The Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 131: Wang Yongguang's memorial

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Zheng Kangsheng was awakened. He didn't believe it at all when he heard that Wei Zhongxian had run away. He came to Wei Zhongxian's room and saw that his soul was gone.

Wei Zhongxian died, Liu Yingxuan ran away, and Zheng Kangsheng was forced to preside over the overall situation.

"Express official, seal up the hotel."

At the hour of the hour, Wang Mujiu arrived in Fucheng and read Zhu Youjian's decree at the "Youji" hotel.

Wei Zhongxian committed suicide in fear of sin, and no one came to pick up the imperial edict, so Wang Mujiu had to keep it on his body temporarily.

"Commander Wang, Liu Yingxuan took Wei Zhongxian's Daliang belongings, and was escorted by his cronies. He has escaped, and the government has not had time to catch up." Zheng Kangsheng immediately reported to Wang Mujiu.

"Running? From that road?" Wang Mujiu was anxious, and Wei Zhongxian's belongings were specially confessed by Zhu Youjian, and he must take them back.

"Go south along the royal road."

"Chasing, Liu Yingxuan's cart is heavy and it must not run fast." Wang Mujiu couldn't take care of Wei Zhongxian's body, and took the soldiers, chasing south.

After noon, Wang Mujiu finally caught up with Liu Yingxuan, with a lot of forty big cars.

Wang Mujiu returned to Fucheng and went through the delivery formalities with local officials overnight. He escorted the bodies of Wei Zhongxian and Li Chaoqin, as well as the gold and silver jewelry that Wei Zhongxian had searched over the years, and hurried to the capital.

On November 10, Wang Mujiu returned to the capital.

Subsequently, Zhu Youjian issued an order, ordering eunuch Zhao Benqi to kill Ke Yingyue stick at the Huanyi Bureau, and ordering the arrest of Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangqing, Ke Yingyue's son Hou Guoxing, and younger brother Ke Guangxian.

On November 11, Wei Liangqing, Hou Guoxing, and Ke Guangxian were beheaded for public display at the North Gate Vegetable Market, and their property was also stolen.

On November 13th, Zhu Youjian made an order to arrest the party members of Wei Zhongxian in the palace.

Li Yongzhen, Tu Wenfu, Wang Tiqian and other general Wei Zhongxian's close servants were arrested and imprisoned.

November 15th is the day of the court meeting.

The Donglin Party members exulted in the court. For nearly ten years, they have been suppressed by Wei Zhongxian. Today Wei Zhongxian is dead. The Donglin Party is the biggest beneficiary.

The more eunuch members that have been arrested or are about to be arrested, the larger the vacancies left by the court, and these vacancies will undoubtedly be filled by Donglin Party members.

"All Aiqing, Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the evil, has been afraid of crimes, and his close servants have also been arrested and put to jail. God bless me, Da Ming, on the court, and finally return to the Langlang universe." Zhu Youjian does not seem to know the mentality of the Donglin Party. He was still smug enough to wipe out Wei Jing.

Li Qiyuan immediately bowed down to the ground: "Your Majesty, although Wei Wei is punishable, the slanderers who are attached to Wei Wei are still with his majesty, and are still doing majestic blessings on the court. I also hope that his majesty will observe and let these slanderers soon He was punished, and his majesty was honored."

Zhu Youzhen was a little flustered: "Despicable minister? Li Aiqing, you said, who is the devilish minister?"

Li Qiyuan listed a long list of names, even Gu Bingqian and Cui Chengxiu, who had already been dedicated to scholars.

Although the ministers named by Li Qiyuan were frightened, they had indeed been attached to Wei Zhongxian, and they did not dare to speak for themselves in the court.

Zhu Youjian was quite displeased. He thought that these needless quarrels in the court should be ended as soon as possible: "Li Aiqing, does the person you refer to have evidence of corruption?"

"Your Majesty, everyone known to the minister has conclusive evidence." Li Qiyuan ignored Zhu Youjian's feelings.

