Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 521 Make It Crazy First
In the 16th year of Zhengtong, Shuntian Mansion and Qianqing Palace.

"Bastard!"

Zhu Qizhen, who was already 17 years old, slammed the memorial in his hand to the ground, his face full of anger.

"These unruly people! They must have been bewitched by that person!"

"I have clearly cut their taxes in half! Yet they still want to gather people to rebel and start an army to rebel!?"

"Come here! Xuanyuan Hou Liu Sheng!"

"Your Majesty! No!" Upon hearing this, Yu Qian immediately knelt down and grabbed the ground with his head.

"Since ancient times, people have raised armies mostly because their lives are unsustainable. As long as they can have a mouthful of food, even if they have to eat only one grain, they will bow their heads and work hard."

"However, His Majesty reopened the silver mines in Fujian, Zhejiang and other places last year, which greatly increased the people's corvee. At the same time, due to the increase in taxes due to the silver mines, local officials increased the tax at every level. In the end, the amount of silver collected and paid exceeded the public tax. "

Having said this, Yu Qian raised his head and persuaded earnestly.

"Your Majesty, if you draw your bow, there will be no turning back. When facing the people, it is better to block it than to open it up!"

"Okay!" Zhu Qizhen waved his sleeves and was very dissatisfied.

"Yu Shangshu, you are the Shangshu of the Ministry of War. This matter is a matter of the Ministry of Husbandry and has nothing to do with you. Please step aside first!"

……

Yu Qian was speechless after hearing this. After a long time, he sighed deeply, bowed and walked away.

……

After walking out of Qianqing Palace, he returned along the way he came. Yu Qian had walked this road countless times, but today, he had a different feeling.

From the south of Qianqing Palace are the three main halls, which cannot be entered casually except for important matters such as early dynasty or canonization. Yu Qian habitually left through the east gate.

However, when he reached the east side of Jianji Hall, Yu Qian stopped and looked toward the northeast.

There is the direction of Renshou Palace, where the King of Wu once lived.

Today, the Renshou Palace is in dilapidated condition. Because of Queen Sun's wishes, no one has repaired the Renshou Palace since the King of Wu left.

As for the reason... Yu Qian knew it well.

Thinking of this, he looked up to the sky and sighed.

Back then, she should have left with His Highness the Crown Prince... His Highness the Crown Prince was right, Queen Sun... was not a good mother and could not teach a wise king.

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Xiangzhou Mansion, Wu Palace.

"Okay, I get it."

Zhu Zhanhe casually threw the memorial to Chen Xun, who was waiting aside, and picked up the ruler next to him again.

"Who taught you this at a young age? Huh? Did I, your father, teach you to do this?"

Chen Xun looked at Zhu Zhanhe who was training his son. He had a lot to say in his heart, but in the end he swallowed it back.

Shaking his head and smiling, Chen Xun bowed and retreated.

Chen Xun, who left Wu Palace, was blocked by a group of people as soon as he left the palace gate. Chen Xun looked at the people in front of him, raised his hand to signal, and then took the lead towards the southeast of Chang'an Street.

Chen House.

After coming to Xiangzhou Prefecture, Chen Xun accepted Zhu Zhanhe's reward, a mansion located on Chang'an Street, without any guilt.

"De Zun, how's it going?"

As soon as he took his seat, Hu Hu couldn't wait to ask.

"How come you are still so restless even at your age?" Chen Xun did not answer, but instead poured tea for everyone.

"The fold was handed to His Highness, His Highness, but His Highness returned it to me."

With that said, Chen Xun took out the envelope from his sleeve and placed it in front of everyone.

"Alas..." Hu Hui sighed after seeing this.

12 years.

Since the fourth year of Zhengtong, when the Empress Dowager Zhang passed away, Zhu Zhanhe led the Wu kings to withdraw from the Shuntian Mansion and handed over the Shuntian Mansion to the Zhengtong Emperor and the Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei.

At the beginning, everyone was a little confused, because in their view, Zhu Zhanhe gave up a great situation, and it was clear that he was only one step away from success.

But when King Wu's people withdrew from Shuntian Mansion and went to Tongzhou Pier to leave by boat, Hu Hui and others realized what they had overlooked.

Even though it has been 12 years, Hu Xi still remembers that day when he was going from Shuntian Mansion to Tongzhou Pier, the roadside was filled with people.

They went to see off King Wu's lineage, but the emotion they carried was not reluctance, but joy.

Yes, be happy.

They were happy that the war madman finally left the Ming Dynasty.

They are happy that their children, husbands and even fathers no longer have to live in the shadow of when they will go to war every day.

They were happy that the maniac who had fought for 18 years when the Ming Dynasty could have been stable for 18 years and had countless innocent souls in his name, who massacred cities and built Jingguan, finally left.

It seems that Zhu Zhanhe single-handedly fought for the stability of the Ming Dynasty for 18 years and they are completely unable to see it.

