I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 120 The beginning of Donglin’s differentiation

"Long live my lord, it will get dark soon. Let's go back. I'm afraid the road will be difficult to walk later."

Zhu Youxiao, who was feeling emotional, was interrupted by Zhang Chang's words.But seeing that the sun was about to set, he nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's go down the mountain."

So he led the people down the mountain along the original path, but after walking for a while, they heard other people walking towards the top of the mountain.

"Princess, princess, please slow down, don't fall."

"It's okay, madam, please hurry up. It's hard to get out. It's dark and you can't see."

A sound like a silver bell came from the front.

After a while, I saw an eleven or twelve-year-old girl wearing a red cloak emerging from the corner of the snowy road, trotting forward with her head lowered excitedly.

The palace maid behind chased her, fearing that she would slip and give instructions.

"Slip carefully, princess, and walk slowly. It's still too late to go up now."

But the girl ignored these words and continued to lift up her skirt, looked down at the road and walked forward.

Zhu Youxiao saw that this was his sister Zhu Huiyan.

He has three sisters in total, namely Zhu Huiyan, Zhu Huijing, and Zhu Huiti.The first two were born to Concubine Fu Yi, and the last one was born to Li Xuanshi in the palace transfer case.

He himself had always had an impression of these three sisters, but after he ascended the throne, he was busy with government affairs and paid less attention to them. However, he did not expect to meet his sister Zhu Huiyan here.

"Huiyan, be careful."

Seeing the slippery ground on the road, Zhu Youxiao quickly went over and grabbed her arm to prevent her from slipping.

Zhu Huiyan hurriedly lowered her head and hurried on, not seeing Zhu Youxiao yet.Suddenly someone grabbed her arm, and when she looked up, she saw Zhu Youxiao looking at her with a smile.My heart tightened and I couldn't react for a moment.

"What's the matter, are you scared?"

At this time, the palace maid who was taking care of Zhu Huiyan rushed to catch up. When she saw that the emperor was here, she immediately knelt on the ground to pay respects.

"This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die. I didn't know that Your Majesty was here and disturbed the Holy Master."

While apologizing, he quietly pulled on Zhu Huiyan's cloak and whispered:
"Princess, princess, come and see your majesty."

Zhu Huiyan also reacted immediately, quickly performed the Wanfu ceremony, and timidly said:

"My younger sister, Zhu Huiyan, pays homage to the Emperor's brother. I didn't know that the Emperor's brother was here, and disturbed the Holy Master. Please forgive me, Emperor's brother."

Zhu Huiyan has not seen Zhu Youxiao this year. Since Zhu Youxiao came to the throne, he has been rectifying the palace and investigating anti-corruption. As a result, she has been hearing that her brother, the emperor, ransacked whose house today and who will be executed tomorrow. , and suppressed the rebellion.

He felt that this imperial brother must be majestic and fierce, and he was still afraid of Zhu Youxiao.

"Get up, we haven't seen each other since we met at Grandpa Huang's banquet on New Year's Day this year."

Zhu Youxiao looked at his sister and sighed.

"Yes, the emperor has a lot of government affairs, so he should be busy with state affairs."

Seeing the imperial brother chatting with her, Zhu Huiyan was a young woman after all, so she gradually relaxed and talked more.

"Haha, yes, there are indeed many state affairs. Why are you here? It's getting dark, so don't go up."

Seeing Zhu Youxiao say this, Zhu Huiyan lowered her head silently and looked aggrieved. She clasped the corners of her clothes with her hands and muttered:

"It's hard to get out, but we haven't reached the top of the mountain yet, and it's not high."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

"Hey, did Concubine Fu Yi know if she escaped secretly?"

"Brother, please don't talk nonsense. I have finished my homework for today. Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I just came out to play and go back before dark. Huiti also shouted to come out. I won't take her with me, you crybaby. , when you get tired after playing for a while, you must shout to go back."

"That's why I didn't tell you. Let's go down the mountain with me. I'll take you to Concubine Fu Yi's place."

Seeing Zhu Huiyan's quibbling, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help teasing her. Zhu Huiyan was so anxious that she pulled Zhu Youxiao's finger and shook it.

"Don't! Don't! Don't! Just play for a while, Brother Huang, I finally got out."

Zhu Youxiao laughed and was very happy to see Zhu Huiyan a little anxious.

"Okay, then go ahead. The scenery above is nice, but it's getting dark, so don't stay too long."

After speaking, he also asked He Chang to send a few people to follow Zhu Huiyan until they watched her return to the palace.Seeing this, Zhu Huiyan happily saluted Zhu Youxiao, and then happily continued walking up the mountain to see the scenery.

Seeing her like this, Zhu Youxiao smiled and shook his head, turned around and continued walking down the mountain, back to Qianqing Palace.
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Liu Yishen's mansion.Liu Yishen closed his eyes and rested in the study, and then picked up the list of eunuch candidates sent by Wang Wenyan before. The Chief of Ceremonies wrote the list of eunuch candidates. He naturally knew the reason for Wang An's resignation.

After Wang An resigned, Liu Yishen deliberately avoided interacting with the Supervisor of Ceremonies and others in order to avoid Zhu Youxiao's suspicion. Therefore, when Wang Wenyan gave him the roster, he was really not interested.

But today in the Qianqing Palace, Han Xu suggested to the emperor in front of him that Wang Huazhen be appointed governor of Liaodong, which shocked him.There is no unreasonable recommendation, not to mention that it is well known that Wang Huazhen is Ye Xianggao's disciple.

