Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 59 The Literary Man's Rebellion
  When Wang Qi and Minister of Political Affairs Horqin began in-depth negotiations on the specific matters of Horqin's alliance with the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, thousands of miles away in the city of Beijing, all the civil and military officials from the six cabinet ministries down to the scholars and merchants, the traffickers and the common people were in a collective trance.

I have heard that Jian Wufu went into the grassland alone, but no one has ever heard that any of the ministers in royal robes wanted to draft the imperial edict alone!

When Zuo Guangdou brought this matter to the capital, the entire city of Beijing, the entire Beizhili, and even the entire thirteen provinces of the north and the south were collectively upset.

A man of letters who cared about national affairs, a high-ranking official who held a provincial government office, six nobles, and the head of the cabinet. The memorial to impeach Wang Qi flew into the imperial city like snowflakes and landed on Zhu Youxiao's imperial desk.

Not only the impeachment of Wang Qi, but also any officials in Liaodong related to him have been targeted by the civil servants who bombed Mao. Wang Tiqian, Xiong Tingbi, Wang Huazhen, Zu Dashou, Lu Enguang and other important officials in Liaodong have been criticized to pieces. , want to kill him and then quickly.

Military men interfere in politics and blatantly ask for the power to draft decrees. Isn't this a violation of civil officials? What is this? This is a clear indication of the treasonous intention. This is a precursor to Yi Yin and Huo Guang’s intention to abolish the establishment. This is a sign of Wang Mang and Zhu Huang’s disobedience. The piles of memorials from the Qianqing Palace are filled with pages. Seven characters:

Killing Wang Qi will bring peace to the world!

But what is deeply surprising is that no matter how hoarse the ministers outside are, knocking on the door to remonstrate, in the imperial city, the emperor is still aloof. For ten days, he has not said a word, and all the impeachment Wang Qi and related persons have All the memorials were left unpublished, not approved, not sent back, and there was no response.

Everyone inside and outside the capital is speculating. In the imperial city, the emperor who has been silent for a long time is thinking about the upstart Liaodong man who has just entrusted him with important tasks and even given his sister a marriage. What is the silent Zhu Youxiao thinking? What?
  Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao stared blankly at the mountain of memorials piled up on the imperial table. Ninety-nine percent of these memorials were for impeaching Wang Qi. He must have said that he was self-respecting, good at drafting imperial edicts, and arrogant because of his favor. , the ending is almost all about the owl serving as a warning to others, and not killing them is not enough to make the people angry! It seems that if Wang Qi was not killed, the entire Ming Dynasty would be overthrown and the country would be lost.

As for the few remaining scattered memorials, it is a rare suggestion to wait until Wang Qi returns from the grassland to discuss the situation, because now Jianzhou is still eyeing, and Wang Qi, as a hero, cannot be easily beheaded. At times, being good at killing border ministers can easily lead to instability on the border. These memorials are rare and mature, considering the overall situation.

At this time, the atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace was a bit solemn. Zhu Youxiao had already sent away most of the maids and eunuchs who were serving him, leaving only Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian here.

Zhu Youxiao leaned on the throne and summoned the two people to the palace for questioning. He almost said nothing for half an hour, while Wei Zhongxian stood silently not far from Zhu Youxiao, with a low eyebrow.

The Chief of Ceremony, Da Jue, has made up his mind that as long as Zhu Youxiao doesn't ask him, he will never speak first, because no one knows what the emperor is thinking in his mind now?
  How much tolerance does he have for Wang Qi?
  Wang Tiqian knelt tremblingly in the hall, his forehead swollen and oozing blood. There was already a puddle of black blood on the floor in front of him, and the sticky blood had stopped flowing.

"A military man drafting a decree is like digging up the ancestral graves of those civil servants." In the cold hall, Zhu Youxiao, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, his voice cold and cold.

"It was my servant who tried too hard and failed to grasp the scale properly, which provoked such a fierce counterattack from the Wenchen Group. I am willing to die to apologize!" After Wang Tigan said this, regardless of the blood dripping from his forehead, he still slammed the bluestone floor. .

