Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 881 The shivering and cold Chongzhen is about to perish, and the gentlemen of Donglin will also fight for the party

"Today the world is exhausted, the people are displaced, the prosperous scene is like a flash in the pan, and the court has lost the hearts of the people. If the emperor has no choice but to govern the country, he can follow the example of the sages and abdicate to the sages, so as to avoid the misery of the people."

Looking at Zhang Haogu's handbook specially sent from Liaodong, Zhu Youjian's face became more and more ugly as he looked at it, and finally his face was ashen, and the hand holding the booklet was shaking.

"This, this living Cao Cao, he finally revealed his ambition!"

"Who did he write this notebook for?"

"Who caused the people in the world to be displaced? Who made the prosperous Ming Dynasty take a turn for the worse?"

"It doesn't rain or wind, is it all my fault?!"

"This living Cao Cao, he is coveting my great tomorrow, and he wants to usurp the throne!"

"I will never give him this chance, where is my army? How is my army?!"

Zhu Youjian was trembling with anger, only felt that his hands and feet were cold in this hot day, what happened in this world?
"Your Majesty, Cheng Guogong is currently stationed in Henan to deter the bandits in Shandong," Wen Tiren said slowly.

Well, a better way to say it is to station in Henan to deter Shandong, but to put it bluntly, those who were beaten have already retreated to Henan to lick their wounds, and they will not be able to move for a while!

Obviously, Zhu Youjian is familiar with the art of this language now. After all, he is a Confucian official, and no one knows how the spring and autumn brushwork came about.

It is absolutely impossible for Zhu Youjian to be satisfied with Wen Tiren's words.

"I gave Cheng Guogong 20 troops, and gave him so much money, food, and military equipment. What I want is for him to take Shandong back to me, and what I want is for him to wipe out the Shandong bandits!"

"What's the matter with him being stationed in Henan now? He's stationed in Henan, what should we do in Shandong? Do you want me to hand over my ancestral land to that living Cao Cao?"

Zhu Youjian, who went berserk, was undoubtedly terrifying. The great scholars Wen Tiren, Yang Sichang, and Shi Fenglai knelt on the ground one after another, sweating coldly from fright.

At any rate, he has been the emperor for several years. Zhu Youjian now has a bit of the power of the emperor. In addition, it is not the Tianqi Dynasty, and the Donglin Party is not the Datong Party. They are appendages attached to the emperor, and the emperor does not support them. , these Confucian officials are nothing.

Therefore, facing the self-willed and suspicious Zhu Youjian, although these academicians can fool them as much as they can, once Zhu Youjian loses their temper, they can only wait with trepidation for the moody Tianwei to come.

What is the unfathomable power of the sky? To put it bluntly, people like Zhu Youjian who are suspicious and capricious by nature are dog faces.

But it's a pity that Zhu Youjian was also suspicious by nature, but Zhu Youjian didn't learn some of the skills of his ancestor Jiajing. Round and round, Jiajing is the one who walks the dog.

But Zhu Youjian can't do it, Zhu Youjian's ability is not enough, and he is suspicious by nature, so he can only be full of chicken feathers under his repetition, not to mention that Zhu Youjian's mind can be figured out by himself now, so Zhu Youjian can't play at all. Do not transfer all ministers.

But the more this is the case, Zhu Youjian is holding the power firmly. He is very stubborn that he has the ability to control the government, but facing the deception of the people below, he is led by the nose most of the time.

Today's Chongzhen Dynasty's court situation is really mysterious. No one knows what will come tomorrow, and no one knows which day the emperor thinks he doesn't like him and sends Tiqi to raid the house.

Under the current situation, no matter whether it is a cabinet scholar or the six ministers, no one is easy. Everyone is walking on thin ice. No one knows who will arrive first, so everyone speaks with seven points , or misfortune, or ambiguity, just do not want to leave an excuse to leave people to criticize.

The dignified cabinet and six ministries of the Ming Dynasty, the center of the Ming Dynasty, have now become such a pool of muddy water, which is enough to show that Zhu Youjian is excellent in some aspects.

Qian Qianyi has already begged for his bones, and he has reached the pinnacle of being a minister as the chief minister of the cabinet. He can safely return to his hometown to spend his old age in style.

