Emperor Aoki carried his hands behind his back and walked around this small room.

He is an impatient person.

When Zhang Jing came in, he looked up with a surprise look and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Jing glanced at him around, but said nothing.

Emperor Tianqi immediately understood and said, "You, go out."

But the ministers had to retreat.

Only Emperor Tianqi and Zhang Jingyi were left here.

Emperor Aoki said again: "How?"

"I found some clues, but..."

"But it's okay."

Zhang Jingyi told the facts that Taikangbo Zhang Guoji said.

After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi burst into laughter and said, "Hahahaha... Zhang Guoji is really ridiculous. Now... he still wants to deliberately get away with it. If he talks nonsense, do he think I will believe it?"

In the eyes of Emperor Tianqi, this is almost like a fantasy.

It turns out that my court has missed it?

I can’t do anything I want to do. Can a mere scholar from Jiangnan do it with the backhand?

Emperor Apocalypse did not believe it.

Emperor Tianqi immediately said, "Zhang Qing also believes in such nonsense?"

"I... think... it's possible!"

"What?" Emperor Tianqi looked at Zhang Jingyi in surprise.

The reason why Zhang Jingyi answered this is because... he thought of a variant of the Donglin Party in history... Fushe.

How powerful is Fushe?

After Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, Wen Tiren was appointed as the chief minister of the cabinet.

Fushe supported J Zhou Yanru to compete for the position of chief minister.

There are thousands of scholars in Fushe.

Their leader was even more famous and had tens of thousands of scholars who called him his mentor.

In later generations, this is actually the so-called opinion leader.

This is not their most powerful thing.

The most powerful thing about Fushe is that it can influence public opinion.

How powerful are they?

Every time the court selects officials, the leader of the Fushe directly writes booklets one by one, and then sends them to the ministers of high and powerful positions. You have to do this for me.

And those high-ranking and powerful ministers actually bowed their heads and obeyed their words.

Whoever he wants to be promoted will be promoted, and whoever is deposed will be dismissed.

Zhou Yanru, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet at that time, even obeyed his words, and there were also Shangshu in various departments, but no one dared to oppose them.

The reason for this is actually very simple.

The impact of tens of thousands of scholars is huge.

When he was a high-ranking minister, people often cherish their feathers and care about their fame.

But Fushe's huge ability to influence public opinion is enough to make you famous all over the world today and tomorrow it will make you infamous for thousands of years.

What’s scary is that many censors and censors at that time, and many places were almost always followed by Fushe.

If someone disobeys the society, it means that from then on, not only will you be infamous for thousands of years, but your family will also be implicated and influenced. Even if you do many good things for the country and the people during your tenure, you will eventually be criticized as a traitor.

By the same token, if you obey them, you will not only become famous immediately, but will become a worldly admired by everyone, but will also praise you. No matter how vulgar and despicable you are or how much money you have been greedy, you are also a loyal minister and will be famous for all eternity.

People in the court rushed to do business for the restoration of the society for fame.

Even Zhou Yanru, the chief minister of the cabinet, was elected by the people who were resummoned.

The scale of this Fushe is not only huge, but also the organization has begun to become increasingly tight. It is no longer like the Donglin Party before, but it is just a loose alliance.

With their various relationships, they absorb a large number of members, but they are extremely strict with the threshold for members. They not only require fame and honor, but also conduct investigations.

These people... through the imperial examination, flocked to the officialdom and manipulated public opinion and influenced the situation. The leader of the Fushe Society could indeed directly manipulate the promotion and removal of officials.

After that, these people became even more rampant in the Southern Ming Dynasty. They frantically attacked each other with other scholars. However, any ministers who were not satisfied with them immediately created public opinion and replaced them.

The ministers they elected often had to cater to them. To some extent, these people were also a major reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

They intensified the party struggle, so that at that time, for the sake of party struggle, they had reached the point where they did not care about right and wrong and had nothing to do with black and white. Even the Jiannu people had killed outside the city, and there were ridiculous things about attacking each other.

Zhang Jingyi originally thought that the so-called Fushe might not be a climate at this time.

After all, it was the Tianqi Dynasty, not the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Wei Zhongxian was in charge, so the court would not allow a group of scholars to penetrate into sieve.

But now... he realized... it might be really a sieve.

But if you think about it carefully, you can actually understand that the so-called officials are all born into scholars, and behind them are the families of gentry.

