Power spreads.

Unless the ruler is an artificial intelligence computer that controls everything and can command all the officials, thugs or armed forces at the same time, it will inevitably divide power.

There is a hierarchy of imitation in human social behavior. The middle layer imitates the upper layer, and the bottom layer imitates the middle layer. In this way, some of the fashions that were popular in the upper class would "trickle" down after a while. Of course, we can't deny that many lower class fashions will also surge upward. For example, football was originally a sport of the lower class, but now it has also swept the upper class. This phenomenon most often occurs in societies where the political and cultural power of the lower classes is growing.

Moreover, with the bad nature of human nature, you will always make mistakes that have been made by predecessors, and you have been reminded countless times not to make mistakes.

Man.

"Money manager, this is the screen window and various utensils that hundreds of servants in the house will use after I went to the street yesterday to buy after the summer, and it cost a total of thirty porcelain coins, oh, this is the fried chicken that has been relatively new recently, and it is said to be the secret recipe of a certain marquis's mansion. ”

"Well, filial piety, okay, a few monkey cubs, get out. ”

"Deputy Director Zhang, I'm a little money. ”

"Oh, little money in charge, what's the matter. ”

"The screens and other items purchased today have been put into storage, this is the list, a total of fifty porcelain coins have been spent, you have seen it. ”

"What's this, you can take care of it. ”

"This is a new fried chicken that has recently appeared on the street, and it is said to be a ...... from the palace."

"Oh, interesting. ”

Manager Zhang ate the fried chicken, got proud, and found the account room: "Well, here is the account of a hundred porcelain coins, and then explain it, and purchase a freshly baked fried chicken every day and record it in the account of the master's study." ”

The sad thing about being a superior is that you can't really observe whether the information written to you is true or not.

Whether an egg is a penny a penny or a hundred taels of silver, you don't know, but that's what the bill says.

Whether a stinky Qiu Ba named Yue Fei in the distance is a loyal minister or a traitor, you don't know if you read the report, it depends on the text of the person who reported to you.

If you don't believe me, who can remember how much money and how many sizes you have in your pocket without counting?

This is the human memory deficit.

A lie repeated a thousand times is the truth.

People who believe that by controlling public opinion, they can take the political initiative, usually believe Goebbels's words, and a lie will become the truth a thousand times, whether they know it or not. Therefore, they will do their best to beautify themselves and scandalize their opponents. In this context, in the officialdom of the last days of the dynasty, two types of officials began to appear: one was the Donglin Party who was worried about the country and the people, the country and the people, and the Donglin Party who did not work for themselves; and the other was the evil party, the eunuch party, and the remnants of the eunuch party who were for the sake of promotion and wealth, regardless of the rise or fall of the country and the life or death of the people.

This in itself makes people feel that this history is a bit like a fairy tale. What's even more amazing is that no matter what kind of officials gain power, the fact that the empire is not corrupt or corrupt has never changed. No matter what kind of officials came to power, the fact that the empire's military, political, and economic deterioration was never improved.

This in itself proves that the so-called Donglin Party, the so-called evil party, and the eunuch party are only the products of political propaganda. There is another important reason why the Donglin Party has become the embodiment of justice, and that is because what they propagate is in tune with the political propaganda of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. All in all, there were many righteous people in the empire who represented the interests of the country and the people, but because the Ming Emperor was mediocre, brutal, and evil, the wishes of these righteous people were frustrated.

The question is, if the Ming Emperor is really mediocre, brutal, and evil, how can the Donglin Party exist? Wei Zhongxian's order can make the Donglin Party disappear, and the Wanli Emperor must also have this ability. What's more, both the Emperor of the Apocalypse and the Chongzhen Emperor have reused the Donglin Party, which has also caused the imperial government to have the so-called situation of the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty.

The result? The grass donkey was replaced by a donkey.

People will naturally find that as long as they are political groups and political figures, no one will be the embodiment of justice, and no one will be the embodiment of evil. For let them say for themselves, they all represent righteousness, and those who oppose them represent evil, and let their enemies say it, and everything will be reversed.

All in all, in everyone's pen, they all represent justice and the other party represents evil.

