Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 140

Who are the eunuchs? Many people may think that eunuchs are eunuchs.

In fact, the main body of the eunuch party is not eunuchs, but civil servants.

Historically, Chongzhen imperially ordered the eunuchs to counteract the case, and a total of 250 eunuchs were investigated and dealt with.

Among them, there were less than ten real eunuchs including Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian, Li Chaoqin, and Li Yongzhen, and most of the rest were civil servants.

For example, Cui Chengxiu, Xu Dahua, Wu Chunfu, Wang Shaohui, Li Kuilong, etc. are all civil servants who were dismissed because of corruption and perverting the law.

For another example, Yao Zongwen, Wang Yongguang, Wen Tiren, Xue Guoguan, Liu Tingyuan, etc. are all remnants of the Qi Chuzhe Party. They attached to Wei Zhongxian purely to clean up Donglin and Qingliu and regain control of the court.

In fact, most of the bad things done by the eunuchs are done by these civil servants. Wei Zhongxian is basically guarding the apocalypse in the palace. For things outside the palace, he will give his advice at most. The next decree, it is really not the one who actually does it. he.

So, why do all the bad things done by the eunuchs seem to be blamed on Wei Zhongxian?
This has something to do with a mysterious eunuch boss, this person is Feng Quan.

Feng Quan seems to be an unknown little person in the eunuch party, why is he said to be a mysterious eunuch leader?
In fact, he is not a small person in the eunuch party at all.

In history, when the eunuch party was in power, he was the minister of the Ministry of Rites and the second assistant of the cabinet, the Shaobao and the prince and Taibao!
Gu Bingqian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is a mediocre and shameless waste, and it is Feng Quan, the second assistant of the cabinet, who really controls the court on behalf of the eunuch party!
How did he hide himself?
It's very simple, because he is the editor-in-chief of "History of Ming Dynasty", he can delete "History of Ming Dynasty" as he wants, and modify it as he wants!
Naturally, he didn't want his bad deeds to be stigmatized forever, so no matter what he could do, he would put Wei Zhongxian on Wei Zhongxian's head, as if the eunuch's bad deeds were ordered by Wei Zhongxian and had nothing to do with him.

In fact, this guy was the one who dealt with Donglin the hardest, because he had too much enmity with Donglin!
It is said that when he begged Donglin for his father's affairs, Donglin's Miao Changqi and others directly put him on the table in the lobby of the Imperial Academy and gave it to him.

Uh, sin, sin, the Buddha said, it cannot be said.

Dong Lin probably knew what his father had done, so he humiliated him severely, and this humiliation also made him completely have a death feud with Dong Lin.

In short, since then, he has been completely blackened, directly worshiped at Wei Zhongxian's knees, and has done countless bad things.

What's more, he used all means to erase all these things, just like Hong Chengchou, the deputy editor-in-chief of "History of the Ming Dynasty". Hong Chengchou forced himself to be a loyal minister who had no choice but to surrender. The real boss of the eunuch party who is in power has been wiped out!

I have to say that Feng Quan is really a god!

When the eunuch party was in power, he was the minister of the Ministry of Rites and the second assistant of the cabinet, the Shaobao and the prince and Taibao!

After the mite seized the world, and when Dorgon was in power, he was also a cabinet scholar and minister of rites of the Qing court, a young master and a prince and grand master!
After Shunzhi pro-government, he was also a cabinet scholar of the Qing court and a minister of the Ministry of Rites, a junior teacher and a prince and grand teacher!
After Kangxi ascended the throne, he became an official due to his old age, and the Qing court added him a Taibao, one of the three princes. It was not until the 11th year of Kangxi that he died "gloriously". During the nearly 30 years in the Qing court, he can be said to be a He is an extremely human minister, and his status is higher than that of Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou led the Ming army who surrendered and helped the Qing court lay down thousands of miles of land in Nanming. Wu Sangui, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Kong Youde, etc. were all his subordinates. Why is Feng Quan in the Qing court higher than Hong Chengchou?
This has something to do with his father Feng Shengming. When Jiannu attacked Shenyang and Liaoyang in the year of Tianqi, Feng Shengming, the Henan Zuo Buzheng who was in charge of logistics supplies, left his post without authorization and disappeared!

The so-called "soldiers and horses have not moved, food and grass go first", Jiannu is attacking Shenyang and Liaoyang, the important cities in Liaodong, and Feng Shengming, who is in charge of raising and transporting food and grass, has disappeared. This is a big deal!

