Haisheng Mingdi

chapter 753
The emperor put his heart into it, but none of the Zi Fei ministers in the Hall of Martial Arts would understand.

After all, to be able to enter the imperial court, at least one is a fifth-rank position in the ministry, or that kind of important position.

This is obviously a liquidation of the old forces, and it is very strict. The whole family was moved from their hometown to Gyeonggi, but it is not an exaggeration to say that they were sent into exile.

Especially for those who surrendered to captives, this time their families will be relocated to areas outside the Great Wall Pass. All the land they left behind in the pass will also be replaced outside the pass this time, no matter whether this is a one-to-one replacement or In exchange for a few, can the fertile land in the Central Plains be compared with the land outside the customs?

What's more, when moving, the whole family was required to move out together, but when it came to resettlement outside the Great Wall, it was required that the family be split up and resettled by household, and resettled in the form of small families. Who could not understand the emperor's intentions.

Others who escaped and were killed, those who died in battle and those who committed suicide have different treatment, but basically they are all being liquidated, the only difference is who is being liquidated more thoroughly.

Even if these old Xun's emaciated camels are bigger than horses, they still hold a lot of money in their hands. Moving outside the pass will not only weaken their financial resources, but also deal a huge blow to their influence. After leaving their hometown, it is not necessary to start anew. easy.

There are many old Xuns who have always lived in Beijing. They used to have a lot of land in the north, and some even spread across several provinces. Now even if they can stay in the pass, they basically want to settle in the periphery of Beijing, or even Hebei and Liaoxi. Shanxi.

The people sitting in the palace discussing with the emperor are basically upstarts. They don't have much sympathy for the old officials of the previous dynasty. Everyone knows that when the old officials fell, the emperor ate meat, and they drank soup and gnawed bones.

Few of the old Xunli have status in the new dynasty. Cheng Guogong Liu Kongzhao is a rare special case. This descendant of Liu Bowen was relatively prosperous in the Chongzhen and Hongguang dynasties, especially in the Hongguang Dynasty. At the peak of Wu Xun, the Golden Palace can scold the Minister of Donglin all over the place, and hold the real power of Cao Jiang.

When the Qing army went south, he did not flee with Hongguang, nor surrendered with Xu Yunjue and the others, but went south with a navy and continued to fight against the Qing. Later, Zhu Yihai recruited him, but he worked hard and became the emperor's confidant Yuan. Since, although there have been no big news in the past few years, he has achieved Cheng Guogong step by step.

When Jiu Xun was basically about to be liquidated, he was still outstanding.

There are also some honored officials who died for the country, and after being appointed by Zhu Yihai Enyin, they also made some achievements in the Shaotian Dynasty. This time, they are not among the old honors who have been liquidated, but they still need to be relocated like other upstarts. Entering Beijing, just not implicating the tribe.

"My minister agrees."

Cheng Guogong Liu Kongzhao, who was appointed by the emperor a few days ago as the right governor of the former military governor's mansion of the five armies, was the first to stand up and echo the emperor wearing the purple robe bestowing a unicorn.

As the representative of Jiuxun and the descendant of Liu Bowen, the founding hero, Liu Kongzhao is also a strange person. After all, he can be reused in the Chongzhen, Hongguang and even Shaotian dynasties. He can also send his daughter to the palace as a concubine. He can also be a former soldier The position of right governor is already very difficult.

This means that Liu Kongzhao has truly entered the top core of the military upstart group in the Shaotian Dynasty.In the past few years, Liu Kongzhao has explained how to be a confidant of the emperor, that is to obey orders unconditionally and support the emperor with all his strength.

Smart and capable, he doesn't talk too much, but does a lot of meritorious deeds. He has successfully won a core position for himself in the new dynasty.

Just at that moment, the emperor had just finished speaking, and he was the first to stand up and support without hesitation.

Hong Chengchou immediately stood up to support, and then Qian Qianyi also hurriedly stood up. Both of these were tainted, and he always felt uneasy in the court, and because he had been presiding over the two courts for the past few years, he did all kinds of things. I don't know how many people have been offended by the job of supervising impeachment, and I can only be a lonely minister.

Knowing that this might be a road of no return, they had no choice.

They know that their only value to the emperor is to bite and whip those officials mercilessly. If he dares to be selfish or even incompetent, he will definitely be mercilessly abandoned by the emperor, and may even be liquidated in the end .

He can only go to the dark on this road, and even every time the emperor proposes, they must actively respond to support, make suggestions for the emperor, and fill in the gaps.

In the past, Qian Qianyi, as the leader of Donglin, would never have been able to support the emperor on such matters, but now he has to stand up and support him immediately.

