"Liu Hongxun may not be able to survive, we must be prepared to give up on him," Qian Longxi said sadly.
After Chongzhen came to power, he re-determined the cabinet members by drawing lots.
There are nine cabinet ministers in total.
They are Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, Li Guopu, Lai Zongdao, Yang Jingchen, Zhou Daodeng, Li Biao, Qian Longxi, Liu Hongxun and others.
Not long after the new emperor was established, there were too many officials from the eunuch party in the court. Although Wei Zhongxian has passed away, the eunuch party is extremely powerful. In order to stabilize the government, the emperor can only continue to use some non-core personnel.
Chongzhen was well aware of the dark history of these cabinet ministers. He did not investigate them at the time, but just wanted to stabilize them first and leave them to be investigated later.
A few months later, Chongzhen began to adjust the young censors in various places and the capital. Now it's time to settle the accounts with the eunuchs.
Within a month, the cabinet was in great turmoil and a major change of leadership took place.
Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, Lai Zongdao and Yang Jingchen stepped down.
As the chief minister of the eunuch cabinet, Huang Liji secretly placed bets on the issue of Chongzhen's coming to power. The emperor accepted his favor and allowed him to resign. There was no way to pursue him.
According to Chongzhen's thinking at the time, none of these eunuchs should be spared.
But at the critical moment, the people in Donglin were scared. No one was willing to sacrifice themselves for the collective.
Everyone knows that if this thing is done, they will not end well.
Where is the power of the eunuch party? Killing one thousand enemies and damaging oneself eight hundred.
Now that we are on stage, many good things have not yet been dealt with. No one is willing to deal with these thankless things that may make them shit themselves.
They all shirk the blame, avoid the important and take the easy, and deal with two or three kittens casually.
But the emperor is not easy to deal with.
In June of the first year of Chongzhen, when Zhu Youjian summoned the cabinet ministers and the chief officials of the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate on the platform, he reviewed the list of eunuchs who were reported by them. He was very dissatisfied and asked: "Why are Zhang Ruitu and Lai Zongdao not punished? "
The cabinet minister responded that there was no factual basis and no evidence could be found.
Zhu Youjian was very unhappy at the time. Continue to ask: "(Zhang) Ruitu was loved by Chun for his good writing, and (Lai) Zongdao presented a memorial to Xiu's mother for (Cui), calling him 'the spirit in heaven'. How abominable is that?"
Because of his persistence, Zhang Ruitu and Lai Zongdao finally joined Gu Bingqian, Feng Quan and others in the fourth category of anti-corruption, redeeming their disciples for the people. Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai, and Yang Jingchen were included in the fifth category of reverse eucalyptus. They followed the rules of the ancestral hall and lived idlely.
In this way, there are only five ministers in the cabinet, including Li Biao, Qian Longxi, Li Guopu, Zhou Daodeng, and Liu Hongxun.
Among them, Zhou Daodeng has extremely poor abilities and is simply a fool. It can be seen that it is normal for an unreliable Ge Lao to be drawn out by lot. He also left his post soon after.
His resignation was not because he was involved with the eunuchs, but because he was simply a fake person. When Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne for the first time, he was working hard to govern and had great ambitions. How could he tolerate a moron hanging around in the cabinet?
This person was ignorant and ignorant, and was a joke among the people in the court and after dinner. Even the people in the market knew about all the stupid things that Zhou Ge did.
One day the emperor went to Jingyan and asked his cabinet minister: "Why should the prime minister use scholars?" Zhou Daodeng was dumbfounded, and after a while he said: "Rong Chen will wait until the cabinet to find out the response."
The emperor's face was slightly sullen, but then he smiled as usual and asked: "Recently, the word 'human face' is often used in the memorials of ministers. What is human face?" Zhou Daodeng was too embarrassed to say "find out the echo" again, so he had to bite the bullet. The answer: "Those who are affectionate are called facial feelings." I said it but didn't say it, and my colleagues on the left and right kept laughing.
