"Is it within the scope of surveillance?"
Chongzhen accurately grasped the key point of Li Ruolian's words. Those who can be monitored by Jinyiwei are serious cases. Who can be watched by Jinyiwei?
"I won't read the contents of the investigation. Please give me a rough summary!"
"yes!"
After Li Ruolian responded, he looked at the young man by the lake who was still talking loudly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the name of the person speaking on the high platform is Zhang Pu, and the person next to him is named Zhang Cai. They are both from Suzhou, and they are known as Lou Dong Er Zhang. .
In the fourth year of Tianqi's reign, dozens of people gathered in Suzhou to form Yingshe, with the purpose of responding to the application of imperial examinations. In a few years, it grew to more than a hundred people and was quite famous.
In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Zhou Shunchang, who was falsely accused by Wei Zhongxian of resigning from office, was arrested by Tiqi. Zhang Pu and members of Yingshe gathered thousands of people to pay homage to Yingtian Governor Mao Yilu and asked him to send a message to the court to release Zhou Shunchang.
Mao Yilu, who is Wei Zhongxian's godson, certainly doesn't want to.
As a result, Zhang Pu and others gathered a crowd to attack the county government office, killing and injuring several officials. Mao Yilu escaped by hiding in the toilet. After the government traced it, there was the famous Ming Dynasty's "Tombstone Story of Five People".
When His Majesty was dealing with the eunuchs when he came to the throne, Gu Bingqian, a close confidant of the Wei Party at that time, left his post in Suzhou. Zhang Pu organized the people to expel Gu Bingqian and robbed his home, and then set his home on fire. Gu Bingqian escaped on a fishing boat. survived.
From then on, he became a leader in the eyes of scholars all over the world. He was known as "the gathering of Spring and Autumn Period, and the roads are full of clothes". Wherever he went, the streets were crowded with people. At this time, he had not yet achieved fame. "
"It's him?"
Chongzhen was a little surprised. He didn't know much about Zhang Pu, but he knew "The Story of Five Tombstones".
This is an article in a high school Chinese textbook. I didn’t expect to see the author here today. It was such a surprise.
After the accident, Chongzhen looked a little unhappy.
"Attack the county government office and attack the officials' mansions. Aren't they afraid of being investigated by the government?"
"Your Majesty, most of them are masters who want to leave their names even at the risk of life and death, and this Zhang Pu's ideal is to imitate the five people in the Tombstone Story of the Five. If the court executes them, it will really fulfill them.
Moreover, the starting point of these two matters was for the imperial court. There were still civil servants from Donglin and Jiangnan in the imperial court at that time, and Xizong was unwilling to completely fall out with Jiangnan, so they were not dealt with. "
Fuck...
Chongzhen cursed angrily in his heart.
This Ming Dynasty is really fucking sick. Not only are there many wonderful emperors, there are even more ministers and literati. The punished imperial staff has become the reputation of the ministers who have sacrificed their lives for righteousness and become famous throughout the ages.
He didn't know the special significance of the imperial staff at first, but after the imperial staff killed Qian Qianyi and others, Li Ruolian told him and some interesting things,
For example, after Zhang Juzheng's father died and Zhang Juzheng did not go back to mourn, Zhao Yongxian wrote a letter of impeachment and was beaten with fifty imperial sticks.
Because he was a fat man, a lot of meat was lost on his buttocks. His wife actually pickled the fallen meat and collected it as a heirloom for his children and grandchildren. This was simply sick and perverted.
Even the sage Wang Yangming said with emotion: Although fame and profit are different in purity and turbidity, their motivation for profit is the same.
After complaining, Chongzhen said softly: "If you say so, it is very likely that the Donglin Party was behind these two incidents to attack the Wei Party?"
"I dare not speak nonsense!"
Chongzhen's inference is not unreasonable. Firstly, some members of Fushe are descendants of Donglin. Secondly, the people targeted are all Wei Zhongxian's confidants.
It would be strange to say that there is no connection between them.
"Keep talking!"
"Your Majesty, last year Zhang Pu entered the Taixue University as a tribute and joined the Yantai Society. Later, he established the Jiangbei Ying Society.
At the beginning of this year, 17 literary societies were merged in Wujiang, including Xiangshan Tongshe, Jiangbei Nanshe, and Wumen Yupeng Society;
Taking the successor of the Donglin Party as its own responsibility, he advocated the revival of ancient learning, which would make future people useful, so he named it Fushe.
Its members are very complex. About 20% are descendants of the Donglin Party, 50% are descendants of Jiangnan Qingliu, landlords, and businessmen, and 30% are civilian scholars. There are more than 3,000 members, most of whom are young people. "
"Reunite?"
Chongzhen's frown deepened. When Li Ruolian talked about resuming society, the memory that was sleeping deep in his mind had already been evoked.
Fushe was the largest political group in the late Ming Dynasty, so he knew a lot about it.
It is said that after becoming famous, the leader of Fushe at that time refused to go through the step-by-step process of becoming an official and going through qualifications. Instead, he tried to reach the top in one step by recruiting disciples to control the literary world and the academic field, as well as influence politics. He actually achieved this within a certain period of time.
Zhou Tingru, who became the chief minister, was taken advantage of by the leader of the restoration society and had to obey orders. Not only did he let Zhou Tingru convey his political opinions, but he also gave Zhou Tingru a booklet, telling Zhou Tingru that some people should be reused and some should be dismissed. ,
But Zhou Tingru, who was taken advantage of, actually did it.
The leader of the society was eventually assassinated by someone sent by a big boss because he was too arrogant.
Chongzhen can't remember clearly whether the leader of this incident was Zhang Pu, but this incident can illustrate the ambition of restoring society.
"interesting!"
Chongzhen said lightly, but his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
How ridiculous and terrifying it is for a leader of a civil society without any official position to control the decision-making of the court, decide on the appointment and dismissal of officials, and rule the world as an idler.
To be able to develop the student movement to this extent is truly unprecedented.
This kind of person, at any time, already has the necessary conditions for rebellion.
He wanted to see what Zhang Pu was going to do today?
After another quarter of an hour, Zhang Pu said loudly: "Everyone, everyone in our society is a truly talented and practical person. They pay attention to the knowledge of managing the world and applying it, and have good self-discipline and loyalty." ,
If we become officials, we will be upright and honest, practice hard, serve the country, and seek the welfare of the people..."
"Okay! That's great!"
"Zhang Kuishou, we believe you!"
"Mr. Zhang, we support you. You will definitely become a good and honest official!"
"Yes, their character is beyond doubt. If they were officials, we would be less oppressed."
…
As soon as Zhang Pu's voice fell, many voices of support broke out from the crowd of onlookers, and the onlookers even loudly echoed.
Seeing the excited crowd and the echoes of the common people, Zhang Pu's eyes on the high platform were full of smiles and contentment. After planning for several days, the matter was finally done.
From now on, not to mention making a steady progress, at least I can go against the current and save several years of hard work.
"So that was the idea!"
On the boat, Chongzhen sighed softly as he listened to the final ending, but then a trace of amusement flashed in his eyes.
After a while, Chongzhen whispered a few words to Li Ruolian, and Li Ruolian left in a hurry.
In just a few breaths, Li Ruolian arrived at the scene with dozens of Jin Yiwei. When they saw it was the Jin Yiwei, the crowd automatically gave way to a passage.
"My lord, what are you doing?"
