Chapter 219: Swearing
Emperor Chongzhen was a person who was eager for quick success and quick profit.
In addition to this, he has a fatal flaw, which is that he is suspicious and unkind.
According to the analysis of modern psychological theories, Emperor Chongzhen is a typical personality lacking non-integration ability.
The so-called non-integrative ability refers to the ability of people to bear and recognize emotional complexity.
Individuals with this ability are able to tolerate contradictory beliefs and emotions at the same time without feeling uncomfortable.
Such people are more tolerant of people and things, and are more able to accept imperfections and changes.
People who lack the ability to integrate will have great mental pressure on the cognition of complex contradictions, and are prone to go to extremes, inclined to absolute trust or absolute distrust of people and things.
At the beginning of his reign, Emperor Chongzhen took less than three months to completely eradicate Wei Zhongxian and the rest of the party, but it made the Donglin Party a single party and difficult to restrain it.
For Yuan Chonghuan, Emperor Chongzhen entrusted his net worth and the safety of the Ming Dynasty to him because of his exaggerated words of "pacifying Liaodong in five years".
For Wang Zezhi, after receiving the good news, Emperor Chongzhen gave him all the military salaries of Liaodong and the bandits without reservation, what kind of naivety and child's play is this?
Yuan Chonghuan privately said to the questioning ministers at that time that the emperor's expectations for the assessment of Liaodong were too great, so he just temporarily used the phrase "five years of peace in Liao" to comfort the emperor's heart.
And this point has also become one of the reasons why Yuan Chonghuan must die, and if he bullies the king, he will definitely die.
There is a weight of trust, and vice versa, and there is a weight of hatred, which is a typical personality that goes from one extreme to the other.
As the supreme ruler of an empire, this character flaw is not just harmful to individuals, but to entire nations.
It is precisely because of this that in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the cabinet was replaced by nineteen people; Fifty Cabinet Fellows were replaced; The Shangshu of the Criminal Department was replaced by 17 people; The governors of the various localities killed seven men; The governors of the various localities killed eleven people.
The marquee-like exchange of important ministers, his suspicious and ungrateful character can be seen.
Wang Zezhi received the holy decree, and he knew that if he did not rebel within two years, he would be dead.
However, Wang Zezhi was not afraid of this, because he was already preparing for a rebellion.
The most important thing at the moment is to get these rewards from Chongzhen.
Now that he has just pacified the right-wing, the right-wing departments are in ruins, and it is the time when money and food are needed.
After receiving the holy decree and receiving the reward, Wang Zezhi, as the host, naturally wanted to set up a feast and wash the dust for the three of them.
Qu Yechuan, Wang Zezhi's big tent, the wine and food have been prepared, and Wang Zezhi led the three of them into the account.
"Three adults, please take a seat."
Wang Zezhi humbly guided.
"General Wang, please take a seat." Song Tongyin modestly took a step back and stretched out his hand to invite Wang Zezhi to take a seat first.
Today's Wang Zezhi is not only the Shanxi general of Zheng Erpin, but also the general of the hussars of Zheng Erpin and the commander of Zheng Erpin.
Even in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zezhi was worthy of Song Tongyin's courtesy.
"The last general doesn't dare, all of you are important ministers in the court, not comparable to the last general, please take a seat."
Wang Zezhi also took a step back and motioned for the three of them to take their seats first.
Meritorious but not arrogant, Song Tongyin is very satisfied with Wang Zezhi.
"Since General Wang said so, then I can't wait for any more prevarication, Lord Wang, please take a seat."
Song Tong Yinxu led Wang Chengen and asked him to sit down first.
Although Wang Chengen's grade is only four grades, he is a palace official, no matter how low the rank of a palace official is, as long as he is a celebrity around the emperor, his status is always higher than that of a magistrate.
This is also the reason why Song Tongyin first introduced Wang Chengen to the seat.
Song Tongyin gave a salute to Wang Zezhi with satisfaction, first led Wang Chengen to take a seat, and only sat down after Wang Chengen took a seat.
After he sat down, he gave Wei Yunzhong a false introduction, Wei Yunzhong gave him a salute, and Wang Zezhi gave a salute, and then sat down.
After they all sat down, it was Wang Zezhi's turn to sit down.
"The four of you and I can get together here, and we deserve to have a drink together."
After Wang Chengen saw that everyone was sitting down, he raised his glass and said.
The fact that they were able to come to the land of the Loop on the same day has to be said to be a cause for celebration.
