Qu Shiyun tried his best to give his teacher a look, but he didn't dare to go too far, because Chongzhen was standing not far in front of him. He desperately reminded the teacher that he wanted Qian Qianyi to listen carefully to Chongzhen's instructions to Li Kuilong.

Unlike Qian Qianyi, who was confused by fame and fortune, although Qu Shiyun wanted his teacher Qian Qianyi to sit on the throne of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing now was to deal with the eunuch members who occupied important positions in various ministries in the DPRK and the Central Committee.

Although Chongzhen promised to recall the reprimanded members of the Donglin Party, the positions of the resumption were all positions of the Ministry of Rites, Zhan Shifu and other nobles who had no real power. Now the Donglin Party looks like it is powerful in the DPRK, mainly because the Donglin Party controls the six branches.

When Chongzhen erected Liu Zongzhou, the political monument of the Donglin Party, Qu Shiyun was not as good as Qian Qianyi. In his opinion, as long as the eunuchs are driven out of the court first, even if Liu Zongzhou is allowed to sit on the throne of Shoufu first, it is nothing.

After all, Liu Zongzhou was stubborn, and most of his disciples were literati who were not familiar with current affairs. With Liu Zongzhou's temperament, let him talk about learning may be able to make others speechless, but when it comes to handling the government affairs of the court, I am afraid that within three months, this stubborn Confucian master will have to resign himself.

But Chongzhen took advantage of Liu Zongzhou's sparseness to play on the topic. Let Li Kuilong, the remnant of the eunuch party, clean up the officials of the science and road, and ask him to formulate a code for the management of the officials of the department, isn't this a clear way to start with the control of Donglin?

But what Liu Zongzhou said in his superiors was the truth, and the officials did not say it, but because this is the truth that everyone knows. The Donglin Party could attack the emperor for sending eunuchs to collect business taxes and mining taxes, because in the Ming Dynasty, it was a political correctness for civil officials to attack eunuchs.

The Donglin Party can also attack a member of the eunuch party for not governing the place well and only knowing how to loot. The local area has been hit by the disaster, and they do not think about disaster relief, but are still urgently urging the department, forcing the people who cannot pay the taxes to go bankrupt and sell their children and daughters. But this is a party struggle, and it is a means for the Donglin party to crack down on dissidents.

Without that Donglin Party member, he would have eaten enough and had nothing to do, stabbed the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty in front of the emperor, and directly sprayed the entire bureaucracy. Although the officials of Kedao hope to be famous for their outspokenness, the purpose of becoming famous is to rise to the top, and for more than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, only Hai Jui dared to spray the entire bureaucracy.

But the price Hai Jui paid was a poor life for decades, which made no one in the Ming Dynasty want to be the second Hai Jui.

Besides, did the emperor of the Ming Dynasty really know nothing about the reality of the Ming Dynasty? It's certainly impossible. Whether it is Wanli or Tianqi, the number of eunuchs sent by these two emperors to various places proves that the emperor knows what kind of virtue the local officials of the Ming Dynasty are.

But even if these two emperors are dissatisfied, they will not rectify the officials. Because the Kedao official is not only a weapon for powerful ministers to fight political opponents, but also a tool used by the emperor to contain the cabinet and the six ministers, which is also an important means to ensure that the imperial power is not hollowed out by the ministers.

Although Qu Shiyun wanted to tell Chongzhen this truth very much, he couldn't say it publicly. Because this is contrary to the Ming Dynasty's concept of governing the country, the Ming Dynasty is talking about governing the country with benevolence and filial piety, and he is a member of the Donglin Party, but he talks with Chongzhen about the size of the system, isn't this blatantly blatant for the Legalists?

Moreover, Liu Zongzhou, as a veteran of Donglin, is older than him in terms of seniority and knowledge. Now that Chongzhen is taking advantage of Liu Zongzhou's sparseness, if he wants to block it, he is bound to comment on whether there is a problem with Liu Zongzhou's slackening.

To evaluate the words of an uncle in his capacity, or on a formal occasion such as a court meeting, no matter what he says now, he will be attacked afterwards. is kind, but he doesn't know how thick the sky is; If you are a little darker, you may think that this is Qian Qianyi instructing his disciples to save Liu Zongzhou's face; If you are mean, you will treat him as a shameless person who has no respect for his superiors and attacks the division commander.

In this regard, Liu Tai, Wu Zhongxing, and Zhao Yongxian's three predecessors are the lessons of Qu Shiyun. These three brothers are all protégés of Zhang Juzheng, but they openly impeached their own teacher, Zhang Juzheng.

In particular, Liu Tai set a precedent of "impeaching the elders without protégés in the past 200 years". He was exiled until his death in a foreign land. And the other two lived long enough to survive until Wanli liquidated Zhang Juzheng and were rehabilitated.

Because Zhao Yongxian was friendly with Donglin, he ended up as a servant in the ministry, but as a Jinshi in Longqing for three years, his position was quite low. Wu Zhongxing has always been unwilling, and this is because of Wanli's care. Although the officials of the DPRK and China resented Zhang Juzheng for covering the sky with one hand, they turned a blind eye to Zhang Juzheng's attack on these three protégés.

Because these three people broke the unwritten unspoken rules between the Ming Dynasty's teachers and protégés, in the Ming Dynasty, the teachers and protégés were a natural political community, as a champion of the Ming Dynasty said: "Drinking water is thinking of the source, and Yimu is thinking of the shade; One crown, one group, An Suofei teacher also gives! ”

Although Liu Zongzhou is not Qu Shiyun's teacher, the Donglin Party started with the academy, and it itself is based on the relationship between teachers and students. Although Liu Zongzhou's career is not smooth, he is two terms earlier than Qian Qianyi, even if Qian Qianyi sees Liu Zongzhou, he has to call him an old-timer.

