Mentioning the party struggle and eunuch dictatorship in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many people hate it, and it is precisely because of these two cancers that the ming kingdom is shaken, the vitality is seriously injured, and eventually the disaster of destroying the country is caused.
Today, let's take a look at the historical facts of how Liu Jin, the great eunuch known as the "Emperor Li", disrupted the imperial program, embezzled and accepted bribes, and finally was designed by others and tortured with thousands of knives.
It is said that after the fifteen-year-old Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, because of his stubborn nature, contrary to his father Ming Xiaozong's concept of benevolent and righteous governance, the "Eight Tigers" such as Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, and Gu Dayong, who were in the same heart all day long, indulged in cockfighting and lackeys, fishing and hunting, and the "Eight Tigers" were especially favored by Liu Jin, and gradually stole the power of the DPRK.
Liu Jin (劉瑾), a native of Xingping, Shaanxi, whose original surname was Tan, was introduced into the palace by the eunuch Liu Shun since childhood, serving the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, so he changed his surname to Liu. After Emperor Wuzong came to power, he ordered Liu Jin to take charge of the ZhongGu Division, and as soon as this guy had power in his hands, he slandered the old ministers of the DPRK, installed his own cronies, and induced Emperor Wuzong to indulge in sexual pleasures and desolate government, and could not extricate himself.
In October of the first year of Zhengde, Liu Jian, Wang Yue, and other ministers impeached Liu Jin and others under the pretext of a change in the stars, and as a result, Liu Jin learned the news in advance, and joined forces with other eunuchs of the "Eight Tigers" to weep and complain around Emperor Wuzong, and Emperor Wuzong was confused, that is, he ordered Liu Jin to take charge of the Si Li Supervisor, Ma Yongcheng to take charge of the East Factory, Gu Dayong to hold the West Factory, arrest Wang Yue and others and imprison them overnight, and send them to Nanjing, Liu Jin sent people to stab Wang Yue, Fan Heng, and others on the way to cut the grass and remove the roots.
In order to gain greater power in the dprk, Liu Jin persuaded Emperor Wuzong to expand the multi-storey palace outside the Xihua Gate and find many beautiful women from all over the country for his enjoyment, which was the so-called "leopard room".
One day, Liu Jin took advantage of the pleasure of Emperor Wuzong and the beautiful women to deliberately present the courtier's recital and ask Emperor Wuzong for instructions. Emperor Wuzong couldn't help but be distraught, and shouted at him in a huff, "What is Shuo Yong'er waiting for?" Don't disturb the excitement. ”
Therefore, Liu Jin did not need to play the music again, and successfully obtained the privilege of approving the courtiers' recitals, and at first, Liu Jin also sent the recitals to the cabinet for proposal, and after the cabinet was gradually controlled by him, he simply took the recitals home to deal with them.
Over time, officials of all sizes in the government and the public needed to go to Liu Jin's mansion to report official affairs, and Liu Jin wantonly embezzled and accepted bribes, and officials from other places must first send him a "meeting gift" when they entered Beijing, often with silver and 1,000 taels, some as high as 5,000 or 10,000, and many officials did not have so much money, so they had to borrow money from the rich people of The Capital, which was called "Beijing Debt" at the time.
This was still a trivial matter, as Liu Jin's power became so powerful that he became more and more arbitrary, often under the pretext of Emperor Wuzong's orders, arbitrarily dismissed the patrol officials and the title of chasi military officer, installed his own cronies to collect wealth for him, and also set up another inner factory in the Forbidden Palace, and personally served as a viceroy, the internal factory personnel were more cruel and fierce than the East Factory, the West Factory, and the Jinyi Guards, often a family member broke the law, the neighbors sat together, and the slightest inferiority was severely punished.
In addition, he forced the cabinet to draft a document ordering eunuchs to participate in military affairs in border towns. His domestic slaves also acted arbitrarily, seizing fertile land and destroying houses, making the people miserable. The ministers Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and others gave fruitless advice to Emperor Wuzong, and finally had to send Shi Shi back to his hometown.
On a day in August of the third year of Zhengde (1508 AD), after the ministers dispersed early, there was an anonymous letter on the ground impeaching Liu Jin for his sins, and Emperor Wuzong looked at it and handed it over to Liu Jin and told him to deal with it himself, Liu Jin was furious when he was on the throne, and ordered people to summon back more than three hundred courtiers to inquire one by one, and in the case of no one acknowledging, he ordered everyone to kneel under the Fengtian Gate, and on that day, the weather was hot, and near dusk, three old ministers were actually sunburned alive, and everyone else was dying, but Liu Jin did not care whether everyone was dead or alive. It was ordered that all officials below the level of five pins be imprisoned and interrogated.
