Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 877 Furious Chongzhen: The officials misunderstood me!
"Why didn't Qian Shoufu say a word?"

Zhu Youjian stared at Qian Qianyi and asked.

The Kong family was killed by Huang Zongxi, and the noble gentry in Shandong were also killed and punished. Now Huang Zongxi has begun to divide land in Shandong.

It is still under the banner of Datong law.

What about Daming Law?
What about Daming's law?

What about him, the emperor of Ming Dynasty?
The traitor of Datong is already a wolf and his ambition is clearly revealed, no, this is simply Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it!
But now Zhang Haogu's big mouth is drawn to his face as the emperor, why are his ministers still silent?
Zhu Youjian doesn't understand, is he not good enough for his lovers?
Why didn't Qian Qianyi, the chief assistant, speak up?
Qian Qianyi looked at Zhu Youjian staring at him, he really didn't know how to speak.

Yao recalled that when he first became the chief assistant, he was still the majestic chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty. Although he could not reach the level of Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Haogu, how could he still be regarded as Yan Song and Xu Jie?

But how long did it take? All the cabinet scholars and all the secondary assistants are not things. Relying on being the cronies of the new emperor Jianba and relying on the six ministers with real power, they began to intrigue with him, vying for power and gaining money. Qianyi is physically and mentally exhausted.

Qian Qianyi finally understands why you have to be a minister of power if you want to do things. You don't monopolize the power, a group of people are intriguing and tricking you, how can you have time to do things if you just deal with them?
Just like now, doesn't Qian Qianyi know that the situation in Ganshan is critical?

Doesn't he know that the situation in Shandong has threatened Zhili?

But what can he do?

He is just a chief assistant without the support of the six ministries, and the treasury of Ming Dynasty has no money. A group of people in the cabinet are staring at his position, and those people in the outer court are also impeaching the cabinet at every turn, as if otherwise they cannot show their innocence Just the same.

Sitting in this chief assistant position, there are all kinds of internal and external troubles, and one has to be cautious. He is so cold at a high place, and he is like sitting on a crater, which is simply fatal.

In the past few years as the first assistant, I have seen the scenery, but in fact I know my own suffering.

But what can he do?
The emperor doesn't care about these, what else can he do?
Now Qian Qianyi understood that whoever served as the chief assistant would suffer the crime. The chief assistant of the Chongzhen Dynasty was definitely a dangerous position, especially now that the Ming Dynasty was in a precarious stage, and natural disasters and man-made disasters came one after another. When Zhu Youjian was going to take the chief assistant to sacrifice to the sky, he didn't want to stay in this position any longer, so he simply said: "Go back to Your Majesty, I'm afraid."

"In the past two years of Chongzhen, I have been entrusted by the Holy Grace to serve as the chief assistant of the cabinet to participate in the maintenance. For five years, I have been inactive and have been unable to relieve His Majesty's worries. Today's chaos is even more powerless. The minister deserves death."

"I beg for the bones."

Qian Qianyi spoke eloquently on the phone, the core of which was: I quit.

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Qian Qianyi to resign at this juncture.

According to the rules, those who voluntarily resigned belonged to admit defeat, and could no longer ask for guilt. This was a tacit rule, a rule recognized by the monarch and his ministers.

Of course, some people have challenged this rule, such as Yan Song and Yan Shifan, and it is self-evident what their fate will be.

As for the emperor who violated this rule, it is natural that all the officials will not play with you, unless you turn the table and start a new stove yourself.

Zhu Youjian didn't have this ability, and he didn't want to break the unspoken rules of Daming's officialdom, so Zhu Youjian reluctantly retained Qian Qianyi once.

According to the rules, the monarch and his ministers complained three times and resigned three times. Qian Qianyi formally begged for the bones to retire.

Of course, the reason why Zhu Youjian agreed to Qian Qianyi's departure at this time is that Qian Qianyi's resignation at this time is largely responsible for Zhu Youjian.

The Kong family is gone, the lineage of Yan Shenggong is broken, the head of the direct lineage is beheaded, and the surnames of all the branches are changed!
If the most holy teacher has lost his incense and does not mention it, the Datong Party's move is equivalent to digging the roots of those gentry and officials who made their fortunes in the imperial examinations. Can the scholars in the world go crazy? !

At this time, the emperor may not be able to recover even if he sins against himself.

The first assistant's resignation was actually taken over by the emperor, and Zhu Youjian couldn't be too harsh and sent Qian Qianyi to prison as a crime.