The four of them drank it all, Wang Zezhi stood up, first poured a full wine for Wang Chengen, then poured a full wine for Song Tongyin, then Wei Yunzhong, and finally himself. Single
The officials of the Ming Dynasty were not only hierarchical, but also at the wine table.
Wang Zezhi's move not only made the three of them feel respected, but also made the three of them feel that Wang Zezhi was not an arrogant and domineering general, and they looked at him one by one and became more and more satisfied.
Especially Wei Yunzhong.
This is really in terms of grade, Wei Yunzhong is just a fourth-grade prefect, but Wang Zezhi is a second-rank military general, and he holds three positions.
There was no need for Wang Zezhi to be so respectful to Wei Yunzhong.
However, Wang Zezhi didn't think so.
He saluted the other two, but it was just a formality, and Wei Yunzhong was going to make good friends.
Not to mention, Wei Yunzhong is now the prefect of Datong, curbing Wang Zezhi's rear.
Just talking about Wei Yunzhong's talent, it is also one of the best.
Wei Yunzhong worked hard and painstakingly for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's country, but the Ming Dynasty building will collapse, wind and rain, like a dying old man, the patient is terminal, and the medicine is ineffective.
In the end, he was removed from office and deposed by the self-righteous Emperor Chongzhen.
Even so, this person is upright, disgusted, and upright.
For these advantages of him, it is also completely worthy of Wang Zezhi's friendship.
"It is a shame to say that the official listened to the slanderous rumors of the officials of the DPRK and China, and mistakenly thought that General Wang was a reckless man who supported his troops and was arrogant and domineering.
When I saw it today, I saw that General Wang had made several achievements, but he was not arrogant.
Although General Wang is a second-class military general, he understands etiquette, and at this moment, the official knows the general's personality, which is really embarrassing for the official.
In vain, because of the general's merits, he was able to be promoted to the right attendant of the military department, and concurrently served as the imperial envoy of the right capital, and the governor of Xuanda Shanxi Military Affairs.
This official has a cup of tribute to General Wang today. ”
Wang Zezhi just poured him a glass of wine, and Wei Yunzhong's impression of him completely changed.
Wei Yunzhong said a few words, revealing too much news.
Wei Yunzhong was promoted, the right attendant of the military department was the third rank, and the right envoy was equivalent to the head of the discipline inspection team sent by the emperor to various places.
Not only was he promoted, but he was also the governor of the military affairs of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi, which meant that Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Xuanda, retired.
This is also easy to understand, Wang Xiangqian is old and sick, and he has begged to return several times.
At this time, Wang Zezhi made a meritorious contribution, which just ordered him to retreat and bring these people up.
"Congratulations to the Lord for his ascension, Lord Wei's ascension is all the credit of the adult, and the last general will not dare to take credit."
"This is a mistake, if there is no credit for General Wang, there would be no official today."
"Lord Wei is too modest, Lord Wei's ability will be heard of.
Wei Daren was upright in life, disgusted like hatred, upright, brave to write and speak, and directly reported the influence of the court's maladministration style, and as soon as he took office, he impeached Shi Jikai, the squire of the Ministry of Rites, and Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department.
He also impeached Xu Zhaokui, the Shaoqing of the Great Servant Temple, for his corruption and filth deeds.
Soon after, he impeached Liu Xinchen, who was sincere.
During the Wanli period, Lord Wei served as the imperial envoy of the right capital, governor of Ningxia, and garrisoned Lingzhou.
After Lord Wei arrived, he commanded the army to drive away the thieves in Lingzhou.
He also appeased the people internally, raised silver money externally, and at the same time went to the imperial court, stopped the thousands of miles away, and implemented the garrison tuntian.
Lord Wei mobilized the local military and civilians to open Xiangshan copper, repair military facilities such as Kipkou Fort, dig open channels to divert water to irrigate fields, and at the same time step up training of soldiers and soldiers in order to guard Helan.
Later, when the Wei eunuch party was pushed by the court, the adults were recommended by the Donglin party, and after they came back, they did not take refuge in the eunuch party and felt disgusted.
So, find an excuse to remove Lord Wei from his post and dismiss him.
Since then, the generation of Confucian generals has no way to serve the country, so they can only look up to the sky and sigh and go home.
Lord Wei's promotion today is all due to the merits of his early years, not because of the merits of the last general. ”
Wang Zezhi told Wei Yunzhong's past like a treasure, which was clearer than Wei Yunzhong himself.
Wei Yunzhong's face was red and his neck was thick when he was praised by Wang Zezhi, and he excitedly pulled him to worship as a brother, and asked Song Tongyin and Wang Chengen to testify.