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

Chapter 86

Chapter 085

This is not the first time Emperor Chongzhen has done this, and it will not be the last time he has done it.

The sad part of the problem is that Chongzhen cried for the wrong person, and he didn't know it.

The Ming Dynasty was the most serious dynasty in history of collusion between government and businessmen, factional struggles, and chaos and seizure of power. It can be said that it is the only one, second only to the late Qing Dynasty.

Since the Tumubao Incident, the originally balanced political system has been broken, more than [-] Ming troops have been killed, the Wuchen Xungui Group has collapsed, and has since disappeared. The civil bureaucracy group dominates and gradually surpasses the imperial power.

This phenomenon was not alleviated until the Tianqi period. In all fairness, Emperor Tianqi was better than Chongzhen at 01:30. Don't look at Tianqi who likes to do some carpentry by himself, tirelessly all year round.In this regard, Emperor Tianqi is the true biography of his grandfather, Emperor Wanli.

Don't look at Tianqi's superficial indifference, but Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party suppressed the bureaucracy for the first time. At least in this regard, Emperor Tianqi has mastered the art of checks and balances, arbitrating internal and external power.

Civil officials can't fight against the eunuchs, they can only rely on Emperor Tianqi.

If you want the country to be stable, neither civil servants nor military officials should dominate, otherwise the country will be unstable.But Tianqi doesn't listen to the bureaucratic group. Apart from Tianqi, there is also Ming Wuzong Zhengde emperor. Both of them used the eunuch group to suppress civil officials. What happened?
Both emperors accidentally fell into the water and died without treatment.

Emperor Tianqi fell into the water on May [-]th, and Emperor Zhengde fell into the water in September. This time period is not a cold season. Even if you accidentally fall into the water, the chance of catching the wind and cold is too low.

In particular, the real physical fitness of these two emperors is actually not bad. One does carpentry work, which requires strong physical fitness, and the second is Emperor Zhengde, who is even more fierce. .

I dare not say anything else. Emperor Zhengde's personal strength is very high. Although there are few opportunities for actual combat, he is definitely the top three emperors of the Ming Dynasty. It is not as good as Hongwu or Chengzu, but he can crush him. Overwhelm other emperors.

Such a healthy emperor died once he fell into the water? ?
Finally, it was Emperor Chongzhen's turn to ascend the throne, but the young man was limped for the first time by the officials. First, the factory guards were abolished, and his eyes and ears were abolished.Not to mention the king of a country, even if it is a small company with dozens of people, the boss will recruit a few employees to act as eyeliners to understand the company's situation that he cannot see.

If you can't win over a few confidantes and inquire about the company's internal situation, such a boss is not magnanimous, he is asking for a dead end, without enough confidantes and support ability, such as Jobs, such as Lei Jun, these are all people who have been kicked out.

Emperor Chongzhen, on the other hand, abolished the factory guards, and also abolished the post station. What is a post station?It is a place for people who deliver palace and government documents and military information, or for boarding and lodging, and for changing horses on the way to and from officials.In the case of very primitive means of communication, the post station is responsible for various political, economic, cultural, military and other information transmission tasks. To a certain extent, it is also a part of logistics information, and it is also a specific network transmission and network transportation.

It can be said that the post station is an emperor's tentacles to manage the whole country. Since the Shang Dynasty, the post station system has been established nationwide. In all dynasties, only Emperor Chongzhen dared to abolish this institution. Is the station strong?
You must know that in the post station system, some outlets can be profitable. The annual expenditure of 60 taels is actually not much. Cheng Shijie, a military leader who only controls one state in Ninghai Prefecture, is still planning to build his own post station system.

Emperor Chongzhen's stupid tricks were not two, but the other was that he did not distinguish between the serious and the serious, and the civil strife continued and he frequently fought national wars.Under the wise leadership of Emperor Chongzhen, Daming grew stronger and weaker, and Laodi suffered less and less.The reason for the real demise of the Ming Dynasty was not because of how powerful Jiannu was, but the internal turmoil within itself was the root cause.

