Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 218 The grievances of the Donglin Party
How could the Donglin Party, which was still very rare in the court, oppose Zhu Youjian's decision?

In addition, other ministers did not want to see the right minister of the Ministry of War being occupied by the Donglin Party. After Zhu Youjian decided to push the matter back, the court quickly entered the next topic:
Tingtui is responsible for the special supervision of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Minister of Qian Fa, and the Ministry of Industry, the special supervision of the Minister of Works.

For these two candidates, the Donglin Party still has an advantage.

The last time the court promoted Nanjing officials, Zhu Youjian almost used up all the senior neutral officials. This time the Donglin Party pushed out the people who accompanied the recommendation last time, and those people were naturally included as candidates.

For the position of Special Supervisor Qian Fa Shilang, Zheng Sanjun, who accompanied the promotion of Nanjing's Minister of Household Affairs last time, was the most favored. He, Sun Juxiang, Dong Yingju and other candidates all belong to the Donglin Party.

Zhu Youjian looked at the list and did not exclude the use of the Donglin Party in this position. They may not have much talent in the military, but they are still competent financially.

Among these people, Zhu Youjian's favorite was Dong Yingju. This person once served as the Minister of Supervision of the Ministry of Finance and Law and had experience in minting coins.

Moreover, this person is already seventy-one years old. According to the previously established rules for becoming an official, he must stay in office every year, otherwise he will automatically resign.

If he doesn't like it, it's fine if he doesn't stay in the post after one year. Now let him take the post for one year.

Therefore, at Zhu Youjian's suggestion, Dong Yingju was promoted to the special supervisor Qian Fashilang, and Zheng Sanjun accompanied him again.

Two consecutive promotions made Zhu Youjian notice Zheng Sanjun and knew that he was a real boss of the Donglin Party and very popular in the Donglin Party. It may become the new core of Donglin Party, so we should pay more attention to it.

Zhu Youjian feels good, and Zheng Sanjun is famous for knowing people. The reason why the Jinjiang Party or the Fujian Party that he was wary of would not appear was because Zheng Sanjun had once inspected schools in Fujian and had almost netted all the talented scholars in Fujian of this generation. Hong Chengchou, Huang Daozhou, Huang Jingfang and others were all disciples of Zheng Sanjun.

Moreover, when Zheng Sanjun was the prefect of Danggui De, he founded Xuetai Academy. Ding Kuichu, Hou Xun and others all came from here.

It can be said that many of the younger generation of the Donglin Party, which has no successor, were trained by Zheng Sanjun.

This person, like Qian Qianyi, may become the new core of the Donglin Party!

Secretly writing down Zheng Sanjun's name, Zhu Youjian ordered Tingtui to supervise the minister of work. He planned to use this candidate as a reserve for the Grand Bachelor.

The last time the court recommended a bachelor, He Ruchong, who was ranked behind Zheng Yiwei and Xu Guangqi, was promoted by the court under Zhu Youjian's instruction.

Although this person is listed in the Donglin Party, he actually belongs to the neutral faction. Moreover, it has a clear name and can at least be used to supervise project expenditures.

If He Ru Chong can exceed expectations and be qualified as the Minister of Supervision, Zhu Youjian plans to let him join the cabinet as the next cabinet minister.

In this way, after the number of Jiuqing was full, the number of ministers was also close to being full.

The situation in the court is further stabilizing.

If nothing big changes happen, these people will be in power in the next one or two years.

Zhu Youjian has already planned to seek stability and implement previous policies. He didn't want to keep the court in turmoil and make the officials unmotivated.

After a busy morning, Zhu Youjian planned to take a rest in the afternoon, and received another request. Wu Shangmo wanted to resign.

He was promoted to Shanxi's Right Chief Envoy on the 29th, and now he is ready to take office only three days later.

Thinking that Wu Shangmo was still being sent to travel places at such an old age, Zhu Youjian felt that he should be considerate and planned to meet him.

Wu Shangmo was very happy to be promoted by the emperor to Shanxi's Right Chief Envoy. Isn't the reason why he worked so hard to get the Jinshi exam to be an official and realize his ambition?
Now the emperor has promoted him to serve as a high official. He has decided to make some achievements and live up to this favor.

