Chapter 3 Section 3 What is Politics?

There is a kind of dominoes in this world called dominoes.Any two dominoes stand in a position where they can take care of each other, forming a situation where unity is strength.In the absence of external force, thousands of dominoes twist and turn like the Great Wall, which is spectacular. But as long as the first push is given gently, everything changes. Hakka's going out of the palace seems to be the first thrust of Wei Zhongxian's domino, does everything change?Wei Zhongxian sneered——I almost turned all the officials of the Ming Dynasty into Wei Zhongxian dominoes. Why, you Chongzhen want to fight it out?Can!As long as you can afford the capital of the Ming Dynasty, let's all play together!

On the fourth day of September, Wang Tiqian, who became the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies because of ingratiating himself with Wei and Ke, submitted an application for resignation to Chongzhen as an old man.According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies and palm seal was higher than the eunuch in Zhangdongchang, but Wang Tiqian was willing to be subordinate to him in order to curry favor with Wei Zhongxian.Now, as the majestic eunuch in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, Wang Tiqian took the initiative to act as a sacrifice for Wei Zhongxian's domino, obviously challenging the royal authority of the Ming Dynasty... Chongzhen closed his eyes: This is the official team of the Ming Dynasty.He clearly heard Wei Zhongxian's sneer - finish playing together!Let's play together!

Of course, Chongzhen would never play this fire with Wei Zhongxian - it is not your turn to burn the palace of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian. The 18-year-old Chongzhen retained Wang Tiqian with an extremely sincere attitude.He even said something like this: the throne can be relinquished, but the old king must never leave. He confided in his heart, burst into tears, understood it with emotion, and moved him with reason. In the end, he was so moved that the old king expressed his loyalty from the bottom of his heart, and he almost said yes Wei Zhongxian instructed him to do this behind his back.

This round, Chongzhen won, and Wei Zhongxian couldn't help applauding in his heart: This emperor, his grandson pretended to be better than me.The so-called man can bear what others can't bear, it seems that the Ming Dynasty is either mine or his. Indeed, the affairs of this world are in the final analysis the affairs of the heart.People's hearts say they are small, they are small, and they say they are big, they are big.It's so small that it's heartless; it's so big that it has no edges or edges.Sun Wukong has seventy-two changes, and the human heart also has seventy-two changes.The officials of the Ming Dynasty had such piercing eyes.I have no other skills, and I am doing the work of penetrating people's hearts every day.Hundreds of people are crowded together in a big house all day long, you think about me, I think about you, any disturbance, wind and water, and body movement before moving, you can know it at a glance.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty are really talented. Chongzhen soon felt that they were very talented.On September 14th, Yang Suoxiu, the right deputy capital censor in charge of Nanjing, stood up out of righteous indignation and impeached Wei Zhongxian's cronies, Minister of War Cui Chengxiu, Minister of Industry Li Yangde, Minister of Taipusi Chen Yin, governor of Yansui Zhu Tongmeng, etc. People say that they are not filial, and Ding You is not at home after their parents passed away, which violates the policy of governing the world with filial piety just put forward by Chongzhen.At the same time, he impeached Zhou Yingqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who has been dawdling for so many years. The promotion of officials is always a matter of balancing and making peace. "Where is the bottom line of being a man? Where is the conscience of an official?"

Chongzhen immediately understood that Yang Suoxiu was too damn talented.With poisonous eyes, you can see at a glance that I have duplicity in trying to keep Wang Tiqian; with a smart mind, knowing that I am incompatible with the Wei Party, I will immediately impeach the members of the Wei Party; Party irrelevant reasons bring them down. But can it really be put down?Should I put it down today or later?Will it leave political sequelae after it is brought down?Chongzhen was thinking, and the officials held their breath. It's a pity that Wei Zhongxian didn't allow Chongzhen to think about it. He immediately reminded Chongzhen of a common-sense problem. The parents of these officials passed away and were not at home. Not only did they not commend them, they knocked them down with a stick. After that, do they still have to do the work of the imperial court?And Zhou Yingqiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, is definitely a good official who sticks to principles. Isn't Yang Suoxiu the old man who brought him up?

