The first fierce general of the Donglin Party - Yang Lian

Niu Ren 2: Yang Lian, a seemingly weak name, but an out-and-out warrior. A person who made Wei Zhongxian tremble at the mention of his name when he was at the peak of his power, do you say this person is fierce?

Yang Lian, the most typical representative of the Donglin Party.

Yang Lian, the man who brought the Donglin Party to the pinnacle of power.

Yang Lian, a warrior who sacrificed his life and forgot to die purely for the sake of national fortune.

Yang Lian stepped onto the stage of history in a very peculiar way.

In the forty-eighth year of Wanli, the emperor was seriously ill and did not eat for half a month. At this time, Yang Lian was often familiar with the county, and the clean government assessment ranked first in the country, reflecting the true character of the Donglin Party members.

After a district of Qipinzhi County knew that the emperor was seriously ill, he didn't even greet his superiors, and came directly to the capital, found the first assistant Fang Congzhe and said: "The emperor is seriously ill, you should go to greet him as the first assistant." ”

At this time, the power struggle was in full swing, and the timid Fang Congzhe did not dare to slack off in the face of this seven-rank little person, and said respectfully: "The emperor has always tabooed this issue, I can only ask the palace attendants, but there is no news." ”

The Premier of the State Council spoke to a county magistrate in this way, which can be said to have given enough face. But Yang Lian was furious and educated: "You should go a few more times, it will naturally be effective!"

Before leaving, he also gave an order to Lord Shoufu: "At this time, you should be on duty in the cabinet and don't move around!"

There is no fear, outspoken, and no cards are played according to official common sense! I don't know who is the king!

What made Yang Lianquan make such a strange move despite the surprise, anger, ridicule, and schadenfreude of his colleagues? Didn't he have a brain? Didn't he want to die?

In fact, otherwise, thinking from another angle, we can completely understand Yang Lian's behavior.

"The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband", Yang Lian must not have heard of this famous saying, because it was said by Gu Yanwu, a thinker who was later than Yang Lian, and it is obviously inappropriate to put it here, but I really can't find words that can more accurately express Yang Lian's psychology at this time. Isn't caring about state affairs the political quality of every Donglin Party member? Where would anyone think that they would be humble and contemptuous?

The problem that Yang Lian considered at this time was: the emperor is seriously ill, who can succeed to the throne will determine the fate of the Ming Dynasty, and the Donglin Party must let the prince become the emperor smoothly. For this purpose, he did not think about his own political future at all, and even put life and death on the line.

The heart is selfless, the world is wide. With such great ambitions, all the rules of officialdom naturally can't restrain him, and it is understandable that he dares to reprimand Shousuke.

This is just the beginning, and even more incredible things are yet to come.

On July 21, the 48th year of Wanli, Comrade Wanli was about to come to the end of his life, and he spent his whole life fighting unremittingly with the ministers for the establishment of the third prince Zhu Changxun as the emperor. At this critical moment, he did not summon the crown prince Zhu Changluo, but Zheng Guifei, the mother of the third prince, was by the emperor's side. The crown prince is an honest child, knowing that Concubine Zheng Guifei is doing a lot of tricks inside, he will only be in a hurry outside the palace, but there is nothing he can do. According to this situation, it is not impossible for Comrade Wanli to make an edict, or Concubine Zheng Guifei to fabricate an edict. At that time, the crown prince wanted to be emperor again, but it was a pipe dream.

At the critical moment, the first assistant Fang Congzhe and other officials had no choice but to wait for the tragedy to happen, and it was Yang Lian who stepped forward and sent the eunuch Wang An (Wei Zhongxian's superior, a powerful figure in the palace) to take the prince into the palace, and he never left until Wanli died. It is very necessary to seize the critical moment at this historical juncture.

The next day, Wanli died, and the crown prince succeeded to the throne smoothly, which was the short-lived Mingguangzong.

At this point, Zhu Changluo, who has been supported by the Donglin Party, became the emperor, and it seems that he has won a big victory in this power struggle, but in fact, the cruel struggle has just begun.

Mingguangzong is very interesting, and after succeeding to the throne, he promoted a large number of Donglin Party members such as Zhou Jiamo and Liu Yijun, but these people have just been promoted, and their status has not been consolidated, coupled with Mingguangzong's cowardice, they are not Zheng Guifei's opponents at all. If it weren't for Yang Lian's wit and decisiveness, I don't know how this struggle would have ended.

At this time, Concubine Zheng's dream of making her son the emperor had been shattered, but she won a message from Wanli: make her the queen mother.

What is the concept of the empress dowager? Do you know the later Empress Dowager Cixi? If you say that the emperor will be abolished, will Concubine Zheng also be the empress dowager? This cannot be speculated, history is true, and cannot be assumed.

Concubine Zheng Guifei has been operating in the palace for decades, and her strength is not trivial, and her most powerful helper is Li Xuanshi, Guangzong's favorite wife.

Li Xuanzhi later became the biggest threat to the emperor because the eldest son of the emperor under her control would be the legitimate heir of Mingguangzong.

At this time, Concubine Zheng was still very smart, she first stayed in the Qianqing Palace and wanted to become the queen mother.

Where is the Qianqing Palace? Where the emperor lived. Wouldn't it be very dangerous for her to not leave here and monitor the Guangzong's every move?

In fact, Concubine Zheng had already begun to make a move on Guangzong at this time. It's just that her recruitment is very gentle, as if she is flattering to Mingguangzong.

