Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Ning Yuan, the decisive battle

On May 28, Huang Taiji arrived in Ningyuan. A year ago, his father fell here, and now, he will stand up here again—or so he thought. However, when he approached Ningyuan City, he saw a strange scene. According to the usual practice, the attack started like this. The Ming army stood at the head of the city and set up cannons. The Jin army set up their tents, prepared ladders, bows and arrows, and then began to attack the city. But this time, what he saw was the neat Ming army standing outside the city. Sun Zushou, the commander-in-chief, led the army to garrison the west gate, Man Gui and Zu Dashou led the army to garrison the west gate, and the rest of the troops were stationed in the south and north directions.There are more than 35,000 Ningyuan defenders standing outside the city, ready to fight.

Now Yuan Chonghuan is a very confident person. He believes that with his own strength, he can defeat the post-golden cavalry who are all over the world. He doesn't need to hide in the city or defend the city. Way! Huang Taiji's nerves were completely messed up, the formation had already surpassed his comprehension ability, so he gave an order to suspend the attack, wait and see first. After watching for a long time, he understood—this was a provocation, and then roared angrily: "Back then, Huang Kao Taizu (Nurhachi) attacked Ningyuan but failed to conquer it. Today I attacked Jinzhou and failed to conquer it. Now that the enemy is deployed outside, if they still cannot win, what is the power of our country?!"

Huang Taiji believed that it would be too embarrassing not to fight, and it must be fought, but some people believed that it should not be fought. The so-called people refer to Dabeile Daishan, Erbeile Amin, and Sanbeile Manggurtai.In other words, of the four Belleri, three disagree. Although Huang Taiji made the decision, he was a minority after all, and the two sides fell into a stalemate. So Huang Taiji said, you all go back, and I will think about it again. The three retreated, but it didn't take long for them to hear the horn of attack. For these three big brothers, Huang Taiji still gave face: at least fool them away before doing anything.

The Ming army, who had always only dared to hide in the city and shoot cannons, stepped forward to do it alone. It was too arrogant. He could no longer contain his anger and led the entire army to launch a general attack. Many times, the angry ones are often the weak ones. The three Baylors were not on guard, and the matter had come to this point, so they could only rush forward. But when they rushed to the edge of the city, they finally discovered that there was a reason why the Ming army dared to go it alone. When Huang Taiji launched the attack, he had done his calculations. The Ming army was not the opponent of the Hou Jin army in cavalry combat. He gave up his cannons and wanted to fight horses. It is really embarrassing not to take advantage of this.

The reason why Yuan Chonghuan took this position was because he believed that the combat effectiveness of Guan Ning's iron cavalry was enough to compete with the post-golden cavalry, but more importantly, he did not say that he would not use cannons. Huang Taiji believes that when the cavalry of the two sides are engaged in battle, the cannons at the top of the city cannot be fired, because that may accidentally injure his own army. Yuan Chonghuan knew this, but he believed that cannons could be launched. The specific method of use was that when the cavalry of both sides started fighting, they used cannons to bombard Houjin's successor troops.

In other words, it is to lure Huang Taiji's cavalry to attack, and when there are almost enough people who are hooked, they will use cannons to attack their rear team, cut off the reinforcements, and always keep more people and fewer people. Amidst the roar of the cannon, Man Gui led the cavalry to charge towards the swarming Hou Jin army. For a long time, in the eyes of the Hou Jin Army, the Ming Army cavalry were easy to bully. They scattered when they fought, ran away when they scattered, and died when they ran. Obviously, the same is true for the opponents in front of them. But from the beginning of the first confrontation, confidence turned to despair.

First of all, what these people use is not a saber, but a big iron stick, which makes a whistling sound when it hits it, and the skin is torn apart. What's even more frightening is that this kind of big stick can also launch firearms, and it will be fired suddenly. Guns are too immoral. Moreover, the mental state of this group of people is obviously abnormal, as if they have been beaten with chicken blood, they are not afraid at all, and their fighting power is extremely strong. In front of this group of terrifying opponents, the invincible Houjin army finally experienced an unprecedented experience-collapse.

When the Hou Jin army came like a tide, Man Gui knew that the moment of victory had come. Guan Ning Iron Cavalry is a group of abnormal people. They are different from the Ming cavalry in the past, not only because they have undergone long-term training and are equipped with advanced weapons such as three-eyed firecrackers (that is, they can be used as guns and sticks). The important reason is that they are vested interests. According to Yuan Chonghuan's principle of "defending Liao soil with Liao people", the main members of Guanning cavalry are Liaodong people, because according to long-term practice in the past, outsiders generally have little enthusiasm when they fight in Liaodong. Lost, just to go back to my hometown.

As for Guan Ning cavalry, they are already homeless, and this is their only home. But it was Yuan Chonghuan's second principle that finally determined their desperate spirit: "Nurture the people of Liao with the land of Liao". Like Li Chengliang back then, Yuan Chonghuan understood very well that if you want people to work hard, you must benefit them.On this point, he was unequivocal, as long as the war was fought, the army would be paid. In addition, the land would be distributed.What's more, it is said that every time he fights, he dares to share the spoils he snatched back, without repaying the imperial court.

