Imprisonment.
In the middle area of the imperial prison, at the junction of the ordinary cells and the sky prison, there is an ordinary but relatively clean cell, which is the cell of Tong Hongtao, the former right young minister of Dali Temple.
Because his son Tong Deliang committed murder in the street and was beheaded in the street by the emperor incognito, Enhai, the leader of the eunuch party, seized the opportunity and directly dismissed Tong Hongtao from his post for investigation and sent to prison.
However, after he was sent in, the investigation of him and the handling of related cases were very slow. It seemed that the eunuch had simply forgotten him here.
But Tong Hongtao did not despair.
After all, he is a representative figure among the young faction of the Dongzhu Party, and has always been Xu Wenxu Ge's right-hand man.
Although the eunuch party manipulated the young emperor to behead one of his sons and dismissed him from office and imprisoned him, the Dongzhu party has always been united and he himself is a son of a noble family. Mr. Xu Ge will definitely not let him be in this prison. .
After a period of time, secretly make an exchange of interests with Enhai, the leader of the eunuch party, and then he can be fished out.
In Tong Hongtao's view, this incident was a good thing for him, and it further proved his weight and value in the Dongzhu Party.
You can even regard this as a solid qualification for yourself, and your status within the Dongzhu Party will inevitably rise significantly in the future, and you can even continue to climb up.
In ten or twenty years, it will be possible to compete for the leadership of the Dongzhu Party!
By then, he will at least be able to join the cabinet and become a cabinet minister!
As for his son, he has seven sons, so the death of one is nothing.
Even if they are all dead, they can just have a few concubines and be reborn.
Moreover, he had also learned from several guards before that what kind of heaven-sacrifice ceremony would be held in the palace today, and even the food for the prisoners in the prison was better.
At least it's a bit sexy.
Tong Hongtao's acumen from many years of political experience made him immediately realize that this heaven-sacrifice ceremony was a rare opportunity for the eunuch party headed by Enhai. Maybe they would abolish the emperor and establish a new one today!
Tong Hongtao couldn't help but feel happy when he thought of the little emperor's devastated appearance and the tragic fate that he would probably be assassinated and sentenced to death.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the door of the prison suddenly opened, and then a group of Jin Yiwei wearing flying fish uniforms quickly entered the prison, led by several men in Qilin uniforms, who seemed to be more powerful than the Jin Yiwei.
After these people arrived, they immediately replaced all the original imperial guards in the prison, creating a murderous atmosphere.
Why did the prison suddenly change its guards?
Has the emperor really changed? ?
Tong Hongtao was excited and was about to ask the new guards when he heard a burst of chaotic footsteps. People began to enter the prison in a steady stream!
There were quite a few of them. It was obvious that some major changes had occurred in the palace. Perhaps the last few Qingliu and Guchen who supported the emperor were to have their homes confiscated and beheaded, and all of them sent to prison.
That fool Pei Zhong may be among them...
In this way, Mr. Xu Wen and Xu Ge could also take this opportunity to make a deal with Enhai, the leader of the eunuch party. Maybe today he, the Right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, could be released and restored to his original position.
It's hard to say, but we have to let the officials who are close friends with Dongzhu Party set up a table of wine and wine in Hongqing Building tonight to help Mr. Tong Hongtao and cleanse himself from the dust.
At that time, we must invite Mr. Xu Ge to the table no matter what...
Just as Tong Hongtao was thinking about it, he saw that the group of prisoners who had just been imprisoned had already walked up to them, and they were heading towards the prison.
When he saw the person in front, his eyes widened suddenly, and then he rubbed his eyes hard and looked at the other person's appearance carefully.
"Xu... Mr. Xu Ge!?"
The first person with a gray beard was wearing a white coarse cloth prison uniform, with shackles around his neck and shackles on his feet. He was being held up by two imperial guards, one on the left and one on the right, as he walked towards the prison. Who is Mr. Xu Wen and Xu Ge, leader of the Dongzhu Party and an outstanding representative of the Xu family with nine surnames and ten clans? ?
Behind Xu Wen, there was Master Cui Zhencui, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. He was looking mournful, as if he were mourning for a heir, and was almost dragged forward by the Jin Yiwei beside him.
Another heavyweight came next, none other than Mr. Sun Weisun, a bachelor in the cabinet and known to be the best in literary talent in Jiangbei.
Behind him is Mr. Cai Huazhang, a man from the Cai family of Longhu who is known as the emperor of the Imperial Academy.
The people following him turned out to be all members of the Dongzhu Party.
From the people in important positions at the beginning to the ordinary officials at the back, there were hundreds of people there all the way!
"Mr. Xu Ge! Master Cui! What...what is going on!?" Tong Hongtao shouted loudly to the Dongzhu Party members in the cell.
However, those Dongzhu Party officials turned around and wanted to talk to him, but were immediately pushed away by the Jin Yiwei beside them. They immediately smiled bitterly and did not dare to say anything.
The shock in Tong Hongtao's heart could not be greater. His thoughts were spinning and he quickly thought about what happened.
Even the big tree Xu Wen was sent to prison, and almost all officials from the Dongzhu Party came. It can be said that they were all captured in one go!
What is going on above the court?
Could it be that the Eunuch Party and the Hou Party joined forces to trap the Dongzhu Party?
But by doing this, Enhai and Empress Dowager Dong are not afraid of the revenge of the nine surnames and ten families in the world?
Or maybe it was because Na Enhai wanted to show his power and deliberately hit Dongzhu Party? It's just that this can't be called a beating at all, it's simply a situation of death and destruction...
