The emperor directly ordered the imperial history of Zuodu to be imprisoned...... Or a decision made in the absence of external factors, simply because of infighting among the courtiers.

None of the ministers on the scene came forward to intercede in the emperor's anger, not that they thought it was appropriate, but only that the situation in front of them was very sinister.

A hailstorm...... No one really thinks that they can put Zhang Zhou to death, but at least they can make Zhang Zhou infamous and make the emperor alienate Zhang Zhou...... But just because this hailstorm was calculated by Zhang Zhou in advance, and he went through a "different process", the minister completely fell into passivity.

After Min Jue was taken down, Zhu Youzhu still stood there, his face was not reduced: "I used to read the history books, the history of the sea hooked and sunk, whenever there was a dispute between the courtiers of the past dynasties, I always seemed to be very sad, a Wutai poetry case, just a few specious poems, but almost made a generation of famous Confucians lose their lives because of this, but also ruined their careers." ”

"But I'm glad that this won't appear in the Ming Dynasty, under my rule. But I never thought that in the party struggle recorded in the history books, not for the cause of right and wrong, but only for the position of the party, they would fight each other to the point of life and death, and they would also appear in front of my eyes. are all courtiers loyal to the court, why are they incompatible? I am very saddened. ”

When the ministers present heard this, they were all thinking in their hearts.

Can this be compared to the Song Dynasty? Zhang Bingkuan in front of him, still wants to compare himself to Su Dongpo? A monk is a monk......

Everyone has an idea in their hearts, but because the emperor is still angry, he can't say anything to justify it.

But those who are interested also hear some "clues".

The emperor said, "They are all courtiers loyal to the court", as if to say that in my eyes, whether it is Min Qi or Zhang Zhou, they are all loyal ministers...... This at least shows that in the eyes of the emperor, there is still room for change in this matter.

Zhu Youzhu suddenly looked at Liu Jian and said, "Elder Liu Ge, do you think how can I deal with this matter so that Ling Er and the others are no longer aggressive?" ”

When Liu Jian saw this scene, he actually wanted to stop for a long time.

I got into trouble with the emperor to the point of incompatibility, but I was really licking the blood at the edge of the knife, and now I have folded a Min Jue into it...... Min Jue is recognized as the person who succeeded Bai Ang as the secretary of the Criminal Department, and now that he has experienced this matter, even if Min Jue can come out of the Imperial Prison, it is estimated that his career is basically over, which may even need to redivide the sphere of influence for the traditional faction.

Liu Jian said: "The old minister has no good plan. ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "Bingkuan's request to return to his hometown and provincial relatives, I have approved, he wants to return to his hometown for three months, during this period, in addition to having a knighthood, he does not hold any position in the court, and others are not among the Beijing divisions, is it that there will be another disaster in the Beijing division, and it has nothing to do with him?" ”

Before, I threw the question to everyone present, and there was always someone like Min Jue who wanted to come out and step Zhang Zhou to death.

This time, Zhu Youzhu also changed his strategy and only asked Liu Jian alone.

Liu Jian, as the first assistant, no matter how resolute his attitude is, understands the principle of retreat in the face of major events, and only by making concessions can he maintain harmony on face.

And what the emperor gave Liu Jian was not a problem.

Liu Jian said: "If Lai Guogong leaves Beijing and returns to his hometown, the disaster of the Beijing division should indeed not be involved in him again. ”

"That's good. I granted him a leave of absence, so that he could return to his hometown, and I returned the farm house I prepared for him in Nanjing, and by the way, I also wanted him to go to Jiangnan for me to observe the people's conditions. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youji's face became very stern, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a word first, if there are still disasters in the Jingshi during this period of time in the future, then whether it is in the past or in the future, any disasters must not be involved in Bingkuan, because it has nothing to do with whether I use him or not." On the contrary, because of his presence, he was able to predict future disasters in advance, so that I and the people could prevent them. ”

"Even if some of the skills he uses are beyond the reach of manpower, they are the magic of your mouth, but what can serve the country and the people is a good deed."

Liu Jian arched his hand and retreated to the minister's class.

The emperor's words also mean that today's events are qualitative.

Losing a Min Jue seems to be the emperor's victory, but in return, the emperor will also send Zhang Zhou back to Nanjing for three months...... And made an agreement similar to a gambling contract, if in the next three months, when Zhang Zhou is not in Jingshi, there is still a major disaster in Jingshi, then Zhang Zhou will not be attacked with disasters in the future.

