Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The opinions of the important ministers are nothing more than divided into two factions: one faction says to save; the other says not to save.Anyway, the reasons given by each of them are one, two, three, four, five, and they all make sense.

In the end, Emperor Chongzhen decided to save him.The main reason is of course the face of the great country, and the obvious reason is to rescue the vassal state and contain the Qing Dynasty.Anyway, there are good reasons inside and outside.In the end, it was decided that the Ministry of War would send a letter to Qiu Lei, the general of Shandong, and wait until the sea began to freeze after the beginning of spring, and take a boat from Shandong to North Korea for rescue.

Of course, this is a compromise.The whole court also knew that when the time came to rescue them, the daylily had also become cold.But in this way, the military strength of the Ming Dynasty will not be lost, and the military expenditure will not be consumed much. After making such a gesture, it is a result of getting the best of both worlds.Therefore, the only point of contention between the supporters and the opposition is the difference between making a gesture and not even doing a gesture, saving every tael of silver from the court.

And Qi Zheng, as a servant of the Ministry of Officials, had nothing to do with him in today's discussion, but Qi Zheng is the first assistant Wen Tiren, and Wen Tiren has always been consistent with Emperor Chongzhen, and Emperor Chongzhen is very concerned about face. of.So in today's discussion, Qi Zheng became a pawn and jumped to the front line.

Since it is a dispute, according to the urgency of these important ministers, they will quote scriptures, pay attention to literary talent, and make a good impression in front of Emperor Chongzhen.Therefore, although he only talked for most of the day, Qi Zheng definitely used his brain too much, and was mentally exhausted.So it wasn't long after he started the sedan chair, Qi Zheng had already fallen asleep in the swaying sedan chair.

"Master! We're here!" Someone outside the sedan chair shouted softly.

Qi Zheng suddenly woke up from his sleep. He stretched his waist and walked out of the sedan chair, but he heard faint cries coming from the inner house. Frowning, he asked, "Who is crying?"

At this moment, Qi Zheng's butler ran over with red eyes.Kneeling in front of Qi Zheng in mourning, he said: "The old madam has passed away! The cousin of Huanggang has passed away! The third young master has also passed away!"

Qi Zheng was shocked, his drowsiness disappeared, and he immediately asked loudly: "Could it be that Huanggang was broken by the Shaanxi bandits? I just met Da Sima, why didn't I hear about it?"

"It's not thieves. They were killed by the army. Huanggang County sent people to send the funeral report."

"Where is the person? Take me there!"

Regarding Wu Shigong's orders, the Runing Army has always carried out the order to the letter, so when the gentry in Huanggang exterminated his family, his whole family did not spare any chickens or dogs.So those who stayed in the gentry's house, Qi Shilang's mother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, and Qi Shilang's third son who was sent to visit his mother-in-law's house were all killed.

So after the Runing Army left.The magistrate of Huanggang County immediately sent someone to pass the news to Qi Zheng, and brought along with him a letter of impeachment against Wu Shigong.Of course, regarding how the two parties had conflicts, Huanggang County Magistrate also did a good job of writing in spring and autumn, and picked himself out.

This is all revenge.Immediately, Qi Zheng was furious.Nothing to say, when he understood the situation clearly.Immediately set off for Wen Tiren's official residence.He asked Wu Shigong to take his life against his life and avenge his third son.

Of course, Wen Tiren fully supported his confidant's request for help, and the revenge of killing his son was indeed irreconcilable.Moreover, Wu Shigong's crimes this time are not small, beating the county magistrate, killing officials and family members indiscriminately, and stealing people's property privately.Moreover, the evidence is conclusive. If he is charged with guilt, Wu Shigong will have to peel off his skin if he is not dead.

But Wen Tiren is indeed a political master, and he immediately linked Wu Shigong's behavior to the big action to suppress the Donglin Party.After arresting Qian Yiqian.Officials of the Donglin Party in the imperial court will definitely write letters to plead for mercy, but the more such letters, the more it appears that the Donglin Party is an organization that forms a party for personal gain, the more disgusted Emperor Chongzhen is, and the more likely it is that Qian Yiqian will be exonerated. Small.Seeing this opportunity, Wen Tiren was so ingenious as to hammer the last nail in Qian Yiqian's coffin.

It's very simple, because of Hou Xun, Wu Shigong was also classified as a member of the Donglin Party.But now Wen Tiren is trying to drag Wu Shigong into Qian Yiqian's incident, and create a false impression for Emperor Chongzhen: the Donglin Party not only has civil servants, but also military officers with heavy soldiers in their hands. The reaction of Emperor Chongzhen must be obvious.Qian Yiqian, the big bosses of the Donglin Party, will definitely lose their lives.

Of course, as an accompanying minor character, Wu Shigong will definitely fall into hell.But for Wen Tiren, this also avenges his confidant for killing his son, and he can also avenge Wu Shigong's funny memorial last time, which is also killing two birds with one stone.

But it's the New Year now, and everything needs to be discussed after the New Year.So Wen Tiren helped Qi Zheng polish up the impeachment memorial, and asked him to take action after the Chinese New Year.

But the movement in Qi Zheng's mansion cannot be concealed from outsiders at all.The secret agents of the Xue Mansion and the Shanchuan Division in Beijing all got the news, so they immediately passed the news back to Runing.

After Wu Shigong heard the news, he could only shake his head with a wry smile.He had no idea that the family would have anything to do with the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.If he knew, Wu Shigong could arrange for a screening, anyway, it doesn't matter if he kills a few people less.

But things have been like this, and there is no regret medicine.So Wu Shigong called his staff to discuss the aftermath.This time, Deng Qifan and his staff were unanimous. They proposed to abandon the pawns to save the car, to find a scapegoat to kill the incident first, and then to submit a memorial to the court for laxity, so as to escape the disaster.

But Wu Shigong flatly refused, why should his subordinates take the blame for his own mistakes.Besides, Wu Shigong didn't take this matter too seriously.Because the most is dismissal from office!It's not the first time for Wu Shigong to be Wu Baiding.

It can be seen from here that Wu Shigong made a major judgment error because of the asymmetry of information.If it's just killing an official by mistake, as long as Wu Shigong finds a way to argue with Qi Zheng, it is really possible that he will just be dismissed from office in the end.Because the imperial court really cannot do without the strong army of Runing Army.But Wen Tiren linked this matter with Donglin's faction, and the consequences would be unpredictable.

Another point is that Wen Tiren and Qi Zheng are in the capital, but Wu Shigong is in Runing, so Wu Shigong's right to speak is completely lost.Therefore, from the beginning of this fight, Wu Shigong was at an absolute disadvantage.

But no one expected that after the new year, when the yamen opened again, the impeachment memorial first handed over to Emperor Chongzhen by the General Secretary was actually written by Gu Zhengqing, the prefect of Runing. (To be continued..)