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The twelfth year of Yongle, 1413 AD.
This year, Chun'an, Zhejiang, gave birth to a very remarkable person.
This person's surname is Shang Mingruo, the life is majestic, the appearance is grand, one meter and eight tall, red lips and white teeth, good looking and energetic.
Even if the long marshal is also counted, Comrade Shangrui's academic performance is still very good, the township test is the first place, the first place will be tested, and when it comes to the temple test, it is still the first place.
You must know that in the more than two hundred years since the founding of Taizu to the martyrdom of Emperor Sizong, there have only been two people who have won the three yuan in the imperial examination.
One is Huang Guan and the other is Shang Ren.
Comrade Huang Guan was hongwu's twenty-four years of three yuan, but later because he did not want to submit to the Yongle Emperor and chose to commit suicide and martyrdom, he was directly removed by Zhu Di.
(Huang Guan portrait)
In this sense, ShangRui became the only three-yuan player of the Ming Dynasty.
Even in the middle of the three yuan, that is not blown out.
The imperial court attached great importance to this great talent, so it appointed him to the position of editor of the Hanlin Academy.
It's a bit embarrassing.
Ten years of cold window no one asked, in one fell swoop into the Hanlin.
However, this is also a situation that Ming Dynasty readers often encounter.
Everyone studied diligently, spent more than ten years or more in the imperial examination to crawl and roll, the imperial court and layer by layer screening, it was difficult to pass the entrance examination, I thought that I could finally usher in the peak of life, the result was indeed granted an official position by the imperial court, but the unit was in the Hanlin Academy, and most of the positions were some bachelors, editors, waiters and other idle positions.
The work content of this type of position is usually to continue to study in the Hanlin Academy.
Good fellow, I read to become a scholar, to become an official, to realize my ideals and ambitions, to give me a bunch of history books of the previous dynasty, let me sew and patch up, how many meanings does it mean to compile and repair?
(Hanlin Temple)
But fortunately, although the dignitaries and dignitaries in the imperial court did not use the merchants seriously, Zhu Qizhen, who was then emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was still very optimistic about this reader with excellent academic performance.
Emperor Jian was the exhibition official. - "History of the Ming Dynasty"
You may ask, what is a book exhibitor?
It's simple, literally.
The exhibition is unfolded, and the book is the book, which means that the merchant should open the book for the emperor when he reads.
Yes, as an emperor, his identity is extremely graceful and luxurious, according to the author's understanding, if the emperor is willing, then there are only two things in his life, the first is to go to the toilet, and the second is to make love.
Except for these two things, everything else can be done by someone else.
Even so, the emperor read and turned the page, and naturally there were people to help.
Clear-eyed people know that if they can turn the books for the emperor, they can naturally talk to the emperor, they can talk to the emperor, and if they don't do well, they can leave a good impression on the emperor, and from then on, their careers have developed and skyrocketed.
But it was a pity that Comrade Shangrui did not open the book for the emperor for two days, and the emperor went out to fight.
The battle fought by the emperor is also famous in the history of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the "Battle of Tumu Fort".
The name of the battle, though only five words, contains many stories.
(Portrait of Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qizhen)
The young Emperor Mingying Emperor Zhu Qizhen first came to favor the eunuchs, and secondly, the enemy ventured forward, and soon suffered the consequences of his own evil, and was beaten by the Wala cavalry at Tumu Fort (Huailai, Hebei), and the whole army was defeated, more than half of the dead and wounded, and even the emperor himself was captured.
Although the emperor was captured, the Ming Dynasty could not go a day without a master, so soon, the emperor's younger brother, Zhu Qiyu the Prince of Qi, was elected by the courtiers and became the new emperor of the temporary top class. (i.e. Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty)
Later things are known to everyone, and for friends who are familiar with the history of Ming, this is simply a family treasure.
Bingbu Shangshu Yu qianli turned the tide and won the defense war of Beijing.
Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qizhen was released by the Wallachians and returned to the Forbidden City, but was placed under house arrest by Emperor Daizong Zhu Qiyu in the Southern Palace of the Forbidden City.
