Chapter 7: Drunken Immortals Want to Die
Cui Chengxiu is one of the five tigers of the Wei Party, Wei Zhongxian's right-hand man, and is currently the secretary of the military department, and is deeply trusted by Wei Zhongxian, but this time he became a victim and was thrown by Wei Zhongxian as a stone to ask for directions.
Yang Weiyuan wrote to the court to impeach Cui Chengxiu, saying that Cui Chengxiu was so unbearable, corrupt and perverted the law, etc., but he took Wei Zhongxian away in the book and supported Wei Zhongxian, obviously wanting to have an abandoned pawn to protect the commander.
After Chongzhen read this Yang Weiyuan's recital, he immediately ordered a thorough investigation, and soon dismissed Cui Chengxiu and ordered him to return to his hometown to guard the system, so that Chongzhen effortlessly pushed the boat down the river and removed one of Wei Zhongxian's arms.
Who are the officials in the court? From this incident, many people saw the direction of the future, and suddenly the government and the opposition were overwhelming with the bullet stamps of Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian didn't expect that he couldn't throw a stone to ask for directions, but he was killed off an arm, and then he began to mess up, or he said, the Ming Dynasty was not good, but in the treatment of eunuchs, it was still relatively good, even if Wei Zhongxian was known as nine thousand years old and had power in the government and the opposition, but it was still not to the point where he could influence the change of the emperor.
As long as the emperor wants, then even if Wei Zhongxian is powerful, there is still no way to stop Chongzhen from taking back power, so the tide of overthrowing Wei will be opened.
After Xiong Wencan sent away the impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, he fell into a state of panic, like ants on a hot pot in Fujian, he kept inquiring about the movements of the court every day, for fear that one day as soon as the door was opened, a large group of Jinyi guards rushed into his house, tied him up and took him to Beijing, and arrested his family and put him in the Jinyiwei prison.
Although Xiong Wencan made up his mind to gamble, after he really made a move, he still regretted it a little, because when his impulse passed and he calmed down, he found that he was fooled by Yu Xiaotian and Lin Yiyang.
In fact, if he doesn't jump out this time, for him, the governor of Fujian, the impact is not very great, whether he is down or not, in fact, it will not affect him too much, if he doesn't jump out, whether Wei Zhongxian falls or not, he has not attracted the attention of the emperor at most, and the governor of Fujian can still continue to do it, and it is a big deal that he cannot continue to be promoted in the future.
But as soon as he jumped out like this, it would be a big problem, if Wei Zhongxian fell, then everything is easy to say, he will definitely attract the attention of the current saints, and it will definitely be of great help to his career in the future.
But on the other hand, if Wei Zhongxian fails to do it this time, and let Wei Zhongxian continue to stay in the middle of the court to make waves and make waves, then his situation may be very bad, with Wei Zhongxian's temperament of retribution, he will definitely not be able to spare Xiong Wencan, and it will be light to kill him, and if he doesn't get it right, he will be beheaded by the whole family.
So after thinking about the stakes involved, Xiong Wencan couldn't help but start to be annoyed with Yu Xiaotian, and said in his heart Lao Tzu is so good, you just jumped out and pushed Lao Tzu to join this dispute, now it's good, it's too late to regret it, you can only sit and watch the development of the future situation.
Although Xiong Wencan was annoyed that Yu Xiaotian dragged him into this troubled water, but since he did it, he couldn't complain about Yu Xiaotian, not to mention that now he couldn't do without Yu Xiaotian, especially Yu Xiaotian knew about what happened in the Jingshi much faster than him, so he had to send someone to Yu Xiaotian's mansion in Fuzhou every day to inquire about new news.
Even in order to facilitate him to inquire about the news, he personally ordered Yu Xiaotian to stay in Fuzhou Mansion for the time being, and not to return to Weitouwan first.
In the next month or so, Xiong Wencan was like riding a roller coaster, and he was made to die by the news he received from various Jingshi, and he couldn't stop it.
The news in the Jingshi was unfavorable to him at first, and after the current saint received his recital, he actually issued an order to reprimand him, which made Xiong Wencan almost run to Yu Xiaotian, pointing at his nose and scolding his mother.
But after Yu Xiaotian learned the news, he also ran to the door to congratulate him, saying that Xiong Wencan had attracted the attention of the emperor, although it was ostensibly to reprimand him, but in fact, it was to protect him, so that Xiong Wencan could rest assured that he would be fine.
Xiong Wencan was relieved, and scolded Yu Xiaotian half to death in his heart, but there was nothing he could do, anyway, things had come to this point, and he could only take one step at a time.
Then Wei Zhongxian mobilized the henchmen of the government and the opposition to impeach Xiong Wencan, and even scared Xiong Wencan half to death, so he had to write a suicide note and leave arrangements for his family, and he was even ready to be kicked open at any time, and a group of horsemen poured into him to kidnap him.
But then Xiong Wencan was a little incomprehensible, things seemed to be developing in the direction of good luck as Yu Xiaotian expected, first of all, the emperor took the treatment of many impeachment seals against him, which shows that the emperor has the heart to protect him and did not throw him away as an outcast.
