Compared with the celebration of the Salvation Army, Xu Guangqi, who was far away in the imperial court, was sad.

At this moment, he has entered the cabinet, although he is not the first minister, but he can be regarded as a dignified Xu Ge old. Chongzhen trusts him, perhaps because he once served as his lecturer. It's just that the emperor's trust in himself is not necessarily a good thing, at least the colleagues around him will be jealous of him.

If you say that you are in the same faction as them, then maybe there is nothing. Depressed is depressed here, Xu Guangqi does not belong to any school at all, he is the representative of the emerging Gewu school, and he is the earliest to look at the world. He joined Christianity and became a true Christian, and at the same time, with the help of missionaries, drew a map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty and a map of the Kunyu of all countries, hoping that the emperor would know the true state of the world.

He invented the method of drying salt, and also studied firearms, such as working on the improvement of the Lu Mi gun and the Franc cannon.

However, he is incompatible with the literati of this era, or he represents the interests of China, and the literati of this era all belong to the class they represent, even the eunuchs also represent the imperial power, but they do not represent China.

In fact, the factions of the literati were almost all similar, so there could be alliances. Even with the eunuchs, there is an opportunity for an alliance. But Xu Guangqi's Huaxia faction is too atmospheric, and it is so atmospheric that it has to sacrifice too much ego, and this ego is the last thing that each faction wants to pay.

The result is very simple, since Xu Guangqi claimed to be a member of the cabinet, he was constantly participated in by the various factions below, and he was constantly demonized. In fact, it was in response to his baptism, insisting that he colluded with the red fanyang devils to cause chaos and subvert Huaxia or something.

Chongzhen is just a child, in fact, he is the same age as Zhang Hongbin, and the saddest thing is that he is not a reborn.

In such a situation, he simply did not know who to trust and who to question. Seeing that everyone was shooting at Xu Guangqi, even if he firmly believed that Xu Guangqi was trustworthy, but under the effect of the three of them, they finally had doubts about Xu Guangqi in their hearts.

But even so, at least Xu Guangqi is still safe at this stage, as long as he behaves properly, basically Chongzhen will not touch him.

But Xu Guangqi is ready to make a big move. And the source of this big move is the Salvation Army.

I have to mention here that the four friends of Baishui actually have their own origins, for example, Guan Dao is Xu Guangqi's second disciple, and some time ago it was collected by the door wall. Guan Dao also has a task in Shaanxi, which is to report every move of the Salvation Army to Xu Guangqi.

And Li Luo is in the Jinyi system, he went to participate in the scientific expedition, and he also had his political tasks. Mo Ran and Lin Song also have the power behind them, and they also have different political tasks, but they are actually similar to Li Luo and Guan Dao.

Through Guò Guan Dao, Xu Guangqi has learned about the Salvation Army's every move, including the news that Tongzhou City has been conquered recently.

Seeing that a state has fallen like this, and it has also proved that the Salvation Army has the ability to attack the city, then the Salvation Army is not a constant outcast, but a real rebel. The rogues can still order the local army to exterminate them, but the anti-thieves must be exterminated with all the troops of the world. Even if Houjin conquered the territory of Beizhili during this period, he would have to destroy the Salvation Army.

The common disease of every dynasty, no matter how fierce the Houjin is, it is also a barbarian, but it is the pain of moss, and the anti-thief forces must be eliminated in a small way, because their goal is the Ming Dynasty! The saddest thing in this era is that no one has clearly seen the intentions of the Later Jin, and no one knows that their purpose is not to go south to plunder, but then again, in fact, many generals of the Later Jin forces do not know either.

Houjin even Huang Taiji himself didn't think that Houjin could win the world, but after Shun entered the customs, he saw that Daming's resistance was so weak, and after chanting the slogan of 'avenge Daming', so many Shunmin joined his team. Well, Hou Jin was afraid and had to admit that under his own soldiers, these Shunmin had no ability to resist at all, and the reason why they joined him with the slogan of 'avenging the Ming Dynasty' was just to make his reputation for defecting to the barbarians better.

Having said so much, there is only one point to elaborate, that is, from the moment Xu Guangqi confirmed that the Salvation Army was a thief, he knew that he could no longer be in the same league with these colleagues, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would really be over.

It's just that he just doesn't understand, why these colleagues are obviously aware of this, but they haven't explained this matter to the emperor? But he didn't know that when capitalism sprouted and the interests represented by the scholars changed from the imperial power to the local gentry and merchants, whether the imperial power and the imperial court were replaced was already very light. This is an era when even Confucian merchants have been created, what else can you ask these businessmen to do on their behalf?

Anyway, no matter how the imperial court changes, as long as Zhang Hongbin does not express his intention to deprive the rich merchant gentry of their privileges, then the gentry and rich merchants will not really be his enemies. And at this point, Zhang Hongbin controls zhì very well, so that now the rich merchants and gentry have not been able to tear their faces with him.

As the spokesperson, the scholars were naturally instructed, and their interests were also involved, so they were so calm.