Concubine Zheng racked her brains to come up with a trick and gave Comrade Guangzong a generous gift, a generous gift for Guangzong's life.

This generous gift is - eight charming and bewitching beauties.

Comrade Guangzong has shrunk and cowered for decades, and now that he has become the emperor, he can finally raise his eyebrows and think that he can do whatever he wants. So he relied on special medicines, fought day and night with these eight beauties, ignoring his body, and finally became ill and fell ill in bed.

In the face of such a crisis situation, Zhou Jiamo and others have no way, maybe they have a way but they have too many scruples and do nothing.

At this time, it once again shows Yang Lian's wit, decisiveness and selflessness.

He carefully analyzed the Zheng Group, this behemoth seems to be invincible, but it has a weakness, and this weakness is Zheng Guifei's nephew - Zheng Yangxing.

Zheng Yangxing seems to be high-flying, but he is a person who is strong on the outside and capable in the middle, and has a weak personality. So Yang Lian led Zhou Jiamo and others to come to the door. Zhou Jiamo was the secretary of the Ministry of Officials at that time, equivalent to the head of the Central Organization Department.

I wrote correctly, a high official position does not necessarily have leadership, and it is indeed Yang County Ling who brought a group of central-level ministers to the palace in a menacing manner. denounced Zheng Yangxing's various crimes, and further threatened that if he did not repent, the life of the whole family would not be saved.

This Zheng Yangxing is really a soft egg, he quibbled at first, and soon disarmed and surrendered, and found his aunt and cried: "For the sake of the life of the whole family, aunt, you should give in!"

After all, Aunt Zheng is a woman, so she chose to retreat, and this retreat will be withdrawn from the political stage forever. This Aunt Zheng, who has been tossing the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years, can get out of the way, which is not a good thing for her!

An insignificant Qipinzhi County brought down the huge Zheng Group with full of enthusiasm, which is a great achievement, but Yang Lian was not satisfied, and pointed the finger at the emperor who was sick and bedridden, and Shuyun:

As the king of a country, you are concerned about the safety of the country but do not respect yourself, and you are busy with some improper things day and night, resulting in physical damage.

Dare to sarcastically mock the emperor? This kid is really tired of it!

As soon as the performance was handed to the cabinet, there was such a discussion among the officials: Yang Lian is now dead.

Sure enough, three days later, Guangzong ordered to summon the first assistant Fang Congzhe, the official secretary Zhou Jiamo, and the little person, Yang Lian.

It should be mentioned that at the same time, there were also a large number of brocade guards who were ordered to enter the palace.

Who is Jin Yiwei? A person who specializes in cleaning up people.

Fang Congzhe is not a member of the Donglin Party, but he admires Yang Lian's character and persuades: You go in and kowtow to the emperor in a while, admit your mistake, and if we intercede, we may be able to save you from the death penalty.

Yang Lian's answer almost choked him to death: Death is death, what is wrong with me?

It seems that for the sake of national interests, this Brother Yang is really out of the way.

Zhou Jiamo, a member of the Donglin Party, hurriedly played a round: Mr. Fang is well-intentioned.

Yang Lian is still tough: I know that it is good intentions, good intentions can save the country, what is so terrible about death, let me die, let me admit my mistakes, but I cannot.

In this way, knowing that there were countless chaotic sticks and butcher knives in the palace, Yang Lian strode into the palace with his head held high.

It turned out to be a different story.

Guangzong, who was dying, said with a pleasant face: I'm dying, and the affairs of the country depend on you to share your worries!

Although it was you in his mouth, his eyes were always staring at Yang Lian alone.

This means that Guangzong has no resentment towards this little person at all, and has great trust in him.

The truth of loyalty against the ear, Guangzong still understands.

From this moment on, it strengthened Yang Lian's inner determination - to repay with death!

This is exactly the common belief of Chinese scholars: a scholar dies for his confidant.

On this day, there are still ten days before the death of the Guangzong Immortal.

These ten days are ten days of unpredictability and turbulent undercurrents.

Yang Lian once again played the role of the mainstay in this political storm.

After another three days, Guangzong summoned the important ministers of the court again, and specially called the little man Yang Lian.

Trusting Yang Lian is Guangzong's wisdom, but he did something unwise at this meeting: Feng Li Xuanzhi was the imperial concubine.

Concubine Zheng retired, and Li Xuanzhi became the most powerful person in the inner palace. At this juncture, it is obvious that her ambitions are no less than that of Concubine Zheng.

In view of Guangzong's bitter words, the ministers agreed.

Another day passed, Guangzong summoned the important ministers again, and wanted to immediately appoint Li Xuanzhi as the imperial concubine. It can be seen that this Miss Li is already impatient.

It is astonishing that the emperor was in such poor health and convened two important meetings in a row on the same issue.

But even more surprising things are yet to come.

The meeting was being held emphatically, and Li Xuanzhi suddenly broke in, without saying a word, pulled up the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Youxiao, and left, and soon came a stern scolding.

The ministers looked at each other, no one had ever seen such a battle, you must know that the person who was scolded was the eldest son of the emperor who was about to become the emperor!

But Guangzong doesn't squeak, who dares to speak?

It wasn't until the reprimands outside stopped that Zhu Youxiao walked in full of grievances and reluctantly said: She wants to be the queen.

inch by inch, another Zheng Guifei appeared. Okay, Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was smart, and immediately knelt down and said loudly: Isn't the emperor going to make the imperial concubine?

Guangzong understood and immediately said: Hurry up!

Miss Li's dream of becoming a queen came to an end. But she didn't give up, because the weak Guangzong was about to finish, and holding the emperor's eldest son means holding power.

