Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 41 If the Qin and Jin people rebel, Sun Chengzong will die

Because he knew that Sun Chengzong committed suicide and died for his country in history, Zhu Youxiao did not arrest him like other Donglin Party officials and put him in prison.

However, in order to demonstrate his imperial majesty, he was still under house arrest at home and suspended from all duties.

Therefore, there are still two rows of Dongchang fans standing in front of Sun Chengzong's house. When Zhu Youxiao came to his house, he happened to see this scene and asked with a smile: "Mr. It doesn't feel good in the yard."

"Fortunately, Wang Gonggong personally sent several watchdogs to the criminals, at least there is no danger of life."

Witnessing the murder of countless colleagues and friends in the court, Sun Chengzong naturally did not dare to complain to Zhu Youxiao, but it did not prevent him from mocking Zhu Youxiao's thug Wang Chengen.

Zhu Youxiao was also happy to see the two bickering. It would be a bad phenomenon for him, a dictatorial emperor, if the internal ministers and foreign ministers agree with each other.

The reason why his grandfather, Emperor Wanli, took so much revenge on Zhang Juzheng was because Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao jointly suppressed his imperial power.

"Then you have to thank him," Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but gag. Seeing that Sun Chengzong is a great scholar, he lives in a first-class official residence, but the mansion is just a small second-in courtyard. It was opened up as a vegetable field, and chickens and ducks were raised. When I walked into the house, I saw that there was only an old woman weaving in it, and I felt a little more fond of Sun Chengzong in my heart.

When the old woman saw Zhu Youxiao and others coming in, she got up and saluted.

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly stopped her big gift and asked Sun Chengzong, "Who is this?"

"Bitch Nei He", Sun Chengzong said back, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly said: "It turns out to be the teacher's wife", and he also owed him. Zhang Yan also came up to salute, and ordered the maid to bring the gift.

After entering Sun Chengzong's study, Zhu Youxiao put on the emperor's airs, blew hot tea, and asked in a cold voice: "Sun Chengzong, are you guilty?"

"The guilty minister is convicted and put His Majesty in danger, and he deserves death!" Sun Chengzong hurriedly got up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao, and brought the black gauze hat that had been placed on the big table to Zhu Youxiao.

"Put it on, I am not a tyrant, and I will not put my teacher to death unless it is absolutely necessary."

After speaking, Zhu Youxiao got up in person, took the black gauze hat from Sun Chengzong's hand and put it on Sun Chengzong's head. Seeing that his temples were covered with white frost, he sighed:
"Mr. is old. It is understandable to be deceived by the people below if you don't notice it for a while. You can't stay in this central cabinet. Now the drought in Qin, Jin and Long is quite serious. Local officials have reported several times. Tongguan They are all full of refugees, and the civil servants and military generals in the border towns have severely deducted military pay, resulting in countless soldiers mutinying;
Therefore, I want you, sir, to be appointed as Minister of the Ministry of War and the title of Yushi of the Right Capital, and to control the trilateral military rations and Xiangyin. The first is to relieve the victims and gather the refugees; I appease the three places, so that I have no worries about the future, and the soldiers and civilians of the three places have no worries about clothing, index fingers, what do you think, sir? "

Sun Chengzong had no dissatisfaction in his heart when he was downgraded from a cabinet scholar to a trilateral system. He would rather lead the army and make great contributions to Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, before Zhu Youxiao continued to persuade him, he bowed directly and said, "I would like to do the work of a dog and a horse for Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly shook his hand: "That's very good. The biggest hidden danger of the imperial court today is the safety of the army and the people in these three places. My Ming Dynasty's country and society depend entirely on you, sir. You don't have to be soft-handed after you go, up to the governor. , Down to the soldiers and the common people, if there is collusion with the enemy and sells to them, if they break the law and discipline, they can all be killed first and then played. In addition, sir, you don’t have to be afraid of spending money. Pay attention to Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Li Guo, Liu Minzong, etc., if you can appease them, try to appease them, if not, you can just get rid of them directly, and I will send people from Dongchang to assist you when the time comes."

Li Zicheng?Zhang Xianzhong?
Sun Chengzong naturally didn't know that these two people would cause huge damage to the stability of the Ming Dynasty. He was naturally surprised to see Zhu Youxiao specifically mentioning these people, but he didn't ask much.

In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, Sun Chengzong's money spent among the famous officials in the late Ming Dynasty is regarded as first-rate. The Guanning Iron Cavalry he created is still devouring 800 million taels of the national treasury every year. The second-rate construction project is a Guanjin The line of defense has also played a role in resisting the Tartars, and the so-called military strategy can only be regarded as third-rate. It is true that building fortresses and castles everywhere can eat away at the gold, but Sun Chengzong completely ignored Daming's finances. Before the Hou Jin could be eaten away, the Ming Dynasty was dragged down by him.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao would not let Sun Chengzong supervise Ji Liao. Even if he got a lot of money by confiscating the Donglin Party and Shanxi merchants, he couldn't afford him to spend it.

But the matter of helping the people in Qin, Jin and Long is different. Disaster relief has never been a matter of saving money, and it is necessary to spend money. As long as the people do not rebel, for the Ming Dynasty, even if it costs the treasury Half are fine.

Now it is undoubtedly the most appropriate for Sun Chengzong, who is good at spending money, to be responsible for disaster relief and military payment arrears, not to mention that Sun Chengzong is still an upright official.

Early the next morning, Zhu Youxiao instructed the Cabinet Secretary of Rites to issue an express decree to appoint Sun Chengzong as the head of the trilateral system, to be the Minister of the Ministry of War and the title of Yushi of the right capital, and to give Shangfang the sword. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao generously allocated it to him. 300 million taels of silver and [-] stones of grain and grass.

In order to prevent the peasant uprising in the second year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youxiao had to give enough money and food.

He even directly ordered Sun Chengzong in the imperial decree that if within five years, people rebelled in the land of Qin and Jin, he, Sun Chengzong, would be the first offender and be executed immediately!
In this way, Sun Chengzong naturally had a lot of pressure. As soon as he got the imperial decree, he immediately left Beijing and went to Tongguan. , carefully study the countermeasures.

Although Sun Chengzong's trip to Beijing this time was not as magnificent as the Han Dynasty guard Qing Huo Qubing led the army, but in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, he carried the success and failure of Ming Dynasty in the next 17 years.

The Donglin Party has been completely wiped out, and the eight Jin merchants have all been eradicated. Now the refugees in Qin and Jin have also sent people to appease them, so there is still a threat to Houjin in Liaodong.

The Manchu Tartars seized customs and plundered several times since the third year of Chongzhen, which caused no less trauma to the Ming Dynasty than Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. If the Manchu Qing stepped in, it might not be able to make Daming strong for a few more years.

The ending of history is a combination of such countless accidental factors. Zhu Youxiao's butterfly effect has changed countless accidental factors. Perhaps history will have a different ending.

But whether it is better or worse, Zhu Youxiao, the helm of the empire, does not know.

Standing under the vermilion palace wall, he could only raise his head and ask the sky.

(End of this chapter)