Chapter 1155 Punishment
As the governor of the Jinyiwei's seal, Tian Ergeng held great power. In fact, many of the Dongchang's military service were under his command. However, the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang had already finished, and no one listened carefully and beaten the incident. In the past few days, he released hundreds of people and did not even find out what he had done.
However, from the private discussions and discussions of the court officials, Tian Ergeng also had some experience, and he said to Wei Zhongxian confidently: "When returning to the factory, it should be Liu Guojin's tricks behind the scenes."
"Oh, it's him." Wei Zhongxian said: "I understand their intention. People in western Liaoning like Sun Dahushou and don't want him to leave. Liu Guojin has a very deep relationship with western Liaoning. I guess someone asked him to do this, so I'm going to make trouble for me."
Tian Ergeng had a good relationship with Liu Guojin in private, so the role of connections was very important at this time. He smiled and said, "But Li Fan is usually too arrogant and offended too many people..."
"That's right, otherwise others will never find any chance." Wei Zhongxian said coldly: "Don't interrupt, I won't do anything to Liu Lao Pian. This guy is doing things with money, not Donglin's nerds who are stubborn. You can see him privately and tell him to resign and leave quickly, and don't be upset in the capital."
Tian Ergeng quickly answered yes, knowing that Liu Guojin should have been prepared for a long time...
"Song Zhenhan and Song Shixiang took the lead, but they didn't know the general, so they should be demoted to the local area."
"The factory man's favor." Tian Ergeng said with a tough needle: "These people have already known their mistakes and are all looking for a meeting outside the mansion."
"No." Wei Zhongxian said irritably: "They ruined my big deal and dared to come to see me!"
"Main," Tian Ergeng whispered: "The next step to deal with Cui Jingrong's old man, is not easy to deal with. Even the emperor will hesitate. After all, it is too frivolous to change two heavenly officials in a year or two. If no one takes the lead and attacks, the old man may not be able to take down."
Wei Zhongxian felt a little hesitant. There were many people in his bag, but as Tian Ergeng said, Song Shixiang and others were good at biting people and were brave. Those who were censors had to do this to be useful. They could not be the ones who were Li Fan and Xu Dahua, and the signs of party affairs were too obvious.
In the fifth year of the Tianqi revelation, Wei Zhongxian monopolized the power for only more than a year, and his gangsters were still snatching the seat and sitting firmly. They did not reach the point where the power could be taken alone and could make a decision to advance and retreat. After hesitating for a moment, Wei Zhongxian said: "Bring those bastards in."
Tian Ergeng said with cleverness: "Getting down to the government will save you some lessons first."
Song Shixiang, Fang Youdu, Song Zhenhan and others were all very happy when they were rumored to see him. Of course, they knew that they had committed a big taboo this time, but they could beat Li Fan in a mess and could also put thousands of taels of silver each. This transaction was very good, and now they were going to apologize and strive to be lenient.
Being received is the first step to success. Everyone came in happily, of course, they still had to express various expressions of fear and fear on their faces. Unexpectedly, after kneeling down and bowing, they were silent for a long time. Song Zhenhan was bold. When he looked up, he saw that there was no one in the chair in the middle of the hall, and everyone bowed to the empty chair.
Song Zhenhan signaled to everyone, and Fang Youdu whispered: "This is the factory's warning to us, so bear it."
Everyone understood and knew that they could not get up at this time. If they were together, they would either go to the Jinyiwei North Institute, and their life and death were unpredictable, or the best result would be to be exempted from official positions or to be demoted to Yuanhuang.
Song Shixiang comforted everyone and said, "For this official, we must do this ritual. We are at ease."
Having said that, after everyone knelt for a quarter of an hour, their knees were already swollen and painful...
After another quarter of an hour, my waist and legs hurt, which was really hard to bear.
After kneeling for half an hour, almost no one could maintain a good kneeling posture. Most of them sat cross-legged, but no one dared to get up.
The longer the punishment is, the more angry the factory is, and no one dares to get up to take the thunder at this time.
Until everyone could hardly stand lying on the ground, the sound of boots stepping on the gold brick floor came from a distance... The Wei Mansion is the largest building in the area of the Ten Kings Mansion, very vast and spacious. This place can be said to be worth every inch of land, but the Wei Mansion covers a large area, with always forty or fifty entry, with more than a dozen courtyards and pavilions in the back garden, pavilions and pavilions. The mansion of the Duke and Marquis was just like this. Moreover, the floor tiles on the floor of the room were made of good gold bricks made by Su like the palace. Except for Wei Zhongxian, others dare not surpass it like this...
Everyone knows that the factory must be here, and they are leaning down even lower now.
Sure enough, after a while, someone passed by them. When everyone saw that it was the color of the python suit. When they passed by the boots, they turned their faces lower to the ground, and they didn't dare to breathe.
"Look up!" Wei Zhongxian shouted violently after sitting down.
Everyone looked up quickly and greeted Wei Zhongxian in a mess.
