Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

This memorial to impeach Wei Zhongxian for the ten major crimes was written by Qian Jia, a Gongsheng student in Jiaxing.

Behind Jiaxing Gongsheng Qian Jia is the Donglin Party.

The Donglin Party lost miserably in the fight against Wei Zhongxian's eunuch Party.

He was almost beaten by Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs and had no room to fight back.

Officials of the Lin Party in North Korea were also bullied by Wei Zhongxian.

Therefore, the words in this memorial are not without fierceness, and the charges are not without seriousness.

Wei Zhongxian already knew about this memorial when it was delivered to Zhu Youjian.

But it was already too late, because the memorial finally reached Zhu Youjian's hands.

Therefore, when Zhu Youjian said that he would read out the memorial impeaching Wei Zhongxian for the ten major crimes in front of hundreds of officials, Wei Zhongxian was already frightened.

He knew that he could not admit any of the charges above.

Otherwise, there will be no burial place.

Therefore, before his ten deadly sins were read out, Wei Zhongxian knelt down in front of Zhu Youjian and cried bitterly, shouting that he was wronged.

But Zhu Youjian was unmoved and asked the chamberlain to read out the ten deadly sins in public.

According to the memorial, Wei Zhongxian’s ten major crimes are as follows:

The number one sin: standing with the emperor!

"Being on par with the emperor" means that Wei Zhongxian is pretentious and brings trouble to the government.

The emperor is long live, and Wei Zhongxian actually calls him "nine thousand nine hundred years old", almost on an equal footing with the emperor.

He even influenced the emperor's thoughts and actions, and reviewed memorials on his behalf, so that all the officials only knew about Wei Zhongxian but not about the emperor. This was a crime.

The second most deadly sin: contempt for the queen!
"Contempt the Queen" means that Wei Zhongxian deliberately played power, controlled the government together with the Hakka family, and treated Emperor Tianqi as a puppet and allowed him to be manipulated.

However, Emperor Tianqi's queen, Zhang, was quite disgusted with Wei Zhongxian and Hakka, and kept telling Emperor Tianqi in private that these two people had ulterior motives and should be careful.

This angered Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family, and Wei Zhongxian began to do everything possible to get rid of Queen Zhang Yan.

In the end, Wei Zhongxian started to take action when the queen was about to give birth, causing the queen to give birth to a stillborn fetus and die in depression. This was the second crime.

The third deadly sin: inciting military power!
"Searching for military power" means that Wei Zhongxian controlled the military power, held the general's seal in his own hands, and mobilized the army at will.

At the same time, the generals and troops were supported in the deep palace, with a number of up to [-].

Wearing armor and carrying swords, these internal troops went in and out of the palace, tyrannizing and tormenting at will. This was the third crime.

The fourth deadly sin: no two ancestors!

"Buer Ancestors" means that Wei Zhongxian, as an eunuch, should have fulfilled his duties and serve the emperor.

However, Wei Zhongxian had no master, looked down upon the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and ignored the teachings of his ancestors. This was his fourth crime.

The fifth deadly sin: depriving the vassal king of a title!
"Kerke vassal kings and knights" means to withhold the titles granted by the imperial court to some meritorious vassal kings, causing public outrage.

To a certain extent, it affected the internal unity and governance of the Ming Dynasty, which is guilty of five crimes.

The Sixth Deadly Sin: There is no saint!
"There is no saint in the eyes" means that Wei Zhongxian is close to thieves, hates loyalty, does not practice virtue, and criticizes the words of saints. This is the sixth sin.

The Seventh Deadly Sin: Extravagant rewards!
"Indiscriminately adding titles and rewards" is not about selling officials and getting titles, but Wei Zhongxian appointing treacherous sycophants.

After Wei Zhongxian took real power, he appointed relatives and friends at will, formed cliques for personal gain, and granted nobility indiscriminately, which led to widespread complaints. This is the seventh crime.

The Eighth Deadly Sin: Covering up side effects!
'Covering up side merits'. At the beginning, the Ming Dynasty was at war with foreign nations, and there were victories and defeats for each other.

According to custom, regardless of victory or defeat, the border officials must report to the court and let the emperor know.But Wei Zhongxian blocked all battle reports sent to the capital.

Regardless of victory or defeat, Wei Zhongxian did not let the emperor know, which caused the Ming Dynasty's border to remain unstable. This was his fault.

The ninth deadly sin: Exploiting the people!
'Exploitation of the people'. During Wei Zhongxian's time in power, he restored salt tax and mining tax, which also included industrial and commercial tax.

Coupled with the original agricultural tax and other exorbitant taxes, the burden on farmers at that time was even heavier.

