Bringing Military Supplies to Ming Dynasty

Nanjing.

As the companion capital of Great Ming, it is also the earliest capital of Great Ming. Because of the failure of civil engineering, Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen came here and rebuilt the capital here, nicknamed Southern Ming.

speaking of which Emperor Yingzong of Ming Zhu Qizhen is the most special emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He set three major records in his life.

First, he was the only emperor who was a prisoner in the Ming Dynasty. (This life is because of Yang Chendong, he was lucky not to be a prisoner on the battlefield)

Secondly, he was the only Retired Emperor in the Ming Dynasty. (Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu now calls him this way.)

Thirdly, he is the Emperor of the Imperial court only one of the two ascended the throne of the Earth Sovereign. (When Southern Ming was founded as the capital, he still named himself Emperor Yingzong, and came to the ceremony of enthronment again, and vigorously promoted his courtiers.)

Then, these records do not show that he is a great emperor. The evaluation of him in history is not high, as the process of “defeated”, “captured”, “displaced” and “reset” just proved his fate.

With this experience, Zhu Qizhen wants to do something more than any emperor to prove his ability.

So, after the establishment of Southern Ming, he can be said to have changed his mind, gave up the corresponding eating and drinking merrily, and put all his energy on the way of governing the country. His dream is that one day he can reunite Great Ming and return to the emperor of the northern capital.

It’s just a pity that God doesn’t seem to have enough at all. No matter how hard he worked, there should be a lot of troubles, but on the contrary, it got worse.

Just when Zhu Qizhen was making all-out efforts to develop the military and civilian fields, the chaos in the south still appeared truthfully. Not only that, the scale is larger than in history, even Vietnam sent troops.

During the Yongle Emperor, Emperor Yongle of Ming Zhu Di conquered Vietnam (now Vietnam). The leader of the army was the late Duke of Ying Zhang Fu. They defeated them with the might of the Ming army and established Vietnam Province. But because the journey was too far away, many things were beyond reach. In 1431, Vietnam was revoked and Le Li accepted the Ming Dynasty canonization and became the King of Annan.

This move has a major blow to the central government’s prestige of the Southwest Chieftain. Later, the facts of Shi Duo proved that the negative impact caused by Xuande’s “abandonment of Vietnam” was long-term and fatal. This incident dealt a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty’s international reputation in Western regions and shaken the Ming Dynasty’s status as a Sect Master country. The loss of Annan means the loss of the Western Ocean, which Zhu Zhanji did not expect. Annan has been harassing the land continuously.

This time Prince of Minzhuang Huixuan took the initiative to find Le Li, an old but ambitious king. After promising to make great profits, they who had already begun to stir finally rose to move. Lift.

Once Vietnam enters the war, Yunnan will become more and more troublesome. In addition, the chaos in Guangdong seems to be in response to each other, and chaos in the rear is inevitable. Next, how to make Zhu Qizhen concentrate on developing national power and also want to unification of Northern Ming?

The great chaos involves more people suffering; the great chaos means that the emperor’s imperial power is shaken, and it will inevitably be dirtied by historians; the great chaos means that the rebellion must be put down, which means that it will cost A lot of money, a lot of troops…

So all kinds of things, none of which Zhu Qizhen wants to see, he has a headache for this. At this time, Empress Qian suddenly asked Duke of Zhongdan to help him while attending the dinner. In her words, even if the young Duke of Zhongdan can push back even the elite army of Oirat, the Southern Chaos should be resolved.

Empress Qian would say so, naturally he heard the words of Court Eunuch Mou Mu beside him. It’s just that no matter who heard it, she felt that there was some truth and she said it. This hit Zhu Qizhen’s mind.

Zhu Qizhen, who is familiar with history books, has read many wise emperors’ deeds and found that they all have one common characteristic, that is, they can use people and can use capable people. Undoubtedly, Yang Chendong is a capable person. In addition to his too young age, regardless of his experience, background, and what he has done, he is a usable Great Talent.

Such a Great Talent can’t be used by Southern Ming, and it once made him distressed. Fortunately, Prince of Cheng Zhu Qiyu doesn’t seem to be good at employing people. At least on the issue of Yang Chendong, he didn’t adopt the method of reuse. Instead, he kept on guarding until everyone in the world saw him. It’s hard work, which gave Zhu Qizhen a glimmer of hope.

It is also God’s help. At the time of the Southern Rebellion, Duke of Zhongdan Yang Chendong had to leave Beijing to avoid the limelight because of the overthrow of Ministry of Justice High Official Yu Shiyue. This moment is in his own territory, how can he let go of this kind of god-given opportunity, right now, someone is telling the High Official Kuang Ye who is patrolling various military guards, so that he will let Yang Chendong use it for himself anyway, but wherever The conditions put forward by the other party, if they are not too excessive, can be accepted one after another.

This is where Kuang Ye meets Yang Chendong in Hangzhou. Now, High Official Kuang reported the meeting with Yang Chendong, and also attached several conditions proposed by Yang Chendong.

Zhu Qizhen read it twice carefully, and got an idea in his mind. This is called the High Official Chen Xun, High Official Wang Zuo, Ministry of Rites High Official Liu De, Ministry of Justice High Official Xiao Zi, Ministry of Works High Official Jiang Yuan, Imperial Censor Shang Ren and other important officials came to the temple to ask questions.

