Lu Ming

This trick immediately scratched Chongzhen's itch: after the young emperor saw the memorial, he immediately held a big debate between good guys and bad guys in the Wenhua Palace.

The outcome of the debate was predictable because the chief referee's ass was crooked from the start.

So at that time, even the Donglin party members who were present were mad at Wen Tiren, and even though none of the courtiers came out to speak for the surname Wen, Wen Wolong caught the emperor's heart disease, and fought against the Confucian scholars, putting on a truth to pinch the few people In the posture of a lone minister in his hand, he claimed that "all the courts belong to Qian Qianyi's party."

Then the Donglin Party was defeated.

Seeing the lonely Wen Guchen being besieged, the emperor became more and more sure that Qian Qianyi and his gang were forming a party.

The final outcome is: Comrade Shui Tailiang was dismissed on the spot and investigated, and the list of candidates who will be promoted will not be adopted at all.Since then, Wen Tiren's image in Chongzhen's heart has become taller and fuller... Those who do not form cliques and seek personal gain must be good courtiers.

Today, due to a series of incidents such as Hou Jin's entry into the customs, the court is empty, and the time for Wen Tiren to join the cabinet is ripe.In real history, two months later, after a fierce factional struggle with the Donglin Party, Wen Tirenhui was able to enter the cabinet as a Minister of Rites and a scholar of the Dongge University.

The few words Xue Haiyuan said just now implicitly pointed out this point: We are optimistic about your political skills in making a comeback against the Donglin Party; we are even more optimistic about your ability to "feel the pulse" of the emperor.

When Xue Haiyuan said this, he couldn't be more straightforward.

So Wen Tiren also understood.

Knowing that the other party also wanted something, Wen Shangshu finally let go of another doubt in his heart.

And at this time, it happened that the Qingke who had been sent out before also came back - this person handed a booklet to Wen Tiren outside the door.

This booklet was borrowed from the Ministry of War, and it contained the official seals of officials from Fujian and Guangdong provinces.

After comparing the seal on the booklet and the base map of the charge, Wen Tiren finally believed that these letters and blank documents were written by Zhangchao General Soldier.

The next moment, Old Shangshu Wen did not hesitate any longer, and immediately agreed to the cooperation between the two parties.

"That being the case, let me wait for the old man to make a draft first." Now that he has decided to step into this muddy water, Lao Wen immediately started to take action, planning to write out the draft of the memorial first, and then transcribe it: "You just write it down Tell this old man about these battles in detail."

"Do you dare not obey?"

"By the way, how did your Cao Zongbing 'get' so many heads? I'm afraid they mixed some things that shouldn't be there?"

"Haha, it seems that Uncle Zong still doesn't believe in my general's ability." Xue Haiyuan raised his head and smiled: "Just outside the back door of your mansion, I have two companions wrapped in gray cloth on their backs. Please trouble your housekeeper to invite you in. We see is believing."

Chapter 467: Stabilizing the Triangle

The shapes of the two gray cloth packages are different, one is round and the other is rectangular.

Inside the round package is a human head, the head of which is held by the yellow belt.

There are many Han Chinese who escaped from Liaodong in the capital, and many of them have seen Shuotuo. With Wen Tiren's power, it is easy to find someone who can identify the head.

But at this time, Wen Shangshu actually believed it [-]% in his heart, and it was time to find someone to distinguish the head as a side issue.

The other package contained an assault rifle.

Wen's Mansion is an old house allocated by the imperial court, which belongs to the official property.The characteristic of this kind of official property is that it covers a large area, but the decoration is dilapidated and the repairs are not timely.

So when the bullet passed through the second gate, and then through the moon cave gate in the back garden, it didn't hit anything of value. It was nothing more than some flowers and plants, and some iron pots and porcelain specially placed on the long table.

The shooting distance of more than 300 meters, as well as the household items that were smashed into pieces, vividly demonstrated to Wen Shangshu how the Tartars were killed.

Although Wen Tiren was a scholar-bureaucrat who had been promoted all the way from the Hanlin Academy system, as a senior official who aspired to join the cabinet and control the overall situation, he was clear about the basic common sense of fighting in this era.

So after seeing this lightning-fast burst of firecrackers, the scene of thousands of consecutive guns firing at the same time suddenly appeared in Lao Wen's head.

"With this sharp weapon, no wonder the Tartars were defeated!"

Now Wen Tiren is not only shocked, but also has a strong interest in probing Cao: "Is your general invincible?"

"Difficult." Xue Haiyuan's answer quickly shattered Lao Wen's conjecture: "This kind of sub-medicine with a copper shell is purchased from a sea merchant outside the region, and it costs ten taels of silver. Just now, the 400 taels of silver have been turned into ashes." gone."