This is not the most pity, it is a pity that until Sun Chengzong left, the only civilian traitor of the Ming Dynasty, the only leader of the Ming Dynasty who valued military officials and military reforms, was chopped down by Emperor Chongzhen himself.

In the series of schemes designed to kill Sun Chengzong, how rough it is, or how obvious it is, Sun Yuanhua is not the only official who sees through this problem. In fact, there are many officials like Sun Yuanhua who can see through this strategy, but the problem Yes, Chongzhen let them down too much, no one reminded Emperor Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

All the ministers cheered.

Sun Chengzong's downfall again was a victory for the bureaucratic group, and it was also a shameless means for the despicable to win again. The consequences of this were even more serious than Ouyang Xiu's ouster.Although Ouyang Xiu is one of the eight great masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, his political ability and contribution to the Song Dynasty are less than one percent of his literary achievements.

However, Sun Chengzong, a civil official who was born as a resigned minister, was the last tinkerer of the Ming Dynasty. Whenever there was a crisis, he would come forward.When the battle of Saerhu failed, Shenyang was lost, and Liaodong was corrupted, he stepped forward.

When Jiannu broke through and threatened the capital, more than [-] Ming troops feared Jiannu like a tiger. It was also he who stepped forward to recover the four cities of Yongping and rebuild the Shanhaiguan defense line. It was also him.

No matter how many times he was knocked down by the enemy, no matter how much he was wronged, he would stand up bravely and do his best where he was needed, which is just a pity.

All of this is gone.

"Long live your majesty, your majesty is wise, your majesty is holy!"

These flattering words fell into the ears of Emperor Chongzhen, making him feel like a spring breeze, just like when he eradicated the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, he was also very proud.

In fact, Wei Zhongxian was a slave of the Son of Heaven. Even though he was the slave of Chongzhen's elder brother Tianqi, cleaning him up was actually a matter of one sentence, and he had nothing to be proud of or praise.If Wei Zhongxian can't be dealt with, that is his incompetence.If Wei Zhongxian, like the eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty, had the power to abolish the emperor, control the army, and control the capital, Chongzhen's defeat of Wei Zhongxian would indeed be considered a skill.

But Wei Zhongxian's basic territory, the inner palace, has not been kept, and has been infiltrated by the civil service group. If he is really capable, who can kill Emperor Tianqi in front of him?
The answer is no, not possible.Wei Zhongxian didn't want Emperor Tianqi to die either. After all, Emperor Tianqi was around, and he was nine thousand years old who was under one person and above tens of thousands.Apocalypse is dead, he is nothing.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was like a child. He scored [-] points in the exam for the first time because the teacher raised his hand for face, but he didn't know it.

People value self-knowledge, but Emperor Chongzhen does not know himself now. Emperor Chongzhen was very proud. He finally let out a sigh of relief and drove away the annoying old man Sun. Just when Emperor Chongzhen was about to announce his retirement, a small official was in a hurry run in.

The former imperial eunuch Wang Chengen hurried forward and took the memorial from the young official. Wang Chengen glanced at it, his face changed drastically, and his voice was distorted with excitement: "Long live, great victory, great victory!"

"Great victory?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yanru, the current chief assistant of the cabinet, showed doubts in his eyes. Dalinghe was lost outside the pass, the entire [-] Ming army was wiped out, and more than [-] generals of the Ming army were captured, including Zhang Chun. Bei Dao also became a prisoner, and the Ming army outside the Guan was worried about the Jiannu attack and frantically begged for help...

Great victory?
There are not a few ministers who think the same way as Zhou Yanru.

Wen Tiren immediately pretended to be a dead dog, listening to the news with his ears pricked up.His judgment was that it should not be the front-line battle report sent by the Guan Ning Army. This battle report will first pass through the General Secretary and then transferred to the cabinet. After he and Zhou Yanru know about it, it will be the emperor's turn to know about it.

Then, there is only one possibility for this good news, and that is that the local governor, who has the right to report directly, has adopted a channel that avoids the cabinet and specializes in direct reports.

Sure enough, Wen Tiren's guess was correct.