Moreover, Wei Zhongxian abused his relatives and sycophants, killed innocent people indiscriminately, and disregarded human lives, causing people's resentment to boil and complaints to spread. This was his ninth crime.

The Tenth Deadly Sin: Traffic Arrests!
"Transportation joint", Wei Zhongxian left the palace himself and then became a eunuch.

When he came to the palace, he was not cleanly cut, so he spent money to bribe the eunuch in charge of the palace, so he was able to enter the palace.

After entering the palace, he did evil things.

Moreover, Wei Zhongxian castrated his body, hair, and skin by his parents, which is really a great injustice and one of the ten sins.

Each of these ten major crimes is enough to sentence Wei Zhongxian to death, and even execution in Lingchi is not excessive.

After Wei Zhongxian heard these ten deadly sins, he felt as if he were mourning for his heir.

No matter which one of these ten major crimes it is, they are all real crimes, and they are indeed crimes committed by Wei Zhongxian.

Immediately, Wei Zhongxian bowed his head.

He kept crying and defending himself.

He hoped that Zhu Youjian could let him go.

In any case, although he committed these crimes, he was not alone.

Rather, it is a huge interest group, the eunuch party.

If Zhu Youjian really wants to kill him and liquidate him, the entire Ming court will inevitably have some unnecessary twists and turns.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian knew it very well.

As long as his attitude is good enough and he shows mercy in front of Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian may not kill him.

He knew that Zhu Youjian was a smart man.

Zhu Youjian looked at Wei Zhongxian who kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, and suppressed the murderous intention in his heart.

Wei Zhongxian was sent to Fengyang for resettlement.

Zhu Youjian also knew in his heart that there were too many party members behind Wei Zhongxian, and too many people were involved.

If I really killed Wei Zhongxian today, those people might act radically in fear.

At this moment, Daming was already in a state of turmoil, and he didn't want to cause more trouble.

Seeing that Zhu Youjian did not kill him, Wei Zhongxian was naturally very happy.

Immediately Xie En went to Fengyang.

At this point, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch who had controlled the Ming Dynasty for decades, was overthrown by Zhu Youjian.

A rare glimmer of light appeared in the Ming Dynasty's court.

But after Wei Zhongxian died on the run, he still didn't restrain himself.

When he left the city for Fengyang, he was still arrogant and majestic.

They even raised a group of desperadoes to accompany them, as if they were raising a group of private soldiers.

Jin Yiwei quickly informed Zhu Youjian of the news.

Zhu Youjian was furious after getting the news.

Unexpectedly, he clearly let Wei Zhongxian off, but Wei Zhongxian was still so arrogant.

It was as if he was afraid of him.

Immediately, Zhu Youjian could no longer restrain his murderous intention.

He asked Jin Yiwei to go and capture Wei Zhongxian, and he wanted to try Wei Zhongxian again.

However, Wei Zhong had many party members in the palace, including countless eunuchs.

The news quickly leaked.

The news that Chongzhen sent Jin Yiwei to capture Wei Zhongxian was quickly reported to Wei Zhongxian.

After Wei Zhongxian learned the news, he knew that he was destined to die.

If he was captured by Jin Yiwei and brought back to the capital, what awaited him would definitely be worse than death.

At least it's Ling Chi's end.Rather than suffer that kind of pain, it's better to end it on your own.

Immediately, Wei Zhongxian hanged himself in the inn.

The eunuch Wei Zhongxian, who had great power and was notorious for thousands of years, was hanged in the inn.

I don’t know if this way of death is considered cheap for Wei Zhongxian.

After Zhu Youjian learned about Wei Zhongxian's suicide in fear of crime, he no longer had any reservations.

Now that Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the eunuch party, is dead, the others are just a mob.

Immediately, Zhu Youjian went on a killing spree and began to completely liquidate the eunuchs.

Wei Zhongxian's mistress, Emperor Tianqi's wet nurse Hakka, was also liquidated by Zhu Youjian.

The guest family was ordered to be killed alive by Zhu Youjian.

The two main culprits, Wei Zhongxian and Hakka, were also killed by Ling Chi.

In the end, Zhu Youjian also ordered Wei Zhongxian's body to be dismembered and his head hung in Hejian Mansion, making people all over the world reviled him.

The disciples of the two men were either executed, had their membership reduced, were sent to the army, or were exiled.

Zhu Youjian also recalled the guarding eunuchs from various places and began to conduct a thorough investigation of the crimes committed by Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family.

And he rehabilitated the Donglin Party members who were persecuted by Wei Zhongxian, thereby achieving order from chaos.

Let the officials of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty see the dawn of hope.

Because Zhu Youjian wiped out all the eunuchs, the world got a moment of clarity.

