Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

The imperial army was defeated!

A group of mud-legged rebels actually occupied the entire Ganshan!
Is there such a magical thing in this world? !

When Zhu Youjian heard that the noble army had returned in a disastrous defeat, and that the rebel army had tentatively sent troops to Shanxi and Henan, he was in a daze, completely dazed.

The imperial court has 8 elite Beijing camps, plus [-] Gansan-Shanxi frontier troops. This is the most capable army in the Ming Dynasty. The [-]-strong army sweeping Gansan and Shanxi should be as refreshing as the autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves. How is it possible? How could it be possible to lose the battle!

Zhu Youjian is a good emperor, and he knows how to reflect: first of all, as an emperor, it is impossible for him to make mistakes. No problem, after all, the cabinet is responsible for logistics and strategic layout, the layout is very good, and there is no problem with logistics support; after that, ordinary soldiers should be fine, although Mr. Uncle Qiu Ba also really dared to fight.

And the battle report given by the front line also said that the imperial army fought very bravely, facing double or even triple the enemy, they could still keep the army as still as a mountain and advance and retreat like the wind.

So who is at fault?
Zhu Youjian can only blame the Xunguis. It is the Xunguis who have problems with their command, not the Xunguis. It can't be the emperor's fault, right?
My Emperor Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty is famous for his non-stick pan!

So Zhu Youjian first issued an order to admonish these nobles for not wanting to die. If they refused to die, they were not loyal, and if their loyalty was not absolute, they were absolutely disloyal.

The Chongzhen Dynasty did not need these absolutely disloyal nobles, and then Zhu Youjian deposed more than a dozen nobles with an edict, and asked them to go to prison to reflect on why they lost the battle.

Although it can be regarded as an explanation to put the nobles in prison, Zhu Youjian still has nothing to do in the face of the uprising army spying on Shanxi and Henan.

There are still 23 people in the Beijing camp, of which 18 are young and strong who have not been established for two years, and the remaining [-] are the elite of the imperial court.

Zhu Youjian was a little worried, but the cabinet scholars had full confidence in him.

Especially Wen Tiren, Yang Changsi, Shi Fenglai and others, don't look at them spreading party members, don't look at them being corrupt, let alone look at their crooked leaders and crooked leaders, so that the world will be full of corrupt ministers, but they are really Those who love Daming love the current imperial court.

Whether these cabinet scholars or nobles, they were shocked by the failure of the imperial army to suppress the rebellion, and then they should do what they should do. Compared with Zhu Youjian who was shocked three times a day, these Donglin Party The pillars of the country, the gentlemen of the people and the nobles, are all calm and breezy, highlighting the confidence in Zhu Youjian.

Yes, the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, the honored gentry are very confident in the ability of the Chongzhen Dynasty to suppress the rebellion, and the current failure to suppress the rebellion is just a mistake.

Daming was rich all over the world and embraced the world. How many talents and materials were there?
There are tens of millions of people in the thirteen provinces in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, and there are countless resources of all kinds. The imperial court can continuously build troops. Pay the price of failure!
It's not just Wen Tiren who said that, but also Sun Chengzong, a rich man who guards the border. With these important ministers as guarantees, Zhu Youjian finally felt relieved.

"Your Majesty, it's just the common people rebelling. This is scabies! The Ming Dynasty is so vast and has experienced so many turbulences, but up to now, how many people can really threaten the court?"

"In the past, thieves in the four southern provinces have caused disasters for decades, but they were still destroyed by the court. King Ning rebelled, and the court wiped out the enemy within ten months."

"Even if Liaodong built slaves to harm the border, and Monan Tatars ravaged the north, they still couldn't shake Ming Dynasty."

"How does the rebellion of the people in a province compare to the century-old border troubles of the Ming Dynasty? How does it compare to the establishment of slaves in Liaodong?"

Listening to Wen Tiren's generous statement, Zhu Youjian's blood was also boiling: "Not bad!"

"The 270 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been so many storms and storms, I am underestimating myself!"

Seeing that Zhu Youjian regained his self-confidence, Wen Tiren and other elders were also relieved. To put it bluntly, Daming really didn't care about the rebellion of the people once or twice. After all, this kind of thing has been experienced a lot. Nowadays, which dynasty has not experienced a few times of common people's rebellion?
As long as the emperor has the confidence and determination to suppress the rebellion, and gathers the manpower and material resources of Ming Dynasty, there is nothing he cannot do.

