Chapter 205: The Southeast Shakes
On this afternoon, Zhu Youxiao and Sun Chengzong talked for a long time, and the scope of this conversation was very wide, involving all aspects of Liaodong, politics, economy, military, people's livelihood, system, culture, nationality, and a series of things, the knowledge of later generations and the height of this era, so that he had too many ideas waiting to be practiced.
And in this conversation, Sun Chengzong can only play the role of a teachable person, and in terms of governance, he finds that the emperor's thinking is too broad, so broad that he can look up to the mountains, which is the real listening to the hadith.
"Your Majesty, the old minister will work hard to build the government in Liaodong well, so that this land is truly under the management of the government." Sun Chengzong said excitedly.
"Do your best!" Zhu Youxiao said with a look of approval, although Sun Chengzong didn't understand it very well at first, but the other party understood it quickly, and immediately grasped the essence of his thoughts, and took all the governing power into his hands, and the public weapons were used for public use, and they must not be disposed of privately.
Although the other party's punishment point is a little biased, thinking that he will implement it because he has too strong a desire to control, Zhu Youxiao does not plan to correct it, the results of the two are not much different, and I can't go up and say by myself, I don't want to control, but I want to build a service-oriented government.
"I will live up to Your Majesty's expectations." Sun Chengzong's expression was solemn, although he thought that it was the emperor's desire to control that would implement such a policy, strengthen the authority of the government, and control everything, but from it he also found a lot of benefits for the people, and it was precisely because of these that from the bottom of his heart, he began to agree with Zhu Youxiao's statement.
Shengjun is not said to be said, but done, especially top intellectuals like Sun Chengzong, who are shrewd, knowledgeable, and have strong reasoning and analysis skills, and can penetrate many so-called auspicious and so-called God-given statements in history, which are nothing more than the spread of public opinion rumors, and the scholars of the Ming Dynasty like to play this.
But now, from Zhu Youxiao's defeat of the Jurchens in the first battle, and then the drastic start of reform, all of these all reveal his extraordinary ability, as long as His Majesty the Emperor is not impatient, so step by step, he will definitely be able to become a saint.
In this regard, Sun Chengzong is unswerving, and from this afternoon's conversation, he affirmed that the other party has this potential.
"The Emperor of the Ages!" When he came out of the big tent of the Chinese army, Sun Chengzong's spirit was still a little trance, in the entire history of China for three or four thousand years, how many people can be called a holy monarch, and how many have become the first emperor of the ages? Emperor Qin and Han Wu, plus one Tang Taizong, at most plus Taizong Taizong of this dynasty, if the two of them can be added up, they can be counted as one, as for the others, there is no more.
And now, from Zhu Youxiao's body, he feels this possibility, a young great emperor, is rising, with his various ideas, all kinds of measures, as long as he can persist in the implementation, this is a great emperor than the Qin Emperor and Han Wu.
I am fortunate to be in such a time! Thinking about the glory of the future, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but be stupid, but while rejoicing, he deeply regretted that he was old.
The next day, with the arrival of the follow-up Liaodong army, the whole army began to start, towards the outside of the pass, although the Ming army said that it gave up the entire Liaodong, but due to the rush of time, there are still a large number of people have withdrawn into the pass, now the Jurchen is defeated, the strength is empty, if the Ming army does not step up the station, I am afraid that these Liao people will be slaughtered by other foreign races.
However, in the entire brigade, there were more than 10,000 troops in the opposite direction, heading towards Guannei, who were going to escort those Qin criminals in the Red Pill Coup and come to Liaodong to serve their sentences.
Due to the wide involvement of the Red Pill coup d'état and the large number of people, it was not good to kill on a large scale, therefore, except for the first evil, Zhu Youxiao planned to exile all of them to Liaodong, and according to the severity of the crime, after carrying out military camps of different lengths, he would be released in Liaodong and become a resident here. Such measures have been decided a long time ago, but they have not been implemented.
Now that Liaodong has been decided, it is the time when a large number of people are needed, and Sun Chengzong's governor of Liaodong seems to be unable to get rid of it in a short time, so he naturally wants to add some luster to his political achievements, and the population involved in the case is a boost.
Seeing hope from the emperor, he is now very hot in his heart, for the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, he does not have a covetous heart, although it is rumored that the emperor fell in love with him, he is very likely to be the next first assistant, but this is not it, as long as one day is not on the throne, there are variables, so he naturally has to do more to increase his capital.
Nowadays, Liaodong is a very good place to increase my experience in governance and increase people's popularity.
Zhu Youxiao also has this idea of increasing his experience in governance, and he will not be able to achieve much success without accumulating a genius. And this is what Zhu Youxiao only noticed during his conversation yesterday afternoon, Sun Chengzong's foundation is indeed poor, after all, he has not let it go.
Originally, the position of governor of Liaodong was only temporary, but under the intention or unintentional of both sides, it was implemented, and now Liaodong stays for two years, implements his own policies, and then trains good officials, and when he comes here to produce results, he can implement it to the whole world.
As for Xiong Tingbi, who was originally in charge of Liaodong, he was ignored by the two intentionally or unintentionally, and at this time he was still guilty of a crime, ready to follow the emperor back to Beijing, and was falling. There is no way, he can only be temporarily wronged, Liaodong is in ruins, everything is decided, there can only be one voice, and he can only leave here, who is known as prestige here.
