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Chapter 162 Donglin Hardliners

The second uncle was happy. Mr. Sun was the second best man. What he said was definitely right. The right person, as long as he was a good student, he would definitely be able to make a name for himself in the future!

Well, when I really made my own success, I would have to have a good time with Mr. Sun. He is the teacher of the school brother. After getting along with him, the school brother was happy.

The second uncle became happier the more he thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he became more certain.

Why?

Because before Mr. Sun, two people said the same thing to him.

One is the monk who saved his life, and the other is his eldest nephew Liangchen.

The former is a great monk, while the latter is a relative. Now there is a bonus for the Wenqu Star of Heaven. Everyone agrees that the second uncle will make a name for himself in the future. How can the second uncle not be beautiful in his heart?

It's so happy!

Yes, if you do your job and do things steadily, you will be worse than Zhang Bing, who steals chickens in the future?

The family shines on the ancestors, the family shines on the ancestors...

With this joy, the second uncle jumped a few steps like a child on the way back, which made the school brother very happy.

.........

The second uncle was in the East Palace Le, and there was someone outside the Qipan Street looking at Yang Dahong's house in the distance, hesitating for a while.

This person is Wang Wenyan, the eunuch who is in charge of the Eastern Palace eunuch Wang An.

Wang Wenyan has not been very happy in Beijing in recent years. He was originally a prison officer, but was later reported for theft of the prison guards. Fortunately, Yu Yuli, a doctor from the Ministry of Justice, helped to handle the matter and escaped from the prison.

But he couldn't make it in his hometown, so he had no choice but to listen to Yu Youli's words and come to Beijing to help him explore things. He set up a stall at Miaoying Temple in Fuchengmen, and wrote letters to people on the spot, but in fact he was specifically asking about the movements in the court.

This errand is suitable for Wang Wenyan. He did it very well at first. Yu Youli valued him very much and specially helped him buy a student status in the Imperial College. Later, he instructed him to join the eunuch in charge of the East Palace.

With his cleverness and intelligence, Wang Wenyan deserves to be taken over as a private official and is specifically responsible for the liaison between Wang An and the Donglin Party. He has met many Donglin officials, but he has transformed from a prisoner who escaped from prison to an important and important person. If he continues, it is difficult to say whether Wang Wenyan can directly join the Donglin Party and use the power of the Donglin Party to gain an official position for him and gain his rank in the court.

Unfortunately, Wang Wenyan's good time did not last long, and what caused Wang Wenyan to decline was his position as the Secretariat Sheriff.

Wang An specially asked the Chief Secretary Ye Xianggao to help with the operation of this position. He said it well, but he didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to come out halfway. The position of Zhongshu Sheren, who was originally scheduled to give Wang Wenyan, was actually given to Huang Ye Qin to a Hejian boy named Wei Liangchen.

Although Wei Liangchen was unable to become a minister of the Secretariat in the end, he was appointed as a minister of the two palaces, and went from being a member of the officialdom to being a non-class person, Cheng Yaojin, who was in a quarrel, also lost Wang Wenyan's official body.

Although Wang Wenyan was a little disappointed at the time, she was also open-minded, thinking that at worst, she would ask Eunuch Wang to operate an official position after a while.

But for four years, besides the identity of Eunuch Wang as a private official, Wang Wenyan is still a commoner. Moreover, for Eunuch Wang, his weight has also dropped a lot compared to before.

The reason is that Eunuch Wang has obtained a powerful helper. The man is named Cao Huachun, and he is also a eunuch, but he is the "top scholar" in the palace's book hall.

Since Cao Huachun joined Wang An's party, Wang An always liked to discuss matters of big and small matters, so he naturally neglected Wang Wenyan.

In the court, because of the failure of the Donglin Party's Xinhai Campaign, Li Sancai was dismissed from office and returned home. The Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and Kun parties closely joined forces, making it difficult for the Donglin Party to launch major actions. The various parties that had fought for twenty or thirty years suddenly seemed to shake hands and make peace.

This is not a good thing for Wang Wenyan. If someone like him wants to enter the game and seek benefits, the chess piece must be moved in the game. Otherwise, what's wrong with him?

Wang Wenyan was unwilling to continue to be so ordinary. In addition to taking refuge, he would also make a name for himself, so he wrote a letter to Yu Youli of his grievances.

Yu Youli, who is also a member of the Donglin Party, was also an ambitious person. He immediately pointed out a way for Wang Wenyan to make friends with the upstarts of the Donglin Party in the name of Wang An's private ministers. Later, he used the differences between the upstarts of Lin Qingliu in the East in Beijing and the veterans to arouse their enthusiasm through various actions, and thus launch a party struggle again. The three major parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang will inevitably turn them into two parties, and destroy them one by one.

Yu Youli clearly told Wang Wenyan that now, due to his identity or age, the senior officials of Donglin have no intention of being the same. For example, the chief assistant Ye Xianggao, who has been supporting the game since he was alone, and the parties such as Chu and Zhejiang have been tolerant and concession, and have also compromised the emperor, so they naturally ignore the interests of the party.

The most typical thing is that Donglin Academy asked a eunuch to lead his troops to burn it. Ye Xianggao failed to fight with the emperor to kill the eunuch. Instead, he said in the party that he would take this opportunity to add cabinet ministers to make political efforts.

Such rhetoric is called a minister who is steady in doing things, but in fact it is unwilling to kill evil people!

The "radical factions" within the Donglin Party were very dissatisfied with Ye Xianggao's actions. Yu Youli was a member of this radical faction. He was quite disappointed with Ye Xianggao and others, but he favored and admired some of the new backbone members of the Donglin Party.