Sun Chengzong is in poor health and is currently on sick leave. In addition, Zhu Youjian does not fully trust Sun Chengzong, and Sun Chengzong has many opinions that are contrary to himself, so Zhu Youjian is also happy to allow Sun Chengzong to rest, and then entrusts him with his errands trusted ministers.

For example, the honorable Zhu Chunchen and Zhu Guobi, for example Wen Tiren, Yang Sichang, Shi Fenglai, the cabinet scholars
These are all cronies that Jian Ba ​​entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. Speaking of which, they are all his confidantes, so he can take his heart out.But Zhu Youjian never expected that each of these trusted ministers was really devoted to himself. Before doing things, they all said that they were confident, but when they did things, they were horrible.

Looking at these senior scholars kneeling in front of him, Zhu Youjian sighed. After thinking about it, he felt that these senior scholars were still worthy of trust. Find a way to promote some newcomers.

After having this idea, Zhu Youjian suddenly felt a little more relaxed. Yes, these bachelors are not good at doing things, so why not just recruit a new batch of newcomers?
However, after thinking about the civil servants, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but have a headache when he thought about the nobles again. How many of these nobles can be trusted now?
Seeing that the emperor couldn't help sighing again, Wen Tiren stepped forward quickly: "I'm not good at things, please take care of your majesty."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian felt warm: "Speaking of which, how can you blame your love ministers for this military matter. In the final analysis, it is the army that is not cheered up."

As he said that, Zhu Youjian asked very puzzled: "My dear friends, can you answer a question for me? Why did my Master Ming Dynasty sweep the eight wastelands in the Southern and Northern Wars in the previous dynasty, but when I came here, I couldn't pacify Shandong? Forget about the bandits in Datong, why can’t even the rebellion of refugees from Gansu and Shanxi be suppressed?”

Wen Tiren, Shi Fenglai, and Yang Sichang looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't know what to say.

Could it be that you blame the emperor for messing up the army's combat effectiveness?
As long as there is a little bit of emotional intelligence, as long as there is a little bit of desire to survive, Wen Tiren and others can't say this, not to mention the military affairs, civil servants like them are not suitable for meddling, and Zhu Youjian doesn't like civil servants very much. The military was involved, so the three of them talked a lot to comfort Zhu Youjian, but none of the practical things were mentioned.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian was even more exhausted. After waving his hands to let these great scholars leave, Zhu Youjian thought about it and decided that he still had to find a professional to inquire.

So Zhu Youjian invited Sun Chengzong, who was sick at home, and Liu Hongxun, a cabinet scholar, hoping that the two could give him some advice.

Zhu Youjian looked at the haggard Sun Chengzong with some guilt: "Master Sun, I don't want to trouble you at this time, but now, Ming Dynasty is already in danger. The living Cao Cao is fighting on both sides of Ganshan, Shandong and the court. Defeated, I don't know what to do."

Although Sun Chengzong was ill, but his mind was extremely clear: "Your Majesty, the defeat of the imperial court is not only due to the army, but also to the general."

"The leader has no prestige, the generals don't know the soldiers, and the army has no fighting spirit. It's not a day's work."

After hearing Sun Chengzong's words, Zhu Youjian blushed a little. Now that the army has been ruined like this, he, the emperor, seems to have contributed a lot.

"Master Sun, I also know that the army's problems cannot be solved in a short time, but now that the local situation is critical, there must always be a charter." Zhu Youjian said very sincerely.

Seeing that Zhu Youjian was so sincere, Sun Chengzong also proposed a series of plans for Zhu Youjian, such as providing enough rewards for the army, and there must be brave men under heavy rewards; There are the appointment of experienced generals from the previous dynasty, the revival of the army's prestige, and so on.

Some of these plans are what Zhu Youjian can do now, such as selecting a new batch of generals, and some are beyond Zhu Youjian's ability, such as rewards, money and food
The Ming court is poor now, but the Ming court can't solve anything that can be solved with money.

Since the problem cannot be solved with money, Zhu Youjian also shifted his attention to people. Since Master Sun said to select some talents who can be used, Zhu Youjian has to start thinking about it. Daming still has those who can be used. talent?

Seeing that Zhu Youjian was in deep thought, Sun Chengzong also sighed in his heart. In all fairness, didn't he know how much the emperor did?

It can be said that Zhu Youjian is the emperor of Daming after all. He is an old man of Daming. He has served Daming all his life. Will he still be a minister and sit back and watch Daming die?

