Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 670 Lost the wife and lost the army

Zheng Zunqian sent all the new wheat harvested outside Nanyang City to Tokyo City, but Yingzhou has not been able to take it.

"The Tartars don't keep their promises!"

After the morning court, in the Prime Minister's Office, the Prime Minister, the Associate Ministers, and the on-duty attendants and lecturers came to pay their respects and congratulated the emperor on his new son.

Zhu Yihai also took out the red-dyed eggs prepared in advance, peanuts and Xiyan, and distributed them to everyone.

Wen Anzhi smiled and accepted two red eggs, a handful of red dates, peanuts and longan, and a box of Double Happiness cigarettes. "The tartars also don't see rabbits and don't spread eagles. They came here a few years ago and sent gold, silver, ginseng and minks. But we don't understand the siege of Yingzhou and Baocheng. How could they trust us so easily, let alone give us more money?" 1 taels of gold, 100 taels of silver, plus a thousand catties of ginseng and a thousand pieces of mink fur."

Wen Shoufu told the emperor that the Tartars were in a hurry recently, and they sent envoys here every now and then, hoping that Daming would keep his word and withdraw his troops early to relieve the siege, so that they could withdraw the troops from Hubei, Henan and other places, as well as the Manchu family and servants.

He even accused Daming of agreeing to a truce while sending troops to attack Beijing.

Zhu Yihai peeled the fried peanuts dyed red, and it was delicious.

"The Tartars are still a bit unwilling, otherwise, if they are smart and pragmatic, they should move the Luting from Beijing first. Whether it is moved to Datong, Taiyuan, or outside the Great Wall, it is safer than Beijing. .

If I couldn't bear my temper, if I was like Li Zicheng, I would have gone directly to Beijing by now, so I wouldn't be entangled with him about Yingzhou Nanyang. "

"Your Majesty can only be majestic if he can endure it." The second assistant Wang Zhiren immediately flattered him.

It should be said that Wang Zhiren was also very surprised that he was able to enter the cabinet and the prime minister's office, let alone being the assistant of the last time.The group of young men who pretended to be Pijiang and waited for Donglin to restore the society impeached him and wanted to make big news, so he also resigned from the emperor.

But in fact, I was very unconvinced in my heart. I felt that he was a great veteran, not to mention his seniority and prestige, but he said that he fought the battle of Yanzhou, besieged the city for a long time, and finally fought a very beautiful battle of annihilation. Not killing people?

Let alone the Tartars?
What kind of crime?

If the emperor followed the advice of the group of Donglin scholars and bureaucrats and dealt with him, even if it was a slight punishment, he would accept it, but there must be a hurdle in his heart, he would be very dissatisfied, and there would be resentment.

But the emperor's handling was unexpected. He first refused his resignation, and then reassured him that he would handle it well.

Then the result turned out to be that he was not punished at all, not even a word of blame, not even a fine, not the slightest punishment, but a big reward, and he went directly to the cabinet and became a second assistant, and one of the ministers of the prime minister's office .

On the contrary, the impeachment of Mao Pijiang and the others is not to stay in China.

Instead, they were all sent to Taiwan to serve as co-prefects, and the third-rank officials went to Mandao to take up positions as the fifth-rank You Tongzhi, to be a Sima in the East China Sea.

And this time it's not just the four young masters, thousands of officials are involved, and many of them who impeached him have been demoted to their posts.

In fact, Wang Zhiren was a little happy at first when the emperor treated him like this.

Then he quickly became uneasy, and even a little terrified.Although he was grateful for the emperor's protection of him, he felt that he was actually a little wrong in massacring the city in Yanzhou.

But now the emperor not only didn't deal with him, but also dealt with Dong Lin so severely for him, which was a bit overprotective and made him uneasy.

In addition to his heartfelt gratitude and loyalty to the emperor, there is only some guilt and uneasiness left in his heart. It is these guilt and uneasiness that made him work very hard after entering the cabinet and the prime minister's office, and even changed his mind. The previous domineering attitude has completely subsided, whether it is the first assistant Wen Anzhi, or people such as Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, Hong Chengchou, etc., they are also much more humble and polite.

