In 1620, Emperor Apocalypse's father, Emperor Taichang's throne had not yet been hot, and he was whining for a month. But the short-lived Taichang Emperor carried the most unsimple history in the history of the late Ming Dynasty: the attack case, the red pill case, and the palace removal case.

The three major cases of the court at the end of the Ming Dynasty directly led to a series of major changes in the center of the Ming Dynasty, and its far-reaching impact can be said to have added a fire to the decline and fall of the Ming Dynasty.

The assault is the most ridiculous. The fact that Emperor Wanli's harem was not cleaned up and was still messy caused a struggle between the factions of court officials. The worst result was that Emperor Taichang, who was still the crown prince at the time, was almost beaten with a stick! Such a ridiculous thing happened, Emperor Taichang could only endure it by himself like a wronged little daughter-in-law, and Emperor Wanli was even more hesitant.

The Red Pill case is the most toss-up. As soon as Emperor Taichang ascended the throne, he abolished a number of policies that his father had implemented, abolished the mining tax, the tax, and withdrew the mining tax.

Emperor Taichang, who had been aggrieved for nearly forty years, even if his limbs were not diligent, he usually had no major problems, but he had only been on the throne for ten days and wilted in bed. After pulling dozens of stomachs in one night, seeing that it was no longer possible, a doctor took two red pills, and the effect was very good when he ate them, and the second one hung up.

This is a good thing, the Donglin Party and the anti-Donglin Party have made a big fuss. You said that the red pill was poisonous, and I said that the problem of non-medicine was that the emperor was too tired. You say that the imperial doctor is guilty, I think there is still merit in donating medicine! You say that the crime is not punishable, and I think a one-year fine is about the same...... It's eight years!

The case of the removal of the palace is the most comedic. Emperor Taichang himself hung up a hundred, but he just hung up before he even gave the title of prince to his son Apocalypse! The two women left by Emperor Taichang quarreled over who would be the queen mother. Whoever occupies the Qianqing Palace is the queen mother of the harem. One of the parties, Li Xuanzhi and the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, also detained the apocalypse in the Qianqing Palace by the way, and they had a posture of not giving up until they reached their goal!

It's worth it! Yang Lian and other fierce ministers went directly into the palace, intending to snatch the apocalypse out and stuff it into the emperor's throne, you pull me, the robbery is fierce, it can be called a great spectacle of the Forbidden City in the Ming Dynasty! Then he asked Li Xuanzhi to follow the royal etiquette. moved out of the Qianqing Palace, which symbolized the status of the Queen Mother, and went to live in the Luan Palace.

If you move, you will move, but who would have thought that Li Xuanzhi had just moved into the Luan Palace. There was a fire! Rumors against Li Xuan's move to the palace suddenly flew all over the sky, making the Emperor Zhengtai, who had just ascended the throne, extremely embarrassed.

These three cases were launched one by one, and from then on, the courtiers did not care about any major national affairs. staring at the emperor's harem all day long, political opponents and parties attacked each other. Let the secret struggle between the Donglin Party and the anti-Donglin Party in the Ming Empire directly turn into a clear dispute. Since then, a group of helpless scholars have elevated political differences to the point of "I agree with what you oppose, and I oppose what you agree", and sent the Ming Empire all the way to the crematorium of history.

In the central turmoil at the end of the Ming Dynasty, only one group ate the dividends, that is, the eunuchs, represented by Wei Zhongxian.

"The End of the Ming History Chronicle" recorded: "Wei Zhongxian borrowed three cases for murder, and borrowed three cases for the small group to seek wealth." ”

Whether it is the Emperor of the Apocalypse or the poor Emperor Chongzhen, they have been made neurotic by the party struggle. An emperor turned into an expert-level carpenter, and an emperor simply beat a minister as casually as beating his own children. The emperor's distrust of the ministers also accelerated the eunuch dictatorship at the end of the Ming Dynasty, making the already unbearable ruling class of the Ming Empire even worse.

Wei Zhongxian was in power and tried his best to suppress the Donglin Party, which had been unable to get along with him. Support Zhejiang Party and other officials in disguise. Judging from the current history, it is really difficult to evaluate Wei Zhongxian's loyalty and traitor, from the emperor's point of view, he, a eunuch, is the emperor's hardcore confidant, but it is certain that he and the Donglin Party that turned over after the salted fish are not good birds. …,.

October 20, 1622 in the Gregorian calendar. September 16 of the second year of the Ming Empire.

After the Portuguese armed merchant fleet in Macao, together with the Daming Penghu Naval Division and the Spanish fleet stationed in Manila in the Philippines, defeated the Dutch in June this year, the sea routes around Macao were very safe, maritime business became more prosperous, and a large number of merchant ships from all over the country entered the port every day.

