Author: Shi Yuchun
Fearing that the empress dowager would reprimand and question her, the eunuch Li Guang drank and died.
Although Li Guang was dead, Emperor Xiaozong of Ming's heart for Li Guang was not yet dead.
On that day, Zhu Youfan also thought that a god-man and a strange person like Li Guang must have hidden a lot of strange formulas, and there must be a divine book that never declares people.
Therefore, after learning of Li Guang's death, Zhu Youfan immediately ordered the internal servants to go to Li Guang's residence to search.
Those who had taken the emperor's orders immediately blockaded Li Guang's mansion outside the palace.
As a result, those who went to Search Li Guang's mansion did not find the QiFang secretary that Zhu Youfan wanted.
However, these people who carried out the imperial orders had a windfall: they found a set of account books that Li Guang had bribed.
It seems that Li Guang is still quite careful, and even bribery must be clearly recorded.
Li Guang did this account book, I don't know if it was to calculate how much money to collect, or to record the arrangement of the money corresponding to the entrustment matters?
After the search was completed, the people who returned to the palace to return to the palace first submitted Li Guang's bribery account book to the emperor.
Zhu Youfan took Li Guang's bribery account book and examined it carefully, only to see that it read:
Someone sends yellow rice a few hundred stones;
Someone sends white rice a few thousand stones;
……
In total, there are millions of stones in yellow rice and white rice.
Zhu Youfan didn't know it at first, and thought to himself:
This Li Guang, who has eaten and drunk, what do he do when he receives so much yellow rice and white rice? So much white rice and yellow rice, can he pile it up at home?
Later, Zhu Youfan learned that this yellow rice and white rice were originally hidden words, in fact:
Yellow rice is gold.
White rice is silver.
At this point, Zhu Youfan suddenly realized!
profound! It turned out that Li Guang's greed and abuse of power had reached such a point.
Therefore, the emperor ordered that all of Li Guang's family be confiscated.
When the Officials of The Dao heard of this, they wrote letters one after another, requesting the Emperor to hand over Li Guang's bribery books and investigate and investigate the matter.
On that day, all those who were listed in Li Guang's account books were all terrified and frightened, and they were all in danger. Therefore, these people went out one after another, and in the starry night, they rushed to the relatives of the emperor and the state to ask for help.
It is said that at that time, there were as many as thirteen rescuers who met unexpectedly overnight.
The man of the time described the scene and said:
Under the moon, there are only many shadows of the car, and there is a person riding a female car alone.
Later, because the involvement was too extensive, this matter was still suppressed and no responsibility was carried out. However, the names of the bribe-takers in Li Guang's account books were still widely spread inside and outside the imperial court.
Those who were named felt disgraced.
Later, after a long time, everyone will be at ease, and they will no longer have a state of shame.
Among those named, such as Dazai Tuyu, Zongbo Xuqiong, Sikou Baiang, Tongzheng Shenlu, and Chen Yao, the reputation is particularly loud.
The person who recorded this incident said that Zhu Youfan was also wise, and later, he gradually deposed these people.
Li Guang was dead, it seemed, and his affairs were mainly concentrated on the left side of the door.
In fact, Li Guang also has a variety of deeds of unauthorized bribery, in addition to the above-mentioned yellow rice and white rice, here is a discussion of matters related to it.
First, intervene in the selection of horses
The Ming Dynasty Shen Defu recorded in the Wanli Ye Zhi Zhi Vol. 5 "Re-selection of Horses":
In the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming (1497 AD), the eunuch Li Guang (the name of the eunuch organization, the ming eunuch organization was huge, the largest in history, and its organization was divided into twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus, known as the "Twenty-four Yamen", and the internal official supervisor was one of the twelve prisons) eunuch Li Guang, who accepted a heavy bribe from the rich man Yuan Xiang and even elected Yuan Xiang as the princess of the dynasty and Princess Shangdeqing.
Since it comes to Princess Deqing, it is still necessary to briefly introduce the princess and her person.
