Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 535 Nowhere to Run

The arrangement of Hami Guard is just one of them.

Long before setting off to the north, Zhu Zhanhe formulated a series of combat plans based on the historical Tumu Fort Incident and the Battle of Peking.

The most important one is himself, that is, he personally led the army northward, first taking over the control and command of Shuntian Mansion and Daming, to avoid those who have no lower limit for their own selfish interests to cause trouble.

After stabilizing the situation in Shuntian Prefecture and the Ming Dynasty, he will lead his army to conquer the Ming Dynasty again, drive the enemy out of the Ming Dynasty, and push the battlefield as far away from the Ming Dynasty as possible.

In addition to this arrangement, he also sent people to notify King Zhongshun of Hami Guard, the Eighth King of Uzzandusi, and his younger brother Zhu Zhanluo who was in Europe.

In other words, when the war begins, the Ming Dynasty will launch attacks from three directions: east, west, and south, and first surround the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in the form of pocket formations.

As for Wala...

Ha ha.

……

Shuntian Prefecture.

While the west and the north were preparing for the war, Shuntian Prefecture also started a war that belonged exclusively to Chen Xun and the others.

There is no way, the empress dowager Sun Ruowei and the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen have been in charge of the government for more than ten years, too many corruptions have been bred, the scope of which and the number of people shocked Chen Xun.

In fact, this is not to deliberately belittle, but relatively speaking, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is more likely to breed corruption than Gongyang Neo-Confucianism. Coupled with the difference in rulers, it will eventually affect the development of this situation.

Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was born in the Song Dynasty, but it was not reused by the Song Dynasty. Instead, the Yuan Dynasty used Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism to rule the Han people.

In terms of ideology, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and Gongyang Neo-Confucianism both belong to Confucianism, but in fact they are very different. In particular, Gongyang Neo-Confucianism is far better than Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in terms of great unification and great revenge.

In fact, some do. The more radical the thought, the more intimidating it is. It can scare many people, so that many people can't help but think of the consequences when they reach out, and eventually stop or restrain themselves a lot.

However, this is only one of the reasons. There is no limit to people's desires. In many cases, as long as the benefits are large enough, someone will always reach out.

Speaking of which, I have to mention Zhu Zhanhe.

Zhu Zhanhe is well-known, but it seems to be related to wars and massacres, but that is just a stereotype of people, or a stereotype of some people.

Sometimes, if you don’t experience it from a certain perspective, it will be difficult for you to understand what people from this perspective are concerned about and what they are afraid of.

For the former Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucian scholars, the most feared thing about Zhu Zhanhe was not his reputation as a god of murder, but his ruthlessness that had been highlighted during the Yongle period.

Uniquely cruel to corrupt officials.

In this regard, people who want to come to Yangzhou Prefecture should have a say, because they were one of Zhu Zhanhe's biggest backgrounds in the first few years of his rise.

In the years when the Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei and the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen were in power, without Zhu Zhanhe's intimidation, and Sun Ruowei had the idea of ​​winning people's hearts, he was particularly tolerant of officials, which led to the development of corruption. Outrageous.

Shuntian Mansion, Ministry of Officials.

"Are these all going to be dealt with?" Xia Xuan looked at Chen Xun in front of her with a serious expression.

Although he is a generation younger than Chen Xun, Xia Xuan is mature and even ruthless far beyond his age.

You know, what he is talking about now is that the list just submitted to Chen Xun is the corruption situation of the household department that he thoroughly investigated this time, and the scope involved...

Let's put it this way, few of the officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs who were promoted by the Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei, and even the entire Ministry of Household Affairs today, are spared. It can basically be said that they are all in one fell swoop.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if you are greedy for 60 taels of silver, the whole family will sit together and peel off the skin.

Xia Xuan's understatement was asking about the life and death of more than a hundred officials from the Ministry of Revenue.

"If it is handled according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty..." When he said this, Chen Xun raised his head and cast a questioning look at Xia Xuan.

“Can the Household Department still maintain operations?”

"Not very optimistic." Xia Xuan shook his head.

"Judging from the current situation, there is no problem in maintaining the operation of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the problem is that if an accident occurs during this period, such as a force majeure factor such as war or natural disaster, the Ministry of Household Affairs will be unable to recover. ”

"You also know that the affairs of the Household Department are different from those of other departments. It's not like just anyone can get started and handle it in an orderly manner."

"In my humble opinion, unless some officials familiar with the Ministry of Household Affairs are urgently dispatched from Xiangzhou Prefecture to fill the vacancies, it will be difficult to solve this problem."

