Chapter 378: Duke Wei's battle against Li Hubu
What already?
When the scholars are separated for three months, things change.
The small case leader is no longer the Wei Sheren who entered the door with one word and killed Jiannu's leader.
Li Yongzhen was filled with sighs. He heard the news from Jin Zhong in the morning and was unbelievable at the time. Jin Zhong was also very surprised and immediately asked him to go to the palace to go to the inner magistrate to ask clearly.
When the news was indeed true, Jin Zhong had half a time to speak, so he said that he was inconvenient to come forward and asked Li Yongzhen to visit Wei Liangchen on his behalf, and said some comfort and encouragement to avoid making him feel upset and having the idea of suicide.
Li Yongzhen was already sympathetic to Wei Liangchen's experience, and he looked at the leader of the case with admiration. He was a little impressed, but he couldn't help but comfort him with sympathy.
The good minister knew that Li Yongzhen was truly comforting himself, but he could not tell the truth of the matter. He could only sometimes feel pain and sometimes feel generous.
The pain is because it hurts.
It is relaxed because of the official statement that Wei Sheren voluntarily served the emperor, just like Liu Ruoyu, the second generation of officials, who inherited the commander-in-chief of Yanqing Wei.
Therefore, theoretically, Eunuch Wei, who is in a good mood at this moment, should not feel much pain. He should be more pity for himself and more aggrieved himself. Instead, he should have a relaxed look of wishing to get it.
However, even if Liangchen pretends to be a grandson, he will not really think of himself as Liu Ruoyu, so his performance is complicated and more painful.
But in Li Yongzhen's eyes, it should be so.
"Being able to serve Your Majesty near is my greatest wish in my life. What's the point of being a descendant? I always say that the princes in the inner court are disabled and strong in their ambitions. Today, I will experience it with their own body. This is the duty of loyal ministers." The good minister found that he seemed to be not performing well enough, and Li Yongzhen became more and more suspicious, so he hurriedly acted righteously and said shamelessly.
Li Yongzhen looked at him with a strange look, as if he didn't believe it, but he couldn't hold back his doubts and asked Liangchen in a low voice: "Okay, why do you want you to be purified?...Is someone slandering the emperor?"
It’s not that someone slandered, but that the emperor called him lard and was shocked.
When Liangchen thought of his hot face pressing against Wanli's cold butt, he felt panicked in his chest. He didn't dare to speak out loud, so he could only shake his head and said, "I voluntarily. Eunuch Li should not think too much, and no one else can respect him."
"Is that true?"
Li Yongzhen was half-believing and half-doubted. He was still a good person. How could he remember to enter the palace for no reason?
However, seeing that Wei Liangchen seemed unwilling to say much, he was not in a position to ask the bottom line.
There are some answers in my heart.
Li Yongzhen believed that Wei Liangchen's eunuch was castrated into the palace, which may be related to the recent competition between two eunuchs, Jin Zhong and Sun Xian, for the position of Sili and Seal.
Although Jin and Sun's two father-in-laws lived in private houses on their own and stayed in their doors and looked indifferent to fame and fortune, they were not in private and were constantly moving, and they could be said to be undercurrents.
According to the system, the candidates for the seal will be announced at the end of the first lunar month. It is not the matter between Jin and Sun, but the relationship between countless people in the inner court and even the direction of the court. After all, this is the selection of the seal of the Si Li, which is no less important to the Ming Dynasty than the origin of the founding of the chief minister.
On the winter solstice before the New Year, the chief assistant Ye Xianggao met the emperor through his pen and Zhang Cheng. Although the outside world had no idea what Ye Xianggao and the emperor said, Ye Xianggao was the leader of the Donglin Party and could not support Jin Zhong, the imperial concubine sect, to rise to power.
His Majesty the Emperor rarely sees the officials in the court several times a year. This time, when he saw Ye Xianggao, the signal exposed made the situation on Sun Xian’s side bullish. However, before the end, no one could guarantee that Sun Xian would take over. Therefore, the two sides still have to do what they should do. More preparations and more means to attack opponents can always ensure more.
Wei Liangchen was led in, although he himself didn't know.
You should know that Wei Liangchen was able to be a sacrificer, although he recommended himself, but in the official position, he was recommended by Jin Zhong to the emperor. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Wei Liangchen was a party of Jin Zhong, so there is no doubt. Therefore, if Wei Liangchen caused trouble outside the pass, the blame would be Jin Zhong.
In addition, when the Donglin Party suddenly sent an officer to the military department to serve Xiong Mingyu, the two guards on the left and right of Jianzhou, the matter was clear at a glance. You, Xiong Mingyu, can do whatever you want, why did you choose this time?
Wei Liangchen was cleansed into the palace when he came back, so what signal did he send?
People with a little bit of mind cannot help but think about whether the emperor is dissatisfied with Jin Zhong. It is no wonder why Jin Zhong was silent for so long after he learned the news.
