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

Chapter 416 There is no regret medicine in the world
Chapter 416

To be fair, Cheng Shijie is really not a person who kills innocent people indiscriminately. Even the scum among many bandits, Cheng Shijie did not kill them. According to the laws and values ​​of the Ming Dynasty, those people are actually the ones who really deserve to be killed. But the problem is Yes, in Cheng Shijie's opinion, such a person really shouldn't be killed.

Just like some women are forced to live with half-closed doors. Such people should be understood. The law can be merciless, but Cheng Shijie has to be merciful.

From the bottom of his heart, Lu Xiangsheng was very eager to realize the pie that Cheng Shijie had drawn for him, and wanted to see with his own eyes the future world that Cheng Shijie had described.

But the problem is, he really doesn't want Cheng Shijie to fail because of these bugs. After all, if a dog bites a person, it's impossible for a person to bite him back.

"Prince Regent, you are too impulsive! He wants to be called a tyrant by killing like this!"

"I just want those guys who are treasonous and collaborating with the enemy to pay the price they deserve. As for what future generations will say after I take care of myself, I don't care!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Lu Xiangsheng's words and said: "Jiandou, the cabinet has its own considerations on this matter. By the way, if you want to become the prime minister, or enter the cabinet, you can participate in the election, but there is a prerequisite, then let Jian Nu Kill all the remaining ones!"

"Yes!"

Lu Xiangsheng now knows how to join the cabinet. The first step is to wait for a vacancy in the cabinet to qualify for selection. This is not a vote of national officials, but a joint election between the emperor and the cabinet. The emperor has a veto system.

For the political system of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shijie did not refer to any other country in later generations. He believed that to be elected as the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, one must have certain qualifications, rather than a system where all celebrities and actors can compete, which itself requires a certain threshold.In a country where the prime minister has the power, one needs to be proficient in work experience in counties, prefectures, and provinces. If you don’t have experience, you may be able to do a job well, but you will definitely not be able to be a prime minister.

Many people may not have seen a British drama called: "Yes, Minister!" This TV drama has a rating of [-]. This is the first and most professional expression of bureaucrats and ordinary people in movies and dramas.It's bigger and deeper than House of Cards.

In fact, the bureaucratic class is a neutral term. A typical representative of the bureaucracy is Fan Zhongyan: "Be worried about the worries of the world first, and be happy after the joys of the world. If you live high in the temple, you will worry about the people; if you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about the king. !” There are also people who, like Zhuge Liang, dedicated themselves to death.

Bureaucracy is a class that has existed for more than 2000 years, and it also has a mature operating system. In the era when officialdom literature was popular in the past, some people also wrote similar things. Almost all the protagonists have high emotional intelligence and are well-rounded. But in fact, the real People in mixed systems are all good among people. Who doesn’t have high emotional intelligence?Just as there is never a shortage of handsome guys and beauties in the film and television industry, there is never a shortage of smart people in the system.

Does the real system and officialdom rely on high emotional intelligence?In fact, this is not the case. Cheng Shijie is a senior technician who worked his way up from the grassroots level in the Hanhai Group. He is generally considered to be in the eighth rank of the Ming Dynasty. He knows very well that some smart people will fool their bosses and even sell them to him. He will also count money for him.

For example, if a subordinate gives a general report to the leader, with a very important paragraph added in it, whether the leader can see it is not the subordinate's problem. If something goes wrong in the future, he will not be the one to take the blame. , because they have reported it in advance, and the key is that you signed it, but it is strange that they did not say anything or said they did not perform their duties.

Such a problem actually occurred with Emperor Chongzhen. It was very obvious that Emperor Chongzhen became emperor because Emperor Tianqi died unexpectedly. He was originally just a vassal king. He did not have a team in the East Palace and did not receive systematic training. Why? Maybe you've played with those old guys?
If Emperor Tianqi could live for more than ten years, even if Emperor Chongzhen had a few years of education, he would not be selling things behind others' backs and counting their money.

Just like Emperor Chongzhen was deceived into abolition of the inn. In the understanding of many people, the inn is a government-run hotel. In fact, it is not that simple. It is an important channel for the execution of a country, just like the post office and highway transportation system. The abolition of the post station not only eliminated Li Zicheng, but also directly isolated Ming Dynasty from the landlords.

Just like on November 28, the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Wuqiao mutiny broke out. It was not until February of the fifth year of Chongzhen that the Wuqiao mutiny completely got out of control, and the imperial court intervened.This is very revealing. Wuqiao is not that far from Beijing, but a governor can easily hide the news.

If there is a good operation of the post system, at that time, within three days at most, the Wuqiao Mutiny will be put on the desk of Emperor Chongzhen. There is another problem, that is, the Battle of Daling River, on the ninth day of November in the fourth year of Chongzhen It was officially over, and Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, still urged Kong Youde to support Dalinghe 20 days later. Theoretically, even what happened in Guangzhou could be reported to the capital in up to five days. Because of the inn, the Ming court was too Passive.

Cheng Shijie's principle is that if you want to join the cabinet, you must have experience in performing duties at the county, state, prefectural, and provincial levels. It is not like non-Jinshi are not allowed to enter the Imperial Academy, and non-Hanlin are not allowed to enter the cabinet. How is it possible without local work experience? If you are familiar with the full range of government transportation, should you just rely on poetry and songs?

Lu Xiangsheng also knew that Ning Haijun's combat system was different from that of Tianxiong Army. As a commander, he also needed to study and learn how to use these new equipment and how to make these new equipment unleash their true power on the battlefield.

It is a bit exaggerated to say that Cheng Shijie now completely controls the entire north. After all, Shanhaiguan is still controlled by Gao Di, who is also a die-hard member of the Guan Ning Army. Many people believe that Wu Sangui served as the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan and offered Shanhaiguan to lure the Qing army into the customs. In fact, this was not the case. Wu Sangui's official position at that time was the commander-in-chief of the Ningyuan regiment. Ever since the Battle of Dahe Linghe, there had been a rift between Zu Dashou and the original imperial court.

Because of the disobedient Zu Dashou, the Wu family replaced the Zu family and became the de facto upstart of the Liao [-] generals.

However, the problem is that the Shanhaiguan Great Wall went through Hongwu, Chenghua, Jiaqing, Wanli, and Tianqi, consuming a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and took 260 three years. It was finally completed during the Chongzhen period, turning an inconspicuous pass into a It became a chain of seven cities, a military city defense system pierced by a line of the Great Wall, and the "No. [-] Pass in the World" was born.

This is a line of defense that is strong enough to make any army in the cold weapon era despair. The 14-meter-high city wall is connected with the Great Wall barrier that stretches thousands of miles. It stands between the mountains and the coast of the East China Sea. As long as the defenders are not discouraged, no matter how hard it is, Even if you have an army of millions, you can't even get a bite out of it!
In the original time and space, the Eight Banners of Manchuria took advantage of the cold current of Siberia and swooped over again and again, trying to break through the pass. However, they could not even touch the edge of Shanhaiguan. Until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, this majestic pass was still in the hands of Guan Ning's army. In the end, it was Li Zicheng who committed suicide, and Dorgon was rewarded for breaking the earth and becoming king in exchange for Guan Ning's army shaving his hair and changing his banner, and then he captured this great pass.

It is estimated that when Wu Sangui nodded and agreed to shave his head and change his banner, Prince Rui of the Qing Dynasty must have been relieved. The mountain and sea pass that had tortured the Qing Dynasty for decades was finally captured without bloodshed. He really asked him to fight, but he didn't know he was going to fight. Until when!

However, today's history has long been changed beyond recognition. Guan Ning's army no longer has to face the front and rear attacks of the Dashun Army and the Qing Army. It is in a dilemma, but they have already been heard in the long river of history.

However, Gaudi's opponent was also replaced by Ning Haijun, who had evolved into the firearms era. Of course, the current Ning Haijun also canceled the designation of Ning Haijun and became the Ming Royal Army.

But despite this, facing the majestic Shanhaiguan, even the mighty Ning Navy, and even the Ming Dynasty's Royal Army could not help but feel helpless.

Although they are invincible in the world, most of the battles they fight are field battles. Head-to-head battles like this are really rare. Now they have to face the iron-walled Shanhaiguan, and everyone is unsure.

Cheng Shishijie led two brigades with more than [-] troops, but they did not attack Shanhaiguan. Even Ning Haijun's artillery commander Yuan Shiliang exclaimed in horror after seeing the terrain of Shanhaiguan. Even if all the firepower is mobilized, it will be difficult to capture such a fortress even after half a year of siege!

Cheng Shijie naturally doesn't have half a year to spend here, he wants a quick victory!So Cheng Shijie withdrew. Later, Shanhaiguan was surrounded by Ning Haijun's fourth brigade and one unit each of the fourth brigade, a total of four regiments.It's not so much a siege, or it's not so much watching them under the city. The closest place they are to Shanhaiguan is five or six miles away. They deliberately left four regiments behind just to let Shanhaiguan leave the city. As long as they leave the city, Ning Haijun of the four regiments can Beat the shit out of all the Shanhaiguan soldiers.

However, the problem is that after entering the Pass and establishing slaves, the entire army was wiped out, and Cheng Shijie controlled the entire Beizhili, Shandong, and central and eastern Henan. At this time, it was meaningless for Gao Di to persist.

However, he was afraid that Cheng Shijie would settle the score in the future. After all, the capital would kill people at the vegetable market every now and then. Even the high-ranking scholar-bureaucrats were killed by Cheng Shijie like chickens, let alone Qiu Ba like them.

As time goes by, Shanhaiguan has less and less food. Although Shanhaiguan, as the logistics base for the entire Ningyuan defense line, has a lot of food in storage, the problem is that no matter how much food there is, it will be empty. one day.

Now people in Shanhaiguan are also in a state of flux. Gao Di still wants to hold on and strive for a good ending. After all, Gao Di and Wu Xiang are related, and Gao Di's third sister married Wu Sanfeng.Wu Xiang's fate made him scared, angry, and confused at the same time.

