Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

In the Hall of Martial Arts, Zhu Youjian was furious.

He thought he was humiliated by Zhang Haogu.

Just kidding, does the emperor of Ming Dynasty need Zhang Haogu to teach him how to govern the country?
"You all tell me, do I still need Zhang Haogu to teach me?!"

Zhu Youjian, who was still out of breath, looked directly at his cabinet ministers.

Qian Qianyi, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Sun Chengzong, the second assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren, Liu Hongxun, Qiao Yunsheng, Yang Changsi, and Shi Fenglai, the senior cabinet scholars, were stunned. None of them dared to speak out.

Your Majesty, do you still want us to tell whether you will govern the country or not?
What rank is Zhang Haogu, what rank are you, Your Majesty.

Why does a stubborn brass jump up and beat the strongest king's polengai?

In terms of governing the world, in the more than 260 years of history of the Ming Dynasty, there are few people who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Zhang Haogu. They really run the army and the country, and manage officials with one hand and the military with the other.

As for our Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian, it can only be said that self-confidence is there, and self-confidence is a good thing, but too much self-confidence is another problem.

But Emperor Chongzhen was still angry, and seeing the officials not speaking, he became even more annoyed: "When I was a prince, some masters said that I didn't understand military strategy and didn't know how to govern the country, so I could only be an Anle vassal. At that time I'm just a prince, I admit it."

"My elder brother succeeded to the throne. When I was a prince, even though I was concerned about the country and the people, I was only a prince at that time. My elder brother said that I could not be a king, but I could barely be a prosperous prince. I also agree with what my elder brother said. gone."

"But now, I have reached the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and I am the supreme emperor of the world, the emperor of Ming Dynasty. Don't I know how to govern the country and the world?!"

Qian Qianyi and the others were dumbfounded.

There are quite a few idiots who feel like they know more the more they become officials.

But I really feel that once my official status has risen, I will understand everything, so it is not surprising that any jokes will be made in the end.

Even Qian Qianyi didn't feel that he knew everything when he took the position of chief assistant in the cabinet. On the contrary, he felt that he didn't understand anything. The higher the position, the more trembling he was.

But after thinking about it, it doesn't seem like a bad thing to have such an emperor, at least everyone can be fooled better.

Therefore, everyone bowed in unison: "Your Majesty is wise, only Your Majesty can be domineering."

Well, the emperor, we agree with everything you say. For the sake of us who are hardworking and popular, it is not too much to share more money in the treasury with us, right?
But Zhu Youjian saw that all the ministers agreed with him, and felt that he was capable enough, so he immediately ordered: "In this case, let's go all out, I want to train a tiger and wolf division, and then go to attack that traitor Zhang Haogu! "

The emperor ordered the training of tiger and wolf divisions, so it is naturally impossible for the governor's office of the five armies to be idle.

Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Cheng, sat at the head of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and a group of honorable uncles sat on both sides. The honorable men of the Ming Dynasty began to discuss how to train the army.

"Today, 18 township braves have been recruited from all over the country. After some training, these township braves can be used to make up the number."

"You also said that this is just making up the numbers. When the real war starts, who will go up against the army of the Datong Society? Count on these brave men? Thank God if they don't just collapse."

"Don't you expect these township braves to count on those guards in various places? Those guards can't even fire three shots before the battle. The townspeople have trained well, at least they dare to work hard."

"Speaking of which, we still have 20 new troops, can we train these 20 new troops?"

"To put it bluntly, how much money does it cost to train 20 new troops? Is it worth four or five million taels per month? During the Tianqi Dynasty, nearly 50 new troops were trained every year, and the annual consumption was four to five million taels." Silver. The Tianqi Dynasty had this money, did the Chongzhen Dynasty have it?"

Hearing this, some people were puzzled: "Didn't the treasury say that there were more than one billion taels of silver and piles of gold? How could the court have no money?"

Hearing this question, all the nobles were dumbfounded.

Zhu Chunchen looked at the Xungui who asked the question, and someone quickly explained in a low voice: "Don't blame the governor, this kid has just entered the governor's mansion not long ago, he is from there."

