Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2048 Zhengguoben ([-]) Cultivation
Flying white?Ting Bi?
Yes, this Jinshi who observes politics is named Tingbi, and his character is Feibai.Oh, by the way, his surname is Xiong, Xiong Tingbi, and he was born as a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli.

Since he was born as a Jinshi, it means that he did not do well in the general examination of the king per capita.

In fact, in the 26 year 57 Jinshi Jinshi list, in addition to the three first-class Jinshi and the first, there were 110 second-class Jinshi, which is sixty, and Xiong Tingbi only ranked [-]th among the top three. That's all.

It stands to reason that with such achievements, it is really unlikely that Gao Yushi, the scholar of the Wenhua Palace, will be able to become a Jinshi who observes politics next to the scholar of the Wenhua Palace. However, Xiong Tingbi also has advantages.

His advantage is that Gao Yushi's understanding of the history of the late Ming Dynasty made him very impressed with Xiong Tingbi, and Xiao Liangyou, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, was the one who held the hall examination after the palace examination - that is, the Shuji examination. One of the examiners of the library examination, so Xiong Tingbi passed the selection of the library and became a good scholar.

After the disbandment of the museum, Xiong Tingbi quickly received a transfer order and became one of Gao Yushi's political observers.

To be clear, it is actually Gao Wu who "recommended" Xiong Tingbi behind his back, making his life different from the original history.

In the original history, Xiong Tingbi was famous in the late Ming Dynasty, famous for his views on saving time, and even more famous for his tragic death, but few people mentioned his early years.In fact, as long as you know his early years, you will know that it is not easy for him to rank 110th and fifth in the top three.

In May of the 11th year of Wanli in the original history, when the 24-year-old Nurhachi attacked Tulun City and started his first battle to establish the post-Jin regime and unify Liaodong, his future opponent, Xiong Tingbi, who was 14 years old at the time, was still in Huguang. In Jiang Xia's hometown, she works and studies at the same time.

Yes, Xiong Tingbi was born in poverty, and it was not easy to have a full meal.Because of his poor family and unable to pay tuition fees, Xiong Tingbi dropped out of school many times.Of course, the desire for knowledge and the longing to be famous always supported him to save money and go back to school to continue his studies.

However, in this way, his schooling process was delayed for a long time, so that he, who was originally talented, was not admitted to the gold list at the age of 25 until the 28th year of Wanli.

As mentioned in the first volume of this book, judging from the age of the Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, the most were in their early thirties when they were on the gold list in high school, but most of them were "professional scholars" with well-off families and no work to do. —For example, high pragmatism is very typical.

However, Xiong Tingbi started "part-time work and part-study" since he was a child, and he can only switch between odd jobs, farm work and reading.That's it, he is still on the 28-year-old high school gold list, saying that he can't study well, it really hurts to stand up and talk.

However, looking at Xiong Tingbi's life, the matter of the imperial examination high school was both a blessing and a misfortune for Xiong Tingbi.

"Fortune" is reflected in the fact that Xiong Tingbi realized his class climb from civilian to official through scientific research, and had the opportunity to realize his ambition and leave his name in history.

"Unfortunately" is manifested in the fact that he entered a government and opposition party with fierce party struggles, but he himself has a staunch disposition, and he will inevitably be unable to retreat in the end.

Xiong Tingbi won the Jinshi examination, because he was only the 110th and fifth among the same Jinshi, and his poor family naturally meant that it was impossible to have senior care in Beijing.So Xiong Tingbi had no one to take care of him, and he also failed to pass the official examination. Of course, his first official position was very inconspicuous-Baoding Tuiguan.

At the same time, not only is his future opponent Nurhachi flourishing in Liaodong, but at this time the Ming Dynasty is still full of fierce internal strife, and the national power can no longer be said to be stagnant. in recession.

In the original history, there was no high-level pragmatic blending. After the forces in the DPRK and China continued to separate and reorganize, a situation of confrontation between the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties and the Donglin party gradually formed. They attacked each other, only to compete for their own maximum rights and interests.

In the early years, Xiong Tingbi was an official in the local area, so he was lucky not to be affected by these fierce party struggles.But when he gradually achieved outstanding political achievements, was promoted to supervisory censor and stepped into the court, he could no longer stay out of it.

Although Xiong Tingbi himself had no idea of ​​"standing in line", according to the division of rural areas, he was automatically included in the Chu Party, and indirectly stood on the opposite side of the Donglin Party.