Eight years later, Emperor Daizong was critically ill and unable to govern himself, and Emperor Yingzong took the opportunity to launch a mutiny and restore the throne.
Our comrade Zhu Qizhen has neither great talent nor great strategy, nor does he have any excellent qualities that have left a name in history, and among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, he seems to be unremarkable.
Although the ability is not, the emperor's life is undoubtedly dramatic.
He was once the Son of Heaven of the Great Ming, the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, and the most eye-catching existence in the whole world.
He was also captured by the Wallachians and taken into the vast desert to taste the bitter cold of the wind and sand outside the plug.
After several turns, he returned to the Forbidden City, but was imprisoned by his brother in a deep and dark residence, completely becoming a prisoner of politics.
History has given him happy days, glorious moments, and history has also taught him incomparably painful lessons.
Years ago, his arrogance and ignorance made him lose the throne, and now, he has finally regained everything that belongs to him.
A large part of Ming Yingzong's return to the throne depended on the efforts of three people.
The three men were the chancellor Xu Youzhen, the general Shi Heng, and the eunuch Cao Jixiang.
(Portrait of Xu Youzhen)
As the number one contributors to the emperor's restoration, they were naturally entrusted with heavy responsibilities.
But it was not enough to have these people, and after eight years on the throne, the emperor needed more manpower to expand his personnel team.
Flipping through the official roster of officials, the emperor naturally thought of Shangrui.
This is not surprising, learn to bully, everyone will be impressed.
Although the emperor valued shangrui, the three giants of the imperial court at that time, Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang, had great opinions on shangrui.
Because ShangRui is a loyal subject, honest and honest, and law-abiding, but the three giants are a top traitor.
Quotient is undoubtedly an outlier to them.
If Comrade Shangrui is allowed to gain the emperor's trust and enter the cabinet, he must not make a fuss?
Therefore, the three giants worked three shifts in the morning, middle and evening, and every day in front of the emperor, they said that the merchants were not, and the bad words of the merchants were really brainwashed by the emperor.
As a result, the former Yuanlang did not get the opportunity to be promoted and raised, but was stripped of his official position by the emperor and demoted to a commoner.
Life was up and down, it was too fast, for Shang Ren, all these changes were so unexpected, even he himself did not know what was happening, he was told to hurry up and leave.
If there are no accidents, then it may be that ShangRui has officially withdrawn from the political stage of the Ming Dynasty and become a flat-headed people, living in an unknown rural field.
Although history is merciless, there is always a temperature.
It was normal for Emperor Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen not to look down on ShangRui, because this emperor was not a wise monarch, and he could order execution for thousands of years like Yu Qian, which showed that the emperor's character was not much better.
But Emperor Yingzong's son, the next Son of Emperor Mingzong, Emperor Mingxianzong Zhu Jianshen was different.
(Portrait of Emperor Mingxianzong Zhu Jianshen)
Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne on the front foot, and the back foot immediately notified ShangRui to return to work.
However, at this time, the business was a little unwilling.
In the face of the olive branch thrown by the new emperor, Shang Ren said, I am so old, I really can't move, besides, I am an official who was taken down by the former emperor, and your father did not want to see me at that time, indicating that I really have no talent.
It can be seen that shangrui has a grudge against the Ming Dynasty and the emperor.
It is understandable that a person has devoted the most brilliant life to the cause and development of the dynasty, but in the end he has ended up with a dismissal from his official position and no merit.
What was the use of taking the college entrance examination so hard?
What was the use of being conscientiously by the emperor's side?
Shang Ren's words were quite difficult to hear, but Zhu Jianshen was a person with great perseverance.
Please don't come once, I can ask you twice, please don't come twice, I can ask you three times.
Back then, Liu Yuzhou was able to take care of Zhuge Liang three times, and today I Zhu Jianshen can also discuss you like this.
In the end, such a high-standard courtesy finally impressed ShangRui, the third-class leader in the history of the Ming Dynasty, a famous talent, once again out of the mountain.
