Volume VII Chapter XXVII Cabinet Scholars
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Zhang Bin didn't know that Chongzhen had made up his mind to clean up his "henchmen", during this time, he became more and more like a teacher who taught the prince full-time, and even he rarely went to Zhan Shifu, and Wen Zhenmeng and Kong Zhenyun came to Wenhua Hall to ask him for advice, he could delegate power, and it seemed that he didn't even want to take care of the affairs of Zhan Shifu.
On this morning, after teaching and practicing a three-character scripture, and assessing the prince's learning in the past few days, he announced again that he would take Zhu Cihong out of the palace to play for half a day as a reward.
Zhu Cihong is naturally happy, the master's delicious dishes, novel toys, and super fun back garden, these are the motivation for him to study hard during this time, and Xiao Xiangxiang, Xiao Yangyang and Miss Xiuxiu are good playmates that he has been thinking about these days, and today, I can finally play with them again.
Chongzhen is talking about this matter, Zhang Bin takes the prince out for a walk, he has no objection, but every time he has to bring a hundred brocade guards to accompany him for protection.
This time it was still Qi Panzong who led the team, but he seemed to be a little wrong today, and from the moment he saw Zhang Bin, he faintly showed a look of anxiety, as if he had something urgent to tell Zhang Bin.
Zhang Bin was very calm and did not show any abnormality, until he finished lunch with Zhu Cihong, and a bunch of children pushed the car and ran away, he said lightly: "Panzong, what's wrong, is there something wrong?" β
Qi Panzong looked at Qi Fanghua and Hong Rong'er awkwardly, and then whispered in Zhang Bin's ear: "The emperor discussed with Wen Tiren and them all morning today, as if he was going to make a move against Jiandou and Meng Hou!" β
also made a move, this Chongzhen and Wen Tiren are too boring, they have been in obscurity for so long, almost to the extent that they don't ask about the world, they are still unwilling to let go of their subordinates, Zhang Bin asked with a little annoyance: "How is Wen Tiren going to deal with Jiandou and Menghou?" β
Qi Panzong looked at Qi Fanghua and Hong Rong'er embarrassedly again, hesitated for a moment, and then took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Zhang Bin.
Zhang Bin took the envelope and did not open it immediately, but deliberately told Qi Fanghua and Hong Rong'er: "Don't mention this to anyone, don't tell anyone what you see or hear today, understand?" β
It wasn't until Qi Fanghua and Hong Rong'er nodded as if they didn't understand that he carefully opened the envelope and took out the letter paper inside to look at it carefully.
The letter still does not contain any title or signature, and the whole thing is a list of appointments, dismissals, and transfers of officials.
Lu Xiang was promoted to the governor of the daimyo and "promoted" to the right deputy capital of the Southern Metropolitan Inspectorate, and the position of governor of the Ming Dynasty was taken over by Chen Qiyu, the political envoy of Shaanxi Zuobu;
Sun Chuanting continued to serve as Shuntian Fucheng;
In addition to the political envoy of Fujian Zuobu, Bi Maokang was "promoted" to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Southern Capital;
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Yu Chenglong, in addition to the general army of the Guangdong Naval Division, was "promoted" to the governor of the left army and the right governor of the five armies of the southern capital;
Zheng Zhilong continued to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy Division, and transferred Xiong Wencan, the political envoy of Shandong Zuobu, to patrol Fujian and Guangdong.
Zhang Bin looked at it and snorted coldly, Chongzhen and Wen Tiren were playing Mingsheng and actually descending, and all the officials above the third grade under him were transferred to the idle yamen to serve, so that they did not have any real power in their hands.
Even if they know each other, they don't take any drastic measures, if they dare to drag their men out and cut them down, it will force themselves to rebel!
This result is not unacceptable, Zhang Bin thought about it, beckoned Zhang Cha, who was on guard in the distance, to come over, and solemnly advised: "You take a fast boat to Fuguang, go now, go and tell Master Bi about them, let them stay in the dark, and don't be impatient." In addition, let Meng Hou and Boda inform all the squires that if there are officials corrupt in the back, let them report it to the new governor first, and if the new governor can't solve it, come back to us. β
Zhang Bin still knows Xiong Wencan well, after all, the position of governor of Fujian was equivalent to indirectly taking away Xiong Wencan, so he did an investigation on Xiong Wencan.
Although Xiong Wencan loves to fool people, his character is still good, honest and honest, upright, let him be the governor of Fujian, at least it will not let Fuguang have large-scale corruption, just because of this, there is nothing wrong with letting him be the governor of Fujian.
But Wen Tiren didn't think so, he didn't care what Xiong Wencan's character was, what kind of official he was, he just didn't feel happy if he didn't eat Fuguang's fat.
Although he "overturned" the potential opponent Zhang Bin this time, he didn't get much benefit, and the two key positions of the Daimyo Governor and the Fujian Governor were "robbed" by others, and he was very angry.
