Conquering the general by doing something cheap

Chapter 085

This was not the first time Emperor Chongzhen had done this to cry at the wrong person's grave, and of course, it would not be the last time he had done so.

The sad part of the problem is that Chongzhen cried to the wrong person and didn't even know it.

The Ming Dynasty was one of the most serious dynasties in history that saw collusion between officials and businessmen, party struggles, and chaos and power seizures. It can be said that there is no other dynasty, second only to the late Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Since the Tumubao Incident, the originally balanced political system was broken, more than 500,000 Ming troops were killed, the Wuchen Xungui Group collapsed and disappeared, and the civilian bureaucracy group became the dominant one, gradually overriding the imperial power.

This phenomenon was not alleviated until the Apocalypse period. To be fair, Emperor Apocalypse was not a little bit better than Chongzhen. Even though Apocalypse liked to do some carpentry by himself and was tireless all year round. In this regard, Emperor Apocalypse was very popular with him.

Grandpa, the true biography of Emperor Wanli.

Despite Tianqi's apparent indifference, Wei Zhongxian's eunuchs had suppressed the bureaucracy for the first time. At least at this point, Emperor Tianqi had mastered the art of checks and balances to arbitrate internal and external power.

The civil servants could not defeat the eunuchs, so they could only rely on Emperor Tianqi.

If you want to stabilize the country, neither civil servants nor military officials can dominate, otherwise the country will be unstable. But Tianqi does not listen to the bureaucratic group. In addition to Tianqi, such emperors also have Emperor Wuzong Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty. Both of them use the eunuch group.

What is the result of suppressing civil servants?

Both emperors accidentally fell into the water and died.

Emperor Tianqi fell into the water on May 18th, and Emperor Zhengde fell into the water in September. This time period is not the cold season. Even if he accidentally falls into the water, the chance of catching wind and cold is too low.

In particular, the physical fitness of these two emperors is actually not bad. One is doing carpentry work, which requires strong physical fitness. The second is Emperor Zhengde, who is more powerful. That's because he is a super fierce man who can kill people when he mounts his horse and capture leopards when he dismounts.

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

suppress other emperors.

An emperor with such a good body would die once he fell into the water??

Finally, it was Emperor Chongzhen's turn to ascend the throne. As a result, the young man was deceived by the officials for the first time. First, he abolished the factory guards and lost his own eyes and ears. Not to mention the king of a country, even if a family owned dozens of

In a small personal company, the boss will also recruit several employees to act as spies and understand the company's situation that he cannot see.

If you can't win over a few confidants and inquire about the internal situation of the company, such a boss is not magnanimous, but is asking for his own death. He does not have enough confidants and support capabilities, such as Steve Jobs and Lei Jun, these are all people who have been kicked out.

Emperor Chongzhen did a better job. Not only did he abolish the factory guards, but he also abolished the post station. What is a post station? A place for people to deliver palace and government documents and military intelligence, or a place for officials to board, lodge, and change horses on the way. A post station is a means of communication.

In a very primitive situation, 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 post stations are the emperor's tentacles for managing the country. Starting from the Shang Dynasty, a system of post stations was established nationwide. In all dynasties, only Emperor Chongzhen dared to abolish this institution. Even if the six departments of Nanjing were abolished, it would be worse than the abolition of the six departments in Nanjing.

Is the inn strong?

You must know that in the post system, some outlets can be profitable. The annual expenditure of 600,000 taels of silver is actually not much. Cheng Shijie, a military leader who only controls Ninghai Prefecture, is planning to build his own post system.

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Emperor Chongzhen made not only two foolish moves, but also the seriousness of the matter, endless civil strife, and frequent national wars. Under the wise leadership of Emperor Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty became bigger and weaker, and the bosses suffered less and less. The true meaning of the Ming Dynasty

The reason for its demise was not because of how powerful the slave builders were, but because of its own internal turmoil.