Wu Xiang had guarded the border for the Ming Dynasty for so many years. He had no merit but hard work. Just because of a betrayal, he was cut to pieces by a thousand swords and killed nine tribes. Wu Xiang, who had made great contributions, was like this, let alone him?Gao Di summoned several of his generals to discuss: "Master Wu has been executed by the imperial court. Several young masters have also been killed. The Wu family's bloodline has been cut off. The imperial court is pressing harder and harder. What should we do?"

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wu Zhong was born as a servant of Wu Xiang, and was given the surname Wu. Wu Zhong said angrily: "We have guarded Shanhaiguan for the imperial court for so many years. We have fought hard and nearly died. There is no credit but hard work, right? The imperial court does not miss the old feelings at all, and the It’s really chilling that we are pushing to the death! In my opinion, let’s not think too much and just fight to the end. It’s not too late to talk to them after the imperial court can’t defeat Shanhaiguan!”

"Yes, the imperial court has no intention of recruiting us to surrender. It assumes that those who obey will prosper and those who disobey will perish. If we hand over our troops and weapons, are we not at the mercy of the imperial court?"

"This is absolutely not possible! Right now we still have 8000 or [-] troops. We have a large number of troops, sufficient food and weapons, and we have the dangers of mountains and seas to rely on. We can definitely fight in a battle and let the court know that Shanhaiguan is not so easy to fight!"

"With the bravery of the slave builders, they have been fighting for so many years but they have not been able to touch the walls of Shanhaiguan, let alone those soft-footed shrimps in the pass! I wonder how many people they are planning to die here? One hundred thousand or two hundred thousand?"

Almost all the generals at Shanhaiguan had the same idea and would never hand over their troops and power!These days, with guns and soldiers, they are the grass-headed kings. As long as these thousands of elite soldiers are in hand, the court will have to think twice before touching them. Without the army, what are they?
Isn't it just a matter of words that Cheng Shijie wants to kill them?If you don't kill me even if you surrender your gun, if you have the ability, take Shanhaiguan. If you can take Shanhaiguan, I will surrender immediately!
Seeing that the several generals and deputy commanders under his command were firm, Gao Di also breathed a sigh of relief. He had no desire to dominate the world, but only wanted to join the Gao family and get rich.

Gao Di was not from Liaoxi. He was from Guide Prefecture. His grandfather Gao Kejian and his father Gao Junbi had both lived in Guide Prefecture for generations. However, in the fourth year of Tianqi, he was an official of hundreds of households sent to Western Liaoning by Guide Prefecture. , Gao Di happened to be in a relationship with Wu Xiang, and then he was gradually promoted. As Wu Xiang was promoted to the commander-in-chief, Gao Di, who was married to Wu, was promoted to the rank of general.During the Battle of Daling River, he was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief.

If Wu Xiang hadn't promoted him, he would have been just a small military leader.

As an outsider in western Liaoning, Gao Di actually just wanted to hang out. He had no intention of fighting Ning Haijun, nor did he have any intention of avenging the Wu family. When Wu Xiang and the Wu family fell, he just wanted to hug him again.

It's just that the conditions proposed by Ning Haijun were too harsh. Let alone retaining his original position, demote him two levels and let him serve as a staff general, no, even a regiment leader?

However, the problem is that Gao Di wanted to take it step by step, but his generals were not happy. The Wu family fell. Gao Di and Wu Zhong were related to the Wu family, but they were not.

Ning Haijun's treatment to Funing Guard was quite good. Although the former commander of Funing Guard lost his power, he was allocated more than 800 acres of land.

Of course, what they didn't know was that the commander of the Funing Guard had more than 800 acres of land in Luzon, and they didn't know that he was able to get so much land not because he was the commander of the Funing Guard, but because he was so good at giving birth. , a total of twelve sons, up to nineteen, and the youngest is one year old. If these twelve sons grow up, they can be allocated more land.

After several generals returned, they avoided Gao Di and Wu Zhong, discussed together, and decided to betray Gao Di and take Gao Di's head in exchange for their own family's future and wealth.

The best training is actual combat. After the Tianxiong Army was reorganized, there were too few gunners in their army. So based on the principle of actual combat training, Lu Xiangsheng prepared to give the four artillery regiments of the Anbei Army a Shanhaiguan artillery battle.

The first to come up was the No. 19 Brigade, which was the artillery regiment of Lu Xiangsheng's old Tianxiong Army. It had 36 three-inch guns and twelve four-inch guns. The rocket launchers were not very powerful against this kind of building. Trained.

A total of 48 heavy artillery pieces were prepared and they began to fire shells at Shanhaiguan.

"Are you ready?"

"Report to the Governor, ready!"

"fire!"

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Gao Di and Wu Zhong came to the city wall and watched the battle on the front line. Originally, there was no problem. The damage caused to Shanhaiguan by this shelling was almost negligible. However, the problem was that the generals made a move to each other. wink.

Take action quickly, otherwise you won't have a chance.

"Pfft, puff..."

Five of the seven generals under Gaudi attacked Gaudi. Only when Gaudi felt the pain did he realize that these men had sold him. Of course, there is no regret medicine in the world.

(End of this chapter)