Therefore, Qu Shiyun could not open his mouth to criticize Liu Zongzhou's negligence, and he could not prevent Chongzhen from using the topic to play. He counted on Qian Qianyi to stand up and stop Chongzhen's move to clean up Kedao. After all, Qian Qianyi, who is regarded as the leader of Donglin, is still qualified to evaluate Liu Zongzhou without causing dissatisfaction among other Donglin Party members.

But no matter how Qu Shiyun looked at him, Qian Qianyi only stared at Liu Zongzhou's back, ignoring his anxious disciple at all.

Chongzhen's move to clean up his words and roads through Liu Zongzhou's sparseness was not only seen by Qu Shiyun, but also by many officials of the Donglin Party.

But Liu Zongzhou is the leader of Donglin, although he is only because of his deep qualifications, not because of the popularity of the public. But he is not the only leader of Donglin, although there are still some well-known Donglin elders who have not rushed back, and the Donglin leaders who are in the court today are Han Yi, Qian Qianyi, and Wen Zhenmeng.

These Donglin Party members cannot comment on Liu Zongzhou's superiority due to their seniority, which does not mean that these three Donglin leaders cannot comment. Ni Yuanlu looked at several Donglin leaders with mixed feelings, hoping that they could stand up to prevent Chongzhen from cleaning up Kedao, but he didn't want the Donglin Party to split internally.

Chongzhen's courtesy of Liu Zongzhou with a national scholar certainly made Ni Yuanlu and the other three happy, which meant that their political ambitions could be realized through Liu Zongzhou. However, Chongzhen turned Liu Zongzhou's content into reality and took the opportunity to clean up his words, which also made the three of them worried.

Because the power of the three of them is in the Kodao, once they themselves or their friends are cleared from the Kodao, then the political ambitions they want to exert will be in vain.

The leader of Kedao who has mastered the way of speech may be able to form a private alliance with Shoufu, although the Ming Dynasty has a rule that Kedao and the cabinet cannot intersect, but this rule was completely destroyed as early as the Jiajing period.

However, an ordinary official in the sixth ministry is not qualified to talk about any political ambitions with the first assistant. Although Liu Zongzhou is a stubborn scholar, he is also a character who has been admitted to Jinshi, how can he be at the mercy of Ni Yuanlu and others.

Among Han Yi, Qian Qianyi, and Wen Zhenmeng, in fact, Han Yi has the most right to speak, his qualifications are not only the oldest, but before he was driven out of the capital by Wei Zhongxian, he was already the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't do it for a few days.

Han Yi is a native of Shanxi, and his hometown is located at the junction of Shanxi, Shanxi, and Henan. However, after returning to the capital, Chongzhen only restored his title of crown prince and concubine, but there was no intention to let him re-enter the cabinet, and the official position was only Taichangqing, which was an official position to manage the rituals of the temple.

Han Yi has always been cautious and good at protecting himself. On that day, he was the first assistant of the cabinet, and Wei Zhongxian had just started to make a head, and he sent the holy decree of the Apocalypse to reproach Han Yi for "dominating the cabinet and making other ministers eat together." Han Yi didn't even make a move to resist, and immediately asked for retirement.

Han Yi, who had just returned to Beijing for a few days, how could he stand up and disagree with the emperor before he understood Chongzhen's intentions. Besides, this matter started because of Liu Zongzhou, no matter how you look at it, Liu Zongzhou himself should stand up and oppose it.

What's more, Chongzhen just said that he wanted to clean up the science and technology officials who didn't do anything, and he only cared about the party all day long, and didn't say that he wanted to target the Donglin Party. This kind of thing of bringing a black pot to himself, Han Yi will definitely not do it.

Liu Zongzhou, as the party concerned, has not fully woken up. This master of Confucianism may be faster than others in terms of learning, but when it comes to political struggles, he is about the level of ordinary people.

Prudence is used to restrain oneself, but the most fundamental purpose of political struggle is how to restrain others, or let others act according to their own intentions. Liu Zongzhou's knowledge and the court's learning are completely different.

However, Liu Zongzhou still felt that something seemed wrong about Chongzhen's borrowing of the topic. However, the emperor's extra-standard courtesy made this cautious scholar also feel a little excited, resulting in his ability to think three points slower than usual.

But at this time, Wen Zhenmeng finally couldn't help it, this 20-year-old was lifted, but it was not until he was 46 years old that he won the top prize and the first famous family. Although his qualifications are not as good as Liu Zongzhou, his family background and status as the champion make him never scruple about anyone.

He ignored his nephew Yao Ximeng's gesture to ask him not to act rashly, and then bowed to Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty's intention to rectify the government is good, but if you don't use people properly, it will backfire." This Li Kuilong was attached to the eunuch, who was instructed by Wei Zhongxian and Cui Chengxiu in the past, to crack down on sages and celebrities and eliminate dissidents. How can a traitor like him rectify the way of science and Taoism? Isn't this a wolf going to guard the sheepfold? And the minister thought that Liu Qidong was sparse, but he was selling straight to seek fame. Although there is a truth in the sparseness, there is no solution for them, but they just want to use this to invite favor and flatter His Majesty, and the minister will impeach Liu Qidong with this..."