Chongzhen has already said this, and Ruan Dacheng can't agree even if he doesn't agree.
I thought to myself that I could only try my best to excuse the Holy Spirit in the song book, saying that he was deceived by the Donglin Party members because he trusted too much.
In short, the fault is placed on Dong Danglin.
"Lord Ruan, please stay." As soon as Ruan Dacheng walked out of the tent, Zhu Cihong caught up with him.
Ruan Dacheng turned around and saw that it was Zhu Cihong, and he hurriedly saluted: "I kowtow to His Highness the Crown Prince."
"No courtesy." Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "I have something I want to ask of you, Lord Ruan."
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, has betrayed me." Ruan Dacheng said in panic, "If your Highness has anything to do, just give me your instructions."
Zhu Cixiang said: "This song is about the party struggle. Sir Ruan, please try your best to protect the image of the father and emperor. In particular, Meishan Enlightenment must be added at the end of the song."
"I would like to accept His Highness's decree." Ruan Dacheng respectfully agreed.
Watching Ruan Dacheng leave, Zhu Cihong breathed a sigh of relief.
He said that his father was very magnanimous, and he could care less about his image as an emperor for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, but as a son of a man, he could not care less about his father's dignity.
When Zhu Cihong returned to his tent, he saw Zhu Cijiong pouting and looking angry.
Seeing Zhu Cihong come in, Chongzhen said: "Xun'er, please persuade Jiong'er quickly."
Zhu Cixi then asked: "Third brother, who provoked you and made you so angry?"
"Who else could it be but the group of national thieves from the Donglin Party?" Zhu Cijiong said angrily, "I don't know what my father is thinking. He insists on using newspapers and operas to deal with them. Wouldn't it be worse to arrest them and kill them directly?
More enjoyable?"
"Wantful killing and killing the whole Jiangnan can indeed solve the problem." Chongzhen said, "But this is by no means the optimal solution. After all, we are not barbarians like Jiannu, and the people of Jiangnan still belong to the Ming Dynasty.
People, they were just temporarily deceived, but they were not really ignorant and willing to be deceived."
Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "Father, then let's just forget about this matter?"
"Of course it's impossible." A cold light flashed across Chongzhen's eyes, and he said solemnly, "It is absolutely impossible to kill the whole Jiangnan with heads, but it is still necessary to kill dozens or even hundreds of heads.
, especially the participants and the masterminds behind the case of Ma Mingluan and Zhan Yangzhi, no one can escape, they will all die!"
Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said again: "Xun'er, Jiong'er, today my father will teach you another truth. If you want the civil servants or military generals who are loyal to you to serve you to death, in addition to trust, you must also protect your shortcomings! I
I can teach my people a lesson, but not others. Anyone who dares to touch my people will have to pay the price!"
At the end of the sentence, Chongzhen's face showed murderous intent.
Brothers Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong were deeply shocked.
It turns out that my father is also angry with thunder.
…
At this time, he was at the Cabinet Office in Nanjing.
Several disciples were gathering in Gao Hongtu's room.
As the old saying goes, once the emperor and his courtiers, there is actually another saying, once the chief minister and his assistants, there are the officials.
Since Shi Kefa left his post at home and Gao Hongtu took charge of the government as his second assistant, many of Gao Hongtu's disciples followed the rising tide and quickly took control of the real power of various ministries, academies and temples.
"Teacher, I have inquired clearly. The Holy Master did not go south after arriving in Yangzhou."
The person who spoke was Yuan Pengnian, who was in charge of the Etiquette Department. Although this person's official rank was only the seventh rank, he was the most respected among Gao Hongtu's many disciples.
Gao Hongtu had even given a greeting to Fan Zhongjie, the newly appointed Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and said that Yuan Pengnian would be recommended directly to serve as the censor of Zuo Qiandu during the next ministerial election, and he would be directly promoted from the seventh rank to the fourth rank, and to the sixth rank in a row.
However, with the established example of Zuo Guangxian, Yuan Pengnian is not so eye-catching.
"What, the Holy Emperor didn't go south when he arrived in Yangzhou? In that case, he asked me to go to Puzikou to greet him. Isn't this deliberately playing tricks on us?" Gao Hongtu said angrily.
It seems that the Holy One is addicted to playing tricks on these ministers.
When he escaped from Beijing and headed south at the beginning of last year, he tricked them and made them wait in the cold wind at Yanziji for a long time, but he himself entered the city directly through Taipingmen.
After going to the Imperial College, he also issued an imperial edict to punish the captives.
This guy really caught them, the ministers of the DPRK, off guard.
I thought I had gone too far last time, but I didn't expect that I would go even further this time.
This time, they not only made the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty wait for two days at Puzikou, Jiangbei, but also asked Jin Xuan to lead Shizi Ying, take advantage of their absence in Nanjing to rob the execution ground, and escort Ma Mingluan and Zhan Yangzhi back to their capital.
Yingtianfu prison.