Empress Dowager Dong dared to do this, obviously she had something to do with Grand Duke Dong. Then did Xuanwu Jiedu raise an army?
Tong Hongtao felt a mess in his mind. As he was thinking, he heard another set of footsteps, and then he saw a new group of officials wearing shackles and shackles behind the Dongzhu Party officials. He walked in under escort.
The leader is Zhang Chongyang, the leader of the rear party, cabinet bachelor, and imperial tutor!
Behind Zhang Chongyang, there were all the officials from the rear party. At this time, they were all downcast, as if they were mourning for their heirs, and were escorted into the sky prison by the royal guards.
The entire rear party was also wiped out in one fell swoop!
Tong Hongtao could hardly believe his eyes.
Has Enhai gone crazy?
All the officials of Dongzhu Party and Hou Party were sent to prison!
By doing this, isn't he afraid of a complete imbalance in the court, causing a backlash from the Nine Surnames and Ten Clan and the Xuanwu Army?
By that time, when various feudal vassal towns compete in the Central Plains, the world will be in complete chaos!
Does Enhai want to be the emperor himself? ?
Tong Hongtao had many thoughts in his mind, but he still couldn't understand why the eunuch party dared to risk the disapproval of the world and send all the officials of the Dongzhu party and the rear party to prison.
And they were all thrown into jail!
You must know that the so-called Dongzhu Party and Houdang, these people in the court are just the tip of the iceberg. The families with nine surnames and ten clans, the Xuanwu Jiedushi and the clan interests they represent behind them are their real power.
Such actions by the eunuchs will only cause a violent backlash and completely break the delicate balance between the various forces...
Just as Tong Hongtao was thinking, he heard another sound of shackled footsteps and the heavy collision of heavy shackles.
A new batch of prisoners came towards him.
The first person to take the lead is Zheng Haoran, Enhai's favorite god-grandson, leader of the Young Leader of the Eunuch Party, and commander of the Jin Yiwei!
Further back, there is Lai Youguang, the Minister of Punishment, one of the core figures of the eunuch party.
Behind them are several eunuchs from the ceremonial department, as well as the eunuchs in charge of each of the twelve eunuchs in the palace. They are all powerful figures within the eunuch party.
Then there are the various civil and military officials affiliated with the eunuch party above the court, including Enhai's godson and godson grandson.
The number of these officials is larger than that of the Dongzhu Party and Houdang people in front. Looking at their appearance, they are actually more miserable.
Many eunuchs were crying bitterly, as if their own father had died.
Those officials were even more unbearable. They even seemed to have no strength to walk and their legs were weak.
When the last official walked over, Tong Hongtao sat down on the ground.
At this point, all the officials from the Eunuch Party, the Dongzhu Party, and the Houdang Party were all rounded up and thrown into the sky prison of this prison.
Isn't this court already empty?
In the end what happened?
What happened to Eun Hai, the eunuch leader?
Could it be that Enhai has lost his mind and gone crazy? No, no, even if Eun Hai is really crazy, it is impossible to arrest all the members of the Eunuch Party. There is almost no one left...
If not Enhae, who would it be?
Could it be...
Tong Hongtao suddenly thought of a possibility, and couldn't help but trembled all over, and his hair stood on end.
Just when Tong Hongtao was frightened by his guess, in a cell deep in the Tianlao, Xu Wenzheng was huddled with seven or eight Dongzhu Party officials, sitting calmly on the straw.
The original design of this prison was to have one cell for each prisoner.
It's just that there are so many prisoners sent to the sky jail this time, and everyone can only squeeze into Datongpu.
But at this time, Xu Wen didn't look anxious at all. Instead, he was calm and composed, as if he was not in a prison, but on a brocade couch in his own house.
Sun Wei, the bachelor on the side, said anxiously:
"Mr. Xu Ge, the matter has come to this. What should we do? I would like you to say something."
What happened today was really beyond their imagination. Now everyone was sent to prison, and these high-ranking officials of the Dongzhu Party were all panicked.
Judging from the emperor's appearance, it seems that he has been patient for many years and has become powerful, and is about to become a tyrant.
Thinking of this, Sun Wei couldn't help but add another sentence:
"Mr. Ge, don't forget the rebellion of Emperor Ling!"
The original Ling Emperor was mediocre and cruel. Many of the courtiers in the court were killed in the court just because of what they said was wrong.
Emperor Ling himself even personally beheaded a historian in court.
Xu Wen finally opened his eyes slightly at this time and said lightly:
"Don't worry, the emperor just wants to give us a warning. If you want to run the government, it will be difficult to manage the capital alone without us. When you leave the capital and go to the local area, how can you govern without the cooperation of wealthy families? "
"The emperor has been wronged for the past few years, and it is right to lose his temper and make a fuss. After a few days, when the anger subsides, he will naturally let us back. Even Pei Zhong will go to us to plead for mercy."
"Don't panic, gentlemen. Staying in this imperial prison for a few days can be regarded as hiding and relaxing."
With that said, Xu Wen closed his eyes again.
After hearing this, the surrounding Dongzhu Party officials seemed to have taken reassurance. They quickly praised Xu Wen's calmness and calmness. They calmed down and thought that the emperor could not do anything to them.
In fact, it is indeed true that it is impossible for the emperor to sit alone in this country.
Furthermore, the wealthy families behind these Dongzhu Party officials are the backbone of the world!
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At the same time, in the side room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Pei Zhong finished paying homage to the emperor and immediately said solemnly:
"Your Majesty, the officials of the Dongzhu Party and the Hou Party cannot be killed!"
(End of chapter)
