Xiong Kaiyuan pointed the spearhead at himself, Zhou Yanru was old and sophisticated, so he naturally would not let Xiong attack him like this, and immediately sent his cronies to win over Xiong Kaiyuan, so Wu Changshi in the Ministry of Rites, Sun Jin of Dali Temple, and Feng Yuanbiao, the servant of the Ministry of War, went to lobby Xiong Kaiyuan one after another. These people repeatedly explained the stakes to Xiong: Your opinion is correct, but there is still a glimmer of hope for the prince (Donglin) to be here, and to do things for the imperial court; If you say so, the emperor must think that Shoufu is not virtuous, and of course the people he quoted are not virtuous, everyone is reprimanded, and there must be another group of villains (Northern Party, not Donglin), and then there will be a place for you, an official from Donglin, to stand in this court?

Xiong Kaiyuan was right when he thought about it, he was the Donglin Party, in case the emperor really drove Zhou Yanru away, those northerners would definitely high-five Xiangqing and take the opportunity to control the court, and then he would stand inside? After all, the contradiction between himself and Zhou Yanru is an intra-party contradiction, since Zhou Yanru has realized his mistake, then why should he really kill everything, there is only one ending after this thing is done to the end - lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot.

Xiong Kaiyuan compromised and was willing to reconcile with Zhou Yanru and promised not to write a note to impeach Zhou Yanru, but what he didn't expect was that Zhou Yanru was making two preparations. After they succeeded in wooing Xiong Kaiyuan in Wuchang, he immediately entered the palace to complain to Chongzhen in a preemptive manner, and he said in front of Chongzhen: "The minister is isolated in the court, thanks to the emperor's favor, and has always been jealous of villains." What Xiong Kaiyuan said is unfounded. The reason why he pointed the finger at me was just to support his comrades and clear the way for him. ”

Between the deputy director of the pedestrian department and the first assistant of the cabinet, Chongzhen of course believes in Zhou Yanru, and he doesn't believe in Zhou Yanru, but Zhou Yanru has only been back for a few days, if he is allowed to get out of the way, there will be no place to hang his face that day. But Chongzhen didn't want to spare Zhou Yanru just like that, he also wanted to know whether what Xiong Kaiyuan said was true, so he sent the internal supervisor to urge Xiong Kaiyuan to submit a written copy immediately.

Xiong Kaiyuan is in a dilemma, he has promised Wu Changshi, Sun Jin, Feng Yuanbiao and others that they will no longer be embarrassed by Zhou Yanru and will no longer write a letter to the emperor, but now the emperor has sent someone to urge him, and if he pays it, he will offend Zhou Yanru and end up without trust; If he doesn't pay it, the emperor won't be able to pay it, but he patted his chest and entered the palace to impeach Zhou Yanru, but now he suddenly retreats halfway, what is the matter.

In desperation, Xiong Kaiyuan could only bite the bullet and play it again, but the words in the bullet chapter flickered, saying that the east and the west, looking to the left and looking forward to the right, there was no key word, and the song was deleted by Wu Changshi and half of it was handed over again, but the result became slurred, and the words did not reach the meaning. After Chongzhen saw it, he was also furious, there were no specific facts at all in this recital, and the words were all ambiguous, which was not a thing compared to Jiang Yu's wanton accusations.

The young Son of Heaven felt that he had been dumped by these officials again, so he was furious and ordered Jinyi Wei to immediately arrest Xiong Kaiyuan and bring him to justice. Luo Yangxing is Xiong Kaiyuan's fellow villager, and he has some troubles with Zhou Yanru, so he is unwilling to delve into Xiong Kaiyuan, so he also got a mock interrogation report and submitted it to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen thinks that Xiong Kaiyuan is "slandering and assisting", trying to isolate the emperor by framing the first and auxiliary ministers, so that they can form a party for personal gain, this matter is definitely not Xiong Kaiyuan's doing, there must be a main messenger behind it, I was counting on Luo Yangxing to find out for himself, how do you think Luo Yangxing actually understated, every sentence is exonerating Xiong Kaiyuan, which makes him angry, and fiercely reprimands Luo Yangxing: "Xiong Kaiyuan must have the main messenger behind the scenes, as my pro-army commander, why are you so partial to this person, are you towards me or towards him?" ”

The young Tianzi's words were so heavy that Luo Yangxing fell to his knees on the spot, sweat seeping from his back, and immediately re-interrogated Xiong Kaiyuan after returning to Beizhen Fusi.

