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Another characteristic of the Donglin Party is that they are particularly good at "passing the buck". Whenever there is a problem, they can always find other people's faults but never reflect on themselves. For example, they pushed all the responsibilities for the failure of the Songjin Battle to Hong Chengchou, saying that he deserted the battlefield. In fact, although Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he did his best in the war. The real problem lies in the military deployment and logistical support of the court, but the Donglin Party avoids talking about this.

During the 17 years of Emperor Chongzhen's reign, it can be said that he was tossed around by the Donglin Party. When he wanted to do something, the Donglin Party said that he was arbitrary; when he wanted to listen to different opinions, the Donglin Party said that he was indecisive. The "eternal contribution" of the Donglin Party is that they successfully turned the Ming Empire, which still had hope, into a mess of fragmentation, internal and external troubles. When the Qing army was at the gates of the city, these people hid faster than anyone else. It took only a dozen years from Chongzhen's suicide to the fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Such a big empire collapsed so suddenly. The Donglin Party played an indispensable role! Of course, history is never black and white. There are indeed some upright and talented people among the Donglin Party. They have made certain contributions to resisting the eunuchs' monopoly and safeguarding the interests of the civil service group. But in general, their actions have contributed to the decline of the Ming Dynasty.

The tragedy of the Donglin Party is also the tragedy of the ancient Chinese scholar-official class to some extent. They stick to the old way of thinking and cannot adapt to the rapidly changing situation. Their failure marks the end of an era.

The tragedy of the Ming Dynasty, for now.

The tragedy of the Pantheon is that... everyone here is a Donglin Party member.

Let them speak, and each of them is very good at speaking.

Tott feels that his talents are buried and no one listens to his suggestions... This is not an exception. It is the norm, because everyone here will make good suggestions... But the problem is, who will execute them!

Those people were passionately shouting to attack Geer.

But no one stood up and said: I will attack Geer!

Yes, every one of them was shouting for revenge and to wipe out Geer, but that was all for others.

Just like the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party shouted loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, but in fact, most of these people, not to mention every one, were just for their own interests! They said something about stabilizing the people, but they were the ones who exploited the people the most!

In fact, there were many such people among the literati in ancient China.

The representative figure among them was Xu Jie!

Yan Song, a famous traitor in the Ming Dynasty, served as the chief minister for more than ten years. After his property was confiscated, it was not as much as the property of Xu Jie, a famous loyal minister of the same period. Yan Song served as the chief minister for more than ten years. The reason why he was scolded as a traitor was that he controlled the government, persecuted loyal officials, and amassed wealth; on the contrary, Xu Jie had a very good reputation among the people and even in history books, but their wealth was beyond the reach of Yan Song, a famous corrupt official.

Yan Song helped Jiajing to harm Xia Yan and Zeng Xin, and also the Gengxu Incident. The most serious thing should be that he harmed Zeng Xin, which was just like Qin Hui's operation. Yan Song did all the things that were beneficial to the dynasty and the people during his many years in office, but not as much as Xu Jie. When I became a public servant, the more I read about Xu Jie, the more I admired his patience and deepness in the officialdom, his gentle and relaxed attitude towards people, his pleasing and obedient attitude, his non-competitiveness, his good relationships, his good personality, his good handling of the relationship between superiors and subordinates, his adherence to the old and conservative attitude, his non-radical attitude, his non-seeking for merit and only seeking to avoid mistakes. Cai Dongfan commented on Xu Jie: "Xu Jie's fraud was no less than Yan Song's, and then many people slandered Song and praised Jie, and used Jie's fraud to set up for Song. If there was no Jie, who would have dismissed Song? Then we know that fraud can also become famous according to the situation. The reason why the ancient sages valued power is precisely for this reason."

Xu Jie's family embezzled a large amount of money and occupied a lot of people's land. It was also certified by Hai Rui, the Lord of Justice, and it was a done deal.

The ending of the two families, Yan Song's son, Yan Shifan, known as the Little Minister, was sentenced to death, and Yan Song himself ended up on the streets. Xu Jie was better than Yan, but not much better. The eldest son and the second son were sent to the army, and the youngest son was stripped of his official title and became a commoner. The Xu family's property was confiscated, the house was burned, and he could only flee to another place for refuge.

