Chapter 10 Chapter 10 The Opportunity Has Arrived

Congratulations, Mr. Wang Shouren, but this is the end. Life is very realistic, enlightenment is exciting, but you should go to bed early, because tomorrow morning, you have to pick up your hoe to plow your two fields Breaking ground, philosophy is great and important, but you should be clear that eating enough is the greatest philosophy. According to the arrangement of the historical director, Mr. Wang Shouren will stay here for a while until something happens to change his fate. There are still a few years in between, and we will not accompany Wang Shengren to open up wasteland.Because at the same time, a good show is taking place in Beijing.

Wang Shouren suffered from farming in the barren mountains and suffered a lot, but Li Dongyang suffered more than him. Since Xie Qian and Liu Jian left, he stayed alone, but Liu Jin is a very vigilant person after all. He suspected that Li Dongyang had something wrong. In order to try, they kept arranging people to punish him from time to time. For example, Mr. Li Dongyang compiled a book called "Tongjian Zhuanyao". Liu Jin knew about this, so he asked people to find faults in the book and wanted to play some literary prisons, but Li Dongyang had been prepared for a long time. It is airtight, and there is nothing to grasp.

When Liu Jin heard the report, he became more interested (this is his character trait), knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to go to the mountains with tigers!Li Dongyang must be rectified. For this purpose, he recruited many people, searched day and night, and finally found the flaw. What flaw?It turned out that Mr. Li Dongyang wrote a few other characters in the book, based on which Liu Jin believed that his work attitude was not serious (the logic was quite strict), and planned to take the opportunity to entertain him. When Li Dongyang heard the news, he immediately prepared countermeasures.

Just when Liu Jin was about to make a move, something unexpected happened. Jiao Fang came to intercede for Li Dongyang. It turned out that Li Dongyang gave him a gift and called him brother and brother. Horse, forget it. In this round, brother Liu Jin, a junior high school student, has never played the wily Dr. Li Dongyang. It can be seen that reading more books is still very useful. While carrying out the arduous struggle, Li Dongyang's underground work was also carried out in an orderly manner. The results are as follows: In the second year of Zhengde (1507), Liu Jin planned to kill Liu Jian and Xie Qian, and once it was over, Li Dongyang came forward to rescue them.

In the same year, Yao Xiang, the censor, and Zhang Wei, the principal, were framed, and Li Dongyang came forward to rescue them. In the third year of Zhengde (1508), censor Fang Kui scolded Liu Jin, and Liu Jin was about to arrange for him to work with Yan Wang, but Li Dongyang came forward to rescue him. There are many similar situations, but Li Dongyang never expected that his actions would bring about a very embarrassing ending. One day, when Li Dongyang was on his way to court, he happened to meet his protégé Luo Qi. Li Dongyang was very happy and hurried up to say hello, but Luo Qi ignored him and turned away, fearing that he would say nothing to him.Li Dongyang was very strange and wanted to find an opportunity to ask what happened.

But before he could win over his feelings, he received a letter from Luo Qi at night. After Li Dongyang read it, his eyes almost fell out. The general meaning of this letter is: Everyone (Liu Jian, Xie Qian) has left, what's the point of you staying, please retire early, don't be ashamed here, and I will no longer be your student , Just pretend we haven't met before, and don't say hello to me, I really don't have time to talk to you. Li Dongyang was so angry that he vomited blood. But Mr. Li Dongyang, you have to keep on wiping your mouth after vomiting. You know, enduring humiliation and trying hard work is never an easy job.

In such an environment, Li Dongyang still insisted on his belief that victory would eventually come. Liu Jin is a cunning person. He has the support of the emperor and Jiao Fang who is well-informed. On his side, except for a few idiots who can only talk about integrity, there are no wise and brave people who can win thousands of miles. Be patient, be patient, be patient until the right man comes along. In comparison, Liu Jin was much more prosperous. Since the reorganization of the cabinet, his style has become more and more serious day by day. At that time, the ministers had to prepare two copies of the memorial, one for the emperor and one for Liu Jin.

Of course, there was no response to the copy given to the emperor, which is quite sensible. If you expect Mr. Zhu Houzhao to go to work on time to approve the memorials, that is daydreaming.Everyone can only count on Liu Jin to work hard, after all, it is better to be supervised than to be supervised. In other words, in those few years, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was basically surnamed Liu, and Zhu Houzhao himself had no objection, so who would want to meddle in business? But the problem is that Mr. Liu Jin doesn't study much, his level is not high, he can't handle major state affairs well, and he also engages in corruption and bribery from time to time, making the government a mess.