Xiong Kaiyuan also understood this time that he went to prison because Zhou Yanru was double-faced and stabbed, and he was a black hand behind his back, so he also let go of it, exposed Zhou's privacy a lot, and pointed out how Zhou Yanru was corrupt and bribed, and how he took bribes.

Xiong Kaiyuan didn't recruit what the emperor wanted, but he bit the first assistant on the spot, Luo Yangxing was also dumbfounded, but he couldn't really kill Xiong Kaiyuan, although Xiong Kaiyuan and Zhou Yanru were not in harmony, but after all, he was a member of the Donglin Party, and there were factions in the Donglin Party, who knew which Donglin veteran was standing behind Xiong Kaiyuan. If he really kills the bear, he won't be able to save another field in the future.

Luo Yangxing is really afraid of the Donglin Party now, so afraid that this dignified leader of the emperor's pro-army has become an old official who is as timid as a mouse, only seeking self-protection and not daring to offend people.

It's a pity, the emperor's ears and eyes, if there is no them, the emperor will be blinded by the court, how can he understand the situation.

Luo Yang is derelict in his duties, incompetent, stupid!

Here Luo Yangxing is having a headache how to present Xiong Kaiyuan's confession to Chongzhen, and the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six departments and six departments over there have already taken action.

In one day, there were twenty-six uneven performances for Jiang Yu and Xiong Kaiyuan into the palace. Of course, Chongzhen was so angry about this, he didn't leave it all in the middle, and he didn't bother to answer them. Lu Xiangsheng, the prime minister of the five provinces, reported that Gao Yingxiang, the thief of the rogue thief, fled from Jianghuai to Xinyang, and the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong rushed into Sichuan, and Hong Chengchou also reported that the thieves in the northwest were all in Henan, and the officials and troops were unable to gather and suppress, so they could temporarily control the thieves in the Central Plains, and wait for the imperial court to transfer troops and horses to come together and gather and annihilate. Henan side also played in addition to Luoyang and Kaifeng, there is no place in the province that is not infested with rogues, but I hate this Henan governor Xuan Mo did not think about the province, and rebounded to impeach the Lushun general Shi Dayong to plunder, fortunately, the cabinet refuted him, otherwise I really wanted to kill Shi Dayong based on his hearsay and unchecked charges of a provincial official? Kill this Shi Dayong, can you guarantee that the twenty or thirty thousand tiger and wolf soldiers under his command will not rebel?

Chongzhen is not a fool, he knows exactly what the intention of the cabinet to refute Xuanmo's bullet is clear, but he doesn't say it, and he doesn't want to care, he only asks Shi Dayong to calm down the rogue for him now, and there will always be a time to settle accounts in the future for other things. But at this juncture, even he, the son of heaven, did not dare to take the risk of forcing Shi Dayong to reprimand. Hou Sui is also incompetent, patted his chest that day and said that as long as he goes to supervise the division, this Liaodong army will be used by the imperial court and become an elite soldier that the imperial court can really master, but after so many days, what has he done? !

Incompetent, incompetent, incompetent!

Chongzhen is really disappointed now, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty can't find a few talents who can be really capable, alas, after a long sigh, he suddenly thought of Yang Sichang, who was filial piety and loyalty

In order to deal with Hong Chengchou's statement that the liukou would meet in the Central Plains, Chongzhen summoned hundreds of civil and military officials on the platform to discuss how to deal with the matter. Before this began, there were officials who pleaded for Jiang Yun in the middle of the matter. He didn't dare to say good things for Jiang Yun directly, but said euphemistically: "Your Majesty, the ministers are shallow, and they can't understand the original meaning of the emperor's words. But Jiang Yun has always been hardworking, diligent as an official, weak and sickly, and hopes that the emperor will be forgiving. ”

Wu Linzheng said tactfully, unlike other officials who came up with a set of big truths to accuse him of being the emperor first, Chongzhen was calm and not angry after hearing it, in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, he felt the need to explain this matter, he said: "Since I ascended the throne, I have not been conscientious for a day, lest my ancestors be ruined in my hands." But in the past eight years, internal and external troubles have continued, and the ancestral tomb has been burned down by thieves. As he spoke, Chongzhen burst into tears sadly. He sadly wiped away his tears with his patched sleeves, and then said: "You blame me for sending the official to prison, but have you ever thought that Jiang Yun did not obey the edict, but instead asked me, how can I not be dealt with severely?" You officials take speech as their duty, and they dare not speak what they should say, but they dare to deceive the court. The saying of "twenty-four qi" is an anonymous leaflet, which should be destroyed when you see it, but Jiang Yun repeatedly mentioned it in the recital, and he had to ask for the guilt. You are the eyes and ears of the court, and your own style is not correct, how can you correct others? ”

After spitting out the words that had been held in his heart for a few days, Chongzhen felt much more comfortable, but found that His Royal Highness's ministers were not as sad as him, the emperor, and couldn't help muttering: The spirit does not need to be on the country.