It seems that they are completely unable to see the new grain that Zhu Zhanhe sent people to get back after going through all kinds of hardships.

It seems that they can't see that Zhu Zhanhe spread his family's income to reduce the tax burden on them.

At that time, Hu Xi knew that the people who were frightened by the war could not see anything. All they saw was the haze of war brought by Zhu Zhanhe, and they only unilaterally believed that Zhu Zhanhe would let them go to the battlefield.

Therefore, everyone except Yu Qian left with Zhu Zhanhe, not only because Zhu Zhanhe was misunderstood by people, but also because the actions of the people chilled the hearts of Hu Hui and others.

They did not expect that during those years under Zhu Zhanhe, they worked hard and thought they had created a prosperous era, but in the eyes of the people, it was just a precursor to disaster.

Nowadays, many officials who came to Xiangzhou Mansion with King Wu's lineage have changed a lot. Many of the old officials have retired or even passed away.

For example, Xia Yuanji passed away in the seventh year of Zhengtong, and his son Xia Xuan inherited his position as Minister of Household Affairs.

Of course, he is just the Minister of Household Affairs of Xiangzhou Prefecture.

The same goes for Xing Kuan, whose son Xing Kun succeeded him as Minister of Punishment and so on.

But for 12 years, they have been waiting for an opportunity to return to Shuntian Mansion.

"Okay, don't lose heart, that day is not far away from us."

Seeing Hu Hui's depression, Chen Xun opened his mouth to persuade him.

"We have all seen the changes in the imperial court over the years. We have also seen the imminent moves of the Oara, Eastern Chagatai Khanate and North Korea in the past few years. The emperor's coma..."

At this point, Chen Xun hesitated, but everyone understood what Chen Xun meant.

At that time, the King of Wu and his family left Beijing with Chen Xun and other officials, and it can be said that a major earthquake occurred in Shuntian Prefecture.

Only one Yu Qian was left in the cabinet and six ministers, and everyone else was gone, but that was not all.

I don’t know whether it was because of fear or dislike. At that time, Zhu Zhanhe mentioned Gongyang Studies as an official school. After that, the content of the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty was also Gongyang Studies. However, starting from the fifth year of Zhengtong, everything changed again.

In the fifth year of Zhengtong, the emperor issued an order to abolish Gongyang School and reestablish Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism as an official school.

Although it was just a very bland order, and it did not say what to do to the former Gongyang scholars, as long as they were Gongyang scholars who were officials in the court, they would either be forced to resign or be transferred to other places.

At that time, the shock in the court was quite great, and it even affected the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

But as Hu Xi said before leaving Shuntian Mansion: With the family fortune Zhu Zhanhe left behind, even if the orthodox emperor was a coward, it would be enough for him to squander it for more than ten years, or even decades.

The government and the public were shocked. Gongyang School, which had been implemented for more than 20 years, was abolished. Countless scholars were forced to pick up Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism again. A large number of officials were resigned and transferred to local areas, resulting in many vacancies in the court.

But fortunately, King Wu's lineage had just left Shuntian Mansion at that time, Zhu Zhanhe was still intimidated, and the barbarians in all directions did not dare to act rashly.

Subsequently, the orthodox emperor ordered a series of measures such as lowering taxes and increasing official salaries, which not only won the hearts of the people, but also the hearts of officials.

Everything seems to be developing steadily, and it seems to be saying how ridiculous it was for Zhu Zhanhe to give up the victory that was within easy reach.

However, this is only temporary.

As Zhu Zhanhe, who was known for his massacre of cities and construction of Jingguan, and who had shocked everyone everywhere, left Shuntian Mansion and evacuated all his forces, people who originally dared not take a breath under the heavy pressure suddenly began to get ready to take action.

The first was local rebellion.

Bashu, Yunnan and Guizhou have always been areas inhabited by ethnic minorities. At that time, Zhu Zhanhe implemented the reform of the land and introduced new grains, which solved the problem of ethnic integration in a relatively peaceful way.

But as Zhu Zhanhe left, officials began to show their fangs.

Don't forget, what made Zhu Zhanhe famous in one battle was never about getting rid of the foreigners and building the capital, but about eliminating corruption.

In this era, there was no such thing as the concept of family members. When Han officials governed ethnic minorities, they had more or less different emotions in their hearts, which eventually turned into greed.

Finally, the Miao people in Bashu, Yunnan and Guizhou gathered to resist the excessive expropriation by local officials.

Subsequently, with Zhu Zhanhe's departure, the foreign barbarians, who had been shrouded in the shadow of genocide for more than ten years, began to make moves.

The first to take action was Wala.

In the eighth year of Yongle, Emperor Taizong marched to the north, and Zhu Zhanhe established the situation in the north with a Beijing temple. Later, he designed for Emperor Xuande to conquer himself, and completely drove Oara to the north of the Onan River.

In the eighth year of Zhengtong, in the fourth year after King Wu left, Wala crossed the Onan River and returned to their former capital.

