Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Martial Arts Conference

If you want to talk about the government affairs during the Chenghua period, you can perfectly summarize and describe it in one word-a mess. This is not surprising at all. Comrade Zhu Jianshen's leadership level is really disappointing. He can't even control his own wife. How can he control the secretaries around him? Under such circumstances, the politics of the Chenghua period suddenly became colorful and extremely dark, and the various political schools that emerged were even more colorful and blooming. A martial arts conference where fouls are repeatedly banned. Below we begin to introduce the various martial arts schools participating in the martial arts conference (in no particular order).

spring party Full name: Aphrodisiac Research School. Head: Liang Fang. The composition of the disciples under the door: warlocks, fan monks. Unique skills: research on chemicals (aphrodisiacs, commonly known as Viagra now), research on physiological and hygienic knowledge. Xianpai Full name: Cultivating Taoism and becoming Immortals. Head: Li Zisheng. The composition of the disciples: monks and Taoists. Unique skills: alchemy (belonging to the category of chemistry), Taoism. Supervisor Full name: Inner Supervisor Eunuch School. Heads: Wang Zhi, Shang Ming. The composition of the disciples under the door: eunuchs.

Unique skills: underground work (secret agent), making small reports. After school Full name: Harem Wife Pie. Head: Concubine Wan Gui. The composition of the disciples under the door: court ladies, eunuchs, and relatives. Unique stunt: cry, make trouble and hang himself three times (this stunt has been widely used after a long period of evolution). Mixed faction Full name: dawdle pie. Head: Wanan. The composition of the disciples under the door: Civilian group. Unique skills: dawdling, impeachment (complaint). These are the five major sects that were in the world at that time. If you want to tell their origins and connections, please sit down and listen to me slowly:

What is Jiang Hu?Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. It is said that more than 2,000 years ago, the peerless master Ying Zheng ruled the martial arts and became the first martial arts leader, the rivers and lakes fell into the glory days of numerous factions and bloody storms. Among the many schools, the two schools with the oldest qualifications and the highest level are the Jian School and the Hou School. The status of these two factions is roughly equivalent to that of Shaolin and Wudang.Among them, the historical name of the later school is called Wai Qi, and the historical name of the Jian school is called Quan Wei.

Although the two factions obey the orders of the leader of the martial arts (emperor), they have been sworn enemies since the day the sign was established. They are all masters. For example, Zhao Gao, Shan Chao, Li Fuguo, Yu Chaoen from the Jian School, and Lu Hou, Yang Jian, and Wei Hou from the Later School were all masters of the moment and won great honor for the School.When the two factions are not fighting, they will occasionally cooperate with each other. Once this happens, the martial arts leader will take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and continue to stir up disputes between the two factions in order to maintain his position as the leader.

Of course, sometimes if the leader's martial arts is not high, he may be replaced by the masters of the two factions. For example, Yang Jian successfully separated from the latter faction and became the new leader of the martial arts. During the Chenghua period, this situation did not change. The Empress Sect and the Supervisor Sect were still at odds with each other, and other sects also took advantage of this opportunity to open up and grow stronger. These are the other three sects we have introduced before. The Chunpai is an affiliated sect of the Houpai. The head of the Chunpai, Liang Fang, was originally a purchaser for Concubine Wan Guifei, who was the head of the Houpai. He is the head of the Spring School and stands on his own.

Here I would like to praise Comrade Liang Fang for his hard work and serious attitude. Everyone knows that he studies aphrodisiacs, but it is really not easy for him to do this, because he is an eunuch himself. , being able to work so hard really reflects the excellent research spirit and professionalism. This is spring pie, let's talk about fairy pie. Xianpai is also a sect with a long history. The most famous person of this sect should be Xu Fu who is said to have gone to study in Japan in the Qin Dynasty. In the Chenghua Dynasty, the Xianpai also came to the fore. Li Zisheng, the head of the sect, was originally in Jiangxi Worked as a small civil servant in the yamen, and later changed his career to Beipiao in the capital, and also did some fraud work by the way.

Later, he met Liang Fang, the head of the Spring School during the deception process, and became the entourage of the head of Liang, and the head of Liang also admired him very much, and supported him to set up another sect, give full play to his expertise, and practice alchemy for the leader Zhu Jianshen. , thus starting the prestige of Xianpai in one fell swoop. Then came the famous Jian School. This school was extremely prosperous in the Ming Dynasty. There were Zheng He and Wang Zhen before it, and Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian later. Just like Huashan School has Qizong and Jianzong, Jianpai also split into East Supervisor School and West Supervisor School. The two leaders went their own way and fought fiercely with each other. The traditional affiliated enterprise of the faction, Dongchang, is constantly growing, and it is down-to-earth to do a good job in spying on intelligence and framing Zhongliang.

And Wang Zhi, the head of the Xijian faction, since he was brought to the capital by Han Yong's army and turned into an eunuch after being stabbed by a knife, he worked hard, broke the traditional development model, actively forged ahead (flattering), worked hard to win the trust of the leader Zhu Jianshen, and treated himself like no one else. I have, others have my excellent innovative spirit and opened the West Factory in Xi'anmen. His principle of setting up a factory can be summed up in one sentence - "there is no worst, only worse". There is no need to introduce more about the Houpai. During the Chenghua period, Concubine Wan Gui was a woman who was in charge of the customs. She was not only the head of the Houpai, but also the wife and nanny of the martial arts leader Zhu Jianshen. She has unique moves such as pillow wind and pillow sweep Wulin, no one can stop.