At the Macau Pier, five Portuguese merchant ships slowly headed out of the port, and in addition to carrying more than 500 Ming Dynasty male and female refugees, the Portuguese captains also stuffed the lower cabins with all kinds of oriental goods such as cloth, silk, tea, lacquerware and porcelain as much as possible.

This is the second batch of Ming immigrants to Brazil that began in September this year. According to the characteristics of the Indian Ocean monsoon current, the period from September to April of the following year is the best time to sail westward, and all the Ming immigrants can only cross the Indian Ocean during this time period.

On the ship, a group of immigrants crowded by the gun gate, crying bitterly at the gradually departing mainland, and many of them knelt on the deck and kowtowed desperately.

On the dock, Yan Siqi and Liu Yaoyu looked at the distant boat shadow side by side, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the beginning of Longqing and Wanli, it is not uncommon for the coastal people to go to sea to reclaim famine, and the natural disasters have gradually worsened, although the local officials and the imperial court still prohibit the people from going to sea on the surface, but in essence, most of the cases are more than less.

Tolerating the long-term stay of displaced people in the local area, it is estimated that any magistrate will shake his head.

But this time it was very strange, Xiangshan County and the officials guarding Macao sent troops to blockade the Macao Port Pier as if they had changed their faces, and the Portuguese fleet was detained for almost half a month, on the grounds that the Ming Dynasty officials guarding Macao suspected that the Francos were abducting the people.

"Brother Yu Jiu, thanks to you rushing over this time, otherwise this Xiangshan County guard would have stopped the boat! In the coming day, Yan will definitely repay your affection! Yan Siqi's face was stern, and he solemnly saluted the scholar who was gently shaking the bamboo fan.

"Brother Yan is polite, isn't this what the younger brother should be?" Liu Yaoyu smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly, "This time it's not the officials who defend Macao to do things according to the rules, I'm afraid there will be a future ahead." ”

With a letter from his uncle and a letter from the governor of Liangguang, Liu Yaoyu blocked Yan Siqi again, but Liu Yaoyu already secretly felt that things didn't seem to be so simple. This is because the order of the officers and men guarding Macao was actually directly from the Guangzhou Prefecture.

With the attitude of the Guangzhou government for a long time to turn a blind eye to Macao. How could you suddenly be so enthusiastic about strengthening management? What's more, the timing was chosen so coincidentally.

"Oh?!" Yan Siqi's face sank, his brows furrowed, and he clenched his fist fiercely for a long time, "Brother Yu Jiu refers to Li Dan's family?" I guess it's them who can make the Guangzhou Mansion and the local officials of Shouao move us, unless the Guangzhou Mansion personally suppresses it! ”

"If it's just a small Guangzhou Mansion, then the uncle won't worry about anything...... Brother Yan. You have also read the letters of Lord Hu and Uncle Hu, the governor of Liangguang, and whether they are appeased by the imperial court depends on your opinion, don't be too presumptuous. After all, it is for the people of the Ming Dynasty. Liu Yaoyu sighed, turned around and walked towards the city.

"Is it the imperial court?" Yan Siqi suddenly realized, and his face became more and more ugly.

"Sihai!" Yan Siqi faces the sea. Suddenly shouted out to the cousin of the same clan behind him.

"Big brother! What do you command? Yan Sihai hurriedly took a few steps forward and clasped his hands into fists.

"Tell your brothers who are out and about, keep a low profile. In addition, it is claimed to the outside world that we were appeased by the imperial court to guide the displaced people to colonize Dayuan Island and protect the Ming Sea Frontier. The people voluntarily go to sea, and stop trading as human traffickers on the underworld! After Yan Siqi finished speaking, he sat on the dock, faced the east, took out the rice wine and drank it in a big gulp.

Li Dan's family has been in business for decades. Naturally, he has countless times deeper roots than Yan Siqi's recklessness, and he feels that he should be the leader of Daming maritime business. …,

Seeing that the Chinese and American people came, Francois and Yan Siqi suddenly became close, and a large amount of Taixi business was given to Yan Siqi, and even the seafood brought by the Chinese and Americans at the beginning were all entered into Daming and Japan by Yan Siqi. How can you not be blushing?

But Li Dan's family is also a big family, and the affairs of the Yan family were yin on the sea before, which is indispensable. So he simply began to use the relationship of the Japanese shogunate, and all the Nagasaki business related to the Yan family was a small difficulty, and it was even more common to encircle and detain it.

This one. Many maritime merchants who ran Japanese business had to distance themselves from Yan Siqi.

Now I heard that the Yan family is still secretly engaging in overseas immigration and colonization, and the idea of raising teachers and asking for guilt from the perspective of the Ming court has even arisen. However, Li Dan's family is not an official eunuch, at best it is a low-level collusion between officials and businessmen, and he is unwilling to offend the Liu family, a Shandong family that has a better relationship with the Yan family.

After handing over most of the family business to his son Li Guosuke, Li Dan himself spent his days in Hirado, recuperating in the luxurious guild hall he built in Hirado all day long.