Poor, a good person becomes a castrator.
Li Yongzhen sighed inwardly and told Liangchen that Zhang Cheng's instructions. He said: "The Inner Official Supervisor is the yamen of Eunuch Zhang. There are some things that are not convenient for Eunuch Jin to interfere with. The sector... If your father-in-law has any difficulties, you can tell me that anyone who can help you can help you."
Liangchen didn't say much and nodded slightly. He had long thought about this matter. If Zhang Cheng had not been in charge of the internal official supervision, how could the procedures for the internal official supervision be completed in one afternoon? By the same token, the internal official supervision was not responsible for Jin Zhong, and he naturally had no say in the matters within the supervision.
Whether it is the inner court or the cabinet, whether it is the eunuch Bingbi or the senior minister of the cabinet, it is similar to the government in the previous life, and they all have the positions of liaison. It is beneficial, and the person in charge will be responsible for the person in charge. If there is a problem, the first board will be defeated and the person in charge will be responsible for the person in charge.
"You should be cured and recover from the injury. After healing, you will be able to do something for the emperor." Li Yongzhen thought for a while and said with some envy, "You can be the chief supervisor at a young age, and now you are chosen by the emperor to go out. Your future is unlimited."
Liangchen hurriedly said, "I don't know much about the things inside and outside the palace. At that time, I will ask Eunuch Li to help you." He wanted to say that he wanted to ask Jin Zhong to send Li Yongzhen to help him, but when he thought of another important thing, he hurriedly asked, it was Li Chengliang's resignation.
Li Yongzhen said that he first spread the news about Shurhaqi's complaint according to Wei Liangchen's wishes, and then he used a method to make the censor Zhang Heming and others indignantly submit a letter to impeach Li Chengliang. Then he asked Jin Zhong to come forward to contact the Chu party official Ying Zhen and others. Finally, under the intervention of the Chu party, the four parties of Qi, Zhejiang, Xuankun submitted a letter to impeach, which eventually became a trend, causing Li Chengliang to be dismissed from his post and returned to Beijing.
"Li Chengliang's return to the capital was a major blow to Donglin. Now that the emperor takes over the Liaofu, the Donglin Party can't get involved in Liaodong... Unfortunately, I thought that Li Chengliang's return to the capital was of great benefit to the servants outside the pass, but I didn't expect this to end." Li Yongzhen shook his head. Things were unpredictable. Even Jin Zhong thought that Wei Liangchen would definitely be rewarded for returning to the capital this time, but he didn't know that he would end up in the palace.
This incident disrupted Jin Zhong's arrangement. He knew from Li Yongzhong that the Chu Party and Wei Liangchen had old age, so he wanted to establish an alliance through Wei Liangchen and the Chu Party, and then to bring the four parties of Qi, Zhejiang, Xuankun to his side through the Chu Party. In this way, Sun Xian Zong had full support from the Donglin Party, but Jin Zhong also had five parties. Adding the Imperial Concubine, it is unknown who will fall into the palm print.
But now, Wei Liangchen was suddenly castrated into the palace. For Jin Zhong, it must have been a big blow, and at least it disrupted the steps he wanted to form an alliance with the five parties, making it difficult for him to find a good candidate for a while.
The inner court and the outer court are both opposite and support each other. The two sides are intertwined with interests, and no one can do it alone. However, the inner court cannot contact the outer court in person, and they need to rely on outsiders. These outsiders are their own private officials and small ministers in the court, and they are inconspicuous.
Wei Liangchen, the sorcerer, had a good relationship with the Chu party and was happy with the concubine. Jin Zhong certainly valued such a person. But now that the sorcerer has become the chief secretary and the external officials have become the internal officials, it is impossible for him to contact the Chu party and the others again.
After all, people among the five parties are always literati and officials. Even if they intend to form an alliance with Jin Zhong to fight against Donglin, they will not face to face. Everyone talks directly to others, and they need an intermediary. Just like Wang An, the eunuch in charge of the East Palace, often sends his private minister Wang Wenyan to interact with Donglin, but he has never met with any Donglin party member.
To put it bluntly, it is both a way to avoid suspicion and a fig leaf.
If you deal with eunuchs directly, it would still damage the reputation of the scholars and officials if they are exposed.
If the opponent knows that the charge of a foreign minister making friends with an eunuch is enough for them to drink a pot of money.
Liangchen didn't know that Li Yongzhen was thinking about this, nor did he know that Jin Zhong had a crush on his "potential" and intended to let him be the fig leaf. What he was planning now is to do it alone in the Dao to the sky.
The fundamental reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was never the refugees and Jiannu, but money and food.
Going out to make money is undoubtedly a feasible choice under the current system and national conditions.
With money and food, the Ming Dynasty, which has many problems, has certainly some problems, but at least it can be slowed down and dragged down, so that it can take a new path.
