Chapter 66: Letter from the Capital
The reason why Zhu Youxiao had to return to Beijing was very simple, because the father-in-law Wei in Beijing had a relationship with the Donglin party, and this time the matter was quite big, and the father-in-law Wei not only arrested some people of the Donglin party, but also killed them, including Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, Gu Dazhang, and many other backbones of the Donglin party.
Of course, Gonggong Wei instructed the people in Dongchang to arrest him, and as for Jinyiwei, he couldn't intervene for the time being, so although he had already ordered not to tell Zhu Youxiao the news, it was obvious that he hadn't done it to cover the sky with one hand.
Although Zhu Youxiao has a low level of education and does not take care of things on weekdays, he also knows the seriousness of this matter. When he first became the emperor, the court of the Ming Dynasty was the time when the party and government were fierce, and the parties in the court at that time were varied.
As we all know, Chinese people like to huddle together for warmth, and they also prefer to use regions to divide the boundaries of groups, for example, when an official arrives in the capital, the first thing he does when he is not familiar with the place is to find his fellow villagers to worship the dock. Shanxi's are looking for Shanxi's, Zhejiang's are looking for Zhejiang's, and after finding it, everyone looks at it, eh, everyone is a fellow countryman, and they will have to take care of each other in the future, so the party is here.
The parties in the late Ming Dynasty were roughly divided into Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and Donglin Party, in these parties, Qi, Chu and Zhejiang were all purely regional parties, so their forces were relatively weak, and the Donglin Party was more awesome, this party that claimed to represent the interests of the common people shouted all day long shouting for heaven and earth, for the people, for the sake of the saints, for the eternal peace, they used these slogans to fool a group of scholars.
Of course, a slogan is a slogan after all. In addition to acting as spokespersons and protective umbrellas for the landlord class in the Jiangnan area, what the Donglin Party members are best at is fighting people other than their own party. They are fighting heaven and earth, and of course they are inseparable from the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang. The contradictions between the two sides are becoming more and more intense, what is the fight for the country, the demon book case, and the attack case, as long as there is an opportunity, the two sides will hit each other with a dead hand, and the two sides have begun to quarrel since Wanli ten years ago, which can be described as having a long history.
Because the Donglin Party has the support of the landlord class in the south of the Yangtze River, so the combat effectiveness is very strong, forcing the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties to unite to fight with them, and the two sides have been fighting for decades, and no one can help anyone, but later due to the emergence of a character that led to the annihilation of the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties, and this person is our nine-thousand-year-old Wei Gonggong.
After defeating the three parties, Wei Zhongxian finally became his coveted position as the eunuch in charge of the seal, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the power is leaning towards the government and the opposition. However, it was at this time that he found that he had another enemy, and this enemy was his former ally Donglin Party, because after defeating the other parties, the Donglin Party had become very powerful, and most of the entire court could be said to be their people, which seriously affected the prestige of our nine thousand years old. And the Donglin Party also found that after defeating the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang, the only person in the entire court who could be their opponent was this former ally Wei Gonggong, so the two sides naturally quarreled.
The consequence of the two sides turning their faces is that Mars collides with the earth, and Father-in-law Wei, who was born as a gangster, knows the true meaning of striking first. As soon as he was ruthless, he instructed a man named Xu Xianchun under his command to go out and arrest Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, Gu Dazhang and others.
To say that Xu Xianchun is not a good person, Wu Jinshi was born, and he commanded the affairs of the Jinyi guards, and he was brutal, and his favorite thing to do was to pick out the throat bone after killing the prisoner, as a certificate or a memorial. So after catching Yang Lian and the other six people, this guy killed all these people without doing anything.
This is a pain in the hornet's nest, how can the Donglin Party be so easy to provoke, so the entire court is boiling, and then our Wei Gonggong started to arrest people without doing anything, and arrested Gao Panlong, Li Yingsheng, Huang Zunsu, Zhou Zongjian, Liao Changqi, Zhou Qiyuan, Zhou Shunchang and others, and wanted to attack them, and there was another incident during the period, Gao Panlong committed suicide without waiting for the arrival of his captors.
As the saying goes, everything is left in a line, and it is good to see each other in the future, Wei Gonggong is really angry with the public in such a hurry, and the Donglin party is angry, and they contacted Sun Chengzong, who was the governor of Liaodong at the time, hoping that Sun Chengzong can make decisions for them. To say that Sun Chengzong is not simple, this master is a rare talent in this era who is both civil and military, and he is deeply trusted by Zhu Youxiao, and he has a heavy army, once such a person shouts some slogan on the side of the Qing monarch and takes his army to the capital, no matter how awesome Wei Gonggong is, he will immediately become a ghost under the knife.
Gonggong Wei, who made a mess, finally panicked, and immediately sent someone to send a letter to Zhu Youxiao, asking him to hurry back to the capital to preside over the overall situation.
Zhu Youxiao, who received the letter from the capital, pondered for a long time, summoned Yang Feng, and told him what happened, and finally Zhu Youxiao said with a wry smile: "Originally, I wanted to let Wei Zhongxian contain the Donglin Party, but I never thought that this guy had made a fire, and killed Yang Lian's group of people while I was not in the capital. ”
Yang Feng pursed his lips and did not speak, in his opinion, the Donglin Party and Wei Gonggong are actually the same goods, the only difference is that Wei Gonggong is just greedy himself, while the Donglin Party is to mobilize everyone to be greedy together. And the fact that Gonggong Wei is stronger than the Donglin Party is that although he makes money in his pocket, he will at least do things while embezzling, but the Donglin Party people are different, not only do they not do things, but they also specifically crack down on those who do things, such behavior is too hateful. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty was able to fall so quickly in history, and the Donglin Party contributed a lot!
Seeing that Yang Feng didn't speak, Zhu Youxiao said again: "Yang Feng, although I have known you for less than a month, I know that you are a talented person, so I plan to transfer you to the capital, I don't know what you think?" ”
"What? No, no, no! Yang Feng's head shook like a rattle, "Your Majesty, Wechen was born in the countryside, and he has always been free and easy, this place in the capital is not suitable for Weichen, you still let Wechen live here for a few years to live a leisurely life, after all, Wechen is here to farm and train for you is also loyal to the country." ”
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Seeing that Yang Feng refused to agree, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh lightly. Through these days of contact and after listening to the historical geography lessons that Yang Feng said, Zhu Youxiao is very sure that Yang Feng is a talented person, if such a person is willing to enter Beijing to assist him, it is definitely his own luck, but it is a pity that Yang Feng is unwilling to enter Beijing, and he can't tie up others, so he has to shake his head helplessly.