In the current capital, who are the "newcomers" of the Donglin Party, they are undoubtedly Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian. The latter's limelight is even more powerful than the previous ones, and it is already faintly accusing of the new generation of Donglin leaders.

Yu Youli hopes that Wang Wenyan can make friends with Yang Lian well, thinking that he plans to do the future.

After careful consideration, Wang Wenyan adopted Yu Youli's suggestion, believing that he must have a good relationship with Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others. However, although he had contacted Yang, Zuo and others before, he was once acquainted with him, and he was only in the name of Wang An's private minister and had no official position. This rash request to see Yang Lian would surprise him. Wang An was afraid that he would be dissatisfied after he knew it, so he thought of an excellent reason.

.........

Yang Lian’s family is on Qipan Street, which is a treasure land in Beijing. Although it is not as good as the Gongzi Factory where high-ranking officials live, it is also the place where the high housing prices in Beijing are located.

Of course, Yang Lian was the official in Beijing as the most honest official in the world, so he could not and had no money to buy a house on Qipan Street. Therefore, this house was given to him by Zou Yuanbiao, a veteran of the Donglin Party.

When Yang Lian was studying, it was the time when the Donglin Party was in full swing. He admired Gu Xiancheng and others for their responsibility, fearing power, and daring to discuss the government affairs.

Whenever he meets a lecture in Donglin, Yang Lian will do everything possible to arrive in Wuxi to discuss the study of nature and reason with the gentlemen of Donglin and discuss the way of governing the country.

They were like-minded and gradually became the rising stars of the Donglin Party, and were attracted by the Donglin bosses such as Gu Xiancheng, Zhao Nanxing, Zou Yuanbiao. After that, Yang Lian passed the imperial examination and was sent to Changshu, where Donglin's old nest, to be an official. In less than a year of official career, he was promoted to the household registration department under the name of "the world's number one honest official". Behind all this was the big guys who were operating.

Now, Yang Lian's house is located in Jingdonglin Party members, or the gathering place for the new generation of the Donglin Party.

Zuo Guangdou, Hui Shiyang, Zhou Chaorui, He Erjian, Wei Dazhong and other important people in the Donglin Party in Kedao are all regular visitors to this house.

When Wang Wenyan arrived, two carriages were parked outside the house.

After taking a deep breath, Wang Wenyan finally walked towards Yang Lian's house and knocked on the door gently. After a while, a servant came to open the door. Wang Wenyan handed over a famous note, and the servant took it and reported to the master. After a moment, he then asked Wang Wenyan to enter.

After Wang Wenyan entered the house, he followed the servant to the living room of the Yang family. Before he could come, someone said, "Sichuan Governor Wu Yong first reported a victory to the court, saying that Jianchang had won a great victory. What exactly? Does Dahong know?"

"This is a military department. Don't ask Liangru, what do I do for this household department?" He spoke loudly, and Wang Wenyan was also familiar with it. As soon as he heard it, he knew that he was the owner of this house, Yang Lian, the upstart of Donglin.

Liangru?

Wang Wenyan searched for this name in his mind, and knew it was Xiong Mingyu, a military officer.

"In the 40th year of Wanli, the Jianchang family in Sichuan was invaded, and the court ordered Liu Jing to be the general officer and command the troops to fight. Liu Jing then led the King Zhiji and others to divide the troops into eight directions. Liu Jing was in the middle and restrained, and successively captured Tongcao, Shenzha, Adu, Xiabu, and other villages in the north of Vietnam. After fifty-six battles, he killed more than 3,300 people, captured 975 people, captured more than 2,840 cattle, horses and sheep, and countless armor and guards. Sichuan Governor Wu Yongxian said in the news that the nests of the family had been empty, which was a rare victory for our dynasty in recent years." The speaker was Xiong Mingyu, the military department manager, who had visited Jianzhou, Liaodong three years ago.

"Liu Jing fought for two years and only killed more than 3,300 people. The Wei surnamed only killed more than 10,000 people in just ten months?" A voice in the house questioned.

"Jianchang was under the Ming Dynasty. Sichuan was called suppressing rebellions. Dongban was a deserted island overseas. Although our dynasty had a Penghu Inspection Office, it had not been managed in Dongban. How could this be suppressing rebellions? Moreover, the personal army of Emperor Lao Shizi was not under the jurisdiction of our Ministry of War. Who can manage him? Where can he respond to the victory!"

Xiong Mingyu was so angry that he thought of the Wei Sheren who embarrassed him. The only thing that could make him feel a little relieved was that the boy was castrated.

With a "bang", someone slapped the table and said, "Wei Yin relied on His Majesty's favor and regarded the imperial guards as the ban phoenix. He moved them without permission without going through the court. He even acted violently overseas, killed innocent people and took advantage of their achievements, and instead reported the victory to the court for credit. Such people are really lawless!"

Yang Lian, who is familiar with him, often compares him to a "tiger". When encountering unfair things, he often slapped the table, giving people a feeling of being energetic. His speech is more like a bell, and when he beats and drinks, he uses sound to shake the roof tiles. That is really not an exaggeration.

"What Dahong said is that a Korean envoy came to Beijing in the previous period and cried to complain that Wei Yi was envoyed to plunder North Korea. The Ministry of Rites had sent someone to investigate this matter. If it is true, I will submit a memorial to impeach Wei Yi tomorrow and ask Your Majesty to abolish this person and withdraw his personal army. Otherwise, wouldn't everyone in the Ming Dynasty be in danger and regard our Ming Dynasty as a traitor and unrighteous country!"
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