Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Court of Disputes

Looking back, let’s talk about those things that happened in the Nanming Dynasty. When staring at Shi Kefa's leaving back, Ma Shiying, the second assistant, smiled, very happily! When Shi Kefa went out to supervise the teacher, he had his own idea of ​​making contributions outside the territory, but he couldn't do without the "vigorous assistance" of Ma Cifu behind the scenes-whether it was Xu Hongji's impeachment or the letters of Gao and Liu. It is inseparable from the private instruction of Mr. Jifu. Want to ask why?Inseparable from two words - power. Ma Cifu likes power too much, worships power too much.His short but glorious life can be summed up by the four processes of gaining power - losing power - gaining power again - losing power again.

Like Shi Kefa, Ma Cifu is also a student who "became famous all over the world in one fell swoop" because no one asked him for ten years. In the end, he also relied on the golden brick of the imperial examination to open the door of his official career. After stepping into the officialdom, Comrade Xiao Ma went smoothly. He successively served as the head of the Nanjing household department, the prefect of Yanzhou, Henan, and Datong, the deputy envoy of Yanghe Road in Shanxi, and the governor of Xuanfu. But Comrade Xiao Ma wanted to speed up the pace of progress too much, and in the bureaucratic world at the end of Ming Dynasty, the shortcut to realize this idea was to give gifts—to take the initiative to bribe the nobles of today's dynasty.

Of course, three walnuts and two dates cannot be given as gifts, which requires a lot of political funds.But Comrade Xiao Ma, who was born in a small businessman's family, obviously did not have this strength, so when he had only been governor of the Xuanfu for a month, he stretched out his sinful hands to "official money" (local tax revenue). Maybe it's because Comrade Xiao Ma's interpersonal relationship is not doing well!His illegal act of "embezzlement of public funds" was reported by his colleague, the guardian eunuch Wang Kun. As a result, instead of being promoted, Comrade Xiao Ma was dismissed from office and sent to the frontier to reform through labor.

But Xiao Ma is not a "good horse" who works hard without complaint. Soon, through connections, he finally left the labor camp that made him feel sad, and returned to Nanjing "without an official and a light weight".Here, Comrade Ma, who has lost his soul (you can't call him Xiao Ma anymore, because people tend to grow old when bad things happen, and Xiao Ma becomes an old horse at once) meets Comrade Ruan Dacheng, who is also lost in soul. Ruan Dacheng, the name of Yuanhai in the collection of characters, was born in Huaining, Anhui Province. He was a famous opera writer in the late Ming Dynasty, an editor of popular picture albums, a senior military enthusiast, and a big party stick.

Comrade Ruan and Comrade Ma belonged to Jinshi in the same year. Like Comrade Ma, the young Comrade Ruan also has a heart eager to make progress.As a result, Zuo Guangdou, a fellow villager, served as the party introducer, and honorably joined the largest ruling party at that time, the Donglin Party. But later, because of the official promotion, Zhao Nanxing, the leader of the Donglin Party, voted against him.Now, Lao Ruan resigned, resigned from the party angrily, and joined the second largest ruling party at that time, the Eunuch Party. Later, in the fight between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, Lao Ruan firmly stood on the side of the Eunuch Party and played the role of a "cultural thug". With his professional expertise, he published the first personal popular Album album - "Pictures of Hundred Officials".The album was published in tens of thousands of copies, and was circulated to the emperor and the common people, becoming the most powerful and vivid publicity to expose the crimes of the Donglin Party.

But even so, Comrade Ruan Dacheng is still "not resistant to cold at high places", and his political wisdom told him: "The eunuch party can only be fierce for a while, but not forever." Therefore, after every visit to Wei Zhongxian's father-in-law, he always spent a lot of money to "redeem" his meeting post (namely business card), so as not to leave any evidence of crime. Half a year later, Ruan Dacheng, who had a sixth intuition, was unwilling to continue playing with such fear, and voluntarily applied for "retirement" to return to his hometown.

Sure enough, with Chongzhen's succession to the throne, Wei Zhongxian's father-in-law continued to be in danger of becoming a beaten dog. Ruan Dacheng, who couldn't help being lonely, was eager to return to the court to make use of his remaining heat, so he once again used his writing talent, lit up the night to fight, and compiled two memorials with different contents. One was attacking the Eunuch Party, and the other was attacking both the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party.He sent people to send these two memorials to Beijing overnight, and asked his friend Yang Weiyuan to play by ear, and handed over whichever memorial was beneficial to him.