He thought that it must be a candidate secretly recommended to Chongzhen by a cabinet scholar, otherwise, Chongzhen would not have used Chen Qiyu and Xiong Wencan.
Originally, he wanted to wait for the opportunity slowly, but some cabinet scholars were so ignorant and insisted on "going against him", he really couldn't bear it!
At this time, there are a total of five cabinet scholars, in addition to Wen Tiren himself, there are Xu Guangqi, Wu Zongda, Qian Xiangkun and Zheng Yiwei.
Xu Guangqi this, Wen Tiren has not cared much about this, because Xu Guangqi did not compete with him for power and profit, most of the time, Xu Guangqi is covering his head and writing books, this old man, after compiling the book of agricultural politics and compiling the Chongzhen almanac, seems to have fallen into the book pit, basically not much in charge, plus Chongzhen also attaches more importance to Xu Guangqi, because such a huge book as the complete book of agricultural administration and the Chongzhen almanac has been handed down, Chongzhen also has a merit in it, Chongzhen is quite concerned about this, so, Wen Tiren has never thought of moving Xu Guangqi, Just letting this nerd continue to make it up doesn't make any difference to him.
And Qian Xiangkun is also a special person, because Qian Xiangkun is a Zhejiang Huiji, although he has not joined the Zhejiang Party, but he has a certain relationship with Wen Tiren, just because Wen Tiren once promoted him when he took the imperial examination, so he has always regarded Wen Tiren as a teacher, and he is quite respectful to Wen Tiren, so Wen Tiren never thought of touching him.
The rest of Wu Zongda and Zheng Yiwei are more fucked-up, always "against him".
Wu Zongda is an upright and helpful person, many times the officials who have been excluded and framed by Wen Tiren go to him for help, and he will find ways to help him as appropriate, so he is deeply loved and respected by the courtiers, but Wen Tiren is extremely unhappy with him, this old horseman, always bad for his own business, selling favors everywhere and pretending to be a good person, it is really hateful!
Zheng Yiwei This guy is even more upright, with clean sleeves, and often "raises the bar" with him, which spoils a lot of good things for him, he seriously suspects that Chen Qiyu and Xiong Wencan are recommended by Zheng Yiwei to Chongzhen, this person is not removed, how can he dominate the dynasty!
So, Wen Tiren secretly convened a group of cronies to discuss, ready to take a risk and kill these two guys!
To say that Wu Zongda and Zheng Yiwei are really good officials, they themselves do not have any bad deeds, they do not form a party, and they do not engage in personal interests, so Chongzhen still trusts them, and it is really difficult to kill them, otherwise Wen Tiren would have done it a long time ago.
This time, they really "provoked" Wen Tiren, otherwise Wen Tiren would not be in such a hurry.
How do you do it to someone who has no bad deeds?
This is naturally difficult for Wen Tiren, they themselves have no bad deeds to find fault with their relatives and friends, if they can't find a fault among relatives and friends, then it is far-fetched, find them a few protΓ©gΓ©s with problems, in short, it is not very difficult to fool Chongzhen, this fool, even if they can't get them down for a while, let Chongzhen be suspicious of them, so that they can no longer "slander" in front of Chongzhen!
To say that there is something out of nothing, and there are bones in the egg, that is the strength of Wen Tiren, the remnants of the eunuch party, that night, they concocted countless charges against Wu Zongda and Zheng Yiwei, and any "explosion" of a few can make the two of them unable to eat and walk around.
Early the next morning, Chongzhen received a bunch of impeachment recitals, these recitals have a series of officials of the Zhejiang Party, as well as a series of officials of the Qi Party, as well as the remnants of the eunuch party who are attached to the Zhejiang Party, in short, there are many people who have played the recitals, and they impeached Wu Zongda, and the meaning is one in the open, that is, Wu Zongda has formed a party for personal gain!
What's going on here, doesn't it mean that Wu Zongda doesn't form a party and doesn't run a party for personal gain, why are there a bunch of people who impeach Wu Zongda for forming a party for personal gain?
They talk nonsense like this, impeaching a cabinet scholar, aren't they afraid that Chongzhen will be mad!
Naturally, these people are not fabricating out of thin air, what they say has a little basis, whether it is far-fetched or hearsay, in short, the content of the twist and turn is based on a little bit of fact.
Their so-called basis is actually a good story in Wujin and Yixing area of Nanzhili, Wu Zongda was born in Wujin County, Changzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili, and his ancestral home is Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, about whether his ancestral home is in Wujin or Yixing, and there has been a debate, because his Changzhou Wu family is too famous.
His grandfather Wu Xing was a jinshi of the Jiajing Dynasty, his second uncle Wu Kexing and the third uncle Wu Zhongxing were the Jinshi of the Longqing Dynasty, and he was the third place in the first class of the Jiachen Branch in the thirty-second year of Wanli in high school, and his two cousins Wu Liang and Wu Yuan were also in the high school of the Wanli Dynasty, as well as his four cousins, Wu Yu, Wu Ding, Wu Yanzhi, and Wu Zhifang were also in the high school of the Tianqi Dynasty and the Chongzhen Dynasty respectively, that is to say, they had ten Jinshi in the four generations of the Wu family in Changzhou!
