Saving the Ming Dynasty: I can exchange bodies with Chongzhen

Chapter 55 Fight!
When Sun Chengzong came over and talked about this strategy, the 75-year-old Sun Chengzong hit the nail on the head, "Your Majesty, this method is not perfect, and it may be too late to get rid of it!"

"There is no perfect method. As long as the imperial army develops quickly and becomes more powerful, they won't be able to make much of a difference." Zhu Changgan said meaningfully, "Since I can legalize the militia, I can naturally let them go."

This is just one of the reasons. There is also a second and a third one... Things should be planned after they are decided. If there is no backup plan, it will not be brought up.

Want to be a warlord? Then let's see whether the musket in my hand is more powerful or the swords, guns and clubs in your hands are more powerful.

In the late Qing Dynasty, there were no real warlords, at least the concept was completely different from that of warlords in the Republic of China period.

The vast majority of warlords in the Republic of China did not evolve from local militias.

"I have made up my mind. You and Minister Yang can draft the decree." Asking officials, gentry and wealthy families to organize militia is not just to get them to cooperate in suppressing bandits.

More importantly, this is an indispensable step on your chessboard.

Zhu Changgan smiled. Without this step, he would have no way to implement some of his later ideas.

When they had almost finished discussing the details, Wang Chengen came in and said, "Your Majesty, a group of ministers in the court are outside seeking to see you."

"?" Zhu Changgan frowned. What are they here for?

"Your Majesty, it seems to be for..." Wang Chengen glanced at Sun Chengzong.

Zhu Changgan understood instantly that it was the Prime Minister Sun Chengzong.

He was specially appointed by me, and in order to ensure that he could maintain his position as the Prime Minister, he naturally had to be given the title of Minister of Personnel.

Although the Minister of Personnel was only a second-rank official, he was known as the head of the six ministries and the chief civil servant.

The Ming Dynasty adhered to the concept of "all political affairs are under the control of civil servants", among which the Ministry of Personnel, which was responsible for the selection and management of officials, had the highest status.

The politics of the Ming Dynasty was essentially rule by man. The emperor ordered the six ministries, especially the Ministry of Personnel, to obey him directly, which meant that the emperor took over the power of selecting and employing people.

For this reason, the power and status of the Minister of Personnel, as the head of the Ministry of Personnel, also rose rapidly, allowing him to enter the center of power and become the "head of the six ministries" and the "head of civil servants."

"Are you here so soon?" Zhu Changgan said with a sharp look. He knew that these civil officials would definitely make trouble, but he thought that they would at least wait until Qian Qianyi was buried and then join forces with the Donglin Party.

"Have the people from the Censorate arrived?"

The Censorate was originally called the Yushitai. In the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to the Censorate. Its organizational structure and responsibilities were relatively simple. It was mainly responsible for monitoring the words and deeds of officials and their work performance, as well as handling impeachments and accusations of officials.

"Your Majesty, they are here. The Left and Right Censors-in-Chief and the Left and Right Assistant Censors-in-Chief are here."

Zhu Changgan's eyes suddenly lit up. "Great! It's faster than I thought, and the work is more solid than I thought."

In other words, some of them integrated the previous Wen Party and the Donglin Party, and came to force Qian Qianyi to abdicate before his body was cold.

Indeed, we cannot underestimate these civil servants!

"Follow me up to the attic and take a look."

In the attic, Wang Chengen quickly put down the bench, but Zhu Changgan did not sit down. Instead, he looked at the ministers kneeling outside the Qianqing Palace.

He held the memorial high in his hand and shouted loudly outside.

"Your Majesty, state affairs are under the jurisdiction of the six ministries. This is a rule established during the time of Taizu and cannot be abolished!"

"Your Majesty is controlling the government like this. This is a sign that the people are suffering and chaos is about to come..."

"Your Majesty, please reconsider!"

The censors and other high-ranking officials in the court knelt outside, speaking earnestly and weeping bitterly.