Sweet dreams can be done, but she has forgotten all about one person, a person who should not be forgotten and cannot be forgotten, he is - Yang Lian.

At this time, Yang Lian had already seen the true face of Li Xuanshi's Lushan, and seriously thought about countermeasures.

Four days later, on the first day of September in the forty-eighth year of Wanli, Guangzong Immortal passed away, I wonder if he still recalls the eight beauties who made him want to die before he died?

Guangzong's death was definitely a heavy blow to the Donglin Party. Because from the establishment of the crown prince to the emperor, the Donglin Party has always been the staunchest supporter of Guangzong, and it is to support it with all its might. Therefore, in public and private, Yang Lian is very sad.

The struggle facing Yang Lian will be even more brutal and the task will be even more arduous. Although he is only a seven-grade little person, who made him take it as his mission to save the country?

When the news of Guangzong's immortal death came out, the first to arrive at the Qianqing Palace was the Minister of the Six Ministers, and of course Yang Lian.

Fortunately, there is Yang Lian.

The emperor died, of course, he was succeeded by the emperor's eldest son, but at this time, Zhu Youxiao was young and needed someone to take care of him, who would take care of him?

Those big people who became officials by studying the Bagu Wen hard, including Zhou Jiamo of the Donglin Party, and others decided to hand over the emperor's eldest son to Li Xuanzhi to take care of.

"Never!" shouted the only voice of dissent at this moment.

This shout was too timely, of course it was made by the sober Yang Lian.

At this time, although Yang Lian was still a small seven-grade minister, he was the minister appointed by Guangzong to take care of his life, and these ministers quietly listened to his generous statement: Zhu Youxiao is very small, Li Xuanzhi is very ambitious, and once he plots wrong, the consequences will be unimaginable.

A word woke up those mediocre ministers, and Li Xuanshi's hideous face appeared in front of everyone a few days ago. So they followed Yang Lian's advice: they must find the emperor's eldest son, take him out of the Qianqing Palace, and let him out of the control of Li Xuanzhi.

A life-and-death struggle is about to begin.

Thirteen important ministers of the court, under the leadership of Yang Lian, rushed into the Qianqing Palace, but were stopped by the eunuchs arranged by Li Xuanzhi and refused to enter.

couldn't enter the palace, and he couldn't even see the emperor's corpse, so he was so anxious that Fang Congzhe and the old man stared dryly.

It should be said that Li Xuanshi's strategy was right, but she ignored Yang Lian.

Yang Lian is really a person who can't be ignored. At the critical moment, he shouted: "The emperor is a big deal, we are ministers who take care of our lives, what are you who dare to block our way? The situation of the emperor's eldest son is not clear now, you close the palace gate, do you want to plot against us?

When did the eunuch, who is neither male nor female, ever see such a fierce man, he was stopped by Yang Lian for a while, and obediently opened the palace door.

Only then did Fang Congzhe and the others see the emperor's corpse, knelt on the ground, and cried violently.

Yang Lian knew in his heart that now was not the time to cry, and the top priority was to find the emperor's eldest son. So everyone began to look for Zhu Youxiao, only to find that it was not easy to find the eldest son of the emperor in such a large palace, and the tired Fang Congzhe and the old men retreated, and they wanted to go home and look for it tomorrow.

At this critical moment, Yang Lian shouted again: This is not hide and seek, how can you find it again tomorrow? If Li Xuanzhi makes a holy decree tomorrow morning, the emperor's eldest son will not even be able to predict life and death!

The ministers woke up suddenly, but they still couldn't find the emperor's eldest son.

At this time, another humble little person played a key role, and he was the aforementioned eunuch Wang An. A wise eunuch with a sense of justice. Because of the uprightness of the Donglin Party, he has always been a supporter of the Donglin Party. It was he who coaxed Zhu Youxiao from Li Xuanzhi and brought him to the ministers.

The ministers hurriedly shouted "Long live", and Zhu Youxiao's identity was finalized. But in other people's territory, the status of this long live is not consolidated, and it is even very dangerous, so a scene that can only be seen in thrilling film and television dramas appeared.

The ministers began to retreat outside the palace, and the specific situation was as follows:

Wang An, who was familiar with the terrain, opened the way in front, cabinet minister Liu Yijing pulled Banzai's left hand, British minister Zhang Weixian pulled Banzai's right hand, the first assistant Fang Congzhe and several old men were in the middle, and the warrior Yang Lian retreated in a hurry, like a bandit kidnapping.

It turns out how wise it is to retreat immediately.

As soon as he rushed out of the gate of the Qianqing Palace, Li Xuanzhi's sharp voice came from behind: Brother (Zhu Youxiao), come back!

It is impossible to go back, the ministers have already prepared, and they have already prepared a sedan chair outside the palace. But at this time, the chasing eunuch was already close, and the ministers couldn't wait and personally acted as the palanquin bearer. These four high-level sedan chairmen are: Zhou Jiamo, the secretary of the ministry, Yang Lian in the matter, Liu Yijing, a cabinet scholar, and Zhang Weixian, the British public.

Their goal is the Wenhua Palace, and when they reach there and complete the ceremony, Zhu Youxiao will officially become a new generation of emperors.

The youngest of these four high-level sedan chair bearers is Yang Lian, but he is already forty-eight years old.

It's a pity that they are all scholars, and they usually don't know how to exercise, and their physical strength is not as good as that of eunuchs who are neither male nor female.