Ye Xianggao had only been in the capital for half a month, and Han Xu had already walked with Ye Xianggao. Such a fast pace made Liu Yishen feel deeply vigilant.

He paced back and forth in the study, thinking in his mind that even Han Xu was getting together with Ye Xianggao, so other Donglin people would probably also like Ye Xianggao. If this continued, he might not be able to be the chief assistant for a long time.

After much deliberation, he still couldn't just sit back and wait for death, so he decided to use today's incident as a breakthrough and ask someone from the engineering department to help Wei Dazhong and Yuan Huazhong, who were involved in the matter.

Seeing Liu Yishen's invitation, they did not dare to neglect, and all set off to meet at the house.

Half an hour later, Liu Yishen looked at the study.

"I really bother you to come here today. I just have something I want to discuss with you."

Everyone present looked puzzled, there was something important to discuss with them.Among everyone present, Wei Dazhong was the youngest. He was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli. Liu Yishui was the examiner at that time, and he was also Liu Yishui's student.

Seeing Liu Yishen saying that he had important matters to discuss, he immediately stood up and said:
"Teacher, if you have anything to say, just tell us. We will tell you everything we know."

Liu Yishen nodded, remained silent for a while, and said with a solemn expression on his face:
"Today, His Majesty summoned us to the palace to discuss the war in Liaodong. He said that Jianlu would attack in the near future, so he wanted to appoint an important minister to patrol Liaodong. It happened that Yang Lian had achieved great results in anti-corruption in Liaodong, so he wanted to appoint him as the governor of Liaodong."

This is a good thing!Everyone was happy to hear this.These people were all officials, and they usually got along well with Yang Lian and respected Yang Lian as a person. When they saw that Yang Lian was going to be appointed governor of Liaodong today, they were naturally very happy.

Seeing that everyone was happy, Liu Yishen stroked his beard and continued talking.

"Yes, Yang Lian is an upright, selfless and upright person. He has achieved great results in taking charge of Liaodong. Besides, he is a person who has been appointed as an official. He is indeed a suitable person for the governor of Liaodong. He has been approved today. I think you will write a letter to support this in a few days. thing."

Everyone thought it was okay and immediately agreed.But Yuan Huazhong looked puzzled and couldn't help asking:
"Sir, Chief Assistant, is there anyone else who objects, so we are asked to submit a letter?"

Liu Yishen was silent when he heard the words, and everyone saw that he acquiesced.During the official incident, Zhou Chaorui immediately stood up and said:
"It must be the treacherous minister Shen Guan. He has written many times saying that Wen Ru (Yang Lian's nickname) has gone too far and left no room for it. Isn't that how corruption should be punished?"

As soon as this statement came out, the crowd immediately became excited, and they all agreed to write a letter to impeach Shen Guan.

Liu Yishen saw this scene and immediately waved his hands to calm everyone down.

"Shen Guan is indeed opposed to it, but some people say that Wang Huazhen has done meritorious service in guarding Guangning and can be appointed governor of Liaodong."

Wang Huazhen?Of course everyone present knew his relationship with Ye Xianggao, and they couldn't help but wonder, could it be Ye Xianggao.Wei Dazhong also asked after seeing this.

"Teacher, who is this person?"

Wei Dazhong asked what everyone was thinking, and they all stared at Liu Yishen, trying to get the answer from him.

"It's Han Xu."

As soon as these words were said, everyone fell silent, already knowing in their hearts that Han Xu and Ye Xianggao were walking together.

Now this disagreement has made everyone understand that it is time to take sides.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Yishen thought about adding fuel to the fire.

"Now the emperor is focused on reorganizing the court. He has worked hard to govern since he came to power, and he has always been meritocratic in selecting talents. After he learned about Han Xu's suggestion, he immediately expressed his opposition, saying that he was afraid that Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi would not get along, so he still insisted on Yang Lian."

"It can be seen that he still has great trust in Wen Ru. In addition to Wen Ru, Zuo Guangdou, Zou Yuanbiao and others have also been entrusted with important tasks by His Majesty because of their talents. It can be seen that who can do it and who cannot do it. Although His Majesty is young, he has a strong heart It’s crystal clear.”

"Now I am waiting to submit a letter, not only to support Yang Lian, but also to support His Majesty. In the future, His Majesty will remember it and use it according to his talents."

Liu Yishen moved the emperor out. This clearly means that supporting Yang Lian is not supporting Liu Yishen himself, but supporting the emperor.This relieved everyone's pressure a lot, and they gave examples of Zuo Guangdou, Yang Lian, Zou Yuanbiao, etc. being high-ranking officials of one party.

These people are already a little excited.

In fact, the Donglin Party is at best an academic group. They may have the ambition to help current affairs, but the internal organization is not strict, and it does not mean that they must advance and retreat in unison, and there are often internal conflicts with each other.

For example, in the Wanli Dynasty, Ye Xianggao blocked Li Sancai from joining the cabinet. Another example is when Zhao Nanxing deposed the so-called Four Evils, Zou Yuanbiao, Wei Yingjia and others all expressed opposition.

So when Wei Dazhong saw this, he was the first to come out to support his teacher.

"Brother Yang Lian is so unworthy. He is loyal to the court, dedicated to his work, and your majesty trusts him very much. But because there was no one in the court to protect him, he was almost replaced by someone else. Thanks to your majesty's wisdom, he was able to survive.

We have always admired Brother Yang Lian, but now that he is being treated so unfairly, we must express our support. "

With Wei Dazhong's statement, others such as Yuan Huazhong, Zhou Chaorui and others also expressed their support, not only because they felt unfair for Yang Lian, but also for themselves.

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