Domineering Daming

Surprisingly, it was not Zhao Nanxing who couldn't bear it first, but the chief assistant Ye Xianggao!

Lin Ruzhu, the censor of patrolling the city, was Ye Xianggao's fellow townsman. He once punished his servants. Liu Chao and others implicated him in the case of Wanxiu. As a result, he ran away without fear. Wei Zhongxian directly ordered people to surround Ye Xianggao's private house. Point the finger at him directly!

Ye Xianggao was 67 years old, and he wrote more than [-] speeches to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao also knew that Ye Xianggao was the one who could stabilize the overall situation, but after repeatedly persuading him to stay, he also realized that Ye Xianggao was not playing tricks to "blackmail" him this time, so he had no choice but to agree.

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In fact, Ye Xianggao cannot be regarded as a member of the Donglin Party, but his position is biased towards the Donglin Party, or in other words, his political views are close to those of the Donglin Party.

His sudden resignation naturally set off a wave of ups and downs in the ruling and opposition parties. His successor was Han Yu, known as Han Huoguang's second assistant.

Han Yu is the kind of person who is more serious and unsmiling. He took over as the chief assistant. There are seven people in the cabinet, two of whom belong to the Donglin Party, one is in Liaodong, and the other is seriously ill. Second assistant Zhu Guozhen.

The two tried their best to maintain it, but the court had already been torn apart, and no one could convince the public. In addition, Yang Lian and others always took the responsibility of getting rid of Wei Zhongxian, and didn't care about the two first and second assistants. In particular, apart from Wei Zhongxian, it seems that there is nothing else to discuss in the court.

In July, Zhao Nanxing finally submitted a letter to resign.

Zhu Youxiao was also tired of him, so he let him go without trying to keep him.

As soon as he left, Gao Panlong, another giant in Donglin, who became "Gu Gao" with Gu Xiancheng, also reluctantly resigned under the siege.

In less than three months, the Chief Assistant Ye Xianggao, the Secretary of the Ministry of Officials Zhao Nanxing, and Gao Panlong, the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, resigned one after another. The hall suffered an unprecedented blow!

The Donglin Party has been purged out of the court in large numbers, and the vacant positions will naturally be divided up. The former members of the evil party, the current eunuchs, Xu Dahua, Guo Yunhou, Shao Fuzhong, Wu Chunfu, Yan Mingtai, Cao Qincheng and others have emerged one after another.

The changes in the court naturally couldn't escape Zhu Xu's eyes. He looked at the long list made by Cao Wenzhao, and the corner of his mouth twitched stiffly.

Most of them here are the future ministers of the six ministers, the capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the governor of Ji Liao, not to mention the cabinet ministers Gu Bingqian and Wei Guanghui who are now getting closer to Wei Zhongxian.

If adding Zhou Yingqiu, Ni Wenhuan, Wang Shaohui, Tian Ergeng and others, thinking about the power of Wei Zhongxian in history makes Zhu Xu feel terrified.

If these people are doing their own thing, it's just that they are friends, there is no way to tie them together, but now these people are only obeying Wei Zhongxian's orders, it is no wonder that the most powerful Qingliu in history will be cleaned up in just a few years net.

Seeing that Zhu Xu looked at the list and said nothing, Cao Wenzhao hesitated for a while and said, "Your Highness, I feel that Wei Zhongxian needs to control it, or he will backfire sooner or later."

Zhu Xu looked up at him, thought for a while, and still had to reveal a little bit, tapped the list, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, none of them are clean. If I want to clean up, I can clean up all of them in one day. Not left."

Cao Wenzhao also knew that Zhu Xu actually had an intelligence line, so he felt relieved after hearing Zhu Xu's words, and said with a smile, "My subordinates understand. Besides, Mr. Yang, there has been a lot of noise recently."

Zhu Xu couldn't help laughing when he heard Cao Wenzhao's comment. Yang Lian was now very worried. Because of all kinds of entanglements, those comrades around him, dismissed from office, demoted from abroad, he was almost isolated in the On court.

Therefore, he became more and more anxious and mobilized all his forces in an attempt to snipe Wei Zhongxian's momentum.Repeatedly coming and going, the momentum is huge, but it also seems a bit "unreasonable to make trouble".

Zhu Xu thought for a while with a smile, and said, "So, isn't uncle secretly recruiting a lot of people? You can contact them to further isolate Mr.

Cao Wenzhao thought that Zhu Xu would help Yang Lian, but he was stunned after hearing this, and said, "Your Highness, what do you mean?"

Zhu Xu also had no way to tell Cao Wenzhao that Wei Zhongxian would thoroughly cleanse the Donglin Party next, if he should isolate Yang Lian now, or if Wei Zhongxian didn't take action, I'm afraid that the Donglin people would not let him go.Only by turning Yang Lian into a solitary warrior can he win sympathy, make the Qingliu of the Donglin Party, including the Donglin Party, stand in awe, unite around him, and keep him standing in court.

