Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 7 Sun Chengzong is not Yang Lian

After Zhu Youxiao bought some medicines, he suddenly felt that he should also buy some Ming Dynasty books.

Since I have become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and also the emperor of the last years of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is for my own wealth and life and future corrupt life, I have to have a deeper understanding of this dynasty.

At least I have to know why the Ming Dynasty perished 17 years later, before I have time to save it, how to save it, and whether there is a solution.

Zhu Youxiao chose the "Books" option, and after entering the word "Ming Dynasty", in addition to the "Things about the Ming Dynasty" he had read, he decisively bought "Ming Dynasty Civilian Selection System" and "Late Ming History" , "History of the Southern Ming Dynasty", "Peasant Uprising in the Late Ming Dynasty", and a large number of books, including Yan Moumou's "60 Years of the Fall of the Ming Dynasty and the Prosperity of the Qing Dynasty".

Soon, the bookshelf next to his bed was filled with these modern and contemporary Ming history books that had become thread-bound books.

After reading it all afternoon, Zhu Youxiao had a better understanding of the Ming Dynasty. Except for the ignorance of some people and the books deliberately boasting about the minority regime, Zhu Youxiao found that the carpenter emperor didn't seem so unbearable.

At least during the emperor's reign, there was no major peasant uprising, and the war outside the pass did not worsen.

But at the same time, this period was also a period when the Donglin Party was completely suppressed, an era when the eunuchs were in power and the eunuchs were in power.

Zhu Youxiao gradually discovered that perhaps this so-called darkest period in the history of the late Ming Dynasty was only for the Donglin Party.

For the common people, whether eunuchs are in charge or civil servants are in charge, it has nothing to do with them, it's just the difference between carrying handles and not carrying handles.

Whoever can give them a peaceful world, they can farm the land honestly, but don't make him unable to survive.

Zhu Youxiao recalled the life of the carpenter emperor he leaned over, and found that he did not increase taxes on the common people. Liaoxiang had stopped in the 48th year of Wanli, and the suppression and training of Xiangxiang was a matter of Chongzhen.

"It seems that this carpenter who is most ridiculed by later generations is not a foolish king. Everything is just an unwarranted smear by the literati of the Donglin Party who took refuge in the Qing Dynasty. His Ming died in the ears of these selfish literati. Poor Emperor Chongzhen didn't realize this problem until before his death."

Just when Zhu Youxiao was feeling emotional, Wei Zhongxian walked in:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the home of Taichang Temple Minister Zheng Sanjun and his in-law Liu Mingren, head of the military department, has been confiscated. A total of 4 taels of gold, 13 taels of silver, and countless antique calligraphy and paintings have been confiscated. The total estimated value is about 7000 taels." Up and down, Prince Xin's Mansion has also been surrounded, and the Imperial Hospital has also been brought under control, but the Supreme Hospital's Xu Yuan sentenced him to commit suicide by taking poison."

"A third-rank minister of Taichang Temple can confiscate more than 50 yuan of property. My officials in Ming Dynasty are also rich enough (although the salary is not high). Is it because I am too kind to them that Daming is so difficult financially?" gone."

Zhu Youxiao said and asked again: "Is Zheng Sanjun's family business not only in one place in the capital?"

In the current Ming Dynasty, the army did not obey the orders of the court in the late Chongzhen period, so that the governors in Hongguang were like separatist princes. Therefore, representatives of imperial power such as Jin Yiwei and Dongchang were still able to suppress civil and military officials.

Moreover, after seven years of hard work by Zhu Youxiao and Wei Zhongxian, compared with the middle and late Wanli period, the emperor's dictatorial power has been improved.

Therefore, if Zhu Youxiao wants to copy someone's house and kill whose head, the following can basically execute it very well.

