I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 126
Chapter 125

There is no silver in the treasury, this is something that Emperor Chongzhen knows very well.

How to reward the Haizhou victory of the Ning Navy, in fact, Emperor Chongzhen had a simple mind. If there is no money to reward military merits, then reward officials.

This is an unspoken rule throughout the ages, but all generals who have made great achievements will either get promoted or get rich.Getting promoted and getting rich is like having a fish and a bear's paw, you can't have both.

But the problem is, after arguing for more than two months, they still haven't come up with a reasonable plan. Emperor Chongzhen himself feels that he can't hold back his face. He wants to reward Cheng Shijie with money from the inner treasury, but the money in the inner treasury...

How much silver does Emperor Chongzhen have in his treasury? This is an old stalk.

Later, there were three rumors, one was 700 million taels of silver, which was actually guessed by Guo Moruo without any evidence.

In the imperial decree in the 52nd year of Kangxi, it was mentioned: "Wanli in the Ming Dynasty hid 200 million taels of silver in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. When I entered the army, it was inconvenient for the enemy army to flee and it was inconvenient to carry it. It was all thrown into the Yellow River."

In other words, when the Qing army entered Beijing, they actually did not make any money.Of course, when Li Zicheng's Dashun army entered Beijing, they were busy with one thing, chasing stolen goods.Five thousand clamp sticks were made, and the conditions were set out, ranging from [-] to each person in the Zhongtang, [-] to [-] at the ministry level, [-] to [-] for the Kedao, and [-] to [-] for the Hanlin.

If you don't give money, you will clip it. For a while, the situation in Beijing changed, and the wailing was endless.In the process of chasing salaries, more than [-] officials were killed or injured. Although more than [-] million taels of silver were robbed, the real rich were not the treasury, the internal treasury, or officials, but merchants and wealthy households.

When the city of Beijing was besieged, the money of the officials had actually been transferred, and the wives and children were sent away.A total of 12 Ke Dao censors were dragged to the prison, and they were tortured to death. In the end, only two people paid, one was unknown, and the other paid 250 taels.

Officials in Ming Dynasty are not actually poor. They are like enterprises of later generations. Generally, enterprises have hundreds of millions or billions of assets, and their cash flow may be less than 2000 million.The same is true for the officials of the Ming Dynasty. They have a lot of antiques, Wenwan, calligraphy and paintings, fields, shops and mansions, but they really have no money in their hands.

Just like Wang Zhixin who was crushed to death by Liu Zongmin, he was the military supervisor of Chongzhen for four years, and the factory supervisor of the East Factory. Will this official position have no money?However, he couldn't hand over the 30 taels of silver that Liu Zongmin demanded, so he was crushed to death.

Emperor Chongzhen's internal treasury added up to less than 20 taels.Although there is a lot of money, it is too little compared to the emperor. The Beijing camp started in May of the third year of Chongzhen, and until now, it has been almost two years without military pay.

On the one hand, Emperor Chongzhen hated the 20 troops in the Beijing camp who only ate and did not work;
Which of the horses, chariots, armor, weapons, and artillery of the Guanning Army does not require money?

Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to reward Cheng Shijie only with silver, but wanted to give Cheng Shijie the power to expand his army.In all the memorials of Emperor Chongzhen, the Ning Navy is not actually more than [-] people, but more than [-] people.

Emperor Chongzhen knew the basic calculation that one plus one equals two. He wanted to expand Cheng Shijie's army to 3 horses. If he had 3 horses, Cheng Shijie would be able to rub Jiannu on the ground. In this way, it would not be Jinshishan Dajie beheaded 450 levels, and Haizhou Dajie beheaded more than [-] levels.

Until now, the four states in southern Liaoning are in the hands of Cheng Shijie. Jianu suffered such a big loss, but he didn't even think about revenge. Licking the wound on the side.

If you want to talk about the memorials of the impeachment of Cheng Shijie, say that Cheng Shijie is arrogant and domineering, has no king, or treats the gentry harshly, and competes with the people for profit, it is basically based on speculation. The only real evidence is the killing of three strong women. A talent for women.

In the eyes of Chongzhen, what is this?

What can it be?

What do these ministers want to do?
Play off the merits?
If you really do this, who will give back to the Ming Dynasty and work hard for him, the emperor?
Cheng Shijie, the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy, paid out of his own pocket, raised his own salary, and formed an army. This nature is similar to Lu Xiangsheng, the prefect of the Daming Prefecture. Although there are speculative factors, it is more commendable.

