First, the cold door
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a "Hanmen Zhuangyuan", this person was called Wu Changshi. In the traditional sense, the so-called "cold doors" before the Song Dynasty referred to those scholars who were not family members or door valves, and according to the strange title of history textbooks, they were "emerging landlord classes". After the Song Dynasty, it referred to those ordinary gentry families who did not exceed jiuqing in the central government and did not surpass Fang Bo in the localities. And Wu Changshi's birth is exactly like this.
The Wu family has been famous for generations, and the ancestors have also produced high-ranking officials at the level of public secretaries, and when Wu Changshi's father, Wu Yi, was born, he also achieved the county order. And Wu Changshi's own life starting line is very but far lower than that of his ancestors or fathers - he is a son. In the Ming Dynasty, the difference between concubines in the Jiangdong region was very strict, and most of the glory and property of a family were left to the concubines, and the concubines, even if they were cared for by their fathers and brothers, could only get a few family properties after the separation. Therefore, Wu Changshi's life has always been quite difficult. One year Chinese New Year's Eve, Wu Changshi was so poor that he didn't even have rice to cook a meal, so he had to wander around the first street in shame and incompetence. Fortunately, an old man who picked up the burden of selling sugar syrup sympathized with him, and righteously sent a few liters of rice and a hundred yuan to help him survive the New Year' Pass. Poor to this point, it can be said that it is a complete "cold door" and "cold soldier".
However, fate is impermanent, because Wu Changshi's brother Wu Changshi has no queen, so he inherits Wu Changshi's eldest son Wu Zuxi to pass on incense. Soon after Wu Changqi died, Wu Changshi's father and son inherited all the ancestral inheritance. Wu Changshi, who became rich overnight, did not immediately fall, and at this time he was still very nostalgic, for example, for the old man who had helped him buy syrup, Wu Changshi repaid him with a hundred gold. But Wu Changshi will never be satisfied with being a "good person", his dream is to be a character who can call the wind and rain. Therefore, in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Wu Changshi participated in the organization of an alliance of scholars, the Fushe Society, and thus became a comrade with the top celebrity Zhang Pu.
Zhang Pu had ideas and wrists, and Wu Changshi was not short of money and courage, so the Fushe developed into the strongest alliance of Jiangnan Shi dafu at that time in a few years, with more than 2,000 people. And Wu Changshi was called "eyebrow" by the comrades in the society because of his outstanding performance, which is what people now call "big old". In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Wu Changshi was also admitted to the Jinshi, and although Wu Changshi at that time was not a genuine "champion", it was by no means the first place in some of the "college entrance examination factories" that he went to now. The latter was not even a poor talent in ancient times.
At this time, Wu Changshi can be said to have a bright future, a thousand miles a day.
The life of the late Ming Dynasty Doctor: elegant, ambiguous, leisurely.
2. Modern Girls
Since Wu Changshi has proved himself to be a Maxima, the next step must be to have a "Bole". The full condition of the political "BoLe" was a high position of authority, so Wu Changshi fell in love with Xue Guoguan, the first assistant of the cabinet at that time. In order to throw himself under Xue Guoguan's door, Wu Changshi ran forward and found a lot of relationships, but what came at him was a basin of cold water. The reason is that Xue Guoguan, who is not only self-conscious but also a remnant of Wei Zhongxian's faction, has always been hostile to the so-called "Donglin Party". And Wu Changshi, as the bystanders at the time said, has always praised himself as a Donglin Party member, and Li Qing said in the "Notes of the Three Walls": "Self-righteousness, that is, the tree of the Eastern Forest Banner." Therefore, Xue Guoguan's overtures to Wu Changshi have always been "suspicious of his cunning, and Fu Xinye". Falling flowers are deliberately merciless, and this kind of thing is also a common sentiment of people, so Wu Changshi's initial indifference to Xue Guoguan did not go too far. But an incident that happened next made the two people completely compete.
