"That's right." Wei Zhongxian agreed and nodded: "There are still many officials in the Donglin Party in court or in the local area, and they die without being stiff, and there are many obstacles."

Xu Dahua knew that Wei Zhongxian was going to carry out another action to clear the remnants of Donglin. Those who did not follow him would definitely not stay. It doesn’t matter if they were insignificant like Song Shixiang. Wei Zhongxian’s goal was the remaining Donglin officials.

"Did the factory want to borrow the coin case in Nanjing to make a fuss?"

"Yes." Wei Zhongxian said murderously: "These scholars, when they open their mouths, they are so humble, how noble they are, what is the truth? They do things without a clue than us."

Wei Zhongxian was very angry when he said that he didn't know that the firewood and rice were expensive if he was not in charge. In the past, he only knew how difficult it was to serve the emperor in the palace. Later, when he became the head of the ritual, he knew how difficult it was to do state affairs and how nervous the financial resources were. Now his anger towards officials was not distinguished from the eunuch party or Donglin. Because Eunuch Wei was sad to discover that he jumped out and killed the Donglin party and became a family himself. However, this family was extremely difficult to do. The most important thing was the financial sector and insufficient expenses. This problem was not solved after the increase of the salary. Is the salary of the nine borders the most important or often arrears? The towns of Xuanda have been famined and the country needs to transfer rice and grain. In the past, each garrison office paid the food to the court and had to compensate the court in the past two years.

In addition, there are royal expenses, personal expenses, salaries of military officials and civil servants in Beijing, salaries of officials, salaries of military officials, salaries of military officials, salaries of military officials, raising soldiers, raising officials, and raising officials. The court was also in a very difficult situation. In addition, it was necessary to build machinery, build cities, build bridges and make up roads, and manage rivers. It was really necessary to buy silver and money everywhere.

This time, the coin minting case was due to the tight taxes of the court, but it still moved out silver to buy copper, and placed it in Nanjing to mint it into copper coins and issued it among the people to alleviate the shortage of insufficient copper coins among the people, and at the same time, it can obtain money interest, which is considered a profitable transaction.

Unfortunately, the Nanjing coin was quite slow and the expenses were huge. That's all. This year, news broke that Nanjing coin officials were filling their personal pockets. Later, Wei Zhongxian sent someone to take out new Nanjing coins. His fingers broke with a light clip. The money was small and thin, almost nearly fake money... In other words, the fake money among the people is better than the copper coins made by the serious Nanjing Ministry of Revenue.

It's okay to be corrupt, but he was so arrogant after Donglin's defeat, so greedy and so ugly. Wei Zhongxian had decided to take action with great fanfare.

Xu Dahua just chuckled when he heard this. He had recently figured out the imperial mind skills of Emperor Tianqi, and knew that it was actually the set of mental methods passed down from the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty royal family. He used one faction to suppress one faction and attacked one faction. If Donglin didn't need Donglin, it was because the Donglin party members were incompetent in governing the country. The same corruption and fraud were not the same as they boasted about as they were the country. Emperor Tianqi had insufficient way to govern the country before the third year of the Tianqi. And after all, it was supported by Donglin and was ruled by others. There was no way to use gentle means to get Donglin down, so he could only use eunuchs as the leader.

, to win over unsuccessful civil officials and finally drove Donglin away from the court. However, the emperor already had a good idea of ​​balancing, using one faction to fight another. However, except for a few hard-working members, there were not many Donglin Party members killed. A considerable number of Donglin Party members were just throwing idle, and there were still Donglin Party members who were continued to be appointed in the local area. The emperor's attitude towards the Grand Secretary of the Imperial Army, Sun Chengzong, largely shows that the emperor was unwilling to kill the Donglin Party... Donglin can be weak, but cannot be wiped out, otherwise there would be no one to control the eunuch party.

In terms of the emperor's mental skills and practical abilities, Tianqi is actually superior to his grandfather. He is similar to Emperor Jiajing, but his temper is much gentler and kinder than Jiajing.

The eunuch party is now the country, and Wei Zhongxian is the dominant one. Xu Dahua feels that the emperor may not like to see such a situation and may make some partial fine adjustments. This time, Sun Chengzong was able to barely pass the test after the defeat of Liuhe. The first thing to do is to show that the emperor's mind has changed.

"Main," Xu Dahua said: "The coin minting case involves Zhang Heming and a few people. This man is very cunning, and he is afraid he has no hands and feet to control. The officials feel that instead of sweeping away the remnants of Donglin, it is better to try to integrate the three parties in the court and promote a core figure. The three parties share the same hatred of the enemy, and work together to assist the factory in governing, and make the government clear, so that the world is peaceful and clear. Of course, the emperor is satisfied with the factory, so that the factory can start and end well and obtain a higher reputation. This is the most important thing."

Although Wei Zhongxian was almost illiterate, it does not mean that he did not understand politics or history. In the Ming Dynasty, since the Yongle period, there were many powerful eunuchs. The famous Wang Zhi and Liu Jin, including the Eight Tigers in the Zhengde period, were all powerful when they were in power. However, once they lost the emperor's trust, the outcome would be silent from now on. The bad thing was like Liu Jin, who was cut by a knife. I heard that he had been killed with ginseng soup and died for three days...

