32 Insights
After Emperor Chongzhen asked this, the focus of the Wenhua Palace was once again focused on Zhang Mingwei.
Zuo Liangyu's problem is quite difficult. In addition to the heavy troops in his hand, there is something that Emperor Chongzhen didn't know, that is, Zuo Liangyu certainly knew the importance of people in the court, so he was willing to send money to the court.
In fact, it is not only Zuo Liangyu who does this kind of thing. Any military general who is a little smart is doing this.
Therefore, many people are a little curious about how this strange person would answer the emperor's question? You know, even they can be said to be helpless about it. Look at how much knowledge this person can have and how powerful it is?
Zhang Mingwei did not care about how these civil servants and eunuchs looked at him, but turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, Lu Xiangsheng made great contributions to the court, how many people could compare to the Chongzhen Dynasty? His contribution was not made, but real achievements. As far as I know, he was called King of Hell by the bandits, and he could make the bandits frightened. In the end, Lu Xiangsheng fought against Jianlu and died in the battlefield. Loyalty like Duke Lu should be widely promoted, enter the Martyrs' Temple, enjoy the incense of the Ming Dynasty, and be an example for the Ming officials!"
The matter about Lu Xiangsheng was undecided for a long time because of Yang Sichang. Even Lu Xiangsheng's remains were collected and buried after 80 days. The second year, Lu Xiangsheng's wife Wang asked for help. In the third year, Lu Xiangsheng's younger brother Xiangjin and Xiangguan asked for help, but they were not allowed.
If this was not the case, Liu Zongzhou would not come up and asked to commend Lu Xiangsheng. Obviously, in his opinion, the final conclusion on Lu Xiangsheng was a loyal minister who could set an example.
At this time, when Emperor Chongzhen heard Zhang Mingwei's words, he immediately understood that there were definitely positive comments in later history books. In this way, Emperor Chongzhen recalled the little things he had with Lu Xiangsheng, and he was really moved. Even if Lu Xiangsheng did not do what he meant in the end, wasn't that a sign of loyalty to the country and showing his ambition to death? If he wanted to be a loyal minister, Lu Xiangsheng would definitely be one!
After thinking about this, he immediately became serious and nodded and said, "Sir, it's reasonable. Lu Xiangsheng should be the first person to enter the Martyrs' Temple."
Speaking of this, he remembered something and added with hatred: "Hong Zhe is the first person to be involved in the Tsing Wang Hall!"
After Liu Zongzhou heard Zhang Mingwei's proposal, the emperor was right and gave Lu Xiangsheng a very high evaluation. He immediately felt a lot of affection for Zhang Mingwei: This is a loyal and righteous man, and he is close friends!
The other civil servants were shocked. They understood that Lu Xiangsheng's final conclusion was definitely not because of the influence of Liu Zongzhou's proposal. But because of this person's evaluation, the emperor made such a decision. After so many years, after a decision was made, this person's influence on the emperor was so great!
Suddenly, the civil servants and eunuchs in Wenhua Hall were more concerned about this person who came out of nowhere. They wanted to know if this strange person suggested arresting Zuo Liangyu, would the emperor really have arrested Zuo Liangyu?
Thinking of this, except for Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, who was a little nervous and didn't know what Yang Sichang would do, most of the others focused on how to respond and deal with Zuo Liangyu's affairs.
They believed that what kind of ability this strange person had would be a touchstone in Zuo Liangyu's affairs.
I heard Zhang Mingwei still talk to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, as for whether Yang Sichang was a traitor in the country, I still can't be sure. I'll make a conclusion after I come back and understand it?"
Just when he framed Lu Xiangsheng with Gao Qiqian, Zhang Mingwei had a bad impression of Yang Sichang. Not to mention, he suspected that Yang Sichang had contact with Shanxi merchants, so he recommended Chen Xinjia to come up. However, this was just a doubt. If there was evidence to prove this, it would not be too late to make a final decision for Yang Sichang.
In addition, there is another reason for him to say this, that in the matter of Lu Xiangsheng, there may not be no intention of Emperor Chongzhen himself. Although Emperor Chongzhen himself did not intend to kill Lu Xiangsheng, he just wanted to promote a peace talk with Jianlu. However, Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian were ruthless, and this was also a certain responsibility of Emperor Chongzhen. It is not appropriate to make a conclusion to Yang Sichang.
In addition, after Yang Sichang's death, Emperor Chongzhen personally wrote a tribute and posthumously awarded the title of the crown prince's tutor, and lamented: "Since Yang Sichang's death, no one can supervise the army to suppress the thieves."
Although he also ordered Yang Sichang to be held responsible for the fall of the two vassals, he was eventually exempted from the crime by "discussing merits". Emperor Chongzhen also kept all the memorials attacked Yang Sichang. He summoned the six ministers, nine ministers, and other officials into the palace and announced: "Yang Sichang is my simple use, but if the military is not effective, I will judge myself. Moreover, I can still be talented." Then he scolded the ministers who submitted the memorials as "everyone rejected them and wanted to seek fame... They should have been re-governed, but you said that I would protect Sichang, so I would like to spare this."
From this we can see that Emperor Chongzhen actually had a very good impression of Yang Sichang. Even if he lost his vassal, he had committed the crime of killing the governor and governor before, and he was exonerated by Yang Sichang.
Therefore, if you say that Zhang Mingwei just opened his mouth and designated Yang Sichang as a traitorous minister who was in trouble, it would definitely make Emperor Chongzhen feel uncomfortable.
Zhang Mingwei is not stupid, and he will not really think that Emperor Chongzhen would not have his own opinions and listen to himself 100%. Sometimes, he still has to speak and do things in a way.
At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen didn't feel unhappy when he heard Zhang Mingwei say this, and immediately nodded and said, "Mr.'s words are just right, that's right!"
He agreed with this, one was to believe in Zhang Mingwei, and the other was to understand that Lu Xiangsheng had devoted himself to the Ming Dynasty and died. Otherwise, he would have scolded Liu Zongzhou as a result of fame and reputation as in history.
Chen Xinjia below couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this. He was most afraid of making a conclusion for Yang Sichang on the spot. In this way, Yang Sichang was his benefactor, so he had to jump out and fight with this strange person.
Although Liu Zongzhou was the Zuodu Censor, he was not afraid at all. However, this strange man was too trusted by the emperor and he had no confidence in facing such a person. Therefore, with room for buffering, he decided to turn back and make good friends with this strange man. Anyway, he had enough money, and he would not have to smash this time Liu Zongzhou's attack on Yang Sichang.
He was thinking that Zhang Mingwei was already answering Emperor Chongzhen’s affairs about Zuo Liangyu: “I also heard that Zuo Liangyu was arrogant and domineering and did not take the imperial court seriously. For example, he was self-respecting and did not obey Shangguan’s orders; and his large number of troops had seriously exceeded the maximum limit of the military force that a general should be under. He also failed to suppress the thieves, led his troops to flee at any time, and even robbed the people of the Ming Dynasty like a thief, doing the same thing as the thief…”
After hearing what he said, Liu Zongzhou nodded excitedly. It seemed that this strange man was a like-minded man. He was so trusted by the emperor and said so now. It seems that Zuo Liangyu's good life is over!
After hearing this, Zhou Yanru and others looked down on Zhang Mingwei, and classified Zhang Mingwei as the same kind as Liu Zongzhou, and knew the kind of words that were just talking.
Even Emperor Chongzhen frowned when he heard this. Even the gentleman said so. Although he didn't mind punishing Zuo Liangyu, the key point was that it was not easy to deal with it!
Chapter completed!