Compared with Zhang Xianzhong's first suppression and then promotion, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai at this time were proud. After Li Zicheng captured Luoyang, he appointed a surrendered Ming official as the head of Luoyang, and tried to establish a sense for the first time. Of course, in the battle of Zuo Liangyu to recover Luoyang City, Luoyang City fell into the hands of the imperial court again, and the official was also executed by Zuo Liangyu, but after all, Li Zicheng began to take the initiative to establish power.

At this time, the Li and Luo coalition forces had to find a "capital" of their own regime. Li Zicheng's first sight was Kaifeng City. However, in the process of besieging Kaifeng, the camp was repelled by the defending officer army and the Runing army, so Li Zicheng set his sights on the reserve target - Xiangyang.

But at this time, the Li and Luo coalition forces could not occupy Xiangyang with peace of mind, because Fu Zonglong, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, led the general soldier He Renlong and the deputy general Li Guoqi to join the general army Hu Dawei led by Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, and Zuo Liangyu, who defeated Zhang Xianzhong's army, also joined the battle group, and the Runing army on the side was eyeing the tiger.

So the Li and Luo coalition forces began to use the rapid flow that the peasant army was good at, and Fu Zonglong, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, saw that the peasant army was leaving without a fight, and mistook it for a sign of timidity, so he led the army to chase after him.

But at this time, the Jiangnan Shilin world was surging, as if they didn't see the battle situation in the world, they began to push the phase movement, wanting to put the original first assistant who returned to his hometown and the spokesperson of the Donglin Party, Zhou Yanru, back to the position of the first assistant.

To be honest, sometimes I have to admire Emperor Chongzhen's willpower and psychological endurance. Not to mention the size of his ability to govern the country, just think about it, if it were an ordinary person, in the past ten years, when encountering the deteriorating national conditions, he might have drunk his dreams and died and gave up on himself. But Emperor Chongzhen can still handle state affairs with great effort and hard work. Judging from the performance, he is really a model among the emperors!

Therefore, the current Emperor Chongzhen is the same as before, after being stimulated, he thought of cheering up again. So he first felt Sasuke's mediocrity.

On February 24, Emperor Chongzhen summoned a courtier while ill. In the Dongnuan Pavilion of the dormitory of the Qianqing Palace, he said to the courtiers weakly: "It has been fourteen years since I reigned in the world, and the country is full of troubles, and there is constant famine, and everyone cannibalism, which is really pitiful. Recently, the Liukou captured Luoyang again. King Fu was killed. I can't even keep my uncle, it's all caused by my immorality, I'm so ashamed to die! ”

As he spoke, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but shed tears, and the more he cried, the more he felt sad. Zuihou unexpectedly mourned loudly, sobbing vertically. This was the first time he had wept openly when he summoned a courtier. And since then, I have cried. In the future, there will often be things that cry and wipe tears from the ministers.

But the courtiers saw that the emperor was seriously ill because of his worries about the country, and he cried because of sadness, and he was speechless, and he couldn't think of half a good plan to save the country and make it strong. In order to comfort the emperor, Shoufu Fan Fucui just said repeatedly: "This is the number of qi, the number of qi!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to reply to him very unhappily: "This can't be said to be a number of qi." It's the number of gases. It also depends on manpower to redeem it. The ministers then remained silent for an indefinite length.

Such an auxiliary minister who can only accompany crying and not speak, no wonder Emperor Chongzhen is dissatisfied. Therefore, he wanted to change his appearance again.

Since Wen Tiren returned to his hometown, the auxiliary ministers have changed several times. Shoufu has also used Zhang Zhifa, Liu Yuliang, Xue Guoguan, and Fan Fucui, but none of them are handy, let alone Wang Zuozhicai, who governs the country through the state.

Emperor Chongzhen's original intention was to let Yang Sichang be the first assistant, but in order to suppress the bandits, he had to let him go out of Beijing to supervise the teacher, and Zuihou was finally ruined. He felt sorry for Yang Sichang, and he also felt sorry for himself, because after careful consideration, he couldn't find an assistant among the courtiers who could make him trust.

The country is difficult to think of loyal ministers, so he recalled the ministers who had served beside him. The more capable Han Yi, Sun Chengzong, and Wen Tiren are all dead, and it seems that only the former first assistant Zhou Yanru, who was especially appreciated by him for a time, is not satisfactory. It seems that for the sake of this dilapidated country, Zhou Yanru can only be reinstated.

Just when Emperor Chongzhen was struggling to choose a new Shoufu, a powerful "out-of-hospital activity group" was also busy for the rise and fall of Zhou Yanru, and this group was the well-known Jiangnan Restoration Society of the government and the opposition.

The establishment and growth process of the Restoration Society will not be described in detail, but if you are interested, you can consult the historical materials. We just need to know that at this time, the Restoration Society has already controlled the scientific research in the Jiangnan region, and it is difficult for people who are not Restoration Society to be promoted. Moreover, the Restoration Society has also intervened in the appointment of officials in the officialdom.

With the increase of the Shili and influence of the Restoration Society, the prestige of the leader of the Restoration Society, Zhang Pu, and his main assistants is also in full swing, and it is very untouchable. Moreover, most of them were born in Jiangnan families, and they were inextricably linked with the Donglin Party, and their emphasis on moral articles was also consistent with Donglin, so in terms of political position, Fushe has always been a resolute supporter of Donglin. Many of the members of the Fushe were simply the sons of famous Donglin Party members.

