Chapter 33: The General Trend of the Government and the Opposition
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After throwing off a piece of silver, Liang Hong and Wang Shouren entered the private room of the restaurant, and the wine and food were quickly lined up.
The two toasted to each other, and after drinking three glasses in a row, they began to tell some recent stories.
Liang Hong's matter is very simple, after assassinating Gao Peng, when he came back to Guiyang City, he found that he was already wanted by the drawing of shadows, so he naturally had to dress up.
Wang Shouren was a little strange, there were two more mustaches on his face inexplicably, and the flesh on his cheeks seemed to be a little strange.
"I've dressed up a bit, too," Mr. Wang said, removing his mustache and tearing off the gelatinous material on his cheeks.
Liang Hong didn't quite understand why he was doing this.
Wang Shouren sighed and said: "This matter is ashamed, just because the junior brother was degraded before, and when he arrived in this place, it was actually almost like exile." Even so, Liu Jin's eunuch is still not at ease with me, and still sends people to hunt me down, so the younger brother can't be careless. When I entered Beijing this time, I must be extremely cautious, once the news leaks and is discovered by Liu Jin's house, I am afraid that it will not be safe. ”
"You want to enter Beijing?" Liang Hong looked at Wang Shouren with some doubts.
"Yes," Wang Shouren nodded and said: "Don't hide it from the eldest brother, now that Yungui is in chaos, Shouren has seen the people in misery with his own eyes, and he really can't sit idly by." It's a pity that now the court is in chaos, the court can't calm the chaos, Shouren is really anxious, this time the younger brother went to Beijing, it was to meet his father, want-"
When Wang Shouren said this, he sighed and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about it, the little brother is soft-spoken, and it won't make much difference if you think about it." ”
"This is not necessarily," Liang Hong smiled, looked at Wang Shouren and said: "A spark can start a prairie fire, Brother Shouren should not be arrogant." You must know that the strength of one of us may be very small, but when thousands of people join forces, it is an irresistible torrent, and no one can resist it. ”
Hearing this, Wang Shouren's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously looked at Liang Hong, but then he sighed and said: "But this general trend, at present, is not on our side. ”
"What the hell is going on?" Liang Hong was not very clear about the situation in the imperial court, and unconsciously asked: "What is the situation in the imperial court now?" Why can't even a small rebellion be put down? ”
"Hey, it's a long story," Wang Shouren picked up the wine glass and touched it with Liang Hong, and then drank it all, but then the words he was holding back in his heart finally had a person to confide in, and he unconsciously said to Liang Hong: "Now that the Eight Tigers are in chaos, the Son of Heaven is indulging in lust, and there are even a group of traitors who are small and often accompany the monarch, and the government is already in chaos." After Liu Jin came to power, he was especially perverse, he only knew how to sell his official position, where did he think about the people of the country? Let's just say that this Yungui rebellion was originally a trivial matter, if it was in previous years, the imperial court only needed to dispatch troops from Yunnan, Guichuan and other places, and under one blow, the rebellion could be quelled, but now, Liu Jin and those ministers, I don't know who they listened to, they actually instigated the emperor to drive the expedition in person, isn't this - it's not putting the cart before the horse, the dignified son of heaven, how can he move lightly? The responsibility of the Son of Heaven lies in self-cultivation and morality, educating all the people with benevolence and righteousness, and driving the personal expedition at every turn. ”
"People of insight in the court, for this matter, it is absolutely not allowed, and the emperor, under the bewitchment of Liu Jin and others, is determined to lead troops to recruit in person, and in addition, it is absolutely not allowed to quell the rebellion. I heard that the Ministry of War had submitted a basket of excerpts on quelling the rebellion, but they were all rejected and not approved, and the courtiers did not allow the Son of Heaven to levy it in person, so the two sides were at a stalemate, and the matter of quelling the rebellion was delayed. Hey, how do these old men know that if they drag on for a day, thousands of people in the land of Yungui will be displaced and die under the butcher's knife. When Wang Shouren said this, he said bitterly: "Don't hide it from the eldest brother, the younger brother secretly entered Beijing this time to discuss with his father to get rid of the Eight Tigers and eliminate these traitors who bewitch the saints all day long!" ”
Hearing Wang Shouren's words, Liang Hong was silent for a long time. He didn't think that Wang Shouren was wrong, on the contrary, he was enthusiastic, loyal to the country, and definitely a rare loyal minister, but unfortunately, he was a person of this era after all, and his knowledge was limited by the times, so it was inevitable that he would have short-sightedness.
In other words, how dare Liu Jin, as well as those ministers who are around the emperor, dare to bewitch Emperor Zhengde? Aren't they afraid that something will happen to the emperor halfway, and then the courtiers will take them and slaughter them all?
Obviously, the person behind this is actually Emperor Zhengde, and all of this, if nothing else, is made by Emperor Zhengde himself. Liang Hong doesn't know much about history, but he also knows that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, since the "Tumubao Change", has lost his military power, this Zhengde Emperor, in historical records, is one of the best faint monarchs, but in fact, no matter how those who write history books to cover up, can not deny the Zhengde Emperor's eloquence. This person may be a little playful, but he has known the importance of military power since he ascended the throne, and has been fighting against the civilian clique all his life, trying to take back military power and be a real emperor.
