My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 7 Conspiracy in the Corner
Listening to the noise coming from outside from time to time, Zhu Youxiao was half-lying on a chair, with his feet resting on the Long Book Desk, and Zhu Youxiao fell into deep thought for a while.

The party struggles during the Tianqi period can be traced back to the Jiajing period.

Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng, these four are all good players in the party, and their skills are very tough.

But since Zhang Juzheng fell, the people behind him did not have the skill and courage of the four people, and they did more and more excessive things. The Beijing Police Department (official merit verification, once every six years) has become an important tool in party struggle.

The real relationship between Donglin and the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang dates back to the early years of Wanli. At that time, Zhang Juzheng, who was holding Longqing's will and starting reforms, kicked Gu Xiancheng, the first CEO of the Donglin Party, back to his hometown. Gu Xiancheng, a member of the family, founded Donglin Academy, officially kicking off the party struggle.

In the 21st year of Wanli, the Guisi Jingcha began, and Donglin took the lead in using the Jingcha to purge dissidents.At that time, Zhao Nanxing, the doctor of the examination department of the Ministry of Personnel and the elder of Donglin, publicly declared: "The code of internal inspection is carried out every six years. It is at this time that a gentleman becomes ill and a villain complains. The author's intention is to treat it as a slave. The meaning of the poet is like the fragments of a poem, everyone takes what they want." The result is conceivable, and a large number of members of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang were wiped out.

In the 45th year of Wanli, Ding Si's imperial inspection began, and the alliance between the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang entered the honeymoon period. The three parties hit it off and decided to completely cleanse Donglin.Zheng Jizhi (Shang Shu of the Ministry of Personnel, Chu Party), Li Zhi (Shang Shu of the Ministry of Punishment and also a member of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Zhejiang Party), Zhao Shi'e (Mr. Zhong of the Kao Gong Division), Xu Shaoji (Zuo Ji Shizhong, a section chief of the Civil Affairs Bureau), Han Jun ( Censor of Henan Province, Qi Dang) presided over the inspection of Beijing.

Since the people in charge of the inspection all had distinct party backgrounds, the capital was filled with the smell of gunpowder even before the inspection began.

As a result, many officials from the Ministry of War, including Wang Xiangqian, were investigated or demoted. Ding Qijun, the young minister of Taichang Temple, Sun Shenxing, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and Deployments, and other Donglin generals were punished or forced to leave.The Donglin Party was almost wiped out from the government.

Next is the classic track. Now that the external enemies have been eliminated, it’s time to solve the internal problems - the internal strife among the three parties.

Seeing that Dong Lin has been taken away, it's time for everyone to sit in a row and divide the fruits.

At the same time, during this period, Donglin's dog-headed military advisor Wang Wenyan designed to alienate the three parties and create discord, but the result was not very good.

Zou Zhilin, a member of the Qi Party, wanted to be transferred to the civil service department, but the Qi Party refused to agree. Zou Zhilin became angry and turned to Yao Zongwen and Liu Tingyuan, the leaders of the Zhejiang Party.

Coupled with Wang Wenyan's plan, Zuo Guangdou and other important Donglin officials formed an alliance with the Chu Party and counterattacked the Qi Party. The mutual criticism between the two parties directly impeached and dismissed Qi Party leaders Qi Shijiao and Han Jun, which led to the Qi Party's closeness. break up
During this process, Fang Congzhe, the chief minister of the cabinet, has been mediating and ensuring the basic operation of the court.

In the 48th year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli passed away. A month later, Taichang also passed away after using a bunch of Donglin, leaving a lot of mess.During the palace transfer case, Donglin gained Tianqi's trust and began to gradually control the court.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, Zhao Nanxing presided over the inspection of the capital of Guihai, expelled the three parties from the capital in one fell swoop, and even cursed the four evil people.

For a time, the whole court was basically filled with Donglin, who had achieved an achievement - the people were in full compliance with the court.

But not long after, Wei Zhongxian gained power, or Emperor Tianqi reacted, so the remaining forces of the three parties in Qi, Chu and Zhejiang defected to Wei Zhongxian, and the eunuch party was formed.

Since then, the most intense moment of conflict between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party has arrived.

Now, since he, the time traveler, is here, nothing in history will happen.

Zhu Youxiao thought, his eyes drifted to the memorial on the table.

Among the three people in the current cabinet, Fang Congzhe belongs to the centrist faction, but his disciple Qi Shijiao is the leader of the Qi Party, and his opinions are slightly biased towards the Qi Party.

The remaining two people, Liu Yishen and Han Xu, are both Donglin.

