Prince of Chaos

Chapter 205
And this wonderful feeling didn't last long. The little eunuch outside Qianqing Palace suddenly came in front of Emperor Wanli and said, "My lord, Mr. Shen Ge, the first assistant to the cabinet, and Mr. Shen Ge, the second assistant to Wangge, are the ministers of the Ministry of War." Shi Xing asks to see you."

Emperor Wanli was in a good mood at this time, and when he heard Shen Shixing and the others begging to see him, he immediately said, "Let's announce them to come in."

After the little eunuch got the order of Emperor Wanli, he immediately went outside the palace gate to announce the order.

After Shen Shi carried out Wang Xijue and Shi Xingde's will, he immediately came in in a hurry.

Emperor Wanli looked at Shen Shixing and others who were in a hurry, and Emperor Wanli asked: "Mr. Shen came to see me at this time, what's the matter?"

When Shen Shixing was asked such a question by Emperor Wanli, he choked in embarrassment as soon as the words came to his mouth.I don't know how to speak.

At this time, Emperor Wanli didn't know what was going on, so he said to Chen Ju, "Give Mr. Shen a seat."

However, Shen Shixing didn't dare to just sit down at this moment, he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "I dare not be a minister."

Emperor Wanli smiled and said, "What happened today?"

In the end, Shen Shixing couldn't bear it any longer.He could only say: "Your Majesty, Bozhou Bozhou has reversed again."

At this time, Emperor Wanli, who was drinking herbal tea, almost choked on Shen Shixing's words.

Emperor Wanli put the herbal tea in his hands aside, then looked at Shen Shixing who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "What did you say? Bozhou is reversed again?"

Shen Shixing said bitterly: "Return to the emperor, yes. This is the military report just received by the Ministry of War."

Chen Ju hurried over to take the military newspaper in Shen Shixing's hand, and Emperor Wanli took it over and glanced at the contents inside.

The originally good mood was completely ruined now!

Emperor Wanli looked at Shen Shixing and the others with an ugly face, and asked angrily, "Why did you rebel?"

Emperor Wanli's eyes commented on the three of Shen Shixing, but at this moment, both Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue seemed to have practiced closed-mouth meditation, and they didn't even speak.

Shi Xing, who is the minister of the Ministry of War, couldn't hold back anymore, because this matter was his responsibility in the final analysis. Chieftain Yang Yinglong gathered the rebels to attack and sent troops to raid Yuqing, Dahu, Duba and other places. Now Sichuan and Guizhou are in a hurry, and the governor of Sichuan can't resist the arrogance of the rebels, so he urgently sent [-] li to rush to Beijing."

After Emperor Wanli heard this, he almost couldn't hold back and smashed the glass bottle in his hand.

Last year, the cabinet and the Ministry of War had made a guarantee with him, saying that Yang Yinglong was afraid of God's grace, had realized his mistakes and corrected them, and surrendered to the court.Then, under the persuasion of the cabinet and the Ministry of War, Emperor Wanli naturally picked it up and put it down gently, and mercifully spared this desperate Bozhou chieftain.

Moreover, it also asked the Ministry of War to deal with the aftermath. For this time, the Ministry of War specially sent a servant of the Ministry of War to personally intervene.

After receiving the task of the master of the headquarters, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Xing Jie, also specially asked the prefect of Chongqing Wang Shi to order Yang Yinglong to go to Qijiang (now Chongqing area) to listen to the investigation.

Yang Yinglong at that time showed his loyalty, and he also tied twelve capable men including Huang Yuan to Qijiang and dedicated them to the governor of Sichuan and the prefect of Chongqing. The twelve "culprits" provided by Yang Yinglong were chopped off to the court for credit.

Moreover, at that time Yang Yinglong also took the initiative to ask for 4 taels of silver to help pick wood to atone for his crime.Now, Yang Yinglong's cute and sensible image is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.The imperial court naturally became more and more pleasing to the eye. After all, at that time, Bozhou was still a land of soil and seedlings. Although it was nominally under the control of the central imperial court, it did have the final say of thousands of chieftains.In line with the principle of maintaining stability that more things are worse than less things, in the end the court only let Yang Yinglong retire early, let his son Yang Chaodong take his place, and his second son Yang Kedong stayed in Chongqing as a hostage.

