Chapter 352 Chapter 351 Xi Zong Zhu Youxiao

In the seventh year of Mingqi, he loved to have fun all his life, and died of Xi Zong Zhu Youxiao, who had exhausted the vitality of the Ming Dynasty. After his death, he was posthumously named Emperor Xi, with the temple name "Xi Zong", and was buried in Deling. Zhu Youxiao's father, Guangzong Zhu Changluo, was not pleased with his father Shenzong.Although he is the eldest son of the emperor, he has been discriminated against for a long time, and he was barely established as the prince of the East Palace until he was 20 years old. In the 33rd year of Wanli (AD 1605), in the middle of the night on November 14, Wang Shi, the chosen attendant, gave birth to Chang Luo's first son, You Xiao.Chang Luo was very happy to have a son in a difficult situation, but when he thought of his father, he felt a little chilled, wondering if he was happy or not?Chang Luo had an idea and came up with a way. He asked people to separately report the good news to his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Cisheng and his father.As long as grandma is happy, father and emperor will probably be fine.After the eunuch who announced the good news left, Zhu Changluo lingered in the yard for a long time, waiting for news from his father.When the old queen mother heard that her first great-grandson was born and he was the heir of Daming Jiangshan Sheji, she thought it was a great joy.The old queen ran to her son as soon as she was happy, and when she got to be an upright official, Shenzong had already got the news.Seeing that her mother was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, Shenzong also laughed, and Chang Luo felt relieved when he ordered Wang to be named a talented person.

Due to being suppressed for a long time, Chang Luo has a very bad temper and gets angry at every turn. When he gets angry, he beats and scolds eunuchs, maids and servants.Among the selected servants, only Li Shi can win Chang Luo's favor. Therefore, she has a higher status and favor than others in the East Palace, and she is usually domineering. The other selected servants will inevitably have some disputes with her.Because Wang gave birth to Zhu Youxiao, she had the highest ranking in the selection of waiters. She couldn't understand Li Xuan's aggressiveness, and the two often quarreled. Li Xuan dared to beat Wang because Chang Luo liked her.In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Wang died of illness.There is a saying that he was beaten by Li Xuanshi and died of anger.When Wang died, Youxue was 14 years old.After Chang Luo asked Shenzong for instructions, he asked Li Xuan to take care of Youxiao.After the death of Youjian's mother, Li Xuanshi took care of him until Youxiao ascended the throne.

The 48th year of Wanli was an eventful year for the Ming Dynasty.On July 21st, Shenzong, the longest reigning monarch of the Ming Dynasty, passed away. Before he died, he took care of the appointment of the eldest grandson of the emperor in time.Chang Luo ascended the throne on the first day of August. However, Chang Luo's fortune was too thin. He reigned for one month and died on the morning of the first day of September.He was 39 years old. Before Chang Luo's death, it was ordered that cabinet ministers Fang Congzhe, Liu Yixiu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials Zhou Jiamo, Ke Dao Yang Lian and others entered the palace.Unexpectedly, when these people just walked to the gate of the palace, Guangzong had already passed away.Yang Lian said: "The emperor Yan Jia, the heir is young, and he doesn't have a biological mother or biological mother by his side. If something happens, we will be sinners in the world. Now we have to break into the palace and embrace the eldest son of the emperor immediately." Accept the audience of the officials, stabilize the people of the world, and prevent accidents." Everyone agreed.

After the discussion was completed, Yang Lian took the lead in breaking into the palace.The eunuchs guarding the gate handed over their sticks indiscriminately and refused to let him in.Yang Lian waved his hand and shouted: "We were summoned by the emperor. Now that the emperor has passed away and the heir is young, what is the purpose of preventing the ministers from entering the palace to help protect the young master?" The eunuch was restrained by Yang Lian's momentum Yes, Yang Lian let out a "hum" and led the officials into the palace gate. Yang Lian and his party entered the Qianqing Palace, and fell down crying in front of Chang Luo's spirit.The kowtow is over.Yang Lian invited Zhu Youxiao, the eldest son of the emperor, to meet the officials.At this time, Zhu Youjiao was stopped by Li Xuan's attendant in Xinuang Pavilion and could not get out.Liu Yixiu shouted: "The eldest son of the emperor should ascend the throne in front of the coffin, but he is not in front of the coffin today? Where did he go?" None of the eunuchs answered.At this time, Wang An, the old eunuch and servant of Chang Luo's East Palace, came and told Liu Yixiu: "The eldest son of the emperor is hidden by Li Xuanshi." Liu Yixiu shouted: "Who is so bold to hide the new emperor?" An said: "You wait, I'll go." After Wang An finished speaking, he strode into Xinuang Pavilion.He sternly explained the situation in the foreign court to Li Xuanshi, and asked the eldest son of the emperor to appear immediately to the officials in a tone that could not be disobeyed.Li Xuan waiter is a woman after all, he has never seen such a scene, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, he hesitated for a while.Wang An immediately picked up You Xiao and ran out.Liu Yixiu, Yang Lian and others immediately knelt down and shouted "Long live".Liu Yixiu saw that it was not too late, waved his hand, and everyone rushed forward, Liu Yixiu put up Youxiao's left arm, the British public Zhang Weixian put up his right arm, and Wang An hugged Youxiao from behind chariot.At this time, Li Xuanshi felt a little regretful, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab You Xiao's clothes.Yang Lian roared: "Your Highness is the ruler of the world, the ruler of the ministers, who dares to stop him!" Everyone dragged and dragged the school to the Wenhua Palace, and the officials worshiped, and the school became the crown prince of the East Palace, and it was agreed that September The sixth day is the throne of the emperor.

