Win the Ding 1617

Outside the imperial city, the onlookers of the capital praised the more than [-] guards brigade officers and soldiers standing in three squares like cast iron.The people in the capital are very familiar with the behavior of the soldiers of the Beijing camp. Most of the boys from the Beijing camp are good-looking on the outside, but they are arrogant and lazy on the inside. Few of them go to the training ground to deal with the drills, and they disband before it gets dark. , this fighting power is naturally not worth mentioning.

However, considering the responsibilities, this issue of combat effectiveness cannot be the only indicator for assessing the three battalions.Everyone's division of labor is different!You have been on the battlefield for decades, and you may not be able to become a teacher cadre. He will sing a few popular songs such as the most dazzling national style, and earn a lot of money. The military rank is claimed to be the head of a certain regiment, and he goes to participate in various commercial performances.Then, on the occasion of thanking the teacher, you can wear a military uniform and kneel down on your knees to present flowers to the teacher.It fully embodies the quality of respecting teachers and valuing teaching.

As the name suggests, the Three Thousand Battalion is composed of three thousand cavalry, divided into five divisions, which are in charge of the emperor's flag, + + + 3. + s + public service, military battles, golden drums, imperial treasures, etc., and generally do not go out for battle.

The Fifth Army Battalion was mostly responsible for drills. During the early and middle Ming Dynasty, it was the general training base for all armies across the country. , Xiaoyiying, etc., are all the children of military officers and honored descendants.The above two parts are at most the guard of honor of the Ming court.Speaking of which, the one who can fight among the three major battalions is the Shenji battalion, armed with guns, cannons and other firearms. Since the Yongle period, he has followed Chengzu to conquer Mongolia many times, and has made great achievements in battle.What kind of firearms did Ming have?They were all handed over to the battalion for use first, such as the Frang machine, the Hongyi cannon, and the Lumi blunderbuss, etc., which can be regarded as the seed troops in the Ming army.

However, the three major battalions, like the current Ming court, have accumulated many disadvantages for a long time.Although there are 16 fixed troops and [-] million officers and soldiers of the Second Spring and Autumn Squad, it is hard to say how many there are.And the squad army is like the Xiang army in the Song Dynasty.You are not allowed to enter the gymnastics all the year round.It is the duty of the squad army to be ordered by the powerful in the capital to do miscellaneous tasks and hard labor, and even to build houses and dig ponds.

Of course, not to mention combat effectiveness.Talk about appearance.The three battalions of the Fifth Army Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion and the Shenji Battalion are all tall and mighty.It is completely a model of the master of the tiger and the brave in the emperor's mind.During the emperor's military parade, there were many banners and flags, and the helmets were bright, and the officers and soldiers shouted long live.Always happy in my heart.

However, unlike the idol faction of the three major battalions, the soldiers of the Guards Brigade that the people of the capital see today are all walking the line of the powerful faction.Although he is not as tall and majestic as the soldiers and horses of the three major battalions, he is full of energy and murderous in every gesture.The old man with extraordinary eyesight compared this group of soldiers with the white soldiers who went to Beijing to offer captives in his heart, and some people felt that even the Zhejiang soldiers trained by Master Qi back then were inferior.These guard brigade soldiers accompanied the Shou Han to attend the court meeting, but they were not allowed to enter the imperial city according to the rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty.They can only stay outside, and they will be entertained by the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the officials of the Ministry of Rites, serving tea and food.

Uncle Ning Yuan Li Shouhan's handsome flag was still tightly held in the hands of the flag officer, fluttering fiercely in the autumn wind, but the owner of the handsome flag had already entered the imperial city with the eunuch who passed the edict.

Emperor Chongzhen had a special honor, that the Shou Han could ride horses in the imperial city. This was the grace of "rewarding court horses" that later became a popular commodity in the Qing Dynasty, but it was very rare at this time.Even with this grace, the Shou Han didn't dare to gallop his horse, he just reined in the horse and followed step by step under the guidance of the eunuch.In a blink of an eye, we came to Chengtianmen in the south of the Forbidden City, which is Tiananmen we are familiar with.

Outside the Chengtian Gate is the so-called Tianjie Street, from which you can see the palace city, and the civil and military officials who participated in the court meeting walked towards the main hall in a row. Officials of different ranks lined up in front of the bronze-cast rank mountain according to their respective ranks, waiting for the start of the court meeting.

