Chapter 100 Hate and Enlightenment

No ordinary people dared to step in outside the Zhao Prison, making this place another forbidden place beside the imperial palace and the East Factory. The Jinyi School Captain who was guarding the gate of the Zhao Prison was used to it. However, in the past few days, there was always a young man wandering here, and even asked the Jinyi Guards who were avoiding each other several times about the situation inside.

At the beginning, the Jinyiwei was still very rude to him and just wanted to drive him away from his eyes. However, the young man was very persevering and was not afraid of the intimidation of the Jinyiwei. He still came and also gave them some filial piety. This made the anger in the hearts of these Jinyiwei guards guarding outside the door slightly calmed down, and let the person wait in front of him.

There were also curious people among them who asked the young man who wanted to find out who was in the prison of Zhao, but when he said that he wanted to go in and meet his father Huang Zunsu, no matter how much silver the Jinyiwei collected him, he would not dare to say anything no matter how much sympathy he felt. They knew that Huang Zunsu was having a holiday with Eunuch Wei and several adults. If this kid was really allowed to go in, they would have to be charged and then be imprisoned in Zhao.

Although those people refused to let him in, the young man came here every day to ask for it. However, the Jinyiwei knew the key points, so he refused to reveal some minor situations to him, but they could not miss the silver he gave. In the eyes of these people, it was already for the sake of these silver.

It was not until the young man waited in front of the imperial prison for nearly 17 or 8 days that a pretty good-hearted Jinyiwei secretly told him something: "Your father Huang Zunsu was killed in prison three days ago. Now even the body has been pulled out of the city to be buried. It will be useless for you to entangle here?"

Hearing this bad news, the boy was stunned on the spot. After a long time, he knelt down and kowtowed to the man a few times: "Thank you, elder, for your advice, so that I can know the truth of my father!" After that, he turned around and stopped looking back. Seeing that this teenager was so strong, the Jinyiwei also showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, but then he forgot about it.

Huang Zunsu did secretly kill the Jinyiwei the day after Yang Lian was killed. He did not have the strong will to survive. He was beaten to death shortly under the poisonous punishment of the Jinyiwei. Xu Xianchun, who had already killed Yang Lian, did not take much importance to killing such an inconspicuous censor, but in order for someone to cause trouble, he ordered people to secretly transport his body to outside the city and buried it in a hurry. As for Yang Lian, he sent his body back to their home, saying that he was weak and could not bear the hard life in prison, so he died of a sudden illness. Although the Yang family members were determined to take revenge, the court is now a eunuch party, what can they do?

As these Donglin Party members were eventually killed, all the Donglin Party in the court were removed. When Zi didn't like to deal with the government affairs today, so from then on, the whole world fell into the hands of these eunuchs, and Wei Zhongxian monopolized all the power. He arranged his confidants to an important position in the court. Gu Bingqian entered the cabinet and became the chief minister, Wei Guangwei was promoted to the Minister of Personnel, and he entered the cabinet. Cui Chengxiu and others also had their own rewards. For a time, the entire court became the court of Eunuch Wei, but there were orders, and there were all those who did not obey.

Feeling such treatment, Wei Zhongxian felt complacent and had no opponent in the world. At this time, Cui Chengxiu expressed his uneasiness: "Duce, you have forgotten one person, that is Sun Chengzong. He has always been in contact with the Donglin Party members. If he knew that his father-in-law had removed Ye Xianggao, he would probably arouse his dissatisfaction. Now he has more than 100,000 border troops in his hands. If he had warned, even the emperor would not be able to stop him from being detrimental to his father-in-law."

"Our family doesn't want to deal with this person, but the emperor has told us that Sun Chengzong is the Gancheng of the country and the imperial tutor, so people cannot be dealt with him." Wei Zhongxian said angrily. If there were no emperor, he would have thought of a way to create some guilt for this last opponent and pulled him down from the position of Liaodong's governor. At this time, he suddenly thought of something and looked at his close confidant and said, "Then it has been several months since Tang Feng has been to Liaodong. Does he have any good news to him?"

Cui Chengxiu has been busy dealing with the Donglin Party members for the past few days and forgot the young man who might threaten him. Now seeing that Wei Zhongxian still remembers him, he decided to say something bad: "When he said his father-in-law, Tang Feng would go to Liaodong without a trace of information. It seems that he was either not interested in doing things for his father-in-law, or he was not capable enough..."

