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Chapter 2018 Happy National Day! Request for double guaranteed monthly tickets!

Chapter 2018 Happy National Day! Request for double guaranteed monthly tickets!

Another characteristic of the Donglin Party is that they are particularly good at "passing the buck". Whenever something goes wrong, they can always find other people's faults but never reflect on themselves. For example, they put all the blame on Hong Chengchou for the failure of the Battle of Songjin, saying that he deserted the battlefield. But in fact, although Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he did try his best in the war. The real problem lies in the court's military deployment and logistical support, but the Donglin Party avoids talking about this.

During the 17 years of Emperor Chongzhen's reign, he was tormented by the Donglin Party. When he wanted to do something, the Donglin Party said he was arbitrary; when he wanted to listen to different opinions, the Donglin Party said he was indecisive. The "eternal contribution" of the Donglin Party was that they successfully turned the Ming Empire, which still had hope, into a mess of fragmentation, internal and external troubles. When the Qing army was at the gates of the city, these people hid faster than anyone else. It took only more than ten years from Chongzhen's suicide to the fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Such a large empire collapsed so suddenly. The Donglin Party played an indispensable role! Of course, history is never black and white. There are indeed some upright and talented people among the Donglin Party. They have made certain contributions to resisting the monopoly of eunuchs and safeguarding the interests of the civil service group. But in general, their actions have contributed to the decline of the Ming Dynasty.

The tragedy of the Donglin Party is, to some extent, also the tragedy of the scholar-official class in ancient China. They clung to the old thinking patterns and were unable to adapt to the rapidly changing situation. Their failure marked the end of an era.

That’s all we have to say about the tragedy of the Ming Dynasty for now.

And the tragedy of the Pantheon is that... everyone here is a Donglin Party member.

Let them speak, each of them is very good at speaking.

Toth felt that his talent was being buried, and no one listened to his suggestions... This was not an exception. It was the norm, because everyone here would make good suggestions... But the problem was, who the hell would execute them!

Those people clamored passionately to attack Gel.

But no one stood up and said: I am here to fight against Gul!

Yes, every one of them was clamoring for revenge and the extermination of Gel, but that was only said to others.

Just like the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party shouted loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, but in fact, this group of people, not to mention every one, but most of them are just for their own interests! They said that they wanted to stabilize the people, but they were the ones who exploited the people the most!

In fact, there were many such people among the literati in ancient China.

The representative figure among them is Xu Jie!

Yan Song, a famous traitor in the Ming Dynasty, served as the Prime Minister for more than ten years. After his property was confiscated, his property was still less than that of Xu Jie, a famous loyal minister of the same period. Yan Song served as the Prime Minister for more than ten years. He was called a traitor because he controlled the government, persecuted loyal officials, and amassed wealth. On the contrary, Xu Jie had a very good reputation among the people and even in history books, but their wealth was beyond the reach of Yan Song, a famous corrupt official.

Yan Song helped Jiajing to harm Xia Yan and Zeng Xin, and also the Gengxu Incident. The most serious one should be the harm to Zeng Xin, which was simply the same operation as Qin Hui. Yan Song did not do as much as Xu Jie during his many years in office, but he did things that were beneficial to the dynasty and the people. When I became a public servant, the more I read about Xu Jie, the more I admired his patience and deepness in the officialdom. He was gentle and relaxed in dealing with people, pleasing and obedient, did not compete with others, built good relationships, set up a good persona, handled the relationship between superiors and subordinates well, stuck to the old ways, did not engage in radicalism, did not seek merit but only sought to avoid mistakes. Cai Dongfan commented on Xu Jie: "Xu Jie's deception was no less than Yan Song's, and then many people slandered Song and praised Jie, and used Jie's deception to set up for Song. If there was no Jie, who would have dismissed Song? Then I knew that deception could be used according to the situation, and fame could be achieved through deception. This is why the ancient sages valued power and the way."

The amount of money Xu Jie's family embezzled and the amount of land they occupied were all confirmed by Hai Rui, the Honourable Hai.

The ending of the two families, Yan Song's son, Yan Shifan, known as the Little Minister, was sentenced to death, and Yan Song himself ended up living on the streets. Xu Jie was better off than Yan, but not much better. The eldest son and the second son were sent to the army, and the youngest son was stripped of his official title and became a commoner. Xu's family property was confiscated, his house was burned down, and he could only flee to another place for refuge.

