Then, Liu Weichao carefully searched for Ruan Dacheng's information. After he had a rough idea, he contacted Emperor Chongzhen.
As soon as he was connected, he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "This Ruan Dacheng has a very bad reputation. If according to the original history, he would have been enabled by Ma Shiying, and then compiled "Locust Records" and "Liudu Prevent Rebellion Public Exposure" The people of Donglin and Fushe decided to retaliate and set up a party prison. After Nanjing was defeated and King Fu surrendered, he fled to Qiantang, where he surrendered to the Jianqi and ran the government again. He wanted to be the governor of Fujian, but eventually died on the road. . ”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he frowned and said, "If that's the case, then this person will definitely not be used anymore!"
"Wait a moment. Don't jump to conclusions too early. I haven't finished speaking yet!" Upon hearing this, Liu Weichao smiled and said, "In our time, there is still such a saying. You should listen to it first."
"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little confused when he heard this, and said to Liu Weichao, "Well, you tell me!"
So, Liu Weichao said to him: "We have a saying that after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, many people in the south of the Yangtze River, such as the Donglin Party members and Fushe, surrendered to the Jianlu, and then they were the ones to compile the "History of the Ming Dynasty" , it was built for a total of ninety-four years, and a large-scale literary prison was set up, and countless books were burned. Most of the ones left in the world were beneficial to the Jianqi. At the same time, because the people who wrote the history of the Ming Dynasty were Donglin Party members and their descendants, Therefore, their pens are naturally biased towards themselves, that is, to beautify the Donglin Party and slander their opponents."
"You mean, this Ruan Dacheng might have been slandered?" Emperor Chongzhen asked with some confusion upon hearing this.
When Liu Weichao heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "After all, it has been so long. There is no way to know what the history is like. Whether it is slander or not is hard to say. However, we can analyze it based on some of the information currently available."
"Oh, I would like to hear the details!" Emperor Chongzhen said with a little curiosity after hearing this.
Liu Weichao listened, looked at Ruan Dacheng's information on the computer, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "This Ruan Dacheng was a student of Gao Panlong, the leader of the Donglin Party, in his early years. He was also a general of the Donglin Party, but Gao Panlong of the Donglin Party Internal strife with Zuo Guang affected Ruan Dacheng, leaving his official turn unavailable. Later, Wei Zhongxian took action to disintegrate the Donglin Party, and Ruan Dacheng defected to Wei Zhongxian. However, he resigned within a month after taking office. Go home."
After a pause, he continued: "Later, Wei Zhongxian called him to be an official in Beijing, but the total time he served as an official was only more than two years. Why did the Donglin Party members hate Ruan Dacheng so much later? Not giving him the chance to be an official? I think it may be because he is very talented. If he were an official normally, he would outshine others. Moreover, talented traitors are more hated."
There is also information on Emperor Chongzhen, but the records are not detailed. They only explain when and what official Ruan Dacheng was.
At this time, after hearing Liu Weichao's analysis, he was also thinking and did not interrupt.
Just listen to Liu Weichao continue to say: "This Ruan Dacheng, judging from his experience, is a complete official fan, because he has been working hard for him to be an official, and he has never stopped. From this, we can also see that whoever does not give him Who he hates when he is an official can be seen from his initial surrender to Wei Zhongxian to his revenge on the Donglin Party after he became an official, and we can understand the motivations of his actions."
Having said this, he shook his head and smiled and said: "As far as our later generations generally agree, the Ming Dynasty died due to party strife. This is indeed what Ruan Dacheng showed. However, no matter from which aspect, the Donglin Party
People's factionalism is also very fierce. In order to exclude dissidents, they ignore business matters. However, from the information of later generations, all the good guys are honest officials and loyal ministers. To be honest, I was quite puzzled after reading it before. Chongzhen
How come there are so many upright and loyal ministers in the dynasty that are still destroyed? How incompetent is this emperor!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly looked a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, Liu Weichao saw it and immediately said with a smile: "Later, after reading more information, I realized that it was because of the compilation of historical materials. Most of them were written by the descendants of the Donglin Party members. Naturally, they wanted to write about their own people.
Better."
After a pause, he changed the topic and said: "The other one, this Ruan Dacheng, many people in later generations concluded from his only handed down works that he was the first poet in the Ming Dynasty. This was several times
A famous literati from later generations said that it was because of his reputation that his talent was not known in later generations. At the same time, there were very few works left to later generations, and they were all burned."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression. He was the first poet in the entire Ming Dynasty. Such an evaluation is definitely very high!
