On the seventh day of April in the eleventh year of Wanli, Zhao Yumin, the inspector general of Shandong, went to court to impeach Li Chengliang, the chief military officer of Liaodong, Ning Yuanbo. The charges of impeachment were selfishness and unfair rewards and punishments.
Zhao Yumin’s impeachment was obviously inspired by Gao Pragmatic—he and Gao Pragmatic were considered “old friends.”
As early as the seventh year of Wanli, Zhao Yumin, who was in charge of the official affairs at that time, once impeached Ling Yunyi, who had offended Gao Pragmatic [Note: See Chapter 141 of the "Guan Jinghua" volume "Whose Thunder"],
Later, when Gao pragmatic was appointed as the inspector of Guangxi, Zhao Yumin had been promoted to the post of Chief Envoy of Guangxi, Si Zuo Shen Zheng [Note: See Chapter 046 of the "Guangxi" volume, "Thinking about Tian Yang, Guangdong and Cenhuang"], and he also had a lot of contacts with Gao pragmatic
.
At the end of last year, Zhao Yumin passed the exam in Guangxi for three years and was promoted to Shandong Inspector. He also met Gao Pangshi. It seemed like they were really destined.
Of course, the main reason why Zhao Yumin could easily accept Gao Pragmatic's instructions to impeach a figure like Li Chengliang was because his mentor was Guo Pu.
Since Zhao Yumin was on the gold list for the fifth year of Longqing, Gao Pragmatic always respectfully calls him senior brother.
Senior brother and junior brother, it’s just a matter of who gets on the gold list. In fact, within the Shi School, Zhao Yumin’s status is obviously much lower than Gao Pragmatic. Since Gao Pragmatic asked him to do something, how could he refuse? Besides, he always felt that this Shandong Inspector
The fact that it fell on his head may be due to his high pragmatism.
It is said that when the cabinet was handling these transfers, he had several places to go, including Yunnan, Shaanxi and Shandong, and his position was all as an inspector. Among these three provinces, Shandong was obviously the best, so the competition was fierce.
, in the end it was Yuan Fu Zhang Siwei who made the decision himself.
Zhao Yumin felt that the reason why Yuan Fu urged him to come to Shandong was mostly due to his high pragmatism - after all, Shandong and Liaodong are integrated in terms of government affairs!
Sure enough, he had only been in Shandong for three months, and Gao Pragmatic asked him for help with something.
The impeachment of the provincial commander-in-chief is not a big or small matter for a provincial inspector, but it also depends on the person. Li Chengliang is obviously not an ordinary commander-in-chief.
It would not be a big problem if the Shandong Inspector, the Shandong Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or the Military Affairs Bureau impeached someone, but it would still be a bit dangerous to impeach the inspector.
However, Zhao Yumin was not afraid, and was even a little eager to give it a try. The inside story was really not enough for outsiders to understand. Anyway, in Zhao Lianxian's view, helping Gao Pragmatic was simply a precursor to promotion and wealth.
Zhao Lianxian's impeachment is not serious at all. After all, the crime of "serving selfish interests and unfair rewards and punishments" can be serious or minor, and Zhao Lianxian's impeachment is aimed at Li Chengliang's handling of Kaiyuan, Fushun and other horse markets.
Since the status of the Jurchens in the eyes of the imperial court was relatively average, it should not be a big problem normally.
The main criticism of Li Chengliang in Zhao Yumin's memorial was that he believed that Li Chengliang had some tricks on the distribution of imperial documents captured in previous wars.
He said that 70% of the edicts seized by Li Chengliang were allocated to the Hada tribe, and 10% were allocated to the Huifa and Ula tribes. These three companies accounted for 90% of the total, and these three companies were all from Haixi.
Jurchen.
Putting aside the Ye He tribe, which has been the focus of defense in recent years, the Jianzhou five divisions only received 10% in total, and the Changbaishan three divisions basically did not. Even if there were a few, they were at a level that could be "negligible"
, and let’s not even mention the wilder Jurchens who are farther away.
Regarding this situation, Zhao Lianxian believed that it was a manifestation of Li Chengliang's "selfishness", because the Haixi Fourth Division is closest to Li Chengliang's hometown Tieling, and many of Li Chengliang's servants are "Yiding" from the Haixi Fourth Division. Among them
Especially the Hada tribe.
Zhao Lianxian even came up with a data, saying that among Li Chengliang's family members, there were about 4,000 "Yiding" who were born in the Hada tribe, and "nearly a thousand" were born in the Huifa tribe, and even
There were five to six hundred "Yiding" from the Yehe tribe, but the Ula tribe was blocked by the three previous tribes, so only about a hundred people served in Li Chengliang's army.
Zhao Lianxian said that it was for this reason that Li Chengliang paid special attention to the Hada Department in allocating imperial edicts, which led to a serious consequence, that is, "all the departments had resentments" and were all "hostile to Hada", which not only made the Hada Department "
"Everyone is an enemy", and it also made the Jurchen tribes think that the court was unfair, seriously damaging the emperor's prestige.