"Come on!"

"The servant is here!"

"It is said that Mr. Xu Ge will enter the palace to have an audience!"

"Yes!"

After about an hour and a half, Xu Guangqi, who was nearly seventy years old, arrived late.

"Sir, Xu Guangqi pays his respects to His Majesty, Your Majesty Wan An!"

"Xu Aiqing is free!"

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Come here and give me a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Chongzhen waved at the little eunuch beside him, who was holding dozens of memorials, all of which were for the impeachment of Cheng Shijie.

Xu Guangqi picked up one copy, glanced at it hastily, followed by the second copy, and then the third copy.

Xu Guangqi read seven copies, and finally stopped. He hurriedly got up and left his seat, then knelt down towards Emperor Chongzhen, took off his black gauze cap, and put it in his hands: "The old minister has committed the crime of negligence, and I request to be resigned!"

This is the unspoken rule of the Ming Dynasty. As long as a cabinet chief is impeached, he will either go to the court to defend himself, or even if he defends himself, he will act as if he will retire in fear.

"Xu Qing, don't you see anything?"

"See what?"

Xu Guangqi couldn't figure out the meaning of Emperor Chongzhen, he pondered: "Your Majesty means..."

"Some people are so selfish that you can smell it even ten miles away from the wind!"

Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "Cheng Qing fought bloody battles with Jiannu in southern Liaoning. Instead of giving any support, some people dragged his feet. What are they thinking? Xu Qing, you are brave enough to do things, I know it, You want to train a new army to revitalize the country, and you want to cultivate good seeds so that the world will no longer have to worry about famine. I have wronged you all these years."

Xu Guangqi was silent, listening to the nagging of the young emperor.

As a subject, who can know His Majesty's thoughts?
If you can't figure out what you want, can such a minister enter the cabinet?
Can it be ranked above the court?
Do you really think that leading cadres are all dead?A bunch of stupid pigs?
Actually, that's not the case.In the Ming Dynasty, those who were able to be admitted to the Jinshi were all the dragons and phoenixes, the best among the people. Do you really think that you can be admitted to the Jinshi by rote memorization?

It would be naive for anyone to think so.

Borrowing a classic line from teacher Li Xuejian: "The rivers and lakes are not about fighting and killing, but about people's understanding of the world." The county examination, government examination and college examination for the scholar's fame are actually a huge audition.Some people passed the examination as a scholar at the age of fifteen or sixteen, but were extremely poor all their lives and were unable to pass the examination;

For example, Sun Yuanhua and Mao Yuanyi, don't these two have talents?
The answer is yes, they are all talented people, but their temperament is flawed, they are proud of their talents, and they are not proficient in the world, so they will not pass the entrance examination.

Fortunately, Mao Yuanyi was supported by Sun Chengzong, and Sun Yuanhua was supported by Xu Guangqi, so they could become officials, but basically they reached the top.

Although Xu Guangqi is a scientist who is proficient in western learning and agronomy, he is more proficient in human relationships.

When Emperor Chongzhen ordered him to have an audience, he really didn't guess what Emperor Chongzhen meant, but as Emperor Chongzhen told him in tears about the difficulty of being an emperor, he put the memorial of impeachment of Cheng Shijie in front of him.

Then the meaning is very obvious. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to use his mouth to quell the issue of rewards for the Haizhou Great Victory that had been arguing for more than two months.

If you know it, you know it, but Xu Guangqi has to face it. If his second assistant is according to Emperor Chongzhen's wishes, then he won't have to mess around in the court in the future.

Some unspoken rules cannot be broken. How much painstaking efforts did the civil servants and bureaucracy put in to suppress Wu Xun and generals?

Let Cheng Shijie break this pattern, and Xu Guangqi will be sprayed to death.

After going around for a long time without getting into the real topic, the young emperor Chongzhen couldn't bear it anymore. He couldn't figure out whether he was not expressing clearly enough, or Xu Guangqi was playing stupid with him.

Emperor Chongzhen said stiffly: "Xu Qing... To tell you the truth, I called Xu Qing today for the issue of rewards for the great victory in Haizhou."

"Your Majesty, the treasury has no money. This is the truth. The civil and military officials have not paid their salaries for eight months. Even the old officials, if they don't have some money and food at home, as long as they don't want to get rid of it!"

