Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

Wei Zhongxian was not the only one who was trembling.

"Mr. Cheng Guo, what on earth is going on?"

In the courtroom, Xu Xigao, Duke of Dingguo, was uneasy. He frowned and stared at Li Chengzuo, Cao Sicheng and other people who were caught by the factory police before the imperial court. He whispered to Zhu Chunchen beside him: "Don't they have a close relationship with Wei Zhongxian? Especially Feng Feng City Marquis Li Chengzuo is the first person among the nobles in the capital to have a clear-cut friendship with Wei Zhongxian, why are they all arrested now?"

"I don't know either."

Zhu Chunchen's expression was solemn, he stared at Wei Zhongxian who was standing with his hands down, and replied perfunctorily to Xu Xigao. At this moment, Zhu Chunchen's heart was very uneasy.

As a noble man with an extraordinary status in the capital, Duke Cheng Guo, even though he has no real power in the court, the foundation of Duke Cheng Guo's palace is so strong that some secrets of the capital and its territory cannot be hidden from Zhu Chunchen at all!

It seems that Wei Zhongxian had no prior knowledge of the arrest of Li Chengzuo and Cao Sicheng.

Zhu Chunchen, who had been observing Wei Zhongxian's expression, came to a terrible conclusion.

Even though Wei Zhongxian entered the palace together with Fang Zhenghua, there were very few Dongjishi Factory Fans who came with Wei Zhongxian. The remaining factories were all from the West Jishi Factory under Admiral Fang Zhenghua.

Does the emperor really not trust Wei Zhongxian?

Thinking of what happened in the past and what happened today at Huangjimen, Zhu Chunchen's hanging hands couldn't help but tremble slightly.

He seems to have misjudged the situation! !

At this moment, Zhu Chunchen felt impatient in his heart. His eyes looked at the team being tortured with the cane, and cold sweat broke out from his back. He was so looking forward to the fact that those martial eunuchs who were ordered to use the imperial cane could do more. Be heavier and kill some of them with sticks! !

"Li Chengzuo, the Marquis of Fengcheng, Cao Sicheng, the young minister of Taichang Temple, and Li Lusheng, who was in charge of military affairs..."

And in this situation, Wei Zhongxian's voice sounded again, which attracted countless pairs of eyes. At this moment, there were many people who had the same idea as Zhu Chunchen!

Because they all discovered this terrible fact! !

"The treacherous traitors caught by the Dong Jishi Factory ignored the country, despised the law, colluded in private, used power for personal gain, and dared to spread rumors that would shake the country's foundation, causing chaos in the capital and the capital!!"

Wei Zhongxian tried his best to calm his mind, staring at Li Chengzuo, Cao Sicheng, Li Lusheng and other people who were controlled by the Dongjishi Factory, and said in an extremely stern tone: "Today, by the emperor's decree, all these unfaithful, unfilial, and ungrateful people will be arrested." , will be in Lingchi, Xishi tomorrow!!!”

"What an injustice!!"

After hearing what Wei Zhongxian said, Li Chengzuo, Cao Sicheng, Li Lusheng and others all showed expressions of disbelief, and they shouted at the top of their lungs.

"The chaos that occurred in the capital city of Gyeonggi was actually instigated by Marquis Fengcheng and the others?"

"Isn't this possible?"

"Why is it happening like that!"

"Is this true or false?"

As a group of eunuchs and guards sang what Wei Zhongxian said one after another, the civil and military officials gathered at Huangji Gate instantly became excited.

Especially a certain type of group standing in the morning class.

The shock shown by everyone was undisguised.

Eunuch party.

Eunuch party.

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, watched the scene in front of him quietly. In the central court, there were quite a lot of people who had joined Wei Zhongxian's sect!

Zhu Youxiao chose to keep Wei Zhongxian because Wei Zhongxian still had great use. This vicious dog from the inner court had more important things to deal with.

After all, dirty work cannot be done without Wei Zhongxian.

However, this does not mean that Zhu Youxiao will continue to let Wei Zhongxian go, because the internal paths of the eunuchs gathered around Wei Zhongxian are too uneven.

There are a large number of eunuchs among them, and Zhu Youxiao wants to eliminate and deal with them all. The few who can stay are because they are still useful.

The eunuch party that is gathering now is very similar to the Donglin party at the turn of Taichang and Tianqi. They are just cronies with their own agendas.

The various parties and factions of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuan, Kun, Sichuan, and Fujian that were active in the Wanli, Taichang, and Tianqi dynasties were among the rural parties, and they united based on region.

The Donglin Party, which the world is familiar with, should actually be classified as a crony, especially in the last years of the Wanli Dynasty, the first year of Taichang, and the early years of Tianqi, before it was overthrown by the eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian, within the Donglin Party Coming from all over the world, the interest groups they represent are by no means as simple as the vested interest groups in the southeastern provinces.

