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Volume 4 Sword Qi Struggle Chapter 1 Fang Buli...has lost power

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    Spring passes and autumn comes, year after year. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed.  .In the past ten years, Xia Yuanji has been gone.  The person who succeeded him as Minister of Household Affairs was Fang Buli, Governor of Jiliao.  Fang Buli took over the position of Minister of Household Affairs, and with the support of Zhu Zhanji, he carried out drastic reforms in the imperial court's financial revenue and expenditure. The treasury, which had been empty for many years, showed a surplus for the first time, and the Ming Dynasty was boosted.  .  Fang Buli's status in the court was getting higher and higher, and in the end no one could even replace him. Zhu Zhanji felt that it was almost done and was ready to let him join the cabinet.  But there was a gap between Sanyang and Fang Buli, and they prevented Fang Buli from entering the cabinet. Moreover, the expenses of the court could not be separated from the reformed household department. The world regarded him as the prime minister and was known as the prime minister.  The Household Department has become the most powerful and special department among the six departments.  As for the Huashan sect, it would be miserable because there is an enemy who is the minister of the Ministry of household affairs.  Although in the past ten years, the Huashan School's status in the world has become higher and higher, almost catching up with Shaolin and Wudang, the business under its command is facing difficulties in expansion.  Even if Huashan wants to buy a piece of land and open a tailor shop, it will attract repeated inspections from the Industrial Development Bureau, the Taxation Bureau, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and the Sansi Yamen. Fortunately, Wangyue City on Luzon Island in the South China Sea transports a large amount of gold and silver every year to subsidize its use.  , this prevented the Huashan Sect from falling into the embarrassing situation of having no money to use.  Zhou Buyi wrote to Yang Rong several times, and Yang Rong also made several plans to overthrow Fang Buli.  It was a pity that Fang Buli had a noble family and was full of strategies. Those several political battles ended in vain, but instead caused Fang Buli to fight back.  Because of this, the hatred of the Huashan faction towards the imperial court reached its peak.  Just waiting for some time, revenge on Fang Buli, revenge on the household departmenteven revenge on the imperial court.  Finallythe time has come.  In the spring and first month of the tenth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of Taiping, Zhu Zhanji, who had sat on the Dragon Throne for ten years, withdrew his troops from Jiaozhi and put down the rebellion, died.  Crown Prince Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor when he was only nine years old. Because of his young age, state affairs were in the hands of Zhang, the empress dowager.  Perhaps he accepted the lesson of the Empress Dowager Dou in the early Han Dynasty. Although Zhang's status was respected, she did not reuse her natal family and did not even allow her relatives to interfere in state affairs.  On the contrary, he likes to reuse the old ministers since Renxuan. Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu, known as the "Three Yangs", are still ranked as cabinet bachelors. Although Fang Buli is not favored by Zhang, he still maintains his position as Minister of Household Affairs, Minister of Household Affairs, and Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.  The position of calculating phase.  For a time, the country was stable, the officials were honest, the treasury was abundant, and everyone in the world praised him.  The Huashan faction suppressed their thoughts of revenge and just thought it was their own bad luck.  But only Zhou Buji knew that this was just the beginning In the fifth year of Zhengtong, the Huashan Sect's biggest supporter in the court, the great scholar Yang Rong, passed away, with the posthumous title Wenmin.  Originally, the death of Yang Rong was an excellent opportunity for Fang Buli to join the cabinet. Unfortunately, who put the Huashan faction on the line of the Empress Dowager Zhang?  Therefore, Fang Buli sat in the position of Minister of Household Affairs for another two years.  Two years later, that is, the seventh year of orthodoxy, the Huashan sect finally managed to get on the line. Empress Dowager Zhang passed away. Originally, the Huashan sect thought that it was finished and could no longer stop Fang Buli from entering the cabinet. Fang Buli also thought that his entry into the cabinet was just around the corner.  At that time, the remaining two of the 'Three Yangs' joined forces to resist Fang Buli's entry into the cabinet.  It turns out that in the past ten years, Fang Buli has made too many achievements and his reputation is too great. Neither Yang Shiqi nor Yang Pu are sure that they can suppress this Hubu, who is regarded by the outside world as a 'planner'.  The minister was afraid, so the two finally joined forces.  But there seems to be the shadow of an eunuch behind this After being depressed for a few more years, Fang Buli's opportunity finally came when Xue Heng left him with a third son.  In the ninth year of Zhengtong's reign, Yang Shiqi passed away and was given the posthumous title Wenzhen.  That year, Yang Pu was old and frail, and could no longer stop Fang Buli.  Twenty-five years after Fang Buli entered his official career (those who were elected in the Ming Dynasty were reserve officials!), at the age of forty, he entered the cabinet, the core institution of the Ming Dynasty.  The smug Fang Buli had his own ambitions, which he had suppressed for nearly twenty years. His eyes were not just on a cabinet, nor just on the Ming Dynasty, but on the whole world.  In the eleventh year of Zhengtong, Yang Pu passed away and his posthumous title was decided.  The last elder of the three dynasties (perhaps it would be more appropriate to say the elder of the fourth dynasty) who could restrain Fang Buli and suppress the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the inner court, passed away.  After years of ups and downs in officialdom, Fang Buli no longer took the future 'Emperor' seriously.  He also has enough identity, scheming and fame, and is confident that he can suppress this dead eunuch who can't even pass the examination.  Because he was the youngest elder of the three dynasties in history, the man who single-handedly planned the two emperors' ascension to the throne, and the minister who cared about Zhu Zhanji's life.  Everything about this went so smoothly.  