On the eighth day of the first month of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Beijing, the Forbidden City.

The first early dynasty of the Spring Festival was carried out in the Taihe Palace, and all the officials above the sixth grade in the capital had to participate.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the twentieth to the twentieth of the first month is the spring break, and the officials can take a month off, but this provision is mainly for local officials, and the Beijing officials do not enjoy such treatment, from the twentieth day of the first month to the beginning of the first month, the eighth day of the first month will start work, but although it has begun to go to the court, unless it is a cabinet minister, six books and high-ranking officials such as the imperial history of the left and right of the Imperial Palace, the rest of the officials basically do not have much to do, and will not concentrate on the office until after the twentieth day of the first month.

This also indicates that the early dynasty on the eighth day of the first lunar month, the form of the elements is the majority, this early dynasty, mainly the emperor to many civil and military ministers to remind, warning everyone to do things well in the new year, etc., the early dynasty will not be too long.

However, in the early dynasty of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, because of a suggestion by Wen Tiren, it caused a shock.

In the early dynasties, before the emperor began to speak, Wen Tiren suggested that Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, had outstanding political achievements and extraordinary ability, and could enter the cabinet and assume heavy responsibilities.

It is not uncommon for the first assistant of the cabinet to recommend cabinet ministers, but the general recommendation is carried out in private, and the first time that the first assistant of the cabinet will find the right time to directly recommend the emperor and the cabinet minister directly to the early court.

The emperor did not respond to Wen Tiren's suggestion, but still made a request to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs according to the original arrangement.

The emperor's attitude quickly aroused the discussion of many ministers of civil and military affairs.

Many people thought of Lu Xiangsheng, the former governor of the five provinces, Lu Xiangsheng was a talent recommended by Wen Tiren, replacing Zheng Xunrui as the governor of the five provinces, responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, Chongzhen took office in August of the ninth year, died in December of the tenth year, and served as the governor of the five provinces for more than a year, which can be regarded as stabilizing the situation in the north and not expanding the power of the Liukou. It's a pity that when he led the army to Nanyang Mansion to exterminate the Liukou, he was overconfident, which led to the annihilation of the Tianxiong Army and his own death.

Lu Xiangsheng took all the responsibility for the defeat. None of them were able to get any canonization.

At that time, some people speculated that the emperor might not only be dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng, but also dissatisfied with some other things.

Now, many people have come out with the truth, and it turns out that the emperor is indeed dissatisfied with Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet.

The rumors spread quickly. Wen Tiren served as the first assistant of the cabinet for six years, which can be described as powerful and powerful, and won the trust of the emperor.

But the height is unbearable, and the first assistant of the cabinet has a lot of power, but he also encounters a lot of suspicion. If you can't understand the emperor's intentions well and can't make the government run well, you have to bear full responsibility.

In terms of employment, it is the place where the first assistant of the cabinet bears the most responsibility, and the former chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru, is because of the inspection of the employment of personnel, which led to the Denglai mutiny, the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy losses, and after being impeached, Zhou Yanru was forced to resign from the post of the first assistant of the cabinet.

Lu Xiangsheng's death this time. According to reason, Wen Tiren should also take responsibility.

So someone made an analysis, thinking that Wen Tiren was afraid that he would be reprimanded by the emperor and would take responsibility for recommending Lu Xiangsheng. Maybe the first assistant of the cabinet won't be able to do it.

Master of Ceremonies.

Wang Chengen, the eunuch of Bingbi, and Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch and the commander of the Jingying, were in the wing room.

When it comes to the status of the two, Cao Huachun was originally far higher than Wang Chengen, but after the emperor ascended the throne, Wang Chengen's status improved rapidly, and ten years later, Wang Chengen has become the first person among the eunuchs. Cao Huachun, Gao Qiqian, Wang Dehua and other ceremonial eunuchs are not as good as Wang Chengen.

"The matter of Wen Tiren, the head of the cabinet, please worry about the prince."

"Father-in-law Cao, don't say that, our family is also for Father-in-law Gao's affairs, and your purpose is the same, hmph, in order to be able to get rid of responsibility, Wen Tiren blames all the blame on Father-in-law Gao, and even thinks about weakening the power of the celebrant and controlling more power, so that he can sit back and relax, and his thoughts are too beautiful."

A smile appeared on Cao Huachun's face.

"What the prince said is that our family has also sent a lot of people to investigate, Wen Tiren has served as the first assistant of the cabinet for so many years, forming a party for personal gain, the evidence is conclusive, our family has mastered all the charges of Wen Tiren, and after the fifteenth day of the first month, it will be entrusted to the emperor."

After Cao Huachun finished speaking, he took out a stack of documents from his arms and handed them to Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen took the document and looked at it casually, he was very familiar with this kind of paperwork.

In fact, Wang Chengen has long been unaccustomed to Wen Tiren, as the first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren should be very good at handling the relationship with the celebrant supervisor, but Wen Tiren relies on the emperor's trust and doesn't care much about the celebrant at all, even when facing him Wang Chengen, it is not salty or light, except for the necessary contact on official business, the rest is not too late.