Wang Yongguang, Xue Fengxiang, Liu Rongsi and others all spoke in support. For a while, the court set off a bloody storm against the castrated party.

"Since you have evidence, then take it out! Leaded by Wang Aiqing of the Ministry of War, assisted by Li Aiqing, together with other officials of the Sixth Ministry, we will sort out all the evidence."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Finally there was an opportunity to overthrow the castrated party. Wang Yongguang, Li Qiyuan and others were as if they had been beaten with duck blood, and the voices of the two of them crushed the castrated party to death.

"I am tired after experiencing these things. Let's end the meeting for today. Tomorrow, I will wait for the written memorials of the two Aiqings in the Palace of Qing Dynasty."

With only one day to sort out the eunuch materials, Wang Yongguang and Li Qiyuan felt the pressure was great. There will be a long list of names of the members of the Eunuch Party. According to Zhu Youjian's request, they should also list the evidence that the eunuch party has corrupted the law.

No one has the mind to hold another court meeting.

Donglin Party members should help Wang Yongguang and Li Qiyuan organize the eunuch materials.

The members of the Eunuch Party are like ants on a hot pot. No one knows how Zhu Youjian will punish them. With Zhu Youjian's thunderous method of punishing Wei Zhongxian and his gang, many of them will be ransacked and exterminated.

They usually depend on Wei Zhongxian, who is undecided in everything, and Wei Zhongxian is on their own. Now that Wei Zhongxian is dead, they no longer have the backbone, and they discovered their loss and helplessness.

They regretted it. They knew this a long time ago. They should have defended Wei Zhongxian in the court to prevent the beheading plan of the Donglin Party from being easily realized. If Wei Zhongxian was still alive, the Donglin Party would definitely not dare to be so rampant.

Returning to the Palace of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu You securitized the Royal First Army and the Royal Second Army to temporarily stop reorganization, martial law in the capital city, blockade the nine gates, and prevent all officials from going out.

Jingshi, the rain is about to come and the wind is all over the building.

But the eunuch has lost its powerful foreign aid in the palace and can only wait to die.

On November 16, Wang Yongguang and Li Qiyuan came to Qianqing Palace.

"Chen Wang Yongguang."

"Chen Li Qiyuan."

"See Your Majesty!"

The two paid a salute.

"Wang Aiqing, Li Aiqing, get up to talk back and look at your seat."

Cao Huachun brought chairs for the two of them, and made a cup of fragrant tea for each. Since Xu Yingyuan was sent to Nanjing, Cao Huachun has become Zhu Youjian's personal servant.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others have been busy day and night, finally sorting out part of the evil deeds of the eunuch party, but the eunuch party members are numerous, and the crimes committed are difficult to write. One day is really not enough." Wang Yongguang did not understand, Zhu You Why was only given one day to check.

Yesterday in the court hall, Zhu Youjian asked him and Li Qiyuan to sort out the eunuch materials. He was excited for a while and did not consider the issue of time at all.

When he collected the materials, he discovered that although the members of the Eunuch Party were corrupt and perverted, most of them were the internal exchanges of the members. They also controlled the important government offices such as Dongchang and Jinyiwei. The East Forest Party did not have much evidence of their corruption. It is impossible to list all the evidence in one day.

"Time can't be too long, there are many nights and dreams!" Zhu Youzhen laughed: "The two Aiqings have been busy all day, and they have worked hard. Looking at your eyes, should you stay up late?"

"Your Majesty, the minister waited for the whole night before finishing up these materials." Li Qiyuan feared that Wang Yongguang would take the limelight, and rushed to answer Zhu Youjian's question.

"Those two really worked so hard!" Zhu Youjian stared exaggeratedly, and looked at them with pity: "You have sorted too much material, I will review it slowly, you will report it verbally, and then you will go back. Take a rest early, don't tire your body, and rejuvenate Daming. You still have to rely on you."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Yongguang was very helpful. "According to Wei Eun's usual behavior, the minister listed a total of 258 treacherous villains."

