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Chapter 80 The Donglin Party Conspiracy (Part 1)

Wei Zhongxian rushed into the bedroom a few steps and shouted loudly: "Emperor, Your Majesty, I'm here to see you."

Zhu Cheng and Zhu Youjian also followed in. Xu Xianchun, Wu Huping, Chen Guoqi and other Jinyiwei guards were guarding outside the bedroom and did not go in.

Wu Huping relied on the captain of the guards recently, staring at him without blinking, making him feel terrified. If it weren't for his duty, he would almost have returned Zhu Cheng's musket to Wu Huping.

In the bedroom, Emperor Tianqi thought he had heard it wrong, so he looked closely and rushed in with tears on his face.

Wei Zhongxian knelt in front of Emperor Tianqi with a "bang", hugged his thigh and cried bitterly.

This is not Wei Zhongxian’s play. He and Emperor Tianqi are like father and son. He was bullied by others. When he met relatives who could make the decision, he felt relaxed and could not stop his tears.

Emperor Tianqi's eyes turned red, and he helped Wei Zhongxian up. He wanted to speak out and persuade him, but his tears also flowed. Zhu Youjian saw his brother crying and knew that his brother had been bullied. He burst into tears and rushed up to hug his brother.

The three of them hugged their heads and cried bitterly. Zhu Cheng was in a dilemma and squeezed in to cry. His tear glands were not so developed. It was even more troublesome to watch them cry outside the circle. First, the three men were crying bitterly, but they were not very elegant. Second, no matter which one of them was seen, they could not bear it.

Zhu Cheng wanted to count the ants on the ground, but the eunuch on duty was too diligent and swept the ground cleanly, not even an ant. He had no choice but to walk to the corner of the wall with his hands on his back and study Chinese classical palace-style buildings.

Emperor Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian cried for a long time and found a small head squeezing into the middle. After a closer look, it was Zhu Youjian.

Emperor Tianqi was happy. He and Wei Zhongxian had the same fate and were crying together. Why did you, a little kid, squeeze in?

Emperor Tianqi asked, "A Jian, are you here, are Brother Cheng here?"

Zhu Youjian wiped his eyes of tears and looked around, and found Zhu Cheng who was admiring the pillars in the corner of the wall, and pointed at him.

Seeing that Zhu Cheng was calm and knew that he had many ideas, Emperor Tianqi asked, "Brother Cheng, you probably already know what happened. What should I do?"

"I was sent by Eunuch Wei to the imperial village to invite me. I had already asked the whole story on the way. I wonder how the emperor views the Donglin Party's rush to harm Eunuch Wei?"

"That's all, I just want to take away the power from my hands. Now the inspection and appointment of officials below the third rank are basically controlled by the Donglin Party. It's hard to promote an official. Feng Menglong, who wrote the "Laundry Singer of the Laundry House" in the "(Dibao) Supplement" some time ago, I feel that he has special talents in educating all the people. If he wants to put him into the Ministry of Rites, he doesn't have to have a high official and a generous salary. Just give him a seventh rank official. However, when the Donglin Party heard this, it made a memorial and a petition, I had to give up. I only have the power to appoint and remove officials above the third rank, and I can't control the government affairs at all, so I want to influence the foreign court slightly through Wei's partner. The Donglin Party launched an attack this time, on the surface, it was against Wei's partner, but in fact it was against me."

Emperor Aoki pointed out the essence of the matter incisively. Emperor Aoki is a smart person, but his personality is a little weaker.

"Since that's the case, why don't the emperor follow the story of Emperor Wu Zongyi?"

"Are you talking about Emperor Wu Zongyi protecting Liu Jin, expelling Liu Jian and Xie Qian?"

"The emperor, I have sent Eunuch Wei to His Holiness. Everything is like that day more than a hundred years ago..."

"Can I do it? Those court officials are like evil wolves..."

"The sky is great, the earth is great, the emperor is the biggest. Li Dongyang, Liu Jian, and Xie Qian are three outstanding cabinet masters in the Ming Dynasty. They were tied together and did not beat Emperor Wu Zongyi. The Donglin Party is just a group of evil villains who can't do good things and can't do bad things. Can't the emperor even deal with these scums?"

"I'm still feeling a little worried. Otherwise, you can go with me."

"One killer is enough. Eunuch Wei is the killer in the emperor's hand. I am only willing to be the feather fan that His Majesty shook."

Zhu Cheng understood very clearly that he was unwilling to do such hatred things, and he was very happy to hide behind the emperor and come up with bad ideas or leaking bad waters. He should let Eunuch Wei do such things. Anyway, he is already disgusted by gods and ghosts, so it doesn't matter if he does a few things that harm the heavens and the earth.

Wei Zhongxian injected, "Emperor, I will go to the palace with you tomorrow to cheer up the emperor."

Emperor Tianqi was almost happy: "You are still thinking of hiding tomorrow, so you will be so beautiful. Even if you hide in the sky, the Donglin Party members will also pull you down and take you to the Golden Palace."