Holding the memorial, Wang Chengen bowed and said, "Long live, Sun Yuanhua, governor of Denglai, gave the memorial, Laiyang Zhang..."

Wang Chengen was also afraid that the Emperor Chongzhen would not know about the Zhang family in Laiyang, so he hastily explained: "Zhang Sicheng, deputy envoy of Shanxi's inspector!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, indicating that he understood.

Wang Chengen went on to say: "In late October, the temperature dropped sharply, and ice and snow became disasters. Governor Sun's cavalry general, Kong Youde, was short of food and clothing. Governor Sun allocated 3 taels of silver and ordered Kong Youde to buy cotton and make cotton clothes, but he never thought of Laiyang. Mrs. Zhang..."

In Sun Yuanhua’s memorial, it is recorded in great detail how Kong Youde purchased cotton from the Laiyang Zhang family, a Shandong tycoon with millions of acres of fertile land. On the contrary, he was angry and slaughtered more than [-] members of Zhang's family in Laiyang.

When this memorial was read by Wang Chengen, almost all civil servants did not doubt the authenticity of Sun Yuanhua's memorial, because this is a common phenomenon. It is not a secret that Shandong people, mainly gentry, resisted the Dongjiang Army. The guy instructed in the dark.The purpose is to drag Denglai's new army and Shandong army to support Dalinghe.

If Sun Yuanhua's [-] to [-] elites arrived in Liaodong and Dalinghe, the battle of Dalinghe might turn defeat into victory. Once it happened, Sun Chengzong would naturally be the number one hero, and no one wanted to see this result.

Zhou Yanru was also very angry, and secretly scolded Zhang Sicheng for not being able to grasp his sense of proportion, and that it would be fine to persecute Kong Youde a little bit, and took 3 taels of silver from him, without giving him any cotton, and even put him in shackles for three days.

Concrete still has three parts, let alone a person?It is political correctness for civil servants to suppress military officials, but political correctness has to be differentiated. The most obvious political correctness in the beautiful country is racial discrimination. Almost all Hollywood movies have black actors in positive roles.But the problem is that once you replace all the actors with blacks, it will go too far.

The same is true for the current problem. The Laiyang Zhang family can suppress Kong Youde, but they must be careful. How can they force Kong Youde to rebel?
The news of Kong Youde’s rebellion, in fact, the ministers knew the news earlier than this memorial, and also knew that after Kong Youde’s rebellion, the momentum was huge, because this guy only robbed the rich and wealthy, and brought ordinary people who could not survive into the army. Distributed food to ordinary people, burned land deeds and IOUs, and caused heavy losses to the major families and fellow gentry.

Even if Sun Yuanhua did not report, the imperial court had already begun to mobilize troops to suppress Kong Youde's rebellion, but Sun Yuanhua never thought that Kong Youde would be put down by himself.

Wang Chengen's voice became louder and louder: "... Ning Haijun's garrison Cheng Shijie led 3000 troops of Ning Haijun to dispatch troops on October 28. After ten days of bloody battles, nineteen of the big battles, and thirty-six small battles, finally the leader of the bandits, Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan and others were beheaded. In this campaign, the Ning Navy outnumbered the masses and wiped out more than 36 bandits in one fell swoop, beheaded more than 3000 people, and captured more than [-] prisoners, with very few casualties!"

In fact, Sun Yuanhua was afraid that Ning Haijun's record was not dazzling enough, so with a swipe of his pen, he added the backbone of the rebel army executed by Ning Haijun, the death row prisoners in the death row in Dengzhou City, and the local hooligans in Dengzhou City who had been beheaded at the beginning. Navy record.In fact, the Ning Navy wiped out a total of more than [-] people in this battle.

But the problem is that Thunderbolts and artillery are too powerful, and there are not many complete heads that can be found on the battlefield, especially when the artillery positions of the rebels were blown up. Hundreds of rebel artillerymen did not even find a complete body How much, it was an explosion of nearly [-] catties of black powder, which was as powerful as two long-range bombardment bombardments.

This time, Sun Yuanhua's goal was achieved.

