The ministers in the palace listened to Wang Zhidao's words, and the people in the same party all sweated for him, but the officials of different parties snorted: Wang Zhidao is really ashamed, and his performance is too much.

Zhou Yanru praised it in his heart, he didn't want Wang Zhidao to be so sharp, but he was Qu Cai, Qu Cai, and after a while, he would be transferred to the Sixth Department to be a hall official, and then push him into the cabinet.

The palace fought for a long time, and Wen Tiren, who was the first assistant, did not say a word, but Wang Zhidao suddenly forced himself on his head, meaning that Wang Kun was instructed by him, and if he didn't speak again, I am afraid that everyone would think that Wang Kun was really instructed by him. But he didn't argue about Wang Zhidao's speculation, but quietly walked out of the class: "Your Majesty is angry, Wang Zhidao is not talking about the minister, he is blaming the minister for dereliction of duty, and the minister is also at fault in this matter, and he should be punished." "Words and deeds are all gestures of pleading.

"Humph! I see him as a reproach! Wang Kun's negligence, I have accused him of slander, you hold on to it, what is your intention? The dispatch of ministers is a last resort, how many times have I said it, but I still don't understand enough? How can it involve so much? What is said that the ministers are punished, and the ministers are punished, and the punishment of all officials is for the sake of the ministers. All kinds of false accusations are innumerable! There is no other political affairs above the court, they are all ministers. Could it be that all the affairs of the court are done by the ministers? But anyone who has participated in the ministers is a talisman? If he neglects his duties, he will not be punished, right? Kim Hyun, the director of the Ministry of Works, was ordered to manage the weapons and repair the city defenses, but he didn't even open the cannon hole! Hu Liangji patrolled Xuanda for two years, and he didn't even notice the disadvantages of rewarding, is this also an improper punishment? Always borrowing a topic, piling up artificiality, falling into the annals of history, just looking good, blindly talking nonsense, regardless of reason! ”

As soon as Chongzhen's first sentence came out, Wang Zhidao knew that the Tao was not good, and after listening to it, Fang Cai's courage had disappeared, so he knelt down in fright, and when Chongzhen stopped, he hurriedly explained: "The sacred, how can you allow the ministers to not obey the law, there are those who do not obey the law, and the saint has his own knowledge." The ministers are for the recent impeachment of the ministers, and the ministers have suffered a lot of crimes, and the outer court has blamed the auxiliary ministers for not applying for help. and the former auxiliary ministers were participated by Wang Kun, and the court was panicked, worried about the discipline and law, and the ministers only reported the words of the court. The minister was stupid, thinking that the ministers could correct the courtiers, and the courtiers could also correct the ministers, "When he said this, he lowered his voice, and he was a little lacking in confidence, so he said frankly, "The ministers are so wrong that the crime deserves death." ”

Chongzhen didn't hear the last sentence clearly, and turned his head to ask Wang Dehua, "What did he say?" What is more? ”

"There are many fallacies." Wang Dehua replied expressionlessly.

"Fallacy? Hum! You are a constitutional minister, what have you ever done? How can there be so many fallacies? When it comes to the ministers, there are many words. The year before last, the enemy Bo Ducheng, who caused it? The civil and military officials are not discredited, who is willing to work hard and do things in a down-to-earth manner? It's just a blind prevarication, and it is not allowed to send the ministers to check, and it is expedient for a while, if he is not involved, what will he do? Ministers are willing to do things, why do I need to use ministers? ”

Chongzhen's words covered all the ministers inside, and the first assistant Wen Tiren couldn't help but kneel down to admit the guilt, and when he knelt, all the officials immediately knelt down. When Zhou Yanru knelt down, his face was already very ugly, he just praised Wang Zhidao for his good wit, but he didn't want him to be so bold, and he actually shrank in battle, what did this make the people behind do, and dare to jump out again. Liu Zongzhou secretly breathed a sigh there, the anger of the Son of Heaven turned to Wang Zhidao, he should be honest and not be this bird, the anger of the Son of Heaven is really not easy to match.