This is indeed good news, Xiong Wencan has been mentioning his heart for many days, and this is finally coming down.
Then Yu Xiaotian brought new news, saying that Yang Weiyuan impeached Cui Chengxiu, Cui Chengxiu was dismissed from his post and dismissed, and he was ordered to return to his hometown to guard the system.
Xiong Wencan is such a shrewd person! From this news, I immediately smelled some smell, so my mood suddenly relaxed a lot.
In the next ten days, news continued to come from the Beijing Division, saying that a large number of officials from the government and the opposition had gone to the court to impeach Wei Zhongxian and his henchmen for all kinds of corruption and perversion of the law.
Although the Wei Party has also repeatedly counterattacked, but the current saint seems to ignore this, Wei Zhongxian, in order to protect himself, almost every day to go to Chongzhen to cry, saying that someone wants to frame him as a loyalist, Chongzhen is kind to persuade him.
But Xiong Wencan, the old fox, still felt that things seemed to be developing in the direction he wanted, and Wei Zhongxian should be about to lose his hold.
Sure enough, in November of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, someone wrote a letter to impeach Wei Zhongxian again, and listed Wei Zhongxian's ten major crimes, and these ten major crimes are not like the twenty major crimes listed on Xiong Wencan's original bullet stamp, which are mostly crimes that cannot be confirmed by hearsay, but can be confirmed by hearsay.
Emperor Chongzhen, who had endured for months, finally began to break out, and he recruited Wei Zhongxian into the palace and read the badge to his face and reprimanded him.
Wei Zhongxian also knew that the general trend of the Dao had gone, and after thinking about it, he felt that it was better to know each other himself, rather than waiting for Chongzhen to arrest him, it was better to retreat bravely now and save a life and go home to retire.
Although Wei Zhongxian leaned towards the government and the opposition, after all, he was just a eunuch, and he had no courage to launch a coup d'Γ©tat to overthrow the Ming dynasty, or to oust Chongzhen from power and support a new emperor to ascend the throne.
Since Wei Zhongxian knew each other very well and wanted to resign and return to his hometown, Chongzhen happily accepted his resignation, but did not let him return to his hometown, and asked him to go to Fengyang, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, to guard the imperial mausoleum.
Wei Zhongxian had no choice but to step down gloomily, carrying a large amount of money accumulated over the years, and went out of Beijing to guard the tomb in Fengyang, the central capital.
When Xiong Wencan received the news, his heart fell into his chest with a complete plop, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, saying in his heart that Wei Zhongxian had finally fallen, and he was finally right this time, so the kind of anger that Xiaotian had caused when he pulled him into this right and wrong suddenly disappeared, and in exchange for his gratitude to Xiaotian.
If it weren't for Yu Xiaotian's reminder this time, he would definitely not have caught this bus, and he would definitely not dare to jump out and bite Wei Zhongxian, when this bird, but this time he finally bet on the right treasure and became the vanguard of Wei this time.
So even if Xiong Wencan asked people to set up a banquet in the inner house, Yu Xiaotian and Lin Yiyang invited him over to thank Yu Xiaotian in the form of a family banquet.
Yu Xiaotian quickly rushed over, gave another gift, congratulated Xiong Wencan again and again, and treated Xiong Wencan very respectfully.
Xiong Wencan's mood is happy, of course, how to see how Yu Xiaotian is pleasing to the eye, and his heart says that this Yu Xiaotian is really his lucky general! If he doesn't cultivate such a person well, who else will he cultivate!
So he also put down the shelf, put on a civilian clothes, let Yu Xiaotian sit down, and drank wine with him.
When they talked about the future of Wei Zhongxian and some of his henchmen, Xiong Wencan said with a sigh: "Who would have thought that the 9,000-year-old who was in power at that time would end up in the current situation, and be demoted to the central capital to guard the imperial tomb and become a Si Xiang!" As soon as he thought of this, the old man felt happy! β
Yu Xiaotian looked at Xiong Wencan, who was already a little carried away at this time, and hurriedly flattered him a few words, and then said: "Do you think that this Wei thief just ended up guarding the imperial tomb in the middle of the city and being a Si Xiang?" β
Xiong Wencan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Isn't this still okay?" β
Yu Xiaotian shook his head and said: "I think that this will never be the end of the Wei thief!" Wouldn't that be cheap for him? You must know that the Wei thief has wanted to be unfavorable to the current saint many times, even if the saint is generous, he will never let go of the Wei thief and his henchmen!
If the lowly expectations are good, I'm afraid this Wei thief will be very sad this year! β
Sure enough, not long after Yu Xiaotian's words landed, news came from the Jingshi, saying that the current saint found out that Wei Zhongxian had committed a heinous crime, and ordered that Wei Zhongxian should not be allowed to go to the central capital to guard the tomb again, but ordered the Jinyi Weiti to ride out of Beijing on the starry night, catch up with Wei Zhongxian's chariot team, and take him back to Beijing for interrogation.
And Wei Zhongxian died in the car on the medicine before being caught up by the Jingshi Tiqi, and finally escaped the pain of being taken back to the Jingshi to be tortured.