The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 366 The Egg Case

Dong Yanxian was Zhou Yanru's staff member. When Zhou Yanru came back to serve as the chief assistant of the cabinet in 1641, he colluded with Wu Changshi and accepted bribes.

It is recorded in history: "Whoever asks for a governor or a general soldier must first bribe the court and then get it."

After Zhou Yanru fell from power, Dong Tingxian was imprisoned.

In other words, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, whoever wanted to be a governor and general soldier could get it by bribing Dong Yanxian first.

This is the first time Zhou Yanru has stepped down from the stage. It is estimated that he felt wronged at the time and his mentality collapsed. This also laid the foundation for his future comeback to focus on making money.

After Zhou Yanru stepped down, Dong Yanxian's life was also difficult. Zhou Yanru first returned to his hometown in Yixing, while Dong Yanxian stayed in the capital.

Zhou introduced him to the mansion of Wu Zongda, a fellow villager, to hang out first.

Wu Zongda is also from Yixing, and he is related to Zhou by marriage, so he can be regarded as his best friend.

Dong Yanxian's life is not as comfortable as before.

It was Zhou Yanru who recommended Wu Zongda and Wen Tiren to join the cabinet at the beginning, but now Wen Tiren is shamelessly working behind the scenes in order to overthrow Zhou Yanru, so every time Dong thinks of this, he always yells at Wen Tiren.

Sometimes Wu Zongda would summon him to ask about some things, but he would always scold Wen Tiren a few times. Wu Zongda was very embarrassed and stopped calling him.

Dong Yanxian didn't have many people to talk to in the mansion, he looked down on those who could not read, and those who could read were basically Wu's family members, who kept a vague distance from him.

So when he was bored, he often went out to drink. One time he drank a lot and came home drunk. Suddenly he met two robbers and almost stabbed Dong Yanxian. And rescued him.

Then I learned that Li Yuan was a victim of the civil uprising in Shaanxi, he could read a few words, and was looking for work in the capital. To express his gratitude, Dong Yanxian approached Wu Zongda with the cheek to ask him to do something.

The Wu family had some property in the capital, so they sold their favors and asked Li Yuan to work as a clerk in a silk shop.

After Dong Yanxian chatted with Li Yuan twice, he found that Li Yuan was not only literate, but also eloquent. To bosom friend.

In their spare time, the two often sit down and have a drink together.

Dong Yanxian often said, when Master Zhou returns in the future, I will take you to the Zhou Mansion, how can you be someone else's servant.

Li Yuan is very grateful, Mr. Dong, you are so kind, like my uncle and elder, come, let me toast you again.

One day the two talked about Wen Tiren again, and Dong Yanxian took advantage of his drink and yelled at him, without any scholar's etiquette.

Li Yuan also cursed with the same hatred.

Cursing and cursing, Li Yuandao, how can he be so partial to this kind of thief, and let him be ruined.

Dong Yanxian said in a drunken mood, it was useless, he is being punished now, His Majesty trusts him very much.

Li Yuan said, so what, to expose his shameless appearance of hypocrisy and hypocrisy in public, Mr. Dong should scold him in public and tell the world that Master Zhou recommended him to join the cabinet, and throwing him a rotten egg must be so cool.

Dong Yanxian's eyes lit up when he heard the words, it seemed to make sense.

Li Yuan said again, Master Zhou must know that you must be loyal, and scholars all over the world know that they must also respect Mr. Dong's righteousness.

Since it is difficult to have both loyalty and righteousness, this is a good opportunity for Mr. Dong to achieve both loyalty and righteousness.

Wen Tiren has a guilty conscience in his heart, and you are not a big mistake, he will not dare to arrest you, believe it or not.

If I throw a rotten egg, you can't chop off my head, right?
Dong Yanxian thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became.

This is really a good thing that combines loyalty and righteousness. If it doesn't work out, I will be famous in the whole Ming Dynasty. I will stand up for the benefactor, and I will be loyal and righteous?

The two had a drink in the restaurant that afternoon, and Dong Yanxian immediately got drunk on the wine, and when he was provoked by Li Yuan, he immediately became elated.

