After this national meeting, Ni Wenhuan, the secretary of Taichang Temple, watched coldly from the side in a low-key manner. Too often, the Zhangling temple group worship, the ritual system, the astronomical number of clothes. To put it simply, Taichang Temple is the highest institution in charge of ritual music in the Ming Dynasty.

Taichang Temple, the chief official of Taichang Temple, is one of the six departments and nine secretaries. In other words, Taichang Siqing and Liubu Shangshu are official positions of the same rank, and they are both positive three grades. In principle, when there is a shortage of the six Shangshu, Taichang Siqing can be leveled, and there is even hope of entering the cabinet. The restriction on promotion to Taichang Siqing is far less than that of the six Shangshu, so it is also regarded as a shortcut to heaven, which is not something that ordinary people can touch.

Ni Wenhuan is a jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli and a protégé of Cui Chengxiu. After taking refuge in Wei Zhongxian, he was called the Five Tigers of the Eunuch Party together with Cui Chengxiu, Tian Ji, Wu Chunfu, and Li Kuilong. Because of the impeachment of Li Banghua, Li Rixuan, Zhou Shunchang, Cui Jingrong, Li Zongyan and dozens of other Donglin Party members, and the construction of the Sansheng Temple for Wei Zhongxian when he was in Jifu, he was promoted to the position of Taichangqing with these merits.

But Taichang Temple is a cold yamen after all, and it is Ni Wenhuan's pursuit to serve as the secretary of Taichang Temple and add an official experience to his resume in order to seek a better position at the same level.

However, not long after he became the secretary of Taichang Temple, a series of incidents broke out in the death of the Apocalypse, the accession of the new emperor to the throne, and the loss of power of Wei Zhongxian. So Ni Wenhuan was stunned to find that although Chongzhen did not accept the impeachment of him by the Donglin Party and took him down, he did not have any intention of promoting him.

So Ni Wenhuan designed the road to heaven for himself, but instead sent himself into a cold yamen, if nothing happened, it is estimated that he will sit on a cold bench in the position of Taichang Siqing until he dies, this is obviously not the end of life he wants.

However, Wei Zhongxian and Cui Chengxiu went to Beijing one after another, and the Donglin Party once had a comeback. Therefore, Ni Wenhuan has maintained a cautious attitude in his words and deeds for more than a year, avoiding himself from becoming the main target of the struggle of the Donglin Party, in order to be able to survive the fate of being liquidated.

But more than a year later, except for Tian Ji and a few other incompetent eunuch members who aroused public resentment, most of the others were treated with demotion, which made Ni Wenhuan's frightened thoughts suddenly stopped.

And Wu Chunfu and Li Kuilong still won Chongzhen's trust and reuse, which made Ni Wenhuan's career heart move again. After the news of the Lianghuai salt case reached the capital, Ni Wenhuan suddenly realized that this might be a good opportunity for him to enter the emperor's sight.

As a native of Jiangdu, Ni Wenhuan is naturally very clear about the ** of the two Huai salt politics, and he also hates the two Huai salt merchants. The two Huai salt merchants befriended the Jiangnan gentry and set up business registrations in Yangzhou, which naturally harmed the interests of Yangzhou scholars. Ni Wenhuan felt that if he didn't have these so-called business registrations, maybe he would have been able to move one or two terms in advance, so he wouldn't have been in a situation where he couldn't get up or down today.

Han Yiliang is an official personally promoted by Chongzhen, and he is in charge of a new yamen that was established at the end of last year. Therefore, after the outbreak of the Lianghuai Salt Industry case, Ni Wenhuan subconsciously determined that the case must have come from the emperor's instructions.

Therefore, before today's national meeting, Ni Wenhuan had already made up his mind to perform well and send a letter of nomination to the emperor. The meeting began with the impeachment of Han Yiliang by several junior imperial historians in the name of handling cases, but in fact they were bullying Yangzhou officials and businessmen and harassing the localities, and gradually the direction of discussion at the meeting turned to the issue of dereliction of duty by Huang Liji, the first assistant.

Ni Wenhuan noticed that although the rhetoric of these attacks was relatively restrained at first, he only limited the targets of the attacks to Han Yiliang and Huang Liji. However, with the counterattack of the followers of Shousuke, the attackers' remarks suddenly began to expand, from liquidating the remnants of the eunuch party and attacking the new deal as a government that brought disaster to the country and the people, and almost turned the meeting into a meeting of the Donglin party and the conservative faction.

As a result, in the emperor's continued silence, the meeting was completely detached from the main purpose stipulated before the meeting. However, Ni Wenhuan also found that although the Donglin Party and the old-fashioned officials now have the upper hand in the debate, Henan officials such as Yuan Keli, the leader of the Donglin Party, have not spoken out.

Although Huang Liji, the first assistant who was attacked, was silent, he did not have a panicked expression, and the officials who defended him were not all his protégés, but the officials of the household department were more diligent in the argument about keeping the first assistant. Although Ni Wenhuan couldn't understand the situation in front of him, he also realized that although the officials on the side of the anti-Shoufu had an advantage, they still couldn't see the victory.

The content of these anti-Shoufu officials who can impeach Huang Liji is also pitiful, except for a few cases of favoritism, most of them are chasing after the wind. In the past year, several officials who have written to impeach the eunuch party have been driven out of the capital by Chongzhen in the name of wanting to pour dirty water on the emperor's brother before his bones are cold, and the officials of the science and technology only dare to cry out for the persecuted Donglin party, and dare not mention the persecution of the Donglin party.

