During the apocalyptic years, Wei Zhongxian's power fell to the opposition and committed many evil deeds, and countless benevolent and righteous people died under the butcher's knife of the castration party. In 1626 AD, in Suzhou, a large-scale civil revolt broke out, and the people of Suzhou clashed with the dongchang lackeys in order to protect Zhou Shunchang, and 1 flag officer was killed, and the rest of the minions were seriously injured.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > Zhou Shunchang</h1>
Zhou Shunchang was a native of Wu County, Jiangsu Province, and was appointed as a Fuzhou governor in the 41st year of the Wanli Calendar. During the Apocalypse, Zhou Shunchang served as a civilian elected foreign groom, and because of his upright nature and his incompatible with the corrupt officialdom, he immediately took leave and returned home.
Although Zhou Shunchang returned home, he still could not change the "problem" of jealousy and hatred, and Inspector Zhou Qiyuan offended Wei Zhongxian and was demoted to a civilian post, and Zhou Shunchang wrote an article to send to him. When Wei Dazhong was arrested, Zhou Shunchang set up a banquet to entertain him, not only to be very respectful to him, but also to marry his daughter to Wei Dazhong's grandson.
The officials repeatedly urged Wei Dazhong to hurry up, and Zhou Shunchang looked angrily: "If you don't know that there are men in the world who are not afraid of death?" Guiyu Zhongxian, my former official Lang Zhou Shunchang also. ”
At the same time, Zhou Shunchang cursed Wei Zhongxian in front of everyone. Subsequently, Zhou Shunchang's words came back to Wei Zhongxian's ears, and at that time, Wei Zhongxian controlled the power of the imperial court and did whatever it took to deal with the Donglin Party, and with Wei Zhongxian's temperament, he naturally would not let Zhou Shunchang go.
Soon, Zhou Shunchang was framed by Wei Zhongxian for embezzlement and perverted the law, and stripped him of his official position. No matter how unreliable the Later Donglin Party members were, during the Apocalypse, the Donglin Party still had many benevolent and righteous people, and Zhou Shunchang was a typical representative of them.
Zhou Shunchang did a lot of good things in his hometown, some people were wronged and suffered Zhou Shunchang went to intercede for people, and Zhou Shunchang would lend a helping hand to many things related to the practical interests of the people. Therefore, the people of Suzhou are very grateful to Zhou Shunchang.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="69" > the people of Suzhou beat Wei Zhongxian angrily</h1>
The eyes of the people are shining, and injustice is in the hearts of the people. On the day zhou shunchang was arrested, the people of Suzhou rushed to tell the story, and when it was time to read the edict, the people of Suzhou invariably gathered together to seek justice and ask for zhou shunchang's life.
Obviously, like the persecuted Donglin Party members, Zhou Shunchang was also framed. At that time, in order to block the arrest operation, tens of thousands of people gathered in the local area, inspector Mao Yilu, inspector Yushi Xuji saw these people, but also a little afraid, officials asked Mao Yilu for instructions, whether to report this group incident to the emperor, Mao Yilu cold sweat, for a while there was no idea.
In addition to the local officials who came with Mao Yilu, there were also the minions of the East Factory, which was arrogant under Wei Zhongxian and did not care about these ordinary people at all.
A flag officer, seeing that the inspector did not make a decision, shouted to the people without authorization: "The East Factory arrests people, what do you rats dare to do?" Where are the prisoners? ”
Then the flag officer threw the chain on the ground, and there was a loud noise. The Flag Officer of the East Factory believed that the common people would not dare to stop them from arresting people, but he looked down on the people of Suzhou.
Tens of thousands of people looked at the officials angrily and shouted at the officials: "At first we thought it was the emperor's order, but it turned out to be the East Factory!" ”
The citizens of Suzhou were completely enraged, and the situation of the original confrontation instantly turned into chaos, and the people rushed over and punched and kicked at these Wei Zhongxian's minions. The Jinyi guards of the East Factory were frightened, and the officials were also frightened and fled, and soon a flag officer was killed.
Historical records record that "the swarm was like a landslide." The lieutenant flew from side to side, and the crowd beat him, killing one person, and the rest were seriously wounded, and they left. ”
Under the siege of the crowd, the rest of the officials were seriously injured one after another, and seeing that the situation was out of control, the prefect Zhixian immediately came out to explain to the masses, fortunately, the prefect Kou Town and Zhixian Chen Wenrui had always been very popular, so the people gave up the pursuit and killing of the Dongchang people.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="71" > five heroes to cover the sins of the people of Suzhou</h1>
Why are the people so indignant when they learn that it is the people of the East Factory? It can be seen that Wei Zhongxian's crimes have been exhausted. Now there are many people on the Internet who wash Wei Gonggong's white, but in fact, whether it is for internal or external troubles, Wei Zhongxian's role is negative.
Liaodong was originally occupied by Sun Chengzong, and the Guanningjin Defense Line was also established by Sun Chengzong, so why was Sun Chengzong forced to resign? The main reason was Wei Zhongxian's frame-up, and the jiliao who did not resist was also promoted by Wei Zhongxian, who was afraid of the enemy and would only withdraw his troops after taking office, so Ning Yuan's great victory had no half-cent relationship with Wei Zhongxian.
There was such a big chaos in Suzhou, Wei Zhongxian was angry and afraid, Wei Zhongxian relied on the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but if a eunuch caused a civil unrest, presumably the Emperor of the Apocalypse was likely to depose him. Therefore, Wei Zhongxian must calm down the incident in Suzhou as soon as possible, there are tens of thousands of people beating up the East Factory, does Wei Zhongxian dare to kill tens of thousands of people?
If Wei Zhongxian really dared to do this, it would definitely provoke an uprising in the Jiangnan region, and at that time, things would really be impossible to clean up.
Therefore, after the coordination of the officials, a compromise plan was found, which could not only prevent the occurrence of the people's rebellion, but also save the face of Duke Wei, and this plan was to let the common people confess the first offender, as long as someone came to face the crime, the matter was stopped.
Obviously, it must be a dead end to stand up to the crime, but there are still 5 heroes who stand out, they are Yan Peiwei, Ma Jie, Shen Yang, Yang Nianru, and Zhou Wenyuan. Yan Peiwei does things brightly and honestly, likes to manage the unfair things in the world, he often drinks in the streets and alleys to live a day, hearing about this, Yan Peiwei stepped forward and stood at the forefront of the people of Suzhou.
Zhou Wenyuan was Zhou Shunchang's coachman, except for Zhou Wenyuan, the other four had never seen Zhou Shunchang, but they all resolutely stood up and used their lives to defend the safety of the people of Suzhou.
In order to commemorate these five heroes, the people of Suzhou buried them together in the Shantang River embankment in front of Tiger Hill Mountain outside the city, and the tomb of the five people is now located at No. 775 Shantang Street, Outside the Gate of Gusu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.
During the Chongzhen period, When Wei Zhongxian fell, the Ming Dynasty literary scholar Zhang Pu wrote an inscription for the hero, including the sentence "Also with the greatness of Ming's death and life, the weight of The Pifu is heavier than that of Shejiye." ”
The reason why Chinese civilization can continue to this day is because in the darkness, there are always some people who carry the torch of light to forge ahead, even if the flame is small, they will continue to pass on the spirit of self-improvement.
References: Ming Shi Liechuan 133, Ming Shi Chronicles at the End of the Book
Author: Guest Author of this article Nine Fish Pavilion