"Hmm..." Chen Xun thought for a while and finally decided to follow the instructions of the professionals.

Although he is the official minister in charge of the world's officials, as the saying goes, there are specialties in the industry. Just like a department manager, although you are nominally the team leader and the boss of ordinary employees, you may not necessarily be as good as others in some things. .

"I'm going to send a message to His Highness Zhanqi and ask Xiangzhou Prefecture to dispatch some people from the household department... Forget it, let's send some people from the six departments over."

"But you also have to be mentally prepared. Don't even think about Wang Zuo and your brother Xia Jin. It would be good if they can transfer some officials from Xiangzhou Prefecture to you. Don't ask for those elites."

"I understand." Xia Xuan nodded, he still knew this.

The current Daming is actually divided into three fulcrums, namely Shuntian Mansion, Xiangzhou Mansion and Xuntian Mansion (Rome). These three fulcrums are used to support the governance of the vast territory of Daming.

Of course, Shuntian Mansion was not one of the three points before. Even before that, the Ming Dynasty could be said to be divided into two Ming Dynasties, internal and external.

They are the internal Ming Dynasty based on the original Ming Dynasty, and the external Ming Dynasty based on Xiangzhou Prefecture, Nanzhou Prefecture, Central Asia and Europe that were conquered by Zhu Zhanhe.

However, that was all in the past. The Ming Dynasty in the future will be one, and it will also be a Ming Dynasty supported by three pillars, spanning the entire Eurasian continent.

Therefore, these three points are currently governed by the six ministries and other institutions that the Ming Dynasty has always used, and their officials are naturally selected according to the standards of the six ministries.

Just like the Ministry of Finance, after Xia Yuanji passed away due to illness, his sons Xia Xuan and Xia Jin both inherited his ability in financial management and were reused by Zhu Zhanhe.

In addition to Xia Xuan and Xia Jin, plus Wang Zuo, who had been personally recommended by Xia Yuanji, these three people formed the three fulcrums of Shuntian Prefecture, Xiangzhou Prefecture and Xuntian Prefecture.

The same goes for the other five.

Obviously, people like Xia Jin and Wang Zuo cannot be transferred this time. It is like if you directly remove the manager of a department without anyone to lead, the employees below will definitely cause trouble.

However, this is all a matter for the future. What Chen Xun and Xia Xuan have to face now is actually more important.

Now that it has been decided to transfer personnel from Xiangzhou Prefecture to fill the vacancies in Shuntian Prefecture, it means that there will be no condonation of corruption in Shuntian Prefecture.

This is a good thing, but it is difficult to handle.

It's a good thing because eradicating corruption has always been a good thing. No matter which dynasty it is, only when officials govern with a clear conscience can we go further.

It is difficult to handle because the scope involved is too wide. Originally, this is nothing, but considering the current situation, it can easily be said that Zhu Zhanhe is purging dissidents and cleaning up the old officials left behind by the orthodox emperor.

"Now that you've decided, don't hesitate and just take action." After a long silence, Yu Qian spoke.

"As the saying goes, if you don't destroy, you don't stand. In ancient times, it was said that people scraped bones to cure poison. The same should be true for the Ming Dynasty now. Only by destroying and then establishing can the Ming Dynasty go further."

……

Everyone looked at Yu Qian with expressions of surprise without exception.

The people present were either six ministers or cabinet scholars. Some of them had served as officials during the Yongle Dynasty, that is, before Gongyang Studies was designated as an official school. The rest were basically Gongyang scholars.

But one thing is that Yu Qian was the only one who started his official career as a scholar of Cheng and Zhu Li in the Yongle Dynasty, and then switched to the lineage of the King of Wu, but in the end he did not leave with the lineage of the King of Wu to move south.

That is to say, most of the people present switched from the line of emperors of Yongle Dynasty to the line of King Wu, and followed the lineage of King Wu to go south to Xiangzhou Prefecture. Only Yu Qian himself stayed in Shuntian Prefecture and became the orthodox emperor. and Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei.

Although it is said that Yu Qian has not been reused by the orthodox emperor and empress dowager these years, it is undeniable that he has always been in the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, from Wu Wang's lineage to take over Shuntian to withdraw from Shuntian, and then to take over again. The same is true for palms and heavens.

It seemed that he was the last person who should have said these words, but in fact, he became the first and the only person to say these words.

However, I have to say that Yu Qian's words are very reasonable.

"Then..." Chen Huan looked at everyone and said slowly.