Jin Xuan, a foolish young man, even sent out his cavalry to kill the people, almost triggering a civil uprising.
So Gao Hongtu was really resentful towards Chongzhen at this time. How could an emperor play tricks on his ministers like this?
"Teacher, your Majesty may not mean to play tricks on the officials of the court." Yuan Pengnian smiled and said again.
"It is said that on the day they arrived at the dock in Yangzhou, the Holy Emperor ordered his servants to go undercover and collect more than fifty famous prostitutes from the brothels in Yangzhou City, and sent them all to the Holy Master's ship."
"To this day, the Holy Master has not left the cabin for ten days."
"All day and all night I just dance and sing with these famous prostitutes in the brothel."
At the end of the sentence, the look of contempt on Yuan Pengnian's face could no longer be hidden.
Among the disciples present, in addition to Yuan Pengnian, there were Liu Zhengzong, Zuo Zhongyun of Zuo Chunfang, and Li Jinglian, You Zhongyun of You Chunfang. Both of these disciples had worked hard to qualify in Zhan Shifu.
Even though they are only low-ranking officials of the sixth rank, they are the prime minister.
Once you have enough qualifications, you will have the opportunity to join the cabinet and become the prime minister if you advance further.
Even Yuan Pengnian, his most proud disciple, cannot compare to this point.
Liu Zhengzong pondered and said: "Teacher, what do you mean by Shengjia's move? I used to follow Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan from Xuzhou to Huai'an Prefecture and then to Yangzhou. Why did he suddenly stop leaving when I arrived in Yangzhou?
If you don’t want to leave, you won’t leave, but why do you need to inform the ministers of the DPRK to go to Puzikou to meet him?”
"Is it really to lure the tiger away from the mountain?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Just to create opportunities for Jin Xuanjie's law field?"
After a pause, he continued: "The question is, if Jin Xuan really followed the Holy One's will to rob the execution ground, who could stop this man? Isn't it unnecessary for the Holy One to stay in Yangzhou?"
"It can't be so complicated." Yuan Pengnian exclaimed, "Isn't it obvious? Shengjia must have originally planned to follow Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan to go south, but in Gao Qiqian, dozens of beauties were presented to him.
After that, I couldn’t think of Shu any more, so I stayed at the Yangzhou Canal Wharf and sang and sang every night.”
Liu Zhengzong said nothing more after hearing this.
But he said disdainfully, Yuan Pengnian, you idiot, you really don’t understand anything.
The Holy Emperor aspires to be the second Yongle Emperor, will he be addicted to women?
Li Jinglian also felt that Chongzhen's move was not that simple, so he said tactfully: "Maybe the Holy One wanted to express his dissatisfaction with his teacher."
"Nonsense." Yuan Pengnian retorted, "Since my mentor took charge of the cabinet, what matter has not been handled in an orderly manner? The Bank of the Household Bank and the Stock Exchange were also accomplished under the strong promotion of my mentor. These two
The treasury of our Ming Dynasty has become richer than ever before, so it is too late for the Holy Spirit to express gratitude to my teacher, so why should I be dissatisfied?"
"Teacher, the student made a mistake." Li Jinglian apologized quickly, but he was quite disdainful in his heart.
My heart says to you, Yuan Peng, you are a flatterer. Besides flattering your mentor, what else will you order?
After a pause, Li Jinglian continued: "Teacher, Your Majesty has a strong will to imitate Emperor Yongle. He does not seem to be an intolerable master. However, there are many treacherous villains around Him, especially Gao Qiqian, Lu Jiude and others.
Wang Cheng'en and other eunuchs have always regarded us Donglin Party members as bandits, and they will definitely go up to the Holy See and slander our mentor."
Li Jinglian said so much, in fact, he was telling Gao Hongtu in a very tactful way that the Holy Emperor must have a problem with you. After all, when the battle in Xuzhou was in full swing, you attacked the Ministry of Internal Affairs and killed Zhan Yangzhi, who was responsible for providing ordnance to the Xuzhou front line.
He was also arrested on the charge of being a bandit. With the Holy Spirit, how could we not see the subtleties in it?
"Why are you slandering your mentor?" Yuan Pengnian frowned and said, "You might as well speak more clearly."
Seeing that Gao Hongtu had no intention of stopping Yuan Pengnian, Li Jinglian could only say helplessly: "What the student means is that Lu Zhenfei was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Punishments by decree, and he was appointed as a bachelor of Dongge University, pre-engineering, and restoration officer."
It is quite unusual to appoint Jin Xuan as the governor of Yingtian and the admiral of Jiang's military affairs."
Yuan Pengnian said: "Isn't it just a minister of the Ministry of punishment and a governor of Yingtian? What if Lu Zhenfei, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, is added as a bachelor of Dongge University? The whole court is our people, but Lu Zhenfei is
Can you and Jin Hyun turn this day around? It’s simply wishful thinking.”
In a word, Yuan Pengnian really didn't take Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan seriously.
