Chapter 731 What Sin Did I Commit?

Originally, March and April in the spring of the 21st year of Wanli in history were a very intense season. That year was the year of Jingcha, which was held every six years, and was known as Guisi Jingcha in history.

This is an important node in the history of Wanli party struggle. It can even be said that Guisi Jingcha completely established the basic pattern of party struggle in the middle and late Wanli Dynasty.

Why is it that Beijing and Chaoyang are always very fierce and often become a battlefield for party disputes?

That's because the main purpose of the Beijing Inspectorate is to eliminate unqualified Beijing officials. They really know how to "fire" a group of Beijing officials, so it's easy to start a life-and-death fight.

In the history of the Guisi capital inspection, the Qingliu forces represented by Sun Qin, the official secretary, Li Shida, the censor of Zuodu, Zhao Nanxing, the doctor of the Kao Gong department, and Gu Xian, the foreign minister of the literary and art department, and the cabinet forces represented by Wang Xijue, the first assistant There was a very fierce fight between them.

The consequence of the quarrel was that Wang Xijue, the chief assistant, was seriously injured, and the members of the Qingliu forces who participated in the fight were reprimanded one after another, including Zhao Nanxing, Gu Xiancheng, Gao Panlong, Gu Yuncheng, Xue Fujiao and others.

Then most of these people returned to Wuxi County to hibernate, continued to gather people to give lectures, and raised funds to rebuild Donglin Academy, and then evolved into the Donglin Party.

Therefore, it can be said that the Guisi Jingcha in the 21st year of Wanli in history was the direct source of the formation of the Donglin Party.

But in this time and space, due to the huge butterfly effect brought by Lin Tailai, the structure of the court has changed beyond recognition compared with the original history.

Today, the Qingliu forces are no longer facing Wang Xijue, the chief auxiliary who can only cry, but a Lin Party group with strong comprehensive strength and especially good at political struggle.

The Qingliu force's own strength has dropped by two-thirds compared to its peak, not to mention that before Jingcha, Sun Piyang, the censor of Zuodu, was directly deposed.

In this situation where Tao eliminates demons and grows, it is actually difficult for Guisi Jingcha in this time and space to become intense even if it wants to be intense, at least not as intense as in the original history.

If they are still at odds with the Qingliu forces, wouldn't Lin Tianshuai, who is far away in North Korea, have traveled through time in vain?

Besides, the process of Beijing inspection is roughly like this. Officials of the fourth rank and above will file a private prosecution. Officials of the fifth rank and below will be jointly inspected by the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Finally, the Ministry of Personnel will draft and submit a elimination list.

It can be said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs holds the initiative in the capital, but now most of the power of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is not in the hands of the Qingliu forces, and the Qingliu party members cannot do much except passive defense for the time being.

On this day, Gu Xiancheng, the newly appointed member of the Literary and Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, hosted a banquet for Liu Yukui, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

After the end of the rule, Gu Xiancheng returned to Beijing and resumed his job. He had been waiting hard for this year since last year, and finally got the opportunity. His patience was not in vain.

Wang Xiangmeng, a former member of the Literary and Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was promoted to the title of doctor in this department, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs finally made room for a position of Wailang, a member of the Literary and Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Logically speaking, the Lin Party would definitely not be willing to allow a dangerous person like Gu Xiancheng to return to the core department of the Ministry of Personnel.

However, in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, there was a mechanism of "restoring the original official or similar official position after the end of the mourning period". It was almost natural for Gu Xiancheng to be replaced by the Wenxuan wailang, and the Lin Party could not openly break this rule.

Coupled with the hard work of Liu Yukui, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the exchange of interests required by Lin Party general Wang Xiangmeng to be promoted to doctor, Gu Xiancheng was finally replaced as the official wailang of the Wenxuan Department.

After all, Gu Xiancheng, an academic star and true Confucian, had a high status among the Qingliu forces, and he would definitely be the one to be protected and supported.

In order to be reinstated and return to the civil service, Gu Xiancheng, who refused to settle elsewhere, had been wandering in the capital for nearly a year, and his mood had been depressed for nearly a year. Now he could finally feel proud!

Gu Xiancheng held a banquet tonight to thank Liu Yukui, the left minister.

During the chat, the two officials naturally talked about this year's Beijing inspection, which was the most important thing in the court recently, and they were both ready to take a look at the "elimination list."

Liu Yukui sighed: "Now we can only focus on self-protection, and we have to see how they play chess first.

It can be expected that the Lin Party will definitely take the opportunity to clean up our people!

Then we can launch a public discussion and accuse them of forming a clique for personal gain and dictatorship!

At that time, we will try our best to alarm the emperor and make him feel disgusted with the authoritarian and domineering Lin Party. "

These ideas can be regarded as the consensus reached by several Qingliu forces after emergency discussions after Sun Piyang was dismissed from office.

There is some truth to this idea. Since ancient times, there are many examples of people who hold power without restraint and are eventually counterattacked.