As soon as Qian Qianyi left, the gentlemen of Donglin focused their attention on the hat of the chief minister of the cabinet.

The chief minister of the cabinet has been vacated, who will be the next chief minister of the cabinet?
The three of Wen Tiren, Yang Sichang, and Shi Fenglai suddenly split from the original state of being close allies in the same trench against the former minister of Tianqi. I feel that I should take the position of chief assistant without hesitation.

Seeing that the ministers were in a state of confusion, Zhu Youjian coughed twice to bring everyone back to their senses: "Although Qian Aiqing begged for the bones, the affairs of the court must continue. The matter of the chief assistant will be discussed in the future. Today's Shandong matter We need to discuss the outcome."

At this time, everyone came back to their senses: Yes, the problem in Shandong has not been resolved yet.

One can think of Shandong, these honest gentlemen of the Donglin Party are worried again, the problem in Shandong is not easy to solve.

First of all, it is easy to say that whether it is Datong thieves or those unlucky people who have lost their cities and lands, they should be scolded and killed. This is political correctness, and it is also a way to stand on a high point and point at the bottom with peace of mind.

But the question is, if the emperor really believed in you, would he want you to suppress the rebellion?
Then are you going to die or not?
Zhu Youjian said coldly: "That living Cao Cao has made it clear that the chariots and horses are about to rebel, and none of you lovers dare to speak up? The civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty were frightened by Zhang Haogu?!"

Hearing Zhu Youjian's heartbreaking words, the ministers knelt down directly, and Wen Tiren immediately came out: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not silent, but all internal organs are burned in their hearts, and their hearts are in a mess."

"Datong thieves can be punished, their hearts can be punished!"

No, the sacrificial inheritance of the most holy teacher has been broken. Scholars all over the world dare not go to Zhang Haogu for his life. After all, the Datong party members will really kill them. At that time, scholars will go to the less deadly court. Make trouble and risk your life, who is responsible for this big mess?
Zhu Youjian didn't know what to say when he heard it. If the scholars really made a fuss, it would be unusual. Now it's no different from the Tianqi Dynasty. Public opinion is in the hands of the gentry and scholars.

"Disperse!"

After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian, who was still being fooled by the officials, announced the disbandment of the court impatiently, and reconvened the inner court meeting after returning to the Wuying Hall.

Five people, Wen Tiren, Yang Changsi, Shi Fenglai, Liu Hongxun, and Qiao Yunsheng, attended the meeting. The second assistant, Sun Chengzong, was not feeling well recently and was recuperating at home.

After the five great scholars arrived at the scene, Zhu Youjian said directly: "Don't talk about those useless things, let's just tell the facts. I can't bear it anymore. From the first year of Chongzhen to the sixth year of Chongzhen, three years after three years, I just watched the treacherous party grow bigger and dominate outside the customs."

"Now that he has openly betrayed the imperial court, Zhang Haogu, Cao Cao, has really turned against him!"

"I send troops to suppress the rebellion!"

The five great scholars looked at me, and I looked at you. Liu Hongxun, who was the Minister of the Ministry of War, had no choice but to come out: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, how do you plan to suppress the rebellion?"

Zhu Youjian waved his hand: "All the way out of Shanhaiguan Pass, all the way out of Datong Pass, to attack the traitor party's forces outside the pass, and choose another general to go to Shandong to wipe out the rebels!"

Good guy, Liu Hongxun called him a good guy!

This is going to go all three ways? !
People's five-way army is just divided into five armies for one direction. How come you plan to open up three battlefields at once?

Seeing Liu Hongxun's appearance, Zhu Youjian was a little unhappy: "Why, can't you?"

Liu Hongxun had no choice but to say euphemistically, "Your Majesty, the treasury doesn't have enough money."

Seeing that Zhu Youjian was still angry, Liu Hongxun had no choice but to explain the inside story to Zhu Youjian, a military blind who thought he was proficient in military strategy after becoming the emperor, in detail: "Your Majesty, would you be interested in hearing about some battles during the Tianqi Dynasty?"

Zhu Youjian is not stupid. Seeing that Liu Hongxun was still dragging the topic forward at this time, he knew that he might have said something about cerebral palsy, so he nodded: "Let's talk about it. If there is a reason from the predecessors, this dynasty will follow suit. Nothing is impossible."

In the management of the Ming Dynasty, if there are precedents for everything, then when similar incidents occur, they can directly follow the precedents.

Now Zhu Youjian also wants to hear Liu Hongxun, who has been Minister of the Ministry of War for so many years in the Tianqi Dynasty, what is his opinion.

