Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chongzhen's old problem of migraine broke out

After the flames passed, Chongzhen acted vigorously and captured Yang Weiyuan and Huo Weihua successively.When Yang Weiyuan threw out Cui Chengxiu in an attempt to protect himself, Chongzhen saw that he was just a pawn, a pawn crossing the river.There is no tomorrow for the pawns crossing the river. When Wei Zhongxian gave up his pawns and surrendered, all the pawns were meaningless in an instant.There is also Huo Weihua, one of the legendary Wei Zhongxian's five tigers, who has transformed from a small accident into an assistant secretary of the Rongzheng Military Department. Without Wei Zhongxian's driving force behind him, how can he be Huo Weihua? !Take it, take it all!

However, what surprised Chongzhen was that after Yang Weiyuan and Huo Weihua were arrested, the court became quiet instead.The scene he expected of all the officials scrambling to expose the Wei party did not appear.What are they waiting for?What are they watching?What are they afraid of? A terrible guess made Chongzhen suddenly break out in a cold sweat—could all the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty be Wei Dang?Dogs bite dogs, so they don't bite each other? But soon, Chongzhen vetoed this guess: the people in the Hanlin Academy performed very well in the previous campaign to overthrow the Wei Dynasty, at least in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Academy was still a pure land.

But why only Qingshui yamen like Hanlinwan can do this?Officials from other departments either excused the Wei Party or stood on the sidelines.What's the meaning?The two ministers of the Ministry of War both had an unclear relationship with Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian had three ancestral halls built next to the ancestral grave of my Zhu family. One can imagine where the buttocks of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty sat. up?Is this still my imperial court of the Ming Dynasty, the country of the Ming Dynasty? Some people died, he was alive.Wei Zhongxian is dead, but Wei Zhongxian's power is still there, wandering back and forth inside and outside the palace of the Forbidden City.This is a terrifying force.

Chongzhen now admires the ancestor emperor Zhu Yuanzhang from the bottom of his heart.For the sake of the safety of the country, his old man also made party cases even if there were no party cases. He fabricated and "clicked" the Hu Weiyong party case and the Lanyu party case, a total of tens of thousands of people, forcing Liu Ji to return to his hometown in Qingtian for the elderly, which made him live It is better to die; finally opened up the Zhu family's imperial career of the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years.From monk to emperor, from emperor to killer, Zhu Yuanzhang demonstrated a man's highly creative and adaptable ability to social roles.Chongzhen also wanted to be such a decisive man.He called in the cabinet ministers Han Kuo, Qian Longxi, Li Biao, and Wang Yongguang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and asked them to make a big list.

Wei party list. After pondering over it, Chongzhen felt that these few people in the entire imperial court were relatively clean and should have nothing to do with Wei Zhongxian.But soon, Chongzhen realized that he had misjudged the wrong person, and among these few people there was also a member of the Wei Party! The atmosphere of this meeting presided over by Chongzhen has been very dull. Han Yu, Qian Longxi, Li Biao, and Wang Yongguang have all been in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for many years, and they know the way of being an official.The big list of the Wei Party, don't look at just five words, how many people will be killed and their families will be destroyed behind it.

The people on the list are like this, and the people who make the list are not much better.Because the Wei Party is still just an empty concept, where are the people and what have they done?Why didn't he make it when I was on the list?Does the person who made the list have no selfish intentions or is he a Wei party? !Everything is extremely subtle. The most important thing is what standard is used to determine who is the Wei Party and who is not?Han Yu, Qian Longxi, Li Biao and Wang Yongguang sizzled the tea.The tea provided for this enlarged meeting of the cabinet is good. It is the top-grade Mingqian Longjing, which Chongzhen took out from his own tea pot and put it in the cabinet. I really hope that Han Kuo, Qian Longxi, Li Biao and Wang Yongguang will drink it. While chatting, I didn't expect these old foxes to only drink tea and not talk.

Chongzhen let out a long sigh, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has never been healthy and efficient.When the first emperor was there, he basically did not hold meetings, or only held small meetings with Wei Zhongxian.The other officials are also good at telling dirty jokes.Of course, there are no dirty jokes at cabinet-level meetings, and it has become a meeting of praise and self-praise, a meeting of empty words, and a meeting of forming cliques. Chongzhen was very helpless about this.He had a gloomy face, feeling that he was fighting against the huge but inefficient state machinery alone, and he was losing ground, and everyone was insensitive.Alas, expecting these birds to come up with a big list of the Wei Party is just a dream, so let's make a big frame first.Chongzhen cleared his throat, and began to give important instructions: To investigate the Wei party, we must eliminate all evils and treat them differently.Don't let a Wei party go, and don't wrong a loyal minister.In short, the court still needs someone to do things.You just let it go.

