The actions of Qian Shisheng, Qian Qianyi and others are impossible to hide from Zheng Xunrui.

It's not that Zheng Xunrui thinks Qian Shisheng and others are so powerful, but he attaches great importance to public opinion propaganda, this era is not as good as a few hundred years later, now communication is extremely underdeveloped, transportation is even more backward, the Ming Dynasty is close to ninety percent, and the remaining one percent of the people are the entire elite class of the Ming Dynasty, and if they control this elite, they will completely control the Ming Dynasty.

The common people are very simple, the living space is limited, many people will not step out of the village in their lives, as long as there is food, life is stable, even if it is poor, the people are satisfied, so at this time the so-called relying on the strength of the people is just a statement, unless you let the people really can't live, m sell their sons and daughters, wait to starve to death, then there will be a chaotic situation in the world, there are not many such times, when the world is stable, fighting for the elite is the most important thing.

The Donglin Party has done a good job in this regard, in the final analysis, the strength of the Donglin Party, thanks to the combination with businessmen, with money, it is natural to be able to win power, and if you win power, you can win the right to speak, and you can gather more people of insight around you.

In this way, the Donglin Party became stronger step by step, even to the point that it was enough to impress the decision-making of the imperial court.

Many of the so-called theories put forward by the Donglin Party sound very moving, but unfortunately, there is nothing that can be put into practice, and more emphasis is placed on personal quality and cultivation, and to put it bluntly, there is a bit of utopianism.

It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and you ask scholars or officials to abandon enjoyment and devote themselves to the sake of the world, and you even ask scholars or officials to abstain from sex and live a poor life willingly. It is estimated that there are too few that can be done, and it is not that there are none, and there will be a few such wonders in about a thousand years.

Of course, the emperor highly welcomes such people, such as Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

It's just that Zheng Xunrui is a traverser, he doesn't agree with this at all, and he wants the horse to run well. It is impossible for the horses not to eat grass for a long time, and it may be able to maintain a high-pressure situation for a while, but it will eventually collapse completely.

Therefore, after Zheng Xunrui ascended the throne and became emperor, he immediately proposed the matter of officials and officials, which was to completely reverse the kind of mean officials created by Zhu Yuanzhang, in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's approach did not work at all, and asked officials to take money from their families to become officials. It is estimated that all the officials are fools.

It is precisely because of these things that Zheng Xunrui is still more concerned about the Donglin Party, he needs to completely defeat the Donglin Party from the top of public opinion, not to say that he wants to kill these Donglin Party members, this stupid approach Zheng Xunrui will not consider, but fundamentally shake the theory of the Donglin Party and establish a new and simple theory, which is what Zheng Xunrui wants to consider doing.

The strength of the Investigation Agency is very strong. Not to mention that Zheng Xunrui has become the emperor.

The whereabouts of Qian Shisheng, Hou Xun, Qu Shiyun, Qian Qianyi, Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, Yang Yi, Wu Changshi, Gong Dingyu and others, as well as their motives on weekdays. Zheng Xunrui grasped it very clearly, including everyone going to Qian Shisheng's mansion to discuss matters.

Zhang Pu's sudden death surprised Zheng Xunrui, and when the news of Zhang Pu's death had not yet spread, the information of the Investigation Bureau had already reached Zheng Xunrui's hands, and his hands trembled slightly when he looked at the information.

The struggle for power is insane. It's even more devoid of nature.

Wu Changshi was able to attack Zhang Pu, his mentality was close to madness, and he could not do anything about his former comrades-in-arms for the sake of power.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui's opinion of Zhang Pu is also not good, and Zhang Pu's writing is good. If you are a teacher, it is very suitable, it is very easy to become a generation of Confucianism, but unfortunately I like power, and his own personality is not suitable for politics at all, which leads to the final death.

Zhang Pu probably never dreamed that it was not his opponent who killed him, but his most trusted comrade-in-arms who killed him.

After this incident, Zheng Xunrui began to be vigilant, he secretly ordered the Ministry of Officials to conduct a strict inventory of the Donglin Party members, those officials who have good knowledge and ability, and can do things honestly, after screening, will be arranged to enter the Guozijian training as soon as possible, so as to theoretically change the understanding of these Donglin Party members, and resolutely eliminate those Donglin Party members who have signs of party strife, no matter what kind of ability and influence this person has.

Zheng Xunrui's secret order to the Ministry of Officials had just been issued, and Zhou Yanru, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, made a special trip to report the matter.

Qian Shisheng, the former first assistant of the cabinet, Hou Xun, the cabinet minister, and Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, wrote a letter to Zhou Yanru, begging to be able to meet him, and imploring Zhou Yanru to take time.

Zheng Xunrui did not hesitate and asked Zhou Yanru to quickly meet with Qian Shisheng and others.

Two days later, the Qianqing Palace.

The early dynasty ended, and Zhou Yanru stayed.

"Your Majesty, the minister has met with Qian Shisheng, Hou Xun and Qian Qianyi, this is the minister's twist and turn."

Zheng Xunrui looked very seriously, there was no expression on his face, and after putting down the fold, he looked at Zhou Yanru and spoke.

