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During the Apocalypse, when Wei Zhongxian was in power, he and the Donglin Party were rivals of each other. Someone presented Wei Zhongxian with a copy of "Donglin Point General Record", which imitated the form of one hundred and eight generals in "Water Margin", and included some ** (mainly Donglin Party) who opposed Wei Zhongxian at that time for Wei Zhongxian to crack down.
The person who wrote this "Donglin Point General Record" is not an ordinary person, his name is Han Jing, and he is the champion of the dynasty. But Han Jing's champion is actually somewhat disgraceful, because his teacher Tang Binyin was one of the examiners at that time, and several other examiners did not take Han Jing's test paper seriously, but Tang Binyin strongly demanded that he be ranked first. This incident caused a lot of uproar, and was despised by many ** people at that time, Han Jing was ** returned to his hometown after not mixing in officialdom for a few years.
Then Han Jing has no official position at this time, why did he still write this "Donglin Point General Record" to oppose the Donglin Party? It turned out that his teacher, Tang Binyin, was the founder of the Xuan Party. At that time, there were many parties formed by geography and political views, such as the Qi Party, the Kun Party, the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, the Donglin Party, and so on. The Donglin Party was the most powerful, so some of the other parties united to oppose the Donglin Party, and Tang Binyin's Xuan Party became one of the opponents of the Donglin Party. Since there is a contradiction between the teacher and the Donglin Party, Han Jing naturally has a bad relationship with the Donglin Party, and in the case of him being **, the Donglin Party, who is known for his jealousy and hatred, is the most active, so Han Jing's hatred of the Donglin Party is not difficult to understand, and it makes sense that he wrote "Donglin Point Generals" to take revenge on the Donglin Party.
But after this "Donglin Point General Record" is written, it needs to be handed over to Wei Zhongxian, Han Jing is no longer **, he has to find someone to help him hand it over, and the person he found is Wang Shaohui, because Wang Shaohui is also a student of Tang Binyin and a core member of the Xuan Party.
This Wang Shaohui was born in a family of eunuchs, and his ancestor also served as a secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Wang Shaohui is a member of the Xuan Party and has a grudge against the Donglin Party, but he can't do the Donglin Party, so he doesn't do anything, and simply takes refuge in Wei Zhongxian's disciples. But whenever he is appointed or dismissed, no matter how small the position is, he has to report to Wei Zhongxian, and he is jokingly called the daughter-in-law of the king.
In the winter and November of the fourth year of the Apocalypse (1624), Zuo Guangdou was deposed by Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian gave Wang Shaohui the official position of Zuo Du's imperial history, and Wang Shaohui also presented the "Donglin Point General Record" in due course. After Wei Zhongxian got this book, he exclaimed: "Wang Shangshu is as charming as a girl, and his pen is full of wind and frost!" The treasure of my family! Wei Zhongxian cracked down on the Donglin Party members according to this book, and Wang Shaohui also became a key figure in the eunuch party's harm to the Donglin party, which Wei Zhongxian liked. Soon, Wei Zhongxian promoted him to be the secretary of the ministry.
The Xuan Party is not the only one that has enmity with the Donglin Party.
Cui Chengxiu was a Jinshi in the forty-first year of Wanli (1613), in the early years of the Apocalypse, he was promoted to the imperial history, patrolling Huai and Yang. This is a fat difference, because Huai and Yang are rich lands, and Cui Chengxiu also secretly reaped a lot of benefits, one of which received a county order **1000 taels.
At that time, the strength of the Donglin Party was very large, and Cui Chengxiu intended to join the circle of the Donglin Party, but unfortunately, his benefits were exposed. His superior, Du Yu Shi Gao Panlong, an important member of the Donglin Party, discovered his corruption and informed Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the ministry, about it.