On the sixth day of September, the inauguration ceremony was officially held.The school is the emperor's position, and it is for Xi Zong's officials to dance.Xi Zong saw Yang Lian on the high dragon pier, and found that he seemed to be a different person in a few days. His black hair and beard and eyebrows had turned white, which was the result of exhaustion in the past few days.Xi Zong was very moved and called him a "loyal minister" several times.Youxiao's ascension to the throne was a great victory for the Donglin party members. Donglin party members have set up a brilliant banner since the middle Wanli period, satirized the government, judged people, believed that they shouldered the important task of the rise and fall of the world, and were the most innocent and honest ministers among the courtiers.It is precisely because the members of the Donglin Party have brought people to justice that they have caused dissatisfaction among certain bureaucratic groups.At the end of Wanli period, there were mainly scholar-bureaucrat groups such as the Qi Party, the Chu Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Kun Party that opposed Donglin.After Guangzong ascended the throne, in accordance with Shenzong's will, all the parties protecting Concubine Zheng were eliminated, and the Donglin Party flourished like a day, and its arrogance tended to flourish.In just a few months, the repelled former Donglin faction bureaucrats all came out of the mountain, covering the capital with crowns.

After Xizong ascended the throne, under the auspices of the Donglin party members, some bad policies in the last years of Shenzong were abolished.If it stops, hangzhou weaves and removes the tribute of fresh products in Nanjing.Relief was provided to places where severe disasters occurred.The decree exempted the world from levying money and food and the additional distribution in Beiji area, and reduced taxes in some areas.Furthermore, some major cases in history were re-concluded, Zhang Juzheng's official status was restored, and Zhang Juzheng's great contribution to the country was affirmed.In addition, he rehabilitated Fang Xiaoru and others during the Jianwen period, restored their reputation, affirmed that they were loyal ministers of the country, exempted their descendants from slavery, and restored their status as commoners.However, the Donglin party members did nothing in the decision of the country's major policies, the reform of the great harm and the great benefit. The situation in the last years of Shenzong did not fundamentally change, and there was no obvious contribution to the country.

In the early years of Xi Zong Tianqi, another political force quietly rose in the political arena of the Ming Dynasty.This force grew extremely fast due to its inextricable connection with the emperor, and quickly had a major impact on the politics of the Ming Dynasty. This is the Wei Zhongxian eunuch group.The rise of Wei Zhongxian is closely related to a beautiful young peasant woman, who is Zhu Youxiao's nanny Hakka. In the Ming Dynasty, the royal family gave birth to children, and their biological mothers did not feed them.Generally, some strong village women are selected from the countryside as nannies to nurse them. It is said that this is to hope that the milk of the farmers can strengthen the body of these delicate golden branches and jade leaves.The Hakka family is from Dingxing County, Baoding Prefecture, and her husband is Hou Er.In the 33rd year of Wanli, Hakka's second child gave birth to a daughter and did not survive. At this time, the palace was looking for a nanny for Zhu Youxiao, who was about to be born.The Hakka people are fair-skinned, slender and fit, with delicate features, and at the age of 18, the milk is very thick, so they were selected to become Youxiao's wet nurse.Two years after entering the palace, her husband Hou Er died of illness, and the Hakka family took their son Hou Guoguang to live in Beijing for a long time.

Although Ke Shi is an illiterate rural girl, she has a clever mind, a very sharp mind, and can do needlework, so she quickly got to know each other well in the East Palace.Youxiao's biological mother Wang was very relieved of her, and entrusted Youxiao to her.Ke Shi knew that this little life with a nipple in her arms was the master of the Ming Dynasty, the heir to the throne, and would be in charge of the entire country in the future, so she took good care of You Xiao very wholeheartedly.It was also at this time that Keshi had an unreasonable idea that she wanted to use this opportunity to change the trajectory of her life and win glory and wealth.Originally, after the emperor was weaned, the nanny would send her home from the palace, because Keshi was so kind to Youxiao, she would cry and not eat or drink when she left the school. After coming down, he continued to serve You Xiao, and when Mrs. Wang died, You Xiao unconsciously regarded Mrs. Ke as his mother.

Keshi was very happy when she found that Youxiao had been completely taken over by her.The ascension of the school has inflated her ambition viciously. She wants to put on an air of invincibility in the harem, overwhelming those famous concubines and concubines, so that no one dares to look down on her, a peasant girl, and fully appreciate the number one noble in the country. The taste of a woman.In the palace, Ke met an eunuch who had the same background, same feelings, and same ambitions as her. The two hit it off immediately, then colluded with each other, and then intervened in the country's politics and confused the world. This eunuch was Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian was born in Suning County, Hejian Prefecture, Zhili. His family was poor and rascal. He married his wife Feng and had a daughter.Wei Zhongxian is shrewd, intelligent and frivolous by nature. He doesn't do anything in production. He does everything from drinking, gambling, and stealing.Later his wife divorced him.Wei Zhongxian's hometown was a place where eunuchs were produced. Many poor peasants were forced by life to purify themselves and join their master as eunuchs.Wei Zhongxian also embarked on this road when he owed a lot of gambling debts and was desperate.In the seventeenth year of Wanli, he entered the palace under the name of the old eunuch Sun Xian, who was the supervisor of ceremonies and held the pen and seal of the East Factory.Wei Zhongxian was sent to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and it was at this time that Wei Zhongxian's interest in famous horses was cultivated.Wei Zhongxian stayed in Yumajian for a while and was sent to Jiaziku to take care of the warehouse.Taking advantage of his position, he stole the treasury and gradually became rich.After Yuxiao was born, his mother, Wang, had no one to provide meals. Wei Zhongxian bribed Wei Chao, the eunuch of the East Palace, and introduced him to the East Palace through him, and provided meals for Wang and Youxiao.Zhongxian is skillful in flattering and scheming, and uses his old relationship to plunder all kinds of property, playthings, fruits, and flowers from various warehouses to please Wang and Xiaoyouxiao.He also cooks good dishes with excellent color and aroma, so he is quite favored by Mrs. Wang.

