Zhu Xu has been studying with peace of mind during this time, and he still hears some things in the court from time to time, and listens to the battle between **Xing and others, and secretly shakes his head in his heart.
There was more and more strife within the Donglin Party, but they still didn't realize that Wei Zhongxian was no longer as simple as an eunuch.
As the days passed, Zhu Xu rarely went out of the palace, except for reading, he went to Kunning Palace to tease the little princess.
Now the little princess has also been sealed: Yongning.
March was still a little cold, Zhu Xu sat opposite Queen Zhang, looking at the little princess in her arms, she was looking at him with her eyes wide open, smiling and waving her little hands.
Zhu Xu teased her for a while, then looked at Empress Zhang and asked casually, "Imperial sister-in-law, I heard that the imperial brother wants to limit the clan to the family?"
” Empress Zhang glanced up at Zhu Xu, and said inexplicably: "What, you are still short of silver?"
” Zhu Xu coughed and pretended to say: "It's always good to have silver." ” Empress Zhang glanced at him angrily, and then said: "It was mentioned to the emperor by Uncle Ping when he entered the palace to face the saint the last time." ” This clan is limited, in fact, there have long been court imperial histories and the like, but in addition to involving the royal family, it also involves the use of the palace, so the sound is heavy and the rain is small, and it is over.
This Uncle Ping Wang was naturally pulled out by Zhu Xu to top the cylinder, and outsiders proposed that there was a suspicion of targeting, but his own family mentioned it, he had to think about it seriously, right?
Even if not completely, limiting a portion of it is a significant savings.
Zhu Xu nodded quietly when he heard this, Empress Zhang did not say the result, obviously Zhu Youxiao had not made a decision yet.
This decision is actually very difficult, the emperor's heirs of the Ming Dynasty have never been very good, but those princes are very capable of giving birth one by one, which has caused the gradual expansion of the clan, coupled with the 'captivity' policy, the silver paid to them has also increased, to a very alarming extent.
If you want to describe this level, it is higher than military spending!
After the three major levies of Wanli, the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty decreased sharply, and various methods of opening up sources and reducing expenditure continued to appear in the court.
Open source, that is, to raise taxes, the main object is the people, the people can't add it, just add salt tax, in short, these are basically these two things.
And there are more throttling, this clan is limited to Lu, as well as the adaptation of the ** star, as well as the abolition of the weaving house, the most famous is the abolition of the post station during the Chongzhen period.
In short, in this day and age, no matter how ridiculous things can happen.
Zhu Xu is helpless when he thinks about it, the world still has to rely on the guard surnamed Zhu, no matter how difficult it is, he can't suffer his family, but I'm afraid that his actions will flow eastward again.
After spending more than an hour in Kunning Palace, Zhu Xu walked out.
As he walked, he stretched his waist and muttered, "I've been bored lately." ” "Your Highness," Cao Huachun followed Zhu Xu's side and said knowingly, "Why don't we go out of the palace for a walk?"
” "Out of the palace?"
Zhu Xu doesn't have much ** about leaving the palace now, mainly because he has no purpose.
There are too few activities to entertain these days.
Just after walking a few steps, Zhu Xu suddenly turned around and said, "By the way, how are the affairs of Zhang and Jiakou going?"
” Cao Huachun paused for a moment and said, "Uncle came with news not long ago, and he is still coordinating." ” Zhu Xu frowned and churned slightly.
Zhang, Jiakou, this is a very special place, the future Manchu Qing Dynasty eight imperial merchants, most of them started here.
Although the Mongolian and ancient tribes are now afraid of Nurhachi, and the mutual market has decreased, it is still an extremely attractive piece of fat.
Zhu Xu thought as he walked, "Tell my uncle to find a way to win control and pay some price." ” Now the Ming Dynasty has natural disasters every year, and life is not good, and the Mongolian and ancient ministries are even more unhappy, and a considerable part of the Houjin is still relying on the south to loot, so this horse market will not be able to die for a while.
Cao Huachun replied, 'Yes', and said, "Your Highness, Ruan Dacheng has resigned and returned to his hometown." ” Zhu Xu smiled when he heard this, although Ruan Dacheng defected to Wei Zhongxian, he was still from the Donglin Party after all, where can he withstand their pressure, it would be good to survive a month and earn back face.
In the court, it is still weird.
The star's refusal to leave does not mean that others will let him go.
Fu Zhen and others kept writing, with a posture of not defeating the ** star and not giving up.
This naturally attracted the attention of the 'evil party', and they all hated ** Xing to the core, so they all followed suit.
**After all, the prestige of the star and Gao Panlong is too high, plus the cabinet and the emperor are strong, and they can't take it for a while.
But that infuriates them even more.
East of the city, Wei Fu.
A group of people persuaded Wei Zhongxian one after another, and they were all indignant.
"Father-in-law Wei, the Donglin Party bribed the eunuchs, and the evidence of the cabinet has been collected, but we have nowhere to sue now!"
"Yes, the emperor is obviously partial to ** Xing and others, no matter how hard we try, it is like hitting cotton."
"Father-in-law, at this time, we have to help us, otherwise the ** star will be a blessing in the court, and the country and the people will be ruined, and we will be powerless!"
Wei Zhongxian listened to their words, his expression was indifferent, but his heart was full of thoughts.
Zhou Jianzong's incident made him taste the feeling of victory, and every time he thought of Zhou Jianzong's death in prison and the charges he was charged, his heart pounded, and his excitement was difficult to contain.
Wei Zhongxian listened to them for a long time, and finally said with a cold face, "Do you really have evidence?"
” "Yes!"
When Xu Dahua saw Wei Zhongxian's intentions, he hurriedly said: "Wang Wenyan is a man in the rivers and lakes, everything is bought by money, he has bribed many people, including Gu Ge Lao, and Xiong Tingbi.
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As long as he makes a move, he will inevitably be able to implicate the inverted ** star and others!
” Wei Zhongxian's face turned a little cold when he heard this, and he said, "Gu Bingqian, don't mention Xiong Tingbi's matter, and hand over the other evidence to me." ” Xu Dahua's expression flashed with doubt, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, father-in-law, rest assured, the guarantee is conclusive, Wang Wenyan must be irrefutable!"
” Wang Wenyan is very famous in Donglin, because he was the mastermind of the collapse of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, and the Donglin Party can have the current scenery, and his credit is second to none.
This is also why he can achieve the position of a scholar in the cabinet with a cloth cloth!
That night, Wang Wenyan was detained by Jinyiwei and directly went to the prison of the Suppression Division.
In the prison, Wang Wenyan was tied up, and there were three people standing not far in front of him.
Jinyi Wei commanded Tongzhi, Tian Ergeng, commanded the affairs, Xu Xianchun, Jinyi Qianhu, Fu Yingxing.
These three are all backbones of the eunuch party, the first two are one of the 'five biao', and Fu Yingxing is Wei Zhongxian's nephew.
Tian Ergeng flipped over a silver-white dagger in his hand, looked at Wang Wenyan, and said with a faint expression: "Lord Wang, with so much evidence, don't you want to explain?"
” Wang Wenyan's face was ugly, his early experience was indeed not very bright, and he was extra careful in recent years, but after all, he still showed his handle, especially the Xiong Tingbi case, after he bribed the inner court, Xiong Tingbi broke the contract, and if he really wants to investigate it strictly, it really can't please him.