Gu Xiancheng replied: "My fellow countryman Qian Yiben once said sixteen words, which I think make sense - hold your ground, observe carefully, deal with it calmly, and maintain your composure."

Liu Yukui praised it and said: "Yes, yes, these sixteen words are so reasonable. We must definitely follow these sixteen words now."

Gu Xiancheng added: "But these sixteen words always feel familiar. It seems that I have heard them elsewhere. Qian Yiben also said that he heard them from others."

In the final analysis, the sixteen words were just the self-motivation of the weaker side. Liu Yukui was still worried, but he could only continue to enjoy the hardship and said: "Fortunately, Lin Tailai is not in the capital at the moment, otherwise the situation we face would be ten times more difficult. "

Just hearing the name "Lin Tailai", Gu Xiancheng felt as if he was shrouded in a huge shadow.

The experiences over the years flashed through my mind one by one: mingling at school in Wuxi County, cracking down on pornography on the Qinhuai River, pressing my head three times to force myself to debate the Bible, publicizing and stigmatizing the "Gu Family Class", secretly visiting the old site of Donglin Academy Land allocated to build a nunnery

If I hadn't happened to have Ding You go back to his hometown to hide for three years after Lin Tailai entered the court, he might not have known what he would be like now.

Look at his friend and former colleague Zhao Nanxing, whose official position is getting smaller and smaller, and more and more biased.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiancheng subconsciously said: "I always feel that Lin Tailai has been desperately targeting me for the past eight years."

Hearing Gu Xiancheng's words, Liu Yukui was surprised and said: "Are you overestimating yourself?"

Gu Xiancheng: ""

What do you mean, Zuo Shaozai? Is he Gu Xiancheng unworthy?

Liu Yukui quickly explained: "What I mean is that you are not worthy of Lin Tailai's long-term deliberate targeting, right?

No, what I want to say is that Lin Tailai should not have to deliberately target you all the time."

In Liu Shilang's opinion, the person who is qualified to be deliberately targeted by Lin Tailai for a long time should at least be the level of Lu Guangzu, the former Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Left Censor-in-Chief.

Although you, Gu Xiancheng, have a certain status in the industry, you are still several levels behind. What virtue and ability can make Lin Tailai keep an eye on you for eight consecutive years?

"Really, I dare not deceive Shaozai. I have indeed been maliciously targeted by Lin Tailai." Gu Xiancheng said seriously.

Liu Yukui couldn't help but laugh, "Gu Jingyang, you are drunk."

Gu Xiancheng deliberately mentioned this, meaning that he was in the opposition before, but now that he has officially returned to the Ministry of Personnel, he will definitely be maliciously targeted by Lin Tailai. Please ask Liu Shaozai to take care of him more.

As for the business of the Beijing inspection, it is led by the Minister of Personnel himself, and the Ministry of Personnel Examination and Merit Department is responsible for it.

One of them is the Left Vice Minister and the other is the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Literature. At this stage, they can't get involved in the Beijing inspection business.

In March, the latest battle report from Liaodong was sent to the capital.

The governor Lin Tailai first used a strategy to scare the Japanese pirates to retreat, and then the admiral Li Rusong, the general commander of military affairs, commanded the troops and horses to defeat the main force of the Japanese pirates in the southeast of Seoul, beheading more than 5,000 people, capturing more than 14,000 people, and drowning more than 10,000 people, creating a great victory that has not been seen in a hundred years!

At the same time, the governor Lin Tailai led the battalion to seize Dunyi Gate. Lin Tailai personally wore armor and took the lead again and again, and then the government troops entered the city in large numbers and recovered Seoul.

This battle report was written very well, and this victory was also brilliant. The fourth lead and the annihilation of 30,000 enemies were very shocking.

These are all very good topics, but everyone is more concerned about the Ministry of Personnel.

How exciting is the "elimination list" that the Ministry of Personnel is about to draw up in the war three thousand miles away?

Especially when the Lin Party is leading the Beijing inspection business this time, it is even more exciting.

Everyone knows how good the relationship between the Lin Party and the Qingliu Party is.

It is said that the underground gambling houses in the capital have opened odds for all well-known Qingliu Party members to be on the "elimination list", and the betting is very hot.

If a Qingliu Party member in an important position is eliminated, won't others have a chance?

But the biggest move made public by the Minister of Personnel Wang Shizhen recently was to organize the Beijing Literary Conference this spring.

As for the theme of the literary conference, it is obvious that it must be "Eastern Expedition", otherwise, how can it still be spring?

In the past three years, since Lin Shizong's work focus has shifted to going out to fight, the literary world has begun to sweep the frontier poems and military poems.

It is said that this is called "Literature should reflect the characteristics of the times and be realistic."

At the end of March, the literary conference ended successfully, and the poem ranked first by the old leader of the literary world was a seven-character poem.

"The jade festival flutters in the dawn, and the generals are ordered to pay homage to the capital.

