Regarding Yang Lian, he should be a person who has to be mentioned in the late Ming Dynasty. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info because of his appearance and death. The party of the Ming Dynasty will fight for and push down the highest point in history. Here are a few stories about Yang Lian. Of course, it was edited during the Qing Dynasty, and in terms of credibility, everyone has their opinions. It does not represent the views of the editor.

Dian An Sheji

Yang Lian is a bright and upright person, and he refuses to befriend the powerful. At that time, Shenzong had not seen courtiers for many years, and Zheng Guifei had colluded with officials from other dynasties, monopolized the harem, and separated the flesh and blood relationship between Shenzong and the crown prince Zhu Changluo, with ill intentions. Yang Lian saw through Concubine Zheng's conspiracy and was deeply worried about the future and fate of the prince. In his opinion, the crown prince is the foundation of a country, and the "country" is chaotic when it moves. Therefore, he linked the stability of the prince's position with patriotism and loyalty, and resolutely supported the crown prince Zhu Changluo. In the forty-eighth year of Wanli (1620), Shenzong was ill for a long time, and according to the ceremony, the prince Zhu Changluo was summoned to serve medicinal food in front of the imperial couch. But because of Concubine Zheng's obstruction, the prince was not allowed to meet his father. Yang Lian secretly sent someone to tell Wang An, who was with him in the East Palace, and asked him to tell the prince to "invite him to serve, taste medicine and food, and return at dusk". Strive for the opportunity to get close to the Divine Sect to prevent Concubine Zheng Guifei from falsely transmitting the holy decree and confusing the government. At the same time, Yang Lian and Kedao urged the university scholar Fang Congzhe to lead hundreds of officials to the Qianqing Palace to greet him, in order to show the power of the courtiers. Fang Congzhe was afraid that Concubine Zheng would be angry with him, so he prevaricated in every possible way and said, "The emperor is sick." That is, asking, left and right do not dare to pass. Yang Lian immediately cited the precedent of Wen Yanbo in the Song Dynasty and asked Fang Congzhe to lead hundreds of officials to ask three times a day, "The first order is that the palace knows that the courtiers are there, and things are self-helping." Fang Congzhe was inconvenient to push it further, so he had to do it. [2]

After the death of Shenzong, the crown prince Zhu Changluo, who had been suffering in the Qinggong for forty years, finally ascended the throne for Guangzong. However, four days after the calamity of the emperor ascended the throne, he fell ill. At that time, there were rumors in the palace that Guangzong's illness was due to the fact that Concubine Zheng Guifei entered eight beautiful women, which caused Guangzong's physical loss. He also instigated Zhongguan Cui Wensheng to take laxatives, which aggravated his condition. Yang Lian was deeply worried about Guangzong when he heard these rumors, and was determined to eliminate Zheng Guifei's threat to Guangzong, so he contacted the courtiers and asked Zheng Guifei to move the palace and drive her away from Guangzong. He also impeached Cui Wensheng for "using drugs without form", and at the same time exposed Zheng Guifei's ambition to be the queen mother. Yang Lian was sparse, his language was sharp, and the smell of gunpowder was very strong, and everyone was worried that Guangzong would be very unhappy after seeing it. After three days, there was still no movement, and I was about to breathe a sigh of relief, when suddenly a word came from the palace that the emperor would summon the minister tomorrow, and specially announced Yang Lian and Jinyi Wei official school. The courtiers all knew in their hearts that when the Xuanjin Yiwei official school entered the service, they were generally ordered to carry out the "court staff". Everyone speculated that Yang Lian must have been more than lucky when he was summoned this time. Fang Congzhe persuaded Yang Lian to hurry up and ask for the guilt, but Yang Lian insisted on disobeying, saying, "Death is death, what is Lian's crime (death is death, what crime do I have)?" ”[5]

The next morning, the ministers entered the Chaoguang Sect. Guangzong said weakly that he wanted everyone to do their duty and be loyal to the imperial court, so he turned his gaze to Yang Lian and stared at him for a long time, never saying a word. Everyone was worried, and suddenly Guangzong sighed, pointed at Yang Lian and said to everyone, "This is really loyal." He ordered the expulsion of Cui Wensheng, retracted the holy decree of enshrined Concubine Zheng as the queen mother, and also made Yang Lian the minister of life. [6]

Yang Lian was very grateful for Guangzong's trust, and since then he has been even more tireless, vowing to serve the imperial court to the death.