In the case of one-on-nine, how can we win such a big victory? Emperor Chongzhen was ecstatic: "God bless Daming, and the blessing of the country!"

Xu Guangqi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was also very happy that the military reform carried out by his students had initially succeeded.

After being happy, Emperor Chongzhen was a little disappointed. What he wanted to see most was the good news of beheading Jiannu. Not to mention such a big victory, he would be very happy even if it shrunk by ten times and killed six hundred levels.

However, Emperor Chongzhen immediately realized that Ning Haijun defeated the masses with a few, and wiped out the rebels in World War I. Since the rebellion, such victories are one of the few, and he is thankful that he did not lose the city!Ning Haijun... Ning Haijun, Emperor Chongzhen has a little impression of Ning Haijun.

"This Ning Haijun..."

"Report to Your Majesty!"

If the student is in the limelight, the teacher will naturally not allow others to take his credit.Xu Guangqi bowed and said: "This army was newly formed three months ago from the former Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu Office. Cheng Shijie served as the garrison of the Ning Navy. Thousands of officers and soldiers from Weizuo defeated the many with the few, and wiped out more than [-] people from the Qin Fifth Division of the bandits!"

"Oh, this Cheng Shijie..."

Wang Chengen knew that Emperor Chongzhen grew up obedient to stories and storytelling, and his favorites were young heroes, such as Zhao Zilong who killed seven times in Changbanpo, Zhang Yide who drove back Cao Jun's million soldiers in front of Dangyang Bridge, and Qingqi After raiding two thousand miles, Hou Huo, the champion of Fenglangjuxu, got sick.

One of the things that Emperor Chongzhen hoped for the most was that there would also be a champion in Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, Wang Chengen saw Cheng Shijie's biography in the memorial: "This Cheng Shijie was born in the 24th year of Wanli. He is suspected to be the son of Cheng Yongxing, a thousand households in the Phoenix Mountain Defense House. When Phoenix Mountain was attacked by Jiannu, Cheng Yongxing's family was killed. Cheng Shijie was alone. live!"

Emperor Chongzhen was a little disappointed to hear that Cheng Shijie was 35 years old.

Emperor Chongzhen asked again: "What does this Cheng Shijie look like?"

All the ministers present were in unison, "Damn!"

Emperor Chongzhen was a person who liked to look at his face. Wang Qia, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was moved from the left to be the Shangshu of the Ministry of War because of his heroic looks and dignified appearance.Although it is said that the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the Minister of the Ministry of War are on the same level, the problem is that the status of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry is far inferior to that of the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"Five feet eight inches and seven cents tall, quite heroic!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, at least he did not disappoint his impression of a heroic general. With a height of 1.8 meters [-], he was definitely one of the tallest men in the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen's gloomy mood improved slightly.

Seeing Xu Guangqi's posture, this is to give credit to Ning Haijun, Zhou Yanru winked at a censor below.

"My lord, Tang Buqun, the supervisory censor, impeached Zhang Sicheng, the deputy envoy of Shanxi's procuratorate, for being lax in his command, conniving at his family to do harm to the region, and forcing Kong Youde to rebel against him. The crime is heinous and should be severely punished!"

"Minister, for Song Xiande, impeachment..."

"Sir, seconded!"

"Seconded"

……

In fact, up to now, there has been a sick trend in the court of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen is not the only one who goes to the grave and cries for the wrong person?Nearly [-] gentry families were massacred in Shandong. They all had relatives and friends, and some family members were officials in the court. More than a dozen officials appeared collectively to impeach Zhang Sicheng.

Xu Guangqi and his West Fa Party were just two or three kittens, and they never got a chance to talk, and the topic was successfully diverted.

After some verbal battles, Xu Guangqi's old man's combat power was still online. He had more enemies with fewer enemies, and it took him half an hour to bring the topic back.

Sun Yuanhua's memorial is not a piece, it is just a piece of victory, it is also a piece of impeachment of Zhang Sicheng, and it is also a piece of defense for Ning Haijun.

The most important thing for Xu Guangqi is military reform. He saw hope from the good news of the Ninghai Navy, and this hope is to equip the Thunderbolt.