But these are pediatrics. Many eunuchs and ancestors have done it before. The reason why Mr. Liu Jin is notorious is actually because of his good memory. The so-called good memory means that whoever scolded him, even after a few years, he will remember it clearly. For example, Liu Jian and Xie Qian who scolded him have already returned home to retire, and he plans to arrest them and parade them in the streets.Shangshu Han Wen once impeached him, and Liu Jin still didn't let him go after he was dismissed. He knew that his family was poor, but he wanted to fine him, and he didn't give up until he went bankrupt.

At the same time, he is also very creative in manipulating people. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a punishment called shackle punishment. Compared with skinning and killing thousands of knives, this thing can be regarded as a verbal warning. It's embarrassing to stand at the gate of the city or go to the street for two laps, but it's not a disadvantage.Therefore, this punishment is very popular with the ministers. But if you offend Liu Jin, don't be too happy after hearing the sentence of the shackle sentence, and let the family buy a coffin immediately, because when the execution is executed, you will be surprised to find that the shackle that was assigned to you quite special.

Where is it in particular? According to historical records, in order to achieve the purpose of using small punishments and doing big things, Brother Liu Jin had an idea and transformed the yoke into a big guy weighing more than 100 catties. You carry such a baby around to practice weightlifting, and you won't be finished until you are crushed to death. In addition, Eunuch Liu is still a very suspicious person. He can't even trust his own spies. He set up an expert factory with an ingenuity. This factory even the old spy organization Dongchang will not let it go. Secret agent's good show. What is even more ironic is that Liu Jin also implemented an unspoken rule. All officials, big or small, as long as you enter and leave Beijing, whether you report to the central government from other provinces or go to the lower levels to help the poor, it doesn’t matter what you do. If you are far away, you have to give him a gift. If you have no money to give gifts, then you will be in trouble, and the consequences will be very serious.For example, a speech officer named Zhou Yao went on a business trip one day and didn’t go very far. When he came back, he was required to give gifts according to the rules, but his family was poor and had no money. No money?Leave your life without money. The poor official was forced to commit suicide in the end. Liu Jin has been doing it like this for several years, becoming more and more arrogant. The emperor's boss, his second child, but the boss doesn't care about things, so basically he has the final say, more and more ministers rely on him, and his power is getting more and more powerful. However, those who opposed him were decapitated decapitators, and exiled troops who were exiled. Almost all of them were dealt with cleanly by him, and Li Dongyang could only drag on his life. The world is so big, Eunuch Liu is in charge! But please note that above I said that the ministers who opposed Liu Jin were "almost" resolved, not "all", because there were two exceptions. In fact, it's not that Liu Jin doesn't want to solve these two people, but he can't solve them, because he can't handle one of these two people, and he can't kill the other. The society is cruel, and the competition is fierce. Since Mr. Liu Jin can't handle it, he can't be killed, his final result can only be handled by these two brothers, and he can't be killed. Let’s talk about this unsure first, the real name of this “unsure” brother is Yang Tinghe. We've mentioned him before, and now it's time for the fierce man, who's been backstage for a long time. We often refer to children who can read and write at an early age, who are clever and clever, as child prodigies. According to this standard, Yang Tinghe is a super child prodigy. Yang Tinghe, a native of Xindu, Sichuan, was born in a family of officials. If you look through his resume, you will find that Mr. Yang Tinghe has kept an astonishing record—examination record. Yang Tinghe was too smart when he was a child. At the age of eight, he read the Four Books and Five Classics, recited poems, and wrote poems. The local education bureau chief thought that it was superfluous and a waste of national paper resources. With a swipe of the pen, he was sent directly to the Juren examination. A miracle in the history of Chinese examinations was born. In the seventh year of Chenghua (1471), Yang Tinghe participated in the provincial examination in Sichuan Province for the first time and won the Juren. He was twelve years old this year.If Mr. Fan Jin knew about this, he would probably hit the wall and commit suicide. In the second year, thirteen-year-old Yang Tinghe held his father's hand and went to Beijing to take part in the general examination. People who took the exam at the same time saw this scene, which was not surprising at all, but they often asked his father when chatting: "Why