Portrait of Liu Jian).
Liu Jian is very busy. From the time he became the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he was very busy.
At that time, in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, in 1498 AD, he had just been appointed by Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youzhu as the new cabinet chief assistant and concurrently served as the crown prince and young master.
Da Ming Zaifu, the young master of the Son of Heaven, is in a high position and power, and no one can match him for a while.
To obtain such a status, of course, is because Liu Jian himself is not only of noble character, but also very capable.
In the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, in 1500 AD, the Mongolian cavalry went south and attacked Datong, Liu Jianquan was responsible for the border command, and the Mongols tossed for more than half a month, and even a piece of the wall skin of the Datong city wall was not gnawed down, so they had to leave in a huff.
The emperor believed that the reason why the nomads repeatedly violated the border was because the comprehensive strength of the border army was not very good, whether it was from the equipment of horses, food ** according to the regular army or there was a difference, so the emperor decided to increase the military expenditure of the border army on a large scale.
Emperor Hongzhi's idea reached the cabinet, of course the ministers had no opinion, everyone was an old fritter, who would be idle and have nothing to do to find the emperor's unhappiness?
Portrait of Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youzhang).
But Liu Jian is an exception.
It doesn't matter if you are the king of heaven or the emperor, as long as the things you mention are unreasonable, you won't be able to pass my level.
Liu Jian said that military salaries are a big deal, but the people's living and working in peace and contentment is even more important.
If you want to raise military spending, then you will inevitably raise the taxes of the peasants, and in this case, I will never agree to such a thing that harms the whole family.
After vetoing the emperor's idea, Liu Jian put forward a new idea, the so-called military salary, to put it bluntly, is money.
Money can be earned, but it can also be saved.
We can save a lot of money by reducing court expenses and eliminating redundant officials.
Facts have proved that Liu Jian's thinking is indeed very correct, and the emperor has since implemented economy within the scope of the Beijing Division, which not only solves the problem of military expenditure, but also allows the emperor to repair the palace.
In this way, Liu Jian can be regarded as a civil and military all-rounder.
When war came, he was able to fight off the enemy with ease.
In the face of complicated government affairs, he can always find the inevitable connection between things in the inextricable threads, so as to introduce effective methods.
At that time, in addition to Liu Jian, there were two very famous ministers in the cabinet, one was Li Dongyang and the other was Xie Qian.
Portrait of Li Dongyang).
They were all outstanding ministers in the political arena of the Ming Dynasty during the Hongzhi period, and they were the emperor's right-hand men and auxiliary ministers.
We know that the life of Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhu is very legendary.
He came from a humble background and was born to a palace maid who was favored by his father, Emperor Zhu Jianshen, when he was drunk.
The emperor was fortunate to be finished, and he slapped his ass and left, leaving behind the mother and son who were struggling to survive in the deep palace.
This child was not known to the emperor, and he did not have any special status from birth.
Moreover, Emperor Chenghua favored Wan Guifei in the harem, Wan Guifei could not give birth, and if anyone in the harem dared to give birth to an heir, he would be killed by Wan Nanzi the next day.
Therefore, Zhu Youzhu has been hidden in the Forbidden City since he was born, and he survived with the relief of a group of eunuchs and palace maids.
This is also worth mentioning.
In the harem, which has always been cruel and ruthless, trampling on people, and bullying people to climb up, a group of palace maids and eunuchs who have nothing to do with Zhu Youzhu joined hands to raise him just because of the life of the baby.
This period of time is extremely difficult, the palace maids and eunuchs themselves do not have two money, so it is very difficult to raise Zhu Youzhang, Zhu Youzhu is not good to live, eat well, sleep well, and as a result, he has been malnourished since he was a child.
How he grew up in the deep palace full of crises and how he ascended the throne as the emperor, I will not repeat it here, and interested friends can take a look at the article I wrote about Zhu Youzhu before.
Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youzhang: Perhaps it is a unique and unique miracle in Chinese history.
Here, we mainly talk about Zhu Youzhang's physical problems.
As soon as Emperor Chenghua died, Zhu Youzhu ascended the throne.
Portrait of Zhu Jianshen of Ming Xianzong).
The emperor himself was diligent and capable, working overtime all day long, handling state affairs, which invisibly overdrew his health, and as a result, Zhu Youzhu died after only 36 years of life.
The old emperor had a son under his knees, but there was only one seedling, and there was only the prince Zhu Houzhao, so Comrade Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne very smoothly.
When Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, he was only 15 years old, which is not small, but it is definitely not very big.
Moreover, Emperor Hongzhi explained to his son before his death that after ascending the throne, he would rely on the ministers of the cabinet, and he would have to consult them more if he had something.
Therefore, for a long time when the emperor first ascended the throne, the imperial court was basically controlled by ministers headed by Liu Jian.
It may be a bit ugly to say that the ministers of the cabinet have no intention of competing with the emperor for power, because they have all been deeply favored by Emperor Hongzhi, so they just want to repay the new emperor.
But obviously, Zhu Houzhao couldn't understand the deep affection of the ministers, especially Liu Jian.
In the eyes of the emperor, the ministers of the cabinet were old-fashioned, opening their mouths to speak of sages and sages, and closing their mouths to regulate the Son of Heaven, either to teach him lessons or to educate him at length.
And this is undoubtedly very boring and disgusting for the young Zhu Houzhao.
But because of the face of the former emperor and the fact that he was a half-grown child, Zhu Houzhao did not trust this group of ministers, but he respected them very much.