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen (1639 A.D.), he was elected in March, and Wu Changshi, who was originally determined to be the chief of the bureaucracy, was defeated. According to the Ming Shi? The records in the biography of Xue Guoguan are all from Xue Guoguan's arrangement: "Wu Changshi, the evil pedestrian of guoguan. And the examination, Chang Shi Yu Guoguan suppressed himself, because his protégés wanted to see. The national view is pseudo-and-conciliatory, and it is intended to be the first, and it should be an official. Under the command, it is the head of the Ceremonial Department."
Wu Changshi was appointed as the chief of the Ceremonial Department of the Ministry of Rites, mainly in charge of ceremonial affairs, sect titles, schools, and tributes, which was completely different from the official secretaries he had always aspired to be in charge of the selection, deficiency, guarantee, reassignment, and promotion...
"Soldiers can be killed without shame", Xue Guoguan, you dare to be so contemptuous and slow, then I will let you know the power of "the wrath of soldiers" when I am Wu Changshi! Aren't you luyin dancing with your own long sleeves, and there are people in the palace? Then you wait for me!
As a result, Wu Changshi, a Member of the Donglin Party and head of the Ceremonial Department, who began to blacken, launched a "horn revenge" against the current Prime Minister Xue Guoguan.
The so-called "horns" refer to the distribution of troops to attack the enemy in two ways. Wu Changshi first brought into play his own characteristics of "the vast number of methods" and released a "big move" that the real Donglin Party members would never consider, that is, "tongchang wei", and joined forces with the East Factory to kill Xue Guoguan together. Dongchang and Xue Guoguan have a long-standing vendetta, and the reason is that once when Emperor Ming Yizong summoned the chancellor, he said that now all officials, big and small, are corrupt, so that the world is in chaos. Xue Guoguan immediately threw the pot to the East Factory, saying that if the East Factory did things effectively, such a thing would not happen, and the people in the East Factory were afraid that they would also have economic problems. These words frightened Wang Huamin, the then governor of the East Factory.
Ming Yizong and Wei Zhongxian in "Embroidered Spring Knife 2".
So Wu Changshi took this opportunity to join forces with Wang Huamin to deal with Xue Guoguan.
According to the section "Traffic of King Wu" in Li Qing's "Notes on the Three Walls", "All bribes and bribes were seized, and Bi Tuochangshi was exempted from thousands of gold." Chang Shi also praised the merits and did not feel ashamed. ”
That is to say, all the corruption cases seized by the East Factory can be turned into small and small things as long as they follow wu Changshi's doorway and send in a few thousand taels of silver. And Wu Changshi also regarded himself as a prince of grace and was very proud. There is a way to be affected by people's money and people to eliminate disasters, the East Factory up and down with the help of Wu Changshi's wealth is rolling in, naturally to know the grace of the map, for the god of wealth to avenge the shovel, not to mention that this enemy is also the enemy of the East Factory.
At this time, Xue Guoguan did not know that he was already under siege. I still act in my own way, and I still offend people everywhere. He even began to attack the "straw shoe relatives" of the emperor's family, the Xunqi class. Xue Guoguan once suggested that the imperial court ask Xun Qi for money to relieve financial difficulties -- but this "evil man" who reached out for money wanted the emperor to be the emperor. According to his words to Emperor Ming Yizong, "In the outer group, the ministers are waiting for them; in the inner relatives, they must be arbitrary." However, this time, the "blackmail" against the Xunqi clique not only abandoned halfway, but also forced the death of Li Guorui, the cousin of Emperor Mingyizong of Wuqing. Later, the fifth son of the emperor rushed to the age and died, Li Guorui's widow said that this was Ming Yizong's great-grandmother, Li Guorui's aunt Empress Xiaoding appeared, blamed the emperor for treating foreign relatives, and also spread rumors that all the princes would die prematurely. In this way, the emperor not only did not get a penny, but also offended relatives and friends, while Xue Guoguan hid next to him without saying a word. This made Ming Yizong gradually dismiss Xue Guoguan.