But Yang Weiyuan is a standard "harmful friend", miscalculated the situation, and handed over the memorial that attacked both the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party, and now Ruan Dacheng was in serious trouble. The Donglin Party members who made a comeback expressed strong indignation and unanimous condemnation of his "stepping on two boats" approach, and immediately included him in the list of third-class political prisoners who rebelled against the case, and deprived him of political rights for life. , Never be allowed to serve as a "national public official" of Ming Dynasty.

Cleverness was misunderstood by cleverness, and Ruan Dacheng fell into the abyss of eternal doom just like this! "It's the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, and we meet you again when the flowers fall." In Nanjing, Lao Ma and Ruan Dacheng, the two "difficult brothers and sisters" who were forced to be laid off, met again.They quickly lingered together, and "crossed and even liked". Unlike Lao Ma who is poor and poor, Ruan Dacheng is quite rich. Not to mention the land and mansion at home, he also funded and raised a big theater troupe. He writes, directs, and entertains himself every day. ", "Spring Lantern Riddles", "Peach Blossom Laughter" and other operas have effectively filled the gaps in romance dramas in the ancient Chinese opera circle.

Under the care of Lao Ruan, Lao Ma spent a happy time of "frustrated in the officialdom and proud in the wine market". In the 14th year of Chongzhen (1641), the lost Donglin Party implemented "Golden Yuan Politics" and planned to raise 200,000 silver to bribe eunuchs and eunuchs, so that Zhou Yanru, a candidate promoted by the Donglin Party, would be the chief assistant.At this time, Ruan Dacheng, who had a particularly keen political sense, saw the new "political" opportunity, so he took the initiative to come to the door, and donated 60,000 taels of political activity funds to the Donglin Party as soon as he made a move.

