Nanjing Qian Mansion.
There is a couplet hanging on the door of the flower hall, "The sound of wind, rain, and reading are all heard; family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs are all concerned."
This famous couplet was written by Gu Xiancheng, the founder of the Donglin Party.
At the beginning, he founded Donglin Academy in Wuxi, where he criticized current affairs and praised and criticized ministers.
But with the death of Gu Xiancheng, the Donglin Party gradually evolved into a party fighting for power.
In this dynasty, the Donglin Party appointed Qian Muzhai and Qian Qianyi as its leader, but he lost the battle with Wen Tiren and resigned, and has been idle at home.
Jiashen was in national crisis, and the prince succeeded to the throne.
Many Nanjing veterans were able to recover, but Qian Qianyi was not.
This made him so angry that he had trouble sleeping at night.
Thanks to his step-sibling Liu Rushi who served him carefully on the bed, he fell asleep after being exhausted every night.
Today Qian Qianyi didn't wake up until noon again.
He was having lunch under Liu Rushi's service when someone came to report that Wang Duo, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was visiting.
Qian Qianyi was so happy that he quickly got up and went to the flower hall to meet him after lunch.
Since Chongzhen left office ten years ago, he has been living a life of idleness at home and occasionally giving lectures.
Although this day is relaxing, it is a kind of torture for Qian Qianyi, who aspires to the temple.
Now that the new king has ascended the throne, Qian Qianyi thought his opportunity had come, but the emperor seemed to have no intention of resurrecting him.
This made Qian Qianyi very anxious.
Qian Qianyi once wanted to visit Shi Kefa, the chief minister of the cabinet and a bachelor of Zhongji Palace, hoping that this colleague of the Donglin Party would speak for him and let the emperor recruit him.
But he never made up his mind.
This is because Qian Qianyi can't let go of face.
After all, he is the recognized leader of the Donglin Party, and although Shi Kefa studied under Zuo Guangdou, he became an official much later than him.
Qian Qianyi was a Tanhualang in the 38th year of Wanli, while Shi Kefa was a Jinshi only in the first year of Chongzhen.
In terms of qualifications, Qian Qianyi is definitely Shi Kefa's senior.
Not to mention in terms of age, Qian Qianyi is a full nineteen years older than Shi Kefa.
How can any senior in this world take the initiative to condescend to ask for the truth of a junior?
Even though this younger generation is now a very popular minister, the red and purple chief minister of the cabinet.
How much Qian Qianyi hoped that Shi Kefa would take the initiative to come to him and recommend him to resume his official career, but nearly a month since the new emperor ascended the throne, Shi Kefa had no intention of doing so.
This greatly disappointed Qian Qianyi.
Fortunately, there is always a road ahead.
Qian Qianyi waited for Wang Duo instead of Shi Kefa.
Strictly speaking, Wang Duo cannot be regarded as a member of the Donglin Party.
In the sixth year of Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian ordered Gu Bingqian, Huang Liji, Feng Quan and others to preside over the compilation of the important codes of the Three Dynasties to frame the Donglin Party.
Wang Duo also participated in the compilation for a time, but later he, Huang Jin and Zheng Zhixuan took the initiative to resign and drew a clear line with the eunuch party.
From this point of view, Wang Duo at least cannot be considered an eunuch.
In terms of political stance, he is more like a centrist.
There is nothing wrong with being wise and protecting yourself.
In terms of personal relationships, he also had close friendships with Lu Weiqi, Ni Yuanlu, Huang Daozhou and others.
After Jiashen, the power of the Donglin Party has been greatly reduced, and Qian Qianyi cannot be too demanding about his political status.
In his opinion, he can accept it as long as the other party is not a pure eunuch.
If the Donglin Party wants to return to its glory in the last years of Wanli, centrists like Wang Duo, who are even slightly biased towards Donglin, must win over.
What's more, Qian Qianyi is currently unemployed at home, and the name of Donglin Party leader is of little use.
It would be great if we could use Wang Duo's help to revive him.
Although Wang Duo's official position was not as good as Shi Kefa's, he was still the censor of Zuodu.