Of course, if Zhang Zhou makes a mistake in the military or as an official in the future, you should attack it, I am afraid that you will not even take the ordinary path of impeaching Zhang Zhou.

The emperor seems to know very well that it is actually very difficult for the minister to find Zhang Zhou's mistakes in being an official or leading troops, because Zhang Zhou has almost reached the point of impeccable status as an official now, but only those inexplicable metaphysical things are the emperor's most headache and the most tireless thing.

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The court was dissolved in a strange range.

Zhu Youzhu left the Fengtian Hall in a huff, and the ministers present all breathed a sigh of relief......

Many people are also glad that the fire did not burn on themselves.

"Elder Liu Ge, how is this good? No matter what Min Zongxian said, he also spoke for us, and now that he has been taken to prison, I am afraid that he will encounter a lot of flesh and skin suffering. Coming out of Fengtian Temple, a bunch of people went to intercede with Liu Jian.

seems to be blaming him, Liu Jin was almost obedient to the emperor's will before, and he didn't even intercede for Min Jue.

Liu Jian didn't want to answer this kind of question.

Li Dongyang said: "Going to prison, that is Your Majesty's will, what Your Majesty's attitude was before, you have also seen it, what does this have to do with us?" If you want to blame, blame Zhang Bingkuan for acting deceitfully, obviously calculating the hailstorm, but not reporting it himself, but informing Yu Wu Hao, and using this to let people impeach him...... What does this think in your majesty's heart? ”

"yes." Zhou Jing empathized and said, "I calculated the hailstorm by myself and let others say that I don't want to fight with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and I want to return to my hometown as soon as possible. His heart is punishable. ”

Xie Qian squinted his eyes and said with a strange smile: "Zhou Butang, be cautious." ”

The emperor also said before, don't talk about right and wrong, just talk about your position to fight for the party, and now you are violating the ban.

Bai Ang said angrily: "If you are young, you are still a champion, so you can't do things with your heart?" Even if you have gunpowder and new artillery, and you have the talent to govern the army, you can take it step by step, so eager for quick success, but you are just a person who sells fame and reputation. ”

Liu Jian saw everyone's attack on Zhang Zhou, and he didn't think so.

Explicitly.

The more fierce the attack on Zhang Zhou, it was the old ministers who were about to retreat, and there was also a ...... is Min Jue, who has been looking at Zhang Zhou unpleasantly since he entered the dynasty, and Min Jue is also about to be promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department, and wants to get Zhang Zhou, a political enemy......

In this way, the emperor's cognition is not biased.

Or is it a party struggle for the sake of party fighting.

Yuan Shou, the envoy of the general government, said straightly: "Then what should I do?" Zhang Bingkuan returned to his hometown for three months, if there was really something during the period, wouldn't it mean that today's achievements fell short? ”

Xie Qian said: "I'm afraid it's not as simple as falling short!" ”

The implication is that he still has to catch up with Min Jue, and he will not even be able to attack Zhang Zhou with disasters in the future, and in the future, Zhang Zhou will stand firm in the court, and there will be more and more people who are attached to Zhang Zhou.

Yuan Shouzhi came up with a violent temper and shouted: "The hail disaster he calculated is not a hail disaster?" Why does the heavens send hailstorms, don't you know in your hearts? ”

Xu Qiong said: "You can't say that, if this hailstorm is really a warning from heaven, then why can't you say it, it's because everyone in the DPRK wants to impeach Zhang Bingkuan, and God can't see it?" ”

Shen Lu also followed and said: "That's right, for the people, although there were losses in this hailstorm, it was also because the imperial court made a notice in advance, so that the people were greatly reduced, which has never happened before." I dare to ask you, if you are ordinary people and rely on the sky for food, should you thank Lai Guogong or hate him? ”

"What do you mean?" Yuan Shouzhi and the others glared at Shen Lu angrily.

Both of them are political envoys, and Yuan Shouzhi is a senior official, so he is also questioning why his subordinates are facing him.

But Shen Lu was not afraid of these, he said: "Those who win the hearts of the people can also win the hearts of His Majesty, you won't understand this truth, right?" ”

Bai Ang said: "How can Zhang Bingkuan, a person who relies on gossips to confuse the people, win the hearts of the people? ”

At this time, Xie Qian couldn't listen anymore, he sighed: "You guys, don't talk nonsense here, go to the people, listen to what the people say, don't be self-righteous." ”

"Elder Xie Ge, what do you mean by this?" Bai Ang glared at Xie Qian.