While he was thinking about it, Liu Weichao continued: "As far as I'm concerned, speaking about Ruan Dacheng, he is definitely talented, and he is willing to give up all reserve in order to be an official. It can even be said that,
To the point of shamelessness. You see, among so many famous scholars and people with Jinshi background, he is the only one who has written an article in response to scientific principles. It can even be said that he is flattering, and he does not hesitate to use the writing methods of our era and
Simplified characters.”
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was about to speak, but Liu Weichao said first: "Also, his script completely abandoned the shameless way of doing things by the literati of your era, and did not use innuendo, it was performed directly and nakedly.
A drama about the quality of tax collection. This shows that his relationship with Jiangnan literati, especially the Donglin Party members, is already very bad."
After listening to Liu Weichao's words, Emperor Chongzhen realized what he meant and asked, "Does that mean this person is available?"
After hearing this, Liu Weichao did not reply directly, but continued: "This drama of his will definitely not be welcomed by the Jiangnan gentry. This will make his reputation in Jiangnan even worse! In other words, it will not be a good idea to rectify the Jiangnan gentry.
, he will definitely be very active."
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen understood what Liu Weichao meant, although he did not receive a definite answer.
When he was about to speak, he heard Liu Weichao become more serious and said to him solemnly: "Some people say that if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Others say that white cats and black cats are good cats. Those who can catch mice are good cats. As for you,
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to employ people from all over the world. I think the key is whether the people you employ can help you do what you want them to do. If there are things you don’t want them to do, you can restrict them. Such employment
Method is the way an emperor should be, what do you think?"
Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded vigorously, and said sincerely: "You are right, no one is perfect, the most important thing is that I must learn how to use people!"
When he said this, he actually thought of himself. How many emperors would there be if he had issued so many edicts? If he was not given a chance, could he still be the emperor?
Although I had done many wrong things in the past and could not even distinguish the true purpose of the ministers' words, I was deceived by them and became a tool for the factional struggle among the ministers below!
As for Ruan Dacheng, for now, he is actually a loser in the party struggle, or a chess piece and victim in the hands of the big bosses in the party struggle;
From a certain point of view, Emperor Chongzhen felt that Ruan Dacheng was a victim of party strife just like him.
Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt that Ruan Dacheng was no longer annoying at all.
After thinking for a while, Emperor Chongzhen asked Liu Weichao: "Then I will let him temporarily act as political envoy, and he will be in the south of the Yangtze River full-time to publicize the national policy of inventorying hidden households and measuring the land, and by the way, he will be promoting scientific methods in the place where the literary style of Jiangnan is flourishing.
, what do you think?"
After Liu Weichao heard this, he smiled and said: "I think it's okay. This political envoy has no right to attack others. He only promotes the national policy of the imperial court. In this way, he can avoid the possibility of retaliating against the Donglin Party members, continuing to fall into party strife, and initiating party strife."
.To a certain extent, it can be considered that people are giving full play to their talents!”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard that Liu Weichao confirmed his idea, he felt happy and said with a smile: "When I saw his play, I thought it was good. I had this idea at that time."
Hearing this, Liu Weichao also thought about it. Without thinking, he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Actually, I don't really agree with what you said, but I feel that this is still a bit highbrow."
"Ah?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked curiously, "How can you be high-minded and modest?"
When Liu Weichao heard this, he immediately asked him: "Who do you think the target of this propaganda is?"
"Local squires! Let them cooperate with the imperial government's national policy and stop causing trouble!" Emperor Chongzhen said without thinking after hearing this.
His words have been influenced by Liu Weichao, and he has adopted the words of later generations.
After hearing this, Liu Weichao immediately shook his head and said, "No, no! I think the people you should really face are the vast majority of the people, that is, ordinary people!"
His speech was also influenced by Emperor Chongzhen, but he didn't know it himself. He then explained: "Those hermit households are also exploited by local gentry. If they understand the national policy of the imperial court and know better than to live in seclusion, they will
Hidden households know that it is more beneficial to them to re-measure the land, so even if the local gentry wants to go against the court, no one will support it. When the national policy is supported by the majority of the people, the local government will be as stable as Mount Tai, relying only on a few gentry
It won’t make any waves at all!”
Emperor Chongzhen heard it very strangely, but also felt a little familiar.
The reason why it is novel is that in the eyes of those in power in ancient times, the so-called common people actually refer to the squires. The real common people are invisible people and are represented by the squires.
And he felt a little familiar because Liu Weichao's statement was consistent with some things Liu Weichao said to him before, which made him feel familiar.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked for advice: "How to say it?"