Chapter 3: There is no way out
In the capital, within a certain house in Wei Zhongxian.
At this moment, those who come here are the absolute core of the eunuch party. They can’t even escape or wash away, and no one wants to surrender!
Wei Zhongxian sat high above, with white hair all over his head, looking extremely terrifying. The others were surprised to see Wei Zhongxian who had turned white all night, but no one dared to speak directly.
As for Guiguzi, he sat in the first seat on the left of Wei Zhongxian as the commander of the Jinyiwei. Nanzi and Bian Que sat in the screen behind Wei Zhongxian and did not meet everyone directly.
After a moment, Wei Zhongxian spoke with a very hoarse voice. Although the voice was different from usual, everyone only thought that this was a new change that he had developed after his hair was white overnight and did not care too much.
"Your Majesty did not fall into the water."
"Very good!"
"As long as your Majesty is healthy, we will be fine!"
"Is it really just a rumor?"
"When Your Majesty practices, he will get into devils and his internal organs will be damaged. Unless the gods descend to earth, your Majesty will not have many days." Wei Zhongxian continued.
"What?"
"This is impossible!"
"Your Majesty!"
"Silent!" Guiguzi knocked on the table.
"The reason why Your Majesty is so entangled is because of civil servants! The late emperor Zhengde of the past was because he wanted to make the warriors look up and suppress civil servants, and then was murdered by civil servants, and eventually died of being entangled. He claimed to be dead after falling into the water."
"Later, His Majesty Jiajing, was almost murdered by the palace maids in the palace. The palace maid who murdered His Majesty's family was born in Jiangnan."
"The reason why His Majesty's grandfather did not attend court for a long time was that he was assassinated by civil servants, which made him suffer from leg problems and made him walk a problem!"
"The late emperor was even killed directly by civil servants!"
"It's not enough to kill the late emperor. Now, because Your Majesty relied on the imperial party, he will directly kill His Majesty!"
"At that time, these civil servants used the Tumu Fort Incident to kill the nobles of the entire court, and also threw these bad things into the late emperor and Wang Zhen."
"Later, whenever an emperor dares to cheer up and seize civil servants, the interests of the gentry will be ruthlessly killed by them!"
"They also brainwashed these girls by training them since childhood. Whenever the new emperor ascended the throne, they sent their girls into the harem in this way, and then subtly influenced and controlled Your Majesty."
Listening to Guiguzi's words, the eunuchs' core members present fought one by one, and they were sweating profusely. Can some words be said?
You can only think about it in your heart, what do you want to do if you say it directly?
"Are these true?" A civil servant asked directly, wiping the cold sweat on his forehead.
"It doesn't matter whether it really doesn't matter. What's important is that once this statement is spread, the people will believe it!"
No matter the truth, once this statement is spread, the civil servants will not be able to explain it clearly, and they can only refuse to admit it. But whether they admit it or not, the people will remember it in their hearts, because this is the one they love the most.
What the people in the capital like most is all kinds of rumors related to the Tian family. As for the official refutation of the rumors, who believes it?
Especially with such explosive news, the more civil servants prevent and deny it, the more the people believe it!
After giving the eunuchs' core members a period of calm thinking, Wei Zhongxian, who was sitting at the top, suddenly spoke: "Tell me, what do you all plan to do in the current situation?"
"Yingqiu, you are the Minister of Personnel today, and you are also a Jinshi from the imperial examination and know the civil servants the most. You said, if you betray us at this moment, will you be recognized by other civil servants?"
"Impossible, I'm trapped too deeply. No matter what, there will be no good ending. It's over, everything is over. Your Majesty, why are you plotting by them so easily!"
"Qincheng, you are the Shaoqing of Taipu Temple. You personally made arrangements and killed the thirteen generals of the Donglin Party. You sold us all at this moment. Can you survive?"
"The Donglin Party is shameless and full of benevolence, righteousness and morality in its mouth, and gold, silver and treasures in its heart. Even if I surrender at this moment, I will only be able to get a safe life for half a year. After half a year, they will definitely put me in prison in other names. At that time, not to mention me, even my family will not be able to escape death!"
"...You took action and killed Yang Lian, one of the six gentlemen of Donglin. You confessed to the Donglin Party and committed suicide. Can you not attack your wife and children?"
"Impossible!"
"Then run!"
"The world is so great, where are you going? Without power, any minor official can make you live and die. As for the hidden identity from then on, do you really think you can accept the exploitation of local minor official? Do you really think you will not show any flaws from now on? Do you really plan to spend the rest of your life in worry?" Guiguzi retorted directly.
"Zhang Taiyue implemented the reforms and did not shake the fundamental interests of civil servants. He neither reformed the imperial examination system nor dared to take advantage of civil servants' tax exemption, nor did he even dare to collect commercial taxes. He was just a papermaker who had to do some sewing and repairing. But even so, how miserable was he when he was liquidated? Do you still remember?"
Speaking of this, before the people below answered, Wei Zhongxian smiled coldly, and everyone was frightened and trembled: "The emperor ordered the house to be confiscated, and the palace orders were cut off, and the seals and letters he gave during his lifetime were forced to be seized, and the four generations of imperial edicts were given to the world for crimes."
"And Zhang Taiyue himself was almost whipped by the coffin. As for his family, some were tortured to death, some were starved to death, and some were unable to withstand the grievances and commit suicide on their own initiative."
"It's just that the miscellaneous people think that Zhang Taiyue is pitiful, so they wrote a letter to Your Majesty a few years ago to state the matter. Your Majesty said that the heroes should not be left to the end, and then they issued an order to restore Zhang Taiyue's reputation."
"Hahaha, Zhang Taiyue is the imperial teacher, the chief minister of the cabinet, and the purest Jinshi master. He will inevitably end up after his death, let alone the eunuch party in the eyes of civil officials like you and me?"
"We did much more than Zhang Taiyue! At most, Zhang Taiyue was dismissed from office and seized their official positions, while we directly destroyed them."
Speaking of this, Wei Zhongxian looked at the people sitting below: "Wang Xu, Commander Wang, you are all familiar with it. Last year, he directly and reasonably and legally obtained five million taels of silver from civil servants. Of course, although you are not as good as Commander Wang, you still have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."
Hearing this, the civil servants below were so ugly that water was about to seep out.
"For those civil servants, taking money is better than killing parents. The revenge of killing father is irreconcilable. What about robbing money?"
Speaking of this, Wei Zhongxian smiled even colder: "You guys, Wei has said so much, not for anything else, but for telling you that you, like Wei, have no way out!"
"No matter what those civil servants promise you at this moment, they cannot be trusted! When we are defeated, it is time for them to counterattack!"
"Unless, you are willing to believe their promises. Unless, you are willing to place the lives of the whole family and even the whole family on their conscience!"
Chapter completed!