"The people I sent to Jiangnan have brought back the news overnight. There is no news about the death of Mr. Youqian in the Xu family. Do you think this is true?"
After all, Qian Qianyi was a person who had escaped death several times in history, so he was more cautious than many Donglin officials. He even took the initiative to send people to Shanghai to inquire. At this time, he was also calmer than others. Diduo asked.
Zuo Guangdou frowned: "If it were someone else who spread this news, I would be suspicious, but this person wouldn't. He and Mr. Donglin are both our elders of Donglin, and there is no need to harm me, Donglin! What's more, With his cunning, he will not be able to defeat even one Qian family, back then he and Mr. Donglin were able to control the entire court with their own tricks!"
Keng!
At this time, Lian Guoshi suddenly kicked the ice basin and said impatiently like Zhou Shunchang: "That being said! We should adhere to Mr. Donglin's legacy and expose this matter directly instead of guessing here. If there is really The mistake is just a mistake. I will ask Xu Guangqi first whether he has a conscience or not. If he continues to shirk the blame, don’t blame me for being the first to intervene!"
"Let's go together!"
Zhou Shunchang and other Donglin officials with more extreme personalities also hurriedly responded.
For a while.
Xu Guangqi met Lian Guoshi, Zhou Shunchang and others at his residence.
Seeing the menacing look of these people, Xu Guangqi guessed their purpose, so he said: "What do you want, gentlemen, but please speak out!"
"Da Sima! Do you really want to keep hiding the affairs of your court like this? Do you really want to deceive the emperor and hide it from all officials?"
Lian Guo Shi handed over and questioned Xu Guangqi.
Xu Guangqi pursed his lips, clenched his fists, and exhaled deeply, saying, "My family has sent a letter saying that my mother is well. Please come back."
Zhou Shunchang subjectively hoped that Xu Guangqi could return to his hometown. In addition, after hearing Zuo Guangdou's words, he called him by his name even more impatiently: "Xu Guangqi! Why do you have to be so pretentious? Your return to the west is a matter for both the government and the public to know. You Do you really think there are airtight walls in this world?!”
"If you ask this, I have nothing to say."
Xu Guangqi replied.
"Okay! If that's the case, then don't blame us for your disregard of human ethics, deception, and disobedience of filial piety!"
Lian Guoshi looked excited and threatened directly.
Xu Guangqi glanced at Lian Guoshi and said, "Please do as you wish!"
"Okay, Xu Guangqi, I really didn't expect you to be such a person. My father-in-law worked so hard to raise you, but you are so cold-blooded for your personal power and position!"
Zhou Shunchang said and walked away.
Other Donglin officials also followed suit and left.
On the same day, Lian Guoshi and Zhou Shunchang jointly filed a petition to impeach Xu Guangqi for deceiving the emperor, concealing the death of the emperor, disregarding human ethics, and violating filial piety.
"Are you really estranged?"
After Zuo Guangdou learned about this, he asked about Lian Guo and Zhou Shunchang.
Zhou Shunchang and Lian Guoshi smiled and nodded.
Zuo Guangdou nodded after hearing this and looked at Qian Qianyi: "I don't know what your Majesty will do?"
"Your Majesty must believe in him, Xu Guangqi. Even if he goes to court, it will be useless. Even if he kneels down to remonstrate, it will be useless. You all know the nature of today's emperor. You can only force Xu Guangqi to do this yourself and condemn Xu Guangqi from the perspective of filial piety and human ethics!"
Qian Qianyi started talking.
…
At this time, the cabinet received a memorial from Zhou Shunchang and Lian Guo, impeaching Xu Guangqi for neglecting human ethics, deceiving superiors and concealing subordinates.
"Do you think Xu Guangqi would do this?"
After seeing this memorial, Fang Congzhe asked Han Xu and Wang Xiangqian first.
Han Xu smiled and said: "The matter is not whether Xu Guangqi will do this, but whether someone believes it or not."
Wang Xiangqian was a little unaccustomed to this kind of trick in the court, so he could only smile and said: "My servant doesn't know. You have to ask Xu Guangqi himself about this."
