The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 334 Donglin is fierce
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

The case of the evil book is really too abnormal.

Qingliu didn't think about it carefully at first, and they even thought that the evil book was written by some fearless Qingliu young man.

It was only after Meng Yanghao's article was published that they realized they had been made a fool of.

The Zhejiang Party has dug a huge pit for them to jump into.

Are they monkeys?
Are they so fun to play with?
The upright officials in the court were furious and submitted petitions demanding a thorough investigation into the case of the evil book.

They want to see who these people are and why they are playing tricks on them.

Early in the morning at about noon that day, the chief minister of the cabinet, Shen Li, came to the imperial study with a large stack of memorials.

Seeing this, Wanli couldn't help but be surprised and asked: "What's wrong? What do these guys want to do?"

Shen Li respectfully placed the memorial on the dragon table and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, Qingliu has submitted a memorial requesting a thorough investigation of the demon book case."

None of these guys are as smart as Shen Yikuan.

Can the case of the evil book be solved?

If he could find out, he would have found it long ago.

The reason why he concluded that it was the Zhejiang Party that did it was because he inferred that whoever benefited was the mastermind behind the scenes. There was no evidence at all.

This is also the reason why Meng Yanghao only used certain people as substitutes in his article without naming any names, because it is impossible to find out who wrote the evil book.

Shen Yikuan and his gang had long been on guard against people investigating, so all the clues in the evil book case were cut off when they reached Gao Shengguang.

No matter who goes to investigate, they won't find any results. In fact, they might even be led into a trap by Shen Yikuan.

If someone has published a demon book, they must have a backup plan.

Wanli read a few memorials and then asked, "Zhonghua, do you think you can find out?"

Is this a problem that cannot be checked?
Shen Li thought for a moment, then reminded him, "Your Majesty, the three judicial departments are all presided over by Qingliu. If you order an investigation, they will definitely find a way."

Method?

This means that the wind has turned to one side, and we can completely play the presumption of guilt game.

Now the three judicial departments are all presided over by the Qingliu. As long as he issues an order, the Qingliu can easily arrest Zhejiang Party officials, beat them up, force them to confess, and then slowly implicate higher-ups.

It seems that you haven't understood what I mean.

Wanli simply asked, "How far do you think Qingliu will go before they stop investigating?"

Of course, they will not stop until the Zhejiang Party is eradicated completely.

Shen Li said cautiously, "Your Majesty, the Zhejiang Party is truly outrageous. I dare to ask, don't you mean to use this opportunity to purge the Zhejiang Party from the court?"

Sure enough, you still tend to be more inclined towards the clear stream.

Wanli shook his head slowly and said, "It's true that the Zhejiang Party is outrageous, but do you think there are no outrageous people among the clean officials now? After I issue an order to purge the Zhejiang Party from the court, who will deal with the clean officials? Will you go?"

Uh, this.

Shen Li said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I am still unable to deal with the Qingliu. I have only a few assistant ministers in the six ministries under me, while the Qingliu have many ministers in the six ministries."

There's another point you haven't considered.

Wanli sighed slightly and said, "Zhonghua, if we allow the Qingliu to purge the Zhejiang Party's six ministries and seven officials, as well as the six ministers and the five temple officials, who will fill these vacancies?"

These deficiencies must be filled by clear streams!
Because almost all his subordinates were Jinshi who passed the imperial examination after the tenth year of Wanli. Even if there was a Jinshi who passed the imperial examination in the eleventh year of Wanli, he had only been in officialdom for seven years. It is estimated that no officials in the world would agree to his promotion to the Minister of the Six Ministries in just seven years.

Are you kidding? Many officials couldn't even get a fifth-rank prefect in seventeen years, but they were promoted to six ministers in just seven years. It would be strange if the officialdom wasn't in chaos.

If political achievements, abilities, political experience, etc. are useless and one can get promoted just by connections, then who would be willing to work diligently?

Shen Li finally understood.

They have no one to fill the vacancy now. If they allow the Qingliu to use the evil book case to implicate others and get rid of all the Zhejiang Party officials, then the court will be dominated by the Qingliu.

They are already no match for the Qingliu now, and if they allow the Qingliu to control most of the government offices in the court, then there will be no hope.

He thought about it carefully, then said cautiously, "Your Majesty, do you mean to let the Zhejiang Party fight against the Qingliu Party first?"

You finally understand.

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Let Shen Yikuan draft all these. Let them fight and don't worry about it."

Shen Li bowed repeatedly and said, "I understand."

Now, all the memorials were in Shen Yikuan's hands.

Shen Yikuan is in such a dilemma.

If Meng Yanghao's article was checked before it was published, he would definitely agree to check it without hesitation.

Because they have everything ready, they are just waiting for someone to come and check.

