Summary of the previous chapter: Yang Lian found Ma Xiaoquan and said that he was going to submit a memorial to Wei Zhongxian...
"What? Didn't the emperor agree to come to court?" Ma Xiaoquan was a little dissatisfied. ∴,
The eunuch who delivered the order rolled his eyes at Ma Xiaoquan and said, "The emperor is very busy and will not come. You can go back to peace."
Ma Xiaoquan looked at Yang Lian with an apologetic look on his face.
Yang Lian didn't mean to complain about Ma Xiaoquan. He also understood the emperor's character very well.
"Sir Deacon, I think we should go too."
Ma Xiaoquan was unwilling to give in. Just when he was about to say something else, Yang Lian pulled him...
The two of them had not gone far when Li Yongzhen appeared out of nowhere. He stopped the eunuch who was delivering the order and asked, "Why did Ma Xiaoquan and Yang Lian get together? Did they leave last?"
The eunuch who delivered the order knew that Li Yongzhen was a member of Wei Zhongxian, so he did not dare to neglect: "Reply to your Majesty, yes, the deacon and the imperial envoy left last."
Li Yongzhen said oh and waved her hand, signaling to the eunuch that you can leave. The latter nodded and bowed and retreated.
"The one who left last? Could it be that these two people were planning something?" Li Yongzhen said to himself.
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Ma Xiaoquan and Yang Lian walked to a corner and stopped when they saw no one around.
"Bang", Ma Xiaoquan punched the tree trunk next to him, and the branches suddenly rustled.
Yang Lian smiled slightly and advised: "Brother Ma, I don't blame you for this matter, the emperor is just like that."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Brother Yang, no, I will ask the emperor again!"
"No... no..." Yang Lian stopped Ma Xiaoquan, "If I go any further, I'm afraid I will anger the emperor. Well, let's do this. I will follow the procedure and deliver the memorial to Huiji Gate.
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Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "Brother Yang, if it were done before, it would be understandable for you to do this. But now that the court is controlled by Wei Zhongxian, if you send the memorial to Huijimen, doesn't it mean that it is sent directly to Wei Zhongxian's hands?"
Yang Lian also said helplessly: "What else should I do? If I don't send it, it will be useless. Besides, any memorial that enters the Huiji Gate will be recorded. If my memorial is withheld, then I will continue to go up.
Until the Emperor pays attention!"
Ma Xiaoquan knew that Yang Lian was stubborn, so he did not continue to persuade him.
"Well, Brother Yang, please give me a copy of your memorial. If your copy does not reach the emperor, I will also find a way to let everyone in the dynasty know about it!"
"Okay" Yang Lian nodded and took out a memorial from his sleeve pocket, "I just wrote two copies, this one is for you!"
"Um"
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In early June of the fourth year of Ming Dynasty (1624), Yang Lian, the censor of the left deputy capital, wrote a memorial to impeach the eunuch Wei Zhongxian of Dongchang for twenty-four major crimes. Since the emperor did not come to court, Yang Lian had to send the memorial to Huijimen.
As soon as the memorial arrived at Huiji Gate, it was seized by Wei Zhongxian's lackey Li Yongzhen. After reading Yang Lian's memorial, Li Yongzhen panicked. He quickly found Wei Zhongxian and read the contents of Yang Lian's memorial to Wei Zhongxian word for word.
Wei Zhongxian was shocked after hearing this. He thought he had done a flawless job, but he didn't expect Yang Lian to point out his crimes in a flawless manner.
"What should I do? What should I do? Yang Lian actually dares to interfere with me?" Wei Zhongxian said in fear.
Li Yongzhen said: "My father-in-law, please don't panic. It's better to talk to Ye Shoufu Ye Xianggao about this matter. Maybe we can make it a minor issue."
Wei Zhongxian shook his head: "No, Ye Xianggao has a long history of friendship with the Donglin Party. Looking for him is a waste of time!"
Beside him, Wang Tiqian suddenly interjected: "The emperor has not seen this memorial yet, so there is still room for maneuver! From what I have seen, it is better to bring Ma Xiaoquan in."
"Ma Xiaoquan?" Wei Zhongxian snorted, "Ma Xiaoquan was deprived of his rights by the emperor, but that doesn't mean he is a toothless tiger with a dry body. What do you think?"
Wang Tiqian chuckled: "My father-in-law can go to Han Xu first. He is the second-in-command in the cabinet to find out what's going on in Liaodong. Of course, my father-in-law can talk to Han Xu about things in Liaodong. Han Xu is an upright person and wants to hear about things in Liaodong." Son, I will definitely talk about it. The father-in-law can take this opportunity to let Han Xu express his position. Even if it doesn't work, the father-in-law can come back and ask the emperor to say that Han Xu has already suggested it. It is better to send Ma Xiaoquan to Liaodong. Hum. "
Wei Zhongxian narrowed his eyes and said: "It's okay to meet Han Xu. There's no problem in making up a panic. It's just that it's difficult to send Ma Xiaoquan to Liaodong."
Wang Tigan said: "If you don't try everything, you really don't know the result. Even if it doesn't work, let's say more bad things about Ma Xiaoquan in front of the emperor. The emperor Long Yan will be very angry and maybe he will demote Ma Xiaoquan."
When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he was very satisfied: "Okay, this is a good idea, then I will go find Han Xu now, hehe."
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In the afternoon of the same day, Wei Zhongxian came back from Han Xu's house dejectedly, summoned a group of scoundrels, and called Tian Ergeng, the commander of the Jinyi Guards. Wei Zhongxian told how he went to Han Xu's house but failed to accomplish anything.
Everyone discussed for a long time and finally decided to suppress Yang Lian's memorial. At the same time, Wei Zhongxian had to lie and coax Zhu Youxiao from going to court.
Because Yang Lian is the imperial envoy and an important minister of the imperial court, as long as the emperor goes to court, he will definitely be able to see Yang Lian.
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Zhu Youxiao is also interesting. Although he doesn't pay much attention to court affairs, he is extremely concerned about the war in Liaodong. The last time Ma Xiaoquan met with him, he specifically talked about the war in Liaodong because Wei Zhongxian was delayed by sending huanghuali wood. Now that the few huanghuali trees were almost done, Zhu Youxiao had another idea and wanted to go to court to discuss the war in Liaodong.
Wei Zhongxian was shocked when he heard that. If the emperor went to court and saw Yang Lian, he might be exposed that he suppressed Yang Lian's memorial and did not publish it.
No, absolutely not.
Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly summoned his lackeys to discuss countermeasures. After all, several people seized on Zhu Youxiao's weakness of being illiterate and took turns to attack. They just turned Yang Lian's memorial into insignificant rubbish. At the same time, , several people did not forget to refer to the book of Ma Xiaoquan, the deacon of Jinyiwei, saying that he did not miss the official job and was eating empty wages, and hoped that the emperor would demote him and send him to Liaodong.
Although Zhu Youxiao was young and didn't know a few words, he was still in his head. When he heard that Wei Zhongxian and others were involved in Ma Xiaoquan, Zhu Youxiao just smiled slightly and did not make any statement.
Wei Zhongxian was greatly disappointed, and then he made another move. This time, Zhu Youxiao nodded and agreed to Wei Zhongxian's suggestion.