Zhu Chunchen looked at the direction it was pointing at, and immediately understood which noble heir this was.

So Zhu Chunchen said: "We are all a family, and there is nothing to hide. Let's talk to him about the situation."

A nobleman said: "There is indeed a lot of gold and silver in the national treasury. To be precise, there are no less than 18 billion taels of silver and 5000 million taels of gold. This amount of gold and silver is the confidence for the bank to issue treasure notes."

"Part of this money is deposited in the Daming Bank as a reserve for the bank and the local government to exchange gold and silver. But that sum of silver has been taken to Liaodong. Now there are about 15 billion taels of silver and [-] million taels of gold in the treasury."

"And this money cannot be moved."

The newcomer didn't understand even more: "Now that the imperial court is in a critical moment, the local treasure banknotes are flooding, and the people are demanding to exchange them for gold and silver. There are also many contradictions, seeing that the world is about to be in turmoil, if you don’t pay at this time, when will you pay?”

Another Xungui said helplessly: "Boy, do you think we are fools?"

"Don't we know what's important? As long as we can keep the Ming Dynasty, we can keep ourselves. How can we be stingy with gold and silver at this time? But the gold and silver in the treasury can't be moved at all. It's there, but we can't move it. Understand?"

Are you guys stupid?
The nobles are not stupid, they know very well how they came to their current status, if the Chongzhen dynasty collapses, none of them will end well.

So don't look at these nobles who are corrupt, drink the blood of soldiers, and oppress the people, but they also know the importance of the army.

And the national treasury has been accumulated for many years by the Tianqi Dynasty, and gold and silver have become mountains. It can be said that even if the Chongzhen Dynasty squandered it for 100 years, it would not be able to squander it all.

But although this gold and silver is in the treasury, no one can touch it.

It is said that the members of the Donglin Party went to the treasury to inspect it as soon as they accepted the Ministry of Households and the treasury. It is true that there are so many gold and silver in the treasury. At that time, looking at the mountains of gold and silver in the treasury, it almost made the Donglin Party People were blinded, these Donglin Party members thought they were going to get rich.

But when anyone wants to go to the treasury for inspection, the gold and silver will be gone!
Gone!

More than one billion gold and silver, if you say no, it will be gone!
The bigwigs of the Donglin Party were almost out of their minds at the time, and Shi Fenglai, who was the Minister of the Household Department, even rolled his eyes on the spot and almost went after the late emperor.

So much gold and silver gone!
Gone!

Who dares to spread the news?The members of the Donglin party had issued a gag order at that time, and no one dared to disclose this matter.

It was only later that Zhu Chunchen and other dignitaries found out that the gold and silver were still there, but they were taken to the dark vault by the people of Datong Society.

Those people in Datong Society have run the imperial court for so many years, and the treasury has been repaired to be invulnerable to water and fire, and it is divided into underground and open treasuries.

Nowadays, all the treasures are on the surface, such as precious jade jewelry, and antique materials. These things are very valuable, but they cannot be exchanged for gold and silver for a while. It's nothing anymore.

The gold and silver of the Ming Dynasty are now in the dark vault. The location of the dark vault and how to open it are not known to the Donglin Party members. After all, when the Datong Society was withdrawn, it was clean and nothing was left behind.

At present, the gold and silver in the treasury are still there, but they just don't know where.

And at the beginning, those Donglin Party members planned to hide it from the beginning, but all the nobles knew about it, so how could the emperor not know about it?

The emperor pretended not to know even if he knew about it, so naturally the nobles dared not act rashly.

Everyone knew that the Datong Society must have hidden the gold and silver, but if the news didn't get out, people in the world still had hope for the imperial court, knowing that the imperial court had money and could solve all problems at any time.

But if the news gets out and people know that the imperial court has no money, the turmoil in various places will immediately intensify. Not only will the people be in chaos, but the army will also cause many troubles. As for those who are ambitious, they will inevitably jump out to make troubles.

It can be said that the gold and silver in the Schrödinger state is the confidence of the Chongzhen Dynasty. As long as the gold and silver do not move, no one will know the real details of the court.