"What does Zhou Aiqing think about this matter?"

"The minister has three views."

Zhou Yanru looked at Zheng Xunrui, did not hesitate, and continued to speak.

"The first point, Qian Shisheng, Hou Xun and Qian Qianyi and others have expressed their attitude, they are eager to do things for the imperial court, this requirement is very clear, the minister believes that they cannot agree to their request for the time being, especially Qian Qianyi, when Li Zicheng occupied the capital, he took the initiative to take refuge, and his character was already hugely flawed."

"The second point, Qian Shisheng and others have all attributed the matters that have been against the emperor over the years to Zhang Pu, Zhang Pu is no longer alive, and it seems that there is no proof of death, but the minister thinks that it is impossible to influence all the Donglin Party people just by virtue of Zhang Pu's ability, after all, Qian Shisheng is the first assistant of the cabinet, Hou Xun is the cabinet minister, and at that time, the minister is also in the cabinet, and he still knows many things."

"The third point is that the Donglin Party wantonly excludes dissidents in the DPRK and makes the party struggle more and more intense, which is already a well-known thing, and the emperor vigorously clears the party dispute between the DPRK and China, and this situation must continue, for these reasons, the DPRK and China cannot reuse the Donglin Party for the time being......"

Zheng Xunrui showed a smile on his face.

"I see that Zhou Aiqing is still a little optimistic about Qian Shisheng and others, you have a few questions, I will help answer them, Li Zicheng entered the capital to take refuge, these scholars seem to have some problems in their behavior, but in the past dynasties, the change of dynasty is no longer a big deal, the decline of each dynasty has its own problems, the establishment of a new dynasty, there is always a need for someone to do things, if the old dynasty has completely decayed, then the establishment of the new dynasty is a matter of course, People of insight naturally want to support the new dynasty. ”

"Zhang Pu bears all the responsibilities, which can also be understood, there is a great contradiction between Zhang Pu and me, many readers say that they know, in opposing me, Zhang Pu naturally spares no effort, Zhang Pu is a person, he has knowledge, and his personality is also straightforward, but unfortunately he doesn't know the current affairs, he doesn't know how to turn around, and he doesn't know that he is being used by others, so that he does a lot of inappropriate things, and thinks that he is right, and Zhang Pu is the leader of the Restoration Society, and his own appeal is not bad."

"The matter of party strife, it is even more difficult to say, I don't dare to guarantee that there is no party strife in the DPRK and China, this is all human nature, doesn't Zhou Aiqing have a scholar and official who appreciates, I'm afraid it's impossible, it is unjustifiable to negate everything with party strife."

Zhou Yanru's face was already the size of a bean's sweat, he couldn't imagine that the emperor's words were so sharp, in one sentence.

"Ministers, ministers are dumb ......"

"Zhou Aiqing, you don't have to admit your mistake so quickly, I didn't say that you were wrong, I am not an unreasonable person, there are many talents in the Donglin Party, and I must fight for it, as long as it is for the people of the world, as long as it is for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the sea is tolerant and tolerant, I am not a person with a small belly, if so, I don't want to think about Ansheng in this position."

Drops of sweat had already fallen, and Zhou Yanru opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Zheng Xunrui took out a document from the imperial case.

Zhou Yanru opened the paperwork and looked at it quickly.

Looking at it, Zhou Yanru's face changed, and his body trembled slightly.

After reading it, Zhou Yanru couldn't help but speak.

"It's just a bunch of young people, and they still want to deceive the old ......"

Suddenly thinking that the emperor was still in front of him, Zhou Yanru hurriedly changed his words.

"Your Majesty, the minister really didn't expect that Qian Shisheng and others would be able to do such a thing."

"I didn't expect that I had carefully analyzed this matter, Qian Shisheng and Hou Xun should not have the intention of plotting against Zhang Pu, and Qian Qianyi should not have it, but they are afraid that they promised Wu Changshi some things, so that Wu Changshi couldn't help but attack Zhang Pu, I said that Zhang Pu's character was raised too high, carried away, ignorant of current affairs, and must be unkind to Wu Changshi, in this case, it is very simple to annoy Wu Changshi, and it is also self-inflicted to provoke death."

"The emperor is sage, but the minister believes that this matter must be made public."

"I also look at it this way, this matter will be handed over to you, the matters that I handed over to the Ministry of Officials two days ago need to be handled immediately, and the matters of screening the Donglin Party members, you must personally supervise it, you can't frame the innocent, and you can't be perfunctory."

"Obey."

After Zhou Yanru left, Zheng Xunrui breathed a sigh of relief, Zhang Pu's matter will give a heavy or even devastating blow to the Donglin Party, this kind of thing is the most taboo for readers, readers call themselves gentlemen, if they kill each other because of power, after being exposed, everyone is spurned, although I don't know how many readers do such things.

It is also necessary to get a good grasp of the matter of unifying thinking and public opinion, and through two to three years' time, all officials above the ninth grade will be trained, so that these officials can influence the scholars, and then they will be able to unify public opinion. (To be continued.) )