This is not the most regrettable thing, but it is a pity that until Sun Chengzong left, this Ming Dynasty’s only civil servant traitor, the Ming Dynasty’s only pillar who valued military ministers and military reform, was beheaded by Emperor Chongzhen himself.

In this series of schemes designed to kill Sun Chengzong, it is actually as crude as it is crude or as obvious as it is obvious. Sun Yuanhua is not the only official who can see through this problem. In fact, there are many officials like Sun Yuanhua who can see through this scheme, but the problem

Yes, Chongzhen disappointed them so much that no one warned Emperor Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

All the ministers cheered.

Sun Chengzong's fall again was a victory for the civil bureaucracy, and it was also a victory for despicable people using shameless means. The consequences were more serious than Ouyang Xiu's ouster. Although Ouyang Xiu was one of the Eight Great Men of Tang and Song Dynasties, he was politically influential

His ability and contribution to the Song Dynasty were less than one percent of his literary achievements.

But Sun Chengzong, a retired civil servant, was the last tinkerer of the Ming Dynasty. Whenever there was a crisis, he would step forward. When the Battle of Saarhu failed, Shenyang was lost, and Liaodong was corrupted, he

Come forward.

When the Jiannu broke through and threatened the capital, more than 200,000 Ming troops were afraid of the Jiannu like a tiger. It was also him who stepped forward to recover the four cities of Yongping and rebuild the Shanhaiguan defense line.

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

All of this is gone.

"Long live your Majesty, your Majesty is wise, your Majesty is wise!"

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

In fact, Wei Zhongxian is the servant of the emperor. Although he is the slave of Chongzhen's brother Tianqi, taking care of him is actually a matter of one sentence. There is nothing to be proud of or praise. If Wei Zhongxian cannot be taken care of, then he is the one to take care of him.

Incompetent. If Wei Zhongxian, like the eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty, had the power to depose and establish the emperor, also controlled the army, and controlled the capital, Chongzhen's defeat of Wei Zhongxian was indeed a matter of skill.

However, Wei Zhongxian's basic territory in the inner palace was not saved and was infiltrated by the civil servant group. If he was really capable, who could kill Emperor Tianqi in front of him?

The answer is no, it's impossible. Wei Zhongxian doesn't want Emperor Tianqi to die. After all, as long as Emperor Tianqi is alive, he is nine thousand years old, inferior to one person and superior to tens of millions of people. After Tianqi dies, he is nothing.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was like a child. He scored 60 points for the first time in the exam, but it was because the teacher raised his hand out of respect, but he didn't know it.

People know themselves, but Emperor Chongzhen does not know himself now. Emperor Chongzhen was very proud. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and drove away the annoying old man Sun. Just when Emperor Chongzhen was about to announce his resignation, a small official became angry.

Run in.

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

"A great victory?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yanru, the current chief minister of the cabinet, showed doubts in his eyes. The Daling River was lost outside the pass. The 60,000 Ming army was wiped out. More than 70 Ming army generals were captured. Even the soldier Zhang Chun was captured.

Beidao also became a prisoner. The Ming army outside Guan was worried about the attack of Jiannu and frantically asked for help...

A great victory?

There are not a few ministers who think the same as Zhou Yanru.

Wen Tiren immediately pretended to be a dead dog and listened to the news with his ears pricked up. His judgment was that it was not a frontline battle report sent by Guan Ning's army. This battle report would first go to the General Affairs Department and then be forwarded to the cabinet. After he and Zhou Yanru knew about it,

It will be the emperor's turn to know.

So, there is only one possibility for this good news, and that is that the local governor has the power to report directly, and has adopted a direct channel to avoid the cabinet.

Sure enough, Wen Tiren's guess was correct.

Wang Chengen held the memorial in his hands, bowed and said: "Long live, Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, reports to the Zhang family in Laiyang..."

Wang Chengen was still afraid that Emperor Chongzhen didn't know about the Zhang family in Laiyang, so he hurriedly explained: "Zhang Sicheng, deputy envoy of Shanxi Province!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, indicating that he understood.