The purple clay edict goes down to the nine heavens, and the green water river connects the October raft.

Throwing away the pen, the clouds seal the grass in the west, and holding the flag frost releases the flowers in the north mountain.

The sunrise in Fusang should be near now, and looking back at Chang'an, the thoughts are turning long."

Everyone was amazed. This poem really has distinct characteristics of the times and profound practical significance.

Did the young man who bravely resisted the hegemony of the literary world in Suzhou live like the person he once hated the most?

After the literary conference, Wang Lao Tianguan finally began to pay attention to his job. On the last day of March, he convened all the officials of the Ministry of Personnel to hold a meeting.

Wang Lao Tianguan looked at the left and right assistant ministers, three doctors (Lin Tailai, the doctor of the Ministry of Examination, was absent), four assistant ministers, and eight principals, and said lightly:

"Yesterday, the Ministry of Examination handed over the draft list of officials to be eliminated in this Beijing inspection to this department, and I will announce it to you today."

Then the old Tianguan said to Chen Yunjian, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Examination, "You read it for me."

Chen Yunjian stood up, took the list, and read it without any emotion:

"After investigation, those who are not talented enough and behaved improperly include Qian Yiben, the chief censor, Gu Yuncheng and Zhang Nabi, the principals of the Ministry of Rites, Xue Fujiao, the assistant teacher of the Imperial College, and Gao Panlong, the official of the Ministry of Personnel."

Other people who were not aware of the situation in advance were not very surprised when they heard these names at first.

So far, the names read out are all people from the Qingliu forces, but this is too normal.

After all, this was a list of layoffs led by the Lin Party. It would be strange if there were no Qingliu Party members on it.

But as they listened, everyone felt a little strange, and always felt that something was wrong.

Only Gu Xiancheng, the deputy director of the Ministry of Literature, heard these names one by one, and his head exploded with a "boom".

Then he felt dizzy and was shaky in his seat.

At this time, someone finally reacted and shouted: "Gu Family Class?"

The term "Gu Family Class" was proposed by Lin Tailai four years ago. It mainly refers to the officials of Changzhou Prefecture, especially Wuxi County, who were around Gu Xiancheng and had passed the imperial examinations in the last two or three years.

If compared with the original history, it can be found that the "Gu Family Class" and the eight gentlemen of Donglin who are about to appear are highly overlapped.

People who work in the Ministry of Personnel may not have other abilities, but they can know the factions of officials in the court.

When they heard someone shout "Gu's team", everyone immediately realized why this list seemed strange.

The people "killed" by the Lin Party were basically those who were close to Gu Xiancheng in Wuxi County and Wujin County of Changzhou, and Gu Yuncheng was Gu Xiancheng's younger brother!

After figuring it out, everyone couldn't help but look at Gu Xiancheng.

What did you do wrong, Old Gu? You actually provoked the Lin Party to waste an opportunity for the imperial examination and destroy your private team.

To put it bluntly, it is equivalent to using hundreds of pounds of heavy artillery to shoot mosquitoes. What a blessing is this?

How precious is the opportunity to lead an imperial examination? If it weren't for Lin Tailai's approval, the Lin Party would never dare to "waste" it like this.

You know, according to the way the officialdom plays today, being dismissed from office and leaving the court may not be the end of the world, but sometimes it is a matter of seniority.

But being dismissed for speaking out, offending the powerful or the emperor, and being dismissed for lack of talent and careless behavior are two different things!

If it is the latter, it is equivalent to being stigmatized and officially certified as incompetent! With such a reputation, how can he still hold up his status in the literati after leaving office?

Liu Yukui, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, looked at Gu Xiancheng with great sympathy, his heart was full of guilt and regret.

Some time ago, Gu Xiancheng claimed that he had been deliberately targeted by Lin Tailai for a long time.

But Liu Yukui did not believe it at the time, and even laughed at Gu Xiancheng for being self-indulgent. Now that he has seen Lin Tailai's big fight against Gu Xiancheng with his own eyes, he finally believes it.

I really don't know what sins Gu Xiancheng committed in his previous life, and he was targeted to death by Lin Tailai like this?

"Unfair! This is unfair!" Gu Xiancheng used all his strength to stand up by pressing the table.

Chen Yunjian, the official who read the list, wanted to refute a few words, but was stopped by Wang Lao Tianguan.

Then the old official said to Gu Xiancheng kindly: "The list is public, which means that people are allowed to comment.

The list still needs to be reported, and it is not necessarily the final result. If you have any opinions or views on the list, you can make a memorial to point them out."

Everyone also heard the implication of the Minister of Personnel's words-you can comment however you want, and you can make a memorial if you want, but the Ministry of Personnel will not change the list.

Gu Xiancheng looked at the Left Assistant Minister Liu Yukui eagerly, but Liu Yukui shook his head gently at Gu Xiancheng.

It was useless to say anything at the Ministry of Personnel meeting, so we had to think of a solution later.