Chapter two hundred and sixty-five the end of the eunuch
I felt that it was not just Zhou Zheng who was about to come. Within two days, the atmosphere in the capital suddenly felt a solidification.
Zhou Qingli came out of the palace late at night and shouted Zhou Zheng and Zhou Fang.
Zhou Qingli sat on the chair and frowned and said, "I guess, the emperor is going to attack Wei Zhongxian."
Zhou Zheng looked as usual. It was already November now. Zhu Youjian had endured it for more than two months. It was almost time.
Zhou Fang looked slightly shocked, and opened his mouth, wanting to speak but stopping.
Wei Zhongxian and the eunuch party brought extremely profound fear to the scholars of the Ming Dynasty in the past three years. This fear was only found during the reign of Chengzu.
Donglin was almost slaughtered, blood flowed into a river, and corpses were piled up in the imperial prison. Qingliu was so suppressed that no one dared to offend the eunuch party!
The eunuch party, who controls the palace inside and the court outside, from civil officials to military generals, from all over the country, were full of eunuch party members, and the eunuch party controlled the entire Ming Dynasty!
This kind of power is unprecedented!
Can the new emperor really deal with it? How confident are you?
Zhou Fang did not say that, Zhou Qingli also understood his concerns, pondered for a moment, and said: "The Duke of Britain has already supervised all the troops in the capital. Luo Yangxing and the Jinyiwei have protected the entire Forbidden City. The ministers of the king from Ji Liao have also received the imperial edict and will always support them just in case, there should be no problem."
Zhou Zheng nodded slightly. Tianqi prevented some things before his death and made sufficient arrangements. Zhu Youjian tried for more than two months and should have prepared enough.
What's more, Wei Zhongxian did not have the ability to rebel, and few people from the eunuchs would follow him to rebel.
The Ming Dynasty was not only a system of checks and balances, but also a "emperor and literati share the world with literati." The literati would not tolerate a eunuch usurping the country.
Therefore, no matter from any aspect, Wei Zhongxian has no chance of success. Besides, Wei Zhongxian is afraid that he does not have the ambition to usurp the throne.
After Zhou Qingli finished speaking, she saw Zhou Zheng thinking, and said, "Zhengyun, what do you think?"
Zhou Zheng said without hesitation: "The eunuch party is too powerful and needs to be done step by step, and don't pursue it in one step."
The eunuchs' tree has deep roots. If it is uprooted at once, it will have a great impact on the Ming Dynasty.
"What about the others?" Zhou Qingli didn't care about this and looked at Zhou Zheng and asked.
Zhou Zheng was stunned, then realized it immediately, shook his head and said, "No more."
Zhou Qingli looked at him deeply and said, "Let's be quieter in the next time, so don't cause any trouble."
Zhou Fangsu nodded. He had been in Dali Temple for some time and knew the chaos and terror of the court.
Zhou Zheng nodded as well.
Zhou Qingli was still a little worried, but didn't say much.
Just the next day, the government, which was originally a hot topic, suddenly became quiet.
Suddenly quiet!
Those who know the inside story have a panic look, panic, joy, and expectation.
Those who don’t know the truth will become even more panicked, like headless flies rushing around, and are in panic all day long.
The seventh year of the Apocalypse, on the second day of November.
The Qianqing Palace, which had always been quiet, suddenly issued an order to order Wei Zhongxian to go to Fengyang to guard the spirit.
The Zhu family’s hometown is Fengyang, which is also the ancestral land.
Logically speaking, this order is nothing. It is normal for eunuchs to keep their souls in mind, but it will be different if you think about it carefully.
If you are guarding the spirits and the Tianqi has just been buried, you should guard the spirits in the capital. If you don’t help, go to Nanjing to guard the spirits for Taizu. Go to Fengyang, what kind of spirits to guard?
The orders from the Ganqing Palace were very strict, and Wei Zhongxian was asked to set off on the same day.
Before the eunuch party could react, Wei Zhongxian left Beijing with dozens of internal supervisors and more than a dozen carriages.
After leaving the "Qiansui Mansion", more than a dozen luxury carriages were driving slowly on Chang'an Street, with dozens of strong guards on both sides.
Wei Zhongxian didn't know where he was sitting. Even if he didn't show up, the convoy was still majestic and grand.
There were countless people watching on the roadside, pointing and whispering, but no one heard clearly what they were saying.
In some hidden corners, I don’t know how many people are watching.
