Chapter 17: Born with pride
Although Li Banghua is a member of the Donglin Party, he is a capable official who has climbed up step by step, and as mentioned above, after Li Banghua cleaned up the Beijing camp, it was the last time when the Beijing camp cheered up. This person is not only resolute, but also a person who can do things, has the means, and has the right heart.
It's just that sometimes the party is like this. It doesn't matter if you're talented or not, it doesn't matter which side you're on. So, when Donglin was in power, Li Banghua took office to do things. When Donglin lost power, Li Banghua was driven out of the imperial court and went to politics.
In Li Banghua, according to the original history, although Li Banghua took over Liu Zongzhou as the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate at this moment. But at that time, after Zuo Liangyu's army was defeated, he plundered the Yangtze River to make up for the army's military needs. At that time, Nanjing was caught off guard in the face of Zuo Liangyu's ruffian situation, and no one could deal with it.
For this reason, Liu Zongzhou stepped forward and personally stepped forward to appease.
It's just that now Zuo Liangyu is being chased and beaten all the way by Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng is being chased and beaten all the way by Sun Chuanting. In such a situation, Zuo Liangyu didn't have the heart and time to rob the people to make up for the army's heart. Li Zicheng vented his anger in his stomach, and he had to find Zuo Liangyu to vent his anger.
Therefore, after learning of several big victories in the Central Plains, Li Banghua actually entered Beijing in advance and caught up with the six arts of Guozijian to live here.
As for Ni Yuanlu, although Chongzhen issued an edict in September to be used as the right attendant of the Ministry of War and a bachelor's degree, Ni Yuanlu did not enter Beijing until next year. Now, because Zhu Cihong won several big victories in the Central Plains, the national momentum was boosted for a while, and the road was calm, and Ni Yuanlu also entered Beijing in advance for this reason.
In this way, taking advantage of this gap, the two had no official business. and had no selfish affairs, so they coincidentally came to the Six Arts Residence of Guozijian. Caught up with Zhu Cihong's lecture this time.
"Above board, lecturing as a prince. His Royal Highness is really not afraid of the criticism of this Jingshi swarming......" ahead. After the scholar Qi Yuan saw the two bigwigs behind him, he suddenly talked more: "Foolish brother thinks that His Royal Highness should live in the East Palace at this moment and repair the friendship between the monarch and his father." Why is it so abrupt? ”
"Brother Qi, I'm afraid you don't know yet. Lord Shoufu has already written to the superintendent of Gyeonggi Defense, and has already responded to the entry of Jiannu into the army. The court is dedicated to the outside world this time, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince naturally has no place to play. For this reason, if you don't be active for a while, I'm afraid that no one will know the name of the prince soon. Merely. This selfishness is obvious, I am really afraid that the world will not know. After a while, I scolded Xu Wending for his ambition! Another scholar, Xu Wen, answered, but his speech was even more unscrupulous than that of this scholar surnamed Qi.
"Then the prince's lecture this time, isn't it to lead the Qing Dynasty to fail? If Mr. Shi Zhai (Huang Daozhou) and Mr. Qishan ascended to the heights and shouted, it was naturally countless followers, but the prince came to do it...... It's a bit too small, right? "The scholar surnamed Qi doesn't live in the tunnel.
Rear. Ni Yuanlu and Li Banghua glanced at each other, and they were a little surprised.
There is obviously some polarization on the issue of Zhu Cihong's reputation. In the folk and in the locality, there are many people who admire Zhu Cihong. But to the capital division. This situation has been reversed.
Here, in addition to the rebuke of Zodiac Zhou at the beginning, there are also reasons.
After all. For Jingshi, the expansion and independence of the local area is undoubtedly a very dangerous sign. Naturally, no one likes it. Whether it's officials or soldiers who pretend to be looking for their families for the future. I don't like such a Zhu Cihong who is trying to set up a new world.
It's just that not everyone thinks about who they think about because of where they sit on their butts.
For Ni Yuanlu and Li Banghua, the two loyal ministers who were martyred for the Ming Dynasty in later generations, the issues considered are naturally more comprehensive, and they really think about the country and the public. At least, they really understand that now the only one who can resist Jiannu is Zhu Cihong's army.
As for Zhou Yanru, the representative of the Donglin Party, they also understand that this is a public and private hatred for Zhu Cihong.
With the public, Zhu Cihong is the main political force to compete for the future Ming Dynasty. As Zhu Youzhen's first assistant, it is difficult for Zhou Yanru to work with Zhu Cihong.
With selfishness, Zhu Cihong worked all the way from Liu Zeqing to Hou Xun, which can be said to have cut off Zhou Yanru's face.
It's just that the two of them didn't mean to give Zhou Yanru a purpose.
Although they are both Donglin people, this does not mean that they will definitely advance and retreat together for this Donglin Shoufu and share glory and disgrace. In this respect, the Donglin Party is not a real political party. As a political force that was famous in the late Ming Dynasty, they did not have all the meanings of a modern political party.
It is not so much that the Donglin Party is full of fools and traitors, but that most of the bureaucrats and politicians in the late Ming Dynasty were this virtue. But on the other hand, compared with other small parties and factions, there are rare and rare outstanding ministers, and loyal people are also the most in Donglin.
For example, Shi Kefa who guarded Yangzhou, such as Fan Jingwen, a scholar of Dongge University who was later martyred, such as Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu, who are now listed......
There was a lot of discussion in the hall, but in the hall, Zhu Cihong finally walked out.
Seeing Zhu Cihong appear, the originally noisy Liuyi Juli instantly quieted down, and everyone's eyes were focused on this person in the hall.
What a man this is!
Wearing a Confucian shirt that is no different from that of an ordinary scholar, there is no gold and jade accessories on his body, which is simple, but clean and refreshing.
The only thing that makes everyone feel different may be Zhu Cihong's eyes.
This is really a pair of eyes with a special story.
Agile and energetic is obviously not enough to describe.
There is a slight sadness, but there is no lack of a kind of high-spirited vigor. Sharp and resolute, but there is no lack of tolerance and compassion.
Even Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu, two veteran ministers who have experienced the world and are over half a hundred years old, can't help but be curious about how many things Zhu Cihong has experienced in the past six months.
The Songjin War returned from a fiasco, and the empire mourned both inside and outside.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Cihong escaped from the palace that was regarded as the supreme power by the outside world, stooped over to the household officials, solved the financial plan of the Beijing division, and obtained the capital to go out of Beijing.
It was also after leaving Beijing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who may have been born proud, untied the shackles on his body, based on the tax division, swallowed the army of a town, and even then fought in Henan one after another, and the rising strong army defeated the giant Li Zicheng in difficulty.
Such a story is enough to write a legendary storybook.
Now, it is such a protagonist who should have appeared in the legendary script, standing in front of them. With these eyes, which hide countless stories, he looks at everyone present, ready to say the heartfelt words in his chest. (To be continued.) )