They were soon stopped by a group of eunuchs, and the leading eunuch was named Li Jinzhong, who showed his fierce face as soon as he stepped onto the stage of history, and reprimanded viciously: "Where are you going to take the emperor's eldest son?"

While talking, he also pulled Zhu Youxiao, which meant to fight.

Those old men scolded driving professionally, but fighting was a weakness, and they were stunned for a while and didn't know what to do.

At the critical moment, it was Yang Lian again, showing his warrior demeanor again, and angrily scolded Li Jinzhong: We are important ministers of the imperial court, and it is our duty to support the emperor, what are you, you dare to block our way.

Yang Lian cheered Zhu Youxiao again: You are the emperor, and everyone in the world is your courtier, what are you afraid of?

The sinister Li Jinzhong was suppressed by Yang Lian on the spot, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he actually withdrew. And as soon as he saw Yang Lian in the future, his heels were weak and his confidence was insufficient.

Perhaps the reader wonders, what kind of birdman is Li Jinzhong, and what is there to make him afraid of is worth mentioning again and again?

Li Jinzhong is nothing, but Wei Zhongxian is a birdman who has to be mentioned. Because it was this notorious old eunuch Wei who completely exterminated the Donglin Party.

However, if you want to write about Wei Zhongxian, you have to write Li Jinzhong, because the two are the same person.

After Li Jinzhong failed in Li Xuan's struggle for power, he immediately changed his name and took refuge in another powerful woman, and thus soared to prominence, which is a later story.

Wei Zhongxian and Yang Lian, two natural rivals, this was the first time the two met and ended with Yang Lian's complete victory.

This confrontation left a shadow of fear in Wei Zhongxian's heart, and also planted the seeds of hatred.

Under the escort of Yang Lian, Zhu Youxiao finally came to the Wenhua Palace, accepted the worship of the ministers, and became the new emperor, known as Ming Xizong in history.

Finally supporting the new emperor, Yang Lian took a long breath, and carelessly, made a wrong decision: rejected the correct suggestion, did not immediately hold the enthronement ceremony, but chose an auspicious day - the sixth day of the ninth month, and put Zhu Youxiao back in the Qianqing Palace.

In all fairness, Yang Lian is not a god, and he also has times when he is careless.

The emperor has accepted the worship of the ministers, isn't it just a ceremony? What else can go wrong? The enthronement is a big event, don't you choose a good day and an auspicious day?

Everything makes sense, but it's a fatal mistake. Fortunately, Yang Lian still has comrades-in-arms, and there is a brave fighter with him, this person is the famous Zuo Guangdou.

Zuo Guangdou, then the Imperial History of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Inspectorate. As soon as Yang Lian came out of the door, he was grabbed by Zuo Guangdou who was waiting outside the door, and was spit on: He didn't ascend the throne until the sixth day of the junior high school, and he was only the first day of the junior high school today. If anything happens in these six days, how can we be worthy of the emperor.

After the initiation, Yang Lian finally woke up.

Zhu Youxiao is in the inner palace, if he is controlled by Li Xuanzhi and orders the ministers, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Youxiao entered the palace, he was immediately detained.

At the critical moment, Wang An once again showed his wisdom and cunning. After several flickering, Miss Li actually released Zhu Youxiao again, losing the last chance to turn the situation around.

Yang Lian didn't give her any more chance to turn over.

As for how Wang An fooled, there is no record in the history books, but I speculate: Although Wang An's lips and tongue are powerful, the main reason is that Miss Li has soft ears and insufficient IQ.

Judging from this incident, people from humble backgrounds may not be able to decide big things.

A person with a prominent background but a weak heart may not be able to accomplish great things.

A person who is firm in his heart and bold in action is a necessary quality for achieving great things.

Early the next morning, Yang Lian launched a fierce attack on Li Xuanshi.

Zhou Jiamo and Zuo Guangdou, two Donglin Party members, jointly wrote a letter asking Li Xuanzhi to move out of the Qianqing Palace.

Zuo Guangdou also wrote a letter overnight that now seems very vicious, to the effect that:

Miss Li, you are not the empress, and you are not the emperor's mother, and no one wants to choose you as the empress, what are you doing in the Qianqing Palace? The emperor is only 16 years old this year, and he is in the middle of adolescence, and he is easily seduced impulsively.

As you know, the Wu family is Wu Zetian, who was originally the concubine of Tang Taizong, after Taizong's death, he seduced Taizong's son Gaozong, and finally became the queen, and later usurped the throne and became the emperor.

What are you going to do Li Xuanzhi and follow Wu Zetian's example?

Looking at this recital this way, it is really vicious and roguelike. Because Li Xuanzhi is nothing more than fighting for the title of queen, as for seducing Zhu Youxiao, she really didn't think about it, this is really a crime to add.

It can be seen that celebrities also have times when they are rogues.

Intellectuals play hooligans, more hooligans than hooligans.

Sometimes scoundrels can only be dealt with by more scoundrel means.

Miss Li was completely enraged, made a stupid and humiliating decision, and summoned Zuo Guangdou into the palace to talk.

Zuo Guangdou was very bullish, and replied: I am Yushi, I will only go if the Son of Heaven calls me, what are you?

When Miss Li lost Zhu Youxiao, she lost her trump card, like a puppet with a broken string, helpless.

Zuo Guangdou's vicious performance was sent to Zhu Youxiao, and after Wang An explained it with oil and vinegar, Zhu Youxiao issued an order: Let Li Xuanzhi get out of the way, and never enter the palace.

