Chapter 404

These imperial court officials certainly dare not engage in the Liu family casually. If they do, it will easily cause chaos like another roving bandit. You know, it seems that the strength of the Liu family is stronger than that of Mao Wenlong. If they are careless, how can they revolt?

But even conservative like Wu Zongda, he believes that this is the fact that the court princes are so conservative that they miss the opportunity.

Why do you say that? It may be very difficult and embarrassing to deal with the Liu family only with the power of the imperial court, because today's Liu family is very powerful, much stronger than Mao Wenlong in those years. The main reason is that they have money and an army. Once this family forms a separatist power, it will be a great trouble for the imperial court, especially in Shandong, behind the capital. Once it changes, The consequences are unimaginable.

Why do many people in the imperial court don't want to deal with Hong Chengchou? Hong Chengchou is the biggest suspect in the silver hatching incident. In the eyes of some officials who have an overall view, they know that Hong Chengchou, as the governor of five provinces, is in charge of troops and horses in several provinces and exterminates roving bandits for the imperial court. It looks very beautiful, but it's far inferior to the Liu family. The imperial court only needs a piece of imperial edict, You can deprive them of their rights and make him have nothing.

But to deal with the Liu family, we can't do it in this way. What should we do? This is what they should consider.

It must be a little difficult for the imperial court to deal with the Liu family, but if it skillfully uses force, it can produce quite good results.

For example, if this time, the failure of the silver hatching event is put on the Liu family, the responsibility is put on them, and they are allowed to take charge of this matter and carry the black pot of this matter, I believe many people are happy.

The Liu family dared to be the enemy of the imperial court, but it was difficult for the whole powerful families and nobles in the south of the Yangtze River to be the enemy. If he was the enemy of the nobles in the south of the Yangtze River, the situation would be very unfavorable. There were nobles in the south of the Yangtze River standing on the side of the imperial court to help the imperial court eradicate the Liu family. I believe that the Liu family could not resist the consequences.

Even the very conservative Wu Zongda felt that this time the court only believed in superficial things. Considering the superficial evidence, he did not start with the Liu family. In fact, it would be a missed opportunity. If the pot was left to the Liu family and let them bear the anger of the whole powerful people in the south of the Yangtze River, it would be very good for the court to finally solve this hidden danger.

However, the officials in the central court did not think of this. They were just afraid of the strength of the Liu family, but they did not know that long-term pain was not as good as short-term pain. The eradication of the Liu family would certainly cause great unrest in the short term, but they can only say that they were not as good as short-term pain, and did not kill them before they were completely vassal and warlord, This is the best way.

But now they have missed a good opportunity. Even Wu Zong is shaking his head. If the chief assistant in the court can quickly seize this opportunity and throw the pot to the Liu family, it will be very helpful for the court to eradicate the Liu family, which will be a very ideal result.

It's a pity that Wen Tiren, the leader of the imperial court, is not only the first person at both ends, but also a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, lacks the overall view and courage. He doesn't dare to take such risks. He just wants to be his first assistant in peace, and he doesn't have the courage to take such risks at all.

When Wu Zongda thought of this place, he could not help shaking his head. Daming's national power is getting worse day by day, which is also related to these mediocre and incompetent officials. They are so irresponsible and dare not take risks. They only care about their own safety and interests, so that these places can become bigger and stronger.

In particular, Wen Tiren is tolerant and generous in appearance, jealous of virtuous and capable in heart. He is very narrow-minded. If someone offends him, he will certainly die. Moreover, if he is in the cabinet for a day, he will suspect that others are trying to seize his position. He has been suppressing people around him. As a secondary assistant of the cabinet, why should he resign repeatedly? That's because it's better to be an old cabinet member in the Ministry of officials than in the cabinet.

This is also related to the first auxiliary system of the Daming cabinet. There are five cabinet ministers in the Daming cabinet, but the power is concentrated on the first auxiliary. In addition, the previous first auxiliary basically drove away their predecessors through power struggle, and they succeeded in becoming them. This makes it common for them to fight. If you don't do it to others, others will do it to you, because he is afraid of losing his position.

The cabinet minister spent so much energy and time in the internal struggle that he didn't have enough time and energy to deal with government affairs, let alone have the courage to deal with the huge forces in places like the Liu family. Because if one doesn't do well, it's easy for competitors to seize the handle and bring themselves down. Therefore, Wen Ti Ren absolutely didn't dare to preside over the layout to deal with the Liu family.