After doing this calculation, it becomes clear that fighting to the death is to defend the homeland and the Great Ming Dynasty in the light, but in the dark, there are wages for war, land distribution, and spoils of war. It is unreasonable for the country to hate and the family to hate, plus extra money for wages, or to work hard. Therefore, Guan Ning's iron cavalry was very excited every time they fought. The so-called defense of the country was not an empty slogan for them, because the piece of soil under their feet might be his own home and land ( title deed as proof). So the outcome of this battle is not difficult to predict. Guan Ning's iron cavalry rushed into the Houjin cavalry like a lunatic, slashed and killed, and shot twice from time to time. The deterrent effect was great. The Houjin army suffered heavy losses. Retraction awaits follow-up troops.

At the same time, the cannons at the top of the city began to roar, accompanied by the screams of the Hou Jin army's rear, announcing the cruel fact: their attack had failed. Huang Taiji was not discouraged, dead people, it's a normal thing, just bring down the dead, just take down the city. Under his command, the Hou Jin Army slightly rectified and launched a more violent attack on Ningyuan City. The battle lasted until noon. Under the powerful impact of Guan Ning's iron cavalry, the Hou Jin army suffered great losses, but they still did not retreat. However, at this moment, Huang Taiji learned a news that shocked him. Since the attack began on May 12, Zhao Liaojiao, who had been staying in the city without showing his face, finally appeared. He did not come out to shout out, but led a group of people into the Houjin Camp near Jinzhou City. After hacking and killing, he rushed out again and returned to the city. This move was so ruthless that the Hou Jin army in the city would never have dreamed that the gang of people in the city would dare to rush out, so that after cutting, killing, and running away, they thought it was a dream when they saw the corpse in front of them. When Zhao led the teaching to see the Jin army under the city bypassing Jinzhou and heading for Ningyuan, he knew that the outcome of the battle was doomed. There is no doubt that Ningyuan's cavalry and cannons will completely shatter Huang Taiji's dream, and those left behind in the city can take the opportunity to hit them a few times. Of course, they have to wait for their main force to go farther. This attack resulted in nearly 500 casualties of the Hou Jin army. More importantly, it made Huang Taiji realize that Jinzhou was not a safe rear, and that the dead Zhao Liaojiao might show up at any time and put himself to death. He planned to give up, but according to his past habits, before he left, he had to try again. The Houjin army launched the most violent and last attack on Ningyuan. With strong will, although they failed to break through the Guanning iron cavalry, part of the Houjin army still rushed to the edge of Ningyuan city. Then they saw a ditch, a deep ditch. It was Che Ying, a special force under Yuan Chonghuan, who dug this ditch. The chariot battalion is a combat group formed to deal with the cavalry attack of the post-Golden era. It is composed of infantry and chariots. During combat, chariots are launched, trenches are dug, cavalry attacks are blocked, and muskets and bows are used to counterattack. Attacking is not a problem, but defense is no problem. of. After all, horses are not tanks and cannot be driven through. After being beaten by the Guan Ning cavalry who drove over, the Jin army completely gave up and withdrew from the battle. On May 29, Huang Taiji left Ningyuan and retreated to Jinzhou. In the battle of Ningyuan, on the side of the Ming army, Man Gui, who was out of the city to face the battle, was shot with arrows (not dead), and the mounts of him and general You Shiwei were also shot to death. But in terms of Houjin, it wasn't just horses who died, the casualties were extremely heavy, Belzier Harang was seriously injured, Dabeile Daishan's two sons Sahalian and Wakda were seriously injured, general Jue Luobaishan, Bei Yu Baxi died in battle, and Houjin lost more than 4,000 men in just one day. Huang Taiji left. He originally thought that he could surpass his father and conquer this humble city. However, the fact is that last time, his father dug a few holes in the wall. This time, he didn't even touch the city wall. with. Go back, Comrade Huang Taiji, Ning Yuan cannot be conquered, go home and rest for a few years before coming back. Huang Taiji is not serious, but this time is an exception, because he has just taken office, he has lost face, and has no performance, how will he convince the public in the future? So on the way home, he had another idea to attack Jinzhou. It's an idea that turns a big defeat into a fiasco. On May 30, Huang Taiji arrived in Jinzhou and encircled him again. He purges the troops and sends out cavalry, drums, horns, and demonstrations, but they just don't fight. Instead of fighting, he set up his camp five miles away from the city.Five miles is the longest range of Ming army cannons. In this way, they sent people to shout at the city during the day, and hid in the camp trembling at night, for five days in a row, every day. On June 4th, Huang Taiji decided to launch an