Mutual attacks

December 20th, only ten days before New Year's Eve, the end of the year of the third year of the Tianqi revelation is obviously not as calm as usual. Just when ordinary people in the capital were happily waiting for a good New Year, the situation in the court was in a strong turmoil because of a person who should not have appeared. Zhu Youxiao, an incompetent emperor, summoned a group of people from the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party in the warm cabinet, frowned and listened to their attacks.

Just now, Wei Guangwei had already read the evidence that they had identified Ye Xianggao and Xiong Tingbi on the spot on behalf of Wei Zhongxian, and then they quietly looked at the Donglin Party members, waiting for their defense.

Ye Xianggao and others did not expect that they would not mention Wei Zhongxian's memorial, but the emperor not only did not mention it, but also added this false charge to him. He was a little confused for a while. After a while, **xing knelt out and said, "Go back to the emperor, I have no desire to collude with the border generals. Please let the emperor know!" The others also knelt down, and at this time they wisely decided to keep themselves first.

"Emperor, the facts are there, and they cannot be ignored. Xiong Tingbi lost the city and land, and according to our Ming military law, he would be punished. If they had not maintained it from the side, he would not have lived now. Now he has been taken by the Jinyiwei. As long as the truth is found, he will be presented to the emperor." Wei Guangwei immediately stepped forward and said.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the officials kneeling in front of him and was also confused: "Did they collude with Xiong Tingbi? If not, why wouldn't they say it?" He felt suspicious, and his expression was naturally not so good: "If you say you don't have this intention, why did you want to save Xiong Tingbi, who was already a death sentence? This made me unable to guess."

Ye Xianggao knew that the emperor had completely believed that he and others saved Xiong Tingbi, so he could only give him an acceptable reason to relieve his suspicion. So he replied: "Emperor, I am doing this for the sake of my Ming Dynasty, not my personal relationship with Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi has been guarding Liaodong since the forty-seventh year of Wanli, so that the Jin people could not make any progress. He has made great contributions to our Ming Dynasty. Although Guangning, which he guarded in the second year of Tianqi, was trapped and caused a large area of ​​Liaodong to be invaded by the Jin people, it was also because of conflicts with the governor Wang Huazhen that he was defeated, so the crime was not on him. We protect him in order to keep a powerful weapon for our Ming Dynasty, which is not out of selfishness. Emperor!"

"What a good sentence is not selfish! Lord Ye, you were not in Guangning that day. How can you know that Guangning's mistake was not his Xiong Tingbi?" Gu Bingqian suddenly asked, "I think this is just an excuse to cover up Xiong Tingbi. The reason why you tried your best to save Xiong Tingbi was because you valued the military power in his hands. You want to collude with him inside and outside!"

"Your Majesty, I am wronged!" When Ye Xianggao heard this, he kowtowed immediately and said, "I have been greatly favored by the imperial court and have served for several generations of emperors. My loyalty to the emperor can be expressed to the sun and the moon. I really would not have such a crazy idea. This is Gu Bingqian's slander! Moreover, he did not know the truth if he was not in Guangning. Could it be that he was in Guangning? How could he be sure that this was not the case?"

Zhu Youxiao felt it was reasonable when both of them were heard, and hesitated. At this time, Wei Zhongxian, who knew the emperor's wishes, spoke: "Master Ye, you said they were not in Guangning, so you didn't know the inside story, but our family can tell you that our family had found a person who was in Guangning at that time. He could believe his words. Emperor, please allow this person to meet him!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Then let this person come in."

After a while, a man in a cloak walked into the warmer pavilion led by several eunuchs. He knelt to the end and said, "The criminal Wang Huazhen has seen the emperor, I wish my emperor a long life!" He kowtowed a few times.

Unexpectedly, what came was Wang Huazhen, who had been fighting with Xiong Tingbi for a long time. The Donglin Party members showed a hint of nervousness, because they didn't know if this person would say some fabricated words to protect themselves. But before they could report it, Wei Zhongxian had already spoken: "Wang Huazhen, today the emperor wants to hear you tell you why Guangning was lost back then. You were in it at that time. I guess no one would say that your words were untrustworthy, right?" He said and looked at Ye Xianggao.

Ye Xianggao knew that it was going to be bad, but at this time there was no way to stop it. He could only hope that this person was still conscience and would not say anything contrary to the facts. After Wang Huazhen agreed, he said: "It turns out that the criminal minister only thought that Xiong Tingbi was a person who was determined to guard the border for the court, so he respected him very much. He did not think about what happened later but surprised the criminal minister. I remember that it was the first month of the second year of Tianqi. Under the leadership of the thief chief Nurhaci, the Later Jin Dynasty launched 50,000 troops to attack Guangning, and I led the troops to resist it, but I was not afraid of them. A few days later, the bandits could not capture it for a long time and they had the idea of ​​retreating. Seeing that this was a great time to kill all the thieves, the criminal minister ordered Xiong Tingbi to bring troops to help and share with me.

