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In Jiangbei, Gao Jie was attacking Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing and Zuo Liangyu were fighting together, but fortunately, Li Zicheng, who had retreated to Shanxi, was organizing a counteroffensive, and the Dashun army and the Qing army were also fighting, and they had no spare strength to go south.

In the city of Nanjing, the same undercurrent is surging, and factional disputes have inevitably become the main theme again;

When the new monarch was first established, the ministers of the court and the central government were divided into the "Tinglu faction" and the "Tingfu faction", and this difference was by no means new, but continued from the Wanli period.

This time, the Tingfu faction won in supporting the new monarch with the guns in their hands, but the result was that after the Tingfu faction put King Fu on the throne, they found that the ideal was very good, but the reality was a bit fucked.

They were busy for a long time, Zuihou occupied most of the important positions in the court, or the Tinglu faction dominated by the Donglin Party, the first assistant was a member of the Donglin Party, and Zhang Shenyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Personnel Appointment and Removal, was also a member of the Donglin Party, and most of the other secretaries were also members of the Donglin Party.

And they are still stuffing their own people into the court.

The sincere Liu Kongzhao suggested that Ruan Dacheng, the former Taichang Siqing, was strongly opposed by Donglin Party members such as Zhang Shenyan, a cabinet scholar and a secretary of the ministry. The reason for the objection was that Ruan Dacheng had attached himself to Wei Zhongxian and was included in the "reverse case" of Wei Zhongxian appointed by Emperor Chongzhen.

This made the Tingfu faction very unhappy, and began to keep handing out small words in front of Hongguang.

Li Zhan, a member of Ma Shiying's faction, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, described in detail to Emperor Hongguang the controversy process of Nanjing officials' support for the new monarch, and exposed Lü Daqi, Zhang Shenyan and others who advocated supporting King Lu and opposing the establishment of him.

However, Emperor Hongguang was very generous about this, and he replied to Li Zhan: "I don't make it when I suffer it, and I feel deep pain for my father, what is the great treasure?" Directly to the sect and society, reluctantly bear the heavy responsibility. The allegiance of the day has been learned by the ministers, and there is no need to ask for it! ”

After the Donglin Party heard about this, they felt that Hongguang did not pursue it for a while. But it doesn't mean that he will never pursue it, what should I do, now I can only introduce more of my own people to control the court, so that it may be safe.

On May 23, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Shenyan, who was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, recommended Wu Fu in the court, and Wu Fu was promoted to the crown prince Shaobao by Chongzhen in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen.

This large number of titles is scary enough, when Li Zicheng became king in Xiangyang and established the Dashun regime. Chongzhen ordered Wu Fu to supervise Wuchang, but he was about the same as Hou Sui, waiting and seeing, Chongzhen was angry, cut his official position, handed over to the legal department for discussion, and was sent to Yunnan in November.

He went halfway to the Jingshi and broke, and after Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne, the Donglin Party immediately asked for pardon and returned Wu Fu.

Forgiveness will be forgiven. This is nothing, but Zhang Shenyan also recommended Wu Fu to enter the court, which made the Tingfu faction completely furious.

We recommend Ruan Dacheng, you say that you are the "anti-case" personnel appointed by Emperor Sizong. It can't be used.

It's good now, Wu Fu is also a prisoner issued by Emperor Sizong, you not only cleared his name, but also recommended him to enter the court as a high-ranking official. It just doesn't make sense.

At the court meeting on this day, Zhang Shenyan had just finished recommending Wu Fu, and Liu Kongzhao, who was sincere, jumped out. The elephant-headed angry lion pointed at Zhang Shenyan's nose and scolded: "Snow shame to eliminate evil, prevent rivers and rivers, and courtiers should pour all their energy into this." Today we will talk about promoting officials, tomorrow we will talk about promotions, crowding out military ministers, selecting civil ministers, and forming parties for personal gain. The recommended Wu Fu is contrary to the constitution, and he is also a traitorous minister. ”

As soon as Liu Kongzhao finished scolding, Lingbi Marquis Tang Guozuo, Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong and other nobles also stood up one after another, pointing at Zhang Shenyan's nose and scolding.

At this time, Shi Kefa, the first assistant of the cabinet, had left Nanjing to go to Yangzhou to supervise the division, and among the Donglin party, Gao Hongtu, a cabinet scholar, was the leader, and when he saw Zhang Shenyan being besieged, he hurriedly came forward and reprimanded: "The officials have their own roots and ends, why make noise in the main hall in this matter!" ”

Hongguang saw that the matter was making trouble, and he hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, but it was obvious that none of the ministers in Nanjing took him too seriously.

Especially a person like Chengyi Bo, who thinks that he has merit from the dragon, is even more arrogant, he suddenly pulled out a knife from his arms, drove Zhang Shenyan out of the court, and threatened to kill Zhang Shenyan, which scared Zhang Shenyan so cold that his face was colorless.

At this time, Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of the ceremony, came out and scolded: "Uncle Sincerity, this is the Jinluan Palace, not your family, and the minister will be expelled from the court with a knife, there has been no such court rule since ancient times." ”

Liu Kongzhao could ignore Emperor Hongguang, but he didn't dare to ignore Han Zanzhou, because he knew very well who was standing behind Han Zanzhou and who he was speaking for, this was an era of speaking with strength.