This is not for his Zhu family, but for China and the Han people.
Liangchen was ready to do this and think that he would plan in the future.
But there was one thing he was thinking about, that was the fact that Li Sancai, the cadre of the Donglin Party, entered the cabinet.
Originally, after he was preparing to "speak his post", he went to find the officials of the Chu Party Yingzhen and others to see if he could participate in the downfall of Li, so as to find a "think tank" for himself in front of the five parties, just like Wang Wenyan and the Donglin Party.
The five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun are actually the eunuch party group of the second uncle in the future. However, this group has those who can do things, some have bad things, some are loyal, and some fence-bearers. It can even be said that except for the very few "hawks and dogs" of the second uncle, most of the eunuch party group are taking advantage of the second uncle's intentions.
In essence, these people are both enemies of the second uncle, but their enemies are friends. They can't beat Donglin, so they turn to join the inner court, the second uncle, and hope that the second uncle will come forward as a gun to wipe out Donglin for them.
If the Apocalypse does not die, it is hard to say whether the eunuch party will be divided soon after the Donglin Party is dealt with.
Liangchen had no intention of speculating that he wanted to take advantage of the situation.
Since the Five Party will become eunuchs in the future, it will definitely be beneficial to the future to establish a smart and wise image of Little Qiansui in front of these eunuchs in advance.
At least, these people dare not underestimate the Wei family.
Now, it's impossible to do it.
The difference between the identity of the servant and his father-in-law is here. Liangchen believes that the Chu party official should be in a state of mind. Even if Xiong Tingbi sees him again, he will probably not be as terrifying as a young man.
However, Li Sancai was destined to be unable to enter the cabinet. Although everyone outside now thought that he would definitely enter the cabinet, the fact was that he was so ruthless - Li Sancai could not step into the cabinet until his death.
The storm of overthrowing Li seemed to have reached its climax in the 38th year of Wanli.
This is an opportunity to take advantage of and an opportunity to severely damage Donglin.
Of course, good ministers cannot let go.
If you leave, it will definitely be impossible to go out to sea in the first half of the year. Therefore, he still has some time to kick Li Sancai, the boss Donglin who is destined to fall into the water.
Eunuch Wei fights Li’s Ministry of Revenue!
It's a good thing to spread.
Wanli likes it. Even if the five parties don’t want to deal with him directly, they will at least praise Eunuch Wei for being a good person. Donglin, it’s a damn thing. How can you upgrade if Eunuch Wei doesn’t gain experience from your Donglin Party?
This can be considered helping the second uncle correct his mentality in advance. Otherwise, the second uncle would have had fantasies about Donglin in the early years of the Apocalypse as in history, and it would definitely be troublesome.
Thinking of his second uncle, Liangchen hurriedly asked Li Yongzhen to help him inquire about the latest situation.
"Is Li Jingong from the East Palace your second uncle?"
Li Yongzhen was stunned for a moment, not very surprised. He was a eunuch himself, so he didn't know how to change his name when he entered the palace. He immediately responded and said that he would go to the East Palace to inquire after he went back.
Seeing that it was getting late, Eunuch Jin was waiting for a reply, and Li Yongzhen wanted to get up and say goodbye. Liangchen could not get up and see him, so he called Zhang Jinzhong to send him off.
Zheng Duo came here in the afternoon and gave a receipt to Liangchen.
The receipt was collected by Zhang Chengkai, with only the simple words "received", but what was collected was not written.
At noon the next day, Li Yongzhen came over and brought Liangchen a bad news.
"My second uncle went to Sichuan?!"
Liangchen didn't react for a long time: Didn't you be in the East Palace well? Why did you go to Sichuan?
"I'll ask you. Your second uncle went with Zhao Jinjiao from Siyuan Bureau and Xu Yingyuan from Ciqing Palace. The three of them were sworn brothers. Oh, by the way, it seems to be taking the path of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the Qiu Chengyun, the palm of the Imperial Horse Office, to mine in the stone plunger in Sichuan. The three of them might want to go and fight Qiu Chengyun. They went there before the New Year, and now they are probably already at the stone plunger." Li Yongzhen said briefly, this is the general situation.
Liangchen is so anxious, second uncle and second uncle, do you know that the East Palace is your Feng Shui treasure land! Why are you so uneasy? How much effort did your nephew take and how much semen he sold to coax Xili to get you over? Why did you go to Sichuan with your three brothers? And you also went to Xu Yingyuan, Zhao Jinjiao?
The name of Zhao Jinjiao Liangchen was not very familiar with him, but the name Xu Yingyuan made him particularly familiar. After recalling, he confirmed that this was Chongzhen or the personal eunuch when he was trusted, and the eunuch Sili after ascending the throne. Later, because he helped his second uncle, he asked Chongzhen to take it down. He worked hard to burn a cold stove all his life. Finally, he finally developed, but finally fell into the brotherhood.
Chapter completed!