attack. The focus of the attack was the southern city of Jinzhou, and the Hou Jin army used a large number of ladders to attack the city at risk of death. I don't really want to talk about the next thing, because Huang Taiji is a very annoying guy, he has nothing new, the process of siege, from his father to him, has not made much progress for so many years, after the Jin Army Batch after batch, batch after batch died, batch after batch were cremated, and there was no progress. Zhao Shujiao's side is similar. Although he is not very good at offense, he is not a problem in defense. He guards the city, uses cannons, and bombs when he sees where there are many people. He operates according to the procedure, which is very easy. And taking advantage of the few days when the Hou Jin army withdrew, Zhao led the teaching and built a few trenches on the edge of the city to ensure that the Hou Jin army could stop here for a while when they attacked and provide a fixed strike location for the cannons. The fighting went on, not fighting, to be exact, but slaughter. The Hou Jin army could not get close to the city wall at all. Every time they reached the edge of the ditch, there would be fixed-point blasting.But objectively speaking, Zhao led the way to dig these ditches to facilitate the post-Jin army. When people were killed, they went directly into the ditches, killing and burying them. In this way, the high-efficiency fixed-point blasting went on for half a day, and the Jin army suffered heavy casualties. According to the report of Zhao Lijiao, no less than 3,000 people were killed and countless injuries were injured. The number of casualties of the Ming army is unknown, but it is likely to be zero, because during the entire battle, the Jin army only reached the furthest trench (including the ditch). With the range of bows and arrows, it seems possible to kill the Ming army at the top of the city. not big. In this battle, Huang Taiji brought all his belongings, and his total belongings were only more than 70,000 people. If he loses 3,000 people a day, he can still fight for more than 20 days. . This business can no longer be done. On June 5th, Huang Taiji withdrew his troops, which was regarded as a complete withdrawal. The next day, he led his army through Dalinghe City, but there was no one there, so Huang Taiji ordered - to demolish it. Long live the need to vent anger. The battle ended here. From May 11th to June 5th, for more than 20 days, Houjin and Daming fought on the front lines of Jinzhou and Ningyuan. In the end, Houjin suffered a disastrous defeat, which is known as the "Ningjin Great Victory" in history. In this battle, the Hou Jin army suffered heavy casualties.According to conservative estimates, there should be around 10,000 people. Many Niu Lu died in battle and returned to Shenyang. This result fully shows that as long as the Ming Dynasty does not mess with itself, the later Jin Dynasty is useless. On June 6, the day after Huang Taiji retreated, Yuan Chonghuan reported his victory to the court: "In the past ten years, all the soldiers in the world have never dared to fight slaves. They have fought with horses, and now they are fighting with swords and spears. I don't know how fierce and aggressive the barbarians are... All the armies hate this thief and defeated him in one battle." Emperor Apocalypse responded: "Ten years of weakness, once it falls to its peak today!" The emperor was very happy, the ministers were very happy, and the whole court, including Wei Zhongxian, was very happy. It's June of the seventh year of the Apocalypse (1627), and it's clear that things are still looking good. On the first day of July in the seventh year of the Apocalypse (1627), Yuan Chonghuan, the minister of the Ministry of War and governor of Liaodong, proposed to resign because he was ill. Generally speaking, there is only one reason for resigning: if you don't resign, you will encounter worse luck than resigning. Yuan Chonghuan's situation is a bit more complicated. First, someone sued him, and the accusation was more severe. A few days after Ning Jin's victory, Li Yingjian, the censor, wrote a letter to impeach Yuan Chonghuan, saying that he did not assist Jinzhou during the battle, which was a manifestation of his inactivity in the battle, and used a special term-"twilight". "Twilight qi" is roughly the qi of the night, which is not much different from no qi. Using this word to hurt people shows the profoundness of Chinese culture. If you think this impeachment is too nonsense, it means you haven't seen the world yet.The officials of the Ming Dynasty never imagined or could not do it. They only wanted to do it or not. They could find any reason and dare to touch any character. Compared with Zhang Juzheng, Li Rusong, etc. in the past, this is just pediatrics. In addition, unconvinced should also be one of the reasons for his resignation. After the Ningjin War, in terms of merit and reward, the greatest contribution is naturally Wei Zhongxian, the first merit; followed by the eunuch who supervises the army; followed by the eunuch (did nothing); and then followed by eunuch ministers, such as Gu Bingqian and Cui Chengxiu Wait, wait, etc.; and then, and then, the grandson of Wei Zhongxian (who was four years old at the time, a preschooler), was granted the