Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 514, Impeachment

Morning the next day.

In the Golden Luan Hall, Emperor Hongzhi climbed onto his throne with a smile all over his face, apparently in a good mood.

Last night, he had already calculated carefully. In the battle of the Wa Kingdom, the Iwami area that was captured in the battle of the Wa Kingdom alone, and the amount of silver produced every year after that belonged to him, the emperor, amounted to several million taels of silver. It has already made up enough for the annual military expenditure.

This military expenditure is a serious illness in Emperor Hongzhi's heart now.

This military power has been taken back, but the military expenditure has also been placed on the shoulders of the emperor. To build an army that is completely out of production, the investment and start required are too great.

In addition, military system reform is needed to organize and train the new army. The preparation of the new army, such as armor, weapons, artillery, logistics, etc., is spent on all aspects of money.

Among other things, just for the [-] new troops in Tianjin, the money flowed out like running water. With only [-] new troops, Emperor Hongzhi has already spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Calculated, the average expenditure of a new army may cost hundreds of taels of silver a year.

Such a huge expenditure also made Emperor Hongzhi doubt for a while whether to carry out military system reform and whether it should be so extravagant. After all, it is difficult to make money. It is heartache.

Well now, in the war against the Japanese, the [-] million taels of silver that the Japanese country compensated must be included in Emperor Hongzhi's own internal funds. After all, this army is Emperor Hongzhi, and the military expenses are also paid for by Emperor Hongzhi.

The Iwami Silver Mine in the Iwami area, the Emperor Hongzhi must be the big owner. The Iwami Silver Mine with hundreds of millions of taels of silver can be mined out of tens of millions of taels of silver a year, so there should be no problem.

At that time, when the silver is divided, Emperor Hongzhi will share several million taels of silver, and it can be mined for decades, and the pressure on military expenditure will be gone.

Without the pressure of military expenditure, Emperor Hongzhi's mood is naturally much more relaxed.

Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood, and everyone could clearly see that.

"There is something to play, nothing to retreat~"

Xiao Jing, as Emperor Hongzhi's personal eunuch, naturally knew it clearly, so when he shouted, his voice was quite loud.

"I have something to say~"

Liu Jian was the first to stand up.

"Liu Aiqing, what's the matter?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly and said.

"Your Majesty, my army's victory over the Wa Kingdom tomorrow is indeed a great feat to congratulate. Last year, we defeated the little Tatar prince, and this year we defeated the Wa Kingdom again. Coupled with the love of the country and the people, the Ming Dynasty is thriving day by day."

"This is a sign of a prosperous age. It should be celebrated by the whole country, amnesty to the world, and congratulations on the great Ming Dynasty!"

Liu Jian's voice was very loud, and there was an obvious meaning of flattery in his words.

"Well, what Ai Qing said is reasonable, what do you think?"

Obviously, Emperor Hongzhi was very useful to Liu Jian's flattery. The revival of the Ming Dynasty and the creation of a prosperous Ming Dynasty have always been the pursuit of Emperor Hongzhi.

Thinking about it now, Daming is indeed advancing towards ZTE and prosperity.

Not to mention, just because the little Tatar prince was wiped out last year, and this year’s Eastern Conquest against Japan was successful again, this alone is enough to call it ZTE. As for the prosperous age, looking at the current Beijing and Tianjin regions, it can definitely be called a prosperous age .

"What Liu Gong said is very true. This is a sign of the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty's literary and martial arts skills are shining through the ages, which is enough to be called an emperor through the ages. He should pardon the world and celebrate the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty together."

Li Dongyang stood up and said that he understood a little now. It is estimated that Liu Jian wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to see if he could get Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng out through amnesty when Emperor Hongzhi was happy.

These two ministers are still in prison.

Both Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng are upright ministers, not corrupt ministers, but were implicated in last year's case.

The corruption of the military household system of the imperial court is also not a one-day cold, it is the inevitable result of the development of the military household system at this stage, and it is also the result of civil servants taking military power all the time.

The relationship with Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng is really not that big. They are just unlucky. They were in that position just now, just when Emperor Hongzhi wanted to take it back.

This matter was exposed, and the two of them naturally could not escape the responsibility.

Emperor Hongzhi treated them well, but he just locked them up, in fact, he meant to let them go, after all, they were not the culprits of corruption.

The truly corrupt officials, Emperor Hongzhi, have already killed their heads. Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng, who were not killed, are actually ready to be let go, but there is no excuse.

