On the fifth watch, the east was white, Gao Yihuan opened his arms, and it was still Zhao Guifei who took the palace maid, dressed him in a dragon robe, and put on a winged crown.

Gao Yihuan was served by the palace maid, dressed neatly, rinsed his mouth, drank another sip of strong tea to refresh himself, and then left the palace and went to Fengtian Palace.

In front of the palace gate, officials wearing official robes, black gauze hats, and ivory wat in their hands gathered to talk in whispers, and the topics were mostly about Liu Yumo.

When the bell rang, the palace gate was wide open, and the officials sorted out their robes one after another, and then passed through the palace gate according to their grades, entered the palace, stepped on the gray stone steps, entered the Fengtian Palace, and stood on both sides.

After a while, the guards in the palace said loudly: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

The hundred officials immediately bowed their heads, wearing dragon robes and winged crowns, and the mighty Great Wei Emperor walked out and sat down on the throne.

"Ministers to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

All the officials saluted in unison, kneeling down neatly, and the momentum was magnificent.

Gao Yihuan raised his hand slightly, "Zhongqing is flat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" All the officials thanked each other, and then stood on both sides.

Gao Yihuan's eyes glanced at everyone, fell on Chen Mingxia, and then looked at Huang Zongxi and his group, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have something to do?" ”

Wu Yingji saw Huang Zongxi standing in the crowd stand up, "Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" ”

After the negotiation last night, Wu Yingji thought that Huang Zongxi had given up, and didn't want him to kill him single-handedly without looking for a helper or greeting.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all members of the Northern Party, and all departments were controlled by Northern Party officials, which made the Southern Party people wonder if he was crazy.

Huang Zongxi, Gao Yihuan knows, and also knows that he is one of the three major thinkers in the late Ming Dynasty, his father Huang Zunsu, is a cadre of Donglin, and is also a respectable person, but Huang Zongxi is a person, but there are some problems with his character, he recorded many historical materials in the late Ming Dynasty, all of which praised Donglin and covered up many truths.

Gao Yihuan squinted at him and asked, "What is the matter with the Qing family?" ”

Huang Zongxi took out a piece of music from his sleeve and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to participate in the Chen Pavilion Department and accept bribes from the ministers!" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the court, Gao Yihuan frowned, waved his hand to let the guards go to get the book, and his face immediately became gloomy, "You said that Chen Ge Lao took bribes, is it true?" ”

Cabinet members can accept bribes from anyone, but they can't accept money.

Huang Zongxi replied: "It's true. ”

Gao Yihuan looked at Chen Mingxia with a calm face, and said coldly: "Chen Ge Lao? ”

Chen Mingxia was quite calm and saluted solemnly, "Your Majesty, there is no such thing!" Please Your Majesty Mingjian and send Xuanyi Wei to investigate! ”

This is completely framed, although Chen Mingxia has an exchange of interests with Xun Qi, but he never takes money easily, in fact he is still quite honest, his ambition is to become the first assistant, grasp the power of the court, and then display his ambitions.

Chen Mingxia has never accepted bribes from his relatives at all, so he is not afraid of Gao Yihuan's investigation.

Huang Zongxi didn't wait for Gao Yihuan to give an order, so he continued: "Your Majesty, the Chen Pavilion Department has received it, and when the Marquis of Luyi was happy to clean up the criminal officials in Beijing, he gave the Chen Pavilion Department 10,000 taels and two famous paintings, and there are files to check!" ”

As soon as these words came out, he was happy and angry, "Your Majesty, the minister has not sent silver and paintings to Chen Gebu!" ”

Huang Zongxi said: "I sent it, I heard what people said." ”

"If you hear someone say it, you can slander the minister!" Han Chao, the left attendant of the Northern Party Criminal Department, was angry.

