Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 271 Donglin Party Split

Jiang Yueguang hesitated for a while, and said again: "However, Mr. Gao Ge, do you really want to be so troublesome?"

Gao Hongtu sighed softly and said, "Why do you want to do this? However, since you and I are sitting in this position, we can only assume this responsibility."

Jiang Yueguang understood this.

Preemptively strike others, and then strike against others.

If they didn't do anything, Shi Kefa did it first.

Jiang Yueguang said again: "Old Gao Ge, you won't leave the beginning and the end?"

This matter has too much to do with it, and Jiang Riguang is still worried that it will be exposed.

"Look at this." Gao Hongtu handed Jiang Riguang a secret letter.

After reading the secret letter, Jiang Yueguang was stunned. It turned out to be a secret letter written by Gu Sanmazi to the Caojiang Admiral's Office!

In the letter, Gu Sanmazi reported another group of pirates to Admiral Caojiang, and promised that when the Admiral Caojiang's Office sent troops to conscript, he would be responsible for blocking the retreat on the water.

Jiang Yueguang asked in a low voice: "So the pirates are already..."

"Already wiped out, more than three hundred pirates were beheaded, and more than a hundred were captured alive." Gao Hongtu said, "So Mr. Jiang Ge, your worry is unnecessary. This case is already an iron case, and no one will be able to solve it if they come. .”

Jiang Yueguang nodded lightly, and said: "If Xuzhou is defeated, is there really no problem?"

"What's the problem?" Gao Hongtu thought that Jiang Yanji was as timid as a mouse.

He patiently explained: "Huai'an Prefecture is brave enough to fight, and there are another [-] people. Zuo Liangyu has also died of illness. Now the elite of Wuchang Town is in the hands of Yun Cong, so even if Xuzhou is defeated, Daming will still be as strong as him." Rock."

Jiang Yueguang was relieved when he heard the words, and now there is no problem.

……

Today's noon dynasty is every ten dynasties.

It was supposed to be the morning court, but Yong Wang Zhu Cizhen couldn't get up early, so it was changed to the afternoon court.

When Wu Linzheng, Chen Liangmo, and Wu Ganlai walked into the hall, they obviously felt that the atmosphere was a bit unusual. Outside the hall was full of spring and the warm wind was slightly drunk, but inside the hall exuded a first-class icy atmosphere.

As time went by, officials from Beijing and China entered the hall one after another.

The last officials to come in were the four elders of the cabinet and the ministers of the sixth department.

The elders and ministers were divided into two distinct camps. On one side were three elders including Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, and Xie Xuelong, and more than a dozen ministers or ministers including Zhang Youyu; The chief assistant of the cabinet, Shi Kefa, and the new Minister of Rites, Meng Zhaoxiang.

Finally Yongwang Zhu Cizhao arrived with the support of the young eunuch.

This little kid didn't know what he did last night, and he needed someone to help him.

After sitting on the imperial case, Zhu Cizhao yawned and said lazily, "Let's get started."

The eunuch He Zhikong, the supervisor of ceremonies, said in a sharp voice: "Play early if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do..."

A grand court meeting like this is usually just a formality. National affairs are usually not mentioned here, but if they are brought up in a grand court meeting, it will be a big deal!

It means that the two sides have already become a fire and water, and they will never die.

As a result, as soon as He Zhikong finished speaking, Yuan Pengnian immediately came out of the class and said, "Your Highness, I have my own principles."

Zhu Cizhao raised his hand, and Yuan Pengnian immediately said: "The Minister of Li Ke gave Yuan Pengnian the impeachment of Shi Kefa, the chief assistant of the current cabinet. There are [-] crimes in total!"

Shi Kefa's expression changed upon hearing this.

The officials in the palace were also in an uproar.

Even Zhu Cizhao sat up straight.

