Maybe this elder is doing it for his own good, but in his own opinion, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, he will definitely continue to accumulate hatred for this elder, and even hate it to the point of death.

The emperor's face was ashen. Facing the group of old party officials led by Wen Junshi who were attacking, he did not get angry or hurriedly refute. Instead, he silently wrote down the names of these people and wrote

This further confirmed Wang Wenchuan's statement in my mind.

Before, he could only be incompetent and furious. Facing the monolithic civil servant group, there was no good way to do it.

But now, he already has an idea in his mind.

As long as you rely on Wang Wenchuan, these people have nothing to worry about!

Sure enough, only Wang Qing is the one who understands me best. These old parties all talk about the methods of their ancestors, but in fact they still want me to be an emperor who "rules from the top" and doesn't care about anything. Let them

In the future, he will be a leader and do whatever he wants...

"Let's stop here for today's discussion. Dismiss the court!"

After a dispute, the emperor walked away.

Wen Junshi looked at the emperor and frowned slightly.

As the leader of the old party, his political sense was not bad, and he had keenly sensed something was wrong with the direction of the wind from the emperor's reaction.

But at this time, after all, like Wang Wenchuan, he was only in his early forties, and he had not yet reached the point where "you are a thief if you are too old to die".

What's more, Chu Ge's gameplay actually uses theoretical support hundreds of years later, and it is impossible for Wen Junshi to come back to it in the short term.

…

The fog in front of me gradually gathered and dispersed.

Wang Wenchuan, played by Chu Ge, returned to the political hall again.

But the difference from before was that he no longer had a mountain of memorials to impeach him in front of him, but a lot of good news that made the corner of his mouth slightly raised.

Under the emperor's strong push, the new law was implemented vigorously and vigorously.

Many people in the old party in the government have been impeached, including those who have substantiated the scandal, those who have made baseless accusations, and even those who want to incriminate themselves, but there is no reason to go to jail for words.

In history, there were old party officials who were impeached by the censor for a few poems. In the Qi Dynasty, although the Literary Prison was not as terrifying as it would later be, there were not many civil servants who were convicted for their words.

In real history, although Wang Wenchuan had different political views with these old party officials, he also said a key sentence at a critical moment: "Is it okay to kill talented people in a prosperous age?"

This sentence obviously played a big role. Many impeached officials of the old party were only demoted in the end and did not suffer particularly severe retaliation.

This shows that Wang Wenchuan himself is still a person who adheres to principles. He does not use such despicable means to attack political opponents, and even speaks out for his political opponents in turn. Even if these people are opponents of the reform.

But since Chu Ge is determined to be a treacherous minister, of course he will not do such a dignified thing.

With the stroke of a pen, all these old party officials will be dealt with severely!

Those who can be beheaded will never be exiled; those who can be exiled will never be demoted to Lingnan; those who can be demoted to Lingnan will never be demoted to economically developed areas.

A fierce party struggle, driven by Chu Ge's determination, soon swept through the Qi Dynasty's court.

Party strife is obviously extremely harmful to a country.

Because this means that from now on, the two sides will continue to attack each other, and they will attack people and things.

But Chu Ge didn't care at all.

On the one hand, it is because he knows that in history, although Wang Wenchuan has always been very tolerant to old party officials and has always avoided party strife, after his death, party strife spread quickly and would not happen because of his kind thoughts.

Change; on the other hand, it is because hesitant party struggle is more harmful.

Because the officials of the old party would not appreciate it. They would not think that Wang Wenchuan was magnanimous and showed some mercy to them. They would only remember Wang Wenchuan's suppression of them.

As a result, the hatred between the two sides continued to escalate, but neither side was able to completely eliminate the other side. The party struggle would continue endlessly until the demise of the Qi Dynasty.

But what if one party is directly removed from the stage of history through extremely cruel party struggles?

Then there will be no more partisanship, because it will become a one-man talk.

