Domineering Daming

Wei Zhongxian was wearing a python robe, with a dark complexion, he walked in quickly, bowed and said: "Your Majesty sees you."

Zhu Xu looked cold and serious, and said lightly: "What happened in Liaodong?"

Wei Zhongxian took out a few letters from his bosom, held them up and said: "The slaves got these from Liaodong by chance, the letter was written by Huang Taiji, the chief slave builder, and the recipients were Xiong Tingbi and Mao Wenlong, two general soldiers. "

Zhu Xu felt familiar as soon as he heard it, and his heart was moved immediately. When Cao Huachun presented it, Zhu Xu opened it and looked at each one, his expression became more and more strange.

The person who wrote the letter was not Huang Taiji, but wrote it in a well-known and unknown way. At the same time, the inside and outside words are very artistic. It can be understood as a chat with old friends, or it can be understood as a disguised "wooing" .

In short, these letters are all specious, and the words are vague, and the meaning is generally understood at first glance, but it is completely unclear when you look closely.

Zhu Xu groaned and remained silent. Mao Wenlong and Xiong Tingbi were in charge of a vast area west of the Yalu River.Xiong Tingbi was stationed at Shanhaiguan, which was the northern gateway of the Ming Dynasty. Once lost, Hou Jin's cavalry could drive straight in without stopping.

If these two places are lost, the situation between Da Ming and Hou Jin will suddenly reverse, and it will be out of control!

However, Zhu Xu sneered secretly, no matter whether there was a conspiracy or Mao Wenlong's arrogance, the situation in Liaodong could not be changed.Now the imperial court or Zhu Xu's control of the army is no longer solely dependent on the commander. If Mao Wenlong really wants to change his mind, he has several channels to know the news and take measures at the first time, instead of appearing in Wei Zhongxian's hands inexplicably!

Zhu Xu raised his head calmly, looked at Wei Zhongxian and said, "How did you get this news?"

Wei Zhongxian couldn't hear the strangeness in Zhu Xu's voice, so he didn't dare to be careless and said: "There are a few servants who rebelled against the past at Jianu's side, and they want to come back anyway, this is a certificate for the servant."

Zhu Xu shook his head secretly, but he was also wary.

Huang Taiji had correspondence with Mao Wenlong and Xiong Tingbi, but he didn't even know about it?Neither of them reported it?

Thinking of this, Zhu Xu said again: "Only Huang Taiji's letter, what about Xiong Tingbi and Mao Wenlong's reply letter?"

Wei Zhongxian looked up at Zhu Xu, and said, "Back to the emperor, the servants only have letters written by Huang Taiji, not those sent by Xiong Tingbi and Mao Wenlong."

Zhu Xu nodded slightly, and said: "Well, I understand, you can go."

Wei Zhongxian wasn't sure what Zhu Xu was thinking, so he looked up at him cautiously, and said, "Your servant will leave."

Zhu Xu looked at the letters on the table, thinking endlessly.

"There are loopholes everywhere in this matter, but if it's a conspiracy, it shouldn't be so full of loopholes... What do you think about this?" Zhu Xu said to himself, and suddenly turned to look at Cao Huachun and Liu Shimin on both sides.

Both of them bowed to Zhu Xu, and then said nothing.

This is the rule set by Zhu Xu, and the internal supervisor is not allowed to interfere in politics.

The corner of Zhu Xu's mouth twitched. Sure enough, without a cabinet bachelor to prepare for his advisers, it was really a headache for him.

At present, there are only two cabinet elders in Ming Dynasty, one is Sun Chengzong, the chief assistant, and the other is Bi Ziyan, the Dongge University scholar.

Bi Ziyan is in the southwest and may not return to Beijing until the end of this year.The new warship designed by Sun Chengzong in Tianjin Wei, the Ministry of Industry and the Royal Political Council has been launched, and he is personally supervising the acceptance and testing the combat power.

And Sun Chuanting, whom Zhu Xu relied heavily on, was still in Shaanxi, and he wouldn't be able to come back for a while. It was difficult for him to find someone to talk about this matter in such a big capital.

Suddenly, Zhu Xu's heart moved, he turned his head to look at Cao Huachun and asked, "Is Dorgon building a castle?"

Cao Huachun hurriedly said: "Return to the emperor, now, he has been training troops around the civil castle, according to various observations, he has not exceeded the rules."

Zhu Xu nodded and said with a smile: "Decree, let him come to Beijing, I want to chat with him."

Cao Huachun was slightly startled, and immediately said: "Yes."

Only then did Zhu Xu relax with a smile, and continue to flip through the original.

