Several people in the Wenhua Hall were startled when they heard this. However, Wang Chengen reacted immediately. He smiled and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Those bastards must have reported the details."
Emperor Chongzhen was noncommittal and waved his hand to him to hand over the urgent delivery.
It didn't take long for Emperor Chongzhen to read the second express delivery carefully.
Then he picked up the express delivery, raised it, and said to First Assistant Wen Tiren: "Wen Qing, you are overly worried, and here is the evidence."
After speaking, he turned around and praised Wang Chengen: "This time Dongchang has done a good job. All relevant people will be rewarded based on their merits and let them continue to find the mastermind behind the scenes."
"My slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen quickly lowered his head and echoed with a smile in his eyes.
"Show this urgent delivery to Wen Qing first." Emperor Chongzhen then ordered.
When Wang Cheng'en brought the express delivery to Wen Tiren, Emperor Chongzhen turned to look at Zhong Jinwei and said: "Master Zhong, thanks to your previous reminder, otherwise it would be difficult for the Dongchang officer to obtain the evidence so quickly."
Zhong Jinwei was a little curious after hearing this, why did he still get credit?
Emperor Chongzhen looked at his confused look, smiled for the first time and explained: "Because of your previous reminder, Master Zhong, Dongchang has been investigating the restoration of society, and happened to find that the person in charge behind the civil uprising was the person who restored society. Now Dongchang
The factory has found out that there are people behind Zhang Fu, the leader of Fushe, who are following the clues."
Seeing Zhong Jinwei's sudden realization, he went on to tell even bigger revelations: "Before the civil uprising, Zhang Fu also approached Zhou Yanru. In hindsight, they must have reached some kind of agreement in advance."
Wen Tiren listened to Emperor Chongzhen briefing Zhong Jinwei on the situation while looking at the urgent delivery at hand.
There was a detailed statistics in the express delivery. Most of the scholars who took the lead in making trouble were members of Fushe.
In the first few days when the Nanjing Branch opened its doors, not many people complained about it. At most, they just said a few words. The situation suddenly became serious. It was on the fourth day that big-character posters were put up to encourage people to cause trouble. It seemed as if they were suddenly filled with righteous indignation overnight.
, the staff of Nanjing Branch also turned into daring criminals overnight.
The Dongchang officers had secretly arrested several scholars. After interrogation, they found out that it was Zhang Fu, the leader of Fushe, known as Mr.
That is, admission without examination.
The express delivery contained the confessions of those scholars, as well as the list of participating scholars and their leaders.
In addition, it was found that the largest financial source of the social restoration activities is unknown. It is currently under investigation, but some clues have been revealed.
There is also a testimony from Ying Tianfu, indicating that Zhou Yanru, the assistant minister of the cabinet, ordered him not to interfere with the scholars in upholding justice for the people.
From these signs and several testimonies, it is obvious that there are people behind the scenes who are deliberately inciting public opinion and taking the opportunity to cause chaos to achieve their ulterior motives.
After reading it, Wen Tiren handed the urgent letter to Zhong Jinwei, and then reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, although judging from this urgent letter, the matter is already obvious, I still recommend sending an imperial envoy to Nanjing to deal with this matter specifically.
For the best."
Emperor Chongzhen was very unhappy after hearing this. He frowned and said unhappily: "Since the matter is so obvious, why bother?"
Wen Tiren was not panicked because Emperor Chongzhen was unhappy, and still replied unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, the court has made it clear to the world before that the civil servants are supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dongchang is full-time supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jinyiwei. If this matter is caused by
If Dongchang comes forward to conduct verification, the matter will rise to the level of treason. Your Majesty, it is better to be cautious about this matter."
What Wen Tiren actually meant was that Dongchang could investigate secretly, but they could not do it openly and use their investigation results as evidence, because the responsibilities had changed.
Emperor Chongzhen fell silent after hearing Wen Tiren's answer, which was considered reasonable and well-founded. He did not object blindly.
If this Nanjing civil uprising is defined as rebellion, it is obviously too serious. And if you don't want to change the order overnight, it is better to follow the advice of the chief minister.
Emperor Chongzhen thought of this and asked Wen Tiren: "Who does Wen Qing mean to send to Nanjing?"
Wen Tiren already had an idea and immediately replied: "The matter involves the ministers of the cabinet. I think that the imperial envoys going to Nanjing must have a certain grade."
Emperor Chongzhen thought for a moment and then issued an order to Cao, the imperial censor of the Zuodu Procuratorate, to come to Bian for an audience.
Wen Tiren nodded secretly in his heart after hearing this. He thought this candidate was suitable.
At this time, Zhong Jinwei had already read the second urgent delivery from Dongchang. He handed the urgent delivery to Wang Chengen and asked Wen Tiren, "Master Wen, there are so many students making trouble here!"
There are already statistical data on the express delivery. If there were not so many students who agitated separately and took the lead in making trouble, how could tens of thousands of people gather to make trouble at the Nanjing branch.
Wen Tiren nodded and replied: "There are indeed many students in this dynasty, especially those in the south of the Yangtze River."
After hearing this, Zhong Jinwei turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, I remember that there is a famous article in my hometown, which is about Shengyuan. The title seems to be "On Shengyuan", which is a later famous person summarizing the changes in the dynasty.
It was written when.”
The three people in the Wenhua Hall understood clearly that what Zhong Jinwei meant was that he had read an article called "The Theory of Shengyuan" in later generations. It was a famous person in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty summarizing the reasons why the Ming Dynasty was replaced by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
written.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard that this student had risen to such a high level, his face immediately became serious. He first waved his hand to the maids and chamberlains to avoid him, and then asked: "Master Zhong, what does the "Sheng Yuan Lun" say?
"
Unexpectedly, Zhong Jinwei scratched his head with his hands at this time, and then shook his head helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, I don't remember very well. The content in it is about the disaster of life. I only remember that the conclusion of later generations seems to be this
The celebrity’s summary is very reasonable, but a little biased, but the evaluation is very high anyway.”
When Emperor Chongzhen and others heard this, they couldn't help being speechless. They all calmed down and were full of hope to hear Zhong Jinwei say one, two, three, and the result was such an answer.
Zhong Jinwei also knew that he seemed to have something, so he had no choice but to explain again: "If I know that I can time travel, I will definitely memorize it."
As soon as he said these words, the three people in the palace had no choice but to nod in understanding. If they really wanted to complain, they could only blame Marquis Zhongxing for not having a photographic memory.
However, Zhong Jinwei also had an idea. He suggested to Emperor Chongzhen: "It doesn't matter if I can't remember it. I just need to have someone investigate and summarize the current situation of the students. There should be a result."
Emperor Chongzhen heard the truth and immediately ordered Wang Chengen to handle the matter and get a result as soon as possible.
After giving the instructions, Cao Yubian, the censor of Zuodu, finally felt it.
When Wang Chengen looked at Cao Yubian who came in and was surprised to find that there was no palace maid in the palace, he couldn't help but wonder if the Metropolitan Procuratorate had always had little dealings with Dongchang in the past. Would he bite back after seeing Dongchang's urgent delivery?
One mouthful, speak for Zhou Yanru and those scholars who are making trouble?