"In fact, I'm thinking that as long as eunuch henchmen like Huang Yuancheng still dominate the cabinet, we Donglin party members must have little hope of entering the cabinet." Yuan Chonghuan saw that the party members present were all paying attention to themselves, and hurriedly stated their position first.

His words resonated with Qian Yuanyu, the head of the Ministry of War: "Yes, if the power of the cabinet is controlled by these eunuch henchmen, it will be difficult for us and other party members to come out." Han and Liu, the two bosses, are both humble gentlemen of their own party, so they are rejected by these eunuchs.

The Cabinet and the Six Ministries and Nine Secretaries are so different from each other that they openly break the rules of the meeting, and we must not sit idly by. Mr. Wen was persecuted by the traitorous party and left Beijing to return home, and Mr. Han and Liu were isolated from the center of the imperial court, which was entirely because these eunuchs deceived the saint and controlled the government.

It is foolish to think that today's matter is not to seek justice for the two gentlemen, but to ask His Majesty to liquidate the remnants of Wei Zhongxian, repel the traitors and evils in the court, and make the righteous men and gentlemen reorganize the dynasty. If this can be done, the party will be able to achieve its life's aspirations. ”

"Yes, if it weren't for the traitorous party to deceive the saint, how could my uncle be repelled from Beijing." Yao Ximeng suddenly spoke out in support with indignation.

However, the words of the two not only did not receive a warm welcome, but cooled down the atmosphere at the banquet.

These Donglin party members lowered their heads one by one, studying the food in front of them, as if they had heard nothing.

Qian Yuanwei was a little stunned in the face of such a strange scene, after the fraud case of the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War was discovered, the whole of the Ministry of War was suddenly made a disgraced face, and the Experience Department of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies took the opportunity to take over a lot of power from the Ministry of War.

Although it is an escrow, God knows when these powers will be returned to the Ministry of War. Moreover, because of the fraud in the arsenal, these officials of the military department have left unfavorable comments on their performance appraisals.

Moreover, after the cabinet was restructured, the relationship between the Ministry of War and other ministries has become a relatively independent body. This is indeed a good thing for the several chief officials of the Ministry of War, which means that they only need to be responsible to the emperor, and the cabinet no longer has the name to restrain itself.

But for the low-ranking officials of the Ministry of War, this is a terrible system reform. The relatively independent status of the Ministry of War means that their future promotions can only be aimed at a limited number of posts within the Ministry of War, and it will be difficult for other departments to accept them, the officials of the Ministry of War.

In the same way, the choice of military officials to go out to the local government has also become scarce. Moreover, once there is a vacancy in the imperial court, the priority will definitely be the officials of the ministries under the management of the cabinet, not the officials of the military department that he cannot manage.

As a member of the Ministry of War, Qian Yuanyu hopes most that the reform of the cabinet system can be abolished, otherwise the Donglin Party will be in charge of the cabinet.

It is he who strongly criticizes the current cabinet in front of the party members, hoping to incite these party members to stand up against the cabinet en masse, or to oppose political reform.

However, as far as Lu Chengyuan, Wang Shoulu and other party members are concerned, what they strongly oppose is that the current cabinet excludes the Donglin party, but they are still happy to see the cabinet reform that expands the power of civilian officials.

Unlike Qian Yuanyu, the official positions of these Donglin Party members are all within the ministries under the management of the cabinet. The reform of the cabinet system has removed the links between the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the Dali Temple and the cabinet, which means that the officials of these departments have reduced their opponents by two-sixths when facing future competition for official positions.

Therefore, for Lu Chengyuan, Wang Shoulu and others, what they oppose is that there is no Donglin Party in the current cabinet. Of course, it would be even more perfect if the Donglin Party could control the current cabinet.

However, they absolutely did not regard the entire cabinet as the enemy of the Donglin Party, and they insisted on overturning the current cabinet and returning to the old situation in which the civilian cabinet and the inner court were held in check with each other in the past, which did not conform to the thinking of some civilian officials.

For example, Lu Chengyuan and Ni Yuanlu believe that compared with the cabinet under the control of the inner court in the past, the current cabinet, which is almost out of the control of the inner court and has a clear management power over various ministries, is obviously more in line with the political ideals of scholars and doctors who govern the world by civil officials and ruled by the king.

Therefore, they want to be able to oppose certain ministers while maintaining the existing system. It is not to oppose certain powerful ministers and destroy the whole new system.

Yuan Chonghuan watched the atmosphere in the field become cold, and suddenly felt bad. If the banquet was dispersed, and Qian Yuanyu and Yao Ximeng made something happen, wouldn't he become an instigator. He was not so relieved about the character of these party members in his own party.

"Actually, what I want to say is not what Mr. Qian said. Now that His Majesty has not been on the throne for a long time, the country needs to be calm, and the battle above the court is still slow.

What's more, His Majesty has been on the throne for less than five months, and there have been two chaos in Gyeonggi in a row, so His Majesty must be full of depression in his heart.

