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Because Shen Li supported Wanli's immigration plan and actively lobbied, the plan was able to be recognized by the majority of people and was rewarded by Wanli. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Wanli took pity on the teacher's advanced age, and allowed Shen Li to resign as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and served as a full-time scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion (Cabinet), although he ranked last, but because of his high morality and deep trust of the emperor, the other cabinet members also respected him very much. The vacant position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites was taken over by Shen Xing. (There is a time difference from the historical facts.) ）

Yu Shenxing is also Wanli's teacher, but because he is a student of Zhang Juzheng, he is not treated well by Wanli, but he and Shen Li are good friends. Shen Li resigned as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and recommended Xu Shenxing to take over. Also in the same circle as them are Guo Zhengyu, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, Shi Menglin, the clerk of the ministry, Zhao * Nanxing, the clerk of the ministry, Jiang Shichang, the head of the household department, and Wang Jiguang, the head of the household department, who are basically the ancestors of Donglin.

The Donglin Party was a bureaucratic political group dominated by Jiangnan scholars in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. The "party" of the "Donglin Party" is a friend party rather than a modern political party. Since it is "mainly based on Jiangnan scholars", then everyone should know who they represent in their interests.

It is undeniable that some of them are morally noble, honest and upright, and advocate the revitalization of the rule of officials, the opening of the way of speech, the elimination of the accumulated evils of the government and the opposition, and the opposition to the corruption and perversion of the law by the powerful. However, as a representative group of the landlord class at the end of the Ming Dynasty, they subjectively lost the willingness to contribute to the country (but put the interests of small groups above the interests of the state, the representative example is the tax problem, the Wanli Emperor relied on sending eunuchs to collect mining taxes to continue the national finances and maintain the army, so he was scolded for harsh government), objectively there is no ability to save the situation, no one has put forward even a theoretical improvement plan for financial problems and military problems, and all political resources are spent on fighting for power and profit. Decisions made after taking power are mostly ineffective. In general, as the ruling class of the country, they are not qualified.

Shen Li's small group resolutely opposed Wanli's dispatch of mine supervisors and tax supervisors, believing that this would be "harming the people", of course, this "people" refers to their scholar class, not the people. "The people can make it, but they can't make it" has always been their creed, and they firmly disagree with "the people can make it; No, let it be known". But now that Wanli has stopped sending eunuchs to collect money due to the abundance of the inner treasury, they have lost a target for attack.

Wanli is now in a strong position relative to the imperial court, which caused the former imperial court to be restrained on many issues and did not dare to attack casually. In addition, the imperial court has a share of the issue of Chao Xian and Dongying, and there is no need to compete with the emperor for money. Wanli was in a good mood, so he didn't embarrass the court on some small issues. In the past two years, the relationship between the emperor and the imperial court has entered a delicate state of equilibrium.

But recently, Shen Li and they have communicated well, thinking that the time is gradually ripe, and they are ready to compete with the emperor on the issue of establishing a prince, in order to suppress the imperial power, regain the dominance of the court, and realize their political and economic demands.

Shen Li negotiated the conditions with Shen Shixing, Xu Guo, and Wang Xijue in the cabinet, and after the four of them contacted the forces and pushed the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo to the crown prince's throne together, Shen Shixing could still sit firmly on the throne of the first assistant.

Among the people they contacted were the "gentlemen among the eunuchs" - Chen Ju and Wang An. The political views of Gonggong Chen and Gonggong Wang are very close to Shen Li on the surface, but due to the natural gap between eunuchs and Qingliu, there is no chance of getting close. Now Qingliu surrendered his identity to win them over, and he successfully hooked up. In history, Wang An was also the companion of Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of Wanli, Emperor Taichang, and finally sacrificed for Taichang's ascendancy. Chen Ju's godbrothers Chen Zeng and Chen Feng naturally agreed. Nonsense! The eunuch has the opportunity to cooperate with Qingliu, it is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it is a fool not to seize it!

