Chapter 17
There were many reasons why the Great Ming Dynasty perished, but one of them could not be avoided.
And that was-factional strife!
The party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty started from the "Jing Cha"(assessment of officials) and continued until the demise of the Ming Dynasty. The party struggle never stopped. Whether it was on political or military issues, there was endless debate. At first, it was the struggle between the Donglin Party and the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties, and later it evolved into the struggle between the Donglin Party and the eunuch party.
At this time, in the history that Yan Song had transmigrated to, there were already signs of party struggles. The three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang, the Embroidered Uniform Guards, the East Chamber, and the West Chamber had already begun to form factions, preparing to fight for their own interests.
Other than that, there was also the Jin Party, which represented the Jin merchants and Shanxi merchants. They operated the salt industry, the exchange firm, and other businesses. They were especially famous for the exchange firm. There was a popular saying in Beijing: The great merchants in the capital were mostly from Jin, and the famous Qiao Family Courtyard referred to Jin merchants.
However, the Jin merchants were more miserable. The emperor had pointed out that they could not enter the cabinet. The laws of the ancestors could not be violated. Therefore, the Jin merchants became bitter huskies. They could not enter the cabinet at all. At most, they could only be one of the six ministers.
This time, the capital had no idea where it started, but many rumors about the Donglin Party bringing disaster to the country and the people had appeared. It was called crazy and shocking.
With this matter stirred up, the entire capital, which was originally relatively calm, was now in a mess. Undercurrents were surging.
The Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang factions naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity. They secretly increased their efforts to spread this news even more widely.
As for the matter of Yang Tinghe entering the cabinet, they had originally thought that it was a done deal. However, now that the situation was chaotic, the various factions had other thoughts.
"We can't let Yang Ting and that old fox enter the cabinet!”
With a target, his ability to move was even stronger.
Soon, people from various parties began to write letters, strongly demanding that Qian Qianyi be investigated.
"Where did the money come from? Didn't you say he was a clean official?"
"Investigate, we must investigate thoroughly!"
Soon, the cabinet was filled with all kinds of impeachment memorials, at least two to three hundred of them.
Yan Song sighed." You are all loyal patriots. You hate evil as much as I do!"”
Xu Zan and Zhang Bi: "…" Heavens, I feel like Yan Song has become even more shameless recently.
Meanwhile, at the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen, Bao Zheng had also received all kinds of black information about Qian Qianyi from various channels.
Obviously, everyone felt that Bao Dapao was a good cannon. He was ruthless and specialized in slapping people in the face. In order to make Bao Dapao feel good, these masterminds did not come up with any nonsense like 'Lei Feng',' Bao Zheng pays his own silver'. Otherwise, Bao Dapao would really be blacklisted.
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The next morning.
The sky was still pitch-black and one could not even see one's fingers when Yan Song was chased out of his warm bed.
"Heavens, this morning court system is too inhumane!”
Liu Ru's warm and fragrant bed was so comfortable, yet she insisted on getting up to attend the morning court session. It was simply like a heaven dungeon falling into a hell dungeon.
By the time Yan Song had put on the troublesome clothes with the help of the servant girls, Feng Ji was already waiting outside the door.
"Master, today is the most crucial day.”
"Don't worry, everything is under control." Yan Song smiled.”
Today, he had two goals to accomplish. One was the short-term goal. He wanted the Emperor to order an investigation of Qian Qianyi. Yes, Bao Zheng was the main focus. The second goal was to make everyone realize that Bao Dapao was not to be trifled with. He wanted to lure everyone to send Bao Dapao out of Shuntian Prefecture and cause trouble in Jiangnan. At the same time, he wanted to disgust those hateful Donglin Party.
However, Yan Song didn't need to do too much. All he needed to do was give it a gentle push.
Most importantly, in this incident, Yan Song's political struggles could be considered to be experienced and ruthless. Most people did not know that this was Yan Song's underhanded move and would only suspect each other. Yan Song himself was not harmed, and only the people of other parties were sacrificed.
On his way to court, he met many officials. Some were flattering him, while others were disgusted.
Soon, Yan Song saw Qian Qianyi. When the sedan chair passed by him, he went up to Qian Qianyi and said.
"Liu Ru is indeed not bad. You have good taste.”
As soon as these words were said, Qian Qianyi's eyes were practically spewing fire, and he wished he could tear Yan Song apart on the spot.
Yan Song liked to see this kind of look when he wanted to kill him but couldn't.
Not long after, Luo Longwen walked over and greeted Yan Song," Greetings, Grand Secretary Yan."
Luo Longwen was originally in the disaster area, but because of a letter from Yan Song, Luo Longwen obtained the 500-year-old Lingzhi and presented it to the Emperor. Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed and rushed to escort Luo Longwen to the capital. As for the reconstruction and stability of the disaster area…fine, Emperor Jiajing felt that it was not as important as the 500-year-old Lingzhi.
From this, it could be seen that Emperor Jiajing's obsession with cultivation was almost incurable. Even the chaos in the world was not as important as cultivation. If other people knew about this, they would probably beat their chests and stamp their feet, cursing the crafty sycophants for flattering the emperor.
"How was the situation when you met the emperor last night?”Yan Song asked.
"The emperor liked it very much and gave me a lot of rewards.”Luo Longwen felt like he was about to fly, even his steps were light as a feather. However, he still maintained his usual respect for Yan Song.
"That's good. About today's matter…"
"Don't worry, Grand Secretary Yan, I'll make sure it's done properly!”Luo Longwen patted his chest.
Taihe Palace.
There were a lot of officials in court today. In the past, there were at least nine ministers, and there were more than ten or twenty. However, there were seventy to eighty of them today. (As usual, high officials must be present, but low officials can be present or not.)）
It was obvious that so many people had come today to see the Donglin Party make a fool of themselves.
As the leader of the Donglin Party, Yang Tinghe was already sick from holding in his anger. He glared at Qian Qianyi fiercely.
The Jiajing Emperor walked out very quickly.
"If you have something to report," said the eunuch,"you may leave the court if you have nothing to report.”
At this moment, Luo Longwen walked out.”
Luo Longwen fired the first shot.
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