As the chief governor of the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the second-in-command in actual power, every move he made in Liaodong represented the emperor's wishes. So in the eyes of those civil servants, since Wang Tiqian allowed Wang Qi to draw up decrees and act expediently, there must be Zhu Youxiao's intention behind it. Therefore, such a violent counterattack by the civil service group was not only against Wang Qi, not only against the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but more importantly, at a deeper level, it was to further suppress and restrict Zhu Youxiao's power!
  "Forget it, stop knocking. If you die here, you will only trouble me to collect your body for you! In the end, I will be responsible for the infamy!" Zhu Youxiao waved his hand impatiently, telling Wang Tigan to stop playing tricks.

As the emperor and the person behind the scenes of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, he could naturally understand and be willing to understand Wang Tiqian's actions in Liaodong.

However, as an emperor, Zhu Youxiao did not expect that a mere military man's power to act on his own initiative could cause such a fierce backlash from the civil service group, from Beizhili, Shanshan and Shaanxi, to Huguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Yunnan and Guizhou, and then to In the land of Guangdong and Guangxi, there were waves of opposition one after another, and there were countless people who remonstrated, and even worse, some claimed that if Liaodong was not severely punished for the civil and military affairs involved, they would carry a coffin to Beijing and be bumped to death on the purple gold pillar of the Qianqing Palace. , blood-stained forty-nine cities!

"Your Majesty is so kind to me, and I deserve it! It was my stupidity that didn't handle things properly, which made Your Majesty suffer. I deserve to die!" Wang Tiqian was heartbroken when he heard Zhu Youxiao's words that sounded like punishment but were actually forgiving. The finally fell.

Emperor Tianqi, apart from anything else, inherited his great-grandfather Emperor Jiajing's method of employing people without suspicion and using them without suspicion, and to control people's hearts.

"Wei Daban, what are the reactions of the ministers today? What are they all worrying about? Tell me," Zhu Youxiao stopped the court meeting for a day today and wanted to hide away, but the movements of those ministers, Zhu Youxiao Still want to control through Jin Yiwei.

The ancestral family methods are familiar to you.

When Wei Zhongxian heard Zhu Youxiao's question, he immediately bowed and returned: "In reply to Your Majesty, three of the ministers in the cabinet are staying behind closed doors, including Han Xu, Ye Xianggao, and Liu Yijing, but... "

Wei Zhongxian paused for a moment before continuing: "Although those cabinet ministers stayed behind closed doors, Jin Yiwei's investigation revealed that every day, the disciples, students, and friends who came in and out of Ye, Han, Liu and other government offices were all in the same department. Hundreds of people, and secret letters are constantly being sent out from the capital and flowing to all directions. As for what they want to do?"

Wei Zhongxian closed his mouth and did not continue.

"Ha," Zhu Youxiao nodded, and his brows, which were already knitted together with sadness, became even more furrowed.

After a long while, Zhu Youxiao's cheeks turned red and he just said two words: Donglin!

In Zhu Youxiao's understanding, in the wave of crusade against Wang Qi's mission to envoy Horqin, those two Yus who were hiding behind and fueling the flames were those two Yus: Donglin!
  Ye Xianggao, Han Xu, Yang Lian, and Liu Yihuan were all pushers. Although he stayed behind closed doors, secret letters and followers came in and out, weaving a whole network to include Wang Qi, and then Gao Gao Gao Lift it up and fall to the ground hard!
  Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao's forehead veins protruded. If Wang Qi died, it would mark the first time that his confrontation with the courtiers ended in failure since he came to power!

"I will never allow this to happen!" Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly!
  "Your Majesty," Wang Tiqian sent an assist at this time: "Another key point is that now those literati and officials have lost Dongjiang Town in southern Liaoning, and the responsibility for the surrender of Mao Wenlong's army has also been pushed to Wang Qi!"

Hu Ke's impeachment memorial to Xue Wenzhou contained one crime: leaving his post without permission, which allowed the Jian slaves to divide their troops in southern Liaoning, resulting in a critical situation. In order to stabilize the morale of the army and establish military discipline, it was recommended that he be executed immediately!
  (End of this chapter)