However, Xiong Tingbi, who changed his destiny entirely by his own efforts, has a fiery temperament and is also upright. He is especially loyal to the Ming court and is particularly concerned about court affairs.Therefore, compared with other officials in the DPRK who pay more attention to personal interests and the interests of their own camp, he appears "naive" and "immature".

Even though he was in the Chu Party, Xiong Tingbi did not deliberately distance himself from the Donglin Party members.Some of the Donglin party members also maintained a good relationship with him because there was no obvious dispute.Therefore, Xiong Tingbi in this period was actually a marginalized person in the fierce party struggle and was not greatly affected.

It is this identity and status that made Xiong Tingbi a suitable censor who could thoroughly investigate the "Liaodong Abandoned Land Case" in the eyes of the two parties in the 36th year of Wanli, and therefore had an intersection with Nurhachi.

The "Liaodong Abandoned Land Case" occurred two years ago in the 34th year of Wanli.At that time, the game between the three parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and the Donglin Party entered a fierce stage. Li Chengliang, the general officer of Liaodong in the former camp, planned to eliminate some potential dangers in Liaodong in advance in order to avoid harming Chiyu.

When he realized that the Six Forts of Kuandian, located in the hinterland of Jurchen in Jianzhou, would be difficult to hold, and once lost would become the best excuse for the Donglin Party to attack the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang and pull himself into trouble, he decided to give up this project directly. block place.

Thus, there was a scene of "abandoning the land for eight hundred miles without authorization, and [-] residents were forced to move back to the inland and become displaced".And Nurhachi has also achieved a greater military advantage in the Northeast.

This incident was not insignificant, but because the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang were more powerful than the Donglin Party in the court at that time, and they knew the reasons behind Li Chengliang's actions, they came forward to save Li Chengliang.But in the 36th year of Wanli, after Ye Xianggao, who was considered an important figure in the Donglin Party, became the chief assistant, this old matter was revealed again.

Under the pressure of strong public opinion, Emperor Wanli decided to send Yushi to Liaodong to find out the truth. At this time, Xiong Tingbi, who seemed relatively neutral, was pushed out.

After arriving in Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi conducted field research there for half a year, and finally found out the whole process of Li Chengliang and Zhao Ji's abandonment of the territory and the expulsion of the people.

Xiong Tingbi, who didn't understand party struggles, or was unwilling to participate in party struggles and was only worried about national interests, was very angry. He listed eight major crimes committed by Li Chengliang and Zhao Ji, and asked them to be severely punished.

The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny. In fact, the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, who is fully aware of the inside story, of course ignored the idea of ​​severe punishment.He didn't even send Xiong Tingbi's memorial to the ministers for discussion, but directly issued an imperial edict, praising Li Chengliang for "having made great achievements in the town of Liao Dynasty for a long time, and he should be rewarded for it", and then let Li Chengliang "retire" with dignity.

Could it be that Zhu Yijun couldn't tell right from wrong?Of course not, this is just a political compromise, it can be regarded as giving the Donglin Party an explanation, but it will not completely offend the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang.

In fact, he deliberately maintained the situation of party struggle within the imperial court, so that both sides could not get rid of the control of the imperial power, and correspondingly, they could not form a joint force to interfere too much with the emperor.In the final analysis, behind this is the contest between the power of the monarch and the power of the ministers.

Although the opinion of severe punishment was not adopted, Xiong Tingbi did not lose his enthusiasm. He soon conducted an actual military inspection of Liaodong.

At that time, on the land of Liaodong, the three major military powers of the Ming Dynasty, Monan Mongolia, and Jurchen fought against each other, and remained in a stage of war or peace, and the relationship was unclear.However, despite the ambiguity of the situation, Xiong Tingbi clearly realized that the threat to the Ming Dynasty posed by the Jianzhou Jurchen under the leadership of Nurhachi was far greater than that of Mongolia.

He pointed out that although Mongolia was strong and powerful, it "only looted property and had no lofty ambitions", while Jianzhou Jurchen's food and temperament were similar to those of the Ming Dynasty, and "the ambition was in my land"-the later facts clearly confirmed this point.

In order to better defend against the Jianzhou Jurchen led by Nurhachi, Xiong Tingbi proposed to rectify military discipline, strengthen the internal and external, and use the barbarians to control the barbarians.And during the three years of his tenure, he continued to do so.