The Son of Heaven's criticism of the speech official was not unreasonable, and Wu Linzheng was difficult to justify, but he said a sentence that was neither hard nor soft, he said: "Your Majesty, the speech official is only responsible for what he says, as for whether he speaks properly, whether he is competent or not, he will naturally obey the punishment of the imperial court." To put it bluntly, it means that the official is talking nonsense, and if he is right, he has merit, and if he is not right, he can't blame the official, after all, it is not the official who is in power, and there are not six cabinet ministries.

After shamelessly shirking the responsibility for the official, Wu Linzheng shifted the topic to Xiong Kaiyuan, he said: "Recently, Xiong Kaiyuan was convicted of blaming the first assistant Zhou Yanru, although it is a lie, but the folk proverb says: "The family is poor and thinks of a virtuous wife, and the country is in chaos." "The country's feudal territory has been corrupted to such an extent, shouldn't Shoufu be blamed?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yanru's eyes widened, and he was about to refute, but seeing that the young emperor in the palace had already refuted it first, Chongzhen said angrily: "Xiong Kaiyuan pretends to be secretive, slanders and assists, increases the size of the small, and bullies the noble, this kind of atmosphere cannot be promoted." ”

"The establishment of a spokesman in the dynasty is to let the spokesman speak, and it doesn't matter if it is right or wrong, but it cannot be punished for words. The ministers asked the emperor to return the two. ”

Fu Shuxun, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, came forward to intercede for Jiang Yun and Xiong Kaiyuan, but Chongzhen ignored him and refused to allow it. Chongzhen was not angry in his heart, and was about to ask Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, and Chen Xinjia, the right attendant, to come out to speak, but saw that the talented man Liu Zongzhou came out of class, and Zhenzhen said: "Your Majesty asked for virtuous ministers, Jiang Wei and Xiong Kaiyuan responded to the call, and they were convicted for their speech." This dynasty has never been imprisoned in Jinyiwei Prison, and Jiang and Xiong Erchen have set a precedent. But the emperor should know that Dongchang and Jinyiwei were lynched by the imperial court, and they should not be set up, let alone credulous. The ministers, please completely remove Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and all the punishments will be given to the three law divisions! ”

As soon as this remark came out, all the civil and military forces in the hall were stunned, Liu Zongzhou really dared to say it, but it was really very pleasant, this Dongchang and Jinyiwei should have been completely eliminated a long time ago, and there was an empty shelf left before the emperor still remembered to use them! If Dongchang and Jinyiwei are allowed to resurrect and make waves again through this matter, then these courtiers will be like Mangla in their backs.

What does Dongchang and Jinyiwei do? The full hall of civil and military knows that those Jinyi Guard's pro-army and fans are not looking for trouble with those ordinary people, but specifically staring at them as officials!

Ten years of hard study, thousands of miles of being an official for money, who is willing to be a good official and be secretly monitored to find fault? Who wants to collect the silver in front of him, and his back feet will be taken by the East Factory, and the front and back feet will be grabbed by the brocade guards?

This Dongchang and Jinyiwei should have been done a long time ago, and it should have been completely done six years ago, and he was still left with an empty shelf to do!

Hurry, brave, what a talented Liu Zongzhou! Say I dare not say it, say I want to say it!

In the palace class, except for the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Luo Yangxing's face was ugly, and he secretly scolded Liu Zongzhou in his heart for not thinking about him at all in the past few years, and he was clearly going to kill the donkey and unload the mill, and he lost Lao Tzu to follow you everywhere in the past few years, towards you, and he didn't dare to report anything to the emperor, but you are good, you will turn your face when you say that you will turn your face, and you will not think about taking Lao Tzu as an official before fifteen! Damn, it's so deceitful!

Zhou Yanru's face changed greatly at first, but after a few seconds, the corners of his mouth remained silent and watched the show.

Chongzhen was stunned at first, but soon became angry, the factory guard had suffered Donglin's loss six years ago, he was young and ignorant, for the so-called false name actually approved the dismissal of the factory guard, now I want to regret it to death, I want to recover, but the money and food are in the hands of the courtiers, as long as he shows the slightest thought this day, the saliva of the Manchu Dynasty will fly over like snowflakes. In desperation, they could only endure this breath, but they didn't expect that these people didn't even feel at ease with the factory guards who couldn't lay off a few people left, and they still had to think of a way to use the reason to go, did they really want to completely control the court in their hands, and let him, the emperor, become completely deaf and blind!