Compared with the two companies, they are about the same.

But no matter now or then, Lord Xu's reputation is much better than Lord Yan's!

Whether it is in history books, the TV series Ming Dynasty 1566, or the Ming Dynasty Stories that we admire very much. As the leader of the anti-Yan movement, Xu Jie has a very positive image. Is it because he is not greedy enough? Or is it because his family does not have enough land? Or is it as he said, what his sons did in Songjiang, he was far away in the capital and had no idea? It is definitely nonsense to say that he had no idea! If Hai Rui had not investigated the land survey after taking office, this Xu Jie would have been enjoying his retirement life lying on a mountain of gold and silver.

The author of Things About the Ming Dynasty gave a answer to this phenomenon that everyone was greedy, but Xu Jie worked while Yan Song did not, so Lord Xu had a better reputation than Lord Yan.

I think there is nothing wrong with this statement, but there is a deeper issue. Yan Song did not not work, but he did not do the work he should do. It can even be said that for the literati group, Yan Song is an out-and-out traitor. Let's talk about the middle and late Ming Dynasty. The three major camps of military power, ministerial power, and eunuch power are unavoidable. Under normal circumstances, the emperor would pull the eunuchs to compete with the ministers. You come and I go, and it's fun. The chief minister should be the captain of the ministers' side. As a captain, you don't need to be very capable, but you can't run to that side. And Captain Yan directly became the leader of that side and Jiajing's pendant. With this kind of blatant release, how can you play the game? And because he is the chief minister and the captain. He can also decide who can play on the ministers' side and who can't play. Even for players who don't like his behavior, such as Yang Jishan, he will directly break the rules. Attack people and destroy them physically. In fact, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty accepted being punished by the emperor, harmed by eunuchs, beaten in court, and even beaten to death. But you, Yan Song, are one of us, and you are the captain. The captain took the lead in dealing with his own people, without any principles or bottom line. This is the main reason why Yan Song became the first traitor in the Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, after overthrowing Yan Song and becoming the chief minister, Xu Jie, as the new leader of the civil officials, can be said to have firmly held his position. In the face of Jiajing's request, he dared to say he didn't dare. In the face of Hai Rui who scolded Jiajing, he dared to protect him. In the face of the censors who sprayed him, he was willing to spit in his face. In the face of various contradictions around him, he was able to smooth things over. And he also has a very useful identity, that is, the successor of Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind. So whether in the system of ministers, or in the academic field of the people, in the literary world. Xu Jie has done everything that a person should do. The so-called reputation is nothing more than given by these two groups of people. This has led to the situation that even though Xu Jie's family also bullied the people, it was only passed over in one stroke.

Here I want to mention a concept, the literary world. You must not underestimate this group. I always think that offending historians is terrible, but in fact, offending folk artists is even worse. Because only a few people will read history books carefully. But if a person becomes a villain in a play, then he will be truly well-known and popular.

In fact, Xu Jie's harm is much greater than Yan Song's!

Judging from the above, Xu Jie seemed to be a prudent and honest minister, who had nothing to do with treason and evil. Unfortunately, a hypocrite is not a gentleman after all, and Xu Jie's ugly face was exposed to the world in his later years.

That's where the danger lies.

He told future generations how to be an official!

As a result, the Donglin Party produced a group of "good officials" who seemed to have a very good reputation. In fact, compared with the Eunuch Party, these people not only did not make any progress, but their moral standards were even lower. There were many people in the Donglin Party who brought disaster to the country and the people, and this was even the norm. But others packaged it well!

What? A natural disaster?

Oh, it’s the eunuchs’ fault!

What? Exorbitant taxes?

Oh, the emperor wants to collect it!

What? The country is lost?

It’s all the fault of those tyrant emperors and treacherous ministers!

Anyway, just let them say whatever they want, they get a lot of benefits but don’t have to do anything!

The same is true for the gods in the Pantheon.

They shouted with great passion, as if they really cared about the country and the people, but in reality these people couldn't get anything done!

Everyone wants to lose face.

If Zeus had dared to say such things before, he would have been scolded!

But the problem is that Zeus has dragged everyone into this... Now there's nothing we can do.

Of course they can be shameless.