The recent eunuch is Feng Bao, and the outcome is not good...

Of course, eunuchs also had good endings, some powerful eunuchs, who did not leave their names in history, but in fact, they were quite powerful when they were alive. They had been in charge of the inner court for more than ten or twenty years, and they could decide on major internal and external affairs in one sentence, and the emperor always trusted them. The so-called good beginning and good ending is really enviable.

However, Wei Zhongxian knew that they were all eunuchs who read from the Nei Shutang. They were cautious and persistent since childhood and had a solid knowledge. The emperor used these eunuchs to help govern state affairs. Even eunuchs had some trust and respect. Unlike Wang Zhi and Liu Jin, they seemed to have great power, but their foundation was quite shallow. There were also eunuchs who were steady and steady, such as Huai'en, who even changed the emperor, could still maintain power, and at least retire and retire in the palace or outside the palace.

Although Wei Zhongxian had a nephew by his side, he also had to consider the future retirement matters. He had no shortage of money. He no longer had bribes of thousands of taels of bribes. However, the most important thing is power, and there is no power. If you don’t have power, these things will be taken away at any time.

The most important thing is that Wei Zhongxian believes that he should still help the emperor to govern the country carefully. Only by making the national strength flourish and not having any major problems or problems will the emperor keep using him. Even if he loses the emperor's will, considering his contributions for the past, he will not end up being too miserable.

"Xihuan talk, let's see." Wei Zhongxian pondered at Xu Dahua and said, "If you can do it, you must obey."

"First, the chief minister of the cabinet, Fang Ge Lao, has returned to his hometown for several years. He was forced to return to his hometown by the Dukes of Donglin. The subordinates often return to him by letters. The subordinates are still worried about state affairs. Therefore, the subordinates think that with Fang Ge Lao's prestige and status in the three parties and his ability to manage state affairs, if he can be invited back, the court affairs can be decided in one sentence, with very little trouble, and even if he is in charge of government affairs, there will be few mistakes and will not be criticized by others."

Wei Zhongxian was very moved!

Indeed, how did he forget Fang Congzhe?

There were not many officials in the court who became officials in the 11th year of Wanli.

Cui Jingrong is already a fool, and he knows that he has the same virtue as those young Qingliu. However, Fang Congzhe and Wei Zhongxian have a deep impression of him... He is a very capable and has a good personality. He has a lot of disciples and former officials all over the world. Many of the three parties are also disciples of Fang Congzhe or fellow villagers. When the Donglin Party was so majestic in the early years of Tianqi, the people of the three parties were also protected by Fang Congzhe. Until the three parties broke up with Donglin, Fang Congzhe failed to mediate, and then he stepped down sadly.

This is a short journey, and it has not yet come to make people feel that it is a historical past. Fang Congzhe's back is not far away. His ability to reconcile China and foreign countries and govern in the late years of the lazy government of Shenzong was quite impressive...

"Xihuan, you can go to the letter and ask Master Fang." Wei Zhongxian decided to say, "You mentioned this very well, and leave it to you to operate it."

"Yes, the officials will write a letter when they go back." Xu Dahua was overjoyed, stood up and bowed.

...

Before the palace gate closed in the evening, Wei Zhongxian returned to the palace to live.

This is also his habit. The palace is the foundation. No matter how many days he will serve the Tianqi for a while and report to the emperor about the recent government affairs and general state affairs. If there is something that cannot be solved, it will be submitted to the emperor for a verdict. For example, he will attack Cui Jingrong in a while, but Cui Jingrong is the Minister of Heaven. It is definitely not something that Wei Zhongxian can be the master of his family. He must agree to it.

Although the emperor no longer directly involved in government affairs, many things were still proceeding in an orderly manner. For example, the emperor would visit the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial Academy a while ago. The emperor never delayed the work of carpenters.

After arriving in the palace, he found out that Emperor Tianqi was working on carpentry work. Wei Zhongxian quickly changed into a more close-fitting robe and sat on his shoulder carriage and rushed over quickly.

The huge hall was filled with carpenters and eunuchs, and there were always a hundred people serving inside and outside the hall.

The emperor was creating an exquisite loft, which was actually part of a large project. From the front yard to the back yard garden, the pavilions and towers were made of wood. Some buildings were made of quite exquisitely, and the doors and windows could be opened...

Wei Zhongxian didn't say anything when he came in, but just stood beside the emperor, helping to hand over some tools and other things. Tu Wenfu, Ge Jiusi, Du Yongming and Wang Binggong, who have always accompanied the emperor to build things, were all slightly apart, knowing where the factory man should stand when he was there.

Only Gao Qiqian was helping the emperor to master the strength on the opposite side and see the distance, so he couldn't walk away. He smiled respectfully at Wei Zhongxian, even if he had greeted him in front of the emperor.

"Oh, the factory minister is here." The weather is very hot, and Tianqi is too focused. In addition, in order to prevent the model from being dry and cracked, Tianqi was sweating profusely after a while. A small yellow door handed over a towel. Tianqi wiped the sweat and smiled at Wei Zhongxian: "In a few days, I will go to create the water method. It is too stuffy to shoot things in the hall, and I can't stand it."
Chapter completed!