Several High Officials and important officials bowed in advance. After they were together, Zhu Qizhen said in a somewhat impatient voice: “All Qings, I want to use Duke of Zhongdan Yang Chendong as the general. What do you think about quelling the chaos in the South?”

There are no impervious pants in the world, especially in the Imperial Palace. Often a trivial matter will be infinitely amplified in the eyes of the minister. . Not to mention that what Kuang Ye sent back was a letter. In the hands of Zhu Qizhen, the news was revealed by outsiders a long time ago.

As a courtier who was favored by His Imperial Majesty and relied on as a Small Official, which is not the official sea that has experienced more than a dozen decades of ups and downs, and the ability to see through the hearts of the people is great. This time His Imperial Majesty had an edict, and they passed a lot on their way. Now when asked by Zhu Qizhen, one by one is listening and watching, and saying: “His Imperial Majesty Enlightened Sovereign!”

Seeing no ministers come forward to stop him, Zhu Qizhen feels He was overjoyed, so he looked towards Ministry of Rites High Official Liu De and said: “Minister Liu, Duke of Zhongdan made a request. He can lead the army, but he needs the approval of Prince of Cheng. The errands will be done by the Ministry of Rites, how?”

“The ministers follow the order.” Liu De said while holding the wat board.

“Okay, but I don’t know who Liu Minister intends to send?” Zhu Qizhen nodded with satisfaction. He already knew about Liu De’s wife and brother being humiliated by Yang Chendong in Hangzhou. But the idea is the same as Kuang Ye High Official. Being an emperor only has the big picture in his eyes, and he would not take such a small matter seriously. at worst Just give Qi Bushen an official position later.

I don’t know how Zhu Qizhen thought Liu De, but at this moment he said with a serious face: “His Imperial Majesty is such a major event. The minister thinks that when Yang Assistant Minister is sent, it is. It also seems more solemn.”

The so-called Yang Assistant Minister is the Ministry of Rites left Assistant Minister Yang Shan.

speaking of which Yang Shan This person is also one of the nine ministers rescued by Yang Chendong. His original position was Ministry of Rites and Left Assistant Minister. After arriving in Nanjing with Emperor Yingzong, he was reinstated and still held the position of Left Assistant Minister.

Yang Shan used to be an official in the northern capital and understands the situation there. I am the official position of the Third Rank, and I can also take the shot at the level of the northern capital. It can be said that Liu De’s arrangement is very suitable.

“Well, according to the Minister’s play, let Yang Shan go to the Prince of Cheng to make a statement.” Zhu Qizhen was very satisfied with nodded. The person sent was just what he wanted. Allowed.

A conversation between the monarch and the minister will soon end. When Zhu Qizhen went to the harem, several important officials in small groups withdrew from the main hall and headed outside the Imperial Palace.

Ministry of Works High Official Jiang Yuan and Liu De walked together, watching when no one was around, hehe lightly said with a smile: “Liu High Official is a good method, Yang Shan is afraid It’s difficult!”

“Ai, what can Mr. Jiang say? Old man is dedicated to doing things for the country.” Liu De first expression startled, then shook his head and laughed, obviously he already knew. Jiang Yuan showed this little trick of his own.

Speaking of small means, in fact, it can be regarded as scheming.

As I said before, only Liu De of the six High Officials is Surname from Nanjing. Because of this, he appeared to be particularly special, which also made many people look towards him in addition to envy, and there was a trace of jealousy, and naturally some people were dissatisfied.

Among these dissatisfied, the most important one is Ministry of Rites left Assistant Minister Yang Shan.

Left Assistant Minister is a senior third rank member, just one step away from High Official. But it is often the distance between this step, and many people are poor and cannot reach it in their lifetime. This requires not only holy family, qualifications, ability, popularity, but also luck.

Yang Shan seems to be out of luck. There is a Liu De on it, and he is not much older than him. Under such circumstances, it is even more difficult for him to get ahead.

Because it is difficult, so difficult.

The difficulty is not that there is no hope at all. For example, as long as Liu De retreats, his opportunity will naturally come. For this reason, whether Yang Shan intentionally or unintentionally, it is difficult for him to be at the same point as Liu De at work, and internal consumption problems arise.

Liu De naturally found out about this. But he also knows that this Yang Shan is very popular, and he also came out of the battlefield with Emperor Yingzong. He seems to have more friendship than others. Such a person can be suppressed if he wants to. You can clean up if you want.

Liu De also has some abilities. He knows what’s going on and doesn’t make it public. He just puts some things in the heart and waits for the right opportunity to hit that’s all. Now the opportunity has come. His Imperial Majesty wants to send someone to Northern Ming to talk about things, speaking of which this is the first real contact of Southern Northern Ming since its establishment. I was afraid that everyone had no confidence in this matter, so he left the errand on Yang Shan’s head. This seemed to be a good job, and it was an official business, but why not wearing small shoes? Because everyone can tell that Zhu Qizhen doesn’t want to pay too much, but also wants to get things done. I’m afraid that this errand will be difficult for anyone to do.