Compared with the two families, they were the same.

But whether it was now or then, Xu's reputation was much better than Yan's!

Whether it was in history books, the TV series Ming Dynasty 1566, or the Ming Dynasty Stories that we highly admired. As a leader of the anti-Yan movement, Xu Jie's image was very, very positive? Was he not greedy enough? Or was there not enough land in his family? Or was it as he said, what his sons did in Songjiang, he was far away in the capital and had no idea? It must be nonsense to say that he had no idea! If Hai Rui had not investigated the land survey after taking office, this Xu Ge Lao would have long been enjoying his retirement life on a mountain of gold and silver.

The author of Things about the Ming Dynasty gave the answer to this phenomenon that everyone was greedy, but Xu Jie worked while Yan Song did not, so Xu Ge Lao's reputation was better than Yan Ge Lao's.

I don't think there's anything wrong with this, but there's something deeper. It's not that Yan Song didn't work, it was that he didn't do the work he was supposed to do. It can even be said that for the literati group, Yan Song was an out-and-out traitor. When we talk about the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the three camps of military power, ministerial power, and eunuch power are unavoidable. Under normal circumstances, the emperor would drag the eunuchs together to compete with the ministers. You come and go, it's a pleasure. The first assistant should be the captain of the minister's side. As a captain, you don't need to be very capable, but you can't go there. And Captain Yan directly became the team leader at the other end, Jiajing’s pendant. This kind of blatant behavior, how do you think the game can be played? And because he is the chief assistant, he is also the captain. He can also decide who can and cannot play on the minister's side. Even players who couldn't stand his behavior, such as Yang Jishan, would directly break the rules. Carry out attacks on people, physical destruction. In fact, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were punished by the emperor, harmed by eunuchs, beaten with imperial rods, and even killed with rods. But you, Yan Song, are from here and are the captain. The captain took the lead in attacking his own people, without any principles or bottom line. This is the main reason why Yan Song became the most treacherous minister in the Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, Xu Jie, after overthrowing Yan Song and becoming the first assistant, as the new leader of civil servants, it can be said that he has firmly held his position. Faced with Jiajing's request, he dared to say no. Facing Hai Rui who scolded Jiajing, he dared to protect him. In the face of officials who criticize him, he is resigned to his humiliation. Faced with all kinds of contradictions around him, Xin Muhe flew up. And he also has a very useful identity, that is, he is the successor of Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind. So whether it is in the ministerial system, or in the private academic field, or in the literary world. Xu Jie has done everything a person of his own should do. The so-called reputation is nothing more than given by these two groups of people. This also resulted in a situation where even though the Xu Jie family was a commoner, they were only brushed aside.

There is a concept of literary circles to be mentioned here. You must not underestimate this group. I have always thought that it would be miserable to offend historians, but in fact it would be even worse to offend civilian literary and artistic workers. Because there are only a few history books that future generations will read carefully. But if a person becomes a villain in a play, then he truly becomes a household name and is popular among the people.

In fact, Xu Jie is more harmful than Yan Song!

From the above, Xu Jie seems to be a prudent and honest minister and good minister, and has nothing to do with treachery or evil. It's a pity that hypocrites are not gentlemen after all, and paper cannot keep fire. Xu Jie's ugly face was exposed to the world in his later years.

Herein lies the danger.

He told future generations how to be an official!

As a result, the Donglin Party has a group of "good officials" with extremely good reputations on the surface. In fact, compared to the Eunuch Party, this group of people has not only made no progress at all, but even has a lower limit. The Donglin Party has brought disaster to the country and the people. There are many people, even this is the norm, but others package it well!

What? Natural disaster?

Oh, it was the eunuchs who caused it!

What? Exorbitant taxes?

Oh, the emperor wants to collect it!

What? Lost your kingdom?

It’s all the blame on those stupid and treacherous officials!

Anyway, let them say everything, get a lot of benefits, and do nothing!

The same goes for the gods in the Pantheon.

They shouted passionately, as if they were really worried about the country and the people, but in fact these people couldn't get anything serious done!

Everyone wants to lose face.

If Zeus had dared to say such things before, wait for him to be sprayed!

But the problem is that Zeus has dragged everyone into the water... Now it's over, there's nothing left to do.

Of course they can be shameless.

