In the past, the methods of Dongchang and Jinyiwei were not gentle, they had never been the masters of the people, and they had not served the interests of the country.

But because he didn't pay attention to the control of public opinion, or despised this part, he was hacked very badly, and he has always become the spokesperson of brutality and autocracy.

This time, Dongchang's behavior can be described as cruel, and the methods can be described as ruthless.

But because of the help of Guangming Daily, they threw out a topic that they were interested in to the people in advance, so that they subjectively thought that this matter was related to love killing, and had nothing to do with the treacherous situation in the court behind it.

In addition, most of them were unwilling to believe the truth, so the people of the Donglin Party and the Fushe could only watch the death of Liang Yungou, the capital of the four pins, be covered up by the topic of extravagance and corruption of officials.

And they did not achieve their goal of using this incident to direct the people's dissatisfaction with reality to the factory guards.

On the contrary, because Guangming Daily deliberately cited hot events on the topic of official corruption, coupled with the deepening of contradictions caused by the widening wealth gap between various classes in the late Ming Dynasty, it is easy for the public to become more interested in the topic of official corruption.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen successfully used Guangming Daily to transfer the people's dissatisfaction with the imperial rule to the dissatisfaction with the civilian officials.

In the past, the rotten life of the civil servants was interpreted by the civil servants themselves as elegant, characterized as harmless, and even considered it beneficial.

Now that public opinion has begun to shift, the decadent life of civil officials is irresponsible to the interests of the country and the people, and they are squandering the people's fat and anointment.

"Zhang Shenyan, the scholar of the Scholars and Rites Department of Dongge University, raised the outer room, abandoned government affairs, and cherished the flowers, tsk, how can this kind of person be a pavilion elder."

"Some time ago, didn't someone still say that only Zhang Gong was the most upright in the Manchu Dynasty, but now it seems that it is just a raccoon dog!"

"I heard that Your Majesty has abandoned this person, some time ago there were people who complained for Zhang Shenyan, and now it seems that Your Majesty has abandoned this person for no reason, it is clear that Your Majesty is a good Majesty, and they have been harmed by this group of people Until now, the northern capital has fallen, how many people in the Manchu Dynasty have voted for thieves and rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and you can also know what kind of virtue these officials are now."

Quietly, the eunuch Dongchang Jinyiwei who was pushed to the cross to be criticized became a civil official.

Some literati doctors are not quite used to it, and they desperately want to make amends.

"Ge Lao, look, what do these people say about yours, saying that the princes of the Manchu Dynasty are in a high position, and they don't think about helping the displaced people outside the city, and they don't think about how to keep a leaf in the south of the Yangtze River and recover the northern capital, but they only look for flowers and willows."

Huang Zongxi came to Gao Hongtu, pointed to the hot discussion column of the second Guangming Daily, and then said: "Do you want the students to convene He Qiaoyuan and them to post a rebuttal, I Qingliu literati can't be slandered like this, but it seems that we have become sinners in this country!" ”

"It's too late, what's the use of writing these now, the people don't want to believe what you people say, and it's tantamount to saying it in vain, check the origin of this Guangming Daily, who came up with such a thing, every sentence conforms to the topics that the people like, but criticizes my literati doctor every word."

Gao Hongtu said with a wry smile.

"Regarding the topic of Liang Yungou, you don't have to discuss it anymore, it's too late to say anything now, it's serious to prepare for the test with peace of mind!"

After Gao Hongtu said, he ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair, so that he could go to Qingquan Temple.

As soon as he arrived at Qingquan Temple, Gao Hongtu made a helpless appearance and said to Master Juewu: "I really didn't expect it, this Guangming Daily is so troubled that we are about to be scolded, and now there is no point in talking about Dongchang." ”

"Zhang Ge Lao also said such things, he is looking for someone to secretly investigate the origin of this Guanghua Daily, in short, this Guanghua Daily cannot but be eliminated, how can I, the Jiangnan gentry, allow him to slander him so much!" Enlightened Master said.

"Tell Elder Zhang Ge that the official means to slow down for a while, there is no need to fight with the eunuchs so tensely, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are all close confidants of Your Majesty, and now you can't let Your Majesty find out about our relationship with Zuo Liangyu, and it's not too late to make trouble after the fourth day of the first month of February."

Although Gao Hongtu has chosen to turn his back on Donglin and close to Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, he also does not want to see the contradictions between himself, the Jiangnan officials, and His Majesty getting deeper and deeper, in that case, it is not a good thing for them as literati or for the entire Ming Dynasty.

The struggle for party power has always been misleading, but many officials are keen on it.

The enlightened mage who was in charge of delivering the message smiled:

"Ge Lao is too worried, Zhang Ge Lao means that he has to mess with His Majesty like this, so that he doesn't have the energy to pay attention to Ning Nanbo's affairs, and now he doesn't blame His Majesty for the fall of the northern capital, and doesn't investigate his crime of fleeing south, how can the prince rightfully ascend the throne at that time, he Zhu Youzhen should die in the capital, and the only one who wants to move south can only be His Royal Highness the Prince!"

The Enlightened Master sneered as he spoke.

"Right now, Ning Nanbo Zuo Liangyu has a million troops, and we are the internal response, taking Nanjing is like a bag to take things, and because of this, it doesn't hurt to let Your Majesty know the news that Zuo Liangyu is going to raise troops, and it can also scare him, and now it is the most important thing to let Ning Nanbo have a reason to raise troops."

Hearing this, Gao Hongtu couldn't help but feel a chill in his back, secretly thinking that this was the purpose of Zhang Shenyan's refusal to give up, wanting to make His Majesty stink, and then make the people completely disappointed in His Majesty, and finally let the crown prince ascend the throne.

Behind this move, he is trying to guide the people's hearts to him and Zuo Liangyu, so as to achieve his goal of controlling the government.

"It's still Zhang Gong's foresight, and the official is indeed old."

Gao Hongtu sighed, and returned to his house: "Call Jiao Xing, go out this time, my body is very tired, I have to let her rub it for me!" ”

"Master, the slave is here!"

A girl appeared delicately in front of Gao Hongtu.

Gao Hongtu hurriedly picked up this Jiao Xing: "My little heart, I want to die old man." ”

With that, Gao Hongtu and Jiao Xing entered the inner hall, and there was a continuous sound of ecstasy.

A certain housekeeper lurking in the inner courtyard of the Gao Mansion couldn't help but sneer at another servant: "The old immortal, he still does this thing in broad daylight, how different from Ximen Qing, it seems that it is not unreasonable for the Guangming Daily to say that the officials live a corrupt life, go and tell Master Zhang, as soon as our master goes home, he will sleep with the concubine in his arms, and he has not gone out to see anyone, nor has he had a private meeting with anyone in the mansion!" ”

And in fact.

At this time, Gao Hongtu was hurriedly and nervously said to Jiao Xing: "Please tell the prince immediately, Zhang Shenyan still refuses to give up, intending to attack Guangming Daily, the ultimate goal is to blame Your Majesty for the fall of the northern capital, and to blame Your Majesty for the inescapable responsibility, their original words are: Your Majesty can only die in the capital, and the one who moves south can only be His Royal Highness the Prince!" They are doing this to make His Majesty lose the will of the people, and use this as a rebellion for Zuo Liangyu to seize justice! ”