But before Wen Tiren and the others breathed a sigh of relief, they heard Zhu Youjian say: "Da Ming's confidant's trouble is not the rebellion of the people, but Zhang Haogu and his fellow party in Liaodong!"

"This beast has replaced the Jiannu in Liaodong and the Tatars in the north, and has become a confidant of the imperial court. Compared with the rebellion of the people, I want to get rid of this beast!"

"Da Ming is rich all over the world, and I don't believe that Zhang Haogu can't be equaled!"

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Wen Tiren, Shi Fenglai, Yang Changsi and other cabinet scholars were all stunned.

Little brother, what's the matter with you?

To increase your confidence is not to let you be delusional!
Get rid of Zhang Haogu, where do you have the confidence to say this?
Not to mention Wen Tiren and others, even Sun Chengzong has no confidence in Zhu Youjian's delusion.

Is the current imperial court capable of fighting Liaodong?

When the time comes to really fight, it won't be the army of the imperial court sweeping Liaodong Liting and sweeping holes, but the Liaodong tigers and wolves entering the pass, and the world will change color!

Therefore, Sun Chengzong euphemistically put forward a suggestion: "Your Majesty, the most urgent task at the moment should be to wipe out the troubles in Gansu and Shaanxi."

"The so-called rebellion against the outside world requires peace at home. If Ganshan and Shanxi are not peaceful, they will threaten Shanxi and Henan every day. Once refugees flood into Shanxi and Henan, the confidant of Ming Dynasty will inevitably be corrupted. At that time, it will not be enough for the imperial court to put down the rebellion. Ten thousand soldiers, a few 10 taels of silver can do it."

Liu Hongxun also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what Cifu said is true. The imperial court should now focus its energy on Gansu and Shanxi. Only when the chaos in Gansu and Shanxi is put down can the imperial court free up its hands to concentrate on dealing with Liaodong. Otherwise, the imperial court will start a war on two fronts. It’s easy to get two lines corrupted.”

Neither Sun Chengzong nor Liu Hongxun supported Zhu Youjian's attack on Liaodong now, and Zhu Youjian was very unhappy.

But Zhu Youjian had to admit that what Sun Chengzong and Liu Hongxun said made some sense: "According to what the two elders said, the imperial court should deal with the northwest instead of the northeast?"

"Then how to counteract the rebellion in the northwest, do you have any suggestions from the two elders?"

Liu Hongxun was stunned for a moment, and said dryly: "I think that the general situation of the northwestern rogue bandits has been established, and the current plan is to gather the imperial army and plan it slowly."

Sun Chengzong knew a little more than Liu Hongxun. Even if he only read the battle reports, Sun Chengzong could deduce a lot from his decades of military career and experience in guarding the border.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong was keenly aware that there must be a powerful force behind the seemingly innocent people's rebellion. Otherwise, these rebellious people would not be able to sweep the entire Gansu Province so quickly, let alone have such an unstoppable force. momentum.

After all, a group of illiterate farmers who face the loess and back to the sky, what do they know about the overall strategy and the formation of troops?
But now these farmers have managed the Gansu-Shaanxi region well, and they can train a large number of elites and even start a frontal military confrontation with the elites of the imperial court and the frontier army. How can this be done by the peasant uprising army? !
Now that the forces in the world can have such power, Sun Chengzong can understand it when he thinks about it.

What Sun Chengzong could figure out, Qian Qianyi naturally could also figure out, and he even took a longer view.

So Qian Qianyi didn't say a word, Zhu Youjian planned to let him out of the cabinet anyway, why did he still say these things?

Zhu Youjian didn't get anything useful from Liu Hongxun, so he looked at Sun Chengzong again. He very much hoped that Sun Chengzong could use his rich border experience to come up with a practical plan.

But Sun Chengzong didn't know what to do now, because it was useless to simply deal with the rebel army. The looming shadow behind the rebel army was the most important thing. Obviously, this was still a contradiction between the Datong Party and the court.

Seeing that these cabinet ministers could not give an answer, Zhu Youjian waved them irritably to retreat.

At night, Zhu Youjian was still approving papers from various places in the Wuying Hall. Empress Zhou saw that her man was so hardworking, so she personally delivered the lotus seed soup.

