote to oppose it. Because Ming Shizong inherited the throne as a vassal king, the ministers thought that according to Confucian etiquette, he was regarded as a successor to Ming Xiaozong, and he should respect Ming Xiaozong as the emperor; After the succession, the relatives of the house should be demoted by one level, and their biological father should be respected as the "Huang Bo Kao". This has led to the so-called "Great Etiquette" trend. Ming Shizong therefore ordered 134 people to be scepter, and 17 were killed.

In the past, the ministers were often at a disadvantage compared to the emperor, and most of the ministers' petitions were based on etiquette and "justice", so they were more sympathetic to the people. Affected by this long-standing trend, once officials or scholars petition against the emperor in the capital, the people will subconsciously think that the officials are righteous. So it is not surprising that there is such support for the scholar's petition!

Gradually, more and more people gathered outside the noon gate, and Chongzhen's mood in the palace became worse and worse. At this moment, Chongzhen hated Wu Weiye, who took the lead. The last time Wu Weiye connived at the servant beating Liu Fan's maid, Chongzhen lost a lot of face. This time, he personally took the lead in petitioning, to Chongzhen's inhumanity, and it made Chongzhen's nest very angry.

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen, who was restless and couldn't stop walking around in front of him, Wang Chengen was very distressed in his heart, and couldn't help but open his mouth to comfort, "Emperor, don't be angry, it's a big injury!" This time the old slave is not good, if it weren't for the old slave's thoughtless behavior, it wouldn't have caused such a big turmoil, if the old slave called Zhang Fengyi directly to the palace, there would be no such a big fork! Damn the old slave! Wang Chengen said and waved his hand, like hitting his own face...

The sound of "pop" woke up Chongzhen, who was meditating hard, looking at the bright red palm print on the left side of Wang Chengen's face, Chongzhen hurriedly grabbed Wang Chengen's hand and stopped, "Big companion, I don't blame you for this, it's because I didn't think it through." I didn't expect such a trivial matter to cause such a big storm. Jimin has a saying that is very right, those civil servants are really too shameless, they will only kidnap public opinion and threaten the emperor, and they can't do any! ”

In the end, Chongzhen couldn't help but burst into a foul language, in fact, he didn't blame Chongzhen for being annoyed, no one could stand this matter, Chongzhen was an emperor, and he just issued a small reasonable counterinsurgency order, and the decree couldn't get out of the Forbidden City, which made Chongzhen feel disgraced. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, feeling that his emperor's prestige had been provoked, Chongzhen couldn't help but say loudly, "Big companion, pass on my will, and summon Wen Tiren to me." I'd like to ask him how he became the head of the cabinet? Isn't there any news that something so big has happened? ”

"The old slave obeys the order, the emperor is assured that the old slave will personally invite Lord Wen this time!" Wang Chengen saw Chongzhen's suppressed anger, Xiao Xiaoyi replied, hurriedly bowed down and left the Qianqing Palace, and ran to pass the order.

And at this moment, compared to Chongzhen's anxiety, Wen Tiren is indeed an old god, quite leisurely. Of course he knew what was happening outside the Forbidden City, not only did he know, but it was also because of his deliberate connivance that he caused such a big turmoil. If it weren't for Wen Tiren, the head of the cabinet who leaned towards the government and the opposition, how could Wu Weiye, who was only a mere one, mobilize so many people to petition outside the noon gate? You must know that it is the noon gate, the symbol of imperial power. What's more, there are quite a few officials in the petition, and this matter is obviously the result of the deliberate promotion of the bigwigs in the DPRK and China.

Wen Tiren, as the first assistant of the cabinet, although he relied on Chongzhen's trust to ascend to the position, he is also a member of the scholars in the final analysis, and he is the one with the highest position. As the leader of the literati (Wen Tiren thinks of himself), of course, he does not want to see Liu Fan dig into the roots of these people. But as Chongzhen's most loyal "dog leg" on the surface, Wen Tiren must maintain the same attitude as Chongzhen. At least he couldn't openly oppose Chongzhen's wishes, so Wen Tiren was just manipulating behind the scenes, but he didn't come forward. And after the incident became big, Wen Tiren did not come forward to stop it at the first time, but sat back and watched the matter deteriorate step by step. (To be continued.) )