Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 395 Emperor’s Wrath

The sky in the Forbidden City became gloomier, so dark that it made people breathless. The light rain that was falling suddenly turned into a heavy rain in an instant.

Boom! !

Shocking thunder exploded from the sky, and lightning flashed across the dark sky. No matter who was in this place, they all felt like a storm was coming.

The news caused by the eight-hundred-mile urgent report spread throughout the outer court in a very short period of time, but no one knew where the urgent report came from!

Liaodong?

Shandong?

Or...

Those who were interested were secretly trying to figure it out, but they couldn't guess where the accident happened. For a moment, countless eyes turned to the Forbidden City.

Qianqing Palace.

Dong Nuan Pavilion.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter should not be taken lightly."

Qian Qianyi, the second assistant to the cabinet, looked serious. He raised his hand and bowed to the emperor: "This urgent report was sent by Shizhu Xuanwei Division, not by Sichuan Yousi. What is the situation in Sichuan? How can we Do you rely solely on stone pillars to speak?"

"I second the proposal."

Sun Ruyou, the assistant to the cabinet group, followed closely and said: "If something big happened in Sichuan, Sichuan officials should not submit an urgent report. But up to now, except for this urgent report, the imperial court has not received any other reports. Minister I think the imperial court must not take this matter seriously and should send personnel to Sichuan while waiting for the urgent report that may be submitted by the Sichuan department!"

When such a major event occurred in Sichuan and Guizhou, the cabinet ministers were summoned to the palace immediately. After learning the contents of the urgent report, Zhu Guozuo and other ministers were shocked.

No one thought that the long-peaceful land of Sichuan and Guizhou would have another chieftain rebellion, and one was the Yongning Xuanfu Division and the other was the Shuixi Xuanwei Division.

Especially the Shuixi An family, which has a lot of influence in Guizhou. If the urgent report is true, it will be a great threat to the court!

Each and every one of the cabinet ministers present was very clear about the Bozhou Rebellion that occurred during the Wanli Dynasty. Although the imperial court finally suppressed the chieftain rebellion, it was very clear in their hearts how much losses they had suffered.

If possible, they would rather believe that there is a new war situation in Liaodong than that there is chaos in the southwest. One is that the southwest is too far from the capital, and the other is that the terrain in the southwest is complicated. If a chieftain rebellion really breaks out, the imperial court wants to quickly suppress the rebellion. In order to frighten the chieftain tribes in the southwest and stabilize the southwest again, the price paid may be too high.

It is precisely this that makes it rare that Qian Qianyi, the veteran of the Donglin Party, and Sun Ruyou, the leader of the Zhejiang Party, are not trying to undermine each other at the moment.

"In your opinion, Shizhu Xuanweisi is harboring evil intentions and deliberately trying to sow discord between the imperial court and the Sichuan and Gui chieftains?" Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, leaned forward and looked at Qian Qianyi and Sun Ruyou.

"Then if I say that when I first came to the throne, I secretly summoned Qin Liangyu to the capital to monitor the Sichuan area for the imperial court and prevent the chieftain rebellion, do you think my words are credible!?"

One word stirs up a thousand waves!

These were not just Qian Qianyi and Sun Ruyou, the silent cabinet ministers such as Zhu Guozuo, Bi Ziyan, Wang Xiangqian, Sun Chengzong, etc. all showed expressions of astonishment.

As early as when Emperor Yuji ascended the throne, he secretly summoned Qin Liangyu to Beijing? What is this?

Why has this never been mentioned before?

and also!

How did the emperor know that among the chieftains under Kawachi's rule, some would want to plot a rebellion?

All kinds of doubts and incomprehensions are constantly arising in the hearts of everyone. Although some people think this is unbelievable, the fact that the emperor said this today makes them have no choice but to believe it.

Why?

There have been many turmoils and secret games before, and the sagacity and skill shown by the young emperor in front of him still awe many people!

"This chieftain rebellion in Chuangui could have been avoided as much as possible."

Zhu Youxiao ignored the reactions of the ministers and said in a low tone: "Qin Qing made it very clear in the emergency report. The imperial court issued a decree to the world, clearly abolishing Liao pay, no longer requiring reinforcements from various places to send guest troops, and even There is a decree issued by the Ministry of Revenue to never increase taxes, not to mention the great victory of Liaozuo announced by the imperial court. In addition to demonstrating the military power of our dynasty, it is more to urge various places to implement the imperial decree."

"But what about Yousi in Sichuan? Previously, they did not levy too many Liao salaries, but they levied miscellaneous taxes in various names. The court knew nothing about this, and what is even more ridiculous is that no one was sent to explain it to the chieftains in various places under its rule. The government decree allowed the chieftains from various places to gather mountain people under their own autonomy in the name of aiding the Liao Dynasty."

"As for saying that we will never increase the tax, we were suppressed by Sichuan officials and didn't even take any action. I just want to ask you, whether the situation in Sichuan is the same in other parts of the Ming Dynasty!! "

The atmosphere in Dongnuang Pavilion became depressing.

There are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. This is a phenomenon that Zhu Youxiao is very clear about. Even if it is a unified centralized dynasty, don't think that between the central government and the local governments, just one decree or a decree can make the local governments absolutely obey. , in fact, there are quite a lot of overt and covert games!

The absolute authority of the central government must be reflected in the central government's stable finances and strong military deterrence, both of which are indispensable.

There are intertwined and complex relationships in the central government, and the situation is even more complicated in the local areas. It is precisely because of this that since Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he will not easily issue decrees or promulgate new laws on any major event involving the national economy and people's livelihood. of policy.

This is where the root knot lies.

Who knows whether a policy that is meant to benefit the country and the people will be implemented unconditionally when it is transmitted to local governments, or will its meaning be tampered with?

Even Zhu Youxiao, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, did not dare to give an absolute guarantee. This is the cruel reality.

Since the Jiajing dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, certain systems and orders had already collapsed due to the influence of party strife, and this was intensified during the Wanli dynasty.

"Your Majesty, under the current situation, if there is a rebellion of chieftains in Sichuan and Guizhou, the imperial court will send troops to suppress it as soon as possible." Wang Xiangqian, who was the cabinet group assistant and minister of the Ministry of War, stepped forward and said at this moment.

"According to the urgent report submitted by Qin Liangyu, the rebel She Chongming wanted to capture Chongqing Prefecture and control the important areas in eastern Sichuan. However, Qin Liangyu's troops discovered it in time and sent troops to prevent the rebels from taking control of Chongqing!"

"But the rebellion was obviously planned for a long time. After being blocked in Chongqing, they retreated to the next best thing and captured the entire territory of Luzhou, connecting it with the Xuanfu Division of Yongning..."

The military power of Sichuan, Guizhou and other places is really terrible!

Listening to what Wang Xiangqian said, Zhu Youxiao couldn't hide his anger in his heart. Although he knew that the military power under the Ming Dynasty had long been unable to be reused, but such a sudden collapse still made Zhu Youxiao feel angry. If he hadn't made arrangements in advance, Let Qin Liangyu recruit as many brave men as possible. I am afraid that the situation in the southwest will be more serious than expected!

(End of this chapter)