Although Wei Zhongxian's figure was still very tall and strong, when he was young, he relied on his height and was a slap tiger. Later, he was desperate and castrated himself as an adult... This is very common in the Ming Dynasty. Those who could enter the palace were lucky. Many self-castrated people lost their lives, and even if they survived, they would not necessarily enter the palace. The number of eunuchs in the palace had long exceeded the standard. There were strict orders for people to castrate themselves, and they would not even need to castrate them. Many people could only enter the palace or survive in the temple, and lived a miserable life. Wei Zhongxian not only entered the palace, but also quickly recognized his godfather and stood up. He was a sweet-skinned sword. After spending a long time outside, his social experience was also better than those who grew up in the palace since childhood. In addition, he was bold and unscrupulous, and he would not let him go if he seized the opportunity...
At this time, Wei Zhongxian looked angry. It was obvious that several censors were trembling and waiting for Wei Zhongxian to complain.
"You bastards who are not as good as slaves..."
Unexpectedly, Wei Zhongxian had no intention of criticizing them, and he started scolding him when he came up.
The eunuch cursed people very sinisterly and viciously. The people in the palace were idle every day, and they didn't know how many new and colorful swear words they had invented. Wei Zhongxian was full of energy, his tone was high-pitched, and his scolding was very vicious and despicable. These censors Xiang Zhixie praised him as the dragon and phoenix among the people, and the people also regarded them as the Wenqu Star Officials, but today they were kneeling here and let the eunuchs scold them. It was so painful. However, no one dared to refute or express an expression of dissatisfaction.
"Get out, get out, get out!"
Wei Zhongxian finally got tired of scolding, and he exclaimed a vent and ordered the censors to get out of here.
Everyone was urinating. When they looked at their companions, they found that everyone was ashamed.
"What happened today is really not as good as that." Song Zhenhan said to everyone with a depressed feeling: "This matter has caused you."
"Forget it, it's a good thing to ask the factory to make a few words." Song Shixiang gritted his teeth and said, "Even if this is a punishment."
Everyone was silent. At this time, everyone wanted to be demoted. Even if they were demoted, it would be better than this humiliation.
Song Zhenhan looked up at this time and said, "Hey, Mr. Xi Huan is here."
A man with red robe bowed and walked down from the sedan chair carried by four people. He was tall and thin, with a clear face, and a few strands of slender beards fell from his cheeks.
"Xiaoguan and others have met Shao Sikong."
Xi Huangong was Xu Dahua, named Xi Huan, a native of Zhejiang. He was originally the backbone of the Zhejiang Party and one of the actual leaders. He was the confidant of Fang Congzhe. Fang Congzhe was exhausted at the center of the battle between the Three Party and Donglin and resigned and returned home. He has been living in the country for several years. Most of the three Party members, including the Zhejiang Party, have joined the eunuch party. Of course, some people from the Three Party have also turned to Donglin, such as Qian Qianyi, who was originally from the Zhejiang Party. Donglin and the Zhejiang Party have many entanglements, not pure opposition, not like the alignment party and the Chu Party.
After Xu Dahua transferred to the eunuch party, he was promoted step by step. His position in the eunuch party was also quite stable. Many officials gathered around him. Not only did he have the position of becoming the Left Minister of Works, but he was also at his fingertips, and he also had a wide connection and many followers. His power could not be compared with a mere assistant minister.
Everyone was very respectful to the courtesy, and Xu Dahua was also quite polite, because there were several Zhejiang people in the crowd... Zhejiang people are natural followers of the Zhejiang Party, and Xu Dahua has always been very persistent in this regard.
"You guys, gentlemen." Xu Dahua looked at everyone with a strong Zhejiang accent, and smiled, "Because of the matter of Mr. Li, have you been beaten by the factory?"
"That's right." Song Zhenhan stepped forward and said with a reluctant smile: "I told Mr. Xi Huan to laugh."
"Why am I laughing at?" Xu Dahua said: "I guess you have suffered a lot of sin. It's not appropriate to laugh at you again. Especially Song Shixiang, you are so arrogant when you get along with each other. I still remember you vividly now, but now it's like frost. How about it, where did you go back then?"
Song Shixiang almost burst into tears. Looking back, his master Fang Congzhe was indeed proud and proud. Although Fang Xiang’s mansion was full of Jingqing, he was above the top and was selected as a censor. He was highly regarded by the new Jinshi and was selected for the censor. He would be looked up to him wherever he went. Even if he was a senior official in the department, he would say a few words in kind. Looking back now, what is his censor worth? A big man like Fang Xiang really needs his own place? He was proud back then, but he was not backed by Fang Xiang and Donglin. Now Fang Xiang resigned and was in a good life in the village. The big tree in Donglin was cut down. He was humiliated and scolded like a slave. However, he had to endure this tone...
"If you have nothing to do in the evening, go to my mansion to talk." Xu Dahua saw that Wei Zhongxian had something important. The factory man was not outside the palace every day. It would be inconvenient to meet and talk in the palace. He had something important today and could not delay it.
After Xu Dahua entered the study, he did not kneel down, but just bowed to Wei Zhongxian and politely.
"Duke Xihuan is here." Wei Zhongxian was polite, pointed at him and said, "Please sit down."
"You are polite to the factory." Xu Dahua smiled and said, "Looking at the factory's expression, are you still angry about those younger generations?"
"I just scolded them." Wei Zhongxian also laughed and said, "Is there something important about Xihuan?"
"Yes..." Xu Dahua pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind to say, "Does the factory feel that although he defeated Donglin Gong, there are still many obstacles in the administration of the government and cannot do whatever he wants?"
Chapter completed!