Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 303 The Transformation of Xiaolingwu

Chongzhen has already said this, and Ruan Dacheng will not agree.

Thinking in my heart, I can only try to excuse the Holy One in the song, saying that he was deceived by the Donglin Party because he trusted the Donglin Party too much.

In short, it is to push all the faults to Dongdang Lin.

"Lord Ruan, please stay." Ruan Dacheng had just stepped out of the big tent when Zhu Cihong caught up.

Ruan Dacheng turned his head and saw that it was Zhu Cihong, and hurriedly greeted him: "I greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Excuse me." Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "I have one thing I want to ask you, Mr. Ruan."

"Your Highness, the crown prince, has turned down the evil minister." Ruan Dacheng said anxiously, "If you have anything to do, just ask His Highness."

Zhu Cihong said: "It's about the party struggle, please Master Ruan try to take care of your father's image, especially at the end of the song, you must add Meishan Enlightenment."

"I would like to accept Your Highness's order." Ruan Dacheng respectfully agreed.

Watching Ruan Dacheng leave, Zhu Cihong quietly let out a sigh of relief.

Xin said that his father was magnanimous in his heart, and he could not care about his image as an emperor for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, but as a son of man, he had to care about his father's dignity.

When Zhu Cihong returned to the tent, he saw Zhu Cijiong pouted and angry.

Seeing Zhu Cihong coming in, Chongzhen said, "Hui Er, persuade Jiong Er quickly."

Zhu Cihong then asked: "Third brother, who provoked you and made you so angry?"

"Who else is there, not the group of national thieves from the Donglin Party." Zhu Cijiong said angrily, "I don't know what my father thinks, if he insists on using newspapers and operas to deal with them, wouldn't it be better to just arrest and kill them?" Have fun?"

"Brand massacres, killing the entire Jiangnan to the brim, can indeed solve the problem." Chongzhen said, "But this is by no means the best solution. After all, we are not barbarians like Jiannu, and the people in Jiangnan are still Daming after all. People, they are only being deceived for a while, and it’s not that they really don’t know what to do and are willing to be deceived.”

Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "Father, then let's leave this matter alone?"

"Of course it's impossible." A cold light flashed in Chongzhen's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "It is absolutely impossible to kill the entire Jiangnan, but it is still necessary to kill dozens or even hundreds of heads. , especially the participants and behind-the-scenes masterminds in the Ma Mingpao and Zhan Yangzhi collusion case, don’t even think about running away, they all have to die!”

Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said again: "Long'er, Jiong'er, today my father will teach you another truth. If you want civil officials or generals who are loyal to you to die, besides trusting you, you must also protect your weaknesses! I I can teach them a lesson, but others can't, and anyone who dares to touch me will have to pay the price!"

When it came to the end, there was a murderous intent on Chongzhen's face.

Brothers Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong were deeply moved.

It turned out that the father was also furious.

……

At this time, in the Nanjing cabinet office.

Several disciples were gathering in Gao Hongtu's Zhifang.

As the old saying goes, there is one emperor and one courtier, but there is actually another saying, one court chief and one court official.

Ever since Shi Kefa left his job at home, and Gao Hongtu replaced the first assistant as the second assistant, many of Gao Hongtu's disciples followed suit and quickly grasped the real power of various ministries, academies, and temples.

"Teacher, I've already inquired clearly. After Sheng Jia arrived in Yangzhou, he didn't go south again."

The person who spoke was Yuan Pengnian, a member of the Ministry of Rites. Although this person's official rank was only the seventh rank, he was the most respected among Gao Hongtu's many disciples.

Gao Hongtu had even greeted Fan Zhongjie, the new Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and Yuan Pengnian would be elected directly as the censor of Zuoqian Capital when the next Ministry of Officials was promoted.

But with Zuo Guangxian as an example, Yuan Pengnian is not so eye-catching.

"What, Sheng Jia didn't go south after he arrived in Yangzhou? If that's the case, he asked me to wait to meet him at Puzikou. Isn't this deliberately playing tricks on me?" Gao Hongtu said angrily.

Today, the Holy Majesty seems to be addicted to playing tricks on these ministers.

When he escaped from Beijing early last year and went south, he made them wait for a long time in Yanziji with the cold wind blowing, but he himself entered the city directly from the Taiping Gate.

After going to the Guozijian, he also issued an edict to seek captives.

This guy caught them, the ministers of the DPRK and China, really caught off guard.

I thought I had gone too far last time, but I didn't expect to go too far this time.

This time, not only did the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty wait at Puzikou in Jiangbei for two days, but also let Jin Xuan take the scholar camp to rob the court while they were not in Nanjing, and escorted Ma Mingpao and Zhan Yangzhi back to the capital. Ying Tianfu prison.

Jin Xuan was stunned, and even dispatched his cavalry to charge and kill the people, which almost sparked a civil uprising.