Wen Wu, who was acquainted with Shou Han, kept smiling and nodding to greet him, and then entered the Huangji Hall one after another.However, the protagonist of today's court meeting, Shou Han himself, has to wait outside the Huangji Hall for the time being to wait for the emperor's call.Only then can you enter the hall under the focus of everyone's attention.

Three silent whips sounded, and the front of the hall suddenly became silent.Those officials below the fifth rank who could not enter the main hall because of their rank and status kept their eyes on their noses, noses, noses, noses, mouths, and mouths, holding their breath, lest their act of disrespect would be discovered by Jin Yiwei and the crows at Yushitai and play a book.

In the whole square, only occasional gusts of wind made people's official robes make slight noises, and the armor leaves of the big Han generals standing on both sides of the corridor beside the main hall made a sound.

Except for the occasional various grand ceremonies of the imperial court, such as awarding rewards, presenting captives, and going to war, the Huangji Hall is rarely used in the court. It is not the core symbol of the power of the Ming court, but a symbol of power and majesty.The emperors of the Ming Dynasty handled political affairs, and they were usually placed in Fengtianmen, Qianqing Palace, etc., but today the Huangji Palace is destined to leave a heavy mark in everyone's memory.

In Huangji Hall, Emperor Chongzhen sat on the throne, looking around, his eyes were full of clothes and beasts.Mansiluo silk court clothes, crane patch, peacock patch, Xiezhi patch, unicorn patch, jade inlaid belt, rhinoceros horn belt, all of them have gold waist and purple clothes.

At this time, the ministers dressed in beastly court uniforms were fighting a war of words.

The main topic of today's court meeting is to discuss the current military situation in Liaodong, Henan, and Jifu Shandong.However, apart from attacking each other, none of the ministers could come up with an effective plan.Emperor Chongzhen watched blankly, looking at the various officials below.

"All ministers, I have summoned Uncle Ning Yuan to the capital. When it comes to leading troops to fight, is there anyone here who is more proficient than Uncle Ning Yuan? I would rather listen to Uncle Ning Yuan's opinion."

Chongzhen is very smart, but it's a pity that he was born at the wrong time. If he was born before the Wanli year, he might be a holy emperor.In fact, which emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was discredited by the literati was a fuel-efficient lamp?It is Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty who left the most jokes. Facing powerful eunuchs, rebellious vassal kings, old-school bandits such as Liu Liu and Liu Qi who roamed around, and the little Mongolian prince who haunted Dacao Valley in Xuanzhen Town, Datong, many of these The chaos is replaced by the so-called sage king.For example, Kangxi and Qianlong might have enough to drink a pot, but Ming Wuzong, who left only absurd reputation, dealt with Yuru one by one.

Chongzhen has already made up his mind, today's matter is entirely up to Uncle Ning Yuan.He just wants to be a sage master, the sage master was not made by the emperor himself, but was blown out by literati wagging their lips and tongues and shaking their pens.Therefore, he will never offend a literati.Therefore, today's events, whether the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind, are for him as an emperor.All are beneficial.

Uncle Ning Yuan gained the upper hand.Then Chongzhen could edict the world and promote the money and food system proposed by Li Shouhan.The civil and military ministers gained the upper hand, so Uncle Ning Yuan offended the entire bureaucratic group and wanted to plot a big rebellion.It also lost its mass base.Lost all hearts.

Who is in the hands of the state's finances?Most of them are literati, and taxes are collected from them, and what kind of uniform progressive tax is also collected.Now I am afraid that it may not be easy to ask Taizu and Chengzu to climb out of the two mausoleums in Nanjing and Beijing, right?A lot of words!In the past, Shenzong showed the emperor's ability, and in the end he had to stop the tax envoys, and he was brought up to speak out year after year.It is easy to be labeled as greedy for money and good goods and competing for profit with the people.It's a joke, the mining tax collected by Wanli was used to impose three major levies, and he never snatched a penny or a cent of the tax from Shengdou Xiaomin, but it just touched the hard work of the rich and powerful, so he was scolded like that, this Li Shouhan To think of doing such an astonishing move, alas!I still don't know what happened to the Ming Dynasty!

When Li Shouhan, who was dressed in a python robe with a jade belt and an ivory fine jade belt hanging around his waist, walked up to the main hall, looked at the dust, danced, sang and knelt down, all the people in the hall looked at the five-clawed dragon pattern and seawater river teeth on the python robe. Prestige is the dragon and phoenix among people.

However, after listening to his grand speech on the relationship between finance and taxation and the suppression of thieves and chaos, almost all the people stared at Li Shouhan with the eyes of wanting to eat your flesh and sleep your skin .

