In the first year of Hongguang, 1645, December 18th. Facing the aggressive offensive of the Qing army, Emperor Zhu Yousong, who had been hiding in the harem to enjoy himself, could not sit still for a long time. He issued an edict to ascend the court, summoned civil and military officials, and discussed To cope with the Qing army's attack.
To be honest, there is nothing to discuss, because everyone now knows that only the merchant army in the entire south can withstand the Qing army's attack. The only way to save Nanjing is to transfer the merchant army to Nanjing to garrison. Therefore, the court meeting There is only one purpose, which is to persuade the Donglin Party faction currently in power to agree to mobilize Shang Yi to send troops to defend Nanjing.
In fact, Qian Qianyi, Huang Zongxi, Hou Xun, and the Fourth Young Masters who are now in power all know this in their hearts. Some people, including among them, have suggested that Shang Yi be dispatched to send troops. But during this period of time, Shang Yi not only In the [Hangzhou Times], articles were published continuously attacking the Donglin Party, and three formal memorials were sent to the Nanjing court, not only asking the court to remove Qian Qianyi, Huang Zongxi and others, and to re-appoint Shi Kefa and Wu Zong, but even hinted that The Donglin Party has now controlled the imperial court and emptied out the emperor. Therefore, as long as the imperial court orders it, it can lead troops to Beijing, and the Qing Dynasty will be in conflict with Donglin.
Under such circumstances, Qian Qianyi, Huang Zongxi and others certainly did not dare to mobilize Shang Yi to enter Nanjing. Hou Fangyu even said that once Shang Yi was mobilized to enter Beijing, the Donglin Party members would repeat the tragedy of the Tianqi Year and die. There was no place to be buried, so he would rather wait until the Qing army came to the city and try to make peace with the Qing army, or abandon Nanjing and flee, rather than mobilize Shang Yi to lead his army into Beijing. This view of his also gained many other followers. Lin Dang’s approval.
If you are a real political veteran, you will understand that although Shang Yi said it very harshly, in fact it is just a common routine in the political field. To put it bluntly, it is exaggerated and the price is exorbitant. In fact, there is a lot of room for relaxation. , after all, within the scope of politics, nothing cannot be compromised. Otherwise, with Shang Yi's current strength and military strength, he would have been able to march straight into the city of Nanjing long ago.
It's a pity that the political wisdom of the Donglin Party has never been very high, and it is also accustomed to a simple way of thinking that is either black or white, right or wrong, one of our own or the enemy, and only goes to extremes without any middle ground, so it is simply impossible To make correct judgments and choices, we can only insist on insisting on not adjusting to Shang Yi, but facing the approaching Qing army, we are helpless and unable to come up with a way to deal with it.
However, this time in the Golden Palace, many ministers knew that the situation was urgent, so they all suggested that Shang Yi should be immediately mobilized to lead his troops to Beijing to defend Nanjing. Some ministers even thought that it was too late to mobilize Shang Yi now, so they suggested to Zhu You Song immediately fought against Hangzhou and hid in Shang Yi's sphere of influence. Others were very dissatisfied with the Donglin Party's style and demanded that Qian Qianyi, Huang Zongxi and others resign immediately to thank the world.
These opinions were obviously not acceptable to Qian Qianyi, Huang Zongxi and others, so the two sides soon started a fierce debate in the Golden Palace, and the theme and content of the debate soon went off topic and changed. It became mutual attacks and accusations. In the beginning, they were talking one after another, but then it became two people, three people fighting over each other, and finally everyone was involved, and the entire Golden Palace was in chaos. There was a group of people. Emperor Zhu Yousong, who was sitting in the highest position in the middle of the hall, was ignored by all the officials.
I don’t know how long the quarrel lasted, but Zhu Yousong stood up from the dragon chair with the support of Lu Jiude, raised his foot, and kicked a porcelain vase beside the dragon chair to the ground. The sound of "crash" finally reminded him After noticing the presence of the emperor, all the ministers slowly stopped and looked at Zhu Yousong sitting on the throne.
At this time, Lu Jiude said sharply: "This is in the Golden Palace. How dare you make such a noise? What a disgrace! This is too disrespectful of the emperor."
After hearing this, all the ministers couldn't help but feel a little guilty in their hearts, so they all knelt on the ground and said, "I don't dare."
Zhu Yousong then spoke and said: "Now that the Qing army is approaching, the situation is critical. I have made up my mind to immediately recruit merchants and Yi to lead his troops into the capital to defend it. The cabinet will immediately vote on it and give it to me for approval. I will immediately issue an order to Hangzhou. "
As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Qianyi immediately stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, you must not do it. Shang Yi respects his own troops and has great ambitions. If he is transferred to the capital, or if the young emperor recruits Dong Zhuo, there will be great disaster."
Huang Zongxi, Hou Xun, Hou Fangyu, Fang Yizhi and others also stood up one after another and said: "Your Majesty, you must not invite merchant Yi to come to Beijing."
Zhu Yousong said: "If I don't invite merchants to enter the capital, how can I resist if the Qing army is advancing?"
Qian Qianyi and Huang Zongxi immediately couldn't answer, and Hou Xun hurriedly said: "The army of Qing captives is just a scabies disease, but Shang Yi has been harboring evil intentions for a long time, and is the innermost trouble of the imperial court. The emperor cannot..."
