Chapter 64 The Eunuch Party’s Counterattack (1)

Everything happened as Cui Chengxiu was worried. On December 19, 2019, the third year of Tianqi of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch party had just taken the action of a nephew of the Wang family in Dongshi, a counterattack of the Donglin Party appeared. A memorial to impeach Wei Yi, a co-signed memorial signed by Yang Lian, was sent to the palace to impeach the twenty-four major crimes of the Donglin Party members.

"The eunuch Wei Zhongxian is a rogue in the market and is cleansed in middle age. When he entered the mainland, he was still accused of being a little loyal and a little slander for his gratitude. He then dared to be a great traitor and a great evil to disrupt the government. Now he asked to list his crimes and say it to Your Majesty! The ancestors drafted an order and specialized in the cabinet ministers. They gave their power to others, and they gave them a lot of preaching, or criticized them directly from the inside to destroy the ancestor's political system. One major crime was one; Liu Yiyi and Zhou Jiamo were both ministers who were in charge of orders. Zhongxian ordered his party to discuss it, eager to eliminate his own taboos, and did not allow Your Majesty to not change his father's ministers, and two major crimes were two; ... Any internal minister is not allowed to privately interfere with foreign ministers, and Zhongxian formed a party without any stake, and even transferred to local county magistrates to use it for their own use. This is twenty-three major crimes; the establishment of the Dongchang was originally intended to arrest traitors, and Zhongxian was appointed as a service, and he was caught by his personal grudges. He was accused of personal grudges and was defeated by his personal grudges.

He was in charge of the matter and reported the news day and night, and the situation was not enough to reach the prison of Tongwen. The party and corruption were published. The monument of Wang Zhi's embarrassment in the West Factory was not enough to say this. He was twenty-four major crimes. All these rebellious signs were obvious to people. The inner court feared the disaster and did not dare to speak, and the outer court was speechless and did not dare to report. Sometimes the evil and the saint's wife was exposed. There were also the saint's wife who made a fuss, and they were even more intimate, and they responded to it. I hope that Your Majesty was furious, gathered civil and military honors, ordered the Ministry of Justice to strictly report the country's laws and regulations, and issued the saint's wife to relieve the worries. The minister was dead and immortal. He was memorialized." He said hundreds of words, and counted the 24 serious crimes of Wei Zhongxian were placed on the case, but it was not the emperor's dragon case, but the calligraphy case in Wei Zhongxian's family.

Because the day before, Cui Chengxiu's reminder and Wang Tiqian's care in the palace, the memorial was sent to Wei Zhongxian's case overnight without being delivered to Zhu Youxiao. Although Wei Zhongxian didn't know much literacy, after listening to someone else's explanation, he understood the meaning of the memorial, and his face was as dark as carbon, because he knew very well that these twenty-four serious crimes were indeed true, and if any one of them was confirmed, he would not have a good life.

After a long time, Wei Zhongxian looked at the people standing below: "He, Yang Lian, was confused by these many people, jointly impeached our family. It seems that they really planned to make a gamble. Let's talk about how we should deal with it? If they let them continue to submit memorials, there will be no stopping many people in the palace. The emperor will know sooner or later."

After thinking for a long time, Wei Guangwei frowned and said, "Now, the only case of the Wang family who can use to fight the Donglin Party is the case, but now it only involves a few officials from Nanzhili. The only person in Donglin in the court is Wang Wenyan, who was arrested and imprisoned. If we want to attack them, it seems that we must start from Wang Wenyan. If we can really get some evidence of the crime from his mouth and send it to the emperor, the Donglin Party members will be in trouble. But..." Speaking of this, he looked at Xu Xianchun, who is the assistant minister of the Jinyi Guard and in charge of the imperial prison.

Xu Xianchun immediately understood and stepped forward and said, "Dad, the official will definitely make people torture Wang Wenyan. This person's bones are quite tough, and he still refuses to express his words after a few days..."

"No matter how hard his bones are, we must let him pull Ye Xianggao, **xing and others in. Aren't he still a few relatives on his way to Beijing? Then bring them into the imperial prison and torture them in front of him. We don't believe that this person will remain indifferent!" Wei Zhongxian's mind was only the idea of ​​uprooting the Donglin Party, because it was time to die. Xu Xianchun immediately agreed, and he felt very excited when he thought of using a torture to more people.

Since that day, Tang Feng has become one of the eunuch party. Although he is very resistant to this new identity, he still cannot refuse. So today he is also at Wei Zhongxian's mansion and listens to them discussing how to deal with the Donglin Party members. It turns out that he does not want to interfere in this matter. After all, he has his own view of right and wrong, and knows that he is accomplice with the eunuch party. However, after hearing one of the twenty-four major crimes, he knows that he has to stand on the side of the eunuch party and be an enemy of the Donglin Party. "All internal officials are not allowed to make private friends with foreign ministers. Zhongxian is incompetent, and he also has to use the local county magistrate to use it for himself. This is twenty-three major crimes." The local county magistrate in this sentence is obviously himself. If the Donglin Party members really win, he may not be able to escape. It is considered light to be dismissal from office and go home.