But the problem is that Zeus is more shameless than them. If you dare to say you are not afraid, then it’s over. Zeus really dares to send you out!

This is the crux.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, they cannot defeat Zeus!

This is important.

"The Black Death Sword... everyone knows what it is. The more gods it kills, the stronger the God-Slayer Gal will be! If I bring a large group of gods to encircle and suppress him, it will only make him more and more powerful. Get stronger and stronger until he is strong enough to completely destroy us!"

Zeus said confidently.

"So, the most important thing we should do now is to preserve our strength and not have a head-on confrontation with Geer! If we deal with him now, it will only make the situation worse. Those gods who are not strong will become nourishment for the Black Death Sword. What do you think I should do?"

Zeus raised his head and looked around: "What do you think I should do?!!!"

The gods were whispering, but no one stood up and said anything, they were just whispering.

In fact, they all supported Zeus's remarks, but standing up to support them seemed too cowardly and embarrassing.

But they didn't dare to object.

So it became like this.

Kai and Thor were both speechless. Damn it, these people were really... If Geer didn't cause trouble for Earth and Asgard, Kai felt that maybe Geer would massacre them, and Kai would be quite happy to help. Look what these bastards are doing.

Squeeze believers and harvest believers without any shame, and you can even openly admit your cowardice.

Is this still Zeus?

He has long since transformed into a failed middle-aged man who is naughty, hesitant, timid and afraid of getting into trouble!

Of course, in a sense, there's nothing wrong with that.

Kai can't ask others to go all out, this is also a kind of hooliganism. But the problem is that Geer is the enemy of the gods. If the gods themselves don't pay attention to it... then what the hell is the end!

Thor finally couldn't help it: "Don't you know that his ultimate goal has always been you?!!"

In fact, Gel's ultimate goal has changed, and he wants to resurrect his daughter.

Of course, he wouldn't mind killing the gods before resurrecting his daughter.

After all, if he died and his daughter lived. If the gods are still there, who knows what the gods will do to his daughter?

Before, Kai and Thor had never seriously thought about a problem, that is, what Melinoe said before, Gel wanted to enter the Eternal Altar just to save his daughter.

This involves a question.

Why did Gel resurrect his daughter.

What is his purpose in resurrecting his daughter? On the one hand, of course, it is to make up for it, and on the other hand, it is also to satisfy himself...Although it is a bit selfish to say this, it is indeed the case. Gel's idea of ​​resurrecting his daughter is to fill the emptiness in his heart...In short, he has lived enough. He feels that his life in the world is meaningless.

He wants his daughter to live well for him.

This is easy to guess. After all, hatred is easy to say, but when it really falls on a person, it is too heavy!

Before revenge, the whole person was oppressed by hatred, without any chance to breathe.

After revenge... not much was gained. Although the feeling of being oppressed and suffocated was gone, only emptiness remained. The greater and deeper the hatred, the greater this emptiness.

After all, even if revenge is taken, some things can never go back to the past.

So for Gol, he was willing to sacrifice his life in exchange for his daughter.

In fact, not only Kai, but even Thor thought this was possible.

But the problem is, he died, and resurrected his daughter... What kind of god operation is this?

It's not that it's wrong to do so.

But he must first ensure that his daughter can continue to live after he resurrects his daughter.

Otherwise, he will die before his daughter is killed. What is he trying to do!

Tu-95?

Well, even if he is generous to the gods in the end, or even if all the gods die, okay. What about his daughter?

His daughter is only a few years old, can she survive alone?

Not to mention that his planet is still a primitive society, such a burden would be captured and sacrificed, or captured and used as a slave... In developed countries on Earth, orphans of a few years old have a very difficult life, and the mortality rate of orphans has always been very high, and this is the case in all countries. Some countries with good welfare are slightly better, but only slightly better, but still much higher than the mortality rate of normal children.

With such a child, Gel intends to let her live alone in this terrible world?

It's better to let her continue to stay dead... so as not to suffer!

(I didn't quite understand why the movie was like this when I watched it. Even if Thor had a good heart and adopted this child... Don't forget that the Pantheon is still there! If a relative or friend of a god can't help it, it's over. The ending in the comics is better. Gel went crazy and was taken in)

I have to help my cousin's wedding tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so I'm typing overnight to avoid taking leave!