Old Wen: "...".

After going through this series of incidents, Wen Tiren, who had no doubts, said nothing, and began to hurry up and write the memorial.

On Xue Haiyuan's side, he tried his best to tell Lao Wen the series of battles that had taken place a few days ago in detail, and by the way, he also took out a draft of Cao Zongbing's memorial (actually, it was the official draft outline sent by telegram) for Wen Tiren to check, so that he would not be confused in writing. Or something went wrong in the subsequent performances.

In short, the content of this memorial cannot be greatly different from Sun Chengzong's memorial, and other aspects can be played at will.

Due to Wen Tiren's great achievements this time, his path to the cabinet is already visible to the naked eye, from a path of thorns to a thoroughfare.After all, military merit is the hardest achievement, and those farce-like infighting and attacks in the court are like floating clouds in front of those Tartar heads.

In this way, after Lao Wen officially enters the cabinet, he will be an ally at the strategic level, and he can cooperate tacitly with Cao Zongbing in many places and help each other. , Only the eunuchs of internal communication can meet the standard. Wen Tiren is in this plane, so it is impossible to say that he can also take the path of power.

Therefore, both parties tacitly did not mention any remuneration at this time, because Lao Wen's remuneration after joining the cabinet is long-term in nature.This is an assistant minister who has voted to imitate all the government affairs of the Ming Empire, and his power has already caught up with the high-ranking officials of later generations.

It was almost noon, and while the preparations were going on in Wen's mansion, Comrade Wailang Luo Lishi, a member of the Pioneer Industry Department of Pathfinder, sat in a courtyard again to see the master.

The size of this house is not large, and the location is secluded, but the interior decoration is exquisite and gorgeous, including servants, mistresses and other characters.

As for the owner of the house?The master is still on his way to get off work.

So who is the master?Eunuch Fang Zhenghua.

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The eunuchs of the Chongzhen Dynasty are really nothing compared to other famous eunuchs like Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian.

The only most famous ones are probably Wang Chengen, who accompanied Chongzhen to hang himself, and Cao Huachun, who opened the city gate.

However, Cao Huachun had already returned to his hometown in the countryside of Tianjin for four years at that time, and this thing was obviously blamed by the civil servants who had the power to "create" public opinion.

In fact, there were several eunuchs who opened the doors at that time. Desheng Gate was opened by Wang Dehua, Fucheng Gate was opened by Wang Xiangyao, and Zhang Jinyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, opened Zhengyang Gate, Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen opened Chaoyang Gate... In the end, civil officials No one criticized what was done, and Cao Huachun, who was far away from the capital, took the blame.

The above is chatter.In short, in the Chongzhen Dynasty, due to the emperor's diligence in personally approving the memorials, the eunuch group did not easily steal the power like many emperors in the previous dynasties who could not even approve the memorials.

In fact, when Chongzhen first came to power, he was almost limped by civil officials.

A young man at the age of a high school student, who has just shouldered the responsibility of the big empire, and doesn't know much about it, and wants to forge ahead and reform the shortcomings, is naturally seen through by others.So Chongzhen listened to the words of the civil officials, reduced the factory guard system, uprooted the eunuchs, and transferred back the garrison eunuchs from all over the world-the beneficiaries of all these actions were undoubtedly the civil official group.

So what's the result?

The civil servants who had lost their external restraints competed to set up their own private houses, and began to squabble within the court, but no one did their business.

This time after Jin entered the customs, under the circumstances of consecutive unfavorable wars and a shortage of food and salaries, the civil service system just continued to argue in the court and could not offer a plan.

A certain young man who had been severely beaten by the society finally realized at this moment, so he restarted the eunuch system.

In less than a year after the Jisi Change, from Shanhaiguan to Xuanfu, from Datong to Shanxi, eunuchs from all over the nine borders were sent out by Chongzhen one after another.

As soon as this group of people took office, they began to impeach the civil servants of various roadside towns, and they succeeded repeatedly, and many civil officials were brought down.

After this, Chongzhen had even more violent backlash: Wen Tiren's future accomplice, eunuch Zhang Yixian, was sent to examine households and civil servants of the Second Ministry of Industry.Chongzhen built an official office for him, named Prime Minister of Household Workers, with the same power as the supervising army outside.

Naturally, the civil service system, which was held by the eunuchs, would not let it go. However, when a large number of courtiers, including the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, went up to argue, the emperor said: "If the ministers are dedicated to the country, why should I use the ministers?"

So everyone was speechless.