After all, Zhu Youjian was really angry during this period, and his mouth was covered with sores.

Seeing that it was his queen who came, Zhu Youjian also sighed.

Although my Queen Zhou disagrees with me many times, there is no doubt that Queen Zhou is a qualified and virtuous housemate. She has a lot of knowledge, general knowledge, and knows how to help herself. For those who are lustful, one queen is enough, and there are very few concubines in the harem.

"Your Majesty, why are you so troubled?" Queen Zhou rubbed Zhu Youjian's head, a little puzzled.

Prosecutor Zhu You sighed: "I am worrying about Liaodong."

"Liaodong, Master Zhang? But isn't there a problem in the northwest now?" Queen Zhou asked.

Zhu Youjian snorted coldly, and said irritably: "Those elders don't talk about it, but I know it in my heart. How much strength can a group of common people and peasants have if they talk about breaking the sky? How long did it take to sweep Ganshan and even spy on Shanxi and Henan! If it is said that there is no one behind them, who will believe it?"

"Not to mention that the mob organized by these peasants can compete against the elite of the imperial court, and even win the battle. Even if it is because of the large number of people, when will the mob be useful?"

"Thirty thousand frontier troops turned against each other at the most critical moment. Isn't there a mastermind behind this?"

"This must be Zhang Haogu who is tripping me up. He just wants to see me fail, so that he can mock my Chongzhen dynasty as inferior to Tianqi dynasty! I know it must be him!"

"This living Cao is asking me to give him a prince, give him nine tins, make him a captain, let him go to the palace with a sword, praise him without a name, and enter the court without going."

As he said that, Zhu Youjian's expression became distorted: "I am going to destroy this beast!"

Empress Zhou was a little worried: "But, don't the cabinet elders not support the war against Liaodong?"

Zhu Youjian said: "I also understand the meaning of the cabinet. It is a taboo for the imperial court to fight on two fronts, but once the imperial court goes to war against Liaodong, will Liaodong still have the strength to support Ganshan? At that time, the Northwest issue can be easily resolved by the imperial court. You can free up your hands to deal with Liaodong!"

"These elders are all calm and calm, but how many of them really understand military affairs? Do they really think that I don't know soldiers?"

"Then what does your Majesty mean to start a war against Master Zhang?" Queen Zhou was still worried, she was not ignorant of the court affairs, she knew very well how terrible the consequences would be if the court really broke with Liaodong, That's definitely not the result anyone wants to see.

But Zhu Youjian had already made up his mind at this time, and he said slowly: "I have figured it out clearly, if I want to deal with that living Cao Cao, I must start with his confidants, only those who are familiar with him can know his weakness! "

"I already know what to do."

Looking at the confident Zhu Youjian, Queen Zhou was silent.

Who is Zhang Haogu's confidant?

Who is the person familiar with Zhang Haogu?

Maybe the princes of the imperial court can give many answers, such as Zhang Ruitu, Lu Xiangsheng, Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu who are known as Zhang Haogu's personal heirs.
But there is another person who gave Zhang Haogu great help at the end of Zhang Haogu's life, and can be called Zhang Haogu's first help in his rise. , the director of the East Factory, Wei Zhongxian, the companion of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of Apocalypse!

Back then, Zhu Youjian deliberately left Wei Zhongxian behind, and still entrusted him with heavy responsibilities. He also let him take on the duties of the chief of the inner palace and the supervisor of ceremonies, and let him shoulder the burden of the East Factory.

Over the years, Zhu Youjian has successively withdrew and transferred Wei Zhongxian's subordinates one after another, and replaced the seal of the Si Li Supervisor with his confidant Wang Cheng'en. He and the factory guard were also constantly suppressed by him. It can be said that Wei Zhongxian's power has been weakened to the extreme.

What's more, in order to show his loyalty these years, Wei Zhongxian has played a black glove for Zhu Youjian, dealing with disobedient local officials and gentry, and attacking those who dislike those in the court. rush.

It can be said that Wei Zhongxian is still so unpopular in the past two years, especially since the Datong Party has withdrawn to Liaodong. The gentlemen of the Lin party make money and buy real estate.

Now that Zhu Youjian is going to attack Zhang Haogu, Wei Zhongxian is of course useless.