"He is really young, and this time he is dealing with the worldly-inspired Sun Chengzong, so he is not a big deal. If he is in Liaodong, he is always good for us, so let him stay there." Wei Zhongxian of course saw Cui Chengxiu's intention, but this person's usefulness is not as good as those people at present, so he didn't take it seriously. Then he glanced at Cui Chengxiu and said, "Do you already have a way to deal with Sun's old man?"

Cui Chengxiu said: "The lower officials have indeed had a good method. Ye Xianggao and others have left the capital. We can send someone to search their mansions and find some evidence of their close relationship with Sun Chengzong. Then those censors will impeach this person. As long as someone keeps saying bad things about him in front of the emperor, it may not take long for the emperor to become suspicious of Sun Chengzong. Even if he doesn't take him, he will no longer let him take charge of the army in Liaodong. This is the method of making money and destroying bones. I wonder what my father-in-law thinks this method?"

"Well, this can be tried, so let's leave it to the people from the East Factory to do it." Wei Zhongxian nodded with pride in his eyes. He did not ask what to do if he couldn't find the evidence, because since he was going to deal with Sun Chengzong, even if he really couldn't find any evidence, they could still concoct some.

Then the matter was natural. With the continuous efforts of the people from the Dongchang, the letters they secretly exchanged with Sun Chengzong were indeed found from the mansion of Ye Xianggao. Although what was said was not a big deal, it was enough to show that the relationship between the two parties was extraordinary. The censors in the court immediately wrote letters to impeach Sun Chengzong through this matter, believing that the reason why he had only stayed in Liaodong over the years without striving was that he wanted to gain self-respect and control the government with the Donglin Party members in the court.

Although Emperor Tianqi trusted his teacher very much and just laughed it off when facing these memorials, he could not withstand the continuous bombardment of hundreds of memorials over the past few days. Finally, a few days later, he sent a message and asked someone to summon Sun Chengzong from Liaodong and let him argue in court. This is why Sun Chengzong's identity is quite special and deeply trusted by the emperor, so he will receive this treatment. If someone else is replaced, I am afraid that he will have a letter of edict to capture him back to the capital.

Although the effect was not as good as I had expected, Wei Zhongxian and others were still very happy. They held a banquet on the night they sent people to Liaodong to celebrate that they finally brought their last opponent into the battle. They celebrated each other for a while, and flattered them endlessly, which was more lively than during the Chinese New Year.

In contrast to the lively scene at Eunuch Wei's mansion, there was a mass grave several miles west of the capital. A young man was kneeling in front of a grave, full of grief and desolation. He was the young man who had been waiting outside the imperial prison. After several hard work, he finally found the burial place of his father Huang Zunsu. Thinking that his father had been determined to end up like this for the court and the people, he couldn't help but feel sad and lay in front of the grave and cried bitterly.

He once thought about assassinating Xu Xianchun who killed his father, but after calming down, he gave up this idea. Not to mention whether he could approach and assassinate Xu Xianchun with his own strength, even if he succeeded, the culprit was not this person, but Wei Zhongxian. Did his father agree to do this under the 9th lunar month?

He also thought of the scene when the Jinyiwei came to the door that day. His father told him that he would not come back after he had gone there. He hoped that he could study hard and do his best to the world in the future. Then he would avenge himself. If he went there like this, he would probably make his father die with peace of mind.

"Oh my God, please tell me what I, Huang Zongxi, should I do?" But the world is ruthless and would not answer him, as a young man, and he didn't even get a drop of rain. Kneeling on the ground and looking up at the dark sky, the young Huang Zongxi thought for a long time, and his heartstrings seemed to be touched: "The world is unkind and regards all things as straw dogs. Even if there is Wei Yi in power, he would not interfere. Today's saints are blinded by him. The people dare not speak out. Is there no place to seek justice in the bright world? No, I firmly believe that the right way in the world is vicissitudes, and one day the evil will be destroyed. Then I will be the one who awakens the world and illuminates the world!" Huang Zongxi suddenly had such an idea in his mind. He wanted to walk among the people and pass on everything he knew to the people. One day, the eunuch party will be destroyed and the world will be transformed into a clear light again.
Chapter completed!