These are all because he feels that he has caused trouble for the emperor and let the emperor take the responsibility for him, so he feels ashamed.

Although his son once told him that the emperor actually did this on purpose, showing the emperor's power and strategy, intentionally not punishing him at all, just to make him feel guilty, and then to show his gratitude to him.Wang Zhiren was not unexpected, but he still felt that the emperor treated him really well.

"Since the Tartars insist on resisting to the end, then proceed according to the predetermined plan."

Zhu Yihai had already made several sets of plans. Now that the Tatars have not been scared to withdraw from Beijing, nor have they hurriedly withdrawn their troops from the Central Plains to return to aid.

Of course, Zhu Yihai was not in a hurry, anyway, there were a few dead cities.

He also wished to catch some reinforcements, and it happened to besiege the city to fight for reinforcements. It was better to attract the enemy to help and fight outside the city than to attack a fortified and besieged city.

"The governor of Anhui, Qian Sule, told me that now the imperial court has divided the former southern Zhili land into two provinces, with the upper and lower rivers as the boundary. The original division was still due to the fact that Jiangbei has not been restored.

But now that the world is about to be settled, he thinks it is not appropriate to still draw the boundary between the two provinces on the upper and lower rivers.One is that now that the Yellow River is diverted, the water transport in Shandong is blocked, the sea transport is rising, and the opening of foreign trade, in this way, Jiangsu is based on the lower river, reaching Qiantang Bay in the south, Haizhou Bay in the north, thousands of miles of coast, countless ports, and the mouth of the Yangtze River. , and there are rich places such as Susong around Taihu Lake, while Anhui is based on Shangjiang, and the difference is obviously too big.

He suggested redrawing the two provinces from the north to the south of the Yangtze River, with the line from Jiangbei to the Huaihe River as Huainan Province, Huaiyang Province, and Jiangbei Province, and Jiangnan as Jiangnan Province or Jiangdong Province.

In this way, both provinces have coasts and ports, and Yangzhou and Huai'an, important towns in the north of the Yangtze River, can also become the leaders in the development of the northern province. "

Originally, Anhui was established as a province based on Shangjiang in Jiangnan Province. Anqing in the north of the Yangtze River and Huizhou in the south of the Yangtze River were each named as the province. The chief envoy was located in Anqing, which was the provincial capital.

But although Anqing is also an important water and land terminal, the most prosperous center in Jiangbei is Yangzhou, and then Huai'an, Xuzhou and so on.

Now the imperial court is vigorously developing shipping, so there is a bigger difference between having the sea and not having the sea.

Zhu Yihai really considered the memorial of Anhui governor Qian Sule very carefully, and he even sent a letter to Shen Chenquan, governor of Jiangnan and governor of Jiangsu.

Shen Chenquan is concurrently the governor of Jiangsu and is stationed in Yingtian. If he stands in the position of governor of Jiangsu, it is naturally the best for Jiangsu Province to occupy Xiajiang and occupy the east coast, starting from Susong in the south and reaching Xuhai in the north. .

But he is still the governor of Jiangnan, and he came from a bachelor's degree, so the pattern is bigger.

After comprehensive consideration, it was good for him to reply to the emperor that it was Governor Qian's suggestion. According to the current division, it is obvious that the gap between the two provinces will become wider and wider in the future.

"What do you think?"

Wen'an Zhidao: "It is not suitable for the development of the administrative district to change from day to day, but in the long run, the upper and lower rivers are divided into two provinces, and the difference will indeed be great in the future."

The new Minister of Officials, Wanji, said very directly, "The veteran thinks that there is no need for Nanzhili to be divided into two provinces, and the old system should be restored, and it would be better for the six ministries of Nanjing to manage the fourteen prefectures and four prefectures of Nanzhili."

Zhu Yihai twirled his beard, "Although there are still six ministries in Nanjing, I don't think the old system can meet the needs of the current and future situation. It is imperative to divide the provinces, and the main consideration now is how to Minute."

Nanzhili is too rich, and it is not suitable for this area to be directly managed by the Six Ministries of Nanjing.

In the past, Nanzhili was under the administration of the Six Ministries of Nanjing, and it was not considered a province because there was no chief envoy. Although there were two or three governors in many cases, it was not a real province without an official envoy.

