Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 59 Donglin Party and Eunuch Party
It is no coincidence.

Zhu Youjian used the case of Qian Qianyi's murder of the king to continue to attack the power of the big gentry and big bureaucrats.

At this time, Guidehou Mansion in Henan was still peaceful.

Hou Xun, the Minister of the Ministry of War who has been dismissed, does not know that the end of his residence is approaching.

As the largest landlord in Guide Mansion, and having been an official in the court for so many years, Hou Xun also deeply knew how corrupt the Ming Dynasty was now, and sooner or later the world would change its dynasty.

Therefore, Hou Xun was also preparing to surrender to the Manchus or invade the thieves, but the news of the Ming emperor's withdrawal to the south also made him hesitate, making him still uncertain who the world would belong to in the future.

Therefore, Hou Xun did not clearly and directly express his political trends.

Hou Xun even thought about contacting Zuo Liangyu and helping Zuo Liangyu become a tyrant in troubled times, and then he would still have the merit of being a dragon.

But Zuo Liangyu's health was deteriorating, which forced Hou Xun to give up the idea of ​​being Zhang Liang in troubled times.

However, as Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the customs, Li Zicheng suffered repeated defeats, and Hou Xun became anxious and depressed.

Henan Guide is the foundation of his Hou family, and the entire Guide Mansion has hundreds of thousands of mu of fertile land that belongs to his Hou family.

Today, Li Zicheng keeps retreating west and south, and he has the potential to return to Henan.

But Hou Xun didn't know whether he should surrender to Li Zicheng or help Jiannu eliminate Li Zicheng and surrender to Jiannu by eliminating thieves, or he should follow the order of His Majesty Chongzhen, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, recruit Li Zicheng's troops and organize the township soldiers to resist Jiannu.

"Master, the prefect of Guide Mansion came to ask for money again, saying that the treasury has no more savings due to helping the refugees, and the city of Guide Mansion urgently needs to be renovated to defend against the enemy, so I hope you can donate a sum of money, Lord."

Just when Hou Xun was bored, his housekeeper rushed to report the news.

Hou Xun has been entangled in whether he should surrender to build slaves or go south to Zuo Liangyu's territory, so he doesn't care about the defense of Guide Mansion. Now he heard that the prefect of Guide Mansion came to ask for money again, so he yelled: "Just Say that I am sick, and refuse to receive visitors!"

As soon as Hou Xun finished speaking, he heard the neighing of the horses, so frightened he immediately asked: "This is the sound of war horses, listen to this sound, it must be under a hundred horses, what happened outside!"

As he said that, Hou Xun hurriedly ran to the front yard. He wondered if Jiannu's Eight Banners force was coming.

Panicked, he hurriedly ordered his servants to bring the letter of surrender from his study to Dorgon, the regent of Jiannu, in a loud voice.

Hou Xun straightened his clothes and ordered someone to open the door, but when he opened the door, when he was about to kneel down, he saw that it was not Jiannu cavalry, but Ma Shiying, who had just been promoted to Dongge University and Minister of the Ministry of War, and Ma Shiying. The pacesetter under his command.

"It's you, Fengyang governor Ma Shiying!"

Hou Xun belonged to the Donglin Party, while Ma Shiying belonged to the Eunuch Party, and the two never confronted each other.

Therefore, now Hou Xun is not in a good mood when he sees Ma Shiying, and he doesn't even bother to show basic courtesy in the officialdom.

After all, the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party used to be incompatible and looked down on each other.

However, Ma Shiying looked proud, and didn't seem to care about Hou Xun at all, and said with a smile:

"Hou Butang, you should now call me Ma Ge Lao. I have been entrusted with the seal of Minister of the Ministry of War in the cabinet ten days ago, thanks to His Majesty Long En's favor."

After Ma Shiying said that, he ordered: "Surround the Hou's mansion, and no one will be let go. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed!"

"Yes!"

Ma Shiying's [-] cavalry immediately divided into two wings and rushed away from the left and right, and the remaining [-] infantry also quickly outflanked to both sides.

