In the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, after more than 100,000 Wei troops took the oath, they escorted Gao Yihuan's car and marched eastward.

Ten miles east of Chang'an City, in the Changting Pavilion, many important ministers of the Wei State stood outside the pavilion and watched the Eastern Expeditionary Army go away.

Li Yan, Chen Mingxia and other bigwigs, after not seeing the emperor's car, left the long pavilion one after another, and returned to the city to deal with official business.

In the crowd, Wu Yingji, the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, pulled Huang Zongyi, the right servant of the Ducha Yuan, "Brother Taichong, I'll wait to return to the city!" ”

Huang Zongyi bowed slightly, and when he saw a large group of officials following Chen Mingxia back to the city, he sneered on his face, and said to a few people behind him: "Go, go to Xiaoyuan, I have something to say." ”

Huang Zongyi is the son of Huang Zunsu, his father was the backbone of Donglin in the early days, because of the impeachment of the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, he was dismissed and killed, and he was one of the seven gentlemen of Donglin, and Wang Wenyan was the "two major think tanks of the Donglin Party" at that time, and he was an admirable person.

Huang Zongyizi inherited his father's ambition and studied under Liu Zongzhou, the boss of Donglin, he is naturally also a person from Donglin, and after Donglin grasped power, it was no longer Donglin in the era of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, and gradually became a group of political hooligans with the same party and different parties, and flourished and declined, and was divided.

Nowadays, some of the Donglin Party members are in the Southern Ming Dynasty, some are in the Great Wei, and some are living in seclusion in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are no longer a whole.

Since Donglin's reputation is the same as that of the eunuchs, it is not very good, so it is impossible to turn over from scratch.

Now the Donglin Party has become history, but the Jiangnan gentry still need someone to speak, so the Southern Party representing the interests of the Southeast gentry and businessmen was born, and many Donglin Party members were mixed into the Southern Party, they have rich experience in political struggle, Huang Zongxi and Wu Yingji joined the Southern Party, and immediately became the two major think tanks of the Southern Party.

Xiaoyuan is located in Quchifang in the southeast corner of Chang'an City, near Furong Pond, and is a private courtyard.

The layout of the yard is very elegant, copying the scenery of Suzhou garden, the owner spent a lot of money, from the south of the Yangtze River to transport strange stones, bricks and tiles, to build this forest garden.

This courtyard is a huge rich in eastern Zhejiang, and the Shen family sent people to build it, and they don't live in it, so it is used to entertain some ministers from Jiangnan, as well as Jiangnan scholars who are rushing to take the exam, and provide them with a place to play and gather to relieve homesickness.

At this time, Huang Zongxi and Wu Yingji walked in the courtyard, walking through the courtyard that changed the scenery, Huang Zongyi looked up at the courtyard corridor carved beams and paintings, the eaves of the house and the arches, and sighed: "This Xiaoyuan, the Shen family has spent a lot of effort." ”

Wu Yingji also sighed: "Yes! It is said that every brick and stone here, even the pebbles on the road, are transported from the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Huang Zongyi bowed slightly, "It's a pity that there is no form and no god." Saying that, the group arrived at the bottom of an attic, and Huang Zongyi immediately said: "Go upstairs." ”

A few people went up to the attic, the window was opened, you could overlook the forest garden, and at the same time, you could also overlook the hibiscus pond not far away, the scenery was different from far and near, and the scenery was very good.

At this time, everyone sat down at the mahogany table, and the host asked people to bring the prepared wine and food, and after the people retreated, a few people began to eat and talk.

Wu Yingji said: "Brother Taichong called us over, whether it is to discuss the matter of dealing with the Northern Party!" ”

Huang Zongxi smiled slightly: "Brother Loushan, don't worry, eat the vegetables first and taste this perch!" ”

Wu Yingji put down his chopsticks and said with a melancholy face: "Brother Taichong, I can't eat it." Although we did not lose anything in the military funding case, the Northern Party also succeeded in defusing the crisis. Now they are powerful, and they are about to end the year in Jingcha, and Yang Tingfang, the director of the Ministry of Officials' Examination Section, is the son of Yang Yongyu, a hardcore Northern Party, and he will preside over Jingcha, and the Northern Party will inevitably take the opportunity to exclude dissidents. ”

Jingcha is a kind of evaluation system for officials in the Great Wei Dynasty, which stipulates that once every three years, according to the performance of officials, they are evaluated for competence, diligence, dereliction of duty, and dereliction of duty.

If the northern party wants to take advantage of the Jingcha to rectify the southern party, a large number of southern party officials will inevitably be rated as negligent or derelict in their duties, will not be promoted, and will even lose their posts because of this.

Most of the officials have some problems, and the use of Jingcha as a weapon of political struggle is not only extremely lethal, but also formal and legal.

After studying hard for more than ten years, once in high school, the vast majority of people came for promotion, wealth and power, and they formed a party in the DPRK and China for the sake of interests and better mingling.

The Northern Party is in control of Jingcha, and its political performance is almost bad, as long as it is the Northern Party, it will be able to pass, while others will be harassed, and after a long time, some Southern Party officials will inevitably switch to the Northern Party.

Now that the North Party is strong and has mastered Jingcha, the situation is quite grim, Wu Yingji is very worried, but after hearing this, Huang Zongyi smiled and said: "Brother Loushan, you can rest assured, I expect that the North Party will definitely collapse." ”

Wu Yingji was puzzled, raised his eyebrows and said, "How can you say this?" The Northern Party has the support of nobles, most of the officials in the DPRK and Central China are Northern Parties, the military and political power are controlled by them, and there are also strong local support, and Chen Mingxia is His Majesty's confidant minister, who has assisted His Majesty for many years, and has won the trust of His Majesty, and wants to move to the Northern Party, how is it possible? ”

Huang Zongxi stroked his beard, "No matter how powerful the Northern Party is in the DPRK and China, no matter how many people are attached to them, as long as we get the support of one person, we will definitely win!" ”

Wu Yingji said: "Who? ”

Huang Zongyi said: "Emperor! ”

Wu Yingji said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has been with Chen Mingxia for many years, and there are nobles behind him, how can the emperor support us?" ”

Huang Zongyi said with confidence: "In the face of power, getting along for many years is nothing, as long as we give Chen Mingxia a charge of forming a party for personal gain and attempting to rebel, the Northern Party will definitely collapse." ”

Wu Yingji was shocked: "But the Chen Pavilion Department did not rebel!" ”

Huang Zongyi said: "Yue Fei also has no bad intentions. ”

Wu Yingji understood what Huang Zongyi meant, this is to show the ability of the Donglin Party back then, the party is the same and different, no matter what the facts are, splash dirty water first.

Wu Yingji was silent for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "What should Brother Taichong do?" ”

Huang Zongxi said in a deep voice: "In fact, now the emperor is already dissatisfied with Chen Mingxia and the Northern Party, and Li Ge Lao in the court also has opinions on the Northern Party, and I already know one thing, as long as the arrangements are made properly, when the emperor comes back, he will immediately join him, and he will definitely be able to defeat the Northern Party!" ”

Saying that, Huang Zongxi stood up, walked to the window, and said confidently: "At that time, as soon as the Northern Party falls, the imperial court will have to employ people, and I can operate the teacher to enter the cabinet and gradually control the imperial court. ”

Wu Yingji said: "The emperor has dealt with the northern party, and I am afraid that he will not tolerate the growth of our southern party." Besides, the emperor has a prejudice against Donglin, I'm afraid he won't tolerate us! ”

Huang Zongxi said: "So if this matter is to be kept secret, we must also keep it secret, so that the emperor can't detect it!" ”

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