Author: Old History
Second, the strange fate of life and death with the mentor Zuo Guangdou
▲ Left Vice Capital Yushi Yang Lian prepares to go to the "Impeachment of Zhongxian Twenty-Four Sins"
6. Yang Lian v. Wei Zhongxian for 24 counts
On the first day of June of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Under the staff of Zuo Guangdou and Miao Changqi, yang lian, the deputy capital of the left, wrote a copy of the "Impeachment of Zhongxian twenty-four sins", which he prepared to present to Emperor Xizong in person in the early morning of that day.
Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou were serving in the Metropolitan Inspection Bureau at that time, serving as the left deputy capital Yushi and the Yudu Yushi respectively.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Metropolitan Inspection Bureau was a department specifically responsible for supervising the various departments of the imperial court and maintaining the discipline of officials, and its duties were to correct the hundred divisions, to distinguish the wrongs, to supervise the various ways, and to correct the injustices and lawlessness. The Metropolitan Inspection Institute has set up thirteen provinces to supervise the imperial history of the left and right capitals, the left and right vice capitals, the left and right capitals, and the thirteen provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Henan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Shanxi, Shandong, Huguang, and Guizhou, with a total of 110 people. Each capital is the head of the station, and together with the six Shangshu, Dali Temple, and the Department of General Administration and History, they are collectively known as the Nine Secretaries, which is equivalent to today's ministerial leaders. As long as there are ministers who commit adultery and heresy, who are villains who form the party, who are in charge of the government, or who are obscene and corrupt in a hundred officials, who corrupt and corrupt official discipline; or who are not academically correct, who write and write statements that have become chaotic and constitutional, and who want to use them, they all have the right to correct and impeach. In the year of hajj and great planning, it is also necessary to investigate the officials together with the officials.
Yang Lian's writing of the impeachment of Wei Zhongxian was exactly the responsibility that he should have as a du yushi.
This chapter lists Wei Zhongxian's twenty-four crimes, mainly including: unauthorized drafting of decrees, approving red, and bad ancestral government style for more than two hundred years; eager to eliminate dissidents and drive out the ministers who are ordered; ministers who cannot tolerate the establishment of the dynasty; and the power to appoint auxiliary ministers in one hand. There were also some specific evil deeds, such as: because Concubine Yu did not listen to him, after she became pregnant, he falsely preached the holy will and ordered her to commit suicide, and even the emperor could not keep her concubine safe; the empress was already pregnant with a boy, and he played a conspiracy with the Keshi to make him abort, and even the emperor could not save his son; killed the old eunuch Wang An by falsely passing on the holy will; he entered the knighthood for his nephew and nephew and indiscriminately attacked Enyin; he used the East Factory to declare personal revenge and frame officials; he exercised internal soldiers in the palace, endangering the safety of the imperial family in the inner palace, and so on. More importantly, he "plundered by his power, and sent him to the court, but he knew that there was a loyal man, but he did not know that there was his majesty; in the capital, he also knew that there was a loyal man, but he did not know that there was a majesty." That is to say, all over the country, everyone only knows that there is a Wei Zhongxian, and even the emperor does not know who it is.
▲ Left vice capital Yushi Yang Lian
If these twenty-four crimes were reported to the emperor, and the situation was true, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian would be killed. Therefore, when he got this news, he was very panicked, and he quickly consulted with Keshi and took several measures:
First, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was invited to watch the internal soldier exercise in the palace, and the early dynasty of the day was canceled. Originally, Yang Lian wanted to hand over the song to the emperor, and even read it to the emperor on the spot in front of the ministers of culture and military affairs, but now he had to first hand over the song to the Huiji Gate [the Ming Dynasty called the Huiji Gate, and after the Qing Dynasty it was renamed the Xiehe Gate], which was presented to the emperor by the Department of General Political History;
Second, to the General Political History Division will be intercepted. According to the rules, It was necessary to open the fire in front of the emperor, that is, in front of the emperor, but now Wei Zhongxian had great power and was fully capable of not allowing it to meet with the emperor;
Third, he dragged Keshi to the Emperor of the Apocalypse to cry and complain, and beat a rake upside down, saying that Yang Lian and other Donglin Party members framed him for taking advantage of his power, declaring personal vendettas, and dumping Zhongliang. He slyly argued that he had done all this for His Majesty's sake, and now that he was being suspicious, he asked the Emperor for permission to resign from the ministry in jinyiwei and the East Factory, and then let him live in the palace and raise his life;
Fourth, the efforts of allowing the emperor to quit the dynasty for three days made it difficult for Yang Lian to further hand over the song to the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao was originally a figure who was insensitive to state affairs, and Wei Zhongxian helped him handle the affairs of the dynasty, just so that he could rest assured and have fun. In addition, Ke and Wei have lived with her since childhood, and they are the closest people in his mind, and they all obey them. Seeing Wei Zhongxian now kneeling on the ground crying, he not only believed that Yang Lian was looking for trouble, but also ordered Wei Guangwei to prepare a plan, accusing Yang Lian of being untrue and slanderous, and dismissing it. The Holy Decree also strictly forbade ministers to raise further issues related to the impeachment of Wei Zhongxian.