Under the influence of "black gold politics", Zhou Yanru got his wish as the chief assistant.However, in the matter of how to repay Ruan Dacheng, he was constrained by the Donglin Party discipline (no balance between good and evil) and the national law (eunuch party members are never allowed to use it), so he was in a dilemma for a while. But when you come out to play around, you have to pay back the debt you owe.As a last resort, Zhou Yanru came up with a "compromise" plan and sent someone to say to Ruan Dacheng: "You have no hope of becoming an official, but you can recommend a friend of yours to become an official." Ruan Dacheng immediately thought of Lao Ma, so in less than a month, Lao Ma was recommended by Zhou Shoufu as the right waiter of the Ministry of War and the governor of Fengyang. At that time, Liu Chao, the chief soldier of Baoding, rebelled, and Emperor Chongzhen ordered Governor Ma to fight against it quickly.Knowing that it is not easy to get an official, Governor Ma worked extraordinarily hard, drove troops to besiege the city, and finally put down the rebellion and captured Liu Chao alive.This made the imperial court look at each other with admiration, thinking that Governor Ma was "capable in handling affairs and good at strategy." During the great turmoil in 1644, Governor Ma was good at dancing, and successfully united Huang Degong, Gao Jie, and Liu Liangzuo under his command, becoming the decisive force in the general election for the throne. The reason why I want to introduce such a lot is to explain these three points: 1. Compared with Comrade Shi Kefa's purity of "heart like pure water, body like pure ice", Comrade Ma is a very impure person. Not only has he committed the crime of embezzlement of public funds and bribery, but he is also good at maneuvering and has no firm will. political standpoint. 2. Lao Ma is still a capable, ambitious person who wants to do something for the country, the nation and the individual. 3. Behind Lao Ma's success, there is a big man who once gave him "selfless help" - Ruan Dacheng. Now, Lao Ma has finally tricked Shi Shoufu away, and he has finally presided over the cabinet work as the second assistant. This is the ideal he has dreamed of for many years, and this is the stage for him to realize greater value in life. At the beginning of his administration, Lao Ma understood that the current Nanming "has a bright future, but the road is tortuous." Like the problems faced by Shi Kefa, Lao Ma's primary problem now is still the serious imbalance of fiscal revenue and expenditure, followed by military and national defense issues. The best way to solve this perennial problem is still to increase taxes.However, just after Shi's cabinet announced the tax cut plan, the successor Ma's cabinet changed course, which will obviously bring about negative effects and reduce the credibility of the new government. However, the smart and resourceful old horse immediately came up with a tax reform plan that cheated and deceived. The core of the plan is one reduction and one increase.Specifically: 1. Occupied areas decreased and ruled areas increased.The Ma cabinet stipulated: "From the first year of Hongguang, Shandong will be exempted from money and grain for three years, Beizhili will be exempted from money and grain for five years, and Sichuan will be exempted from 50% of money and grain." Regulations: "For folk land, two cents per mu for mature land, five cents per mu for cultivated land, and one cent per mu for mountain ponds".This increase in income was to levy an additional 510,000 taels of silver for the Ma cabinet. 2. Reduce agricultural tax and increase commercial tax.The Ma cabinet reduced the agricultural tax in the enemy-occupied areas, but in the name of "labor and military assistance", it greatly increased the commodity transit tax and consumption tax on tea and tobacco in various places including the enemy-occupied areas, and implemented a stricter "salt monopoly" policy, striving to bring "prosperity to prosperity" Jiangnan, which is like a brocade, has been created to be "full of devastation". Lao Ma dared to "be willing to scold him all over his body, and finally increase taxes." The reason for this is that although the Nanming government urgently needs to survive, there is also Lao Ma's optimistic estimate of the current military and political situation. Because the information that Lao Ma has now obtained is: Wu Sangui, who is wise, brave, loyal and patriotic, has borrowed Qing troops to defeat the Dashun Army and recover Beijing.This good news made the Ma cabinet and the court ecstatic and celebrated.I thought Daming ZTE was promising, and the new tax policy was feasible. On May 27th, Lao Mashu Hongguang Emperor praised Wu Sangui's righteous deed of "contributing to the country", and suggested: "We should use the navy of Ming Dynasty to quickly deliver military supplies to Comrade Sangui from the sea for logistical support." Emperor Hongguang issued instructions on the next day: seal Ping Xibo Wu Sangui as Jihui, and grant coupons (the highest honor medal, hereditary official certificate and death certificate), Lumi, 50,000 taels of silver, and 100,000 shi of bad rice .At the same time, Li Yutian, governor of Liaodong, was also granted the title of Minister of the Ministry of War. (Li has now surrendered to Li Zicheng, and served as the governor of Sichuan in the Dashun Dynasty, and did not seduce the Qing soldiers with Wu Sangui at all) Shi Kefa, who is in charge of Jiangbei's division, is also in favor of the approach of the Ma cabinet. He also went to Emperor Hongguang and said: "Emperor Chongzhen is a sage monarch, but Li Zicheng was forced to death. Li Zicheng committed a crime." He committed a heinous and unforgivable crime. Now, Li Zicheng should be killed seriously and quickly, and an explanation