Xu Xianchun returned to the interrogation room again, and after sending away the prison officer guarding the door, he said to Hu Qi: "Why didn't you tell the truth to Commander Liu just now? ”

Seeing Xu Xianchun walking back alone, Hu Qi suddenly understood that this evil star had won the dispute just now, and he couldn't help but feel secretly happy in his heart.

"Although the villain is confused, he also knows that adults are always cautious in doing things. Since the adult boasts that he can let the villain out, and can also give the villain the identity of a brocade guard, he must be sure, how dare the villain destroy the adult's plan indiscriminately? Hu Qi replied cautiously.

Xu Xianchun looked at Hu Qi for a long time before he opened his mouth and continued to ask: "Very good, I like to deal with smart people like you, so are you willing to help this official now?" ”

Hu Qi said without hesitation: "As long as the adult can really eliminate the villain's case record, and he is giving the villain an official body, the villain is willing to go to the soup for the adult." ”

Xu Xianchun whispered close to Hu Qi's ear for a long time, Hu Qi's face was constantly changing, when Xu Xianchun stopped talking, Hu Qi was just silent for a while, and then said: "My lord, I can't do this alone, unless the adult can put Zhao Cheng, Wang Chengzhen, Chen Sigong... Several people were released. ”

Xu Xianchun didn't show any embarrassment, but asked softly: "Is it enough for these people to be released?" Are you sure you can control them? ”

"After the matter is completed, can the adults also give them a background?" Hu Qi looked at Xu Xianchun and said nervously.

"As long as you can do things well, there is nothing impossible. But if you mess up, don't think you'll get past me. Xu Xianchun said very plainly, but Hu Qi was very creepy in his heart, Xu Xianchun said so calmly at the beginning, and brushed off a layer of flesh on his leg with an iron brush.

When Xu Xianchun was talking to Hu Qi, Zhu Youzhen was sitting in the imperial gate and holding today's court meeting.

Watching the civil and military officials enter the ranks in order on both sides of the royal road, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but yawn, he stayed in the Neidong Factory until midnight last night, and only rested for more than an hour before going to the morning court.

Zhu Youzhen's yawn was halfway through, when he suddenly saw Zhang Zhiji, the son of the British prince, walking up with the British prince Zhang Weixian.

Zhu Youzhen immediately held back his yawn, he turned back to Wang Chengen and said, "The British Duke seems to be seriously ill, go and bring him a chair, so he doesn't have to salute today." ”

Wang Chengen said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, this court will give a seat, there is no such rule." ”

Zhu Youzhen said casually: "Gao Dexun, a British official, is sick again, so it can be used as a special case. Besides, aren't the rules made by people? Can't I make rules? ”

Thinking of last night's incident, Wang Chengen's scalp was a little numb. Seeing that nothing seemed to have happened to Chongzhen today, Wang Chengen finally did not dare to disobey Chongzhen's order anymore, and ordered the two little eunuchs to send a chair to the British duke.

Looking at the chair brought by the little eunuch, Zhang Weixian did not dare to sit down, he immediately thanked Chongzhen with the support of Zhang Zhiji, and the imperial history who maintained discipline at the court meeting also advised: "Since the Taizu period, there is no rule for giving seats to courtiers at the court meeting, which is really not a courtesy of a monarch and a minister." ”

After several rectifications, the discipline of the court was really much better, and except for the imperial history who maintained the discipline of the court to raise objections, no one else dared to speak out on this matter.

Zhu Youzhen looked around with satisfaction, and glanced at the courtiers who were looking at the chair next to the British duke.

"In addition to the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, should we also talk about the friendship of the monarch and the minister. The old and the old, and the old of the people; The young of me, and the young of man. The words of the sages should not be expressed in words, but also in deeds.

The British Duke was old and frail, and he was sick. Is there anything wrong with treating them kindly? In the future, courtiers over the age of 60 at the court meeting will no longer have to bow down, and the six Shangshu and cabinet members, as well as the Zuo Governor of the Five Military Governors' Mansion, will be given seats. That's the end of it, and there's no need to talk about it. ”

As Zhu Youzhen's words fell, the eunuchs on duty took out several chairs one after another.

The scholars of the cabinet and the scholars of the six ministries all fell silent when they looked at the chair beside them, while the military attache silently watched Wenchen's actions.

After Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, removed the chairs of the ministers, the ministers' personality in front of the emperor became more and more humble. On the contrary, the civil officials demanded more and more moral standards from the emperor.

The courtiers were silent for a while, and after the first assistant Huang Liji suddenly stepped forward to thank Chongzhen, he took the lead and sat down.

With Shousuke taking the lead, the cabinet and the six ministers also sat down. After the British Duke saw that the civil officials were all seated, he only hesitated slightly, and then sat down, and several nobles who were in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies also sat down uneasily.

Under the urging of Zhu Youzhen, the court meeting finally entered the main topic. As soon as the court meeting began, Men Chenxin was the first to stand up and once again mentioned the matter of the Yingzhou Guard Station cleaning up and occupying the fields and forcibly seizing the fields of the local people.

