That night, Zhong Jinwei arranged for Si Xiaoxiao to read and learn to read. He himself dictated some things, and Archie wrote them down. He was busy until late at night.
Early the next morning, Zhong Jinwei set out for Jinyiwei Yamen.
Unexpectedly, before he arrived at the Jinyiwei Yamen, he was overtaken by the eunuch who passed the order and asked him to go to the Wenhua Hall immediately for an audience.
Emperor Chongzhen should know that the affairs of the New Army have been in full swing in the past few days. He is so busy that he still comes to preach to him so early in the morning. It must be something big.
Zhong Jinwei immediately did not dare to neglect and rushed to see Emperor Chongzhen first.
When he arrived at the Wenhua Hall, he found that Wen Tiren, the chief minister, was already there. Both he and the emperor looked solemn.
"Master Zhong, it seems your worries are justified." Emperor Chongzhen said as soon as he saw Zhong Jinwei.
Zhong Jinwei was a little dizzy and couldn't remember any worries he had. However, he did not continue to faint because Wen Tiren handed him a memorial in his hand.
Zhong Jinwei hurriedly opened it and took a look, and then suddenly realized that it turned out to be a matter of restoring society.
A few days ago, Fushe held a huge rally in Yingtianfu.
Because it was just after the provincial examination, the candidates were still stranded in Yingtian Mansion waiting for the results. When the rally of Fushe was held, scholars gathered to respond. The scene was truly unprecedented. Thousands of scholars gathered together and listened.
A speech by Zhang Fu, the leader of Fushe.
Most of the scholars immediately joined the Fushe, and a large number of them even came from official family backgrounds.
Suddenly, among the scholars in the Jiangnan area, if they met and did not exchange a few words, they would be ridiculed for being ignorant and ignorant.
These are not the most important things. The most important thing is that Zhang Fu claimed that as long as he joined Fushe, he would be qualified to win the election.
The backbones of Fushe include Jinshi, Juren, etc., who can give you sample essays to guide you in taking the exam; Fushe has a government background and can qualify you for the exam through recommendations; those who have made great contributions to Fushe can even guarantee you a place on the admission list.
Anyway, in one sentence, as long as you join the Fushe, it is easier than others to qualify for the exam, and you have a great chance of passing the exam. As long as you make a big contribution to the Fushe, you are even guaranteed to pass.
Zhang Fu, the leader of Fushe, was even a guest of Zhou Yanru, the assistant minister of the cabinet. When he saw Zhang Fu, he also called him Mr. Xizhang.
In the original history, because Emperor Chongzhen abolished the factory guards, and what Zhang Fu did to restore the society was beneficial to the scholars, including many people with official family backgrounds, the news of the huge restoration of the society was concealed.
Come down.
As a result, during the capital examination, many people in Fushe were awarded Jinshi. At this time, Wen Tiren, who was the chief minister at the time, became concerned and began to suppress Fushe.
But even so, the restoration of society had become a trend at that time, and many civil servants were secretly supporting restoration of society. Even Wen Tiren finally resigned and Zhou Yanru became the chief minister again, which showed that Fushe was behind the scenes.
But it's different in this dimension. Under Zhong Jinwei's suggestion, the factory guards were able to come out again. And still at Zhong Jinwei's insistence, although Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay attention to the restoration of society, he still sent Dongchang officers to go there.
Jiangnan Surveillance Society.
Therefore, the content of Fushe's second massive rally was placed on the desk of Emperor Chongzhen.
If it was just about forming an association, even if it was a little louder, I'm afraid Emperor Chongzhen wouldn't worry about it at this time. Because in the Ming Dynasty, association was a trend and something that literati often did.
However, Fushe's association triggered a taboo in the feudal dynasty, which was an attempt to influence the imperial examination.
If it's just a few people getting together to learn and communicate with each other so that everyone can improve and increase the chances of being on the list, there's nothing wrong with that.
But the momentum of Fushe was too great, and the number of people had exceeded the tolerance of Emperor Chongzhen. What's more, it can be seen from the clues of Fushe that Fushe seemed to be using illegal means to influence the imperial examination.
Of course, because Fushe was very exclusive, there was no one among the people who opposed Fushe, but Fushe used various means to suppress them.
When Zhong Jinwei saw this, he was also secretly surprised by the momentum of the restoration of the society. If in later generations, such a large organization could influence the college entrance examination, it would probably also be subject to administrative intervention.
Wen Tiren saw that Zhong Jinwei had closed the memorial and knew that he had finished reading it, so he said to him: "Marquis Zhongxing, do you know whether the jade rope is related to Fushe?"
Zhong Jinwei was immediately surprised when he heard Wen Tiren ask such a sensitive topic.
Only then did he realize that there were only three of them in the Wenhua Palace, and all the palace maids and chambermaids had fled outside the palace.
Zhong Jinwei thought for a moment. He did not answer Wen Tiren directly, but turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, history has changed a lot since I came from my hometown. At this time, whether Zhou Yanru is involved in Fushe, I don't know.
Dare to speak, lest he be wronged."
Emperor Chongzhen frowned and nodded slightly. What Master Zhong said made sense.
"Your Majesty, this matter involves a minister of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet. I suggest sending factory guards to conduct a secret investigation. Everything should be based on the current facts, so that he will not be wronged." Zhong Jinwei continued to suggest to Emperor Chongzhen.
This was actually what Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren meant. They were not naive enough to take action on the cabinet ministers after hearing Zhong Jinwei's words. When I asked Zhong Jinwei what he meant before, it was more of a worry.
"Master Zhong's words make sense, and I and Wen Qing think so too. Thanks to you for reminding me in advance, otherwise the harm of allowing this society to develop like this would have been too great," Emperor Chongzhen said with a sigh.
In the past, neither he nor Wen Tiren cared much about restoring the company. If it hadn't been for Zhong Jinwei's insistence, perhaps the factory guards would not have been sent out.
Emperor Chongzhen immediately summoned Wang Chengen, the admiral of Dongchang, to pay an audience and ordered him to send his capable officers to the south of the Yangtze River to conduct a comprehensive investigation on the restoration of the society. In particular, the relationship between Zhang Fu and the officials of the Ming Dynasty, and what methods they used to achieve their declared goals, etc.
Wait for these things.
Wang Chengen also knew that this matter was of great importance, so he immediately went to make arrangements for it.
Zhong Jinwei felt relieved when he saw that Emperor Chongzhen finally paid attention to restoring society and took it seriously.
But what he didn't expect was that Fushe would actually cause something that shocked him.
However, because of Dongchang's investigation report and his subsequent suggestions, Emperor Chongzhen did not finally choose a compromise to solve the problem like his grandfather Emperor Wanli did.
After finishing the matter of resuming the society, the atmosphere in the Wenhua Hall became relaxed.
Emperor Chongzhen talked with Wen Tirendu and Zhong Jinwei about the new army and Lu Xiangsheng's memorial asking Guan Ning to cooperate. After making an assessment of the Liaodong war, he let Zhong Jinwei continue his work.
What they didn't know was that on the second floor of a large manor in the suburbs of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, someone was also talking about restoring society. Unlike in the Wenhua Hall, they were very happy about it.