golden scales

Standing at the gate of the palace, Chongzhen looked over the red low wall, just in time to see the five-color flag and the top of the blue and red Russell square umbrella in the crown prince's guard of honor marching slowly, with mixed feelings in his heart.

He remembered that when he was still in Qiandi, as the prince's guard of honor, there were 36 people from His Royal Highness, 48 ​​people from the front of the palace, 12 people from the gate of the palace, and [-] people from the upper palace, a total of [-] guards.As the eldest son, as the crown prince, there are only a dozen or so people entering and leaving the guard of honor at this time.

Even the sons and daughters of ordinary wealthy families travel with more than ten entourages.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen felt a little sorry for his son, and recently a lingering thought resurfaced again.

Zen position.

In the past 17 years, Chongzhen has consciously worked hard on the throne of the emperor, and I am afraid that he is no less than Taizu and Chengzu.However, the state affairs are deteriorating day by day. If it wasn't for the eldest son Cihong's efforts to turn the tide, he might have been buried in the Forbidden City and become the king of subjugation.Now that Beijing is about to be regained, the question of how to reorganize Daming in the future is in front of us.

If he does not take the throne, the crown prince will definitely have no reason to intervene in state affairs.Leaving aside whether he can pick up this burden again, the civil servants and military generals attached to the crown prince may not necessarily be willing to give up the power and status they have acquired.As the 17-year-old emperor, Chongzhen knew that the bloody storm in the process of power transfer could never be quelled by a piece of imperial edict.

To make matters worse, Chongzhen didn't want any more local disturbances.Nowadays, the areas using the Eastern Palace method can be regarded as stable, and even in this kind of weather, they can get a good harvest.When I was in power, I didn't even dare to think about it.

Maybe God really wants to change the emperor?

But the position of the emperor is not to say that it can be put down. For 17 years, I have been the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, and suddenly became the Supreme Emperor, how can I live my life?And he is in his prime of life, is it possible that he will spend time in the deep palace waiting to die in the future?Chongzhen fantasizes about his own idleness in the future.I couldn't help but feel desolate in my heart.

Just as he was thinking wildly, the crown prince's guard of honor had already arrived under the hall.Zhu Cihong raised his head and saw the emperor's father standing outside, he thought to himself: It seems that he should show his gratitude for such an extraordinary courtesy?

It's a pity that Zhu Cihong is not an actor.He didn't have the slightest training of an actor, he just saluted dryly, and finally forced a smile.

However, Chongzhen could see the tiredness from this immature and mature face, and he couldn't help but soften in his heart, and the previous idea of ​​abdication weakened a little bit.It would be too irresponsible to put the world on his son.

"Father, my son is back." Zhu Cihong obediently followed the rules of this world, showing his obedience.

Many people in later generations have forgotten the Chinese tradition. If those household habits were moved to the Ming Dynasty, no one would think that this is the close relationship between father and son.Therefore, Zhu Cihong always avoids actively looking for topics, because there are really things that need to be said.Also try to maintain a submissive attitude as a son of man and a subject.

"Are you tired outside?" Chongzhen couldn't help asking.His personality is actually softer than that of Zhou Hou.Sometimes Zhou Hou can play the role of a strict mother, but Chongzhen often shows a loving father.

"It's okay." Zhu Cihong stepped forward to support Chongzhen, walked around the main hall and walked back: "Now our army is leading the Donglu to fight, and there is no worries about the future. Although it is tired, it is much more relaxed than this time last year."

The sensitivity in Chongzhen's heart was touched, but he restrained himself from showing it.He said again: "According to the current situation, the capital should be restored next year."

Zhu Cihong didn't have the habit of being right, so he calculated the recruit training cycle and the efficiency of the reorganization of each unit in his mind, and said to him just now: "Father, if we just recover the city of Beijing, it will be almost June and July next year. It may even be earlier .”

Although the offensive and defensive battle in Beijing involved a lot of manpower, it was mainly to deal with the main counterattack of the Qing army and the street fighting after the city was broken.If the purpose is only to break the city, the difficulty of this battle is not great.

