Haisheng Mingdi

"Qian Qianyi is in prison."

When Lu Xuanzong, the admiral of the imperial army, returned home, he saw his uncle Lu Liuliang, who was a few years younger than him, talking to his father Lu Yuanliang, who was talking to his father Lu Yuanliang.

Lu Yuanliang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, held the chess piece in his hand for a long time, and sighed, "The situation has changed a lot. For some reason, it makes people worry."

However, Lu Liuliang, who was the attendant of the crown prince of the East Palace, said calmly, "In fact, this day will come sooner or later. It is surprising that His Majesty did it in the ninth year of Shaotian."

The three of them sat there talking about Qian Qianyi with emotion, embarrassment and even a bit of pity, especially Lu Yuanliang used to be a disciple under Qian Qianyi's family. A native of De County, a family of officials and eunuchs for generations.

Lu Yuanliang's father served as the magistrate of Fanshan during the Wanli period, and later returned to his hometown due to illness. He was kind and charitable, and had a good reputation. He had five sons.

His father died young and his mother was weak, so Lu Liuliang was brought up by his third elder brother and his wife since he was a child. He studied and learned martial arts with his nephew Xuanzong, who was four years older than him.It's just that there are two uncles and nephews, one is good at writing and the other is good at martial arts.

Lu Yuanliang was an influential social leader in Chongzhen. In the late Ming Dynasty, literati in the south of the Yangtze River formed associations. Fushe, Jishe, Yingshe, etc. were extremely influential. Many well-known Confucian masters from the Normal University, he organized the Chengshe in his hometown of Chongde, and thousands of scholars from western Zhejiang joined, and it was also very popular.

At that time, Lu Liuliang, who was in his teens, participated in poetry club activities with his elder brother. At a young age, he was the best in poetry and prose. Besides poetry and prose, he also had 24 unique skills. Riding and shooting with a bow, fencing with a lance.

Later, Lu Yuanliang was enlisted to go north and abandoned his pen to join the army. However, the court at that time was already in decline. In the end, Chongzhen hanged himself on Meishan, and Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the pass.Lu Yuanliang went south to vote for Shi Kefa to guard Yangzhou, and was in the Zanhua army.

Lu Xuanzhong, who was in his early twenties, and his 16-year-old uncle and nephew, Lu Liuliang, were in their hometown, distributing their wealth to recruit volunteers. Later, when Zhu Yihai went to the north, the uncle and nephew of Lu Xuanzhong also responded immediately, and Lu Xuanzhong was also appointed as the commander-in-chief. Later, he was given the seal of General Fuyi, and Lu Liuliang was also awarded the supervisory censor.

In the last years of Chongzhen, many people in Chengshe chose to abandon their pens and join the army to defend their country. It was disbanded invisibly, and the world was restored to stability later, but the emperor opposed the association, and the Cheng Society completely became history.

However, there were still many members in the Chengshe back then, and now they are serving in the Shaotian Dynasty. Even Lu Yuanliang was a minister of the Ministry of Industry when he was in his fifties, and Lu Liuliang was a trusted person by the Crown Prince of the East Palace in his twenties, and he was nearly thirty years old. The famous Lu Xuanzhong became one of the admirals of the capital's imperial camp, and his rank was from the first rank.

Of course, the Conglong faction is the most in power in the Shaotian Dynasty. Among them, the Zhedong family in Zhejiang is the most confidant, and the Zhexi family is only behind. Not small, there were many generals and civil servants in Chongde County back then, many of whom were above the third rank. …

"At the end of the day, Qian Muzhai has a high reputation for articles, he has wings in Donglin, presides over altars, and has been in the Universal Clan Alliance for 50 years, but he has surrendered repeatedly and has no reputation.

I talk about integrity in my life, the two surnames are kings, and there is no basis for advancing or retreating. How can the article be bright?
In the final analysis, Germany is still uncoordinated.

Thinking back to the time when the third brother abandoned his pen and joined the army, he went north to join the conscripts and served in the army.Later, the northern capital city was destroyed, the king died, and many people surrendered to the robbers and prisoners, but the elder brother still went through all kinds of hardships and returned to the south of the Yangtze River. He was not discouraged, and took the initiative to go to Shige's army again to praise paintings.

Before the city of Yangzhou was destroyed, the third elder brother was ordered to go back to his hometown to raise troops and pay. Although he escaped, he still led me and others to raise volunteer soldiers to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Wu Yi, Yuying from Shaoxing, Qian Sule from Ningbo, etc., are as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river.

The third brother and others were not high-ranking officials and ministers in the Chongzhen Dynasty, but they could regard the word loyalty above life.