Wang An and Chen Zeng both have elite troops in their hands under the command of the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the north and south, and they are also the East China Sea soldiers (the imperial court's collective name for the mercenaries of Liaoning, Chao * Xian, and Dongying. Trained, on the battlefield and seen blood, and the border army is almost the same. Later, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp participated in the suppression of bandits, and the imperial court also deliberately selected the most elite troops. Moreover, through Chen Ju's relationship, the imperial court also introduced more Jingying troops sent by the Eastern Navy from Liaoning, and the combat effectiveness was greatly improved. In terms of military strength, the imperial court believed that it had the conditions to compete with Wanli. It's just that I don't know if those troops will listen to the orders of the imperial court or the orders of the instructors at the critical moment.

In addition, Shen Li and the others also got in touch with the fourth prince of Heguo, the prince of Heguo, through Chen Ju.

Due to Liaoning's unique way of inheriting titles, as well as the feeling that Liaoning is remote and barbaric to the Central Plains, the court bigwigs have not considered uniting Liaoning. Liaoning has shown more and more strength since the conquest of the dynasty. It was not until Liaoning completely controlled the East China Sea and also controlled the maritime trade in the East China Sea that Wang Xijue's trip to the East China Sea took place. But it is also because Wanli took Liaoning's victory as his own merit, and the relationship between the imperial court and Liaoning was also inseparable.

With the increase in trade, the ruling class of the Central Plains gradually became aware of the social situation in Liaoning, which had a territory of thousands of miles, a population of 10 million, abundant production, and many prosperous cities. Liaoning has also received a large number of people from the Central Plains, and its cultural quality has been greatly improved. Even now that the imperial court is suppressing the chaos, it still has to hire officers and soldiers from the East China Sea.

led to the imperial court's decision to invite Liaoning to participate in forcing the palace to establish the prince, and the most direct thing was Shen Li's popular banquet. After the banquet, Chen Ju apologized to Shen Li and told Shen Li that these were all traces of Chinese traditions scattered in the East China Sea collected by Liaoning. In Shen Li's heart, he immediately raised Liaoning to the height of the branch of Chinese orthodoxy, and there was the possibility of cooperation. After Shen Li negotiated with his friends, he decided to invite Liaoning to participate in the forced palace. It was proposed by Shen Li to let the students of the outer domains go home for the New Year, in order to let Jin Si also take the opportunity to go home for the New Year and personally send the imperial court's oath back to Hetuala. In the team, there is also Guo Zhengyu, who volunteered to be a messenger.

This time, the imperial court planned to suppress Wanli once and again regain the dominant power of the government. In order to gather the greatest strength, in addition to inviting eunuchs and Liaoning to participate in the action, the bigwigs also contacted their protégés to strengthen their strength.

However, there are two forces that are uncertain and likely to be the key to the success of the forced palace: Xungui and the border army.

The border army has to fight with the surrounding areas for many years, and they want to rush into the Central Plains to bite a piece of flesh, and their combat ability is very good. Since the border is now unstable, it is not possible to consider mobilizing them, and it would be nice to be able to maintain the border. Fortunately, Shanxi, Xuan, and most of them are controlled by Zheng Luo, and they should be able to control them. Li Chengliang and Li Rubai have a relationship with Liaoning, so they can be wooed. In this way, you can protect the Jingshi and block several other border towns.

Many of the nobles have private soldiers, and their combat ability is not bad, such as the Xu family in Nanjing, and many people occupy important positions in the forbidden army, the most powerful is the Mu family in Yunnan, who split the soil and seal the territory, and the rights of these people are tied to the royal family. It will take some time to convince them, and it will not succeed for a while.

Shen Li, they think that their considerations are very thorough, and they are gradually approaching success, everything is ready, and they only owe the east wind. However, they did not expect that there would be people in Liaoning who knew them very well, and had a long-term plan, ready to compete for the crown.

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