Qian Binglu, the waiter of the Northern Party Rite Department, stood up and said, "Huang Shaoqing is not a counselor, and he does not have the right to listen to the wind. Besides, I also need a basis for my work in the court, so how can I easily seriously injure the ministers! ”

Immediately afterwards, a large number of enraged officials came out one after another to rebuke Huang Zongxi, and the imperial court was excited, and the main officials of the six ministries, the Inspectorate, and the nobles of the palace all stood on Chen Mingxia's side, which made the Southern Party officials tremble, and no one would doubt that Huang Zongxi would fail.

Huang Zongxi, as a former Donglin general, has seen scenes with his father Huang Zunsu since he was a child, knows many big officials, has rich struggle management, and is very courageous.

When the eunuch party fell, he once stabbed his father-killing enemy Xu Xianchun with an awl in front of the interrogation officials, and almost stabbed people to death, and his hands were very black.

At this time, he faced the attack of the Northern Party, but he was not afraid, and still insisted: "I did accept it, and I am afraid of the power of the Chen Cabinet Department, not to mention, I am the imperial court, I must say!" ”

"Shut up!" Gao Yihuan stopped the argument of the ministers, "There is a file, bring the file!" ”

When the Wei army occupied Beijing, the Qing army fled in a hurry, many things were not taken away, the Wei army captured a lot, the Wei army will inevitably intercept some things, and the officials will also take a part of it after sending it to the imperial court, this is the unspoken rule, this is the case in all dynasties, the original file and the household file must not match, it cannot be checked.

Gao Xinghao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is no problem with the file!" ”

Zhao Ziyi, a Northern Party official who used to be the head of the household department, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the file has been seen before, there is no problem!" ”

Huang Zongxi sneered in his heart, and finally showed his hole cards, "Your Majesty, Chen Gelao, Zhao Ziyi, and Luyi Hou have formed a party for personal gain!" ”

Chen Mingxia's heart trembled when he heard this, and Li Yan in front of him, his eyebrows were lowered, and he didn't speak from beginning to end.

Xinghao hurriedly scolded angrily: "Nonsense, Benhou didn't form a party!" ”

Huang Zongxi said again: "The Chen Pavilion Department colluded with the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee to form a party for personal gain!" ”

Officials of various departments of the Northern Party said one after another that they had not formed a party, and the masses were indignant.

"There is no party!" ”

Zuo Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, "Your Majesty, there is no party!" ”

Tobe Squire, "There is no party for personal gain!" ”

……

The people who spoke for Chen Mingxia just now explained one after another that they did not form a party and did not engage in personal gain.

At this time, many people have already understood that Chen Mingxia is finished, including Chen Mingxia himself, it is no longer important whether he accepts bribes or not, the key is to form a party and collude with Xungui.

Chen Mingxia wanted to stop those who defended him, but if he could stop it, he would stop everyone with a sound, which would only make Gao Yihuan even more unhappy.

Gao Yihuan knew that he had a party, but he didn't expect that Chen Mingxia's party was so big, and more than half of the civil and military were speaking for him, what did he want to do?

Chen Mingxia sweated behind his back, and suddenly knelt down, "Your Majesty, the minister is loyal to the imperial court, and now he is criticized by this, the minister is willing to resign and return to his hometown, so as to be honest and have no party!" ”

Huang Zongxi also knelt down busily, "Your Majesty, the whole dynasty is full of people from the Chen Pavilion, and the ministers fighting alone will lead to the hatred of the Manchu dynasty, and I hope that Your Majesty will allow the ministers to resign and return to their hometowns." ”

In the controversy, Huang Zongxi has always fought alone, compared to Chen Mingxia, he does look like he is alone, against a lonely minister of a party and interest group, but Gao Yihuan has Xuan Yiwei, he knows that it is just an illusion, and Huang Zongxi also has a party.

Gao Yihuan's cold gaze swept over the two of them, and said to Chen Mingxia: "I approve your resignation!" Then he looked at Huang Zongxi, "I hope you can continue to serve the country!" ”