"The ministers and other assistants have no form, the example is incompetent, in the inner courtyard of the yamen, in the outside of the supervision of the officials, can not be dedicated to the cultivation of duties, so that the territory is troublesome, robbers are prosperous, His Majesty has no choice but to send out the ministers, check the border preparation, it is the painstaking efforts to govern the country, repeated instructions, the outer court knows. It's just that the ministers and other crimes are many, so the foreign court comes to blame. Wang Zhidao said that the ministers could not apply for rescue and could not fight, which was also discussed by the court. Looking at His Majesty's special grace, the outer court is more aware of the praise of holiness. Wen Tiren pulled all the faults on himself, as if the rights and wrongs that have been making trouble these days are really his first assistant's fault. Zhou Yanru listened to it later, and he was suffocated, but he couldn't get started.

Chongzhen was so angry by Wang Zhidao's words that his face turned red with anger, and he snorted angrily: "The ministers blame the auxiliary ministers, and you will attack the ministers in groups, but are you impeaching the auxiliary ministers sparsely?" As he spoke, he took out the notes that had been prepared on the case, picked up a copy and said, "Shanxi Dao tried to test Shi Wei Jingyu said that the former auxiliary minister Zhou Yanru was given the mink ginseng gold beads by Sun Yuanhua, so he always supported it. "Turn out another copy," Sun Sanjie said in the military department, and today's rebellion against the city and the humiliation of the country with money are all done by Yanru. Knowing that Yuanhua was in vain, and the festival was not enough to convince people, he opened the mansion and Dengzhou, and Knot Kong Youde was his henchman, and the Liao soldiers were robbed, and the whole country knew that it was causing trouble, and Yanru and Xiong Ming tried their best to protect them. Yuanhua is really dependent on Yanru, and he can not die by dividing himself, but he is bound to his fate, thinking that he will be in charge of the situation. His Majesty made great efforts to work hard, and Yan Ru actually used clever words to save himself from sin. However, Yanru is in the court for a day, and Haiyu is restless for a day, and the root cause is that there is a party behind Yanru! ”

"There is a party behind you!" Chongzhen repeated it again, and then smashed the fold, "Are you talking less?" Why did you turn it over as soon as you got the minister? It's not because the ministers are not good and treacherous in the town! As a minister, he does not say anything about the country's plans, and only uses Wang Kun, Gao Qiqian and other ministers to blackmail the court. Wang Zhidao borrowed a good name to make it inconvenient for me to treat him, what a clever person! ”

As soon as he heard the Son of Heaven say that he was a clever person, Wang Zhidao wanted to die, so he asked He Rupet for help, pointing to him to say a few words for himself, but He Rupet's face had already turned up. Over there, Zhou Yanru's face was even more ugly than He Rupet's, his already handsome face was pale, and there were only four words in his head: "There is a party behind you, there is a party behind you"

Zhou Yanru's heart was very heavy, frightened and frightened, he originally launched a group of ministers to attack the ministers and supervise the army, forcing the emperor to bow his head and punish Wang Kun, not wanting the situation to change abruptly, but now he has trapped himself. If the emperor borrows a few more tricks to punish a batch, he will not have to do it, and he will not have to do it, and he will not have to think about it without the name of the first assistant but with the right to the first assistant, and I am afraid that the party will not respect himself in the future. And Chongzhen seems to be dissatisfied with Donglin, if he hits the Donglin Party because of this, then he will really be a sinner for the ages. The more Zhou Yanru thought about it, the more afraid he became, but he couldn't defend himself, Chongzhen's sentence "There is a party behind Yanru" is really deadly.