Like Wu Zongda, he can have this idea because he doesn't have to bear responsibility. If something happens, someone else will bear the pot. Naturally, he speaks lightly and regardless of the consequences.

For example, when he came to Jiangnan, he also found that this was a great opportunity to deal with the Liu family. If he could skillfully guide and push all the responsibilities on the Liu family and make him a public enemy of the people and squires in Jiangnan, it would be very good for the imperial court to eradicate them, But he saw this possibility, but he didn't have the courage to carry it out, because he knew that now he had offended the Liu family, and he had no benefit at all. If the Liu family contacted Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of war behind him, and dealt with it together, he estimated that he would still be in trouble.

The influence of the Liu family can develop smoothly, like today, which is also related to their alliance with Zhang Fengyi. Zhang Fengyi, a minister of the Ministry of war, escorted him in the court and blocked the open guns and hidden arrows of many people.

The Liu family has never regarded themselves as Zhang Fengyi's disciples and subordinates, but Zhang Fengyi thinks that the Liu family is the force he supports and his disciple. He can let the Liu family do anything.

It is this beautiful misunderstanding that makes Zhang Fengyi spare no effort to support the Liu family. Everyone's attack on the Liu family is regarded as an attack and murder on him, so it is also a strong counterattack. In this way, some of the Liu family speak for them in the court, not alone and controlled by others everywhere.

Of course, the Liu family also paid a lot of returns to Zhang Fengyi, not to mention that the Liu family pulled a lot of silver from them. Every time they did business, it was completely converted according to the market price. In addition, Liu Bu won the battle of Anqing, captured Zhang Xianzhong alive and recovered Fengyang. These beautiful battles, It can also be regarded as Zhang Fengyi's plan.

With special respect for Zhang Fengyi, this emperor also gave him an awesome look.

Zhang Fengyi has a bad reputation in the court. He is cowardly and greedy for money and is good at seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck. Many people think he has no courage and responsibility. It is the result of compromise between all parties to let him be the Minister of the Ministry of war. As a result, an incompetent man was elected as the Minister of the Ministry of war. He neither knows the army nor has fought an excellent war, This makes many people full of doubts and doubts about him. Many people think he is a joke. Many people are thinking that he, the same Minister of the Ministry of war, will be sacked soon. Especially after the fall of Fengyang, his criticism has reached the peak. Many people suggest that he should be launched and beheaded to calm the public anger.

Who knows, they soon came a counterattack and let him sit firmly in this position. This is the advantage of his alliance with the Liu family. He also found this. Therefore, he spared no effort to support the Liu family.

There must be some voices in the court who want to engage in the Liu family, but Zhang Fengyi, a minister, is responsible here. Zhang Fengyi actively believes that any attack on the Liu family is an attack on Zhang Fengyi, which also makes them very difficult, because it is easy to send a wrong signal and make Zhang Fengyi think he has to deal with him.

At present, the Ming court is in chaos. The ministers are forming gangs and fighting against each other in private. However, his majesty hates the struggle in the court. You know, Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party in those years, has a great reputation and is ready to join the court and become the head and auxiliary of the cabinet. However, Zhou yanru secretly made people spread the news, He said that Qian Qianyi led the Donglin Party to form a party for personal gain, so the Emperor gave up the idea and expelled him from the court and never used it again.

It can be said that the emperor was extremely disgusted with the collusion between the court ministers. Another point is that the collusion between the ministers is a crime, a crime that can affect their official career.

So these ministers will fight, but they all fight privately, so that they are all the work of heaven and earth in their sleeves. They fight secretly. On the surface, they are like the same people, harmonious and very friendly.

But Zhang Fengyi is different from others. Once Zhang Fengyi fights with you, they are superficial and open, and they fight to the death. This is also the reason why other officials don't want to provoke Zhang Fengyi. They think that this person's means are a little low, the pattern is not high enough, and he is a bit like a naughty rogue, so they can't provoke this person without provoking him.

Of course, it is also related to the reasons why Zhang Fengyi won a series of battles recently and won the favor of the emperor. If there was no bright spot such as the battle of Fengyang, it is estimated that they would have been forced and cleaned up by the emperor's ministers long ago.

One of the reasons why the Liu family didn't clean up: first, their clever layout; The second is that they skillfully use various forces.