It was difficult for Chongzhen to refute Wei Zhongxian's words.Wei Dang is really deeply rooted and leafy!A quarter of an hour later, Chongzhen announced his withdrawal from the court without leaving any will.So the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew Chongzhen's embarrassment and the subtleties of the situation.The rain is about to come and the wind is coming. When did Chongzhen and Wei Zhongxian start to fight each other? It became the talk of the officials after dinner, and it also became the vane for them to weigh their own advances and retreats.Maybe it will happen tomorrow, maybe it won't happen in their lifetime.They will sleep under the Nine Springs with great suspense and curiosity, making them restless forever.Maybe so, who knows?

What is politics?Politics is a deal, a compromise, what can't be tolerated, soaring to prosperity, being ruined, turning one's hand into a cloud, covering one's hand with rain, changing the color of the country, falling to the ground, being a beauty trick, thinking of danger, thinking of changing, and thinking of retreating... It was Chongzhen's blank eyes. An 18-year-old youth, a country that has been passed down for 16 generations.The sixteen ancestors were silent in the distant kingdom of heaven, and Chongzhen combed the feathers of the Ming Dynasty in the already desolate Forbidden City.

Cui Chengxiu, who was impeached, and others cautiously went to the shuffle a few days later, requesting to resign and return to his hometown to guard the system, to fulfill his filial piety and to use his holy name.Chongzhen sneered: In the full holy name?Whose holy name?If I have my name, then the name of the late emperor will be ruined. It is the late emperor who seized his love and stayed in office first. I can't break all the previous administrative logic chains one by one, can I? !Wei Zhongxian's heart is so poisonous...and the good old man Zhou Yingqiu also went to the Shu and asked to resign and return to his hometown.Hehe, you all have a way out, but I, the emperor, have no way out.No, let's all suffer together, let's see who can survive who?No!

As a result, none of the people impeached by Yang Suoxiu suffered unscathed. On the contrary, Yang Suoxiu himself was reprimanded by Chongzhen.In the eyes of non-Wei party officials, such things happened again and again, making it difficult for the entire Ming Dynasty to figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Chongzhen's gourd. Of course, this also includes Wei Zhongxian. Is Chongzhen really giving me face?Why did he give me face?Are you afraid of my three points or cat and mouse?Wei Zhongxian decided to explore the truth again. This time, he did it himself.On September 25th, Wei Zhongxian suggested to Chongzhen with shame on his face that the cult of personality was not a thing, and asked the emperor to stop the activities of building shrines for him in various places.In order to solemnize the matter, he, who was illiterate, asked a close friend who wrote well to write a memorial for him, called "The Shame of Building a Temple for a Long Time".Chongzhen looked at it, and replied lightly: "Forget what was built before, and don't build it again in the future."

