August 15 of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Mid-Autumn Festival, early dynasty.

This is an early dynasty that has attracted too much attention, involving the adjustment of the cabinet, the impeachment of Zhang Fengyi and Zheng Xunrui, etc., in this early dynasty, there should be results.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a very grand festival, and it is said that it should be rested, but the emperor specially arranged for the early court on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival to discuss the important matters, which also fully shows that the emperor attaches great importance to this early dynasty and has made up his mind.

At the time of the day, the officials above the fourth rank of the court and the six departments of the Imperial Procuratorate were all waiting outside the Qianqing Palace, including Yang Yipeng, the governor of Caoyun, Huang Shijun, the left attendant of the Nanjing Rite Department, Kong Yuanzhen, etc., who were also waiting outside the Qianqing Palace, but their expressions were a little strict, and they also had a trace of apprehension.

At three o'clock, the door of the Qianqing Palace opened, and the officials above the third grade entered the palace, and the rest of the people were still waiting outside the palace, which was also the benefit of the rank, and they could always rest a little when they entered the palace.

At that time, the emperor came to the Qianqing Palace.

When the eunuch Wang Chengen shouted loudly that the emperor had arrived, everyone cheered up, although they had been waiting for an hour, and they did not sleep well at night.

Everyone entered the Qianqing Palace to meet the emperor.

The Qianqing Palace was crowded, and everyone lowered their heads, not knowing what to think.

After all the worship ceremonies, the emperor spoke.

"Wen Aiqing, let's announce the matter of the early dynasty."

The emperor didn't have any superfluous words, and everyone had adapted to this form, but maybe today's early dynasty was too important, so everyone also cheered up and looked at Wen Tiren.

The early dynasty was one thing, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, Tang Shiji, the supervising imperial history Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, Liu Zong, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Gan Xuekuo, the right deputy imperial envoy of Nanjing, and Yang Yi, the secretary of the Hanlin Academy, Yang Yi, Wu Changshi, Gong Dingyu and others played the impeachment of the cabinet minister, the secretary of the military department, Zhang Fengyi. Zheng Xunrui, the left deputy envoy of the military department, the reason for the impeachment was that Zhang Fengyi and Zheng Xunrui bewitched the emperor and negotiated peace with the Houjin Tartars without authorization. insulted the Ming Dynasty and lost the backbone of the scholars, and the two should be dismissed and investigated.

Many people know about the impeachment, but they learned that Liu Zongzhou, Wang Duo, Gan Xuekuo and others were involved in the impeachment. still surprised many people, you must know that the relationship between these people and Zheng Xunrui is not ordinary.

Wang Duo is the mentor of Zheng Xunrui's county test, Liu Zongzhou is the teacher of Zheng Xunrui's house test, they all say that one day is a teacher and a father for life, Wang Duo and Liu Zongzhou, who are teachers, are Zheng Xunrui's teachers, and they came forward to impeach, which is a very big blow to Zheng Xunrui, at least in terms of reputation.

As for Gan Xuekuo, he used to be the governor of Shaanxi, because Zheng Xunrui served as the governor of Shaanxi. Therefore, he was transferred to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, which should be said to be Zheng Xunrui's predecessor.

But one thing is very clear to everyone, Liu Zong, Zhou Wang Duo and Gan Xuekuo and others are all veritable Donglin Party members.

From this point of view, it is not particularly strange that they came forward to impeach Zheng Xunrui, the rules of the Donglin Party are very strict, Wang Duo and Liu Zongzhou were both Zheng Xunrui's mentors, it is said that Zheng Xunrui should be an out-and-out Donglin Party, but unfortunately Zheng Xunrui is incompatible with the Donglin Party. This must have made Wang Duo and Liu Zongzhou's faces gloomy.

Wen Tiren had just finished speaking, and before he had time to catch his breath, Liu Zongzhou stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached Zhang Fengyi and Zheng Xunrui. It is because the two of them are shameless, and they actually negotiated with the barbarians, which damaged the majesty of Wei of our Ming Dynasty and discredited the emperor and the court. It is also necessary to keep Shen Du in mind at all times, and to do everything in mind, we must take into account the family and the country, and now that the two can shake hands with the Houjin Tartars to negotiate, he may betray the world of the Ming Dynasty and become the lackeys of the Houjin Tartars, and the examples of Geng Jingzhong and Kong Youde have been placed in front of them. ”

As soon as Liu Zongzhou said this, the audience was shocked, this hat is too big, who can bear it.

"The minister is not alarmist, he can't go thousands of miles without accumulating steps, and the thousand-mile causeway is destroyed in the anthill, Zhang Fengyi and Zheng Xunrui have already shown signs of compromise with the Houjin Tartars, and they will be able to do more outrageous things in the future, yes, the two of them let the Houjin Tartars take out 10 million taels of silver this time, but can the silver buy the majesty of my Ming court, can it buy the backbone of my Ming scholars, this is obviously impossible." ……

Liu Zongzhou is a great Confucian, and he speaks one by one, interlocking, and his strict logic is irrefutable, as for the contributions made by Zhang Fengyi and Zheng Xunrui, he will not mention it, because he thinks that cracking down on the Houjin Tartar is what every court official should do.