should be given to the late emperor who was buried underground and the people living on the ground." But because he was working on the front line after all, the news was more accurate than that of the old horse. He did not believe that Wu Sangui had successfully played the trick of "borrowing captives to suppress the bandits".But there are two points that he thinks are certain: first, Li Zicheng has been defeated and retreated to Shanshan; second, the defeated Qing army has occupied Beijing and controlled the Hebei area. These two points are irrefutable objective facts. Shi Kefa believes that Nanming should be ahead of Li Zicheng at present, and unite with the Qing Dynasty to eliminate the bandits and share the original picture. Different from the attitude advocated by these two high-ranking figures of "uniting the Qing Dynasty to suppress and save China", some middle and lower level people suggested "shunting the Qing Dynasty and simultaneously defending." The Ministry of Officials wrote a letter to Shizhong (a department-level cadre) Zhang Zhengchen: Today, the situation in our country is even more difficult than that of the Eastern Jin and Southern Song Dynasties, because in addition to guarding against the "Northwestern Wolves" of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, we also need to guard against the Qing Dynasty. "Siberian Tiger", now that Li Zicheng, the "Northwestern Wolf", is defeated, this may not be a good thing, because the defeated Li Zicheng is likely to go west and join forces with Zhang Xianzhong, and the Qing Dynasty will also free up its hands to deal with our country.By this autumn, if these three anti-Ming forces attack our country from the west and north, then our country will really usher in a "autumn of critical survival!" The Ministry of War’s letter to Chen Zilong put it more bluntly. He said: “With the help of one enemy to destroy another enemy, there are not no successful cases. For example, the Tang Dynasty used Huihe to suppress the Anlu Mountain Rebellion; but there were many more failures. For example, the Northern Song Dynasty used Jin to destroy the Liao Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty borrowed Mongolia to destroy the Jin Dynasty. The former was able to succeed because it was able to borrow Huihe soldiers. At the same time, the Tang Dynasty had loyal and capable generals like Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi, as well as many generals from the Northwest and Saibei. Soldiers who are good at fighting are still strong in their own strength. However, the Song Dynasty was unable to succeed. After destroying an enemy, it was wiped out by allies invited. It was because of its own strength that it was weak and had neither generals nor soldiers. The current situation in our country and The Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty are similar. The soldiers are not good and the generals are not brave. If you want to use the captives to fight the bandits, you may end up shooting yourself in the foot. The best way for our country is to train the soldiers and train the horses first, and then wait for the Qing captives and the bandits to kill each other. At this time, quickly send troops to the north to restore the old mountains and rivers." Ma Cifu was not indifferent to receiving letters from these two junior section chiefs.However, he felt that these two little people only knew one thing, but not the other. If he wants to fight back to the north, he must rely on the strength of the army. As a "head of the military agency" who relies on the command of the army to counter the rebellion and make a comeback, he is more aware of the current situation and capabilities of the Nanming army's combat effectiveness. The combat effectiveness of the Nanming army can be summed up with a simple mathematical inequality: The combat effectiveness of the Nanming army < the combat effectiveness of the Dashun army < the combat effectiveness of the Qing army Relying on this inequality, the reason why the first-line "five towns" are stagnant can be solved, and this reason is not as simple as the word "lack of wages" mentioned by Shi Kefa. "Don't be afraid of floating clouds to cover your eyes, just because you are at the highest level." Lao Ma comforted himself. However, complete administrative inaction is also not acceptable, and the common people can flush the Ma cabinet out of power with enough spit. "The old horse knows the way" is very appropriate for the old horse, and soon he came up with a few decent "achievement projects". If Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, don’t worry about him for the time being. However, Li Zicheng was defeated. Officials from Shandong and Henan Dashun retreated westward one after another. The Qing Dynasty was not yet able to take over. sports".Lao Ma was determined to seize the opportunity and sent people to take over. In June, he appointed Wang Xie as the governor of Shandong and Qiu Lei as the general soldier of Shandong. Later, he appointed Wang Yongji, the former governor of Jiliao, to be the governor of Shandong military affairs, and Wang Rong (Rong with three points of water) as the governor of Denglai Dongjiang and other places. . In Henan, Sang Kaidi, the prefect of Guide, and Ding Qiguang, the younger brother of Ding Qirui, the governor of the Chongzhen Dynasty, launched an uprising against the "tyranny of Dashun", arrested the prefect of Dashun and some officials, and took them to Nanjing to collectively offer prisoners.At the same time, Comrade Xu Dingguo, commander-in-chief of the Henan aid and suppression campaign in the Ming Dynasty, formed a group of local armed forces "self-reliantly" and occupied Suizhou. Under their exemplary role, the former Ming officials and gentry in Henan played the banner of killing thieves for