But the problem is that Zeus is more shameless than them. If you dare to say that you are not afraid, you are doomed. Zeus really dares to send you out!

That's the crux.

Of course there is another reason, that is, they can't defeat Zeus!

This is very important.

"The Black Death Sword... Everyone knows what it is. The more gods that thing kills, the stronger God Slayer Gol will become! If I bring a large group of gods to encircle and suppress him, he will only become stronger and stronger, until he is strong enough to completely destroy us!"

Zeus said confidently.

"So, the most important thing we should do now is to preserve our strength and not confront Gel head-on! If we deal with him now, it will only make the situation worse. Those weaker gods will become nutrients for the Black Death Sword. What do you think I should do?"

Zeus raised his head and looked around: "What do you think I should do?!!!"

The gods were whispering, but no one stood up to say anything, it was just whispers.

They actually all supported Zeus's remarks, but if they stood up in support, they would seem too cowardly and shameful.

But they didn't dare to object.

So it became like this.

Kai and Thor were speechless. Damn, these people are really... If Gol didn't cause trouble for Earth and Asgard, Kai thought that maybe Gol would slaughter them, and Kai would be happy to help. Look at what these bastards are doing.

They exploit and harvest believers without any shame, and can even openly admit their cowardice.

Is this still Zeus?

He had long since transformed into a slick, hesitant, cowardly and failed middle-aged man!

Of course, in a sense, there is nothing wrong with this.

Kai can't ask others to fight for their lives, which is also a kind of hooliganism. But the problem is that Geer is the enemy of the gods. If even the gods themselves don't take him seriously... then it's the end!

Thor finally couldn't help it: "Don't you know that his ultimate goal has always been you?!!"

In fact, Gel's ultimate goal has changed, and he wants to resurrect his daughter.

Of course, he wouldn't mind killing the gods before resurrecting his daughter.

After all, if he died and his daughter lived, and the gods were still around, who knows what they would do to his daughter?

Before, Kai and Thor had never seriously thought about a question, which was what Melinoe had said before, that Gol wanted to enter the Eternal Altar in order to save his daughter.

This involves a problem.

Why did Ger want to resurrect his daughter.

What is his purpose in resurrecting his daughter? On the one hand, of course, he wants to make amends, and on the other hand, he wants to satisfy himself... Although it is a bit selfish to say this, it is indeed true. Gel's idea of ​​resurrecting his daughter is to fill the emptiness in his heart... In short, he has lived enough. He feels that his life in the world is meaningless.

He wanted his daughter to live well in his place.

This is easy to guess. After all, hatred is easy to talk about, but when it really falls on a person, it is too heavy!

Before revenge, the whole person was overwhelmed by hatred and had no chance to breathe.

After revenge... I didn't get much. Although I no longer felt the suffocating feeling, all that was left was emptiness. The greater and deeper the hatred, the greater the emptiness.

After all, even if revenge is taken, some things can never go back to the way they were before.

So Geer was willing to sacrifice his life in exchange for his daughter.

In fact, it's not just Kai who thinks this is possible, even Thor thinks it is possible.

But the problem is, he died and resurrected his daughter...what kind of magical operation is this?

It’s not that it’s wrong to do so.

Instead, he must first ensure that his daughter can continue to live after he resurrects her.

Otherwise, his daughter would be killed right after he died. What was he trying to do?

Tu-95?

Well, even if the gods were generous to him in the end, or even if all the gods died, what about his daughter?

How old is his daughter? How can she survive alone?

Not to mention that his planet was still a primitive society, and this kind of burden would either be captured and sacrificed, or captured and made into slaves... In developed countries on Earth, orphans of a few years old have a very hard life, and the mortality rate of orphans has always been very high, and this is the case in all countries. Some countries with good welfare are slightly better, but only slightly better, and still much higher than the mortality rate of normal children.

With such a child, Gel intends to let her live alone in this terrible world?

It would be better to let her remain dead...to avoid suffering!

(I never really understood why the movie was like this when I was watching it. Even if Thor had a good heart and adopted the child... don't forget that the Pantheon is still there! If the relatives and friends of a god can't help it, then it's all over. The ending in the comics is better. Gorr went crazy and was taken in.)

I have to help out at my cousin's wedding tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so I'm typing this all night to avoid having to take leave!