When thinking about all this, Tang Feng did not pay attention to the later conversation between Wei Zhongxian and Xu Xianchun, but began to recall in his mind how the eunuch party in history dealt with the Donglin Party. It seemed that the eunuch party in history would have defeated the Donglin Party a while later, and demoted the Donglin Party and eliminated it. So what excuse did they use? Tang Feng is sure that it was not the excuse they mentioned now, because it only appeared after he came.

At this time, Tang Feng was thinking more about the words in the memorial, saying that Wei Zhongxian had private friends with foreign ministers as an internal minister, formed cliques for personal gain, and also "traffic" with his county magistrate. So he kept murmured: "Make friends with foreign ministers, make friends with foreign ministers..." Suddenly something flashed through his mind. Although he could not remember whether this was the main reason for the complete collapse of the Donglin Party, it must be a very critical factor. He immediately said: "Dear father-in-law, all the sir, in addition to starting from Wang Wenyan, the official thought of another person..."

"Who?" Before Tang Feng finished speaking, Wei Guangwei asked first. Only then did he see clearly that the person who spoke was Tang Feng, and he was a little skeptical about his words. How much can this county magistrate know about the bureau? This is the first reaction he made after seeing what Tang Feng said.

The others also looked at Tang Feng with strange eyes, waiting for him to say the words behind him. But after Wei Guangwei's interruption, Tang Feng had concerns. He knew that in this way, he would kill the man and would have his own strokes in the history books. But at this time, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired, because Wei Zhongxian also looked at Tang Feng. Although he didn't say anything, he could still tell from his eyes that he wanted to know something from Tang Feng's mouth.

Knowing that he could no longer hide it, Tang Feng had to put his concerns aside and said, "My lords, although the officials in She County know very little about the affairs of the court, they also understand that the emperor's dislike of the ministers and military generals is the most taboo thing for the emperor. And just before that, the Liaodong ruler Xiong Tingbi was very close to the Donglin Party members. I wonder if this can be used by you to deal with the Donglin Party?" Tang Feng was still a little regretful in his heart.

"Xiong Tingbi..." Cui Chengxiu muttered this name and kept thinking in her heart, "He was arrested and brought to Beijing for losing the Guangning City a year ago. Now he has no military power."

Obviously Wei Zhongxian's idea was different from his. After hearing this name, a smile appeared on his fat face: "Yes, why didn't our family think of this person? Although he is now a tiger without teeth and a general without soldiers, he was also a leader in the army back then. Do you still remember that he sent us a lot of gold and silver to save his life shortly after he was locked in Beijing? "

After he said this, Cui Chengxiu also remembered it: "Yes, my father-in-law said it very well. I still remember that Wang Wenyan came to see me that day and handed over tens of thousands of taels of silver on behalf of Xiong Tingbi. It was because of his father-in-law's burden in the palace that he escaped death..." He suddenly woke up. This was a serious crime of accepting bribes. Although they were all from his own people, they could not say it so blatantly.

Gladiated at the careless man, Wei Guangwei said: "In addition to my father-in-law, those people in the Donglin Party also pleaded with the emperor for him. It was because of so many people pleaded for him that Xiong Tingbi was spared from the death penalty. And why did the Donglin Party pleaded for Xiong Tingbi? Why did Wang Wenyan, as a member of the Donglin Party, use silver to beg you for you? This is worth discussing." His two questions were obviously suggesting the possibility of something.

"Father-in-law, we can't watch such people control the government in the court. Let's submit a memorial to impeach them now, and Wang Wenyan also has this serious crime." The few people said one after another, as if they had seen something unfair.

"Okay, you will go back and write a memorial, so that censors from all walks of life will also introduce a chapter to impeach the Donglin party members for personal gain and make friends with Xiong Tingbi. Also, you can also write it into the case of Wang Wenyan." Wei Zhongxian immediately ordered.

After responding, everyone left and prepared for tomorrow's counterattack. Tang Feng also wanted to go back, but as soon as he turned yellow, he heard Wei Zhongxian behind him say, "Mr. Tang is waiting."

When Wei Zhongxian and Tang Feng were left in the hall, Wei Zhongxian stepped forward and patted Tang Feng on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Tang Feng, you have really helped our family this time. Not only did you throw Wang Wenyan into the imperial prison, you also let our family find a good opportunity to deal with the Donglin Party who thinks they are gentlemen. After this matter is settled, our family will not treat you badly, so you can follow our family to do things well."
Chapter completed!