Yuan Pengnian played one by one: "The first crime is to form a party for personal gain. On the first month of the [-]th year of Chongzhen, Yuan Jixian, the governor of Jiangxi, and Du Yinxi, the prefect of Changsha, came to Nanjing to report on their duties. Shi Kefa invited them to meet in private and cited them as party members."

"The second crime is to sell officials and sell nobles. In October of the [-]th year of Chongzhen, the governor of Quanzhou..."

"The third crime is disobedience and unfilial piety. During the tenth year of Chongzhen, Ding You's mother died during the funeral..."

"The fourth crime is fornicating the family, having an affair with his niece and daughter-in-law and giving birth to a son..."

Hearing this, Shi Kefa almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Thinking about Shi Kefa's lofty sentiments, when did he suffer such insults?

"Your Highness!" Shi Kefa rushed out of the classroom, "I beg for the bones to return to my hometown."

After speaking, without waiting for Zhu Cizhao to reply, Shi Kefa took off the black gauze and put it in the hall, then turned and left.

Being so slandered and attacked by political opponents, if he had the cheek to stay in the court as an official, he would inevitably become the laughing stock of scholars. For Shi Kefa, who has always cherished his feathers, he might as well just kill him.

So he can't continue to be the first assistant, and he doesn't want to be a day.

Watching Shi Kefa walk out of the hall, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and others sneered.

However, Meng Zhaoxiang and the other four were a little dumbfounded, Mr. Shi Ge couldn't be like this.

It would be straightforward for you to leave as soon as you leave, but how can the few of us left fight with them?
Sure enough, as soon as Shi Kefa left, Admiral Caojiang Liu Kongzhao came out of the class and said: "Your Highness, the Admiral Caojiang's Office just solved a major conspiracy case last night."

"The big case of collaborators?" Zhu Cizhao asked with a lack of interest, "What's going on?"

"This is how it happened." Liu Kongzhao told what happened last night from the beginning to the end. Of course, what they said was all the process they had arranged in advance, not the real truth.

Gao Hongtu followed him out of the class and said: "Your Highness, such a major case of collusion should be dealt with seriously, strictly and quickly."

Zhu Cizhao thought it was reasonable, but when he was about to nod his head, he saw another minister standing up from under the steps.

"Your Highness, no!" It turned out to be Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu, who came out, "There are many doubts in this case, and it needs to be retried."

"Liu Duxian!" Gao Hongtu glared at Liu Zongzhou with an unfriendly expression, "Right now the Xuzhou battlefield is fighting Jiannu, if there is another disturbance in the rear, do you know what the consequences will be?"

"That's right!" Jiang Yueguang also came out to agree, "We should deal with them quickly and severely with the means of thunder. For pirates and collaborators, it is better to kill the wrong ones than let them go!"

"Your Highness, I think it's inappropriate!" Huang Jiarui, who has been promoted from the governor of Nanzhi to the left servant of the Criminal Department, came out of the class and said, "Nanzhi has not been involved in pirates for many years, and Gu Sanmazi has always been active in the open sea, so this case does exist. There are so many doubts, of course we must not tolerate the thieves of the bandits, but we must also absolutely not kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

"Seniors and others!" Huang Jiarui's voice fell, and many officials followed.

However, there are also many officials who agree with Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang, and the difference in the number of the two sides is similar.

Seeing this, Gao Hongtu and Jiang Riguang's faces collapsed. So many people objected?
Jiang Yueguang couldn't help casting a complaining glance at Gao Hongtu, and I said that I was too hasty. In such a short time, there was no time to operate and greet everyone. Is it causing trouble now?
Meng Zhaoxiang and the other four were refreshed when they saw it. It seemed that the Donglin Party really had internal strife.

At this time, Liu Zongzhou said again: "His Royal Highness, I request that the Ministry of Punishment, Yingtian Mansion and the Metropolitan Procuratorate jointly try this case. Yingtian Mansion will preside over the trial, and the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will supervise it."

"Zuzao." Zhu Cizhao yawned, "Is there anything else?"

