Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Why can't Mr. Shi Ge let go of the Jiangnan scholars?

Shi Kefa is a northerner, born in Xiangfu, Henan, but he actually belongs to a family of Jinyiwei for generations. Therefore, he is a Jinyiwei from Daxing County, Beijing.

Why did Shi Kefa worry about the Jiangnan scholars?

Because of his status as a soldier - Shige always looked down upon him!

That's right, Mr. Shi Ge looked down upon his origin as a soldier.

He only recognized his Donglin origin.

What should he do if he wants Dong Lin to recognize his origin?

Because his teacher was Zuo Guangdou, a great scholar from Tongcheng.

However, this is just a ticket, not the reason for people to accept him.

Therefore, if he wants to really integrate into Donglin's circle, he only has:

——Fight for the interests of Donglin!

——Waving the flag and shouting for Donglin!

Therefore, Shi Kefa has always regarded himself as a direct descendant of Donglin, and puts Donglin's interests first.

At the same time, the corruption of Donglin Group made Shi Kefa feel deeply ashamed of this group.

He can only ask that he abide by the law and never be corrupt.

This is the tragedy of Shi Kefa.

Or in other words, personal sorrow in the context of the times!

Facing a breeding ground for corrupt officials, all Shi Kefa can do is to strictly demand himself...

This is why, in the eyes of future generations, Shi Kefa was such a contradictory person.

As for the evidence for what I say, here’s what it looks like:

When Shi Kefa took the examination, it was the first year of Tianqi.

At that time, Zhu Youxiao trusted the Donglin Party members, which was when the Donglin Party was most powerful.

In this year, Shi Kefa became a disciple of Zuo Guangdou.

Immediately, Zuo Guangdou selected Shi Kefa as the No. 1 candidate for Zhili Juren.

Later, Emperor Tianqi saw the true face of the Donglin Party members and activated the eunuchs to suppress the Donglin Party.

Shi Kefa’s wife did not leave her name, and we don’t even know who his father-in-law’s family is.

However, if we restore Shi Kefa's life, we can find that his Jinshi examination was in the first year of Chongzhen.

It was when Emperor Chongzhen changed his national policy and believed in the Donglin Party members again.

In the 12th year of Chongzhen's reign, Shi Kefa resigned from office to honor his father-in-law.

That is Ding You.

When an official's parents died in the Ming Dynasty, the official had to resign and observe mourning for 27 months (not counting leap months), which is commonly known as three years.

Of course, this is a civil servant.

Military generals do not need to observe filial piety on the battlefield. When stationed at a certain place, they are given 100 days of mourning leave without being relieved of their official duties.

In addition, special holidays will be given for the death anniversaries of Daxiang (the second anniversary of his death), Xiaoxiang (the 13th month of his death), and Zuwei.

Regardless of civil or military officials - only after the death of parents should they observe filial piety.

At most, I can add Ye and Nai, my father’s equal wife.

It is extremely rare to observe filial piety for one's father-in-law.

Shi Kefa was ranked first by Zuo Guangdou, and also by his father-in-law Ding You.

In addition, he only had a wife named Li, but had no children, and he refused his wife's suggestion of taking concubines.

According to the secret rules of the imperial examination hall in the Ming Dynasty, Shi Kefa's father-in-law's family should not be an ordinary family.

This should be the truth about Shi Kefa trying to integrate into Donglin and worrying about the southern scholars.

It is a pity that the name of Shi Kefa's father-in-law was not recorded in the history books.

Even if I want to continue to delve deeper into the hidden truth, I have been unable to do anything...

……

Shi Kefa's integrity was a miracle in the officialdom of the late Ming Dynasty.

There are not many family letters left by Shi Kefa. "Shi Kefa Collection" contains 17 family letters written by Shi Kefa to his family members and 6 suicide notes.

In several of his "Letter to His Wife" written to Li, there are many references to the financial difficulties at home.

There are words that "Li sold her jewelry and clothes to temporarily overcome the difficulties, and her life will be better in the future..."

"Send back 15 taels of silver and give the fifth tael to the fifth aunt..."

"Eighth brother is getting married. The family's population has increased. My parents want to spend hundreds of taels of silver to buy a house. Where can I find the money? Please tell my elders the truth in a tactful way..."

……

No one is a defined paper person.

Shi Kefa's life cannot be described by simply closing the coffin.

As a cabinet minister and governor of four towns in Jiangbei, he was able to keep his nature and never was greedy for money.

Based on this alone, Shi Kefa has stood at the top of morality.

When the palm is extended, it is still three long and two short!

Shi Kefa's personal integrity alone is already in an invincible position.

It's a pity that he was born in the wrong era.

Yes, my biggest impression of Shi Kefa is that he was born in the wrong era.

If Shi Kefa had been born decades earlier, he might not have been the same person.

I can only hate that when the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, Mr. Morality...

It can't save the Ming Dynasty, which has long been morally corrupt!

Alas!

Only sadness...

……

Night shrouded the earth.

Shi Kefa and Yan Ermei walked out of the Yangzhou Yamen side by side.

Just opposite the Yamen, a city wall has been built to the height of two people.

Shi Kefa walked out of the screen wall, and a group of people also walked out of the gate opposite.

Shi Kefa stood up straight and smiled.

Shi Kefa knew the man opposite him - it was Chu Xianzhang, the former eunuch who oversaw the supervisory bureaus.

He was also one of the eunuchs placed by Emperor Yongsheng in the south of the Yangtze River to serve as Fang Zhenghua's deputy.

On the brightly lit city wall, the busy civilians can be clearly seen.

After Chu Xianzhang arrived in Yangzhou, he recruited civilian men and began to build the city wall.

For some reason, the Yangzhou gentry, who had been obedient to him, did not dare to say a word about Chu Xianzhang's construction of the city.

Shi Kefa may know, maybe he doesn't...

——Mr. Daode dare not kill them, but Chu Xianzhang will not tolerate them!

At this time, the number of Yangzhou people who gathered under the banner of Hanjiang Company to help build the city exceeded 30.

Almost all the poor people in the city joined.

"Mr. Ge, opposite is Chu Xianzhang."

Yan Ermei reminded in a low voice.

"I know."

Shi Kefa spoke softly.

Yan Ermei frowned slightly.

Since Mr. Ge knew the identity of the person opposite him, why was he indifferent?

"Why is Mr. Ge acting like this?"

Yan Ermei looked at Shi Kefa standing proudly and wondered.

"Yong Qing, are you going to say this - for the sake of the emperor, Chu Xianzhang traveled to the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, even if he went into dangerous places, he also wanted to plan for the country?"

Yan Ermei nodded.

Shi Kefa chuckled:

"The eunuchs of that generation are originally the emperor's servants, and it is their duty to work for the emperor.

Why do you want me to take a look at it?

In my ten years of poverty, how can the country's ministers and scholar leaders have any reason to salute and say hello to eunuchs? "

Yan Ermei smiled bitterly.

Mr. Shi Ge...

Things have come to this, but people are still judged by their origins.

Don’t you hear that the emperor said in that newspaper - the sages said: Why study? For the rise of China!

don't you hear--

As soon as these words came out, Mr. Neo-Confucianism was overjoyed and wrote more than a dozen articles in newspapers praising it!

Besides, he is a eunuch, a disabled person, an eunuch who everyone calls for beating, but he all knows to do things for the sake of the country.

We are literati, gentry, and literary leaders respected by people all over the world, but we only fight for one class...