Even if they defect to the so-called ministers of the eunuch party, would they really not care about the influence at all, and they were not worried about their family and could not raise their heads in the local area?

After all... they are not military officials like Zhang Jingyi. Once they are attacked and criticized by the crowd, they are only a temporary official after all, but their lives will last forever.

At this time, Emperor Aoki said, "Do you think... there are really such people in this world?"

"Yes!" Zhang Jingyi said with great confidence: "In the south of Jiangnan... all kinds of so-called famous scholars appeared. Although they no longer call Donglin, they often gather together. The prestigious people responded by countless people. I heard that... some people, even the ministers of various ministries in Nanjing, have to be respectful."

"How is this possible..." Emperor Aoki obviously still disbelief, so he sneered: "What kind of climate can they become if they are powerless?"

Zhang Jingyi said, "Your Majesty...why... let's give it a try?"

"Try it?" Emperor Aoki was stunned.

Zhang Jingyi obviously had an idea in his mind, so he said: "Are you not many official positions in the court these days? Why not... Your Majesty takes this opportunity..."

Emperor Tianqi squinted his eyes and stared at Zhang Jingyi: "How to try?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "Your Majesty can hand over a note to the outside world, send the candidates you hope for in each official position to the cabinet through Eunuch Wei, and indicate some people to hold these official positions. Then see if the people specified by Your Majesty can take office."

Emperor Tianqi said: "If I handed the note myself, I think... there would be no problem."

"I'll know if I try it."

Emperor Apocalypse nodded: "This is easy."

Zhang Jingyi then said again: "I am afraid that I will continue to interrogate and see if there are any useful clues. I am afraid that someone will inquire about it in the Jiangnan area."

Emperor Apocalypse frowned and said, "Okay."

Zhang Jingyi actually knew who was the real murderer.

Although in the eyes of others, even if you want to continue digging deeper, there are so many scholars in Jiangnan who want to find out the truth, I am afraid that it will not be enough to use much manpower.

And... I don't know how many people are covering up these people.

But after all, Zhang Jingyi was a human being in two lifetimes. If the Fushe had really risen, then he would still have some impression of the leaders and backbones.

Of course... Zhang Jingyi felt that things might not be that simple.

Just a few scholars can create such a huge momentum. No matter how Zhang Jingyi thinks the rise of Fushe, he feels it is quite strange.

Such a large-scale association rose rapidly in a short period of time and soon became popular in Jiangnan.

This not only requires a group of backbones, but also requires something... money.

It requires a lot of money, so where does this come from?

Zhang Jingyi immediately met Wang Cheng first, and then said very seriously: "This time, you need to go to Jiangnan. I will give you a secret order to tell you which people should be investigated."

After pausing, he reminded again: "Remember, this matter is of great importance, and you must never disclose the information. The people you bring must also keep your mouth shut! The dragons and snakes in Jiangnan are complicated and very different from the capital. Once you reveal yourself, you may be in danger of your life."

After hearing this, Wang Cheng cheered up and said, "When will we set off?"

"Get off immediately." Zhang Jing said: "Beware of changes. Now that the case is found at this point, the other party will be alert. Because of this, we must be careful."

Wang Cheng didn't talk much, and said simply: "Yes."

Wang Cheng was his brother, so Zhang Jingyi was naturally very relieved, so he picked up his pen and quickly wrote down seven or eight names, and then handed them over to Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng received the secret order and hurried away.

Soon, there seemed to be another news from Mr. Lushan, and he was willing to confess.

Zhang Jingyi then went to Mr. Lushan’s interrogation room, looked at him with a smile, and said, “No wonder I heard that you are promoting the idea of ​​no lord or fatherless everywhere. If you have no lord or fatherless and open up the road to speech, will this world really become yours?”

"Whoever you want to be an official will become an official. If you want to be an official, you can dismiss whoever you want to be an offensive, manage public opinion, and then control the public. It's a pity... Now they have confessed what they should confess. You... are so stupid. When do you think you can be stubborn? When you get here, do you think your flesh and blood can resist something, right?"

Mr. Lushan heard the four words "Wujun and Wufa" and then closed his eyes in pain.

He knew very well that someone had indeed started confessing.

He said, "I want to have a tea, and then I'm willing to say it."

Zhang Jing said, "I think, tea is spared. If anyone else didn't speak an hour ago, let alone tea, even if you want any delicacies, I will send them here with you. Unfortunately, it's too late now."

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Chapter completed!