The emperor angrily cursed this idiot for being a waste of national money. He soon resigned due to impeachment.
In this way, there are only four people left in the cabinet. Among them, Li Guopu was still an old member of the cabinet of the eunuch party. Among the ministers in the cabinet, only Li Guo had more political opinions and had the style of a loyal elder.
At that time, Wei Zhongxuan instigated Liu Zhixuan to frame Zhang Guoji, the father of the country, in an attempt to destabilize the middle palace and help the Hakka family completely control the harem. It was not easy for him to risk offending Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family and speak out to defend Empress Zhang. Emperor Tianqi deserves credit for not deposing Queen Zhang Yan.
Empress Zhang's role was one of the most important factors for Chongzhen to succeed to the throne safely.
In fact, among the four people in the cabinet at this time, three were from Donglin. Li Biao was the first assistant, Qian Longxi was the second assistant, and Liu Hongxun was the cabinet minister.
Qian Qianyi was a little surprised. Liu Hongxun had won the trust of Chongzhen before. It was Chongzhen who sent people to the thatched cottage three times to invite him to come out. Why did Qian Longxi say that something would happen to Liu Hongxun too.
Liu Hongxun, courtesy name Mocheng and Qingyue, was born in Changshan, Shandong.
In the 41st year of Wanli's reign, he became a Jinshi. He had many officials and few affairs.
In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, he was reprimanded for being disobedient to the people. He was dismissed from his post because he opposed Wei Zhongxian, and has been idle in his hometown since then.
After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, in order to change the situation where the eunuch party was dominated, Liu Hongxun was recruited three times, but Liu Hongxun refused to come out.
Later, Chongzhen personally sent someone to invite Liu Hongxun, and he was given enough opportunities to raise his hopes. Then he became the Minister of Rites and the Bachelor of Dongge, and participated in the maintenance of machinery.
Qian Qianyi frowned and said, "But His Majesty is still angry about Governor Yuan's request for salary."
After the Ningyuan mutiny, Yuan Chonghuan rushed back to Beijing on his way to be appointed governor of Jiliao and went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to demand the arrears of military pay.
Bi Zisu, the Minister of Household Affairs, had just been forced to death by the Ningyuan mutiny, his brother Bi Ziyan, the governor of Liaodong. He knew in his heart that they were brothers. This means that the mutiny was led by Dong Lin. The purpose was to use the mutiny to punish Bi Ziyan and then drag himself into the water. They were so greedy for the household that they almost had claws out of their eyes.
However, his brother is bloody and would rather commit suicide than give them a chance to bring down his brother. If Bi Zisu could give him money, it would be like the sun rising from the west.
Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to go to the emperor. The emperor was not a fool and had long suspected that something was going on here.
When Yuan Chonghuan refused to leave, he felt something was wrong. Yuan Chonghuan is not a master who can play rogue, that is what Mao Wenlong did. Why did he stay in the capital and not leave? The emperor was also puzzled.
When the mutiny happened, no matter how slow the emperor was, he understood that Donglin and his gang were not the stuff of the east and west. This means that if the governor of Ji Liao is not satisfied, the governor of Liaodong will also be taken over.
Now, there is no one in Liaodong who can check and supervise them. Among the civil and military officials in Liaodong, they are the most powerful beings. They were doing it in the dark in Liaodong, and no one knew about it.
These bastards just forced someone's younger brother to death, and they can't give it to them even if they have money. It was even more impossible for the emperor to force Bi Zisu to give money at this time.
Things have been done, power has been obtained, and now it is time to put down the mutiny.
If the trouble continues, it will bring trouble to Donglin himself.
But the planning and instigation behind the scenes is easy to say, but now that the riot has started in the name of paying, there is only one possibility to calm it down, and that is to pay the soldiers. Otherwise, the soldiers will never agree. They know these secrets. I know that I will ask for money from those who are officials. Whoever is an official now will ask for money from anyone.