And the day after tomorrow is the beginning of the year, presumably what His Majesty is thinking about now is how to live the first New Year's Day after this change. It is also good for the subjects of the world to see the new atmosphere after the new emperor ascends the throne.

If I wait, I will have to ambush the palace gate at this time, I am afraid that not only will I not get His Majesty's sympathy, but I will anger His Majesty. ”

Qian Yuanyu suddenly said unhappily: "Do we have to watch these eunuchs mess with the government, control the government, and deceive the saints?" What is the difference between seeing evil people and not standing up and accusing them, and complicity in the same stream? ”

Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly denied it: "No, I don't want to persuade everyone to give up the struggle against the eunuchs. I mean, we need and need to be particular about the strategy of the struggle. We can't just consume our colleagues in the party in vain, and we won't damage a single hair of treacherous evil. ”

Yuan Chonghuan's words finally won the vocal support of these young party members, and the tragic death of the seven gentlemen before and after the Donglin Party certainly made the Donglin Party famous all over the world and became the representative of the righteous people and gentlemen.

But the price of being this kind of upright gentleman is too great, among the young party members, let them praise a few words of Donglin's predecessors, and about everyone can spit lotus flowers.

But if you want them to learn from the demeanor of these predecessors and use their own family to prove that the other party is a villain, about most of them want to go home and live a peaceful life.

Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, although he has not fully liquidated the eunuch party in the court, most of the official qualifications of the Donglin party members who were suppressed by the eunuch party have been restored.

From this point of view, most of the Donglin Party members are not as angry with Emperor Chongzhen as they are against their brother Emperor Tianqi.

After some Donglin Party members were reinstated to their official posts, some of the political ideals in their hearts were also forgotten. In this case, if these party members want to subdue the palace gate and tear their faces to confront the emperor, they must be unwilling.

It's just that the Donglin Party members still need to huddle together to keep warm at the moment, and they can't openly abandon the banner of the party's cohesion. Therefore, it is inconvenient for them to openly oppose Qian Yuanyu's politically correct proposition that is in line with the purpose of the Donglin Party.

But now that Yuan Chonghuan has stood up to resist what Qian Yuanyu said, he has won the hearts of these people.

Lu Chengyuan reacted very quickly, and did not wait for the opposition of Qian, Yao and others, and asked Yuan Chonghuan for advice at the first moment: "I don't know what Brother Ziru thinks, how should we start a struggle in order to teach the treacherous a lesson and save our colleagues in the party?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan cleared his throat, thinking sharply in his mind, and after a while, he said aloud: "After the cabinet system is changed, the power of the cabinet will greatly exceed that of the past. And the power to make decisions in the past has now been transferred to the hands of the cabinet elders.

In this way, a problem arises. In the past, the Cabinet only assisted His Majesty in making decisions, so if there was a mistake in the decision, then we could not comment on the decision, but only the executor.

But now, we can directly blame the cabinet for making mistakes in its decisions, which made it impossible to implement at the local level, or caused serious problems after implementation.

The cabinet ministers are all from the background, and they don't know much about local affairs, and as long as they do things, all kinds of problems will inevitably arise.

Then we will be able to use this evidence in front of His Majesty to impeach the Cabinet for its missteps. After one or two times, His Majesty's trust in the cabinet must have dropped to a low point.

Without His Majesty's trust, the cabinet that has so much power will inevitably be suppressed by His Majesty, presumably Huang Yuancheng will not be so power-hungry and rely on the position of the first assistant not to leave, right? ”

Yuan Chonghuan's strategy immediately attracted the admiration of many Donglin party members, and Wang Shoulu preached: "Brother Ziru is worthy of everyone who studies the art of war, listen to your words, Huang Yuancheng will not leave or succeed, haha." ”

Several party members raised their glasses to toast Yuan Chonghuan, but Qian Yuanyu was silent, and Yao Ximeng, who was unwilling to give up, finally couldn't help but say.

"Although Brother Ziru's plan is good, in the final analysis, it is not about waiting for the other party to make a mistake. I think it's a good ploy, but it's too slow.

Please think about it, in the years since the eunuch party gained power, the world has been withered, and the people are struggling to make a living. If the traitorous party is allowed to control the government all the time, and wait for the righteous man and gentleman to come to power, will there be time to save the day? ”

Yao Ximeng pierced the dream that the party had just woken up, as if pouring cold water on the heads of the banquet guests who had just become a little enthusiastic.

His behavior is naturally unpleasant, and even some party members have already used the emperor's comments to his uncle on Yao Ximeng.

Yuan Chonghuan came to this gathering, on the one hand, to integrate and communicate the unity of low-level officials in the Donglin Party, so as to serve as his own backing in the future; On the other hand, they want to win over a few party members as their own henchmen.

After seeing that Yao Ximeng's words were likely to cause this banquet to end unhappily, he suddenly blurted out: "Actually, in addition to waiting for the cabinet to make a mistake itself, we can also find a way to contain the cabinet from the outside..."