Zhao Nanxing is also a member of the Donglin Party, and as soon as he discussed with Gao Panlong, he decided to dismiss Cui Chengxiu. Cui Chengxiu saw that he was about to be in a catastrophe, so he rushed to Wei Zhongxian overnight, expressing his willingness to recognize Wei Zhongxian as his godfather, and begged Wei Zhongxian to come to his rescue.
Wei Zhongxian attaches great importance to Cui Chengxiu's refuge, because although Wei Zhongxian has great power, he can't be surrounded by eunuchs, and he also needs literati to do things for him and give him advice.
Cui Chengxiu soon became Wei Zhongxian's confidant, and the three major palace projects in the palace were handed over to him to be in charge, and the oil and water were naturally not less. And some literati saw that Cui Chengxiu was being reused, and they also followed his path to seek refuge in Wei Zhongxian.
And Cui Chengxiu has also become Wei Zhongxian's most trusted person, the official to the military department and the imperial history of the left capital, and has been crowned as the prince Taibao and the prince Taifu.
Why do you want to talk about Wang Shaohui and Cui Chengxiu?
The ** people of the Ming Dynasty have begun party struggle in the Jiajing period, and it has intensified in the Wanli and Tianqi years, and the struggle between the various factions is to the death, which is essentially a struggle for power and **, and gradually formed a party struggle.
Such struggles are often carried out without compromise of means, without regard for the interests of the state, and only for the sake of one's own interests. The victorious side occupied the government and the opposition, and some of the defeated factions united together to continue the struggle, which led to the alliance between the Chu Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Qi Party to fight together with the Donglin Party.
When Wei Zhongxian gained power, some literati did not hesitate to take refuge in Wei Zhongxian in order to attack their opponents, recognized Wei Zhongxian as their godfather, and used Wei Zhongxian's power to balance and attack opponents. The force formed by these people who took refuge in Wei Zhongxian was called the Eunuch Party.
The leader of the eunuch party must be Wei Zhongxian, but the core figures and backbone forces are all literati and doctors. For example: Li Kuilong and Wu Chunfu are both Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli, Ni Wenhuan is a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli, Zhou Yingqiu is a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli, and so on. The confluence of Wei Zhongxian and some literati and doctors eventually caused the eunuch party to become powerful in the late period of the Apocalypse.
Some literati and doctors read the books of Confucius and Mencius and sages, and talked about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and faith, but what they did was dirty and dirty.
During the Shunzhi period, the ** people went to the court, the Manchu ministers wore full clothes, and the Han ministers all wore the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty, each of them as a team. In order to please the Qing court, when Sun Zhiqi went to court one day, everyone found him shaving his hair and braids, wearing Manchu official uniforms, and standing in the ranks of Manchu ministers. The Manchu ministers looked down on this Sun Zhiqi and expelled him. Hanchen saw him shaving his hair, and it was easy to shave his hair, and he was not allowed to enter the ranks.
Sun Zhiqi originally wanted to tie up with the new master, but he didn't expect that the two ends would not be pleased. Sun Zhiqi, who touched a gray nose, gave Shunzhi a twist: "Your Majesty will calm China, and everything will be new." And the system of dressing and bundling is the only one that exists in the old. This is His Majesty from China, and non-China from His Majesty. ”
At that time, it was Dolgon who was in power, and he felt that Sun Zhiqi was very reasonable, and in June of the second year of Shunzhi (1645 AD), he issued a tough "shaving order" again, stipulating: "The officials and people of the whole country, the capital and the outside are limited to ten days, and the Zhili and the provinces and localities are also limited to ten days to the day with Buwen, and all the hair is shaved." "A brutal shaving order spread across the country.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, it was not Huang Taiji and Dolgon who suggested that the Jurchens should shave their hair as the standard for surrender, but those Ming Dynasty ** who surrendered to the Jurchens.
Similarly, the core forces that gave advice to Wei Zhongxian and attacked the scholars and doctors were all officialdom literati who won the imperial examination.
It is not the enemy who is truly shameless, but his own people