The Liaodong issue has become more and more sensitive in the Ming Dynasty. This matter is basically the starting point of the party struggle. To put it bluntly, it is actually a struggle for interests.

At this moment, the Donglin Party was a little panicked. Wei Zhongxian took advantage of Xiong Tingbi's incident and arrested Yao Zongwen, then Feng Sanyuan, Wei Yingjia, Zhang Xiude, and now Li Ruzhen was involved.

If Yao Zongwen is just a small shrimp who defected to the Zhejiang Party, then Feng Sanyuan, Wei Yingjia, and Zhang Xiude are the people the Donglin Party wants to protect.

Feng Sanyuan, Wei Yingjia, and Zhang Xiude must be protected, but now they are no longer the most important issue.

What's more, they have opened their mouths now, so they can't take it. The key is that Li Ruzhen is involved now. It's hard to say who Li Ruzhen will involve and how many people will be involved!

After listening to Gao Panlong's words, the faces of everyone present were not very good. The matter was indeed coming to an end.

"Although Wei Zhongxian is a eunuch, he has the look of an eagle and a wolf. From the moment he sent the Taoist priest into the palace, he has no good intentions." Zuo Guangdou also started at this time.

He continued to speak loudly: "The loyal and upright people in the court impeached Wei Zhongxian, and he used the incident of Xiong Tingbi to take revenge. This is coming towards us. Wei Zhongxian wants to drive us and the upright people out of the court!"

"Wei Zhongxian is a treacherous and evil person. If we don't stop him, he will definitely be like Liu Jin and Wang Zhi in the future. He will be a disaster more serious than Liu Jin and Wang Zhi."

Everyone nodded together.

At this time, Zhao Nanxing also said angrily: "It's comparable to Wang Zhen and others."

Who is Wang Zhen?

In comparison, although Liu Jin and Wang Zhi were responsible for the disaster, Wang Zhen, the eunuch who caused the Tumubao Incident, was really guilty of serious crimes for the Ming Dynasty.

Because the Tumubao Incident he initiated was the turning point in the Ming Dynasty's transition from prosperity to decline.

Zhao Nanxing directly compared Wei Zhongxian to Wang Zhen, which shows the intensity of resentment in his heart.

Everyone spoke up and there was a lot of discussion.

Finally, everyone made a decision to go to court to impeach Wei Zhongxian, even kneeling down at the Meridian Gate to do so.

In the palace, Zhu Youxiao was sitting in a wheelchair with his chin propped up and a blanket covering his legs. He listened to Chen Hong reporting to him, with the expression on his face never changing.

After a long while, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said directly: "Okay, no need to read it."

The Donglin Party is making trouble, and Zhu Youxiao understands this in his heart.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Youxiao said: "Go and find Yang Lian and Gao Panlong for me."

At this time, Yang Lian was the censor of Zuo Fudu, and Gao Panlong was the prime minister of Guanglu Temple. Both of their official positions were not low.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao wants to meet these two people is very simple, that is, they are too famous.

Yang Lian's loyalty and integrity were praised by later generations, and Zhu Youxiao now wanted to see if he was worthy of use.

The same is true for Gao Panlong. He is also one of the leaders of the Donglin Party. If there are available people in the Donglin Party, then Zhu Youxiao is willing to do something to split the Donglin Party.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chen Hong did not dare to neglect and agreed quickly, then turned around and went out to find someone. The Emperor has not summoned anyone these days, but now that he has summoned Yang Lian and Gao Panlong, there must be something wrong.

ah!

Soon these two people arrived.

After hearing Chen Hong's reply, Zhu Youxiao said: "Let Gao Panlong come in and take Yang Lian to the side hall to wait. Don't let the two of them meet again until they leave."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Hong agreed, turned around and walked out.

Not long after, Gao Panlong walked in from the outside. After seeing Zhu Youxiao, he quickly bowed and saluted.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, indicating that Gao Panlong would be exempted from the courtesy. At the same time, he looked up and down at this one of the leaders of the Donglin Party who would be famous in later generations.

Gao Panlong looks good. He has a certain magnanimity when he stands there. He looks like an upright person. His overall image is like that in Zhu Shimao's sketch, but nothing can be seen from his appearance.

"Gao Aiqing." Zhu Youxiao called Gao Panlong, but then he coughed non-stop, as if he wanted to cough out his lungs.

Gao Panlong quickly raised his head: "Your Majesty, you still have to take care of your dragon body!"

At this time, Gao Panlong saw that Zhu Youxiao was sitting in a wheelchair with a blanket on his body. His face was not very good-looking and had an abnormal flush.

Gao Panlong's heart skipped a beat. Is His Majesty's illness already so serious?

"It's okay. There are so many things going on in the imperial court, and I can't settle down even if I want to." Zhu Youxiao said pointedly.

"It's my fault." Gao Panlong bowed quickly and said.

Zhu Youxiao immediately laughed: "It goes without saying that I came to Aiqing today because I have something to talk to Aiqing about. I have received a lot of papers here in the past few days, most of which are about impeaching Wei Zhongxian and saying that Wei Zhongxian was framed

Zhongliang persecuted and retaliated against the officials, tortured him to extract confessions, and beat him to death. He said that Wei Zhongxian had the look of an eagle and a wolf, and that he was like Liu Jin and Wang Zhi."

Having said this, Zhu Youxiao raised his head and looked at Gao Panlong: "Isn't it just investigating a case and arresting a few people? Why is it such a big fuss? Why can Aiqing teach me?"

Gao Panlong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the first thing to govern the country is the administration of officials. The officialdom is restless and all the officials are frightened. How can we talk about the administration of officials? In order to retaliate against the court officials for impeaching him, Wei Zhongxian put people in jail and ignored the imperial court for his own personal gain. It is really a heinous crime. Minister

Please punish Wei Zhongxian severely."

Looking at Gao Panlong who was kneeling down with his clothes lifted, Zhu Youxiao smiled. He didn't know whether it was Gao Panlong's character or the behavior of the Donglin Party members.

However, the Donglin Party dared to speak out in letters, dared to criticize Long Lin, and even took pride in finding faults to criticize the emperor. This was not a day or two, so Zhu Youxiao did not care about Gao Panlong's words.

With a slight sigh, Zhu Youxiao said weakly: "Okay, get up, stop kneeling back and forth."

When Gao Panlong stood up again, Zhu Youxiao said: "This is the question book from Dongchang. You can take a look."

As he spoke, Zhu You winked at Chen Hong, who was beside him: "Show it to Gao Aiqing."

Gao Panlong quickly stretched out his hand to take the question book and quickly looked through it. His expression was not very good.

"The reason why Yao Zongwen and others framed Xiong Tingbi is clearly stated above. Liu Guojin colluded with Li Ruzhen to drive away Xiong Tingbi. Yao Zongwen had a rift with Xiong Tingbi, so he naturally helped Liu Guojin impeach Xiong Tingbi. Of course, there is still money to be gained."

As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao picked up another piece of evidence: "This is the confession of Feng Sanyuan, Wei Yingjia, and Zhang Xiude."
Chapter completed!