It will be like this.Han Yu and a few others thought about what Chongzhen meant, and felt that he had said everything, but he didn't say anything.The most difficult thing to investigate the Wei party is the verification work.These days, who would be so stupid to keep the evidence waiting for you to catch it.But if there is no evidence, the investigation of Wei Dang is just a matter of catching wind and shadows. The so-called wanting something and wanting something is completely bureaucratic.But the last sentence should be the emperor's original intention - the court still needs someone to do things.That's right, if they were all captured, the Ming Dynasty would cease to exist.

A few days later, Han Yu and others reported a list of forty or fifty people.Chongzhen can count them at a glance, these old foxes used some petty officials below the third rank to prevaricate me.He reminded calmly, arrest again, anyone who built a shrine for Wei Zhongxian will be arrested. Han Yu and the others hurriedly knelt on the ground: No, Your Majesty!If you want to catch them like this, then there will be more than a hundred people on this list, and then half of the court will be gone. Chongzhen: How can new meat grow if the rotten meat is not cut off?Grasp! Han Yu had no choice but to add some more names.But Chongzhen was still dissatisfied after reading it, and said why there were no people from the inner court on the list, isn't this a cover-up?As soon as they heard the word "cover up", the hearts of Han Yu and others immediately became cold.Why is this master suspicious?If you want to doubt everything so much, it’s nothing to say, the name of Han Kuo and others must be added at the end of the list.Han Yu felt that this job was done by a human being, or was hated to death by his colleagues, or suspected by the emperor, so he had to get away as soon as possible.

This side is thinking of getting away, while Chongzhen is pressing harder and harder.Chongzhen took out a yellow bundle and asked them to guess what was inside.I guess I guess I guess I guess.Han Yu and the others are not Wu Zhongxian, how can they have such humor.They all looked at Huang Baolu wanting to cry.Chongzhen smiled: it's a baby. It really is a baby.It turned out that the yellow bundle contained all the red books that once sang the praises of Wei Zhongxian—the memorabilia written by the officials.Chongzhen sneered and said: Aren't you afraid that there will be no evidence?This is all ironclad evidence.According to this above, one catches one accurately.

Before Chongzhen's words fell, Wang Yongguang, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who was sitting upright just now, immediately lay down on the ground: I deserve death for my crimes! Chongzhen pretended to be confused, what crime?Still dying... Wang Yongguang peeked at Huang Baofu, his mouth moved for a long time, unable to speak. Chongzhen untied the yellow bag, took out a red book from it, and held it up to Wang Yongguang's nose: You mean you wrote this, right? Wang Yongguang nodded in shame, sweating profusely for a while. Chongzhen stared into his eyes; so you are Wei Dang? Wang Yongguang: I am confused... Chongzhen said with grief and indignation: What are you confused?I see you are sober!He pointed at Han Yu and the others: You are all sober!The organs are exhausted, and the safety of my Ming Dynasty is traded for the safety of my Ming Dynasty.Before the Forbidden City fell down, did you think that the sky would never collapse? ! emperor!Han Yu and the others all knelt down. Chongzhen's tears came out: I miss my Ming Dynasty, moths are everywhere... I thought you guys were still innocent, but I didn't expect—— Han Yu and the others were in a hurry: the minister is indeed innocent. Chongzhen: Then why are you so prevaricating for the things I assigned? Han Yu and the other cabinet ministers had no choice but to see Wang Yongguang who was kneeling on the ground trembling all over, so they had no choice but to declare that the Wei Party wanted public affairs and neglected selfishness. . The big list is finally out. Chongzhen's old problem of migraine also broke out.For three days in a row, he did not go to court.He felt that there was no need to go to court. There are very few civil and military ministers in the Manchu Dynasty who are not members of the Wei Party! According to historical records, this time, the cabinet ministers and Minister of Criminal Affairs Qiao Yunsheng participated in the investigation of the Wei party. A total of six people who were the first traitors and accomplices, nineteen people who were close servants, eleven people who were close servants and others, and thirty military criminals were found. Five people, 15 people who flattered and supported military prisoners, 128 people who made friends with close servants, and 44 people who worshiped, totaling 258 people. Who were the people who were found out?Wei Liangqing, Duke of Ningguo; Hou Guoxing, Commander of Jinyiwei; Wu Chunfu, Xu Dahua, Xue Fengxiang, Sun Jie, and Yang Menggun, the five ministers of the Ministry of Industry; Tian Ji, Cui Chengxiu, and Huo Weihua, the three ministers of the Ministry of War; Zhou Yingqiu, Wang Shaohui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, and Xue Zhen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment... Whose fucking court is this, whose world is this?Chongzhen felt that his fate was too bad, and Daming's fate was too bad.