As a cabinet minister, Qian Shisheng can be said to be the most qualified, although his qualifications in the cabinet are not as good as Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet, but in terms of the continuous time he has been a cabinet minister, Qian Shisheng has an advantage.

From the initial support for the Donglin Party, to the later integration into the Donglin Party, so that he faintly became the leader of the Donglin Party in the court, the process is not complicated, and Qian Shisheng is not alone, with Hou Sui entering the cabinet, he has a helper, and the two of them together can play a greater role in the cabinet.

Qian Shisheng has seen too many things, Wanli, Tianqi and Chongzhen years, party strife existed, the whole development process, it can be said that Wanli years emerged, the Apocalypse years were strong, and the Chongzhen years were fierce, casting in such a furnace, it has long been Qian Shisheng's character of being keen on party struggle.

The Donglin Party encountered two huge crises, the first crisis was in the Apocalypse year, the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, who held great power, hated and hated the Donglin Party, and even used the power in his hands to declare the Donglin Academy illegal, which led to a large-scale cleansing of the Donglin Academy by the local government, and the blow to the Donglin Academy and the Donglin Party was huge, but at that time, many Donglin Party people disregarded their own safety and resolutely fought against the eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian, which caused a huge shock among the scholars, The vast majority of scholars are inclined to Donglin Academy, which also leads to the rise of Donglin Academy and the Donglin Party at the fastest speed while suffering a heavy blow.

The second crisis is now, and the biggest opponents of the Donglin Party are the crown prince Taibao, Hubu Shangshu, Youdu Yushi, and Caoyun Governor Zheng Xunrui.

The crisis encountered by the Donglin Party this time is very different from the crisis in the Apocalypse year, but there is one thing in common, that is, Donglin Academy has also encountered a fundamental crisis.

Zheng Xunrui is an unusual opponent of the Donglin Party, and the number of double-reverse fights is not very much. Most of the time, it was the Donglin Party who took the initiative to attack, and Zheng Xunrui was in a defensive state, but in such a fighting process, the strength of the Donglin Party was gradually weakened, and there were more and more people who attached to or supported Zheng Xunrui. This is very clear among the scholars in Huaibei.

Zheng Xunrui's strength lies in the fact that he doesn't care about the length of the fight with the Donglin Party for a while, but changes from the root, and now the Donglin Academy is completely extinct in Huaibei, and the Fu Society and the Ying Society are even more unable to gain a foothold, but Zheng Xunrui did these things, the impact is obviously not very large, and it has not even attracted the attention of too many readers, because Zheng Xunrui is always able to do other things in Huaibei. Guide the crowd to look away.

Zheng Xunrui did it secretly, and every time he did it, it was in a steady and ruthless way, so that the Donglin Party had almost no room to fight back.

The strength of Zheng Jiajun has put Zheng Xunrui in an invincible position, and it has also made the struggle between Zheng Xunrui and the Donglin Party members always invincible, and they can always find the best opportunity. Give the Donglin party a fatal blow.

Compared with the two, Zheng Xunrui is the real opponent of the Donglin Party. Wei Zhongxian at the beginning was nothing at all.

The difference between Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui is very clear, that is, Wei Zhongxian back then relied on power to blindly suppress the Donglin Party, and Wei Zhongxian was a eunuch. The eunuchs' governance of the country was originally a trend of calamity to the country and the people, which would lead to the rebellion of many scholars.

Zheng Xunrui is different, he has extraordinary knowledge, he can be said to be the first person in the Ming Imperial Examination, and Zheng Xunrui adopts the method. The combination of suppression and reality, a series of achievements in Shaanxi and Huai'an and other places, so that many readers are convinced, Zheng Xunrui's Zheng Jiajun has become the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, in this case, Zheng Xunrui's action on the Donglin Party will let those who have the ability to think independently be treated dialectically.

The changes of Yang Tingshu, Wu Weiye, Gu Menglin, Shi Kefa and others fully illustrate this point.

Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui fully realized this, and in the cabinet, the two exhausted all methods, the purpose was to suppress Zheng Xunrui, so that the Donglin Party could escape this catastrophe, and the Donglin Party could completely conquer Zheng Xunrui.

It's not that they haven't thought about uniting Zheng Xunrui, if they can absorb Zheng Xunrui, then the strength of the Donglin Party will become extremely strong, but they found that there is no possibility of such an idea, as far as a series of things happened in Huaibei, the contradiction between Zheng Xunrui and the Donglin Party is irreconcilable.

The connection between the Donglin Party and the merchants and the scholars is very close, you have me, I have you, and their interests are also linked, which is the foundation of the existence of the Donglin Party, but Zheng Xunrui opposes such a practice from the root, after serving as the governor of Caoyun, he mercilessly deprived the merchants of their interests, and asked the merchants to pay protection fees, in fact, this is a requirement to pay trade taxes, and now the tentacles are slowly beginning to touch the scholars, for example, the policy of agricultural taxation in Huaibei has been slightly adjusted, As long as you are not a fool, you should understand that Zheng Xunrui is going to adjust the agricultural tax, and when the time comes, the scholar and the scholar will probably have to bear the agricultural tax to varying degrees.