title of Marquis. Yuan Chonghuan's reward is: promotion to a higher level, rewarding thirty taels of silver. If he is an honest person, that's fine. Yuan Chonghuan's character, if he wants to be convinced, is a dream. And the most important and most critical reason is that if you continue to do it, it will be boring. After all, if you want to achieve some results, you have to work hard on your own, and you have to be covered by someone. According to this standard, Yuan Chonghuan can only be regarded as self-employed. Many books say that the reason why Yuan Chonghuan resigned was because he belonged to the Donglin Party, so the Eunuch Party could not tolerate him and drove him away. Part of this statement is not nonsense, that is to say, part of it is nonsense. Although Yuan Chonghuan has a high position, he is really an inconspicuous role in the Donglin Party and has little influence. He is neither the first offender nor an accomplice. You have to understand that eunuchs are also human beings, and they have many things to do, and they don’t have the time to destroy them as soon as they see them. People like Yuan Chonghuan just turn a blind eye and close their eyes. But it’s true that Yuan Chonghuan’s file is too dark. For example, when he was a Jinshi, the person who admitted him was Han Kuang (Donglin Party University Bachelor), and the person who promoted him was Hou Xun (Donglin Party Censor) , the person who trained him was Sun Chengzong (model Donglin Party), with such a background, it would be a miracle not to be caught. Although he is relatively well-behaved, it is not realistic for Eunuch Wei to buy him. Based on the above reasons, he offered to resign, and based on the same reasons, his resignation was approved. Huang Taiji, who had died tens of thousands of people and struggled for dozens of days without even digging a brick, would never have imagined that Yuan Chonghuan had failed like this, at the hands of a monster who couldn't even read Chinese characters. Wei Zhongxian is already a real monster, not a human, but a monster. Get rid of the Donglin Party, there are no enemies, and they will start to make troubles and blow monster winds. The first thing that came out was the well-known title-nine thousand years old, but in fact, this is just an abbreviation, the full name is "nine thousand nine hundred years old grandpa". The noble grandsons of the eunuch party tried their best. Due to the natural lack of parts and the scarcity of positions, Wei Renyao can't be a long live, so it can only be nine thousand and nine hundred. From a mathematical point of view, it should be considered close to the limit. Except for the title, Eunuch Wei did not relax his demands on himself at all. He also has a very impressive official title, so I won’t list it, because I did the math, and it’s more than 200 characters in total, and it would be troublesome to write it all out. Just having titles and official titles is not enough, people also have to be honest, they have to buy a house for food, clothing, housing and transportation. To put it simply, Eunuch Wei’s treatment is basically the same as that of the emperor except that he doesn’t wear a dragon robe. As for the house, Eunuch Wei is not too picky, but he is more persistent-if he likes it, he will. And he also has a bad habit: as long as, don't buy much. For example, Mi Wanzhong, who participated in politics, had a house (garden villa) in the suburbs of Beijing. Wei Zhongxian took a fancy to it and offered a symbolic price to buy it, but Mi Wanzhong would not sell it. Wei Zhongxian agreed, he dismissed Mi Wanzhong from his official position, and directly occupied his house without spending a penny. When it comes to buying and selling by force, Wei Zhongxian pays attention to equality, no matter ordinary people or royal relatives, all are treated equally.For example, if a certain dignitary had a big courtyard, Wei Zhongxian wanted it, but he didn't give it to him, Wei Zhongxian immediately made up a crime, walked him in, and beat him with dozens of sticks. Apart from where he lives, Wei Zhongxian has not forgotten his hometown.His hometown, Suning, Hebei, has always been very poor and famous for eunuchs, and now he has finally shown his face.In order to let the people of Suning feel the glory of Eunuch Wei at all times, he specially allocated funds (from the imperial court) to renovate Suning City, a small county town, dug several moats, and repaired 30 watchtowers, twelve towers , Hundreds of cannons were installed, which is really exaggerated. The problem is that Eunuch Wei does not forget his hometown, but he forgets his fellow villagers. The poor in Suning are still poor. Except for being dragged to build walls every now and then, the quality of life has not improved much. Suning is a county, and its strategic position is extremely unimportant. It is built like a blockhouse. In such a poor place, it is not always possible to invite people to rob others, which makes the robbers who come and go from north to south dumbfounded. What's funny is that more than ten years later, the Hou Jin army invaded Hebei. After passing through here, they didn't intend to rob Suning, but the city wall was built so well that I couldn't help being curious, so I attacked it and wanted to go in and see what was inside. how much