Although Wei Zhongxian has indeed done a lot of things in the past two years, but the bird is doing his best to hide his bow, and the cunning rabbit is a dead dog. Wei Zhongxian now has only one role left, and that is to take the blame for Zhu Youjian, and then he was killed in a justifiable way. !
Soon, Zhu Youjian issued a decree, claiming that Wei Zhongxian had deceived the saints, harmed the world, excluded dissidents, and interfered in politics. For the sake of Wei Zhongxian, he still entrusted him with important tasks, regardless of previous suspicions, but he did not expect that Wei Zhongxian did not know how to restrain himself, bullied all officials wantonly, and did many evils.

Even local people rebelled, the world's economy was in turmoil, local turmoil, the Northwest uprising, the frontier army's wages and many other issues were all put on Wei Zhongxian's head by Zhu Youjian!
It's all him, it's all him who deceived our Emperor Chongzhen!

It was him, it was he who embezzled the military pay and covered up the real situation of the soldiers at the border, which made the border unstable!
It was him, he was the one who recklessly caused misfortune and oppressed the officials, which made the court a mess, and the gentlemen could not govern the country with peace of mind.

It's him, it's him who wantonly collects bribes and fabricates all kinds of exorbitant taxes, which makes people's lives more and more difficult!
It was all done by him, and it has nothing to do with Emperor Chongzhen or our Donglin Party's honest gentlemen!

Under a serious crime, under the status of the core of the new party and the status of the eunuch party, no one in the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty spoke for Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian was caught off guard by the big Han general, and then he was given to him by the factory guard of the East Factory. locked in a prison.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Youjian sentenced Wei Zhongxian to death without hesitation.

In the big prison, Wei Zhongxian was put in a cold, damp cell full of fleas and couldn't even see a little sunlight, and the guards were not polite to this once majestic factory supervisor, and they beat and scolded him a lot. Let Wei Zhongxian taste what is called the coldness of the world, and what is called the nobleness of the jailer.

But the conscience of heaven and earth, Wei Zhongxian really didn't do anything these years, even in the third year of the apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian became a good man, what can he do, he is just an eunuch.

But the emperor said that Wei Zhongxian had a problem, so there must be a problem with Wei Zhongxian. If he doesn't tell the truth right now, he must be taking chances to get away with it!

So the guards beat and tortured Wei Zhongxian.

Whips, sticks, soldering irons, etc. took turns, tossing Wei Zhongxian, who had been pampered and pampered for so many years, to the point of death.

Finally, Wei Zhongxian couldn't take it anymore, he didn't know why Zhu Youjian treated him like this, but he really couldn't take it anymore, he begged the jailers to speak and tell him what to say.

Under such circumstances, Wang Chengen, who replaced Wei Zhongxian in charge of the Supervisor of Rituals, appeared: "Eunuch Wei, long time no see."

Wei Zhongxian raised his head reluctantly to look at Wang Chengen, and asked in tears, "My lord, this old servant is loyal to His Majesty, and this old servant is really wronged."

But Wang Chengen said: "Eunuch Wei, if you are really loyal to His Majesty, why did you join the Datong Society?"

"What's more, Eunuch Wei, are you really wronged for what you have done these years?"

"I really think that Your Majesty doesn't know who has been sending people to monitor His Majesty when you are hiding in the mansion. I really think that Your Majesty doesn't know who keeps slandering the late Emperor?"

"Eunuch Wei, you are a sensible person. You know what His Majesty wants, so you can recruit what you should, and you can end up with a good end. Otherwise, hehe!"

Listening to Wang Chengen's words, Wei Zhongxian's tears kept streaming down his face. He finally understood that Zhu Youjian was a mean and ungrateful emperor, far worse than the late emperor!

Not only is he mean and ungrateful, he also crosses rivers and demolishes bridges. He is so indifferent to the extreme!
But now people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and Wei Zhongxian has no choice but to feel sorry for Zhang Haogu in order to survive.

You can't blame yourself for this, it's really Zhu Youjian's attack is too ruthless, he is also trying to survive, and Zhang Haogu and himself are old friends for so many years, he should be able to understand himself, right?

While subconsciously seeking psychological relief for himself, Wei Zhongxian slowly opened his mouth: "Old slave, I know something about the imperial examinations in the second year of Tianqi."

"Zhang Haogu, Zhang Haogu cheated in the imperial examination back then! He was the number one scholar who got it by cheating!"