let bygones be bygonesWei Zhongxian pondered this reply for a long time, but he was still not sure whether it was this conclusion.Perhaps Chongzhen was waiting for an opportunity.What chance, didn't you give him earlier?Why not?What is he going to do to me?What a mother-in-law!Wei Zhongxian really couldn't figure it out. Of course, Wei Zhongxian couldn't sleep if Chongzhen didn't give him a happy word.A few days later, a counterattack against Yang Suoxiu began.Didn't your Chongzhen blame Yang Suoxiu?Well, let's have an upgraded version to thoroughly criticize Yang's problem.All the officials and departments gave a loud voice to Chen Eryi during the incident: Your Majesty, there are people behind Yang Suoxiu, and the remnants of Donglin are spreading all over Chang'an.It's impossible not to catch them, Dongchang and Jinyiwei should get out of the hole immediately, no... dispatch! Chongzhen read the memorial and smiled lightly: he wanted to muddy the water.Boy, the water is already muddy, do you still need to stir it?Now the most unreliable organ in the human body is the eye.Partisanship cannot be seen, it needs to be felt.If you come out to play around, you will have to pay it back sooner or later, so why worry. What Donglin remnants?Are there remnants of Donglin in this world?If there is, it is also a vulnerable group.I said a few words to Yang Suoxiu, and your people from Wei Zhongxian immediately put their hats on you.You can't be so shameless as a human being! Chongzhen threw the memorial obliquely to the corner of the wall at a beautiful angle, watching the afterglow of the setting sun cover the memorial little by little through the curtain, the young and mature Chongzhen felt an unspeakable pleasure. According to historical records, Chongzhen did not like female sex in his short life, and the only pleasure in his life was "fighting with others, which brings endless joy".The wrestling with Wei Zhongxian allowed him to develop his emperor's IQ step by step, which made him ecstatic and emotional. Wei Zhongxian soon knew how Chongzhen threw the memorial obliquely into the corner from a beautiful angle, this is the benefit of the Internet.As the sole CEO of the Ming Empire website, Wei Zhongxian knows the importance of information, especially information related to Chongzhen.Sun Tzu said that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle, how to know yourself and the enemy, and what do you rely on?Relying on the Internet, his omnipresent eyes and ears of Dongchang. Wei Zhongxian knew that he had to pay the price. Blood pay is the unspoken rule.Chongzhen just wants to be bloodthirsty, so just take it. Of course, this blood could not belong to Wei Zhongxian, but Cui Chengxiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Wei Zhongxian thought it over, and felt that as Wei Zhongxian's capable confidant, Old Cui's weight was enough. When offering sacrifices to flags, one must offer something that is readily available; to offer sacrifices to flags, one must offer something that one is willing to give one's hands. Cui Chengxiu unfortunately met both of these items. In fact, Wei Zhongxian has always been committed to protecting his cronies. This is the last bottom line of a team's cohesiveness. The reason why Wei Zhongxian wanted to abandon Cui this time was really because Lao Cui didn't stand in the right team and follow the right person at the most critical time. If you ask him to start an incident, saying that "there are righteous soldiers who are afraid of foreigners", what do I want you to do as Minister of the Ministry of War?It is dedicated to suppressing volunteers! So, I'm sorry, Old Cui, you were the one who apologized to me first.When Yang Suoxiu joined you last time, the reason why I wanted to protect you was that I had to protect him - he joined my team, Wei Zhongxian, and I didn't protect you alone.Don't think that I am soft-hearted, I am ruthless! On October 13th, Yang Weiyuan, a key member of the Wei Party, sent a letter of ten thousand words impeaching Cui Chengxiu, Minister of the Ministry of War, saying that he bought and sold officials, embezzled and accepted bribes, and did all kinds of bad things; at the same time, he praised Wei Zhongxian, saying that he was basically a Loyal and capable ministers were not pulled down by the corrupt Cui Chengxiu.Wei Zhongxian also took the opportunity to do a self-reflection, admitting that he sometimes misunderstood Cui Chengxiu's words and made some small mistakes. Chongzhen was silent.He knew in his heart: If last time Chen Eryi used the strategy of attacking and defending, then Yang Weiyuan's strategy this time is to lose the car and keep the handsome.Hehe, you have to play thirty-six tricks with me again, let me see how you, Wei Zhongxian, continue to play one by one.Seeing Wei Zhongxian's sincere confession, Chongzhen shook his head repeatedly: No, no, no, they are all good people, stop attacking each other.Cui Chengxiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was not guilty.And you, Yang Weiyuan, stop being Yang Suoxiu's second! However, five days later, Yang Weiyuan still became Yang Suoxiu's second, continuing to attack Cui Chengxiu, while beautifying Wei Zhongxian deeply.Chongzhen was a little surprised.In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, there are very few officials who are so ignorant of current affairs.He is deadly remonstrance, why?Is it so fun to be Wei Zhongxian's cannon fodder? won?Or not?this is a problem. who?Yang Weiyuan or Cui Chengxiu?This is also a problem. The terrible thing is that Yang Weiyuan's testimony about Cui Chengxiu was too damn accurate this time.Time, place, characters, details, and plots are vivid and true to life. What's more terrible is that Cui Chengxiu bowed his head and remained silent after hearing this, almost tacitly acquiescing. Then take it.Cui Chengxiu was dismissed from all duties and returned to her hometown to contemplate behind closed doors. Wei Zhongxian let out a long breath of relief. The deal is done.Chongzhen punished Cui Chengxiu but did not punish him Wei Zhongxian, this is the victory of the unspoken rules between them. A strong man has a broken arm, a broken arm, a strong man is still a strong man. Wei Zhongxian comforted himself tragically, and vowed to make a comeback.