"Why bother to ask more questions? In my opinion, if something happened to Xu Guangqi's own family, he would take action on his own. Before we receive the memorial, we can only choose to think that this matter is a lie!"
The mature and prudent Fang Congzhe said: "As a servant, I should give a warning to the two people practicing this week on the ticket, and warn them not to let the wind be the rain."
Wang Xiangqian said: "We should also ask Xu Guangqi to defend himself, so as to stop these rumors."
"Rumors stop only for the wise, but it doesn't matter. Those who are willing to believe will believe it, and those who are unwilling to believe will not lose their sense of proportion just because of one or two rumors."
Fang Congzhe said with a smile.
Wang Xiang nodded dryly, cupped his hands and said, "That's what Yuan Fu said!"
Han Xu remained silent, thinking: "I don't know who suddenly started this rumor in the court. The two of them have been so frivolous and aggressive this week. They will inevitably cause trouble in the future. It's better not to speak for them. Today The emperor is very powerful, so it is safest to kowtow more and talk less."
"Praise red!"
After receiving the memorial and reading the cabinet draft, Zhu Youxiao did not raise any objections, and directly asked the Supervisor of Ceremonies to approve it and issue it.
However, Zhou Shunchang and Lian Guoshi were not reconciled after receiving the imperial edict in their memorials.
"As Mr. Qian expected, the Holy One is really very partial to Xu Guangqi. Even if Xu Guangqi ignores filial piety, he still favors him!"
As Zhou Shunchang said this, he cursed in his heart: "What a cruel and foolish king! He doesn't even care about filial piety and human ethics!"
Lian Guoshi turned around and left, aggressively walking forward: "Go to him, Xu Da Sima!"
For a while.
All Donglin civil servants came to Xu Guangqi again.
Because of the imperial edict, many civil servants who originally hoped that the emperor would not protect Xu Guangqi out of concern for human ethics and filial piety were completely disappointed with the emperor, and they all came directly to Xu Guangqi.
So, when Xu Guangqi came out of the palace, he saw a large group of civil servants approaching with gnashing teeth.
Lian Guoshi stood up first and said with his hands in his hands: "Da Sima please abide by the principles of loyalty and filial piety. Please invite Ding You yourself and don't deceive the emperor!"
"Da Sima, please abide by the principles of loyalty and filial piety, invite Ding You yourself, and don't try to deceive the king!"
"Da Sima, please abide by the principles of loyalty and filial piety, invite Ding You yourself, and don't try to deceive the king!"
The gathered civil servants all said this to Xu Guangqi, and they seemed to surround Xu Guangqi's guard of honor and refuse to leave if Xu Guangqi did not agree.
Xu Guangqi therefore had to get off the sedan, and said with a serious expression: "Xu has informed you that his family has sent a letter saying that my mother is well. Why are you still bothering Xu! When did Xu fail to abide by loyalty and filial piety, and when did he deceive the emperor? If Xu really does such a disobedient act, he will be punished by God and punished by the king!"
"You are a sycophant! You really look like a fatherless and motherless person. At this point, you are still trying to argue. If you really care about your filial piety, why don't you serve the imperial court yourself! And here you are clinging to power!"
Zhou Shunchang pointed at Xu Guangqi and asked loudly.
"My mother is over eighty years old and has limited mobility. She doesn't like the water and soil of the capital, so she doesn't want to come to the capital! And Xu has been ordered by the emperor to abandon the country and the emperor. Naturally, it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety. However, my mother wants Xu to be loyal first. As long as you continue to fulfill your filial piety, Xu will not dare to disobey his mother’s orders and be loyal to the king first. Do you really want to embarrass Xu like this?!"
Xu Guangqi asked.
"Quiet words! We all know about your father's affairs, but you still refuse to admit it. You really want to ignore the way of a saint and renounce yourself in Shilin! Do you, the Xu family, still want to establish a foothold in Jiangnan?!"
Zhou Shunchang asked coldly.
Xu Guangqi also asked in a cold voice: "You really miss your mother's death so much?! Since you hate me so much, why don't you kill Xu right now! Kill Xu! Why target an 80-year-old woman? What kind of gentlemen are you!" "