revenge. After overthrowing the Dashun puppet regime and capturing and killing the Dashun puppet officials, they changed their flags and pledged allegiance to the Nanming central regime. Daming's intangible assets of more than 200 years are rich!The frequent reports of good news made Lao Ma overjoyed and determined to make persistent efforts to strive for greater victories! He ordered the incorporated Henan bandit army—Liu Hongqi's department (no way, the government army can't use it) to lead the troops northward, and together with Chen Qianfu, the former Kaifeng pusher, went to recover the lost land for Nanming. Liu's department defeated the Dashun army in Liuyuan in the north of Kaifeng. Chen De's department (Chen De is the son of Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Dashun Taiyuan), regained the big city Kaifeng, and the administrative area of ​​Nanming suddenly crossed to the south bank of the Yellow River. The old horse's face was plated with gold again, and he immediately asked Emperor Hongguang to appoint Chen Qianfu as the censor of Henan patrol, Liu Hongqi as the commander-in-chief, and then appointed Zhang Jinyan, a meritorious person for the "rebellion anyway", to serve as Henan's censor. Governor (Zhang is the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, who surrendered in Beijing). Soon, the old horse came to "use power for personal gain", and he recommended his in-law, Yue Qijie, as the governor of Henan without avoiding relatives. In the face of the continuous victories, Comrade Ma did not feel complacent. On the contrary, he discovered that "there will always be undercurrents surging under the calm river." , I dare not go to Shandong to "serve the people"; in the court hall, the Donglin Party holds a gun and a stick, and pulls left and right, which makes me feel alone. "Three stakes for one fence, and three gangs for one hero." At a critical moment, he wanted to promote a person. He believed that once this person was released, he would be able to add wings like a tiger, like a fish meeting water, like a horse getting grass! The person that Lao Ma wants to promote, I don't say, you can probably guess, who? ——Ruan Dacheng Lao Ma wanted to promote Ruan Dacheng for two reasons. One is the selection of talents. Comrade Ruan Dacheng is not only a great drama director, but also a senior military enthusiast. He usually likes "talking about soldiers and swords to make the world prosperous, and I promise myself to fortify the Great Wall." The second is to repay the kindness. For the old horse, the parents who gave birth to me, and Lao Ruan who gave me kindness.I invite you to think back in those days, when the old horse was in trouble, at the end of the road, with tattered clothes, no one cared, but Lao Ruan undressed me, pushed me to feed me, and let the officials and officials care about me.Without Lao Ruan's selfless dedication yesterday, how could my Lao Ma be as brilliant as I am today. But to promote a cadre made of special materials like Ruan Dacheng, there is still a big hurdle to overcome! This hurdle is that Ruan Dacheng was one of the famous criminal members in the "reverse case" case listed and supervised by Emperor Chongzhen.Although he was an accomplice, he was ruthlessly deprived of the right to serve as a national public official, and this sentence is valid for life.In other words, Comrade Lao Ruan is still "serving his sentence." As for the problem that "reverse cases" affect the promotion of talents, when Shi Kefa, the great Ming and Dazhi, drafted Zhu Yousong's edict to supervise the country, he deleted the clause "no one who goes against the case" in the original draft, in order to achieve "I wish God Comrade Lao Ma also raised his hands in favor of the goal of reviving and employing talents in an eclectic manner. However, Shi Kefa's good wishes were not realized. Lu Daqi, the backbone of the Donglin Party, who had always taken the responsibility of creating a pure political style, added this point in the final copy by using his power. Now, if Comrade Lao Ma wants to promote Ruan Dacheng, he must bypass this daunting "political discipline and state law". Lao Ma first released a reconnaissance balloon, and recommended Ruan Dacheng to Emperor Hongguang with "fixed policy" (that is, support for Emperor Hongguang's ascension) and "frontier talent" (that is, Ruan Dacheng had the military ability to stabilize borders and borders). Emperor Hongguang has not yet approved it, but the Donglin Party and Fushe officials who "looked at the world with cold eyes and wholeheartedly wanted to make things right" quit because they realized that there was a huge hidden danger in Ma Cifu's promotion of Ruan Dacheng. conspiracy. The implementation procedure of this conspiracy is: to promote Ruan Dacheng—that is, to reverse the case—to reverse the case, to prove that the Donglin Party was wrong—the Donglin Party was wrong. , Never turn over. What a bleak prospect, what a dreadful prospect!In order to prevent the tragedy of the Apocalypse Dynasty from happening again, the Donglin Party, which shoulders heavy responsibilities, launched a vigorous activity of "criticizing horses and criticizing Ruan to prevent the eunuch party from overturning the verdict". The drama of "Party Struggle" slowly unfolded under the brilliant sky of Nanming curtain. Seeing that it aroused public anger, the old horse immediately changed his strategy, detoured around the curve, and moved forward in a roundabout way. He first promoted Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, and let the "registered" Rites Dailang who stood in the wrong team and voted wrongly in the "Ceremony" event take up his post again, and promoted him to be the Minister of Rites. Qian Shangshu, who was promoted, was really grateful and excited.He immediately went to Emperor Shu