But what is Qian Qianyi's identity and status?
He usually shouted loyalty louder than anyone else. As soon as the Qing army crossed the Yangtze River, he immediately called on Xiancheng to surrender to the Qing. As soon as the Tartars came, he would go out of the city and kneel down to meet them, and even shave their hair. Speaking of which, what a blow it is to these people with lofty ideals who are still persisting in resisting and throwing their heads and blood?

I still remember that when we heard the news in our hometown, we almost collapsed. At that time, one-third of our rebel army dispersed overnight, and countless people were desperate and lost confidence. "

Lu Yuanliang sighed.

"Yes."

In the past few years, he and Qian Qianyi have rarely been around. The main reason is that Qian Qianyi's surrender made him no longer respect this teacher. Even after hearing the news of his surrender, Lu Yuanliang directly cut off his robe A piece, in order to expressly cut off the teacher-student relationship with him.

Later, Qian Qianyi came to the south, because the emperor said that he was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han, and he was only lurking in the enemy camp, so he dubiously eased his relationship with Qian, but the two were no longer the same as before. In fact, Qian Qianyi Although he has been holding an important position in the imperial court for the past few years, Lu Yuanliang only sent his servants to deliver postcards during festivals, but he never visited the door again.

Now that Qian Qianyi has ended up like this, he can't tell the complexity in his heart. After all, he used to be a teacher and a student. When Qian gained power, he hated and refused to contact him. Poor.

"Do you know how to deal with it?"

"I heard that it will end up the same as the Geng family, but Qian Qianyi wants all the courts to interrogate. In the end, he must be beheaded at the Meridian Gate, and then cast a kneeling statue in front of the Taimiao, but it seems that the saint has pardoned Liu Rushi and his daughter."

Lu Liuliang frowned when he heard this, "There are rumors all over the city outside, why don't the sages shy away from it? At this time, Liu Rushi alone is pardoned. Doesn't it mean that there is no silver 300 taels here, and it's even more true that Liu Rushi's scandal is true. Is it? It used to be good to liquidate traitors and traitors, but now it’s the same as a stupid king who snatches his wife and daughter.”

Lu Xuanzhong looked around in embarrassment, and saw that there was no one else nearby, and he was also helpless to this Uncle Wu who grew up with him and was four years younger than him, "Sages are really domineering sometimes."...

"What domineering, but a little drifting."

Lu Yuanliang had to remind his younger brother who was more than 30 years apart, "Shen Yan, you are now working in the Eastern Palace, and you have to be more cautious. Misfortunes come out of your mouth. The situation has changed rapidly during this period, and you have to be more cautious at this time."

Lv Liuliang was able to write stereotyped essays at the age of eight, and became famous for his poems at the age of ten. When he was ten years old, he followed his elder brother in Chengshe to meet with scholars to discuss poetry and comment on the government. In Jiaxing and the Taihu Lake area, he was also a brave man who commanded and praised paintings, and took the lead bravely.

He is only in his twenties now, so he is unavoidably sharp.

"Geng Zhongming and Qian Qianyi are just the beginning, and this big drama has just begun. Next, Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Zu Kefa, Zu Zelan, etc. will all be liquidated one by one."

He is in the East Palace, and he is still a close friend of the prince, so he knows a lot of inside stories, and Lu Yuanliang and Lu Xuanzhong, a minister of the Ministry of Industry and an admiral of the guards, are actually people who know a lot of secrets. It's okay for the family to talk about it behind closed doors .

Everyone knows it too.

"The sage said that such a person who has suffered a great loss can't think that he will be attached to him anyway, and he will make meritorious deeds before he is alive. Nor can he die because he still has descendants."

"Your Majesty has decreed to compile the "Records of Criminal Officials" to specifically include those who surrendered and rebelled. The book is written according to the facts, so that the subtleties of history cannot be tampered with. The minister of all ages is Zhi Gangchang.

No. 1 in this record of criminals, the official is Li Yongfang, a native of Tieling, Liaodong, who was originally a guerrilla general of the Ming Dynasty. He was the first frontier general of the Ming army after the surrender. The son-in-law of the Tartars.

The imperially appointed second place is Fan Wencheng, who was originally a talented scholar in Shenyang of the Ming Dynasty, but when Nurhachi captured Fushun, he took the initiative to vote for the Tartars and has been advising them, which is an unforgivable crime. "

Although both Li Yongfang and Fan Wencheng are dead, they cannot be forgiven even if they are dead. All the families were punished by confiscation of property and exile on the frontier.

Lu Liuliang is currently participating in the compilation of "Records of Criminal Officials".

After the compilation of this record of guilty ministers, it will be published and distributed nationwide, and even attached to the national history. Gang Chang.

The young Lu Liuliang is very supportive of this matter, thinking that since Chongzhen, there have been no laws and regulations in Gangchang, so now if you want to reopen Taiping and restore prosperity, the first thing is to revive Gangchang.