In short, after paying a huge price, the young Chongzhen gradually realized the core idea of ​​the emperor that he had no chance to learn before: check and balance of power.

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The cross-travelers contacted the eunuch this time, which also has this meaning in it.The reason is simple: triangles are the most stable.

This triangle is the best closed-loop system consisting of central ministers + internal officials + external vassals, which can complement political resources and relieve pressure.

In fact, the power of the past dynasties would not be possible without the cooperation of the ministers.As strong as Zhang Juzheng, he also had to hook up with the great eunuch Feng Bao to carry out the great government smoothly.Everyone in the later generations said that Zhang Juzheng and a whip, in fact, Feng Bao played an equally huge role in it.

The owner of the mansion that Luo Lishi is waiting for today is an important figure in the inner court of Chongzhen during this period, Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, due to the neglect of many emperors, the Sili Supervisor who replaced the emperor and "approved red" gradually rose in power.

The procedure is like this: the cabinet assistant ministers of the outer dynasty will initially mark the solution (draft), and then send it to the memorials in various places in the palace. A formal administrative order of the Ming Empire with legal effect.

Most of the time, the emperor was emptied, because the emperor didn't have the energy to deal with so many memorials.

There are many reasons why the people who traveled across the world sent people to contact the great eunuch Fang Zhenghua today.The most important thing is that Fang Zhenghua is one of the current directors of ceremonies, and the right to approve red can just match Wen Tiren's right to vote, and it is the most valued place by the time travelers.

In addition, it is now 1630, and many of the more famous palace beauties after more than ten years have not yet emerged.

For example, Wang Chengen is just a younger brother who has just joined the eunuch, and Du Xun is still learning how to cook in the imperial dining room.

Cao Huachun is pretty, and he is presiding over the redress of Wei Zhongxian's injustice.

However, it was clear that this job required close association with members of the Donglin Party, so those who had already chosen Wen Tiren naturally couldn't find him.Besides, although Cao Huachun was favored by the emperor, it was still too early for him to enter the Supervisor of Rites.

As for the other Gao Qiqian and Zhang Yixian, the reason is the same: these people haven't sneaked into the Supervisor of Rituals yet.

At this point in time, the palm print eunuch of Si Li Jian is Gao Shiming, and the eunuchs of Bingbi are Li Fengxiang and Fang Zhenghua.The current purpose of traveling through the crowd is very clear, you only need to get online with one of them.

This is why Luo Lishi approached Fang Zhenghua today: the relationship between the first two people and the time-traveling crowd, including the time-traveling crowd in the capital, is totally different, and urgent communication is very troublesome.

Only Fang Zhenghua can deal with it here.Since this gentleman had served as the supervisor of Zhidian before, and Luo Lishi was in charge of palace repairs, the two sides originally had a good relationship.

In the past two years, Fang Zhenghua went to the Supervisor of Rituals, and Luo Lishi, because of being a dealer across the country, once pulled down the relationship to expand the building materials market, so the relationship between the two parties became better and better.Including Fang Zhenghua's private house, it was renovated by Luo Lishi's construction team. At that time, because of the eunuch Fang's promotion, the glass windows and cement floor were also discounted by [-]%, which was a personal favor.

So today Luo Lishi was sitting in Fangzhenghua's private house outside the imperial city, and he was sure of the task in his heart, because he knew Fangzhenghua's personality better.

At noon, the owner who received the news really came out from the imperial city - Luo Lishi had already visited the imperial city before this, and asked the little eunuch to bring a message to Fang Zhenghua.

Fang Zhenghua is from Shandong, and he also climbed up from the bottom eunuchs step by step.The age of this person just now is the time when he is in the prime of life and full of energy.

After seeing the master, Luo Lishi did not delay, and quickly explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly.

Fang Zhenghua didn't want to say that he could help immediately after listening to it: he is a eunuch, and his role in this matter is just to report to the emperor.

"Our family would like to thank Brother Luo, if this is done, there will be a report later!"

"Wen Zongbo and General Cao, please send a message to Brother Luo, everyone should move around more in the future."

Fang Zhenghua was born in an inner study, so his demeanor is similar to that of a formal literati, modest and polite.

Chapter 468 Storytelling

Ciqing Palace is located in the east of the Forbidden City, north of Donghuamen, next to the Imperial Horse Prison.

It was called Qingning Palace at the earliest, and it was the residence of the prince.In later generations, Ciqing Palace has disappeared.During the Qing Dynasty, the Xiefang Hall was built on the original site, and later expanded into Nansan.The brothers who are the favorites of the brainless fans in the official dramas basically grew up in Nansan Institute.

