Portrait of a businessman).
The twelfth year of Yongle, 1413 A.D.
This year, Chun'an, Zhejiang, was born a very remarkable person.
This person's surname is Shangming, he is majestic, dignified, 1.8 meters tall, with red lips and white teeth, and he is good-looking.
Even if it is handsome, Comrade Shang's academic performance is still very good, he won the first place in the township examination, the first place in the general examination, and the first place in the palace examination.
You must know that from the founding of Taizu to the martyrdom of Emperor Sizong, in the more than 200 years of this dynasty, there were only two people who won the three yuan in the imperial examination.
One is Huang Guan and the other is Shang Chen.
Comrade Huang Guan was the winner of the Sanyuan in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, but later chose to commit suicide because he was unwilling to submit to the Yongle Emperor, so he was directly removed from Zhu Di.
Portrait of Huang Guan).
In this sense, Shang Lu became the only three-yuan player in the Ming Dynasty.
Even in the middle of the three yuan, that is not blown out.
The imperial court made great use of this great talent, so he appointed him to the post of compiler of the Hanlin Academy.
It's a bit embarrassing.
Ten years of cold windows no one asked, and he became famous in one fell swoop.
However, this is also a situation that scholars in the Ming Dynasty often encountered.
Everyone studied hard, spent more than ten years or even longer in the imperial examination, and the imperial court screened layer by layer, and finally passed the Jinshi, I thought that I could finally usher in the peak of life, but the result was indeed awarded an official position by the imperial court, but the unit was in the Hanlin Academy, and most of the positions were some bachelors, compilers, waiters and other idle positions.
The work content of this kind of position is usually to continue studying in the Hanlin Academy.
Good guy, I study for the sake of being an official, for the sake of becoming an official, in order to realize my ideals and ambitions, give me a bunch of history books of the previous dynasty, let me sew and mend, and compile and repair what does it mean?
But fortunately, although the dignitaries in the court did not value business, Zhu Qizhen, the Ming Yingzong at that time, was still very optimistic about this scholar with excellent academic performance.
The chariot is magnificent, and the emperor is the exhibition officer. - History of the Ming DynastyYou may ask, what is an exhibition officer?
It's simple and literally understood.
The exhibition is to expand, and the book is the book, and the meaning of the exhibition is that the merchant wants to open the book for the emperor when he is reading.
Yes, as an emperor, his identity is extremely graceful and luxurious, according to the author's understanding, if the emperor is willing, then there are only two things he can do in his life, the first is to go to the toilet, and the second is **.
Except for these two, you can let someone else do everything else.
Even so, when the emperor reads and turns the pages, naturally there are people to help.
Clear-eyed people know that if they can turn the book for the emperor, they will naturally be able to talk to the emperor, and if they can talk to the emperor, they will be able to leave a good impression on the emperor.
But it is a pity that Comrade Shang did not read the book for the emperor for two days, and the emperor went out to fight.
This battle fought by the emperor is also famous in the history of the Ming Dynasty, namely the "Battle of Tumubao".
Although the name of this battle is only five words, it contains a lot of stories.
Portrait of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen).
The young Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen came to favor the eunuchs, and secondly, he came to light the enemy's rash advance, and soon suffered the consequences, and was beaten by the Wara cavalry in Tumubao (Huailai, Hebei), and the whole army was defeated, more than half of the dead and wounded, and even the emperor himself was captured.
Although the emperor was captured, the Ming Dynasty could not live without a master for a day, so soon, the emperor's younger brother, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, was elected by the ministers and became the new emperor of the temporary top shift. (i.e. Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty).
Everyone knows what happened later, and for friends who are familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty, this is simply a treasure.
Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, turned the tide and won the battle to defend Beijing.
Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was released by the Warat people and returned to the Forbidden City, but was placed under house arrest by Emperor Daizong Zhu Qiyu in the South Palace of the Forbidden City.
Eight years later, Emperor Daizong was too ill to govern in person, and Emperor Yingzong took the opportunity to launch a mutiny and restore himself to the throne.
Our Comrade Zhu Qizhen has neither eloquence nor strategy, let alone any outstanding qualities that will remain in history, and among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, he seems to be mediocre.
Although there was no ability, the life of the emperor was undoubtedly dramatic.
He used to be the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty, the Ninety-Five, and the most eye-catching existence in the whole world.
He was also captured by the Warats, taken into the vast desert, and tasted the wind, sand and bitter cold outside the fortress.
After several tosses, he returned to the Forbidden City, but was imprisoned by his younger brother in a deep and dark abode, and completely became a prisoner of politics.
History has given him happy days and glorious moments, and history has also given him extremely painful lessons.
His arrogance and ignorance many years ago cost him the throne, and now, he has finally reclaimed everything that belongs to him.
Ming Yingzong was able to return to the throne, and a large part of it depended on the efforts of three people.
These three people are the minister Xu Youzhen, the general Shi Heng, and the eunuch Cao Jixiang.
Portrait of Xu Youzhen).
As the number one contributor to the emperor's restoration, they were naturally entrusted with important tasks.
But these people alone are not enough, after eight years on the throne, the emperor needs more manpower to expand his personnel team.
Looking through the ** roster of the Ministry of Officials, the emperor naturally thought of business.
It's not surprising that anyone will be impressed.
Although the emperor valued Shang Chen, the three giants of the imperial court at that time, Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang had very opinions on Shang Chen.
Because Shang Zhen is a loyal minister, honest and honest, and law-abiding, but the Big Three are all traitors.
Business is undoubtedly an outlier to them.
If Comrade Shang was allowed to be relied on by the emperor and enter the cabinet, he would not have to make a fuss?
So, the three giants worked in three shifts in the morning, noon and evening, and every day in front of the emperor they said that they were not businessmen, and they spoke badly about businessmen.