More than 700 miles of city walls and a large number of city piers were successively built in the Liaodong border, and a high defense line was built.A large area of ​​wasteland was reclaimed and planted with crops. The grain harvest in Liaodong reached millions of stones every year, which was a merit for both the army and the people.

Because Xiong Tingbi knew that the Liaodong Ming army was not as strong as before due to the loss of wars such as aiding Korea and fighting against Japan. Therefore, he advocated that the army should focus on defense, and obtained the opportunity to clean up military discipline, improve combat power, and preserve strength. recovered slowly.

Under such circumstances, even Nurhachi, who has the ambition of a hero, had to re-examine his plan and hibernate instead.

In the 39th year of Wanli, Xiong Tingbi's term of office in Liaodong expired, and he was ordered to change to a school supervisor in Nanzhili.However, right after this, Xiong Tingbi had many disputes with the Donglin Party—it's not surprising that the inspector, Nan Zhili, ran to other people's territory.

During his tenure as the school inspector of Nanzhi, Xiong Tingbi offended the Donglin Party more and more because "all he was promoted were celebrities, all those who advanced were humble, and all those who were dismissed were the sons of the country gentry, and most of them were disciples of Donglin".

Not long after, Xiong Tingbi, who was disciplined and grumpy, was caught by the Donglin party for beating a student to death with a stick.After being impeached, he was immediately removed from his official position and could only stay at home for many years.

At this time, Nurhachi, who had already established the Houjin regime, took the opportunity to launch the "Battle of Salhu" in Liaodong.Yang Gao, who replaced Xiong Tingbi to guard Liaodong, led the 12 Ming army to fight Nurhachi's Eight Banners army, but due to well-known reasons, they ended up in a disastrous defeat.

Since then, Daming has repeatedly lost his original advantages and became passive.With the development of the situation getting worse, "cleaning up the mess in Liaodong" has become a hot potato that Ming officials can't avoid.

Under such circumstances, Xiong Tingbi, who had been at home for many years, was finally remembered and received an order to recover.Xiong Tingbi, who was eager to save the country, did not weigh the pros and cons. After receiving the appointment of "Liaodong Economic Strategy", he rushed to Liaodong with illness day and night for more than [-] miles.

In order to clean up military discipline, boost the morale of the army, stabilize people's hearts, restore Liaodong's military defense capabilities as soon as possible, and deal with enemy attacks, Xiong Tingbi, with the support of Zhu Yijun, began to carry out drastic military reforms in Liaodong.

He first asked the imperial court for instructions, and recruited some elite Ming troops and supplies from various places to solve the most urgent problem.Later, he went to various important towns in Liaodong to inspect in person, giving the original soldiers and civilians in Liaodong a shot in the arm.And the generals who had fled and corrupted the law were also executed by him, and replaced by a group of generals who performed relatively well.

In this way, in less than a year, he rebuilt an impregnable defensive front in the important areas of Liaoshen, and the Ming army in Liaodong also began to show a good situation with generals eager to fight and soldiers with high morale.The effectiveness here is very intuitively proved from Xiong Tingbi's two victories against Nurhachi who invaded Liaodong not long after.

At the same time, this also shows one thing, Zhu Yijun is in control of the overall situation, and as before, knows who is the real minister who can do things, and as always, dare to delegate power after the activation.

However, it is a pity that when the situation in Liaodong was very good, the imperial court thousands of miles away began an unprecedented power reorganization.

In less than three months, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun and Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo died one after another, and Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao succeeded to the throne in Chongnian. The struggle between the court and China became more intense, and even Xiong Tingbi, who was far away from the customs, was not spared.He was quickly impeached and stepped down by the spokesperson of the Donglin Party, and Yuan Yingtai of the Donglin Party succeeded him as the Liaodong Economic Strategy.

Unlike Xiong Tingbi, who has outstanding military commanding skills, Yuan Yingtai can even be said to know nothing about military affairs.So within three or four months after he took office, Nurhachi saw the details.

Liaodong, which was once impenetrable under the garrison of Xiong Tingbi, was also found by Nurhachi one after another, and inserted into Houjin's spies.After that, Yuan Yingtai no longer had the ability to fight Nurhachi.

However, Yuan Yingtai, who was ignorant of the danger, followed the DPRK's call for a quick decision and took the initiative to attack, which obviously accelerated the process of his failure.

