Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"I want to impeach Wei Zhongxian!"

Zhu Youxiao raised the corner of his mouth slightly and looked at him with a smile.

"Oh?"

"Tell me in detail, what mistakes did this old dog Wei make?"

His expression and the words "Old Dog Wei" instantly excited the censor, and he immediately began to speak passionately.

"Wei Yan's crimes are ten!"

"One is to unite the emperors: when all the ministers submit memorials, they must give credit to the officials in charge!"

"The second is to discredit the queen: to frame her cronies and almost the empress!"

"The third is to play with soldiers: recruit soldiers without any official records and build internal training!"

"Fourth day........."

One by one, all charges punishable by death were thrown out by the censor as if they had been prepared in advance.

In fact, this was prepared in advance, but it was prepared for Chongzhen.

Although Chongzhen did not ascend the throne, it was well known that he looked down on the eunuch party.

Therefore, when Tianqi passed away and Chongzhen was still preparing to ascend the throne, the Donglin Party and the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party had already made preparations to overthrow Wei Zhongxian.

Seeing that Wei Zhongxian had fallen out of favor, the censor directly used these charges.

The emperor laughed and called Wei Zhongxian an old dog!

Hahahaha, Wei Yan, I wonder whether you will die this time!

The ten charges made his face turn red and his heart beat faster. He seemed to have already seen the scene of Wei Zhongxian being tortured to death one by one.

After listening to this, Zhu Youxiao did not express his opinion, but looked around at the ministers, as if waiting for something.

Soon, what he was waiting for happened.

"Your Majesty, I also want to impeach Wei Yan! He has built many ancestral temples and has no respect for the emperor!"

"Your Majesty, Wei Yan exploited merchants, causing public resentment!"

"Your Majesty, the eunuch Wei is deceiving the emperor!"

"Your Majesty..."

The censor seemed to be a fuse. After he shouted out the ten charges against Wei Zhongxian, officials jumped out one after another.

There were officials from the Donglin Party, the Qi Party, the Zhejiang Party, as well as officials from other parties such as the Chu Party and the Qin Party.

It can be said that, except for the officials of the eunuch party, 80% of the officials jumped out!

With every person who jumped out, Wei Zhongxian's face became gloomier, but as more and more people came, his face began to turn pale.

He even felt his strength draining away bit by bit, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and warm liquid began to drip from his crotch.

It's over, it's over!

The emperor is trying to kill our family!

Chapter 12: The disaster caused by Wei eunuchs has brought disaster to the whole world. I, your humble servant, request your permission to execute them!

But did Zhu Youxiao really want to kill Wei Zhongxian?

Do not!

What is the eunuch party?

As for the Ming Dynasty and the Tianqi Dynasty, the eunuch party should be called the emperor party!

The eunuch party at the beginning was nothing more than Wei Zhongxian and some of his East Factory cronies, plus some leaders of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

If we want to say that the eunuch party really came into being, we have to trace it back to the imperial inspection in the third year of the Tianqi reign.

That year, Donglin was in charge of the Beijing inspection and regarded all non-Donglin Party officials as outliers and suppressed them severely.

That year, there were more than 300 officials who were dismissed, those above the fifth rank alone!

That year, the entire court was in chaos due to the Donglin Party!

The ridiculous Donglin Party even claimed that this was a time when the court was full of righteous people!

As a result, a large number of officials who really wanted to do things were marginalized and had to join Wei Zhongxian's camp. The so-called eunuch party also expanded rapidly that year.

Although Tianqi was young at that time, he was not a fool. He was extremely disappointed with the actions of the Donglin Party, so he handed over power to Wei Zhongxian and let him do whatever he wanted.

And this is also one of the reasons why the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party are mortal enemies!

Therefore, although Zhu Youxiao beheaded Cui Chengxiu and kicked Wei Zhongxian out, he had no intention of wiping out the eunuch party at once.

This will only make those so-called gentlemen applaud, but it will only result in self-destruction for both the Ming Dynasty and ourselves!

He looked at the officials who jumped out, saw the smug smiles on their faces, and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.

This group of people only target people, not things!

It’s not a pity to kill him!

But killing someone requires a crime, so even if he is the emperor, he cannot just kill someone.

"Tian Ergeng!"

After all those who had impeached Wei Zhongxian came out, he suddenly spoke, but did not respond to the impeachment of those officials.

"Chen is here!"

"Find me all the information about these officials!"

"Yes!"

Tian Ergeng turned and walked towards the Huangji Gate. In a corner of the gate, there were piles of boxes that he had previously sent to the Qianqing Palace.

Everyone was stunned.

What's in that box?

