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Chapter 35 Conspiracy

Zhu Yijun naturally knew exactly what kind of virtues the Donglin Party is and whose interests they represent. Zhu Yijun was very vague in the past, but now Zhu Yijun has seen it clearly. The Donglin Party had a prototype when it was anti-Zhang Juzheng reform.

You should know that the Donglin Party must first understand that this is not a political party, it is a clique.

Political parties have their own political propositions and political ideals, but cliches are different. Clans are interest groups. They are united for certain common interests, exclude dissidents, fight for power, and collusion is most appropriate for the relationship between cliches.

Judging from the current situation, these people are clearly united in the process of anti-Zhang Juzheng's reform.

These people soon changed from anti-reform groups to a huge clique, and they also realized the benefits of this approach. The failure of Zhang Juzheng's reform and the rise of the Donglin Party's power also represent the failure of an era.

Obviously, compared with Zhang Juzheng, the Donglin Party is better at packaging and beautifying itself. They claim to be clear and criticize current ills, and use the public opinion power in their hands to fight for power and profit. Why are they still fighting for the party when the Ming Dynasty was about to perish when they were in the Southern Ming Dynasty?

In fact, it is very simple. What the cliques defend their own interests, not the interests of the country.

If we explain the representative thought that the germination of late capitalism is the Jiangzuo School in the study of mind. They advocate restricting the power of the monarch and "giving the power of the world to the people of the world", and the germination of democratic ideas in later generations has already begun.

It’s just that in this era, they are considered heretics, and they have no specific practices or actions, they are just a trend of thought.

He threw the memorials of Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian aside and saw their appearance clearly, Zhu Yijun would not listen to them nonsense. Now Zhu Yijun has completely understood the whole story. The incident of Zhang Juzheng's love affair is to put it bluntly a power struggle between reform and anti-reform groups.

It has nothing to do with justice or any ethical principles. It is a complete dispute over interests.

However, Zhang Juzheng represents the interests of the reformists, and to some extent they also represent the interests of the Ming Dynasty and their own interests. Although the opposition speaks of justice, the banner is also raised high. To put it bluntly, these people are vested interests defending their own interests.

As a later generation, Zhu Yijun certainly understood that the contradiction between the reformists and vested interests was irreconcilable and was never-ending.

After picking up two memorials, Zhu Yijun threw them directly to Zhang Jing and said directly: "Take people with you, these two people are caught in the East Factory. I want to see how many people are willing to sacrifice themselves to defend their slogans."

"If people want to sacrifice themselves, they should sacrifice themselves. This is also considered seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence."

Zhu Yijun's tone was very light, but there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth. Zhang Jing, who was looking at it, shivered and said quickly: "I'll do it now!" After that, he turned around and ran out.

The news that Zhao Yongxian was captured by the Dongchang once again shocked the Ming Dynasty officialdom, and the voices in the officialdom were silent.

The Qinghe Tower in the capital city has a very good name and is also very famous. In the courtyard behind the Qinghe Tower, Mr. Shao and Tian Sheng sat opposite each other. There were a few side dishes on the table in front of the two, and the two were drinking together.

"Wu Zhongxing and Zhao Yongxian were sent to Zhao Prison. Should we do something?"

Tian Sheng looked at Mr. Shao and asked hesitantly.

Mr. Shao looked up at Tian Sheng, played with the wine glass in his hand, and said with a chuckling, "Your idea is best to dispel. If we do this, we will not be far from death and will be implicated by them."

"The purpose of our visit to Beijing this time is Zhang Juzheng, and we are moving Zhang Juzheng down, not to create troubles."

Tian Sheng nodded, and he just mentioned this matter casually. Seeing that Mr. Shao refused to agree, Tian Sheng changed the subject and said, "Then should we start our second step? It would be bad if the effect was a little later."

After pondering for a moment, Mr. Shao nodded and said, "Yes, but it's not the second step, but the second and third steps."

"I'll make arrangements for the capital. You can stare at Chen Maoxue. The key is that. If it can be done there, we will have a big deal." Mr. Shao sneered and said, "When the time comes, how can Zhang Juzheng be the chief minister of the cabinet?"

Speaking of this, Mr. Shao sneered and placed the wine glass in his hand on the table.

"Don't worry, I've arranged the matter long ago and promised to let Zhang Juzheng have a pot of it." Tian Sheng said with a smile: "Look, this is a poem I've asked someone to write. I'll send people everywhere tomorrow."

Mr. Shao took the paper, looked at it and smiled, nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's well written."

I saw a short poem written on the letter paper, and the words were very straightforward, which made people understand at a glance. Mr. Shao became more and more excited as he read it. He couldn't help but recite it: "The old cow licks his calf, who loves his son? The wild bird is a phoenix, and he deceives the king very much!"

"With this poem combined with Chen Maoxue, the effect will definitely be very good."