So at this time Gao Hongtu was really full of resentment towards Chongzhen, how could the emperor play tricks on ministers like this?

"Master, maybe the Holy Majesty didn't mean to play tricks on the court officials." Yuan Pengnian said with a smile.

"It is said that on the day when they arrived at Yangzhou Wharf, the Holy Majesty ordered his servant Gao Qiqian to collect more than [-] prostitutes from brothels in Yangzhou City, and sent them all to Shengjia's boat."

"As of today, Shengjia has not left the cabin for ten days."

"All day and all night, I just danced and danced with these brothel courtesans."

In the end, Yuan Pengnian couldn't hide the look of contempt on his face.

Among the disciples present, apart from Yuan Pengnian, Zuo Chunfang Zuozhongyun Liu Zhengzong and Youchunfang Youzhongyun Li Jinglian, both of these two disciples worked hard in Zhan Shifu.

Don't look at the two of them are just low-ranking officials of the sixth rank now, but they are prime ministers.

Once you have enough qualifications, you will have the opportunity to join the cabinet if you go up.

Even Yuan Pengnian, the most proud student, can't compare to this point.

Liu Zhengzong pondered and said: "Master, what do you mean by Shengjia's move? From Xuzhou to Huai'an Mansion and then to Yangzhou, he followed Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuanzuo all the way, why did he suddenly stop leaving when he arrived in Yangzhou? If you don’t leave, you can leave, but why do you have to inform the ministers of the court to go to Puzikou to meet you?”

"Is it really to divert the tiger away from the mountain?"

"Just to create an opportunity for Jin Xuan to rob the execution ground?"

After a pause, he continued: "The question is, if Jin Xuan really came to rob the court according to His Majesty's will, who can stop him? Isn't it superfluous for His Majesty to stay in Yangzhou?"

"How can it be so complicated." Yuan Pengnian said in disbelief, "Isn't it obvious that Shengjia must have planned to go south with Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan, but Gao Qiqian offered dozens of beauties After that, I couldn’t think of Sichuan anymore, so I stayed at Yangzhou Canal Wharf to sing and sing every night.”

Liu Zhengzong didn't say anything more after hearing this.

But he said disdainfully in his heart, Yuan Pengnian, you idiot really don't understand anything.

The Holy One is determined to be the second Yongle Emperor, would he be obsessed with women?

Li Jinglian also felt that Chongzhen's move was not that simple, so he said euphemistically: "Perhaps the Holy Majesty wanted to use this to express his dissatisfaction with his teacher."

"Nonsense." Yuan Pengnian retorted, "Since my teacher took charge of the cabinet, which thing has not been handled in an orderly manner? The Bank of the Ministry of Households and the Municipal Exchange were also able to be completed under the vigorous promotion of my teacher. It has made our Daming treasury more abundant than ever before, so it is too late for His Majesty to be grateful to the teacher, so why not be dissatisfied?"

"Teacher, the student made a slip of the tongue." Li Jinglian quickly apologized, but he was quite disdainful in his heart.

I said in my heart, Yuan Peng, you flatterer, besides flattering your mentor, what else would you order?
After a pause, Li Jinglian said again: "Men, the Holy Majesty is very determined to imitate Emperor Yongle, and he doesn't seem like a master who can't tolerate others, but there are many villains around the Holy Majesty, especially Gao Qiqian, Lu Jiude and others." Wang Cheng'en and others have always regarded us Donglin party members as enemies, and they will definitely advance to the Holy Land to slander and slander our teacher."

Li Jinglian said so much, in fact, he was telling Gao Hongtu very tactfully that the Holy Majesty must have had an opinion on you. After all, when the battle in Xuzhou was in full swing, you attacked the Ministry of Internal Affairs and even sent Zhan Yangzhi, who was in charge of providing arms to the front line of Xuzhou. He was also arrested on the charge of collaborating with bandits. With the sage's sage's wisdom, how could he fail to see the subtleties in it?
"Slandering your mentor?" Yuan Pengnian frowned, "You might as well speak more clearly."

Seeing that Gao Hongtu didn't mean to stop Yuan Pengnian at all, Li Jinglian could only say helplessly: "What the student means is that the emperor ordered Jianba Lu Zhenfei to be the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and he also added Dongge University Bachelor, Pre-engineering, and It is quite unusual to use Zhongzhi Jianba Jinxuan as the governor of Yingtian and the admiral of Caojiang military."

Yuan Pengnian said in disbelief: "Isn't it just a minister of the Ministry of punishment and a governor of Yingtian? Even if Lu Zhenfei, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, is added with a bachelor of Dongge University, so what? The entire court is our people, only Lu Zhenfei Can two people with Jin Xuan turn this day around? It's just wishful thinking."

In a word, Yuan Pengnian really didn't take Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan seriously.

