Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 75 Wei Zhongxian resigns due to illness

Chapter 75 Wei Zhongxian resigns due to illness

"Although Yuan Keli is capable, he is not very obedient!"

Looking at Yuan Keli's back, Zhu Youjian sighed.

Being able to sort out Mao Wenlong's affairs, and having Hou Jin's strategy coincide with his own, there is no need to say much about Yuan Keli's abilities. But his persistence as a civil servant also gave Zhu Youjian some headaches.

However, Zhu Youjian was relieved when he thought that future presidents would not be able to monopolize power. If you appoint such a capable minister, you have to endure his temper.

Those presidents can accomplish great things, and there is no reason why an emperor like me, who has more power, can't.

Xu Yingyuan didn't know what he was thinking, or that he thought of other things after sighing. He just thought that the emperor was dissatisfied with Yuan Keli, so he took the opportunity to say:

"Your Majesty, the ministers outside are disobedient."

"We need to make more use of our ministers."

Glancing at him lightly, Zhu Youjian took the memorials to impeach Wei Zhongxian and said:
"But the ministers outside won't let it be used!"

"Look at these memorials, they are all about impeaching factory officials, and they even implicate other internal officials."

"I asked you to check the identities of these people. What did you find out?"

Xu Yingyuan hurriedly replied:

"Yang Suoxiu, Chen Eryi, Yang Weiyuan, Jia Jichun, and Xu Zheng are all eunuchs who want Cui Chengxiu to bear the blame."

"Wu Shangmo was promoted to censor by Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, so he should be considered a member of the Donglin Party."

"I don't know the people behind Lu Chengyuan and Qian Yuanqi, but they are both from Zhejiang and may sympathize with the Donglin Party."

"Moreover, both of them are Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi. The examiners of this subject are Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei. There are rumors that there are fraud cases and it is the imperial examination presided over by the eunuch party."

"These two people may have spared no effort to attack the factory owner in order to distance themselves from the eunuchs."

After attacking both parties at once, Zhu Youjian looked at Xu Yingyuan and felt that he was really brave -

He wants to distrust his foreign ministers and also wants to remove Wei Zhongxian. What a beautiful idea this guy has!
Glancing at Yu Huang, the number one scholar in Tianqi's fifth year, who was recording daily notes next to him, Zhu Youjian's eyes indicated that he should write down Xu Yingyuan's words truthfully, and continued to ask:

"Where is Qian Jiazheng?"

"Is there anyone behind this Gong Sheng?"

Xu Yingyuan continued to reply:
"Qian Jiazheng is a tribute student. It has not been found out whether there is anyone behind him."

"I only know that he is from Haiyan, Jiaxing. His grandfather Qian Wei was a disciple of Zhan Ruoshui and a Jinshi in the 11th year of Jiajing. He was famous for his direct advice."

"Qian Jiazheng may want to imitate his grandfather and become famous by impeaching the factory owner."

After saying this, Xu Yingyuan said quietly:

"I also found out that Qian Jiazheng is a descendant of Qian Liu, King of Wuyue, and Qian Qianyi of the Donglin Party is also a descendant of Qian Liu."

"It's just that one home is in Haiyan, Jiaxing, and the other is in Changshu, Suzhou."

"These Qian clan members may be related."

Nodding slightly, Zhu Youjian said he understood. Said to Xu Yingyuan:

"Bring these to the factory minister and let him think of a way."

"I don't want to wake up every day and see these memorials."

"Even the Gongsheng students have been dismissed. After a while, I'm afraid the General Affairs Department and the clerk's room will be full!"

Xu Yingyuan suppressed his excitement and asked:
"What if the factory owner has nothing to do?"

"With so many people in jail, there's no way it can go down without building a big prison."

Zhu Youjian glanced at him, blaming him for having to make himself understand what he said, and said coldly: "If you can't afford to offend him, can you still avoid him?"

"Let the factory officials hide for a while and then leave the capital."

"There are many Donglin Party members in Nanjing. I'm worried that if the factory officials go to Nanjing, they might trigger a civil uprising in Suzhou and be beaten to death like Ma Shun."