The last is the mixed faction. This faction was originally called the Chen faction. It was originally a big faction as famous as the Jian faction and the Hou faction. There have been countless top masters such as Li Si, Huo Guang, Fang Xuanling, Wang Anshi, and San Yang. In the hands of the head of Wan An, the family is deserted, and the head of Wan's martial arts is sloppy. Apart from insisting on practicing kowtow and flattering skills, he has no other skills. Afterwards, the situation changed. To sum up, the martial arts situation during the Chenghua period was like this. The Empress School, the Spring School, and the Immortal School were in an alliance relationship, which can be called the pan-post camp.There are conflicts within the Jianpai, and externally, it is hostile to the Houpai alliance. The most useless is the bastard.

The above is the situation of the five schools of martial arts. I believe you can see that these are the so-called evil schools. It can be summed up in one sentence: These days, there are no good people. All the factions are here, and it's time for a good show. Liang Fang, the head of the Spring School, is an outstanding medicine wholesaler and commodity purchaser. There are two main paths for him to make a fortune. One is to give gifts to Concubine Wan Gui, and the other is to make aphrodisiacs and give them to the emperor. Everyone likes him. , so for a period of time he was very powerful. Although he was an eunuch, he was not a member of the supervisory sect. Shang Ming and Huai En, the head of the eunuchs at the time, tried to recruit him, but Liang Fang's answer was: Who are you?Go and cool off. Relying on the backing of others, he wantonly embezzled property. Comrade Zhu Jianshen originally had a lot of private money in his pocket, but within a few years, it was used up by this man, and the leader was so angry that he couldn't eat for a few days. But head Liang also has an advantage, because he has little reading and no experience, compared with Wang Zhen, Wei Zhongxian and others, his grades are too far behind. In addition to making money, he also helps Concubine Wan Gui go to the harem to have an abortion. He can't do even bigger bad things (it's not that he doesn't want to, it's just that his level is not high). He never expected that the most influential thing he did was to recruit a person. This person was Li Zixing, the later head of the Immortal School. If one were to ask who among the five sects was most favored by Zhu Jianshen, many people would probably answer the Hou sect or the Jian sect, but in fact, what Zhu Jianshen valued the most was precisely the humble leader of the immortal sect, Li Zixing. There is really no need to be surprised at this point. Zhu Jianshen can clearly tell us the reason: I really want to live another five hundred years! Whether it's aphrodisiacs, eyes and ears, or a wife, as long as you have this life, you can look for it again at any time. Life is the most precious, Zhu Jianshen wisely realized this. Therefore, Li Zisheng, who claims to be immortal, naturally became Zhu Jianshen's favorite minister, and he himself can be said to continue to work hard, not satisfied with fooling the leader by cultivating Taoism and becoming immortal, and adding a by-product to the production line while refining alchemy - aphrodisiac, He began to grab the business of his old leader, the head of Liang. In this way, Li Zisheng, a versatile man, became a hot figure. Wan An, the leader of the gangster faction, Liu Ji, the first disciple, and Peng Hua, the second disciple, all relied on his connections to enter the cabinet and become high-ranking officials. But the leader was not satisfied. He also planned to develop across industries, and even extended his hand to the spy work. He organized personnel to listen to the news for the leader. This can be regarded as stabbing a hornet's nest. What kind of a person are you, Li Zixing, who are eagerly relying on this industry to make a living? !How dare you break the monopoly and engage in competition! The supervisors Shang Ming and Wang Zhi rolled up their trouser legs, picked up the guy, and prepared to attack this unknown pawn. But the result of the struggle was beyond their expectation. Let's put the struggle between Li Zixing and the eunuch later, let's talk about the other two sects first. Empress Pai has nothing to say, Concubine Wan Gui is still living her life, patrolling the harem twice in three days, and then staring in the direction of the Prince's East Palace unwillingly, that's all. Now it's the turn of the gangsters to play. I personally think that this is the most interesting martial art. Before the fifth year of Chenghua (1469), the cabinet was a solemn and sacred place, and the cabinet members at that time were Shang Lu and Peng Shi. Shang Ren can be regarded as an old acquaintance. As early as during the Beijing Defense War, he showed his face once and stood up to support Yu Qian's proposition, but he is more famous for his exam results-lianzhong Sanyuan.I think when the list was released in the township examination, the list had just been