Princess Deqing (1478 – 1548 CE), the third daughter of Emperor Mingxianzong (Zhu Jianshen), birth mother unknown. In the ninth year of Hongzhi (1496 AD), he married Lin Yue and had two sons, Lin Lu and Lin Li [zhì]. The princess is virtuous, serves the in-laws, and the etiquette is the same as that of ordinary people. In the thirteenth year of Zhengde (1518 AD), Lin Yue died, and the princess died after thirty-one years of widowhood.
Regarding Princess Deqing, the Ming History volume 121 Liechuan ninth "Princess Xianzong Fifth Daughter Deqing Princess Biography" is contained.
Under the operation of Li Guang, the rich man Yuan Xiang was selected as the princess of the Ming Dynasty, and the marriage date had been determined.
However, things did not proceed according to Li Guang's arrangement.
In the meantime, Li Guang's bribery of the selection of horses began to spread. Therefore, the section official went up to the public and exposed this.
As a last resort, the imperial court decreed:
At the same time, he also reprimanded the eunuch Xiao Jing and other eunuchs who participated in the matter, saying that they were too imprudent in handling the selection of horses, so that rumors spread and seriously affected the reputation of the imperial court.
However, Li Guang was favored at this time, and the emperor ignored him, so he was unscathed.
It seems that the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, under the favor of the emperor, are really packed in the mountains and the sea, and even the marriage of the princess has to go up and down, which is really a wonder of eternity!
It seems that the princess of the Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of her father and brother, is not enough, and her flesh and blood affection cannot rival the trust of her father and brother in the eunuch, which is really regrettable!
For this matter, see also the Records of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty, Volume 13 (August of the eighth year of The Reign of Emperor Hongzhi).
Second, family members sell smuggled salt
For the matter of Li Guang, see also the History of the Ming Dynasty, vol. 223, Liechuan, 111, "Biography of the Sheng Ying Period", according to which:
"The eunuch Li Guang's family salt was in the city, and they were afraid of the response period and threw themselves into the water."
It can be seen from this that not only li Guang was favored, but his family was not idle, and they sold illegal salt and made illegal profits.
3. Shield foreign relatives
Li Guang's affairs are also seen in Ming Shen Defu's "Wan Li Ye Ye Zhi Zhi" Volume VI "He Wending", according to which:
"Trillium was also drunk and raped by the palace people, Wen Ding held a large melon outside the curtain, and he would strike at it, and the eunuch Li Guang revealed his deeds, and only had to get rid of it."
After drinking alcohol, his cousin Zhang Heling (the younger brother of Empress Xiaokang of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming), raped the palace maid, the eunuch He Wending, holding a large golden melon (a kind of military battle held by guards in ancient times). The end of the stick is melon-shaped, made of copper, and golden. Standing outside the curtain, ready to strike Zhang Yanling. Li Guang secretly sent a message, and Zhang Yanling was able to escape. He Wending was therefore very angry with foreign relatives, and finally, He Wending was beaten to death by Empress Xiaokang Zhang.com.
Everything about Li Guang is basically finished at this point.
Finally, one more reminder, if you are still immersed in the specific events of history, I hope you will take another look at the opening paragraph of this article!
The main references in this article are:
1． Ming Shen Defu "Wan LiYe Won" Volume 1 "The Politics of Hongzhi Middle Age"
2． Records of Emperor Xianzong of Daming, Vol. 53
3． History of the Ming Dynasty, Vol. 37, Liechuan 195
4． History of the Ming Dynasty, vol. 37, Liechuan 195, Biography of Yuxing Lizi Province
5． Ming Shen Defu "Wan Li Ye Won Compilation" Volume V "Horse Re-selection"
6． History of the Ming Dynasty, Vol. 121, Liechuan No. 9, "Princess Xianzong's Fifth Daughter, Princess Deqing"
7． Records of Emperor Xiaozong of The Ming Dynasty, Volume 13
8． Ming Shen Defu "Wan LiYe Ye Zhi Zhi" Volume VI "He Wending"
9． History of the Ming Dynasty, Vol. 223, Liechuan 111, Biography of the Sheng Ying Period
10． Ming Chen Hongmo's "Afterwords of the Reign of the World", Volume II
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