That's right, one is an important minister of the court who has been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, has outstanding merits, has countless party members, is as famous and powerful as Yihuo, and is the prime minister in the hearts of the people all over the world.  The other one was Eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch who could not even pass the examination and became a eunuch from the palace. He had nothing but the favor of the emperor.  No one else would think there was anything wrong.  WhoIt¡¯s clear who is at fault.  But no one thought that the problem lay in Fang Buli¡¯s fame and power.  In order to consolidate the imperial power, Zhu Yuanzhang established prisons and abolished the prime minister. The majesty mentioned by the cabinet bachelor was actually nothing more than a team of secretaries around the emperor.  But when this big shot, who was as famous and powerful as Yihuo, entered the cabinet, no one could stop even a sneeze from him.  Who can guarantee that this big shot will not restore Zhongshu Province and become another prime minister of Zhongshu Province after Hu Weiyong?  What's more, with the death of San Yang and the death of the Queen Mother, there was no longer anyone in the inner court who could compete with the eunuch Wang Zhen, who had always been favored by Emperor Zhu Qizhen.  In the inner palace, perhaps not only in the inner palace, but also in the outer court, Wang Zhen, the eunuch and eunuch Bingbi, the chief of etiquette, also began to emerge and make waves.  The politics of the Zhengtong Dynasty began to decline.  At this time, Emperor Qiaqia grew from a young emperor to a passionate young man, with great ambitions to stabilize the country.  "But they could not leave but were unwilling to act rashly. The Ming Dynasty was built on the ruins left by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.  Whether it is taxation, political system, official system, official system, military system or military administration, there are all holes. Fang Buli's painstaking efforts for twenty years finally helped the Ming Dynasty to make up for the problem of finance and taxation.  But if we don't get rid of the old disadvantages and reform the system, no matter how much wealth Fang Buli brings to the court, it won't be enough to fill those holes.  Even finances that have improved may be dragged down again.  ¡°One wants to make achievements and expand territory, while the other wants to calm down and change the system. How can the two of them come together?  But Fang Buli¡¯s prestige and power are too great, and his followers are spread across the two capitals and eleven provinces of the Ming Dynasty (where are the other two provinces? Do you think Shaanxi and Shanxi can still resist Huashan who unified the martial arts in the two provinces after Fang Buli left)  faction? ), so even if Zhu Qizhen was so angry with Fang Buli that he thought about deposing Fang Buli several times, if he wanted to find a suitable candidate to impeach Fang Buli, Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen would never  The Ministry of Personnel asked for a list of officials inside and outside the imperial court. They searched the palace for half a year, but failed to find a suitable candidate.  We can only sit back and watch as Fang continues to seize power step by step.  How could Fang Buli hide what Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen were planning in the palace?  An eunuch from the inner court who had long been friends with Fang Buli secretly reported to Fang Mansion. Fang Buli smiled disdainfully. In his opinion, Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen were just two dolls. They just exchanged glasses with each other at the banquet.  Can you defeat yourself?  They didn't even bother to knock, and were busy making changes to several other departments in the Sixth Department. Several ministers watched helplessly as their subordinates rushed to Fang Mansion every day, but their own mansion was deserted.  The dissatisfaction in my heart is accumulating day by day.  It is also the wishes of the heavens, or the person says that it is: the heavens can do it, it can still be done;  A year later, Fang Buli's drastic reforms finally triggered an outbreak of dissatisfaction accumulated by the conservative faction. All the gentry, officials and citizens of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan and South Zhili provinces and one capital wrote letters.  Kuang Ye, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Wang Zuo, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Wang Zhi, Wang Tianguan, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the head of the six departments.  Seeing this opportunity, the three of them went to Shuji to impeach Fang Buli for 13 illegal things.  But the strange thing is that the emperor, who has long been dissatisfied with the other party, is indifferent.  However, this was also part of the calculations of the three lords.  Originally, the three of them did not intend to kill him with one blow, because they knew that Fang Buli's foundation was too deep. If he was provoked, he would immediately rebel. It was estimated that no one could stop him.  This impeachment is just a manifestation of the bad temper that the affairs of the three ministries have been usurped by the Ministry of Household Affairs. As for the consequences, the three of them are already ready to resign Just when the New Party is preparing to fight back.  Hu Ming, the Minister of Rites, who was considered a veteran of the Five Dynasties, finally took action.     Older gingers are more spicy.  The clever thing about Hu Hui is that he does not impeach Fang Buli himself, but impeaches the third brother of Li Xian, the backbone of Fang Party.  It can be said that this Mr. Li San is embarrassing to his brother. As the head of the Household Department, he actually stayed in a brothel.  As soon as this incident came out, public opinion was in an uproar, and Li Xian had to go to court to plead guilty. In the end, he was dismissed from Liaodong and made a military preparation.  It doesn¡¯t matter if Li Xian falls, but he is the only link between the New Party and the Xungui Group after Xue Lu¡¯s death.  With Li Xian's departure, members of the new party were released from Beijing one by one.  Finally, Fang Buli, a bachelor of the cabinet and minister of household affairs, was transferred to Liaodong to make a Liaodong economic strategy.  As a result, the powerful new party collapsed, and the vigorous propaganda of major reforms came to an abrupt end.  The orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen finally pulled out the thorn in his back, and the eunuch Wang Zhen, the eunuch Wang Zhen, the eunuch Wang Zhen, also obtained the power he dreamed of.  Zhou Bujie finally breathed a sigh of relief.  Because, the opportunity is finally coming.  (To be continued.)
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