did you bring your son along for the exam?" Facts have proved that China is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and the waves are deep.But this brother Yang really has a personality, he didn't believe in evil, so he didn't leave, and went to the Imperial College to study, and he said that he wouldn't go back if he didn't pass the exam. Yang Tinghe stayed in Beijing like this and became a North drifter, but he was very successful in drifting. Six years later, he became a Jinshi. In six years, not only has the work problem been solved, but even the wife has been handy. I really can't accept it. Later, Yang Tinghe’s experience was even more jaw-dropping. He was selected as an Imperial Academy at the age of 21, graduated from the Imperial Academy at the age of 21, began to give lectures to the emperor (Jingyan Lecturer) at the age of 32, and became a university student at the age of 43. scholar.In today's words, the speed at which he was promoted was like being on a helicopter. In the second year of Zhengde (1507), after Liu Jian and Xie Qian were expelled, he officially entered the cabinet and helped the emperor who was playing around all day to write documents. Most of the imperial edicts at that time came from his handwriting. Yang Tinghe is not only quick-witted, but also good-natured. He disliked Liu Jin and his group, but it was inconvenient to explain it clearly. Once when he was giving a lecture to the emperor, he suddenly said something like this: "The emperor should learn from the previous emperor, stay away from villains, and get close to virtuous ministers, so that the country can prosper." Zhu Houzhao couldn't be bothered to listen to the class, so he just said a few words. This sentence entered Zhu Houzhao's left ear, flew away from the right ear, and fell into Liu Jin's heart. Isn’t the villain just me, isn’t the virtuous minister just you? This is the logic of Mr. Liu Jin's check-in. He was furious, wrote the transfer order overnight, and transferred Yang Tinghe to Nanjing as the servant of the household department. The Nanjing household department had nothing to do, but just sat and drank tea all day long. This kind of transfer was actually a kind of distribution and retaliation. But Yang Tinghe's reaction was far beyond Liu Jin's expectation. After receiving the transfer order, this man was not angry at all, he happily packed his things and went to Nanjing.Now Liu Jin wondered: Yang Tinghe is happy to be demoted, so what is he planning? There must be a conspiracy! Liu Jin used the trick he used to deal with Wang Shouren back then, and sent someone to follow Yang Tinghe secretly to see what tricks he was playing! But what happened next was even more confusing. The follower found that Yang Tinghe went all the way to Nanjing, not only did nothing, he didn't even complain.When Liu Jin heard the report, she also felt a little embarrassed, so she didn't bother Yang Tinghe again. Comrade Liu Jin, your morality is still too shallow. The answer was finally revealed. One day not long after, when Mr. Zhu Houzhao retired from court, he suddenly asked Liu Jin a word: "Where is Scholar Yang?" Liu Jin was stunned, and quickly replied: "In Nanjing!" Zhu Houzhao became angry when he heard it: "Didn't he join the cabinet?! Why did he go to Nanjing again? Call him back quickly!" So within a few days, Yang Tinghe returned to Beijing and continued to be his cabinet minister, as before, without saying anything, and it was considered a trip at public expense. Yang Tinghe was proud, but Liu Jin couldn't figure it out. What's going on? Mr. Liu should have investigated Yang Tinghe, but he didn't read the files carefully. How could this man know that Yang Tinghe had once been an important official—Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu. Everyone should know that Zhan Shifu is not an ordinary place. Its main job is to tutor the prince to study. When Zhu Houzhao was the prince, he called Yang Tinghe "Master Yang". His "Master Yang" had a solid foundation and was backed by the emperor. Eunuch Liu dared to wade into the muddy water without even knowing how deep the river was.Mistake, misstep! Afterwards, Liu Jin kept this "Master Yang" at arm's length and never dared to make things difficult for him.After experiencing this incident, Yang Tinghe and Liu Jin were completely torn apart. He turned to Li Dongyang's side and began to prepare a plan to solve Liu Jin. This "can't handle" Yang Tinghe has already made Liu Jin lose face, but the next "undead" is even more vigorous and powerful, and Liu Jin's old life will be ruined in his hands. This "undead" brother has also been waiting backstage for a long time (it can't be helped, there are too many actors), he is Yang Yiqing who was sent to Shaanxi to raise horses. It is difficult to understand, how could Yang Yiqing, who raises horses, have conflicts with Liu Jin? They had no grievances in their previous lives, and Yang Yiqing never borrowed usury from Liu Jin. If you want to blame this matter, you can only blame Liu Jin, because he has too many ideals and pursuits. Everyone knows that raising horses is not a good job in the eyes of ordinary people. Even in