posted, and people were still looking for names with wide-eyed eyes. He glanced at it casually, and then went back home to sleep.A fellow countryman asked him why he didn't look for his name, and he pointed to the list nonchalantly and said: "What the hell are you doing, the one at the top is me!" Excluding Huang Guan, who was retaliated by Zhu Di and whose name was deleted during Jing Nan, he was the only person in the Ming Dynasty who completed this difficult action. Qingzheng, under their leadership, the Ming Empire moved forward in an orderly manner. At this time, Wan An entered the cabinet. Wan An, a native of Meizhou, Sichuan, was a Jinshi in the thirteenth year of Zhengtong (1448). This man was a good book reader. It is a victim of exam-oriented education, a typical representative of high scores and low abilities. After he joined the cabinet, he ignored government affairs, and just focused on doing one thing - building relationships.He made full use of his surname resources, and even became relatives with Concubine Wan Gui. What relatives? According to Comrade Wan An himself, Concubine Wan Gui's younger brother's wife's mother's mother's sister is his concubine, which is a great close relative! So he ran to Concubine Wan Gui's younger brother's house, confessed the marriage with tears in his eyes, and announced gloriously: I, Wan An, have finally found my relatives! Regardless of whether the relatives are true or not, Wan'an did get a chance to be promoted. In the 14th year of Chenghua (1478), Shang Ren retired and returned home, and Wan'an became the chief assistant of the cabinet. From then on, under his "wise" leadership, the history of the civil society has entered a new era - the era of chaos. The gangster faction is different from other factions. Many elites of the gangster faction have been given nicknames thanks to the respect of everyone in the world.It was very loud, so we had to talk about it carefully. Wan'an, the leader of the gangster faction, was given the nickname "Long Live Pavilion Elder" by the people of Jianghu. In the seventh year of Chenghua (1471), Wan An and two other members of the cabinet, Shang Ren and Peng Shi, went to meet with Zhu Jianshen to discuss major national affairs. Shout out: "Long live!" Looking back, Sect Master Wan had already knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Shang Lu and Peng Shi were dumbfounded for a while, then sighed helplessly, then knelt down, kowtowed and shouted: "Long live!" The reason why this strange scene happened was entirely because of Wan An's long live, which was related to a serious issue of etiquette. In the Qing Dynasty, when discussing matters between officials, if you hold a teacup, it means that you don't want to talk anymore and ask you to leave, which is the so-called serving tea to see off guests. The face saints in the Ming Dynasty also had a set of etiquette. After the audience, they shouted long live, which means goodbye to the emperor, and we will come again next time. Head Wan didn't know if he was in a hurry to go to the latrine, and he hurriedly shouted goodbye without waiting for a few words, which made the cabinet extremely embarrassing and became the laughing stock of civil and military officials in the court. ". Liu Ji, a disciple of the gang sect, was nicknamed "Liu Mianhua" by Jianghu people. Liu Ji, a native of Hebei, was a Jinshi in the 13th year of Zhengtong (1448), a classmate of the head of Wan at the same time, and became a cabinet member in the 11th year of Chenghua (1475). Ann - thicker skinned. Impeachment was common in the Ming Dynasty, and officials like to meddle in other people's business. People like Liu Ji naturally became the main targets of attack by the officials. His nickname is "Liu Cotton". what for? Those who are cotton are not afraid of playing! Ni Jinxian, the younger brother of the gangster, was given the nickname "Xianniao Yushi" by Jianghu people. Ni Jinxian, a native of Anhui, semi-literate, worshiped under the sect of Wanzhang, a closed disciple, without a fortune, but has a secret recipe handed down from his ancestors. It is said that after being made into a medicinal powder and dissolved in water, it can cure ED (scientific name), and Wanzhang probably personally I tried it, so I was overjoyed and asked this brother to be a censor. If it were changed today, he would not need to be a censor, but would devote himself to the pharmaceutical industry, and he would definitely be able to prosper the same industry, surpass Pfizer, and win glory for the country. Considering his great contribution to the head of Wan, friends in Jianghu respectfully gave him the nickname "Xiniao Yushi". Liu Yi, the only one remaining in the cabinet, is basically dawdling every day. As for the following six ministers, he is indeed an outstanding disciple of the gangster sect. He adheres to the sect's charter, sits in the yamen every day, drinks tea and chats, does nothing, strictly Follow the door rules. Due to the outstanding performance of the Chenghua cabinet and officials of various ministries, the people specially awarded them the collective