Xie Qian thought of what he saw and heard in the market yesterday, and saw that the people were sincerely grateful for the kindness of the court, especially when the hailstorm occurred, the orderly scene of the market, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The people's heart is not supported by us, the people only look at what they get, not what their position is, and there are many superstitious people in the market, otherwise who will tell this disaster to hear?" ”

The ministers present were silent.

It is precisely because of the superstition of ordinary people that there is a market for the so-called disasters and strange things, if they don't believe it, or there are many people who don't believe it, who will take what number of days and the will of God to say things?

Xie Qian said again: "But it is precisely because the people in the market believe that they will see that Zhang Bingkuan has repeatedly hit the will of heaven and used this to bring some benefits to the Ming Dynasty and the people, so they will naturally stand on Zhang Bingkuan's side." ”

Yuan Shouzhi said angrily: "Governing the country and securing the people, is it him Zhang Bingkuan?" ”

Xie Qian couldn't listen to it a little.

He felt that these officials felt that the people's peace and contentment were brought by them, not by the people's own efforts.

Civilian officials govern the country, but they always regard themselves as "parent officials", and even feel that they are kind to the people, without considering what the people really need, nor have they considered the question of who supports whom.

Xie Qian is a relatively enlightened Confucian official in the end, and he said: "Zhang Bingkuan is doing things in the border areas and driving away Hu Lu, isn't it considered to be an Anmin?" If you have changed you, do you want to be bothered by those side affairs every day, just like in the past few years, or like today? ”

"Don't talk about it."

Li Dongyang pulled Xie Qian.

Li Dongyang could see that what Xie Qian said had no market among those indignant ministers.

Plainly.

Now is the time to talk about the position and not the right and wrong, they are all angry, and they feel that Zhang Zhou is a chaotic minister and thief, can they listen to reason with these ministers?

There is no right or wrong in the matter of party and government.

"Tell me a few words." Xie Qian suddenly aimed at Zhang Mao, who was watching the excitement on the side.

"Me?" Zhang Mao snorted, "The old man is old and old, and his brain has been a little forgetful recently, but I don't know what you are talking about." ”

Yuan Shouzhi said: "What kind of confusion is the British public outfit? Participating in the joint performance, not you? You were the one who used the hailstorm to impeach Zhang Bingkuan before, right? Do you dare to say that you didn't know anything about it in advance? ”

Zhang Mao said: "The conscience of heaven and earth, I just learned this news from Qin Tianjian, so I wanted to help you, so I took the risk to report it." If you want to blame it, you still blame the Qin Heavenly Prison. ”

"Where's Qin Tianjian?"

Only then did everyone remember that there was also a "culprit" Wu Hao.

But after looking around, I found that Wu Hao's figure had long been gone.

Wu Hao is not a fool, it was directly revealed in the court that it was Zhang Zhou who told him about the hailstorm, he was a spy and was used by the emperor and Zhang Zhou, and because of this, he put the entire courtiers into it, which also shows that he is very incompetent...... At that time, he wanted to find a crack in the ground, but now that the court discussion is over, why don't he hurry up?

"That's it!"

Liu Jian saw that Tu Tu still wanted to come out to preside over the overall situation, and he realized that he couldn't let the things in front of him develop.

Liu Jian snorted, he was still very powerful, and he said sharply: "Everyone, right now, Your Majesty has also passed a disaster to let Zhang Bingkuan return to his hometown and province, and also said that there will be no disaster in Beijing within three months, so Zhang Bingkuan will not be needed for the time being, what kind of results do you want to get?" ”

The scene also fell silent.

"Now it's better to think about how to prevent disasters from happening in the capital in the next three months." Liu Jian added.

"What about natural disasters?" Shen Lu asked.

Tu Tu finally spoke: "Natural disasters, a rain and a snow or a wind and a hail, is that a natural disaster?" ”

That's right...... It's very level.

Even you Tu Tu didn't think that the drastic change in the weather was a disaster, so why did you work so hard when you participated in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou before? What about double standards?