▲ The Taihe Gate of the Forbidden City is the place where the emperor usually went to the early dynasty
After Yang Lian's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian was suppressed, the ministers were indignant, and it was needless to say that they were ready to expose Wei Zhongxian, and even some people who were still watching the fire from the other side also wrote chapters one after another and successively went to Chen.
In addition to listing the crimes of Wei and Ke, Shuzhong also clearly told the Emperor of Heaven that now the lives of your three palaces and six courts are in their hands, and the ministers are risking their lives to advise you, if you are no longer obsessed, you will be replaced by their people around you in the future, and it will be very dangerous for you to be alone in the palace.
Chen Daoheng, the Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department, had already led Du Men at this time and did not participate in official affairs, this time he saw Yang Lian and joined forces with the nine ministers of the Nanjing Ministry, and jointly went to a fold to impeach Wei Zhongxian, cut Chen, and sent him to the capital, who knew that he had received a reprimand from the emperor. To this end, Chen Daoheng resigned indignantly and disappeared cleanly.
If they dare to speak so bluntly, they really put their own lives and personal safety aside.
The university scholar Ye requested Gao and the Rebbe Shangshu Weng Zhengchun to send Wei Zhongxian back to his private place in order to appease the resentment of his courtiers against him. There are also Yushi Liu Ye, Yang Yuke, etc., Jingqing has Taichangqing Hu Shisheng, Cai Yi is medium, Xun qi has Zhu Guobi, the Marquis of Funing, etc., successively entangled together, some are signed separately, some are jointly signed, and all of them point directly to Wei Zhongxian, counting up to no less than a hundred sparse. However, the cabinet was like a stone sinking into the sea, either being detained by Wei Zhongxian or ignored by Zhu Youxiao, and did not take a good look at it at all, let alone accept their advice.
▲ The Noon Gate is also the place where the court staff is enforced on the minister
Gongbu Langzhong Wanyi, seeing that he was really angry, said in shuzhong: "The inner court and the outer court, only know the loyal sages, do not know Your Majesty, how can you still stay left!" ”
Wei Zhongxian had suffered a series of blows from a group of ministers of the Donglin Party, and was having nowhere to go, and when he saw this, he was furious and said:
"Does a little official dare to move the soil on the head of the too old?" If you don't do it strictly, you will still deserve it. ”
He immediately ordered Wei Guangwei to prepare the will, criticize the red himself, falsely pass on the holy will, and ordered Wan Yi to be pulled to the Noon Gate court for a hundred strokes.
The court staff was one of the most inhumane and severe punishments created by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and was mainly used against disobedient ministers. Having these ministers have their pants removed in public and having the lieutenant spank his ass with a stick is not only a physical injury, but also an insult to personality. The court staff is usually executed outside the noon gate by the Jinyi guards, supervised by the eunuchs who are the celebrant of ceremonies. The executioner and the supervising eunuch had a tacit understanding, watching the supervisor's standing posture determine the severity of the attack. If the tip of the supervising eunuch's boot is in the shape of a figure-of-eight facing outward, the hand is lighter, raised high, and gently patted; if it is inwardly shaped, the hand is heavier and hits to death.
Wei Zhongxian hated Wan Yi to death, and how could a group of his men let him go. Therefore, he took the edict, immediately rushed to The Residence of Wan Yi, and pulled Out Wan Yi, you punched, I kicked, while hitting and pulling, while pulling and beating, and when he was pulled to the noon gate of execution, he was already dying of breath, where he could still resist the punishment staff. After a hundred strokes of the staff, the group of eunuchs stomped on Wan Yi's body again. Wan Yi was tortured to the point of blurring flesh and blood, and died tragically at home on the fourth day.
Some of the photos in this article are downloaded from the Internet, and I would like to thank the original author!
Updated 11-03
Editor: Yan Jingping,"White Wave Love"