honorary title: The three members of the cabinet collectively won the honorable title of "Paper-Papered Three Cabinet Elders". The six books collectively won the honorable title of "Six Books of Clay Sculpture". This is the affirmation given to them by the masses. Admiration, admiration, what a thing! Next, we will talk about the last sect—Jianpai. The reason why we leave it at the end is that during the Chenghua period, the biggest shady and most vicious figures were born from this sect, but they also died from this sect. Among the large group of captives that Han Yong brought back, Wang Zhi was not a conspicuous person, and he had no special skills. After Kacha, he became an eunuch honestly, but his luck was very good. A concubine who was assigned to serve the emperor in the harem—Concubine Wan Gui. Facts have proved that although Wang Zhi has no talent or technology, his service attitude is very correct and the service level is also very high, which made Concubine Wan Gui very happy. Zhi Ye really lived up to expectations, rose through the ranks, and eventually became the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. We have introduced before that the Yumajian is an important department second only to the Silijian. To be able to climb to this position can be said to be a successful person among eunuchs, but Wang Zhi was not satisfied, and he stretched out his hand to the palace The most mysterious eunuch management organization in China - Dongchang. Wang Zhi spontaneously organized people to go out to inquire about news, report every move in the capital and various places, and show his intelligence gathering ability, hoping that Zhu Jianshen could hand over the control of the East Factory to him.All of a sudden, Wang Zhi's plainclothes spies were everywhere inside and outside the capital, inquiring about news day and night, arresting people and locking them up, the momentum was very fierce. With these "political achievements", Wang Zhi triumphantly reported to Zhu Jianshen, preparing to take over Dongchang, the largest spy organization in the Ming Dynasty, and do some underground work. The leader listened to his report, spoke highly of it, and expressed the hope that he would continue to work hard, but the leader seemed to be addicted to speaking, and he talked at length on it, speaking logically, but did not talk about the key issues, and Wang Zhi knelt until his legs went numb , finally couldn't bear to interject: "Your Majesty, how should the East Factory be handled?" The leader was interrupted to speak, but he was not angry, just smiled and waved his hands and said: "That guy did a pretty good job, so be it." Wang Zhi's dream of Dongchang was shattered. The "that person" in the leader's mouth is Shang Ming, the current eunuch of Dongchang Palm Seal, and this is not a simple person. Shang Ming entered the palace very early, handled affairs very neatly, and had an extremely cautious personality (pay attention to this characteristic). Dongchang was very successful under his hands. In order to expand his financial resources, he even started a side job—kidnapping and extorting money. Head Shang has a recognized shining point—he is serious and responsible for his work, and he is also the same for his sideline business. As soon as he took office, he created a roster, which recorded the addresses and families of all the wealthy households in the capital. environment, and listed a leaderboard in terms of wealth. At the same time, he also has a solid foundation in philosophy, and he always firmly believes that the world is a connected whole, and that everything is connected. Whenever there is a case in Dongchang, he will connect these wealthy households with the case, and come to arrest them one by one. People, put them in prison, and let their family members get a ransom before releasing them. This is really a very immoral thing, but unexpectedly, although he has been doing this all the time, his reputation is not bad. Many people still praise him when they talk about it, which is really a very strange thing. This is because Shangmen also has another great advantage - paying attention to integrity.Although he kidnapped the hostages, he never abused the hostages, and when the money was released, he never tore up the tickets. The family members of the hostages who had dealt with him couldn't help but lament: He just takes money and does things, he is an honest man. In addition, although he robs the rich and does not help the poor, he does not harm the poor. He has always only dealt with the rich and never messed with ordinary people. He has a good reputation among the middle and lower classes.He has high qualifications, but he never bullies his juniors. He is very popular, and he often gives gifts to the leader of the alliance and the head of the harem Wan, and his relationship with the masses is also good. Such a person, Wang Zhi is naturally unstoppable. But Wang Zhi is really a very persistent person. He is determined to break Shang Ming's monopoly and create a new situation in spy work.Unable to resist his repeated requests, in the thirteenth