As for the latecomers to the Eunuch Party, the composition is even more complicated. There are remnants of the Qi, Chu and Zhe Party and other factions who were pursued and fiercely beaten by the Donglin Party, and there are also other origins. The former are in order to avoid being liquidated and can only He pinched his nose and joined Wei Zhongxian's disciples, striving to keep his position in the court. As for the latter, his thoughts were mixed. Some wanted to seek promotion, some wanted to hug others, some wanted to fish in troubled waters, and some wanted to follow the trend...

The factional disputes in the late Ming Dynasty were extremely complex and cannot be simply and crudely determined.

If it were such a superficial characterization, it would not be able to save Ming Dynasty at all.

After all, the party disputes in the late Ming Dynasty were mostly dominated by Donglin and Zhejiang parties fighting each other, with other parties acting as backstops to fan the flames.

The essence of party struggle is to fight for power, but in fact it is to control the power to push the taxes on one's own head and the forces behind him to the other party, and at the same time limit the national policies that are unfavorable to oneself, which will inevitably cause the central court to So complicated! !

When an official becomes an official, his first consideration is not the country or the people, but his own interests. Even the simplest things can be made extremely complicated.

"During the investigation of the imperial villas by the Xi Ji Shi Factory, it was discovered that the huangzhuangs set up in Hejian, Baoding and other prefectures and counties were related to Li Chengzuo, the Marquis of Fengcheng, Cao Sicheng, the young minister of Taichang Temple, and Li Lusheng, the military commander Zuogeishi..."

Under such special circumstances, Fang Zhenghua walked up to Wei Zhongxian, looked around at the civil and military officials gathered at the Huangji Gate, and said with great enthusiasm: "In order to hinder the investigation of the case by the West Police Factory, they chose to take risks in an attempt to By instigating changes under the rule of the capital and Gyeonggi, in order to disturb the imperial court, and cause things similar to today's forced palace at Huangjimen, special disciples were sent to spread rumors in various places and drive up food prices to achieve ulterior motives."

"When chaos breaks out in the capital and Gyeonggi, the traitors headed by the Zhang family in Handan, Guangping Prefecture, echo each other in Gyeonggi and Northern Zhili. They ignore the foundation of our country and the country and take advantage of the chaos to enrich the country. The Western Police Factory has now Arrest all the demons and demons led by Zhang Woxu!!"

"During the investigation of the imperial estates in various places in Northern Zhili, these local wealthy families headed by Zhang Wuxu colluded with a group of eunuchs and stewards who were in charge of the estates and occupied the imperial estates under the name of the inner court..."

The fear in Wei Zhongxian's heart continued to grow.

Even at this moment, he was holding on to prevent himself from falling.

If Fengcheng Marquis Li Chengzuo, Taichang Temple Shaoqing Cao Sicheng, and Bingke Zuogui Li Lusheng were all behind his back, Wei Zhongxian could still bear it.

But Zhang Woxu and the others were also found out.

Wei Zhongxian couldn't bear it anymore.

Because these people, through the people around him, expressed their intention to serve to him a few months ago! ! !

When Wei Zhongxian's eyes were scanning the court in front of him, when they fixed on some people, those people noticed the gaze directed by Wei Zhongxian, and all of them lowered their heads in tacit agreement.

Among them is Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of Punishment!

The Criminal Division brought the case to Huo Weihua!

Censor Yang Weiyuan!

"British Lord, Wei Zhongxian is going to fall." Zhang Qingzhen, who had been observing, glanced at Wei Zhongxian and whispered to Zhang Weixian.

"This is not something I want to figure out."

Zhang Weixian's expression was a little complicated. He glanced at Wei Zhongxian's back and said in a low tone. At this time, Zhang Weixian had not yet gotten over the shock.

He knew that all the troubles in the capital and in the capital would definitely be deeply involved in the central court, but he did not expect that it would be so deeply involved.

Even Xungui was involved.

What surprised Zhang Weixian even more was how these people were found out.

The emperor has really changed! !

Recalling all the things he did as a chauffeur in the past, Zhang Weixian discovered that there were many things that even he didn't know about. Not to mention anything else, just because so many people were involved, it was not easy to be found out one by one. ! !

"Don't you want the truth?"

At this moment, when the ministers were in shock and doubt, Zhu Youxiao leaned forward and looked at the officials who were being tortured with the rod with his cold eyes, but there were many people who would never hear him.

"This is the truth. It's true that I live in the Qianqing Palace, but it doesn't mean that I don't care about the country and the people. These treacherous people dare to violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty and ignore the imperial control for their own selfish interests. Gao, fine, I will expose everything they have done to the world. As for them, they will all be imprisoned, all their family members will be arrested, all their property will be confiscated, and the court will be dismissed!!"

When talking about this, Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, stood up from the throne suddenly, glanced at the turbulent court class with his cold eyes, flicked his robe sleeves, turned around and walked towards the Huangji Gate.

As for the civil and military officials gathered outside the Huangji Gate, they were all frightened at this moment. They discovered that they had no knowledge of everything the emperor had done!

This is undoubtedly very scary...