New Empire at the End of Ming Dynasty

Liu Yuanqiao thought that he was over 40 years old and had reached the time to know his destiny. At this time, he thought that he should have his own choice. She continued to be a loyal dog of Daming or independent. She was also a little tangled, but he understood that it was not easy to be a loyal dog of Daming.

For example, the Liu family was forced to provide disaster relief. On the one hand, the old Buddha was happy, on the other hand, they were under the pressure of the imperial court, but the imperial court also wanted them to provide disaster relief, but their difficulty was that the imperial court forced them to provide disaster relief on the other hand, On the one hand, they accused and upset them of buying the hearts of the people.

It can be said that the Liu family was actually forced by the pressure of the imperial court and the government to take out so much money and food to relieve the victims, but after they did, the imperial court and the government were very unhappy and thought that they were buying people's hearts.

Among the people in the imperial court, their best practice is to take out all the money and food to provide relief to the victims for the imperial court, and then say that the imperial court did it, not your Liu family.

Daming has so many aristocratic families. They are not necessarily mean and stingy people, but many families dare not take out so much money and food to relieve the victims. Why? This is because they are afraid of such consequences. You know, if they are judged by the government to buy people's hearts, it will be a great crime. The imperial court can use this crime to kill you at any time.

Liu Yuanqiao knows that the Liu family is actually thankless in doing such things, but the times are forcing people to move forward, so you can't help but move forward.

Moreover, at this stage, he felt that he had deviated from his original plan. His original plan was to be a Laizhou knower and ensure the interests of his family on this three-thirds of an acre.

As the leader of the Liu family, Liu Yuanqiao always has to consider how to make the Liu family prosperous. Decades later, before he died, he handed over all the power to his son, and his son to his grandson, which will be handed down from generation to generation, so that the Liu family can thrive on this land.

But at present, others have played more than he expected, because he never thought that he would become governor Denglai and his son would become the Fengyang commander in chief.

When they became governor Denglai, Liu Yuanqiao was worried that if he took too big a step, he would pull the egg, so he sent his son out to fight. In fact, he had an idea that he could accept his son's defeat, lose his official and come back to be his successor.

But what about this son? When he was asked to hand in the zero score paper, he handed over 100 points. Such a good result made his father don't know how to respond, how to recruit and how to reward him.

The times are moving forward, and the Liu family is also forced to move forward by the times. What Liu Yuanqiao wants to do is to lead the big ship of the Liu family to move forward in the stormy waves all over the reefs.

At present, the situation of the Liu family is very good. There is no problem to maintain the scenery in front of them for more than ten years. However, Liu Yuanqiao knows that as long as the court takes out its hands, the court will deal with them when it is free.

Even if Liu Yuanqiao was the Emperor himself, he would not allow his men to have such a force and such a family.

Therefore, Liu Yuanqiao will consider breaking the game and how to make the Liu family stand out and rebirth.

At this stage, the Liu family inevitably became a vassal town. You should know that this is a mountain and the East is the shoulder and back of Beijing. It will affect the capital at any time. The imperial court will not allow the separation of vassal towns here anyway.

So Liu Yuanqiao made a lot of arrangements and plans in private. Of course, few are willing to rebel with him now. Although he has a lot of hard core confidants, few can conspire for major events.

These people followed the Liu family with prosperity and silver. Everyone was happy to follow, but Liu Yuanqiao was not sure. It was hard to say how many people were willing to follow the Liu family at that time if the Liu family was judged as a rebel by the imperial court and sent out a large army to levy.

The Liu family has done a lot of things now and has some feelings of disobedience. Now Liu Yuanqiao can be sure that if he becomes a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty and his important ally Jingyun guild has always been its support, it is hard to say if he turns against the Ming Dynasty.

Even Jing Yungong also found some layout of the Liu family. He felt a little uneasy, so he couldn't help probing Liu Yuanqiao. The main purpose of probing is to see what Liu Yuanqiao thinks.

Duke Jingyun took advantage of chess to discuss the current situation at that time. He said: "Shandong is a four battle field, guarding the canal hub and too close to the capital. It's not reassuring for non important officials to sit here. I don't know what you think of Qingyun“

Liu Yuanqiao knew that Jingyun Gong was actually testing his tone and wanted to know his inner thoughts, but he knew that Jingyun Gong would not support his rebellion, so he remained silent and just said: "thunder, rain and dew are all grace of the king. As long as his majesty gives an order, Liu will naturally listen. What special idea can he have?"

He smiled at Jingyun palace and said, "there are few people who can have brother Liu's idea now. Many people think that the Ming court is dead and began to have their own idea, but they don't think about it. The Ming Dynasty has been spread for hundreds of years. This is the will of heaven. How can people go against the sky?"

