Chapter 378: Gonggong Wei vs. Li Hubu
What is already there?
In March, things are not people.
The head of the small case is no longer the Wei She person who entered the door with a word and built a slave head with a blade.
Li Yongzhen's heart was full of sighs, he heard the news from Jin Zhong in the morning, and it was unbelievable at the time. Jin Zhong was also surprised, and immediately asked him to enter the palace to ask the internal officials to understand.
When the news was confirmed, Jin Zhong did not speak for a long time, and then said that it was inconvenient for him to come forward, and asked Li Yongzhen to come over to visit Wei Liangchen on his behalf and say some words of comfort and encouragement, so as not to make him feel cold and have thoughts of suicide.
Li Yongzhen was already sympathetic to Wei Liangchen's experience, and he was quite impressed by this small case, and he admired it a little, and he couldn't help but comfort him under sympathy.
Liangchen knew that Li Yongzhen was sincerely comforting him, but he couldn't tell the truth of the matter, so he could only make a color of pain and a color of generosity at times.
It's painful because it hurts.
Relaxed, because of the official statement, he Wei She was willing to serve the emperor, just like Liu Ruoyu, the second generation of officials and the hereditary Yanqingwei commander.
Therefore, theoretically, his father-in-law Wei should not be in a painful mood, pity himself more, and wronged himself, but should have a relaxed picture of his wish being fulfilled.
It's just that no matter how much Liangchen pretends to be a grandson, it is impossible for him to really think of himself as Liu Ruoyu's guy, so his performance is complicated, and it is more painful.
But in Li Yongzhen's eyes, it should be so.
"Being able to serve in front of Your Majesty is the greatest wish of my life. I often say that the princes of the inner court are disabled and strong-willed, and today I will experience it with my own body, which is the duty of loyal courtiers. Liangchen found that he didn't seem to be good enough, and Li Yongzhen became more and more suspicious, so he hurriedly made a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, and said unashamedly.
Li Yongzhen looked at him with a strange look, as if he didn't believe it, and finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked Liangchen in a low voice: "Okay, why does the emperor want you to purify yourself?" … Did someone slander the emperor? ”
It's not that someone is slandering, but the emperor himself is blinded by lard.
As soon as he thought that his hot face was attached to Wanli's cold buttocks, Liangchen's chest was panicked, but he didn't dare to speak out, so he could only shake his head and say: "This matter is my own volition, Gonggong Li should not think too much, and no one else will worship it." ”
"Really?"
Li Yongzhen was skeptical, a good person is still an official body, how could he think of entering the palace for no reason?
However, seeing that Wei Liangchen seemed reluctant to say more, it was inconvenient for him to get to the bottom of it.
In my heart, there are some answers.
Li Yongzhen believes that Wei Liangchen's eunuch being castrated into the palace may be related to the recent competition between Jin Zhong and Sun Xian, two eunuchs who are holding a pen, for the position of the palm seal of the celebrity.
Although the two fathers-in-law Jin and Sun live in private houses on the surface, they don't go out, and they look indifferent to fame and fortune, but in private, which one is not constantly moving, it can be described as a turbulent undercurrent.
According to the system, the candidates for the palm seal will be announced at the end of the first month at the latest, and who is not involved is not the matter of Jin and Sun, but the countless people in the inner court, and even the direction of the court. After all, this is the palm print of the election ceremony, which is no less important to the Ming Dynasty than the production of the first assistant.
At the winter solstice last year, the first assistant Ye Xianggao met the emperor through Zhang Cheng, although the outside world had no way of knowing what Ye Xianggao and the emperor said, but Ye Xianggao was the leader of the Donglin Party, and it was impossible to support Jin Zhong of the Guifei faction.
His Majesty the Emperor rarely sees court officials several times a year, and this time he saw Ye Xianggao, and the signal revealed made the situation bullish on Sun Xian's side. However, before the end, no one dared to guarantee that Sun Xian would be able to take over. Therefore, what the two parties should do still has to be done. A little more preparation, a little more means to attack the opponent, can always be a little more secure.
Wei Liangchen was led in, although he didn't know it.
You must know that Wei Liangchen can be a sacrificer, although there are factors in his self-recommendation, but in the official face, it was Jin Zhong who recommended him to the emperor, so in the eyes of outsiders, Wei Liangchen is Jin Zhong's party, there is no doubt. Therefore, if Wei Liangchen caused an accident outside the gate, this pot would be Jin Zhong's.
Combined with the fact that the Donglin Party suddenly sent cadres to the military department, Xiong Mingyu went out of the customs to inspect and visit the left and right guards of Jianzhou, and the matter became clear at a glance. You Xiong Mingyu can go out of the customs whenever you meet, why do you choose this time?
Wei Liangchen was purified into the palace when he came back, and what signal was released?
People with a little bit of brains can't help but wonder if the emperor is dissatisfied with Jin Zhong, and it's no wonder why Jin Zhong was silent for so long after knowing the news.
