Chapter five hundred and forty-six appreciation of strange texts
Once Hou Xun was imprisoned, he would definitely look for help. But those "comrades" of the Donglin Party seemed to have no hope, so Hou Xun set his sights on Wu Shigong and Zuo Liangyu.
This idea is actually correct. Hou Xun was only embezzling, not rebelling. Therefore, under the Ming Dynasty's court rules of "not punishing officials", Hou Xun would at most be dismissed from office and would not be imprisoned.
But now Hou Xun was severely punished by First Assistant Wen Tiren. He thought of the two generals he had discovered and promoted. As long as the court felt that these two generals were in a mood, they would definitely take action against Hou Xun.
A lighter punishment. So Mr. Hou, who returned to Germany, personally wrote a letter to Wu Shigong and Zuo Liangyu, asking them to come forward to protect Hou Xun.
But the letter to Zuo Liangyu was in vain. Zuo Liangyu only vaguely promised that when he fully understood the situation, he would submit a memorial to the court to protect Hou Xun.
In fact, this is just procrastinating, and unlike modern times where there are telephones and the Internet, by the time Zuo Liangyu has figured out Hou Xun's matter, Hou Xun's sentence will have been handed down long ago, and so will Daylily.
It's getting cold.
Zuo Liangyu thought very thoroughly. Now as long as the court needs generals like him, he can find backers no matter what. As long as Zuo Liangyu doesn't break up with the Hou Mansion, when the matter is over, Hou Xun will be reinstated.
Then he had to hold his nose and admit it, and he still had to win over himself.
In fact, what Zuo Liangyu did was normal, and he acted wisely to protect himself! When Mrs. Hou's letter was sent to Wu Shigong, Deng Qifan, Zhang Zhiheng and other staff also held the same view. However, Wu Shigong did not agree to do this.
You must know that the Runing Army controls Guide Prefecture through the gentry in Guide Prefecture, so there is no way to offend the leader of the gentry in Guide Prefecture, the Hou Mansion. Besides, Wu Shigong also based his army on Chinese virtues.
Yes, so no matter how Hou Xun made mistakes, Wu Shigong would always lend a helping hand.
Of course. Wu Shigong himself doesn't care about whether Hou Xun can be rescued in the end. Because the current Runing Army no longer needs Hou Xun's help. In other words, Wu Shigong's rescue does not necessarily require the rescue of Hou Xun, but only the rescue of Hou Xun.
All you need to do is make a gesture.
When Wu Shigong explained this truth, Deng Qifan and Zhang Zhiheng were a little worried. They were worried that Wu Shigong's actions would offend the chief minister Wen Tiren.
But Wu Shigong didn't take it seriously. So what if he offended the chief assistant? Removal? Wu Shigong had already tasted the sweetness of having no official position and being light-weight. Send the Jin Yiwei to arrest him? Wu Shigong, who has the Runing Army, even all the Jin Yiwei were dispatched. I don't know.
Is it close enough to Wu Shigong?
Of course, it would be unwise to offend Wen Tiren too much, so Wu Shigong had to make a fuss about the memorial. But Deng Qifan, Zhang Zhiheng and other literati could not do this kind of thing. Only Wu Shigong personally wrote the pen and submitted the memorial to stir up trouble.
Therefore, the memorial written by Wu Shigong fully reflects the image of a brainless and vulgar military attache. In the memorial, he wrote this:
First of all, Wu Shigong listed his achievements. Then he started to brag. Anyway, he was trying to portray himself as a model military attache who was loyal, filial, benevolent, righteous, polite, wise, trustworthy and honest, not greedy for money and lust, and not afraid of death. That image was really
It's so shocking that it makes ghosts and gods weep!
Wu Shigong then said that after coming to Guide, he learned a lot from Hou Xun, and Hou Xun can also be regarded as Wu Shigong's teacher. Therefore, since the student is so outstanding, the teacher is not much different.
Therefore, Wu Shigong believed that Hou Xun was unjustly accused.
After that, he complained about Hou Xun. Wu Shigong thought that even if Hou Xun was a little corrupt, it would not be a big deal. After all, all the civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were corrupt! Don’t you see? Our great and upright Wu Shigong has never received a full amount from the court.
Military pay. Where did the military pay go? Wu Shigong naturally believed that it had all been embezzled by civilian officials.
Since everyone is greedy, what Hou Xun did is not a crime. So the court must either let Hou Xun go or arrest all the civil servants. This is fair!
Finally, Wu Shigong suggested to the court: These are troubled times. There are barbarians outside and thieves inside, so the civil and military officials of the court should work together to deal with the outside world. Corruption is not a big deal. There is no need to kill each other.
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In fact, Wu Shigong's memorial was all about being cute and evil. It wanted the court to feel that he was talking nonsense and ignore his memorial. In this case, he would be able to give an explanation to the Hou Mansion and make Wen Tiren unable to let go.
Use your body to deal with yourself. The chief assistant is also a person of status, and he will definitely not argue with a fool.
However, Wu Shigong never expected that after his memorial was presented to the capital, it immediately caused a huge sensation in the government and the public. For no reason, it was because this was the first time such a messy memorial appeared in the court since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
You know, if Wu Shigong wrote a smooth memorial to Hou Xun to plead for mercy, it probably would not have been presented to Emperor Chongzhen and the cabinet ministers at all. At most, it would have been forwarded to the Ministry of War, and then the Ministry of War would have replied with an official document reprimanding Wu Shigong for not meddling in his own business.
That's it.
But Wu Shigong's memorial was so weird that it became popular throughout the capital in an instant. It was a wonderful article that was appreciated by all. Even Emperor Chongzhen held up this memorial and savored it carefully, and told the interesting article to his concubines as a joke.
People listened. In other words, it completely turned into an entertainment activity.
But Wu Shigong's memorial really disgusted Wen Tiren, and what made Wen Tiren even more sad was that he couldn't do anything to Wu Shigong.
Hou Xun was convicted, and as a student Wu Shigong came to plead for mercy, there was no way to retaliate. Otherwise, the glorious image Wen Tiren had erected in front of Emperor Chongzhen would be destroyed. The reason for this is the same as mentioned above.
In the dynasty, Confucianism is greater than the laws and regulations of the court. The king of heaven and earth is his master!
But what was the reason Wu Shigong said? In the minds of Emperor Chongzhen and the important officials in the court, he was just four words - notorious, and had nothing to do with Wei Guangzheng. Not to mention his greed for money and lust.
And he always wanted to escape back to the capital to enjoy happiness, so how could he not be afraid of death? The only thing that can be admitted is that Wu Shigong does know how to fight.
If Hou Xun cultivates this kind of students, what kind of character does he have as a teacher? Need we say more?
What is even more annoying is that Wu Shigong completely confused the concept of corruption and completely exposed the rules of the Ming Dynasty officialdom. You must know that there was a very strict concept of corruption in the Ming Dynasty officialdom, and what Hou Xun committed
, it is just plain corruption. (To be continued...)