Portrait of Wen Tiren
In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), when Emperor Chongzhen was selecting a minister of records, Wen Renren, whose reputation was still shallow, realized that he could not be promoted through elections, so he began to impeach others to increase his sense of existence in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen. The first person Wen Renren caught was Qian Qian B, saying that he not only took bribes, but also helped to form a clique and dug up the case that had already been finalized. This succeeded in persuading the suspicious Emperor Chongzhen to say Wen Renren's words, and Qian and several ministers who bravely defended him were dismissed or imprisoned.
In the second year, Wen Renren, whose life style was disorderly, was impeached. Wen Renren took the opportunity to say that he laid down his life to impeach money and made the old party in the DPRK hate himself, so he was slandered, and Emperor Chongzhen really believed him. Many ministers were indignant because Wen Zhiren did something wrong in the money case, and blamed North Korea for Wen Zhiren's fault. The style of benevolence is not good, and the people are slandered as cronies, and Emperor Chongzhen believed it again. In the end, Wen Ziren, who was favored by the emperor, succeeded in sitting on the position of records, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was another traitor who ruined the country and the people.
Wen Ziren, who has no practical ability, became addicted to cronyism and mercilessly rejected dissidents after taking office as minister of records. During Chongzhen's reign, the cabinet personnel changed more than 50 times, but Wenti Ren sat safely for eight years, which shows the depth of Wenti Ren's control in the imperial court. But paper can't wrap fire after all. In the tenth year of Chongzhen, Wenwenren was dismissed from office, which made him return to his hometown and died at home the next year.
According to the evaluation of historical figures' style benevolence, style benevolence is a scholar in the twenty-six years of Wanli in Ming Dynasty. After that, he became an official in Beijing, rose step by step from the lower level, and finally took the position of the highest minister of the Ming Dynasty-the post of record minister. However, Wen Ziren did not sit in this position by his own talents, but by treacherous and despicable means.
Portrait of Wen Tiren
The smoothness of Wen Renren can be seen from his ability to live in peace after several dynasties. At the height of Wei Zhongxian's prosperity, he lived a decent life, but when Wei Zhongxian collapsed, he was able to live alone. However, Wen Ziren was not famous in the early stage, and no one took him seriously in the DPRK. In this way, he can only work at the bottom for a lifetime, which he will never do.
When Emperor Chongzhen began to select the minister of Huiji, Wen Ziren took the opportunity to dig up the old account of money and impeached him for graft and cronyism, as evidenced by the Zhejiang senior high school entrance examination that year. So the suspicious Chongzhen believed, and the money was unlucky. But there are still discerning ministers in the DPRK, don't believe it. So one by one wrote a letter to defend money, pointing directly at Wen Ziren. Wen Renren had the opportunity to make up a story, saying that these people were all money's old party and a group of treacherous villains who bewitched the emperor. Emperor Chongzhen believed again, so these people were unlucky. Then Wenziren took the seat of Shangshu, and the last decade of the Ming Dynasty was even more malodorous.
Wen Ziren has no talent at all. During his tenure, he just liked to play gangs and exclude dissidents. Dozens of people were tortured by him. The Ming dynasty, which is in a precarious situation, urgently needs an agile helmsman to lead it through the crisis, but with the style of benevolence, it is a mistake for the country and the people. Not only blinded the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, but also made the originally lean ministers of the DPRK be ousted one by one, leaving behind a bunch of selfish villains. Therefore, the later generations' evaluation of Wenti Ren is that he has completely committed treason.
Stylistic Ren and Zhou Yanru summarized Stylistic Ren and Zhou Tingru as Biography of Treacherous Courtiers in the Ming Dynasty, believing that Emperor Chongzhen's reuse of these two treacherous courtiers was an important reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and agreed that Stylistic Ren was far superior to Zhou Tingru in adultery.
Liu ban Wen ti ren
Both of them are just ministers of the DPRK, and neither of them is qualified to join the cabinet. When they promoted cabinet ministers in North Korea, neither of them was recommended. As a result, they were extremely dissatisfied and prepared to collude with each other. First, Wen Ziren, then Zhou Tingru added fuel to the fire, and turned over Wei Zhongxian's case. The purpose is to overthrow Qian Yiqian and others. In order to make Emperor Chongzhen feel that he participated in the election, the minister of the DPRK was suspected of cronyism, wanted to deny all the election lists, and dismissed Qian Yiqian.
It was through this incident that Zhou Tingru once again won the favor of Emperor Chongzhen, and in less than a year, he was promoted to be the minister of rites and participated in national decision-making. Ambitious Zhou Tingru was not satisfied with these, and once again colluded with Wen Renren and others to design and kill the general Yuan Chonghuan. His real purpose is to get rid of all the people above him, and the ultimate goal is to become a cabinet record.