Since there was no enemy this time, although it was a large group, it was soon in Quang Ninh, and on the night of the arrival, the navy, which had been cruising nearby, sent another battle report.
Guizhou Da Tusi, Shuixi Xuanwei Si An Bangyan rebelled and besieged Guizhou.
Seeing this war report, although Sun Chengzong and Yu Zhigao were very surprised and angry, Zhu Youxiao was still very calm, and it was normal for the two to gather together.
Calmly put away the war report, Zhu Youxiao still did not change his mind, so soon to return to Beijing, he still wanted to sit in Liaodong for a period of time, in his memory, the Lu'an Rebellion lasted for a long time, with the chairmanship of the cabinet, no matter how chaotic it is, it will not be worse than historical Shanghai, and he does not need to rush back.
Even if you rush back, that's all you can do, mobilize the old army to suppress and settle the judgment, which is similar to history. The Yulin army is 30,000 people, and he still wants to use it as a seed to build a city defense army and a field army, where can he have time to send it to such a distant place.
These thoughts, he didn't say it, he still walked forward calmly, looking at the scenery of Liaodong, the whole trip, like a tour, of course, it is true, whether it is in the past or the present life, Zhu Youxiao has never been to the Northeast, this time there is a chance to see how to see, can not be bored in the capital.
Of course, this cannot be said nominally, Zhu Youxiao called Guanzheng in the name of "Guanzheng", just to see the effect of Sun Chengzong's implementation of his own policy, so that he can make adjustments.
Xu saw his thoughts, Sun Chengzong persuaded him once and never said it again, only Yu Zhigao was alone, leaving a good naval fleet alone, and chattering around him every day, which made him afraid
Zhu Youxiao's plan is very good, stay in Liaodong for a while, see the results, and then he will go himself, but before he can take the team to Liaoyang, an urgent battle report is transmitted from the navy again.
"There are a huge number of Japanese invaders in the southeast, across the Yangtze River Canal, and the grain is cut off."
The clear and unmistakable battle report suddenly made Zhu Youxiao stand up suddenly, he was very clear about the meaning of grain, this is the supply of grain in Beijing and the Jiubian region, and its status is very important, and it is precisely for this reason that Zhu Youxiao did not abolish the agricultural tax as soon as he came to power.
He has enough money, but he doesn't have so much grain in his hands, and once he doesn't collect it, he will rely on it to buy, and the price of grain will definitely skyrocket, and then life and death will have to be up to people. He is very clear about the urine nature of businessmen, and when it is profitable, it doesn't matter if you are an emperor or not, you will talk about it after you make it.
Even if he finally relied on administrative means and could suppress it, there would be a lot of turmoil, and the gains outweighed the losses, so he suppressed his ideas and only implemented them on the white land of Liaodong.
"This is simply forcing me to go back!" Zhu Youxiao looked at the battle report and muttered to himself, if the Tusi rebellion that occurred in Guizhou, Sichuan was just scratching his boots, then this invasion of the southeast by the Japanese invaders would be straight to the heart.
"It's just, why are there Japanese robbers at this time?" After reading the war report, Zhu Youxiao had deep doubts in his heart, he didn't remember that there were still a large number of Japanese invasions in the last years of the Ming Dynasty.
"I can only go back, I can't wait for Liaodong to produce results." Zhu Youxiao sighed deeply and put down the battle report in his hand.
The next day, the emperor had an order, and the Yulin army set off and returned to Beijing.
This news made Sun Chengzong stunned and Yu Zhigao happy, but after seeing the emperor, the two of them understood the importance of it, you know, almost all of the large quantities of grain that should be supported in Liaodong every year are from Caoliang, and now, Liaodong is initially decided, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, it is when the consumption is large, if the supply of food is cut off, no one knows.
Regarding Zhu Youxiao's idea of returning to Beijing immediately, both of them agreed with both hands. However, Zhu Youxiao didn't just give up, and before leaving, he also issued a few holy decrees.
The first is to appoint Li Yuyu as the general of the Yulin Army, with the rank of major general, in charge of the Yulin Army, appoint Li Tu as the general of the hussars, and the commander of the 3,000 cavalry, and form the Hussar Army in Liaodong.
Originally, regarding the appointment of Li Yuyu and Li Tu, Zhu Youxiao planned to announce the meritorious deeds and rewards together after arriving in Shenyang, but now the situation is urgent, so he has to advance it, and the appointment of the two is put together, and there will be some incidents in the province because of the priority problem.
The second decree is about the military and political adjustment of Liaodong, Sun Chengzong is the governor of Liaodong, and he is the second grade -- this has not changed, but Zhu Youxiao specially stipulates the lower grades, which is related to his official reform later -- Xiong Tingbi is the governor of Liaodong Province, and the tragic general Luo has always been the general of Liaodong Province's city defense, with the rank of major general, and is responsible for the collection of all the troops in Liaodong and the formation of the Liaodong City Defense Army.
The latter two were recommended by Sun Chengzong, the construction of the entire Liaodong Province was too complicated, and he needed some helpers, and these two people were the first of the civil and military affairs he set. Regarding Sun Chengzong's suggestion, Zhu Youxiao just thought about it and agreed to it.
The third decree is to declare that the entire land in Liaodong will be nationalized, including farmland, mines, rivers, etc., and anyone who operates and uses them needs the approval of the government. At the same time, all taxes such as poll tax, labor tax, land tax, etc., were abolished and replaced with commercial taxes.