Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 469: The end of the war: Ming Dynasty is lonely ()

Longqing twenty-one years, September.

Emperor Longqing announced that he could not be a director and asked the prince to take charge of the government on his behalf.

And this became the last straw for Zhang Juzheng.

In the 22nd year of Longqing, on the fourth day of June, Zhang Juzheng was arrested on charges of abuse of power, and Emperor Longqing, who was huddled in the Hall of Yangxin, showed his claws.

He wants to kill Zhang Juzheng!
Because of Zhang Juzheng, he was allowed to be the emperor without real power for twenty-two years!
It was also because of Zhang Juzheng that he hid in the palace and did not dare to go out even half a step.

He wanted power, and he learned everything from his ancestor, Emperor Shizu, but Emperor Shizu had the greatest power in the world, and he was the one with the least power among all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty!
Even the decision on a provincial matter has to be approved by Zhang Juzheng, and he does not have the power to directly handle it!

When Zhang Juzheng fell, he let out the loudest roar of this era, killing Zhang Juzheng and his nine tribes!

He didn't care how much credit Zhang Juzheng had, he only knew that he, the emperor, was a loser.

He doesn't care what happens tomorrow. Anyway, it has nothing to do with letting him flood the sky after his death.

He did not reflect on his mistakes and only placed all the blame on Zhang Juzheng.

He is like a villain who secretly pokes and stomps, no, stabs the big shot a few times when he falls.

Zhu Changzhi knelt at the door of Yangxin Hall and begged the emperor not to execute Zhang Juzheng.

"You rebellious son, you are still speaking for your classmates! How much father-son love do you still have with me in your heart?" Emperor Long Qing was so angry that he was furious.

He doesn't have any serious illness, just tuberculosis.

"Father, please calm down."

"I think Zhang Juzheng is guilty, but his crime does not lead to death."

"In the seventeen-year world war, Zhang Juzheng's contribution can be said to be the greatest. He also had to maintain a huge territory, integrate domestic resources and economy, and turn them into cannonballs to hit the enemy. He also contributed to the expansion of territory. ”

"Zhang Juzheng just abused his power and sought Jinshi for his son. He only had a little selfishness. There are countless officials with similar selfishness in the past dynasties."

"But there is only one person with Zhang Juzheng's abilities!"

"There is no precedent for killing a hero in the Ming Dynasty. A hero like Zhang Juzheng cannot be killed!"

"His Majesty!"

"You have to think more about the future!"

"If the imperial court cannot accommodate Zhang Juzheng, who has made great achievements, will there be anyone who will serve the Ming Dynasty in the future?"

Emperor Longqing's face was distorted: "Is that his credit? That's because he robbed me of my credit!"

"If I were to preside over the war, it would be over in seven years!"

"But he fought for seventeen years!"

"It seems that it has the ability to open up new territories, but it has exhausted the vitality of the Ming Dynasty. Now the Ming Dynasty has become a paper tiger. What is the use of a huge territory? The enemy will be beaten back as soon as it hits!"

"Emperor Shizu has repeatedly said that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is large enough, so there is no need to expand the territory! It is already difficult to defend the current territory!"

"Is he fighting a world war? That's to satisfy his ambition!"

"If the world is full of careerists like him, who can poop and pee on the emperor's head just because of their ability, then what do you want me to do? What do you want me to do! Just let him be some kind of president!"

Emperor Longqing was anxious: "Now that things have happened, you are still trying to excuse him!"

"Why, there will be no Zhang Juzheng after Zhang Juzheng!"

"Fart, don't use it if you don't have it!"

"What are you using him for?"

"I will not only execute him, but also his nine clans! Execute his party members!"

"I want everyone in the world to know that the imperial power is inviolable!"

Emperor Longqing went crazy.

The courtiers are also crazy. You can bring down Zhang, but you can't execute Zhang Juzheng, right?
It is true that Zhang Juzheng was not honest in his work, but where is his credit? Even in the Jingtai Dynasty, he was someone who could sit on an equal footing with Yu Qian!
How did Emperor Shizu treat Yu Qian? That's being treated as a distinguished guest! That is the way to treat a countryman!
The key is that the charge of arresting Zhang Juzheng was a minor crime, but he was directly executed. This is inevitably disappointing. Who will be willing to devote himself to the Ming Dynasty in the future?
I dare say that Zhuge Liang was in the Ming Dynasty, but he was dead in the end.