money.What's even more funny is that Suning was too strong, allowing them to attack alive, but they couldn't get in (into Bai Jin). This incident tells us that a person, even a person like Mr. Wei, can accomplish something if he is determined to do something. You don't have to worry about eating and drinking, you have a house, you have a glorious ancestor, and you have all the official titles, are you still lacking? Still missing. Since ancient times, human beings have pursued nothing more than the following: money, power, and status, all of which Wei Zhongxian has. But the most important thing, he didn't get it. That was the dream of countless emperors and generals, but was finally given up - to become a saint. Become a sage, become a person like Laozi, Confucius, and Mencius, admired by all people, and praised by history! The problem is that Eunuch Wei is illiterate, and he can't write things like , , etc. He can still hold on now, and it will be all right in a few decades. In order to ensure long-term peace and stability, and to be a saint for hundreds of years, Wei Zhongxian did the following things: The first thing is to repair books. Although he is illiterate, his grandson is quite good at it. After careful study, a monograph was published immediately, called "Three Dynasties Essential Code". This is a very interesting book. In this book, three stories are told. The first story is called 梃打, which tells the story of the lunatic Zhang Chai who broke into the palace by mistake and was lured by Wang Zhicai to confess in order to achieve the ulterior motive of the Donglin Party. The second story is called Hongwan. It tells that Ming Guangzong was weak and sick. He took the nutritional product "Hongwan" and died of weakness. The innocent doctor Li Kezhuo was framed. The third story, Yigong, is the most infuriating. A group of bullies from the Donglin Party headed by Yang Lian broke into the palace while the emperor was dead, bullied the weak, and drove away the kind widow Li Xuanshi. In order to promote justice and clarify the facts, this book is specially written. Due to the short compilation time and the author's limited level, please correct me if there are any mistakes or omissions. From this book, I saw the anger, the anger of many people, the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, Fang Congzhe, and all the losers in political struggles, as well as the little man Li Jinzhong who held the sedan chair and was scolded by Yang Lian. In order to successfully complete the general liquidation of the Donglin party members, Wei Zhongxian also produced an ingenious list in addition to this book - Donglin Dianjianglu. A few years ago, in order to catch the leaders of Iraq, the U.S. military made a special deck of playing cards, with people printed on it, and they could also play cards while catching people. The idea was highly praised. But compared with Eunuch Wei hundreds of years ago, the U.S. military is far behind. His enemies are all classified and printed into books according to the one hundred and eight of the Water Margin. Everyone has a corresponding nickname. Read it It is catchy, and counted by the number of cards, the US military has only one deck of poker, which can only fight landlords, and Wei Gonggong can make two decks of tractors. The content of this Donglin point will be recorded is quite exciting. The top-ranked Tota King is Li Sancai, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs of Nanjing, and the second male lead is Timely Rain Song Jiang, played by the great scholar Ye Xianggao. The rest of the protagonists in the play, in order of ranking, regardless of the strokes of the surnames: Jade Qilin Lu Junyi - played by Zhao Nanxing, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Entering Yunlong Gongsun Sheng - played by Gao Panlong, the censor of Zuodu. Wisdom star Wu Yong - played by Zuo Yude and Miao Changqi. In view of the fact that there are no passers-by A or Song Bingyi among the more than one hundred people below, and all of them have names, surnames, nicknames, and official positions, the text is too long, so it is omitted. It is worth mentioning that Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, who left a deep impression on Wei Shemao in the previous struggle, both got important roles. Among them, Yang Lian played Da Dao Guan Sheng, and Zuo Guangdou played the leopard Head Lin Chong. Of course, the idea was not created by Eunuch Wei. The author of the burst of inspiration was Wang Shaohui, who was then Minister of the Ministry of Officials. This Wang Shangshu was not an idler. But she is quite feminine, with a soft appearance, and she especially likes to give people nicknames, so friends in the world also gave him a resounding nickname-Wang's Wife. Daughter-in-law Wang has always respected her elders, especially her father-in-law Wei. He knew that his father-in-law was illiterate, and the writing was too complicated to understand, but he had heard of "Water Margin", so he thought of this trick. Eunuch Wei was very happy because he finally saw a book that he could understand. Excited, he ran to the emperor to show this cultural achievement. However, when the emperor got the general record of Donglin points, he asked a question that was enough to make Eunuch Wei jump into the river: "What is "Water