Donglin dismissed Feng Shengming immediately and investigated. Just as he was about to conduct a thorough investigation, Feng Quan went to plead for mercy, so Donglin naturally humiliated him severely.

As a result, Feng Quan immediately ran to Wei Zhongxian and kowtowed and cried, saying that Donglin persecuted him and begged Wei Zhongxian to accept him as a godson.

When Wei Zhongxian was in the process of employing someone, he didn't think much about it, and directly accepted Feng Quan. As for Donglin wanting to check his godson and his godson's father, of course there was no way.

Why did Feng Quan's father, Feng Shengming, leave his post without authorization, and where did he go during his absence? Because of Wei Zhongxian's protection, Donglin couldn't investigate at all, and this matter was so let go!
The reason why Feng Quan has been an extremely personable minister in the Qing court for nearly 30 years has a lot to do with this matter. It can be said that Wei Zhongxian was played by him!

Wei Zhongxian may never have dreamed that he was a scapegoat, even if he didn't take the scapegoat for Taichang, he would take the scapegoat for his godson and grandson.

At this moment, he is still trying his best to benefit his unfilial descendants.

In the imperial study room, Taichang frowned slightly as he looked at the memorial in his hand.

There seems to be nothing wrong with this memorial. It is the former Minister of the War Department of the Wanli Dynasty, the Minister of Shouzheng, and the Special Jin Guanglu Doctor. Zhuguo Songshan Bo Tianyue passed away.

This is normal. Since the Zhou Dynasty, after the death of important court officials or outstanding civil servants and military generals in the past dynasties, the imperial court generally bestows a posthumous title, summarizing his life's achievements, as a compliment.

For example, after the death of Zhuge Liang, the famous prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms, he pursued his posthumous posthumous title Zhongwu, and later generations often used the honorific title of Marquis Wu.

For another example, after the death of Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, he pursued his posthumous posthumous title of Wu Yi, and later generations often called him Duke Qi Wu Yi.

Because of his meritorious service, this field music has entered the Fengzhu Kingdom Song Shanbo, and he must have made outstanding contributions. There is no problem in posthumous posthumous titles.

The problem is, this memorial was delivered by Wei Zhongxian himself.

Your eunuch still cares about this kind of thing?
Clearly, this is not normal.

Taichang is also very clear that Tian Le's grandson Tian Ergeng is Wei Zhongxian's godson, and this guy is probably here to become an official for his godson Tian Ergeng.

Sure enough, Wei Zhongxian saw that he had finished reading the memorial, and immediately lamented hypocritically: "Zhuguo Songshan Botianle put down the chaos of Meng Yuanyong and Shaobu, and recovered more than a thousand miles of Qinghai Songshan land. He has made outstanding achievements, and Zepi descendants. What a pity, That's it."

Who are you pretending to be for?

Taichang was a little helpless and pretended to be curious: "Why, do you think it's not enough to order a generous burial and posthumous posthumous title?"

Wei Zhongxian quickly took advantage of the situation and said: "The emperor's kindness is so great, it is enough for him to have such kindness, but I feel sorry for his grandson Tian Ergeng, who is talented and intelligent, both civil and military, but has nowhere to serve the country. What a pity, what a pity!"

Hmph, Tian Ergeng is also talented and intelligent, both civil and military?
This guy is an insidious, vicious scumbag!

All right, let's coax you first, and I'll clean you up when I'm ready.

Taichang pretended to be surprised again and said: "Oh, it turns out that the grandson of Tian Le is still a talent, so what do you think it would be good to arrange an errand for him?"

Wei Zhongxian said without hesitation: "Tian Ergeng is the hereditary commander of the Jinyiwei, why don't you let him try as a regular commander of the Jinyiwei?"

Are you reaching out to Jin Yiwei?

Your next step is to engage the Commander of Jinyiwei, Luo Sigong, right?

Hmph, insatiable, insatiable!
This guy Wei Zhongxian is really greedy. A few days ago, he asked his own nephew, Wei Liangqing, to make him the governor of the five armies.

Wei Liangqing is actually an ordinary farmer, just like him, he doesn't know a single big character.

Wei Zhongxian was so shameless that people asked for credit for him, saying that the restoration of the Great Wall at Xifeng Pass, the capture of Jiangyang thief Wang Zhijin, the restoration of Nanjing Xiaoling, etc., were all credited to him.

This means that his nephew can go to heaven, and he is still flying around in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, making contributions everywhere!
In fact, his nephew Wei Liangqing has been farming in the countryside of his hometown, Suning, and has never been anywhere. The so-called credits are naturally taken from others.