Li Xuanzhi still didn't give up, and actually stupidly wanted to negotiate with Yang Lian, and her representative was his confidant Wei Zhongxian.

This is the second meeting between Wei Zhongxian and Yang Lian.

At this time, Yang Lian didn't take Wei Zhongxian in his eyes at all, and didn't give him much chance to speak, so he warned him: You go back and tell Li Xuanshi, if you are obedient and obedient, forget it, if you are stubborn, just wait for the emperor to fall! And you, too, let me be honest!

It is estimated that Wei Zhongxian was scared silly by Yang Lian in the first confrontation, and this time he chose to be silent, compromised, and retreated without much sophistry. Because he knew that he was not Yang Lian's opponent at all at this time.

History has proven that learning to compromise and make concessions is a lesson that all those who engage in politics must learn.

This negotiation made the naïve Li Xuanzhi realize that coercion and inducement will not work for the Donglin Party.

The Donglin Party has a will like steel, an iron heart, and there is no compromise in their minds.

Miss Li learned well, and she began to choose the main direction of attack again, and this time he chose Fang Congzhe.

From the perspective of party affiliation, Fang Congzhe is the east of Zhejiang, and he is a sworn enemy of the Donglin Party. In terms of power, Fang Congzhe is the first assistant, and his official position is higher than that of all Donglin Party members. What she didn't expect was that Fang Congzhe was a weak person, so weak that he was not Yang Lian's opponent at all.

We don't know how Miss Li tackled the problem from the other party, but it is only recorded in the history books:

On the fifth day of the ninth lunar month, Yang Lian consulted with Fang Congzhe, hoping that he would call on his ministers tomorrow and force Li Xuanzhi to leave, which would be regarded as a generous gift to the emperor for his accession to the throne.

Unexpectedly, Fang Congzhe, who had been very cooperative before, said: Just let her move later, it won't be a big deal!

Yang Lian was furious. But no matter how stormy he persuaded him, Fang Congzhe just remained silent.

Who is Yang Lian? He is a fighter.

A fighter is the kind of person who rushes forward the more he is challenged. Can the silence of a bad old man of yours make him retreat?

No way!

On the last day before ascending the throne, Yang Lian kept lobbying the cabinet and various ministries, telling everyone about the critical situation, regardless of the ridicule and cold eyes of others.

His persistence finally touched many people. They came to the front of the palace under the leadership of Yang Lian, and in the face of the unfathomable inner palace, Yang Lian shouted a loud battle book:

Miss Li, unless you kill me today. If you don't move out, we won't stop!

Poor Miss Li, in front of such a desperate fighter, she was scared, and she chose to back down like Concubine Zheng. All her ambition and arrogance were scared back to her stomach by the god-like Yang Lian.

She withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, withdrew from the stage of history, and retreated without a trace, and there is no record of her in the history books.

Also withdrawing from him was her personal eunuch. Except for a birdman, this birdman is neither male nor female, not even a eunuch, because legend has it that he is not clean, and there are remnants of evil roots.

He is Wei Zhongxian.

On the sixth day of the ninth month, Ming Xizong ascended the throne, and the Donglin party won a complete victory.

It was not an easy victory.

From August 22 to the sixth day of the ninth month, in these short fifteen days, Yang Lian experienced countless critical moments, encountered all kinds of evil people and bad people, and saw all kinds of evil tricks and bad moves, but he survived and he succeeded.

The price he paid for his success was enormous.

According to historical records, in just fifteen days, his hair turned gray.

This is a true portrayal of painstaking efforts!

The hard work of the Donglin Party was not in vain, and Ming Xizong promoted a large number of Donglin Party members. Within a year, Yang Lian changed from a seventh-rank sesame official to a second-rank Zuo Deputy Imperial Historian; Zhao Nanxing retired more than 20 years later, he was once again appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials; Sun Shenxing was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites; and Zuo Guangdou was appointed as the Imperial History of the Zuo Tuo Du of the Imperial Procuratorate......

For a time, there was a situation of "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty", and the Donglin Party controlled all the key departments of the imperial court, but the supreme governor was still Fang Congzhe, the leader of the Zhejiang Party.

The Donglin Party's crusade against foreign parties has always been ruthless. They took the opportunity of investigating the "Red Pill Case" to force the good old man Fang Congzhe, an old man in his seventies, to leave the imperial court forever, and a large number of alien party elements followed.

After Fang Congzhe left, Ye Xianggao, a member of the Donglin Party, became the first assistant, marking the peak of the power of the Donglin Party.

At this time, the Donglin Party can be said to be power-leaning towards the government and the opposition, and the Zhejiang Party, Qi Party, Chu Party and other parties that belong to the scholars, even if they are combined, are not the opponents of the Donglin Party at all, unless they ......

Unless what?

I really don't want to say unless I say these two words, but the historical facts are in front of me, and I have to continue.

Unless it is a yin person, a pure yin person, the kind of yin person who can no longer be called a human being.

Yin people do not abide by human ethics and morality at all, and they cannot be measured by human standards at all.

The yin poison of the yin people, even under the scorching sun, makes people shudder.

Only such a yin person can defeat the powerful Donglin Party.

Perhaps God couldn't see the Donglin Party's practice of exterminating the alien party, so he prepared a natural enemy for them, the Yin Man - Wei Zhongxian.

Regarding the rise of the yin man Wei Zhongxian, I really don't want to go into too much detail, but I won't briefly introduce it, and everyone can't recognize his shamelessness and viciousness.