In fact, as early as the end of Tianqi, when Emperor Tianqi had no children, Ciqing Palace became the bedroom of Empress Zhang.In the Chongzhen Dynasty, Queen Zhang still lived here until the crown prince accepted his concubine.

Empress Zhang's name is Zhang Yan, and she is the empress of Emperor Tianqi's palace.

Because when Emperor Tianqi was critically ill, Empress Zhang insisted that Zhu Youjian, who was still the king of faith at that time, should take the throne, so after Chongzhen came to power, she respected the widowed wife very much.

Chongzhen not only honored Zhang Yan as "Empress Yi'an", but also throughout her reign, Empress Zhang received the highest respect and courtesy from the emperor.

Why since ancient times, people have worked so hard to strive for a great achievement from the support of the dragon?This is evident.

……

Today is sunny, neither hot nor cold, and it is the Ching Ming Festival, which is a good day for an outing.However, the activity of swimming with arms and fluttering butterflies in the imperial garden is not so suitable for some people... such as sister-in-law and brother-in-law.

So everyone can only sit down, drink two glasses of beer, eat some grilled skewers and chat about gossip-on the white marble platform in front of Ciqing Palace, there is an open-air banquet being held.

It is said to be a banquet, but it is actually some melon and fruit snacks on the coffee table. There is no beer or crayfish. It is a relatively casual medieval lunch party.

There is only one host and guest at the buffet, and the rest of the court ladies, female officials, eunuchs, and guards around are all wage earners and have to stand.

Wearing a red-sleeved gown, with Xia peepers and red sash, and a beaded emerald phoenix crown on his head, the one sitting in the main seat behind the coffee table is naturally the owner of Ciqing Palace, "He is handsome and plump, with a face like Guanyin, eyes like autumn waves, The mouth is like vermilion cherry blossoms, the nose is like hanging gallbladder, and the teeth are fine and clean." Zhang Yanzhang, one of the five queens in ancient China, was rated by history.

On the left hand side of Empress Dowager Zhang, a young man wearing a golden silk winged crown and a black brocade dragon gown, with a thin face and a small mustache, is the master of the huge Ming Empire: Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian.

At this moment, Chongzhen watched with a smile on the face of the two boys performing juggling under the platform.The boy was skilled, standing upside down, stacking his body, and finally ended the performance with a very thrilling one-foot support rolling action, which won a lot of applause.

"Well, the villain's play is good, he must have suffered from the master, watch and reward."

Queen Zhang is 24 years old this year, which is the best age for a woman.But now is the 17th century when etiquette is rampant. Zhang Yan, who has been a widow for several years, is old-fashioned and has begun to demand herself with the mentality of an elder.

After distributing the reward, the young sister-in-law turned her head to look at the younger uncle, and found that the other man seemed to be smiling and nodding, but he was a little distracted, and there was still a faint melancholy between his brows.

Sighing lightly, Empress Zhang stretched out her hand, lifted the osmanthus dew on the table and said, "Emperor, drink tea."

"Oh!" Chongzhen, who came to his senses, hastily picked up the rose drink in front of him and took two sips.

"Now that the Tartars have retreated, the emperor has become more and more proficient in dealing with those personnel in the court. We have survived the most difficult hurdle. When the emperor gets older, life will eventually get better."

After putting down the crystal-clear glass lifter cup in her hand, Queen Zhang said slowly, "Emperor, you must not worry about the government affairs all the time, so as not to hurt your mind, it is good to have relaxation."

"I understand, Xie Huangsao reminded me."

When the young emperor heard this, his eyebrows stretched a little, and he nodded.

Seeing the emperor and the empress chatting happily, the old eunuchs who were waiting on the side clapped their hands with interest, and then the next group of actors who came out to perform came to the platform, ready to perform a superb Cucu play for the nobles.

At this moment, the emperor sitting on the platform frowned again—at the palace gate behind the actor, a figure was running from afar.

Chongzhen has good eyesight, so it didn't take long for him to see clearly the bright red bullfighting suit of the visitor.At this moment, the emperor's face hardened in an instant—the one who could run around in the palace wearing a senior eunuch's uniform was most likely the person in charge of ceremonies, and it must also indicate that something big happened.

Suddenly, Chongzhen stood up from the chair.He had already seen the face of the person who came: the supervisor of ceremonies was writing squarely.

The young emperor, who has not encountered any good news since he ascended the throne, has already habitually blocked the possibility of good things happening, so when he saw the panting person coming, he had already rehearsed several emergencies in his mind : Are the Tartars returning to the army?Is there another disturbance in the direction of Ji Town?Or is there another police situation on Nine Sides?