As a result, the former champion did not get the opportunity to be promoted and raised, but was stripped of his official position by the emperor and demoted to a commoner.
The ups and downs of life are too fast, and for Shang Chen, all these changes are so sudden that even he himself doesn't know what happened, so he was told to hurry up and leave.
If there is no accident, then it may be regarded as an official withdrawal from the political stage of the Ming Dynasty, becoming a flat-headed common man, and living in an unknown countryside.
Although history is ruthless, it still has a temperature.
It is normal for Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen to look down on businessmen, because this emperor is not a virtuous monarch, and he can order execution if he is loyal and good like Yu Qian, which shows that the emperor's character is not better.
But the son of Emperor Yingzong, that is, the next great tomorrow, Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen is different.
Portrait of Zhu Jianshen of Ming Xianzong).
Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne with the front foot, and immediately notified the merchant to come back to work with the back foot.
But at this time, the business seemed a little unhappy.
In the face of the olive branch thrown by the new emperor, Shang Yan said, what about me, I am so old, I really can't do it, besides, I was taken down by the first emperor**, your father didn't treat me back then, which means that I really have no talent.
It can be seen that Shang Chen has resentment against the Ming Dynasty and the emperor.
This is understandable, a person dedicated his most brilliant life to the cause and development of the dynasty, but in the end he ended up with a dismissal from his official position and no fame.
What was the use of working so hard to take the college entrance examination back then?
What was the use of being by the emperor's side diligently?
Shang's words are quite ugly, but Zhu Jianshen is a very persevering person.
Please once you don't come, I can invite twice, please you twice if you don't come, I can invite three times.
Back then, Liu Yuzhou was able to look after Zhuge Liang three times, and today I, Zhu Jianshen, can also talk to you like this.
In the end, such a high-standard courtesy finally moved Shang Chen, the top three champion in the history of the Ming Dynasty, a famous talent, and came out of the mountain again.
The Ming Dynasty has changed, and when Shang Lu re-entered the office, although the three giants who had squeezed and suppressed him had already been dismissed and brought to justice, Shang Lu ushered in a new opponent.
The name of this opponent is also very famous in the history of the Ming Dynasty, he is Wang Zhi.
The secret service agency of the Ming Dynasty originally only had one Jinyiwei, which was set up by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Taizu Gao, Chengzu Zhu Di felt that Jinyiwei alone was not enough, so he added the East Factory, and Emperor Xianzong Zhu Jianshen felt that Jinyiwei and the East Factory were not enough, so he added the West Factory.
Wang Zhi image).
The more suspicious the emperor was, the more the Ming secret service organization became.
Jinyiwei is already a royal privilege, above the existence of the Ming law, arresting people everywhere, cutting first and then playing, frequently creating unjust, false and wrongful cases, and the status of the East Factory and the West Factory is even worse, although its personnel composition is the eunuch in the palace, but the power is greater, and the Jinyi Wei They do not pay attention to it.
And Wang Zhi is the chief eunuch of the West Factory.
As the leader of Xichang, he is an extension of the emperor's feudal will, and he is an absolutely special figure in the Ming Dynasty.
If Wang is upright and good, and can enforce the law impartially, he will be a generation of virtuous eunuchs.
But Wang Zhi is a person who likes to abuse torture and arrests ministers at every turn.
His name is Wang Zhi, but he is very unupright.
It doesn't matter if you are the Sixth Ministry of Jiuqing or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, as long as I look unpleasant, I will arrest you, shoot you first, and then investigate, to ensure that there is not a single unjust, false and wrongful case.
Wang was unscrupulous, and the ministers of the court were afraid of his obscenity.
The world is difficult, and it is difficult to be a Beijing official, who doesn't want to protect themselves?
Shang was unwilling.
He stepped forward and bluntly reported Wang Zhi's faults to the emperor.
Of course, the emperor was embarrassed, because the emperor needed Wang Zhi, and he needed Wang Zhi to monitor the hundred officials for him and exercise the emperor's authority for him.
In other words, Wang Zhi's traitor was acquiesced by the emperor.
The emperor not only needs loyal ministers to assist him, but also needs traitors to deal with those unseemly things for him.
Therefore, the emperor pursued the word "drag" for the Shang Shu, and once the Shang Shu was sent, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no more news.
But the business is not forgiving, if one does not work, I will send two, and if two does not work, I will send three.
Back then, Zhuge Liang was still writing back and forth before and after, you have looked at me three times, and I will inevitably be a loyal minister!
Teacher table partial).
So, Shang Zhen took out twelve points of strength, in the early dynasty, Wang Zhi, in the cabinet, in the cabinet, Wang Zhi, United Yushi, and Wang Zhi, the Minister of Unity.
Faced with the almost harassing behavior of the merchants, the emperor finally gave in.
He relieved Wang Zhi of all his duties and stayed in the inner palace to check, and there were no major personnel appointments.
At this point, the contest between a mere Wenchen and the leader of the most powerful spy organization since Ariake ended in a victory for Wenchen on all fronts.
That is, not long after Wang Zhi stepped down, he resigned and returned to his hometown.
Yes, that's business.
He studied diligently all his life, even in the middle of the three yuan, after three dynasties, the ultimate goal is only one:
Not for money, not for power, just to live up to what you have learned in your life and show your ambitions.
And the defeat of Wang Zhi and the Ming Dynasty have already made the ideal of Shang Zhi realize.
In this case, how can I be nostalgic for my official position?
In the twenty-second year of Chenghua, in 1486 AD, Shang died of illness at the age of seventy-three.
I am a virtuous and virtuous man, and the first merchant is the first" - this is the evaluation of Shang Zhen by later generations, and it is also the truest portrayal of his life.
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