Xu Guangqi showed all emotions on his face, showing his true feelings, and said in a embarrassed look: "But if you have meritorious service, you will not be rewarded. It is the foundation of the country that is shaken. What should we do?"

Emperor Chongzhen's face turned red and white, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Master Xu, let's get straight to the point! Now the imperial court is powerless and cannot reward Cheng Shijie and Ning Haijun in a short period of time. As the emperor, I can't just reward for meritorious service. As an official..."

The problem returns to the original point.

Xu Guangqi smiled wryly and said: "But Cheng Shijie is already the general who conquered the captives, the governor of the left, and the commander of the Ning navy. He has reached the first rank and cannot be promoted!"

Emperor Chongzhen clenched his fists and held back desperately, and his tone became a bit aggressive: "I want to promote Cheng Shijie to be the commander of Liaodong Capital, and to manage Liaodong!"

The commander of the capital of the Ming Dynasty is different from the rank of the capital of the Ninghai Navy. To give a very simple example, it is like the supervisors of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The rank of the governor of a state depends on whether there is a festival and whether there is a general.

The Liaodong Dusi is one of the seventeen capitals of the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the entire large province. It has jurisdiction over the Dingliao Left Guard, Dingliao Right Guard, Dingliao Central Guard, Dingliao Vanguard, Dingliao Guard, Tieling Guard, and Dongning Guard. , Shenyang Zhongwei, Haizhouwei, Gaizhouwei, Jinzhouwei, Fuzhouwei, Yizhouwei, Liaohaiwei, Sanwanwei, Guangning Zuotunwei, Guangning Youtunwei, Guangning Qiantunwei, Guangning Houtunwei and Guangning Zhongwei (later changed to Tunwei) totaled 25 guards.

As the de facto supreme military commander of the Liaodong Military Region, if Cheng Shijie was added as the capital of Liaodong, none of the official ministers would object. After all, the Liaodong capital had been abolished as early as the first year of Tianqi, leaving only an empty title.

Now Cheng Shijie has regained the four states in southern Liaoning and actually controlled southern Liaoning. The effect of commanding envoys is the same whether he adds Liaodong or not, but the problem is to manage Liaodong.

This official position is about to die. This is a military commander. He has always served as a civil servant. The first Daming Liaodong economic strategy appeasement envoy was Xiong Tingbi. , can barely support.Until Yuan Yingtai took Xiong Tingbi and replaced him, Liaodong was completely lost.

By the time Sun Chengzong managed Liaodong, the situation in Liaodong had already collapsed, and he could only passively defend along the Liaohe River, putting Liaoxi at the forefront.

Although the officials added to Cheng Shijie were all false officials, whether it was Liaodong Economic Strategy or Liaodong Capital Division, in fact, there were no more.

However, what the ministers are worried about is that once Cheng Shijie defeats Jiannu again, regains Guangningwei, and pushes the front to the northeast, Cheng Shijie may really become Li Chengliang's second.

In the Wanli Dynasty, there were two famous generals in the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang in the southeast, and Li Chengliang in the northeast. Li Chengliang's prestige was far ahead of Qi Jiguang.

At this time, Xu Guangqi was frank: "I dare not obey the edict, please allow the old minister to beg for bones!"

Emperor Chongzhen stared at Xu Guangqi and said, "I won't allow it!"

"But old minister..."

"I use the central purpose to open up the world, if the cabinet obstructs, I will abdicate and let the virtuous!"

Emperor Chongzhen's patience had been exhausted by his ministers, and he wanted to turn the table.

The news spread quickly, and the entire court was shocked.Emperor Chongzhen, a hard-working young son of heaven, panicked for the first time to stop the court meeting.

Now all the ministers have seen clearly what Emperor Chongzhen meant, he is just getting on with it.

If the ministers disagree with his reward for Cheng Shijie, this matter will not end.

……

Xu Guangqi sent a letter to Sun Yuanhua immediately, in which Xu Guangqi told Sun Yuanhua that, according to the emperor's will, the ministers had no way to stop him, and Cheng Shijie's rise was inevitable.

Faced with this situation, Sun Yuanhua had no choice but to toughen his head, cross the sea by boat, come directly to Jinzhou City, and open up with Cheng Shijie again.

Sun Yuanhua sat in the lobby of Ning Naval General Mansion, looked at Cheng Shijie with a tired face and said, "Beiping!"

Cheng Shijie was taken aback for a moment, until now he remembered that Beiping was his own character, which was given to him by Sun Yuanhua!

"Master Futai, please show me!"

