Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 650
A few days later, the Ming army camp outside Chaoyang Gate.

Chongzhen was having lunch with Xu Yingwei, Jiang Tianyi and other scholars, because the weather was getting hotter and hotter, so the monarchs and ministers all showed their chests and belly, and they had no image at all.

Fortunately, Zodiac Zhou and other Taoists are not here.

Thanks to the fact that the censors of the imperial court are not here.

Otherwise, Chongzhen and Xu Yingwei would have been sprayed with blood.

What they ate was field rations, and there were only a few types, either steamed buns or rice, and occasionally a meal of sweet potato noodles. In addition, each person could have two cans of Mingjiu per meal, which was one liter.

In order to prevent the epidemic at the beginning of spring, Chongzhen increased the amount of Mingjiu for frontline soldiers.

15 soldiers drank 30 liters of wine every day, which is [-] hu.

With the army's big order, the beer brewing industry in the south of the Yangtze River prospered rapidly.

The prosperity of the beer brewing industry has given birth to the habit of drinking beer among the people in Jiangnan, so now, the brewing industry has become an important industry in Jiangnan.

This can also be regarded as an example of military products driving civilian use.

Zhang Huangyan put down the wine jar, and said to Chongzhen, "My lord, according to the latest news from our secret investigation department, the slaves in Yanzhou Prefecture and Shanhaiguan have already begun to withdraw their troops."

"As expected." Chongzhen asked again, "Where are the Jiannu in Tianjin?"

Zhang Huang said: "The Jiannu in Tianjin haven't moved much yet, I don't know what's going on."

"Has the Jiannu in Tianjin not moved yet?" Chongzhen said in a deep voice, "What the hell is Hong Chengchou doing? He wants to give the little emperor of Shunzhi a chance to accept the order of the emperor?"

Jiang Tianyi immediately asked: "My lord, why don't you try to recruit Hong Chengchou?"

"Surrender Hong Chengchou?" Chongzhen asked Jiang Tianyi, "Do you think Hong Chengchou will surrender?"

"It's hard to say." Jiang Tian thought for a while, and then said, "But it's always okay to try."

Gao Qiqian, who was standing by the side, immediately felt that the opportunity had come, and said immediately: "Long live, this old slave also thinks that Jiang's remonstrance is justified, no matter whether Hong Chengchou and the other ministers are willing to surrender, there is no harm in trying." .”

When he said this, Gao Qiqian was already looking forward to it. If the Holy One agreed to surrender, he would immediately take the job. At that time, as long as he went to Hong Chengchou's army and Shanhaiguan, he would not only harvest a large amount of gold, pearls and treasures. You can also pick up the world-class feats of "a horse said to send Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, etc." for nothing.

With such great achievements, the eunuch king has no suspense.

"They?" Chongzhen turned his head and stared at Gao Qiqian, "Apart from Hong Chengchou, who else is there?"

Therefore, it is Chongzhen who knows these house slaves best. As soon as Gao Qiqian speaks, Chongzhen guesses his mind very closely. This old eunuch is probably playing with his brain again.

Gao Qiqian was taken aback, and was spotted by Long Live Lord again?

But Gao Qiqian still forced himself to be calm and said: "Naturally it is Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi."

Seeing that Chongzhen didn't say a word, Gao Qiqian went on to say: "Speaking of which, these second ministers are really hateful. In the past, when our Ming Dynasty was in danger and precarious, they didn't want to report to the king and go down to Anli Shu. Now that my Ming Dynasty is booming and ZTE is in sight, one by one wants to run back, how can there be such a good thing in the world? They can't let them take all the good things in the world, can they?"

"Eunuch Gao is right, these second ministers are all worthy of death!" Zheng Sen said angrily, slapping his thigh vigorously, "Such second ministers like Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi have their hands full of Ming soldiers and others. The blood and tears of innocent people? If you accept their surrender this time, don’t you have to forgive them?”

After a short pause, Zheng Sen said sharply again: "If you don't even have to accept punishment for such a treasonous act, those Ming soldiers who were loyal to the imperial court for the national death festival and those innocent people who died under the iron hoof of slavery will be feared under the nine springs." It’s also hard to rest in peace, I’m afraid I will be poked in the back by future generations.”

"That's a good point!" Xu Yingwei echoed, "When the country was in crisis, they refused to come to help in a timely manner. Now that our Great Ming's revival has been achieved, there is no need for them to add icing on the cake."

After a short pause, Xu Yingwei said domineeringly again: "Nowadays, the surrender or non-surrender of these ministers has nothing to do with the overall situation. They will not make the situation better if they surrender, and they will definitely not make the situation suddenly change if they do not surrender." Bad, if this is the case, why should they be allowed to surrender? Absolutely not!"

"Xu Gejian is right, these second ministers must be severely punished!"

"Yes, the traitorous acts of these traitors must be liquidated!"

"If these rebels who have forgotten their ancestors are not punished, what is the law of heaven?"

The dozen or so scholars present here, as well as the Guozi students outside, echoed.

Gao Qiqian's face suddenly became a little embarrassed, thinking what are you nerds doing?You all look so filled with righteous indignation, how can our family continue to talk?

You guys are cutting off our family's fortune, you know?