Unlike the impeachment of the last court meeting, which had a small number of people, this time Tian Ergeng and others and the commanders of the local guard post were impeached, and nearly 3 or 40 imperial historians were impeached, and many Donglin Party members also joined them.

In the engineering department, Liu Anxing and Hunan Provincial Yushi Ma Fuyuan seconded Chen Xin's slightening, and then Wen Zhenmeng and Liu Zongzhou also impeached Tian Ergeng and other Jinyi guards for mutilating local celebrities.

Li Kuilong, the imperial envoy of the left vice-capital, listened nervously, and after Chongzhen spoke, he was going to step forward to cheer for the emperor.

Zhu Youzhen felt that today's court meeting seemed to taste a little wrong, when did the Donglin Party start to dismantle their own platform, you must know that the reform of the guard house and the cleanup of the affairs that encroached on the land of the guard house were in charge of Sun Chengzong in name.

In terms of Donglin's short character, this shouldn't be. Zhu Youzhen looked at Sun Chengzong suspiciously, and found that there was no expression on the old minister's face today, as if the impeachment of these people had nothing to do with him.

Zhu Youzhen asked tentatively: "Mr. Sun, what do you think of their impeachment for encroaching on the land of the guard?" ”

Sun Chengzong replied with a calm face: "Your Majesty, the restructuring of this guard and the encroachment on the land of the guard house involve the issue of the source of troops for the formation of the new army, and the virtuous order should have been chosen to preside over it.

Although the ministers don't know how many of the impeachment matters of these courtiers are facts, there must be some Jinyiwei who is ineffective in handling affairs in the local area and causing local commotion. The minister thought that no matter what, His Majesty should recall Tian Ergeng and others back to Beijing for questioning, and select another virtuous order to take over the restructuring of the Yingzhou Guard. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen's eyes couldn't help narrowing, and before he could think of how to respond, another official below stood up.

"Yuan Chonghuan, the director of the Ministry of Ministers, has a book, and the ministers think that now there are many discussions in the court, and the local people are boiling. In order to ensure that the formation of the new army would not be delayed, the minister was willing to go to the Yingzhou Guards to replace Tian Ergeng and other Jinyi Guards to be responsible for the restructuring of the Yingzhou Guards and other matters. ”

Looking at this thin official, Zhu Youzhen only then understood why these Donglin Party members would participate in the impeachment of Tian Ergeng and others, they wanted to replace them and seize the power of the Wei Institute to reform and occupy the fields of the Wei Institute into their own hands.

Seeing the momentum of the civil officials impeaching Tian Ergeng and others wave after wave, the nobles couldn't help but be ready to move, but the Marquis of Yangwu was ordered by His Majesty to think about it behind closed doors yesterday, so there was a lack of a leader among the nobles.

And the appearance of the British Duke at the court meeting made these nobles want to confirm the attitude of the British Duke on this matter before taking action.

However, the British public was slow to keep silent, which made several nobles who had interests entangled with Yingzhou Wei a little impatient. Liu Zuochang, Marquis of An Yuan, couldn't help but move his steps, but soon he heard a cough.

Liu Zuochang stopped suddenly, and saw the British Duke Zhang Weixian stand up tremblingly, and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, now that there are criticisms in the court and localities, in the eyes of the old ministers, it is better to recall Tian Ergeng and others to ask clearly, so as to relieve everyone's doubts, isn't it." ”

After Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while, he suddenly laughed, "It's the first time I've seen everyone work together to oppose one person at the court meeting. Okay, then let Tian Ergeng come back first, and explain clearly what he did in Yingzhou. ”

Chongzhen's words made the courtiers blush a little, and Han Yi gave Sun Chengzong a few looks, but Sun Chengzong was unmoved.

Han Yi had to bite the bullet and stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, in this case, you should quickly choose a virtuous order to take over the affairs after Tian Ergeng leaves." First, it can calm the resentment of the local gentry, so as not to cause local turmoil; Second, it will not hinder the establishment of a new army. ”

"There is time for the establishment of the new army, and I am not in a hurry. Since there is a problem, we must first figure out what the problem is, we must always be indiscriminate, and if there is any movement in the local area, we must change people to do things, so what can the court do in the future.

However, what Han Qing said was also good, in order to avoid conflicts between the local people and the military households of the guard, I thought that before the matter was clarified, the affairs of the restructuring should be temporarily suspended for a while, and the sergeants of the Yingzhou Guard Station were strictly forbidden to leave the range of the guard, unless there was an order from me. ”

Zhu Youzhen refused to be replaced to preside over the restructuring of the Wei Institute, but he did not resist much and recalled Tian Ergeng and other Jinyi guards to the capital, which was a good start for Yuan Chonghuan and others.

The Donglin Party believed that as long as Tian Ergeng was recalled, under the interrogation they presided over, Tian Ergeng would want to escape the fate of being punished again.

Therefore, after Chongzhen asked to move on to the next topic, the courtiers did not continue to entangle.

Wu Chunfu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, stood up and said: "According to the style of Qingling, the revised budget of the first emperor's mountain mausoleum has come out, totaling 1,587,242 taels. After asking His Majesty for approval, he ordered the household department to allocate funds and transfer the soldiers of the Beijing camp to assist in the repair of the tomb. ”