If there is a Jinshi in ordinary people, it is all Guangzong Yaozu, if there are two Jinshi, it is worth writing a special book, but his family has swiped ten Jinshi, which is quite rare in the entire Ming Dynasty, and even since the imperial examination, Changzhou Wu is also famous in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is precisely because of this incident that Wu Zongda was attacked.
A four-generation Shijinshi, this was originally enough to go down in history, but when it came to Wen Tiren's eunuch remnants, it became evidence of forming a party for personal gain!
If you insist on picking bones in eggs, you can pick out a basket.
For example, his cousins Wu Ding and Wu Zhifang happened to be in the fourth year of Chongzhen, that is, the year he entered the cabinet, and they were high school jinshi, isn't there anything greasy in this?
Even if there isn't, then there has to be, just this one thing, the remnants of the eunuch party led by Wen Tiren can concoct countless "criminal evidence" for him, anyway, the official is not guilty of hearing about it, we listen to others, you bite me?
Also, Wu Liang and Wu Yuan are a Dali Shaoqing and a Jiangxi Zuobu political envoy at this time, aren't you playing a game of a Taoist chicken dog ascending to heaven?
Even if it's not, it has to be, even if it's not promoted by you Wu Zongda, it has something to do with you!
This pile of impeachments was thrown out, Chongzhen was stunned again in an instant, he really didn't know that Wu Zongda had so many brothers and nephews, was this Changzhou Wu family forming a party for personal gain?
He really couldn't tell, because many of the twists and turns were the same as the truth.
For example, Wu Liang and Wu Yuan's career in the Wanli Dynasty and the Tianqi Dynasty was not very smooth, and as soon as they arrived in the Chongzhen Dynasty, they brushed up and went up, not because Wu Zongda secretly planned it.
Actually, this has nothing to do with Wu Zongda, when Wu Liang and Wu Yuangang were in the Wanli Dynasty, they would definitely not be promoted anywhere, and when they arrived in the Apocalypse Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian covered the sky with one hand, and it was not bad if the officials who were unwilling to rely on him were not killed, and it was simply a dream to be promoted, so many upright officials either retired or hid in the Apocalypse Dynasty to survive, and basically did not get any promotions, many of them were mentioned in the Chongzhen Dynasty, this is not surprising, but Chongzhen himself did not understand this, He really suspected that Wu Zongda was secretly playing tricks and promoting his relatives!
For another example, Wu Zongda's cousins Wu Ding and Wu Zhifang were in Chongzhen's four-year high school jinshi, isn't there anything greasy in this?
Chongzhen didn't know that Wu Ding and Wu Zhifang were Wu Zongda's cousins at that time, and he felt that he was being played by the courtiers again, and a faint sense of humiliation made him very angry.
Okay, you are all hiding from me behind my back, I see if you dare to do ghosts in front of me!
After Chongzhen finished reading the fold, he angrily summoned Wu Zongda over and threw the fold in front of him, depending on what Wu Zongda said.
Wu Zongda is inexplicable, Chongzhen without warning summoned him over, and he was so angry, what the hell is going on?
He trembled on the ground and opened the folds one by one to look at them carefully, looking at it, cold sweat couldn't help but break out on his forehead, this was not because he was a thief, he was frightened by the shamelessness of Wen Tiren and other eunuchs.
Chongzhen, these people who have been playing and folding, don't know, but he knows very well, these are the remnants of the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party and other eunuchs who are attached to Wen Tiren!
Wen Tiren, you are also shameless, what a big hatred, you can get me, even if you want to get my relatives together, is it necessary to be so mad?
Chongzhen looked at his frightened look, and really thought that he was a thief, okay, he caught another one, and he was also a cabinet scholar, did he really think I was blind?
He asked mercilessly, "Wu Zongda, are Wu Liang and Wu Yuan your cousins?" β
What can Wu Zongda say, this is a fact, he can only nod tremblingly and say, "Back to the emperor, yes." β
Chongzhen asked coldly, "Are Wu Ding and Wu Zhifang your cousins?" β
Wu Zongda nodded in a cold sweat and said, "Back to the emperor, yes." β
Chongzhen roared angrily: "Then why do you want to deceive me, why do you all have to deceive me? β
Wu Zongda is so bitter in his heart, this kind of thing is a household name in the whole Jiangnan, is it necessary for me to run to your emperor to publicize it?
He could only explain in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks you know, because almost no one in the entire Changzhou or even the entire Nanzhili doesn't know about this, and Weichen is wrong, and he didn't specifically explain it to the emperor." β
Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, so many people know, so Wu Zongda didn't deliberately deceive, is this really the case?
He only felt his head buzzing, so bored that it couldn't be worse, what a mess, he simply waved his hand and said impatiently: "Go down, go down and reflect on it." β
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