Now, Li Dan is holding a letter sent from Daming and looking at it carefully, while touching his long beard, his face gradually becoming solemn.

"Feihuang, what do you think about this?"

Li Dan is already in his sixties, and at this time, he looks like a fairy wind and bones, and no one can see how he broke into the family business at sea back then. The one he called Feihuang was Zheng Zhilong, a rising man who had just joined the Li family for only two years.

"The old shopkeeper, this Yan family is now very close to the Liu family in Shandong, and the students judge that it is definitely not just as simple as business cooperation. This Liu family's business is all over the country, and if you want to make some money, it is no worse than us running Nanyang and Wadi. Yan Siqi is just a reckless, the Liu family wants to do business in the land and Nanyang Luzon, with their relationship in the imperial court, in fact, they can cooperate with any maritime businessman, but it is quite risky to cooperate with people like the Yan family who have offended the imperial court, why don't they cooperate with our Li family, I'm afraid the thread is not on Yan Siqi. ”

Zheng Zhilong took a deep breath and expressed his opinion.

"Well, yes, Feihuang, you are quick to think, and you can see the clue at once." Li Dan couldn't help but be taken aback, and sighed slightly with worry after a few seconds, "If my son Guozhu had half of your thoughtfulness, he would not have been caught by the Yan family last time, so that the maritime merchants everywhere are now afraid of my Li family, and I thought that my Li family wanted to use the hand of Fanyi to attack my peers and dominate the sea route." ”

"Old shopkeeper, Shopkeeper Li treats me like a nephew, Zhilong will definitely do his best for the Li family! I guess that this time, the Francos and the Shandong Liu family support the Yan family behind their backs, and it should have something to do with the people of the United States! Zheng Zhilong's eyes flashed with a gleam, but his attitude was even more humble, "The student also met with Yan Xiaosong, an American in Nahua, at the beginning of the year. ”

"Well, Guozhu has also inquired about the fact that Xiangshan County has presented a letter of tributary for trade from an overseas Chinese vassal envoy, and now there is quite a lot of controversy in the imperial court." Li Dan nodded slightly, waved his hand, and motioned for the young man to sit beside him, "Feihuang, now the eunuch Wei Zhongxian is in the middle of the day, the supervision of commerce and mines is quite tight, and the officials, businessmen and gentry are miserable. ”

"The Yan family is secretly smuggling displaced people, and I'm afraid they are also doing things for Nahua America! I heard that Shopkeeper Li had used his court connections to send a letter to the Guangzhou government. Let's also secretly knock down the United States, if we want to open trade routes in Daming, Nanyang and Wadi, our Li family is the best! ”…,

Zheng Zhilong smiled, looking relaxed.

"Okay, you Feihuang, do you really think that my son's help is effective? The Yan family must have used the pretext of colonizing the coastal islands and guiding the resettlement of displaced people to resume business. I haven't seen it for long, and I'm sure he'll write back to him about the failure of this plan! Li Dan laughed and slapped his palm on the envelope on the table, his eyes becoming more and more cold.

"The student really doesn't know," Zheng Zhilong hurriedly lowered ......his head.

"Hu Yingtai, the governor of Liangguang, but Liu Dianxu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, was the same year! The Liu family has deep roots in the court, and the eunuch Wei Zhongxian all the way, what can the Guangzhou Mansion do to withstand them! As soon as the Huahua article is done, any merits and demerits can be reversed. I'm afraid that at this time, the Yan family has already scared the people of Guangzhou Mansion back with the words of the governor of Liangguang! Even if the Yan family has been appeased by the governor of Liangguang, it is unknown! After Li Dan finished coldly, he picked up the teacup, played with the tea lid, and closed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

"Then the student will go back to Daming to investigate, if there is any abnormality, the student will report to the old shopkeeper immediately!" Seeing that the other party had already served tea to the guests, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Feihuang, although you have been in my house for a short time, but you have acted in a very orderly manner, I plan to hand over the East China Sea fleet to you to take care of alone, usually not subject to the control of state assistance, if possible, I can also entrust you to be appeased by the imperial court! Can you be confident? Suddenly, Li Dan opened his eyelids and spit out a sentence that surprised and delighted Zheng Zhilong.

"What? Not quite reluctant? Or are you afraid? Li Dan smiled and stared at the young man's eyes.

"The old shopkeeper can rest assured that the students will die with all their might! Never forget the grace of the old shopkeeper! Zheng Zhilong took a few steps back, slammed it to the ground, and then retreated out the door.

"Feihuang, I know that you are quite ambitious, if you can do something, my Li family may still have a reliance in the future, which can be regarded as a good medicine. If you get Longwangshu, I'm afraid it will be poison...... It's a pity that my Li family seems to be prosperous, but there is no one in a hundred miles that can achieve great things......"

Putting down the teacup, Li Dan couldn't help but sigh. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )