Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 645 The Rectification of the Military Colony
Speaking of it, no matter whether you want to admit it or not, the current court and China are actually gradually forming a trend of Wen Shengwu Weakness.

The reasons for this situation are very complicated. The most important reason is naturally the civil war. In order to maintain their status in the court and obtain new military achievements, the nobles secretly encouraged the Supreme Emperor to follow suit. The father and grandfather conquered Wala personally, but in the end they lost their wives and lost their soldiers.

Not only was the Supreme Emperor lost, but he also joined an army of 20 and a large number of honorable men in their prime of life, putting him in an embarrassing situation of being outnumbered.

In the end, the battle broke out, but the limelight was completely robbed by Yu Qian and other civil servants.

It should be said that this is doomed from the time of the civil engineering change, and it does not depend on anyone's will.

After all, at that time, the government was in crisis and the capital was at stake. The nobles themselves had been pampered and pampered for many years. There were not many capable people, and most of them were lost in civil engineering.

Under such circumstances, it is an irreversible trend for civil servants to gain the upper hand in order to keep the capital and the country.

If it is forced to stop it, it will only make the court fall apart, and the society will be in danger of overthrowing.

However, many things, once started, cannot be stopped!
The rise of civil servants is bound to be accompanied by the decline of the power of noble military officials.

To change this situation, it is difficult to say, but it is also easy to say.

And the crux lies in the emperor!

As the king of the people, the lord of the country, the emperor himself has the power to influence the court situation.

In the past few decades, the reason why the power of honor and nobility has been prosperous in the court is nothing more than because, from Taizu to Taizong to Xuanzong, they were all emperors with outstanding martial arts.

Therefore, during their reign, they attached great importance to military preparations. Taizong made several northern expeditions, Xuanzong made several border inspections, and honored officials and generals naturally had a strong position in the court.

But when it comes to the emperor today, this situation has changed.

The previous generations of emperors, not to mention Taizong, was born as King Sai, and later Renzong, Xuanzong, and the Supreme Emperor all successfully succeeded to the throne, and their status as heirs was determined very early.

In this case, their growth process will always be accompanied by the figure of a new generation of nobles, that is, the so-called imperial guards.

These people are all young people with the most potential in each mansion. After entering the palace, they will grow up with the prince and become available people in the East Palace in the future to ensure a smooth transition of the court.

In this mode, until the Supreme Emperor succeeded to the throne, there were no major problems.

However, today is different.

To put it bluntly, today's son was ordered in the face of danger, the vassal prince of Qiandi, and during the entire growth process, he had no relationship with Xungui at all, and there was a natural sense of strangeness between the two parties.

Coupled with the construction work, on top of this strange feeling, there may be a sense of estrangement, which can be seen from the current experience of Cheng Guogong's mansion.

At the same time, the same sentence, after civil engineering, the general situation of the court needs to rely on civil servants, even if it is for the overall situation, it is imperative to reuse civil servants.

However, as a king, especially one who is wise and holy, he is naturally aware of the dangers of such a development.

So in fact, it can be seen from many places that the old man intends to support his relatives. For example, at the beginning, he appointed Shi Jing, Zhao Rong, Guo Sheng and others as the governors, and later transferred Ningyang Bo Chen Mao Returning to Beijing, even violating the rules and regulations to promote Fengguo Duke, and conferring new nobles who performed outstandingly in the Battle of Wala are all proof.

However, the affairs of the court are often so difficult.

It is true that the emperor himself has the power to control the court, but at the same time, everyone, including the emperor, will also be bound by the court at the same time.

Theoretically speaking, since the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, all civil and military officials, and noble relatives are all ministers of the Son of Heaven, and they should all serve their duties with loyalty.

However, in practice, there are many more difficult joints.

If it is said that just sitting on the throne, everyone can sincerely bow their heads and bow their heads, the world would have long been unified.

The real court situation is extremely complicated.

The emperor may have the intention to promote and reuse nobles, but how to choose people is the first problem.

These days, it’s not that the Son of Heaven has not been promoted to be honorable, but first there were Shi Jing, Guo Sheng, Chen Mao, and Ren Li, all of them were either because of their own lack of ability, or because of distracting thoughts, or because of other things. what reason.

In short, one by one was taken down, and there were very few who were able to stand firm.

Even if someone is elected, can he get the approval of all the nobles?
Don't you see, Duke Feng has held the title of duke for so long, and he still does everything by himself?

