"Say, why did you set up the Duan Literature Society?"

In the prison of the Imperial Prison, Wang Chengen stared at Gu Lin with a stern expression, Gu Lin seemed to have no courage to scold the eunuch at this time, and only trembled: "Learn from my grandfather's style, make friends with heroes in the world, and control the overall situation of the DPRK and China." ”

"If you are a scholar, you should be a good scholar, and you want to control the government, who gave you the guts!"

Wang Chengen roared angrily, and Gu Lin was directly frightened and cried: "It's Huo Zhongcheng!" Whining! ”

Gu Lin's sudden words made Wang Chengen stunned.

Wang Chengen's roar just now didn't really mean to ask Gu Lin who instructed him to set up the Duan Literature Society, he was just angry at Gu Lin for a moment of anger, but he didn't expect that this Duan Literature Club was really not just Gu Lin's own thoughts, it turned out that there were really courtiers involved in it.

Wang Chengen became interested, so he asked Gu Lin carefully: "Are you talking about Susong Governor Huoda?" ”

Gu Lin nodded, he was really afraid of pain, he originally thought that playing politics was just a matter of moving his lips and casually talking and laughing, but he didn't expect that he would experience such pain, being locked up in this dark room by a group of people and suffering inhuman torture.

Therefore, Gu Lin, who had been dressed and fed since childhood, couldn't bear such pressure in the end, and directly told everything he knew.

Even, Wang Chengen didn't ask much, and he didn't have time to use harsher punishments.

Soon, Zhu Youzhen also learned about Gu Lin's confession from Wang Chengen: "As Gu Lin said, Huo Da, the governor of Susong, and Shaoning, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, secretly instigated Gu Lin to take advantage of the Wu people's dissatisfaction with the government and secretly form a party for personal gain, in an attempt to become one of the six cabinets, and even contacted Ouyang Da to list the charges in the matter to impeach the first assistant Fan Jingwen?" ”

"Exactly, in addition, this Duanwen Society also has a relationship with the White-clothed Sect, which was established by the old party such as Qian Qianyi, Wang Duo, Zhang Shenyan, Dong Qichang, etc., to take the righteousness of the white-clothed scholars, intending to make friends with the low-level scholars and the people through the means of the rivers and lakes, and plotting revenge, and also secretly contacted the Qing court and swore allegiance to the Qing Dynasty."

Wang Chengen said that Zhu Youzhen's face became more and more solemn.

Although Zhu Youzhen had already guessed that there must be reactionary forces in his own Ming Dynasty, he was still quite indignant when he heard with his own ears that these reactionary forces were already doing things in an organized and premeditated manner and that they had begun to collude with the Manchu forces outside.

However, before Zhu Youzhen had time to think about how to deal with it, Shi Kefa, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal of the celebrant supervisor, walked outside: "Your Majesty, Fan Jingwen, the first assistant of the cabinet, Gao Hongtu, the second assistant, Qi Biaojia, the scholar, Liu Zongzhou, the scholar, Song Yingxing, the scholar, Jiang Yueguang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Chen Chunde, the imperial history of the Zuodu, and Jin Xuan, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, ask to see Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Youzhen was quite surprised when he heard this, and immediately smiled faintly: "What is happening today, the heads of the six departments of the cabinet and the three law departments are all asking to see each other, is it possible that Jiannu has come to Jiangnan?" Let them all come in. ”

Not long after, Fan Jingwen, the first assistant of the cabinet, and others led Gao Hongtu and other important officials to walk in, and they all glanced at Wang Chengen, and even Shi Kefa, the eunuch with the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, also glanced at Wang Chengen, and there was no kindness in his eyes.

Wang Chengen knew what these civil officials meant, as the governor of Dongchang, he arrested Gu Lin for no reason, although no one dared to say anything, but it was indeed a taboo for civil officials, and civil officials never wanted the ministers to interfere in the affairs of the foreign court.