Liu Yuanqiao said to him, "Duke Jingyun doesn't know what you mean by this?"

Duke Jingyun said to him, "now many people have a special idea when they see the difficulties of the imperial court. In fact, this idea is absolutely unacceptable."

What Jingyun Gong said naturally was that the imperial court failed to encircle and suppress the wandering bandits at that time, mainly referring to the defeat of Cao Wenzhao, which was a major event that caused a sensation in the imperial court and the world, but it was a great blow to the officials and troops of the imperial court.

Now there is a very extreme voice, that is, the Liu family army, which is not Liu Bu, can not wipe out the wandering bandits. Even the imperial court is interested in recruiting Liu family army to wipe out Liu bandits.

It is in the interest of the imperial court to send Liu's army to exterminate the exiled bandits, but many people understand that Liu Bu may not be willing to do it, Liu Bu may not be willing to do it, but if his father orders, he can only do it.

In this era, some people can not obey the emperor's orders and act according to the emperor's orders, but if they do not obey their father's orders, they will be regarded as great unfilial and the public enemy of the world.

Liu Yuanqiao said to him, "I see. It turned out that someone wanted Qingzhi's army to deal with the roving bandits."

Duke Jingyun said to him, "the imperial court raises troops for thousands of days, which can be used for a short time. If Liu Jiajun can go out, he can certainly share the worries for the emperor. It is the so-called ending the affairs of the king and winning the reputation before and after his death."

Liu Yuanqiao said to him, "there must be no problem for the Qi army to go to destroy the exiled bandits, because the Qi army is also a member of the formal establishment of the imperial court, but now there is a big problem, that is, the Qi army has been in arrears for more than two months. It has been in arrears for so many military salaries, and it is a little too difficult for the soldiers to go out to destroy the exiled bandits. I'm afraid it will cause mutiny."

In this era, the imperial court ordered to mobilize local officials, and there was only one way for local officials to resist the imperial court, that is, to resist with grain.

Just like why JianNu in Liao town can't be eliminated, more and more are suppressed. This is because when JianNu is in, these officers and soldiers want food. They just apply to the top. If there is no JianNu and no threat, the imperial court will deduct your pay at will.

For example, the imperial court arbitrarily withheld Qi Jiguang's military pay, and even used the military pay to suppress Qi's army, but they dared not use this move to deal with the army in Liao town.

It can also be said that the Ming Dynasty suppressed more and more JianNu. In fact, it is also related to the self-respect of these champion generals in Liao town.

However, why do these Liao town generals have the idea of raising thieves and respecting themselves? This is also related to the policy of the imperial court. The policy of the imperial court has always been that rabbits die and dogs cook. If Qi Jiguang, like Qi Jiguang, sends out a lot of strength to kill the enemy every war, there is no need for his sharp Sabre to exist for a long time, It's time to converge.

Jingyun smiled at him and said, "Liu Song, as I know, Liu Jiajun is not short of money."

Liu Yuanqiao was not fooled. He said, "Liu Jiajun is not short of money, but Qi Jun is short of money. Once he works for the imperial court, the imperial court must pay the army, otherwise he can't escape the crime of buying the hearts of the people and raising the army with self-respect."

Liu Yuanqiao made things and words so clear. Duke Jingyun didn't say anything, just smiled. He didn't know whether he meant what he was doing today, or whether the imperial court had given him some hint or assigned a task.

Liu Yuanqiao cooperated with the local gentry such as Jing Yungong, and the two sides jointly ruled the three East houses and achieved great success, which is a bit like the rule of Denglai town with scholar bureaucrats.

Therefore, they seem to complement each other, achieve each other and rely on each other. If one party withdraws, it is difficult for the other party to maintain the current situation.

With the help of the local gentry, the Liu family has gained a firm foothold here, and the local gentry have also obtained more benefits with the help of the strength of the Liu family. For example, the three prefects of the three eastern prefectures are now held by local giants. Liu Yuanqiao's practice of sharing cakes and ruling the world has also been unanimously approved by local giants.

Of course, this ruling pattern is also a bit like the imperial court, that is, the Liu family controls the army and financial power like the imperial court, while the local political power is divided equally by the squires and everyone's interests are shared equally.

Therefore, the current situation is also very welcome to Jing Yungong and is in line with their interests. It is like the scholar bureaucrats ruling the world together with the royal family. It is impossible for scholar bureaucrats to pay taxes to the emperor, because if they pay taxes to the emperor, it means that they lose the significance of ruling the world together.

The so-called co governance of the world means that the world also has my share, not just the royal family. The Liu family also used the same trick in Denglai town. Here, it is a great success, which leads to this great situation.