Poor, a good person just became a eunuch.
Li Yongzhen sighed secretly and told Liangchen Zhang Cheng's instructions. He said: "The internal official supervisor is the yamen in charge of Gonggong Zhang, and it is inconvenient for Gonggong Jin to interfere in some matters. Sacrifice people... If my father-in-law has any difficulties, you can tell me, and Father-in-law Jin will help anyone who can help him. ”
Liangchen didn't say anything more, nodded slightly. He had already thought of this matter, if Zhang Cheng was not in charge of the internal official supervision, how could the procedures of the internal official supervision be completed in one afternoon. In the same way, Jin Zhong is not responsible for the internal officials and prisons, and he does not have much say in the affairs of the prison.
Whether it is the inner court or the cabinet, whether it is a eunuch or an old scholar, it is similar to the government in the previous life, and they all have the position of being in charge of liaison. There are benefits, and the person in charge will receive it. Something went wrong, and this first board was knocked down, and it was also the leader of the division.
"You are good at recuperating from your injuries, and after you are injured, you are good at doing things for the emperor to go out." Li Yongzhen thought about it, and said with some envy, "You can be a prisoner at a young age, and now you are hand-picked by the emperor, and your future is limitless." ”
Liangchen hurriedly said: "I don't know a lot about things inside and outside the palace, and I will inevitably ask Gonggong Li for more help when the time comes." He wanted to say that he wanted to ask Jin Zhong to send Li Yongzhen to help him, but when he thought of another important matter, he hurriedly asked, but it was Li Chengliang's resignation.
Li Yongzhen said that according to Wei Liangchen's wishes, he first spread the news of Shuerhaqi's complaint, and then used a method to make the imperial historian Zhang Heming and they were filled with righteous indignation and impeached Li Chengliang. After that, he asked Jin Zhong to come forward to contact Chu party official Ying Zhen and others. In the end, under the mediation of the Chu Party, the four parties of Qi, Zhejiang, Xuankun and Kun submitted the impeachment together, which eventually became a trend, causing Li Chengliang to resign and return to Beijing.
"Li Chengliang's return to Beijing is a major blow to Donglin, and now the emperor takes over Liaofu with Yang Hao, and the Donglin Party can't get involved in Liaodong... It's a pity, I thought that Li Chengliang's return to Beijing would have great benefits outside the Guan, but I didn't think it would end like this. Li Yongzhen shook his head, the world is unpredictable, including Jin Zhong thought that Wei Liangchen would definitely be rewarded when he returned to Beijing this time, but he didn't know that it would be the end of entering the palace.
This incident disrupted Jin Zhong's arrangement, he knew from Li Yongzhong that the Chu Party and Wei Liangchen had an old relationship, so he wanted to establish an alliance between Wei Liangchen and the Chu Party, and then pull the four parties of Qi, Zhejiang, Xuankun and Kun to his side through the Chu Party.
But now, Wei Liangchen was suddenly castrated into the palace, which must have been a big blow to Jin Zhong, at least it also disrupted his steps to form an alliance with the five parties, making it difficult for him to find a good candidate for a while.
The inner court and the outer court are both antagonistic and supportive of each other, and the two sides come and go, and their interests are intertwined, and no one can do it alone. However, the inner court leaders and the foreign court could not come forward in person, and they needed to rely on outsiders. This outsider is not his own private minister, or he can be a junior minister in the court, in short, he should be inconspicuous.
Wei Liangchen has a good relationship with the Chu Party, and he is happy with the concubine, so of course Jin Zhong values such a person. But now that Sheren has become a prisoner, and the foreign official has become an internal official, it is impossible for him to contact the Chu Party and them.
After all, the people in the five parties are always scholars, even if they intend to form an alliance with Jin Zhong to fight against Donglin, they will not face to face, and they need a middleman to talk directly with each other. Just as Wang An, the eunuch in charge of the East Palace, often sent his personal minister Wang Wenyan to communicate with Donglin, but he never met with any Donglin Party members.
To put it bluntly, it is not only to avoid suspicion, but also to cover the fig leaf.
Dealing directly with eunuchs, spreading the word is still damaging to the reputation of the scholars.
If the opponent knows, the crime of a foreign minister befriending an inner servant is enough for them to drink a pot.
Liangchen didn't know that Li Yongzhen was thinking about this, and he didn't know that Jin Zhong took a fancy to his "potential" and intended to let him be a fig leaf. What he is brewing now is to do it alone.
The fundamental reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty was never the exile and the construction of slaves, but money and food.
Going abroad to make a fortune is undoubtedly a feasible choice in the current system and national conditions.
With money and food, although there are still some problems in the Ming Dynasty, which are full of drawbacks, they can at least slow down and delay for a while, so that they can walk out of a new path.
This is not for his old Zhu family, but for Huaxia and the Han people.
The good minister is ready to do this well in order to plan for the future.
However, there is one thing he is worried about, that is, Li Sancai, a cadre of the Donglin Party, who entered the cabinet.
