"The imperial censors Zhou Nan, Zhang Nai, Ma Zhongxi, Tang Quan, Liu Xian, officials below the chief administration, Sun Lu, Qi Zheng, Fang Ju, Hua Fu, Jin Xianmin, Liu Xun, Guo Xu, Zhang Yi, doctor Liu Yi, Wang Xin
Wait, all of them will be thrown into jail, and they will be punished after the case is filed and thoroughly investigated."
On October 18, the second year of Zhengde, an imperial edict that shocked the political arena of the Ming Dynasty was issued from the capital.
The above-mentioned people are just the first to be unlucky. The power of Liu Jin and Boss Liu has been fully reflected in this great change in the political arena.
The civil servants all said that Mr. Liu was the "established emperor" and cited several examples to prove that the standing Emperor Liu was more domineering than the seated Emperor Zhu.
If you casually browse through history books, you can find words such as "He also ordered the six branches of Yin to enter and the unitary to exit, so that they could not rest and suffer hardships", or "ordered civil servants not to grant imperial edicts frequently, which hurts civil officials" and the like.
Yes, in a word, Boss Liu is the legendary male king, sent down by God to ravage the civil service group.
But what is the reality?
Again, if you still believe in love, then please stay away from political topics, because it is really not suitable for a kind-hearted person like you.
If you can already cry and yell "I don't believe in love anymore", then you can continue to observe the real Boss Liu.
After clearing the fog of history, the Boss Liu who appears before us is actually a very capable old eunuch.
If you don't know how to do it, you can definitely trick him.
He knew that his knowledge was not as good as that of the treacherous guy Li Dongyang, nor that of talented children like Yang Tinghe, so he was very self-aware.
Whenever he encountered a political matter that he didn't understand, he would discuss it with his brother-in-law Sun Cong and the dog-headed military advisor Zhang Wenmian, and then hand it over to Jiao Fang, Zhang Cai and others for review. Finally, he would consult Li Dongyang and others in order to get the best of everyone.
Try not to make big mistakes.
As for the civil servants' accusation of "Liu Ke Yin enters and You goes out", everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty had the habit of morning court. At Yin time in the morning, ministers were all queuing up to go to the morning court, including Mr. Liu. How could you, a small civil servant in the Sixth Section?
How can we come later than the cabinet ministers? And Youshi, please, it’s just before dinner, and Mr. Liu has just finished handling government affairs. Junior civil servants, do you still want to get off work early?
Let alone the Ming Dynasty, even in modern society, which subordinate would dare to arrive late and leave early before his boss? You don’t want to mess around, right?
The civil servants dared to say this, which showed that their life in the past was too comfortable, and they were asked to work longer and work more efficiently, so they complained endlessly.
Not to mention Boss Liu, any boss would just get angry. In addition, Boss Liu himself is not a good man and a believer, so he is very easy to do things like "painting the officials".
If a eunuch wants to suppress a civil servant, a man without a younger brother, or a man with a younger brother, he will definitely not be able to do so without resorting to some drastic measures.
On this point, people from later generations who hang out on a large novel website have the best say: "Eunuchs have no human rights!"
Liu Jin not only punished civil servants, he also punished eunuchs.
For example, Gu Dayong, one of the Eight Tigers, opened an imperial shop in Linqing for personal gain, but was punished by Liu Jin; Ma Yongcheng accepted bribes and promoted Shao Qi, a member of the Jinyi Hundred Household, but was still punished by Boss Liu. As for other eunuchs who were punished by Boss Liu, there are
There are so many that I won’t list them all one by one.
Later, in the battle to overthrow Liu, the Eight Tigers stood opposite Boss Liu and joined forces with the civil servants. From a certain aspect, it also reflected that Boss Liu was really not a "treacherous and incompetent person".
Boss Liu has many methods, some of which are excessive, but from an objective standpoint, this is also a self-protection strategy. It cannot be said to be right or wrong, let alone whether it is just or not...
Politics has never been related to the word justice. The winners are princes and the losers are bandits. This is the true face of politics.
The political earthquake caused by Qin Dongyi, a Japanese, was caused by Boss Liu's efforts in governance in another period of history.
But the cause is not important, because Boss Liu has been preparing for this matter for a long time.
Why? Because his political status has risen to a terrifying height.
Let’s take a look at Mr. Liu in October of the second year of Zhengde. At that time, “No one below the rank of a prince or a nobleman dared to salute. Every time he paid a private visit, he would kneel before him.” This meant that in front of Mr. Liu, as long as he was not the highest-level official of the central government,
Everyone has to kneel down and worship!
The Ming Dynasty was not "the Qing Dynasty". At that time, the officials' knees were still very hard. Most of those who knelt down to Shangguan were treacherous villains and tycoons of the generation. Anyone with any sense of integrity would not bother to kneel down.
on the ground.
Even eunuchs with official positions faced the emperor, and some called themselves "ministers" instead of slaves.
Of course, the relationship between the Eight Tigers and Zhu Shou cannot be simply described as a slave. The feelings between these nine people are incomprehensible to later generations of modern people.
Since most of the court officials have knelt down, there are only two situations: first, Liu Jin's gang members have infiltrated into all departments of the court and account for the vast majority; second, Liu Jin's iron-blooded methods have made
Officials who were originally thick-kneed became weak-kneed after being hit by an arrow.
The word "private interview" tells us that the second situation does not exist, otherwise there would not be many official purges, so only the first situation can exist.