All in all, Zhao Lianxian believes that the Hada tribe was attacked by Ye He and the Mongolian coalition last year, and the Huifa and Ula tribes, both of which are Haixi Jurchens, were clearly recognized by the court as "subject to Hada" tribes, but they chose to stay put.
Because the imperial court was already unfair in their eyes, and Beile of Hada was no longer worthy of being the "Lord of Manchuria" in their eyes.
In other words, all of this was caused by Li Chengliang's selfishness and unfair rewards and punishments.
An impeachment like this, which is almost entirely inference except for a few data, will of course not have any immediate effect, so the court's reaction was not big. It just transferred the impeachment to Li Chengliang in Guangning as usual.
Let him defend himself.
When Li Chengliang received the news, he was discussing matters with his three younger brothers, Li Chengcai, Li Chengshi and Li Chenglin.
Coincidentally, they were also discussing the situation of Kaiyuan.
Li Chenglin, the fourth brother who "stayed" in his hometown of Tieling on weekdays and was in charge of the Li family's affairs in northern Liaoning, was saying that he had discovered that someone had recently secretly inspected the Li family's business in Kaiyuan Horse Market, but was interrupted by Li Rubai who came in a hurry.
"Dad, second uncle, third uncle, and old uncle (the youngest uncle in the Northeast is called old uncle), there is an urgent report from the court."
Li Chengliang frowned and looked at Li Rubai, and asked in an unhappy tone: "Urgent report, how urgent is it?"
"You have been impeached." Li Rubai said: "The court asked you to go to court to defend yourself."
This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Chengliang snorted: "You and I are not impeached in any month of the year. Why are you so anxious? Let the masters take a look first and let them draft a self-defense book and bring it over.
That’s all I see.”
Li Rubai said quickly: "There is something different this time. It was Zhao Yumin, the new Shandong Inspector-General at the end of last year, who impeached us."
"Zhao Yumin?" Li Chengliang tilted his head and thought for a while, then frowned and said: "I remember he is Guo Dongye's disciple...heh, why is he impeaching me?"
"He impeached you for serving selfishly and unfairly rewarding and punishing you." Li Rubai raised the official document in his hand and said: "He said that the Hada tribe was beaten last year because you were partial to Hada, which caused the Hada tribe to be hated by the Jurchen tribes, so that's why Ye
He and the Mongolian Tatars were beaten."
"Absurd!" Li Chengliang leaned on the back of the Grand Master's chair and said with disdain: "Guo Dongye's disciple is actually at this level? How did this guy get here?"
Li Rubai couldn't answer this question, but Li Chengcai was very familiar with the anecdotes of the imperial court. After hearing this, he immediately replied: "Zhao Yumin has climbed up along the thigh of Gao Qiuzhen. In the seventh year of Wanli, he and his brother Lin Yicai
The two cooperated to help Gao Qiuzhen impeach Ling Yunyi, and later...if I remember correctly, they served in Guangxi together with Gao Qiuzhen. If nothing else, he, the Shandong inspector, might have been helped by Gao Qiuzhen.
I got it from Zhang Puzhou."
As soon as he heard that it was related to Gao Pragmatic, Li Chengliang suddenly became serious, sat up straight, and waved to Li Rubai: "Bring it to me and see."
Li Rubai quickly handed over the official document in his hands, and Li Chengliang grabbed it and opened it to take a closer look.
After looking at it for a while, he handed the official document back to Li Rubai and instructed: "Give it to your second uncle and the others." Li Rubai did not dare to neglect and hurriedly sent it to Li Chengcai again.
After Li Chengcai read it, he frowned and handed it to Li Chengshi, while hesitantly said to Li Chengliang: "This matter... seems a little strange."
"Don't worry, there's something fishy." Li Chengliang said with some annoyance: "I don't know this Zhao Yumin, so he shouldn't have any reason to play this trick with me. I think this means he is seeking truth."
Li Chengcai nodded, but then said: "But what's the use of Gao Qiuzhen talking about this? Zhao Yumin's stuff, except for those few people who can clearly count the number of people, the rest are all bullshit.
, there is no evidence whatsoever, if you send this kind of thing to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, can the Emperor believe it?"
"So I say something is fishy." Li Chengliang frowned and said thoughtfully: "We have dealt with Gao Qiuzhen a few times. Do you think he is a fool?"
Li Chengcai waved his hand and said: "That's naturally impossible. Brother, what you mean is that Gao Qiuzhen's move... has an ulterior motive?"
Li Chengliang twisted his beard and thought: "I think there is an ulterior motive for sure, but the question is what is his intention... This kind of innocuous thing really doesn't seem like his method. Don't forget me.
As I told you a few days ago, as early as when the late emperor Long Yu Bintian, the downfall of Zhang Taiyue and Feng Shuanglin was very strange. It didn't look like an accident, nor did it look like Gao Xinzheng's style, but it was very similar to Gao Qiu later.