After all, the Six Departments of Nanjing are no better than the governor.

In the past, the six ministries in Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty were originally for the elderly, relegated, etc., and they were not serious.

Zhu Yihai is worried that the core part of the empire will be managed by Nanjing Six Departments.

Minister of the Ministry of War and Assistant Minister of the Prime Minister Shen Yulong simply suggested that the emperor should use Nanjing as the capital. The reason is that Nanjing has always been the accompanying capital of the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, the emperor also ascended the throne in Nanjing. Besides, Nanjing is recovering well now. Especially now that the north is dilapidated, while the south of the Yangtze River is stable and even slowly becoming prosperous again.

Therefore, Nanjing is the capital, which is better than Beijing, and water transportation is also convenient, and the economic center of the empire is also in the south.

If Nanjing is the capital, there is no need to divide the provinces. Nanjing is still Nanzhili, and the imperial court will directly manage it.However, Zhu Yihai thought that, not to mention whether Nanjing should be the capital, even if Nanjing or Beijing should be the capital in the future, he still believed that the north and south Zhili should be established as provinces, and Yingtian and Shuntianfu should be allocated at that time.

Even if Nanjing is really the capital, Nanzhili should be divided into two provinces.

Wen Anzhi also saw the emperor's intentions. For the time being, he didn't intend to set up Nanjing as the capital.

"Since Your Majesty intends to re-determine the two provinces of Nanzhi and Zhizhi, I think there is nothing wrong with it. Before everything is settled down, it is still too late to make a change."

Zhu Yihai nodded.

"Then take the Yangtze River as the boundary, and divide the original Nanzhili into the northern and southern provinces. The north is called Jiangbei Province, and the south is called Jiangdong Province. In addition, I think we can consider assigning Xuzhou to Shandong Province."

"Assign Yingzhou to Henan Province, and Guangzhou is assigned to Jiangbei from Henan."

"In addition, due to the diversion of the Yellow River in Henan, several counties on both sides of the new river in the south of the original Zhili Daming Prefecture were assigned to Henan and Shandong provinces, and Changyuan, Kaizhou, Qingfeng, and Nanle on the west side of the river were all assigned to Henan.

Dongming County, south of the Yellow River New Road in Daming Prefecture, was allocated to Shandong. "

The three counties of Puzhou, Guancheng, and Fanxian in Shandong at the junction of the three provinces were assigned to Henan. "

Daming City is still in the north, bounded by the Wei River in the south, Henan in the southwest, and Shandong in the southeast.

"After the adjustment, the two provinces of Jiangdong and Jiangxi have the governor of Liangjiang. The governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Jiangdong will be held by Shen Chenquan. The former governor of Jiangxi and governor Guo Zhenyi will lose the title of governor and only retain the post of governor of Jiangxi.

"Henan and Jiangbei provinces have governors of Huanghuai, with Chen Qianfu as governor and governor of Henan, and Qian Sule as governor of Jiangbei."

In the past, there were three governors in the four provinces, but now it is equivalent to laying off the governor of Jiangxi and replacing them with governors of Liangjiang and Huanghuai.

Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Liangjiang, Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Gansu, Huanghuai, Sichuan, Shandong, Zhili, and Liangliao still retain eleven governors, eight of which govern two provinces, and Sichuan, Shandong, Beizhi only governs one province.

It is still during the war, and if Zhu Yihai really sets his capital in Beijing in the future, in fact, there is no need for a governor in Zhili, Shanxi, Shandong, or even Henan. The power of the governor is still too great, which is not conducive to centralization.It is enough to only have a governor. After all, the governor becomes an actual high-ranking official, although one province is not as good as the governor in charge of two or three provinces.

The ten prime ministers and associate ministers of the Military Aircraft Department had no objection to the emperor's adjustment.

Zhu Yihai nodded, this matter was decided like this, the prime minister drafted the will according to the emperor's will, and handed it over to the cabinet or the six ministries for handling, and the next step was more troublesome, such as re-engraving the seal and so on.

However, there is no need for Zhu Yihai to worry about these matters. He is only responsible for making decisions, and he has his own subordinates for execution.

(End of this chapter)