And at this time, if you go to war with Liaodong, won't you be waiting to be exposed by Liaodong?

What's more, what kind of configuration is Zhang Haogu's side, what kind of configuration is on his own side, and what should he use to fight Zhang Haogu?

Zhu Chunchen looked at the stunned newcomer, and nodded helplessly: "The people in the court who should know these things know it, and those who shouldn't know it don't know it either."

"Sooner or later, you will know that what I tell you today is to make you keep your mouth shut, and don't reveal everything you shouldn't say."

And Xungui said: "Duke, what should we do now, Your Majesty is waiting for us to train the army."

Zhu Chunchen said: "In this situation, we can only ask His Majesty for money."

"Do you want money to train the army?" someone asked.

Zhu Chunchen shook his head: "No, we want to divide the money among ourselves."

As he said that, Zhu Chunchen cupped his hands in the direction of the imperial palace helplessly: "We are all servants of His Majesty, honorable men of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally we want to share our worries and solve problems for His Majesty and the court."

"In the current situation, once the war breaks out, with swords and soldiers together, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably fall into fire and water, the world will be in turmoil, and the people will die, and the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be in danger."

"The plan for now is to prevent the war from breaking out."

"Your Majesty has money, so he thinks he can fight Liaodong to the death, but His Majesty doesn't know anything about military affairs, so what's the use of simply being rich? We can only ask His Majesty to spend all the money. When His Majesty has no money, he will naturally stop thinking about going to war." , then the world will be considered peaceful.”

"Then this money." You Xungui asked tentatively.

Zhu Chunchen patted his chest: "We are nobles, so naturally we have to take on this responsibility. We will temporarily save this money for His Majesty. When the imperial court's national power rises and we are able to fight in the future, we will return the money to Your Majesty." .”

Having said this, the eyes of all the nobles brightened: Yes, the imperial court cannot fight now, and if they fight, they will definitely lose, and maybe even the Ming Dynasty will be lost.

At this time, they have to eat and drink. That is not destroying the Ming Dynasty, on the contrary, it is saving the Ming Dynasty.

As long as the war does not start, Liaodong will not fight, and if Liaodong does not fight, Ming will still be Ming, the court will still be court, they will naturally still be high-ranking nobles, and His Majesty will still be the emperor of Ming.

Therefore, is taking the emperor's money called corruption at this time?

That is the great action to save Daming!
As for when the national strength of the Ming Dynasty will return in the future, the court will be full of strength again.

According to the current way of eating and taking cards, we have to wait a little longer, and let the court be rich when everyone is rich.

If we get rich first and then get rich, we can always get rich together.

After the nobles reached an agreement, Zhu Chunchen and others went to contact the Donglin Party members in the cabinet.

Obviously asking Zhu Youjian to pay for it is not something that can be done by the Xungui family. The risk of paying the money cannot be borne by the Xungui themselves. Of course, when the money is divided, the honest gentlemen of the Donglin Party must also share the profit. of.

After all, gentlemen and gentlemen also go on cruises to play prostitutes, and they also want to buy land.

The courtiers in the picture boat brothels of the Ming Dynasty were still very expensive. Although these noble courtiers were no different from opera singers, the prices of high-end opera singers were different. It may take ten and a half days to redeem the body, and the hundreds of taels of silver can't beat it, and tens of thousands of taels and tens of thousands of taels are commonplace.

Whether it is the nobles of the Ming Dynasty or the gentlemen of the Donglin Party, these great figures of the Ming Dynasty are the most caring. They can't see that the nobles are not praised, and they can't see these weak women suffering. Going to dedicate some love and comfort these poor people.

As for the land and fields, let alone, the people of Ming Dynasty are suffering, and the taxes are heavy. How can the people with more than ten mu of land and a few people be able to afford the taxes of the court?

The gentlemen are kind-hearted, and they don’t see the mud-legged people running around toil, so they directly bought their land. When the mud-legged people plant the land for the master, don’t they have to pay taxes to the court?

And just paying rent to the master, isn't it more cost-effective than paying taxes to the court, and paying rent to the master?