Wei Zhongxian is the most eunuch and powerful minister today. His every move has a significant impact on the court and the opposition.
His departure also touched the minds of countless people.
Even if the adults in the six cabinets were not mentioned, the Ganqing Palace is now staring at Wei Zhongxian's slight movements.
Zhou Zheng, Wei Xizhuang and Meng Hezhou stood side by side on the second floor of a teahouse, watching Wei Zhongxian's convoy slowly pass through the street.
Meng Hezhou has always been taciturn. Seeing that Wei Zhongxian was still so arrogant at this time, he turned to Zhou Zheng and said, "Mr. Zhou, this eunuch Wei may not be too ignorant of the importance."
Zhou Zheng nodded slightly and said, "He should be used to it, and he did not realize the seriousness of this."
Wei Zhongxian's actions may be due to his personality or habits, but in Zhu Youjian's opinion, he did not take him seriously at all.
If someone writes a letter to impeach Wei Zhongxian, according to Zhu Youjian's temperament, even if Wei Zhongxian does not do so much, the outcome will not be good.
Wei Xizhuang's expression was a bit awkward, and he said, "I heard that there are many people outside of Beijing, at least fifty-six, escorting him to Fengyang Mansion."
Zhou Zheng said: "Look, the person who smells the smell will soon pounce on him."
Even now, Wei Xizhuang couldn't believe that Wei Zhongxian was about to fall, and hesitated: "The emperor only asked nine thousand years to guard the spirit, so it shouldn't be so?"
Zhou Zhengdao: "As for not being able to do it, look at Tianxin and the public opinion. Tianxin doesn't care about it for now. Do you think the public opinion will let Wei Zhongxian go?"
The so-called "public opinion" refers to the Shilin. The devastated Shilin will tear Wei Zhongxian apart!
Wei Xizhuang felt very uncomfortable now. Looking at Wei Zhongxian's carriage, his expression was very complicated.
Zhou Zheng patted his shoulder without saying much.
Wei Zhongxian's departure from Beijing was very sudden to many people. His position in the Ming Dynasty was very special. As he left, the chaotic situation suddenly became quiet.
No one impeached Wei Zhongxian again, and no one insisted on quitting the eunuch party. The eunuch party even stopped and pretended to be deaf and dumb.
But in just five days, the Henan Road Inspector Censor Qi Benchu submitted a memorial saying that Wei Zhongxian had raised dozens of desperate people along the way, and officials along the way knelt down and said, "Nine Thousand Years". Without exception, the momentum was huge, even better than before.
As soon as this memorial was released, it instantly detonated the court. Countless people wrote letters to impeach Wei Zhongxian, accusing him of "unpredictable intentions and no supremacy."
I don’t know how many people figured out the best intentions and followed the trend to report the news. All the people in the court and the country impeached Wei Zhongxian, and none of them refuted it.
The eunuchs stopped and did not dare to breathe, and they were all waiting and watching.
Zhou Qingli came out of the palace with a tired look on his face and urgently called Zhou Zheng and Zhou Fang into the study.
Zhou Qingli said without nonsense, "The emperor just summoned Luo Yangxing and asked him to take someone to take Wei Zhongxian back to Beijing for interrogation."
Zhou Fang was startled and said, "It's only been a few days, the emperor is too anxious, right?"
Although the three fathers and sons all knew that the emperor would attack Wei Zhongxian, was the emperor so impatient after only a few days left Beijing? There were so many eunuchs in the capital, wouldn’t they be afraid of their random actions?
Zhou Zheng understood that Wei Zhongxian's departure from Beijing made Zhu Youjian confirm that Wei Zhongxian did not threaten his strength. After enduring it for more than two months, he could not help it.
Zhou Qingli took a sip of tea and said, "The preparation is almost done. The emperor also met Yuan Fu. Before I left, I heard the word "rebel party."
Zhou Zheng knew that Zhu Youjian was probably ready, not only wanted the Jinyiwei to arrest Wei Zhongxian, but also clean up the eunuch party in the court.
The ‘rebel Party’ is not the Donglin Party that was decided before, but the eunuch Party!
Zhou Fang was not stupid either. He could hear clearly, but he still said uneasy: "Dad, is it really okay?"
The strength of the eunuch party was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people at this time. The new emperor who succeeded to the throne at the age of 16 was in the palace for only two months. Can he really remove the eunuch party that was spread all over the Ming Dynasty so easily?
Chapter completed!