Wanli 1592

Chapter 112 The Chaotic Ming Court

They wanted to compete with the Ming army, but at this moment, the main force of the Ming army did not have the energy to fight against them. Xiao Ruxun stationed all the main force of the army in the south of Pyongyang, and also sent Wu Weizhong and Qian Shizhen, who are good at training troops, to the southern soldiers. In the shortest possible time, prepare and train an army for the North Koreans, so that the North Koreans can recover the restored Ping An, Hamgyong, and the Three Provinces of the Yellow Sea. There are people, but there is no organization and no scale. Most of the North Korean generals are incompetent. , the land that was engaged in was recovered but could not begin to reoccupy and resume administration.

While fighting Japan while helping North Korea, Xiao Ruxun felt that he had dedicated himself to death.

It has been more than half a month, and the issue of food needs to be paid more attention to. At the beginning, the food was only enough for two and a half months, and now there are less than two months left, and the food and grass for the North Koreans cannot be counted on in the short term. For more food and grass, Xiao Ruxun could only write to Song Yingchang, asking Song Yingchang to step up to raise food and grass, and don't wait for the army to be short of food and delay the war opportunity.

At the same time, Xiao Ruxun also gave Liu Chenglong a death order, saying that I will push the general headquarters to Kaesong soon, and command the decisive battle in Seoul, but if my food and grass are not in place, I will not start the war, and I will separate myself from the Japanese. Linjinjiang confrontation, if you don't deliver food and grass for a day, I won't go to war for a day, and depending on the situation, I will withdraw troops at will.

Xiao Ruxun's stubbornness and strength Liu Chenglong and Li Yan are used to it, and they are not surprised. The three capitals of North Korea are about to be restored, and part of Gangwon Province is about to be restored. Half of North Korea is about to be restored. Less than a month after the start of the war, the Japanese were treated like this, which is really worthy of heavenly soldiers.

With a strong record as a basis, Xiao Ruxun has a lot of confidence, North Korean officials don't dare to harass Admiral Xiao, for fear of being caught and beaten by Admiral Xiao and humiliated.

The courtiers who can do things are busy doing things, and the party sticks are busy criticizing Yin Doushou. The Western People's Party was too showy before. This time, after being scolded severely by Xiao Ruxun, the king of Joseon Li Yan also began to distance himself from Yin Doushou, for fear that Xiao Ruxun would be unhappy. The Southern People's Party and the Northern People's Party had a rare opportunity to join forces, restored the momentum of the Eastern People's Party back then, and tried to defeat the Western People's Party in one go.

Xiao Ruxun fought desperately with the Japanese, and the party sticks of the Southern Party and the Northern Party also fought desperately with the Western Party. The wars on both sides were fierce.

At the same time, the battle in the Ming court was quite fierce. Although the Ming court reluctantly passed the proposal of "protecting North Korea means protecting China" and sending troops to North Korea was pushed forward, from the beginning of September when Xiao Ruxun arrived in Liaodong to prepare for the war until the latest news of October On March [-], there was still no news of Xiao Ruxun's war with Japan from Liaodong and North Korea, which made the officials very dissatisfied.

Liaodong civil servants who originally supported Li Rusong's fight began to attack Xiao Ruxun, thinking that Xiao Ruxun was still too young and inexperienced. Being the main general, it definitely wouldn't be like this, they all asked to remove Xiao Ruxun's position as the main general and replace it with Li Rusong.

A group of people who supported Xiao Ruxun strongly opposed it, thinking that the war has not yet started, and it is a taboo for military strategists to change generals before the battle. What you said is just one-sided words. Which eye of yours sees that Xiao Ruxun is incompetent?There are many things to prepare for the guest army to enter North Korea to fight. If they all advance lightly like Zu Chengxun and lose another big defeat, what will be the face of Ming Dynasty?North Korea or not? !A bunch of people who talk about military affairs on paper and harm the country!

Liaodong civil servants were furious. Although they knew that such a statement was pure speculation, the basic essence of political struggle lay in the four words of never admitting counsel.

What you say and what I say, the quarrel is turned upside down, and the basic appearance of the political struggle between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Chu Party and Zhejiang Party has basically taken shape in the future.

As the arbiter of all this, Zhu Yijun is actually happy to see such a scene. Part of the reason why he supports the war is because he knows the importance of North Korea, and the more important reason is to give himself a relaxation because of the struggle between the country and the country. An opportunity to take a break and think about countermeasures.

