Domineering Daming

When Ruan Dacheng saw it, he said, "Yes, so I want to see Eunuch Wei again and submit it in person."

Li Yongzhen didn't dare to delay, and quickly found Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian couldn't express his joy and anger, he looked at Ruan Dacheng and said, "You really have?"

Ruan Dacheng's heart was pounding, knowing that success or failure depended on one stroke, he raised his hand and said, "There are indeed subordinate officials. Originally, the official department should be a substitute, but Zhao Nanxing and others practiced favoritism, and insisted on giving it to the cronies Wei Dazhong."

Wei Zhongxian's temples twitched a bit, a smile appeared on his cold face, and he said, "Okay, if you impeach Zhao Nanxing by writing the bullet in the last book, the position given by the official department is still yours!"

Ruan Dacheng was overjoyed and said: "Thank you, Eunuch, as long as the matter is completed, I will never forget the great kindness of Eunuch!"

Wei Zhongxian nodded, asked a few more questions in detail, and asked someone to send Ruan Dacheng out.

With Wei Zhongxian's guarantee, Ruan Dacheng returned home overjoyed and locked himself in his study to write notes.

Ruan Dacheng hooked up with Wei Zhongxian so blatantly, which shocked and angered the Donglin party members.

Ruan Dacheng's impeachment reports immediately increased in the court, and Ruan Dacheng didn't dare to go out when he repeated the old things.

But he is not sitting still, contacting his colleagues to impeach Zhao Nanxing for Li Chunkai during the matter, using public tools for private use, and nepotism.

Wei Zhongxian didn't break his promise, and within a few days, Ruan Dacheng got what he wanted and became an official official.

Zhao Nanxing and others were naturally unwilling to let it go, and soon pointed the finger at another important eunuch in history, Cui Chengxiu.

Cui Chengxiu's hands and feet were not clean, and Gao Panlong got the evidence for corruption and bribery, and he talked about it at the court meeting. up.

Then, Cui Chengxiu begged everyone, and finally found Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Xu has a teacher and has homework, so he has to study in the study every day.Yang Lian is an extremely strict person, on the surface he is calm, but when he moves, Zhu Xu has to be in awe.

While flipping through the book, Zhu Xu listened to Cao Wenzhao's briefing, his expression remained motionless, but he nodded secretly in his heart. He was afraid that the eunuch party would become a phenomenon in a short time, and the adults in the court still hadn't noticed it yet.

Although Zhu Xu didn't know the specific process of Wei Zhongxian's cleansing of the Donglin Party, but since it was "cleaning", the few bigwigs of Donglin would definitely not be able to gain a foothold in the court.

He thought for a while, and said: "Zhao Nanxing, Gao Panlong probably won't last long, you keep an eye on Zuo Guangdou, if Wei Zhongxian makes a move on him, don't stop him, but you can't use torture."

Zuo Guangdou and other six gentlemen are well-known. Apart from the scenery in the "moving the palace case", there is also the beginning of Wei Zhongxian's ruthless dealing with the Donglin Party.Almost all of the six gentlemen died in the prison, which was so miserable that people looked at it.

Cao Wenzhao agreed, looked at Zhu Xu hesitated, and said cautiously: "Your Highness, should we take the opportunity to send some people in?"

Zhu Xu raised his brows, closed the book, and his eyes pondered.

The water in the court hall was far deeper than he wanted, but it was indeed a good choice to quietly arrange some people because the snipe and the clam competed for the fisherman's benefit.

"That's it." Zhu Xu knocked on the table and said, "You have someone notify Uncle and Zhou Yingqiu, and let them play by ear. The Donglin Party hasn't noticed us yet, and Wei Zhongxian should also take care of us." He said so , I already have another plan in mind.

Cao Wenzhao agreed and went out to make arrangements.Zhou Yingqiu could send someone to notify him, but Fu Changzong had to go there himself.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for class again, and Yang Lian stood in front of her, her voice up and down, explaining every word every now and then, as if she was afraid that Zhu Xu wouldn't understand.

Zhu Xu didn't even have a half-knowledge of the scriptures, so he was happy to pretend he didn't understand anything, listening quietly, and occasionally answering a few questions.

Yang Lian is basically satisfied with Zhu Xu, so even though he was a little reluctant to be forced by the emperor before, he is now a little more sincere.

After another two hours, Yang Lian finally looked at Zhu Xu and said, "Your Highness, this is the end of today's class. In the next class, I will take the exam, Your Highness."