After some courtesy, Zhu Youjian encouraged Wu Shangmo to do a good job, especially to cooperate with the suppression of bandits.

Wu Shangmo agreed one by one, and before leaving, he finally said to the emperor what he wanted to say today:
"Since your Majesty ascended to the throne, you have eliminated eunuchs and settled crimes, and you have been a wise king."

"But it would be too lenient to treat rebellious officials."

"I believe that today's Donglin is the so-called Ganling and Runan in the Han Dynasty; today's Yangzuo ministers are the so-called Li Du, Fan Pang, etc. in the Han Dynasty. Although the disaster was severe for a moment, the name and reality will last forever. "

"Your Majesty has repeatedly issued decrees, so it is best to announce them as soon as possible. He has repeatedly issued decrees, so it is best to express them as soon as possible."

"We should issue a clear edict again and implement it immediately, so as to soothe the anger of the people and snow the ghosts."

Such a fierce attitude shocked Zhu Youjian.

He felt that he had done enough by replacing so many rebellious officials. Unexpectedly, in Wu Shangmo's view, it was still far from enough.

However, Wu Shangmo is actually a moderate in the Donglin Party. This elderly man, like his name, is taciturn in court.

Even such a moderate feels that he is too lenient to rebellious officials. So what would the more radical Donglin Party think?

This made Zhu Youjian start to think, did he keep the eunuch party in office too much, so that the Donglin party was dissatisfied?

But something is wrong when I think about it. Among the nine ministers, only Guo Yunhou, Xue Fengxiang and the eunuch party are deeply involved. Moreover, Guo Yunhou is about to leave office, and he appoints more neutral factions.

Wu Shangmo didn't mention the official position, but rather said that he needed to clear up the situation for those who died.

"Zhaoxue, it's time to Zhaoxue!" 』

"Wei Zhongxian handled the Six Gentlemen and Seven Gentlemen incidents very poorly. 』

"The Eunuch Party has killed so many people, the Donglin Party must be dissatisfied!" 』

Zhu Youjian was aware of this dissatisfaction, so he did not retain any eunuch party officials who were involved in human lives. At the same time, Jin Yiwei was urged to finalize the cases of Tian Ergen, Xu Xianchun and others, so as not to be unable to protect them after the Donglin Party returned to the court.

But at this time, he felt that he still underestimated and underestimated this dissatisfaction. In fact, this kind of dissatisfaction can no longer be called dissatisfaction, but should be called resentment.

Some Donglin Party members, after the fall of the Eunuch Party, could not wait to release their grievances and destroy everything about the Eunuch Party.

If they are not allowed to vent, they will keep holding their breath and stare at the remnants of the eunuchs in the court.

If they were allowed to vent uncontrollably, the damage might be too great and the court would be torn apart again.

At this moment, Zhu Youjian really felt the difficulty and knew that it would not be that easy to bridge the party dispute. Looking at Wu Shangmo with an expectant look on his face, Zhu Youjian immediately said to him:

"I know! I know!"

"I know everything you said, and I am doing it!"

"For all those who died, I will review their cases."

"No one will be spared who rebels against the party when human lives are involved."

"Especially Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, I have already issued an edict."

"In the future, I will also change Wei Zhongxian's living shrine to Zhaozhong shrine to pay tribute to the ministers who died in death."

“Put their biographies on display and they will be praised forever!”

This attitude calmed Wu Shangmo's mood and allowed him to thank the emperor.

Determined to test Wu Shangmo, Zhu Youjian said at this time:

"Do you have anyone you can recommend?"

"I am really in a dilemma about the choice of the right minister of the Ministry of War."

Wu Shangmo was silent for a while and said:
"When ministers are employed, they should be recommended by the imperial court, but ministers should not comment on them."

"But His Majesty wants to activate Zhou Yongchun, I think we should be cautious."

"Zhou Yongchun may be familiar with Liaodong, but he is guilty and is the leader of the Qi Party, so he is really not suitable for appointment."

"The former right minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Nai, went to Liaodong as an envoy in the 48th year of Wanli Dynasty. He got along well with Zhou Yongchun and used the original version of the "Quan Liao Map" to write a volume of "Liao Yi Lue"."

