But far beyond the Donglin Party's expectations, the hearts and minds of ordinary people in Liaodong really supported the imperial court.
Inside Liaoyang City.
In front of the Liaoyang City Gate, the commander of the Liaodong Capital Envoy Si Yamen, the soldiers of Xiong Tingbi's Luebiao Battalion posted an important notice.
Contents of the announcement: The criminal Gao Huai has been captured, and His Majesty ordered that he be sentenced to canonical punishment at the Liaoyang execution ground tomorrow.
This is super breaking news.
Gao Huai was the mining tax eunuch sent by Emperor Wanli to Liaodong as a guard eunuch.
He cooperated with Li Chengliang in Liaodong. In addition to collecting mineral taxes, he also collected excessive taxes from the people, which damaged the court's prestige in Liaodong and indirectly encouraged some people to defect to Jianzhou Jurchen.
Of course, Zhu Youxiao also conducted an investigation and found that some situations were not as rumored by civil servants.
Kill me tomorrow to give the people of Liaodong peace of mind.
The point is: with the help of Gaohuai people, the people of Liaodong will naturally improve~
Wei Zhongxian knows that he has the ability to let the civil servants guess his thoughts, so he can carry out all kinds of reforms. What about the revival of the post-Qin Dynasty and the steaming of Xiao Ming, in just two words, it will change the taste of those officials.
Zhu Youxiao is a fan of Liu Bei and a fan of Cao Cao, or he is a fan of both Wei and Shu in the Eight Kingdoms.
"Long live your Majesty!"
Picking up some profiteers and arresting some collaborating generals was just smoke, making others think that was Wei Zhongxian's purpose. It seemed to be connected with the subsequent arrests of corruption and cheating.
"But Emperor Tianqi arrested the eunuch who worked for Emperor Wanli. Is he afraid that someone would work for me in the past?"
In fact, the real purpose of that time was to completely win over Zhu Youxiao, a politically isolated and extremely weak minister.
"Bad!"
Later, they ransacked the house, severely punished smuggling, and delegated power to Zhu Youxiao. This was a small blow to the local landlords in Liaodong.
Some people from wealthy families were very unhappy on the inside and took the lead in flattering Xiong Tingbi, hoping that they could ruin their relationship and make friends in the future.
For example, that time, we wanted to inspire the people of Liaodong and stabilize the majesty of Xiaoming here.
Wei Zhongxian directly threw out smoke bombs.
With both kindness and power, Jiang Channa and the small army at the back have not been rewarded for the Liaodong incident, so some guys have to be punished.
The emperor used eunuchs to do things for him, and the common people were very confused.
In fact, it was a step to recruit Jiang Channa and support the weak troops on the four sides of Liaoning, that is, to delegate and expand our power to attack the local small tribes in Liaodong.
That was a low-ranking eunuch.
When Xiong Tingbi came to Liaodong, he accompanied the army and kidnapped Dihuai.
Xiong Tingbi pointed at the notice, and Luck whispered: "Kill Di Huai! Let the sinner pay the heaviest price!"
As soon as the publicity notice was posted, the whole city of Liaoyang was boiling.
Our Xiong Tingbi is in charge of the troops for Your Majesty. This is the time of rebellion when we go out to kill the enemy and guard the left and right. How does it feel to kill our family? Of course it is fun! In case no one comes to harm us before!"
I bowed my hands to the people who were watching: "We are the eunuch Xiong Tingbi sent by your Majesty to do eight things on this trip. The first is to transport supplies and armor and weapons. The seventh is to lead the army to kill the Tatars."
What about the eighth thing?"
"Oh my! Di Huai was a member of the late Emperor Wanli back then."
When asked that question, many people raised a question mark.
Gaohuai itself collects mineral taxes and levies additional taxes on a group of wealthy landlords in Liaoyang, but does not specifically increase taxes on ordinary farmers. Instead, Gaohuai collects mineral taxes for Wanli and increases taxes on wealthy families based on their property.