"Fart." Zhu Yousong was so anxious that he even uttered vulgar words, "The Qingqi already occupied half of our country in the Ming Dynasty. Now hundreds of thousands of troops are marching down the river, and they are still plagued by scabies. Looking south of the Yangtze River, those who can defeat the Qingqi. There is only one Shang Yi, but you are pushing back and blocking him. You do not allow Shang Yi to lead his army to Beijing and delay the military flight. What's the point?"
Qian Qianyi said: "I am all loyal. Please let the emperor take a closer look."
Hearing that he said that he was loyal, Zhu Yousong became more and more angry and said: "What kind of loyalty do you have? The Qinglu army has destroyed the city. You can surrender to the Qinglu to save your own lives. Only I will die without a doubt. This is your loyalty." ?”
Since Zhu Yousong came to the throne, he has never behaved very strongly. He has always been gentle and gentle, giving people the impression of a good temper. Ma Shiying was the villain. Even during the fake prince case, he was not like this in the Golden Palace. I was in a hurry, but this time when my life and death were at stake, I finally became popular.
However, although his words were harsh, his usual docile behavior did not pay much attention to the Donglin Party. After all, in their hearts, Zhu Yousong was a useless emperor, so his attitude was still tough. Qian Qianyi immediately said : "The loyalty of my ministers can be seen in heaven and earth, but when it comes to bringing Shang Yi to the capital, I would not dare to follow the imperial edict even if I die."
Upon hearing that Qian Qianyi still refused to compromise, Zhu Yousong came down the steps and made an astonishing move. He ripped off the dragon crown on his head and held it in front of Qian Qianyi and others. He said: "Okay, since I can't command you, then I will no longer be the emperor. Which of you is willing to be the emperor?" As he said, he said "Putong", knelt down on the ground, and put the dragon crown on himself. In front of him, he said: "Mr. Qian, you will be the emperor. Otherwise, Mr. Huang, Mr. Hou, anyone can be the emperor. I will give up the throne immediately."
No one in the hall expected that Zhu Yousong would come out like this. They were all stunned and speechless for a while. Qian Qianyi, Huang Zongxi, Hou Xun and others were also shocked. It took me a while to come back to my senses. Everyone was so frightened that they were sweating and at a loss. Although Zhu Yousong was not the emperor's candidate preferred by the Donglin Party, and what he did after he succeeded to the throne was... He is also a standard image of a faint emperor, but he is now recognized as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The Donglin Party cannot deny this, and they have never dared to deny it. When the Donglin Party fought against Ma Shiying, they never wanted to Zhu Yousong's push, including the three major mystery cases in Nandu, was just an excuse to fight Ma Shiying, and he did not really want to overthrow Zhu Yousong.
Although in another time and space, Huang Zongxi once wrote that Zhu Yousong's identity was false, but at that time the Nanming Dynasty had already perished and the Qing Dynasty had already established China. Therefore, it does not mean that Huang Zongxi had any intention of deposing Zhu Yousong when Zhu Yousong was in power. .And whether it is the moral concepts of the people in Donglin or the purpose of Donglin, it is impossible to really have such an idea.
Therefore, everyone hurriedly knelt down on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads, and kept kowtowing. They only hit the ground with a "bang bang" sound. They kept saying: "I don't dare, I don't dare even if I die."
Seeing the panic and uneasiness of everyone in Donglin, Zhu Yousong couldn't help but get excited. After all, he had been bullied by this group of people a lot, so he ignored them and said loudly: "Lu Jiude."
Lu Jiude had been following Zhu Yousong and immediately responded: "Your Majesty, this old slave is here."
Zhu Yousong snorted and said, "Don't call me the emperor. The emperor is among them now. Please prepare a pen and paper for me immediately. I want to issue an edict to abdicate."
Lu Jiude also knelt down, pulled Zhu Yousong's sleeves, and cried loudly: "Emperor, you can't do this! Even if I die, I can't let you abdicate."
The other officials also came to their senses and kowtowed, saying: "Your Majesty, you can't do this!"
However, Zhu Yousong became more and more enthusiastic, waving his hands, throwing away Lu Jiude, and said: "Don't hold me, this emperor, I mean nothing is appropriate. If it is inappropriate, whoever of you likes to do it will do it."
At this time, Lu Jiude was crying and suddenly cursed: "Qian Qianyi, Huang Zongxi, Hou Xun, look at what you have done to the emperor. You are all guilty of capital crimes and you should all kill the nine tribes. "
This sentence reminded many officials, and suddenly someone said loudly: "Your Majesty, your ministers, including Qian Qianyi, Huang Zongxi, Hou Xun and others, did not abide by the rules of the ministers, bullied the emperor, and dared to arbitrarily abolish the throne. , it is still a heinous crime, I ask you to take him down immediately and hand it over to the Three Justices Division to discuss the crime."
One person opened fire, and someone else immediately said, "What charges are you still discussing? I think we should push him out of the Meridian Gate immediately and beat him to death with a cane."
Another person said: "It would be easier for them to beat them to death with a cane. I think they should be executed with Lingchi."
"It's not enough to just execute them, we should also exterminate all the nine tribes."
"Why destroy nine tribes? We must destroy ten tribes."
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At this time, Qian Qianyi, Huang Zongxi, Hou Xun and others, some heard clearly, some did not hear clearly, but no one dared to say a word to defend themselves, they just kept kowtowing, and some Even his forehead was bruised, and blood dripped on the ground of the Golden Palace.