To revive Gangchang, it is necessary to make a thorough liquidation of those ministers who have no king, no father, no country, no race, and only themselves.

If people like Qian Qianyi, Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Fan Wencheng, Li Yongfang, and their descendants can still occupy high positions in the new dynasty, and even enjoy wealth, it would be an insult to all those who stick to loyalty, justice, and principles Attack, who will stick to it in the future?

Lu Yuanliang, who is over 50 years old, is no longer a neck-deep man. He has experienced a lot in his life. Now that he is older, he is not so angry. He said worriedly, "Those who betray the enemy and surrender to the enemy will be severely punished. However, people like Hong Chengchou, Qian Qianyi, even Wu Sangui, Xu Yong, Li Ji, and the local national treasure, Li Chengdong, I think should be dealt with carefully. After all, although they betrayed and surrendered, they returned anyway and made meritorious deeds for the court. If everything is done now, they will all be liquidated. , once this precedent is set, who will trust the court again in the future?  …

Doesn't it mean that once you surrender to the enemy, you can only go one way to the dark? "

Lu Liuliang thought it was good, "I don't think this is a bad thing, but it will make those who want to surrender and rebel think more in advance. Once they choose that path, there is no point of return, and it is impossible to swing back and forth at will. Otherwise, as long as you have knives, guns, and soldiers in your hands, you can jump around casually, and you will be rich and powerful, so who will be loyal to the emperor and patriotic in the future?"

"In fact, judging from the emperor's treatment of Geng Zhongming and Qian Qianyi, he also recognized their achievements. Otherwise, they would have copied and beheaded all over the family and even implicated the nine clans. Now only one person is killed, and the wife and children are exiled to the frontier. , It’s just immigration supervision, isn’t it enough to think about his merits after his return anyway? This is already atonement.”

If it were another emperor, they would have to do nothing, but if they did, at least they would have to kill everyone. The emperor's treatment is very light now, and this is also a recognition of their future achievements anyway, and atones for many of their crimes.

He was in the East Palace and knew some inside information. He knew that the ones to be dealt with this time were Qian Qianyi and Wu Sangui, who were famous and high-ranking officials.

Those who are below the third grade and above the fifth grade have not committed too much evil. Basically, they will be dismissed from office, seized their posts and reduced their citizenship to the people, and then the whole family will move to the border areas. property.

For those below the fifth rank and above the seventh rank, the punishment will be lighter. It may only be demoted to the frontier, and the tribe will move to the border. They can continue to serve the country in the frontier and continue to hold some not very important positions.

Officials below the seventh rank are basically less affected. They are directly transferred to the border areas, and their family members are also relocated. Fewer family members will be implicated, and several clans will not be implicated.

As for those who have no official positions, such as some former soldiers of the Guanning Army, or those who were sent to the Qing Dynasty with Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Li Yongfang, etc., or even entered the banner, depending on the specific situation, they should be cleared from the army or government offices, and then sent to the Qing Dynasty. They immigrated to the frontier to live, and they would still be granted fields, etc. normally, and their property would basically not be moved.

"So much involved?" Lu Yuanliang was surprised.

"For sure, it seems that the saint is not only going to clean up those surrendered ministers and generals this time, but also intends to take this opportunity to move many people to the frontier, and now expand the territory, but the immigration is too small to keep up with the speed Well, there must be talented people in the newly established territory. Since no one is willing to go, then force relocation, and now relocating these tainted people is killing two birds with one stone, not only filling the frontier, but also eliminating some hidden dangers."

"Small soldiers and officials, what hidden dangers can there be?"

"This is a punishment for making mistakes. The imperial court can forgive or punish. Now that there is a need to expand the territory and there is an extreme shortage of people, it is only natural to force these people to move out."

Lu Yuanliang was very worried when he heard this, "I always feel that the wind and rain this time is a bit sudden and violent. Will this cause floods in the future? Even rivers bursting their embankments?"

Lu Xuanzhong interjected: "I don't think I'm too worried. The imperial government's policy of immigrating to the frontier is actually good. How many people have moved to the border in the past few years, and the imperial court's immigration policy is getting better and better every year, and going out is guaranteed. Even if you can endure temporary hardships, you can share dozens or even hundreds of acres of land, which will truly lay a solid foundation for your descendants."

"Too fast and too aggressive." Lu Yuanliang said.

"Well, there are some, but since this is the case, there is always a reason. After all, the saint who rebuilt the Ming Dynasty is not the Chongzhen who subjugated the country. Sometimes his behavior is indeed difficult to understand for a while, but when you look at it later, you will find that That's right, isn't that how we followed all the way here?" Lu Liuliang said.

"Yes, I hope it will be the same this time." Lu Yuanliang sighed, as he got older, he became more stable.