Wu Changshi received this news from the East Factory, so he went around exposing Xue Guoguan's acceptance of bribes from the attendant Cai Yichen, and then directly transmitted this report to the palace through the East Factory, and from then on, Ming Yizong's impression of Xue Guoguan became a superficial and fierce, in fact, a shameless person who flew in the camp. In June of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Xue Guoguan again wantonly shielded the defeated general Yang Sichang, so the intolerable Ming Yi Emperor ordered Xue Guoguan's first assistant to be relieved. Only after Xue Guoguan resigned did he realize that the emperor had been shot by Wu Changshi. Therefore, he put on a "Xie Enshu" and accused Ming Yizong of becoming a puppet of Wu Changshi because he had always "manipulated dictatorship, and resentment was returned to his subordinates". This sentence completely angered Ming Yizong, so he ordered Xue Guoguan to be taken from his hometown to confront Jingshi. At this time, Xue Guoguan already had no authority and was not Wu Changshi's opponent at all. In addition, he had always been good at offending people, and at this time he was pushed by the wall and pushed by everyone, and finally he was given death and raided his home.
When Wu Changshi was in power, the "Cold Gate Champion" of that year had now succeeded in dying as the head of the dynasty! This cannot but be said to be a miracle. So Wu Changshi began to completely blacken, relying on his relationship with Dongchang and moving around in the political circles as a social activist. Although he himself has always been only a "middle-level cadre", he has relied on his financial resources, intelligence, and connections to put the late Ming dynasty giant Zhou Yanru once again on the position of prime minister. And Wu Changshi also became the coveted official Wenxuan Si Zhenglang. He has said before:
"Sincerely, he is called an official for a day, although he dies without hatred."
This sentence can be described as a proverb. After Wu Changshi came to power, in order to "establish his prestige," he immediately attacked the officials everywhere, telling them to be honest and honest and not allow them to talk and move indiscriminately. He also made friends with the inner court, and even sent money and gifts to Tian Guifei. And for the previous benefactor and friend, Zhang Pu, the leader of the Fu Society, who insisted on not wavering his original intention, then sent him to see the ancestor with a bag of poison. Other comrades of the Restoration Society, then they must all be "handled according to the system" - let you see my current prestige!
Since then, Wu Changshi, who "has the power in his hands and breathes through the heavens", has been called "demon qi" and "modern goddess" by everyone. And Wu Changshi has also changed from a political broker who "helps others for fun" to a tyrant with "unspoken rules", and everyone is a scum in his eyes. During his tenure as an official, he committed three consecutive deaths:
The first is to take advantage of the lack of money of The Ming Yi Sect to buy a large number of low-priced dried sea cucumbers stored in Ouchi, that is, Liao ginseng. After that, he sold it upside down and made tens of thousands of taels of silver inside and out.
Second, others entrust him to run for office, often collecting money and not doing things.
Finally, set up a bureau for Zhou Yanru to "fish" and "routine" Jinyi Wei Ti Shuai Luo, and then grab the handle of others, let this be the son of heaven's minions for himself as a cow and a horse.
The Modern Lady is a very powerful lascivious demon in the Buddhist scriptures.
Wu Changshi darkened the already chaotic imperial court, causing the anger of many loyal people. In particular, the members of the Restoration Society almost all decided to fight Wu Changshi to the end with the mentality of eradicating traitors and cleaning up the portal.
The one who put Wu Changshi to death was Qi Biaojia, who belonged to the "Donglin-Fushe" system. This man was richer and more skillful than Wu Changshi, but he maintained the integrity of a scholar throughout his life. In the face of the terrifying "modern woman", Qi Biaojia always showed his opposing attitude without hesitation, and secretly collected various crimes from Wu Changshi. After referring to Wu Changshi's various crimes, Qi Biaojia decided to participate in the impeachment of Wu Changshi and committed a major taboo for those who were subjects: greedy Ink Tongnei.
