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, from the six civil and military officials of the cabinet 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 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 whole city of Beijing, the whole of Beizhili, and even the entire thirteen provinces of the north and the south were all in a state of panic.

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 was Wang Qi impeached, but any Liaodong officials 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 the point of being completely damaged. , want to kill him and then quickly.

Military men interfere in politics and blatantly ask for the power of drafting decrees. This is not to offend the civil servants. What is this? This is the intention of tampering. This is the precursor of Yi Yin and Huo Guang's intention to abolish the establishment. This is Wang Mang and Zhu Huang. Signs of disobedience filled the memorials of the Qianqing Palace, with seven large characters written across the entire page:

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ten days, he has not said a word, and all the impeachment Wang Qi and related persons have All the memorials were left unpublished, not approved, not sent back, and there was no response.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 was speculating on what the silent emperor Zhu Youxiao was thinking about in the imperial city when he faced the upstart Liaodong man who had just entrusted him with important tasks, including even marrying his sister. What?

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao stared blankly at the mountain-like pile of memorials 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 owl leaders serving as a warning, and not killing is not enough to make the people angry! It seems that if Wang Qi is not killed, the entire Ming Dynasty will immediately overthrow the country and the country will 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 according to the situation, because now Jianzhou is still eyeing it, and Wang Qi, as a hero, cannot be easily beheaded. At times, killing border ministers without permission 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 serving him, leaving only Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian here.

Zhu Youxiao leaned on the throne and summoned the two of them to the palace for questioning. They hardly said a word for half an hour, while Wei Zhongxian stood silently not far from Zhu Youxiao, with a low eyebrow.

The Chief of Ceremonies, 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 main hall, his forehead was swollen and blood was constantly seeping out. There was already a pool of black blood on the floor in front of him, and the sticky blood had stopped flowing.

"A military man formulating 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 solemn.

"My slave tried too hard and didn't grasp the scale properly, which aroused such a fierce counterattack from the Wenchen Group. I'm 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 Grand 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 act expediently in drafting decrees, Zhu You must be behind it The meaning of school.

Therefore, such a violent counterattack by the civil servant 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 Tiqian to stop playing tricks.

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

However, as the 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, with countless people protesting to death. What's more, 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. finally fell.

Emperor Tianqi, apart from anything else, inherited his great-grandfather, Emperor Jiajing, from his method of employing people with suspicion and not using them with suspicion, and grasping 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 it 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, Jinyiwei'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.

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

After a 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 Yu: Donglin were hidden behind and fueling the flames!

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 get Wang Qi in, and then held it high.

He got up and fell to the ground hard!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao's veins popped up on his forehead. 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!"
Chapter completed!