The young Wei Zhongxian has never read a book, and he is a thug who eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles. Before getting married, he visited the brothels in the city and learned some housework, which became a skill that he developed later. After marriage, he sold his daughter because of gambling and forced his wife away. Later, due to the compulsion of life, he raised a knife from the palace and became a eunuch. After entering the palace, he pretended to be a fool and pretended to be a grandson to deceive the trust of the eunuchs Wei Dynasty and Wang An, and was gradually reused. When he was in his fifties, he suddenly rejuvenated, was reused by Li Xuanshi, and became Li Xuanshi's confidant.

As for how to become Li Xuanshi's confidant, there is no record in the history books.

It's a pity that Li Xuanzhi's heart is not tough enough, and he was quickly defeated in the contest with Yang Lian. Although Wei Zhongxian also retreated, he did not give up, and soon targeted Zhu Youxiao's nurse, Mrs. Fengsheng, the Hakka family.

This Keshi is delicate and vicious, and her identity is not just as simple as Zhu Youxiao's wet nurse.

Legend has it that she came and went freely in the palace, and often stayed with Zhu Youxiao, who had not eaten milk for a long time, and had great privileges.

There are various signs that her relationship with the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao is not clear.

Zuo Guangdou was afraid that the relationship between Zhu Youxiao and Li Xuanzhi was not clear, but he was not worried, but the object was wrong, our Comrade Zhu Xizong took down the nurse, or the nurse took him down.

I can't say it clearly, and I don't want to say it clearly, anyway, Wei Zhongxian has become the hardcore of the Hakka family through the way of "eating against food".

I have to explain what it means to eat right.

The eunuchs and maids of the ancient court were very lonely, so they entertained each other and looked for each other. Because eunuchs are not men, everyone has no real name, and they can only eat together, so it is called a pair of foods.

This ugly phenomenon is very common in the Ming Dynasty.

The original object of the Hakka family was Wei Zhongxian's boss, friend and promoter - Wei Dynasty. But for the sake of power, Wei Zhongxian used all his mind, desperately trying to curry favor with the Hakka clan, and perhaps even used the Fang Zhongshu, and finally succeeded in eating against the Hakka clan and killing the Wei Dynasty, so that his status was further improved.

After killing the Wei Dynasty, the obstacle that stood in the way of Wei Zhongxian's power was the great eunuch Wang An.

Wang An, we are very familiar with this person, a very upright eunuch, a eunuch trusted by the second generation of emperors, a eunuch who even Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou are very respectful, and at this time he is the most powerful eunuch in the palace. But no matter how powerful he is, he is not as big as the emperor, and the emperor has an extraordinary relationship with the Hakka family. Wei Zhongxian used the Hakka clan to bring down Wang An with an incredible trick and killed him.

After Wei Zhongxian took Wang An's place, he became the most powerful eunuch. But his power was limited to the inner palace.

If Yang Lian can clearly realize the ambition of this yin man who has been repeatedly defeated by him at this time, he still has the ability to control the situation. It's a pity that the Donglin Party is targeting officials of other parties, and they don't take this yin person seriously!

Everything is defeated by the enemy!

Wei Zhongxian was extremely sober at this time, and he clearly realized that with his own strength, he was far from being Yang Lian's opponent, let alone the opponent of the Donglin Party.

His strategy is twofold.

The first point was to desperately win the trust of Emperor Zhu Xizong, which was quickly succeeded with the help of the Hakka family.

The second point is to use high-ranking officials to entrap those officials who are not Donglin Party officials. At this point, the Donglin Party's fierce pursuit of the other party helped him a lot, and he quickly attracted a large number of people.

The speed at which the Wei Yin people pulled the mountain was too fast, and soon the names of the five tigers, the five biao, the ten children, the forty monkey grandchildren, and the five hundred righteous grandsons were released.

It's funny, maybe Wei Yin was an animal in his previous life, and most of his subordinates were named animals. For a time, there were too many animals in Weiyin, so many that not only was it difficult to list all their names in the history books, but it was estimated that the Weiyin people themselves could not recognize them.

Wei Yin people don't care, as long as you take refuge in me and work hard for me, no matter what your background is, and no matter what your character is, you will be knighted. It doesn't even ask what the character is, what the ability is.

And some of them compare themselves with beasts, and they blush. For example, Mr. Feng Quan, this benevolent brother started by corruption, and after defecting to the eunuch party, he took the initiative to ask for orders to undertake the shameless task of framing Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, and later took the initiative to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. In a short life, he is a collection of corrupt officials, eunuchs, and traitors.

Such an incorruptible and shameless person is rare in the world, and the beasts are afraid when they see it.

It is these animals that bite people and spare no effort.

Accepting people without principle is the principle of Wei Yin people accepting people. Soon, he took control of most of the key departments, including Jinyiwei.

But at this time, Wei Zhongxian still didn't dare to fight head-on with the Donglin Party, maybe he wanted to paralyze the Donglin Party, his first move to attack the Donglin Party was to constantly give gifts to the Donglin Party, and when he met people, he said that he and Zhao Nanxing were fellow villagers, how good Zhao Laoxiang was, how good the Donglin Party people were. And brazenly said: You and the eunuch Wang An have cooperated, why don't you cooperate with me?

The Donglin Party has always been a tendon in doing things, and they don't know how to maneuver. They replied: "What kind of man is the prince, who is upright and has a sense of justice?" Who are you? Little scoundrel.

Their attitude towards Wei Zhongxian is: send all the gifts back, visit them and drive them away, and don't give any affection.

In the face of such a ruthless Donglin party, as soon as the Wei Yin people were full-fledged, they immediately raised their butcher knives.