Because there is enough internal response.

Any strong city, as long as there is an internal response.It's almost impossible to keep it.

"However, my plan for next year is to take over Bashu, Qin and Jin first, and consolidate the three sides." Zhu Cihong said as he walked, "Now my Ming Dynasty is like a house with ventilation on all sides. So I want to repair the walls first, and finally Close the door, and kill the rats that sneak in in the house."

"This means……"

"First lock the three sides and three passes to prevent them from fleeing north. Then lock the Shanhaiguan Pass. Don't let them flee to the east. The army presses across from the south, annihilates the main force of the Eastern captives, and completely solves the Liao trouble." Zhu Cihong said: "So the whole The arrangement will take about a year, and then we can implement [-] elite soldiers."

Chongzhen is a person who is easily moved by the blood blueprint.

Yuan Chonghuan's five-year plan to pacify the Liao Dynasty was "fantasy" in the eyes of Emperor Tianqi, but it was a capable minister in the eyes of Chongzhen.Even after Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, Chongzhen still wanted to use "Yuan Manzi" to restore Liao Dynasty, but was pushed back by courtiers.

Hearing his son speak so passionately, it feels like he has done his best in one battle.The time limit is only one year, which is more attractive than the five-year Pingliao.How can Chongzhen not be overwhelmed by this strategy?

"But this is the best plan, but it may not be possible in reality." Unexpectedly, before the excitement on Chongzhen's face dissipated, Zhu Cihong himself began to pour cold water on him.

"If Donglu has some knowledge and sees me using troops to the northwest, he should think that this is a strategy to close the door and beat the dogs. When more than [-] of them escape from the customs, our army will not be able to stop them." Zhu Cihong said: "If there is another , if the Eastern Prisoners are forced to jump over the wall in a hurry, taking the people of the capital as hostages, and want to burn everything, our army can only let them live."

——There are hundreds of thousands of refugees in the capital, if you really don't care about their life and death, what face do you have to meet your ancestors?

Chongzhen secretly said in his heart, and nodded slightly.

——From Yuan Dynasty to the present, Beijing itself is an antique.If it was just set on fire by Donglu, wouldn't it become Daming's Old Summer Palace?

Thinking of this, Zhu Cilang felt that the Manchurians were very likely to do such a thing because of their pissing nature, so he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"Finally," Zhu Cihong said, "What if the entire clan of the eastern captives surrender? What should we do?"

Chongzhen hadn't thought of this option yet, so he thought about it carefully.But it is more headache and tangled than burning jade and stone together.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the slogan was "the sun and the moon reopen the Great Song Dynasty", but what was practiced was the Chinese system with Mongolian and Yuan colors mixed with the Han, Tang, Song and Three Dynasties, and finally added Zhu's people-oriented principle as the program , and finally created the Ming Dynasty, which lasted 270 years in history.

Daming is a dynasty with a distinctive brand.It has its own values.Although from the beginning of Qin Shihuang, the officialdom has been filled with all kinds of bottomless and unscrupulous manners, but there must be a fig leaf on the bright side, otherwise the belief of the people will collapse, and everyone will rely on thick black and fists to make money. What is the world like? ?Didn't it become a chaotic world!

According to Daming's values.What is emphasized is "giving kindness and righteousness, pacifying the four directions, and comforting the four barbarians", rather than "giving violence, killing the four directions, and slaughtering the barbarians".Although in practice the situation may not be different.But greatness and justice must be done on the table.

If the Eastern Prisoners really surrendered with all their clans, then Daming could only hold a prisoner offering ceremony, kill the chief culprit, and then send the others out of the customs, allowing them to continue to live well under the rule of the Ming Dynasty—actually a state of autonomy.

Maybe in ten or twenty years, these people will be afraid of Daming and become obedient citizens.When this memory gradually fades away.They will return to the era of robbing the west, and finally dream of taking control of the Central Plains again.