The Hakka family and the Wei Dynasty are "anti-food", that is, the relationship between eunuchs and maids is like a husband and wife.After Wei Zhongxian came to the East Palace, he immediately fell in love with Ke Shi, and approached her in many ways to please her. Ke Shi gradually fell in love with Wei Zhongxian, and the two secretly fell in love with each other like glue.After Xi Zong ascended the throne, the Hakka family brought Wei Zhongxian under You Xiao and served as the official of the Dianshan Bureau.As a result, both of them became close friends of You Xiao, and they both became one politically and in life with the ambition to control the little emperor and further seize power. Xi Zong's kindness to Ke and Wei aroused deep worries among the Donglin party members. They were afraid that Xi Zong would be deceived and hijacked by the two, and the situation of eunuch's monopoly and Abao's disorderly government would be repeated.In October, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou proposed to release Hakka from the palace under the pretext that Xi Zong's wedding was imminent.The old eunuch Wang An presided over it, and Xi Zong had to let Hakka leave the palace.But as soon as Ke Shi left, Xi Zong seemed to have lost his soul, he didn't think about tea and food, and burst into tears.Within three days, Keshi was allowed to enter the palace again.Wang An persuaded him: "It's good to marry the queen, and I have company." You Xiao said: "It's not good to marry the queen, and the queen is not very old, so she needs to be taken care of by a guest!" No one can do anything to you school. The formation of the Hakka-Wei Group was caused by Xi Zong, and the subsequent rampage of the Hakka-Wei Group was also the result of Xi Zong's connivance.Xi Zong is a "master" who loves to play, loves to play, and knows how to play.Before he came to the throne, Ke Shi and Wei Zhongxian took him to play with horses, dogs, cats, flowers, and grass, playing in new ways and in the dark.As the master of the world, his playfulness has not diminished at all, but has been even more stimulated.With power, you have more conditions to play and play more evil.Wei Zhongxian most hopes that Xi Zong will carry forward his playful nature, so that he can profit from it and become a dictator of power.Therefore, he guided Xi Zong's playfulness, flowers, birds, insects, fish, sensuality, dogs and horses, all the world can provide for Xi Zong's enjoyment.Zhu Xizong also forgot the country, the ancestors, the people, and the people, and he forgot that he was the king of a country. Xi Zong is lively and active by nature, and has a strong interest in everything.He pursued novelty and excitement, liked famous horses, and loved riding and hunting. Wei Zhongxian gave him many famous horses based on the knowledge he learned in the Yumajian, and Xi Zong named them one by one.He often ran around the palace with his horse and whip. For the convenience of horse racing, many centuries-old pine trees in the palace were cut down, and the narrow door openings were demolished.Xi Zong loves hunting, especially killing hares, wolves and the like with his own hands.He likes to watch the eyes roll after beheading the beast with his own hands, seeking excitement from the blood.Xi Zong was like a naughty farm boy in the palace, often climbing trees to dig out bird's nests, and going into the water to catch fish.Once, he pulled a bird and fell from a tall tree. His clothes were torn and his head was bleeding.Wei Zhongxian often took him to go boating in the North Sea.For fun, Xi Zong sat restlessly on the boat, and wanted to row the boat himself.Often Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs took the boat, and the emperor rowed the boat.Once, Xi Zong and two young eunuchs were in a small boat. Xi Zong pulled up his sleeves and rowed very hard.Suddenly, a wind blew up on the lake and capsized the boat. The two young eunuchs couldn't swim, neither could Xi Zong. The three of them were about to drown when a eunuch who could swim passed by the lake and rescued Xi Zong. A young eunuch was drowned.At this time, Wei Zhongxian and Ke Shi were drinking on a distant painting boat, and they didn't know that an accident had happened.There are many such things, Xi Zong doesn't care about the danger at all when playing, and Wei Zhongxian doesn't care about it.The most dangerous time was Xi Zong's military parade in the palace.He put on his sword and watched the performance of firing the gun.A young eunuch named Wang Jin loaded the powder and ignited it in front of Xi Zong, and it exploded with a "boom".One of Wang Jin's hands was blown away and almost hurt Xi Zong. Xi Zong just smiled "haha" and didn't mind. Xi Zong also likes kicking ball, dancing sword and archery.Yongshou Palace is the place where Wei Zhongxian and Xi Zong play football every day, and Danbi in front of Qianqing Palace is the place where he dances his sword, and he can often be seen dancing sword under the moonlight.Xi Zong's arrows were very accurate. Once, Wei Zhongxian rode a horse past him, and he shot the horse over with one arrow. In addition to these martial arts, Xi Zong loves watching operas the most.The bell and drum division in the palace prepares various plays.Xi Zong must watch almost every night, and he is very happy.Xi Zong would go to the opera very late every day, especially all night in winter. Xi Zong loves to forget things, and the past is completely