Chapter 1543 Only Quarreling, Nothing to Do
There are many jokes about the Donglin Party on the Internet, such as "Ming died in Donglin", "Usually talk about one's heart and mind, and die to report to the king", "The water is too cold, and the scalp itches" and so on.
However, not all of these jokes are correct. The subjugation of the Ming Dynasty is too big a pot to be memorized by the Donglin Party alone. It must be counted in detail. The combination of many reasons such as the period of time led to the demise of Daming, and it was not just because of the Donglin Party.
Counting the 17 years of the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were 50 cabinet ministers, and only 11 belonged to the Donglin Party; there were 17 chief assistants in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and only 3 from the Donglin Party, including Zhou Daodeng, Han Yu, and Cheng Jiming. He served as the first assistant for 6 months, Han Yu for 1 year, and Cheng Jiming for only 6 months. The Donglin Party was not the most powerful party in the Chongzhen Dynasty.
"The water is too cold and the scalp itches" is only one Qian Qianyi. The Donglin party members who died in battle or martyred include Xie Xuelong, Gu Xichou, Jiang Yueguang, Liu Zongzhou, Sun Chengzong, Li Banghua, Li Ruoxing, Song Shixiang, Huang Daozhou, Qu Shixuan, Cao Xuequan, Han Yu, Shi Kefa and many other representatives; and even Qian Qianyi secretly organized anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty many times during the Shunzhi period. This person is really complicated.
Moreover, there are still many Donglin Party members who have made a lot of contributions to Ming Dynasty, such as Xu Guangqi, Sun Chengzong, Li Zhizao and others who Shen Long just entrusted with important tasks, they are also Donglin Party members.
Even compared with the eunuch party, the integrity of the Donglin party may be stronger. The Donglin party has Qian Qianyi, but the eunuch party has Sun Zhixie who advocates shaving his hair and making clothes easier. This guy is definitely more serious than Qian Qianyi. Shameless.
But these don't mean that the Donglin Party is a good person. There are a few pots that the Donglin Party can't get rid of. The most important point is that the trend of party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty started from the Donglin Party.
In the 33rd year of Wanli, Gu Xiancheng and his colleagues Gao Panlong, Qian Yiben, Xue Fujiao, Shi Menglin and others gave lectures at Donglin Academy outside the East Gate of Wuxi. People echo each other from afar, forming a powerful political force.
In the beginning, it was the dispute between the Donglin Party and the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties, and later evolved into a dispute between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party. During the reign of Tianqi, the party disputes intensified, and the Zhejiang, Qi, Chu, Xuan, and Kun parties were beaten to the ground. Had to form an alliance with the Eunuch Party headed by Wei Zhongxian to deal with the Donglin Party together.
There is a pot of porridge in the court, who has the heart to do things! In the end, these ministers did nothing for a day and were busy arguing. Compared with the Niu Li party struggle in the late Tang Dynasty and the old and new party struggle in the late Northern Song Dynasty, it was even worse. As far as parties are concerned, if the trouble continues like this, how can the government be better? If it was explained that the biggest cause of death was party struggle, then the Donglin Party really had to memorize more than half of it.
Looking at the ideas of the Donglin Party members, they are nothing more than opening up their voices, opposing eunuchs' interference in politics, and abolishing industrial and commercial taxes. The first and second are old tunes.
As for the third article, some people euphemistically say that this is an urgent need for the budding of capitalism. This proposition of the Donglin Party caters to the trend of the development of the times, but it is a pity that it was interrupted. Otherwise, China may also enter the capitalist society in advance. .
However, this is also nonsense. If you want to talk about germination, my Song Dynasty also sprouted back then? Why didn't it grow up? In the final analysis, although the gang of the Donglin Party began to use industry and commerce to make a lot of money because of the developed economic conditions in the south of the Yangtze River, they were still landlords at heart, which was completely different from the budding capitalism in the West.
It is better to expect Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong to do a good job in modern industry than to expect them to develop capitalism! Did the money they earn go to expand factory production? Has it been used to develop new technologies? Is it used to open up the market? I am afraid that most of them are used to enjoy a luxurious life,
It is used to annex land and bribes. How can capitalism be developed by doing so?
Moreover, the Donglin Party advocated the weakening of monarchy, but capitalism in the Western world developed precisely under the condition of centralized monarchy. In France, it was the establishment of the Napoleonic Empire, and in Germany, it was Bismarck who unified Germany; without a strong central government, How can a standardized market be formed?
When Mr. Wu talked about the Donglin Party with Shen Long, he quoted the evaluation of Mr. Wu Han, a famous historian: From a logical point of view, the Donglin Party members are right in most cases, but they only quarrel and do nothing.
Historians' words are much more reliable than Internet jokes, but people still look down on the Donglin Party; Shen Long has seen a lot of people who only know how to criticize but don't know how to do things. Isn't it just the public knowledge on the Internet?
Earlier, Shen Long quite agreed with their remarks, but after entering the society and being severely beaten by the society, he realized that what they said was all fart. After seeing Ermaozi's tragic situation, Shen Long knew what it would be like to govern the country with public knowledge. Since then, he has never bothered to pay attention to these people, and now he looks at the Donglin Party just like these people.
It’s not that the imperial court doesn’t need criticism, but it needs people who can do things more. Those who can only criticize but can’t do things are enough. If you really fill the court with such people, then the country will really be a pill .
Jinyiwei, which was reorganized by Lu Wenzhao, moved quickly, and Dongchang, which Cao Huachun had just taken over, also urgently needed to get rid of Wei Zhongxian's shadow and prove his ability to the emperor again. In addition, Li Sancai was dead, so they were quickly found out. Evidence that Li Sancai was corrupt and broke the law.
Shen Long was furious immediately, and ordered Lu Wenzhao to ransack Li Sancai's house and reap millions of taels of silver. Shen Long sent the money to the household department, slightly relieving the pressure on Daming's finances.
After this incident, the momentum of the Donglin Party was let down, and the pursuit of members of the Eunuch Party slowed down, which allowed the Eunuch Party and the Zhejiang Party to calm down, and a stalemate formed in the court.
In this way, the two sides of the party struggle are more and more dependent on Shen Long's ruling. Shen Long continues to use the contradictions among the various parties to achieve his own goals. Although he has not fully grasped the government, he can still do what he wants. something happened.
For example, to deliver supplies to Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang, he personally sent Wang Chengen to deliver this batch of grain and grass. Now Wang Chengen's evil swordsmanship has achieved a little success, at least it has exceeded the upper limit of "Xiu Chun Knife". I'm afraid it's not easy to see his safety.
Moreover, Wang Chengen learned many advanced methods of the KGB and the FBI from Shen Long, and he was loyal to Shen Long in every possible way. It would not be easy for those corrupt officials to wantonly corrupt in front of him.
I hope that with these food and grass, Mao Wenlong's life will be easier!
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