Among the six ministers, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry is temporarily missing. The new Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Wang Zuo, has not arrived in Beijing yet. The one currently in charge of the temporary seal of the Ministry of Industry is Wang Yongguang, the Zuo Shilang. This is a boy from a poor family who was born as a cowherd boy. He is a man who can do things. During the Tianqi period, he was not detained by the eunuchs. In the early years of Chongzhen's liquidation, he was not detained by Donglin. He was a slippery figure.

Among the other five bureaucracies, Zhou Jiamo, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Donglin.

Li Ruhua, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, is not sure which side he is leaning towards, but he is very worried that one day he will be gone.

Sun Ruyou, the Minister of Rites, was either a centrist or a Chu Party member.

Huang Jiashan, the Minister of War, once guarded the border for more than [-] years and was a powerful figure in Ningxia. However, he resigned due to his old age. This time he came back to serve as Minister of War because of the defeat of Saarhu. The former Minister of War, Wang Xiangqian, was killed. Impeachment failed, but in fact I am too old to do anything.

Huang Kezuan of the Ministry of Justice, a neutral faction, pleases no one, the famous thorn head, historically bullied by both the eunuchs and Donglin, and even the emperor Apocalypse in history disliked Ya.

But what is interesting is that Huang Kezuan himself is also a wonderful person. There is a memorial on Zhu Youxiaolong's book case to impeach or scold him, which was written by Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong manager.

After the defeat of Sarhu, Huang Kezuan wanted to make new weapons and send them outside the customs. He thought of fellow Tongan fellows from Quanzhou who had returned from overseas, so he transferred [-] people from his hometown who had casting experience in Manila. artisan.

Then Huang Kezuan sent his grandnephew to take these people to Beijing to cast cannons. The cannon he cast was called the "Luzon Big Bronze Cannon".

However, this thing was completely in the exploratory stage. The cannons were cast. One person was responsible for two of them, and 28 of them were cast.

In August, when Emperor Taichang was in power, Nurhachi was besieging Shenyang. Before the city was besieged, Huang Kezuan shipped more than a dozen "Luzon Bronze Cannons" as secret weapons.

This cannon is available, but the effect of using it is very bad.

In the words of later generations, the ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny.

When Xiong Tingbi and Jiannu got into a fight, he fired a cannon and exploded several guns. Xiong Tingbi was so angry that he wrote a memorial and cursed Huang Kezuan, "What a crap thing you asked your nephew to forge."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but laugh after reading this memorial.And for the rest, Zhang Wenda, the censor of Zuodu, no need to ask, Donglin.

There were two nests in Donglin in the Ming Dynasty, Du Cha Yuan and Liu Ke Lang (Liu Ke Shi Zhong).

Tapping his fingers on Xiong Tingbi's memorial, looking at the name Huang Kezuan, Zhu Youxiao's mind turned slightly, and suddenly he had a wonderful idea.

While the palace was being cleaned, several people gathered together under the dark oil lamp.

"Wang An, hanged himself."

"Well, I heard that he went with the late emperor."

"Do you believe it?"

"I do not believe."

"What about you?"

"I don't believe it either."

"How can a eunuch who hanged himself after the death of the late emperor have such integrity?"

"How can someone with such integrity be a eunuch?"

"A eunuch, a humble person, knows nothing about integrity and loyalty."

Someone in the room snorted coldly.

"But if Wang An hadn't hanged himself...his death would probably not be simple."

"I'm afraid the little emperor can't stand Wang An."

"Do you mean?"

"Humph, don't think that I don't know what you have done, so you can take care of yourself."

The man said, stood up with his sleeves rolled up, and walked out of the house.

"It's just that Emperor Shenzong ignores the government affairs. Otherwise, you would have died countless times just because you ran to the East Palace more diligently than me, Yu De."

"you!"

Watching the other party leave, someone stood up angrily.

"Brother Han, don't be indifferent to him."

The man said and handed over a memorial in his hand.

"This is?"

"The governor of Liaodong, Zhou Yongchun and Ding You, have returned home, and I intend to let Yuan Yingtai take over."

"You're thinking?"

After taking the memorial and looking at it, the man did not nod in a hurry.

"Since the defeat of Saarhu, Liaodong has been in danger. Xiong Tingbi has been conducting military campaigns in Liaodong for more than a year. Although he defended Liaodong, he was unable to eliminate them in time and wasted money and food."

"Do you want Yuan Yingtai to take the credit?"

When the man named Han heard this, he blinked his small eyes and was thinking about something.

"Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, there must be a conclusion about the affairs in Liaodong."

"I have a student who is a county magistrate in Shaowu."

"Brother Han, don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by Brother Yu."

(End of this chapter)