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Volume 6: Yin Whip Points to the East to the End of the World Chapter 489: Jing Hui¡¯s Disease

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    On the fifth day of July, Zhang Yuan and his entourage entered Shanhaiguan. Zou Zhiyi, the chief of the military department who was stationed at Shanhaiguan, was a disciple of Wu Daonan, the second assistant to the cabinet, and was naturally close to Zhang Yuan. That night, Zou Zhiyi hosted a banquet for Zhang Yuan, Ruan Dacheng and several Korean envoys at the official mansion.  After the banquet, he went up to Shanhaiguan Gate Tower with Zhang Yuan and Ruan Dacheng to drink tea and have a long talk to cool off the heat. When Zhang Yuan talked about the attack on Phoenix Mountain, Zou Zhiyi said solemnly: "It's like walking on thin ice. Fortunately, Zhang Xiuzan was cautious and called in hundreds of people."  Musketeers and imperial guards dare to fight, and there are guards with strong martial arts skills who kill the leader of the thieves in one fell swoop, otherwise the situation will be in danger!" He also sighed with emotion: "From what I have seen, today's Liaodong generals are not used to fighting, but they are arrogant and arrogant.  , thinking that the slave chief has nothing to worry about. For many years, he has not repaired his weapons. His halberds are rotten and blunt, and they are useless in times of emergency. The golden drums have almost stopped ringing. The soldiers under his command are only slaves. They have little training and cannot even shoot a bow.  If you can't draw a bow within thirty steps, if something happens, what use will these soldiers have!"

    This is rotten to the core. Zhang Yuan sighed: "Governor Li is just trying to stay safe, while General Zhang is brave but has no plans. In less than a year, Liao affairs will be ruined."

    Ruan Dacheng did not care much about Liaodong affairs. Like most officials and people of the Ming Dynasty, he did not believe that Hou Jin could pose much of a threat to the Ming Dynasty. Even after this trip to North Korea, Ruan Dacheng's view has not changed much, at most.  He believed that Nurhachi would pose a certain threat to Liaodong. What he was most concerned about was the result of Ding Si's inspection of the capital. When they left the capital on March 22, the inspection of Beijing officials below the fourth rank had ended. Ding Yuanjian, the head of the Ministry of Rites,  Six officials from Donglin or close to Donglin, including Lu Dashou, a doctor in the Zhejiang Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Ma Defeng, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, Fu Mei, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, Li Feng, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, and Li Pu, a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, were dismissed from their posts, and several Donglin officials were dismissed.  Lin officials were demoted or transferred out of Beijing, and Donglin's forces suffered heavy losses.

    But the highlight of Ding Si¡¯s imperial inspection is still the inspection of senior officials of the fourth rank and above.  The records of these officials were sent to the emperor in early March.  It will be copied and circulated by the science and technology officials.  If an official believes that an official's self-statement is fraudulent or exaggerating, he can report it. Nowadays, the official is basically controlled by the three parties of Zhejiang, Chu, and Qi. The officials of the three parties will take advantage of this exfiltration.  All high-ranking Donglin officials have been expelled from the two capitals, and they have been collecting evidence against the Donglin Party members since last year.

    So Ruan Dacheng took advantage of the break between Zhang Yuan and Zou Zhiyi to discuss the situation in Liaodong and asked quickly: "Mr. Zou, I wonder if the overall situation of the Beijing inspection this year has been decided?"

    Zou Zhiyi stared in surprise and said: "That's right, you two are far away in North Korea and don't know about the changes in the country. Alas, now that a group of petty villains are in power, the party will be in trouble!" He immediately told Zhang Yuan and Ruan Dacheng in detail  During Ding Si's investigation in Beijing, Yao Zongwen of the Zhejiang Party and Zhou Yongchun of the Qi Party instigated Xu Shaoji, the chief minister of the Civil Affairs Department, and Han Jun, the censor of Henan Province, to impeach Weng Zhengchun, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, and Weng Zhengchun, the former rite and deployment department.  Sun Shenxing, the right minister of affairs, Qiao Yunsheng, the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, Wang Tu, the former right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Zhu Guozhen, the former imperial minister, and other Donglin Party officials, as well as Sun Wei and Zhan, the censors of the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate  The two pro-Dongli officials, Zhan Shi and Qian Longxi, were both impeached.