"Do you know why this constitution acquiesced in allowing you to take away the power of this constitution?"

For a while, Cheng Shijie didn't understand why Sun Yuanhua came across the sea, let alone why Sun Yuanhua suddenly said such irrelevant words.

Cheng Shijie replied cautiously: "The lower official was also forced to do nothing. Master Futai had arranged for the lower official to be the garrison of the Ning Navy. The lower official did not have the intention of taking Dengzhou to stand on his own. If the Zhang family in Laiyang did not want the lower official's life, Xiaguan's part will not launch a mutiny. Although Xiaguan didn't know about the incident in advance, it was caused by Xiaguan after all, and Xiaguan did not deny that if he hadn't been detained in Zhang's other Courtyard. The one who controlled the mutiny was the lower official himself..."

"It doesn't really matter how it happened."

Sun Yuanhua shook his head and said: "When Benxian got the news, you had already controlled the military and government of Dengzhou City, with the support of the army. This constitution is powerless. But even so, that is not the reason why this constitution recognizes you."

Cheng Shijie and Sun Yuanhua were right. At first he thought that Sun Yuanhua would not break the jar, but Sun Yuanhua was not someone who had no heels, and Ning Haijun's mutiny was not large, and he did not kill the Quartet like Kong Youde. Even if it was announced Going out, Sun Yuanhua can also put Cheng Shijie in a dilemma.

But the problem is, Sun Yuanhua did not do this.

Sun Yuanhua then said with a smile: "You can fight, and you can devote all your attention to Ning Haijun, and you have the ambition to eliminate the military disaster in Liaodong for the imperial court. This is just one of the reasons why this constitution praises you."

"one?"

Cheng Shijie was also confused at this time.

Sun Yuanhua said: "The reason why this constitution allows you to ask for merit is not entirely because of your illustrious martial arts, but because you let the Zhang family in Laiyang go all out, and you didn't kill them all..."

Cheng Shijie captured more than [-] members of the Zhang family in Laiyang and took them to southern Liaoning. Instead of killing them, he let them be reformed through labor reform. It's not difficult.Death is sometimes a relief for many people.

But the problem is that the Zhang family in Laiyang are not ordinary people, they are the richest group in Ming Dynasty, because they were born well, they grew up well-clothed and well-fed, and enjoyed the glory and wealth.

The most uncomfortable thing for a rich man is that it is not killing him, but turning them from assets worth over [-] million to penniless paupers.

But now, among the more than [-] members of the Zhang family in Laiyang, all adult men are engaged in mining coal in the Luomashan Coal Mine in Jinzhou, while women are engaged in textile work in the Baliwan Textile Factory.

"The army mutinies at every turn, these are nothing. The most unbearable thing is not these, but the people in the vortex regard political tactics as the foundation of their lives, and the affection between people and the ancient saints' precepts and deeds The way of benevolence and forgiveness has been thrown out of the sky. It seems that there is no other way to solve the problem except killing people. All things in the world, only killing, only violence for violence..."

Sun Yuanhua suddenly looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Beiping, do you know why Ben Xian likes you?"

Cheng Shijie shook his head: "The lower officials are dull!"

Sun Yuanhua said solemnly: "The Zhang family in Laiyang wanted to kill you, wanted your life, and you took power. But you didn't turn around and kill the Zhang family. Although I don't know what you think, but Ben Xian is still very relieved. Because you are a very sober and calm person. You are not a bloodthirsty man."

Speaking of which.Cheng Shijie understood everything, even though he was a traveler from the civilization century.He has a very clear understanding of the limitations of ancient thinking, but at this moment, he is looking up at the governor in front of him.

In fact, many people in the Zhang family in Laiyang should be killed, and Ling Chi is not an exaggeration, especially Zhang Huairen, even if he deserves to die, Cheng Shijie has not let him die easily until now, but beat him every day, in different ways, just let him tortured.

People who kill people will always kill them. This is the simplest law of troubled times.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a reckless emperor who was killed in the troubled times. No one can surpass him in his right position. Why did he improve the status of scholars instead of emphasizing martial arts?
In fact, the sour scholar Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like it at all.But he knew that the saints respected by these scholars preached the way of benevolence and forgiveness, and did not advocate killing them all.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to make refraining from killing and killing cautiously become the law of the world again by reusing these talents.Let the troubled times that destroy people everywhere come to a complete end.So that future generations will not continue to live in killing and being killed all day long, so that there will be fewer and fewer miserable people in the world...