The dispute between the Donglin Party and the evil party (or eunuch party) is actually the same if the information is rich enough. In this sense, when analyzing the history of the late Ming Dynasty, we should put the Donglin Party and the evil party (eunuch party) on an equal footing. If we think from the beginning that the Donglin Party is righteous and the evil party (eunuch party) is evil, then we will never be able to see the truth of this period of history. The so-called Donglin Party is for the country and the people, and worries about the country and the people, because they have been wantonly criticizing the emperor and the government. The question is, if there is no obvious danger in criticizing the government and the emperor, but on the contrary, there are obvious interests, what is the great deal about one person or an interest group who wantonly criticizes the government and the emperor?

How big is the risk to the Donglin Party? In fact, it is very small, at least the Imperial Government rarely blows them because of it. Some people may say that in order to compete with the eunuchs, the Donglin Party let the eunuchs kill many people. The problem is that in the struggle between the Donglin Party and the eunuchs, there are only about a dozen people who died unexpectedly. However, more than 20 people died unexpectedly in the party struggle. In this sense, the Dang Eunuch Party is more dangerous than the Dangdonglin Party. Some people may say that joining the eunuch party means that you can be promoted quickly. The problem is that joining the Donglin Party also means that you can be promoted quickly. Because many Donglin Party members are also moving to the sky, they have been promoted three levels in a row and ascended to the sky in one step. The Donglin Party dominated public opinion at that time, and now, it is equivalent to an interest group controlling a large media, and no one can underestimate the influence it may have.

The Donglin Party dominated public opinion at that time, and naturally there were many officials who wanted to cooperate with the Donglin Party. Everything is obvious, if an official is willing to satisfy the interests of the Donglin Party (promote a member of the Donglin Party to become an official, or build momentum for the Donglin Party), the Donglin Party will package him as a noble person who serves the people wholeheartedly. At the same time, of course, there is also an infinite amount of scandalization of his political opponents. Initially, the more far-sighted officials (Li Sancai, the governor of Fengyang and the governor of Caoyun) were the first to discover this value of the Donglin Party, so they began to cooperate with the Donglin Party. Of course, the Donglin Party naturally began to create public opinion for Li Sancai. All in all, Li Sancai is honest and capable, and he is the pillar of the empire, and he should preside over the work of the central government of the empire.

If the Donglin Party says that people like Gu Xiancheng are incorruptible, their political enemies may not bother to refute it. Because people like Gu Xiancheng have been staying in Qingshui Yamen, even if there is corruption, it must be milder than ordinary officials. The problem is that Li Sancai, as a governor, is also in charge of Caoyun's kind of fat, if he can maintain integrity, it is like saying that sows can also go up trees. Against this background, the opponents of the Donglin Party held on to this matter and did not let go. All in all, everyone proves that Li Sancai is a big corrupt official. It also indirectly proves that the Donglin Party is a group that confuses the public with fallacies. Although the Donglin Party swore by the curse, Li Sancai was a Qing official. The problem is that more and more evidence shows that Li Sancai is a big corrupt official. The debate over whether Li Sancai was a corrupt official finally alarmed the emperor. So the emperor sent someone to intervene in the investigation. What is the conclusion? Li Sancai is a corrupt official. This toss, Li San can be regarded as smart but was mistaken by cleverness. The key is that the history books cover the coffin, and it is also said that Li Sancai is not a Qing official.

Of course, many people are still willing to believe that Li Sancai is not a big corrupt official, because how can Wei Zhongxian and his gang be big corrupt officials because the people who are desperately attacking Wei Zhongxian and his gang are all unanimously flaunting people? [Note]: Those who attacked the three talents later, if Shao Fuzhong and Xu Zhaokui were the younger generations, were attached to Wei Zhongxian's famous and beautiful rebellion. And the three talents who push the hub, such as Gu Xiancheng, Zou Yuanbiao, Zhao Nanxing, and Liu Zongzhou, are all famous ministers of the time. Therefore, the three talents are virtuous. The problem is that Li Sancai did not grow up under the education of the Donglin Party. What is more important is that Li Sancai grew up in the corrupt officialdom of the late Ming Dynasty, and he climbed all the way to the position of governor of Fengyang and governor of Caoyun, and did a good job in this position. All in all, the Donglin Party controlled public opinion, and many officials wanted to take advantage of this public opinion, so they colluded with each other and took advantage of it. In the end, the officials who cooperated with the Donglin Party were beautified, and the officials who did not cooperate with the Donglin Party were all scandalized. In the end, officialdom was divided into two types of people, one was the clean officials who cooperated with the Donglin Party, and the other was the corrupt officials who did not cooperate with the Donglin Party. If the Donglin Party had never held power, the Donglin Party's demagogic remarks would naturally have been able to deceive the little emperor who was not deeply involved in the world. The problem is that the Donglin Party has held power, and it has a very large amount of power.