It is necessary to prepare for the war in North Korea. Zhu Yijun has no doubts. The ministers or the impeachment of Xiao Ruxun for their self-respect, or the impeachment of Xiao Ruxun's timidity, etc. have not been released. In the palace, he carefully taught his beloved son Zhu Changxun.

Zhu Changxun is his second son, although he is not a direct son, but his identity is much better than Zhu Changluo whose mother is a court lady, and emotionally he is more acceptable to Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun doesn't like that court lady very much. In this situation, Zhu Yijun probably regretted that his intestines were green, and hated that he didn't control his lower body at that time.

According to the etiquette system, if there is a son, there is no son, and the eldest son must be established. Although Zhu Changluo is only from a court lady, he occupies the position of the eldest son. However, because Concubine Zheng is not a queen, but only the second son of a concubine, she is obviously much more noble, but she cannot gain any advantage in the etiquette system. Zhu Yijun is particularly troubled by this.

However, Zhu Changluo's identity made the ministers even more happy.

The ministers insisted on fighting the country with the emperor, not just to insist on the ritual system to maintain the etiquette and the so-called order, but there were deeper reasons.

No courtier likes a strong emperor.

There are many kinds of strengths, which are composed of many factors, but the weak emperors are without exception, that is, there is no foreign aid. Zhu Changluo's mother is just a humble maid whose parents died. She has no status in the palace, and she has no external relations at all. The most helpful mother's family can't provide any strength. They are really lonely and can only compromise with the minister.

Think about Zhu Yijun's mother, one of the Iron Triangle of Daming in the first ten years of Wanli. She was a powerful person. Together with Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, they carried out a very threatening sweep against the power of landlords and gentry in Ming Dynasty. The momentum was so fierce that it caught up with Shang Yang's reform. But Zhang Juzheng He played too much and offended Zhu Yijun. In the end, he was liquidated and died.

Everyone hurriedly chased and praised Zhu Yijun to the altar, and finally got to breathe for a few years, and then when Zhu Yijun came back to his senses, he found that he had been fooled, and then took out Zhang Juzheng's tricks to fight against the officials overtly and secretly, and kept trying to win Return what you should have obtained.

Therefore, the ministers absolutely do not want another powerful emperor to appear, even Zhu Yijun is unacceptable. Zhu Changxun has Zhu Yijun's favor. Once he is established as the prince, Zhu Yijun will definitely teach him his unique skills and let him continue to challenge under his own banner. Civilian politics, as long as Zhu Changxun's IQ is normal, at least it is at Zhu Yijun's level.

However, Ding Xingwang, a member of Zhu Changxun's mother's Zheng family, conforms to the rules of the Ming Dynasty's foreign relatives, and is enough to be cited by Zhu Changxun as an arm. Once Zhu Changxun ascended the throne as an adult and learned Zhu Yijun's methods enough, what awaited the ministers would be a terrifying purge.

The struggle for the country is also about the future of civil servant politics. They only want the emperor to become a mascot and take power by themselves. The harsh environment of imprisonment and China's inherent party struggles, as well as deformed products such as eunuchs, made this process extremely tortuous and bizarre, even a bit bizarre.

Xiao Ruxun imagined more than once that if they were given enough time, they might form the "Senate" of the Ming Dynasty, and with the slow changes, they would eventually move towards the aristocratic republic system, making the Emperor Zhu the mascot and completing the process of establishing a constitutional monarchy. Obviously, the land of China at the end of the sixteenth century, and the terrifying ice age that would come in another 20 years, would not give Daming this chance.

Some people may think that this is a model of civil officials restricting imperial power and a harbinger of democracy. However, the ugly faces of these people also made Xiao Ruxun realize that these scholars have never thought about democracy, nor will they think about it. Do everything possible to enter the highest exploiting class, enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth and the power of life and death, that's all, they will never bring democracy to China, absolutely not!
If I go with the flow and indulge these degenerate scholars and gentlemen to continue to toss, then even if I try my best to eliminate the Jurchen Mongolia, build a firearms army, promote scientific development of productivity, and let the Ming Dynasty continue, I don’t know how many years it will take before the Ming Dynasty can go to China. bright path.

Instead of pinning your hopes on the great scholar, it is really better to pin them on yourself.

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