When the political scene of Daming changed and Shangrui re-entered the army, although the three giants who had squeezed and suppressed him had long been dismissed from their posts and punished, Shangrui had ushered in a new opponent.
The name of this opponent is also very famous in the history of Daming, he is Wang Zhi.
The secret service agency of the Ming Dynasty was originally only a Jinyiwei, set up by the Taizu Gao Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Chengzu Zhu Di felt that it was not enough to have a Jinyi wei alone, so he added the East Factory, and the Xianzong Emperor Zhu Jianshen felt that the Jinyi Wei and the East Factory were not enough, so he added the West Factory.
(Wang Zhi image)
The more suspicious the emperor became, the more Daming's secret service organization became.
Jinyiwei is already a royal power concession, above the existence of Daming law, arresting people everywhere, cutting first and then playing, frequently creating unjust, false and wrong cases, and the status of the East Factory and the West Factory is even worse, although their personnel composition is eunuchs in the palace, but the power is greater, and the Jinyi guards do not pay attention to them.
And Wang Zhi was the chief eunuch of the West Factory.
As the leader of the West Factory, he is an extension of the emperor's feudal will, and he is also an absolutely special figure in the Ming Dynasty.
If Wang is upright and good, and can enforce the law impartially, he will be a generation of virtuous eunuchs.
But Wang Zhi was a person who liked to abuse torture and arrested the minister at every turn to clean up.
His name is Wang Zhi, but he is very unrighteous.
It doesn't matter whether you are the Six Ministries and Nine Secretaries or the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, Dali Temple, as long as I look at wang straight and unpleasant, all of them will be arrested for you, shot first, and then investigated, to ensure that there is not a single unjust, false or wrong case.
Wang Zhi was unscrupulous, and the court ministers were afraid of his obscenity.
The world is difficult, the Beijing officials are difficult to do, who does not want Mingzhe to protect themselves?
Merchants are reluctant.
He stepped forward and bluntly denounced Wang Zhi's faults to the emperor.
Of course, the emperor was embarrassed, because the emperor needed Wang Zhi, and he needed Wang Zhi to monitor hundreds of officials for him and exercise the authority of the emperor for him.
In other words, Wang Zhi's adultery was tacitly approved by the emperor.
The emperor not only needed loyal subjects to assist him, but also needed traitors to deal with those unseemly things for him.
Therefore, for the shangshu of the shangru, the emperor pursued a "drag" word, and once the shangrui was sent, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no more news.
But the merchant does not forgive, one letter does not work, I will write two, two letters will not work, I will write three.
At that time, Zhuge Liang was still writing before and after the master's table, you had taken care of me three times, and I was bound to be a loyal minister!
(Out of the Master Table Partial)
Therefore, ShangRui took out twelve points of momentum, impeaching Wang Zhi in the early dynasty, impeaching Wang Zhi in the folds, impeaching Wang Zhi in the cabinet, impeaching Wang Zhi in the joint imperial history, and impeaching Wang Zhi by the united ministers...
Faced with the almost harassing behavior of the shangru, the emperor finally gave in.
He relieved Wang Zhi of all his duties and left him in the Inner Palace to check on him, and there were no major personnel appointments.
At this point, the contest between a civilian minister and the leader of the most powerful secret service organization since Ariake ended in the victory of the entire civilian subject.
That is, shortly after Wang Zhi left office, Shang Ren asked for resignation and told the old man to return to his hometown.
Yes, that's the business.
He studied diligently all his life, even in the middle of the three yuan, through three dynasties, the ultimate purpose is only one:
Not for money, not for power, just to live up to what you have learned in life, and to show your ambitions.
And the defeat of Wang Zhi and the return of a ring of The Great Ming Political Arena have already enabled the ideal of ShangRui to be realized.
If this is the case, how can I stay in love with the position of a mere official?
In the twenty-second year of Chenghua, in 1486 AD, Shang Ren died of illness at the age of seventy-three.
"I am a sage, shanggong first" - this is the evaluation of Shangrui in later generations, and it is also the most authentic portrayal of his life.