Weakness leads to dormancy, and strength leads to invasion. This is an endless cycle of all "border troubles" in China, and no one can solve this problem once and for all.

"What countermeasures do you have?" Chongzhen asked.

Zhu Cihong nodded, and said: "If this really happens, it means that there must be an internal strife among the Donglu, otherwise they will not be able to hand over the chief culprit to take the blame. Since there is internal strife, you can try to divide them and send them back. Go north."

"If they come again, won't there be another Liao trouble?"

Chongzhen's understanding of the north is still far from Zhu Cihong's so-called north.He thought Zhu Cihong was talking about Liaodong, but Zhu Cihong was talking about the vast Siberia.

"That's why you have to be strong yourself to strike iron." Zhu Cihong said: "If the Ming Dynasty is strong and the people rich, who can bully us."

Even if the Donglu were driven to the Arctic Circle, if Daming could not maintain its national strength, it would not be able to support their comeback.What's more, there will be more than one Eastern captive in the future world.And Tessie's gang of wolf-like capitalists!

The truth is this, but having a wolf by his side always makes Chongzhen feel a little uncomfortable.However, he soon realized that it was obvious that the geese hadn't been caught yet, so he began to consider steaming or roasting.At present, the Ming army does not have this strength, at least [-] more elite soldiers are needed.

"Where does the money for military training come from?" Chongzhen Ying asked.

"The General Administration of Municipal Shipbuilding." Zhu Cihong said without hesitation: "This plan is still under discussion. After the discussion is mature, it will be submitted to the cabinet for drafting and submitted to His Majesty Shufu."

Naturally, Chongzhen couldn't help asking about the Shibosi again.

"Father, my son checked the documents in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but found a conspiracy." Zhu Cihong said: "The imperial navy and the shipping department were actually abolished abruptly by those wealthy merchants. The purpose is to monopolize the sea. Huge profits from trade, unwilling to share the profits with the country.”

Chongzhen was startled: "Really?"

It was only then that Zhu Cihong realized that Chongzhen didn't know how huge the huge profits of the sea trade were!

The story begins with the opening of the Shipping Department in Guangzhou during the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, which was the first step for China to move towards maritime trade.

In the Song Dynasty, the Shibo Department had clear functions and formed certain rules and regulations.

According to the goods declared by the merchant, the personnel on board, and the place to go, the Department of Maritime Ships (market and affairs) will issue a public certificate (public certificate, public inspection), that is, a sea permit; send people on board for "point inspection" , to prevent entrainment of weapons, copper coins, women's mouths, fugitive soldiers, etc.; In the form of a city ship tax; the goods that are drawn must be sent to the capital; certain goods brought by the ship are bought at a prescribed price (bought); According to the standard, a public certificate is issued before it can be shipped and sold elsewhere.Finally, we must preside over praying for the wind and offering sacrifices to the sea.

"In the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, the income of Shibo reached 42 yuan. At the beginning of the restoration of Wulin, the Song Dynasty was relatively stable, and it relied heavily on the income of Shibo. At that time, the annual income was only 1000 million yuan, and the income of Shibo reached 150 million yuan." Zhu Cihong was afraid Chongzhen couldn't understand these huge numbers, and said: "One min is about one tael of silver."

Chongzhen was really shocked.

A huge sum of millions of taels!

"Your Majesty Father is suffering from a lack of treasury, so he can't make any big plans; the people are suffering from the high price of rice, so they can only rebel and beg for work. My son can't help but ask, where did all the money go?" Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Official If you don’t do sea trade, will no one do it? Zhejiang’s tea tax was 20 taels a year in the reign of Tianqi, and only 12 taels in the ten years of Chongzhen. Did these benefits fall on the tea farmers?”

Chongzhen's hands and feet were cold when asked by his son, and he thought to himself: Seeing the destruction of the bandits and the general peace of the East, the real enemies are those pillars of the country who shout for loyalty day and night!I originally thought that I would be able to become a Taiping emperor soon, but it really is "a long way to go"!

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