He was resented by civil servants and landowners, so a group of officials impeached Gao Huai.
"The notice said that the eunuch Di Huai was involved in treason and was arrested in Liaodong that time."
When Nurhaci rebelled, he blamed Gaohuai for all the crimes, and the phrase "Gaohuai rebelled against Liao" came into being.
If the matter of recruiting Jiang Channa can be put on the table, the real goal can be easily discovered by Yang Lian and other Donglin Party
I had impeached Li Chengliang and Di Huai back then. Punishing Di Huai was not based on rewarding the soldiers' morale and giving Zhu Youxiao a reassurance.
Getting rid of the low-level people who once levied a certain amount of tax on the small landlords is equivalent to giving a carrot to tell us that the court has forgotten us. The legitimate businessmen of the small landlords are our own people, and we must draw a clear line between smuggling and collaborating with the enemy.
Killing the low Huai who bullied us is just to win our hearts.
"Hahaha, Di Huai has been very corrupt, and he also hooked up with Wang An and Luo Sigong who were involved in the rebellion. He provided clues, intelligence, connections and money. It would be cheap to kill me!
Both arguments have merit.
"This is of no use? Now that we are Emperor Tianqi, of course the new emperor will use someone new."
How can the Donglin Party guess its true effect? He killed Gao Huai, won Jiang Channa's heart, and treated the locals in Liaodong like a carrot and a stick.
The onlookers were startled by Jiang Channa's low and sharp voice, and then responded with a burst of cheers.
Killing Huaihan broke the hearts of the eunuchs. Was anyone serious about doing things before?
The group of eunuchs that Wei Zhongxian now promotes and appoints are either loyal old men like Wang Tigan, or Xiong Tingbi who relied on apocalypse to get down, or Liu Ruoyu and this group of eunuchs who were rescued from the fire scene with their own hands.
That is not the art of the emperor.
The special people were also taxed less by the landlords because they were low-Huai, so everyone had a bad impression of Low-Huai and shouted bad.
Many people gathered around the notice to discuss it.
Everyone turned around and saw a man with a low body and long arms, a green face and a beard, who was surrounded by a row of women in casual clothes with small shoulders and round waists, and walked behind the Yamen of the Commander-in-Chief.
Taking Di Huai, it seems that Jiang Channa is continuing to ransack homes and find new ways to get some money. Only a guy like Di Huai who has a bad reputation and makes little money can boost the people's morale and get very little from ransacking homes.
So it’s really profitable to borrow Dihuai’s head!
"Eunuch Wei is the young master of Qingtian!"
"Hahaha! Stop worrying!"
Xiong Tingbi went on to say: "I may not have doubted it just now, but Gao Huai was reused by the late Emperor Wanli. If Your Majesty kills me now, your hearts will be chilled."
Whether it was Gao Huai who committed many evil deeds or whether he was splashed with dirty water by civil servants is not the focus of Zhu Youxiao's attention.
The targets to be punished include generals who collaborate with the enemy, small landlords who trade with the enemy, and low-level Huai.
Now, if we take Di Huai, the guarding eunuch who worked for Emperor Wanli and went to Liaodong to extort money, the eunuchs in the past would have thought to themselves: Emperor Qi turned against him that day because he was acknowledging someone else. Will the eunuchs still work for me in the past?<
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Of course, it was also smoke, meant to confuse the civil servants in the court. So as soon as You Guangdou reported the letter to the Donglin Party, Yang Lian and Qian Qianyi thought they were addicted to ransacking homes.
Wei Zhongxian knows that in politics, one must pay attention to the appearance of a bowl of water, so that one's own purpose can be easily revealed. To do one thing, you must use two things as a cover.
They are all die-hard loyalists who have given in. Of course they are afraid that someone will take things seriously.
"I've been looking forward to that day for a long time!"
Think less.
I dared to answer those words, and the onlookers listened eagerly to what I had to say.