In the same year, the Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Waisi, passed away. His son Yexianbuhua competed with Yunusi for the throne, and Yexianbuhua eventually won.

After Ye Xianhua took over, in addition to cleaning up his brother Yu Nusi's tribe, he also began to infiltrate the Seven Guards of Kansai.

Quxianwei, Aduanwei and Handongwei among the Seven Guards of Kansai had long planned to become independent. However, because the Ming Dynasty was too powerful and Zhu Zhanhe was famous, they could only humbly compromise. .

At first, they did not dare to act rashly, but as the time that King Wu left was longer and longer, their hearts became more and more restless.

Finally, when they saw Waladu return to Hulanhu and become hypothermic, they finally couldn't hold it any longer.

Seven of the Kansai Guards, three of them defected to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

However, the impact of the departure of King Wu's lineage has not ended yet.

In the following year, the king of Joseon, Li Wei, who obtained the throne with the help of Zhu Zhanhe, cut off the tribute to Ming Dynasty in the sixth year of Zhengtong, and abandoned the ritual system and title of Ming Dynasty, and proclaimed himself the emperor of Joseon.

In the summer of the same year, North Korea sent troops to Tsushima, cutting off the connection between the Ming court and the Japanese island. As a result, the Japanese island, which had been under the control of the Ming Dynasty since Zhu Zhanhe's eastward expedition to the Japanese country, lost control.

Finally, it seemed that God couldn't stand it anymore and began to show his power.

In the seventh year of Zhengtong, a great tidal wave caused the sea to overflow in Zhejiang and Yangzhou, and more than [-] people were affected.

In the eighth year of Zhengtong's reign, there was a snow disaster in Shuntian Prefecture, the capital, and more than [-] people were affected.

In the 11th year of Orthodoxy, a typhoon hit Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian. Nearly one million people were affected. The docks that were built for navigation were damaged, and the losses were uncountable.

In the 14th year of Orthodoxy, floods occurred in Henan, with more than 50 people affected.

In the 16th year of Orthodoxy, that is, this year, the imperial court reopened silver mines in Fujian, Zhejiang and other places, which increased the people's corvee work. In addition, lower-level officials increased their taxes at different levels, resulting in increased taxation, which far exceeded the public tax.

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The disasters that happened one after another seemed to be what God was telling us, but they only seemed like this.

Do you want to say that there were no natural disasters when Zhu Zhanhe controlled the Ming Dynasty?The answer is yes.

But at that time, people had no sense of urgency and did not even need the court to order funds to open warehouses for disaster relief. The local grain reserves alone were enough for local emergencies.

But as King Wu's line withdrew from Shuntian and the Empress Dowager listened to the government behind the curtain, these problems seemed to be suddenly amplified, and even reached the stage where they could not be dealt with.

Only then did people discover that the title of a god of death could not only deter foreigners, but also corrupt officials and even profiteers.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Thinking of this, Chen Xun felt a little tired and heartbroken.

They spent so much effort back then that Ming Dynasty prospered, but in just over ten years, Ming Dynasty had already retreated by half, even back to the starting point.

Even if we return to Shuntian, we don't know how much time, energy, manpower and material resources it will take to recover.

"It's getting late, everyone..."

Just when Chen Xun was about to appease everyone and ask them to calm down and wait for the opportunity, the door of the study room was suddenly knocked at an extremely rapid rate.

"Chen Shangshu, someone from Xia Shangshu's house said that His Highness the Crown Prince summoned Xia Shangshu to the palace!"

Chen Xun stood up suddenly.

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Wu Palace.

"Are you going? Are you out of your mind?" Zhu Zhanhe looked at his brother funny.

"Why, it wasn't enough to bring Qi Ming, that stinky boy, to the Nanzhou government to suppress the rebel Ah San a while ago? Do you still want to go north now?"

"I..." Seeing that his thoughts were exposed, Zhu Zhanqi looked embarrassed.

"Okay, just stay at home honestly. The child is only three years old. What are you talking about?" Zhu Zhanhe interrupted his brother with a wave of his hand.

"I remember you told me before that you were dissatisfied with the fact that I went to the European battlefield when Qi Ming was just born. Why has it changed for you now?"

"Also, this time we go north, we will definitely have to face the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. Then we will definitely have to contact Zhanlu, who is now in Europe, and ask him to suppress the Eastern Chagatai Khanate from the west."

"Do you think you are better than me in fighting? Or do you think I am better than you in logistics?"

When Zhu Zhanqi heard this, he lowered his head dejectedly and looked at the secret letter on the desk.

There was no one around except the two brothers, so Zhu Zhanhe had no intention of hiding it. Although the letter was a secret letter, it was just spread out on the desk.

At the end of the letter, the six words "The Emperor personally marches on his own expedition" dazzled brightly, as if they were emitting light, making Zhu Zhanqi unable to move his eyes away.

(End of this chapter)