At this time, Liu Hongxun came forward and asked the emperor to give Yuan Chonghuan 300,000 taels of internal funds. Otherwise, the soldiers will not see their military pay for a long time, and it will not look good if they vote for Huang Taiji.
Chongzhen felt as disgusted as if someone had stuffed a fly into his mouth. This is not about money, but a naked provocation to the emperor, and even stepping on his face from time to time.
As a result, Liu Hongxun's impression in the emperor's heart plummeted.
From an upright man who resisted the eunuchs, to a noble man who refused to go out after three refusals, he suddenly turned into a careerist, conspirator, and hypocrite in Donglin.
In this matter, Chongzhen remained calm and did not make his views on Liu Hongxun public.
Although Chongzhen is only seventeen years old, he is young and mature, has a deep palace, and is full of joy and anger.
Everyone in Donglin thought that this incident was over, and the emperor swallowed it. It is also not easy for them to air Chongzhen's intention to further liquidate the eunuch party.
Not long after, under the instruction of Liu Hongxun and Chongzhen, he launched a denunciation of the eunuchs and began to punish the eunuchs Yang Weiyuan, Li Hengmao, Yang Suoxiu, Ruan Dacheng, Huo Weihua and others.
At that time, most of the officials in the DPRK were promoted by the eunuchs. Although Wei Zhongxian had passed away, they were still very powerful. The eunuchs' counterattack came immediately like a violent storm.
Soon, many people began to expose Liu Hongxun's corruption.
Yuan Hongxun, the imperial censor, said, "Hongxun sent cockroaches and returned home loaded with mink and ginseng." It was revealed that he went on a mission to North Korea and got a shipload of ginseng and mink skins. In fact, it was Liu Hongxun who carried two boats of refugees from Liaodong who had fled to North Korea back to China.
Jinyi Qianshi Zhang Dao criticized him, saying that on the surface he was a filial son and a loyal minister, but in fact he formed a clique secretly and was a hypocrite and two-faced person.
Yan Jizu wrote to Yan Jizu about the matter, "Hongxun borrowed the title of the person, Tao came to power and disrupted the government," and said that Hongxun had stolen money for personal gain. During the incident, Deng Ying revealed that he had embezzled a huge amount of money and requested that his home be searched and the stolen goods seized.
At this time, the identities of many eunuchs have not yet been identified. Emperor Chongzhen began to waver in the face of impeachment. The eunuchs actually had such great strength, which frightened the emperor. The emperor had the idea of sacrifice Liu Hongxun to ease the situation.
"Above Heaven"
On the other hand, the eunuch identities of many people have not been dug out or exposed. Many ministers were exposed and impeached, and the emperor began to doubt whether there was really something wrong with Liu Hongxun.
Coupled with the fact that he had forced the emperor to pay internal funds for Yuan Chonghuan, the emperor had begun to dislike him, so he ordered him to go home and suspend his duties until he could be dealt with.
But at this time, Chongzhen thought about it and felt that he still couldn't deal with him, because he initiated the liquidation of the eunuch party by himself. If he dealt with Liu Hongxun, wouldn't it mean that he would slap himself in the face and lose his prestige?
If I am in the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, I am not a member of both sides.
In the end, he endured it, and soon resumed Liu Hongxun's job as cabinet minister on the grounds that there was no solid evidence.
The wind rises at the end of Qingping, and a truly wise man can be keenly aware of things when they first begin to show their clues. So that you can avoid disaster in time.
Liu Hongxun could have avoided his fate by retreating from the rapids at this time.
It's a pity that none of the people in Donglin are real political talents. Like Wei Duong, they were paralyzed by Emperor Bao Liu Hongxun.
Seeing Qian Longxi shaking his head, Qian Qianyi's heart skipped a beat, and he said in horror: "Could it be that the imperial edict happened?"
Qian Longxi looked miserable and nodded silently.
"I don't know who is responsible for this Japanese pirate incident. It just happened to happen. The emperor became suspicious of us."
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