Zhu Youzhen looked at the members of the Yantai Ten Sons Alliance suspiciously, he naturally knew that standing next to this eloquent scholar was Zhang Pu, who was known as one of the "Lou Dong Erzhang".

In February last year, he wrote "The Tombstone of Five", in which he denounced the eunuchs, so he became famous. Zhang Pu and Yang Tingshu were recommended by the gentry of their hometown as Guozijian Gongsheng, and at the end of last year, they entered Beijing to study under Guozijian to participate in this year's examination.

In the process of Chongzhen's contact with Liu Jingting, he also vaguely learned from Liu Jingting that in the matter of arranging him to go to Beijing to get close to him, Zhang Pu, the literati leader of the Yantai Ten Sons Alliance, was inseparable.

It is precisely because of this that since the meeting, he has been consciously suppressing Zhang Pu, not letting him speak out on behalf of this group, preventing him from becoming the spokesperson of these scholars, and then continuing to increase his prestige among the corporal of the world.

According to his communication with Liu Jingting, he understood at least one thing, that is, although this Zhang Pu is outstanding in learning and prose, his political ambitions should not be underestimated.

Zhu Youzhen didn't want this politically ambitious literati to take advantage of this incident to make a splash and become the leader of the real young scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

But he didn't think that if he suppressed a Zhang Pu, another Xia Yunyi would emerge. For this Xia Yugong, he doesn't know much, except for this person who is also one of the members of the Yantai Ten Sons Alliance, who was born in a famous family in Jiangnan, he doesn't know much else.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen heard Xia Yunyi's attack on the eunuchs in the DPRK, he subconsciously thought that he was in the same breath as Zhang Pushi, and he was also one of the literati with political ambitions.

However, seeing that the members of the Yantai Ten Sons Alliance also showed panicked expressions, Zhu Youzhen finally understood that what this Xia Yugong was doing now was obviously not discussed with everyone in the society.

Zhang Pu looked at Xia Yunyi's remarks, which caused the atmosphere in the room to suddenly fall silent, and even Chongzhen's originally relaxed face tensed again, and he thought for a while before standing up.

"Yes, what Xia Yugong said is exactly the truth, Your Majesty can't use a group of rats to catch another group of mice. The students thought that if the villain in the court was not expelled first, no matter how much His Majesty investigated, he would not be able to reach the correct conclusion. ”

Zhu Youzhen interrupted him coldly and said, "Villain? I don't know, it turns out that the court is full of the villains you mentioned, so tell me who the villains you are talking about. ”

Zhang Pu hesitated, and didn't think about what to say. Xia Yunyi, who was beside him, had blurted out without any scruples: "Huang Liji, the first assistant of the cabinet, Shi Fenglai, Wu Chunfu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Li Kuilong, Cao Qincheng, the imperial history of the imperial servant temple, and Ni Wenhuan, the director of the Taifu Temple.

Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng, Tian Ergeng, the former governor of Jinyi Weizuo, and Xu Xianchun, Cui Yingyuan, Yang Huan, and Sun Yunhe, were all commanders. Wei Guangwei, a former scholar of Jidian University, etc. The above are all Wei Wei and Zhongxian's party, and they are the villains beside His Majesty. ”

Seeing that Xia Yunyi was impassioned, he did not shy away from it in front of him, and called almost all the names of those in power in the DPRK and China, leaving no room for himself to be tactful.

Zhu Youzhen largely relieved his suspicions about Xia Yunyi, a literati with political ambitions, who might have gained fame by attacking powerful ministers in the court. But when the situation is still unclear, almost half of the courtiers will not be accused of traitors.

Those who dare to do this are either fools or true righteous gentlemen. When they set this bag on fire, no matter what the Emperor does with these traitors in their mouths, these people will not end well.

For example, Zhang Pu next to Xia Yunyi, although he also complained to Chongzhen that there is still Wei Zhongxian's opposition party in the DPRK and the central government, but he has not directly attacked those people by name from beginning to end.

Therefore, perhaps after today, there will be many people who will hate him, but no one will come forward to deal with him directly. Otherwise, wouldn't they be solid, they are the rebels in Zhang Pu's mouth?

But for Xia Yunyi, if the officials named by him don't retaliate against him and don't beat him into a foolish person, wouldn't it confirm that Xia Yunyi's name is a villain in the court.

The behavior of these two people was compared in front of Chongzhen, and Zhu Youzhen suddenly saw the difference between literati in this era.

Thinking that he had seen Xia Yunyi's nature clearly, Chongzhen's originally cold face softened again. He didn't answer Xia Yunyi immediately, but turned his head to Qian Qianyi and pretended to be surprised.

"I can't imagine that there are so many treacherous evils in my court, Mr. Qian, as a cabinet minister, do you also think that these people mentioned by Xia Yugong are all against the party?"

Qian Qianyi felt that he must have bumped into something when he went out today, otherwise he would not have fallen into such an embarrassing situation.

As the leader of Donglin, he should support Xia Yunyi and other scholars on this issue, after all, there is the shadow of Yuan Liqing and other Donglin party members behind this matter.