Margin"?" Eunuch Wei’s eyes filled with tears, and he finally met his bosom friend: In this world, it is not easy to find someone with a lower education than him. In line with the determination and responsibility to eradicate illiteracy, Wei Wenbiao explained the meaning and content of the Water Margin to Zhu Wenbiao in detail. The emperor was satisfied. He opened the homepage and saw Li Sancai, the King of Tota, and then asked the second question that broke Eunuch Wei: "Who is the king of Tota?" Such a friend is really hard to find. For the first time in his life, Eunuch Wei had the opportunity to show his knowledge. He immediately told the whole story about Chao Gai, the King of Tota, which he had heard. Wait, let's talk about it. However, before he could finish speaking, His Excellency interrupted him with a loud shout: "Okay! Heavenly King Tota, brave and resourceful!" Talking bad things actually had this effect. At that moment, Wei Zhongxian felt that his life was a failure. He closed his mouth, took the book back, and never mentioned it again. As for whether he settled with Wang's wife after he returned, I don't know. In addition to writing books and establishing words, another sign that Wei Gonggong became a sage is to build ancestral halls. The so-called ancestral hall is used to pay homage to the ancestors. In other words, all those worshiped in it are dead people, and Eunuch Wei is the only one who is sacrificed in it but is still alive. The building of the ancestral temple was first brought up by Pan Ruzhen, governor of Zhejiang Province. To show respect, he built the ancestral hall of Eunuch Wei on the edge of the West Lake. The person who lived next to him was also a famous person——Yue Fei (Yue Temple). As soon as this reason comes out, it will be a big deal. Anyone who has a little money in all parts of the country will build ancestral halls. It is said that Comrade Yuan Chonghuan has also done this work. In order to show respect for Eunuch Wei, the location of the ancestral hall was selected in a prime location, such as the ancestral hall in Fengyang, which was built next to Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral mausoleum.The ancestral hall in Nanjing was actually built on the grave of Zhu Yuanzhang. The eighth brother Chong has a spirit in heaven, knowing that a dead eunuch would dare to rob him of the site, and he might eat through the coffin. But Jiangxi was the most aggressive. Governor Yang Bangxian of Jiangxi wanted to build a ancestral hall. Fearing that the location would not be good, he even smashed Zhu Shengxian's (Zhu Xi) ancestral hall, and then rebuilt it on the site to show his determination not to break but not to build. After the writing was finished, the ancestral hall was built, and the day when Wei Renyao became a saint is not far away, all kinds of monsters and ghosts jumped out. The one who made the most noise was Lu Wanling, a student of the Imperial College, who openly proposed to build an ancestral hall for Wei Zhongxian in the Imperial College.He also said that when Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn", and now Wei Gonggong wrote "Three Dynasties Yaodian", Confucius was a sage, so Wei Gonggong should also be a sage. Shameless people tend to become more shameless after reading books. Because the disgust of this person exceeded the limit of human beings, Siye (vice principal) of the Imperial College who had a good relationship with Wei Zhongxian couldn't take it anymore, said he couldn't stand it, and resigned. Facing such a glorious honor, Wei Zhongxian didn't feel any anxiety in his heart. He was very happy and hoped that everyone would be happy too. But this is really difficult, because he is not a sage, but a dead eunuch, a dead eunuch who did all kinds of evil and was extremely shameless.If you want to celebrate together and be admired by all people, you can only fool yourself in your dreams. The more people praised him, the more people scolded him. If the court didn't scold him, he would scold him among the people and spread it to Eunuch Wei's ears. Eunuch Wei was very unhappy. But the country is so big and there are so many people, what can you do if you scold you behind your back? Eunuch Wei said, I can. The source of his confidence is the spy. As the admiral and eunuch of the East Factory, Wei Zhongxian has always been very knowledgeable about the Yin people. Under his leadership, the East Factory spies spread all over the country, spying everywhere. For example, in Jiangxi, a person went to a bookstore to buy a book. When he saw "Three Dynasties Yaodian", he picked it up and read it. He felt uncomfortable and said a few words. As a result, a person next to him suddenly burst into flames, ran over and grabbed him, saying that he was a spy and wanted to arrest him. Fortunately, he knew the person well, talked to a friend and gave some money, and finally nothing happened. Although this story begins with a tragedy and ends with a comedy, the next story is neither a tragedy nor a comedy, but a horror movie. I read this story more than ten years ago when I read ancient books, and I haven't forgotten it until today. The story happened in the middle of the night, when there was no one around, four people were talking in a secret room (or basement). Everyone was very excited, drinking