"Hehe, I just said that, there is no intention to hide, absolutely no."

"Brother Cheng, I really won't accompany me to court tomorrow?"

"Really. Your Majesty once said that I am very hateful, so I won't go there to get hatred."

"Oh, I'm still a little worried. Those Donglin Party members can do everything. I sent several groups of eunuchs to Xuan Wei Zhongxian into the palace, but there is no news yet. I don't know if they were detained by Donglin Party members..."

Zhu Cheng jumped his eyebrows and asked, "Eunuch Wei, have you ever seen the eunuch sent by the emperor?"

"No, if I see you, will I call you to the capital?"

"Eunuch Wei, please call the eunuch in charge of the patrol eunuch who is now patrolling today."

Wei Zhongxian knew that Zhu Cheng never did useless things. Although he didn't understand what his intentions were, he still went out to find the eunuch who led the team to patrol today.

Emperor Tianqi was stunned and asked, "Brother Cheng, what are you looking for the patrol eunuch?"

Zhu Cheng said: "If the eunuch sent by His Majesty was not scared away by the Donglin Party, but was arrested by the Donglin Party, this would be a shocking case - treason!"

"The rebellion is not enough. I know that the people of the Donglin Party are keen on power and corruption, but they claim to be noble and will never do such a rebellious thing as treason."

"Blocking the palace, blocking Beijing, seizing angels, leading the crowd to force the palace. As long as these four items are violated, it is a rebellion. The Donglin Party's four items are violated. What is it if it is a rebellion?"

The angel Zhu Cheng mentioned is the abbreviation of the envoy sent by the emperor, which is the eunuch sent by the emperor, and is not the winged bird man as legendary in later generations.

"Bold! The Donglin Party actually did such a thing? Zhu Cheng, what you said is the truth?"

Zhu Cheng told Emperor Tianqi truthfully what the Donglin Party did.

Emperor Aoki was furious, his fists clenched and shouted, "Is the Donglin Party so crazy?"

"If God wants him to perish, he must let him go crazy first. The Donglin Party thought that he had learned the lessons of Li Dongyang, Liu Jian and Xie Qian's failure to impeach Liu Jin, and did not want the incident to happen again. But they didn't think about it. These three people were the three great men of the Ming Dynasty. Didn't the three people think of this problem? It's just that they didn't want to control Liu Jin, but they couldn't control it. The Donglin Party..."

Before Zhu Cheng could finish his words, Wei Zhongxian brought people in.

"Your Majesty, this is the manager on duty today - Tu Wenfu, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor."

"Tu Wenfu, I'm here to ask you where are the five eunuchs sent out today?"

"I can see clearly that they were locked in Wenyuan Pavilion by Ye Xianggao and others."

With a "bang", Emperor Tianqi slapped the table with a palm. Tu Wenfu was so scared that he knelt on the ground and shivered, kowtowing like pounding garlic. Although he didn't know what he had made, it was always right to beg for mercy first. Wei Zhongxian looked at the emperor's hand with heartache and hurried forward to help him rub his hands.

Emperor Tianqi threw Wei Zhongxian's hand away and asked, "Wei Zhongxian, is the situation today the same as what Zhu Cheng said?"

Now it's Wei Zhongxian's turn to cry. You think I'm a god? I'm looking for Tu Wenfu when you are talking. Where can I listen to you?

Zhu Cheng hurried forward and whispered to Wei Zhongxian again what he had just reported to the emperor.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what Zhu Cheng said is indeed true. Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyiwei, left the city at noon today. When he entered and left the city, he was left with many difficulties by the Censor of Guangxi. He is outside now. Should he announce that he comes in to confront him?"

"Prince!"

Wei Zhongxian walked to the door of the bedroom and said loudly: "The Xuanjin Yiwei commanded the Tongzhi Xu Xianchun to see him--"

When Wei Zhongxian brought Tu Wenfu into the hall just now, he found that the situation changed suddenly. He guessed that he could not only escape the difficulties, but could even turn defeat into victory and deal with the Donglin Party members who were trying to take their lives. He was in a good mood and was full of energy when he passed the order.

Wei Zhongxian took Xu Xianchun into the hall. No matter how stupid Tu Wenfu was, he knew that the emperor was not angry with him, so he got up and touched the bag on his head, and was crying without tears. Who was causing trouble for anyone to do that? He worked hard on duty and had no idea how to find someone to claim compensation. After all, no one called him to kowtow.

Emperor Tianqi heard Wei Zhongxian's loud voice and smiled unconsciously, saying, "Parent Wei, I still like to see you look very energetic, and you will be so energetic every day from now on."

Wei Zhongxian's tears suddenly flowed out, and he choked and said, "Old slave...Old slave...do your best, the emperor, I am willing to accompany the emperor to create the prosperous Ming Dynasty."

"How come you old guy cry at any time, so embarrassed to see it." Emperor Tianqi rolled up his sleeves, and the suspicious water light at the corners of his eyes disappeared.
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