Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 485
Although the land of Guangnan is not as good as the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, the scenery has a different charm. The salty sea breeze blows Guangnan, and ships sailing on the sea make this piece of land that has always been rich , become richer and more stable.

In the past two years, Wang Yan and Su Guansheng ruled Guangdong and vigorously promoted the development of industry, commerce and trade. As a result, there are a lot of wealthy people in the city of Guangzhou. Grab a handful.

After these people became rich, they greatly promoted the prosperity of Guangjing. In addition, the imperial court will be located here, which will further help the development of Guangjing.

In the street market, there is a constant flow of people, and there are a variety of commodities. There are also utensils from Xiyi and Nanyang, all kinds of unheard of melons and fruits, and silk and satin.

"Tourists are drunk by the warm wind, and always regard Hangzhou as Bianzhou." Seeing such a scene, how many people will have this illusion, and regard Guangzhou as the former capital Nanjing?
However, Song people were able to treat Hangzhou as Bianzhou, because they had the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River natural moat, occupied Jingxiang, Hanzhong, and Bashu, and had fought against the Jin people for decades, so they had the capital of partial security. Between life and death, a big failure can make the current situation fester immediately, so the idea of ​​"Guangjing as Nanjing" is still very dangerous.

At this moment, compared with the bustling and carefree streets, the Longwu court is much more tense. Zhang Xianzhong's envoy arrives, explaining the reason that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, and he asks Daming to send troops to rescue him.

The emissary was Wang Zhixian, Shangshu of Daxi Hubu, and what he said was almost the same as Yan Qiheng said when he was ordered by Wang Yan to go to Daxi, when he said Zhang Xianzhong came out of Sichuan, but his identity was reversed.

The Longwu court learned from Wang Zhixian that Zhang Xianzhong had abandoned Chengdu and broke through the siege. More than [-] soldiers and civilians temporarily broke through to Xichong County in southeastern Sichuan. The situation was extremely critical.

Chengdu fell into the hands of the Qing army, which is definitely not good news for Daming.

When the Hongguang court was established, Li Zi became defeated by the Manchus. Some ministers in the court suggested that "it is gratifying to be defeated by the captives, but it is really scary. The captives who have not yet plotted against me will be in the ear. If you break through, it is not anyone in the south of the Yangtze River." What happened?" But at that time, under the auspices of Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa, the imperial court pursued the policy of evening the captives and suppressing the bandits, and most of the courtiers applauded, and their vision was extremely short-sighted.

In the past, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were both the confidantes of Ming Dynasty, and the current situation is almost a repeat of the situation in Jiashen, but this time the thief was defeated, and there were almost no applauding ministers in the Longwu court, all of them were worried.

After the establishment of the Guanlongwu court, it summed up the lessons of Hongguang's failure and immediately made a change in the national policy. It changed the alliance with the captives to fight against the Qing, and it directly came to a big turn. It was this big turn that caused the loss of all field battles. The elite Ming was able to have two Shun troops who entered Chu, and obtained nearly 20 long-term elites, which enabled the Ming army to gain a local advantage in Chu, thereby curbing the deteriorating situation in one fell swoop.

Whether Zhang Xianzhong should be rescued or not, Daming couldn't fall twice in the same place, he must be rescued, but the court has no money!
Right now, Zhang Xianzhong's envoy is still waiting at the post house, constantly urging him, which makes Lord Longwu anxious.

At this time, the Longwu court was poor and the people rich. In fact, if there was enough time, the court's treasury would also be filled with the development of commerce, but for the court, there were too many things to do.

Wang Yandong’s expedition exhausted the treasury. With great difficulty, following the restoration of Jiangxi, Jingdezhen fell into the hands of Daming. A large amount of high-quality porcelain was boarded from Jiangxi and flowed upstream into Hunan, took the dredged Lingqu Canal into Guidi, and then traveled along the Pearl River. Coming down to Guangjing has increased a large source of taxation for the imperial court.

Now that I have just saved some money, I will start to build the emperor's office, the offices of the six officials, the Dali Temple, the Inspectorate, the General Secretary, the Five Armies Governor's Mansion, etc., so that they can be used as a facade, otherwise The majestic Ming court, the mansions of a few rich merchants, dignitaries and dignitaries in Guangjing City are also more dignified than the imperial court, and the imperial court is always lacking in majesty.

Now that Sichuan and Shu have changed, Zhang Xianzhong came to the rescue, and if they don’t send troops to watch Sichuan fall, then the Qing soldiers will have more ways to attack Daming in the future, and Ming will be completely passive in strategy, so the imperial court must send troops, and the money in the treasury will be even more insufficient used.

In addition, although Wang Yandong Zheng has gained some advantages in the memorial, he has already captured Quanzhou, and his morale is like a rainbow all the way, but the battle is ever-changing, and no one can guess the result until the end. The Longwu court is still somewhat worried , if it fails, it will be over.

At this time, in the Hall of Qinzheng inside the line, Emperor Longwu, who was nearly fifty years old, was burdened with the burden of rejuvenating the old empire and shouldering the responsibility of the rise and fall of his family and country. The huge pressure made his body thinner and shriveled. old man.At this time, he was living behind the imperial case, with a yellow robe on his thin body and a pair of Xiyi eyes, and he watched the music under the oil lamp.

The mosquito repellent incense made of mugwort leaves, sulfur, etc. in the lobby had been extinguished for a long time, and the mosquitoes were buzzing in the hall, but the emperor seemed to forget himself, he slapped his face with one hand, but kept his eyes on the memorial, and forgot to ask the servants to order a new one. superior.