Sun Chengzong is unwilling to do this. He is a traditional Confucian official. It is one thing to be proficient in military affairs, but those things in the bones of Confucian officials remain unchanged. He will not be a second minister. He must serve the court from beginning to end. Rushan, as an official of the traditional imperial examination, as an old man who was born in Jiajing and experienced the Jiajing, Wanli, Tianqi, and Chongzhen four dynasties, and served as an official in the three dynasties, even if he takes this life, he must preserve his reputation.
Zhu Youjian didn't expect that Sun Chengzong now planned to risk his old life to protect the Ming court. He was still thinking about how many people are still available in the Ming Dynasty, whether it is the place or the center.

As an emperor, although Zhu Youjian said that he was deceived by the courtiers about many things, Zhu Youjian was clear about personnel matters, but the court has not produced any talents recently.

Wang Chengen said in a low voice: "My lord, maybe Sun Cifu knows it well."

Zhu Youjian saw Sun Chengzong, and Sun Chengzong pointed to Liu Hongxun, and Zhu Youjian understood: "Liu Aiqing, you are Minister of the Ministry of War, tell me, there are still some talents in the imperial court who are worthy of use."

Liu Hongxun immediately said: "Returning to Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is rich in the world, accepting all rivers and rivers, and all the talents in the world are in Your Majesty's net."

If you wear thousands of clothes and don't wear flattery, let's praise Zhu Youjian first, so as to attract the people below.

Liu Hongxun is also very clear that in the current situation of Daming, if the various factions within the Donglin Party and local factions are expected to compete, then Daming will really perish.

So what Ming needs most now are good generals, a group of good generals who are loyal to the court and familiar with the military, even if someone criticizes that some of these people are colluding with the Datong thieves.

Zhu Youjian was also very satisfied with Liu Hongxun's words, and motioned Liu Hongxun to continue.

Liu Hongxun gave a batch of lists very thoughtfully, including Sun Chuanting, Xiong Tingbi, Hong Chengchou and others, their resumes, ages, characteristics, etc. These people may be generals or civil servants, but they all have one characteristic. That is, if you are proficient in military strategy, you can manage places.

With this batch of lists, Zhu Youjian finally felt a lot more relaxed.

When he went to court the next day, Zhu Youjian took the initiative to bring up the matter, wanting to hear the opinions of the courtiers again.

But what Zhu Youjian didn't expect was that these ministers were asked to find a way to resist the Datong thieves. These ministers all pretended to be deaf and dumb, but now that he gave the list, these ministers are not happy again!

This says that Sun Chuanting is the Datong thief party and cannot be reused.

The one who said that Xiong Tingbi was the former minister of Zhang thief's hidden residence was definitely his minister in ambush.

This means that the new army must never be imitated, and the world cannot support the emergence of another Datong thief.

That one said that the imperial court cannot restore the old system, otherwise wouldn't their Chongzhen Dynasty be a joke?

These people are talking all over the place, and Zhu Youjian's head is really pissed when you look at me, but there is some truth in what these people say.

That's right, the system of the Tianqi Dynasty can never be restored. I originally banned the new policies and new laws in the name of restoring the ancestral system and restoring the whole world. Now that I want to restore the former system, wouldn't I slap myself in the face?
Doesn't that mean that I have been doing nothing for nothing these past few years?
What will people think that day?
Do those common people and gentry feel that it is not raining in the north of Daming, flooding in the south, etc. These natural disasters are all caused by themselves?

Therefore, the new policies and laws cannot be restored, even if it is only for the military.

What's more, the new policies and new laws are connected in a series. Taking the army alone, whether it is the military merit field or the military salary system, etc., it not only involves the army, but also the local government and finance, etc. This kind of thing affects the whole body. , Zhu Youjian didn't want to do it.

As for the rest of the ministers' words, it is unbelievable that Sun Chuanting and Xiong Tingbi may be Zhang Haogu's secret sons, and that these people have worked together under Zhang Haogu's command. Zhu Youjian is dubious.

Speaking of working together under Zhang Haogu's command, which of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty is not like this?
Zhang Haogu ruled the world back then. According to this statement, the whole world is full of Datong thieves. Can he still be emperor here?

But if you don't believe it, thinking about those generals who rebelled before the battle, Zhu Youjian has to wonder whether Zhang Haogu played a big game of chess.

