Chapter five hundred and seventy-eight use and anti-use
Before he said that he was going to purge the imperial court, Zheng Chenggong had indeed achieved considerable results. Most of the courtiers had a panicky attitude towards this kind of purge that was launched at an unknown time.
Therefore, he doesn't even need to be too rhetorical. He just needs to send people over to give him a few words, and some people will show their willingness to make friends with him.
Even those who did not express their attitude and said they would think about it for a few more days showed great hesitation in their words. Zheng Chenggong took this opportunity to gather a lot of information.
From this point of view, it should be a good thing that the emperor was finally forced by the overall situation and decided to execute Chao Gang. However, it didn't take long for Zheng Chenggong to discover that this was not the case.
Some time ago, when Zheng Ying came to him crying and said that the letter was lost, he knew that Lin Chong had guessed that he was instigating Zheng Ying to cause trouble behind his back. But he must not have expected that Zheng Ying hid it like a treasure.
The letter actually has no meaning. It is just an ordinary letter. At best, it can only prove that I know Zheng Ying, and it can't explain anything.
In order to avoid being caught by Lin Chong with direct evidence, Zheng Chenggong would almost never choose to take action himself no matter what he did. In this way, even if these minions were caught in the future, they would not have a direct relationship with him.
It was the same this time. Even if Lin Chong understood that he wanted to take this opportunity to cultivate his own power in the court, he would still have people investigate.
He has already gotten a lot of the information he wants. As for the people he should win over, even if he doesn't win over him this time, there will be a chance next time. It's just a matter of time.
"That's it, let me see how you are going to win this round?" Zheng Chenggong held the wine glass in his hand tightly, with a hint of chill in his tone.
And that guy Mao Bijiang was able to survive the pursuit of professional killers. It seems that Lin Chong still attaches great importance to this guy. Moreover, this guy is really not afraid of death. Even though he almost died, he still wants to continue his past style.
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In fact, Zheng Chenggong had expected this. He had heard about this person before. If he could stick to this style of behavior, then his plan would naturally take effect.
On the contrary, if Lin Chong made him compromise this time, Zheng Chenggong would be able to come up with other ways to deal with him next time. Unexpectedly, this time he would carry forward his previous style, but other people would have problems.
In addition to Mao Bijiang, Lin Chong also sent many people to investigate with him, whether they were from the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment, or from Dali Temple. In short, everyone except Mao Bijiang turned a blind eye.
A blind eye attitude.
As for the so-called dispute between them and Mao Pijiang, Zheng Chenggong didn't believe it at all. This was definitely a trick created by Lin Chong. It could not only appease the ministers' hearts, but also avoid damaging Mao Pijiang's image and status.
On the contrary, among such a group of people who are always trying to fool things, he will appear to be particularly responsible and upright. In this way, it is estimated that many people will be willing to stand on his side.
Zheng Chenggong took advantage of this trend and had his own plans. Didn't Lin Chong have his own plans?
Mao Bijiang has successfully shifted everyone's attention from who is purging the Chao Gang to who is going to purge the Chao Gang. So every day there are an endless stream of memorials mocking those young people who have just been officials.
It probably means that they have read the books of sages for so many years in vain. Every day they don’t think about how to benefit the people and better relieve the emperor’s worries. Instead, they daydream about how to achieve success by slandering other people. Such behavior makes people feel uncomfortable.
Sad and heartbreaking.
Lin Chong also read it carefully. Many of the excerpts actually wrote about deep love, righteousness, and grief. The grief of caring about the country and the people almost came to his face. After a casual glance, he
So he threw the folding bag to the other side.
Previously, Zheng Chenggong asked someone to make trouble in Wei Changqing's shop, spreading rumors and trying to destroy Wei Changqing's position in Nanjing. Lin Chong did not hesitate to bring Zheng Ying out to talk about the matter.
Don't care at all whether those rumors are true or false, or who spread them. Just use another more exciting news to suppress them. It is absolutely true that something happened to Zheng Ying.
Many problems found in the accounts can prove that he evaded taxes and passed off goods with inferior goods.
In such a comparison, many people are still willing to choose Wei Changqing, who has only rumors and no major incidents. After all, everyone understands that when doing business, it is inevitable to throw dirty water on others, but it is different when the government comes forward.
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Lin Chong deliberately made this incident known to everyone, just to alleviate the dirty water Zheng Chenggong poured on him outside. Judging from the results, he successfully offset the previous rumors.
He never believes that rumors stop at wise men. Even if this sentence is true, in this era, how can there be so many wise men willing to stand up and help you clarify the rumors? No.
If you want to make people forget a rumor quickly, the best way is to create a more exciting topic. In this way, people's attention will slowly be replaced by new things. As time goes by, the previous topic will become longer.
It will naturally be forgotten.
Now, although it cannot be said that people have completely forgotten the news that Wei Changqing's stores were visited by people to cause trouble for more than a month, they are more willing to talk about how much money the government found from Zheng Ying.
Another example is this time, Zheng Chenggong wanted the ministers to focus all their hateful eyes on Lin Chong, but Lin Chong simply complied with his wishes, and then gave him a big reversal. Wouldn't the effect be more interesting?
The most painful thing now is probably the young people who are obsessed with all these books. Most of these people are frivolous and ignorant of worldly affairs. They think they have some amazing talent when they get a small official. They are eager to write some blockbuster articles.
Let the emperor appreciate you, so that you can reach the sky and rise to the top in one step.
Almost everyone will have such daydreams when they are young, but if someone takes advantage of you while you are daydreaming, it will be very bad. Not only will you not be able to achieve success, but your life may be in danger.
The poor scholars who originally thought they would be proud and proud soon discovered that the emperor did not really want to attack the ministers. And after the ministers, who had been worried all day long, relaxed, the first thing they did was to settle accounts with them.
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Almost immediately, the trend of calling for a clean-up of Chao Gang was suppressed, and soon replaced by ministers who believed that these young officials lacked experience and should be sent to other places to experience life. It was clear that they wanted revenge.