In May of the 31st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1603), an ordinary morning in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites in Beijing became noisy and extraordinary. The front of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites was crowded with a fierce crowd, each shouting loudly, eager to see the court official, and a sense of grievance permeated. When the people of the capital heard the wind, they gathered like a tide, and they all watched this unknown drama with expectant eyes.
Guo Zhengyu, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, quickly arrived, and when he learned that these thirty people from the Chu Sect had come to complain, Guo Zhengyu's heart sank, and he had a premonition that the court would set off a lot of waves. The reason is that Yuan Huan, the guest of honor of the Chu Clan, revealed in a note submitted in February that Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, and his younger brother, Zhu Huabi, the king of Xuanhua, were not the true blood of the old king of Chu. Zhu Huakui is the son of the princess's brother, and Zhu Huabi is the descendant of the princess's family, and the two inherited the prince as posthumous sons. This Ming version of "Tanuki for the Prince" shocked the government and the opposition, but it was pending because the anonymous music was not reviewed by the emperor.
In March, the king of Chu learned that Zhu Huazhao had overstepped his level and in turn exposed Zhu Huabao's illegal behavior. Shen Zhengyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, also seemed to be involved, and Guo Zhengyu was alert. Entangled in the principle that more is better than less, he chose to remain silent. However, the situation intensified, and the king of Chu was accused of bribing courtiers, and the general administration department was suspected of shielding and concealing. Guo Zhengyu had to report to the emperor, and a thorough investigation of the matter became a top priority.
On the eighth day of the seventh month, the thirty-first year of Wanli (1603), Wuchang City, bursts of miserable howls sounded in the hall of the government office, and Zhao Kehuai, the governor of Huguang, and Ying Chaoqing, the governor of Huguang, as the chief judge of the "pseudo-Chu King case", seriously tried the case. However, more than 70 people were tortured without obtaining a complete confession, and controversy continued inside and outside the court. Wanli felt a headache and decided to listen to the opinions of hundreds of officials and brainstorm ideas.
The DPRK and China were divided into two factions, one group advocated a thorough investigation of the truth, including Shen Li, the second assistant of the cabinet, and Guo Zhengyu, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites; The other faction advocates the dignity of the whole clan, which has been consistently proposed by Shen Shen, the head of the cabinet. The courtiers have expressed their positions, including Yang Yingwen, Yushi Kang Piyang and others, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites deliberately confuse the public, deceive the saints, and conspire to frame the Chu Domain. The fierce partisan strife within the imperial court, and the emperor's eventual announcement of support for the king of Chu and the end of the case, made the relationship between Shen Yiyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Guo Zhengyu, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, more and more strained.
However, the turmoil has not subsided, and the situation has become more chaotic. The Chu clan fell apart due to the actions of the king of Chu, and the emperor's edict was transmitted to Chu, and the people of the Chu clan expressed extreme disappointment at this, and they all went to the king of Chu as a fake king. Wanli ignored this, and the people of the Chu clan were furious, launched a rebellion, and robbed the emperor of his silver. Hu Guangbu's political envoy made an urgent move and arrested dozens of sect members, causing a serious conflict. The contradictions between the Chu clan intensified, which eventually led to serious infighting.
Although the turmoil in the court subsided, the internal chaos of the Chu Domain became more and more chaotic. The king of Chu was loyal to the imperial court, but the people of the Chu clan were caught in a struggle because of the deterioration of the contradictions within the clan. The situation was out of control, until one day, the appearance of a man named Zhang Xianzhong changed everything. Under his mediation, the infighting among the people of the Chu Sect quietly dissipated.
In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen (1643), Zhang Xianzhong led the Great Western Army to besiege Wuchang City, and the Chu domain had already fallen into chaos at this time. Zuo Liangyu's blackmail failed, and the gold and silver treasures of the Chu Wangfu became Zhang Xianzhong's target. After the fall of the city, the king of Chu was imprisoned, the people of the Chu clan were slaughtered, and the infighting of the Chu clan ended with Zhang Xianzhong's intervention.
This rebellion of the clan began with a complaint and ended with the iron hooves of the Great Western Army. The contradictions within the Chu Domain, the ** of gold and silver treasures, eventually led to the blood feud of the family and the fall of the city. After turmoil, the Ming Dynasty party disputes and disputes, and the internal strife of the clans, a poignant historical picture gradually drifted away in the ripples of time.
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