Zhu Xu stood up, bowed and said, "Yes, Mister."

Yang Lian nodded slightly, with an expression of displeasure that "it's okay if you don't pay me back the money you owe me", she turned around and left with the book in her arms.

Zhu Xu also got up and walked outside, looked at Yang Lian's back, and said to himself, "It's strange, Mr.'s expression is a bit wrong today..."

"Your Highness, Zhao Nanxing. Gao Panlong is resigning."

After Zhu Xu finished speaking, Cao Wenzhao quietly appeared behind him and said.

Although Zhu Xu expected it, he was still surprised when he heard it.

Zhao Nanxing is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Gao Panlong is the Censor of the Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They are both second-rank officials. One controls the promotion of officials in the world and is known as the "Hidden Prime Minister", and the other is the leader of the officials and has the responsibility to police the world. .They are all key officials with high positions and great powers.

In particular, both of them are giants of the Donglin Party, with great prestige, and they are also princes in the court. It can be said that as long as the two are stable, it will be a matter of time before they enter the cabinet.

But now, both of them can't wait to resign.

Because of the impeachment of Zhao Nanxing by Fu Kui during the incident, "official reforms are impermanent, and I don't know about them."

Both of these are true. Zhao Nanxing has always been domineering, vigorous and resolute, and he promises everything he says in the official department, and he will not allow others to resist.Especially Wang Wenyan, this person was not born in the imperial examination, but an official who bribed and bought. The most important thing was that the chief assistant Ye Xianggao was involved!

As the cabinet secretary, Wang Wenyan has a wide range of friends, from the chief assistant of the cabinet to those in the opposition, they are very close and unknown.If this matter really needs to be pursued, most of the Donglin party members will be implicated.

That's why Zhao Nanxing and Gao Panlong resigned because of their illness, and made seven proposals in a row, as if they would never stop if the emperor refused.

However, in the end Zhu Youxiao still did not allow, and was forcibly persuaded to stay.

Chapter 152 Wei Zhongxian Captures Wang Wenyan

During this period of time, Zhu Xu has been studying at ease, but he still shakes his head secretly when he hears some things in the court and the struggle between Zhao Nanxing and others from time to time.The Donglin Party was full of internal strife, but they still didn't realize that Wei Zhongxian was no longer just an eunuch.

Day by day, Zhu Xu seldom went out of the palace, except for studying, he would go to Kunning Palace to tease the little princess.Now the little princess also has a title: Yongning.

It was still cold in March, Zhu Xu sat opposite Queen Zhang, looking at the little princess in her arms, she was looking at him with wide eyes, smiling and waving her little hands, yelling.

Zhu Xu teased her for a while, then looked at Empress Zhang and asked casually, "Sister-in-law, I heard that Brother Huang wants to limit the clan's salary?"

Empress Zhang raised her head and glanced at Zhu Xu, she couldn't tell what she meant, "Why, are you still short of money?"

Zhu Xu coughed, and said pretendingly: "It's always good to have money."

Empress Zhang gave him an angry look, and then said: "Ping Wang Huangshu mentioned it to the emperor when he went to the palace to meet the saint last time."

In fact, the clan's salary restriction has long been mentioned by the court censor and the like, but it involves not only the royal clan, but also the palace expenses, so the noise is loud and the rain is small, and nothing is done.

This Uncle Ping Wang was naturally pulled out by Zhu Xu to top the tank. The outsider's suggestion was suspected of being targeted, but his own family raised it, so you have to think about it carefully, right?Limiting some, if not all, can be a huge savings.

Zhu Xu nodded calmly when he heard the words. Empress Zhang didn't say the result, obviously Zhu Youxiao hasn't made a decision yet.

This decision is actually very difficult. The emperor's heirs in the Ming Dynasty have never been very good, but those princes are very capable of giving birth. This has caused the clan to gradually grow larger. Coupled with the "captive breeding" policy, the money paid to them has also continued to increase. , to an astonishing extent.

If this level can be described, it is higher than military expenditure!

After the three major levies of Wanli, the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty decreased sharply, and various methods of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure continued to appear in the court.

Opening up sources of income means increasing taxes, and the main target is the common people. If the common people can't increase it, they will increase the salt tax. In short, it is basically the same.

But there are more throttling, the clan's salary restriction, Zhao Nanxing's flexible method, and the abolition of the weaving mansion. The most famous one is the abolition of the post station during the Chongzhen period.

In short, in this era, how absurd things can happen.