Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 100 Placement of Returnees from the South

Facing Lu Mouci's instigation, Li Zicheng looked up at him, but there was nothing he could do about him.

Because the advice they gave you is so correct, and it is the only way for you to survive now. I have no choice.

So the two of them, one looked up at Li Zicheng, and the other looked up at Lu Mou. The two looked at each other, staring at each other for a long time.

However, Dumu was still at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. In the end, Li Zicheng silently handed over to the superior Lu Mou, picked up the reins of the horse, and turned the horse's head.

Looking at Li Zicheng's back, he is not as tall and stalwart as he was when he came here. He has a sad feeling of a hero who is late and the hero is indifferent.

Sure enough, Li Zicheng finally accepted the enemy's advice and broke camp to retreat. Hao Yaoqi's troops, who were unwilling to follow him south, were left behind to guard the various passes from the Taihang Mountains to Shanxi. Gao Yigong was ordered to continue to stabilize Shanxi, follow his example, and implement the new land law. Then he led the main force of the brigade through Henan and entered Huguang.

For this reason, Lu Mou's conspiracy against both parties was realized, but only partially. The strategy of changing families with Li Zicheng still requires a lot of effort.

But that was no longer important. An urgent message was sent to the capital, and Chongzhen summoned Lu Mou to return to the capital. Discuss urgent matters.

This time Chongzhen called San'er back urgently. It was not a military emergency.

When he saw San'er, he was filled with excitement and said impatiently: "There are two people from the south and the north, and they are also two great sages with great influence." When he said this, Chongzhen was actually full of pride and joy.

At this time, there are still ministers who have returned to the north, which is really a rare occasion for ministers. Lu Mou asked eagerly: "Who is it?"

Chongzhen replied happily: "It's the great scholar Huang Daozhou and the great sage Liu Zongzhou."

Huang Daozhou lived in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen. At that time, Henan had been captured by Li Zicheng's peasant army, and the Ming Dynasty's territory outside the pass was also occupied by the Qing army. Huang Daozhou saw that the court was ignorant and the country's destiny was at an end, so he resigned due to illness. Returning to his hometown of Zhangpu, Fujian, he stayed beside the tomb of his ancestors in Jielu and devoted himself to writing.

Later, he resisted the Qing Dynasty and organized a group of pole soldiers. They fought a decisive battle with the Manchu Qing Dynasty as a joke and were captured and killed.

Liu Zongzhou was firmly opposed to the Donglin party struggle, but when he saw that things were difficult to control, he resigned and went home. In the end, the Qing Dynasty invaded the city and died on hunger strike.

Both men are true national heroes.

But in Lu Mou’s eyes, are national heroes good people? Can it save the world?

Maybe not.

Shi Kefa is still a national hero. Didn't he fail to do several key things in dividing the river and governing the river?

But in Chongzhen's eyes, the resignation of these two people was because they believed that the Ming Dynasty had exhausted its power, the court was stupid and immoral, and they could no longer see the possibility of the Ming Dynasty surviving.

And this time the two went through hardships and returned to the court through enemy-occupied areas. This shows that through the efforts of their father and son, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty was restored. This is a good thing, a great thing.

However, the reputation of the two of them is too high, so it is difficult to arrange.

So he hurriedly recalled San'er to discuss how to arrange the two of them.

Now, the original ministers are no longer as idle as before, and have begun to work conscientiously for the country. But the rest were mediocre. In this way, Chongzhen put the matter of the prince's assistant government on San'er's shoulders, especially because of San'er's ability.

Therefore, this person must consult Lu Mou for arrangements.

Lu Mou suddenly felt something in his heart. "Father, how many days have they been in Beijing?"

Chongzhen replied: "They have been in Beijing for five days. After your visit, my father arranged for them to rest in the hotel. They also said that they wanted to visit their old friends and understand the current situation first, so as to come up with correct suggestions and suggestions for the imperial court. I would like to offer suggestions. And I also want to hear the emperor’s opinion on this arrangement between the two of them, so I agreed.”

Huang Daozhou and Huang Jin, the current Minister of Rites, lived in the same year, and were related to Liu Zongzhou. It's hard to say that they didn't exchange news beforehand.

Huang Daozhou and Liu Zongzhou were still on their way to Beijing when Huang Jin suddenly brought up the matter of the North and South Rankings. Could it be that Huang Daozhou and Liu Zongzhou had the intention of taking the main exam and the secondary exam?

This is not acceptable. Those chosen by a group of rotten scholars must be another group of rotten scholars. It's now time, corrupt scholars are of no use to you and are a waste of your precious finances. Now is not the time to raise idle bookworms. Lu Mou had mixed feelings about these two famous thinkers in the late Ming Dynasty.