The next day, thanks to the hard persuasion of the university scholar Li Dongyang and Liu Jin's hearing that the anonymous letter was written by a eunuch, everyone was allowed to go back.
Liu Jin was so arrogant and arrogant that he gave an excuse for the ambitious kings of the foreign domain to rebel! In April of the fifth year of Zhengde, Zhu Liao, the king of Anhua in the northwest, rebelled in the name of rectifying the dynasty and killing Liu Jin.
The texts he ordered people to write about Liu Jin's many crimes were taken to the imperial court by Gansu officials, and Liu Jin was shocked to see it and broke out in a cold sweat, so he hid it and did not report it. When Emperor Wuzong learned of the rebellion of King Anhua, he appointed the right capital Yushi Yang Yiqing as a general and the eunuch Zhang Yong as a supervisor, and led troops to recruit Zhu Huan, and as a result, Yang Yiqing quelled the rebellion in only eighteen days.
It is said that Yang Yiqing had been framed by Liu Jin, and this time he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Zhu Yu and take revenge and kill Liu Jin! He knew that although Zhang Yong was also one of the "Eight Tigers", he was often ostracized by Liu Jin and had a grudge in his heart.
So Yang Yiqing tentatively said to Zhang Yong: "Yang Mou relied on Zhang Gong's strength to easily calm the external troubles for the country, but the internal worries in the DPRK and China were not easy to get rid of." Zhang Yongfei asked him in confusion: "Who is the internal worry?" Yang Yiqing approached Zhang Yong and silently wrote a "Jin" character on the palm of his hand.
Zhang Yong nodded, sighed, and said, "This person has been around the emperor for a long time, has deep roots, and has many confidants, and it is indeed difficult to deal with-" Speaking of this, he couldn't help but hold back. When Yang Yiqing's heart was neutral, he boldly said to Zhang Yong: "Gonggong, you are also a favored minister of the emperor, this time to curry favor with the public as a supervisor, you can see the importance that the emperor attaches to you, now that the rebellion has been decided, why not take advantage of this opportunity to expose Liu Jin's criminal deeds, Your Majesty's wise and divine martial arts, will take the public word as true and get rid of Liu Jin, Liu Jin died, the people of the world cheered, the father-in-law corrected the rape, and he can be more reused by the emperor, and this merit will also be left in history!" ”
Yang Yiqing's words made Zhang Yong's blood boil, and he agreed with indignation at the moment. Soon, Yang and Zhang led their troops back to the court, and held a grand ceremony to offer prisoners in Beijing, and Emperor Wuzong personally set up a banquet to comfort Zhang Yong, and when he was half drunk, Zhang Yong took the opportunity to take out Zhu Huan's document that counted Liu Jin's crimes, and one by one showed Liu Jin's seventeen illegal deeds of adultery, and Emperor Wuzong listened to it, slapped the table with the strength of wine, and angrily said: "Liu Nu is so negative!" ”
Zhang Yong hurriedly went further: "Please the emperor to move quickly, the slave talent will be dead, Liu Jin has many henchmen, in case the dog jumps the wall, I am afraid that the emperor's safety will be affected." Emperor Wuzong was shocked, and even ordered the arrest of Liu Jin for the crime of treason.
The next day, Emperor Wuzong sent a large number of Jinyi guards to raid Liu Jin's mansion, and found millions of gold and silver treasures, as well as gun clothes, jade belts, crossbows and other forbidden items in the palace, and the most surprising thing was that in a fan that Liu Jin usually used, he also found two daggers hidden, which frightened Emperor Wuzong, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "The dog slave really wants to rebel." ”
Therefore, he ordered Liu Jin to be executed for the crime of Ling Chi, and cut 3,357 knives of flesh in three days. The people of Jingshi were blocked, and the families of those who had been framed by Liu Jin scrambled to buy his minced meat to eat raw, and the price reached one penny and one piece of meat, which was enough to see that the crime committed by the great eunuch Liu Jin had already reached the share of heavenly anger and resentment. (More exciting, pay attention to the public number: Li Guangyuan)
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