In order to suppress the anger, Chongzhen raised his head and looked up at the beams on the roof of the palace, and asked Liu Zongzhou lightly: "Dongchang and Jinyiwei both enforce the law for the imperial court, you tell me, what is public and what is private?" ”

The emperor was already in flames, and although the voice was flat, anyone could see the anger on the face of the young emperor, but Liu Zongzhou turned a blind eye to it, and still talked eloquently: "The court has rules for treating speech officials, and if the speech officials are spoken, they can be used if they are available, and they are ignored if they are not available." Even if there is a deserved crime, it should be decided by the three legal divisions according to the circumstances. Xiong Kaiyuan and Jiang Yun are manic and ignorant, and they can't be said to be innocent. However, because His Majesty was eager to speak, they were imprisoned in Jinyiwei Prison because of their speech, which was detrimental to the national body, and I am afraid that it was not His Majesty's original intention to seek talent. I hope that His Majesty will take into account the difficult situation and open up his views. Didn't Chen and Huang Daozhou also get convicted for their words back then, but they were also tolerated by His Majesty, why couldn't Jiang Xiong and the others be? The matter of the factory guard, since Chongzhen has been abolished for half of the second year, and it is logical to stop it after six years, and keep this kind of lynching, but I don't know if His Majesty does not believe us courtiers, or does he have other intentions? The minister is dull, please make it clear to Your Majesty. ”

"You!" Chongzhen's patience reached the limit, and finally broke out, and he proclaimed angrily: "Liu Zongzhou is the person behind Xiong Kaiyuan, waiting for the decree to be punished!" ”

The left servant of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Du Yu Jin Guangchen, was startled, and hurriedly knelt down to defend Liu Zongzhou: "Liu Zongzhou is upright, never a guest, and has no contact with Xiong Kaiyuan. Zong Zhou and the minister are in the same yamen, and the minister knows him very well......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the young emperor in the palace shout: "Jin Guangchen will also be punished!" ”

Hearing this, Jin Guangchen was also stunned, and still said in his mouth: "Liu Zongzhou is honest and upright, he has always been quiet in the yamen, and the people's hearts are uplifted, I hope the emperor will reprimand me and leave him as an old minister." ”

At this time, Fan Jingwen and other ministers of the Criminal Department knelt on the ground together, asking the emperor to forgive Liu and Jin, Chongzhen was unmoved, and said coldly: "Qing and others don't need to apply for help, get up!" Liu Zongzhou and Jin Guangchen withdrew first to wait for the order, and the officials of Jiuqing and Kedao discussed the punishment and then reported it. Then he asked the cabinet ministers to accompany him to the inner room to discuss the matter, and immediately announced his will: "Liu Zongzhou is dismissed, and the criminal department is convicted." ”

Out of consideration for Donglin's fellow party, Zhou Yanru repeatedly begged the emperor to retract his order, hoping that he would learn from Tang Taizong's open-mindedness and generosity of Wei Zheng, and not be like a speech official.

The young Son of Heaven was really angry, he didn't listen at all, and replied impatiently: "I don't learn from him." ”

The emperor didn't even study Tang Taizong, Zhou Yanru didn't know what Lu Dao said for a while, the second assistant Qian Wensheng, the university scholar He Wuyu and others were also stunned there, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows how Lu Dao should advise this young son of heaven.

was quiet, and suddenly saw Cao Huachun trotting in, and shouted with an open face: "Your Majesty... Emperor! ”

"Shut up!" Chongzhen was on fire, glared at Cao Huachun fiercely, and reprimanded in a low voice: "What are you screaming, haven't you seen me discussing with the cabinet members!" Get out of the way! ”

"Yes..."Cao Huachun muffled, said no, didn't say no, retreated to Chongzhen's side and hung his hands and stood still, but his face was extremely bitter, and he stopped talking, which was quite painful.

Chongzhen was bored for a moment, and then glanced at Cao Huachun: "Say it." ”

"Yes," Cao Huachun bowed down and said in a low voice: "Changping urgent report, Dongyu Tartar has broken the Juyong Pass!" After speaking, he handed over the express report

Author's note: Henan, Shaanxi, Juyongguan, and Jingshi are all written together in the recent stage, so there may be a difference in time, so readers should pay attention when reading. Roughly in the same time period, they occur sequentially. As for what happened to Lu He spent a few more chapters describing the affairs of the court officials, I wanted everyone to pay attention to the protagonist and learn more about the political situation of the Ming Dynasty at that time. Such a Ming Dynasty and such an official cannot be saved.