Chapter 253 252 Plowing the Court and Sweeping the Cave
Wei Guangde wanted to gain fame, but he also didn't want to go into battle naked. It happened that King Hui's former allies seemed to have a rift with him, so he could use Liang Gaofu's special status to turn a deaf ear to the emperor.
After the influence gradually penetrates into the heart of Emperor Jiajing, he will expose King Hui's bad deeds. That will be the final blow.
As long as Emperor Jiajing sends people to conduct a thorough investigation, it means that there is no room for recovery, and those officials who have been bullied by King Hui will not let this opportunity go.
Wei Guangde heard from Geng An that King Hui was really lawless in Junzhou, and officials were afraid of him. This was not just because the two generations of King Hui were valued by Emperor Jiajing.
As for why Wei Guangde sent Geng An to deliver the knife to Liang Gaofu, it was not because Liang Gaofu had been away from Henan for many years. He only knew that King Hui was lawless in the local area, but he could not elaborate on the specific bad methods, so Chen Ju It's all weird to say Liang Gaofu.
After drinking with Chen Ju last time, Wei Guangde also realized that he would have to go out more after menstruation, not only to visit the officials in power, but also to have more contact with his contemporaries. Don't just do it just because they are still observing politics. No more contact.
So the next day, Wei Guangde brought gifts and went to the Yan Mansion to visit. In the next few days, he continued to visit fellow Jiangxi fellows and officials he was familiar with. At the same time, he contacted Lao Kan and Zhang Ke, summoned fellow students, and made an appointment. Let's go out to the city together on the holiday.
During this period, Wei Guangde not only gave away the gifts he had received before in batches, but also spent hundreds of taels of silver on himself to buy gifts.
When visiting senior officials, you can't just go there empty-handed.
Geng An left the city two days later to see Liang Gaofu, but he didn't come back for the past few days. He must have stayed at Tongmiao Temple.
Wei Guangde is waiting for the news now, and then waits for the day when Liang Gaofu refines medicine, and then inquires about the situation in the palace through Chen Ju. Once the time is right, he can write a memorial to impeach King Hui, launching his second attack in the Ming Dynasty.
Indeed, this is the second time that Wei Guangde has impeached an official. The first one was Liu Dazhang, the chief military officer of the Xuanfu. Now he has been dismissed and returned to his hometown to become a common man.
However, when the memorial was sent to the palace, Wei Guangde was still with Xuan Mansion, so he didn't feel anything. It was Zhang Ke who later talked about it.
He was really shocked when he learned about Wei Guangde's impeachment of Liu Dazhang, the chief military officer of the Xuanfu, from the military affairs department.
You know, this was during the war, and he started a dispute with the local army while he was still trapped in it.
In peacetime, civil servants are naturally powerful and can easily crush military commanders, but this is different in wartime. As long as it is not intolerable, the court will temporarily suppress it.
In fact, when Wei Guangde reported the impeachment memorial, he was immediately detained by Si Li. It was not until the war report was delivered that he was approved and sent to the cabinet and the Ministry of War.
The discussion about the imperial court's desire to increase silk production that I heard in official circles disappeared inexplicably.
According to the information Wei Guangde learned, the imperial court finally gave up on promoting the matter by the imperial court and instead used private guidance.
A few more days passed in leisurely and busy days. Wu Shan summarized the records of Ganoderma lucidum in ancient books collected by the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy, and finally sent them to Emperor Jiajing in the form of a memorial.
"Cao Zhi is red, black, green, white, yellow, and purple. Its color is different, and its taste is also different. However, it is said that those who eat it for a long time can lighten their lives. Wang Chong's "Lun Heng" Yunzhi is born in the earth, and the earthy atmosphere is harmonious, so Zhi Cao is auspicious, and the destiny record says. The virtue of the king With benevolence, Ganoderma lucidum grows into culture. Choose Ganoderma lucidum to show its beauty three times a year. The old Yi of the Han Dynasty has nine stems of Ganoderma lucidum, with golden green leaves and vermilion seeds that shine at night.