A head-to-head confrontation between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party was inevitable.

What is strange is that for several years, Yang Lian witnessed the rise of Wei Zhongxian and did nothing. He witnessed the Wei Yin people snatch their friend's lover, kill their friend, trap their boss to death, and seize power.

He watched as a formidable foe stood in front of him, but he never made a move.

The real reason why he didn't make a move is not recorded in the history books, maybe he is used to seeing too many yin people, such as Liu Jin and Yan Song. But the two of them still have a bit of human flavor to find, and there is a bottom line for doing things. This Wei Yin person really has no bottom line to do things, and it is undoubtedly Yang Lian's fault to measure Wei Yin people by people's standards.

Maybe Yang Lian despised this Wei Yin man too much, and he fought against a eunuch unremittingly. This birdman fought with himself twice, and he was defeated in disgrace, and it was not worth his own shot. What a terrible high this is!

Maybe Yang Lian didn't make a move because he insisted on one thing - Taoism.

Adhere to the Taoist system to let Yang Lian be honest and honest when he is the magistrate of the county; the Taoist system allows Yang Lian to stand up when the country is in danger; and the Taoist system makes Yang Lian believe that justice will defeat evil.

We really can't speculate on the reason why Yang Lian didn't make a move. When he tried to make a move, he found that there was no one around him. Enemies, colleagues, and even friends of the past threw themselves into the arms of their opponents.

But Yang Lian still made a move, in his own usual way.

Direct and brave moves!

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Yang Lian was sparse and impeached the admiral and eunuch Wei Zhongxian for twenty-four major crimes.

It should be said that this sparse word is bloody, credible, and very powerful.

This explanatory note had a wide impact: First, the comrades of the Donglin Party went up one after another and angrily denounced Wei Zhongxian; later some retired old gentlemen also made remarks accusing the eunuch party; and later, some comrades within the eunuch party could not sit still, and turned around and scolded Wei Gonggong, who had given them a high official and a good fortune.

The official documents impeaching Father-in-law Wei across the country came one after another, which made Father-in-law Wei extremely embarrassed.

Yang Lian was also very proud, thinking that in such a good situation, Emperor Xizong, who was supported by himself, was not furious and divided Wei Zhongxian's five horses?

Yang Lian was a little careless, and he didn't even win the support of Ye Xianggao, the most powerful head of the Donglin Party. Because Ye Xianggao said to him more than once: To deal with Wei Zhongxian, you can't come hard, it depends on the timing.

It turns out that Ye Xianggao is far-sighted, but Yang Lian thinks that Ye Xianggao is a typical capitulationist.

Wei Zhongxian was indeed frightened, but he was no longer the Li Jinzhong of four years ago.

Four years ago, in front of Yang Lian, he only had the strength to fight back, but now he not only controls the cabinet, but also controls the six ministries and the secret agency. In a panic, there was only one thought left in his mind, don't let this letter reach the emperor. Therefore, he used his power to drag this matter to the emperor at first, but after the big trouble, he couldn't drag it anymore, so he knelt in front of Xizong with tears in his eyes:

"Now there are people outside who want to harm me, and they want to harm the emperor. I can no longer serve the emperor, please remove me from my duties!"

Taking retreat as advance was originally the usual trick of this Yin people, but unexpectedly, Xizong's words made the Wei Yin people who were about to collapse see the light:

"Wherever the song is, read it to me. ”

Gonggong Wei was overjoyed, and then he thought that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was illiterate.

Although Gonggong Wei is also illiterate, he has countless experiences, and he has long arranged the eunuch who recites the music to be his best friend. The recital of this sworn friend is very different from what Yang Lian wrote. The twenty-four major crimes have been seriously reduced, and those who can cause the death penalty of Gonggong Wei have been exempted.

In short, what Tianqi heard was an innocuous note, because after listening to it, he felt that this Wei Gonggong was not bad, so he said to Wei Zhongxian:

Go ahead and do it! It's not a big deal.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse did not go to court all day, ignored state affairs, and his biggest hobby was to do carpenter work in the harem. Whoever disturbed him with his carpenter's work was very upset, and thought that man was a great villain.

He thinks that a good person is a good person who is good to him, and a person who can make him feel at ease to do carpentry work is a good person.

Wei Zhongxian helped him deal with all state affairs and did not disturb him to do carpenter work, so Grandpa Wei was a very good person.

As a result, Wei Zhongxian was completely liberated, and the Donglin Party suffered a fiasco.

Such a result seems to be accidental, but in fact it has its inevitability, and the Donglin Party members have an unshirkable responsibility.

Reason 1: Guangzong has been cowering for decades, and he has no heart to educate his son, Zhu Youxiao is illiterate, and Yang Lian doesn't know it, why don't he read it to the emperor in person? This is Yang Lian has lost his wit and prudence back then!

Reason 2: Four years ago, when Xizong was put on the throne, why didn't he tightly control the emperor, teach him to handle state affairs, and be an emperor who can make achievements? On the contrary, let Xizong not go to court every day and be keen to be a small carpenter? This is a dereliction of duty on the part of the Donglin Party!

Reason 3: Why didn't you take action early when you discovered Wei Zhongxian's wolf ambition and sit back and watch him grow stronger? This is a political short-sightedness!

In fact, after Wei Zhongxian killed Wang An, the Donglin Party should be vigilant enough.