Taichang is really annoyed by Wei Zhongxian right now, because this guy is really greedy. He is not satisfied with his godson and grandson controlling the entire court power. He also wants to recruit all the nephews and grandsons in the countryside Lord, to show off his ability.

WTF?

Do you think your ability is really great?

If I didn't want you to be a scapegoat, you're a fart!

Taichang snorted coldly in his heart, then nodded slowly and said: "Okay, then let him try as a full-time Jinyiwei commander."

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Taichang didn't bother to pretend anymore, he just waved his hands and said, "Okay, step back."

Wei Zhongxian immediately bowed to leave and went proudly.

Taichang stared at his back with a cold look on his face.

The curtain on Donglin had come to an end, but after the eunuch party came to power, it soon caused a stir in the government and the public, with complaints abounding.

This is not a bad thing, because he will clean up the eunuchs next, and when he conforms to public opinion and cleans up the eunuchs, the government and the opposition will definitely applaud and will not encounter any obstacles.

The problem is that the eunuchs cannot be allowed to control the court for too long, because these guys are too worthless, corrupt and pervert the law, use power for personal gain, bully others, avenge private revenge, etc., and do anything bad.

If these guys control the court for too long, they will definitely force people to rebel!

Alas, it seems that the only thing to do is to move the Nanjing small court to the capital. In this way, the middle and high-level people are basically there. For the bottom-level, after the Chinese New Year, there will be a general examination and palace examination every three years. By then, there will be nearly [-] Jinshi Should be enough.

If it is not enough, then double the number of Jinshi. Anyway, there is a precedent for more than 400 Jinshi at a time. What happened to him with more than 600?
If it is not enough, then promote some people to serve as low-level officials. Anyway, people can become officials, as long as they are not promoted to the sixth rank or above, there is no problem.

Now that the general examination and palace examination are over, we can start to clean up the eunuchs. By then, Nanjing officials, together with Xinke Jinshi and old Juren, should be able to take over the power of the entire court, and the court should not be messed up.

Wei Zhongxian, I will make you proud for a few months first!

Thinking of this, Taichang said loudly to the door: "Tell Luo Sigong."

Not long after, Luo Sigong, the Commander of Jin Yiwei, hurried over.

After paying respects to the monarchs and ministers, Taichang asked directly: "Tian Ergeng, the grandson of Tian Le, former Minister of the Ministry of War, you know?"

Hearing this, Luo Yangxing couldn't help frowning slightly.

Tian Ergeng is Wei Zhongxian's godson, he naturally knows this.

Moreover, the emperor has already told these cronies that they have to coax the eunuchs at this moment.

Could it be that the emperor wants to promote Tian Ergeng?

He thought for a while, then carefully cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, this son is sinister and vicious, and likes to harm others. He is notorious in the circle of officials and nobles in the capital. Such a person should not be used." !"

What do you need to say?

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "You know, as long as you know, Wei Zhongxian wants him to be the commander of Jinyiwei, so you just bear with it, and send some reliable Qianhu to be his subordinates, and try not to let him cause any major trouble."

Alas, Your Majesty, why did you throw such a disaster on me!

Luo Sigong could only helplessly cup his hands and said: "My minister understands, the emperor can rest assured."

Taichang looked at the door, and then said in a low voice: "Send someone you trust to go to Jinling to pass on my oral order, and tell the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate and the chief officials of the six ministries that they are ready to go to Beijing to take on important responsibilities."

Does this mean that they are ready to clean up the eunuchs?
Luo Sigong cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "I understand."

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then said in a low voice: "You send someone to pass on my secret decree, ordering Cao Wenzhao to lead the Shenwu Camp back to Beijing immediately."

At this moment, Sun Chuanting had led an army to Sichuan, and She Chongming was also beaten by him and fled to Guizhou.

Shuixi Xuanwei Si An Bangyan and others followed Shechong Ming's rebellion, and had already begun to march towards Guiyang.

However, Sun Chuanting has already led the army to take Zunyi, and I believe that he will be forced back to Shuixi soon, and then carry out the suppression.

In other words, the southwestern chieftain rebellion is almost over.

Guizhou is mostly mountainous, and Shuixi is even more mountainous. Cavalry is useless there. Therefore, Taichang plans to transfer Shenwuying back to the town.

After all, there are many sinister and vicious people in the eunuch party, and they have already controlled the power of the court at the moment. If no one suppresses the situation when they are cleaned up, these guys don't know what troubles will happen.

(End of this chapter)