The resumption of the society's control of the election in Jiangnan almost grasped the fate of the scholars who were poor and retreated, which naturally benefited the people in the society a lot, but also attracted the jealousy of the scholars outside the society; Their fierce support for the political stance of the Donglin Party also made those who opposed Donglin in the bureaucracy look sideways at them. Therefore, since the early years of Chongzhen, the incident of attacking the Fushe has occurred frequently, and in the ninth or tenth year of Chongzhen, this kind of attack has formed a climax.

The feeling of the threat also made the backbone of the Restoration Society feel more important and urgent to participate in politics and develop political strength. Since then, they have formed a party to interfere in government affairs, and their activities to create public opinion have become more active. And fourteen years before Chongzhen, they also did two eye-catching things.

One was in July of the 11th year of Chongzhen, a group of young people in the Restoration Society published a crusade against the eunuch Ruan Dacheng in Nanjing.

What's funny is that Ruan Dacheng has always been very stammering with these people in the Restoration Society. For example, he took the initiative to match Hou Fangyu, one of the four sons of the Restoration Society, with Li Xiangjun, a famous prostitute in Jiangnan, and invited the sons of the Restoration Society to drink and watch the play at home. But the sons of the Restoration Society drank wine and watched the play, but they sarcastically scolded Ruan Dacheng in person. Moreover, he also raised his vigilance for this reason, thinking that Ruan Dacheng's actions were obviously preparing for the reversal of the case.

And Ruan Dacheng was embarrassed, and on the one hand, he also wrote a post "Reward and Trivial Words" as an answer, and on the other hand, he asked people everywhere to explain and plead with the sons of the Fushe Society, and naturally he was all bitterly slandered. Under such an insult, Ruan Dacheng had the heart to make friends with Wu Shigong, a martial artist.

Although the other major activity carried out by the Fushe Society was not as impressive and dripping as the attack on Ruan Dacheng, it had a more direct and far-reaching impact on the politics of the imperial court. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the people of the Restoration Society worked closely with the Donglin Party members in the DPRK and removed Xue Guoguan, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Judging from the factional system of the DPRK and China, Xue Guoguan belongs to the type of people who openly work against the Donglin Party. It was precisely because he dared to openly confront Donglin that he was recommended by Wen Tiren and appreciated by Emperor Chongzhen. Of course, the Donglin Party members were very dissatisfied with having such an opposing side of Shoufu in power, and the people in the Restoration Society also felt very depressed.

At this time, when Xue Guoguan lost the favor of Emperor Chongzhen for the donation of the treasury by Li Guorui, Marquis of Wuqing, and the death of the emperor's fifth son, his position was in jeopardy.

This activity, which was mainly carried out by members of the Restoration Society, was different from the previous behavior of the Donglin Party in the court, and Donglin boasted of his integrity, even when attacking political opponents, he was generally straightforward and openly dismissed, and even reprimanded in front of the emperor, while Wu Changshi preferred to take the feminine path. Wu Changshi tried his best to make friends with the eunuchs in the palace and the leaders of the East Factory, said many good things, gave many generous gifts, and then asked the eunuchs and the East Factory personnel in the palace to constantly reveal the news that was unfavorable to Xue Guoguan in front of the emperor.

Dongchang was originally very uninterested in Xue Guoguan, but once, when Emperor Chongzhen summoned him, he asked about the corruption of the courtiers, and Xue Guoguan once said to Emperor Chongzhen: "If the directors of Dongchang and Jinyiwei are effective, how dare the courtiers act so recklessly?" ”

At this time, Wang Dehua, the governor and eunuch of Dongchang, who was standing on the side, was so frightened that he was in a cold sweat and soaked his clothes. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not pursue the director of Dongchang for this, but Dongchang has since recorded Xue Guoguan's hatred and always wants to seek revenge.

With the resumption of the society to send money, ideas, and the knife copying of the East Factory, you know what happened to Xue Guoguan. So Emperor Chongzhen saw the "criminal evidence" of Xue Guoguan's alliance and bribery. And Emperor Chongzhen has never been able to forgive the courtiers for their corruption and factionalism, and he is even more angry at what Shoufu has done, coupled with the old account of the death of his beloved son, he finally can't tolerate Xue Guoguan staying by his side as Shoufu.

After a black-box operation, Emperor Chongzhen finally gave an order: let Xue Guoguan retire and go home. But the people in the Fushe Society, the eunuchs of Dongchang and Emperor Chongzhen himself did not give up, and they still grabbed this water dog and beat it hard.

On the night of the eighth day of the eighth month of August, Xue Guoguan, who had been captured in the capital, had already fallen asleep, and the officials and samurai of the Jinyi Guard who had passed the decree suddenly came. When he saw that the envoys were wearing red robes, he was so shocked that he could not find his hat in a hurry, so he had to put the servant's hat on his head to receive the order.

When Xue Guoguan heard the holy decree announcing that he would commit suicide, he lay on the ground and couldn't get up, but muttered groggyly: "It's Wu Chang who killed me, it's Wu Chang who killed me!" Later, he calmed down a little, and when he heard that there was no one in the edict to copy his family registration, he said to the person who carried the edict: "I am so lucky, how can I know that I am poor without my nationality?" Then he had no choice but to hang himself from the roof beams. (To be continued......)