Originally, the court wanted [-]% from you, the master wanted [-]% from you, and you only had [-]% left, but now you are a tenant for the master, and the master wants [-]% from you, now you can keep [-]%, are you happy?
Therefore, under the relentless corruption of nobles, members of the Donglin Party, and local officials, who invaded the fields, squeezed the people, and wantonly extorted bribes, the world became more and more turbulent, and the common people wanted to cry without tears. I dare not cry, for fear of being thrown into prison by the masters.

Why cry?How dare you cry?

Do you have any complaints about the Ming Dynasty and the emperor?
Isn't the imperial court treating you muddy legs badly?

In the end, the common people didn't dare to cry anymore, they could only watch in numbness that everything they had was taken away by corrupt officials, gentry and landlords, and even their remaining life would be sold to these gentlemen and treated as Driven like a mule.

Yes, mules and horses, not cows.

Because whether it is a cow or a horse is valuable, the mud legs are worthless, and a mule and a horse are as good as the sky.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian was not clear about these things. He thought his Chongzhen Dynasty was still good.

The court wants money, the local government wants money, and training the army needs money. Why don’t you want money?

There is gold and silver in the treasury of the Ming Dynasty but it cannot be moved, and Zhu Youjian is not willing to use his small treasury for everything. After all, an emperor without money is doomed to be miserable, and he must ensure that he has money in his hand.

Therefore, it can only suffer from the common people.

After all, the people have lived a good life for so many years, and every family must have no shortage of gold and silver, and there is enough food.

The common people have enough food and clothing, so it should be donated to support the court, right?

However, Zhu Youjian didn't think about it at all. If he set a tax of [-] cent, the people below would dare to pay [-] cents of tax, and then those at the bottom would dare to ask for [-] cents of silver.

People are greedy, and without clear restrictions and supervision, those who have power will have unlimited desires.

Under such heavy pressure, the common people finally couldn't help rebelling.

For a time, people in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Huguang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places rose up and revolted. light.

As for these frequent rebellions, the local yamen basically concealed them and did not report them. They dared not let the emperor know that the people rebelled here.

These county lords and magistrates have yamen servants, guard soldiers, and they can also hire the servants of the gentry and landlords. The tripartite coalition composed of guard soldiers, yamen servants and servants of the gentry and landlords is the counter-insurgency of these lords. main force.

Under the suppression of these county lords and prefects at all costs, many people's uprisings failed in the end, but in the process, there were also many people's uprisings who became stronger and stronger, gradually tempered in battle after battle, It can even withstand the suppression and raids of the government army.

Under such circumstances, in order to prevent things from getting worse and eventually getting out of hand, these county lords and magistrates often choose to compromise, such as demarcating an area and letting these rebel mud legs to toss by themselves, as long as they don't come to the county If you don't go to some big towns to make trouble, then the gentlemen will pretend that you haven't seen it.

As for some landlords and gentry being asked for food, gold and silver, that is beyond the control of the gentlemen.

After all, since ancient times, the imperial power did not go to the countryside. Villages and towns should be governed by local sages. This is also the ancestral system of Ming Dynasty. It is enough for the masters to manage the city well. If there is a problem outside the city, it is the local gentry and sages who should find a way to solve it. , if these gentry and country sages can't solve it, then why do you rule the place together with the master and me?

These landlords and gentry see that the government doesn't care about it, so they can only train their servants and thugs to fight to the end with those rebellious mud legs. They can't hand over the grain and gold and silver for nothing, right?
And the local landlords and gentry mingle with the mud-legged people, and when no one bothers the lords, the lords are happy.

The county is safe, and the world will be peaceful that day, and everyone can sing and dance again, and continue to live a carefree life.

As for how rotten the world of Daming has become?

This is not important, as long as the emperor can't see it, there will be no problem at all in the world of Ming Dynasty.

Don't you see that there are so many mud legs in the local rebellion, but the court still announces good news every day?
That's right, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian is still feeling emotional:

"Although I am not as good as Taizu Chengzu, but my diligence has finally put Daming on the right path."