After Liu Zongzhou began, the Qianqing Palace instantly became lively, and Gan Xuekuo and others began another crusade and impeachment, so that in their eyes, Zhang Fengyi and Zheng Xunrui became heinous criminals, even more hateful than Kong Youde and others, and the emperor should have beheaded the two directly.

Zhang Fengyi's face had become very ugly, and he never imagined that Liu Zongzhou, Tang Shiji and others would actually say such vicious words in front of him.

During the process of everyone's impeachment, the emperor never spoke.

An hour has passed, and the people who should come forward to impeach have basically said it.

Zhang Fengyi can defend himself, but his defense is very pale at this time.

At this time, Wen Tiren came forward and slowly spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister listened to the impeachment of your lords just now, and the ministers did not dare to agree with your lords' opinions."

Wen Tiren said this, and the atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace changed instantly, you must know that Wen Tiren is the first assistant of the cabinet, according to reason, he should speak at the end, at least until other rebuttals come out before speaking, but Wen Tiren spoke directly, which is meaningful.

"Chen remembers that there is a sentence in "Huainanzi", Linyuan Muyu, it is better to go home and close the net, this is to warn the reader, do anything, be physically good, don't stand aside and complain, let alone complain that others are not doing well."

When Wen Tiren said this, Liu Zongzhou and the others blushed, they knew what Wen Tiren meant.

Sure enough, Wen Tiren went on to speak.

"After 100,000 Houjin Tatars invaded the land of Gyeonggi, Lord Zhang strategized, and Lord Zheng made a move, killing more than 18,000 Houjin Tatars, so that Houjin Tatars fled in a hurry, as for the disposal of Abatai and Houjin Tatar prisoners, the minister is even more confused, is it necessary to kill Abatai and more than 3,000 Houjin Tatar captives."

"Look at how the Houjin Emperor Taiji treats the people who surrendered, Kong Youde and others were named kings, the minister knows that this is the Huang Taiji's sinister intentions, and wants to let more officials of the Ming Dynasty surrender, but the Emperor Taiji at least knows how to use some means to win the hearts of others, but how did some adults in the court build it, kill all the captives of the Houjin Tartars, and compare the two, the minister thinks that the people who put forward such an unbounded construction are really sinister, these people are just thinking about putting the emperor in an unkind and unrighteous situation."

"Lord Zhang and Lord Zheng really drove away the Houjin Tartars, negotiated with the Houjin Tartars on behalf of the imperial court, and exchanged for the people of my Jinggi land who were plundered by the Houjin Tartars, and got 10 million taels of silver, such a real merit, it was actually said by some people to be spies and traitors, the minister really didn't understand, when the Houjin Tartars invaded the land of Gyeonggi, what were these adults doing, did they pick up the knife and gun and went desperately with the Houjin Tartars, and now they are standing here and are not ashamed, don't you feel ashamed." ……

When Wen Tiren said these words, the surroundings were very quiet, as long as he was not a fool, he could hear that Wen Tiren's tone of speech actually represented the emperor, which should be the emperor's opinion, otherwise Wen Tiren would never refute the impeachment opinion with such a posture.

In the process of Wen Tiren's speech, a smile also appeared on the emperor's face.

After Wen Tiren finished speaking, Liu Zongzhou spoke again.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wen's words, the ministers dare not agree, these are all strong words, the ministers think that the emperor's side is a villain and then a gentleman retreats, and the words of Lord Wen are the words of a villain......"

After Liu Zongzhou said this, there was a deathly silence all around, and everyone understood that Wen Tiren was speaking out on behalf of the emperor, but Liu Zongzhou reprimanded Wen Tiren for being a villain, isn't this a direct attack on the emperor.

Before Liu Zongzhou finished speaking, the emperor's face changed.

"Liu Aiqing, I don't understand, is it only allowed for you to impeach others, don't you allow others to justify, do you say that I must listen to what you say, to be considered a holy monarch, I want to ask you, when the Houjin Tartars invaded the land of Gyeonggi, what was Liu Aiqing doing, what were the rest of the Aiqing who proposed impeachment, what were you all doing when the capital was besieged by the Houjin Tartars, I am really curious, why there is such a voice in the court, all those who are loyal to me for sharing worries and serving me, I will all encounter your impeachment and interrogation, it seems that these people are all villains around me, and some people who talk rhetorically are the so-called clear streams......"

Liu Zongzhou's face had turned pale, and his body was trembling slightly.

Not only him, but the faces of Tang Shiji and the others also changed.

A rather comfortable smile appeared on the faces of Wen Tiren and the others.

Zhang Fengyi was even more happy, he had already understood.

After the emperor finished speaking, he no longer listened to the arguments and arguments of the crowd, and got up and left.

For so many years, it was the first time that such a situation had occurred in the early dynasties.

Liu Zongzhou and others instantly became the target of public criticism, the emperor's conclusion is not ordinary, exaggerated, the so-called Qingliu is actually to characterize Liu Zongzhou and others as villains. (To be continued.) )