Chapter 44 Chapter 11 Nine thousand nine hundred year old grandpa

Those strange political phenomena during the Tianqi period are closely related to Wei Zhongxian's personality. In the small peasant society, the basis of trust comes from blood relationship, and only the relatives of one's own family are the closest and most reliable.Wei Zhongxian, who was born as a farmer, instinctively thought of simulating blood relationship when organizing his own group, so he recognized his sons and righteous grandsons so that he could use them with confidence.For his "children and grandchildren", he devoted himself to caring and nurturing, and many of them achieved rocket-like promotion.

As long as you go to him, he will give you back immediately. He is bold and bold in doing things, and he will never refuse anyone.At the beginning of the Donglin Party's attack, he was terrified.However, at this time, he was full of confidence in his own strength.With so many confidantes giving advice to him, he is even more confident as he is "responsible and decisive".Soon, Wei Zhongxian launched an attack on the Donglin party members. Facts have proved that these awe-inspiring Donglin Party members are actually vulnerable.Under the instigation of his advisers, Wei Zhongxian found various excuses to organize people to impeach the Donglin party members, and then remove them in the name of the emperor.The Donglin party members have a good face. Sometimes, the minister who was impeached would resign without Wei's dismissal.In this way, within a few months, the Donglin party members have been wiped out.

In the face of defeated political opponents, Wei Zhongxian did not have the mind of a big politician, but vented the grievances in his heart wantonly.When the censor Zhou Zongjian impeached Wei Zhongxian, he said that the Wei family "did not know a single thing".While torturing Zhou Zongjian, Wei Zhongxian's cronies and minions scolded sharply: "Is it possible that Wei Shanggong doesn't even know about Fu Neng?" For those who once accused his rule of being illegitimate, incompetent, and humble, Wei Zhongxian took cruel revenge.Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Gao Panlong and others were all tortured to death by him.Before Yang Lian's death, he suffered many horrific tortures. When he died, he was pierced through the brain with iron nails, leaving no flesh in his body.The reason why Wei Zhongxian is so vicious is because he is indeed of humble origin, low ability, and illegal rule.

After the Wei family came to power, people quickly discovered that Wei Zhongxian had an almost morbid hobby: he loved to talk about pomp and flattery, and he would gladly accept no matter how excessively flattering he was.Therefore, complimenting Wei Zhongxian has become a shortcut to promotion for officials of all sizes in the court. Wei Zhongxian's "political achievements" are really pitiful, but this does not prevent officials from displaying their ingenuity.In the sixth month of the Apocalypse (1626 A.D.), a fire broke out in the grassland of the capital's Zhongfu. From night to morning, the loss was not small.

Wei Zhongxian took the eunuch and participated in the rescue.For this fire, Xue Zhen, the official in charge, cannot shirk the responsibility. However, this Xue Zhen is very good at "turning bad things into good things" and looking at the problem from the bright side.When he reported, he did not focus on "disaster", but on "rescue", fully highlighting Wei Zhongxian's performance, saying that Wei's "doing his best, and making arrangements with his unique talents", and he made a big fuss about it. There was a lot of discussion: "It can be seen that there are no difficult things in the world, but people who do things without practicality are especially troubled. If everyone can do things according to the quotes, why do you say that natural disasters are irreversible?" depth.

After Wei Zhongxian read it, he felt extremely comfortable. In the eyes of others, Wei Zhongxian only got up in the middle of the night to save a fire, but Xue Zhen actually saw that he "has a unique talent for adapting to the situation" from this. What an extraordinary vision!And the extension in the latter paragraph shows that only in this way can the country be settled in peace.As a result, Xue Zhen not only did not receive any punishment, but was quickly promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.It was a blessing in disguise, so Xue Zhen was called the "Shangshu of Fire Force" by the ruling and opposition parties.

There are also some people who simply regard flattery as a bribe and directly ask for a price in return.Yansui Governor Zhu Tongmeng Dingyou, according to the regulations, should leave his post and keep his filial piety for three years.However, he was greedy for power and position, so he wrote a letter bragging about Wei Zhongxian's merits, and hinted that he did not want to leave office, so the imperial court decreed that he was not allowed to go home to observe his filial piety.There was a man named Zhu from Zhongshushe who, in order to get promoted, praised Wei Zhongxian a lot, calling him "a person who is a good assistant, and his teachers are among the best", which is extremely disgusting.And because of this, he was actually allowed to be selected by Monte decree, and later he was promoted.

