Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 363 Burning Down Donglin Academy (Fourth Change)

University scholar Gang Lin also ran out from the inner courtyard when he heard the sound: "What's going on, how could Feng Zhongtang be stabbed to death!"

Hong Chengchou also looked at Gang Lin with a dull expression, and heaved a sigh of relief: "Return to the middle hall, this thief originally wanted to kill a subordinate official."

Not long after, the regent Dorgon and assistant regent Jierhalang rushed over, all horrified.

Even Shunzhi and Xiaozhuang felt extremely terrified.

The Hanchens in the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty were the most fearful, because in the core department of the Qing Dynasty, they were able to sneak into Zhu Ming's spies, and directly assassinated a scholar.

Zhou Ze, who was the deputy governor, also learned the news not long after, and told Hanran the news while they were embracing each other in the middle of the night.

Hanran then informed Qianhu Wei Cong, the general manager of Jinyiwei in Beizhili, through his handover person, and Wei Cong forwarded it to Mao Weizhang, who arranged for someone to deliver the news back to Beijing.

When Zhu Youjian heard the news, all the chaotic parties in the country had been eradicated.

King Yong has entered the Ming Army Military Academy to study, King Ding has entered the Ministry of Households as an apprentice with Liu Wanchun, and King Hui has followed the new left servant of the Ministry of Rites, Huang Zongxi, to inspect the restoration of the new social education policy in the world.

And Tu Guobao, a traitor of the Qing Dynasty, has also been taken to the execution platform to accept the punishment of Ling Chi.

At this moment, Tu Guobao realized that his life was approaching.

July is when the weather is the hottest, even being exposed to the scorching sun is a kind of torture, not to mention the pain of being cut by a knife under the scorching sun.

Tu Guobao roared in pain, he didn't want to scold Zhu Youjian any more at the moment, he just shouted to the executioner:
"Master, I beg you, I beg you as a slave, please let me die first, let me die, woo woo!"

"Shut up, I don't call you a master, I have no slaves in Ming Dynasty, let you die, let you die, what will I use to make money, who will let you sell your country and serve the Tartars!"

The executioner sighed as he spoke: "But it's a long story. There have been a lot of traitors in the past few years. In the past, we executioners who specialize in killing people would rarely get a job every three or two years. Now It has been several times in the past few years, a prince and a county king have been killed, and now you are the chief soldier, I need to recruit a few more apprentices."

Tu Guobao was dying on the second day, but he couldn't help crying: "Zhu Youjian, no, Your Majesty, I was wrong, I was wrong, I will never sell the interests of the Han family again, I am really wrong Oh, woo woo, please, let me die, let me die."

Zhu Youjian naturally couldn't hear Tu Guobao's voice at this time.

He never leniently dealt with traitors.

In this era, Chinese people who are deeply influenced by the Confucian doctrine of the mean and utilitarianism seldom care about the nation and the country. He must use the harshest method to let these people know the fate of betraying their own nation.

Once Tu Guobao was executed, it meant that the entire 20-year-old case in Chongzhen was completely over.

Tranquility was restored to the entire Ming Dynasty.

The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River and even the entire civil official group did not dare to resist Zhu Youjian, and most of the so-called Manchu spies disappeared or their actions were even more subtle.

Zhu Youjian is no longer worried about his personal safety.

At this time, no one dared to take the risk of rebelling against His Majesty the Emperor. Most importantly, the deposed prince and the killing of Guan Shaoning and others have made it impossible for these political forces who complained about themselves to seize power or Close to his opportunity and had to disappear.

Even, in order to continue to increase the cultural control of Jiangnan.

Zhu Youjian has issued a decree to classify the Donglin Party, Fushe and Duan Literature Society as reactionary organizations.

Literary clubs in various places were immediately cancelled, and members were forced to quit.

Those who fly the banner of the Duanlin Academy will be dismissed at least from their fame and reputation, and at worst they will be sent to Dongfan as common people.

At the same time, Ruan Dayue made a memorial to Jianyan to burn down Donglin Academy, the general base of reactionary organizations such as Donglin Party, Fushe and Duan Literature Society.

The government and the public were horrified when they heard about it, and many officials and scholars went to Shushu to defend themselves.

But Zhu Youjian approved Ruan Dayue's memorial.

He even ordered Ruan Dayue to be the official envoy, and Ma Jixiang, the commander of the Central Command of Dongchang, to be the deputy envoy to lead the five hundred soldiers of Dongchang to go to Wuxi County, Changzhou Prefecture, to burn down Donglin Academy.

The reason why Zhu Youjian asked Ruan Dayue to make a special trip was because he knew that only people like Ruan Dayue who hated the Donglin Party would do their best to destroy the Donglin Party and even the entire Donglin Academy, the holy place for gentry and literati in the south of the Yangtze River.

Ruan Dayue brought Ma Jixiang to Wuxi Donglin Academy without stopping.

When Ruan Dayue arrived at Donglin Academy, some scholars who still insisted on advocating the Donglin Party's political ideas also rushed over, trying to prevent Ruan Dayue from burning down Donglin Academy, and even scolded Ruan Dayue.

Naturally, Ruan Dayue was not afraid, so he directly asked Ma Jixiang to lead the Dongchang soldiers to tie up all the scholars who tried to resist and drag them out of Donglin Academy. It was demolished, the entire academy was poured with kerosene, and dry firewood was used to support the combustion. In addition to the hot weather, Donglin Academy was burned for a day and a night.

In the end, Donglin Academy became a rubble field.

The last monument of the Jiangnan literati was directly destroyed.

Many scholars couldn't help crying, and some cursed that Donglin Academy should have been burned long ago.

In any case, from this moment on, there will be no chance for private groups to take control of the government.

The Ministry of Rites also began to officially order that private academies and private organizations and groups in various places must be registered with the government, and if they are political groups, their political ideas must be recognized by the court. Anyone who violates the political ideas of the imperial court is a reactionary organization, and the local government has the obligation Suppress it.

Shi Kefa, who was far away in a remote place, also heard the news that the imperial court severely cracked down on civil servants and even imposed stricter cultural control. He couldn't help writing a memorial for a while, denouncing Ruan Dayue for harming the country and disordering the government.

Fan Jingwen also went to the memorial and said directly: "If Your Majesty does not kill Ruan Dayue, I am afraid that the world will be in trouble, and the Manchu Qing will definitely take advantage of it in the future!"

This is true for Liu Zongzhou, Qi Biaojia, etc. If Ruan Dayue is not killed, the gentry must be dissatisfied.

Zhu Youjian was so angry that he threw all these memorials on the ground:

"Everyone inside and outside the court thinks that I'm going against the grain, that if I don't kill Ruan Dayue, it will definitely lead to people's resentment, saying that the Ming Dynasty will surely perish, but in fact, the local people are actively preparing for production without any complaints;
More and more gentry come to the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty to trade, and more and more people go to sea, they are all busy making money when they are dissatisfied;

All the officials were busy standing in line between Yong Wang Ding Wang Hui Wang, and followed behind Gao Hongtu, Ruan Dayue and others to bet on their political future. How could they say so exaggeratedly? No one believed that I could win Can this war prevent the Jiannu Southern Expedition from succeeding! "

"I know they want me to lose, they want me to retreat, and they want to tell me that what they say is right, and respecting civil officials is right. I need a victory now, and I need this to prove my That's right!"

While Zhu Youjian was talking angrily, Wu Mengming walked in: "Your Majesty, the exact time for the Qing army to go south has been set. It is October 80, and the commander is Hong Chengchou! There are a total of 60 troops, including 20 from the Green Battalion. The Eight Banners of the Manchurian Han Army has [-] troops, which is known as a million to the outside world!"

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