The Yellow Emperor's internal biography says: The Queen Mother sent the immortals to sing the song of eternal life, and gave the emperor a book written in stone and a jade scroll. He also gave twelve volumes of sacred mushrooms on the Hui Lang Feng Yao Pond. However, it does not happen often and is rare among people. Therefore, it is regarded as auspicious to obtain it in the past dynasties. And the method of taking it has not been taught. By admiring the emperor's body and teachings and worshiping all blessings, all the good fortune you can achieve will be achieved. Fuzhi grass will spring up at the right time, and there will be devotees from far and near. The officials of the place where it will be produced do not dare to plan for it. "
Wu Shan and others summarized the six main classifications of Ganoderma lucidum, namely red Ganoderma lucidum, green Ganoderma lucidum, yellow Ganoderma lucidum, purple Ganoderma lucidum, white Ganoderma lucidum and black Ganoderma lucidum. They also said that Ganoderma lucidum has been regarded as auspicious by all dynasties.
There are many myths and legends. Taking it for a long time can make you lighten your body. The Queen Mother also gave the Jade Emperor twelve volumes of sacred mushrooms.
However, the most important thing is that the method of taking Ganoderma lucidum has not been recorded and spread to this day.
As for Your Majesty’s desire to find Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma lucidum mostly grows in inaccessible places, so it is difficult to find.
In fact, the content of the memorial is still very objective, but it also advised Emperor Jiajing not to take Ganoderma lucidum, because the method of eating this thing has not been handed down, and it can be regarded as auspicious.
It only takes half a day for the memorial to enter the palace. After being approved by the Chief of Ceremonies, the memorial will be sent to the cabinet for duty.
According to the imperial edict, there are officials who visited all Xuanyue Mountains, including dragons, tigers, cranes, and three wild beasts.
As the news spread, not only the official circles but also the people became excited.
The emperor is looking for and purchasing Ganoderma lucidum, which is a big business. Once he finds it, he will definitely receive a large reward.
The palace sent special envoys to collect Ganoderma lucidum to Yuanyue, Longhu, Heming, Sanmao, Qiyun and the Five Mountains to collect Ganoderma lucidum. At the same time, officials from various places also visited the people to collect Ganoderma lucidum.
When something good comes up, he immediately gets busy with his subordinates and mobilizes the whole country to look for Ganoderma lucidum.
These have nothing to do with the current Wei Guangde.
He knew about Ganoderma lucidum and had seen pictures of it in his previous life, but in this life he had no chance to see it.
He regretted not preparing these legendary items earlier. Although Wei Guangde did not have Ganoderma lucidum in his hand to donate to Emperor Jiajing, he thought of another item that was praised as magical by later generations-thousand-year-old ginseng.
Officials and civilians alike were looking for Ganoderma lucidum, so Wei Guangde took a different approach and sent Zhang Ji to search for top-quality ginseng collections in major pharmacies in the capital.
But what surprised Wei Guangde was that there seemed to be no shortage of ginseng in the Ming Dynasty capital at this time.
Well, according to the information Zhang Ji got back, there are a lot of ginseng for sale in major pharmacies.
After asking about the source carefully, we found out that most ginseng was produced in Liaodong. At this time, not only the Han people went to the Changbai Mountains and Greater Khingan Mountains in the north to collect wild ginseng, but even the Jurchen tribe outside the Guan Dynasty also collected wild ginseng to trade with the Ming Dynasty. In exchange for the iron tools, cattle, farm tools, cloth, grain and other necessities they need for production and daily life.
It's just that not many Han people dare to collect ginseng. Today's Jurchens are tough and independent from the rule of the Ming Dynasty. They still live in a slave society, forming three classes: nobles, commoners and slaves.
With the development of society, slave owners became more and more greedy. The Jurchen tribe fought with each other and plundered Han people as slaves. Naturally, they would not be merciful to these Han people who ran out of Han territory alone.
