The situation forced Shi Kefa to compromise again, because he could not afford to bear such a huge responsibility as the defeat of the Northern Expedition.

And people only need to compromise once, they will compromise infinitely, thinking that when Chen Yue led the army back to Nanjing to the "Qingjun side", Shi Kefa chose to compromise, and his waist pole could no longer stand up.

And Chen Yue, Lu Zhenfei and others also found Shi Kefa's temperament clearly, knowing that he was trapped by fame and fortune and was a minister of the Ming Dynasty, as a member of Donglin, but unlike other Donglin Party officials, he only had a home and no country, but Shi Kefa had a great understanding in his heart, and he took his name very seriously.

Therefore, in the current situation, Shandong's great victory in recovering the Ming army is a critical time for the Northern Expedition, no matter from that aspect, Shi Kefa will definitely think of stabilizing the situation, even if he is greatly wronged.

Compared with the Northern Expedition and the Ming Dynasty, Gao Hongtu was dismissed and even more Donglin officials were dismissed, although Shi Kefa couldn't accept it, he would definitely endure it.

After returning to the cabinet, Shi Kefa gathered several cabinet elders and began to write their own opinions on the matter of selling land and raising salaries. When everyone returned to their duty rooms, Shi Kefa called Qian Qianyi into his room.

"Motosuke!" Qian Qianyi arched his hand.

Shi Kefa sighed and asked, "Mu Zhaigong, why didn't you say a word when you were in the warm pavilion?" ”

Qian Qianyi smiled bitterly: "Yuanfu, if I don't say a word, I really don't know what to say." The princess of the prison country has already made up her mind, if I disobey her, I am afraid that I will end up with the old Gaoge. It's not that I'm greedy for power, but if I go into the wilderness, the cabinet will be the only one in the cabinet. And I'm afraid it will make the princess of the prison country have a worse impression of the officials of our Donglin lineage. ”

Shi Kefa nodded: "I didn't mean to complain about Mu Zhaigong, but what should I do now?" The news of the dismissal of the elder Gao Ge will soon spread throughout the court, and you can imagine how angry those young imperial officials must be, if they rebel against the princess of the prison country, I am afraid that a storm is coming. ”

Qian Qianyi said: "What do you mean, Yuanfu?" ”

Shi Kefa: "As the first assistant, I must be on duty in the inner palace and deal with various affairs, especially the matter of selling land and raising salaries, and I must get a charter as soon as possible." It is really impossible to get out of the way by not being able to raise enough silver without causing shock to the people in the north.

Therefore, please ask Mu Zhai Gong to persuade those imperial historians not to gather to make trouble at this time, and to focus on the overall situation! You have a high prestige, and they will listen to what you say. ”

Qian Qianyi nodded: "Don't worry, Yuanfu, this matter is on me, and I will leave the palace!" ”

In another duty room, Lu Zhenfei and Wang Yin are also discussing.

"Seeing that Brother Bai revealed our plan to Yuanfu, he will definitely think of ways to persuade the officials outside to make changes, wouldn't it make our plan fail." Wang Yin complained.

Lu Zhenfei said with a smile: "Brother Hengshan, do you still want to wipe out so many officials from the foreign court?" Two-thirds of the entire Nanjing court is their people, and if they are really wiped out, the turmoil caused will be too great. We can't take that many people to fill the vacancies. ”

Wang Yin said: "I understand this truth, but I am not reconciled, it is obviously a good opportunity, as long as they are willing to jump out, they can all be driven out of the court, so that our King Qi is a family, and there is no dissent in the court, we can do whatever we want in the future." ”

Lu Zhenfei said: "There has never been anyone in the court who can dominate the family, and it is serious to eliminate one long-term and the other. Moreover, now is the critical period of King Qi's Northern Expedition, and the court is not easy to be in turmoil.

After this battle, it is a great victory to be able to drive the most jumpable Donglin Party imperial historians out of the court, and when the King of Qi returns with supreme military exploits after the victory of the Northern Expedition, it is the time for us to unify the court. ”

Wang Yin nodded and said with a smile: "Yuan Fu, in order to avoid suspicion, he will definitely not leave the palace tonight, only Qian Muzhai will leave the palace, see Brother Bai, do you think Qian Muzhai can stop those imperial histories?" ”

Lu Zhenfei said: "There are nails we have planted, not to mention Qian Muzhai, even Yuan Fu himself went out of the palace, and it is not easy to persuade those hot-headed imperial historians!"

Okay, let's still think about how to do a good job of raising money for the prince's land sale. ”

......

The news of Gao Hongtu's dismissal spread like a gust of wind throughout the Nanjing officialdom.

In the Inspectorate, a group of imperial historians are shouting.

