13 Undercurrents

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On August 19th, the people in the capital of Daming lived as usual, and there was no major change.

But at this time, the Ming Dynasty and the opposition were undercurrents, and officials from all factions secretly gathered to discuss countermeasures, all because of Zhu Yong's order to rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory.

There were people in the lobby of a house in the capital. If there were high-ranking officials in the court here, they would definitely recognize most of the people here, each of them was a high-ranking official in the court.

"Why haven't Mr. An come yet?"

A middle-aged man was impatient to wait, put down his teacup and asked a middle-aged man next to him.

"Mr. Zuo wait. My father is old and his legs are inconvenient, so he will come over soon."

"Okay, I'll come to invite Mr. An to take charge of the overall situation.

The emperor wants to rebuild the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang this time, which is simply too nonsense. The emperor must have been bewitched by eunuchs like Cao Huachun.

In any case, we must not let the emperor rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory, and we must not let the eunuchs rekindle."

The official named Zuo said passionately with an indignant look on his face.

"The Zuo Langzhong is right. The emperor is probably bewitched, otherwise why would he suddenly remember to rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory!

This time, we must work together to stop this matter and not let those villains deceive the emperor."

As soon as Doctor Zuo finished speaking, someone immediately supported him and said.

"Yes, the emperor cannot rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory..."

"That's right, the emperor cannot be bewitched by eunuchs Cao Huachun..."

Many other officials around also agreed, and there was a rare thing that their ideas were so consistent.

Of course, they were unwilling to let Zhu Yong order the reconstruction of Jinyiwei and Dongchang relate to the personal interests of each of them.

After a while, an old man with gray hair and beard and wrinkled face like an old tree bark. He slowly walked into the lobby with the help of a young man.

"Old old!"

Seeing the old man appear, more than a dozen senior officials of the court who were sitting in the lobby waiting, stood up and saluted, shouting respectfully.

The old man is named Lu Da'an. He is the current Minister of Personnel of the court and the leader of the current Ming Dynasty's "Donglin Party". He has a real high position and power.

Those who came to see him today were all senior officials of the court of the Donglin Party. The lowest official position was also from the sixth rank, and they were all officials with real power, otherwise they would not be qualified to come to attend the meeting.

"Everyone is here, just sit down."

Lu Daan looked up, glanced at everyone in the audience, waved his hand and said, then sat on the chair.

"Teacher, the emperor wants to rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory. What do you think we should do now?

This time we came here, just to ask the teacher to make an idea. We have to find a way to stop the emperor from rebuilding the Jinyiwei and the East Factory!"

A bald middle-aged man on the left spoke first.

"That's how you all think?"

Lu Da'an swept over everyone and asked.

"Um."

Everyone nodded.

"Of course, I am the same as you, and I don't want to see the reconstruction of Jinyiwei and the East Factory.

Yesterday I had already submitted several memorials to the emperor, asking the emperor to think twice and give up his plan to rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory.

But he received no reply. Several other ministers also wrote to him, but he also received no reply from the emperor.

Even the request of several of us ministers to jointly submit a letter to meet the emperor was rejected by the emperor.

This morning, I received news that Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing had officially sent people to recall the former Jinyiwei sergeants and Eastern Factory personnel to carry out new reconstruction.

I don’t know how Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing deceived the emperor this time, and they actually made the emperor determined to rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory.”

Lu Daan also sighed and said helplessly.

"So should we just let it go? We can only watch Luo Yangxing and Cao Huachun rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory?

At that time, wouldn’t we have to live a life every day when we look at the faces of the two of them? We might have to say that day they would be arrested on the charge of “false” and then their families would be destroyed.

So, no matter how difficult this time, we must unite and prevent the emperor from rebuilding the Jinyiwei and the East Factory.”

"Yes, teacher, please think of a solution quickly. We can't sit still and wait for death!"

Everyone persuaded Lu Da'an and asked him to come up with ideas.