On the first day of September, Guangzong died. His favorite concubine Li Xuan wanted to learn from Zheng Guifei back then, and was ready to hide Guangzong's eldest son Zhu Youxiao to "coerce the emperor's eldest son to respect himself". Foreign minister Zhou Jiamo also advocated raising orphans in Li Xuanzhi on the grounds that the emperor's eldest son had neither a mother nor a biological mother. Li Xuan's servant was ruthless and cunning, and when Guangzong was there, she was pampered and arrogant and dominated the harem. The emperor's eldest son, Zhu Youxiao's biological mother, Wang, was killed by her. Later, she took advantage of Guangzong's serious illness and colluded with Zheng Guifei to ask for Zheng Guifei to be named the queen mother and herself the queen. Once Guangzong was annoyed by her, he summoned several ministers to discuss and prepare to make her the imperial concubine. Unexpectedly, Li Xuanzhi, who was hiding behind the curtain and eavesdropping, was not satisfied, so he stretched out his hand from behind the curtain and pulled the eldest son Zhu Youxiao, who was standing next to Guangzong, in, whispered a little, and pushed it out. Zhu Youxiao knelt on the ground and asked his father to make Li Xuanzhi the queen. Such an arrogance and violation of etiquette not only made the ministers present angry, but even Guangzong was "discolored" by it. If this ambitious woman is allowed to hold the emperor's eldest son hostage, she will inevitably interfere in the government and disrupt the country. Yang Lian and a group of upright courtiers were determined to take risks and turn the tide.

On the morning of the same day, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou urged the courtiers such as Fang Congzhe, Liu Yixie, and Han Yi to go to the Qianqing Palace together with the scholars. As soon as he arrived at the Qianqing Gate, there was an eunuch holding a barricade to block the road, and he was not allowed to enter. Yang Lian scolded: "Minion! The Emperor summoned me to wait. Now that he has been driven, if Cao doesn't listen, what do you want? After speaking, he waved his hand to block the gun, and all the courtiers rushed in. After everyone finished crying, they found that the eldest son Zhu Youxiao did not keep a watch in front of Guangzong's coffin, and they were secretly surprised in their hearts. When asked the eunuchs on the left and right, they were all hesitant and did not dare to answer. Yang Lian saw that Wang An, the henchman eunuch of Guangzong, gestured to Xinuan Pavilion with his eyes, and immediately understood, turned around and whispered a few words to everyone, and everyone knelt down to Xinuan Pavilion together, and shouted to see the prince. Li Xuan hugged Zhu Youxiao and hid in Xinuan Pavilion, where had he seen such a formation, he had already frightened the six gods without a master. Wang An immediately entered, pretending to persuade him, saying that the eldest son of the emperor could be sent back after meeting the ministers. After speaking, he pulled Zhu Youxiao out of the cabinet, and the ministers waiting outside hurriedly hugged Zhu Youxiao into the chariot that had been prepared long ago, and escorted him out of the Qianqing Palace. Only then did Li Xuanzhi come back to his senses, and hurriedly ordered the eunuchs on the left and right to go and block the car. The eunuchs chased after and dragged the sedan chair and shouted: "Where is the young master going?" The Lord is young and fearful. Yang Lian was furious and scolded loudly: "Your Highness, the lord of the ministers, the four seas and Kyushu, who are you afraid of?" The eunuchs were scolded speechless, and then they retreated.

Yang Lian and others carried Zhu Youxiao to the Wenhua Palace, and immediately held the ceremony of "Zhengdong Palace". And it was agreed that on September 6 of the first year of Taichang, he would be the emperor in the Qianqing Palace.

Li Xuanzhi was very angry when he saw that the emperor's eldest son was taken away, but the overall situation had been decided. She decided to stay in the Qianqing Palace and not leave, so as to blackmail Zhu Youxiao to crown her as the queen mother. When the news came out, the whole court was indignant, and the chapters asking Li Xuan to move the palace continued one after another. Li Xuan sent eunuchs to summon the prince to the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters, but was blocked by Yang Lian. He said with a straight face: "His Royal Highness is the crown prince in the East Palace, and now the emperor, choose to serve An Dezhao?" The angry eyes forced the eunuchs who came to deliver the message back. [7]

On the fifth day of the ninth month, seeing that the crown prince's enthronement ceremony was approaching, Li Xuanzhi was still in the Qianqing Palace. Yang Lian was anxious, and contacted the ministers to gather in Ciqing Palace, asking the scholar Fang Congzhe to take the lead in asking the prince to send an edict to drive Li Xuan to move the palace. Fang Congzhe said disappreciatively: "Chi is harmless." Yang Lian argued: "Yesterday, the eldest son of the emperor was in the womb, and tomorrow he was the son of heaven, but he lived in the palace to avoid the palace?" "At that time, some people suggested that Li Xuanzhi was an old man of Guangzong, and whether it was unseemly to force him too quickly. Yang Lian immediately reprimanded: "The ministers are ordered by the first emperor, and the first emperor wants to take care of his son first. And said, "If you can kill me, you can do it, otherwise, you can't move today, and you can't die." The other ministers also praised and helped, and their words were full of force, which alarmed the prince in the palace. The prince sent people to reprimand the ministers to retreat, but Yang Lian still refused to obey, and continued to argue: "In the name of choosing the protection of the servant Yangtuo, the palace must not be moved." At the insistence of Yang Lian and others, Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to send Li Xuanzhi to move to the palace on the same day. Li Xuanzhi accepted the order, knowing that the defeat was decided, so he had to move out of the Qianqing Palace crying. The next day, Zhu Youxiao officially ascended the throne, that is, Xizong, and changed the following year to the first year of the Apocalypse. [8]