From the propositions of Yuan Yingtai, Wang Huazhen, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan, we can see the attitude of the Donglin Party on some issues. It is not unfair to say that they are ambitious but incompetent.

Liaodong became increasingly worse in the hands of these people, from the initial loss of cities and territories to the subsequent crazy burning of money, it was all their fault!

Standing opposite them were Xiong Tingbi, Wang Xianggan and Wang Zaijing, who had a very clear understanding of the situation in the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty had already declined, and domestic problems were serious. The court's tax revenue was not enough to cover its expenses, the people were suffering, and the Liaodong army had no combat effectiveness.

Obviously, it is unrealistic and impossible to simply emphasize the recovery of Liaodong.

History has proven that their thinking was correct. When the Ming Dynasty wanted to solve these problems, its focus was not on Liaodong.

Liaodong was not a big problem at all, just a Jiannu.

Over the years, the Ming Dynasty had fought against Japan, destroyed the southwest, and constantly battled the Mongols in the north, as well as the Tatars and the Oirat. Compared to these, the Liaodong Jiannu at this time was nothing.

The problems of the Ming Dynasty are its own problems. We must find solutions from within instead of just clamoring to recover Liaodong.

Zhu Youxiao saw it clearly and thought it through clearly, so he would never repeat the same mistake.

Therefore, it is imperative to activate Wang Xianggan and Wang Zai Jin.

Zhu Youxiao turned his head to glance at Chen Hong and spoke directly, "Send the order to the cabinet. Instruct the cabinet to draft the order. Wang Xianggan will be the governor of Liaodong, and Wang Zaijin will be the governor of Guangning. The governor of Guangning, Wang Huazhen, will return to Beijing to serve."

Chen Hong hurriedly said, "I'll go right away."

There was no point in Wang Huazhen returning to Beijing. Zhu Youxiao was going to label him a member of the Donglin Party and get rid of him directly.

It is even possible to use Wang Huazhen as a breakthrough point to pry open the Donglin Party's corruption of Liaodong military pay. The purpose is certainly not to add charges to the Donglin Party.

One person who forms a clique for personal gain and abuses power is enough to get them killed.

The reason for investigating these people for embezzling military funds is very simple, of course, to recover the money.

Although there was still some silver in the inner treasury, it was just a drop in the bucket for what Zhu Youxiao wanted to do.

What Zhu Youxiao wanted was the money of the Donglin Party.

Things in the capital are getting more and more serious, which can be seen from the impeachment memorial.

Before, everyone mainly attacked Wei Zhongxian, but this time it was different. The target of everyone's attack had begun to implicate Emperor Tianqi.

Some people were afraid, and the more afraid they were, the more violent their reactions became. This was also within Zhu Youxiao's expectations.

Sitting behind the dragon desk, Zhu Youxiao flipped through the memorials in front of him, his expression unchanged.

As he looked at it, Zhu Youxiao suddenly laughed. This was a petition to defend Yang Lian.

It is said above that Yang Lian was appointed as the magistrate of a county and was ranked first among the honest officials in the country.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help it.

Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, if we talk about honest officials, there is no other choice except Hai Rui.

What's more, Yang Lian was just a county magistrate at that time. Who would care whether he was honest or not?

A county magistrate's term lasted only three years, so what good was his integrity? With the Ming Dynasty's advanced communication methods, who could tell if a county magistrate was honest?

If this had not been instigated by some people, Zhu Youxiao would never have believed it. This was obviously the result of the Donglin Party flattering each other.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao suddenly had a feeling. That is, the Donglin Party's habit of flattering each other might be more serious than he imagined.

A lot of things are just exaggerated by themselves. You say I am good, and I say you are good, and the result is that everyone is doing good.

In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon in later generations, and it has a very nice name, called mutual commercial praise.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao laughed even more happily.

It turns out that history is a circle, which keeps repeating itself.

Gently throwing the notebook back onto the table, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile, "Alright, take them all away."

Chen Hong did not dare to delay and hurried over to take away all the question books.

In Chen Hong's opinion, these things are things that make the emperor angry.

Originally, the emperor wanted to see it, and Chen Hong was very worried, fearing that the emperor would be angry about these things and implicate himself.

He never expected that the emperor was not angry at all, but seemed to be very happy watching it.

Zhu Youxiao naturally didn't care what Chen Hong thought. The fact that these people were sticking together made Zhu Youxiao want to wipe them out.

So many memorials and petitions were submitted, all impeaching Wei Zhongxian and Xiong Tingbi, and even impeaching Zhu Youxiao himself.

None of the questions here focus on the actual events themselves. For example, was the framing of Xiong Tingbi true? Did those people actually accept bribes? What is the truth behind the incident?

No one asked, and no one wanted to explore.

You can say that these people are playing dumb, or that they believe that Wei Zhongxian framed them. According to the procedures, shouldn't we first investigate the matter thoroughly?

And what about them?

They just kept attacking Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youxiao also understood what they were doing, and this practice was also discussed in later generations.

That is, since the problem cannot be solved, then solve the person who raised the problem once and for all.

Once Wei Zhongxian was defeated or even executed, all problems would be solved.

When he reached the door of the hall, Zhu Youxiao stretched lazily and his expression became indifferent.

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