Now Wu Shigong is planning to drive the peasant army to the vicinity of Nanjing, but there is a turmoil in Nanjing City. It is not that the civil and military officials in Nanjing City have seen through Wu Shigong's sinister intentions, but they are arguing about a major event that happened in Nanjing City.
"The 'plague' is quite right. How can we bring about a great cure in this world? First, family Yan was imprisoned, and now Mr. Qian is in trouble. It's true that those who love and hate the enemy are happy. I once fought with the bandit army in Nanyang, and only saw a sea of blood wandering.
There is no cockcrow for thousands of miles, and no smoke for hundreds of houses..." Hou Fangyu was impassioned in the Mei Tower. His personal experience on the battlefield immediately attracted the attention of the scholars and courtesans present. Speaking of the wonderful points, those scholars and courtesans
There were constant bursts of cheers.
After arriving in Nanjing after the spring, Hou Fangyu immediately became the most popular person in the Qinhuai River romance circle with his knowledge, literary talents, young age, wealth, and handsome appearance. He also successfully became one of the four major princes of Fushe, and among the scholars in Jiangnan
Zijie has made a very famous name, and today is the time when his Meilou is hosting a banquet for all the children.
"Young Master Hou said it well!" Gu Hengbo on the side immediately cheered, "Today I can no longer accept gifts from Young Master Hou. Although I am a lowly citizen, I still know my loyalty!"
Gu Hengbo's words immediately aroused even louder cheers from the scholars. Who would be unhappy if he could play with the girl in Meilou for nothing?
Qian Qianyi has been at home for eight years since he fell into Wen Tiren's trap at the debate in the first year of Chongzhen's reign, lost the chance to become a bachelor and was driven home.
During these eight years, in addition to regular interactions with literati, Qian Yiqian's main entertainment was writing poems. Most of these poems were included in his collected works. Mingyue quoted from that year: "The psychological effect of those poems is obvious. You can read them when you are in a good mood."
, you can be depressed; when you are in a bad mood, you can commit suicide.”
Anyway, this kind of thing: I regret it very much, I want to go into seclusion, my life has been in vain, my boring poems can deceive many female literary youths. For example, those few people on the Qinhuai River.
But Qian Yiqian never expected that when he was enjoying literature and art at home, disaster would fall from the sky. At the end of the ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, a litigator named Zhang Hanru in Changshu, Jiangnan, sued the local squire, Qian Qian, who was formerly the minister of the Ministry of Rites.
Yihe was originally appointed to the minister Qu Shichu.
I will not introduce the detailed experience of Qu Shichun. If you are interested, you can check it out. We only need to know that he is a cadre of the Donglin Party and has done household registration.
The officials who had served in the six subjects were all familiar with the officials' situation and the trends of the court. Therefore, although Qu Shichun had been dismissed from his post at this time, he had a wide range of contacts and was also familiar with the affairs of many officials. In his
Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the appointment and dismissal of many officials were controlled by him, so he became an underground "official official".
This time, the chief minister Wen Tiren wanted to eliminate these two "generals" of the Donglin Party and completely defeat the Donglin Party in order to achieve the goal of sole control of the government.
However, Wen Tiren had a high position after all. If he had to do it himself, it would be too shameful to spread the word, and it would be easy to leave clues. So he decided to borrow a knife to kill. And the knife he borrowed was Zhang Hanru.
Zhang Hanru is a yamen master, indeed a small figure, so in any case, he has nothing to do with the chief minister of the cabinet. Moreover, Zhang Hanru has been working in the legal field for a long time. He is very familiar with work such as making black bricks.
And never get tired of it.
In fact, this was an accidental incident. It turned out that there was a wealthy man named Chen Luqian in Changshu. He turned to Qian Qianyi and Qu Shichu for help in a lawsuit over his property. However, these two people looked down on Chen Luqian's character and instead helped the lawsuit.
The other party. So Chen Luqian held a grudge and wanted to take revenge, so he found Zhang Hanru, a thug who specialized in handling lawsuits.
Although Zhang Hanru was a grassroots man, he knew the inside story of the politics in the DPRK. He knew that the emperor trusted the most trustworthy minister Wen Tiren, and Wen Tiren’s enemies were the Donglin Party members.
If Lin Gugan's criticism is brought to the court, it will definitely have miraculous effects.
So Mr. Zhang wrote a petition overnight. On the petition, Mr. Zhang had fifty-eight charges against Qian Qianyi. Those charges can be called classics, including corruption, bribery, smuggling, collaborating with the enemy, and playing for power.
, forming cliques, in short, he has written about all the crimes you can think of.
In fact, the gentry in the Ming Dynasty were extremely domineering in the countryside, especially those in the Jiangnan area. What Zhang Han said in his criticism may not be all untrue.
But Qian Qianyi was not too panicked, because this petition was so nonsense that he rushed home to become a common man. What else could he do with corruption? Playing with power? Controlling the government? That was basically nonsense. Emperor Chongzhen was so smart.
People won't believe it.
But when Wen Tiren saw this document in the cabinet, he immediately felt as if he had found a treasure. Qian Qianyi was his old enemy and the only remaining veteran of the Donglin Party, and the remaining forces of the Donglin faction in the government had almost disappeared over the years.
They attacked him all the time and tried every means to force him to step down. This case just hit the arrogance of the Donglin Party members. So Wen Tiren immediately drafted an order to ask the Ministry of Punishments to arrest Qian and Qu and put them in jail for review and conviction.
You know, the current Emperor Chongzhen is in a state of distress over important court affairs. Who will care about a former official who has been dismissed? Moreover, Qian Yiqian left a bad impression on Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, when Wen Tiren drafted the official document
When it was delivered, Emperor Chongzhen signed it immediately without even looking at it. So Qian Yiqian made some miscalculations this time.
At this time, Qian Yiqian thought that this lawsuit was still a minor issue. Although he had been living idle for eight years, Qian Yiqian was still quite a bully in the local area, so he thought that it would be easy for a young master to cause trouble.
However, within a few days, Qian Yiqian welcomed several "guests" from the capital - several "guests" who came to arrest him. On the way to be escorted, Qian Qianyi figured out: the original person
The master's petition is a petition to the emperor!
After all, Qian Yiqian is one of the leaders of the Donglin Party and has great energy. So he started to act during the escort. On the one hand, the Donglin Party members still have considerable power in the government and the opposition, especially in the Jiangnan region.
Although the imperial decree ordering local investigation and investigation was issued, local officials deliberately delayed it in order to find a turning point.
On the other hand, Qian Yiqian used his old connections between the DPRK and China to get courtiers to intercede for him.
However, this case had many twists and turns, and it was very story-telling. It quickly became a major event that stirred up the court. The specific process will be described in detail later.
However, whether it was Wen Tiren or Qian Yiqian who won, it was all an internal fight between the courtiers, which also caused the court's focus to change to a battle between the chief and assistants, completely ignoring the two major enemies, the peasant army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which made
There was a half-year-long blank period in the normal government affairs of the imperial court.
Infighting really kills people! (To be continued...)