He drank a large cup in one gulp, staggered away, and laughed loudly when he left, "Look at me today, scolding traitors and showing off for the Lord."

He really bought a few rotten eggs and ran to Wen Tiren's house to guard them.

In the afternoon, Wen Tiren returned home and just got out of the sedan chair.

Dong Yanxian walked over unsteadily: "Master Wen?"

Of course Wen Tiren knew him, and stared at him with a frown.

At that time, he probably thought that Zhou Yanru wanted to send someone to intercede, but since he stepped on it, how could I make you stand up?

Wen Tiren is secretly feeling refreshed.

Suddenly, Dong Yanxian who walked up to him, whoosh, threw two rotten eggs over.

Puchi, hit him directly in the face.

This made Wen Tiren angry.

Dong Yanxian continued to yell at Wen Tiren, a shameless villain. He begged Zhou Yanru to recommend him to the cabinet, and when he got to the cabinet, he sneaked around, secretly wrote down what he said next week, made small reports, broke his promise, and died.

Wen Tiren was furious and ordered his subordinates to push him to the ground and report to the police.

If it wasn't for Zhou Yanru's face, he really wanted to have Dong Yanxian beaten to death on the spot.

Dong Yanxian was quickly arrested, and then Jin Yiwei came to receive him, but he was Zhou Yanru's aide, and Jin Yiwei didn't dare to touch him without an order.

The next day, the news spread all over the city, and Wen Tiren became the joke of the Ming cabinet, the first person to be thrown rotten eggs in the street.

When going to court, Wen Tiren clearly felt that everyone was making fun of him, and he was even more annoyed.

After the court was over, he found Luo Yangxing and asked if he could give Dong Yan some color.

Luo Yangxing was a little hesitant, because he didn't know whether Zhou Yanru would come back in the future.

But he didn't refuse, saying that you can rest assured, my lord, I understand.

After returning, he signaled his subordinates to beat Dong Yanxian lightly a few times, as a gesture for Wen Tiren to see.

Unexpectedly, the next morning someone discovered that Dong Yanxian was dead.

Luo Yangxing was so frightened that he was half dead, so he hurriedly called for Wu Zuo to check the wounds, and found that Dong Yanxian had been strangled to death.

This time things got bigger.

Dong Yanxian was originally arrested by the local government, but Wen Tiren was afraid that Wu Zongda would save Dong Yanxian, so he let Jin Yiwei take over.

It's not a big crime for someone to throw a rotten egg, why did you let Jin Yiwei take over.

It's all right now, he's still dead in the Jinyiwei Prison.

Even Luo Yang's sex is going to mold.

Luo Yangxing hurriedly investigated and found that Jin Yiwei's guard, Xiaoqi, escaped from the capital overnight, and his family disappeared.

He knew it must be that guy.

He sent people out to chase and arrest him, and at the same time reported it.

But if the person is not caught, who will believe it.

Even if they are caught, they may suspect that you just found someone to take the blame.

Originally, death was a trivial matter, but in the Jinyiwei prison, few people died that day.

But the person who died was a close aide of Zhou Yanru, the former chief assistant, and he died after throwing rotten eggs. Now Wen Tiren jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't clean it up.

The key people also suspected that the chief assistant of the cabinet colluded with the commander of Jinyiwei.

Of course Wu Zongda seized the opportunity to impeach the two of them.

Chongzhen was furious and asked Wen Tiren to go home and reflect on himself. Luo Yangxing thoroughly investigated the murderer, and if he couldn't find out within a month, he left.

That night Wen Tiren returned home very depressed, hugged his concubine and vomited, and then fell into a deep sleep.

In the middle of the night, three figures came outside Wen's residence, and two of them climbed the wall to enter.

Lu Chao and Yang Yong went in, while Ding Shitou watched the wind outside.

Finding the place where Wen Tiren was sleeping, he wiped his neck with a knife, then ransacked the room and returned the same way.

The next day, the "egg case" that shocked the Ming Dynasty caused a sensation throughout the country.

(End of this chapter)