Liu Hongxun said: "A lot of troops were used in the previous dynasty, against the grasslands, against Liaodong, against Annan, etc., among which there are many examples."

"For example, the previous dynasty regained the grassland and reopened the Battle of Chahar in Hetao. Our Ming Dynasty used 10 troops successively, and the Tatar and Jiannu coalition troops [-]. For this battle, our Ming Dynasty spent a full [-] taels before we were able to fight in the desert. South support raised an army of [-] to conquer."

"Another example is the battle against Huang Taiji in southern Liaodong. My Ming Dynasty used [-] troops, and Huang Taiji used [-] troops. The [-] troops spent more than [-] taels just to stop Huang Taiji's reinforcements in the Liaodong area."

"These are just wartime expenses."

As he said that, Liu Hongxun added: "Your Majesty, in order to maintain pressure on the grasslands and encircle Liaodong, the previous dynasty invested heavily in Liaodong, Liaonan, Datong and other towns all year round."

"Taking Liaodong Army Town as an example, more than 240 million taels of silver are needed every year, and more than a hundred firearms of various types are needed, and food and fodder are not counted."

"In southern Liaoning, 10 taels of silver are needed every year, and there are more than [-] types of firearms per year."

"Liaodong and southern Liaoning alone require 350 million taels of military pay, [-] heavy firearms of various types, and gunpowder is useless."

"If His Majesty wants to fight in three places at the same time, the military pay will definitely not be lower than this figure."

350 taels!

Zhu Youjian was stunned when he heard this figure. The military expenditure in Liaodong and Liaonan alone was 350 million taels a year, as well as Datong in Gansu and Shaanxi, and Zhili in the north and south.

During the Apocalypse Dynasty, the annual military expenditure was probably seventy-eight million taels of silver. Why did they spend so much money on military expenditure? !

It turns out that the Tianqi Dynasty paid with treasure notes instead of silver, and the annual income of the Tianqi Dynasty was tens of millions, so it's okay!

The Apocalypse Dynasty had it, but the Chongzhen Dynasty didn't, and Zhu Youjian couldn't learn those things from the Apocalypse Dynasty now.

Don't you see that the Chongzhen Dynasty is only sixty-seven million taels of silver a year?

In the Apocalypse Dynasty, even one year's military expenditure could not be made up, how could this become more and more sad?
Zhu Youjian thought sadly, and looked at Liu Hongxun with some resentment in his eyes: Are you complaining that I, the emperor, can't do it?
Liu Hongxun saw Zhu Youjian's dissatisfaction, and quickly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, what I mean is that once the dynasty has its own characteristics, the Tianqi dynasty has the characteristics of the Tianqi dynasty, and this dynasty has the characteristics of this dynasty; Focus on the characteristics of this dynasty."

So here comes the question again, what are the characteristics of the Chongzhen Dynasty?
Or what are the political characteristics of the Chongzhen Dynasty?
Everyone's thoughts came alive again, and Zhu Youjian's expression became better: "Then according to Liu Ge's intention, what should we do now?"

Liu Hongxun said without hesitation: "Your Majesty has a long-term vision and proposed three strategies. I believe that the third strategy should be adopted now, and the Shandong rebels should be attacked first!"

Wen Tiren, Yang Changsi, and Shi Fenglai looked at Liu Hongxun silently. The Emperor Chongzhen clearly said that he wanted to fight on three fronts, but now you have three strategies. You are really a treacherous minister who only knows how to flatter and offer!
Zhu Youjian looked at Wen Tiren: "What's your opinion?"

Wen Tiren immediately said: "Your Majesty has insight into thousands of miles, and his vision is beyond the reach of ministers. The three strategic plans are really profound. It is a pity that the current imperial court has more than enough heart and power, so it has to go first with the third strategy, calm down Shandong, and then talk about outside the customs."

Yang Changsi also said: "Your Majesty's meaning has already been fully understood by us. We must calm down the outside world, and we must calm down the Shandong court to open up the outside world. In such a state, Your Majesty's intentions are really far away."

Zhu Youjian's face looked much better, um, these ministers are worthy of being the imperial party that he simply pulled up, and the ability to open their eyes and tell nonsense is really not bad.

Although what I said just now was indeed a bit stupid, fortunately, these grand scholars understood the hidden connotation, and that was enough.

After thinking up to this point, Zhu Youjian stopped thinking about the war on the third front. He asked again: "Nowadays Shandong is in turmoil, and the people in the capital are panic-stricken. Who can fight Zhang Thief?"

