Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 535 Tit for tat
The Lianghuai Bandit Rebellion was urgently brought to Beijing. The imperial court learned about it after the Jindian Chuanluo was completed. This had a great impact on the imperial court, especially because the emperor Qiangang was arbitrary and directly appointed Qi Jin, the commander of the fifth military camp, to lead his troops to quell the rebellion. This Many people in the DPRK complained.

The central court of the Ming Dynasty has always been like this. When encountering some far-reaching matters, it is inevitable to have disputes, especially when it involves the deployment of troops. If a civilian official does not interfere, he is not a civilian official!

Without him.

After the Tumubao Incident, the Ming Dynasty's model of both civil and military support and checks and balances that had been maintained from the center to the local areas was broken bit by bit.

For the vast majority of civil servants, they regard "the country may be big, but if it is warlike, it will perish" much more seriously than "the country is big, if it forgets to fight, it will be in danger".

After all, stability is always the first factor when it comes to the rule of a country. If order is disrupted because of belligerence, the country will surely suffer a disaster!
Since it is uncontrollable, then restrain it!

Of course, the more important point is that in the previous dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, in several specific periods, the destruction caused by warriors holding troops and taking power was too great. This was also the fundamental reason for restricting military generals.

But in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, why does the military have to be restrained and interfered by civilian officials?

If they want to be restrained, they can only be restrained by the emperor!

To control it, only the emperor can control it!

What the civil servants have to do is to govern the world well, to solve the people's livelihood problems encountered by the court, to replenish the national treasury, to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, to make development move forward steadily, and to make the national strength stronger year by year. This big problem has not been solved yet, how can you? Are you so confident that you dare to interfere with the army?

Problems that may occur in the army such as self-respect of troops, separatism of feudal lords and towns, military men taking power, corruption, etc. should be led by improving the army's organizational structure, supplemented by various military disciplines to deter such phenomena, rather than just saying that they are a sect. To suppress another faction is simply to invalidate one's martial arts skills.

In order to avoid some possible problems, we take drastic measures across the board. It would be strange if no problems arise! !

Qianqing Palace.

Dong Nuan Pavilion.

"It is precisely because I know the importance of the Huaihe River that I specially ordered Qi Jin to lead an army to suppress it!"

Zhu Youxiao had a serious expression on his face. He looked at the cabinet ministers gathered in front of the imperial court and said in a sonorous tone: "There cannot be chaos in the Huaihe River and it cannot be chaotic. If the imperial court does not suppress the bandits with thunderous force, where is the rule? Where is the majesty?"

"It is only now that such a big thing has happened, including the disaster in Henan and other places. Why didn't any news reach the capital before, but now they are all rushing to Beijing?"

"In my opinion, some people have dirty minds!!"

"Before something happened, everyone was arrogant. When something happened, they just wanted to blame the court. That's not how this is done, and it doesn't make sense in the world!"

"This is no longer a simple disaster relief and bandit suppression, but the court is going to be cruel to the officials. Otherwise, even if the court solves the crisis this time, who can guarantee that it will not happen again next time!!"

"Being an official of the Ming Dynasty does not mean that you are divorced from reality and become a so-called superior person. This kind of thinking should not be entertained at any time. However, nowadays in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of thinking has become rampant. Disaster relief and Suppressing bandits is just the beginning. In the future, the court will need to be more vigorous in rectifying the government!!"

"Your Majesty is right."

Qian Qianyi hesitated for a moment, glanced at the other people out of the corner of his eye, and then stepped forward and said: "But Your Majesty, banditry in Lianghuai is extremely complicated in itself, and the imperial court chose to condemn the army to suppress it. , no one can tell whether there will be any new unrest.”

"Then according to the wishes of the Qing family, the court will just sit back and do nothing?"

Zhu Youxiao smiled, looked at Qian Qianyi and said, "The turmoil that the Qing family wants to talk about is that Qi Jin's troops may carry out plunder in the Huaihe River?"

"Your Majesty, we must be on guard against this." Sun Ruyou climbed up the pole, "In my opinion, the imperial court should instruct local officials to resolve the issue of bandits in Lianghuai. Catch those who should be arrested, and kill those who should be killed. If something like this happens, This is something no one wants to see, but in Lianghuai, or even close to Lianghuai, the imperial court does not have large troops stationed..."

It's really ridiculous.

Listening to what Sun Ruyou said, Zhu Youxiao just felt like laughing. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with what he said, but upon closer inspection, there were more flaws.

Instruct the local department to solve the problem, but what if the department cannot solve it?
Catch when you need to, kill when you need to kill, then who should be arrested? Who should be killed?

There are still places to garrison. If they are really useful, why will there be banditry in Lianghuai?

"His Majesty ordered Qi Jin to lead his troops to counter the rebellion. It is for the Shaofu to deal with military supplies. However, if anything goes wrong in the process, once Qi Jin's troops lose supplies, there is no guarantee that looting of the place will not happen. Compared with banditry, , military chaos will do more harm to the local area."

"Finished?"

"That's it."

Sun Ruyou was a little dazed. He didn't expect that the emperor would behave so calmly after he said so much. He was shocked at first when there was banditry in Lianghuai, but after learning about the handling of the matter, Sun Ruyou was even more shocked.

The emperor not only showed great martial prowess, but also relied heavily on and trusted military commanders. This was not a good trend.

It seems that this idea is not only shared by Sun Ruyou, but also by many civil servants in the court.

Yes.

Since the emperor Yuji came to the throne, the Ming Dynasty has encountered extremely bad things such as Jianlu invasions, Mongolian Tatar plunders, and chieftain rebellions. In dealing with these matters, without exception, the emperor ignored the opposition of the ministers and made clear decisions decisively. A series of arrangements and deployments prevented the situation from deteriorating further, but then again.

It is difficult for civil servants to accept that a military general is showing signs of raising his head.

"Can the Ministry of Household Affairs allocate all the money and food for disaster relief or bandit suppression?"

Zhu Youxiao ignored Sun Ruyou and looked at Bi Ziyan.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue cannot produce it."

Bi Ziyan truthfully reported: "Nowadays, the country's various expenditures are very large, and many matters involving taxation have been clarified now, but many of them still need time."

"Since the Ministry of Finance can't take it out, then the place can take it out?"

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao looked at Sun Ruyou, "If the local department is responsible for suppressing bandits, does it mean that when the local government encounters difficulties, the court must solve them? If the court cannot solve them, then the local department will assign them to the local government!"

Sun Ruyou was speechless for a moment.

"Your Majesty, it is actually feasible not to divide the distribution." Seeing this situation, Shi Jikai stepped forward and said: "The ones who least want turmoil in Lianghuai are the salt merchants under Lianghuai. As long as there are local officials who can solve this matter, then The money and food needed to suppress the bandits can be solved."

"and then?"

Zhu Youxiao asked back: "If you want to take it, you must give it first. If you rely on them to solve the problem of bandits' money and food, will the Lianghuai in the future still be the Lianghuai of the imperial court?"

"Since I have decided on this matter, I will not change it. If any problems arise during the suppression of bandits, I will only send people to solve them. If anyone wants to make trouble with the suppression of bandits in Lianghuai, then fine, then he Just help me solve the problem of money and food supply, and solve the resettlement expenses after the bandits are suppressed. If you can't, then shut your mouth. What I want is a good strategy that can solve the problem, rather than giving me noisy words here!! "-
(End of this chapter)