Why Zhuge Liang was respected in all dynasties.

Just because of Zhuge Liang's spirit, he did not replace Liu Chan, but did his best to fulfill Liu Bei's last wish. This is a model for a human minister.

All emperors throughout the ages commemorated Zhuge Liang and hoped to have loyal men like Zhuge Liang under their command.

The reason why Zhuge Liang is famous throughout the ages is mainly due to Sima Yi's foil.

Without Sima Yi's support, Zhuge Liang may not have been popular for thousands of years.

Cao Wei's confrontation with Sima Yi is similar to the Shu Han's confrontation with Zhuge Liang.

But how did Zhuge Liang repay Shu Han?

What about the Sima family?

Zhuge Liang's entire family died in battle until the last man, and they were loyal to the Shu Han.

As for the Sima family, you have taken away someone else's empire and become the emperor yourself. Are you still a human being?
Therefore, Zhuge Liang's greatness was completely set off by Sima Yi.

So does Zhang Juzheng.

Why didn't Zhu Qiyu kill Yu Qian in Jingtai Dynasty no matter what?

It’s not that Yu Qian is so important and irreplaceable.

Rather, if you kill him, no one will serve the Ming Dynasty in the future!

Why is it said that there will be no more Zhang Juzheng after Zhang Juzheng?

Why there were no famous ministers and generals in the late Ming Dynasty, because Yu Qian was killed, because Zhang Juzheng was killed, because Qi Jiguang died in poverty, because Hai Rui could not use his talents, because... many reasons, everyone in the world is chilling Now, who is still doing things for your old Zhu family? Your family is so worthless.

You killed Yu Qian, who saved Zuo of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng, who had extended his life for a hundred years for the Ming Dynasty, was executed by his clan just after his death.

Qi Jiguang made such great contributions, but died in such an aggrieved manner.

It's chilling to hear.

Only fools work for you.

Therefore, when it was heard that the emperor was going to execute Zhang Juzheng, the whole court was excited. It was generally believed that Zhang Juzheng should not be executed.

But there was one person who strongly agreed with the execution of Zhang Juzheng, that is Xu Jie!
Xu Jie has returned to the center!
Because he was also the teacher of Prince Zhu Changzhi, after Zhang Juzheng left the position of first assistant, Xu Jie was left to handle the overall situation.

Emperor Longqing actually did not agree with the use of Xu Jie, but he was undergoing surgery at the time and could not govern.

Emperor Longqing wanted to invite Gao Gong out and use Gao Gong to kill Zhang Juzheng.

Unfortunately, the famous scene did not come.

When Zhang Juzheng was in prison, various news reached his ears, and he sneered twice.

He was treated very well in prison. After all, he was the chief minister of the government. It was just a matter of personal ethics. He did not embezzle public funds or accept bribes.

With his high position, it was too easy to make money, and he had no interest in it.

"I, Zhang Juzheng, dedicated the first half of my life to the Ming Dynasty."

"It's best to kill me, Zhang Juzheng."

"Otherwise, when I, Zhang Juzheng, take power again, things will not be like today!"

"I, Zhang Juzheng, also want to change and live for myself."

Zhang Juzheng did not think about his own life or death.

Because this is beyond his control.

His life was as usual, except that he had to deal with government affairs instead of reading. He loved reading and never let go of the scroll. He was even imagining a novel. When he had time, he started writing and gave it a pen name called Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng.

The first wonder book of all time is about to be born.

Zhang Juzheng's case was quarreled for a whole year, and Zhang Juzheng's family was imprisoned.

The central chaos caused the Ming Dynasty to stop conquering the world and lose a lot of territory. Anti-war demonstrations began in the Ming Dynasty, demanding an end to the war and the restoration of life.

But Emperor Longqing completely tore off the disguise and wanted Zhang Juzheng to die.

The court, headed by the prince, strongly opposed the execution of Zhang Juzheng. It was generally believed that Zhang Juzheng's merits outweighed his faults. At most, he would be demoted, but he could never be executed!
It's just a relegation, or a paid leave, with normal salary and everything, to avoid the limelight, and wait for the death of Emperor Longqing in a few years before he can come up again.