Zhu Yihai looked at Wu Sangui under his eyes.

"What does Duke Liang think?"

After Wu Sangui entered the imperial court, this was the first time he participated in court meetings. He is now the governor of the former army's Zuodu governor's mansion, the Duke of Liangguo, with the rank of minor security guard, and the rank of general of the auxiliary country. He seems quite prestigious.

But Wu Sangui is now an old dog whose paws have been chopped off and his teeth pulled out.

Although there is a commander-in-chief, the emperor specially ordered him to attend the senior military officer training class in the martial arts hall, instead of going to the former military governor's mansion as a director.

That is to say, there are no titles but no real power. There are many military officers in the senior military officer training class. Basically, they are generals who are not directly related to the emperor. Many of them were originally from foreign towns or even bandits. In fact, he was deprived of actual military power.

The refresher class was not easy to attend, not only had to take loyalty to the emperor and patriotism class every day, but also had to learn Shaotianzhengyin Mandarin and practice calligraphy.

There are not many real professional courses, basically explaining the various battles fought by the imperial battalion commanded by the emperor, and replaying them one by one.

In Wu Sangui's view, although the emperor regained the world in five years, none of the battles he fought could be called amazing, and they were all very mediocre. Pulling up the team in such a short period of time, and then persuading a few generals, and even taking a troop unexpectedly across the sea to the north to Sanwu, instead of going to Shaoxing and guarding by the river.

After Wu Sangui entered Beijing, he hadn't seen the emperor yet.

He also asked the face saint to thank him, but the emperor ignored it at all.

It was also unexpected to be suddenly told to participate in the court meeting today.

At this time, he was suddenly directly called by the emperor, and Wu Sangui was even a little distracted. After recovering, he quickly got up and apologized to the emperor.

Zhu Yihai looked at Wu Sangui, who was only a few years older than himself. From the perspective of the nation-state, he was a traitor who betrayed the country. From the perspective of personal morality, this person was unfaithful and unfilial and slaughtered cities indiscriminately.

He is the son of a merchant and the son of a general.His father, Wu Xiang, was originally a horse merchant, but later he joined the army and married into the ancestral family of a general in western Liaoning, so he quickly made a fortune in western Liaoning.In this turbulent era, relying on his family relationship and his own bravery, Wu Sangui is indeed very good.

He was a guerrilla at the age of 20, a general at the age of 23, deputy commander in chief at the age of 26, and chief soldier at the age of 27.

But Zhu Yihai knew very well that Wu Sangui was by no means the kind of dude who got his position because of his family relationship, this man was indeed very capable, not to mention his filial piety to save his father from the city.

Let's just talk about his choices on several key nodes, which shows that this person is not simple.He made several important node selections. The first time he bravely led a team of servants out of the city to rescue his father who was surrounded by the Qing army outside the city.

Seeing that the situation was not good during the Songjin battle, he ran away decisively, and also showed his true qualities as a hero.

Later in Shanhaiguan, he first surrendered and then surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, which revealed his vision and decisiveness. He could clearly judge that Chongzhen could not be saved, Li Zicheng could not succeed, and the Manchu Qing would eventually enter the customs.

Just like when he was named Ping Xibo in Chongzhen and asked him to lead the Guan Ning army to retreat into Guan Zhongqin to escort King Qin, he deliberately dawdled on the road. Later, when the Tartars were defeated by Zhu Yihai, Wu Sangui also turned his face ruthlessly again. , and finally abandoned the captives and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

And Wu Sangui has another point, his father is controlled by Li Zicheng, he can surrender without any scruples, and his concubine Chen Yuanyuan is not worth mentioning.

This is a ruthless man, who once worshiped the eunuch Gao Qiqian as his adoptive father and Hong Chengchou as his teacher. In that chaotic era, as a young man, he was able to quickly rise to a high position, but it was not all due to connections.

No matter who he is under, no matter whether it is Hong Chengchou, Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, Dorgon, etc., no one can really control him. Before throwing Zhu Yihai, he always held enough power in his hand to let others treat him. Throwing a mouse, and even vigorously win over.

He is always clear-headed, will never be loyal to anyone, betrays as soon as he should, and abandons as soon as he should, without any moral burden.

And he's really good at it.

Even Chen Yuanyuan, the most famous courtesan on the Qinhuai River, was in his pocket.

It can be said that Wu Sangui is definitely the template for the protagonist. In the late Ming Dynasty, he was the envy of countless people.

History has turned a corner. Wu Sangui failed to go to the southwest to become the king of Yunnan. Now he is forced to surrender his military power and becomes an idle official in Beijing.