In the emperor's words, Yang Lian's efforts were in vain, and Gonggong Wei began to do everything again, and issued a holy decree on behalf of the emperor, reprimanding Zhao Nanxing and others for forming a party for personal gain, and then issued an order to criticize Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, and the butcher's knife was pointed at the Donglin party.

The naïve Donglin Party members were completely disheartened, and Zhao Nanxing, Yang Lian and others proposed to resign one after another, and they naively believed that resignation could save their lives.

Because of the previous party struggles, they never killed the other parties until they were driven home.

But Wei Zhongxian is not a scholar, he is a scumbag, and he has no humanity at all.

It has always been the style of Wei Yin people to kill all those who have no ability to resist, which can be seen from Wang An's murder, didn't Wang An be kicked out of the palace first, and then be killed?

Those Donglin Party members who were kicked out of the imperial court and retired at home were all arrested by Wei Zhongxian for fabricating an unjust case. Famous people include: Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wang Wenyan, Gao Panlong, Huang Zunsu, Zhou Shunchang, etc.

In history, there are "Six Gentlemen's Prison", as well as the Seven Gentlemen's Incident, as well as the incident of five ordinary people who sympathized with the Donglin Party, including Yan Peiwei, who calmly died.

Let's just talk about Yang Lian's performance in prison.

In the face of falsified testimony, Yang Lian disdained to defend himself.

Xu Xiancun, one of the five biaos, threatened to torture, but Yang Lian said disdainfully: What are you doing with that strength, kill me directly!

Xu Xianchun would not let Yang Lian die easily, he ordered Yang Lian to be beaten every five days until he couldn't beat him. Yang Lian's jaw was knocked out and his teeth were knocked out, but there was no confession. Later, Xu Xianchun used a steel brush, and after several times, Yang Lian's body was incomplete, "the skin and flesh were broken like silk", but Yang Lian still scolded endlessly.

After countless failures, Xu Xianchun realized that it was impossible to make this person bow his head. And so the assassination came into play.

Because Yang Lian was brought into it because of economic problems, the crime does not lead to death, so he will be assassinated without leaving a trace. So he couldn't slash and stab with a sword, Xu Xianchun slammed Yang Lian's chest with a copper hammer, almost breaking all his ribs, but Yang Lian didn't die.

Yang Lian is not only an iron gall, but also a steel and iron skeleton.

To be honest, I hope Yang Lian dies soon, because I can't bear to see such a good man being tortured in the future.

The copper hammer was not killed, and Xu Xianchun used the darkest killing technique in prison - the cloth bag to press himself. At night, while the prisoner was sleeping, he pressed a cloth bag full of soil on the prisoner.

According to the scholar Fang Bao: Ordinary people suppress it at night and die at dawn, with absolute quality and quantity. But Yang Lian stood up the next day, patted the soil on his body, and covered the quilt all night.

can't ask for a confession, and he can't even kill people, Xu Xianchun is crazy. ordered the iron nail to be driven into Yang Lian's ear, but Yang Lian was still not dead, but began to be confused.

The steely man knew that his time in this world was short, so he smiled and bit his fingers, wrote his last suicide note in blood, hid it in a pillow, and was easily discovered by a guard.

It should be noted that the guard originally planned to take out the blood book to ask for merit and reward, but after reading the content of the blood book, he immediately changed his mind and risked his life to keep the book.

Three years later, when the truth was revealed, he took out this blood book and showed it to the world:

"Benevolence and righteousness in a lifetime, died in prison, it is unspeakable to die, why regret to the sky, why complain to others? With this thought, it can finally be seen that the first emperor is in the sky, and the two ancestors and ten sects are in the emperor's land, and the world will last forever!

Laughing and laughing, slashing the east wind, what is there to me!"

"Ripples are boneless, and the corpse is for maggots, and they are willing.

May the country be strong, saint-de-ming, and enjoy the blessings of peace in the sea for a long time.

This foolish thought will not change until death. ”

The blood book dripping with blood is the blood of the fingers, but it is the blood of the heart.

At the last moment, Yang Lian did not complain about the misery of his personal fate, nor did he complain about the injustice of Daming to him. What permeated between the lines was his wish for the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the expectation of the emperor. Perhaps he had long been disappointed in the carpenter emperor Zhu Xizong, but he did not complain.

He defended the path he followed with his life, and he interpreted the power of faith with his calm death! He set an example of what a true warrior is by his actions!

The copper hammer was not killed, the soil bag was not crushed, the nail was not nailed to the ear, Xu Xianchun was trembling, what kind of person was he facing? The executioner Xu, who was about to go crazy, picked up a big nail and drove it into the top of Yang Lian's head.

This time, a miracle did not happen, and Yang Lian finally completed his heroic, bitter and legendary life.

At the same time as Yang Lian fell, a great martyr rose vigorously in the land of Shenzhou like the rising sun, illuminating the dark Daming sky.

Hundreds of years later, Tan Sitong who "smiled at the sky with a horizontal sword" appeared in order to change the law, Deng Shichang who lived and died with the ship, Lin Juemin and Yu Peilun who bravely sacrificed their lives for the democratic republic, Ji Hongchang who "I don't regret this" in order to resist Japan, Zhang Zizhong who entered and exited several times in the encirclement of the Japanese army, and Yang Jingyu who frightened the Japanese army......

I don't know if these heroes knew about Yang Lian's deeds, but what is certain is that they are the same as Yang Lian: martyrdom for the sake of faith.

It is precisely because of these martyrs that the Chinese nation has survived the many calamities and tribulations of modern times without dying out in the world.

Yang Lian, as well as martyrs like him, are the hardest backbone of the Chinese nation!