    People are not saints, and no one can do anything wrong, and this also involves the clan, and those who commit crimes and crimes in the clan will also be blamed on the official, so once they are found, it is difficult to defend themselves. Emperor Wanli announced on the sixth day of April that  Distribute the missing items.  Qiao Yun was promoted and dismissed, Wang Tuguan stayed idle, and Weng Zhengchun, Sun Shenxing, and Zhu Guozhen returned to their hometowns for recuperation.  The so-called return to hometown for recuperation is a euphemism, which is tantamount to removal from office in disguise; Wang Zhicai, the Donglin general who had been demoted to the county magistrate of Quanjiao County in the case last year, was punished again, this time he was directly removed from office; also, Jiangxi Province  Sun Juxiang, the imperial censor, was transferred to Jiangxi to participate in political affairs and civil affairs affairs. Yao Yongji was transferred to Huguang as deputy envoy to the Council, and Li Banghua, the censor of Shandong Province, was transferred to Shanxi.  Sun Wei, the Censor of the Capital, and Qian Longxi, the Young Master of Zhan Shifu, were retained. It can be said that Ding Si Jing Cha, the power of the Lin Party in the DPRK has been wiped out, and the three parties have won a comprehensive victory.

    Zhang Yuan frowned slightly. Although this result was expected by him, he was still unhappy. Although there were scum in Donglin, there were mostly decent people. Although there were many upright people in the three parties, most of them followed the trend.  Otherwise, they would not have attached themselves to Wei Zhongxian in the future and became eunuchs. The Donglin people headed by Gu Xiancheng and Gao Panlong also had a far deeper understanding of the country's maladministration than the Three Parties. Some people in later generations fabricated and distorted historical facts to describe the Ming Dynasty  There was an ulterior motive in placing all the responsibility for the demise on Dong Lin. Advocating the commonwealth of the world and opposing the monarch were also tabooed four hundred years later. Zhang Yuan had a clear understanding of this, but that was all for later.  The difficult question before him is: Now that Donglin officials have completely withdrawn from the political center, and the drums are about to rise in Liaodong, how should he respond?

    Ruan Dacheng was not as calm as Zhang Yuan, and said in surprise: "Boss Weng Shilang and Zhu Jijiu have returned home!"

    Zou Zhiyi said: "Yes, the dismissed officials have been leaving Beijing one after another since June. By the way, there is another matter that Zhang Xiuzuan may not know about yet. My brother-in-law and Mr.  No.?Zuo of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties had the courtesy name Ming and his nickname Dingxuan.

    Zhang Yuan was shocked and hurriedly asked what happened. Zou Zhiyi said: "I ordered my brother-in-law to patrol Fujian as the censor of Zuoqiandu. This is not considered a relegation."

    Ruan Dacheng looked at Zhang Yuan without saying anything. He knew very well that this was a means for Fang Congzhe, Yao Zongwen and others to attack Zhang Yuan. Shang Zhou Zuo originally belonged to the Zhejiang Party and had a good official reputation. If the three parties are willing to push forward, then Shang Zhou Zuo will  It is not impossible for Ding Si to be promoted to the position of third-rank right deputy censor of the capital this time. Now, although the censor of the left "Ya s¨¡o Chapter 489 Jinghui's Disease" Qiandu censor is not demoted to Fujian, but the external transfer and  There is a big difference in Beijing. Many officials would rather be a seventh- or eighth-rank minor official in Beijing than let a fifth- or sixth-rank magistrate or general magistrate go out. Just like Ruan Dacheng, he stayed in the capital and served as a traveler.  The eighth-grade practitioners also think that they are better than Huang Zunsu and others who are sent out to serve as seventh-grade county magistrates. There are many opportunities for promotion in Beijing. Local officials rarely enter the center of power. Who among the six department officials and the cabinet bachelors started as county magistrates?  of?  Zuo of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties visited Fujian, which effectively weakened Zhang Yuan's power.

    It seems that after Fang Congzhe and the three party bureaucrats expelled Donglin, they also began to suppress Zhang Yuan's Hanshe. As a member of the Hanshe, Ruan Dacheng couldn't help but feel in danger and had no future.

    Zhang Yuan felt relieved when he heard that his brother-in-law was going to patrol Fujian, because he knew that the struggle in the court would be the most intense in the next few years. After the crown prince Zhu Changluo came to the throne, all the Donglin people who had been demoted earlier were reinstated and promoted, but the Hongwan case,  However, the palace transfer cases came one after another. Donglin and the Three Parties were at loggerheads. The party disaster was unprecedentedly violent. Therefore, it should be a good thing for brother-in-law Shang Zhouzuo to leave this whirlpool of disputes. That is, sister-in-law Fu and Jinglan and Jing  The two sisters from Huizhou have to travel six thousand miles, which is more difficult than going to Fujian.