Even if Qingliu controls the three judicial departments, the investigation will eventually lead to Qingliu himself.

The problem is that as soon as Meng Yanghao's article came out, everyone knew that the evil book was created by them.

Qingliu would not pay any attention to the so-called suspects they had prepared.

All Qingliu had to do was to capture his confidants and torture them to extract confessions.

By then, it won’t just be a matter of the demon book case, the entire Zhejiang Party will be finished! Shen Yi Guan thought about it for a long time before carefully writing a draft.

He means not to check!

Moreover, he found a ready-made excuse. Meng Yanghao had written an article saying that he died in chaos. If he investigated, the court would surely be in chaos, so it was not appropriate to investigate.

At this moment, Qingliu was immediately furious.

Are you making fun of us and not letting us investigate?
Outrageous!

The problem is, the cabinet has issued a document and is not allowing an investigation. What should we do?

This really blocked the real clean stream in the court.

However, Donglin was not stopped.

What else can Donglin do?

Swearing!
There are so many young and ignorant people who call themselves the upright ones of Donglin now. Li Sancai, Han Yu, Zhao Nanxing and others only need to raise their arms and those young and ignorant people will start to curse at them immediately.

Not only did they write petitions to curse him, they also cursed him everywhere, cursing everyone they met.

They cursed in the government office, on the streets, in restaurants, teahouses, and other places. They cursed Zhejiang Party officials whenever they saw them!

Don’t provoke these young and ignorant people of the Qing Dynasty. If you provoke them, they will even curse the emperor!
In history, Chongzhen's evaluation of the Donglin celebrity Huang Daozhou was that "all he had learned in his life was a flatterer." This guy really dared to scold even the emperor.

The young man who was fanned by the Donglin fan was extremely ferocious.

The insults they leveled were so nasty, calling him shameless, a traitor, and telling him to go home and find a piece of tofu to kill himself, etc. Any official with a bit of dignity couldn't stand it.

Minister of Works Lu Guangzu, please have some dignity. The Lingxi Lu family is a prestigious family with a history of over a thousand years. How can they allow others to scold them like this?

He couldn't refute the problem. The demon book case was most likely caused by Shen Yikuan and his gang.

If he helps others to argue, he will bring shame upon himself.

He had no choice but to submit his resignation.

The Minister of Rites, Sun Yu, also had to save face, as his Sun family was well-known for its loyalty and bravery.

The Sun family has gone through four dynasties and has passed down the legacy of loyalty and bravery. Can they be called traitors?
That’s definitely not possible. Their descendants will have to rely on their reputation as loyal and brave men to get by in officialdom.

So he also submitted a petition to resign.

When Shen Li received their resignation letters, he didn't know what to do.

He could only ask Wanli.

Early in the morning at about noon that day, he personally came to the imperial study with a stack of memorials.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

Shen Li bowed and handed over the memorial, then sighed softly, "Your Majesty, Minister of Works Lu Guangzu and Minister of Rites Sun Yu have submitted their resignations. These two are the only officials of the Zhejiang Party who have any dignity left. Alas."

These two guys are indeed different from other Zhejiang Party officials.

They really value face and can also get things done.

Wanli looked at their resignation letters and couldn't help but sigh: "Donglin really knows how to pick on people."

Donglin?

In fact, there was no such thing as the Donglin Party at that time.

Historically, the identification of the Donglin Party has also been vague.

Generally speaking, anyone who calls themselves Donglin is Donglin.

Shen Li was a bit confused and asked, "Your Majesty, do you mean the group from Donglin Academy?"

Wanli nodded slowly and said, "Yes, they are very good at taking advantage of the young and inexperienced people in the Qingliu School. You have to be careful of these guys."

Are these guys so shady?
Shen Li nodded slowly, then asked, "Your Majesty, Lu Guangzu and Sun Yu have resigned. What should I do with them?"

I told you not to worry about it.

Wanli said calmly: "Just follow the rules and keep her three times."

I'm afraid it would be useless even if I tried to persuade him thirty times.

Those guys scold people every day. How can people who value their reputation stand it?

Shen Li said with some worry: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that Qingliu will be extremely powerful this time."

Wanli said calmly, "Don't worry, I have already made arrangements."

How to arrange this?

Shen Li was quite puzzled and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Personnel's Selection Department is now full of clean people. If we don't care, they will definitely recommend their own people."

Wanli shook his head slightly and said, "We don't care, but we can't let them do whatever they want. For example, Lu Kun has become famous in this case of the demon book.

They used the case of the demon book to criticize two ministers of the six ministries, but didn't mention Lü Kun. That's unreasonable. If they don't mention it, you won't criticize them and fight them back."

Lu Kun?

He is my fellow townsman and friend!
Upon hearing this, Shen Li bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

(End of this chapter)