Huang Shijun said in front of the ministers, "The state affairs are difficult. The ministers have not done a good job. We are sorry for our ancestors, sorry for the emperor, and sorry for the people of the world."

"We have disturbed the Holy Emperor. We beg Your Majesty to punish us, the guilty ministers." "We beg Your Majesty to punish us..." The shouts of hundreds of court officials were extremely spectacular.

A man with a neck as thick as his head stood up and shouted, "The thieves are all around you. Your Majesty does not consolidate the foundation, but instead repeatedly makes special arrangements, disregarding the laws of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. Is this loyalty and filial piety? Your Majesty's stubbornness will only make the Ming Dynasty..."

"Who is that person?" Zhu Changgan in the attic pointed at the man and asked.

"Your Majesty, this man is Guang Shiheng, an official in the military department." Wang Chengen said as he glanced at the guy who was excited and spitting.

"Gwang Si Hyung? He..."

Speaking of Guang Shiheng, he was just a small figure, a seventh-rank military official, but he was a person who changed the course of history with his mouth.

Throughout the dynasties, if one wanted to punish someone, one had to first convict him of a crime, and the crime was also based on the law. However, one person was executed for a crime that was unprecedented and would never be repeated. It was not legal and was not covered by the law.

That was the crime of "blocking migration to the south". The person who convicted was Ma Shiying, and the person convicted was Guang Shiheng.

There are not many records about him in history. "When Li Zicheng captured Datong, Guang Shiheng tried his best to stop the emperor from moving south and insisted on defending Beijing. When the city was broken, he surrendered to Li Zicheng and remained as a military official. Later, he surrendered to the Hongguang Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty and was impeached by Ma Shiying: "Guang Shiheng, the official, tried his best to stop the migration to the south, which led to the death of the former emperor and the country; and he followed the enemy first, which was a great treason."

"In the north, the Later Jin invaded and plundered, and in the south, bandits were causing chaos. There were so many refugees and refugees. In northern Zhili alone, tens of thousands of people died of starvation every day. However, your Majesty's treasury has tens of millions of taels of silver for military pay..."

Guang Shiheng became more and more excited as he spoke, talking about benevolence, morality, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and he looked so righteous.

"What are you doing? Are you trying to force the emperor?" Eunuch Xu Gao shouted at the crowd, "Today is a good day for Grain Rain, but you insist on making a scene and disturbing the emperor. You want to make him feel uncomfortable before you stop?"

"We are not here to cause trouble. We are only here to tell the truth so that Your Majesty will understand. We want the administration of the Ming Dynasty to be cleared up. After the Grain Rain, the Ming Dynasty and its hundreds of millions of subjects will enter a critical time of the year. Your Majesty, please consider the hundreds of millions of subjects!"

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty……"

The cheers became louder and louder, rushing towards the direction of the imperial palace like a tide.

Zhu Changgan narrowed his eyes at them and snorted coldly, "Where is Gao Yushun?"

"Gao Yushun is already downstairs... Do you want to persuade them to leave?"

"Why are you trying to persuade them? Just chase them away! Arrest the ones who are making the most noise!" Zhu Changgan turned around and walked downstairs. Supported by Wang Chengen, a eunuch ran downstairs.

Gao Yushun was stunned for a moment when he heard the emperor's words, "Bang?"

Although it is only one word, it means a lot.

After pondering for a while, he ordered his eunuchs to blast them away, but soon, a young eunuch came over and said, "Master, we can't blast them away!"

The muscles on Gao Yushun's face twitched, and combined with the emperor's last words, "Catch the ones who are making the most noise."

Finally, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth, "Since we can't drive them away, let's rush out and fight!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

The young eunuch led his men and rushed towards the court officials kneeling outside.

Suddenly, screams and wails filled the entire palace.

Zhu Changgan listened to the sounds outside without stopping at all.

“When the East Factory, the Imperial Guard, and the Beijing Army were not in the hands of the emperor, you dared to make trouble.

Now that I have the East Factory, Jinyiwei, and Beijing Camp under my control, you still dare to make trouble? Then I have taken them in vain!"

(End of this chapter)