At that time, Zhu Youjian was also highly regarded by the public.

Folks commented that Zhu Youjian eliminated Wei Zhongxian, the most powerful eunuch in the world, without moving his expression and subtlety.

This action and method is simply a gift of genius, wisdom and prowess.

Because Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch group, was eliminated, Zhu Youjian's reputation reached its peak for a while.

Everyone believed that Zhu Youjian was the master of ZTE who could make the Ming Empire take off again.

What Zhu Youjian did next did not disappoint the courtiers and the people of the world.

After he eliminated Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs, he worked conscientiously and worked hard to reverse the decline of the Ming Dynasty and realize the great cause of resurgence.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month of the first year of Chongzhen, he admonished the ministers.

It is said that after the collapse of the eunuch party and the "return of power to each department", the ministers must "exercise loyalty and integrity", wash away the accumulated shortcomings, and "save money for the country and choose officials for the people".

At the same time, "all those who discuss national affairs must abide by the laws established by our ancestors and shall not make arbitrary changes."

He himself also set an example and was diligent in political affairs.

He always adhered to Jingyan and Japanese lectures. He not only studied Confucian classics, but also always listened to the opinions of lecturers and discussed current affairs with courtiers.

Zhu Youjian "got up from the rooster's crow every day and couldn't sleep at night", and there was never any feasting or entertainment in the palace.

Not only did he insist on attending court regularly, but he would also go to the Wenhua Palace to summon important ministers to discuss political affairs except in hot summer and severe cold.

He never slacked off in reviewing memorials, often reviewing them until midnight, and even issued imperial edicts in the middle of the night.

Zhu Youjian was not only famous for his diligence among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, but was even praised by his ministers as "a rare good person since the Han and Tang Dynasties."

After listening to Li Xiao's story about Zhu Youjian and Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Xiongzhi and others frowned.

According to Li Xiao, is Zhu Youjian really as wise as he said?
Isn’t he the subjugated king of the Ming Empire?

However, Li Xiao clearly said that the demise of the Ming Empire was inseparable from Zhu Youjian.

But what Li Xiao just said was clearly talking good about Zhu Youjian. Isn't this a bit inconsistent?

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but become confused.

"Li Xiao, as you said."

"Wei Zhongxian, who claims to be [-] years old, is a traitorous official who will be punished by everyone."

"Then it seems that Zhu Youjian is still a good emperor with courage and courage."

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

Although he has no friendship with Zhu Youjian, he is happy to see his descendants have abilities and abilities.

It is much better than for future generations of children and grandchildren to be nothing but losers.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's approval, Zhu Youjian nodded silently.

I immediately felt in a good mood.

I originally thought that Li Xiao would take the opportunity to discredit himself and make some random lies.

But I didn't expect that Li Xiao not only didn't discredit himself, but actually beautified himself.

The things Li Xiao said are true and facts.

It can even be said that Li Xiao exaggerated the facts, and he was not as good as Li Xiao said.

At that time, I still had many ministers around me who gave me advice.

Being able to perfectly eradicate Wei Zhongxian, some of the ministers around him also contributed indispensably, and it was not his alone.

But since Li Xiao said it, he admitted it openly.

Anyway, you are saying good things about yourself, not bad things about yourself.

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Li Xiao replied: "Brother, don't be anxious first."

"I haven't finished speaking yet."

"We just finished talking about Zhu Youjian ascending the throne and eradicating Wei Zhongxian. There are many more things to come."

"When we judge a person, we can't just look at one thing."

"It must be evaluated based on what this person has done."

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but be stunned.

According to the meaning of Li Xiao's words, the next step is to say something bad about himself?

It turned out that Li Xiao was putting good words in front of others.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help but become a little nervous.

He still doesn't understand where he went wrong or what was wrong with governing the country.

It seemed that Li Xiao was about to say it.

Although Zhu Youjian was a little nervous at the moment, he still had some expectations.

He also wanted to see where he went wrong in the eyes of future generations.

Zhu Yuanzhang heard Li Xiao's words and nodded: "Li Xiao, you are right."

"Then keep talking, we are all ears."

Li Xiongzhi, Tian Zhiwei and others also kept silent in a wise manner, and looked at Li Xiao curiously.

In the eyes of these people, they were just listening to Li Xiao telling stories.

But this story sounded so real, as if it was happening around them.

Li Xiao looked around at the people around him and said calmly: "Although Zhu Youjian killed Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs."

"But as soon as we entered the court, which was as deep as the sea, Wei Zhongxian fell down, but another force grew stronger in the court."

"And this force can be regarded as cultivated by Zhu Youjian himself."

"That's the Donglin Party!"

(End of this chapter)