Not long after poor Zhou Tingru became the records, the style benevolence he promoted defected behind him, regardless of the old feelings. He felt full-fledged, so he took measures to replace him. So, he seized Zhou Tingru's three things and began to betray Zhou Tingru, secretly instructing officials to impeach him. Emperor Chongzhen was furious when he saw these letters, and he wanted to blame Zhou Tingru. Poor Zhou Tingru also pinned his last hope on Stylistic Ren, but he didn't know who Stylistic Ren was, so he dragged him down from the position of records and returned home.
When Wen Style Ren was in power, the political affairs were chaotic and still under control, but after Wen Style Ren's death, the political affairs were chaotic. Zhou Tingru came out of the mountain and continued to be reinstated.
We can judge from the time when they hold the record. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the stylist painted the first painting in eight years, and Zhou Tingru couldn't help it after only two years. Therefore, we can know that Wen Ziren's treachery is far more than Zhou Tingru's.
Wen Ziren played politics. During the ten years from the first year of Chongzhen (1628) to the tenth year of Chongzhen, many ministers of the former dynasty were excluded by Wen Zhiren, and cabinet officials were transferred to more than 50 people, but Wen Zhiren still firmly held his position. Wen Ziren can do this not because he has many outstanding abilities, but because he knows how to play politics, curry favor with others and bully others.
Emperor Chongzhen
Just entering the field of vision of Emperor Chongzhen, Wen Ziren's position is not very high, and his reputation in the DPRK is not very great. Plus, he had maliciously attacked Qian Qian B, Yuan Chonghuan and Qian Longxi before, so he was almost isolated in the DPRK-Wen Ziren, but he took advantage of it. Wen Ziren has long figured out the suspicious, greedy and hypocritical character of Emperor Chongzhen. So he told Emperor Chongzhen that he was jealous of his ministers because he served the king's advice and became an orphan. At first glance, Emperor Chongzhen really did, so his trust in Wenti Ren deepened.
After taking office as the cabinet record, Wen Renren appeared as an "orphan minister", but secretly cultivated his cronies. He will not hesitate to crowd out people who are not attached to himself or who are more talented than himself (there are many people). Originally, Liu Zhouzong was to be opened by Emperor Chongzhen, but Wen Renren saw that his appointment might have a negative impact on himself. So he bought off his hometown Liu and told Emperor Chongzhen that his hometown was incompetent. Emperor Chongzhen, when he saw Liu's hometown, thought it was true and fired him. Liu, who was driven out of Beijing, became more and more angry. He wrote a letter denouncing many despicable acts, such as bullying the weak and being afraid of hard work, flattery and so on, pointing out that Emperor Chongzhen could not employ people. This made the proud emperor furious and took advantage of Liu's official position directly.
This is how Wen Style Ren plays politics, stepping onto the position of records step by step, and then forcing ministers in different positions away one by one. Wen-ti-jen served as the records for eight years, but he made no achievements, but he had some notoriety of seeking glory at the time of national disaster.
Who did Wen Tiren crowd out? Wen Ziren is a mediocre and incompetent person. He has been the author's junior official position in the imperial court since he won the Jinshi in Wanli. However, after years of official career, Wenti Ren learned politics. Since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, Wenziren has tried every means to vilify and crowd out others in order to realize his dream of being superior to others.
Wen Tiren in the play.
There are several people who are excluded from Wen Ziren, which can be said to be an important point in his career. The first is money. Emperor Chongzhen had just ascended the throne, and Wen Ziren's position in the DPRK was not great. He needed to make a sound to make Emperor Chongzhen pay attention to him, so money became his victim. Wen Renren accused him of taking bribes and nepotism by borrowing the old case of taking the senior high school entrance examination in Zhejiang that year. Emperor Chongzhen listened to Wen Ziren's words and disposed of the money. He also entered the sight of Chongzhen.
The second is Yuan Chonghuan. Wen Style Ren resolutely catered to Huang Taiji's deviance for his desire for glory, secretly playing Chongzhen and saying that Yuan Chonghuan was a traitor. In the case of rumors in the city, the suspicious Emperor Chongzhen thought that Yuan Chonghuan had an "evil heart" and destroyed the Great Wall. However, Qian Longxi, a powerful minister in the DPRK, and others knew the importance of Yuan Chonghuan and defended it in succession. This happens to be the knot of Wen Ziren himself, and one by one, he was slandered as the old party and sheltered his comrades. Similarly, Emperor Chongzhen did not hesitate to believe it.
After Qian Longxi and others left the DPRK, Zhou Tingru and Wen Renren became important cabinet members. However, the rather greedy style benevolence is not satisfied. Finally, the style benevolence that won the trust of the emperor forced Zhou Tingru away. Wen Renren also became the minister of records, controlling court officials in the last eight years of the Ming Dynasty, making the crumbling Ming Dynasty even more precarious.