Such an approach is tantamount to taking the lives of the Donglin Party, so the contradictions between them and Zheng Xunrui cannot be reconciled.

Seeing that Zheng Xunrui's strength is getting stronger and stronger, especially after defeating Houjin Tatar last year, it shows strong strength, Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui once pessimistically believed that the Donglin Party would eventually worship in the hands of Zheng Xunrui.

But the situation suddenly changed, and the emperor's suspicion of Zheng Xunrui was unreserved.

This made Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui see hope, and saw the hope that the Donglin Party would completely defeat Zheng Xunrui.

In any case, Zheng Xunrui is a courtier of the Ming court, once he encounters the emperor's suspicion, it will undoubtedly be a tragic ending, as for whether Zheng Xunrui will rebel, such a question Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui will not think about.

So they began to spare no effort to make noise in the cabinet, talking about the strength of the Zheng family's army, begging the emperor to send a prison army to the Zheng family's army, and talking about Zheng Xunrui's many behaviors in Huaibei that did not do things according to the emperor's requirements.

Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, Yang Yi, Gong Dingyu, Wu Changshi and others began to write impeachment notes again, targeting Zheng Xunrui.

West of the capital, Qian Shisheng's mansion, study.

Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui sat opposite each other, the wine and food on the table looked very exquisite, and in the copper basin not far from them, there were ice cubes to lower the temperature in the room.

"Lord Hou, it seems that the emperor's dissatisfaction with Zheng Xunrui has reached the limit, and I estimate that the emperor is likely to directly adjust Zheng Xunrui's position."

"Yes, I also noticed this, this year's Cao Yun is very unstable, has directly affected the food supply of the capital and Beizhili, to say that because of the canal silting up there is a problem of unsmooth Cao Yun, then it can be explained, but the merchants who travel between the south and the north can always rely on the canal to transport a large amount of grain, which explains the problem."

"Lord Hou, who do you mean This is Zheng Xunrui's deliberate doing, is it possible that Zheng Xunrui is ready to fight against the imperial court."

"Maybe then, Zheng Xunrui controls the Zheng family's army, not to mention the cabinet, even if it is the emperor, if he wants to punish Zheng Xunrui, he must think carefully, so as not to have an irreconcilable situation."

Talking about this, a smile appeared on Qian Shisheng's face.

"Lord Hou, this is the best opportunity, think about it, Zheng Xunrui relies on the wealth of Huaibei and other places, as far as I know, the Zheng family army in Shaanxi and Fuzhou and other places rely on Huaibei to transport a large amount of grain every year, once the emperor removes Zheng Xunrui from the title of governor of Caoyun, Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun will lose the support of money and grain, in this case, Zheng Xunrui can still have any support, as long as the Zheng family's grain and grass are cut off, no matter how strong the army is, it will be useless."

"What Lord Qian said is that it seems that we should make a request to Lord Zhou to remove Zheng Xun Rui from the post of Governor of Caoyun."

"Not only that, but we also want to recommend someone to be the governor of Caoyun, I think it's good to be the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Gan Xuekuo."

Hou Sui thought for a moment and shook his head slightly.

"Lord Qian, I don't think it's appropriate, Lord Gan once impeached Zheng Xunrui, and Zheng Xunrui is obviously the opposite, if our recommendation is too obvious, I'm afraid that the emperor will have other ideas, Lord Qian's purpose is to think that the governor of Caoyun can completely overthrow the system set by Zheng Xunrui and change the situation in Huaibei, but this idea is too obvious, causing a lot of discussions and disputes, then it is unfavorable, I think the right person, Henan Governor Wu Fu is more suitable."

Qian Shisheng smiled and picked up his wine glass.

"Lord Hou, you are too worried, the emperor's mood at the moment, I'm afraid he is more anxious than us, the emperor's dissatisfaction with Zheng Xunrui has been overflowing, in this case, the more the people we recommend, the more contradictory they have with Zheng Xunrui, the more the emperor will agree, but unfortunately Zhang Pu and others are not qualified enough, otherwise I would still want to recommend them."

Hou Sui thought for a moment, and also smiled and picked up his wine glass.

"It's still Lord Qian's thoughtfulness, I think this proposal is good."

"Well, there is another point, we need to remind Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou and other old gentlemen, the south also needs to be prepared, presumably they are also a lot of dissatisfaction with Zheng Xunrui's approach, you and I have been in the cabinet for many years, and we are powerless to change the situation in Huaibei, and we can't say anything, now that the opportunity has come, we must seize it, this time I don't think Zheng Xunrui has any chance."

After Qian Shisheng said this, the smile on Hou Sui's face stiffened a little.

"Lord Qian, we have overlooked one thing, if the emperor removes Zheng Xunrui from the post of governor of Caoyun, I don't know what position Zheng Xunrui will take next."

Qian Shisheng was also stunned, and there was silence in the study for a while. (To be continued......)