"So many?" Zhu Youzhen frowned, this was more than half of courtiers.

"Your Majesty, Wei Jun has many remnants of evil. The core members who have always attached to Wei Jong are the'Five Tigers','Wu Biao','Ten Children', and'Forty Grandchildren'. "Li Qiyuan came forward.

"Oh?"

Wang Yongguang was unwilling to be left behind: "The ministers divided them into seven classes according to their status, status, and the size of their crimes: six accomplices in the first insurgency; nineteen in the court; eleven in the inferior rank in the army. Thirty-five criminals; fifteen military criminals who flattered and supported Dai; a hundred and twenty-eight inferior escorts were approached; forty-four people were in the ancestral hall; a total of 258 people."

"I understand roughly. The two Aiqings will go back to rest first. I will examine and consider carefully."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Yongguang and Li Qiyuan bid farewell to Zhu Youjian and left the Palace of the Qing Dynasty. They did not go to rest, but mobilized their subordinates to extensively collect evidence of Wei Ni's crime in order to play Zhu Youjian again.

After Wang Yongguang and Li Qiyuan left, Zhu Youjian read the memorials of the two carefully and found that the names of Li Chunye and Huang Liji were also on the books.

On November 18th, Zhu Youjian successively issued an decree to arrest the "Five Tigers" of Wei Eunuch and went directly to death row without interrogation. The "Five Tigers" are: Cui Chengxiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Wu Chunfu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Tianji, the newly appointed Minister of Industry, Ni Wenhuan, Taichang Temple Qing, and Li Kuilong, the deputy chief of the left.

Arrest Wei Jiao "Wu Biao" and choose a date for trial. "Wu Biao" are five generals under Wei Zhongxian, equivalent to thugs: Jin Yiwei commander Tian Ergeng, Jinyiwei commander Xu Xianchun, Jinyiwei commander Tongzhi Cui Yingyuan, Dongchang criminal officer Sun Yunhe, Jinyiweinan town caregiver Yang Shuai .

Afterwards, Zhu Youjian summoned the rest of Wei Ni on Wang Yongguang's memorial in the Palace of Emperors. Excluding the "Five Tigers", "Wu Biao" and Wei Liangqing who has already fallen into law, and Gu Bingqian, the former chief cabinet minister who has gone to scholars and is not in the capital, there are a total of 246 people. They are almost the backbone of the castrated party.

They all knew that they had entered Wang Yongguang's memorial, and they all knew that "Five Tigers" and "Wu Biao" had been arrested.

But not only did Zhu Youzhen not arrest them, but he also summoned them in such a solemn place as Huangji Hall. They didn't know how Zhu Youzhen dealt with them, and they were all anxious.

Zhu Youjian sat on the dragon chair, and in front of him was a black lamb.

Usually, high-ranking and powerful officials always stand at the forefront of the team during the court meeting, but today is not the court meeting, and there are not so many rules. Instead, the high-ranking and powerful people hide behind the team. They are afraid Zhu Youjian's gaze was locked.

"All love Qing," Zhu Youzhen said in a low tone, and there was silence in front of him, only irregular breathing sounds one after another: "You must know why I summoned you."

The front of the hall was silent, as if waiting for Zhu Youjian to deliver a shocking speech.

"You are all sinners of the Ming court, sinners of the people of the Ming Dynasty."

Some of the people who looked up at Zhu Youjian just now have lowered their heads in shame.

"Although I don't have all your evidence yet, I believe that Jin Yiwei's purgatory will definitely allow you to disclose all your crimes to the public."

The silent ministers of Yaque had fear in their eyes, especially those officials who had participated in purgatory trials. The tragedy of purgatory and the desperation of prisoners who could not beg death appeared in front of them. Some older and cowardly officials had already begun. trembling.

Suddenly, a fishy breath came from the front left of the main hall.