At the same time, the so-called "examination fraud case" in the capital continued to ferment, and some resigned officials who were unwilling to be lonely also spoke out one after another.All kinds of literary associations have lashed out at the court's response this time, and are heartbroken.

In a restaurant, Zhang Pu looked gloomy, looking at the morning newspaper in his hand.

The above clearly pointed out the truth of the so-called imperial examination fraud case, but for them, such words were completely unbelievable, let alone tolerated!

Chen Zilong's face was not very good-looking, but he still persuaded him: "Brother Zhang, no matter what, the imperial examination is still early, so don't rush to get angry, let's see what the court will do next."

Zhang Pu's face was extremely ugly, and he sneered when he heard the words: "Next? What should we do now? Such a big fraud case just passed away? No investigation, no one was convicted for it?"

Speaking of this, he became more and more angry, and said in a hateful voice: "Look at this court newspaper, while talking about the disasters in the world, and at the same time singing praises for the court and the emperor, it is so easy to deal with such a big fraud case." Just let it go and take it?"

"Look at the south of the Yangtze River, and then look at the capital city, what it looks like! The people are running around like dogs, and they don't know the difficulties of the country! All the officials are high above, arrogant and merciless! Such a big fraud case, a notice will send everyone in the world away Is this self-deception, or treating the world as nothing!"

"What are you bragging about about the new atmosphere of innovation all day long? Where is the new atmosphere? The emperor loves money, the chambers of commerce are all over the country, the Donglin is gone, and all officials are silent. Could it be that the Ming court lost a loyal minister!"

Chapter 468

Chen Zilong was sullen and silent.

A series of innovations by the imperial court in recent years has deeply hurt the Jiangnan Shilin Group. Every time the extreme and radical people seize a chance, they want to vent their anger.

In the past, whether it was the Zhejiang Party, the Soviet Party, the Kunming Party, or the Donglin Party, they were all Jiangnan people, but now, whoever the powerful Jiangnan people in the court really cares about them will hit the morale of Jiangnan Vanguard!

What they lost in Jiangnan was fame, profit, and power!As the imperial court continued to advance the established innovation plan, this loss continued to expand, and they could not be reassured at all times, causing many people to fall into anxiety and restlessness.

Zhang Pu is quite outstanding among the Jiangnan scholars. He had great ambitions since he was a child, but in this round of reforms by the imperial court, he was pushed into the most injured group of people.

Chen Zilong had already noticed that the innovation of the imperial court was aimed at the most beneficial, most powerful, and most powerful in the south of the Yangtze River.He is a smart man, and he knows very well that the general trend of the court has become irreversible. In this court reform, he must either cater to it or become a victim of the reform.

No matter what happened to this imperial examination fraud case, Chen Zilong didn't want Zhang Pu to get involved again. If he couldn't get out, his life would be ruined.

"Brother Zhang, no matter what, this matter will be handled by someone. If it's not possible, we can go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, or even Dongchang, even if we go to Xinwang Mansion to protest. Don't go out of line..." Chen Zilong persuaded with some earnestness road.

How could Zhang Pu listen to it? He slapped the table, stood up and said in a cold voice: "If it is useful, why is it just a vague notice at this time! How can you be timid when you are left behind!"

Chen Zilong frowned, always feeling that Zhang Pu's words were dangerous.

Zhang Pu didn't give Chen Zilong another chance to persuade him, and said coldly: "I have already grasped Zhou Yanru's handle. As long as I control him and push him to a high position, I can indirectly control the court and use justice to exorcise evil." , to restore Donglin, the people are in full bloom, and the Ming Dynasty is revived..."

Chen Zilong was terrified when he heard this, what a terrible plan this is, a bad plan would be a great crime to punish the nine clans!

Zhang Pu was ambitious, his eyes were looking outside, and the fiery light was shining.

His plan is almost exactly the same as in history. By controlling the chief assistant Zhou Yanru, he attempted to control the court.This kind of method would not have any effect at all when the demons danced wildly in the late Ming Dynasty. Zhang Pu himself suffered a backlash, and Fushe did nothing.In the end, like the Donglin Party, it became a party fighting for power.

After Zhang Pu said this, he couldn't wait to go out, turned around and went straight to Zhou Yanru's mansion.

At the same time, as soon as Zhu Youjian came to the gate of the palace, dozens of scholars rushed over, surrounded his carriage and shouted loudly.

"We want to explain, we want to thoroughly investigate corrupt officials!"

"Corruption in the government and favoritism by the Ministry of Rites, we want justice!"

"My lord, please make the decision for us and investigate the fraud case!"

This group of scholars surrounded Zhu Youjian's carriage, shouted loudly, and even rushed into the carriage when the tone was fierce.

The guards guarding the palace gate hurried forward, separated these people, and guarded Zhu You in the center.