"Go ahead, you'll know later." Zhu Xu waved his hand without further explanation.

Cao Wenzhao recently discovered that His Royal Highness King Hui read a lot, and his speech became more and more unpredictable.

In the court hall, the prestigious ministers of the Donglin Party resigned one after another, making the Donglin Party seem leaderless and weak in follow-up.Zhu Youxiao endured Yang Lian's "unreasonable making trouble" again and again, and finally issued an order to reprimand him and order him to "reflect behind closed doors."

It is said that the door is closed, but in fact it means that they are not allowed to participate in government affairs. They either stay at home or go to the palace to give lectures to King Hui, and nothing else is allowed.

Yang Lian hadn't realized at all that he had been able to stay safely until now under the shelter of his dissatisfied student.Still with a stern face, seeing the expression that everyone owed him, he gave Zhu Xu a lesson sternly.

There was no nonsense from beginning to end. After class, I picked up the book and went home.

Wei Zhongxian was proud of himself at the moment, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Xianggao, Zhao Nanxing and others resigned, which greatly reduced his pressure and his ambitions expanded.

At this moment, he was sitting on the high seat of the East Factory, under which were full of eunuchs and party members attached to him, there were actually more than 50 people in the room, and there were more than ten people who were above the third rank!

"Eunuch, there are so many vacancies in various ministries this time, I hope you will deal with it well." A middle-aged man in a seventh-rank official uniform stood up and said with a compliment.

After his words fell, everyone's eyes became warm.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, cronies were prevalent, and friends and relatives in the village colluded with each other, and many people wanted to push them up.

Wei Zhongxian looked at the group of people below, his heart became more and more agitated, his eyes flickered with cold light, and he said in a deep voice: "You guys make an entry for me to read, and besides, some people can't be let go!"

After Wei Zhongxian's words fell, the people in the lobby suddenly became bustling again.

The people here are either eunuchs who have been oppressed by foreign ministers, or they are the remnants of the "evil party" regarded by the Donglin Party. They are angry with the Qingliu and the Donglin Party. Will not let them go easily.

A group of people discussed for a while, and all of them walked out of Wei Zhongxian's private house with happy faces.

A wave of cleansing the Donglin Party is coming.

As for the ministers in the court, all of them have a long history of service and a keen sense of politics. Whether they are in the Donglin Party or those who are neutral and clean, they resigned one after another when they sensed the danger, resulting in more and more vacancies in the court. many.

It was the beginning of August again, and the weather was hot. Zhu Xu went out of the palace under the sun. In the teahouse, even though he drank herbal tea, he still felt hot and dry.

Sitting opposite him was Zhou Yingqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. After such a long time, Zhou Yingqiu had faintly realized that his "noble person" was probably not the empress, but His Royal Highness King Hui in front of him!

Zhou Yingqiu's expression was calm, and he was also holding a teacup, but his eyes were condensed.

"I heard that Wang Shaohui, Ni Wenhuan, and Wei Zhongxian have gotten very close recently. What point are you still writing?"

Zhu Xu put down his teacup and asked calmly.

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Zhou Yingqiu knew very well that Zhu Xu was terrifying, and he also knew that even Wei Zhongxian, who was so majestic now, would not dare to provoke Zhu Xu.

He raised his head to look at Zhu Xu, and said cautiously: "Return to Your Highness, Ni Yushi, Wang Shaoqing did have some changes, but I can still impeach you."

Zhu Xu sneered and said, "Can you really survive impeachment?"

Zhou Yingqiu's face froze, he lowered his head slightly and did not speak again.

Zhu Xu looked at him with a smile on his lips.

As Wei Zhongxian gained power, not only the original "evil party" defected, but some Donglin Party and Qingliu also moved closer to him, and even the few people Zhu Xu had accepted before, Ni Wenhuan, Wang Shaohui and Wei Zhongxian also hooked up and flirted with each other.

Zhu Xu raised his head, looked at Zhou Yingqiu condescendingly, and said in a cold tone: "There are not many people under my command, and I promoted them not long ago. They think they have lived a long time..."

Zhou Yingqiu heard a trace of murderous intent from Zhu Xu's voice, he hesitated a little and said: "Your Highness, I can teach those two people a lesson for Your Highness."

"No need."

Zhu Xu tapped his fingers on the table, his eyes were stern.Wang Shaohui and Ni Wenhuan were the backbone of the eunuch party in history. One became the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the other became the Minister of the Ministry of War.As eunuchs who were prominent for a time, the two of them can be said to have "remarkable achievements". I don't know how many ministers were killed, how many families were confiscated, and how many clans were exterminated.