The psychology of the eunuch is very sensitive, even Wang Chengen, who has become the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch, also has an inferiority complex, after all, he is not an able-bodied person, and Wen Tiren's attitude is actually to look down on the eunuch.

The confrontation between the Chinese officials and the eunuchs in the imperial court has a long history, and the civil officials generally look down on the eunuchs, believing that the eunuchs have no knowledge, completely rely on the trust of the emperor, and act recklessly, especially during the Apocalypse, the sharp confrontation between the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and the civil official group makes such contradictions more and more apparent.

After the emperor ascended the throne, he cleaned up Wei Zhongxian, and at the same time limited the power of the eunuchs to the greatest extent, and even canceled the system of supervising the army, fully trusting the civil official group, but unfortunately a few years have passed, the Ming Dynasty is full of beacon fires, the situation is precarious, and the party struggle of the civil official group is full of government affairs, which makes the emperor deeply disappointed, so he began to trust the eunuchs again.

The emperor began to trust the eunuchs, and indeed achieved certain results, at least the situation of the civil official group controlling the government has been reversed to a certain extent, and in this case, the power of the eunuchs began to grow.

Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the five provinces, was killed, and Gao Qiqian, the superintendent, felt that the situation was not right, and immediately wrote to Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun and others, this was originally a very secret matter, and I don't know if it was negligence, Cao Huachun actually accidentally let Wen Tiren know about this matter, so Wen Tiren immediately grabbed this matter, and impeached Gao Qiqian and Cao Huachun in front of the emperor, saying that it was the death of Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the five provinces, Gao Qiqian had to bear the main responsibility, and Gao Qiqian colluded with Cao Huachun, thinking of shirking responsibility.

Wen Tiren never dreamed that the emperor would show Cao Huachun the impeachment note.

Cao Huachun, who was very frightened, would not give up, and immediately began to fight back, he sent his subordinates to secretly investigate Wen Tiren, and soon noticed that when Wen Tiren was the first assistant of the cabinet, he cultivated his own strength.

In fact, such an investigation conclusion is also imposed, just imagine, as the head of the cabinet, if there are not a few officials who can be trusted, then how to do things.

Just relying on Cao Huachun's personal strength, it is still unlikely that he wants to move Wen Tiren, so Cao Huachun turned to Wang Chengen for help, he knew very well that as long as Wang Chengen was willing to make a move, Wen Tiren would die.

Sure enough, when discussing Lu Xiangsheng's matter, the emperor's attitude changed, blindly denying Lu Xiangsheng's contribution, and did not involve the prison army at all.

In fact, by this time, Wen Tiren's fate had already been decided.

Wang Chengen put the paperwork on the table and spoke to Cao Huachun.

"Father-in-law Cao, such a major matter, can't be delayed, what the emperor hates the most is to form a party for personal gain, Wen Tiren, as the head of the cabinet, actually formed a party for personal gain, if it goes on like this, it will be worth it."

Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood the meaning.

"Our family will sort out these documents immediately, and we will secretly play the emperor tomorrow."

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the capital is still immersed in the joy of the Spring Festival.

Wen Tiren returned to the mansion and was eating, after the morning dynasty on the eighth day of the first lunar month, he went to court according to the rules, although until the twentieth day of the first month, there was basically no early dynasty, but as the head of the cabinet, he still had to take the lead.

The eunuch came to the mansion to deliver the decree, Wen Tiren felt surprised, there didn't seem to be any big things recently, although he had noticed the change in the emperor's attitude, but the last time the early dynasty recommended Yang Sichang, judging from the emperor's expression, he was still satisfied.

After setting up the incense hall, Wen Tiren respectfully accepted the order.

The eunuch read out the holy decree in public, and the holy decree was very simple, dismissing the first assistant of the Wen Tiren cabinet and the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and ordering him to leave the capital and return to his hometown to recuperate.

As for why Wen Tiren was allowed to give rise to the priesthood, the holy decree did not say it.

Wen Tiren immediately went limp, if it weren't for the eunuch's reminder, he wouldn't even have the strength to accept the holy decree.

Wen Tiren, who is already sixty-seven, is considered an old man, and his body, which used to be supported by power, quickly collapsed at this moment, and after receiving the holy decree, Wen Tiren stayed alone in the study.

After a full day, a subordinate of the Wen Mansion, with a letter in his hand, left the capital and headed in the direction of Nanzhili.

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Wen Tiren quietly left the capital.

After eight years in the cabinet and six years as the first assistant to the cabinet, it can be said that Wen Tiren, who was eminent in power, came to a silent curtain call, and left the capital in a gloomy manner, and could not even stay in the capital for retirement.

Wen Tiren's departure caused a great shock in the imperial court, which many people did not expect, the incident happened too suddenly, there was almost no warning before, many people began to recall the truth, I am afraid that Wen Tiren was removed from the post of head assistant of the cabinet, it is by no means as simple as implicating Lu Xiangsheng, there are other reasons behind it.

However, for a long time, the reason why Wen Tiren was removed from the post of first assistant to the cabinet has not been leaked. (To be continued.) )