Hongguang, flattered the old horse openly, and praised: "In the past 30 years, the civil servants have come out of the town and made great contributions to the state of Zhou. After Sun Chengzong, Ma Shiying is the only one!" This is not enough, Qian Shangshu continued to write a letter, shouting for the use of Ruan Dacheng to wave the clan flag, he said: "When Emperor Chongzhen supervised the rebellion case, the important ministers who carried out the work used it for their own selfishness, expanded from their personal likes and evils, and involved some innocent comrades. Among them, there is the poor and respectable Comrade Ruan Dacheng. Comrade Ruan Dacheng, standing on the standpoint of justice, although he criticized the party in good faith, but more importantly, he carried out a vigorous crusade against the eunuch party. How can comrades who are not clear about things be regarded as eunuchs?" At the same time, Lao Ma also extended a "sinful" olive branch to Fushe, an important follower and ally of the Donglin Party. Now let me solemnly introduce the basic situation of Fushe, the second largest party in Nanming. Fushe, a political and literary group centered on Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats in the late Ming Dynasty.In the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), it was established in Huqiu, Suzhou.The leaders were Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai, who were called "Er Zhang of Loudong" at that time.During the reign of Chongzhen, the government was corrupt and social conflicts became more intense. Some scholars in the south of the Yangtze River took the successor of the Donglin Party as their own responsibility, organized associations, and advocated reform.Erzhang and others merged dozens of associations including Jiangnan Yunjianjishe, Zhejiang West Wenshe, Jiangbei Nanshe, and Jiangxi Zeshe.He advocated that "reviving the ancient learning will make the future work useful", so it is called "reviving the society". Most of the members of the Fushe are young scholars, with a total of more than 2,000 people, and their momentum spreads all over the country.The famous backbone members include Chen Zilong, Wu Weiye, Xia Yunyi, Huang Chunyao, Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi, Hou Fangyu, Fang Yizhi, Chen Zhenhui and so on. Lao Ma originally had a good relationship with Zhang Bo, the leader of the Fushe, and now he has gone a step further by inviting key members of the Fushe, such as Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi, to serve as civil servants in Nanming to help the current situation. This move greatly increased Lao Ma's popularity index. After being promoted, Chen Xia and others publicly stated to Lao Ma: "Now, Nanming has reached the most dangerous time. As patriotic Ming people, we will closely unite regardless of party affiliation or past suspicions." Around the government headed by the Ma cabinet, they dedicated their hard work, blood and life to save the nation and survive." Confidence in handling Donglin - the old horse of Fushe's opposition forces, once again put Ruan Dacheng's promotion on the agenda. There are two "organizational procedures" for promoting Ruan Dacheng—normal and abnormal. The normal organizational procedure is the court push, nominated by the old horse, voted by the courtiers, and if more than two-thirds of the votes are in favor, it can be passed smoothly and promoted. Lao Ma first adopted this normal procedure, but when he proposed Ruan Dacheng again, Qian Qianyi, Chen Zilong, and Xia Yunyi who benefited from him voted for it, while Lu Daqi, Jiang Riguang, Zhang Shenyan, Liu Zongzhou, etc. who did not benefit from him all voted against it. The result was yes votes < no votes, Comrade Ruan Dacheng once again lost the election honorably. Ma Shiying, you think that everything will be settled if the leader is settled, go ahead and dream!The Donglin Party and Fushe do not have the discipline of subordinates obeying their superiors, but only the tradition of obeying righteousness.The party members and commune members who voted against said so. However, the arrow is on the line, and we have to launch it. If the "normal organizational procedures" are not enough, then we have to follow the "abnormal organizational procedures". Although it doesn't sound very normal, the operation is simple, that is - ask the emperor to use the incomparably sacred power in his hands to directly issue a "decree" to appoint Ruan Dacheng as an official. Lao Ma worked tirelessly and personally drafted a proposal for the promotion of Ruan Dacheng, and asked Emperor Hongguang to approve it. Emperor Hongguang was very grateful to the old horse and was very obedient. Regardless of the opposition of most of the courtiers, he summoned Ruan Dacheng, who was dismissed from office as a citizen for "reversing the case", to come to Beijing to see him. After seeing His Majesty, Emperor Hongguang made another effort, directly appointing Ruan Dacheng to add Zuo Shilang to the Ministry of War without going through a meeting of courtiers. The court officials of the Donglin Party and the Fushe faction were furious upon hearing the news, and after their objection was invalid, some officials resigned one after another, triggering the first large-scale resignation of civil servants in the history of Nanming. suffered a huge impact. In Ruan Dacheng's "Promotion Gate" incident, Lao Ma won miserably, while Donglin Party and Fushe lost miserably! But Ruan Dacheng didn't care about these things. He became Minister of the Ministry of War. He was "proud of the horseshoe disease in the spring breeze, and saw all the flowers in Chang'an in one day."In addition to swaggering through the city in Nanjing, he also went to the Yangtze River to inspect the troops. It was both an official and a drama addiction.