(Thank you for the reward of not choosing the middle route from left to right, Xie Lu Xie has been supporting me for a long time.) ）

After taking Jiaxing Mansion, Su Tiancheng specially sent people to send Fan Jingwen and Yan Zizhang and others to Shandong, it is very convenient to take the waterway, and there will be no trouble, Fan Jingwen agreed to go to Shandong to see, but Yan Zizhang refused and asked to return to the capital directly. Yan Zizhang's measures made Fan Jingwen feel very embarrassed, it is said that this time he came to Zhejiang, Fan Jingwen was the main one, but now Yan Zizhang, who was imprisoned in the capital, asked to go back, whether it was from the face of the scholar or from the loyal ministers of the imperial court, Fan Jingwen felt ashamed. It was at this time that Yang Sichang, who made a special trip to Zhejiang, had a long talk with Fan Jingwen, which made Fan Jingwen make up his mind to go to Shandong to have a look.

Su Tiancheng did not embarrass Yan Zizhang, on the contrary, he also sent someone to send Yan Zizhang out of Zhejiang, thinking of the previous exchanges, Su Tiancheng was ready to give Yan Zizhang one hundred taels of gold, lest Yan Zizhang carry not enough silver taels, but Yan Zizhang refused.

After leaving Zhejiang, Yan Zizhang took the South Zhili, detoured to Huguang and Henan, and entered the North Zhili.

After returning to the capital, Yan Zizhang will have already written the recital of Lu, Chen played to the imperial court, he was full of hope waiting for the emperor's summons, although this time to Zhejiang, did not be able to complete the task, but he still came back, compared to Wu Weiye who stayed in Zhejiang and Fan Jingwen who went to Shandong, this more reflects his loyalty to the imperial court, to know that Fan Jingwen is still a cabinet scholar.

Yan Zizhang never imagined that his return caused a huge shock in the imperial court.

After Zhu Youzhen watched Yan Zizhang's performance, he was almost crazy.

Fan Jingwen is a cabinet scholar and a minister of the DPRK and China that Zhu Youzhen trusts, so he never thought of going to Zhejiang. When I saw Su Tiancheng, I even thought about betraying the court, it must be Su Tiancheng who gave Fan Jingwen the greatest benefit, the dignified Erbu Shangshu can be bought by Su Tiancheng, who else in the court is trustworthy.

It was only Fan Jingwen who took refuge in Su Tiancheng. Zhu Youzhen would not be so angry, but the former cabinet chief assistant Yang Sichang and the military department Shangshu Lu Shanji also took refuge in Su Tiancheng, and the news detected by Jinyiwei and Dongchang seems that the current cabinet chief assistant Zhou Yanru also had some contact with Su Tiancheng.

These things made Zhu Youzhen feel cold, he almost lost his mind, the civil and military minister of the Manchu Dynasty, in his eyes. It is possible to betray, and at critical moments, they all want to take refuge in Su Tiancheng.

Yan Zizhang talked about the many shortcomings of the imperial court, the problems of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and the importance of people-oriented, etc. In short, many of the practices of the imperial court today are incorrect. Great efforts must be made to rectify it.

What's even more excessive is that Yan Zizhang also gave an example in the recital, saying that Su Tiancheng, who intended to rebel, bought people's hearts everywhere, shouting all day long to put the interests of the old people first, isn't this a disguised praise for Su Tiancheng. In disguise, does the Ming Dynasty have to perish?

For a long time, Zhu Youzhen was not used to seeing some things in the court and the imperial history, and for the sake of so-called justice, he tried his best to impeach, even the emperor did not let go. always thought that doing this was loyalty, and this Yan Zizhang rushed back specially to make a name for himself.

Zhu Youzhen didn't even discuss with the cabinet, and directly asked Jinyiwei to throw Yan Zizhang into prison again.

After the news that Yan Zizhang was thrown into prison spread, the court immediately boiled, no one thought that it was such a result, you must know that Fan Jingwen and Wu Weiye, who went to Zhejiang, stayed behind, Yan Zizhang insisted on returning to the capital, the emperor should have praised this kind of behavior and gave a certain reward, at least to encourage more civil and military ministers to be loyal to the court, but this kind of practice inevitably makes people feel cold, not to mention that Yan Zizhang was originally imprisoned in the prison before he went to Zhejiang.

Soon began to give twists and turns in the middle of the matter and the imperial history, thinking that Yan Zizhang should be praised and should not be imprisoned, even if Yan Zizhang was guilty before he went to Zhejiang, he should be cleared up at this time.

Perhaps because he felt that there was something wrong with his own approach, Zhu Youzhen did not refute many twists and turns, but he never expressed his position, so Yan Zizhang was still imprisoned in the prison.

The taste of being locked up in prison is unpleasant, and if you don't pay attention to it, you may die, and many ministers of civil and military affairs saw that the emperor did not express his position, so they began to find Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Chen Xinjia, the second assistant of the cabinet, and asked them to come forward and exhort the emperor to release Yan Zizhang and canonize him.

The reason why many ministers found the cabinet is also because the atmosphere in the court is wrong, Jinyiwei and Dongchang's fan is too powerful, this is not the previous situation, those so-called hard-hearted people to the middle of the matter and the imperial history, they don't dare to force it, they don't get good and are arrested by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, maybe their lives are gone, there are such examples in front, no one will continue to do things like eggs touching stones.

Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia also couldn't understand why the emperor would do this, and for such a big matter, the emperor didn't discuss it with the cabinet at all, and directly issued an order.

Yan Zizhang must have rejected Su Tiancheng's invitation, he must return to the capital, who doesn't know the way of the Manchu Dynasty, the relationship between Yan Zizhang and Su Tiancheng is very good, and the good ones are not ordinary, in this case, Yan Zizhang insisted on coming back, if the emperor can reward Yan Zizhang, it can just reflect the greatest cohesion.

During this period of time, it has been difficult for Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia to see the emperor, Zhou Yanru can still see him from time to time in the past, but not recently, Zhou Yanru, who was anxious, learned about the situation through Qin Sande, and learned that Jinyiwei and Dongchang had actually found out the slightest connection between him and Su Tiancheng, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and after returning to the mansion, he repeatedly told Zhou Kang not to say anything, and never to continue to contact Su Tiancheng.

At this time, Yan Zizhang came back.

The atmosphere in the court is a little wrong, there are more and more silent ministers of civil and military affairs, Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia and others feel that the situation is not good, if it continues like this, there must be a problem, the emperor's holy decree to encircle and suppress Su Tiancheng has been issued, no one would have thought that the person who commanded this attack was Zhu Youxiang, the secretary of the military department, and the eunuch Qin Sande who supervised the army. It can be seen from this holy decree that the one who really commanded the battle was Qin Sande, the eunuch of the palm seal.

The emperor trusts the eunuchs and Jinyiwei more and more, and according to this momentum, there will be more and more civil and military ministers who leave the imperial court, after all, Shandong is also a good place to go.

After Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia and other major scholars in the country discussed, they finally decided to give the emperor a discount in the name of the cabinet and implore the emperor to pardon Yan Zizhang.

In the Palace of Cultivating the Heart, Zhu Youzhen looked at a group of cabinet ministers with a gloomy face.

Zhou Yanru had already made the requirements clear on behalf of the cabinet, but Zhu Youzhen did not express his position for a long time, nor did he speak, but looked at everyone with cold eyes, it seemed that the cabinet scholars standing in the Palace of Heart Cultivation were all traitors who wanted to take refuge in Su Tiancheng.

Regarding the matter of Zhou Yanru, Zhu Youzhen attaches great importance to it, and asks Jinyiwei and Dongchang to strictly investigate, although nothing was found in the end, and there is no evidence that there is a connection between Zhou Yanru and Su Tiancheng, but Zhu Youzhen thought of what happened a few days ago, especially the adjustment of Shandong officials, and now it seems that this is obviously beneficial to Su Tiancheng, originally wanted to stabilize Su Tiancheng, but Su Tiancheng still rebelled.

After a full quarter of an hour, Zhu Youzhen finally spoke.

"The opinion of the cabinet, I know it, I want to ask, is there also Fan Jingwen's meaning here, is the cabinet trying to find a way to go to Zhejiang, find Fan Jingwen and ask."

Zhu Youzhen's tone did not have the slightest emotional color.

"I gave great trust to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but what did I get in exchange, it was betrayal, Yang Sichang betrayed, Lu Shanji betrayed, Xu Eryi betrayed, and that Jin King Zhu Xianxuan, now it's Fan Jingwen and Wu Weiye's turn, okay, let's go, let's go to Shandong, I'm not afraid, it's a big deal that I will fight hard with you."

Everyone lowered their heads, and when the emperor said such a thing, they couldn't answer.

"Yan Zizhang's matter, I know how to deal with it, I don't want to see this Yan Zizhang, Yan Zizhang's twists and turns, you have all seen it, under such a crisis situation, Yan Zizhang actually said so many things in the folds, do you think that I will make this letter clear to the world, just say that I am incompetent, just say that Su Tiancheng has a very good ability, and those who want to go to Su Tiancheng can go now, the opportunity is very good, Su Tiancheng is so much stronger than me, what are you still doing with me." ……

The faces of Zhou Yanru and the others had become very ugly, and they finally understood the reason.

Yan Zizhang's recital, all the cabinet scholars, have carefully read it, and also specifically discussed this recital, to say that Yan Zizhang's recital, on the whole, is not bad, and it also shows the meaning of wanting to be famous, but the problems pointed out are very real, even if it is a little exaggerated, it is nothing, the key is that this recital points out the harm of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, which is in line with the wishes of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

It's a pity that Yan Zizhang is too uninteresting, when is it now, the atmosphere in the capital has not been good, the emperor suspects all the civil and military ministers, what he believes is the eunuch and the Jinyi guard, even if you Yan Zizhang have merit, you can't rely on this merit to impeach the emperor The most taboo thing.

Zhou Yanru and others understood that Yan Zizhang had no hope, and some things could not be done, such as in a crisis, he could not touch the dragon scales, which was tantamount to looking for death, maybe Yan Zizhang would be imprisoned, and it also meant that Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Wang Chengen, the great eunuch next to the emperor, would not let Yan Zizhang go.

After leaving the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhou Yanru looked up at the sky and sighed softly, he didn't even dare to sigh loudly, he didn't know what hope the imperial court had if the situation continued to develop. (To be continued......)