When the two armies are fighting, there is still a reason for one to be vigorous, then to decline, and three to exhaustion. This controversy in the court is not much different from the reason for the war between the two armies. Moreover, the argument of the tongue in the court, momentum is the key to victory.

The anti-Shoufu officials were about to dry their saliva, but the emperor still did not express his position, while the officials who supported Shoufu on the other side became more and more courageous, which suddenly made some people anxious.

Huang Liji is not a good man or a good woman, and his methods to assist Wei Zhongxian in attacking Donglin political and political opponents were quite ruthless. Today, they set off this huge impeachment, if they still can't win Huang Liji, then God knows what kind of revenge they, the hosts, will suffer.

When some people were in a hurry, Lu Chengyuan, one of the leaders of the Kedao officials, came out to the emperor and said: "Han Yiliang did not declare to the imperial court in advance, and he arbitrarily arrested all the officials under the self-transportation envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division, as well as the eight major salt merchants, which led to chaos among the people of Yangzhou and the boycott of the two Huai salt merchants, which is also a crime;

After the chaos of the people in Yangzhou, Han Yiliang did not try to appease, but instead transferred troops into the city to suppress them, resulting in heavy casualties among Yangzhou merchants and people, and many houses were burned down, which is also a second crime;

The chaos in Yangzhou led to the strike of the two Huai salt merchants, and tens of millions of people in Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and Jiangxi had no salt to eat, resulting in economic turmoil in the southeast.

Therefore, the minister asked His Majesty to order the punishment of Han Yiliang, and the two Huai salt merchants could be safe; If the salt merchants of the two Huai are stable, the price of salt in the southeast will return to normal; When the price of salt is stabilized, the economy of the southeast can be restored, and the hearts of the people in the four places will naturally be able to settle down... As for whether Shoufu is related to Han Yiliang's dereliction of duty case, it can be slowly examined after Han Yiliang returns to Beijing. ”

Since he couldn't get Huang Liji's first assistant in a hurry today, Lu Chengyuan retreated to the second, hoping to end the case of the two Huaiyan first, after all, he was entrusted by others to get Han Yiliang away from Yangzhou.

Lu Chengyuan's words successfully drew everyone's attention back to the Lianghuai salt case. While the others were still thinking about Lu Chengyuan's intentions, Ni Wenhuan finally asked flatly: "Lu Langzhong really thinks that if the imperial court punishes Han Yiliang, the price of salt in the southeast will fall?" ”

Lu Chengyuan didn't have time to think about it, and replied without thinking: "The imperial court has disposed of Han Yiliang, and these two Huai salt merchants naturally have no reason to strike the market, how can the price of salt in the southeast not fall?" ”

Ni Wenhuan immediately raised his voice and reprimanded: "Han Yiliang is an official of the imperial court, and the imperial court sent him to Yangzhou to inspect the Lianghuai salt industry and punish illegal acts. He found that the officials of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division had forged salt for personal gain, so he asked the people involved what was wrong with them?

The salt merchants first instigated the scoundrels on the streets of Yangzhou to besiege the procuratorate, and then attacked the good people in the city, disrupting the order in Yangzhou to interfere with the imperial court's investigation of the salt case. Now, in the name of boycotting the market, he is coercing the public opinion of the southeast to confront the imperial court, which is a rebellion.

Lu Langzhong, as an official of the imperial court, did not conspire for His Majesty, but instead opened his eyes for a group of salt merchants and threatened the imperial court. Dare to ask Lu Langzhong, isn't Your Excellency an official of my Ming Dynasty, but an official of the two Huai Salt Merchants? ”

After Ni Wenhuan reprimanded Lu Chengyuan with a face, he didn't wait for the angry Lu Chengyuan to refute, he turned to Chongzhen and saluted and said: "The minister Tai Changqing Ni Wenhuan impeached Lu Chengyuan for entangled his henchmen and framed the ministers of the imperial court, and accepted bribes from salt merchants to obstruct the imperial court in investigating the two Huaiyan cases..."

Ni Wenhuan's sudden rise suddenly made the officials who had been in a defensive state during the debate at the meeting find a way to counterattack the officials who had fallen into the cabinet, and after Ni Wenhuan and his close officials joined the debate, the momentum of the officials who had fallen into the cabinet suddenly dropped a lot.

Seeing that this meeting was developing in the direction of a melee, when Xu Guangqi was thinking about whether to come out to ease the emotions of both sides, Chongzhen, who had not moved for a long time, finally woke up from his distracted state.

Looking at the noisy scene like a vegetable market below, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help frowning and ordered a few words to Wang Chengen beside him. After receiving the instructions conveyed by Wang Chengen, the Rectification of Wind and Imperial History, who had been idle, quickly took action and persuaded the officials who were arguing in the field one by one to return to the sequence of the court.

The officials, who had already been emotionally manipulated, gradually calmed down when they heard that the emperor was about to start speaking, listened to the persuasion of the Emperor of the Correction of Style, and returned to their positions.

However, some officials of the province still looked angry, they felt that they were taking advantage of today, and if the emperor still wanted to help those traitorous ministers, they would definitely fight to the death.

When the Chaoban regained order, Chongzhen, who was sitting on the throne, did not speak immediately, he suddenly stood up, pulled the hem of his robe slightly with his left hand, and walked down the steps with Shi Shiran, standing in the open space between the east and west Chaoban.

Zhu Youzhen walked around the open space and carefully looked at the expressions of the ministers on both sides. He returned to the middle of the clearing and said loudly, "I am very disappointed today." The National Assembly was originally established to discuss the gains and losses of national politics.

However, today is the congress of the country, and I have not heard the insightful views that are conducive to the national economy and the people's livelihood.

I want to ask you? What is the imperial court in your hearts? ”