forgotten in a blink of an eye.But he is smart and skillful.He likes civil construction and carpentry the most.He is proficient in all kinds of carpentry, and he is also extremely skilled in painting.All the wooden utensils, pavilions and pavilions he has seen can be made at a glance. There were originally ten works in the palace, that is, ten workshops, which were under the jurisdiction of the eunuchs and were responsible for the civil construction in the palace.Xi Zong became the head of the ten works in the palace.He likes to build, and often builds cloisters and rooms in the palace by himself, with ax and saws, full of interest.But he likes and dislikes it all the time, and when he created it, he would destroy it and rebuild it if he saw something that was not pleasing to the eye.He is often made and destroyed, and he is so busy that he doesn't care about eating and drinking.Xi Zong not only built large pavilions, but also was good at detailed carvings. The inkstone beds and comb boxes he made were all painted by himself, with gorgeous colors and exquisite workmanship, which was unexpected.The eight screens he carved, the flowers, birds, insects, fish, characters and animals carved in a world that is not full of feet are all lifelike.He ordered the eunuch to take out the eight screens and sell each set for 10,000 taels of silver.In order to please him, the eunuch gave him 10,000 taels of silver the next day, which made Xi Zong very excited. All the time is spent on playing, Xi Zong can't care about government affairs.In order to play, he can not read books, go to court, read memorials, or approve military aircraft.Wei Zhongxian took full advantage of Xi Zong's stupidity.If he wanted to seek personal gain and harm others, he went to ask for instructions when Xi Zong was busy with design and production.Every time, Xi Zong waved his hands impatiently and said: "I know it all, you go and do it!" So Wei Zhongxian stole the right to criticize and perform, and he called Tianxian to coerce all the officials.Things that are not good for oneself are refuted in the name of the emperor, and things that seek personal gain and harm the government are also executed according to the emperor's will, and the ministers of the foreign court have nothing to do. Ke Wei took advantage of Xi Zong's stupidity to gain a foothold in the palace, and then began to develop their power, organizing bureaucratic groups that obeyed their orders, in order to control the world. The members of the Donglin party were extremely worried when they saw Wei Zhongxian soaring upwards.They closely watched Ke Wei's movements.The members of the Donglin Party fought hard on the issue of Hakka's fate, which was severely reprimanded by Xi Zong.Xi Zong's big wedding was completed, Yin Wei Zhongxian and his nephew, and Donglin party members also expressed their opposition. In October of the first year of Tianqi, 20 hectares of incense fire fields were given to the Hakka family, and Shenzong's mountain mausoleum was completed to commend Wei Zhongxian's achievements. Shang Shu objected, but Xi Zong didn't listen at all. Instead, he angrily blamed the Donglin Party members, and those Donglin Party opponents were condoned and supported. At the end of the second year of Tianqi, two of the ministers fell to Wei Zhongxian.One of them is Gu Bingqian, Minister of Rites.Gu Bingqian is mediocre and shameless, and has been attacked by Donglin party members.Seeing Wei Zhongxian's rapid rise, he thought that the iceberg was reliable, so he secretly took refuge in him.The other is Wei Guangwei, Minister of Rites of Nanjing.This person is also shameless, soft and boneless.When Wei Zhongxian gained power, Wei Guangwei thought it was an opportunity. He flattered Wei Zhongxian on the grounds that he was from the same clan, and Wei Zhongxian summoned him to Beijing to worship as Minister of Rites.In the first month of the third year of Tianqi (1623 A.D.), both Gu and Wei entered the cabinet as former officials and Dongge University scholars, which changed the dominance of the Donglin Party in the cabinet.In this way, with the help of Gu and Wei, Wei Zhongxian became like a tiger with wings added, and he let go of his courage to do evil.In the third year of Tianqi, the eunuch blatantly went to the hall of the Ministry of Industry to ask for winter clothes.Wei Zhongxian ordered the censor Guo Gongshu to attack Zhou Zongjian, Liu Yixie, Zou Yuanbiao, Yang Lian, Zhou Chaorui and others to recommend Xiong Tingbi to guard Liaodong.The Donglin Party crowd came together to rescue each other, and they were all severely punished.Many people were fined for this.Wei Zhongxian made his nephew and Hakka's nephew the hereditary Jinyi factory guard post under the order of the emperor.In spite of the objections of the courtiers, more than 20,000 internal sergeants were successively added. As a result, Wei Zhongxian mastered all the power of guards inside and outside the palace. In the inner palace, Hakka and Wei could kill Guangzong's concubines and Xizong's concubines at will.Guangzong's Zhao Xuan Shisu was at odds with the Hakka family, and Wei Zhongxian ordered him to die.Zhao listed the things that Guangzong had bestowed over the years in the court, and then worshiped and hanged himself.Xi Zong's concubine Yu Zhang was pregnant, and she was not born before the expiration date. Ke said she was a goblin in front of Xi Zong, and closed her in a dead-end alley without food