Hearing Chen Maoxue's name, Tian Sheng couldn't help asking, "There won't be a problem with this Chen Maoxue, right?"

Mr. Shao snorted disdainfully: "He? He is very timid. Until now, he has never dared to write a letter to impeach Zhang Juzheng for robbing love. He dares to turn against us? Besides, what I asked him to do is not to write a letter to impeach, it is just a letter."

"I know very well how Chen Maoxue became the top scorer. He doesn't have the courage to oppose Zhang Juzheng." When he said this, Mr. Shao's mouth was full of disdain.

"At the time, Zhang Juzheng wanted his son to take the imperial examination, but he was worried that he would be criticized, so he wanted to find a few talented people to accompany him. The most popular ones at that time were Chen Maoxue and Tang Xianzu, Chen Maoxue's top scorer in high school, but Tang Xianzu lost his reputation. Is it hard to guess what's going on?"

"Chen Maoxue is also in the Hanlin Academy now. Do he dare to go to the cabinet to congratulate Lu Diaoyang? Do he dare to submit a memorial?"

Tian Sheng nodded, it turned out that's it. After knowing the reason, he did not mention this matter. The two of them discussed some details in detail. After being overjoyed, Tian Sheng left.

The next day, a couplet circulated in the capital. As soon as this couplet was released, it caused quite a stir. Many people knew about this couplet, but no matter how they knew, there were not many people who cared about it. But now that they were turned out, they instantly became the focus.

In the fifth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng's second son Zhang Sixiu also participated, and he was the second in high school.

At the celebration banquet, someone gave Zhang Juzheng a couplet. The first couplet was: The sun and the moon were bright, and all nations looked up to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The second couplet was: The hills and mountains were the mountains, and the grandson of Taiyue was praised in all directions.

This couplet is quite neatly matched; it is still a couplet with the words "Sun", "Moon" to form the character "Ming", "Qiu", and "Shan" to form the character "Yue"; it is also an embedded couplet with Zhang Juzheng's name "Taiyue".

From the point of view, the first couplet praises the emperor, the second couplet praises Zhang Juzheng, "Yue" means high mountains, saying that Zhang Juzheng is as great as a mountain. But there is a problem here, that couplets are the most important thing in the lower couplet.

In this couplet, the emperor was placed in the first couplet and Zhang Juzheng placed in the second couplet.

Now this couplet is hanging in Zhang Juzheng's house. As soon as the news came out, it instantly shocked the entire Ming Dynasty officialdom and immediately caused a new impeachment storm. This time, the main attack was not Zhang Juzheng's love, but Zhang Juzheng deceived the emperor and despised the holy king.

Of course, I didn’t forget to mention later that being unkind is to take power.

Zhu Yijun naturally could not know about this trend. When he heard Zhang Jing’s report, Zhu Yijun understood that this was provoking his relationship with Zhang Juzheng. He couldn’t help but sigh in his heart. These methods are really emerging one after another!

He rushed over wave after wave, as if he would not give up until he killed Zhang Juzheng.

I believe that Emperor Wanli in history caused a fire to be so angry? A 15 or 16-year-old child was disciplined all day long, and there were still people who were rubbing the fire next to him. It would be strange if he didn't hate Zhang Juzheng to death.

"Emperor, Xu De is here!" Just as Zhu Yijun was thinking about what to do, Zhang Jing suddenly sent such news.

Zhu Yijun was stunned. Did Xu De enter the palace? Zhu Yijun directly ordered: "Let him come in!"

Not long after, Xu De walked in from outside and saluted Zhu Yijun with a serious expression. Xu De spoke, "Old Master, I found that some sluts in the capital are planning to be ill."

Zhu Yijun was stunned: "Tell me in detail."

"These people should be from Jiangnan. When Neichang went to Jiangnan, they had a collision with them and caught some of them, but they could not find anything deeper. This time after they arrived in the capital, the people from Neichang targeted them."

"They did it all over the capital a few days ago, and this time it was related to Mr. Zhang's couplet."

This time, Zhu Yijun was not only stunned, but also shocked. Someone was making trouble behind him? He looked at Xu De, and Zhu Yijun asked directly: "Did you find out who is in charge behind the scenes?"

"Go back to the emperor, not yet!" Xu De bowed and said.

"Then keep investigating!" Zhu Yijun said with a dark face: "For me to investigate thoroughly, I must dig out these people for me and dare to make trouble in private. These people are really bold."

Xu De hurriedly said, "I have arranged a manpower, so I will definitely catch all these people in one go."

"Very good, this thing is done well. When someone is caught, I will be rewarded." Zhu Yijun nodded with satisfaction and praised loudly. As for Zhang Jing's ugly face next to him, Zhu Yijun automatically ignored it.

This kind of competition is a must-have, and Zhu Yijun doesn't mind stimulating Zhang Jing from Xu De.
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