The Ming Dynasty was in chaos, and the major vassals regained control over the war.

Because Emperor Longqing successively arrested Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Xu Guangqi, Li Chengliang and others, the Ming army was defeated on the world battlefield.

The Ming Dynasty finally lost all its hard-earned victory, retreating thousands of miles within one year.

Emperor Longqing's reputation dropped to freezing point.

Fortunately, the court, headed by the prince, tried their best to protect Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang and others, which made their hearts warm.

Popular opinion among the people is that Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang have made great contributions to the country and they should not be treated like this. Look how Emperor Shizu treated his heroes?

Zhang Juzheng's personal ethics were bad, but Qi Jiguang's was not? Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and others should be released first and their titles restored.

Emperor Longqing just didn't listen.

This seriously affected the Ming Dynasty's pace of external expansion, and made the world war that had been fought so hard for seventeen years turn into a bitter pill that he had to swallow.

The country was exhausted to the extreme, with only one breath left. As a result, it failed to recover from the results of the war, and the country's heritage was depleted.

Later generations generally believe that the turning point of World War II was when Zhang Juzheng resigned as prime minister, and when Emperor Longqing handed over the fruits of victory to others, causing the Ming Dynasty to officially decline.

A modern empire should not have an emperor!

There are actually such voices among the people.

Moreover, the sound became louder and louder, filling the entire palace. Emperor Longqing was so frightened that he did not dare to step out of the Yangxin Palace, fearing that he would make the same mistake as Emperor Jiajing.

At the beginning of the 23rd year of Longqing, the frightened Emperor Longqing became seriously ill.

On his sick bed, he asked the prince to execute Zhang Juzheng and let Zhang Juzheng be buried with him.

Zhu Changzhi regarded his imperial edict as fart.

This was also the first time since the Jingtai Dynasty that the imperial edict of the Ming Emperor was turned into waste paper and no one listened.

What was before him was a huge mess.

In World War II, Ming Dynasty was the victor, and it won every victory, and achieved great results in the world.

But when he was harvesting the fruits of victory, Emperor Longqing interfered, causing the fruits of victory to be given away to others.

In the future peace talks, Ming Dynasty became a failed invader and was unable to get the benefits it deserved.

In front of Ming Dynasty, there are only two ways. One way is to squeeze the country and continue the war; the second way is to admit defeat, end the war quickly and wait for the Third World War.

Zhu Changzhi ascended the throne, with the reign title Wanli.

Give his father the posthumous title of Mu Zong, Zhuang. At the same time, Zhang Juzheng was released and asked to serve as the chief minister of the cabinet again. However, Zhang Juzheng, who had always been hegemonic, refused, saying that he wanted to stay away from politics.

Zhu Changzhi knew that this hurt the hero's heart.

He couldn't keep Zhang Juzheng, so he made Zhang Juzheng the grand master. He was also a rare living grand master in the Ming Dynasty.

Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Xu Guangqi and others were also extremely disappointed with the court.

They have never stood with Zhang Juzheng. They have always been loyal to the emperor.

But Emperor Longqing didn't bother to investigate, and directly labeled them as accomplices and made them spend two years in prison. The results they should have obtained were given to others.

If it were not for the encouragement and support of Hu Zongxian and others, even the land in East Asia would have been taken away.

Qi Jiguang was also disheartened and planned to abandon his official position and return home.

Many officials in the court were disappointed with the court and resigned.

When Emperor Wanli came up, he faced such a complicated situation.

The results of overseas battles were lost, and capable ministers at home left.

Xu Jie was getting old and could no longer preside over the government. Emperor Wanli invited Gao Gong to come out and let Gao Gong rule.

Emperor Wanli was ambitious. Unlike his father who was afraid of death, he was not afraid of being killed. He was afraid that he would be unable to make a sound and would suffocate to death.

He wanted to be a hero and die spectacularly.

This is also the reason why he supported Zhang Juzheng over the years, because Zhang Juzheng's decision was correct. Under his guidance, Ming Dynasty traveled on the right road, and Longqing Zhongxing was born.

He thinks that's because his father is weak.