The minister asked Zhu Houzhao to go east, he would never go west, the ministers asked him to eat apples, and he definitely did not eat pears.
On the surface, Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde is very obedient, but behind the scenes, the emperor prefers to play with the little eunuchs in the inner palace, and the most respected and liked by the emperor is a eunuch named Liu Jin.
Liu Jin image).
What is this benevolent brother doing, he has quite a set of things to eat, drink and have fun with the emperor.
As a result, Emperor Zhengde was not in the court, and he didn't deal with political affairs, so he just frolicked and had fun with Comrade Liu Jin every day.
Industry is good at diligence and frolic, and it is easy to become bad and difficult to become good.
Seeing that the young new emperor was increasingly bewitched by Liu Jin, and was about to turn into a mediocre emperor who was absurd and playful, the ministers in the cabinet quit.
Liu Jian was the first to give in, firstly to warn the emperor that he had misbehaved recently and should be corrected in time, and secondly, to remind the emperor that Liu Jin was by no means a good type, and the emperor should try to alienate this kind of traitorous villain.
The excerpt was drafted from the cabinet, approved by the celebrant and the emperor, and finally sent to the emperor himself.
Zhu Hou took care of Liu Jian's recitals, which can be said to be one head and two big.
Liu Jin is his best playmate in this boring deep palace, and Liu Jian is the minister left by his father to take care of his life, and he has to respect him, so the emperor is neither advancing nor retreating, and it is not easy to listen to anyone.
The emperor thought about it and decided to delay it for a while.
Liu Jian's recital, the emperor looked at it, but did not reply, and for Liu Jian's request to punish Liu Jin, the emperor ignored it and did not press it.
There was no way, on one side he didn't want to lose, on the other side he didn't want to lose, the emperor could only pretend to be stupid.
However, Comrade Liu Jian has been in officialdom for many years, and he is not so easy to fool. He saw that the emperor was very perfunctory to his superiors, and actually united with two other important members of the imperial court, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, to jointly sign Shangshu again, saying that we ask the emperor to deal with Liu Jin strictly, you can't delay this matter, you must do it for us neatly.
Xie Qian's portrait).
What can Zhu Houzhao do?
He's having a hard time doing it.
Not only is it difficult, it's simply impossible.
Since there is no way, then repeat the old trick and drag it out to the end.
The emperor didn't hear what was going on outside the window, and pretended not to know.
But this time, this trick is not good for the ministers.
Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian collectively said that if the eunuch Liu Jin is not brought to justice, we will resign collectively, and you don't count on us for major political events in the future, aren't you playing with Liu Jin? If you have something to do in the future, you can find him to do it!
This time, the emperor was completely panicked.
Because although the emperor dislikes these ministers, they hold the important pivotal work in the court and share a large number of tasks for the emperor.
The emperor panicked, but at this moment there are people who are more panicked than the emperor.
This person is the eunuch Liu Jin.
Liu Jin didn't expect that these civil servants failed to bring down themselves after repeated letters, and now they actually threatened the emperor with collective resignation.
Where has the little emperor seen this battle, and he can't directly clean himself up under the obscenity of these civil ministers.
Can't sit still, Liu Jin must take action.
Looking for Liu Jian and them to intercede? Did the excerpt prove his innocence?
Liu Jin didn't do this, he chose to go directly to the palace to meet Zhu Houzhao, and he wanted to use his clever tongue to reverse the outcome of this political struggle.
Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao portrait).
And when Liu Jin saw Zhu Houzhao, he didn't use a tirade to prove his innocence, let alone use an almost pleading tone to implore the emperor to let him be light, he just said a word to the emperor lightly:
Emperor, you have grown up, and you are the master of this world.
In a word, such as Daigo empowerment, Zhu Houzhao was enlightened.
Yes, he is eighteen years old, he is already an adult, he is the owner of the Forbidden City, and he is the master of the whole world.
Li Min sings, hundreds of officials bow to me, whoever sees me should kneel, should tremble.
In that case, why should I let a few bad old men fiddle with me?
Xie Qian? Li Dongyang? Mrs?
What kind of entrustment is a lonely minister, a cabinet bachelor, to put it bluntly, aren't they all working for me?
Since you're working for me, what qualifications do you have to guide me?
For Zhu Houzhao, listening to Liu Jin's words is simply better than reading a book for ten years.
Because Liu Jin told Zhu Houzhao a truth very to the point, that is: You are the emperor, you don't have to be afraid of anyone.
Zhu Houzhao completely figured it out.
He no longer wants to be a young man who is shackled by Wenchen, he wants to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty with integrity.
Don't you want to do it? Don't you want to quit? Good! I approved it!
So, on a cold and windy morning, Liu Jian stayed outside the emperor's bedroom, thinking that the emperor would come out respectfully to appease his emotions, and then bring Liu Jin to justice, but he didn't expect that what he was waiting for was the return of his career.
In the fifth year of Zhengde, in 1510 AD, Liu Jian was pushed to the end, cut to a commoner, and officially withdrew from the stage of Ming history, and then received the emperor's approval together, as well as the unlucky Li Dongyang and Xie Qian.
Ming Dynasty) a contest between the civil servants and the eunuchs, which finally ended in the victory of the eunuchs on all fronts.
The Ming Dynasty reshuffled its cards after a thrilling but unmoving political struggle, and everything seemed to be calm again.
But everyone knows that although Liu Jian retreated, Emperor Zhu Houzhao's overturning of the river and the sea has just begun.
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