Now Li Jinglian couldn't bear it any longer, and said with a frown, "Didn't Yuan ever think about whether the Holy Majesty would recall Mr. Liu Zongzhou and reconvene the three joint trials?"

"What? Reopen the three sessions of the joint trial?" Yuan Pengnian couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words.

Gao Hongtu also trembled in his heart. If Liu Zongzhou was recalled, plus Lu Zhenfei, the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and Jin Xuan, the governor of Yingtian, none of the three chief officials in the three courts would lean towards the Donglin Party!
These three people, Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan are the hardcore imperialists, and Liu Zongzhou has also broken with the Donglin Party.

Thinking of this, Yuan Pengnian couldn't hold his breath for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Master, this matter must be guarded against."

"Teacher." Liu Zhengzong said solemnly, "The reason why the Holy Majesty stayed in Yangzhou and didn't return is because he wanted to set up a prison under the guise of Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan, and when the whole of Nanjing was disturbed, he would return to the court to clean up the mess." , you can control the overall situation without any effort, but all the infamy is borne by Lu Zhenfei, Jin Xuan and Liu Zhouzong."

After a pause, he said again: "Such tricks and tricks are really not inferior to that of Emperor Sejong."

"What is there to be afraid of?" Yuan Pengnian retorted again, "Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan want to fight us in court, so let's fight with them. Nanjing is not Beijing. Let's see who can win in the end Who."

But Li Jinglian frowned and said: "Master, if we fight with Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan in the court hall, then we will fall into the trap organized by the Holy One. Even if we win the fight in the end, we will probably lose."

"Nonsense." Yuan Pengnian said, "Why do you still lose even if you win the fight?"

"Enough, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb." Gao Hongtu finally stopped.

At the same time, his understanding of Yuan Pengnian became clearer. This person's executive ability is very strong, but his political vision is too shallow, and he doesn't see problems deeply enough, so he is perfect to be used as a thug.

At that moment, Gao Hongtu asked Li Jinglian, "Yizhou, what good strategy do you have?"

Li Jinglian's expression became serious, and he lowered his voice and said: "Men, you should imitate the transformation of Lingwu!"

"Imitate the change of Lingwu?" Liu Zhengzong's face changed suddenly, and Yuan Pengnian's expression changed when he heard it.

The so-called change of Lingwu is to support Yongwang, the emperor, and then force the Holy One to abdicate to become the Supreme Emperor.

"Nonsense." Gao Hongtu reprimanded sharply after hearing this, "My Daming just repelled Jiannu and won the great victory in Xuzhou. I don't know how much better the situation is compared to the Tang Dynasty during Xuanzong's reign, so how can there be changes in Lingwu! "

The implication of Gao Hongtu's words is that imitating Lingwu's changes at this time does not make any sense.

At this time, Yuan Pengnian suddenly interjected and said, "But what if the Holy Majesty encounters an accident in Yangzhou?"

"Shut up! Yuan Pengnian, do you know what you're talking about?" Gao Hongtu's expression changed suddenly, "I solemnly warn you, get rid of such rebellious thoughts as soon as possible."

"Teacher, the student made a slip of the tongue." Yuan Pengnian hurriedly apologized.

"Okay, you all go back." Gao Hongtu waved his hand, "This old man has to be busy with business."

"That's it, the students will leave first." Liu Zhengzong, Li Jinglian and Yuan Pengnian quit Gao Hongtu's direct room, and went home separately, but Liu Zhengzong and Li Jinglian did not really leave.

When Yuan Pengnian left, the two returned to Gao Hongtu Zhifang.

……

After returning to his apartment, Yuan Pengnian was still upset.

Immediately went to the study room to find out the Shangshu, and found a paragraph: "Be faithful and clear righteousness, respect virtue and repay merits, and the world will be governed by the arch, and the world will be governed by the arch, and the world will be governed by the arch!"

After whispering a few words, he closed the book, slapped the table and said: "In order to realize the ideal of the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruling the world together, why should I cherish this body? My teacher, the student has done this for you."

At that moment, Yuan Pengnian asked the housekeeper to invite a friend of his.

This friend is a guerrilla under the admiral's office of Caojiang, surnamed Du.

When Du Guerrilla came to Yuan Pengnian's residence, it was already the first time when the lights were on.

Yuan Pengnian's residence was on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and the two of them sat at the window facing each other and looked out. They saw that the boats on the Qinhuai River and the brothels on both banks were all lit up with colorful lights one after another, embellishing the ten miles of the Qinhuai River with bright lights.

There is also the sound of silk and bamboo coming from afar, which makes people intoxicated in the night wind.

After drinking for three rounds, Yuan Pengnian said, "Brother Du, are you willing to help me do a great thing!"

Du Guerzilla said solemnly: "Brother Yuan is out of touch now, you have the great favor of saving my younger brother's family, as long as you order, I will never say anything in water or fire."

(End of this chapter)