the sky, it is a lowly job. Its scientific name is "Bi Ma Wen". But in the Ming Dynasty, this was an important position. The reason is very simple. Without a horse, do you want to ride a donkey to fight the Mongolian soldiers? Don't underestimate Yang Yiqing, this brother's rank is very high. He used to raise horses with the title of deputy capital censor (third grade) of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This deputy ministerial cadre may have done it before In animal husbandry, he did a good job here, and soon after, the imperial court decided to promote him to be the censor of Youdu (Zheng Erpin). More importantly, the imperial court also gave him an unprecedented position - Tripartite General System. Please pay attention, this official is really unusual, he can be said to be a super high-ranking official. He does not manage one province, but three places, Gansu, Ningxia, and Yansui. Even the local governors are obedient and obedient. Although Yang Yiqing is very powerful, he still guards the boundaries after all, and he should not be able to get along with Liu Jin. The problem is that Liu Jin is different from the eunuchs in the past. Apart from taking bribes and killing people, he also wants to do something. But he himself is uneducated, so in order to attract talents, he will also use some means to win people's hearts, such as Li Mengyang who wrote memorials and scolded him, Liu Jin gritted his teeth with hatred, but this person is too famous, in order to win the reputation of a talented person , everyone was put in prison, and he just endured not doing anything, and finally invited him to a meal, and he was released with honor. Because he was too experienced, this trick failed to deceive many people, but it also attracted a very powerful person to join him. This person later became Liu Jin's military adviser and a strong opponent of Li Dongyang, Yang Yiqing and others. His name is Zhang Cai. In Liu Jin's criminal group, although Jiao Fang has a high status, her abilities are mediocre, and she can be regarded as a gangster at most, but Zhang Cai is extraordinary. Even Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia, who were dominant in the past, highly respected him. With his help, Liu Jin really had a reliable counselor, and his criminal group continued to grow and develop. But Liu Jin was not satisfied, he quickly targeted Yang Yiqing. Liu Jin hoped to pull Yang Yiqing over and be her own, but Yang Yiqing didn't think highly of this eunuch, so he sternly rejected him. Liu Jin was very annoyed and wanted to punish him. Soon after, the opportunity came. At that time, Yang Yiqing was raising horses while working on an important project - building the Great Wall. This is not a joke. Today's Great Wall in Ningxia was built by his old man back then. Yang Yiqing was the contractor and supervisor. Yang Yiqing was a reliable contractor and never cut corners. But what was unexpected was that the weather suddenly changed and it snowed heavily. Several leading construction workers made plans to make trouble and escape.Yang Yiqing made a quick decision and settled the matter, but Liu Jin seized the opportunity and sued him severely. Now Yang Yiqing was out of luck, so he could only offer to resign voluntarily.But what Liu Jin didn't expect was that Yang Yiqing, who was about to leave, made an incredible request: "Please let Zhang Cai take over my position." Liu Jin was depressed. He thought about it and couldn't figure it out. What kind of medicine was sold in Yang Yiqing's gourd? Is it out of public interest?Or is his relationship with Zhang Cai extraordinary? Liu Jin has doubts about Zhang Cai. But no matter what, he still did not let Yang Yiqing go. One year later (the third year of Zhengde), Liu Jin put Yang Yiqing in jail on the pretext of embezzling military pay. This time, he was determined to kill Yang Yiqing completely. But Liu Jin didn't know that the seemingly innocent Yang Yiqing, like Yang Tinghe, was by no means a simple person, and he also had a profound background. Forty years ago, 15-year-old Yang Yiqing was recommended by the local government and came to the capital to be a student of the famous scholar Li Chun. Here he met a talented senior brother.In the ensuing decades, they remained close in private. His senior brother is Li Dongyang. So when Yang Yiqing was imprisoned, Li Dongyang immediately found Liu Jin and Jiao Fang, hoping to be more accommodating and pay a fine. Liu Jin refused at first, but Li Dongyang couldn't help pleading many times, and Yang Yiqing had led the army. , There are many desperadoes under his command, maybe one day he will be hacked for no apparent reason on the way to work, after thinking about it, Liu Jin decides to release this person. Yang Yiqing, who walked out of the prison, took a deep breath, looked at Li Dongyang who came to pick him up, and nodded knowingly. "what's your plan?" "Stay in the capital first, and let's talk about it later." "No," Li Dongyang suddenly became serious, "You must leave here immediately, don't go home, find a place to live in seclusion." Then he stopped and looked at Yang Yiqing meaningfully: "When I need you, I will