A censor came out of the class and said: "The minister impeached Li Shouhan for arguing about the ancestral system and plotting against the law. The Taizu ruled the world, exempted people from taxation, and reduced business taxes. What he did, he educated the world and did not let the government and the people compete for profit. Today Li Shouhan said that officials and gentry pay grain together and promote customs. This is a disguised form of calling the ancestors a foolish king and decrees that harm the people. And the officials and gentry pay grain together, how to implement enlightenment? How can the people live by competing for profit with the people? The generation of fathers should be beheaded to show the public."

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials echoed, of course, they echoed the imperial envoy's criticism of Li Shouhan, few of them dared to mention beheading.However, Xue Guoguan felt that he should come out to make things right, lest Uncle Ning Yuan lose face, but when he was about to make a move, Li Shouhan said: "The law of the ancestors is to govern the country of the ancestors. The wish of the ancestors is to govern the country of the ancestors. Haiqing, Heyan, the world is peaceful. Regardless of whether it is Qin law or Han law, whichever is the most stable world and the people are rich, whichever is the good law. The ancestors were exempted from raising people's food, because there were many idle fields in the world and few scholars, so some money and food were exempted. It does not impede the national treasury, but also encourages progress. Reducing business taxes also hopes that businessmen can reduce exploitation and benefit the people's livelihood. But the boat on the river is at Jiangling in the morning and at the sea in the evening, and the boat is safe to seek swords. There are few people in today's land. There are more and more scholars, and the annual income of the imperial court is greatly reduced. How can there be leisure to reduce or exempt tax burdens. Merchants come in and out, and who cares about the benevolence of the Taizu? They are all servants of His Majesty, and they should share the worries of His Majesty. How can there be a filial son whose parents lie in bed and begrudge the cost of medicine? I think that those who refuse to pay food and taxes at this time are all rebellious sons, and they can be killed but not kept."

Regardless of whether it is the Qin law or the Han law, whichever is the best law for the stability of the world and the prosperity of the people.This end is poking a hornet's nest.Ever since Dong Zhongshu, a big fool, cleaned up the teachings of Confucianism and got rid of the things that the emperor didn’t like, and got the advantage of overthrowing Confucianism from all schools of thought, which Confucian disciple didn’t praise the benevolent government of the Han Dynasty and curse the tyranny of Qin?

But now Li Shouhan said that regardless of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the one that can make the world stable and the people rich is a good law. How can this be acceptable?This group of people since the enlightenment, what the teacher taught and learned by themselves, which one would not prefer the poisonous weeds of Confucianism to the wheat seedlings of others?

What Li Shouhan said, not to mention the glaring eyebrows of all the officials, even Chongzhen was taken aback, darling, you are ruthless, if you don't pay the money, you are a rebellious son?Uncle Ning Yuan, you really feel wronged for not being a bandit!In addition, the effect is too good, why do I feel that if you send weapons to the officials, Ning Yuanbo, you will turn into meat sauce in a blink of an eye.

The imperial court is full of erudite and talented scholars, but the saying goes well.I am a hooligan who I am afraid of.No matter how capable the scholars in the imperial court were, they still had to quote scriptures and speak for the saints. Although they secretly touched their daughter-in-law's buttocks and slept in nuns' beds, none of them openly questioned authority.Now Uncle Ning Yuan said that the law of the ancestors ruled the country of the ancestors, and that if you don't pay the money, you are a rebellious son. All the officials are dumbfounded and feel speechless.It's like you were going to negotiate with your opponent for [-] rounds, but the opponent just smashed the table.what would you do?

Just when everyone was thinking about how to deal with Li Shouhan's hooliganism.Someone looked at Chongzhen hesitantly, and Chongzhen happened to look at him.Chongzhen nodded when he saw him looking at him, so the person immediately came out and said: "I think what Ning Yuanbo said is good words."...

"I am not afraid of being blamed by your majesty and other ministers. I risk my life to say this. I know today, and all the ministers don't care about it. Since ancient times, the sages have said that the Lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers. But since the Ming Dynasty, how many people have been worried about the emperor's father? At that time, it was humiliating, but there were more flies in the vegetable market than those who insulted the emperor. Since the Eastern Captives rebelled, the country's expenditures have been insufficient. Your Majesty has sinned several times, but have any of you donated money? Donate a penny to supplement the national treasury, take out a grain of rice to help your father with food and clothing. All you do is ask for the internal treasury repeatedly. But Ning Yuanbo, although he is thousands of miles away, has sent money and grain to Liaodong continuously, and he has silver dollars Rice grains are used to enrich the inner treasury, and to help your father with food and clothing. Ask yourself, are you not ashamed?"

