Three hundred and thirtieth eight chapters outside the court is too arrogant
After receiving Li Jiucheng, Kong Youde led his troops to surrender. Overjoyed, Gao Qiqian had already sent six memorials to the capital. He was in Laizhou, but his heart was long gone. Every day he only looked forward to the arrival of the imperial edict, and even more looked forward to entering Beijing as soon as possible to be proud.
Little did he know that at this time in the capital, because of him, Chongzhen encountered his first big trouble since he ascended the throne.
This troublesome thing is that the cabinet, six ministries, and Xian Dao forced the emperor to summon the ministers. The number of officials participating accounted for almost three-quarters of the court. The momentum was no less powerful than when the ministers petitioned Emperor Shenzong to establish a prince.
The ministers were furious, and they had only one goal, namely, the internal minister to supervise the army. Specifically, it was aimed at Gao Qiqian, and especially Emperor Chongzhen. The memorial jointly signed by hundreds of officials named the internal minister to supervise the army, and he wanted to remove the internal minister from supervising the army. From now on,
All civil, military, and political affairs of the country can only be held by foreign officials, and internal ministers will never be allowed to serve as foreign officials.
After finally wresting the power of the internal ministers and supervising the army from the foreign court, how could Chongzhen give up? But the officials were targeting Gao Qiqi, but he couldn't get angry. The Denglai matter was really messed up and wasted.
Although Chongzhen, who wanted to seize power from the outside dynasty, was not able to make achievements, he was not confident enough. Although Chongzhen was very unhappy with Gao Qiqian, after all, Gao Qiqian was the dynasty's leader.
The first person to oversee the imperial army was personally sent by him as the emperor, which was of great significance. Unless it was absolutely necessary, Chongzhen had to protect him. Keeping Gao Qiqian also meant preserving the power of the inner minister to oversee the army. This power was of great importance to those who were repeatedly criticized.
For Chongzhen, who was suppressed by foreign dynasties, it was not very important, but very important.
As for what the people from the outer dynasty were going to do, Chongzhen knew it very well and was very angry. Those guys were not really designed for the country and came to share the emperor's worries. They were all here for the imperial court's wealth, wealth and life.
What's the plan? To put it bluntly, those people don't want their power to be checked and balanced, let alone the emperor to have his own power.[
Now, Chongzhen really regrets it. He shouldn't have been so hot-headed and so confused by the people from the outer court that he forcefully weakened Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Otherwise, relying on the emperor's brother to stay
With so much factory guard power, how dare the foreign dynasty to deceive the emperor like this?!
There is no regret medicine in the world. Our ancestors would not set up factory guards for any reason. There must be a reason. I just hate that I am too young and too easy to be fooled by the Donglin Party in the outer court. Now, I can only swallow the yellow lotus.
The pain is unspeakable.
I thought that after replacing the ministers of the Ministry of Personnel, the Minister of War, and the important officials of the Taiwan Constitution, the courtiers would be frightened, so they would take the initiative to stop and give some power to the emperor. At least, they should not always criticize the emperor's actions.
Things went as Chongzhen hoped. After the Prime Minister of Wei was dismissed from office, the trend in foreign countries regarding the supervision of internal ministers and the army has subsided. After all, being an official is not easy, and no one wants to really anger the emperor and take away what was hard won.
The official was lost.
Unexpectedly, the eunuch Wang Kun wrote a book out of public or selfish motives, clearly pointing out that Chen Yutai, the top scholar in the last new subject, had stolen the title of the subject when he was the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and that the examiner at the time, Zhou Yanru, the former chief assistant, had done something wrong.
This has stirred up a hornet's nest. The originally calm foreign court suddenly became uproar. They didn't care whether what Wang Kun said was true or not. They only knew that a eunuch dared to attack the country's chief minister!
No matter whether the chief minister is the former or the current one, or whether he is guilty or not, they don't care. They only know that they must not let the eunuch attack him, otherwise he will be Wei Zhongxian again! What's more, although Zhou Yanru is no longer the chief minister, he is still the master of the imperial court.
He is a great scholar and the leader of the Donglin Party in the world. To attack him is to attack the imperial court and the Donglin Party!
What is unbearable is that the government and the public are full of Donglin Party members, and even the chief minister Wen Tiren does not dare to collide with them easily. How can Wang Kun, an eunuch of the inner court, poke this hornet's nest.
Under the instruction of Donglin Party members, Zhou Yanru's cronies He Ruchong, Wu Zongda, Zheng Yiwei and others, hundreds of officials began to impeach Wang Kun, but it was not to impeach Wang Kun, because people with a discerning eye knew that Zhou Yanru had indeed committed fraud.
Yes, if they are entangled in this matter, no matter whether they win in the end, it will not be very good for Zhou Yanru and the Donglin Party's reputation. Therefore, they chose another direction, which is to continue to accuse the internal ministers and supervise the army and force the emperor to bow to the external court.
, severely punish the daring eunuch Wang Kun!
Donglin's party members were all over the world. For a time, the General Affairs Department was filled with memorials accusing the internal ministers and supervising the army of violating the ancestral system. Compared with the previous letters written by all the officials and departments to the Prime Minister of Wei in the incident, it could not be bigger. Over at the inner court
They also share the same hatred. Their power comes from the imperial power. The weakening of the emperor's power is the weakening of their power. What's more, the fat meat of the internal ministers and supervisors is really too fat. Which of the great eunuchs does not have cronies to send supervisors, and which one does not get the benefits?
Therefore, under the instructions of Wang Dehua, Wang Chengen and other officials of the Bureau of Ceremonies, the various yamen in the inner court quickly began to fight back, causing such a fuss that the whole capital was now talking about this matter. What if the scholars of the guild hall gathered together?
, if you don’t scold the inner court, then you are definitely not a loyal minister and adopted son of the Ming Dynasty. Walking around the city of Beijing, some bold people even said that the emperor is fatuous and wants to repeat the past of the eunuch party in the previous dynasty that harmed the country. What’s more, that’s not the case.
The young Taoist officials clamored to imitate Yang Lian, the sage of Donglin, and die to give advice!
The internal and external dynasties were so incompatible that Chongzhen was angry and anxious. As soon as he went to the palace, everyone below accused the ministers and supervising the army, so that no one talked to him as the emperor about the military affairs. He counted on Wen Ti as his assistant.
This trend is suppressed, but Wen Tiren is alone and unable to control it. It would be good if he can remain silent. If even Wen Tiren, the chief minister, bows to the Donglin Party, then this matter is really not something that he, the emperor, can have the final say on.
Clean up the account, clear up the account! Who gave Wai Chao such arrogant courage! Who allowed them to bully me like this? Do they still have me as the emperor in their eyes? Huh, if the arrogance of Wai Chao does not go down, I will still be the emperor.
How to be!
Chongzhen was furious, but he knew that he was absolutely isolated. He was the emperor alone against the civil and military forces of the dynasty. How could he fight? He couldn't kill them all. Not to mention whether he had the ability to kill them all, even if he did, it wouldn't work.
, the Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, so we still have to point to them to do things.
While he was irritated, something good happened. The eunuch he sent to make a fool of himself and made a case, which made Chongzhen even more convinced that sending an internal minister to supervise the army was a clever move. It also greatly increased his confidence in defeating the foreign ministers.
Okay, since you want me to meet the officials, then I will meet you!
Chongzhen decided to quarrel with the Confucian scholars in order to make the foreign court lose face and make himself a real emperor. He passed down a decree that all officials above the fifth rank in Beijing should go to the Wenhua Palace to meet him.