Only then did Sun Yuanhua tell Cheng Shijie: "Beiping, congratulations, His Majesty has decided to reward you as the commander of the Liaodong capital, to control the 25 guards of Liaodong, to manage Liaodong, to manage the army, and to govern the people!"

At this time, Sun Yuanhua also had to admire Cheng Shijie's fortune. He served as the Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Household Office in August of the fourth year of Chongzhen, and served as the capital of Liaodong and the envoy of Liaodong Economic Strategy in May of the fifth year of Chongzhen. This is the real official of Xinjiang.

Cheng Shijie was stunned.

What he really didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen actually rewarded him with such an official position.

Although this is a flashy official position, the problem is that this is exactly what Cheng Shijie needs. He has no shortage of money, weapons and equipment, and now Cheng Shijie has no regard for those equipment in the capital.

On the ninth day of May in the fifth year of Chongzhen, the imperial edict of the Ming Dynasty, the right servant of the Ministry of War and the censor of the capital, Fu Zonglong, the governor of the military affairs of Jimen, Liaodong, and Baoding, had a group of 120 four people and more than [-] guards, a total of more than [-] people Arrive in the Golden State.Officially declared to General Zhenglu, Zuo Dudu, Ning Navy Commander-in-Chief, Cheng Shijie, who controlled the Dongjiang Army, that the Ming court appointed him as Liaodong Capital and Liaodong Economic Strategy.

On the second day, at noon, on the tenth day of the fifth day of Chongzhen, a grand ceremony was held at the school military field at the west gate outside Jinzhou City. On behalf of the emperor, Fu Zonglong, the envoy of the Proclamation, conferred on Cheng Shijie the official seal symbolizing the status of Liaodong economic envoy. And Shuangjing Shuangjie.

On this day, the Ning Navy’s Zuodusi, Youdusi, Navy Division, and Cavalry totaled six commanders, and more than [-] troops in full armor marched to the school grounds. They stood in a square formation with sentries as units, quietly waiting for the ceremony to begin, waiting to witness The moment came when his commander-in-chief officially became the highest military and political officer in Liaodong.

Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai and Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, led all the officers above the general level to attend the ceremony to watch the ceremony.

Chen Guodong and Zhou Yandong led all the officers of the Ning Navy to stand on the other side, all wearing scarlet, green or blue official uniforms.Zhou Yandong, who was an official of the Thousand Households Office of Weizuo in Dengzhou a year ago, Shen Mingyu, the son of a thousand households in Guide Mansion who was a refugee a year ago, and Changyu, who was nothing at all, were all very excited.

In particular, Zhou Yandong has been a soldier for more than 20 years, and he has been cautious for 20 years. In the end, he relied on Cheng Shijie's superior to become a general of the second rank Dingguo, and put on a lion official robe that no one in his family would even dare to think about in ten lifetimes. .Chen Guodong also wore the second-rank lion official robe, while Shen Mingyu, Zhang Yu, Li Zhixiang, and Zhao Wencai wore leopard official robes.

The most exciting thing is actually not the generals of the Ning Navy who have been promoted, but Song Xiance, who is barely four feet tall and looks ugly. He won the victory in Haizhou. Cheng Wulang.This is an official position from the sixth rank. Confucian scholars are born, and there is a rank, but there is no position.

To be honest, apart from following Cheng Shijie, Song Xiance could only rely on tricks to deceive people and gain the respect of others. Of course, it was his skills that others respected, not Song Xiance.

However, yesterday at the banquet where Cheng Shijie entertained Fu Zonglong and his party, Fu Zonglong, the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Censor of Qiandu, and the Governor of Jimen, Liaodong, and Baoding Military Affairs, toasted him and called him "Phoenix Young", although the future generations of Wolong Fengchu is not a good word, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was a compliment.

In all fairness, in Cheng Shijie's team system, Song Xiance was not the one who got promoted the fastest. He was still in charge of the whole thing, Jinzhou Academy, talent deception, no, it should be said to be recruitment, followed by publicity work.

As for the military counselor, Cheng Shijie has basically never used him from the beginning to the present, but the problem is that he has broken his heart for Cheng Shijie's development.

At midnight, the worship ceremony officially began.

PS: I will always be busy. I helped my mother clean up the house in my hometown these two days. I was so tired that I almost couldn’t get up. For the imperial decree, Lao Cheng will think about it again, [-] words, everyone Watch first.

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