and talking. Slowly, one of them drank too much. After the wine strengthened his courage, this bold man started to scold Wei Zhongxian, and the more he scolded, the more vigorous he was, but the strange thing was that the three people beside him were silent, silent, listening to him scolding quietly in the secret room. Suddenly, the door was kicked down, and several people rushed in in the dark, and took the swearing brother away, but did not embarrass the three bystanders (please pay attention to this sentence). This meant that, that night, outside the doors of these people, someone was patiently listening to the voices inside. They not only heard the conversation in the room clearly, but also distinguished each speaker and what he said. This is nothing, Zhu Chongba also did this kind of thing back then. But the most frightening thing is that these few people are just little people, not ministers, not dignitaries, just little people. In the middle of the night, lying at the door of an unknown person's house, listening carefully to every word, ready to break in at any time. During the reign of King Li of Zhou, anyone who spoke ill of him would be killed. Therefore, when people met on the road, they could only wink and dare not speak. People at that time called it a tyranny. However, Eunuch Wei said, if you say bad things about me at home, you think I don’t know, naive. A few years after King Zhou Li implemented the policy, the people gradually became dissatisfied, and within a few years, he was driven to the mountains. Eunuch Wei has been doing it for several years, but nothing happened. When Yan Song was there, the strict party was invincible, and there was nothing he could do about Xu Jie; when Zhang Juzheng had Feng Bao on the inside, minions on the outside, and officials still made trouble for him. When Eunuch Wei was in power, the world was very clean. Because he got everyone, including the emperor. He can kill anyone but the emperor. Including the emperor's son and wife. In fact, he also got the emperor's head. For Emperor Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian has a good impression of him. This person is less cultured than him, lazy in work, and worse in business than him. Where can I find such a rare piece of trash? Therefore, Wei Zhongxian decided that on his private land, there could only be this piece of waste wood, and any weeds that dared to grow must be eradicated by the roots. The so-called wild grass is the son of the emperor. Although Emperor Tianqi's quality was poor, he still had two brushes in giving birth to sons. By the sixth year of Tianqi, he had already given birth to three sons. None survived. In October of the third year of Tianqi, the queen gave birth to a son who died prematurely. More than ten days later, Concubine Hui gave birth to her second son. The mother and child were safe. The emperor was overjoyed and pardoned the world. Nine months later, she died. In October of the fifth year of Tianqi, Concubine Rong gave birth to a son, who died eight months later. I believe that even if the level of confinement in the Ming Dynasty was not as good as it is today, it was not much worse. Such a 100% mortality rate should be attributed to the hard work of Comrade Wei Zhongxian. For example, the first prince, since he was born to the empress, seemed a bit troublesome to attack directly when he was pregnant, but it was probably even more troublesome when she was born. After repeated thinking, Wei Zhongxian used a unique method to get rid of this child. I am sure that the patent of this method does not belong to Wei Zhongxian (probably Keshi), because only a woman can come up with such a professional and incredible solution. According to some historical materials, it happened like this. The queen had a backache and needed someone to treat her. Eunuch Wei then thoughtfully recommended a person to help her massage. It directly caused the queen to give birth prematurely, which is a veritable painless "human" abortion. Such a magic skill of killing without blood is really amazing. If this trick is passed down, countless pharmaceutical factories and hospitals will probably close their doors. Although this matter was passed on quite quickly, it spread quite quickly, and it didn't take long for people inside and outside the palace to know about it, so that Yang Lian included this in the letter of Wei Zhongxian's twenty-four major crimes. But the emperor didn't know, and even if he knew, he wouldn't believe it. Since then, although the emperor's two sons were born safely, they both went to see their ancestors a few months later. Unfortunately, regarding the two deaths, there is no evidence that they are related to Eunuch Wei, at best they are suspects.The problem is that he is the only suspect, so he can only be wronged. Anyway, he has a lot of bad debts on him, so he doesn't care about it. Except for the emperor's son, the emperor's wife also failed to keep. For example, Concubine Yu was originally favored by the emperor, but because she was pregnant, Wei Zhongxian decided to punish her, and joined forces with the Hakka family to send her to the cold palace. To make matters worse, he also transferred away the court lady next to Concubine Yu, and let her carry out survival training alone in the palace without even giving