"Since there is no objection, let's implement this plan."

"Shang Shu Ye, I will leave this matter to you. Do you have any objection?"

"No problem." Ye En nodded and accepted the task.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he has unshirkable responsibility for this matter. In fact, this matter could have been handed over to the Jin Yiwei. However, after King Wu's lineage withdrew from Shuntian, the original Jin Yiwei commander Seha Zhi was also dismissed. Menda was promoted by Sun Ruowei to be the new commander of the Jinyi Guards.

Although Menda is dead, Jin Yiwei has not yet been purged. In such an important matter, Jin Yiwei cannot be trusted for the time being.

If Zhu Zhanhe was in Beijing, or someone with enough influence like Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping was in Beijing, then the crown prince's guards could be asked to thoroughly investigate and take over the affairs and responsibilities of the Jinyi Guards. However, Zhu Zhanhe went on an expedition and handed over the crown prince's guards. It was taken.

As the Minister of Justice, Ye En also faced his first major case after taking office.

For more than 15 years, Ye En, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, is mostly a decoration, which is in line with the situation of Ming Dynasty, because from Hongwu to Yongle and now, the minister of the Ministry of punishment has changed many people, the main reason is that more than half of them are All the responsibilities were taken over by Jin Yiwei.

As the discussions between the six ministries and the cabinet concluded, secret orders were issued from Shuntian Mansion. The difference from the past was that this time the order was clearly issued on behalf of the imperial court, but it did not have the emperor's seal, but was replaced by the seal of Prince Wu.

What this represents... is self-evident.

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On the other side, as the person in charge behind the scenes of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Ruowei's current situation can be said to be in the same heaven and one underground as before.

She was once the empress dowager of the Ming Dynasty. She single-handedly promoted countless people. She was highly respected by everyone in the Ming Dynasty. As long as she moved her hand, some people would lose their fortunes and have their families confiscated and be exterminated. There were also some people who rose from a commoner to become a person that ordinary people could not hope to achieve. and existence.

But now, although she is still the empress dowager of the Ming Dynasty, everyone keeps a distance from her, as if she is a patient infected with the plague, fearing that she will infect them.

In the past, there were people coming and going, people reporting things, flattering and serving people in an endless stream. Even the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart, which could even level the threshold, has now become an existence that no one cares about.

Come to think of it, if the chamberlains and maids in the Yangxin Palace had not had no choice, they would have left long ago.

As the former protagonist, Sun Ruowei is sitting on a chair in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The chair that once represented the power of the empress dowager has been covered with a little dust, and it can be seen that no one has cleaned it up for a while.

Gently stroking the dusty chair, three parts of desolation, three parts of confusion and three parts of hatred flashed through Sun Ruowei's eyes.

And...a bit of madness.

It is very dangerous when a person falls into madness, because you don't know what he will do, and when this person once held great power, this danger will be even higher.

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At the same time, beyond the Great Wall, there was Mount Saiyinda.

The front line has actually been pushed around the Luqu River, because Wala knew the power of the white phosphorus eggs and kerosene bombs in Zhu Zhanhe's hands, and there had been no major wars in more than ten years. It is conceivable that Zhu Zhanhe How many weapons are hoarded in his hands.

Therefore, Wala had no intention of confronting the Ming army head-on. He was running away as usual, hoping that he could escape far enough to make the Ming army lose interest in pursuing.

However, Zhu Zhanhe did not plan to move forward because there was no option in his plan to pursue Wala to the end.

"Report to His Royal Highness!"

Zhu Ping walked in from outside the tent, holding three letters in his hand.

"King Zhongshun of the Hami Guard has arrived at the border of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and Oara as scheduled. The Eight Kings of Uzzandus also followed your instructions and sent troops to the Seven Guards of Guanxi to resolve the issue while King Zhongshun cuts off the retreat of Oara. The rebellion within the Western Seven Guards eventually turned to the eastern border of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate."

"There is also news from Xuanfu Town that someone has left the Great Wall and is heading towards Nuer Gandusi."

"Are you sure?" Zhu Zhanhe raised his head, his eyes flashing.

"Sure!"

"Who is around Feiyunhe right now?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! It's Xing Kuan!"

"Let him take people to the old land of Wuliangha immediately!"

"Yes!"

……

The Chinese army's tent returned to silence, but a vortex had already stirred, making the calm water no longer calm.

Only Zhu Zhanhe himself knew what his purpose was in turning to the old land of Wuliangha even though the front line had been pushed to the Luqu River.

(End of this chapter)