Anxious to our family, our family insists on making you look good...

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is nothing to do with these nerds.

Today's Daming is no longer the former Daming, and today's Long Live Lord is not the former Long Live Lord. The era of their eunuchs is gone forever.

Just when Gao Qiqian had nothing to do, Jiang Tianyi raised a different opinion.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say, and I can't express it quickly." Jiang Tianyi said solemnly.

Chongzhen said: "Wen Shi, if you have anything to say, just speak it out, without any scruples."

"Observe the decree." Jiang Tianyi gave a long bow to Chongzhen, then stood up and said, "It is true that officials like Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, and Kong Youde are dead, but it is undeniable that their surrender can also weaken Jiannu's military strength, thus speeding up the war. The demise of Jiannu, in this way, the people in the northern provinces can get rid of the slavery of Jiannu as soon as possible, and the gentry in the northern provinces can also return to the rule of Ming Dynasty as soon as possible. For the sake of the people of the northern provinces, and for the gentry of the northern provinces, it is not worth mentioning to forgive the crimes of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and other officials, do you think so?"

Hearing this, Gao Qiqian wished he could hold Jiang Tian in his arms and kiss him, because Jiang Jijian would be a man.

In the future, if we get the chance, our family will definitely speak good words about Jiang to remonstrate you in front of Long Live Lord.

"Otherwise, brother Wenshi's statement is ridiculous!" As soon as Jiang Tian finished speaking, Zheng Sen retorted loudly, "Brother Wenshi just said that two evils are the lesser, but I would like to ask, is it true that punishing treason is really wrong?" Is it less important than protecting the people in several northern provinces?"

"Isn't it?" Jiang Tian asked rhetorically, "Is it possible that a few second-hand officials are more important than the people in several northern provinces? Our scholar camp has always respected Mencius' people-oriented thought, so how can we ignore it because of a few second-hand officials?" Count the people in the province?"

Zheng Sen said sharply: "Brother Wen Shi, has it never occurred to you that if Hong Chengchou and other ministers are not severely punished, there will be more villains following the example whenever there is an incident in the country. Even if the hands are stained with the blood of the countryman's robe, it can still be forgiven, so does this mean that the gentleman will disappear and the villain will run rampant in the world?"

"Brother Damu's words, my younger brother will never agree." Jiang Tiandao said, "The reason why a gentleman is a gentleman is because of his own integrity and belief. How can he easily betray because of foreign things? And the reason why a villain is a villain is It is also because there is no bottom line and no integrity, even if these villains are not preceded by Hong Chengchou, would they not sit on the wall? Not necessarily."

"The two of you are digressing." Wang Jiayan interjected, "My son said that people cannot stand without trust, businesses cannot prosper without trust, and a country will decline without trust. If officials like Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui cannot be severely punished, then what is the law of the Ming Dynasty? ? Where is the law of the country? Where is justice and morality? If there is no justice, morality and justice, then how can Ming Dynasty exist?"

Chongzhen nodded slightly, this is what he admired most about Wang Jiayan.

Although Wang Jiayan was born in Confucianism, he acted in accordance with Legalism, which is also the so-called Confucianism and Law.

The 2000-year history of China proves that if you only know how to promote Legalism blindly, you will inevitably be backlashed by harsh punishments and strict laws, but if you blindly promote Confucian benevolence, justice and morality, the country will inevitably be destroyed by human feelings and sophistication.

The virtuous ministers who have made achievements in history, such as Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng, are all Confucianism and law.

This is also the main reason why Chongzhen chose Wang Jiayan as the future Beijing Guozijian sacrificial wine.

Only a Confucian principal like Wang Jiayan can teach a professional official like Hai Ruina who ignores the world and only cares about the people of the country.

Chongzhen couldn't wait to see a large number of Hai Rui graduate from Beijing Imperial Academy.

Jiang Tianyi retorted calmly: "If you only know how to enforce severe punishments and strict laws blindly, how is it different from Legalism? My Confucianism advocates that legal principles are nothing more than human feelings. Of course, the laws of the Ming Dynasty are necessary, and the laws of the country are also necessary, not to mention justice and morality." Indispensable, but there are still human feelings on top of these, if the human feelings are gone, is it still human if you cut off your emotions and destroy your nature?"

When Wang Jiayan was about to continue to refute, Chongzhen stopped him with a wave of his hand.

"Okay, you guys can't argue about this topic." Chongzhen said.

"Instead of arguing about this, you might as well argue over which came first, the chicken or the egg."

Speaking of this, Chongzhen said again: "My opinion is that we can allow Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Jiang Yu and other ministers anyway, so that the people and gentry in the northern provinces can save a few days of punishment, I can give them a chance to make meritorious deeds. , but if they wish to write off the heinous crimes they committed before with this trivial effort, it is wishful thinking."

Jiang Tian said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you can actually pretend to agree to their conditions and punish them afterwards."

Chongzhen said in a bad mood: "The Master said: People cannot stand without faith, have you forgotten all the Confucian scriptures you have read?"

"Your Majesty, what kind of faith are you talking about with Hong Chengchou and other officials?" Jiang Tianyi argued forcefully, "So it doesn't matter if you lie."

(End of this chapter)