As a result, the situation in the empire shows no signs of improving, on the contrary, it is becoming more and more chaotic because of their intervention. In fact, the eunuchs represented by the apocalypse reusing Wei Zhongxian appeared in this context. Of course, later Chongzhen reused eunuchs for similar reasons. It's like, you start a company. There are a few people who blow up with you, and in short, if you reuse them, you can do what you want. The problem is that after you reuse them, the company's performance doesn't get any better, it gets worse and worse. But they have shirked the blame completely, in short, complaining about this and that, it has nothing to do with them. In the face of this kind of thing, you must also want to shoot them with bricks. Our question now is, after the emergence of the Donglin Party, why did the party struggle intensify?

The personnel adjustment of the empire, although it has always been very competitive. But in general, it rarely turns into a mutual denigration that is like fire and water. Because under normal circumstances, it is power, status, and connections that determine the adjustment of officialdom personnel, rather than relying on fighting a war of public opinion. Therefore, although there have always been gangs and factions in the officialdom, in general, everyone is measured when attacking each other. But as soon as the Donglin Party intervened, it immediately became a different matter. Because when the Donglin Party participates in this kind of interest game, it mainly relies on guiding and even controlling public opinion. Therefore, when the Donglin Party participates in related games, it applies this magic weapon to the extreme. In short, those who cooperate with them will be praised and embellished as they like, and those who do not cooperate with them will be slandered and scandalized as they like. In this way, the battle between officialdom has become a war of justice and evil. Against this background, the internal contradictions in officialdom have evolved into contradictions between the enemy and ourselves. In the end, the officialdom struggle is not right for people. In short, you are our person, the embodiment of justice, and you are dedicated to serving the country and the people, and you are either our person, or the embodiment of evil, and you are bent on bringing disaster to the country and the people.

In the propaganda of the Donglin Party, they serve the people wholeheartedly and have been fighting against the evil party, the eunuch party, and the remnants of the eunuch party that have brought disaster to the country and the people. Of course, in the propaganda of the evil party, the eunuch party, and the remnants of the eunuch party, an evil force has appeared in the empire, and they have set up the banner of serving the country and the people, and they will not hesitate to seek private interests. The reason why the situation in the empire is becoming more and more chaotic is because of this force that is making trouble. Officialdom competition has reached this level, do you think it can not be fierce?

They form a group of people, the party is the same and different, in order to achieve the goal of unscrupulous means, can not simply use good or bad to look at the Donglin Party people, because the good is as noble as a saint, and the bad is even more hateful than the great evil people, they have done so-called good things, but also have done a lot of so-called bad things.

They can be good people, they flaunt integrity, advocate practical learning, and play a positive role in reversing morale, they care about social realities, and strive to change the situation of political corruption and people's misery, they advocate opposing emptiness and emptiness, talking about empty and mysterious, advocating truth-seeking and pragmatic, practical and practical political thinking, advocating open speech, opposing eunuch interference in politics, opposing mining taxes, they have been fighting against the eunuch group from beginning to end, even if they were brutalized by Wei Zhongxian, there is no need to give up. They can also be bad people, they form groups of people, they kill their colleagues, they persecute bureaucrats who have opposite political views to them, they demand both themselves and others with their own blind moral standards, they distort morality, they turn morality into a tool for achieving political goals, they constantly wage political struggles in order to realize political ideals, they demand kings and eunuchs with narrow moral dogma, but they also do whatever it takes for their own selfish interests.