Ma Shiying got off the horse contentedly.

He was ordered to search the Hou Mansion today.

Hou Fangyu participated in Qian Qianyi's treason case, so his father Hou Xun naturally couldn't stay out of it.

Although, Hou Fangyu's father was Zuo Liangyu's former immediate boss, he was kind to Zuo Liangyu.

But as the emperor, Zhu Youjian didn't need to be afraid of Zuo Liangyu, and he even took the opportunity of provoking Hou Xun to express his position to Zuo Liangyu.

Zhu Youjian wanted to tell Zuo Liangyu that he, the emperor, was not afraid of Zuo Liangyu.

And he, Zuo Liangyu, had better stay in Hubei obediently and obey the court's order, otherwise Hou Xunzhi's today will be your Zuo Liangyu's tomorrow.

Ma Shiying is very glad that he chose to betray Liu Liangzuo when he learned that Li Banghua led Gao Jie and Liu Fangliang's two armies to kill the people with Liu Liangzuo, disobeyed the imperial edict, and secretly formed foreign captives. Henan governor.

Otherwise, Ma Shiying felt that his fate would not be much better than the current Hou Xun, and naturally he would not have the opportunity to enter the cabinet and take charge of the Ministry of War.

When Zhu Youjian ordered Ma Shiying to take charge of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, he also ordered him to confiscate Hou Xun's house by the way, execute the key criminals of the Hou's mansion on the spot, and take the property of the Hou's mansion to Nanjing as the treasury of the Ministry of War.

As the emperor of Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian asked the eunuch Ma Shiying to confiscate the Donglin Party leader Hou Xun and kill him. Naturally, this was to deepen the hatred between him and the Donglin Party, so as to achieve Ma Shiying's goal of completely relying on himself.

And Ma Shiying can naturally guess the purpose of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian, and he can also guess that after his Majesty arrives in Nanjing, in order to control the power of the government, he will definitely attack the Donglin Party, which is not easy to lose. Members of the Eunuch Party, whose party hatred is as deep as the sea, are naturally very hopeful to be reused, otherwise they would not directly enter the cabinet and take charge of the powerful military department.

Ma Shiying didn't intend to be merciful to Hou Xun's subordinates. If he wanted to satisfy Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian, he could only be more ruthless than Zhu Youjian thought, so that he could hand in a weighty vote to Emperor Chongzhen.

"You actually became a cabinet scholar, and you are also in charge of the Ministry of War!"

Hou Xun pointed at Ma Shiying incredulously, but immediately yelled:
"My God, Your Majesty, why did you let a treacherous villain who was attached to Wei Zhongxian be a cabinet scholar, and let him be in charge of the Ministry of War. The Ming Dynasty is not far away, and the country is not far away!"

Ma Shiying didn't get angry because Hou Xun scolded him for being a villain, but still spoke calmly:

"Hou Butang, I, Ma, stay in the cabinet and take charge of the Ministry of War. It doesn't matter whether the Ming Dynasty will be ruined or not, but at least I, Ma Shiying, will not rebel against Your Majesty. I, Ma Shiying, only follow His Majesty's lead, not like Some people not only face Qin Muchu, but also have no king and no father, and even teach an unfilial son who intends to kill the king's father!"

Hou Xun heard that there was something in Ma Shiying's words, and hurriedly asked: "What are you talking about, who rebelled against His Majesty, whose son is not filial?"

When Ma Shiying saw Hou Xun asking, he ordered someone to bring Hou Fangyu's head and throw it in front of Hou Xun:

"Hou Butang doesn't cry when he sees the coffin. Let's see. His son Hou Fangyu participated in Qian Qianyi's rebellion case and attempted to sink the Yuzhou in Dantu. Fortunately, His Majesty was lucky enough to escape and captured Lingzi by chance. murder."

Hou Xun recognized his son's head at a glance, and hurriedly took a few steps back in fright, and in agitated mood, he couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood.

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