This would have been a happy ending.

However, who would have thought that only a year later, this careless chieftain of Bozhou turned his back on him again. Isn't this a slap in the face of the court again?
Emperor Wanli could never accept such a result!
Because, the last time Yang Yinglong rebelled, Emperor Wanli had already spent millions of taels of silver to suppress the rebellion. Although Yang Yinglong was not directly eliminated, the strategic goal was still barely achieved.

Moreover, afterwards, Emperor Wanli also Jianba one by one meritorious ministers in suppressing the rebellion.

Now it seems that Emperor Wanli only felt a burning pain on his face.

Emperor Wanli asked, "Why did he rebel?"

Shi Xingdao: "His son Yang Kedong died in Chongqing, so Yang Yinglong used this as an excuse to refuse to pay the 4 taels of wood mining silver promised to the court, and then openly rebelled."

When Emperor Wanli heard Shi Xing's answer, he was so angry that his chest hurt, "Why did his son die in Chongqing?"

Shi Xing said: "Maybe he has some hidden disease."

Hearing such an answer, Emperor Wanli was extremely dissatisfied. He looked over Shi Xing, then looked at Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, and asked, "Tell me, how are you going to deal with it?"

After Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue heard Emperor Wanli's question, they looked at each other slightly, and then bowed and said: "I think it should be used together with appeasement and suppression, and the Bozhou Rebellion should be resolved quickly."

Emperor Wanli's face darkened because of this method, "Didn't the last method also be used together with appeasement and suppression? The result? I spent millions of dollars in internal funds, and the result in exchange was that Bozhou rebelled again. If I If you use it in conjunction with appeasement and suppression, isn’t this telling the world that the imperial court is bullying and weak?”

Shen Shixing's heart trembled when he was suddenly forced by Emperor Wanli's anger. He really didn't expect Emperor Wanli to have such a murderous intention.

However, the current situation of the household department and the military department is really bad!
The Beijing Ministry of Household Affairs still owes the salaries of officials in Beijing and China.Although, according to the "convention" of the previous Ningxia campaign and the Korean campaign, the money should still come from the internal funds of Emperor Wanli.

However, Emperor Wanli was not a fool who only paid money, he would still urge the Ministry of War to also pay.

But where does the Ministry of War have money?The Ministry of War can only borrow food and grass through the cabinet and the Ministry of Households. However, the Ministry of Households has spent more money than I know how many years.Where is there any money to pay for a long-lasting and far-reaching war?In the end, it will only make the court's finances worse.

Therefore, it is really difficult to be the chief assistant of Shenshihang, who does not open source and is dedicated to saving money!
After countless struggles in his heart, Shen Shixing still gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the court has no money."

This sentence hit Emperor Wanli's chest like a heavy hammer!
Emperor Wanli suddenly felt short of breath.He pointed at Shen Shixing and the others with trembling hands, "Since Ningxia put down the chaos, I haven't asked for a tael of silver from the household department once. Is this how your family was pawned to me? Two capitals and one thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty Don't you have enough taxes?"

After being questioned by Emperor Wanli in this way, Shen Shixing was so ashamed that the tax collected was indeed not enough!The taxes of the six southern provinces are only handed over to the Nanjing household department, and will not be escorted to the Beijing household department. However, the northern provinces and vassal kings and clans in the northern provinces under the tax collection and management of the Beijing household department are countless, and the land annexed in their hands is countless. They will pay a tax, and they will ask the court for a salary.

Under such circumstances, it is no wonder that the Ministry of Household Affairs in Beijing is rich.

　Opening a new volume today, I need to sort out my thoughts.If nothing happens tomorrow morning, a chapter should be updated.

　　Seeing that the crown prince is about to oversee the country's governance, give some monthly tickets and encouragement. .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)