Xu Guangqi reported the next day, first participating in all the colleagues in the military department, and reporting the information he had collected to Chongzhen. According to this information, the whole of Tongzhou has fallen, the Salvation Army has grown to 30,000 regular troops, and it is possible that a full-scale attack on Xi'an Province will begin next year.

At the same time, there is a second thing, that is, the imperial examination is about to be held, Xu Guangqi hopes that Chongzhen will refer to the scientific examination model of the Salvation Army and reform the current imperial examination system, after all, in his opinion, a scientific examination material system that is in the examination and released as an official, and the result is that he has to rely on the master to help him to be able to deal with government affairs, which is very absurd.

"Xu Qing, can the content you played be true?" Chongzhen Tieqing's face stared at Xu Guangqi deadly.

Xu Guangqi also heard some problems, Chongzhen used to call himself, it was 'Aiqing', but now he directly calls himself 'Xu Qing', which is an obvious estrangement. Obviously, the information he gave out hit Chongzhen too hard, making him a little angry.

"The matter of the loyalty of the king of the micro-minister, the same state has fallen, and the thief has developed into a thief, if he does not act again, the Ming Dynasty is in danger!" Xu Guangqi bowed.

"The minister impeached Xu Guangqi for talking nonsense and disturbing the court! The Ministry of War has always received local news, Tongzhou is still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the Salvation Army has always been a rogue, and it is even more afraid to go out in Huanglong Mountain. Furthermore, since the Salvation Army is a gang of rogues, not to mention the siege equipment, I am afraid that it is difficult to get together the weapons, how to capture Tongzhou City in such a situation?

Take the previous report of the Ministry of War as it was said, the more famous Wang Jiayin Department in northern Shaanxi is an example, tens of thousands of men and women under his command are men, women and children, but there are less than 20,000 fighters, most of whom use farm tools or even sticks as tools. Speaking of which, some time ago, the new army also broke the old Hui department, killed 3,000 people, and captured 5,000 old and weak women and children! Immediately, Yushi jumped out to impeach Xu Guangqi, and even in order to increase credibility, he took out all the recent reports that were not there.

"The minister impeached Xu Guangqi, admired foreign flattery and joined the barbarian religion, not to mention, and even overthrew the Chinese calendar and recompiled the calendar with the Western calendar, ignoring the ancestral family law! Furthermore, he proposed to refer to the method of collecting materials from the liukou to reform the scientific examination, what kind of talents did the imperial court select? A gang of gangsters?!

Furthermore, since the establishment of the scientific examination system, it has never been changed, and if it is changed this time, wouldn't it be contrary to the law of the ancestors? "Well, one of them jumped out, and he stubbornly pulled the words 'ancestral family law'.

If Chongzhen refutes, it means that he is not filial, after all, even he has ignored the 'ancestral family law'; if he agrees, then the impeachment of this minister is correct, then Xu Guangqi is guilty and must be punished. Well, the 'ancestral family law' of all evils.

More people jumped out, in fact, they all had class interests that had to be defended, such as the people in the military department who were in the same faction as them, for example, there were people in their own faction among the officials in the same state. Since a political party has been formed, unless it is conclusive evidence, it is natural to protect it, otherwise who else will join a political party that no party member can help?

Xu Guangqi directly stabbed the hornet's nest, and he directly offended the court above the court. Even if there are still a few sympathizers for him, they don't dare to speak at this moment, after all, the minority is often the fastest to die and the most helpless.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is only for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and does not ask for any personal honor or disgrace. The emperor can directly ask the guilty minister, but the minister's speech, I hope the emperor will think twice! If the Salvation Army has really become an anti-army, then what threatens is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty! "Xu Guangqi doesn't ask for anything, just keeps kowtowing, keeps kowtowing......

Chongzhen began to hesitate, he believed in Xu Guangqi's character.

"Your Majesty, not to mention that there is no report in the place, just to say that there is no report from Jinyiwei now, right? Since neither of them has been reported, can't it be said that there is nothing to do in the place? "Shousuke finally stepped forward to mend the knife.

The question he aimed at was very sharp, that is, as the Jinyi Guard of the Emperor's Qin Army, there was no report.

At this moment, Chongzhen was really angry, thinking that Xu Guangqi really wanted to grandstand, and even did not hesitate to damage the ancestral family law of the Zhu family for this reason.

Well, you're covered!

The rest of the things are easy to say, Xu Guangqi was dismissed and investigated, and he was demoted to Dengzhou, and whether he was demoted to Lingnan was already based on his past friendship.

Xu Guangqi's dismissal is a good thing for those forces who want to compete for the cabinet position, especially when the lid is covered, everyone's interests are protected. So everyone was happy, and everyone continued to live a life of luxury, drunkenness, and death.

Only Xu Guangqi, when he left the Jinluan Palace, turned around and kowtowed three times in the direction of the main hall, and left silently.

The news reached Chongzhen's ears, and the fickle Chongzhen was finally a little moved, and called the commander of the Jinyi Guard......