Jing'an Bo Fan Guang, if he hadn't been married to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, he might not have been able to fall into the eyes of these nobles.

And the most crucial point, even if the emperor wants to be promoted, and some mansions also want to serve, does the emperor really dare to trust him without reservation?

The noble branches of each family are spread out, and the relationship is intricate. Who can guarantee that they will still be able to swear their allegiance to the emperor at the critical moment?

Again, a sense of trust cannot be built overnight. Even those civil officials who can truly become the emperor's confidants have gone through many tests.

Whether or not these honorable military officials want to be loyal is one thing, whether they can be loyal is another aspect, and whether they can get the trust and reuse that satisfies them after allegiance is another aspect.

A lot of worries are in the middle, which makes it difficult for the relationship between the emperor and Xungui to break through.

And don't forget that it is inappropriate to emphasize literature over military affairs, but emphasizing military affairs over literature is also a disaster for the country. Even if the emperor intends to promote nobles, he still has to worry about the attitude of civil servants.

From the perspective of those civil servants, with the lessons learned from the Civil War, they absolutely do not want the nobles to take power again.

They won't stand up to the emperor, but it is always inevitable to find fault with various honorable families. In this case, it is impossible for the emperor to be too partial to protect one side.

The combination of various reasons led to the current situation. Under the control of the emperor, there were basically no large-scale civil and military disputes in the court.

However, under the relentless encroachment of civil servants, the status and power of honorable military officials are indeed constantly declining.

So in fact, if Yongkanghou and Longpinghou are really expressing their views on behalf of the Dingguo Mansion, if it is said that the Dingguo Mansion has really completed the connection with the Jing'anbo Mansion, then this may mean that in the In the future court situation, in addition to the British government, the nobles will have new forces that can make different voices.

The emergence of this kind of power may even change the current balance of civil and military power in the court and the long-standing confrontation situation. It must be said that it is of great significance.

However, those who are interested still find that although many dignitaries in the imperial court speak out in support of the army, their words are still different.

Feng Guogong, an old man, skipped mentioning it, and Jing'anbo just threw a brick to attract jade, so he didn't mention it anymore.

What attracted the attention of the courtiers was the people who followed behind, a group of people headed by Zhao Rong, the uncle of Xincheng, and the people of the Dingguo government represented by Marquis Yongkang and Marquis Longping.

These two groups of people were originally a group of people, they were all from Jing Nan's surrendered generals, headed by Dingguo Gongfu.

However, as Feng Guogong was the first to be relied on by the emperor because of his support, Xin Chengbo Zhao Rong, Wu Kangbo Xu Yong, Wu'anhou Zheng Heng and others who were closer to Fengguo's mansion also won A lot of rewards have formed a force with a small status in the court.

In fact, this group of people are those who intend to serve the new emperor, but because there is not enough understanding between the two parties, they are inseparable.

In the past court games, most of the time, these people would beat the side drums with Duke Feng, but when they really needed their efforts, they were full of worries.

This point was also reflected in this court meeting.

Compared with the statements of Duke Feng and Jing Anbo, these people were cautious. Although they kept saying that they were willing to be the same as Jing Anbo, they left behind for themselves.

Jing Anbo's statement can be described as straightforward. All the fields and personnel involved in the army, whether they are found by themselves or by the court, should be returned, supplemented, or disposed of, and all should be handed over to the court for investigation .

But when it was the turn of these people, the words were beautiful, but in fact, they obviously meant to save money and eliminate disasters.

The so-called self-examination and severe punishment are actually their own decisions. In the end, they themselves say as much as they find out by self-examination, and they will deal with whoever they say they have dealt with.

It seems to be full of sincerity, but the meaning of the words is nothing more than not wanting the court to intervene, or expressing his willingness to cooperate, and hoping that the Ministry of War will not be so strict.

Of course, there are new nobles in the Jing'an Bofu, who have less involvement and less worries, but these aristocratic families have been passed down for a long time, and the factors that involve more worries actually reflect the contradictory mentality of these nobles.

They want to please the emperor, but they are afraid of paying the benefits. In the end, they will be beaten, so they can only carefully test step by step, relying on the passage of time, to gain the trust of the emperor little by little, and at the same time build their own trust in the emperor.

In comparison, Marquis Yongkang and Marquis Longping, who represented Dingguo's mansion, had a much stronger attitude.