3. The Death of Han Men
On March 26, 166, Chongzhen, Qi Biaojia played Ming Yizong, exposing Wu Changshi's false Tianzi's power to intimidate and attack officials in an attempt to filter information on Tianzi. Emperor Mingyi was furious and issued a decree in early April, asking Wu Changshi to answer. However, before Wu Chang could have time to argue, Yushi He Dengxuan, gave Hao Gang a table of impeachment and impeachment of Wu Changshi, and Zhou Yanru stole power and attached power, and paid bribes for personal gain. However, Luo Yangsheng, the Jinyi Wei Ti Shuai, who had been held hostage by Zhou Yanru and humiliated by Wu Changshi, took the opportunity to turn against them and reported all the bribes and corruption of the two to Emperor Mingyizong. In the end, Yushi Jiang Gongchen, who was good at speculating in politics, also repeatedly colluded with the palace to inquire about Tianzi's actions when impeaching Wu Chang. All the leaders are very afraid of being spied on. An enraged Ming Yizong decided to personally interrogate Wu Chang at the gate.
On July 25, 16th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Mingyizong led the crown prince, King Ding, and other imperial officials to summon the Ninth Qing Kedao of the Imperial Household department to participate in the trial at the Wenhua Hall. As the defendant, Wu Changshi was brought to the front of the imperial court and questioned about the crime of "passing inside". But Wu Changshi was already arrogant, and not only resolutely refused to admit it, but instead argued:"
The system of the ancestors, the beheading of the internal attendants, the law is extremely strict, the subjects are not talented, and An can commit this!
Emperor Ming yizong then asked Jiang Gongchen to confront Wu Changshi in person, but Jiang Gongchen trembled and trembled, so frightened that he "crawled and could not say a word"—because he had a handle in Wu Changshi's hand. Jiang Gongchen's confession made Wu Changshi feel fearless, so he publicly humiliated Emperor Ming Yizong, who was referring to Sang Huai, and said: "The emperor will want to be a courtier, and he dares to go against the holy will, and he should bear it, but if he wants to yield, he really can't." The implication was that Emperor Yizong wanted to beat him into a confession of Wu Changshi in order to carry the blame for his failed imperial career.
This death sentence made Emperor Mingyizong furious and order wu Changshi to be tortured. Jiang Dejing, a cabinet scholar, did not want to see such a bloody scene, so he persuaded:
The question of the temple majesty, the case of useless punishment, Fu Qi interrogated Wu Changshi Fu Fa Si.
"And"
The use of torture by his majesty was something that had not happened in three hundred years
。 "But how clever is Ming Yizong?" He knew that if Wu Changshi, a "modern woman" who was good at dancing with long sleeves, were handed over to the Punishment Department, the result would definitely be perfunctory, and there might even be a "reversal" of the case, so Ming Yizong said: "
If this generation of traitors to the party is full of divine powers, if they are three feet away from this, who dares to follow the law to inquire from the public?
"and point out"
Wu Changshi was also a man who had not been seen in three hundred years.
To put it bluntly, today is "the king wants to die."
After being tortured, Wu Changshi's two lower legs were clipped off, and he passed out several times, but finally suffered punishment, and admitted all the charges that Jiang Gongchen impeached him. But Wu Changshi was a man with "demonic spirits" after all, and after he accepted the recruitment, he dragged his bloody broken leg to climb in front of Ming Yizong, exposing Jiang Gongchen's crime of adultery and greed, and listing the evidence one by one. Ming Yizong, who found himself being used again, became angry and immediately ordered Jiang Gongchen to be taken down. The executioner immediately struck Jiang Gongchen with a blow and cracked his yarn hat. Subsequently, the enraged Ming Yizong pushed the case away, while Wu Changshi was sent to heavenly prison and tortured, and in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen (1643A.D.), La Yue was beheaded in the city, and the family property was put into the official. In the same month, Zhou Yanru was also given death.
Three months later, the invading army captured the Jing Division, and Ming Yizong was martyred at Coal Mountain. After that, the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and Chinese history was once again plunged into the "death of the world" and catastrophe - but the story of the "death of Hanmen Zhuangyuan" was not over - it could not be finished.
The ruins of Wu Changshi's former residence "Spoon Garden" in Jiaxing South Lake.