What Xu Guangqi didn't know was that it was very laborious for the Gun Bureau to manufacture a barrel. Without Cheng Shijie's shaft cold casting technology, it would be unrealistic to mass-produce this kind of Thunderbolt.

However, the problem is that after some intense spraying.

Xu Guangqi was half successful. Emperor Chongzhen made a decision on the spot and agreed to Sun Yuanhua's request to let the Ning Navy send troops to southern Liaoning, thereby reducing the military pressure on the Guanning front. However, the military reform Xu Guangqi most wanted to carry out was still aborted.

After the dynasty was over, Emperor Chongzhen returned to the Imperial Study Room, and several eunuchs immediately stepped forward to salute: "Greetings to the Emperor!"

"You guys, who saw Cheng Shijie!"

Several eunuchs looked at each other, they had never even been out of the palace, how could they see Cheng Shijie, but Hu Dingbang, the former imperial eunuch, who was equal to Wang Chengen, stepped forward and said: "My maidservant went to Shandong to deliver an edict a month and a half ago, and I was honored to meet General Cheng Shijie." one side!"

Hu Dingbang was actually talking nonsense. It was true that he had been to Dengzhou, but he had never seen Cheng Shijie. Instead, he had seen Geng Zhongming. Geng Zhongming was also very tall, but his face was dark.

As for Cheng Shijie, there is very little information, except that he is fair-faced and tall.

"Draw it!"

"Yes!"

Hu Dingbang has excellent painting skills. He imagines while conceiving. It is not enough to simply draw Geng Zhongming directly. People who know Geng Zhongming will expose him.

On the basis of Geng Zhongming, he carried out artistic processing.

Geng Zhongming has a Chinese character face, single phoenix eyes, and dark skin. He painted Cheng Shijie as a melon-seeded face with double eyelids and big eyes. In order to increase the heroic image of "Cheng Shijie", he added a beard.

Perhaps it is a hidden coincidence that the "Cheng Shijie" painted by Hu Dingbang is [-]% similar to the real Cheng Shijie.

After Cheng Shijie's portrait was finished, Emperor Chongzhen, who often listened to storybooks and storytelling, immediately thought of a scene where the tall and heroic Cheng Shijie was riding a tall horse, holding a Qinglong Crescent Knife, and the knife flashed. Get off the horse, the enemy troops dodge one after another wherever they pass, and look at the direction of the blade.

Well, Emperor Chongzhen had a very big brain, he pondered: "Sun Yuanhua is too stingy, how can such a good general of the country be worthy of him?"

"Governor Sun is just a governor after all!"

"That's right, as a governor, he only has the right to recommend second-rank military officers at most."

"The emperor is wise!"

"Come on, draft an order!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhongshu Sheren wrote on it, took a pen and wrote Fengtian Chengyun, the emperor said: The great affairs of the country lie in...

The imperial decrees of the Ming Dynasty had a fixed format. It didn't matter what the emperor said. The important thing was to express the meaning.

Emperor Chongzhen said: "If the country wants to have long-term peace and stability, how can there be no ministers who have meritorious service? Possess a broad mind, be dignified and upright, have aspirations, be loyal and pure..."

Emperor Chongzhen's education level was limited, and he could only be half-literate. He bestowed Cheng Shijie as the left governor of the five-army governor's mansion. "

Zhongshusheren was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat, Tai Nima was frightening.

Cheng Shijie was directly promoted from a fourth-rank garrison to a first-rank left governor, a second-rank general who conquered captives, and controlled the Dongjiang army, making Huanglong Cheng Shijie's subordinate. What is this for?

Is there such a foolish emperor?
Emperor Chongzhen watched Zhongshu Sheren stop writing, and said displeasedly, "Isn't it possible?"

"Is it rising too fast..."

"Back then, when Mao Wenlong attacked Zhenjiang Fort, he could be promoted to the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town and be in charge of the commander-in-chief if he achieved even a small amount of merit. Why couldn't Cheng Shijie?"

