Chapter 8 Wanli passed away (please collect and recommend)
"Pay attention to who Taisun has met?"
"That's right, the prince favors us Donglin. Even if he shows favor to other civil servants, we are the ones who came first.
But my grandson...has no one to rely on, so I'm worried that he will be taken advantage of by traitors."
Wang An thought for a while, it was impossible... But considering that according to the information he had passed on, Zhou Jiamo, the Minister of Civil Affairs, had suffered a loss, which was indeed bad news for himself and Donglin.
"Okay, these days are unusual. I will keep a close eye on you in the palace."
"Please, Your Majesty."
Wang An then returned to the palace with worries, and happened to meet Wang Tiqian who was out to recall Wei Jinzhong.
After he left, the three mainstays of the Donglin Party discussed for a while in the teahouse.
They have long disliked Emperor Wanli.
On the surface, it is said that Wanli was "lazy and did not go to court", but in fact his governing philosophy was very different from Wanli's.
They knew that Wanli held great power. They knew that close ministers were common in Wanli and ordinary civil servants were rare. They had nothing else in their hands except financial and military power.
This is completely opposite to the "saint king" in their minds.
Originally, Wanli was seriously ill, and they had been planning for the prince Zhu Changluo for a long time. It was only a matter of time before he came to power.
But suddenly it happened that the emperor's eldest grandson was appointed as the emperor's grandson, and the prince imitated Liu Bei again.
Wang Wenyan, the think tank of the Donglin Party, previously took the lead in driving a wedge between the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties, absorbed small rural parties such as the Qin Party, and arranged for the prince to serve as eunuch Wang An. He was a key figure in the rise of Donglin.
His current identity is as a visitor to Wang An's Mansion, and he can tell at a glance that something is not right with the recent situation.
The same goes for Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, especially the fact that Zhou Jiamo, the Minister of Civil Affairs, lost face in front of Wanli, which made them feel that the situation was a little different from what they expected.
"After the prince ascends the throne, I am afraid that he may not be able to overthrow his chief minister Fang Congzhe immediately."
"There are also those ministers in the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment. They are old and stupid, and they obey the emperor in everything... They only obey orders and do things. What is the use of Shilin?"
Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou are both very ambitious people. In their own opinion, they must drive away the old and useless mediocre officials and replace them with Donglin colleagues who are ambitious and dare to speak out and act.< /p>
Wang Wenyan thought for a while, then stood up and walked slowly thinking, and finally stopped after half a stick of incense.
"Wenru, Gongzhi." He called Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, then approached the two of them and lowered his voice and said:
"If I, Dong Lin, want to stand out, I still need to make meritorious deeds, make the emperor owe me and others favors, and make Fang Congzhe and high-ranking veterans bear bigger crimes."
Wang Wenyan spoke very directly. He was not a Jinshi, so he didn't want to beat around the bush at this time.
"It is our duty to do so!"
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Smart people include some sensitive officials from the Donglin Party, Zhejiang Party, Xuan Party, and Kunming Party, who noticed that Zhu Changluo was learning from Liu Bei.
The prince is expected to make extensive use of talents, instead of only favoring the Donglin Party as before.
This is a good opportunity, and everyone has seen the expectation. Those who were originally going to cause some damage, but tried to fish in troubled waters, temporarily stopped and waited for the opportunity.
Now we don’t know the prince’s preferences, so we all open our eyes and start to observe.
Everyone is looking forward to it, but Wanli finally fails.
Wearing shoes and walking a few steps brings back the light, and a few days later I feel sick again.
The energy to reflect back is exhausted.
Summer is a time when old illnesses are hard to bear.
Wanli was too tired. He had experienced the iron triangle of Empress Dowager Li, Zhang Juzheng, and Feng Bao during his forty-eight years. He took power and counterattacked. Zhang Juzheng was used by civil servants to cooperate with Shen Shixing to delay the establishment of the crown prince. Over the decades, there have been frequent conflicts between the country and the party...