Facing the emperor's slight smile, Wu Sangui felt a little nervous in his heart.

"Your Majesty is wise, and the minister seconded the proposal!"

Wu Sangui thought a lot, but in the end he just said this sentence.

Zhu Yihai laughed lightly for a while, but ignored him.

The emperor continued to talk about the relocation. In addition to Jiu Xun, the emperor also planned to move some local aristocratic families here, including many old Donglin.

Due to various reasons, Zhu Yihai also intends to take this opportunity to rectify those old Donglin and even the old eunuchs who have not been able to achieve five-rank real positions in the Shaotian Dynasty.

One emperor and one courtier.

Now that the new dynasty has risen, how can it accommodate the interest groups of the old dynasty.

The upstarts can occupy high positions and sit more securely only if they step on the old ones.

The country of the new dynasty and the throne of the new emperor depend on the support and protection of these upstarts to be stable.

The local gentry who used to be ministers of the cabinet, governors and governors, but now do not have five-rank real jobs, all have to move to Beijing and Tianjin.

In the past, there were officials of the fifth rank or above, but now the nobles whose families did not have the fifth rank, moved to Hebei for resettlement.

If the population is not enough, then continue to relax the standards. For example, those who have been a Jinshi before, but now have no five-rank real positions, and those who have more than [-] acres of land or more than [-] taels of property will move to Shanxi and Liaoxi.

Start from those with more land and property, and move until you have enough.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 2 Jinshi. In the nearly 300 years of history, these 2 Jinshi came from thousands of families. Some families had more than 300 Jinshi in the past 30 years, and some families had seven or eight Jinshi. There are even four generations, eight scholars, and five ministers.

There are many three ministers and five Jinshi.

In the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Jinshi family can be selected, the family can definitely prosper for several generations. Excluding those Jinshi families who are officials in the new dynasty, there must be many remaining Jinshi families who have not yet fallen, and basically they will be A famous family and a big landlord in the place.

If some of these Jinshi families from various places are relocated to Gyeonggi, it will definitely be a big reshuffle of the place.

When the emperor attacked Jiu Xun, the ministers basically had no objection.

And when the emperor actually planned to attack the gentry again, many people were very shocked, even Wu Sangui was a little surprised, secretly looking at the young emperor in surprise, never expecting that he would dare to make such a drastic move.

Sure enough, as expected of Emperor Shaotian, he can always do things unexpectedly.

Wu Sangui was surprised, and even felt a little hot in his heart, not because he thought the emperor's move was so wise, but because he felt that the emperor had made a stupid move, a big stupid move.

In the nearly 300 years of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 2 Jinshi and how many Jinshi families, but there are still many who are still prosperous but not in the dynasty. These people have the right to speak at the local level.

Now that the emperor wants to attack them, I'm afraid it will cause big problems.

Think back to the days when the emperor wanted to open up sea trade, levy mining tax, and levy industrial and commercial tax, but because these touched the interests of the gentry and landlord group, whoever succeeded and who went smoothly?
The emperor of the hornet's nest dared to poke it, which was exciting to watch.

Wu Sangui didn't think those gentry were fighting Zhu Yihai more than Zhu Yihai, but this might cause turmoil. For Wu Sangui who lost his military power and is working as an apartment in Beijing, the current life is indeed too boring.

If there are some disturbances and excitement to watch, he is still very happy to see it.

Zhu Yihai was also watching the expressions of the ministers in the palace. Someone had a calm expression. It was Wen Anzhi and others. They had discussed with the emperor repeatedly for a long time, and they basically reached an agreement, and they knew it well.Some people were surprised that it was an official who did not know in advance.

And Wu Sangui sat there expressionless, but if he looked carefully, he didn't seem to be surprised and shocked, which meant that he might be very happy.

"How to operate it, let's discuss it again."

"Mr. Liang, you should mention two things first."

Zhu Yihai named Wu Sangui again.

When Wu Sangui got up, he was still flattering like a wise man, but Zhu Yihai didn't accept this at all. He just wanted him to put forward a few specific suggestions for relocation in the hall, and he couldn't do without mentioning them.

Wu Sangui thought for a while, and finally came up with a suggestion, that can be relocated in counterparts, such as moving to Yongping Mansion in Guangdong Province, moving to Daming Mansion in Guangxi Province, moving out of a province, moving to a mansion for resettlement.Those who moved out of the same prefecture will move into the same county together for resettlement.

Zhu Yihai sat there looking at Wu Sangui, waiting for him to speak, deliberately watching him silently having a cup of tea, Wu Sangui felt uncomfortable there.

"Hahaha, Duke Liang is a good suggestion!"

(End of this chapter)