"Colleagues, Gao Ge Lao is a moral gentleman who has always been honest and honest, such a gentleman was actually dismissed, but a person like Wang Yin, who is not even a person, and Lu Zhenfei, a criminal minister who lost his teacher and humiliated the country, can be in the center, such a court is really unheard of! Colleagues, can you bear it? Yushi Guo Weijing shouted.

Yu Shi Qiao Kepin also stood up: "I can't bear it." The righteous man and the gentleman cannot get his position, but the treacherous villain is in the center of the court. If this continues, my Ming Dynasty will not be far away. As the imperial historian, we uphold the ancestral system and have the right to hear about it, who else can we expect if we don't say anything about this kind of thing?

The princess of the prison country was young and ignorant, and she must have been bewitched by the traitor before she made a move to reprimand the old minister. We should collectively go to Chengtianmen to advise the prison country, so that she can take back her life, and be close to the virtuous ministers and far from the villain. ”

"Yes, we also want to ask the princess of the prison country to take back such a ridiculous will as to sell the land to raise money. The land in the world has its own owner, and selling land to raise money is really plundering the people's wealth, if it is implemented, it will inevitably make the people in the north mourn and the people everywhere are not happy, if so, I am afraid that the time of millions of displaced people will reappear! Yushi Guo Weijing continued.

"Let's go, let's go to Chengtianmen now, kneel down and ask the prison country to take back his fate!" Then the other imperial histories shouted.

"Li Zhongcheng, as the imperial history of the Zuodu, you should lead us and others to act together." Qiao Kepin rushed to the Inspectorate who rushed to hear the news.

Li Zhan's face sank like water, and he reprimanded angrily: "Nonsense, what time is it now, the king of Qi in the north is leading the army to fight against Manchu, Fujian, and the western thief Zhang Nengqi has contributed several mansions, and it has not been able to be exterminated for a long time." In Sichuan, Zhang Kewang Zhang Dingguo's thief army merged and repeatedly defeated the official army. I am aware of internal and external troubles, is it when you make trouble! ”

Qiao Kepin sneered: "Listen to what you mean, did we provoke this Ming Dynasty's internal and external troubles?" Since the western thieves have not been pacified, why did the king of Qi rush to the northern expedition? Last year, the entire autumn tax was taken by the King of Qi to the Northern Expedition, and I and other officials owed two or three months of salaries, did I say anything? But some people are not enough, and they want to seize the people's wealth in vain, trying to bring the world's land wealth into their own arms. If we don't speak up again, won't we let the wicked do whatever they want? Then what's the use of the court raising us officials? What faces do we have to be in the court, and what faces do we have to meet the sages? ”

Guo Weijing also said: "Lord Zhongcheng, if you don't dare, just go, let's go by ourselves!" ”

"Yes, let's all go to Chengtianmen!" A group of imperial historians clamored.

"Everyone, everyone!" Yushi Zhu Guochang stood up and said, "Only us people can't do it, Chengtianmen advises the prison country, so naturally the more powerful the better." We should unite with the other colleagues of the Six Hanlin Academy and go to Chengtianmen together! ”

"Yes, Brother Zhu is right. The more people in this kind of thing, the better, and the more it can attract the attention of the princess of the prison country. ”

As a result, many imperial historians spontaneously went to the six yamen to go in tandem. Li Zhan, the imperial historian of the left capital, tried to stop everyone, but except for a few henchmen Yushi, no one was willing to listen to him at all. Several young imperial historians deliberately squeezed past him, and a strong force came, and Li Zhan staggered and fell to the ground.

Not long after Qian Qianyi left the palace, he heard the news, and was immediately shocked, and summoned the chief staff around him to order: "You quickly go to the yamen of the six ministries and tell the Shangshutang officials of the six ministries that I said that it is strictly forbidden for any subordinate officials to come out and make trouble!" ”

"Yes, sir." His staff members agreed to go.

Qian Qianyi is like an ant on a hot pot, turning non-stop.

Although he secretly hooked up with Chen Yue and secretly supported Chen Yue on some key issues, Qian Qianyi's foundation was the Donglin Party, and without the Donglin Party, it would be meaningless for him to exist as a cabinet scholar.

And now this matter is clearly aimed at the officials of the Donglin family. From Princess Kunxing's angry rebuke of Gao Hongtu to Wang Yinlu Zhenfei's abnormal performance, all this shows that there is a huge conspiracy shrouded in it.

Although the officials of the Donglin Party occupy the vast majority of the imperial court, they have a natural disadvantage, that is, the King of Qi and his family control the Jinyi Guard, and the princess of the prison country is their puppet.

Qian Qianyi can imagine that now Jinyiwei is definitely ready, if any officials dare to make trouble, the fate is almost certain, and they will be arrested and put in Jinyiwei's prison.