year of Chenghua (1477), Zhu Jianshen finally approved Wang Zhi to open a new type of enterprise - Xichang. Wang Zhi, who took office as a new official, devoted all his energy to this. He immediately promulgated factory regulations and guidelines, which can be roughly summarized as follows: If Dongchang can't be harmed, we will harm; if Dongchang can't be killed, we will fix it; if Dongchang can't do it, we will do it! Since then, Xichang spies have become synonymous with death. They are more vicious than Dongchang. Ordinary people entering Xichang are almost equivalent to entering the gate of hell, and there is no way they can come out alive.Everyone in the capital was panicked, and the talk turned pale. The West Factory worked hard day and night, but not long after, Wang Zhi discovered to his dismay that his West Factory could not keep up with the East Factory in terms of performance or reputation.This is very natural, after all, the East Factory has a long history and cultural accumulation of secret agents, and the West Factory is really far behind in a short period of time. Wang Zhi is a person who refuses to admit defeat. He is unwilling to submit to Shang Ming, and he is unwilling to wait. In order to change this situation, he mobilizes his subordinates to put forward reasonable suggestions and accepts them with an open mind. Soon, a subordinate gave him an idea. If he wanted to quickly overwhelm Dongchang, he had to deal with several heavyweights, so that he could gain prestige in a short time and start the brand of West Factory. As it turned out, this was a bad idea. But Wang Zhi felt that this suggestion was very good and was ready to implement it immediately. The policy has been determined, so who should take the knife? After thinking hard, Wang Zhi finally found a character whom no one dared to mess with at the time. He decided to set a precedent and use it to establish his prestige. This unlucky brother is called Tan Lipeng, who is also an eunuch. Although he is not in the capital, he is the third person in status after the eunuch Huai En of Si Li and the eunuch Shang Ming of Dongchang. eunuch. Although the capital was moved to Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing was still the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The eunuch guarding Nanjing has always been a very important position. Moreover, Tan Lipeng has a strong background and has personal relationships with many royal relatives. Although he often broke the law, no one dared to approach him. Trouble. But this time Wang Zhi decided to trouble him, although he is also a eunuch, but for the brand of Xichang, he had to sacrifice you, brother. He made up his mind, and immediately started to collect a lot of evidence against Tan Lipeng (it was quite easy), rambling on and on, and even came up with a conclusion that the crime should be beheaded. Qin Lipeng never expected that Wang Zhi would dare to take him under the knife, but this man is really not easy to bully. He sent people to Beijing overnight to do a lot of work, but in the end, the major incident was reduced to a minor one, and he was fine with a few criticisms. Wang Zhi did not defeat Tan Lipeng, but he was also praised by Zhu Jianshen, who was awarded the title of daring to do things, impartiality and selflessness. Wang Zhi, who was praised by the leader, suddenly became refreshed and did several inexplicable things one after another. First of all, a few officials from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, who had just returned from a business trip, were arrested by Xichang people as soon as they entered the capital.These people were so confused that they thought they were dreaming. Afterwards, a chief envoy from other places came to Beijing to do business. Before he could find a place to live, he was dragged to beat him by the people from Xichang and spent several days in prison. Of course, this was instigated by Wang Zhi. His behavior seemed difficult to understand, but he just wanted to prove one point: He can kill anyone at any time, for any reason. At this time, Wang Zhi had the emperor's favor inside and Xichang's minions outside. In the eyes of many people, he was already an out-and-out successful eunuch. But Wang Zhi didn’t think so: success?I'm just on my way. He is not satisfied with the current performance, and modestly believes that continuous improvement is needed. In order to better determine his authority, he decided to look for a second key target.Not long after, he found it. The person being targeted this time is called Yang Ye.Although he himself is only a small official with little reputation, he is not an idler. His great-grandfather is Yang Rong in the famous "Three Yangs".Because of the trouble at home, he came to the capital to live temporarily with his father Yang Tai. For Wang Zhi, this is an excellent opportunity. This time, he is going to do a big job. Of course, he would never have thought that this matter would eventually be resolved by himself. Wang Zhi sent people to arrest Yang Ye and his father Yang Tai and put them in prison. In prison, Wang Zhi