After all, Emperor Hongzhi was still a good man with a kind heart. If a minister pleaded for mercy or something, he would let Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng go by borrowing the donkey from the slope.

But because there have been too many major cases in the past few years, and Emperor Hongzhi killed too many ministers, everyone dared not touch this brow, so no one pleaded with Emperor Hongzhi.

Now Liu Jian is very smart, and he used this incident to release this message to Emperor Hongzhi.

Li Dongyang is a good person, and he can be the chief assistant of the cabinet in the future. He also guessed what Liu Jian meant, so he followed suit.

Of course, this is indeed something to be happy about.

Since ancient times, winning battles is something to be happy about, not to mention that the current Ming Dynasty is indeed showing signs of prosperity.

"Hmm~"

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang flattered themselves one after another, Emperor Hongzhi was in a bad mood.

He has long been used to ordinary flattery, and he doesn't feel much anymore.

But this is a prosperous age, and it is ZTE, and Li Dongyang calls it the emperor of the ages, so he enjoys this flattery very much.

"What Mr. Liu and Mr. Li said is justified. My Great Ming Haiqing River Banquet is flourishing day by day. Your Majesty has surpassed the Three Emperors and the Five Degao Emperors..."

"Your Majesty is the emperor of the ages~"

"The prosperity of Ming Dynasty can be expected~"

With Liu Jian and Li Dongyang at the beginning, the ministers in the court immediately began to flatter Emperor Hongzhi one after another, and this one was more able to speak than one, and Emperor Hongzhi blushed a little bit when he said it.

But who doesn't like being flattered by others, even if they know that what the other party said is exaggerated, they still enjoy it.

Emperor Hongzhi was all smiles, and he had already guessed what the ministers meant, but it didn't matter, he was in a good mood now.

The great victory of the Eastern Expedition to the Wa Kingdom was a gain of money and face. The key point was that his losses were minimal, so he was very happy, and it was natural to celebrate well.

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Duke Zhang Mao of the United Kingdom, Marquis Yang Yun of Polu, Liu Jin, Staff Officer of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and Wang Shouren of the Imperial Academy of the Imperial Academy~"

However, just when Emperor Hongzhi was about to borrow a donkey from the slope to give amnesty to the world, Censor Jiang En stood up and said solemnly.

His words were as cold as a basin of cold water, and the entire Golden Luan Hall fell silent, and everyone looked at Gan En in unison.

"Oh?"

A trace of displeasure flashed across Emperor Hongzhi's face, and he replied faintly.

"Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty is the suzerain country of the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom is my vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. I have always treated all the vassal states with benevolence, righteousness and integrity as the foundation, so all the countries around my Ming Dynasty admire my Da Ming Shang Kingdom, and have written letters to proclaim their ministers. Pay tribute every year."

"Today, the Wa Kingdom only confiscated some merchant ships and killed a few merchants. It is enough for me, Daming, to send someone to warn me, so as not to question Wa Guo Xingshi for a trivial matter."

"British Duke Zhang Mao, Polu Marquis Yang Yun, Chief of Staff of the Five Armies Liu Jin, and Hanlin Wang Shouren of the Imperial Academy, as the main generals in the Eastern Expedition to the Japanese Kingdom, should be aware of this."

"However, when the army marched eastward to the Wa Kingdom, they burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of crimes. On the Wa Kingdom side, they directly wiped out several famous names in the Wa Kingdom and bombarded several cities, causing heavy casualties and devastation to the people of the Wa Kingdom."

"It even forced the Wa king, the shogun and all the big names to sign an alliance under the city. The Wa country is a small country, and they want to compensate me, Daming, fifteen million taels of silver."

"How is this move different from a beast?"

"If the news spreads, what will the surrounding vassal states think of me, Daming?"

Jiang En's voice was full of emotion, as if he was from the Japanese country, and he was the one who was hurt.

Hearing his words, Emperor Hongzhi's expression changed. He was originally in a good mood, but now he disappeared in an instant. These censors are all masters who are full and have nothing to do. No matter what, they have to come out After a lot of nonsense, good things can also make them say bad things.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi was often disgusted by these censors, but he had no choice but to take these censors.

Because Comrade Lao Zhu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, gave the censor the ability to play rumors, that is, he could directly impeach the ministers of the court on the basis of hearsay. The reason why the Donglin Party members were able to control the power in the court in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was a very important way. It is to use the censor to continuously impeach competitors.