"Your Majesty wants to appoint someone who is familiar with Liaodong as the right minister of the Ministry of War. He can revive Zhang Nai."

This is also a Donglin Party, but the involvement is not deep. His disciple Zeng Chuqing also participated in the compilation of "Three Dynasties Essential Code".

Moreover, Zhu Youjian also heard what Wu Shangmo meant. He could use the relationship between Zhang Nai and Zhou Yongchun to appoint Zhou Yongchun. It would not cause a disturbance in the court just because of the appointment of this leader of the Qi Party.

So Zhu Youjian nodded and planned to get to know Zhang Nai better to see if he was qualified to be the right minister of the Ministry of War.

After Wu Shangmo recommended Zhang Nai, he still hesitated to speak. After Zhu Youjian saw it, he asked:

"Wu Qing, is there anything else you want to say?"

"Does anyone else recommend it?"

This was originally a joke, but I didn't expect that someone actually recommended Wu Shangmo. But it was not the Donglin Party, but his fellow countrymen. Wu Shangmo said:
"Your Majesty wants to use military commanders. In this time of war, I think it is appropriate."

"It is also extremely appropriate to establish the position of guard army."

"In my hometown, there is a martial arts scholar Zha Guoning. He is courageous and strategic, brave and honest. I think he is qualified for both military generals and army guards."

"The former Zhaoping Staff General Wu Jianglong was also a martial arts scholar. He should also be qualified for the position of guarding the army."

"Both of them have captured pirates and can be used in the navy. I hope your Majesty will make good use of them and put an end to the war as soon as possible!"

Although these words were to recommend the township party, they were not very selfish. They were more about recommending talents for the imperial court.

Zhu Youjian heard his intention and did not blame him for meddling in the military affairs indiscriminately. He wrote down the names of these people and prepared to appoint them in the future.

He asked Wu Shangmo again about the time of his departure from Beijing and learned that he would leave tomorrow. Zhu Youjian sent the Hanlin Academy to review Wen Anzhi and see him off on his behalf.

Wu Shangmo was even more touched by this courtesy. I feel that the emperor sees all my hard work.

Zhu Youjian looked at Wu Shangmo's leaving figure and sighed in his heart. Such loyal veterans who serve the country are rare anymore. You should use them well and let them shine.

But he also had some headaches about the problems left by Wu Shangmo. The grievances of the Donglin Party are too great and need to be channeled out.

Otherwise, this resentment will tear the eunuchs into pieces, hurt others, and make the court, which has stabilized, once again become unstable.

This was something Zhu Youjian didn't want to see, so he began to think about how to channel the grievances of the Donglin Party.

Liu Zongzhou's name came to his mind again.

This person is famous enough and has been included in the Donglin Party. The methods he proposes will definitely satisfy the Donglin Party members.

At this moment, Zhu Youjian really hoped that Liu Zongzhou would arrive as soon as possible!
　"Chronicle of the Remaining Ming Dynasty":
　　Zheng Gongsanjun, a native of Jiande, Chizhou, was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, was transferred to the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and was transferred to the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in Beijing...

　　Dingge was ninety years old at the time, and he couldn't get out of it because of his old age. After passing by Hong Gong (Hong Chengchou), a member of his family went to Chizhou and welcomed him in a boat. The public scolded him angrily and refused to accept his orders.

　　Jinglue cried loudly and said: "Teacher has abandoned me!" He finally left without being seen.

　　"Chongzhen Changbian" March of the first year of Chongzhen:
　　Wu Yin, Wu Shangmo, the censor of Shandong Province, said:

　　Today's Donglin is the so-called Ganling and Runan in the Han Dynasty; today's Yangzuo ministers are the so-called Li Du, Fan Pang, etc. in the Han Dynasty. Although the disaster is severe for a moment, the name will last forever.

　　Fang repeatedly ordered Zhaoxue, but there was no Zhaoxue; he repeatedly ordered Zhaoxue, but there was no such thing.

　　The righteousness has been stagnant for a long time, and the loyal soul is thin. Yesterday's haze covered the sky, and the storm ended at night. Isn't it possible that evil ghosts rely on it to cause grievances?
　　It is time to clarify the purpose again and implement it immediately to appease the anger of the people and snow the ghosts.

　　The purpose is so.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)