The news he heard reminded Wei Guangde of the Qing palace drama he had watched in his previous life. When superiors and subordinates met, they would call themselves slaves. Thinking about it now, the so-called Qing Dynasty seemed to be a half-slave and half-feudal empire.
Taking time out, Wei Guangde also went to find those businessmen to inquire about the current situation of the Jurchens in Liaodong. After all, they went south and destroyed the Han people in later generations.
I was still a commoner before, so I could only think about it when I had nothing to do. Now that I am an official in the Ming Dynasty, I must do it as soon as possible to eliminate hidden dangers.
After chatting with several businessmen, the current situation of the Jurchen tribe gradually took shape in Wei Guangde's mind.
Today's Jurchens can be roughly divided into three categories. Two of them have formed a climate and appear in the form of tribes, namely the Haixi Jurchens and the Jianzhou Jurchens.
The Jianzhou Jurchens seem to be the tribe to which Nurhachi belongs.
Wei Guangde was still impressed by this.
The last category is the so-called wild Jurchens, which should be the initial life form of Jurchens.
It is estimated that after contact with the Han people, some powerful families began to consciously absorb and annex some nearby Jurchen families, gradually forming the Jurchen tribe.
From this time on, the Jurchen people transitioned from a clan society to a slave society.
Due to the bitter cold and difficult life in the north, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, some Jurchen forces began to move south, and finally came into contact with the newly established Ming Dynasty.
Around the Hongwu period, they settled in the Fengzhou area in the Suifen River Basin.
In the first year of Yongle, Aha, the chief of Huli's tribe, came out to submit to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty established Jianzhou Guard here.
In the 10th year of Yongle, the Ming Dynasty established the Jianzhou Left Guard, and its headquarters was also in Fengzhou, with Meng Ge Timur, the chief of the Jurchen Oduolian tribe, as the commander.
In the seventh year of Zhengtong, the Ming Dynasty established Jianzhou Youwei in the Santuhe area and appointed Fancha, the younger brother of Mengge Timur, as the commander.
At this point, the Three Guards of Jianzhou began to take shape and became a powerful force in the north of the Ming Dynasty.
Another force that was only second to the Jianzhou Jurchens was the Haixi Jurchens. Like the Jianzhou Jurchens, they continued to move south due to being harassed by the "savage" Jurchens and Mongolian cavalry.
In fact, the Haixi Jurchen tribes had already established contact with the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty, and like the Jianzhou Jurchens, they changed from the initial subordinate relationship to a tributary relationship.
More than ten years ago, the Haixi Jurchens completed their migration and formed the four tribes of Yehe, Huifa, Hada and Ula, which are called the Four Haixi tribes or the four Hulun tribes.
The Yehe tribe got its name because it lived on the Yehe River in the northeast of Kaiyuan, and because it was close to the Mashi Beiguan established by the Ming Dynasty, the Ming people also called it Beiguan.
The Huifa tribe got its name because it lived on the Huifa River.
The Hada tribe lived in the Xiaoqing River Basin. Xiaoqing River was also called Hada River. Because of its name and its proximity to Guangshun Pass, the Ming people also called it Nanguan.
The Ula tribe got its name because it lived in the Ula River Basin, and its governance was in the city of Ula.
In this way, the third force besides Mongolia was formed outside the Liaodong military town. The Jurchen tribe, the tribal power also increased rapidly with the continuous trade with the Han people.
After understanding the basic situation, Wei Guangde went into the library of the Hanlin Academy to check the records. During the Yingzong period of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty reduced its tribute policy. The number of tributes from the Jianzhou Jurchens was limited to one hundred people, while the Haixi Jurchens were not allowed to exceed Fifty people, which caused great dissatisfaction among the Jurchens.
Unable to obtain benefits through tribute, the Jurchens chose to rob it themselves.