Now Li Jinglian couldn't help it anymore, and frowned and said, "Didn't Yuan Ji never think about whether the Holy Father would recall Mr. Liu Zongzhou and reopen the three halls for trial?"
"What? Reopening the three-court trial?" Yuan Pengnian couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.
Gao Hongtu was also shocked. If Liu Zongzhou was recalled, plus Lu Zhenfei, the Minister of Punishment, and Jin Xuan, the governor of Yingtian, none of the three chief officials of the three halls would be inclined to the Donglin Party!
These three people, Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan, are die-hard imperialists, and Liu Zongzhou has also broken with the Donglin Party.
Thinking of this, Yuan Pengnian couldn't hold his breath for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Teacher, this matter must be guarded against."
"Teacher." Liu Zhengzong said solemnly, "The reason why the Holy One stayed in Yangzhou and did not return is because he wanted to use the hands of Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan to raise the prison. When the whole Nanjing was stirred up, he would return to the court to clean up the mess.
, you can control the overall situation effortlessly, but all the infamy will be shouldered by Lu Zhenfei, Jin Xuan and Liu Zhouzong."
After a pause, he continued: "Such skills and sophistication are really not inferior to those of Emperor Sejong back then."
"There is nothing to be afraid of." Yuan Pengnian retorted again, "Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan want to fight with us in the court, so then accompany them to fight. Nanjing is not Beijing. Let's see who can win in the end."
who."
But Li Jinglian frowned and said: "Teacher, if we fight with Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan in the court, we will fall into the trap of the Holy Spirit. Even if we win in the end, we will still lose."
"Nonsense." Yuan Pengnian said, "Why do you still lose the fight even if you win?"
"That's enough, no one will think you are mute if you don't speak." Gao Hongtu finally shouted to stop.
At the same time, the understanding of Yuan Pengnian has become clearer. This person has very strong execution ability, but his political vision is too shallow and he does not see the problem deeply enough. He is perfect for being used as a thug.
At that moment, Gao Hongtu asked Li Jinglian: "Yizhou, do you have any good ideas?"
Li Jinglian looked solemn and lowered his voice and said: "Teacher, you must imitate the transformation of Lingwu!"
"Imitate the changes in Lingwu?" Liu Zhengzong's expression suddenly changed, and Yuan Pengnian's expression changed after hearing this.
The so-called Lingwu Change was to support King Yong as the emperor, and then force the Holy One to abdicate and become the Supreme Emperor.
"Nonsense." Gao Hongtu also sternly reprimanded after hearing this, "We, the Ming Dynasty, have just defeated Jiannu and won the great victory in Xuzhou. Our situation is many times better than that of the Tang Dynasty during the Xuanzong Dynasty, so how could there be a Lingwu Change!
"
Gao Hongtu's implication is that there is no hope of imitating Lingwu's changes at this time.
At this time, Yuan Pengnian suddenly intervened and said: "But what if something happens to the Holy Emperor in Yangzhou?"
"Shut up! Yuan Pengnian, do you know what you are talking about?" Gao Hongtu's expression suddenly changed, "I solemnly warn you to get rid of this rebellious idea as soon as possible."
"Teacher, it was the student who made a mistake." Yuan Pengnian apologized hurriedly.
"Okay, you all go back." Gao Hongtu waved his hand, "I have to be busy with official duties."
"In this case, the students will retire first." Liu Zhengzong, Li Jinglian and Yuan Pengnian resigned from Gao Hongtu's room and went home separately. However, Liu Zhengzong and Li Jinglian did not really leave.
After Yuan Pengnian left, the two returned to Gao Hongtu's house.
…
After returning to his apartment, Yuan Pengnian was still upset.
Immediately I went to the study and dug out the book of ministers, and found another paragraph: "Sincerely believe in clear principles, respect virtues and reward merits, if you hang down the arch, the world will be governed, if you hang the arch, the world will be governed, if you hang the arch, the world will be governed!"
After whispering a few words, he closed the book, slammed the table and said, "In order to realize the ideal of the emperor and scholar-bureaucrats co-ruling the world, why should I cherish this life? Teacher, my student has done this for you."
At that moment, Yuan Pengnian asked the housekeeper to invite one of his friends.
This good friend is a guerrilla under the Admiral Caojiang's office, surnamed Du.
When Du Youqi arrived at Yuan Pengnian's house, it was already the time when the lanterns were first lit.
Yuan Pengnian's apartment was on the bank of the Qinhuai River. The two of them sat across the window and looked outside. They saw that the painted boats on the Qinhuai River and the brothels on both sides were lit up with colored lights, making the ten miles of Qinhuai River brightly lit.
There is also the sound of silk and bamboo coming from far away, which makes people intoxicated in the night breeze.
After drinking for three rounds, Yuan Pengnian said, "Brother Du, are you willing to help me do something big?"
Du Youji solemnly said: "Brother Yuan is out of sight now. You are a great benefactor to my little brother's family for their survival. As long as you give your orders, I will never say anything to you in water or fire."