"Life and death are taken away and obeyed by Your Majesty, who dares to coerce people in the court? The holy oracle reprimanded, Wang Zhidao was originally there, but he didn't dare to talk about the court in his heart, nor did he specialize in the ministers. Rather, he reproached the ministers for their dereliction of duty. Fu prayed for His Majesty's mercy and forgiveness, and the people of the outer court were all close to each other, and they would never dare to disturb the Holy Huai again......"

Things have come to this point, the happiest person must be Wen Tiren, the most hopeful person in the world who wants Zhou Yanru to be unlucky is probably his first assistant, with Yanru in Beijing for a day, his first assistant will do no taste, and he will be dismantled by Yanru's henchmen everywhere, and he must always guard against being calculated by Donglin. Sun Sanjie said well, if Yanru is in the court for a day, Haiyu will be restless for a day!

Speaking of which, Wen Tiren, the first assistant, is also the most powerless and powerless in the more than 200 years of the dynasty. He is a person who wants to do things, and if he wants to do things, he must not allow the Donglin Party members who can only shout nonsense and do not do pragmatic things. But although he was ecstatic in his heart, he still pleaded with Chongzhen in the name of Shoufu on his face, and he knew that this matter would not be good today. From the moment the young Son of Heaven spoke first, Wen Tiren already knew what the Holy Will of the Dao was. Donglin is certainly powerful, but after all, the world is the emperor's world, not his Donglin party!

Wen Tiren was interrupted by Chongzhen before he finished speaking, and he spread out three more folds that had been prepared in advance, "Hu Ke gave Lu Huangzhong the impeachment of Sun Yuanhua in the matter, 'Dengfu Sun Yuanhua is incompetent, risking his troops and salaries, entering the west of the enemy, never hearing the ability to contain him, and insulting the island marshal, and not seeing the strategy of bullet pressure, then he is also a puppet ear!" On the topography of the East China Sea, the original risk of the moat, only one subject guarded it, but there is no fear, and it is also useless to use this person who fills the position every year! ’

Liu Zongxiang, the imperial history of Jiangxi Province, counted Sun Yuanhua's four crimes, 'First, indulge deserters into the sea; Second, it is forbidden to enter the enemy; Third, the siege has been around for a long time, and there is no wonder of rescue and containment; Fourth, the soldiers are about to be humiliated, and there is no strategy to eliminate moderation. Xiong Kaiyuan accused Sun Yuanhua of taking a salary. ”

Chongzhen turned out another excerpt, "When Sun Yuanhua was preparing for the road in front of Ning, he said in the song high-sounding, 'I want to make the Kwantung generals, from the ceremony to the unveiling, from the banquet to the welcome, refuse to be vain, save time and money, in order to work together." But he himself gave gifts to the auxiliary ministers, huh! And who is that auxiliary? ”

Three excerpts in a row, the way of the heart, and the empirical evidence, Zhou Yanru was already frightened, and all the party henchmen were panicked and had no idea, no one thought that the Son of Heaven was ready to take Zhou Yanru a long time ago.

"Zhou Yanru, what do you say?" Putting down the excerpt, Chongzhen looked coldly at this person who had no name but the right to be the first assistant, and he was the former minister of Donglin World.

At this point, how dare Zhou Yanru have anything to say, he is so scared that his liver cramps, if he wants to defend himself, it will only make the emperor dislike himself even more, with the temper of this young emperor, it is not impossible for the court to put himself in prison, and the fate of Yuan Chonghuan back then can be seen.

For his own sake, he could only admit defeat and kowtow to admit his guilt: "The minister is really guilty, and he should accept it. ”

Hearing that Zhou Yanru was going to invite him to return to his hometown from Beijing, Chongzhen's face eased slightly, after all, Zhou had been the first assistant minister, no matter how big the fault was, he, the emperor, could not really put him in prison, if he really did this, Donglin would make trouble, and he, the emperor, would inevitably be said to be a faint monarch by the world's scholars, and he might even be said to be the same as the emperor's brother in the people.