"This is also very simple. Now perhaps the Lord of the Lord is blinded by them, but we cannot compromise. We must let the Lord of the Lord see our determination.

After you go back, you will not be allowed to participate in any matters involving the reconstruction of the Jinyiwei and the East Factory.

At that time, let Luo Yangxing and Cao Huachun ask for money but no money, no food but no food, no people, I see how they rebuild the factory.

In addition, we will continue to write a letter in a joint letter, asking the Lord to cancel the order, and we can even resign collectively and show our determination to the Lord."

Lu Da'an was old and sat on the chair and took a sip of tea slowly, saying to everyone.

"Resign together? It's a bit like forcing a palace to force us to do this. Wouldn't it be a bad thing?"

When someone heard Lu Daan's words, he frowned and said worriedly.

But someone immediately retorted: "What are you afraid of? Do you think the emperor will agree to our collective resignation?

If we all sent all the scholars, who would still manage the huge imperial court? The Ming Dynasty would have no Jinyiwei and Dongchang, but we would never have no other.

We want the Lord to know that we are determined to rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory and awaken the Lord.”

"Yeah, that's right."

"Teacher, the students think that this time we might as well join forces with the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party and write a letter to resign with them.

I believe they don’t want to see the emperor rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory, and they have to let them work hard. We can’t just let us do it, so that they can sit behind us and enjoy the fruits of their lives."

An official suggested to Lu Da'an.

"Well, Bo Yu's idea is good. I didn't expect that we would join forces with those guys."

"I agree, I have to let them work too."

"In this way, the officials of the entire court basically oppose the reconstruction of the Jinyiwei and the East Factory. I don't believe that the emperor will still insist on his own actions at that time."

"But what if we can't give up the emperor's determination to rebuild the Jinyiwei and the East Factory?"

Some people mentioned it with concern.

"Then let's be cruel. Then let the generals of a few thousand households around the capital take the lead, making trouble for money, and not compromising if you don't believe in the emperor."

As soon as this concern was raised, a ruthless person immediately came up with more radical ideas.

"No, if we really do this, wouldn't it be a ruthless person?"

Some people objected.

"How come this is a great rebellion? We are awakening the Lord and saving the country and country of the Ming Dynasty. The Lord will understand us in the future."

Someone immediately argued.

All these people have no clean foundations. They never want to see the reconstruction of the Jinyiwei, otherwise they may suffer if they find them on their heads.

So, even if it is a ruthless one this time, these officials will do it.

What is the purpose of the emperor not being deceived by treacherous people, and to protect the country of Ming Dynasty, is all lies. Their real purpose is to protect their power and property.

"Okay, then do it like that.

After you go back, you will not cooperate with Luo Yangxing and Cao Huachun in rebuilding the factory and guards, and then contact the Qi Chuzhe Party to discuss the matter of writing a letter to resign together.

We must never let the Jinyiwei and the East Factory be rebuilt, and we must not let the remnants of the eunuch party rekindle."

In the end, Lu Da'an stood up and made the final decision, completely settled the next action of the Donglin Party, and prevented the reconstruction of the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang at all costs.

And coincidentally, just when the senior officials of the Donglin Party secretly held this meeting.

In other parts of the capital, the leaders and officials of the Qi Party, the Chu Party and the Zhejiang Party also gathered for a meeting and discussed the same thing, which was how to prevent the reconstruction of the Jinyiwei and the East Factory.

At this time, there were many cliques in the Ming Dynasty.

But before Chongzhen killed Wei Zhongxian and severely damaged the eunuch party, the Donglin Party in the court is now the most powerful, followed by Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, and other cliques.

On weekdays, these parties oppose and plot against each other. Whether it is a good or a bad policy, as long as it is a different party, they oppose it.

Could it be that once, they would object to one thing at the same time, but this time, they found something they jointly opposed?

Soon, officials from these factions contacted each other and hit it off.

The prelude to their letter to Chongzhen and opposed the reconstruction of the Jinyiwei and the East Factory on the grounds of resignation.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!