They all regard themselves as Donglin, and the harm of Donglin is known to the whole world. He didn't want the return of these two people to bring the old problems of the Donglin Party into the court again, causing another party struggle in the newly reborn Ming Dynasty. Then all the results that I worked so hard for were lost in the blink of an eye.

No need, I am afraid of ruining the reputation of my close virtuous minister, which makes people feel a little bit dilemma.

"How do you plan to arrange them?"

"Look, now that the position of first assistant is vacant, should we let the highly respected Huang Daozhou be the first assistant and Liu Zongzhou be the second assistant?"

After carefully thinking about the later evaluations of the two people, Liu Zongzhou was expelled by the Donglin Party because of his opposition to the party. Zodiac Zhou was just the opposite. When Huang Kuang was in power, Zodiac Zhou fought fiercely with Huang Kuang.

"Father, Huang Daozhou is good in knowledge, but he was born in Donglin and is fond of party fighting. He is not suitable to be the first assistant. Liu Zongzhou also claims to be Donglin. If appointed in this way, the cabinet will reappear in the early years of Chongzhen. The bullshit Zhengying Chao Donglin The phenomenon of the cabinet. Isn’t the disaster of Donglin still unforgettable to my father?”

When it comes to the disaster of Donglin, Chongzhen is not only unforgettable, but also a bitter and resentful person.

Being reminded like this, I suddenly woke up. In the early years of Chongzhen, the complete Donglin Cabinet implemented their gentleman's rule of the country, but the result was that the people were impoverished and their wealth was exhausted, and he was ultimately eliminated as the emperor.

After experiencing the catastrophe of life and death, I realized that the reason why my Ming Dynasty has reached this point is because the Donglin Party members failed to live up to the absolute trust they had when they first came to the throne.

"Your Majesty is right. We cannot let him be the chief minister. Otherwise, if another Ye Xianggao comes to us and his son, and another person comes to the court who is upright and a gentleman governs the country, then everything will be completely ruined."

But then he said: "However, Huang Daozhou's reputation in the world is too great. If it cannot be properly arranged, it will really chill the hearts of the scholars in the world who are watching." Then he thought for a moment: "Now, we have restored the Imperial College and will hold the imperial examination again. , in that case, the Hanlin Academy will also be restored, why not appoint Huang Daozhou as the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy."

Lu Mou shook his head: "No, because the Hanlin Academy will be the training ground for our future officials, and we cannot let Huang Daozhou lead our future officials astray."

That would be difficult. In the end, Lu Mou gritted his teeth and suggested: "Qian Tonghe was assigned to stay in Nanjing, and there is a vacancy in our household minister, so I asked Huang Daozhou to be the household minister. This position is open to the outside world and controls the financial lifeline of the Ming Dynasty. It has a high status and a prominent reputation." , anyone would think that my father is very considerate, kind and trustworthy. But in fact, with me suppressing him, he can't play a big role."

Chongzhen nodded: "If this position is good, then he is the one. And Liu Zongzhou is against the party, so let him be the chief assistant."

"Aren't you afraid that like Ye Xianggao, he will blindly promote one party and create a righteous government for our father and son, and a gentleman will rule the country?"

Chongzhen shuddered at the mention of these two slogans. He was so scared that he became ill.

Suddenly Lu Mou's eyes lit up: "My brother, the prince, will be the chief assistant. Anyway, the prince has the position of assistant to the government. This is natural. When my brother Yongwang turns thirteen next year, I will let him go to Shanhaiguan to supervise the division, and replace the prince brother. Officially inaugurated. Let Liu Zongzhou be the second assistant first, and you can take the power of the cabinet into your own hands first."

Although this seriously damaged the Ming Dynasty's system, the situation has reached this point, what else can't be broken?

As the saying goes, if someone doesn't eat this or that, he'll starve you for three days. He won't eat the bench if you have four legs, and you won't eat the feather duster if you have feathers. All taboos were broken. Survival is the most important thing.

After this great change, for the continuation of the Ming Dynasty, too many restrictions and rules have been broken. Chongzhen has unknowingly become accustomed to this continuous change. This is a good thing.

Now all the officials are incompetent. Only the father and son work together. This is the real monopoly of power. One word becomes the constitution. Chongzhen, who has been troubled and restricted by Donglin for seventeen years, has a rare feeling of golden words, which is my sole authority as the emperor. The majesty of one.

Lu Mou believed that at this time of crisis, it was no longer possible to play the trick of restraining each other by imperial power and ministers. Only by highly centralized power could the central government respond to the crisis quickly.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if this highly concentrated power was concentrated on oneself.

But it doesn’t matter, the signs are already there, so is the realization still far away?

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(End of this chapter)