Despite the military achievements of Wanli's three great expeditions, Sarhu was defeated by Nurhachi, making him even more seriously ill and exhausted.
Finally, he discovered that Zhang Ju was suppressing and guiding civil servants for him...
"There is no Zhang Juzheng in the world...I regret that I can't fulfill Mr. Zhang's expectations..."
Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun died of illness on July 21, the 48th year of Wanli, at the age of fifty-eight.
He lived one year longer than Zhang Juzheng, surpassing only his teacher.
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On the first day of August in the forty-eighth year of Wanli, Prince Zhu Changluo became emperor and changed the name to Taichang. In the second year, the reign title was adopted and he was named Emperor Taichang.
The funeral of the old emperor and the enthronement of the new emperor were very busy.
Not only are things busy, but everyone is also busy mentally.
Emperor Taichang Zhu Changluo promoted Wang An to the position of eunuch, eunuch, eunuch, but he also compromised with Concubine Zheng and agreed to promote Cui Wensheng, the eunuch in the palace, to eunuch Bingbi, eunuch, eunuch.
He found that there was no one to rely on, and he could only talk and work out a balance just like in the palace.
In the court, of course, Fang Congzhe and other Wanli veterans were used. At the same time, Wang Wenyan, Yang Lian and others of the Donglin Party who supported the East Palace were also greatly promoted.
He still remembers the reminder his son gave him to employ people broadly, so he can also promote and appoint those who are capable of dealing with other factions and who are not good at fighting against the party.
According to Wanli's will, Concubine Zheng was also named the Queen Mother. However, except for Concubine Zheng's nephew Zheng Yangxing, who served as the left governor, no one in the government and the public spoke out for this matter. Naturally, Concubine Zheng could not be established as the Queen Mother.
According to what Wanli Tuogu discussed, on July 22nd and 24th in the 48th year of Wanli, 1 million taels of silver were each given to the border guards in Liaodong and other places.
However, Taichang also did something worthy of consideration, but it was almost inevitable that he would do it.
Remove the mining tax, review the tax, and withdraw the mining tax envoy. Add Liu Yijing and Han Kuang to the cabinet. Both of them are Donglin or close to Donglin, strengthening the operation center.
At the same time, an edict was issued stating that a group of officials who had been dismissed during the Wanli period would be promoted and appointed. Fortunately, it was just a signal, rather than directly recalling the Donglin sages.
Zhu Youxiao had to lament that if his father, Zhu Changluo, sat firmly on the throne, he would be a bit like Long Qing.
Emperor Longqing was very loving and decentralized to the civil servants on his side. However, even if Sun Chengzong and other peripheral members were included in Donglin, no one could compare with Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.
Without Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, there would be no need to consider making concessions to civil servants.
This is the biggest difference between me and my father.
The forces in the palace are currently being reshuffled. After Wang An is promoted to Chief of Ceremonies, he will be selecting and eliminating the old people from the Wanli period.
After being reminded by Yang Lian and Wang Wenyan, he placed spies around him to keep an eye on who he interacted with in the palace.
Looking at the eunuch Wei Chao serving beside him, Zhu Youxiao's eyes flashed with a fierce look.
In my hand, I looked through the seventy-one volumes of "Mozi" that have been lost.
Deliberately sighing helplessly, Wei Chao heard the attentive saying: "What trouble has His Royal Highness encountered?"
"I can't read this book~" I fiddled with "Mozi" in my hand, and the gold paper on the cover slipped off.
Wei Chao carefully picked it up and handed it back. He took it into his hand and looked at the words on it and read out: "The seventy-one chapters that have been lost outside... This word is really good, and the signature is written in the lower right corner - Si Li Jian Palm Seal Eunuch
Chen Ju."
"Ah, it's Eunuch Chen back then! He was a literary man. Eunuch Chen had very good personal relationships with many ministers in the imperial court. The great scholar Ye Xianggao especially respected him.
If Eunuch Chen had not passed away due to illness more than ten years ago, our Eunuch Wang An would definitely have been taken care of by Eunuch Chen, and Ciqing Palace would not have been so left out..."