And at this time, even the people of the world will not sympathize with them, because if they make trouble at the time of national crisis, they will be arrested and take the blame.

But Qian Qianyi just knew that those imperial historians were all arrogant and self-righteous young officials, who thought they had the right to hear about things, and many times they couldn't see the situation in the court clearly, and many times they were always self-righteous.

Especially some time ago, the six branches refuted the holy decree of the princess of the prison country, and even Chen Yue, the king of Qi, endured it, which made these imperial historians feel even more amazing.

Therefore, as long as someone comes out and raises their arms, there will definitely be many people who will follow and make trouble, which is simply certain.

And at the critical moment of King Qi's Northern Expedition, no matter how weak and good-tempered the princess of the prison country is, she will never tolerate messing around at this moment. Therefore, a storm is inevitable, and it is the Donglin Party who is caught in the storm.

Qian Qianyi couldn't watch such serious consequences happen, he had to do his best to stop this from happening.

As Qian Qianyi's instructions spread to the six departments, the six scholars also knew the seriousness of the matter, except for Lu Daqi, the secretary of the criminal department, who was dissatisfied with his friend Gao Hongtu's dismissal, jumped higher than anyone else, the other five departments of the Shangshu strictly restrained the officials of the headquarters and did not allow them to follow those officials to make trouble.

And at this time, all officials with brains also know that the situation is serious, and there are not too many people who are really disobedient.

"Like! What's the matter with you? Hearing that Lu Daqi was going to take the officials of the Criminal Department to Chengtianmen, Qian Qianyi suddenly couldn't sit still, and immediately went to the Criminal Department to block Lu Daqi.

"Mu Zhaigong, Lao Gao was innocently deposed, this matter can't be left like this. We must go to Chengtianmen and knock on the gate to ask the princess of the prison country to take back her fate! Lu Daqi said with a glare.

"Like, you're confused!" Qian Qianyi said angrily, "What time is it, aren't you adding fuel to the fire?" You are also a member of the second rank of the Criminal Department, can't you see the seriousness of this matter, how can you be so nonsense? Do you want my Donglin family to be kicked out of the court again? ”

"Kick us all out of the court?" Lu Daqi sneered: "Then are there still officials in this court?" If she is not afraid of the paralysis of the government, she can do so! ”

Qian Qianyi was simply amused, "Like, do you really think that there will be no one left without our court?" Let me ask you, is the affairs of your criminal department done a lot by you, a Shangshutang official, or are those lower-level officials who are in charge of the six or seven rank lang who are not even in the stream doing?

There are a lot of people in the world, ten years of cold windows are only for officials, without our Donglin Party, some people are willing to be officials, do you really think you can't do without us?

The king of Qi took the officials as officials in Jiangxi and the small officials as the governor of Jiangxi, and now there is no chaos in Jiangxi? ”

Qian Qianyi's scolding calmed down Lu Daqi, and he had to admit that Qian Qianyi was right. In the current situation of Daming, it is really not inseparable from their Donglin Party.

"Mu Zhaigong, what do you say?" Lu Daqi said abruptly.

"Restrain subordinate officials and not to get involved in this matter. The Pavilion will personally go to the Chengtian Gate to persuade those imperial historians. Qian Qianyi said categorically.

In the square outside the Chengtian Gate, fifty or sixty officials had already gathered, facing the northern city gate, and knelt on the square. Yu Shi Qiao Kepin, Guo Weijing and others knelt in the front. From time to time, officials rushed to join in.

The gate of Chengtianmen is closed, and there are many guards on the city tower.

A team of hundreds of Jinyi guards hurried to Chengtian Gate and surrounded these officials in the shape of geese, and Liu Neng, the commander of Jinyi Guard, stood on the side of the officials, holding a leather whip and looking at this group of officials with a sneer.

"It's the other way around! Are they going to rebel? In the warm pavilion, when I heard that nearly 100 officials knocked on Chengtianmen, Princess Kunxing was so angry that her face turned red and she was angry.

Since she became a prisoner, she has been listening to Chen Yue's words and tolerating the officials, but she didn't expect that now these officials would kick their noses in the face and dare to provoke her so much.

"Where's the Jinyiwei? What about Liu Neng, what does he eat? It's actually bullied to the head of the main palace! Kun Xing shouted angrily.

"Admiral Liu Neng of the Jinyi Guard has already brought people to the Chengtian Gate." Ma Xiang replied with low eyebrows.

"Let Liu Neng drive these people away from the palace!" Princess Kunxing said angrily.

The Chengtian Gate slowly opened, and a little eunuch hurriedly came out, possessing Liu Neng and whispering something in his ear. Liu Neng showed a smile on his face, "My lords, the princess of the prison country has a decree, and Ling Er and the others will leave Chengtianmen immediately." ”