Chapter 181 The Mountains of Donglin Gather (Happy New Year's Eve!)
During the Wanli period, the Donglin Party was just one of many rural parties and crony parties.
After Taichang's death, he immediately took a political risk and relied on the eunuch Wang An and the British Duke Zhang Weixian to take Zhu Youxiao from the palace and establish him as emperor, gaining great prestige and large-scale promotions and appointments.
Now it is even more necessary to rely on political achievements and achievements to consolidate the power they have just gained more than half a year ago.
This time we are discussing the major event of the Liaodong war situation, and everyone who should be there is here.
Zhao Nanxing, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zou Yuanbiao, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Liu Yijing, the cabinet bachelor, and Han Xu, the highest-ranking Donglin elders, were all present.
Gao Panlong, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Huang Zunsu and other most active backbones of the Donglin Party were also present.
There are also Sun Chengzong, Li Banghua, Li Jin, Fang Zhenru and other peripheral Donglin Party members who are relatively familiar with the military and border affairs.
They do not belong to the Donglin Party. Some of them have good personal relations with the Donglin Party. Some of them once had the same opinions with the Donglin Party on political matters. They are counted as Donglin just because of the party struggle. In fact, many of them are even affiliated with the Donglin Party.
I have never been to Lin Academy.
There were also Qi Party and Qin Party who were Donglin’s political enemies at that time. At this time, some people were also divided and incorporated into Donglin.
Especially in Shandong and Shaanxi, there are a group of officials who have been incorporated into the Donglin Party. In the future, there is a strong tendency to catch up from behind in terms of academics and reputation.
The Donglin Party at this time was of course happy to hear about this. They were keen on having a good reputation, but they also had great political ambitions, not to mention the ability to run a business, which was also the fundamental ability of bureaucrats and scholar-bureaucrats.
Especially in the past six months when he was in charge of the outer court, and with the strong cooperation of Wang Ping in the palace, a group of people were activated at once, and many capable and reputable officials were recruited into the Donglin Party.
Yuan Yingtai was like this before, and so was Sun Chengzong and others in the future.
The more people there are, the more hills there will be.
Zhao Nanxing and Zou Yuanbiao of the Big Three already have conflicts. Although they are behind the scenes, smart people have guessed that the conflicts will expand in the future.
Donglin elders and Donglin backbones, after Tianqi came to power, there was a situation where Donglin elders suppressed the backbones because of their status, strategy and right to speak.
Including the old backbone of Donglin, there are also a series of differences and contradictions between the newly recruited peripheral members.
The relationship between the students from Donglin School and the former political opponents of Shandong and Shaanxi who were newly included in the school is also very delicate.
Whether it is strange or not, this situation cannot be avoided, whether it is a regional-based township party or a clique like Donglin, which is based on teachers, friends, and political opinions.
Don't talk about them, they will still exist after entering modern times.
This is Wang Hongyu's entry point to divide them.
Gao Panlong, who was impatient and loud, saw that almost all the Donglin elites gathered in the room had arrived, and wanted to discuss the situation in Liaodong quickly.
Just as he was about to speak, Yang Lian motioned to him to wait a moment. Wang Wenyan hadn't arrived yet. He was a very important military advisor. We would wait until he brought the latest news.
Gao Panlong held back his temper for the time being, but he was quite unhappy in his heart.
I am a veteran who founded Donglin Academy with Gu Xiancheng and gave lectures together, but now that I can't get a job, I still have to listen to my junior Yang Lian's ideas.
Yang Lian was an upright man, quite courageous, and had made irreplaceable contributions to Donglin's great cause. He just listened to it, but he still had to wait for Wang Wenyan.
Didn’t he just go up there to work as a retainer for the eunuch Wang An to get information?
Without the eunuch Wang An, why should Wang Wenyan be Donglin's military advisor?
After a while, Wang Wenyan walked in. Zhao Nanxing, the current leader of the Donglin Party, stood up to greet him and invited him to take his seat.
Wang Wenyan glanced at the great bachelors, elders, backbones, peripherals and other people in the room. He turned to the head of the imperial examination and took his seat. Then he talked directly, "Eunuch Wang Eunuch, Bingbi, told me a key piece of news, that is, His Majesty is also very concerned about it."
The Liaodong War. After I heard that Shenyang was lost and the Sichuan army thieves disobeyed orders, I kept looking gloomy and couldn't eat for a whole day."
Wang Wenyan still has a close relationship with Wang An, so he is responsible for liaising with the palace and exchanging intelligence.
Wang An informed Tianqi's situation from the palace, and at the same time followed the instructions of the Donglin Party to blow the wind around Tianqi.
In the imperial court, Fang Congzhe, the chief minister of the cabinet, was completely unable to resist Dong Lin. Liu Yijing and Han Xu of the cabinet "cooperated" with him and asked the cabinet to follow Dong Lin's opinions.
Within the imperial court, the key positions of the Imperial Court, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Husbandry and the Six Sections were also held by Dong Lin.
This constitutes overall control from decision-making, to execution, to implementation.
Although Tianqi sometimes had his own ideas, Fang Congzhe in the cabinet also had the support of the Zhejiang Party, and the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of War were controlled by the non-Donglin Party in the most important positions, but the information was not flowing smoothly and the strength could not be gathered to hinder the "people's righteousness and prosperity".
At this time, Wang Wenyan, based on Wang An's surveillance, told everyone about Zhu You's reaction to the memorial.
Gao Panlong has wanted to say it for a long time, and now I am paying close attention to it. Yuan Jinglue has also made it very clear that we should immediately report Zhou Dunji, Wang Hongyu, Chen Ce, You Shilu, Zhao Lejiao, etc. to be dismissed and convicted!"
Zhao Nanxing also had a hot temper. After looking around at everyone, he realized that the Zhengqi Dao manager was an honest, capable and reputable colleague. At this time, he was being dragged down by the martial arts villain. He should immediately provide political, personnel, money, food, and military support.
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He is the top leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After that, it is time for the people in each yamen to express their opinions.
Liu Yijing and Han Xu, two cabinet bachelors, also echoed a few words.
In the court, they have a higher status and speak more, but within Donglin's circle, they currently follow Zhao Nanxing's opinions.
Donglin, a member of the Hubu Department, said that although the Hubu warehouse was tight, there were still millions of taels of silver left over by the two late emperors Wanli and Taichang.
Yang Lian, as the commander of the military department, also expressed on behalf of the spokesman that generals who disobey orders must be thoroughly investigated.
His expression is quite upright, and he integrates Yanguan's sense of mission into his own marrow and soul.
In fact, there is not so much righteousness, but hearing that Wang Hongyu, a guy with a past, among them, thought of an interesting breakthrough, brought a sense of confidence that he would win.
In the end, there is still the official department where the personnel accept their fate. This position is very important. Zou Yuanbiao, the second-in-command of the official department, is at the scene and is one of the three giants of Donglin. His words carry a lot of weight.
“It’s better to take a long-term approach to this matter.”
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As soon as he finished speaking, there was silence in the room.
The smiles on the faces of Zhao Nanxing and Gao Panlong were a little stiff. Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and Huang Zunsu had deep eyes and were thinking seriously about how to deal with this matter.
Although Wang Wenyan was born as a scholar, his position was only a fifth-rank official doctor, and he was not qualified to say anything to these big shots in the officialdom system.
But he happened to be a strange person, and he was also Donglin's key strategist in defeating his political opponents. He worked with Wang An to win the court, and he was an irreplaceable figure.