When Huang Liji and the others came back, they saw such a messy scene. Huang Liji suddenly became angry, "Where is the history of the Imperial Discipline, this court meeting is a grand ceremony for the state to discuss politics, not a market for selling sundries." If you don't hurry up to maintain the discipline of the court, and if there is any unreasonable noise, you will be ordered to be driven out of the palace. ”

The two Fengji Imperial Historians immediately hurriedly walked out and began to maintain the discipline of the court meeting, and these low-level officials looked at the impatient faces of several scholars, no one wanted to suffer from unwarranted disasters because of this, and the noisy voices of the court meeting began to fall.

Huang Liji and the other four scholars walked quickly to the front, and Liu Zongzhou, Xu Guangqi, Wen Zhenmeng, and others immediately surrounded them, wanting to know the news about Chongzhen they had brought back.

The six departments and nine qing, plus some Donglin leaders, formed a small circle with the four scholars. Huang Li told the story very simply, but concealed the news that His Majesty wanted to make the country to the King of Fu.

Wen Zhenmeng immediately said angrily after hearing this: "How can Your Majesty treat national affairs as such a child's play, do we also have to accompany him to mess around?" ”

"Wen Xiangnan, what do you mean by saying this now? Isn't the most important thing now to persuade His Majesty out of the Taimiao? Zhang Ruitu couldn't help but sneer.

Xu Guangqi, Wang Zaijin and other officials who originally supported Chongzhen all believed that Zhang Ruitu was right, and it was most important to persuade His Majesty to leave the Taimiao.

Liu Zongzhou and Han Yi hesitated, but Qian Qianyi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, stood up to support Zhang Ruitu, and Wen Tiren, who was also the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, watched thoughtfully the performance of several Donglin leaders.

Seeing that the Donglin Party members are unwilling to give up until now, opposing the idea of negotiating peace with Houjin, it seems that they want to compare with Chongzhen who is more patient.

Huang Liji had to say Chongzhen's words that he wanted to give up the throne to King Fu, and now everyone began to fall silent.

If it is a normal situation, the inheritance of the Ming Emperor is not the emperor's own decision, there are rules left by Zhu Yuanzhang, coupled with the strength of the civil official group, it is actually the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty who determine the heir to the throne.

But now it is an abnormal situation, the lineage of Guangzong has been severed except for Chongzhen, and Chongzhen himself has no children.

If Chongzhen has an accident and wants to choose the heir to the throne, according to the distance and proximity of the blood, he must choose from the heirs of Emperor Wanli.

That is, one of the four people of Fu King Zhu Changxun, Rui King Zhu Changhao, Hui King Zhu Changrun, and Gui King Zhu Changying, and according to Chongzhen's generation, he can only choose the heirs of the four vassal kings, and now there are only Fu Wang.

Maybe the civil officials can ignore all this, insist on rejecting the Fu Wang lineage, and choose among the remaining three vassal kings. After all, Yang Tinghe also set this kind of precedent back then, and insisted on choosing Zhu Houxuan, who was far away in blood, so that he could control the government and clean up the military general group that arose during the Zhengde period.

But all this is built on the moral high ground occupied by the civilian bureaucracy. Yang Tinghe was the first assistant of the cabinet, and he was deeply trusted by the Zhengde Emperor and the Empress Dowager at that time, so he could draft the edict on his behalf and be the prime minister before Zhu Houxuan ascended the throne.

But now Emperor Chongzhen is forced into the Taimiao, but almost all the officials in the court have been snagged in, and the first assistant Huang Liji is regarded as one of the remnants of the eunuch party by the Donglin party, and there is no prestige at all for the world to recognize the heir to the throne he elected.

Although there is a Empress Zhang in the palace, the status of the imperial sister-in-law and the queen mother is far apart, and only Queen Zhou can really represent the opinions of the inner palace. But will this queen not listen to Chongzhen, but listen to the words of these officials who are fighting with Chongzhen?

Han Yi couldn't help but say, "Although Your Majesty is at the prime of life, he is young and vigorous. But it's impossible to really go on a hunger strike in front of Taizu's tablet, right? ”

Guo Yunhou, the head of the household, said in an unkind tone: "Could it be Han Xiangyun, do you mean that you have to wait for Your Majesty to have an accident before thinking of countermeasures?" ”

Han Yi was suddenly annoyed, "Guo Shangshu is a crime that he wants to add, why is there no excuse?" Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel because of this.

Liu Zongzhou opened his mouth and persuaded: "If Your Majesty really has an accident in Taimiao, can we officials still shirk responsibility?" In my opinion, it is better to follow what Qian Shilang said, first agree to Your Majesty, and let Your Majesty come out of the Taimiao as soon as possible. ”

Under the crisis that King Fu might return to the dynasty, even Liu Zongzhou had to start persuading Wen Zhenmeng to come.

With the current status of these Donglin leaders, the worst result of King Fu coming to power is at most to demote officials or reduce his status. Because King Fu could not risk the world's disapproval, he had to put a few of them to death.

However, the Donglin Party members are linked by classmates, masters and apprentices, relatives and friends, who have few protégés and disciples, and three relatives and six deceased.

King Fu couldn't defeat these well-known Donglin leaders, but he could embarrass their disciples, relatives and friends.

