Wei Zhongliang is dead.

Like Aqina, he died of the emperor's suspicion.

The difference is that Aqina had a clear conscience and Wei Zhongliang died more than deservedly.

But no matter whether they are loyal or traitorous, once they are jealous of the emperor, their fate will be the same. The difference is how they die.

Just like a melon, when you doubt whether it is a raw melon, it is no longer ripe.

Because it doesn't matter whether it is a raw melon or not. What is important is that you are afraid that it is a raw melon.

The same is true for emperors. When the emperor doubts you, it doesn't matter whether you are loyal or traitorous. What matters is that the emperor is afraid of you.

There is no way, the profession of emperor has been high-risk since ancient times. The evidence is clear that almost half of them were assassinated, and the other half died in unknown ways. There are only a few who started and ended well.

There is only one stone of poison in the world, and the imperial palace has eight measures of it.

What does it mean to be alone? This is called being alone. Trust requires risking your life.

Since ancient times, emperors have been ruthless. It is not new to kill brothers, fathers, sons, and wives, let alone bureaucrats.

When Wei Zhongliang died, the emperor was furious and issued two imperial edicts to order the Feiyu Guards to solve the case quickly.

Feiyu Guards immediately detained all the monks of Guangyuan Temple for investigation.

After some searching, the problem was indeed discovered.

Guangyuan Temple took in two monks from the Liao region a few months ago, and items with Di characters on them and an empty bottle containing poison that was not destroyed in time were found from their belongings.

This is called stealing and gaining.

After an interrogation, the two monks not only admitted the crime, but also revealed their identities - Eight Shadows of the Kingdom of Di. The main task of going south was to secretly assassinate important figures in Dali.

As a result, Feiyuwei closed the case in less than half a day.

The witnesses, material evidence and confessions are all there, and the case is solid.

When the emperor learned about the result of solving the case, he immediately ordered the execution department to have Di Lu executed at Lingchi. All the monks from Guangyuan Temple were assigned to guard the border. He also ordered the Hanlin Academy to write a biography of Wei Zhongliang and give him a generous burial.

Overall, Chongzheng's action to get rid of Wei Zhongliang was extremely successful.

As soon as Liu Changan's memorial appeared, he quickly handed Liu Changan over to Wei Zhongliang to show his comfort and trust. After temporarily stabilizing Wei Zhongliang, he decisively poisoned Wei Zhongliang through Feiyu secret guards.

But Chongzheng ignored one thing. The Eunuch Party was the only political force that could suppress the Donglin Party, and the survival of the Eunuch Party depended on Wei Zhongliang.

As soon as Wei Zhongliang died, the eunuch party lost its backbone.

The only person who still had some prestige was Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of War. However, before Cui Chengxiu could stabilize the morale of the army, the Donglin Party members beat him to death during the morning court on the second day.

That's right, a group of people who couldn't lift a shoulder or lift a civil servant actually beat a second-rank official to death when they went to court.

His behavior is like a fierce battle between Jianghu and Jianghu.

Chongzheng was shocked when he heard the news and quickly issued an order to arrest several officials who participated in the group fight.

However, he still did not realize the seriousness of the matter. He did not use this to suppress Donglin's support of the eunuch party or other factions. Instead, amidst the shouts of the Donglin party, he raised the board high and gently dropped it, only punishing

Gave the arrested officials three months’ salary.

After the captured officials in Donglin were released, they not only showed no shame, but also felt proud and proudly regarded themselves as "the heroes who had eunuched".

Since then, the balance of the Dali court has been completely unbalanced, and a vigorous liquidation of the eunuchs has become inevitable.

On the eighteenth day of the eighth lunar month, Yan Wenzhong, the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, counted thirty crimes against Wei Zhongliang and his eunuchs, and requested that the eunuchs be punished.

On August 19 of the lunar calendar, twenty-three officials were jointly requested by the Minister of Civil Affairs to investigate Wei Zhongliang thoroughly.

On August 20th of the lunar calendar, 76 officials from the government and the public once again jointly requested a thorough investigation of Wei Zhongliang, Cui Chengxiu, Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun and other five tigers and five villains.

For several days after that, all kinds of negative information about the Eunuch Party flew onto Chongzheng's desk like snowflakes, and the clamor for the execution of the Eunuch Party became louder and louder, to the point where it was impossible to discuss matters at all in the morning.

Because no matter what the story is about, a few words will always involve the issue of castration, and then there will be a one-sided verbal attack.

The weak Southern Party, Xuan Party, Qi Party, and Northern Party saw that the trend was not right, so in order to avoid being implicated, they joined the crusade one after another.

As for the eunuch party, it is completely the end of the world. Some want to protect themselves and rebel to lead the party, some are holding boxes of gold and silver in an attempt to bribe the Donglin boss, and some simply resign and run away.

What little resistance he had was drowned in the flood of saliva.

With the help of the traitorous eunuchs, Donglin had more firepower. One by one, the evidence could be said to be conclusive and irrefutable.

Even if Di Renjie was alive, he would not be able to say a word.

When the wall falls down, many people push it; when the drum is broken, thousands of people beat it.

Chongzheng sensed something was wrong, but seeing the fierce situation between the government and the opposition, and out of fear of the remnants of the eunuchs, he ordered the Third Law Division to inquire about the eunuchs.

Pay attention to wording and ask questions.

However, regardless of whether it is the eunuch or Donglin, who can stand the question?

The only difference is who asks and who answers.

Only two days.

Xu Xianchun and Tian Ergeng, two of the Five Tigers of the Eunuch Party, committed suicide in fear of crime.

The Donglin Party chased and killed through the opened breach, kept biting, and finally trapped the entire eunuch Party inside.

For more than half a month after that, all the eunuchs in Beijing, both civil and military, were imprisoned, and dozens of imperial edicts were issued across the country to arrest the remaining eunuchs.

The vacant positions will be filled by Dong Lin, who is in the wild.

It is known as "Zhongzheng Yingchao".

He upholds righteousness, follows good deeds, and corrects chaos. He is regarded as the "Sage of Zhongxing" by both the government and the public, and is highly praised.

Then, in mid-September, an important moment came that decided the fate of Dali.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue jointly signed a petition with more than 30 officials to abolish the factory supervisors and instead send people from the Ministry of Households to collect Jiangnan commercial taxes. They also listed 20 charges against the factory supervisors.

Mantang Donglin swore that the Ministry of Household Affairs would instead send people to collect commercial taxes, which would increase tax collection by five million taels per year. This would eliminate the evil policies of factory supervisors who wantonly amassed money and enriched their own pockets, and quelled the anger of the people in Jiangnan.

Chongzheng was immersed in the praise of the "Zhongxing Sage" and didn't know why. He continued to "do good" and issued an imperial edict to Jiangnan to eliminate all the factory supervisors and grain supervision teams that Wei Zhongliang had used to steal money and grain, a total of more than 5,000 people.

From now on, let Donglin collect "his" money and food by himself.

On the day the imperial edict arrived in the southern capital, the wealthy landowners in the south of the Yangtze River celebrated with their crowns and shouted long live to the mountains in the north. Then they led their servants to escort them, burned, killed and looted all the silver warehouses, granaries and fleets of the factory supervisors and the grain supervisory team. There were grievances and grievances.

revenge.

More than 5,000 factory supervisors and grain supervision teams suffered numerous casualties, and the rest fled into the mountains and disappeared.

It was on that day that the golden dragon of luck entrenched above the palace disappeared in vain and became lifeless. Only the shape of the dragon could be vaguely recognized.
Chapter completed!