Originally, after he was ready to "resign", he went to Ying Zhen, an official of the Chu Party, to see if it was possible to participate in the overthrow of Li, so as to create an image of a "think tank" for himself in front of the five parties, just like Wang Wenyan did in the Donglin Party.
The five parties of Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun are actually the eunuch group of the second uncle in the future. However, there are good people in this group, and there are bad ones; There are faithful ones, and there are wall-weeds. It can even be said that except for a very small number of "eagle dog minions" of the second uncle, most of this eunuch group is thinking of using the second uncle.
In essence, these people are also enemies of the second uncle, but the enemies of the enemies are friends. I couldn't do Donglin anymore, so I turned around and took refuge in the second uncle, the big man of the inner court, hoping that the second uncle would come forward as a gun to sweep Donglin for them.
If the apocalypse does not die, it is difficult to say whether the eunuch party will be divided soon after the Donglin Party is dealt with.
Liangchen has no intention of speculating that he is trying to take advantage of the situation.
Since the Five Parties will be eunuchs in the future, it will definitely be beneficial for him to establish a smart and wise image of Xiao Chitose in front of these eunuch members in advance.
At least, these people didn't dare to underestimate his old Wei family.
Now, I can't do it.
The difference between the identity of the Sheren and his father-in-law is here, and Liangchen believes that the official of the Chu Party should be shocked, even if Xiong Tingbi sees him again, I am afraid that there will be no more fearful and young feelings.
However, Li Sancai is destined to not be able to enter the cabinet, although now everyone outside thinks that he will definitely enter the cabinet, but the truth is so ruthless - Li San did not step into the cabinet until he died.
And the turmoil of the fall of Li seems to have reached a climax in the 38th year of Wanli.
This is an opportunity that can be exploited, and it is also an opportunity to hit Donglin hard.
Of course, Liangchen can't let it go.
If he goes out, it will definitely be impossible to go to sea in the first half of the year, so he still has some time to kick Li Sancai, the Donglin boss who is destined to fall into the water.
Father-in-law Wei vs. Li Hubu!
It's also a good thing to spread out.
Wanli likes it, even if the five parties are unwilling to deal directly with him, the eunuch, at least they have to praise Father-in-law Wei for being good. Donglin's side, fuck it. Grandpa Wei doesn't brush up on your Donglin Party's experience, how can he be upgraded.
This can be regarded as helping the second uncle correct his mentality in advance, otherwise the second uncle still has illusions about Donglin in the early years of the apocalypse as in history, and he will definitely be in trouble.
Thinking of the second uncle, Liangchen hurriedly asked Li Yongzhen to help him inquire about the current situation.
"Li Jingong of the East Palace is your second uncle?"
Li Yongzhen was stunned, but he was not much surprised, he was a eunuch himself, how could he not know about entering the palace to change his name, so he responded immediately, and said that he would go to the East Palace to inquire after he went back.
Seeing that the hour was not early, Gonggong Jin was waiting for a reply, Li Yongzhen was about to get up and say goodbye, but Liangchen couldn't get up to send it off, so he called Zhang Jinzhong to send it for him.
Zheng Duo came in the afternoon and sent a receipt to Liangchen.
The receipt is opened by Zhang Cheng, and there are only two simple words "received" on it, but what is received is not written.
At noon the next day, Li Yongzhen came over and brought bad news to Liangchen.
"My second uncle went to Sichuan?!"
Liangchen didn't react for a long time: Isn't it good to be in the East Palace, why did you go to Sichuan.
"I inquired for you, your second uncle went with Zhao Jinjiao of the Siyuan Bureau and Xu Yingyuan of Ciqing Palace, and the three of them are sworn brothers. Oh, by the way, it seems to be the path of the imperial horse supervisor Liu Jixiang's father-in-law, Liu Gonggong's head Qiu Chengyun opened a mine in Sichuan Shizhusai, and the three of them probably wanted to give Qiu Chengyun a shot. I went there a year ago, and now I guess I've reached the stone block. Li Yongzhen said briefly, and the general situation is like this.
Liangchen is in a hurry, second uncle, second uncle, do you know that the East Palace is your feng shui treasure! Why can't you think about it so much, how much effort did your nephew take, how much sperm did he sell to coax Xi Li to get you over, why did you go to Laoshizi Sichuan with your legs. I also took the three brothers together... Xu Yingyuan, Zhao Jinjiao?
Zhao Jinjiao's name Liangchen is not too familiar, but the name Xu Yingyuan makes him very familiar, and after thinking about it, he confirmed that this is Chongzhen's personal eunuch when he was still the king of letters, and the eunuch after ascending the throne, and later won it because he helped the second uncle ask Chongzhen. It can be regarded as a cold stove that has been burned all his life, and it has finally developed, but in the end, it was planted on the righteousness of his brothers.
Historically, whether the second uncle went to Sichuan or not, Liangchen really doesn't know very well, after all, the history books are more about the history of the second uncle after his career, and the experience before his development is not too much.