or drink. Occasionally, it rained heavily, and Zhang crawled underground to drink under the eaves. The dripping rain was eventually tortured to death.Feng Guiren tried to persuade Xi Zong to give up his internal affairs, but guest Wei was furious and ordered him to die.Concubine Li has always been favored by Xi Zong. She once took the opportunity to defend Feng Guiren in front of the school, but when Hakka found out about it, she ordered her to have her title revoked and her diet banned.Li Shi learned of Zhang Shi's death, and hid food in the corners and crevices of the walls in advance, so he survived after being closed for several days. Ke Wei denounced him as a palace man.In addition, Hu Guiren hated the guest Wei Zhuanquan, and he tried to tell others that Wei Zhongxian took advantage of the opportunity of the school to go out to worship heaven, and sent someone to kill Hu Guiren, and reported to Xi Zong that he died of a sudden illness.Fortunately, You Xiao loves to forget things, and he forgets the past. He has never taken his concubines to heart, and he doesn't know how many are missing. Four years after the apocalypse, the development of the situation is even more unfavorable to the Donglin party members.Wei Zhongxian not only recruited wings among civil servants, but also arranged confidantes for military officials.The governor of Jinyiwei, Tian Ergeng, and the governor of Beizhen, Xu Xianchun, are all Wei Zhongxian's buddies.As long as Wei Zhongxian is impeached for the memorials of the Donglin party members, he will be condemned.On the contrary, those who opposed the Donglin Party gradually began to list the crimes of the Donglin Party and launched a counterattack. The decisive battle between Donglin party members and Wei Zhongxian finally broke out in June of the fourth year of Tianqi.Yang Lian, Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who was the highest prosecutor of the Ming Dynasty at the time, went into battle again, and reported that Wei Zhongxian had committed 24 major crimes. When Yang Lian came out, Wei Zhongxian was indeed frightened.What is mentioned in the book is a fact, if the emperor is furious, the consequences will be disastrous.Wei Zhongxian was worried, and found Xi Zong at night, knelt down in front of him and wept bitterly, saying that someone in the outer court wanted to punish him, and made him a lot of crimes, all of which were fabricated out of nothing.He was wholeheartedly for the country and the emperor, and that's why he offended these people. These people attacked him, in fact, they wanted to restrict the emperor.He pretended to offer to resign from his position in Dongchang to save his body.I haven't read the memorial, so I don't know why.From the side, Ke Shi set up Wei Zhongxian's evaluation of his merits, saying how Wei Zhongxian is loyal and diligent, and how he does his best.The ministers of the foreign court deliberately made things difficult for him because Wei Zhongxian was fair and honest, and they couldn't cheat, so they made alarmist remarks and charged Wei Zhongxian with so many crimes.Xi Zong only knew that Wei Zhongxian was obedient in everything and tried his best to play with him. He didn't know anything about the affairs of the foreign court, so he couldn't say anything, and he didn't want to read the memorial. He greatly reprimanded him, saying that he was "seeking rumors and shadows, having opinions from different sects, and boldly speaking nonsense". Yang Lian was blamed, which aroused the anger of the Manchu officials.Yang Lian wrote another book the next day, preparing to play to the emperor face to face, while Wei Zhongxian prevented Xi Zong from not going to court for three days, and only left the imperial gate on the fourth day.Wei Zhongxian had already made preparations. Guards in brocade clothes filled the court hall, and the guard of honor was twice as large as before.Wei Zhongxian passed the imperial decree orally, and today he only listened to the cabinet's report, and the rest of the ministers were not allowed to play.This move intensified the anger of the Donglin party members.After Yang Lian, those who went up to Shu were surging.Or single sparse, or combined sparse, just two days, no less than a hundred sparse.However, Wei Zhongxian controlled Xizong, and he was sure of winning.All the memorials, no matter how intense and sharp the words are, are like mud cows falling into the sea, without a sound. Wei Zhongxian got through this difficulty smoothly. He understood that the Donglin party members were nothing special and they were easy to deal with, despite their grandeur and aggressiveness.The momentum of the Donglin Party has passed, and it's time for Wei Zhongxian to clean up the Donglin Party.He couldn't tolerate their name-calling abuse anymore, he wanted to establish his majesty with iron wrists, and let the Donglin Party members know that Wei Zhongxian was not easy to mess with.After the limelight passed, the officials who were attacked by the Donglin party all hoped that Wei Zhongxian would show the Donglin party some color.Wei Guangwei took a copy of "The Gentleman's Handbook", and circled the officials he thought to be evil people one by one with ink pens, ranging from two circles to one circle.Sixty or seventy people like Ye Xianggao, Han Huoguang, He Ruchong, Qian Qianyi, Zhao Nanxing, Gao Panlong, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Li Yingsheng, etc. were all circled three