played a hooligan.He gave an order to perform "Playing the Pipa", the Dongchang Band's specialty program, to Yang Ye. The so-called "playing the pipa" is not playing music, but a unique performance art.Specifically, it is to use a sharp knife to shave a person's ribs. It is said that the execution is extremely painful, enough to make you regret giving birth.Lao Zhu didn't even think of this trick when the country was founded. It was an independent invention of Dongchang. Poor Mr. Yang Ye, who was bombarded three times, exhausted and died in prison. However, Wang Zhi refused to let it go, and must do everything right. He then laid charges and sentenced Yang Ye's father, Yang Tai, to death and beheaded. At this time, Xichang was already at the peak of its arrogance. For example, Yang Ye’s uncle, Yang Shiwei, who was then the head of the Ministry of War (at the rank of director), Xichang did not go through any legal procedures, and did not have an arrest warrant, so he went to his house to arrest him. People, in the middle of the night, it was so frenzied. Chen Yin, the Hanlin attendant who lived next to him, heard the movement and was very annoyed. He acted like an official and yelled through the wall: "Aren't you afraid of the law of the king if you behave like this?!" But the spy from Xichang on the opposite side had a sense of humor, so he answered through the wall: "Who are you, aren't you afraid of Xichang?!" When things got serious, Wang Zhi didn't care. After all, Yang Ye himself was not a great person, but the development of things later completely shattered his fantasy. He didn't expect that although Yang Rong had been dead for many years, he had a high prestige and was a model of the civil society. If something happened to his descendants, how could the ministers be willing to give up! The first to respond was Shang Ren, the chief assistant of the cabinet. He sent someone to find out Yang Ye's grievances, convened a cabinet meeting, denounced Wang Zhi's crimes, and wrote a memorial to Zhu Jianshen, demanding that Xichang be abolished and dismissed. Wang Zhi, one of them has a very powerful sentence: "If you don't expel Wang Zhi, the world will be in chaos sooner or later!" Zhu Jianshen was furious. Although he had a gentle temper, he was very angry when he saw this sentence, and shouted: "With one eunuch, will the world be in chaos?!" He was very excited, and immediately called the people around him, and conveyed his oral instructions: "Let Shang Lu understand the answer, who instigated him! Who is the mastermind!" Zhu Jianshen seldom gets angry, but when he gets angry, he never lets it go. According to common sense, Shang Ren will suffer a lot. But his luck this time is really good, because the person who was ordered to deliver the decree was the eunuch Huai En. Huai En, Shandong native, surnamed Dai, was forced into the palace to become an eunuch because his father confiscated his family during the Xuande period, and changed his name to Huai En. After three dynasties, he finally became a powerful eunuch. This is a very crucial person, it was he who saved the situation many times, and at the last moment he turned the tide and put Zhu Youtang on the throne. Wynn set off on order. He had just experienced Zhu Jianshen's anger, but he didn't expect that waiting for him in the cabinet was another even more angry person. When Huai En came to the cabinet, Shang Lu, Liu Ji, Wan An and others were all there, so he conveyed Zhu Jianshen's oral order without saying a word: "Who wrote the memorial, and who instigated it?!" These are two very stern questions, which show that the emperor was angry and the consequences would be serious, but Shang Ren was beyond everyone's expectations. Instead of showing any fear, he jumped up against the case and said loudly: "I wrote the memorial, and I am also the envoy, so what! You can reply to the emperor like this!" "Wang Zhi is just a eunuch. He dared to imprison and execute court officials without authorization, and mobilized border generals and inner palace personnel without authorization. Let him go on like this, and the world will be in chaos! If Wang Zhi is not eliminated, what is the king's law!" When Shang Lu was excited, all the members of the cabinet also became excited. Every word you said and I said made trouble. At the critical moment, Wynn remained calm. He comforted Shang Ren and the others, and immediately responded to Zhu Jianshen urgently, relaying Shang Ren's reply, and hoped that Zhu Jianshen would consider it seriously. After listening to Wynn's report, Zhu Jianshen felt a little fear. He realized that Shang Ren was right. Wang Zhi had become a threatening person and he had to take action. Soon after, Zhu Jianshen issued an order to dismiss Xichang and drive Wang Zhi back to the Imperial Horse Supervisor. For the cabinet, this was a great victory, and Shang Ren and others celebrated each other with great joy. But at the same time, Wang Zhi, the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, was not depressed, because he knew very well that the weak Zhu Jianshen would not last long, he still