If he comes forward to recommend it, the emperor must give him some face.
Qian Qianyi felt very excited when he thought that he would soon be able to dominate the temple again.
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Of course, as a "gentleman of Donglin", he couldn't show it at all.
He must have an attitude of treating officials and nobles as dirt.
"Why did Shiqiao Wangduo's number come today?
You don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything."
Qian Qianyi picked up the teacup and took a sip, half-smiling.
"Mu Zhai's efforts in cultivating his character are really impressive."
Wang Duo smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid some of you won't have a good life for a few days."
"Why did Shiqiao say this?"
Qian Qianyi saw that Wang Duo had a worried look on his face, which didn't seem to be pretentious, so he asked with concern.
Wang Duochong glanced at Liu Rushi who was not far away.
Qian Qianyi then cleared his throat and said, "Hedong Jun, please go down first."
Liu Rushi then blessed Qian Qian with a blessing and bowed down.
When Liu Rushi left the flower hall, Qian Qianyi said, "Shi Qiao can talk now."
Wang Duo nodded slightly and sighed again: "I thought the new king was a benevolent master, but now I have misjudged someone."
Qian Qianyi couldn't help being surprised.
Although he was full of complaints against the emperor, he never dared to express them in front of others.
After all, it is a big mistake to judge the king with his ministers.
Wang Duo continued: "Mu Zhai didn't know something.
Today, His Majesty in the court called on all officials to donate money on the pretext of helping with salary.
Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong pledged 3,000 taels, which is quite a lot.
But he had no choice but to say more.
Then he asked your Majesty to allocate 200,000 taels of silver for the capital camp, which made your Majesty furious, and he immediately ordered the Jinyi Guards to capture Uncle Xincheng and throw him into prison."
Qian Qianyi frowned when he heard this.
This Uncle Xincheng is too incompetent.
It's okay for you to donate three thousand taels when you are poor, but don't worry about the emperor asking for money at this juncture.
The money in the capital camp comes from internal funds, which is like letting the emperor carve out the flesh.
You donated 3,000 taels to the Emperor, and then asked the Emperor to spit out 200,000 taels.
Are you treating the Emperor like a monkey?
"Uncle Xincheng is a bit worse than Meng Lang in doing things."
Qian Qianyi said calmly.
In his opinion, the Xunchen and the civil servants were two completely different camps.
Before the Yongle Dynasty, the Xunchen suppressed the civil servants.
After Yongle and before Tumubao, the civil servants and the Xunchen basically fought against each other.
After the Tumubao Incident, the bloody Xun Chen died, and the civil servants completely suppressed the Xun Chen.
By this dynasty, civil servants had completely ignored Xun Chen.
Therefore, it was nothing to Qian Qianyi that an honorable minister was sent to prison.
Not to mention a distinguished minister, even if the person imprisoned is a civil servant, as long as he is not a member of the Donglin Party, he has nothing to do with Qian Qianyi.
"Mu Zhai doesn't know something.
Your Majesty is not just targeting Uncle Xincheng, but the entire court."
Wang Duo showed a distressed expression: "Xuzhou Commander-in-Chief Gao Jie was ordered to go to Shandong to guard the army.
The military salary is all donated by civil and military officials.
How can we get enough if each person pays a few hundred taels?
Your Majesty is going to make us bleed.
Look at your Majesty's situation.
It looks like we must have already asked Jinyiwei and Dongchang to check our family background.
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If we deliberately deceived, I'm afraid we would end up like Uncle Xincheng."
After a pause, Wang Duo added: "Mu Zhai, you have to be more careful.
For the time being, His Majesty is asking the serving civil and military officials to donate, but who knows whether he will be interested in former officials who have resigned and become idle in the future.
Mu Zhai, you have to be careful."
You have a lot of money, so be careful."
Now Qian Qianyi understood why Wang Duo looked like he was mourning for his heir.
Your Majesty wants to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and use the dragon of Xincheng Bo Zhao to beat the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty.
Seeing Wang Duo's sad expression, Qian Qianyi cleared his throat and consoled him: "Don't be anxious, Shi Qiao, things are not too bad to be handled."
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