times.He handed over this "Jin Gentleman's Notes" to Wei Zhongxian, and asked him to dismiss them one by one.Some people offered advice to Wei Zhongxian to restore the "court stick" punishment, which was used to shock the group. In October of the fourth year of Apocalypse (1624 A.D.), the main temple was sacrificed.After all the officials were assembled, Wei Guangwei, a scholar of the eunuch party, did not come.Halfway through the ceremony, he staggered into the class and knelt down.Criticized by Wei Dazhong, Li Yingsheng and others, Wei Guangwei asked to be dismissed for his disrespect, and Wei Zhongxian corrected his decree to exonerate him and retain him.Because of this, Wei Guangwei held a grudge against Wei Dazhong and Li Yingsheng, and urged Wei Zhongxian to kill the Donglin party members.In October and November, Wei Zhongxian falsely preached the imperial decree, and successively sent Zhao Nanxing, Shangshu of the Donglin Party, Gao Panlong, the censor of the left capital, Chen Yuting, the minister of the official department, Yang Lian, the censor of the right, and the imperial censor of Zuojin Shi Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Qiao Yunsheng, Feng Congwu, Yuan Huazhong, Fang Kezhuang and dozens of others dismissed.The dynasty is almost empty.In the cabinet, Gu Bingqian became the chief assistant, and Donglin's world was completely lost. In December of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the eunuch Xu Dahua once again impeached Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou for colluding with Wang An, coercing the palace ban, fighting dissidents, recruiting power and accepting bribes. Another eunuch Cao Qincheng even made alarmist remarks, saying that Zhao Nanxing, Zhou Zongjian, Li Yingsheng Accepted Xiong Tingbi's bribe.Wei Zhongxian immediately ordered Zhou Zongjian and Li Yingsheng to be cut from their official positions, and sent Jin Yiwei to arrest Yang Lian and others to Beijing for hearing. Wei Zhongxian's party members have already made a plan, falsely accusing Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Zhou Chaorui, Gu Dazhang, Yuan Huazhong and other Donglin Party members of being bribed by Xiong Tingbi.Under the instigation of the eunuch, Jin Yiwei first arrested Wang Wenyan, a member of the Donglin Party, and put him in the Zhenfusi Prison. He was interrogated by the eunuch Xu Xianchun, and forced him to admit that he had bribed Yang Lian of the Donglin Party.In order for Wang Wenyan to admit that every time he goes to court, five punishments are prepared, and Wang Wenyan will die without slander.After being tortured for more than two months, Wang Wenyan was bruised and dying, and Xu Xianchun did not get the confession he needed.In the end, Xu Xianchun resorted to the cruelest punishment and tortured him all day long. Wang Wenyan couldn't bear the torture, so he said: "You don't want to be beaten. You can write your confession as you like. I admit it!" So Xu Xianchun framed Yang. Lian and the others were bribed by Xiong Tingbi, but Wang Wenyan passed the payment.When Wen Yan heard this, he shouted: "Heaven! I am wronged! I will never admit that I have polluted an honest person with this!" Xu Xianchun sneered, and asked someone to draw Wang Wenyan's hand and beat him to death. , reported that Wang Wenyan had confessed. In July, Yang Lian, Zhou Chaorui, Zuo Guangdou and others were arrested and sent to Beizhen Fusi.Yang Lian and others were imprisoned, but they still don't know what crime they committed.It was only after the first court hearing that I realized that I had been framed and stolen.Zuo Guangdou said to Yang Lian and the others: "They intend to kill us. They have two ways to kill us. One is to take advantage of our disobedience and torture them to death. The other is to assassinate us in prison, saying that we died of sudden illness. If We admitted it at the first trial, and we can transfer it to the judicial department, and then we can retract the confession at that time, and there is still a chance of life." Everyone thought it was true, so at the second trial, no matter how many thousands of people were framed, they all admitted.Who knew that Xu Xianchun didn't hand them over to the judiciary for crimes, but tortured them more brutally, forcing them to spit out the stolen money immediately.These Donglin bureaucrats are usually very clean, how can they have tens of thousands of taels of cash?If he couldn't hand it over, Xu Xianchun would have one class every three days and one class every five days. He would press the bar, clamp his head, wear shackles, burn, stab, pinch, and stick all at once. The old wounds were not recovered, and new wounds were added.After a few days, these people didn't even have the strength to kneel, and they all wore shackles to lie down in the hall when passing the hall, the miserable situation was unbearable to watch.The family members of several ministers ran around the capital to raise money to redeem people, but the capital was ruled by the Wei family, who would dare to lend them money?It was hot in July, and Yang Lian and others had no medicine or food, and they were repeatedly tortured, and they were on the verge of death soon.The first person to die was Yang Lian. The person who carried the body found that Yang Lian's body was incomplete, his face was bloody and covered with maggots.There was an earthen bag on the corpse, and iron nails were driven into both ears, obviously