But this doubt did not last long. Soon Tian Ergeng returned to Zhu Youxiao with a pile of books.

"I won't read it, you read it!"

"Yes!"

"Zhu Guanghui, the Censor of the Censorate, was a Juren. He was in the imperial court in the third year of the Tianqi reign. He bribed Zhao Nanxing with 500 taels of silver to get the position of Censor."

"He then used his position and the power to report on things to the emperor to extort bribes from officials who came to Beijing to take up their posts. The total amount reached more than 4,000 taels! He also had a huge amount of money from unknown sources!"

"Now we have verified that he has as many as seven houses in Beijing, and he keeps more than ten beautiful maids and twin children! He has more than 70,000 taels of silver hidden in his home!"

"Mao Songguang, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was a Jinshi in the 47th year of the Wanli reign. He accepted bribes, offered bribes, and formed a clique for personal gain."

"Now we have verified that he has five houses in Beijing, one in Nanjing, one in Jinan, and one in Xi'an, with 4,000 hectares of land and more than 230,000 taels of silver hidden in his home!"

"The Minister of the Imperial Household..........."

Tian Ergeng's voice was not loud, but it had strong penetrating power. Coupled with the unique geographical environment outside Huangji Gate, it was enough to ensure that everyone could hear it clearly.

Those officials who jumped out to impeach him could not help but tremble when they heard their names being recited from his mouth.

Damn, this is not about killing Wei Zhongxian!

This was clearly an attempt to use the pretext of dealing with Wei Zhongxian to allow himself to jump out and run into the edge of a knife!

Tian Ergeng was still going on, but some people couldn't stand the huge psychological pressure any more.

Mao Songguang, the right vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel, fell to his knees with a thud.

"Your Majesty! Such behavior is not what a wise ruler would do!"

"Let's talk about the facts. We are now discussing Wei Yan's crimes. Why did they suddenly shift their focus to us?"

"If this continues, who will dare to speak for the people of the world in the future?"

"You are openly defending me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another person knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Plop, plop...

Soon, all the officials who impeached Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground.

It's not just them!

Even some other officials, and even some officials who were attached to Wei Zhongxian, felt something was wrong!

When were these things prepared?

Why didn't Eunuch Wei tell me?

Is my handle also in that box?

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to stop Tian Ergeng and looked at these people with a sneer on his face.

"Openly defending?"

"I will openly protect you, what do you think?"

"It has been seven years since the Tianqi Dynasty. Where does the food and wages for the soldiers in the nine frontiers come from?"

He couldn't help but raise his tone and pointed at Wei Zhongxian who was standing trembling in the corner.

"It's him!"

"Wei Zhongxian and his men extorted the money from the wealthy families in Jiangnan one copper coin at a time!"

"It was him who fed hundreds of thousands of troops for me!"

"Just for this reason, I will not only protect him, but also let him live until the day he dies of old age!"

"You guys remember this for me!"

"I want people who can do things, not useless people who can only talk all day long!"

"I will give you a chance. All your wealth will be confiscated by the state treasury. You can choose a place in Shanxi and Shaanxi to be the county magistrate!"

"If I do a good job as the county magistrate, I will have the opportunity to return to Beijing in the future."

"If you can't do it well, you will die there. Don't let me see you again!"

The officials were desperate.

If it were the Donglin Party at its peak, it would still have the ability to confront the emperor, but now?

The Donglin Party had just been liquidated by Wei Zhongxian, and what remained were only some dead branches and fallen leaves. The Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties were also in their fledgling stage. Even though they were extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Youxiao's orders, they had no choice but to accept them!

Some people are unwilling to accept the fact that from now on, the court will completely become the domain of the eunuchs!

"Your Majesty, I plead guilty and accept the punishment!"

"The disaster of Wei eunuchs is a disaster for the whole world. I beg your permission to execute them!"

Faced with the ironclad evidence produced by Tian Ergeng, it was impossible not to plead guilty, and Mao Songguang, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, tried to make a final struggle.

A man knelt down in front of Zhu Youxiao and kowtowed to him with a bang.

"Your Majesty, without us, who in the court would dare to say anything bad about Wei Yan?"

"I am willing to exchange the lives of all 54 members of my family for the death of Wei Yan!"

"Your Majesty, please think again!"

Hey!

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him.

Zhu Youxiao was very surprised.

The officials from the eunuch party were shocked. Damn, is this guy crazy?

However, officials from the Donglin Party and other parties all had a look of admiration and respect on their faces.

What spirit, what guts, what a grand gesture!

This is what a gentleman should do!

"Your Majesty, including my entire family, there are seventy-three of us!"