In the end, Zhu Youjian thought about it, and decided to hold down Sun Chuanting and Xiong Tingbi first. The Ming Dynasty has many talents, and these two are not bad. Let Hong Chengchou go first for the management of Ganshan.

After it was settled, Zhu Youjian immediately gave Hong Chengchou the title of minister of the Ministry of War, appointed him as the governor of the three sides, took charge of the military and administration of Gansu and Shanxi, and was responsible for clearing the refugee uprising in Gansu and Shanxi.

Then Liu Hongxun raised another question: what about the money?

This question made everyone silent, and Zhu Youjian was also dumb.

Before the ministers criticized each other, shrews swearing at the street and engaged in party disputes, Zhu Youjian selectively listened to half and ignored the other half.

But when it comes to money and food, Zhu Youjian can't ignore it. At the same time, he thinks he understands the military. He also has his own views on the series of suggestions put forward by Sun Chengzong. He thinks it is enough to choose a group of powerful officials who understand the military. After all, capable ministers can make their own money to subsidize the army. If they want the court to reward the army with a lot of money, if they have enough money and food in time, and if they have military merit fields, then it is too inconsistent with Ming Dynasty and the court. The status quo.

Aren't these things all done by those rebels in Datong Society?

Aren't they making these things just to deceive and lure them?
It is only natural for the army to be loyal to the imperial court. Shouldn't they bring their own equipment and dry food to show their loyalty and bravery by throwing their heads and blood for Ming Dynasty?How can you talk about money with the court?
Each of the stinky hills and eight realms is really low!
Too vulgar!
As the emperor of Ming Dynasty and the orthodox successor of Confucianism, Zhu Youjian was very dissatisfied with the eight uncles of Qiu who focused on money and had no attitude of serving the imperial court.

But Zhu Youjian also knew that it was time for the imperial court to use these Qiuba uncles, and even if they were dissatisfied, they had to wait until later.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian, who is currently the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, still has to consider the issue of money and food. Even if he doesn't want to mention it, even if he wants to ignore it, he has to pay attention to the lack of money that has seriously affected the operation of the court.

The most serious problem of the Chongzhen Dynasty today is the lack of money. It is precisely because of the lack of money that more troops cannot be mobilized to counter the rebellion. It is precisely because of the lack of money that it is unable to help the victims.
Lack of money is a big problem. The Chongzhen Dynasty is not the Tianqi Dynasty. It does not have an annual income of tens of millions of taels. The Chongzhen Dynasty only has three to five million taels a year. It is not enough to spend all the money now, and the east wall has to be demolished to make up for the west wall. .

In fact, since the third year of Chongzhen, the imperial court has been unable to make ends meet and eats enough food every year. There is no money in the imperial treasury, and Zhu Youjian has to subsidize a large sum of money from the internal funds every year.

So after thinking about it, Zhu Youjian decided to increase income and reduce expenditure together, and called on everyone to reduce expenditure. The biggest saving plan is to save expenditure. salary,

This throttling plan really stunned the officials and nobles of Ming Dynasty. They complained a lot, and none of them dared to say anything. The apocalypse is coming.

Thinking back to how rich Ming was during the Tianqi Dynasty, when did the court have a shortage of salaries for hundreds of officials?

Salary, support for honesty, subsidies for summer and winter, and benefits for festivals and festivals, it can be said that there is nothing bad about it except for preventing corruption.

But if the nobles and hundreds of officials are allowed to choose, they will still choose the Chongzhen Dynasty, because although the Chongzhen Dynasty has less salary, everyone earns more.

Having said that, everyone is still crying and telling Zhu Youjian that it is not easy for each of them. After all, the nobles have imperial gifts, Zhuangzi has their own caravans to make money, and they can still live well without the court's rewards; but the ministers Poor, except for the tens of thousands of 10,000+ acres of fertile land at home, except for those shop caravans, except for the silver in the silver cellar
Ministers, what else?

What are the ministers left with?
There are so many honest gentlemen, and the court does not give them salaries. Doesn't this force the big guys to take off their masks?

　Updates are not guaranteed during this time.

　　On the one hand, I feel uncomfortable and always feel tired.

　　On the other hand, the four-legged gold swallowing beast at home is making trouble every day.

　　Then, I have to be busy with a series of things such as registering.

　　The last thing is to conceive a new book.

　　Damn, once I start thinking about a new book, this one feels exhausting to write.

　　In the end, the book will definitely be finished!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)