murdered.The family carried the coffin back home, but all their property had been sold, and there was no place to bury him, so they had to put it by the river.His mother, wife and children lived on the tower, and Wei Zhongxian still ordered the local government to strictly pursue the stolen goods.The second person to die was Wei Dazhong. Dazhong's family was extremely poor, and he was not allowed to be carried out for six or seven days after his death. As a result, his body rotted.His son died after carrying the coffin back to his hometown because he couldn't take a spoonful of water.After Zuo Guangdou died, people saw that his legs had been broken, connected only by a tendon, and the muscles had rotted away, leaving only bones.Maggots covered his body, and his face could not be distinguished.Gu Dazhang was also bloody and horrific, while others were either chased for stolen goods, stripped of their status, or sentenced to remote garrison.Zhao Nanxing finally died in the garrison. Relying on high pressure and indiscriminate killings, Wei Zhongxian established his supreme authority, with both internal and external power in one hand. In addition to the eunuch Wang Tigan, there were more than 30 people in the inner court, including Li Chaoqin and Chaofu, who were left and right buddies.Cui Chengxiu, Tian Ji, Wu Chunfu, Li Kuilong, and Ni Wenhuan, the civil servants of the foreign court, were the masterminds, and they were named "Five Tigers".The military ministers Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Sun Yunhe, Yang Huan, and Cui Yingyuan were brutally killed, and they were named "Five Biao".Ten people, including Zhou Yingqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Cao Qincheng, the eunuch Shaoqing, were called "Ten Dogs".Others have names such as "Ten Children" and "Forty Grandchildren".Cui Chengxiu and others have adopted sons and grandsons who are not known.From the six ministries of the cabinet to the governors of the four directions, the great officials of the frontiers, and the loyal buddies all over the place, the relatives of the Hakka and Wei families were even full of princes. At that time, some people in Beijing said, "The real emperor is Wei Zhongxian."Under the control of the guest Wei, the Ming Dynasty sold officials and nobles, abused the titles, embezzled and bribed, flattered, repelled dissidents, and suppressed dictatorship. The East Factory controlled by Wei Zhongxian has become the most terrifying spy agency. The East Factory is rampant everywhere, and the officials and the people suffer accidents due to accidental carelessness.Even Dongchang fan servants deliberately set up traps to frame innocent people, and people inside and outside the capital fear Dongchang like a tiger.Once, two people were drinking in a pub.One of them got drunk and cursed at Wei Zhongxian, and someone next to him stopped him, fearing that he would get into trouble.At this time, a person came in from outside the door, teasing the drunk on purpose, saying that Wei Zhongxian was very good, and it would be great for him to hear him.The drunk man took advantage of his alcohol and said, "What can he do to get me? Can he skin me?" The man sneered, revealing his identity as a slave in the East Factory, tied the drunk man away, and skinned me alive Skin. The eunuch party adopted a policy of beheading and exterminating Donglin party members.In the sixth year of Tianqi (1626 A.D.), all lecture schools in the world were destroyed in order to eliminate the roots of the party.Following the example of the Song and Yuan party bans, a monument to the Donglin party members was erected to imprison the Donglin party members forever.In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Gu Bingqian compiled the "Three Dynasties Essential Code", describing the Donglin party members as villains who ruled in disorder, formed a party for personal gain, and endangered the country, sinners who lost their borders, and declared eternal imprisonment. Wei Zhongxian tasted the taste of power, and his henchmen also benefited from it.In order to maintain their prosperity and wealth, these people flattered and flattered Wei Zhongxian and did everything they could.Wei Zhongxian seems to be the Supreme Emperor, all he lacks is his name.The eunuchs tried their best to praise him.In June of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Pan Ruzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, went to the Shu and asked to "build Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall and use it to send blessings."Xi Zong immediately decreed to agree.In recognition of Wei Zhongxian's dedication and dedication to the country, the temple was named "Pude".The Shengci Temple was soon established in the beautiful West Lake, located between Guan Gong and Yue Fei Temple, which is extremely magnificent.Huang Ruheng, a vice envoy of Tixue, passed by the door and sighed slightly, but was beaten to death on the spot by the eunuch guarding the shrine, and the local officials dared not intervene.As soon as Hangzhou Shengci Temple was built, the wind of building temples quickly spread all over the country.Governors from all over the country followed suit one after another, lest they fall behind, the scale became larger and more gorgeous.Demolition of houses, temples, and even school palaces and ancestral halls are happening everywhere.At the beginning, the construction cost was donated by various officials, but later