Xu Qiong couldn't listen to it, threw up her sleeves and wanted to leave, and said in a somewhat mocking tone: "When it comes to dealing with political enemies, a rain and hail is a disaster, I'm afraid that when it's my turn, even if the rain and hail flatten the capital, I don't take it seriously!" Hehe! Got it! ”

They are all people who are about to retire, and they are all so choking in their speech.

The ministers present also seemed to feel that in the past few years, and even in the entire Hongzhi Dynasty, when the ministers discussed things in private, there was no more intense time than today.

Today is also a precedent.

Everyone spoke as if they had eaten gunpowder, and those with guns and sticks hated to use their mouths to tell each other to spurt blood and die.

"Acts of God." Tu Yun added, "As long as it does not involve major disasters and people's livelihood and stability, try to avoid it. ”

Others also understood.

Xu Qiong didn't say anything wrong before leaving, in fact, it was a principle...... Natural disasters, we don't think he's a natural disaster, he's not.

Shen Lu said with a smile: "I'm afraid that just like the fire in Qingning Palace two years ago, the heavens will rain down a thunder for you, no matter how well you prevent it, it will be in vain." ”

"You!"

Everyone glared at Shen Lu.

Shen Lu also laughed and left with a few people.

"Elder Liu Ge, you see that these people are becoming more and more ignorant of the rules now." A speaker came out and said, "I want to participate in impeachment!" ”

Liu Jian said: "Take care of your own business, and don't do that battle of will, Your Majesty can't look down on this now!" Even if there is a catastrophe...... We'll talk about it then! Who knows the cause of this calamity? ”

The crowd was amazed.

Liu Jian didn't say that in the court before.

Liu Jian told Zhu Youzhi that as long as Zhang Zhou left, even if there was a disaster in the capital, Zhang Zhou could not be blamed.

At that time, it was also approved by the emperor.

Therefore, Tu Tu will analyze afterwards and say that as long as there are no natural disasters in the capital in the next three months, Zhang Zhou's problem can be suppressed.

But now Liu Jian said that even if there is a disaster, we can still push Zhang Zhou through some strange angles...... In short, we are in an invincible position.

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There was a fight in the palace, which made Zhu Youzhu feel exhausted.

Obviously, he wanted to make some achievements, and it was clear that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was thriving, and Zhang Zhou alone led the production of nearly half of the coal and pig iron of the Ming Dynasty...... That's right.

Zhu Youzhu suddenly thought of this, when Zhang Zhou reported the output of coal and steel to himself before, he was excited for a while, and he planned to mention it to the minister to show Zhang Zhou's merits, why did he forget about it at the end of the day?

But then I thought...... Zhang Zhou made such great contributions on the battlefields in the northwest and Liaodong, and was he ignored in the same way?

If it is mentioned to the ministers that Zhang Zhou led to the production of a large amount of coal and pig iron, it is estimated that those ministers will also participate in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou for "competing with the people for profit", saying that Zhang Zhou's public weapons are used for private purposes, and maybe they will also want to participate in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou for destroying farmland......

There are so many reasons to attack a person.

"Your Majesty." Xiao Jing appeared in front of Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Are those people gone?" ”

Xiao Jing said: "All the ministers have returned to the public office. ”

Zhu Youzhu snorted lightly: "I don't think about doing more for the court and the people, I only think about how to fight with political enemies, but I am lenient...... Since he entered the court, he has been lazy and lazy, and he has not been in the court for a few days, so he has become a thorn in the side of others, I really don't know who I should rely on. ”

Xiao Jing was still a little relieved when he heard this.

This also shows that the emperor can see that Zhang Zhou alone cannot rule the country, so he will retain a certain amount of leeway for the ministers.

Then another person came in behind Xiao Jing, it was Yang Peng of Admiral Dongchang.

Just when Xiao Jing thought that the emperor was going to inquire about Yang Peng about Min Jue, Yang Peng took the initiative to pray: "Your Majesty, Lai Guogong has packed everything and is ready to leave for Nanjing this afternoon. ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "Yes, he has to leave early, otherwise the disaster will come soon, and if he leaves late, he will be said that it has something to do with him." ”

"Your Majesty, I don't know...... What is the disaster? Xiao Jing panicked.

I just thought I was going to breathe a sigh of relief, sacrificing a Min Jue, and fulfilling the big guy.

Now I know that the emperor has already made a move.

Zhu Youzhu said: "When it is about to happen, I will inform you!" I don't know who to trust now! ”

(End of chapter)