Under the blow of Wei Zhongxian, how could the Donglin Party members, who had finally recovered their anger, allow the imperial court to carry out another political purge of the Donglin Party members.

Wen Zhenmeng and Han Yi chose to acquiesce, while Liu Zongzhou and Qian Qianyi advocated compromise in exchange for Chongzhen's departure from Taimiao and not allowing the confrontation between monarchs and ministers to continue.

With the consensus reached by the six ministries and nine secretaries and several Donglin party leaders, Huang Liji immediately announced to the low-level officials kneeling in the rear that the cabinet would agree to negotiate peace with Houjin, and then the six ministries and nine secretaries and the leaders of Donglin also met one by one.

Most of the low-level civil servants themselves are doing things according to the crowd. Now with the endorsement of the cabinet, the six ministries and nine secretaries, and the leaders of Donglin, no matter how stupid they are, they know that things are changing.

Except for one or two pedantic officials who were not familiar with the world, they were still kneeling on the ground, and the other officials all stood up under the gaze of teachers, classmates, and friends.

Looking at the few officials on both sides of the royal road who were still opposing, Huang Liji suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, a big conflict that made the court turbulent, and finally had hope to survive.

Zhang Ruitu, Qian Qianyi, and Wen Tiren were sent to welcome Chongzhen back to the throne, just as the six departments and nine secretaries in the court began to relax their hearts, thinking that this turmoil was over, and soon Qian Qianyi hurried back without official demeanor.

Qian Qianyi was out of breath, and said angrily to the cabinet, the six ministries, Jiuqing and others: "Your Majesty said that although the hundred officials are willing to compromise, he has already sworn that he will not come out of the Taimiao until the ancestors and ancestors give him an answer, otherwise he will never leave the Taimiao." Ladies and gentlemen, what now? Master Zhang and Wen Shilang were still trying to persuade me at the door of the middle hall, asking me to come back and ask for an idea. ”

Qian Qianyi's words made these top officials in the Ming Dynasty stunned for a moment, revealing a deeply shocked expression.

At this time, even Huang Liji couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Chongzhen's gourd.

At this time, even Wen Zhenmeng and others, who were still a little reluctant before, began to feel a little numb in their scalps.

It is not uncommon for monarchs and ministers to oppose each other above the court, which is not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty. Generally speaking, most people in the world will stand on the side of civil officials because of their sympathy for the weak. After all, the emperor can hide back in the harem to avoid seeing his courtiers, or he can order the Jinyi guard to humiliate the ministers who oppose him with court battles.

In contrast, the officials who opposed the emperor had few ways to protest, either kneeling down to the left and obeying the door, or enduring court battles to express their opposition.

But today, the position of strength and weakness has changed. Father and brother have died one after another, and Chongzhen, who has been on the throne for less than 4 months, actually wants to run into the Taimiao Temple to find the ancestors and ancestors for help.

The Donglin Party, who has always liked to stand on the moral high ground, knew that if this was spread, the public opinion of the world would inevitably stand on the position of sympathizing with the emperor.

Those eunuchs and some Donglin party members all thought that the Donglin Party could manipulate public opinion in Shilin at will, which was simply a big mistake.

The reason why Tianxia Shilin was willing to stand on the side of the Donglin Party before was actually to oppose the overly strong imperial power.

The public opinion of the world's scholars, to put it bluntly, is actually the position of the gentry in various places. For the local gentry, what they need is a weak central government, not a strong one.

Supporting Donglin against the eunuchs was actually forcing the eunuchs, who represented the imperial power, to focus on the power struggles of the central government, and not to interfere or interfere less in local affairs.

But this does not mean how noble the discipline of these local gentry is, if the political situation of the imperial court changes, the Donglin party overwhelms the eunuch party and controls the government alone. Then the local gentry should support the eunuch party to fight back against the Donglin party.

Otherwise, after the death of Emperor Wanli, the Donglin Party who came to power with Guangzong was still a political group with power in the early years of the Apocalypse. will not be Wei Zhongxian, an eunuch who can't read a few words, will be easily driven out of the court in just one or two years.

A smart person like Han Yi knows very well what the so-called Shilin Gonglun is. He just saw it too thoroughly, so although he held the power of the first assistant, he did nothing about Wei Zhongxian's action to liquidate the Donglin party in the court, so as to protect himself.

But Han Yi never thought about why Tianqi would appoint Wei Zhongxian as the chief assistant of the cabinet when he let Wei Zhongxian interfere in the government.

As an emperor, although the apocalypse was not highly educated due to the dispute over the national capital of Wanli, he undoubtedly knew the basic common sense of maintaining balance in the court.

Therefore, when the Donglin Party squeezed out the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties, he launched Wei Zhongxian to suppress the excessive momentum of the Donglin Party in the DPRK. And when Wei Zhongxian's so-called eunuch tail was too big to fall, he still appointed Han Yi as the first assistant of the cabinet, hoping that he could contain the eunuch party's rampage.

However, Han Yi had no sense of responsibility, allowing Wei Zhongxian to clean up the political forces that opposed him in the court, and finally gave up the power of the cabinet chief, which made Tianqi feel very depressed.

Therefore, the Apocalypse will acquiesce to the eunuch party to recover the stolen goods of a cabinet chief, and Han Yi will not be left with any dignity.