"Your Highness, the Ministry of Internal Affairs must not be without a principal official." Zhang Youyu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out of the class and said, "At present, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ma Mingpao, is in jail and awaiting trial, and all matters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have stopped, but the slaves in the Xuzhou battlefield will not Following the cessation of the attack, the holy majesty and more than a million hungry people in Xuzhou City are starving for food, so I ask the court to push an official to take over the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Zhu Cizhen was a little disapproving: "It's just a sixth-rank master, so why use Ting Tui?"

After a pause, Zhu Cizhao said again: "Furthermore, the House of Internal Affairs is an inner court organization after all, and is not under the jurisdiction of the Six Ministries, so the choice of the person in charge needs to be made by the emperor."

Zhang Youyu said without losing the opportunity: "In this case, it can only be temporarily managed by our household department."

Zhu Cizhao hummed lightly when he heard the words, and when he was about to agree, he saw Meng Zhaoxiang, Minister of Rites, come out.

"Your Highness." Meng Zhaoxiang bowed to Zhu Cizhen, and then said to Zhang Youyu, "I don't need Situ to worry about this matter."

"Uncle Da Zong's words are wrong." Zhang Youyu said embarrassingly, "The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of the money and food of the next day, and it is its duty to take care of the money and food of the House of Internal Affairs, so I dare not use other people's hands for this matter."

Meng Zhaoxiang smiled and took out the false edict from his sleeve: "Here is the secret edict of the Holy One!"

"Secret order?" Zhang Youyu stood there stunned, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and others also looked at each other in blank dismay, which was unexpected.

However, Meng Zhaoxiang had already unfolded a secret edict and said: "Following the heavens to carry the emperor, the edict said: the key to victory in a battle is not more important than money and food; the three armies use their lives to the fullest, and there is nothing more than rewards... If Ma Minglu, the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, commits crimes, it is too rare. Qing Wu Linzheng will replace him, if Wu Linzheng commits another crime, the Supervisory Censor Chen Liangmo can replace him, and after Chen Liangmo, Wu Ganlai will replace him again!"

There was a sudden silence in the main hall, did not expect the Holy Majesty to keep such a trick?
Gao Hongtu, Jiang Riguang, Zhang Youyu and others were a little dumbfounded. How could this be done?
The Holy Majesty has arranged for a successor, so we can't arrest Wu Linzheng and the others, right?
Directly deny Chongzhen's secret edict?That's rebellion, and they don't have the guts yet.

After a long while, Gao Hongtu said: "Uncle Da Zong, is this edict really the secret edict left by the Holy Majesty?"

"What does Mr. Gao Ge mean by that?" Meng Zhaoxiang said angrily, "Is there anyone else who dares to correct the order?"

At this time, He Zhikong, the eunuch who inspected the imperial edict and said in a sharp voice: "The emperor's seal is stamped at the end of the edict and on the seams, so it is undoubtedly a genuine edict."

Gao Hongtu and the others were speechless for a moment.

Zhu Cizhao yawned again and said, "Wu Linzheng, the House of Internal Affairs is entrusted to you. You need to work diligently and never neglect your duties. The safety of your father and the millions of soldiers and civilians on the front line of Xuzhou depends on you."

It's also rare that this brat is still thinking about his father on the front line in Xuzhou.

"The minister leads the decree." Wu Linzheng bowed to the tunnel and said, "I will definitely live up to the entrustment of the Holy Majesty and Your Highness."

Zhu Cizhao's gaze turned to He Zhikong, who immediately shouted in a shrill voice: "Retire!"

In this court meeting, the Donglin Party can be said to have won, but it can also be said to have lost. In the final analysis, it still lost.

It is said that the Donglin Party won because they successfully drove away Shi Kefa, and Gao Hongtu got his wish and became the chief assistant.

It is said that the Donglin Party lost because after today, the Donglin Party officially split and ushered in a new powerful enemy.

(End of this chapter)