"Your Majesty!" the great eunuch Pang Tianshou came in, lit the mosquito repellent incense first, and then called out committing suicide.

Emperor Longwu raised his head and saw that it was his most trusted servant, Pang Tianshou, and asked gently: "Is there something wrong?"

Pang Tianshou shook his head: "There is no major matter here for the ministers. Now the government basically follows the wishes of several gentlemen, and the ministers, eunuchs who hold pens, are the most leisurely."

The cabinet is strong, the emperor is diligent, and the eunuchs have nothing to do.

"Oh~" Emperor Longwu heard that his tone was wrong, put down the memorial, took off his eyes, and leaned on the seat, "Does the Qing family have any ideas?"

Pang Tianshou thought about it for a while: "The ministers are serving the officials. Seeing His Majesty handling state affairs, the cock crows before three o'clock every day. The ministers also want to share the worries for His Majesty. The ministers look at the court. The most lacking thing right now is money. Originally The former emperors of the past dynasties still had domestic money to use, but when they came to His Majesty, there was nothing left. The ministers really wanted to share the worries of His Majesty. Now that the business and trade in Guangzhou and Beijing is booming, the ministers wondered if they could follow the example of Emperor Shenzong's time and send the former Minister of Rites The eunuchs under the prison, go and collect more taxes for your majesty, so that your majesty can rebuild the internal funds."

Emperor Longwu was naturally eager for money. With money, he could train his own army and cultivate power, instead of being subject to many restrictions like now. However, Emperor Shenzong's reputation for amassing money is not very good, and the taxation reform of the court has been implemented. After a period of time, it seems that the effect is very obvious at present. If the eunuch is allowed to intervene at this time, I am afraid that the ministers and the people will object.

"The matter of taxation is presided over by Su Qing and Wang Qing. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to let the Supervisor of Rituals intervene rashly."

After hearing this, Pang Tianshou glanced at the emperor, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, please redeem the ministers for talking too much. The ministers say this for the sake of Daming. The ministers read "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", and like Wang Xianggong, he is in charge of both military and military affairs. Most of the ministers of wealth~"

Long Wu's face changed, and he immediately reprimanded: "The imperial court cares for your generation and treats them like actors, how dare you ask my ministers?"

Pang Tianshou was a servant, he was out of stock in his crotch, he was reprimanded by the emperor, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty calm down, the minister is also for His Majesty, for the sake of Daming. The minister also knows that Wang Xianggong is the Great Wall of the country, but recently there have been many rumors in the city, The minister will think so after hearing it~"

"What rumor?" Long Wu said coldly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the ministers heard from the eunuchs under his command that they occasionally heard someone talking outside, saying that one night two months ago, a purple light suddenly shot from the sky directly into Wang Xianggong's mansion from the east, and said that the rooster in the Xianggong's mansion Laying golden eggs, dogs howling like wolves, and all these visions, the courtiers are worried." Emperor Longwu's expression became serious, and he said angrily: "This is Xiaoxiao's generation who made up rumors and seriously injured Wang Qing while Wang Qing was not in Guangjing, please don't Random rumors. Wang Qing, as a chancellor and assistant minister, holds a lot of power. There is no reason why he should not offend others when he acts. I don't want people in the palace to spread such rumors. Please take good care of my subordinates. If I hear someone slander me again Minister, I will never forgive you lightly! Well, let me step down~" Pang Tianshou glanced at the emperor quietly, and bowed to leave.

Long Wu put on his eyes again, picked up the seven memorial candles and looked at it under the light, but he couldn't bear to look at it. Finally, he simply stood up, walked to the window, and looked out the window with deep eyes.

At this moment, Pang Tianshou, who had just left, came back again, "Your Majesty, the minister just returned to the Supervisor of Rituals and found a note from the cabinet. It is an urgent report from Zhangzhou by Wang Xianggong."

When Emperor Longwu heard this, his heart skipped a beat, he took the book and unfolded it suddenly, leaned over to the candlelight and looked down.

This is a hastily written report by Wang Yan after he invaded Zhangzhou. He only briefly introduced the process and results of the battle, without mentioning specific details. The purpose of the memorial is to let the court know the result of the Eastern Expedition as soon as possible. And after he received the edict, he immediately stepped up the siege and the aftermath, striving to return to the court as soon as possible, and the specific report will be reported after the shogunate clerks have counted various achievements and gains.

Emperor Longwu saw that it was written in the memorial that the land of Bamin in this campaign, except the east of the Minjiang River was still in the hands of the Qing army, all other prefectures, states, counties, and guards had been recovered, and tens of thousands of soldiers from the North were wiped out. , Tens of thousands of descendants killed Tong Yangjia, the governor of the Qing Dynasty, and Li Chengdong, the governor of the Qing Dynasty, died in a trick.

Pang Tianshou had obviously read the memorial long ago, and seeing the joy on the emperor's face, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, Wang Xianggong has made great contributions again. He restored Chu and Jiangxi before, and now he has conquered half of Fujian. It is really the Great Wall of the country, and the revival of the Ming Dynasty is expected! "

Long Wu was stunned for a while, and thought: "Yes, Wang Qing is really a pillar of the Ming Dynasty! But how should I reward him?"

　Thank you Jinyiwei Tongzhi, Xu Wenting for the monthly ticket, and thank you Yuedong Woxin for the reward.

　　That's [-] words for today.

　　Is it [-] words per chapter or [-]?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)