needed himself, and he would be able to return to his original position soon. Wang Zhi is right. For Zhu Jianshen, right or wrong, loyal or treacherous ministers are not so important, the experience of childhood has left a deep imprint on Zhu Jianshen - just live comfortably. So what he needs is not a general who engraves letters on his back, nor a civil servant who scolds people in the court, he only likes one kind of person-obedient people. Wang Zhi is an obedient person. Not only does he serve Zhu Jianshen honestly, but he can also provide various entertainment services. Naturally, his superiors will not let him idle for too long. Soon after, the West Factory reopened, and Wang Zhi also became the new factory director. Wang Zhi once again reached the pinnacle of his eunuch career. Before long, however, he made a mistake, a mistake that had been made by his predecessors. Like Wang Zhen, Wang Zhi also has a dream of running straight away. Since he is a eunuch, he should do a good job in this promising job in a down-to-earth manner, but Mr. Wang Zhi wanted to show off, but the problem was that the border was relatively calm at that time. In order to achieve his goal, Wang Zhi implemented a new border defense policy: If you don't offend me, I will also be offended. Facts have proved that Wang Zhi is indeed an out-and-out coward. His so-called offense is just to kill other people's tribute envoys, or to harass the old, young, women and children when the adults are not at home.When people came to retaliate, he became a pacifist again, and fled in a hurry, but after his repeated nonsense, the Tatars and Liaodong tribes were really angered, and they kept coming to the border of the Ming Dynasty looking for trouble. Zhu Jianshen was puzzled. Battle reports came from all over the border that was originally safe and sound. He didn't believe Wang Zhi's nonsense, but sent someone out to inquire. Only then did he find out that everything was caused by Wang Zhi. Now he It's hot. Comrade Zhu Jianshen didn't have high demands, he just wanted his wife and children to stay warm on the kang, spend two days in peace, have nothing to do to study the chemical manufacturing of golden elixir and aphrodisiacs, but Wang Zhi refused to let him calm down, and he began to be dissatisfied with Wang Zhi. This emotion was quickly noticed by the two people, and they decided to use this opportunity to completely defeat Wang Zhi.One of these two people is Li Zixing, and the other is Shang Ming. The two of them decided to abandon their previous prejudices and cooperate sincerely. Shang Ming searched for Wang Zhi's criminal evidence, while Li Zisheng colluded with Wan'an to file a complaint. The two sides performed their duties and prepared for the final attack. In the seventeenth year of Chenghua (1481), the opportunity came. This year, the Tatar tribes began to attack the border. Zhu Jianshen was very dissatisfied with the news. He immediately went to see Wang Zhijin and said to him directly: "The trouble you caused yourself, solve it yourself!" Wang Zhi didn't dare to breathe, so he went to the Xuan Mansion overnight, but when he got there, he had already grabbed his things and left.Wang Zhi hurriedly reported to the emperor, saying that the work is over here and I am going to go back. Comrade Zhu Jianshen replied: You are needed there very much, so stay a few more days. Shang Ming and Li Zisheng keenly sensed that Wang Zhi was about to die, and they immediately launched the final offensive according to the plan.All of a sudden, impeachments were flying all over the sky, and the original excellent eunuch and advanced model suddenly became a despicable villain and a backward model.Zhu Jianshen immediately ordered the closure of the West Factory and demoted Wang Zhi to the Nanjing Royal Horse Supervisor. When he came out, Wang Zhi, who was still full of glory, went to Nanjing in disgrace. Along the way, he ate and slept in the open. The magistrates who greeted him with smiles in the past had disappeared. Wang Zhi had no other ambitions, and only hoped to be a eunuch in Nanjing . But our country has always had the habit of beating dogs in the water. Shang Ming thought he was not miserable enough, so he filed a lawsuit again. Now Wang Zhi’s Nanjing Imperial Horse Supervisor can’t do it anymore. He can only be a little Fengyu, and he again He picked up the cleaning tools when he first entered the palace, and under the pressure of the superior eunuch, he started doing chores. In the early years of Chenghua, he came to Beijing and became a imperial concubine. In the 19th year of Chenghua, he was exempted from being a imperial concubine. For more than ten years, from obscurity to power over the world and then back to his original form, everything was like a dream. The history of the Ming Dynasty did not record the year of death of Wang Zhi, a famous man, which fully shows that this man is no longer worth mentioning. After Wang Zhi left, the happiest thing was naturally Shang Ming, and the East and West Schools could finally be unified.But he didn't expect that the next unlucky person would