And if you want to regain military power, it is obviously a very effective means to conquer in person. Because once the emperor drove the expedition, the emperor controlled the soldiers and horses of the whole country, and the military power was under his direct command, not those under the control of those civil officials who were false Taoists.
The civil officials were not stupid, and naturally knew the purpose of Emperor Zhengde, so they must do everything possible to prevent the emperor from driving in person, so that the two sides formed a confrontation, and the emperor was weak, so he could only maximize the power of the eunuch group, and in addition, he could plant his own power in the courtiers as much as possible. And if you want to install your own power in the courtier team, if you also choose some people from formal professional classes, you don't need to ask, in a few days, you will become the legendary "loyal minister", not thinking about the emperor at all, only knowing how to persuade the emperor to stay and be a model, so the emperor can only put some people who do not learn and have no skills, no henchmen, and completely rely on their own favor to be placed in the courtier group, these people are the legendary "courtiers".
Chinese history of 3,000 years, the real Han dynasty in charge, that is, a few dynasties, among which the Ming Dynasty is unique, and the Han Dynasty has a fight, but the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really pitiful, it is completely a puppet by the civil official group, and it is precisely for this reason that the Han Dynasty has Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which can be called the shock of ancient and modern, and the Ming Dynasty's Emperor Wuzong Zhengde is a well-known "faint monarch".
Wang Shouren is a loyal minister, but he is definitely not the kind that Emperor Zhengde likes, so it is difficult for Wang Shouren to understand Emperor Zhengde now.
However, Liang Hong didn't care much about these, he was just very interested in the capital of the Ming Dynasty at this time, and he also wanted to go and see it. In addition, his understanding of history is also very shallow, although he feels that Emperor Zhengde is very helpless, but Liu Jin's traitorous ministers are a big scourge that absolutely needs to be eliminated, so he supports Wang Shouren's point of view.
"Come, come, drink," Liang Hong and Wang Shouren clinked glasses, and then said their thoughts.
"It's a long way to go to the capital, and the Shouren brothers are walking alone, it's too unsafe, if we don't go together, the eldest brother will also go to the capital to see the world."
Wang Shouren couldn't wait to stick together with Liang Hong, how could he not agree, he was even more excited at the moment, the wine was even more cheerful, and in the end, the two of them were drunk together, and they didn't wake up until the slanting moon hung high.
After waking up, the two called for some food to fill their stomachs, Liang Hong was ready to find his wife and children, Wang Shouren was originally going to buy a carriage and horses, but at the invitation of Liang Hong, they walked together and returned to the small inn.
The night is cool, and the autumn breeze is cool.
The moment the door was opened, the people in the room were already in tears.
"Abba-" Seeing that Liang Hong was back, Xiao Yu'er screamed, and suddenly threw herself into Liang Hong's arms, crying a mess.
Bai Xiu'er wiped her tears and looked at Liang Hong stupidly, speechless for a while. She also wanted to throw herself into Liang Hong's arms, but when she saw an outsider, she finally tried to suppress her impulse.
Liang Hong comforted the little girl, got up and looked at Bai Xiu'er, shook her hand and said, "These days, you have worked hard." ”
"No, you, you can come back, everything, it's all right-" Bai Xiu'er's voice choked, she was really worried about Liang Hong.
Liang Hong was full of emotion, but he was not very accustomed to this kind of emotional scene, so he made a haha and introduced Wang Shouren to them.
"Shouren has seen his sister-in-law," Wang Shouren was very respectful to Bai Xiu'er, and naturally recognized her as Liang Hong's wife.
Liang Hong didn't say anything, but Bai Xiu'er was a little surprised, looked at Liang Hong, and found that he actually defaulted to being his wife, and he didn't feel that it was a trance.
It was not early, Liang Hong opened a room for Wang Shouren, Wang Shouren went to rest, Liang Hong hugged Xiao Yu'er, and Bai Xiu'er returned to the room.
There were only three of her own people left, Bai Xiu'er couldn't hold back her excitement anymore, and suddenly threw herself into Liang Hong's arms, hugging him deadly, her face leaning on his shoulder, and tears soon soaked Liang Hong's clothes.
Liang Hong comforted for a long time, and it was easy to calm down the emotions of the big and small, and then he told about what happened after he separated from them, and then took out the five hundred taels of gold and handed it all over to Bai Xiu'er for safekeeping.
Bai Xiu'er was very shocked, and later guessed that this was the bounty for the assassination of Qincha, so she put away the gold, but begged Liang Hong not to take any more risks, Liang Hong smiled and agreed, but in fact, he didn't listen at all.
went to bed to rest, or Xiao Yu'er was sandwiched between the two of them, and there was no etiquette. Liang Hong first talked to Xiao Yu'er, and after putting her to sleep, he talked to Bai Xiu'er for a while and told her his plans.
Bai Xiu'er heard that he was going to accompany Wang Shouren into Beijing, thought for a while, but nodded and said: "That's okay, go to the capital, with the gold and silver in our hands, we can open a small shop, and our life is stable." ”
Bai Xiu'er's words made Liang Hong feel warm, but he just smiled and didn't say anything.