    Zhang Yuan asked: "Who are the people who took advantage of this trip to get promoted?"

    Ruan Dacheng also asked: "Yes, what official position did Yao Zongwen hold?"

    Zou Zhiyi said: "Yao Zongwen's reputation is not good, and he is still in trouble. Zhou Yongchun of the Qi Party was promoted to censor of the Youqian capital this time, while Li Rong of the Zhejiang Party was also in charge of the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the rest were mostly official positions.  As usual, this is because the emperor refuses to fill the vacancy, otherwise the officials of the Six Departments and the Seven Ministers of the Five Prefectures will all be members of the Three Parties."

    Zhang Yuandao: "Actually, it's almost the same. The important positions of the Science and Technology Officer "Yas¨¡o" and the Six Ministries are basically controlled by the three parties. If the emperor doesn't fill the vacancies, they will have one person to hold multiple positions, giving them greater power."

    Ruan Dacheng felt hot all over his body. He shook his folding fan fiercely and stood up. He looked from the tall Shanhaiguan Gate Tower to the direction of the southwest capital. The night sky was vast and dotted with stars. He thought to himself: "I have returned from being an envoy for several months and it is already like this!  "Looking back at Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan remained calm and showed no signs of worry. I really don't know what Zhang Yuan was thinking.

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    On July 18th, Shao Fuzhong, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, was ordered to come to Luhe Post in Tongzhou to welcome Zhang Yuan and the Korean envoy Yu Yan. In the evening, more than a hundred people from the Ming and North Korean envoys arrived at Luhe Post. Before the banquet,  Zhang Yuan and Ruan Dacheng reported to Shao Fuzhong about their mission and the attack. Shao Fuzhong said: "The emperor will decide the affairs of Korea. It is good that Zhang Xiuzhuan and Ruan Xingren return safely." He also said: "Sixty-one people are accompanying us.  Nearly half of the Jinyiwei sent as envoys were killed or injured, which is something that has never happened in the more than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty." Shao Fuzhong's tone seemed to be teasing.

    Zhang Yuandao: "The Eastern captives are rampant and the border is uneasy. This is indeed a crisis rare in the past two hundred years."

    Shao Fuzhong chuckled, said no more, and invited Zhang Yuan, Yu Yan and others to the banquet.

    In the afternoon of the next day, Shao Fuzhong, Zhang Yuan, and Yu Yan entered the inner city of Beijing through Chaoyang Gate. Suddenly they heard someone shouting: "Master, Master", and another person shouting: "Master, Master," two people shouted at the same time.  , and rushed to the front of the mission vehicle.

    Zhang Yuan heard the voice and knew it was Wu Ling and the young man Baima, but at this time the scorching sun was setting in the west, the light was dazzling, and there were many people on both sides of the street. He didn't see where Wu Ling and the others were, so he put up an awning to look for them, and raised his voice to ask the people who were walking away.  Jin Yiwei said: "It's my family, no "entertainment show" wants to stop him."

    The Jinyi Guardsman sent Wu Ling and Baima over. Wu Ling said happily: "Brother Fu and Dachui are still guarding Chongwenmen. They think that if the young master leaves from Chongwenmen, he will definitely come back through Chongwenmen. But I guess that the young master will leave."  Chaoyang Gate, as expected!" He then ordered Baima: "Baima, go back and inform the young n¨£in¨£i first, saying that you have received the young master."

    Baima is an impatient person and ran away. Zhang originally wanted to give a few instructions, but he had already run a long way away. It is more than ten miles from here to Lige Old Hutong. Wouldn't this little guy be half dead from exhaustion?  Moreover, it was such a hot day, Zhang Yuan quickly asked Wu Ling to catch up and call Baima back. There was no need to rush back to report the news, he had to return to the Ministry of Rites first.

    Wu Ling and Baima were walking with Zhang Yuan's horse. Zhang Yuan asked, "Is my brother Shang still in the capital?"

    Baima rushed to answer: "The elder left Beijing at the end of last month."

    Wuling SupplementHe said: "Miss Jing Hui stayed in Beijing. Miss Jing Hui felt unwell last month and did not go to Fujian with Master Shang."

    Zhang Yuan hurriedly asked: "What disease did you have? Are you feeling better now?"

    Wu Ling said: "It's better, but it's not cured yet. I don't know what the cause of the disease is."

    (To be continued.)
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