Wang Chengen continued: "In late October, the temperature dropped sharply and ice and snow caused disasters. Governor Sun's cavalry commander Kong Youde was short of food and clothing. Governor Sun allocated 30,000 taels of silver and ordered Kong Youde to buy cotton and make cotton clothes, but he never thought about Laiyang.

Mr. Zhang..."

In Sun Yuanhua's memorial, it was recorded in great detail how Kong Youde purchased cotton from the Laiyang Zhang family, a Shandong powerhouse with millions of acres of fertile land. However, how the Laiyang Zhang family made things difficult for Kong Youde, and how the conflict between the two parties escalated. In the end, Kong Youde was forced by the Laiyang Zhang family.

Instead, he was angry and slaughtered more than 600 members of the Zhang family in Laiyang.

After Wang Chengen read out this memorial, almost all civil servants did not doubt the authenticity of Sun Yuanhua's memorial, because this was a common phenomenon. It was not a secret that Shandong people, mainly gentry, resisted the Dongjiang Army. On the contrary, it was these big men like them who resisted the Dongjiang Army.

The purpose of the secret instructions was to drag the Denglai New Army and the Shandong Army to support the Daling River.

If Sun Yuanhua's 10,000 to 20,000 elites were allowed to reach Liaodong and the Daling River, the Battle of Daling River might turn defeat into victory. Once this happened, Sun Chengzong would naturally be the number one hero, and no one wanted to see this result.

Zhou Yanru was also very angry, secretly scolding Zhang Sicheng for not being able to grasp the limits of proportion, and just forcing Kong Youde a little. He took 30,000 taels of silver from him, did not give him any cotton, and also chained him for three days.

There are still three parts to the soil, let alone one person? This is political correctness for civil servants to suppress military attachés, but political correctness must also be divided into degrees. The most obvious political correctness in beautiful countries is racial discrimination. Almost all Hollywood movies have it.

Black actors play positive roles. But the problem is that once you replace all the actors with black people, it goes too far.

The current problem is the same. The Zhang family in Laiyang can suppress Kong Youde, but they must pay attention to their propriety. How can they force Kong Youde to rebel?

In fact, the ministers knew the news about Kong Youde's rebellion earlier than this memorial. They also knew that after Kong Youde's rebellion, it became extremely popular, because this guy only robbed big and wealthy families and recruited ordinary people who could not survive into the army.

They distributed food to ordinary people and burned land deeds and IOUs, causing heavy losses to the major families and fellow gentry.

Even if Sun Yuanhua did not report, the imperial court had already begun to prepare to mobilize the army to suppress Kong Youde's rebellion. In the end, Sun Yuanhua did not expect that Kong Youde would be pacified by himself.

Wang Chengen's voice became louder and louder: "... Ning Haijun guarded Cheng Shijie and led Ning Haijun's three thousand troops. They dispatched troops on October 28. After ten days of bloody battles, nineteen big battles and thirty-six small battles, the thieves were finally defeated.

Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan and others were beheaded. In this battle, the Ning Navy outnumbered the enemy and wiped out more than 20,000 rebels in one fell swoop, beheading more than 6,000 people and taking more than 13,000 prisoners. He suffered very few casualties!

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Sun Yuanhua was actually afraid that Ning Haijun's performance was not impressive enough, so with a stroke of his pen, he added the backbone of the rebels executed by Ning Haijun, the death row prisoners in Dengzhou City, and the local gangsters in Dengzhou City who had been killed earlier.

Among the naval records, in fact, the Ning Navy wiped out more than 4,000 people in total 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 the rebel artillery positions were blown up. Even the complete bodies of hundreds of rebel artillerymen were not found.

How much? It was an explosion of nearly six thousand kilograms of black powder, and its power was comparable to two far-fire covering bombs.

This time, Sun Yuanhua's goal was achieved.

How big a victory could be achieved with one pair of nines? Emperor Chongzhen was ecstatic: "God bless the Ming Dynasty, blessing the country!"

Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Rites, was also very happy that the military reform carried out by his students was initially successful.
To be continued...