Real style.”
Li Chengcai responded: "Yes, what my brother said is right. It is true that Gao Xinzheng is very active in his work, but he rarely engages in intrigues and tricks. He is always straightforward. But Gao Qiuzhen is like a poisonous snake, either not moving or moving.
It costs lives... If such a painless impeachment is said to have come from him, it would indeed be a bit strange."
Li Chengshi, the third eldest son of the Li family, suddenly interjected and said: "Eldest brother, second brother, have you noticed one thing? Although Gao Qiuzhen is quite at odds with our Li family, he seems to have never treated his eldest brother.
Offended in death, it’s as if there is always some strength left.”
Li Chenglin also agreed with this sentence and said: "Yes, the younger brother has also discovered this. Although he always has trouble with the elder brother, he has never been ruthless... Uh, second brother, forgive me."
Li Chengcai knew what the youngest meant. What he just said about Li Rugui being dismissed from office and jailed by Gao Pragmatic was "not cruel", so he said "forgive me".
It didn't matter. Although Li Rugui was Li Chengcai's son, his position in the Li family was obviously not very important. Although Li Chenglin's words were a bit more direct, they were not wrong, so Li Chengcai waved his hand and said it was okay.
Li Chengliang thought for a while and asked: "Is there a possibility that Gao Qiuzhen is convinced that I, Li Chengliang, have already voted for Shen Cifu and the others? Gao Qiuzhen has nothing to do with me at the moment, so he only uses these small means to remind or warn
I?"
Li Chengcai shook his head and said: "I don't think it looks like it. Brother, if it is as you said, Gao Qiuzhen dared to take action against a person like Zhang Jiangling ten years ago, then ten years later today, would he be less courageous?"
Even though Gao Xinzheng was still in power ten years ago, isn't Zhang Puzhou still in power now? How big of a difference can this make? What's more, Gao Qiuzhen's true reliance now is probably...that man."
When Li Chengcai said this, he pointed to the sky, and then continued: "In this case, how could he take action because he was worried about Shen Cifu's reaction?"
Li Rubai couldn't help but said at this time: "I think what Gao Qiu is really afraid of is the army in his father's hands..."
"Shut up. As my father is talking to your three uncles, do you have the right to interrupt?" Li Chengliang glared at his son.
Li Rubai didn't dare to refute, so he shut up in frustration.
"Brother, do you think Gao Qiu is interested in our business?" Li Chenglin frowned and said, "Why else would Zhao Yumin not mention anything else but just talk about the situation over there?"
Li Chengliang frowned and said, "You mean the horse market?"
"Yes, brother, please don't forget that Gao Qiuzhen has just returned to Liaoyang from Kaiyuan." Li Chenglin replied.
This time Li Chengliang did not answer immediately, but began to think carefully. On the contrary, Li Chengcai shook his head and said: "Although Gao Qiuzhen is rich and powerful, he does not look like a greedy person. I heard that he and
For Tumut's business, the Ministry of Revenue is given more than 200,000 taels a year, and several ports are even more powerful. Last year, it seems that the Ministry of Revenue was given nearly 400,000 taels.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If you add some other businesses, last year alone, the Jinghua family alone gave the court not even one million taels of silver, but they had to have seven
Eight hundred thousand taels... How much money is this? How much is our income in Kaiyuan, or even in the entire Liaodong horse market? Do we have eleven (one-tenth) of this money? I don't think it's too much.
I really appreciate this little money."
Li Chenglin was a little dissatisfied and said: "Second brother, that's not what you said. Who can think of money as too much?"
This time, before Li Chengcai had time to speak, Li Chengliang spoke up and said, "I don't believe Gao Qiu is really interested in this little money." His eyes were a little cold and he said, "I think Gao Qiu really wants to remind me that he
We already know where our Li family’s money for raising soldiers comes from…”
Li Chengshi was a little puzzled and asked: "But what if you know this? There are so many generals in the imperial court, who doesn't have a servant? The money to support the servants always comes from those kinds of sources. We can rely on the mountains and the water, and we can't rely on the generals.
What does the horse market rely on? Is it possible to make a living with just military personnel (free pay)?"
Li Chengliang shook his head and said: "I think Gao Qiuzhen should understand this truth, but he may not necessarily want me to spit out the money... I still suspect that he is forcing me to 'get off the boat'."
Disembark?
Li Chengliang's three younger brothers looked at each other and understood the meaning of the word. Li Chengcai hesitated and said: "Brother, what you mean is that Gao Qiu is really forcing you to side with their Gao Dang? But he wasn't afraid ten years ago.
Zhang Taiyue should not be afraid of Shen Yaoquan now, is it necessary to do this?"
Li Chengliang thought for a while and felt that Li Chengcai's idea was not unreasonable. He pondered and said with a cold tone: "If this is not the case, then there is only one possibility - Gao Qiuzhen wants to completely control Liaodong, so he must force
I have to bow down to him and obey his advice."
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