If his father could lower his head and create a prosperous age with Zhang Juzheng, the world war might be the war that unified the world for the Ming Dynasty.

Indeed, his father did not have much power, and he gave it away himself. When it came time to pick the fruits of victory, he went back on his word. What his father did was not authentic. There was no such emperor in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the character "Mu" was added to express the anger of the courtiers towards him.

Are you going to take our credit away just as you say? Why!
He handed over this problem to Emperor Wanli, who was also the twelfth emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng did not want to be above the court, but went home and became a novelist. Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's pen name was used well.

He knew that he would not die. There was no precedent for killing heroes in the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Qian's achievements were so great that he overshadowed his master, and he gained the utmost trust from Emperor Jingtai. Moreover, Emperor Jingtai had a clear message that the Ming Dynasty did not have the crime of overshadowing his master. Merits must be rewarded. Whatever achievements were achieved, they would be rewarded with as much power as possible. The Ming Dynasty There is a king with a different surname!

Later emperors also continued to pursue this philosophy.

Zhang Juzheng expanded the world war just to give himself enough military exploits, which is equivalent to having a death-free gold medal.

He is not an idealist like Qi Jiguang.

He is a utilitarian through and through.

This time I sank for the sake of better recovery.

If Emperor Wanli ascends the throne and he jumps to the court again, the people will only scold him for being too cheap, and he will not get any benefits from wiping Emperor Wanli's butt at this time.

Now the world situation has changed again, and Ming Dynasty did not get any benefits from the power distribution in World War II.

However, the Ming Dynasty's national power has collapsed, and people's lives have plummeted. In the future, they will enter an era of severe deflation. In this era, those who serve as chief ministers will be living targets, scolded by everyone, and they are unlucky.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng chose to avoid his edge.

His classmate and friend, Emperor Wanli, was a cunning and suspicious man. After he succeeded to the throne, he would definitely not let Zhang Juzheng take charge of the government alone, and would definitely use his political enemy Gao Gong to check and balance him.

If he comes out at this time, the reputation he has finally accumulated will be destroyed, and he will not get everything he wants.

Therefore, he has to wait, waiting for an opportunity where he must step forward and be able to turn the tide.

From the moment he was imprisoned, the original idealist Zhang Juzheng was dead. He had to live for himself for the rest of his life and completely turned into a utilitarian!
Didn’t the Ming Dynasty have to have an emperor system?
Then I will change the emperor system!
He was a warrior, a warrior who tried to change the system.

Qi Jiguang resigned and returned home mainly because of his distrust of the court. He was an idealist, and the same idealist as him was Xu Guangqi.

It was also affected by Zhang Juzheng's case, which affected his official career.

Xu Guangqi started his career in wild observation, and astronomer Xu Guangqi came online.

Qi Jiguang went home to write a book and said that Ji Xiao's new book was about to be published.

In the second year of Wanli, the world war finally came to an end.

A peace conference was held in Paris, attended by all the countries of the world, to participate in the redistribution of the world.

Those vassal states that have lost their national destiny will not be allowed to re-establish their country.

The Ming Dynasty refused to divulge the entire East Asia it annexed, such as Shen, Xi, Que and Yu, as well as Hawaii, over which the Ming claimed sovereignty.

In addition, in other places, Ming Dynasty will gradually withdraw its troops.

And Ming Dynasty must recognize all territorial scope after World War II, that is to say, it must recognize the new territories annexed by various countries.

As a result, all the small countries in the world have been basically wiped out, leaving only about twenty large countries.

The world is strangely integrated.

At the Paris Peace Conference, the Ming envoys strictly demanded that all vassal states restore their original vassal system and still regard the Ming Dynasty as the main one. All countries that declared war on the Ming Dynasty must admit defeat and pay compensation.

These words have aroused fierce opposition from various countries, and at worst, they will fight again.

The entire peace conference lasted for a full year and a half.

In the end, many countries reached an agreement and Ming Dynasty established the Z26 Summit, composed of 26 major countries in the world. Ming Dynasty must recognize the independence and sovereignty of each country, equality between countries, and must not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.

Countries recognized the existing territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The defeated country shall pay a compensation of one Ming Yuan for the defeat.