At that time, Dong Shan, the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens, gathered the Jianzhou Jurchens and some Haixi Jurchen tribes, about 15,000 people, and began to invade the Liaodong region.
When they arrived in Liaodong, they robbed people and livestock like crazy.
When the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to question him, they immediately expressed their surrender, which is to say, "Yang obeys and Yin violates."
In the third year of Chenghua reign of Emperor Xianzong of Ming Dynasty, Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen sent an envoy to bring Dong Shan an imperial edict and gave Dong Shan a final warning.
Dong Shan repeated his old tricks, confessed his guilt, and went to Beijing in person to admit his mistake. However, his request for more rewards was rejected by the Ming Dynasty.
As a result, Dong Shan was furious and threatened to go back and lead the Jurchens to attack the Ming Dynasty.
If Dong Shanzhen returns to the Jurchens, it will definitely become a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty, just like Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom released Wanyan Agu for a reason.
The Jurchen tribe lived in the villages of Baishan and Heishui, and were good at mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare. The Ming Dynasty army had no choice but to adopt a conservative defensive policy for a long time.
Gao Gang, the head of the Ministry of Rites at that time, suggested to Emperor Chenghua that Dong Shan be detained. Emperor Chenghua followed his suggestion and ordered Zhao Fu, the general in charge of Guangning, to detain Dong Shan and others.
As soon as this happened, Dong Shan violently stabbed the Ming army with a knife and tried to escape. After hearing this, the accompanying Jurchens also took out their knives and rushed out. However, they were intercepted by the Ming army and arrested on the spot.
After this incident, the commander-in-chief Li Fu and Li Bing believed that war was inevitable, so they petitioned for conquest.
In September, Emperor Chenghua ordered the Liaodong army to attack the Jianzhou Jurchens, and warned the Haixi Jurchens not to get involved.
Subsequently, Li Fu and Li Bingbing advanced to Jianzhou Jurchen in five groups, and North Korea also sent 10,000 people to assist in the battle.
On September 20, the North Korean army broke through Hu Li's headquarters, and its chief Li Manzhu was captured.
The Ming Dynasty army also entered Jianzhou, killed thousands of prisoners, and recaptured 1,165 plundered people. Soon after, Emperor Chenghua ordered Dong Shan to be executed.
After the Jianzhou Jurchens suffered a disastrous defeat, they did not stop the war, but continued to invade Liaodong.
In the fifteenth year of Chenghua, Emperor Chenghua once again united with North Korea to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against the Jurchens in Jianzhou.
In this battle, the Ming Dynasty army killed 695 people, captured 486 people, broke through countless strongholds, and obtained thousands of cattle and horses, and countless armors.
You must know that the initial population of Jianzhou Jurchens was only 12,000 during the Chenghua period, making them the smallest of the three major Jurchen groups. After this battle, it can be said that the losses were quite heavy.
"Book of Han·Xiongnu Biography": "Gu has plowed its courtyards, swept its huts, and placed them in prefectures and counties."
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's military attack on the Jianzhou Jurchens was also called "Liting sweeping holes" or "Chenghua Liting".
After two sieges, the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe suffered a huge disaster and had to stop the war with the Ming Dynasty.
The descendants of Dong Shan and Li Manzhu chose to endure the humiliation and endure the hardship. They once again accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, conducted trade with the Ming Dynasty, and vigorously imported cattle and farm tools to develop agricultural production in order to restore their strength.
So far, what Wei Guangde knows from businessmen is that it seems that the Jurchens in Jianzhou have developed again, and the population has far exceeded that of the past.
But at this time, another more explosive news came. Zhang Juyou, a commoner in Wanping County, Beijing, collected five Ganoderma lucidum flowers on Qianling Mountain and presented them to Emperor Jiajing.
Emperor Jiajing was naturally very happy to receive the auspicious Ganoderma lucidum and rewarded it with "gold, silk and silver coins". From then on, subjects who offered Ganoderma lucidum came one after another.