Liu Hongxun really wanted to recommend Sun Chengzong or Xiong Tingbi, but both of them were suspected by the higher authorities, so Liu Hongxun had no choice but to say: "This dynasty is full of talents, please let your majesty decide."

To put it bluntly, the Chongzhen Dynasty had too many wastes waiting to be eaten and died. If you want to go to corrupt villages to extort bribes, there must be people who can go there. Even if it is a poor place, it can squeeze out oil and water.

But if it's a war, and you still have to fight those lunatics from the Datong Party, then whoever is stupid will go head-to-head.

It's a pity that Zhu Youjian didn't have anyone to choose, so Zhu Youjian thought of his good brother, Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen.

"Then issue an order to the governor to quickly go to Shandong to suppress the rebellion!"

"I will obey the order." The elders said in a tacit understanding. No one cares what Duke Cheng thinks, and no one cares whether Duke Cheng will cry. Anyway, I am not involved in this matter, so I am very lucky. .

And will Zhu Chunchen cry?
He really can cry!
Didn't you agree to wait for him to come and fight again?
But why hasn't he arrived yet, the war in Shandong is over?

The imperial court was defeated, and the Datong party members occupied Shandong. At this time, they didn't want to hurry up and retreat to preserve their strength so that they could wait for the king's army.

Consider the reality, Emperor, can you beat the Datong thief?

Don't say that Datong is full of thousands, and it is invincible if it is full of thousands!
But Zhu Chunchen had no other choice. The imperial decree of the emperor had been issued by the cabinet, six divisions, and the Ministry of War in the most standard and most orthodox way. 10,000+ army, but encountered a group of treacherous officials in the court, and a fatuous emperor commanding blindly!

What about this country? !

"What is the governor sighing about?" the staff member asked curiously.

"I'm sighing, why did the good Ming Dynasty become like this? People's hearts are so old." Zhu Chunchen said after receiving the imperial decree. As for what people's hearts are not old, Zhu Chunchen didn't say, so the staff didn't dare to ask. .

Although I really don't want to go to war, but the cabinet is really amazingly powerful. The silver bills are broadcast, the food and grass are escorted, and the ordnance is replenished continuously, allowing these recruits under Zhu Chunchen to pass through the vacuum period of weak strength and become a battle armor. Protected regular army.

And so, what Zhu Chunchen has to do is to lead the regular army of the Chongzhen Dynasty to attack the thieves in Shandong according to the imperial decree, the [-] thieves entrenched in Shandong!
"At this time in Shandong, there are absolutely no less than 10,000+ bandit soldiers. How can they be exterminated lightly when they are so powerful? It's a pity that none of the princes in the court understand the main points here." A general couldn't help complaining, If it is to bully the mud legs, or bully the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Fan, or go to Monan to make a face, it is a matter of sure profit; but if you meet the soldiers of the Datong Party, isn't it courting death?

Who doesn't know that the new army's fighting power is strong, and those new troops are all veterans who have come down from the battlefield. Their rich experience is definitely a textbook-level crushing for these young people who have just entered the battlefield. .

But why does the imperial court have to make trouble with the Datong Party? Doesn't the imperial court know how terrible the Datong Party is?

Zhu Chunchen snorted coldly: "The imperial court is free to follow its logic when doing things. Is this something you can worry about?"

But in his heart, Zhu Chunchen was also very helpless. Those people in the imperial court didn't know about these things. Could it be that those in the cabinet were all blind and deaf?
Obviously not. There is no such thing as a fool in the cabinet. Those cabinet elders entered the cabinet no matter what they do, but sitting in that position, what they see and think is different. It can only be said to the cabinet or the emperor. In other words, the most important thing is the edict of guilt. If you don't finish writing this, it will be exhausting for all the government to accumulate too much.

At this time, it is natural not to seek meritorious deeds but to seek perfection.

Moreover, while Zhu Chunchen sipped the tea, he could think of something. For example, the failure of the Ming army in Shandong this time was very problematic, and there might be something hidden in it.

What role did Shandong governor Wang Shunyi play in it? Did he collude with the Datong thieves, or how many people in the world today did not collude with the Datong thieves.It is very likely that with Wang Shunyi's death, it will become a headless case.

After all, the Shandong family was not the only one who sent equipment and materials to the Datong party members, but Shandong Wang Shunyi was relatively famous.

If they don't say anything, Zhu Chunchen can guess a little bit, and it is precisely because he can guess a little bit that Zhu Chunchen feels helpless. My Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions, so what can he do?
(End of this chapter)