And within fifty years, there will be no more wars.

As soon as the peace treaty was signed, it was criticized as crazy in China. The peace treaty of the Paris Peace Conference seemed to be a peace treaty that was humiliating and humiliating the country.

The Second World War was completely different from the First World War. The Ming Dynasty was completely victorious. The Ming Dynasty’s army attacked all continents and achieved strategic victories. The navy won successive victories and achieved brilliant naval battle results. .

The Ming Dynasty was a completely victorious country, how could it possibly achieve this result!

Don’t forget, people all over the country are relying on this war indemnity to restore their lives, and the DPRK and China are also relying on the war indemnity to repay their debts.

Don't think that the war cost nothing. The imperial court owes Lao a lot of money and is waiting to pay it with war indemnities.

As a result, the Paris Peace Conference had just been signed.

The people were confused.

Crowds of people took to the streets to march, demanding that the court not sign the peace treaty. If they want to fight, then let's fight again! Ming Dynasty is not afraid of war!
Throughout the country, the voice of another war was rising.

Zhu Changzhi had several big bubbles in his mouth.

The signature was a nod from him.

The problem is that Ming Dynasty can no longer fight.

What was originally a great situation was ruined by his father. Now that he wants to fight again, what should he fight with?
The nineteen years of war have been saved by all the people tightening their belts. Not to mention the people, the court is also counting on war reparations to restore blood.

In the same way, war has drained the energy of all countries, and to be honest, they can't even make money.

All the countries in the world joined the war.

The war spread to every corner of the world.

On the contrary, Ming Dynasty was the country that suffered the least damage.

No country can afford war reparations. There is no money and only one life. Do you want it?
The court also learned about it from many parties and finally decided to sign it.

However, the people have completely ignored the merits of opening up new territories and expanded the territory. Instead, they are pessimizing that such a large territory can no longer be managed, and now it has grown so much, how can we control it?

The court is just messing around, it's not as good as when Zhang Juzheng was there!

Zhang Juzheng's reputation soared.

Thinking of Zhang Juzheng's achievements during his tenure, people began to miss Zhang Juzheng, and news of Zhang Juzheng's comeback became rampant.

At this time, Xu Jie died of illness.

Gao Gong is also very capable, but compared with Zhang Juzheng, he is a little less courageous.

If it were Zhang Juzheng, he would either suppress the voices of the people, or directly fight again, and fight as long as it is beneficial to Ming Dynasty.

Gao Gong studied and thought over and over again, wasting his opportunity by going back and forth.

In the third year of Wanli, the Second World War came to an end.

The public criticism continued.

People's lives have become increasingly difficult.

Everyone tightened their belts to help the imperial court fight the war, but in the end they got nothing. Why don't you support me anymore?

Emperor Wanli was also depressed. Nineteen years of war had turned the Ming Dynasty into a complete mess. It was even more difficult to clean up the mess.

At this time, he finally understood Emperor Zhengde.

He is really a good emperor.

The Ming Dynasty's ability to recover from the extreme Great Depression and once again establish itself in the world is closely related to the ability of Emperor Zhengde.

Emperor Jiajing was not bad either. He was the one who cleaned up the mess of World War I.

It's just that Jiajing was killed a bit miserably in his later years, his mentality was distorted, and he eventually destroyed himself.

Although Emperor Longqing was not very good, Zhang Juzheng who came up was really good.

Emperor Wanli became emperor for three years, and he became increasingly aware of Zhang Juzheng's power, and at the same time he became wary of Zhang Juzheng.

Such a person will never be willing to be inferior to others.

He also thought about inviting Zhang Juzheng out. The problem was that when Zhang Juzheng came out, he would definitely be in charge of the government alone, and he was not his father Long Qing. He also wanted to be the real emperor.

Therefore, the two people are in conflict with each other from the bottom of their hearts.

It is impossible to come together and cooperate sincerely.

However, Gao Gong's body really couldn't clean up the mess in Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Juzheng had to be invited to come out.

Gao Gong is also ill. He has been very ill recently and cannot handle the heavy government affairs.

But asking Zhang Juzheng to come out was inconsistent with Emperor Wanli's strategic layout.

No, no one can bear this burden.

This is a difficult problem.

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