Defeat the bandits. Although he agreed on the surface, he had his thoughts in his heart. It was because the criminal was not using the troops properly. He had the opportunity to be taken advantage of by the bandits. If Xiong Tingbi could lead his troops to defeat the soldiers at that time, I, Guangning City, would not have fallen. I didn't want him to send a soldier. I led the army to fight for several days before finally making Guangning lose. When the criminal retreated to Youtun to see his army, everything was irreversible at this time. I was guilty and asked the emperor to punish him heavily, but Xiong Tingbi, as the governor of Liaodong, did not want to defend the territory, and he was also unlucky. However, for more than a year, I was imprisoned, but Xiong Tingbi was just dismissed from his post. I am really disobeyed!" At this point, Wang Huazhen had already knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

"This...this..." Zhu Youxiao's face changed drastically after hearing his words, and he was obviously angry: "What happened?"

Wei Zhongxian also hurriedly said: "The emperor calmed down. It was not worth it to hurt the dragon body for such a person. Judging from what happened later, Xiong Tingbi probably had other considerations for doing this. He obviously wanted to save the troops in his hands and thought it was for his own use, and Ye Xianggao was the purpose of his saving troops. When the emperor first ruled the treasure, someone had also sued Xiong Tingbi for placing taxes in the border area with a pseudonym, blackmailed the common people, and claimed that building cities to defend against the enemy was a mistake in the country, but he was spared because of someone who saved them. And the words to save Xiong Tingbi were Lord Yang Lian and Yang!"

People in the Donglin Party did not expect that he had even found out what happened several years ago and was associated with what was happening now. They all admired the meticulousness they had done before they came. But now they knew it was even more difficult to deal with. As long as they saw the emperor's appearance, they could be sure that the emperor had already believed it.

After a long time, Zhu Youxiao said slowly: "Ye Qing, Yang Qing, do you have anything to say?"

"They have already designed this matter, and I can't come up with new evidence to refute him for a while, but it's very unfair to Xiong Tingbi just by hearing Wang Huazhen's words." Seeing that no one else had spoken, ** Xing could only stand up and say.

"Xiong Tingbi is now in the imperial prison. It won't take long for his confession to be presented. Lord Zhao doesn't have to be so anxious." Wei Zhongxian said with a cold smile. They have put a lot of effort into this matter, and even Wang Huazhen in prison has been found. Of course, they are not afraid that they will have anything to refute.

Just when Wei Zhongxian was full of confidence, Yang Lian, who had never spoken, spoke: "Your Majesty, I have nothing to say about Xiong Tingbi, but I have another memorial!" As he said that, he took out a memorial from his sleeve, "I want to impeach the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, and Wei Zhongxian, the governor of the Dongchang Factory!" This made Zhu Youxiao stunned.

The little eunuch who was serving him looked at Wei Zhongxian, wondering if he should go down and take the memorial. Seeing their hesitation, Yang Lian continued: "This book is about Wei Zhongxian's twenty-four serious crimes! Now I will also discuss it again, conceal the holy listen, and detain the memorials of foreign ministers privately!"

After saying this, the little eunuchs couldn't stand it anymore, so they immediately took the memorial from Yang Lian's hand and put it on Zhu Youxiao's case. Zhu Youxiao still remembered that he was the one who helped him before he ascended the throne that day, so he always trusted him very much. Now, after hearing what he said, he reached out to take the memorial and read it. After reading it for only half of it, his face became a little ugly. He looked at Wei Zhongxian and said, "How do you explain what's going on?"

Seeing the emperor's suspicion of himself, Wei Zhongxian's heart was beating wildly, and he immediately knelt down: "Emperor, my servant is loyal to the emperor and can express his loyalty to the sun and the moon! I have never done what he said, or if these people think that the servant is trusted by the emperor, they will slander the servant because of jealousy."

"Your Majesty, I have submitted his memorial to you last night, but they will not show it to the emperor. His intentions are punished!" Yang Lian said immediately.

Wei Zhongxian did not expect that Yang Lian would cause this incident without asking for self-protection at this time. He was also panicked and didn't know what to do, so he just kowtowed.

At this time, Wang Tiqian on the side spoke: "Your Majesty, it's all about the slave. Lord Yang's memorial was handed in last night, but at that time the emperor was in the side hall. The slave saw that it was not a hurry to report, so he didn't want to disturb the emperor's interest. He thought that he would present it again today. This was definitely not a tampering Eunuch Wei."

When Wang Tiqian talked about his Xiang, Wei Zhongxian slowly calmed down. He kowtowed and said, "Emperor, the slave is dedicated to serving the emperor but is jealous of others. Slave... Slave asked the emperor to remove all the positions of the slave. As long as the slave is no longer the current identity, these adults will not make things difficult for the slave, and the slave can continue to serve the emperor..."

Seeing him becoming like this now, Donglin and his group of people despised him very much, but they had nothing to say. Zhu Youxiao was also not sure what to do. After a while, he said: "You all get up! I... I am a little uncomfortable, let's talk about this later."
Chapter completed!