her water, and finally died of hunger and thirst. In addition, Concubine Hui, Concubine Rong, and even the Empress, as long as they are favored by the emperor and able to bear sons, all have survived. Wei Zhongxian's efforts finally paid off in victory: Emperor Tianqi, who had been on the throne for six years, tried his best and was physically and mentally healthy, but still had nothing to gain. Wei Zhongxian's motive was simple, he didn't want to be emperor, but he was afraid that if he gave birth to a prince, he would be smarter than his father when he grew up, and it would be difficult for him not to be controlled by himself. This calculation was not wrong. After all, the emperor was only twenty-two years old, and he still had a lot of time. If he enjoyed the blessings of more than ten years, it would not be too late for him to have a son. What's more, from the ministers to the eunuchs, everything is under control. Even if the new emperor ascends the throne, he has the final say, and there are no enemies in the world. In the sixth year of Tianqi (1626), the situation was roughly the same. But in fact, both of these assumptions are wrong. First of all, the emperor is indeed only 22 years old this year, but according to historical records, he was only 23 years old when he died. Secondly, Eunuch Wei has an enemy, and what is different from the past is that although this enemy is inconspicuous, he will be killed. I know that all the scenes, absurd, strange, and incomprehensible, are in the eyes of God. Six years ago, he sent a woman, sent Wei Zhongxian to the supreme throne, and created a legend. Now, he decided to put an end to this legend and bring back the rascal back then to his original form, and it was also a woman who undertook this task. This woman is called Zhang Yan. Just six years ago, when the Ke family and Wei Zhongxian were fighting fiercely and the eunuch career was flourishing, fifteen-year-old Zhang Yan entered the palace. As the concubine selected by Henan, she was summoned by the emperor. The result of the interview was very good. Zhang Yan was very young, but she was very beautiful. The emperor liked her very much and wrote down her name. But when Ke Shi saw her, she felt a kind of extreme panic. Her intuition told her that everything she worked so hard for would be destroyed by this girl. 于是她去向皇帝哭诉，执意反对，要把这个小女孩送回去。 一贯对他言听计从的皇帝，第一次违背了奶妈的意愿，无论客氏哭天抢地，置若罔闻。 非但如此，十几天后，他竟然把这个女孩封了皇后，史称懿安皇后。 客氏是个相当精明的人，她认为，这个女孩太过漂亮，会影响她在皇帝心中的地位，但是她错了。 这个女孩不但漂亮，而且精明，她不但抢走了皇帝的宠信，还将夺走她所有的一切。 虽然张皇后才十五，但她的心智年龄应该是五十多，自打入宫起，就开始跟客氏干仗，且丝毫无惧，时常还把魏公公拉进宫来骂几句，完全不把魏大人当外人，九千岁恨得咬牙切齿，没有办法。 到天启三年（1623），张皇后怀孕了，客氏无计可施，让人按摩时做了人工流产。 这件事情让客氏高兴了很久，然而她想不到的是，短暂的得意换来的，将是永远的毁灭。 在失去孩子的那一天，张皇后发誓，客氏和魏忠贤将为此付出惨重的代价。 双方矛盾开始激化，由一本书开始。 此后不久的一天，皇帝来到了张皇后的寝宫，发现她正在看书，于是发问： “你在看什么书？” “《赵高传》。” 皇后这样回答。 皇帝没有说话，他虽然不知道托塔天王，却知道赵高。 很快，魏忠贤就知道了这件事，他十分愤怒，决定反击。 第二天，皇帝在宫里闲逛的时候，意外发现了几个素未谋面的生人，大惊失色，立刻召集侍卫，经过搜查，这些人的身上都带有武器。 此事非同小可，相关嫌疑人立即被送往东厂，进行严密审查。 这是魏忠贤的诡计，他在宫中埋伏士兵，伪装成刺客，故意被皇帝发现，而这些刺客必定会被送到东厂审问，在东厂里，刺客们一定会坦白从宽，说出指使人，想坑谁，就坑谁。 魏忠贤想坑的人，叫做张国纪——张皇后的父亲。 这是一条相当毒辣的计策，泰山也好，岳父也罢，扯上这个罪名，上火星也跑不掉。 然而就在他准备实施这个计划时，一个人出面阻止了他。 这个人表示，即使死，他也绝不同意这种诬陷行为。 不过这位仁兄并不是什么善人，他就是魏忠贤的忠实走狗，司礼监掌印太监王体乾。 只用一句话，他就说服了魏忠贤： “皇上凡事都不怎么管，但对兄弟老婆是很好的，你要是告状，有个三长两短，我们就没命了！” 魏忠贤到底是老江湖，立刻打消主意，为了信息安全，他干掉了那几个被他安排扮演刺客的兄弟。 皇后是干不倒了，那就一心一意跟着皇帝混吧。 可是皇帝已经混不下去了。 天启七年（1627）八月，天启皇帝病危。 病危，自然不是勤于政务，估计是做木匠太过操劳，也算是倒在了工作岗位上。 魏忠贤很伤心，真的很伤心，他很明白，如果皇帝大人就此挂掉，以后就难办了。 拜自己所赐，皇帝的几个儿子都被干掉了，所以垂帘听政、欺负小孩之类的把戏没法玩了，而皇位继承者，将是天启皇帝的弟弟。 明光宗虽然只当了一个月皇帝，但生儿子的能力却相当了得，足足有七个。 不过很可惜，七个儿子活到现在的只剩两个，一个是天启皇帝朱由校。 而另一个，是信王朱由检，当时十七岁，他后来的称呼，叫做崇祯。 对于朱由检，魏忠贤并不了解，但他明白，十七岁的人，如果不是天启这样的极品，要想控制，难度是很大的。 废柴难得，所以当务之急，必须保住皇帝的命。 他随即公告天下，为皇帝寻找名医偏方，兵部尚书霍维华不负众望，仅用了几天，就找到了一个药方。 他说，用此药方，有起死回生之效。 出于好奇，我找到了这个药方。 药名：仙方灵露饮，配方如下： 优良小米少许，加入木筒蒸煮，木筒底部镂空，安放金瓶一个，边煮边加水，煮好的米汁流入银瓶，煮到一定时间，换新米再煮，直到银瓶满了为止。 金瓶中的液体，就是灵露，据说有长寿之功效。 事实证明，灵露确实是有效果的，天启皇帝服用后，感觉很好，连吃几天后，却又不吃了——病情加重，吃不下去。 其实对此药物，我也有所了解，按以上配方及制作方法，该灵露还有个更为通俗的称呼——米汤。 用米汤，去抢救一个生命垂危，即将歇菜的人，这充分反映了魏公公大无畏的人道主义精神。 真是蠢到家了。 皇帝大人喝下了米汤，然后依然头都不回地朝黄泉路上一路狂奔，拉都拉不住。 痛定思痛，魏忠贤决定放弃自己的医学事业，转向专业行当——阴谋。 当皇帝将死未死之时，他找到了第一号心腹崔呈秀，问他，大事可行否？ 狡猾透顶的崔呈秀自然知道是什么大事，于是他立刻做出了反应——沉默。 魏忠贤再问，崔呈秀再沉默，直到魏大人生气了，他才发了句话：我怕有人闹事。 直到现在，魏忠贤才明白，自己收进来的，都是些胆小怕死的货，都靠不住，只能靠自己了。 他找到客氏，经过仔细商议，决定从宫外找几个孕妇进宫当宫女，等皇帝走人，就搞个狸猫换太子，说是皇帝的遗腹子。反正宫里的事是他说了算，他说是，就是，不是也是。 为万无一失，他还找到了张皇后，托人告诉她，我找好了孕妇，等到那个谁死了，就生下来直接当你的儿子，接着做皇帝，你挂个名就能当太后，不用受累。 这是文明的说法，流氓的讲法自然也有，比如宫里的事我管，你要不听话，皇帝死后怎么样就不好说了。 皇后回答：如听从你的话，必死，不听你的话，也必死，同样是死，还不如不听，死后可以见祖宗在天之灵！ 说完，她就跑去找皇帝，报告此事。 按常理，这种事情，只要让皇帝知道了，是必定完蛋的。 然而当皇后见到奄奄一息的皇帝，对他说出这件事时，皇帝陛下却只说了三个字：我知道。 魏忠贤并不怕皇后打小报告，在发出威胁之前，他就已经找到了皇帝，本着对社稷人民负责的态度，准备给皇后贡献一个儿子，以保证后继有人。 皇帝非常高兴。 这很正常，皇帝大人智商本不好使，加上病得稀里糊涂，脑袋也就只剩一团浆糊了。 所以魏忠贤相信，自己的目的一定能够实现。 但他终究还是犯了一个错误，和当年东林党人一样的错误：低估女人。 今天的张皇后，就是当年的客氏，且有过之而无不及。 她不但有心眼，而且很有耐心，经过和皇帝长达几个时辰的长谈，她终于让这个人相信，传位给弟弟，才是最好的选择。 很快，住在信王府里的朱由检得到消息，皇帝要召见他。 在当时的朝廷里，朱由检这个名字的意义，就是没有意义。 朱由检，生于万历三十八年，自打出生以来，一直悄无声息，什么梃击、红丸、移宫、三党、东林党、六君子，统统没有关系。 他一直很低调，从不发表意见，当然，也没人征求他的意见。 但他是个明白人，至少他明白，此时此刻召他觐见，是个什么意思。 就快断气的皇帝哥哥没有丝毫客套，一见面就拉住了弟弟的手，说了这样一句话： “来，吾弟当为尧舜。” 尧舜是什么人，大家应该知道。 朱由检惊呆了，像这种事，多少要开个会，大家探讨探讨，现在一点思想准备都没有，突然收这么大份礼，怎么好意思呢？ 而且他一贯知道，自己的这位哥哥比较迟钝，没准是魏忠贤设的圈套，所以，他随即做出了答复： “臣死罪！” 意思是，我不敢答应。 这一天，是天启七年（1627）八月十一日。 皇帝已经撑不了多久，他决心，把自己的皇位传给眼前的这个人，但这一切，眼前的人并不知道，他只知道，这可能是个圈套，非常危险，绝不能答应。 The two fell silent. 在这关键时刻，一个人从屏风后面站了出来，打破了僵局，并粉碎了魏忠贤的梦想。 张皇后对跪在地上的朱由检说，事情紧急，不可推辞。 朱由检顿时明白，这件事情是靠谱的，他马上答应了。 八月二十二日，足足玩了七年的木匠朱由校驾崩，年二十三。 就在那一天，得知噩耗的魏忠贤没有发丧，他立即封锁了消息。