Zhou Yanru left Beijing to achieve the best effect that Chongzhen wanted, and when he left, Donglin Qunlong was leaderless, and he would definitely not entangle the ministers and the army again. When he leaves, this Jingshi, this court can be much more stable, and many things that could not be done before can also be done. Thinking of this, Chongzhen's face softened even more, and said, "Get up." Everyone does not cultivate their duties, and they pretend to be in a false name to say that no matter what the affairs of the court are, what is their intention? It seems that such a character can be worthy of constitutional discipline and exemplary imperial history, can it be made? However, if Qing wants to return to his hometown, I am not easy to keep, I should double the reward, I am still preferential to you and other important ministers, after returning to my hometown, I will often send people to visit, Qing has something to play in me, you and I are a minister, I still think of love. ”

After speaking, he turned to Wang Zhidao, who was still kneeling, and snorted: "Falsely accusing the money, it is not enough, it should be dealt with seriously, and the auxiliary ministers should be more maintained, and they will be dismissed lightly for the people." At present, there are many policemen in the frontier, the people are in difficulty, and the day and night are peaceful, all officials of all sizes should be anxious to wash their hearts and minds, cultivate their practical duties, and appoint them as deputies, and they must not interfere with personal affairs and confuse state affairs. If it violates in the future, it will be strictly punished! ”

"Thank you, Lord Ron!" Wang Zhidao reluctantly saluted, and when he got up and withdrew, he was already sweating profusely, and when he went out of the hall, he carried it down with trembling legs. When the Han general saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and send him out of the palace.

In the blink of an eye, the former first assistant Zhou Yanru returned to his hometown, the deputy constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was dismissed from his post for the people, the Son of Heaven acted resolutely, and all the officials were shocked, thinking everything, but now they are all very quiet, no one dares to go out of work to say anything, let alone speak for Zhou Yanru and Wang Zhidao. The Donglin Party even thought that after Zhou Yanru returned to his hometown, the Jingshi Party would inevitably have a new leader, otherwise it would be easy for others to take advantage of it, but who would be the new leader, I am afraid that there will inevitably be a battle between open and secret.

Everyone has their own thoughts, and the matter of the ministers and the army that was supposed to make a big fuss was artificially forgotten as if it had never happened.

After some verbal arguments and arguments, the facts were laid out, and the ministers were speechless, and they no longer dared to make noise, and changed their methods to drive away Zhou Yanru, Chongzhen was full of ambition and extremely happy, and nodded to Wang Dehua, who was about to announce his retirement from the dynasty. Outside the hall, the eunuch who came in as an errand for the political secretary, hurriedly came with the Taoist music, Wang Dehua hurriedly went over to take it, spread it out and took a look, first surprised, then happy, whispered and asked the eunuch a few words, and the eunuch was sure that he hurriedly raised his feet and sent it to the palace.

"Long live, it's a high dive, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde have descended!" Wang Dehua was so excited that he almost fell off the steps of the palace.

Hearing the news, Chongzhen was also surprised, and hurriedly took it to watch it, and after reading it, he looked up to the sky and laughed: "Ha Lu Ha, Ha Lu Ha"

His Royal Highness's officials were shocked by the laughter of the Son of Heaven, and they didn't know what was going on, and looked at the palace inexplicably.

Chongzhen stopped laughing, shook his hand very proudly in front of the eyes of the hundred officials, and said triumphantly: "You said that the ministers of the Ministry of Duty will make mistakes in supervising the army, and the ministers are all incompetent, and they only have yellow and white things in their eyes, and they can't do anything at all." But you see, Gao Qiqian has just reported that Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde have led their troops to surrender, and at this moment, the situation in Denglai has been decided, and there will be no more war from now on! Sun Yuanhua, Yu Dacheng, and Liu Yulie were all foreign ministers, not ministers of the I faction, but what did they do, but Gao Qiqian did it? You should tell me whether this minister is of any use in supervising the army! Are these ministers inferior to your foreign ministers? ”