After being scolded by Han Zanzhou, Liu Kongzhao put away the knife in a daze.

On this day, the court meeting was so troubled that it could not be opened, and the civil official clique and the Xungui clique also completely tore their faces, and the open and secret struggle will enter a white heat.

As far as this matter is concerned, it is also a case approved by Chongzhen, Wu Fu can be pardoned and recommended, but Ruan Dacheng cannot. The Donglin Party is the first to lose, but Liu Kongzhao's approach can definitely be described as lawlessness.

Liu Kongzhao is the descendant of the founding hero Liu Bowen, at first glance the bloodline is very noble, but this guy is actually not a good bird, his grandfather is called Liu Shangzhong, and gave birth to two sons, the second son Liu Laichen, who was born to his wife Hu.

The eldest son, Liu Xinchen, was born to Liu Shangzhong and a maidservant girl named Mo Qiaoyun in the family, and Liu Kongzhao was Liu Xinchen's son.

With the son-in-law inheritance system, Liu Kongzhao and his father had no chance to inherit the title.

But when Liu Shangzhong died, Liu Laichen, who was born to his wife Hu, was still very young, and Liu Xinchen usurped the title of Earl of Sincerity;

At that time, Liu Xinchen and Hu reached an agreement, and in the future, after his death, he would pass the title to his younger brother Liu Laichen.

However, after Liu Xinchen's death, his son Liu Kongzhao attacked the title of Earl of Sincerity again, and in order to get rid of the trouble, he killed his uncle Liu Laichen.

From these things, it can be seen that Liu Kongzhao is definitely not a good bird, he scolded Zhang Shenyan for his righteousness and strict words, saying that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty should put their energy on eliminating the evil and preventing the river and the river, in fact, it is not the case at all, and he himself did not put his energy on this.

No matter how much both sides emphasize their own righteousness, this is nothing more than a factional battle of.

The Donglin Party did not have an army in its hands, and it could only be threatened with collective resignation, and as soon as the court meeting dispersed, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, Zhang Shenyan and others went home on strike, and then asked for resignation.

Emperor Hongguang received a large number of resignations in one day, and he couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly sent officials from Honglu Temple to these people's homes to appease them. He also summoned Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, and Ma Shiying, three cabinet assistants.

Hongguang said sincerely: "The fall of Jingshi, the first emperor's great revenge, when the country is in danger and the society is in danger, the Qing and others are the ministers I rely on. ”

Gao Hongtu sighed and replied: "The use of people in the imperial court should have been selected by the officials and the talents, which is the regulation of the imperial court. However, now the ministers say yes, and the lords say no, so confusing right and wrong, and the system is not followed, and the ministers are really at a loss. ”

"I have just ascended the throne, and I don't know much about national affairs, especially the selection and appointment of talents, so I have always relied on your ministers, and I hope that you will not misunderstand."

Emperor Hongguang lowered his posture very low, and his words were very sincere. What he meant by his words was to let Gao Hongtu and others not misunderstand that Chengyi Bo and others supported him, and he would favor Chengyi Bo and others.

Judging from the fact that the Donglin Party opposed and supported him, and after he ascended the throne, the Donglin Party was able to control the important posts of the six cabinet departments, Hongguang did not deliberately favor the faction that supported him.

He divided the candy in his hand equally, and even divided some more Donglin Party, which fully showed his generosity, judging from his various actions after ascending the throne, he had a bit of the open-mindedness of the lord of Zhongxing, and also hoped to eliminate the party dispute, so that the Manchu ministers could devote themselves to restoring the Central Plains.

But his wish is destined to be aborted, the party struggle of the Ming Dynasty is no longer a matter of one or two days, and all parties have formed too deep grudges, and it is impossible to solve them at once.

For example, now, even if Hongguang has no intention of dealing with the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party will be careful to guard against him because of his weak heart as a thief, and constantly stuff his own people into the Chao Party to increase his strength against the monarchy.

Emperor Hongguang showed his attitude, and he could not win the trust of the Donglin Party, and what they wanted was not Hongguang's low voice, they wanted no longer to be constrained by the lords in the future, or even not to be constrained by the emperor.

Therefore, no matter what Hongguang says, they just insist on resigning.

Emperor Hongguang was forced to be helpless, and Zuihou had to promise them to solve the problem of restricting the employment of ministers as soon as possible.

got this sentence, Gao Hongtu and others got off the donkey.

But as far as Emperor Hongguang is concerned, how can he solve this problem, this is simply a dead knot that cannot be untied.

The lord not only supported his heroes, but also controlled the city defense and river defense of Nanjing.

If they are too partial to Gao Hongtu and others, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the lords, and if they also come to a collective pick, then what about Nanjing's defense?

How to stir up this big pool of muddy water in Nanjing City and Qin Mu is too lazy to care, he knows very well that unless the Manchu army is allowed to cut and kill, the party struggle that has lasted for several generations in the Ming Dynasty will not be eliminated at all.

For a long time, he almost didn't use Donglin Party members, and he was also cautious about accepting the surrender of the Xungui Group, preferring to use a small official like Liu Boquan, and this is the reason.

On May 28th, Qin Mu ushered in another long-awaited talent, this is a talent who is proficient in astronomical calendars, mathematics and machinery, and a talent that Qin Mu has asked for all his efforts to "kidnap" at night.

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(To be continued......)