In a short period of time, he lost Shenyang, Liaoyang and other important cities one after another, and could only lead the vulnerable Ming army to retreat to the west of Liaohe River.Feeling that the situation was over, Yuan Yingtai committed suicide with his whole family, leaving this unsolvable mess to the court.And Xiong Tingbi, who had been squeezed away, was remembered by the court in anxiety.

After being interviewed by Emperor Apocalypse in person, Xiong Tingbi, as a courtier, couldn't show his temper, so he could only accept the task of cleaning up the mess again.

However, what Xiong Tingbi didn't expect was that this was already the case, and the court even ignored his appeal for soldiers and payment on the grounds of financial difficulties and the Sichuan rebellion.The Donglin party members even took advantage of this opportunity, and under the pretext of "winning without money", Wang Huazhen of his faction asked for the post of governor of Liaodong to check and balance Xiong Tingbi.

The most ridiculous thing here is that Xiong Tingbi can't get the military salary, but the Donglin Party has planned a corresponding military salary for Wang Huazhen.In this way, Xiong Tingbi, who was the economic strategist of Liaodong, was constrained and unable to perform, while Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, led an army of [-] to guard the important town of Guangning alone, and the army was well paid.

During this period, the Donglin party members repeatedly petitioned to revoke Xiong Tingbi's official position in Liaodong in order to support Wang Huazhen, and Wang Huazhen also said that he could bring good news to the court before autumn.The difficulty of Xiong Tingbi's situation at this time is already obvious.

However, the Donglin party members boasted that they had the ability to go to Haikou, but they obviously did not have the corresponding strength.Facing the menacing Eight Banners army that came in May, Wang Huazhen didn't even have the strength to resist, so she could only leave Guangning behind and fled all the way to Shanhaiguan.

When Xiong Tingbi came to support, Guangning had been taken by Nurhachi.He still had an old temper, first he laughed at Wang Huazhen, and finally took over the remnants and escorted the generals and the people to Shanhaiguan.

According to the situation at the time, Wang Huazhen was obviously responsible for the loss of Guangning. However, in order to cover up the act of recommending Wang Huazhen to be stationed in Guangning, the Donglin party members began to cause trouble. unfavorable" issue.So Xiong Tingbi was also sent to prison, awaiting sentencing.

Xiong Tingbi spent three years in prison and has been working hard to clear his grievances.In the end, however, he was unsuccessful as he was thoroughly a victim of political struggle.

At that time, the eunuch party, who had a grudge with the Donglin Party, planned to take advantage of the unstable Donglin Party to fabricate some crimes and put him to death.And when Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the eunuch party, was thinking about what crimes to fabricate, an eunuch surnamed Ma who had had a rift with Xiong Tingbi in the early years suggested that Xiong Tingbi could fabricate the accusation that Xiong Tingbi had bribed Donglin party members.

Thus, Xiong Tingbi, who clearly had a disagreement with the Donglin Party, died just like that.

It's ridiculous to say that the Hou Jin regime, which he tried to destroy, was stepped forward by Qianlong more than 100 years later, and made a more objective evaluation for him.

"Those who discuss the Ming Dynasty's military affairs should take Xiong Tingbi as the giant. Reading his "Majesty's Ci" makes me want to cry, but the head of the country who is loyal to the country is punished, and he destroys the Great Wall and abandons his ancestors. Can you still say that you have a human heart and a conscience?"

Qianlong's remark naturally had his political intentions. He deliberately picked up the faults of the Ming Dynasty to prove that the Qing Dynasty "followed the sky and responded to people", but this fault did exist objectively, so he had to let him talk about it.

Gao Yushi didn't like many officials in the late Ming Dynasty, and even had a lot of dislike, but for Xiong Tingbi, Gao Yushi basically held a positive attitude.

Although Xiong Tingbi also has his faults, such as bad temper, arrogance, and especially likes to mock colleagues, etc., in the officialdom... well, it is indeed a bit suspected of courting death.However, these issues are all trivial in the eyes of high pragmatism. How can the country lose the big because of the small when employing people?

For example, he is a highly pragmatic "holy family Dulong", and he didn't want to wipe out all those who opposed him because of this.Even looking back, Liang Menglong was still Zhang Juzheng's student back then!
In any case, Gao Wushi is indeed deliberately cultivating Xiong Tingbi, and Xiong Tingbi has been his political advisor for more than two years, and Gao Wushi is ready to reuse him for the first time.
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(End of this chapter)