Although it was also not as straightforward as Jing'an Bona and others, they grasped the key points firmly and firmly.

Dingguo Mansion's statement can be summed up in two points.

First, to ensure that the amount of military settlements, whether they were occupied earlier or privately cultivated by soldiers later, as long as they are related to the military settlements, whether they are found out by themselves or by the court, they will be returned in full. imperial court.

In order to show their sincerity, Dingguo's mansion even added a sentence that many mansions dare not add, saying that if there is something that cannot be returned for various reasons, Dingguo's mansion will purchase the clean land of the people and return it to the army. .

To put it bluntly, your Majesty, you say the number, I will find it for you if you can find it, and compensate you according to the price if you can’t find it. Anyway, I guarantee that you will get the land that matches the number in the end and return it to the army.

It has to be said that this point directly hit the imperial court's Achilles' heel.

Still the same sentence, the imperial court has been busy for so long and made such a big fuss. The core purpose is to restore the fields in the army.

The Dingguo Mansion directly issued a military order, and it was done in one step!
However, at the same time, the other party also made a small request, which is the second point in his statement, about people.

On this point, Dingguo's mansion has the same attitude as the previous batch of people who were both upright and upright.

The so-called people in the Fuzhong clan who are involved in the army should plead guilty to the imperial court and be dealt with by the imperial court. In fact, it means that their own people should investigate on their own, and ask the imperial court to raise their hands and take back the land to let others go.

This condition should be said to be within the acceptable range of the imperial court.

After all, what the imperial court wants is to restore the army, not to kill people. Even if they want to kill people, it is to clean up military discipline, and it is not completely inflexible.

Moreover, the reason why the ministers regard this as a sign that Dingguo Mansion has finally taken a stand in the court is because the weight of this memorial is not light.

You must know that this memorial is a joint name. In other words, it is not that the Dingguo family has to pay huge benefits, but that several honorable families are like this.

Dingguo's family has a big business, so naturally they can afford to pay for so many acres of land, and they can buy if they don't have enough. However, some other Hou's and Bo's houses don't have such a solid foundation.

Especially for some mansions with a lot of prodigal sons, the land and acres acquired have already been sold, and the silver taels obtained have already been squandered. If the imperial court really wants to strictly investigate, they have to fill the holes, which is not an easy task.

Dingguo's government can let them join the name, so it will naturally share these pressures for them. It is conceivable that the cost in the process will definitely not be small.

This is why a top aristocratic family like the Duke of Dingguo dared to use this method to replace other aristocratic families. Even if they wanted to do this, they would not have the strength!

In any case, this court meeting has come to an end.

With Ren Li being taken down, it will be difficult for the noble force he represents to arouse opposition again in an organized manner, and can only remain silent.

And this force headed by Feng Guogong, after merging with Dingguo Gongfu, has enough weight to speak out in the court. When Ren Li and his group do not express their opinions, they are enough to represent the attitude of honorable military officials .

In this way, at least on the matter of rectifying the military settlements, all civil and military officials reached an agreement again, and it became a matter of everyone's expectations.

Then, naturally, only the emperor will make a final decision, and this court meeting will be successfully concluded.

Under such circumstances, the Son of Heaven would naturally not make any further mistakes, and returned to the familiar attitude of all the ministers, listening to advice and accepting advice, said.

"Since all the ministers have made this request, from now on, the Ministry of War will take the lead, and all yamen will cooperate to implement the regulations for rectifying the military settlements."

As he spoke, the emperor's eyes fell on the group of nobles in the middle of Danchi, and said.

"As for the performances of the honorable ministers, you can understand my heart and share the country's worries. I am very relieved. Self-examination and self-reporting are good things. The imperial court's rectification of the army is to restore the army. If the army is in Hongwu's time With half the force, our frontier army will be strong!"

"This time to rectify the army, all the honorable officials of the military government should also cooperate with the Ministry of War, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Criminal Investigations, report the truth, and do not lie. The government affairs of the court can only be achieved through the cooperation of civil and military forces."

"Let's stop here today, retreat!"

As the voice fell, the officials bowed their heads and bowed down, while the emperor, surrounded by a group of eunuchs and court ladies, got on the chariot and left Fengtianmen.

As the emperor left, the elders stood up one after another, and with a "buzz", there was a burst of noisy discussions...

(End of this chapter)