What is a "private visit"? To put it simply, it means going to the leader's home privately and through the back door. According to the experience of later generations, we can know that if the person who can come to the door is not one of his own, the leader will not accept the gift.
Since there are disciples all over the world and lackeys all over the court, when the memorial comes up, it must first go to Boss Liu, which is called the "red copy". After Boss Liu has read it, it can then go to the Secretary of General Affairs, which is called the "white copy".
Both the civil and military officials in the court called Mr. Liu Eunuch Liu. They did not dare to call him by his name as it was considered a taboo.
This is a great and glorious era of eunuchs, because "eunuch" is still an honorific title and is not a lost dog of later generations.
Once, when the Imperial Procuratorate submitted a report, he mistakenly wrote Boss Liu's name. As a result, Boss Liu scolded him so hard that Tu Yu, the censor of the capital, had to lead his subordinates to kneel down and beg for mercy.
From one aspect, this incident showed the overwhelming power of Boss Liu. Of course, from another aspect, it also showed that the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were all idle guys who had eaten too much and were looking for trouble, such as Zhou Nan mentioned above.
Boss Liu is so powerful. He is less than one person and more powerful than ten thousand people. He is a eunuch and cannot be the emperor. Besides, he has never thought about rebelling and usurping the throne. Although the other seven tigers have some feelings for Boss Liu,
What I am dissatisfied with is that my intelligence, ability and power are all far behind, so I can only stare.
When there is nothing more a person can climb, Mr. Liu wants to leave his name in history.
We all know that Mr. Liu, like all famous politicians, has done countless bad things in his life. Although bad things can still leave a mark in history, they are just notoriety. Good things can last forever.
So what is a good thing and what is a bad thing?
It is not a moral standard, but a political standard: what is beneficial to the country is a good thing; what is not beneficial to the country is a bad thing.
Some people may say, what is good for the country is also good for the people, isn’t it also in line with moral standards?
People who think this way can only say that they are kind and believe in love.
Let's avoid the subject of love; this book is mainly about politics.
In short, Boss Liu is ready to do good things. He has done countless bad things in his life. Every bad thing has made him like a fish in water, and his power has become stronger and stronger, until he climbed to the top of the pyramid of the Ming Dynasty's ruling group...
He had never thought about the consequences of a traitor who had been doing bad things all his life and suddenly did a few good things.
Let’s not mention this consequence for the moment, because Boss Liu is not ready to receive the lunch box yet. Let us first take a look at the good thing he is planning to do.
"Sending envoys to inspect the border warehouses" was the first good thing Mr. Liu did. How should I put it? It was actually sending people to inspect the border warehouses.
This matter sounds simple, but in fact it is very complicated. Ming Dynasty’s border issues are known as the most difficult problem in the world.
To solve this problem, unless Brother Chong is reincarnated, no one can do anything about it, because Boss Liu, who has all the power in the world, finally fell into this problem, so that no one could solve it until the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
However, Boss Liu doesn't know that he will die over border issues at the moment. He just wants to do a few good things.
The first thing is to conduct a thorough inspection of the grain warehouses at the border.
For doing this, the first person to be investigated was Zhou Nan, the censor of the capital. He collected the most bribes, so when it comes to evaluating a political figure, you really can't look at his performance. You have to go deep into the historical materials to find out this guy's behavior.
Fox tail.
Zhou Nan is a guy who hides his tail very well. On the surface, the loyal and courageous censor of Zhoudu secretly accepted bribes from border civil and military officials. He had been treated softly for a long time, and his family was incredibly wealthy. In the end, even Yang Yiqing couldn't stand it.
, saying "We are all broke" means: Mr. Zhou, why haven't you broken up your family yet?
Regarding Qin Dongyi's mission, Boss Liu did Zhu Shou a big favor by getting rid of Zhou Nan, so even though Li Dongyang and others came out to remonstrate, Zhu Shou still agreed to Jiao Fang's request.
The combined power of Boss Liu and the emperor, as we have already mentioned in the previous article, was unstoppable by anyone in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, under the specific operations of Jiao Fang, the number one dog-legger, dozens of officials were thrown into jail and ordered to repay their bribes and bribes. Those who could not pay up would not be allowed to be released from prison.
Because it was winter, Liu Xian, the imperial censor, froze to death in prison and the others were punished until they vomited blood.
Just when all the civil and military officials thought that the matter should come to an end, those who should be sent as envoys to the Japanese country would go to the Japanese country; those who should go to the palace to play with concubines, go to play with the concubines; those who should be appointed emperor, go and be emperor;
If you are a turtle with a shrunken head, you will be a turtle with a shrunken head...
But life is not love, it is not that beautiful.
At the end of the court meeting, Li Dongyang stood up and said: "Since the opening of the commercial port, the Municipal Shipping Department has become ineffective and it is time for improvement."
When he first heard this, the emperor did not react, but the officials of the Kaihai faction all took a breath of air: "Sure enough, Li Binzhi was killed with a knife!"
Liu Jin also grinned. Li Dongyang's slash was so severe that if he didn't come to rescue him, he would definitely be scolded by the emperor afterwards.
The first dog leg, Jiao Fang, immediately understood what the boss meant, stood up and continued to play: "I would like to inspect the salt class and Neijia character library!"
All the civil and military officials immediately vomited blood: It's over, gods fight, mortals suffer!