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Chapter 204: Using culture to control military force 2
Being able to directly take over the military power and restart the ocean-going fleet without the approval of the Sixth Ministry and the Cabinet. These two actions can be said to have seriously violated the interests of the civil service group. In the long run, the imperial power will not be subject to any constraints.

But before the civil servant group could take action, the third fire of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was also lit.In November of the sixth year of Zhengtong, on the festive occasion of the completion of the renovation of the three main halls, Zhu Qizhen announced a general amnesty for the whole country, and at the same time, with one stroke of his pen, erased the words "行zai" in front of Beijing.

Even though it was just two words, it was equivalent to announcing that from now on, Beijing would become the official capital of the Ming Dynasty, and Nanjing would become the companion capital.This made many southern officials gnash their teeth with hatred. They always thought about moving the capital back to Nanjing, but now their hopes have been completely shattered.

The emperor, who was only 14 years old, did three major things in one year that made his father and grandfather grin. Anyone who says that Zhu Qizhen is uneducated is really telling lies.

The ancients said it well, if you compare yourself with others, you will die, but if you compare goods, you will throw them away.It's useless to talk about who is a waste and who has the ability. You have to compare with each other.Hong Tao is already 27 years old and has been in charge for more than six years. So far, he has not taken any measures that can match Zhu Qizhen's three plans.

However, compared with Hong Tao, Zhu Qizhen is still less calm and sinister, and more bloody and impulsive.He rashly launched his ultimate move when he was not fully in control of the situation, revealing his trump card and laying the groundwork for his subsequent misfortune.

These three measures not only demonstrated the supremacy of imperial power, but also allowed the civil servants to recognize the reality.Zhu Qizhen is not the emperor they need. If they cannot make him repent through reason, they can only use means to make him disappear.

Youdao is an emperor who has an iron-clad court. The Ming Dynasty can still run without an emperor, but without the help of civil servants, it is definitely, must, and can only be chaotic. If it is not chaotic, then let it be chaotic!

When Xuanzong and Zhu Zhanji conquered Jiaozhi, Yang Shiqi interfered with Huang. Renzong and Zhu Gaochi advocated going to the West, but he died after one year in power.No matter how capable Zhu Qizhen is, he still has little experience and connections, so he still has a chance to fight.

The success of the previous three moves made Zhu Qizhen a little complacent, and he became increasingly disdainful of the abilities of the civil service group.So in the eighth year of Orthodoxy, another big move was made, an edict to the Hanlin Academy, which roughly means:

"The imperial court's treatment of civil servants is a little too good, but the army is too poor. In addition to farming training, the soldiers of the guard station also hunt, collect food and drink, and chop firewood for the civil servants. They are worse than handymen. As a result, deserters are increasing day by day. If this continues, the military will become ineffective and we must find ways to change it."

How to change it?Just as the civil service group was trying hard to figure out where the emperor would start and how to deal with it, Zhu Qi Zhenjian took a different approach and attacked the civil service group directly.

He wanted to follow the regulations of the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties and allow all officials over the age of 70 to retire.If you voluntarily resign, you can still be a good official, that is, you will retain your rank and salary. If you have to wait for the emperor to give the word to resign, you will be rude. It is easy to find some mistakes and fix them, and you don't even have to pay retirement fees.

沈一贯入阁时65岁、沈鲤入阁时整70、朱赓入阁时66岁、李贽入阁时75，六部尚书最年轻的也快60了。

Any official who can reach the top position in the imperial court is not too young. Even if he is under 70 years old, he will not be delayed for a few years.Comparing one's feelings with others, who has worked hard for most of his life to finally get to a high position, but he hasn't enjoyed it enough and is willing to give up easily?
In the eighth year of Zhengtong, when Hong Bao had just returned from taking the fleet to Nanyang, Zhu Qizhen appointed Jiao Hong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, as the chief promotion officer of the Eight Prefectures to supervise the construction of ocean-going ships along the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang 120 ship.

Zheng He's fleet at the time of his voyages to the West was at most 200 ships. Zhu Qizhen immediately wanted to build 120 ships. His intentions were obvious and his determination was not weak.However, the civil servant group also fought back resolutely. Starting from the ninth year of Orthodoxy, peasant uprisings broke out in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian, and spread rapidly, stirring up chaos in the coastal areas and seriously affecting the shipbuilding progress.

So why did the peasants revolt?The reasons given by the civil servants were nothing more than excessive labor and the people's lack of livelihood. The implicit meaning was that they were complaining that Emperor Yingzong should not carry out large-scale shipbuilding projects. Look, it forced the people to rebel!

But Emperor Yingzong didn't believe it. He had his own news channels, which were guards stationed in various places.The news sent back by the eunuchs was very different from the reasons given by the officials, and the two sides could not agree with each other.

These so-called peasant uprisings were different from the past. They did not attack local tyrants or rob granaries. Instead, they specifically caused trouble for the government and the army, especially in places related to shipbuilding.

Why is this happening?Yingzong couldn't figure it out even if he stayed in the Forbidden City, but he understood that there must be something wrong with the abnormal affairs, so he simply stopped investigating.Rebellion, right?There's nothing the local guards can do, right?OK, let's send regular troops over.

In the winter of the 13th year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong appointed Marquis Chen Mao of Ningyang as the commander-in-chief of the army. He was assigned the seal of General Zhengyi and commanded 2 troops to suppress civil unrest in Fujian.In order to prevent anyone from colluding with local officials and guards to deceive the superiors and subordinates, [-] Beijing troops were specially sent to supervise the formation.

As a result, the peasant uprising, which had raged for three or four years and could not be stopped by anyone across the state, was suppressed in less than three months.At this time, the army that went to Yunnan to suppress the rebellion returned in triumph. After receiving the imperial edict from Yingzong, they marched directly into Jiangxi and wiped out the local uprising like a strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

The corpses of Deng Maoqi from Fujian and Si Jifa from Myanmar were sent to Beijing to be displayed to the public.Zhejiang rebel leader Chen Jianhu and dozens of his men were captured alive and sent back to the capital. The Sanfa Division sentenced them to death, but they were stopped by Emperor Yingzong and transferred to Jinyiwei for trial.

The matter was not over yet. Zhu Qizhen had already seen something fishy behind these so-called peasant uprisings, and ordered the two armies not to come back yet. One would go to Huguang to suppress the Miao rebellion, and the other would stay in Fujian and Zhejiang to continue to eliminate the remaining banditry.At the same time, Jin Yiwei is asked to thoroughly investigate the cause and must find the behind-the-scenes instigator!

It was already March of the 14th year of Orthodoxy, and there were still four months before the Tumubao Incident.Datong, Xuanfu and Liaodong, which had not been at war for decades, suddenly received military reports at the same time that there were enemy invaders!

When Yingzong heard this, could it still work?You don’t use bean bags as dry food, do you?Just in time, I want to lead the expedition myself, so that the whole world can see how much the Emperor of Ming Dynasty really weighs.As long as this battle is won, no one will dare to challenge the emperor's authority again for at least the next 20 years.

Whenever he sees this place, Hong Tao can't help but sigh.Still too young!This does not mean that it is not possible for the emperor to personally conquer the country. If conditions permit, as an emperor, he can personally lead an army to expand the territory. His influence on the people is unmatched by any political achievements.

but!The conditions at that time were definitely not mature. Although everything that needed to be done was done, the civil servants were restrained and unable to stop it.But Zhu Qizhen had forgotten the ancient adage that one must first make peace with foreigners. It was too risky to dare to go out with all his cronies when his family was not stable.

(End of this chapter)