"Let the factory officials go to Fengyang, the central capital, first, and then come back after the emperor's tomb is repaired."

"His bodyguards and family property are also brought with him in case there is an accident on the road."

After receiving the exact instructions, Xu Yingyuan felt confident and immediately took the order to persuade Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youjian said again at this time:

"Let Tu Wenfu and Wang Yongzuo go together, the factory officials will understand."

It has been two months since he ascended the throne, and Zhu Youjian already fully understands the situation in the harem. He knew that except for Wei Zhongxian's diehard loyalists, most people in the palace were willing to rely on him as the emperor.

At this time, Tu Wenfu and Wang Yongzuo were sent over to tell Wei Zhongxian that if he was unwilling to resign, he would have no choice but to take action and let the officials outside explain it to him.

When Wei Zhongxian saw the three people coming together and bringing clear instructions from the emperor, everything suddenly became clear.

The emperor may have wanted to use himself to collect money and food for the mausoleum workers, but the courtiers outside were unwilling to let him stay. The emperor had many eunuchs at his disposal to ensure that his mind was not firm, and he was unwilling to build a prison for himself and suppress outside opinions like the late emperor did.

His best choice is to resign voluntarily according to the emperor's instructions and go to live in Fengyang, the central capital.

"I went to Fengyang, can I come back again?"

Thinking with some panic, Wei Zhongxian had nothing to do at this time.

At this time, he just wanted to mobilize Dongchang, but he didn't know how many people under his command were attracted by Wang Yongzuo.

Liang Shixun, the governor of the capital, and Yan Mingtai, the minister who specifically oversees the capital, have no control over the capital.

As for his own thousand dead men, they were nothing compared to the four Tengxiang guards under Tu Wenfu.

It can be said that at this time, Wei Zhongxian had no power to compete with the emperor, and could only hope that the emperor would retain wealth and honor for himself:

"Can my nephew keep his title?"

"Does your Majesty have any instructions?"

This was the reason why he refused to go. Even though Wei Zhongxian knew that there was little hope of retaining his title, he still couldn't help asking.

Xu Yingyuan sneered in his heart, blaming Wei Zhongxian for not being able to figure it out at this time, as he kept clinging to the so-called title, and asked instead:
"Your Majesty has no instructions, but doesn't the factory owner himself know how to read the memorial?"

"Does the factory owner think they can keep their titles after you leave?"

Wei Zhongxian knew his nephew's abilities, so he certainly didn't think he could block the attacks of those civil servants. Thinking that almost every memorial to impeach him mentioned the abuse of titles, Wei Zhongxian knew that his best choice was to resign their titles, so as to save his life.

Thinking that the emperor asked him to leave Beijing with his bodyguards and family property, Wei Zhongxian comforted himself that he was not rich but rich, so he had someone write two memorials for him: one to resign his position, and one to resign his title.

On the 29th, at court, when the officials in the court, such as the minister, Yuanwailang and others, were impeaching Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youjian asked people to read Wei Zhongxian's two memorials and told the officials that he had "allowed the eunuch Wei Zhongxian to resign because of his illness" yesterday. , and while approving Wei Zhongxian's resignation, he also agreed to his request to resign from the Wei family title.

Ning Guogong Wei Liangqing was changed to the hereditary commander, Dong'an Hou Wei Liangdong was changed to the hereditary commander Tongzhi, Anping Bo Wei Pengyi was changed to the hereditary commander Qianshi——

These three titles that Wei Zhongxian had worked hard to obtain were cut off with his resignation, and they were all changed to secular positions.

 "Records of Chongzhen"

  In October of the seventh year of Apocalypse:

  Xinyou (28th)... Xu eunuch Wei Zhongxian resigned from the title due to illness, Ning Guogong Wei Liangqing was changed to the commander of Jinyiwei, Dong'an Marquis Wei Liangdong was changed to command Tongzhi, and Anping Bo Wei Pengyi was changed to command Qianshi.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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