Chapter 030: The first year of Chongzhen
Time passes, the sun and the moon fly by.
Since the great prince Zhu Ciran, with the full support of the four princes, ascended the throne and became the emperor, the political situation of the Ming Dynasty has also transitioned to the stage of auxiliary government of the four kingdoms, and the year name Chongzhen, after this extraordinary few months, finally came to the first year of Chongzhen.
The old times have passed, and the new ones have arrived.
For Zhang Weixian and Zhao Zongwu, what they have to do at this stage is to consolidate their power as much as possible, and the period from the seventh year of the Apocalypse to the first year of Chongzhen is the best time for them to build their basic forces.
Judging from the current political situation of the Ming Dynasty, the public and auxiliary politics of the four countries have become the general trend, so the eunuch party has become the first political priority.
This matter should not only be reflected in the imperial court of the capital, but also spread to the local area over time, deposing all those officials who were attached to Wei Zhongxian!
Zhang Weixian is mainly responsible for the people's livelihood and supervision of the Ming Dynasty, so he must also build the cornerstone of his power as quickly as possible.
For only in this way, and only in this way, can we truly gain eternal authority.
Of course, if he wants to really do this well, Zhang Weixian must consolidate the foundation of Beijing, so that he can extend his influence to the local area.
As the central nerve of the Ming Dynasty, all the wind and grass are transmitted through the capital, and at the same time, when the forces in the capital are placed, some smart local officials have already sent their henchmen to the capital to find their head of the country for various reasons.
And sometimes, because the local people's livelihood and punishment are not separated, this also makes local officials often need to prepare two generous gifts when they go to the capital, no matter which auxiliary government and national duke, it is not a role they can offend.
During this period of time, it can be said that it is the most chaotic period of the Ming officialdom, in order to be able to clear or report the eunuch elements, local officials, the letters can be said to be endless, and those who come to serve abound, and in this process loyalty has become an indispensable existence.
And so.
Starting with the accusation of various crimes committed by Wei Zhongxian, a vigorous campaign to reverse the eunuch party began in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and in such a move, not only Wei Zhongxian was pointed out to countless major crimes, but even the eunuch party in Beijing was also charged with various crimes.
Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen, and Xu Xi took advantage of this opportunity to continuously purge the eunuch party officials in the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, within the scope of their own rights and responsibilities, they arranged for their own people to replace them as much as possible.
At the same time, the local officials in Daming, the ancestral halls originally built to compliment Wei Zhongxian were all destroyed by the newly arrived or remaining local officials.
Because of the culpability of local reports, Zhang Weixian and Zhu Chunchen held a court discussion and finally decided on the eunuch party's rebellion.
Wei Zhongxian rebelled against the party, and Wenchen Cui Chengxiu, Tian Ji (Shangshu of the Ministry of War), Wu Chunfu (Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry), Li Kuilong (Deputy Imperial History of the Imperial Capital), and Ni Wenhuan (Taichang Siqing) were known as the 'Five Tigers'; Wuchen Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Sun Yunhe (Dongchang Judicial Officer), Yang Huan (Zhenfu Divisional Criminal Officer), and Cui Yingyuan (Jinyiwei Command) were known as the 'Five Biao'......
Zhu Chunchen, on behalf of Emperor Chongzhen, made it clear that the five tigers, five biao, ten dogs, ten children, and forty grandsons should be a party member, and they were punished by the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town.
If according to the historical trajectory, this matter should be handed over to the three law divisions to be fully responsible, but it is obvious that because of Zhao Zongwu, the three law divisions have not been able to obtain the corresponding power.
All the henchmen of the eunuch party in Beijing were imprisoned in the edict prison, and Cui Chengxiu and they were even interrogated in the edict prison, so Zhu Chunchen, who was in charge of the criminal power, could only take advantage of the situation to hand over the investigation power to Jinyiwei.
Before a Zhao Zongwu, after all, he got Wei Zhongxian's huge wealth, since he took other people's money, then he had to do a good job of promising others, you said that if you execute Wei Zhongxian, you will execute Wei Zhongxian? After that, let Zhao Zongwu, how can he come out to do the top?
Therefore, Zhang Weixian, Zhao Zongwu, Zhu Chunchen, and Xu Xi have no interest in delving into this matter, after all, they all know in their hearts what the purpose of setting off such a move to overthrow the eunuch party in the Ming officialdom is for, and now in the process of emasculating the party, they have clearly got everything they want, so this final thing is thrown on Jinyiwei, as for what will happen in the future, then it will be completely waiting for later.
And why Zhao Zongwu is so firm in this matter, the most important point is that the value of Cui Chengxiu has not been completely forced out at all.
Like Cui Chengxiu, Zhao Zongwu didn't believe that Cui Chengxiu had amassed so much wealth, and more importantly, Zhao Zongwu wanted to thoroughly find out the roots of the Ming Dynasty.
Don't underestimate these traitors, their minds are more delicate than anyone else's.
Therefore, if you want to know something, you only need to interrogate them carefully, and you will always be able to get useful information.
As for these intelligence files, which are thoroughly perfected, what will happen to Cui Chengxiu and them depends on Zhao Zongwu's mood at that time.
And in the process of laying the foundation in such an intrigue, time is quietly passing, and Chen Qiyu has also figured out in detail in the past few months, the relevant information of the Beijing camp and the Five Cities Terracotta Division, just looking at the summary of information in front of him, makes Chen Qiyu's heart sad......
Seven years of the Apocalypse, this is destined to be an unusual year.
After accumulating countless grievances, after seven years of precipitation by the Apocalypse, Da Ming will completely explode in the follow-up time.
But for Zhao Zongwu, all this is not so important, as long as he can ensure that the Liaodong region can move forward according to the established plan, then he will have the energy and spare strength to innovate other unreasonable places in the Ming Dynasty.
And as time went by, Zhao Zongwu gradually had new ideas in his heart.
Due to various reasons, the original Liaodong Metropolitan Division could only be attached to the name of the Shandong Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, but the current Liaodong Metropolitan Division has long been different from what it used to be, not only the territory has been expanded, but even the local strength has been consolidated, so it is not in line with the actual development of Liaodong to operate in the name of the Metropolitan Division.
Moreover, Zhao Zongwu is still concurrently serving as the post of Liaodong Economic Strategy, in order to make Liaodong have a more sound development, Zhao Zongwu decided to ask Zhang Weixian for a higher level of establishment, Liaodong should not continue to move forward in this way, this is not the treatment that Liaodong should have!