Wei Zhongxian knew what the emperor meant, and quickly responded: "Your Majesty, the minister has received the report from Jin Yiwei. This Zheng Sanjun family has been in business for three generations, and is now a well-known rich man in Huizhou. It was only in his generation that the imperial examination began. His family's wealth Definitely a lot."

"Confiscate immediately. All the properties of the Zheng family were escorted to Beijing, and all the land was transferred to Huangzhuang. The relatives of the three clans of the Zheng family were also arrested and brought into Huangzhuang as tenant farmers!"

After Zhu Youxiao pondered for a while, he issued such a strict order that he wanted to show those ministers who plotted against him what would happen to them if they opposed Zhu Youxiao!
Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but trembled in his heart, he knew that Zheng Sanjun must have offended His Majesty the emperor, the so-called emperor was angry and laid down millions of corpses, Zheng Sanjun dared to murder the emperor, let alone ransacking his family, even exterminating his family would not be an exaggeration.

"Yes!"

"For King Xin, send a decree to the cabinet to draw up a decree, so that King Xin must take over the feudal domain within ten days and is not allowed to stay in the capital!"

In the end, Zhu Youxiao didn't have the heart to kill Zhu Youjian. He sympathized with his younger brother very much, and he had to consider that if he really lost to these ministers one day and had no heirs, he might be afraid that the Ming Dynasty You have to enter the Chongzhen era.

In that case, history can only enter the normal track.

"The court of the imperial hospital sentenced suicide. It seems that the power of the person behind the scene should not be underestimated. It must be investigated. From today onwards, the security in the palace must be strengthened, especially in terms of drinking water and food. Palace ladies and eunuchs must also Strict management!"

Zhu Youxiao sighed as he spoke. As a representative of the emerging merchant class, the Donglin Party’s eagerness to participate in politics was an inevitable trend in the social development of the late Ming Dynasty. The country is basically stable, and under the current situation of internal and external troubles, maybe I should compromise. Otherwise, if the relationship between the monarch and his ministers has been in such a tense state, I am afraid that no matter how prepared I am, I will not be able to guarantee that these civil servants will murder again.

"Pass down my decree, and go to court tomorrow! In addition, order the cabinet to draft another decree, restore Sun Chengzong's post as a scholar in Wenyuan Pavilion and Minister of the Ministry of War, and give him the title of prince and grand teacher, and order him to come to Beijing immediately to see him!"

Sun Chengzong is a moderate figure in the Donglin Party. At the same time, he also served as his own lecturer on Jingyan. He can be regarded as his teacher. The official position is justified, and it can be regarded as a good news to appease the moderate faction of Donglin Party.

But Zhu Youxiao's series of orders made Wei Zhongxian, who had always regarded the Donglin Party as his mortal enemy, not understand, and even worried that Sun Chengzong was a member of the Donglin Party. The intention to compromise with the Donglin Party, perhaps just because of the relationship between teachers and students, the emperor is still unwilling to let his teacher live in the countryside?

The emperor's heart is unpredictable, but Wei Zhongxian, as the eunuch who is the supervisor of ceremonies and holds the pen, is a cabinet scholar in the outer court. He can be regarded as the chief figure of the eunuch party. Sun Chengzong of the Donglin Party has to be given eye drops.

Therefore, he boldly risked offending Longyan, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty misses the old love, and is actually a benevolent and filial monarch, but Sun Zhisheng (Sun Chengzong's word Zhisheng) has no loyalty to the monarch. In his eyes Here, there is only their Donglin party, so please think twice about recalling Sun Zhisheng."

"I've made up my mind, needless to say, Mr. Sun is not Yang Lian!"

Zhu Youxiao knew that the scourge of party imprisonment in the late Ming Dynasty was very serious, and he was also very clear about Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs deliberately trying to crowd out the Donglin Party, but he could not completely abandon the Donglin Party just because he now needed an important eunuch party that suited his interests.

What really made him secretly vigilant was that this scourge of party imprisonment must be resolved, or the court would never have peace.

(End of this chapter)