Whatever Wei Zhongxian does, no matter how big or small, is wise and wise, unmatched by anyone else.Since Wei Zhongxian hadn't done any big things, people had no choice but to ignore every little thing. In the fifth year of Tianqi (1625 A.D.), the eunuch of Dongchang caught a spy of Houjin.This was an ordinary thing, but because Wei Zhongxian was in charge of Dongchang, it was sublimated to an unusual height. The imperial decree drafted by the civil servants said Wei Zhongxian: "Here is dedicated to the country, and we are doing everything we can. Xun, now he is subduing the big quarrel again, not bothering the cost of the dead arrow, it can be compared to beheading the flag of the general, and the labor is in the frontier, and the reward should be beyond the standard."

"Jieyin is reported to the frontier fortress, and the odds of winning are actually from the temple." Yuan Chonghuan's contribution to guarding Ningyuan and so on went to Wei's head in this way.In order to reward such extraordinary achievements, the imperial court specially named Wei Liangqing, the nephew of the Wei family, as Uncle Suning. Wei Zhongxian presided over the rebuilding of the Huangji Hall. This ordinary project became a major event in the world among the courtiers: "(Wei's) is loyal to the sun, and he is determined to mend the sky. Jiao Laomi is idle in the morning and night, and the rate is several. Forget about shoes and shoes. Therefore, it is possible to inherit the structure of the court of the dynasty and achieve the management of the day. One person can be safe, and the image of the world will be looked down upon." It is like the great achievement of rebuilding the empire.Since he has made such great achievements, of course he must be promoted, so Wei Zhongxian was promoted to Shanggong.This is the highest title that a minister with a foreign surname can obtain in the Ming Dynasty.

From the fifth year of Tianqi (AD 1625), the courtiers praised Wei Zhongxian more and more, and soon became overwhelming.The imperial court also continued to reward Wei for his great achievements.From Bo to Hou to Duke to Shanggong, he quickly reached the highest title. At the same time, among the relatives of the Wei family, one person was granted the title of uncle and then a prince, one was a member of the first rank, one was from the first rank, four were at the second rank, and there were countless people below the third rank.The Wei family, a poor tenant, is now full of wats, and has become the most prominent family in the world in an instant.Wei Zhongxian was first called thousand years old, then nine thousand years old, and then he was actually called "nine thousand nine hundred years old grandpa", which is one step away from long live.

Such arrogance and indiscriminate rewards are not entirely out of greed, but the main psychological motivation is the deep inferiority complex in Wei's heart.In the deepest part of his consciousness, Wei Zhongxian couldn't forget for a moment that he came from a humble background, and he doubted his ability every day. Sitting in this supreme position of power, he was always in a state of anxiety. Although he is superficial on the surface, he always has no idea in his heart. When he dreams late at night, he often dreams that he is deprived of power by others, and becomes a poor farmer again. In the thatched cottage, the former buddies came to make fun of him again, and called him a "fool". After waking up, he would often break out in a cold sweat. People are valuable to have self-knowledge, and what mediocre people lack is precisely self-knowledge.Wei Zhongxian has always hoped that he can stand out, he never thinks that he is inferior to others, and even thinks that he is quite outstanding.After ascending to the pinnacle of power, what fascinates him the most is not the rich clothes and fine food, the appearance of a high-ranking official, but the affirmation of his ability by others.The compliments from others watered his self-esteem that had been dry for a long time, and helped him stabilize his psychological balance time and time again, making him convinced that he was really extraordinary.He gradually became addicted, and he became more and more hungry for compliments from others.Without these compliments, he could not maintain his mental balance. This kind of addiction is so similar to drug addiction, only the dosage is getting bigger and bigger to meet his growing demands.As a result, the compliments became more and more exaggerated and outrageous.Due to his lack of culture, he has benefited from those words that are ridiculously exaggerated in the eyes of others.He was afraid that others would find out his own details, and in fact he was also afraid that he would clearly realize his own details, so he had no choice but to intensify his bluff and build a tall and perfect self. However, such external support cannot solve the fundamental problem after all.Wei Zhongxian is not a complete idiot, so his heart often swings between two extremes.Sometimes he feels that he is really omnipotent, born smart, and insightful, as others say.Sometimes he felt that he was really worthless, just a piece of trash. Compared with his counselors, he obviously felt that his brains were not enough.How this situation is like the performance of an alcoholic. They may go to the sky for a while, put on a lofty posture, and make many grand promises, but after a while they may become cowardly, desperate, and groveling. Once, his confidant accidentally said, "foreign officials swindle the master", which caused him to "hang his head and sneer, sigh, and gnash his teeth and say, 'so people in the world are all slandering and slandering me'", and because of this, he called him "the lord" for several days. I can't afford it.A careless word from the servant actually broke the psychological balance supported by countless praises. From this we can see how fragile Wei Zhongxian's heart is.