As soon as this person finished speaking, if someone took a photo with a digital camera, he would be surprised to find that my court hall of Ming Dynasty became Uncle Hei's court hall in an instant.The complexions of all the ministers were purple and black, and at the same time, several feet of black air emerged from their bodies, and they almost pulled out the hatchet, and immediately dismembered the dead guy.

But in this way, the officials immediately found a vent. For a while, the famous religion rebelled, and the hats of the remnants of the eunuchs flew like raindrops. A smile.

"Uncle Ning Yuan, the next official Liu Zongzhou. He is the censor of Zuodu and is in charge of Baitai."

Baitai is another quaint name for Yushitai. What Liu Zongzhou meant was that I am Zuodu Yushi, and Yushitai belongs to me.

"So it's Mr. Ji Shan." Li Shouhan also bowed to Liu Zongzhou very gracefully, without the slightest air of flipping the table just now.

"Just now I heard Uncle Ning Yuan's insights, but I told the lower officials to gain some insight. However, the way to govern the country is first to understand the sacred learning to treat the root cause, second is to practice the holy learning to establish the essentials of governance, and third is to emphasize the holy learning and then to treat the root cause. Need to be cured. The lower officials think that the method Ning Yuanbo said is only a temporary solution. If the country is to have long-term stability and peace in the world, the court system should be based on benevolence and justice, and we officials should put morality first. This is to assist the Holy Son of Heaven Only then can we hope to catch up with the generation of the second ancestor."

Another pedantic person!Shou Han sneered in his heart.However, for the sake of the old man's hunger strike after the death of the Ming Dynasty, he was not as vicious as he was when he dealt with Shui Taileng and others in terms of tone and attitude.

"The old man's words are wrong! The words of benevolence and righteousness, who should be treated accordingly! My Taizu Emperor Gao, in the body of a Huaixi commoner, raised a three-foot sword and wiped out the world to clean up the smell. He killed the Mongols and Tartars. Blood flowed like a river, but Why don't you do benevolence and righteousness to the Hulu? If you want to talk about benevolence and righteousness, the old man might as well go out of the capital at this moment, or go south or east, to find the Liaodong rebels who are fighting our Ming officers and soldiers and looting our Ming people. Pay attention to benevolence and righteousness road!"

Liu Zongzhou's ups and downs in the officialdom, after many years of idle life, he thinks that he has a clear understanding of the chronic diseases of the Ming Dynasty.The so-called freezing for three days is not a one-day cold.He believes that any method is eager for quick success, and cannot solve the fundamental problems of the country.He hopes to start with the emperor himself, first cultivate morality to rule the mind, and get close to Confucian officials, this is the foundation of governance.In his "Painful Time Difficulties and Telling the Opportunities for Turning Chaos into Governance to Relieve Night and Days" written by him to Chongzhen, he enumerated the past bad governance and asked Emperor Chongzhen to make changes.He said:

The minister heard that those who have the virtue of heaven can then speak the kingly way, the key lies in the fear of independence.Therefore, the way of a sage is not to seek it out of everything.I hope that the emperor will be close to the Confucian officials when he looks at the court, and when he is listening to the government, he will benefit from the history, and he will pay attention to the study of the two emperors and the three kings. .

Liu Zongzhou promoted his theory of "Shendu" to Chongzhen, of course Emperor Chongzhen would not be interested.This is completely wrong with the mouth of the donkey!The urgent task at the moment is how to put down the rioters in Liaodong, how to quell the civil strife, how to raise military pay, and solve the financial crisis.What are you telling me about being independent?Am I not cautious enough?Why don't you first practice virtue and cure your mind?What was said was mere platitudes.

Immediately, Longyan was furious, and ordered the cabinet to punish him severely.But later, because Liu Zongzhou has always had a clear reputation, we might as well let him go, and I am also happy to have a reputation for being able to speak out.It is because of the amulet of fame that Liu Zongzhou was able to pass the test safely.

However, what Li Shouhan said now made Liu Zongzhou, who was choking, blushed and turned pale, obviously trembling with anger, but he didn't know how to refute.Can you say that it was wrong for Zhu Yuanzhang to kill the Mongols?In that case, Chongzhen can immediately pull you out and stick you to death.

However, the other people present did not have Liu Zongzhou's self-restraint, and the sound of criticism, abuse, and shouting rang out in the Huangji Hall.

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