I don't know if it is because I have formed the habit of seeing civil officials who are inferior for a long time, or I don't want to embarrass Emperor Zhu Youzhen, after seeing the unkind eyes of this group of civil officials from foreign dynasties, Wang Chengen consciously arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Weichen retires!" ”

"You stay! Now that the ministers of the six departments of the cabinet have arrived, the inner court celebrant and the imperial horse supervisor have all been able to do it, no matter what the important matter is, since you want the court to discuss it, you have to have a court meeting, go to call the master of ceremonies and the master of ceremonies Han Shoujing and the palm print of the imperial horse supervisor He Xinlai, and allow He Xin to bring a knife to the palace! ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly whispered, opened the bead curtain, and dragged a robe out.

Zhu Youzhen walked barefoot on the cold ice-like ground, glanced at Fan Jingwen and the others, and then glanced at Shi Kefa, the master of ceremonies.

As the emperor, Zhu Youzhen knew that although he was the master of the Ming Dynasty, he was not the only ruler of the entire empire, these civil officials and ministers were the ruling class he relied on, and these courtiers were needed to carry out major military and political affairs, so no matter how tough Zhu Youzhen was now, he could not offend these ruling classes of the entire empire.

And what he fears most is that these courtiers will unite against him, the emperor, so that he will not be able to rule the empire.

Therefore, when these courtiers from the six ministries of the current cabinet appeared together, and then saw the performance of the celebrant Shi Kefa towards Wang Chengen, Zhu Youzhen felt a threat, a threat from the ruling group of the empire.

Zhu Youzhen decisively ordered He Xin and Han Shoujing to come to the Qianqing Palace, and even let He Xin bring a knife to the palace, for no other reason, that is, to let these courtiers know who is the master of this Ming Dynasty!

Wang Chengen did not leave according to the order, and he also began to realize that he was His Majesty's person at this time, and if he retreated, it would be equivalent to His Majesty retreating, so he also began to straighten his chest and looked back at Shi Kefa, the master of ceremonies.

The whole hall was very quiet, no one spoke, and only eye contact made with each other.

Fan Jingwen and the others also knew what Zhu Youzhen was thinking at the moment, and they also knew that they should not come to see His Majesty with the main officials of the six cabinet departments and the three law divisions when they were not summoned by His Majesty, which invisibly had the intention of persecuting His Majesty.

However, Dongchang's unscrupulous behavior has made all Wenchen begin to feel dissatisfied.

Now Gu Lin's case has made them realize that if Dongchang's behavior is not stopped, civil officials will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the court.

Of course, Fan Jingwen and other civil officials also knew what His Majesty meant by letting He Xin bring a knife to the palace, but they were not afraid, unlike Gu Lin, they firmly believed that they were more loyal to Emperor Zhu Youzhen than anyone else.

So whether Zhu Youzhen decided to kill them or chop them, they were not afraid, they just felt that they should do their duty as a minister now, and they couldn't let Dongchang stretch his hand too long, so as to cause trouble to the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Han Shoujing and He Xin both came, although He Xin was a eunuch, but after going through the soldiers, he had already trained to be burly, and Ling Ran had a murderous aura, and when he carried a knife to the palace at this time, it invisibly gave Zhu Youzhen more confidence:

"Now that everyone is here, Fan Aiqing, let's talk about it, why are you coming to see me today?"

"Your Majesty, Weichen and the others ask Your Majesty to kill Wang Chengen, the Governor of Dongchang!"

Fan Jingwen knelt down after speaking.

At the same time, Gao Hongtu, Qi Biaojia, Liu Zongzhou, Song Yingxing, Jiang Yueguang, Chen Chunde, and Jin Xuan all knelt down.

And Shi Kefa, who was standing on the side of the inner court, also knelt down: "Your Majesty, Wang Chengen, the commander of Dongchang, is lawless, kills people's lives, and destroys people at every turn. ”

(End of chapter)