it was all used from the treasury.Each ancestral hall is named by the emperor.His name is full of praises, and his tone is getting higher and higher.Such as "Guangen", "Chongde", "Yangde", "Jinggong", "Defang", "Weiren", "Jiayou", "Longxun", "Repaying Gong", "Thanksgiving", "Keeping benevolence" is not the only thing.In one year, living shrines spread all over the country from the capital to the provinces, from the capital city to the barren lands, and those who were not enthusiastic about building the living shrines were immediately arrested and punished.After the construction of ancestral temples in various places, grand welcome ceremonies are held, and all civil and military officials perform five prostrations and three kowtows.Like the emperor, he just didn't say "Long Live Lord". Xi Zong's body is very good. He loves outdoor activities, has a wide range of interests, loves to play, and has always been very healthy mentally and physically.In the spring of the sixth year of Tianqi (AD 1626), after falling into the water while rowing, his health was not as good as before, and he often had some problems.Ordinarily, he was only in his early 20s, and his body shouldn't be so fragile. Xi Zong became weaker and weaker for unknown reasons, and his face and body were swollen.In June of the seventh year of Tianqi, he fell ill again, and this time it was even more serious.Afraid of heat and cold, high fever from time to time, and more severe edema.His face was yellow and blue, he ate less and less, and he had no strength to speak.This time the imperial doctors were too busy, and Wei Zhongxian and his gang were also frightened.Xizong's meals were originally provided by Wei Zhongxian, Hakka, Wang Tiqian, and Li Yongzhen in turn, and they did not eat the meals of Shangshan Supervisor.In order to please the school, the meals of the four families are more exquisite than the other, especially the imperial meals made by the Ke family are even more exquisite. Xi Zong especially likes to eat them, and they call them "grandma's family meals".After Xi Zong fell ill, the four families worked hard to make up for his weak body.Huo Weihua, a member of the eunuch party, presented the "Fairy Fang Linglu Drink" to the school.The method is to distill the five grains in a silver pot, and take the essence to make a drink, which is extremely sweet.Xi Zong felt very good after drinking it, but he lost interest after drinking it for a few days.By July, Xi Zong's illness had obviously deteriorated.Hakka and Wei couldn't help worrying in their hearts, they had Xi Zong as their great backer, they thought that the honor of the first life was not a problem, but now the young king is about to die in heaven, why doesn't it make them panic all day long.At this time, rumors of Wei Zhongxian's attempt to usurp the throne spread in the capital.People were uneasy, and Empress Zhang was even more anxious. Empress Zhang is the daughter of Zhang Guoji, a student from Henan.On April 27, the first year of Tianqi, she was elected queen and married Xi Zong.The Zhang family is graceful and graceful, and she is naturally beautiful. At the beginning of their marriage, she and Xi Zong had a good relationship.However, the two of them have very different personalities, and friction has arisen over time.Xi Zong likes to be active and playful, while Zhang's likes to be quiet and hates to travel; Xi Zong is ignorant of reason, ignorant of righteousness, and doesn't understand his own responsibilities. With the character of a dude, Zhang's understanding of affairs, deep understanding of righteousness, and certain understanding of state affairs and family affairs view.The combination of such incompatible personalities will inevitably lead to a breakdown in the relationship between the two parties. Mrs. Zhang usually likes to quietly do some chores in the room, or read and write.Xi Zong always came to call her when he went to play, and she probably refused to go because of illness.If you really can't push it away, you will go for a while, and you will come back soon, with no happy look on your face.After a long time, Xi Zong got bored and stopped calling her.Obviously, he didn't want to suffer with this wife who couldn't play. 张皇后看到客氏、魏忠贤横行霸道乱国乱政心中十分气愤。但她给熹宗说，熹宗根本不听。有一次，张氏在读《史记》，熹宗玩得满脸是汗跑进来了，问张氏读的是什么。张氏说“赵高传”。“赵高？谁是赵高？”熹宗问。“大奸似忠，毒如蛇蝎，指鹿为马，颠倒黑白，坏秦家锦绣天下的小人！”张氏气愤地说。熹宗才不管他赵高是何方神圣呢，他似懂非懂地朝张氏一笑，又玩他的去了。 客氏最担心张氏控制熹宗，所以时时处处对张氏提防和限制。客氏在宫内大摆威风，以熹宗的母亲自居，根本不把嫔妃看在眼里，对张皇后也是如此。客氏对熹宗既像母亲对于儿子，又象少妇对于情人，一种与生俱来的嫉妒心使她不能容忍任何女人占据熹宗的心。对客氏的横暴，张氏非常反感，她曾当面斥责过客氏，因此，客氏、魏忠贤与张后结下冤仇，必欲铲除而后快。天启三年，张皇后怀了孕，客氏将张皇后宫中下人一律换成她的心腹，在侍候张氏时粗手粗脚。终于有一天，一个宫女给张氏捶背用劲过猛造成张氏流产。熹宗的其他妃子也有生育。范贵妃生悼怀太子慈焴，容妃任氏生献怀太子慈炅，皆殇。熹宗嫔妃如云，但他不好色，晚上一般看戏看到很晚，倒头便睡，一觉大天亮。客氏又故意限制他与嫔妃接触，故此外再无生育。熹宗一心在玩上，对有没有儿子并不在意，而张氏对子嗣问题却是很焦急。 熹宗的重病和外间的传言使张皇后忧心忡忡，她最担心的是皇位的嗣继问题。她首先想到的是熹宗的同父异母的弟弟信王朱由检。熹宗无子，信王又是他惟一的弟弟。遵照“兄终弟及”的原则，信王是皇位当然的继承人。信王当时已17岁，与熹宗即位时的年龄差不多大。信王沉毅冷静、通达情理、深明大义、素有贤名，张后早有耳闻，因此，她看中了由检。张皇后虽然被熹宗冷落，但中宫名号尚在，万一熹宗突然死去，未留下遗嘱，她可以用中宫的名义发布关于继承人的谕旨。但张后还是希望在熹宗活着时就把此事确定下来。 自从生病之后，长时间缠绵病榻，熹宗有了反思自己一生的时间。大概出于良知的发现，自天启七年熹宗性格发生了某些细微的变化。他开始注意他周围的人，对张后也渐渐转变了，张氏因此可以经常陪伴在他的床边。就在八月初，张氏对熹宗提起了信王，说信王可以托付大事。熹宗表示同意。到八月八、九日间，熹宗病情加重。魏忠贤等人时刻守在宫殿内外以防不测。张后劝熹宗召见信王一次，由于客魏防范太严未成。十一日，魏忠贤休沐。张后借这个机会，传旨召进了信王。 信王来到乾清宫，见到了他的哥哥。看到熹宗全身浮肿、气息奄奄，由检很难过。熹宗强打起精神说：“我弟将来要成为尧舜一样的君主，你要好好照顾你的嫂子。”又说：“魏忠贤、王体乾皆是忠臣，可以信任，可以大用。”信王只是伏地叩头不敢回应。接见结束后，张皇后叮嘱他多加保重，随时注意事态变化。熹宗昏昏庸庸过了20余年，只有接见信王确定继位人是他做的惟一一件明白事。但他至死对客氏、魏忠贤的眷恋丝毫未变。天启七年（公元1627年）八月二十二日下午申时，统治天下7年，将大明元气戕毁殆尽的熹宗撒手离开了尘世，时年23岁。庙号“熹宗”。