However, Yuan Liqing and they only targeted Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu, who were eunuchs who caused turmoil in Henan, and did not directly intend to wage war with the remnants of the eunuchs in the entire court.

As a member of the Donglin Party, Qian Qianyi also roughly heard the thoughts of Yuan Liqing and others. According to Yuan Liqing's opinion, the struggle against the eunuch party should not be expanded this time, but only need to get rid of Xu Xianchun, Yang Suoxiu, and other eunuch party members involved in the Henan incident.

Although Han Xiangyun seems to have a different view on this, he wants to use the Henan incident to contact Sun Chengzong, who returned to his teacher, to launch a widespread impeachment against the eunuchs in the DPRK.

However, this proposal was rejected by Yuan Liqing, who believed that it was no longer suitable for the DPRK and China to provoke a fierce party dispute, but to remove Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu, who could deal a heavy blow to the eunuch party.

Because of their internal strife, the Donglin Party finally did not cooperate, but adopted a way of doing things on their own.

The Donglin Party represented by Qian Qianyi was in fact inclined to Yuan Liqing's position. As for Qian Qianyi, who has already entered the cabinet, he also does not want another bloody party struggle between the DPRK and China, such as the last year of the Apocalypse, which is not good for him.

Besides, he didn't have the guts to push so many officials in the DPRK and China to his opposite side at one time.

Hearing Chongzhen's question, he also noticed the eyes of the scholars on the side looking at him, not only expectant eyes, but also suspicious eyes in his eyes.

Qian Qianyi's mind was a little confused, but when he noticed Chongzhen's smiling expression, he suddenly had a wit, and subconsciously said: "There is no such thing." ”

As soon as he said this, he regretted it a little, and he was about to add something to ease the remarks he had just denied, when Xia Yunyi was already angry and accused him: "Senior Qian, as the leader of Donglin, how can you be so shameless..."

"Shut up, just a few people, do you dare to humiliate the ruling dynasty in front of Your Majesty?" Wang Chengen, who was behind Zhu Youzhen, suddenly stepped forward and reprimanded Xia Yunyi.

The scholars who originally criticized Qian Qianyi finally came to their senses, and now everyone is in front of the emperor, not in anyone's private house.

Although the scholars were disgruntled, they quieted down. Zhu Youzhen looked at Xia Yunyi, whose face was flushed, and the scholars behind him who were angry and seemed to feel betrayed by Qian Qianyi.

In this silence, Qian Qianyi seemed to understand his situation, and he finally gritted his teeth and said: "The minister thinks that these scholars are either deceived or have other intentions, and now that the saint is in power, the atmosphere in the court is neat, what kind of opposition party is there."

This is someone who wants to destroy the stability of the court, destroy His Majesty's trust in the courtiers, and want to set off a party struggle again in the Ming Dynasty. ”

Regarding Qian Qianyi's accusation, Zhu Youzhen thought for a while before he made up his mind and said: "There is probably no ill-intention, but it is estimated that there is blind faith." Therefore, we must not engage in double standards in everything we do.

You ask me to listen to it and make it clear, and if you believe it, you will be dark. And what about yourselves, have you listened to both? I see that you yourself like to hear what you want to hear.

Mr. Qian just said something you don't want to hear, and he became a treacherous villain? Isn't that too overbearing?

As long as it doesn't match what I said, I will be beaten into a villain who is a fly camp and a dog, but I want to ask, what kind of behavior is this? Why didn't anyone answer, then Ouyang Xianwan, tell me what kind of behavior this is. ”

Ouyang Binyuan, who was named by Chongzhen, was entangled for a moment, and finally said in a hesitant voice: "This is the same party and the other. ”

Ouyang Binyuan's words embarrassed the students of Yenching University and the scholars of the Ten Sons Alliance of Yantai, although some people did not agree with the emperor's comments, but they also knew that now was not the time to refute.

Even Xia Yunyi was tightly sandwiched between Zhang Pu and Wang Chongjian, preventing him from continuing to speak out and anger the emperor.

Zhang Pu was the first to say: "Your Majesty's teachings, I will review them from time to time, and I dare not make such a mistake today..."

Zhu Youjian looked at Zhang Pu for a long time, and finally said gently: "As long as you can remember that you must seek truth from facts in the future, and don't play the same way as the party, then I think your future is still promising."

I also have a word for you here, don't create any small groups behind your back, history tells us that in politics, small groups will not end well in the end, such as Hu Weiyong and Yan Song.

There are some things that should not have been told to you in advance, but you are so suspicious, then I will make an exception, but next time I will not explain it to anyone.

For this investigation, I decided that in addition to the officials sent by the imperial court, I would also let Yenching University organize students to go down.

The scope of the investigation is not limited to Henan, nor is it limited to Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu. Shaanxi's disaster relief results this year and the results of grain requisition and disaster relief in Shanxi and Henan provinces should be evaluated, and a detailed investigation should be made into the living conditions of the people in the three provinces, and a plan should be drawn up on how to improve the livelihood of the local people in the survey..."