Although this may cause the entire country to slide into the abyss at a faster speed, it does avoid the harm of internal strife caused by party strife.

In short, if you bet correctly, your life will be greatly extended; if you bet wrong, you will die suddenly on the spot.

The severe attack on the old party naturally triggered a strong counterattack by the old party.

But these counterattacks were quickly suppressed.

Because Chu Ge is fully prepared.

First of all, he won the emperor's absolute support, especially by adding the official system law to the content of the reform, and by actively handing over part of the prime minister's power, the emperor trusted him more and became more disgusted with Wen Junshi and other old parties;

Secondly, the adoption of the new law caused divisions within the old party, and some neutral factions emerged, which failed to unite to deal with the crisis immediately;

Thirdly, Wang Wenchuan, played by Chu Ge, showed some tolerance, compromise and concession without ruining his character. This made many members of the old party think that Wang Wenchuan had the possibility of compromise, making them become careless, let alone

Thinking that Wang Wenchuan, who is so courageous, would be so unscrupulous;

In the end, Chu Ge firmly grasped two institutions, namely Wudesi and Yushitai.

Wudesi continuously provided him with dirty information about officials, and Yushitai impeached these officials. Finally, the emperor was furious and dealt with these officials severely.

Among them, there are also some New Party officials who are particularly corrupt and bend the law.

During the entire process, Wang Wenchuan did not need to do it himself at all.

In history, Wang Wenchuan also carried out drastic purges in order to better implement the reform. For example, he drove the elders of the old party to their local places, promoted officials who supported him in Yushitai, etc.

But these methods are too obvious and not subtle enough. It can be seen at a glance that this is what Wang Wenchuan did.

Of course, this may also be because Wang Wenchuan's character adheres to the principle of one person doing things and one person taking responsibility, and he doesn't bother to engage in conspiracies at all.

But what Chu Ge did at this time was to completely hide himself.

On the surface, it seems that it was Wude Si who dug up dirt on officials, Yushitai who impeached officials, and it was the emperor who ultimately made the final decision to be dealt with harshly.

In this process, many new party members were also affected.

On the one hand, it was because Chu Ge wanted to make a gesture that would make people think that he was not the mastermind behind the scenes. On the other hand, it was also because he knew by the way that those particularly deceitful speculators in the New Party were to be eliminated, leaving behind relatively obedient and relatively productive people.

capable.

For wily members of the old party like Wen Junshi, this level of cover-up will certainly not have much effect, but for some centrists or officials with less political wisdom, it is very confusing.

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In this way, even if some senior officials in the old party realize the danger and want to fight back, there is no room for them to fight back.

However, Chu Ge was not complacent because he knew very well that he still had a long way to go before he could become a qualified traitor.

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[From the Battle of Uuzhu: 5 years]

The fog in front of my eyes dissipated again, and in the blink of an eye, five years had passed.

So far, Chu Ge’s first phase plan can be said to be proceeding smoothly.

After sparing no effort and using any means to suppress dissidents, the old party in the government has been dealt with in every possible way.

"Sure enough, it is still difficult to completely turn the imperial court into one's own and kill all the old parties within five years."

Chu Ge still felt a little regretful.

The environment of the Qi Dynasty was still tolerant to scholars. Although Chu Ge had been using all means to eliminate political opponents, it was still difficult to eliminate them completely.

Of course, those little people in the old party can be easily dealt with, but for important ministers like Wen Junshi, there is no good way.

On the one hand, these people are very vigilant and will not be caught with obvious reasons, and on the other hand, they also have weight in the emperor's mind.

The emperor didn't want to kill them, nor did he want to demote them to a barren land like Lingnan, so Chu Ge was naturally helpless.

At most, Wen Junshi was driven away from the court to repair books, but these senior officials of the old party could still write letters to the emperor and still had a certain influence on the emperor.

It is impossible to completely kill them all, and Chu Ge is about to prepare for the next stage of challenge.

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Chapter completed!