The people of Zhongshushe also had nothing to say. Liaodong was defeated in a big defeat, and almost all of the 25 guards in Liaodong fell into the hands of Jiannu. Under such circumstances, the imperial court needed a big victory to boost morale, and Mao Wenlong took the opportunity to rise to the top.

In fact, although Emperor Chongzhen was not smart enough, he was a pure person. When he trusted someone, he could support him without reservation.The more the minister objected, the more determined he was.

This is true for Yuan Chonghuan, and it is also true for Wu Sangui.

Sure enough, the imperial edict of Emperor Chongzhen was beaten back when it reached the cabinet.

Chongzhen hadn't bestowed Cheng Shijie with the sword of Shangfang before, but this time the imperial decree added this one, just before the battle, he acted cheaply, holding the sword of Shangfang, he could kill civil and military men below the fourth rank...

When the cabinet ministers saw this scene, they were really scared. Emperor Chongzhen just followed the donkey.

If they call back again, they are really afraid that Chongzhen will directly ennoble Cheng Shijie, or add officials like Prince Shaobao.

This is the most important temporary official position in the Ming Dynasty. Xu Da, Lan Yu, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, Tang He, Wang Bi, etc. have all held this position. This position is an important leader and commander along the way.

Not to mention others, even Cheng Shijie himself would be embarrassed. He thinks he is inferior to Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu and others. Don't look at Lan Yu's whole family, his military ability and strength There is no doubt about it.In the Southern Expedition, Northern Expedition, and Western Expedition of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, when was he missing?
Although Emperor Chongzhen didn't see that someone was digging holes for Old Man Sun, he was deceived one after another. He had already discovered that these civil servants were very skilled in their mouths, and the people they pushed up could not be beaten.

If you want to defeat Jiannu, you can only pick people from below.It was precisely because the eunuchs put eye drops on civil servants that Emperor Chongzhen knew a saying: "Every time there are more dogs slaughtered in righteousness, most of them are scholars who are heartbroken."

If he wants to govern the world, he still needs to rely on scholars.

However, it does not prevent him from promoting several confidant generals.

Cheng Shijie, like Mao Wenlong back then, appeared in the most correct position at the most correct time, and then he could skyrocket to [-] miles.

Such examples are actually not uncommon. It is a taboo, and some things cannot be said. Any history is actually contemporary history.

……

Cheng Shijie didn't know that in November of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the imperial court had a big controversy around him that lasted for nearly half a month. It was the first time that the emperor fought against the Wenchen Group.

Cheng Shijie didn't have time to take care of this matter, so he and Chen Guodong began to discuss how to implement the matter of supervising the army. Of course, this is not supervising the army. What Cheng Shijie wants to do is actually to build a branch on the company.

A more realistic TV series "The Furnace of War" was filmed by Lao Cheng's company, you can go and watch it.There is a very important plot in it. When encountering the most critical choice, a branch meeting should be held, and everyone will work together to solve the problems they face.

Is the instructor a supervisor?Actually, to some extent, yes.To some extent, the instructor has this responsibility, that is, the company commander is going to bring the whole company to join the enemy, and the instructor will definitely not pass the test.But unlike the Supervising Army, the instructor will support or help the company commander command or deploy military operations according to the actual situation.

It is completely different from the ancient military supervision system. In the army of later generations, the relationship between soldiers and instructors is good. The instructors are also responsible for the soldiers' life and psychological problems, while the supervisors are only responsible for picking bones.

Cheng Shijie said to Chen Guodong: "The establishment of this position is not for you to monitor your comrades, nor is it to interfere in the battle and restrict the independent command and impromptu decision-making power of the hundred chiefs, generals, thousand chiefs, and commanders!"

Chen Guodong vaguely understands, but doesn't quite understand, and is in a state of confusion.

Cheng Shijie explained patiently: "Especially your position is higher than that of Shen Mingyu, Zhang Yu, Yuan Shiliang, Zhao Wencai, and Li Zhixiang. Under this commander, this commander does not ask you to fight against him, but to assist you. Ben, do you understand?"

"Understood, it's an assistant!"

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