Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

In Kaiyu, no one had cold tea, and they always treated Wu Shigong with gifts every now and then.Therefore, Wu Shigong made Zhang Yu acquainted with Ambassador Yuan from Chongwenmen Customs.And after doing all this, Wu Shigong didn't feel that Wu Shigong was a good enough friend to Zhang Yu at all.

Wu Shigong still often went to the powder shop.After Li Xin met Wu Shigong, she didn't bicker like she did before, she usually just bowed and avoided silently.Instead, it was Xiaojie, because Wu Shigong often gave her some small gifts, which made this little girl and Wu Shigong more intimate.Of course, it was unavoidable to bully Wu Shigong from time to time.

But one day, seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Ruya threw herself into Wu Shigong's arms and expressed her worry tearfully: Zhao Ruya was worried about how Wu Shigong would arrange her in the future.

Wu Shigong immediately answered Zhao Ruya firmly and said: Now Wu Shigong's wife Xue Yufei is pregnant, so there are some things that I can't say to Xue Yufei.But in the second half of the year, after Xue Yufei gave birth, Wu Shigong will definitely marry Zhao Ruya in.As for how to arrange Zhao Ruya at that time, it will be decided after discussing with Xue Yufei.

After listening to Wu Shigong's words, Zhao Ruya felt that even Wu Shigong's words were deceiving her, and now she is very happy.

In the court, Wei Zhongxian's party can be said to be thriving, and almost no voice of opposition can be heard.This made Wei Zhongxian even more unscrupulous in doing things with one party.Unexpectedly, in March, an event that shocked the entire Ming Dynasty happened in Suzhou Mansion.

In the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion have always been the wealthiest places, which is equivalent to the status of Shanghai now.A large number of weaving workshops appeared there, as well as the first batch of industrial workers.In today's plain language, the seeds of capitalism emerged there.

And the owners of these weaving workshops are basically the gentry class who do not need to pay taxes. Therefore, the government of the Ming Dynasty hardly collected any taxes from these weaving workshops.In order to solve the financial crisis of the Ming government, Wei Zhongxian sent Suzhou weaving eunuch Li Shi, with the cooperation of Governor Mao Yilu, who was also Wei Zhongxian's party member, to do everything possible to collect taxes from these weaving workshops.Of course, Li Shi and Mao Yilu also made a lot of money from it and enriched their own pockets.Of course, Wei Zhongxian also divided a lot.But they didn't know that their actions had aroused the dissatisfaction of the gentry and people in Suzhou Prefecture.

In addition, most of the Donglin Party officials and scholars are composed of scholars whose household registration is Nanzhili. Therefore, Suzhou Prefecture was originally the stronghold of the Donglin Party members.

When Wei Zhongxian sent Jinyi Weiti to Suzhou to arrest Zhou Shunchang, a member of the Donglin Party and a member of the Ministry of Officials.Since Zhou Shunchang was very upright as an official and was supported by the citizens, when they got the news, tens of thousands of people in the urban and rural areas of Suzhou gathered unexpectedly to save Zhou Shunchang from being arrested.When Jin Yiwei Tiqi started to read the edict, the angry crowd made loud noises and cried everywhere.Citizen Yan Peiwei took the lead in suing Zhou Shunchang for his injustice. Yang Nianru, Shen Yang, Ma Jie, Zhou Wenyuan and other four people also begged for his help with all the living beings, and knelt and begged until noon.

Seeing that the scene was a little chaotic, these Jinyi Wei Tiqi became dizzy.They fought with weapons, arousing public anger, and those pleading people swarmed forward, climbing the fence and breaking the lintel, and fighting forward.In the end, one Jinyiwei Qiwei was killed, and the rest were wounded and ran away. Fortunately, the governor Mao Yilu was saved by the protection of Suzhou prefect Kou Shen and others.

Afterwards, the Suzhou government dispatched troops to protect the injured Jinyiwei Tiqi, and escorted Zhou Shunchang away overnight.Mao Yilu then Feizhang sued the people of Suzhou for rebellion, and went up three times, hoping to explain himself by capturing the leader of the rebellion.The scholars and people inside and outside the city were in danger. Yan Peiwei and other five people stepped forward to protect the local people and imprisoned themselves.At the time of execution, he was righteous and heroic.The local people felt the righteousness of the five people and buried them together on the side of Tiger Hill, titled "The Tomb of the Five People".

Later, Zhang Pu, a leading member of Fushe, wrote "The Tombstone of Five People" for him.This article has also become a famous article in ancient Chinese, and it is still used in Chinese textbooks today.

After the news reached the capital, a strange tranquility remained in the court hall.Even on that day, Qidi Du rarely stopped carpentry work, and called Wei Zhongxian over, telling him to stop for a while, so as not to add any trouble to Emperor Tianqi.Therefore, the storm launched by Wei Zhongxian finally came to an end.

Wu Shigong didn't know what happened in the court at all. After his father-in-law Xue Lian came back, he basically wouldn't tell Wu Shigong about these things.

In fact, in the eyes of Wu Shigong's father-in-law Xue Lian, Wu Shigong is just a person who is relatively smart and capable.But that's about it.Because of Wu Shigong's age, in Xue Lian's mind, no matter how capable Wu Shigong is, how high can his ability be?And Xue Lian also knew that Wu Shigong's master Zhang Kequan played a major role in the work of cleaning up the ruins.

Of course, Wu Shigong also gave Xue Lian some good ideas when cleaning up the ruins.But Xue Lian knew what Wu Shigong was thinking.Wu Shigong's sole purpose for coming up with these ideas is to make money for himself.Turning those ideas into a tool for attacking the Donglin Party is completely a manifestation of Wei Zhongxian's political talent.

In addition, Wu Shigong, as a noble son, will never gain a foothold in the court, nor will he go out to lead troops to fight in the future.Therefore, Xue Lian's main idea is: let Wu Shigong live a prosperous and stable life comfortably under his wings.

On the contrary, what Xue Lian is most satisfied with Wu Shigong is: Wu Shigong really cares about Xue Yufei.Therefore, he opened his eyes and closed his eyes to Wu Shigong's money-making and mischief outside.

And Wei Zhongxian didn't take Wu Shigong seriously any more.Wei Zhongxian's thoughts are basically the same as Xue Lian's.Besides, everyone can think about it, do modern national leaders pay any attention to the chief of a public security bureau in Beijing?Even if the bureau chief is cracking down on gangsters, that's still the job of that bureau chief.

Wei Zhongxian regarded Wu Shigong as a nephew.The basic attitude towards Wu Shigong's behavior is: the child wants to earn some pocket money, as long as it is not too much, let him mess around.

This can also be seen from Wei Zhongxian's reward to Wu Shigong.When discussing meritorious deeds and rewards afterwards, Wei Zhongxian didn't consider putting Wu Shigong in an important position at all, he just gave Wu Shigong a chance to make money and it was over.

Because in Xue's mansion, Xue Lian didn't like to talk about business affairs at home, and in Nancheng Bingmasi, it was impossible to come into contact with such a high level of court.Therefore, Wu Shigong is basically ignorant of the news from the court.