"Lord Shoufu, the emperor didn't listen to my advice, and missed such a great opportunity, when will the Li thief be destroyed, and when will I be able to prosper." Out of the imperial study, a Donglin party member said worriedly.

The emperor's attitude just now made the Donglin party realize that the emperor seemed to resent the Manchus even more than Li Zicheng, and it was impossible to agree with their opinions and spend money to buy the Manchus to help destroy Li Zicheng, and with the strength of the Ming Dynasty itself, they really had the ability to destroy Li Zicheng by themselves.

"Yes, Lord Shoufu, the Li thief has committed a lot of evil deeds, and he must take this opportunity to destroy him in one fell swoop, only in this way can the world be peaceful." Another Donglin Party official said.

If these people who don't know listen to these dialogues of the Donglin Party, they really think that the Donglin Party is so good for the country and the people, however, this group of Donglin Party people are actually afraid of Li Zicheng's policy of raiding his home, afraid that Li Zicheng will not be able to kill Li Zicheng in one fell swoop, and once Li Zicheng recovers his vitality, he really hits Jiangnan, and that is their end.

Speaking of the war of exterminating thieves in the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, in fact, Li Zicheng has been defeated several times, but Li Zicheng has been able to make a comeback in a short period of time every time, and now he has occupied the capital of the Ming Dynasty and forced the emperor to death.

After this incident, the officials had already lost confidence in the Ming Dynasty's own extermination of Li Zicheng and other rogues, thinking that the Ming Dynasty itself was simply unable to exterminate Li Zicheng, but this time in the Battle of Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng's 200,000 elite thieves were annihilated by Wu Sangui and the Manchu Qing in the first battle, giving them the last straw, that is, to buy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and with the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Li Zicheng will definitely be completely eliminated.

To say that the officials are only afraid of Li Zicheng and do not understand the cruelty of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at all, it must be false, but since Li Zicheng did a vigorous raid on the officials' family property and forced countless surrendered officials to death, Li Zicheng is a complete flood beast in their hearts, and he simply does not give him a way to live.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty is different, these years the Manchu Qing Dynasty has entered the customs many times just to loot money, they subconsciously think that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is only looking at money, the lesser of the two evils, so it is not unusual for the officials to use money to buy the Manchu Qing to help exterminate Li Zicheng's idea.

"The emperor's age is still stubborn and obstinate, and he missed this great opportunity, how should this Ming Dynasty prosper in the future. Think about the period of the first emperor, how many clear streams of my Donglin Party, ten first assistants, dozens of elders, and how many opinions were put forward together, the emperor rarely adopted them, and as soon as he made a mistake, he punished the crime, which made the people of the Manchu Dynasty panic, which caused Li Thief to be difficult to extinguish, and finally captured the capital and caused disaster to the north. Jiang Yueguang said with a sigh.

Emperor Chongzhen in the heart of the Donglin Party, not only suspicious, but also irritable, in the reign of more than ten years, the Donglin Party does not know how many cabinet elders and the first assistant ministers to take the position, very few more than a year, the shortest even only ten days fell from the position of the first assistant, although almost no was killed, but that period of time is also the dark days of the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party does not want the current emperor Zhu Cihong also inherited the temperament of Emperor Chongzhen.

Therefore, as soon as Zhu Cihong showed signs of a short temper, he reminded the Donglin Party and other officials of the previous dynasty.

"Hey, if the emperor can always trust one person like the Wanli Emperor, my Donglin Party, under the leadership of Lord Shoufu, may not be able to create a prosperous era like Wanli." Jiang Yueguang said to Gao Hongtu as if he had a point.

In the early and middle of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty after more than ten years of auxiliary Zhang Juzheng's auxiliary governance, the Ming Dynasty's treasury is abundant, the people are healthy, and the four seas are deterred, which can be called a Zhongxing, which is inseparable from the appointment of the Wanli Emperor for more than ten years, and Zhang Juzheng did live up to expectations, at the helm of the court, and implemented a lot of new policies, which is the only time that Zhongxing.

"Elder Jiang Ge, what do you mean by this?" Gao Hongtu's heart was moved, Jiang Yueguang's words could be regarded as speaking to his heart.

As the current first assistant, Gao Hongtu naturally does not want the current emperor to change the first assistant from time to time like the previous emperor Chongzhen, he also has self-confidence, if the current emperor can really trust him as always, and always listen to his opinions, he may not be another Zhang Juzheng to assist the current emperor Zhongxing Daming.

To say that Gao Hongtu is very reluctant to have the rights that he has as the first assistant now, but when he thinks of the first emperor's period, the first assistant is replaced almost every year, he can't help but feel a tightening heart, the current emperor is the son of the first emperor, and he will not inherit the temperament of the first emperor, at least now in not listening to advice, insisting on going his own way, the current emperor and the former emperor are full of learning, if one day he is really like the first emperor to mess around, and change the first assistant at every turn, doesn't it mean that he Gao Hongtu can not always sit in the position of the first assistant?

"Lord Shoufu has led our Donglin Party for many years, your ability is obvious to all, if there is any idea in favor of Daming, we will definitely fully support Lord Shoufu." After Jiang Yueguang said something mysteriously, he took the lead and walked towards the palace gate, leaving Gao Hongtu alone behind him in a daze.

Looking at Jiang Yueguang's back, Gao Hongtu's mind was unpredictable, and for a moment he thought of what he had discussed with Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, when he was looking for him a few days ago. If he can agree to the request of Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, and cooperate with Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, to bring over the Xu family, who controls the military power of the Beijing camp, then his Donglin Party will definitely go to the next level, and he will be able to override Ma Shiying and others in an instant, and completely take the helm of the court.

He is to assist the emperor, so that the emperor can always adopt the correct opinions he put forward, and always walk in the right direction, with his lofty ability, to exterminate Li Zicheng, Zhongxing Daming is inevitable, and the worst can also be ruled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and keep his life rich.

Gao Hongtu thought that he would be able to go down in history in the future, and the corners of his mouth hooked up an unusual smile.

With a decision, as soon as he returned home, Gao Hongtu immediately sent a house slave to the Duke of Wei's mansion to invite Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, to come over for a while.

In the Mansion of the Duke of Wei, Xu Hongji was enjoying the singing and dancing, and when he heard that Gao Hongtu had sent a house slave to invite him to come over to the mansion, he immediately thought of the proposal he made to Gao Hongtu a few days ago.

"Someone, prepare the car immediately." Xu Hongji said to the slave on the side with a happy face.

Gao Hongtu finally figured it out, he couldn't withstand the temptation he proposed, and he wanted to agree to his request, hahahaha, in this way, once the matter is successful, he Wei Guogong Xu's family will definitely be able to go to the next level from now on.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xu Hongji and Gao Hongtu conspired with each other for several hours, and finally the two got together happily and reached a consensus that was very satisfactory to each other.

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