be his turn. To say that Li Zixing, the head of the Immortal School, is not enough friends. When Wang Zhi was impeached, he prepared another spare copy for Shang Ming. Before he crossed the river, he was ready to demolish the bridge. Soon the officials pointed their finger at Shang Ming, and wrote letters to impeach him for his crimes, so the head of Shang Ming was finally abolished by the leader--to sweep the ground in Ming Xiaoling. The Immortal School and the Empress School overthrew the once-prominent Supervisor School and became the masters of the martial arts. Of course, these two schools are not good things. The Jianghu is still the same, but in the darkness, the seeds of light begin to sprout. It's ridiculous to say that it was actually Li Zisheng who sowed this kind of seed himself, because it was thanks to him that Shang Ming and Wang Zhi were driven away, and another person became the head of the family, and this person was Si Li Supervisor Wynn. Huai En keenly seized the opportunity and arranged for his confidant, Chen Zhun, to take the position of Master of the East Factory, fully grasping the power of the supervisor, carefully protecting the bright fire, and waiting for the time to come. I have always believed that good people and bad people cannot be summed up by occupation and how much they have read. There are many bad people among the ministers who have read poetry and books, and there are many good people among the eunuchs who are mostly illiterate. Needless to say, Zheng He, during the Chenghua period Wynn is also an excellent representative among them. He was originally born in a family of officials and had no worries about food and clothing, but disasters struck him. His father was dismissed from office, his home was confiscated, he himself was sent to the palace, and he was forcibly arranged to be an eunuch. He named him "Wynn". It's not surprising that Wynn, who grew up in such a situation, does all kinds of bad things, but the strange thing is that this man is an out-and-out good man. During the years of Chenghua, when ghosts were crying and wolves were howling, and the evil wind was blowing, he and Shang Ren worked hard to support the overall situation.但怀恩要比商辂聪明得多，他早就看出了这黑暗时局的真正始作俑者不是梁芳，不是李孜省，甚至也不是万贵妃，而是软弱的朱见深。 因为这乱七八糟的五派都是为皇帝服务的，春派给他提供化学药品，仙派为他求神拜佛，监派为他打探消息，后派照顾他的生活，混派拍他的马屁。只要朱见深还活着，这出丑剧将一直演下去。 所以当商辂心灰意冷、退休回家时，怀恩依然坚持了下来，因为此时的他已经找到了破解这片黑幕的唯一方法——朱祐樘。 他曾与后宫的人们一起保守过那个秘密，也经常去看望这个可怜的孩子，在张敏说出实情的时候，他主动站了出来，为此作证，他见证了朱祐樘的成长，并且坚信这个饱经苦难的少年一定能够成为他心目中的明君英主。 他最终没有失望。 但此时，上天似乎认为朱祐樘受的磨难还不够，于是，它为这个孩子安排了最后一次，也是最为致命的一次考验。 事情是由一次谈话开始的： 成化二十一年（1485），三月。 朱见深又一次来到后宫的内藏库查看他的私房钱。由于忙于炼丹等重要工作，他已经很久没有来过了，可当他打开库门时，眼前的景象让他大吃一惊。 他立刻下令： “把梁芳叫来！” 梁芳来了，朱见深没有说话，只是让他自己往库门里看。 里面空空如也。 十余年之前，这里还曾堆满金银财宝，一个质朴的小姑娘在这里默默地工作。如今已经是人去楼空。 朱见深指着库房，冷冷地说道：这些都是你花的吧。 按说盟主发怒了，梁掌门就应该低头认罪了，可这位仁兄竟然回了一句： “这些钱我可是拿去修宫殿祠堂，给皇上祈福了。” 花了钱还不认账，把皇帝当冤大头！ 这下盟主大人火大了，气得满脸通红，可他憋了半天，却冒出了一句匪夷所思的话： “我不管你，将来自然有人跟你算账！” 这句话大概类似现在小学生打架时候的常用语：你等着，我回家叫人来打你！ 盟主混到这个份儿上，也真算是窝囊到了极点。 朱见深忿忿不平地走了，可是在梁芳的耳中，这句话的意思发生了变化： “我管不了你，将来我的儿子会来对付你！” 好吧，既然这样，就先解决你的儿子。 梁芳明白，要想达到这个目的，必须得到一个人的帮助，于是他跑到后宫，找到了万贵妃。 自从十年前的那次失败之后，万贵妃已沉默了很久，但她对朱祐樘的仇恨却一点也没有消散，梁芳的建议又一次点燃了她复仇的火焰。更重要的是，她杀死了朱祐樘的母亲，一旦朱祐樘登基，她是不会有好下场的。 不能再等了，趁这个机会彻底打倒他吧，否则将来我们必定死无葬身之地！ 这一年，她五十五岁，他三十八岁，朱祐樘十五岁。 虽然已经年过半百，万贵妃的枕头风依然风力强劲，在她的反复鼓吹下，朱见深终于下定了决心。 在做出决定的前夕，朱见深做出了一个关键的决定，他找到了怀恩，想找他商量一下执行问题。 “我想废掉太子，你看怎么做才好。” 跪在地上的怀恩听见了这句话，却没有说话，只是脱下了自己的帽子，向朱见深叩首。 朱见深等了很久，也没有回音。 “为什么不说话？” “请陛下杀了我吧。”一个低沉的声音这样回复。 “为什么？”朱见深惊讶了。 “因为陛下的这道谕令，我不会遵从。” “你不要命了吗？”朱见深愤怒了。 怀恩抬起头，大声说道： “今日我若不为，陛下杀我，但我若为之，将来天下人皆要杀我！” “是以虽万死，亦不为。” 朱见深惊呆了，这个平日恭恭敬敬的老太监竟然来了这么一手，他以更为凶狠的眼神盯着怀恩，却发现毫无效果。怀恩那平静的眼神没有丝毫的慌乱。 朱见深突然发现，虽然他是皇帝，主宰着千万人的生死，却战胜不了眼前的这个人。 一个人要是不怕死，也就没有什么可怕的了。 他万般无奈之下，只好对怀恩说： “这里不用你了，回中都守灵吧！” 所谓中都，就是老朱的老家凤阳，当时已经比较荒凉了。怀恩丝毫不动声色，也没有求饶，只是磕了个头，谢恩之后飘然而去，只留下了无计可施的朱见深。 但是怀恩的执著并没有能够打动朱见深，在万贵妃的不断鼓吹下，他仍然决定废掉太子。 事情到了这个地步，也真算是无计可施了，朱祐樘先生唯一能做的也只能是对天大呼一句： “天要亡我！” 没准他还真的喊过，因为不久之后，老天爷也看不下去了，进来掺和了一把。 成化二十一年，四月，泰山地震。 古代虽然没有地震局普及科学知识，但地震也算是司空见惯的常事了，没有啥稀奇的，可这次地震实在不一般。 要知道，这次地震的可是泰山，那是古代帝王封禅的地方，秦皇汉武才够资格上去，光武帝同志斗胆上去了一次，还被人骂了几句。朱元璋一穷二白打天下，天不怕地不怕的人，也没敢去干这项工作。用现在的话来说，这座山有着重要的政治意义。 朱见深有点慌，他立刻派人去算卦，看看到底哪里出了问题，结果那位算卦的鼓捣了半天，得出了一个结论： “应在东宫。” 这意思就是，泰山之所以地震，是因为东宫不稳，老天爷发怒了。 朱见深一听这话，马上停止了他的行动，他还打算长生不老呢，老婆可以得罪，老天爷不能得罪。 就这样，朱祐樘在上天的帮助下，迈过了最后一道难关。 但此时的朝政之黑暗，已经伸手不见五指。朱见深虽不废太子，也不怎么管理朝政了，梁芳肆无忌惮地贪污受贿，李孜省肆无忌惮地安插亲信，混乱朝纲，万安则是肆无忌惮地混日子。 五大派失去了所有的管制，开始了任意妄为的疯狂，但这一切不过是黎明前的最后黑暗，因为光明即将到来。 成化二十三年（1487）春，朱见深终于遭受了他一生中的最大打击，万贵妃在后宫去世了。 这个陪伴了他三十八年的女人终于离开了，无论风吹雨打，她始终守护在这个人的旁边，看着他从两岁的孩童成长为四十岁的中年人，从未间断，也从未背叛。 “我会一直在你身边陪伴着你。” 整整三十八年，她履行了自己的诺言。 她并不是什么十恶不赦的坏人，只是嫉妒的火焰彻底地毁灭了她的理智，对她而言，朱见深已成为她生命中不可或缺的一部分，她不能容忍任何人把他抢走。 卑劣、残忍、恶毒不是她的本性，却是她必须付出的代价——为了她的爱情。 朱见深彻底崩溃了，几十年过去了，春药、仙丹早已毁坏了他的身体，万贵妃的死却更为致命地摧毁了他的精神，他登上了皇位，成为了统治帝国的皇帝，但他的心灵仍然属于三十多年前的那个孤独无助的孩子，需要她的照顾。 谢幕的时候终于到了，你虽然先走一步，但你不会寂寞太久的，很快我就会来陪伴你。几十年后宫的你争我夺，其实你并不明白，即使你没有孩子，也没有任何人可以取代你在我心中的地位。皇位和权势对我而言并不重要，我也不感兴趣，我所要的只是你的陪伴，仅此而已。 结束吧，让一切都回到事情的起点。在那个时候，那个地方，只有你和我。 成化二十三年八月，朱见深病倒，十日后，不治而亡，年四十一。 朱见深是一个奇特的皇帝，在他统治下的帝国妖邪横行，昏暗无比，但他本人却并不残忍，也不昏庸，恰恰相反，他性格温和，能够明白事理，辨别忠奸，出现如此怪状，只因为他有着一个致命的缺点：软弱。 他不处罚贪污他钱财的小人，也不责骂痛斥他的大臣，因为他畏惧权力，畏惧惩罚，畏惧所有的一切，归根结底，他只是一个想安安静静过日子的人。 他应该做一个老老实实的农夫，或者是本分的小生意人，被迫选择皇帝这个职业，对他来说，实在是一个不折不扣的悲剧。 朱见深不是一个好皇帝，也不是一个好人，他是一个懦弱的人，仅此而已。