naturally go to you." Yang Yiqing smiled. Decades have passed, the two high-spirited youths have long since disappeared, but this far-sighted senior seems to have never changed. "Okay, I'm going to Zhenjiang to live in seclusion. When the time comes, you can come to me." Even if the whole world misunderstands you, I understand your words and deeds, and understand your intentions. I know that you have been waiting in humiliation. Liu Jin intends to do several good things. This is not surprising, because he has done too many bad things, so he naturally wants to do something good. It is not difficult for a person to do one bad thing, but it is really difficult to do only bad things for a lifetime. More importantly, he gradually found that his reputation was getting worse and worse, and a conversation between Zhang Cai and him also strengthened his determination. "Eunuch Liu, don't accept the routine anymore." The so-called routine is a special rule of Liu Jin. Every provincial official who goes to Beijing must pay tens of thousands of taels of silver to him after reporting work. . Although the high-ranking officials who came to Beijing to report work are very rich, where can they get tens of thousands of taels of silver in a short time?But Eunuch Liu could not be offended. In desperation, many people had no choice but to borrow usury loans from people in the capital, and repay them with money from the treasury when they returned home. But Zhang Cai told Liu Jin bluntly that this is an extremely stupid way to make money. Liu Jin was stunned again. Using this method, he could collect a lot of money every time, and it was simple and quick. How could he be called stupid? Looking at this unrefined guy, Zhang Caiqi didn't make a fuss. He clearly pointed out that you charge each official tens of thousands of taels, which seems a lot, but you have to know that these guys are veterans of corruption, and they don't know how to deal with it themselves. If you pay this money, you can take the opportunity to collect several times the money in your own province. Of course, it is all in your name, saying that it is a tribute to you, so that your bad reputation, Eunuch Liu, will soon spread. all over the country. Liu Jin suddenly realized. "These bastards are making money everywhere in my name. It's really unreasonable!" Eunuch Liu's anger is justified. The petty corrupt officials who borrowed his reputation as a big corrupt official, but refused to pay royalties and patent fees, should be angry, and indeed should be angry. In anger, Eunuch Liu immediately ordered that the routine be abolished, and local corrupt officials be tracked down. This is the first "good thing" that Eunuch Liu did. Not long after, Eunuch Liu decided to make some innovations. He analyzed the country's economic situation and found a loophole by accident. He had an idea and decided to do another "good thing". Perhaps because he was too sure about this matter, he decided to go directly to the emperor instead of listening to Zhang Cai's opinion as usual. So he ended up dying on the matter. The next day, he went to court alone, and raised this matter to Zhu Houzhao in front of all civil and military officials: "Your Majesty, it's time to tidy up the military base." That's how it all started. The so-called military colony is a special policy of the Ming Dynasty. In layman's terms, soldiers support themselves. They serve as soldiers when they are fighting, and farmers when they have nothing to do. They grow their own vegetables and food, and raise a few pigs from time to time to improve food. , the remaining food can still be handed over to the state. This system was thought out by old Zhu painstakingly back then, but now, it is difficult to maintain it. Because if you want the army to develop, you must have land. Although the landlords and bullies dare not occupy the land of the army, the senior corrupt cadres of the army are not polite. After more than a hundred years, the land has become less and less, and the food Fewer and fewer, many soldiers can't fill their stomachs. When Liu Jin discovered this problem, he publicly stated that the land should be checked and re-divided to increase the country's food income and improve the lives of soldiers. Naturally, Liu Jin did this not for the sake of the soldiers, but just to do some political achievements. The ministers knew it well, and they were silent. But Zhu Houzhao nodded again and again, waved his hand, and said: "Good idea, you can do it!" However, Yang Tinghe, who was on the sidelines, was about to come out to speak, and he, who was experienced, had already discovered the fatal loophole in this so-called plan. But just when he was about to stand up, a hand grabbed his skirt tightly from behind. Yang Tinghe turned his head and saw the silent Li Dongyang. He stood back up again. After the court was over, Liu Jin hurried back home, ready to start his own plan. Yang Tinghe stayed, and he also held back Li Dongyang who wanted to open the way, because he had a question in his heart: "Why did you hold me back just now?" Li Dongyang looked at him with a mysterious smile: "Why did you talk just now?" That's right, I see.