Keep impeaching, keep impeaching, impeach until the competitors are embarrassed, please resign and go home, they will naturally win.

It's not just that Emperor Hongzhi is unhappy, but also the faces of many ministers in the court have changed. Liu Jian and Li Dongyang even frowned.

"Your Majesty, the Wa Kingdom is certainly wrong, but it is because the Wa Kingdom does not know how to teach, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. What we should do is to teach them the way of Confucius and Mencius and the way of benevolence and righteousness, instead of provoking teachers to blame them."

"Under the pressure of this large army, Japan was forced to sign the alliance under the city. Such a treaty is simply shameful, and it has completely lost the dignity of my great Ming Dynasty."

"From now on, how should I face the vassal states around me? How can these vassal states be sincere to us?"

"Our Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state, and the suzerain state should have the magnanimity of the suzerain state. If the vassal state makes a small mistake, it can be punished with a small punishment and a big commandment. It shouldn't be like this, and force the Wa country to sign the alliance under the city."

"Since ancient times, the rebellious officials and thieves have been generals Xungui. This military general Xungui holds military power and is the biggest threat to the imperial power. The country of the Ming Dynasty is afraid. If things go on like this, I am afraid that it will be turbulent."

"My minister impeached Zhang Mao, Yang Yun, Liu Jin, and Wang Shouren, burned, killed, and looted our Daming vassal states, and forced the Wa Kingdom to sign an alliance under the city, which is detrimental to the benevolence and righteousness of our Daming Kingdom."

The justice that Gan En said was awe-inspiring, as if he was the embodiment of justice.

"I also want to impeach Zhang Mao, Yang Yun, Liu Jin, and Wang Shouren, and plunder our Daming vassal state, which is no different from barbarians and beasts. The army marches eastward, making my Daming lose its trust in the world, and my reputation of benevolence and righteousness that has been in business for a hundred years will be wiped out." Wucun, from now on, the surrounding countries of our Ming Dynasty will no longer have any admiration for our Ming Dynasty, but will only be afraid, afraid that our Ming Dynasty will ask them to blame, burn, kill and loot."

After Gann, Yushi Zhang Wenjing also stood up for impeachment.

Soon, several censors and Hanlin came forward to impeach Zhang Mao, Yang Yun, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren and others one after another, and some even suggested canceling the treaty just concluded with the Japanese side.

It is believed that this treaty is an alliance under the city that the army forced the Wa Kingdom to sign, and it was not what the Wa Kingdom sincerely wanted to sign, and the treaty was very harsh on the Wa Kingdom.

This country is small and the people of the country of Japan have to pay [-] million taels of silver to Daming. The prestige of the Ming Dynasty is detrimental to His Majesty's prestige of heaven.

In short, in the eyes of these few people, Zhang Mao, Yang Yun, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren and others are heinous people who connived the army to burn, kill and loot in the Japanese country, and wantonly poisoned the people of the Japanese country.

As for Wa’s expropriation, looting, and killing of Ming merchants, in their eyes, it is worthless and a trivial matter.

After all, that would be detrimental to Daming's reputation for benevolence and righteousness. Daming is the suzerain country, and the suzerain country should have the demeanor of the suzerain country. For such a trivial matter, to accuse the Wa country Xingshi and wantonly kill and plunder, the suzerain country of Daming will lose all face.

Listening to where these people impeached Zhang Mao, Liu Jin and others, Emperor Hongzhi's face became gloomy.

In Emperor Hongzhi's heart, these people are now pointing at a deer as a horse, treating themselves like fools.

The suzerain state and the vassal state are good, but they are just for Daming's own entertainment. In the past, the Wa state did not treat you as an onion at all.

Whether it's the king of the Japanese kingdom or the shogun, who needs you, the Ming emperor, to be canonized?

It is said to be a tribute, but in fact, they all come to Daming to benefit from it. Every time they come to pay tribute, Daming always returns it several times, so that when the national strength of the Ming Dynasty weakens, it is unable to bear it, and has to order these surrounding vassal states not to pay the tribute. Pay tribute every year.

In the final analysis, they are all swollen faces to pretend to be fat, a typical representative of great success.

What a suzerain state and vassal state really take themselves seriously.

Now it is obvious that the Japanese country is disrespectful to Daming, the next offender, and the Daming launched a crusade, which is also for the sake of justice, but it has completely changed in the mouths of these people.

　It seems that our problem has not been changed?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)