In December of the forty-first year of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong ordered the compilation of Biography of Two Ministers. Money, a well-deserved leader in the field of "shameless", was named by Emperor Qianlong:
If the fruit of the next generation can die, today should also be among the gifts. However, we can't let go of our lives, but we are still pretending to use words and words to cover up our lives. We must condemn their groundless advance and retreat to cover up their ignorance. The barking language was published in Ji Zi, but its significance was only to cover up its dishonorable shame, especially despicable.
With such behavior, it is no wonder that Emperor Qianlong listed his hand-picked name in Biography of Two Ministers, and became the representative of "the unjust demotion of officials who were unfaithful to the Ming and Qing Dynasties".
Money, who are you?
Qian Qian B, who was born as a flower detective, lived in Wanli, Apocalypse and Chongzhen Dynasties, served as assistant minister in the Ministry of Rites, and gradually developed into the leader of Lindong Party. He was definitely a man of the hour that ordinary people could not reach in the late Ming Dynasty.
Money that didn't get official career development in Wanli was excluded and suppressed by Wei Zhongxian during the apocalypse. It was not until the first year of Chongzhen that he ushered in the spring of his official career, became an assistant minister of the official department and became a deputy official at the provincial and ministerial levels. But before Qian used his position as a party leader to show his talent in officialdom, he failed in the political struggle in Chongzhen for ten years and was demoted to his hometown. This year, Qian was fifty-five years old.
In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, 59-year-old Qian married Liu, who was only 23 years old and one of the "Eight Wonders of Qinhuai". This flower of love, which attracted worldwide criticism, did not wither as quickly as people thought. On the contrary, in Liu's admiration and admiration for money, it grows more and more fragrant. If it hadn't been for the demise of the Ming Dynasty and the invasion of Nanjing by many armies, Qian and Liu, a couple with "old husbands and few wives", might have become a much-told story in history.
Money. What the hell did you do?
In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself in Jingshan Park, thus the Nanming regime entered the preparatory stage. Qian III had a far-reaching influence in Juning. Although he has retired, he also took the initiative to stand up. His official career used the credit of establishing a new monarch in Nanming to make another effort for his retirement level and funeral treatment.
As the first choice of Lindong Party, Qian secretly promoted Zhu Changfang as the monarch of Nanming, while Shi Kefa and others preferred Zhu Youyong. When the dust settled and ascended the throne of Nanming, the achievements of money were not only wasted, but also worried about political settlement.
As a result, the Old Master Q took out his trump card-"shameless", with his decades of literary talent, wrote thousands of words magnificently, praised Ma Shiying, and then the records of the Nanming regime, and finally got Ma Shiying's forgiveness. In the subsequent political purge, Qian, with his "shameless", not only escaped political liquidation, but also successfully took the position of the minister of rites and became a man of the hour again.
Qian, who lives in Nanjing, met with greater challenges before he was able to sit firmly in the position of provincial and ministerial officials. Aisingiorro Dodo, the prince of Yu in Qing Dynasty, led a great army in Enemy at the Gates. As for the "Lindong Party", many scholars in later generations believe that "the frankness, courage and fortitude of the literati shown by Lindong Party are treasures in the fine tradition of the Chinese nation and are worthy of admiration by future generations".
However, Qian, the leader of the party, faced with the exhortation of many troops and his wife Liu, "I would rather die in water and be patriotic in the name of loyal monarch", but he refused for a ridiculous reason-the water was too cold, and I was not afraid of death, but it would be bad to catch a cold.
To be fair, money's fear of death is understandable After all, some people may not want to live, but no one is not afraid of death. But Qian's next move completely confirmed his image as "particularly despicable and shameful". In Miscellaneous Stories of Terror, when a lot of troops invaded Nanjing, Qian went out alone and took the initiative to shave his hair to show peace and absolute obedience.
After the Qing dynasty was "resolutely determined", although Qian was appointed as assistant minister of rites by his new master, the ruling class of the Qing dynasty did not give absolute trust to this former courtier. Only one year later, the Qing government casually found a charge about the prison of the Ministry of Justice. If it weren't for Liu's running up and down, I'm afraid the money would have died of nameless reasons.
Money could not be trusted by the new owner, so he had to return to his hometown in Changshu. But in this way, how to realize Qian's dream of retirement benefits, so he turned to anti-Qing organizations, trying to reshape his image and strive for a name behind him with his excellent writing style and understanding of the planning of the Qing court during the Qing Dynasty. A large number of masterpieces attacking the Qing court followed; Regardless of old age, the "touching" action of visiting the anti-Qing front line often happens.
Ji Xiaolan, a great literary giant, commented on Qian that "the head of a mouse has two ends, and its meaning is repeated".
A portrait of Qian in his later years
And Mr. Wu Han, the great master of Ming history, gave a more direct and clear evaluation:
His character is really bad. He was a prodigal son in his youth, a political enthusiast in his middle age, a traitor in his later years, a local tyrant and evil gentry in his hometown, and a corrupt official in the DPRK. I haven't thought about anything except being an official.