Chapter 213: Cheng Guogong's Death

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while.

He was a little worried.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen has any feelings for Cheng Guogong, as a qualified political figure, don't talk about feelings, but just worry a little.

That is, Cheng Guogong is the leader of the Jingnan Xungui group no matter what he says.

Although it is said that there are clear rewards and punishments, the problem is that it is impossible to completely distinguish rewards and punishments when any issue rises to the political level.

If according to the law, Chengguo Gong is the crime of overthrowing the army. There is no problem with killing the head.

However, although Chengguo Gong buried 100,000 troops, he must also see clearly that although the Jingnan Xungui group suffered heavy losses, many generals died in it.

However, it would be wrong to think that the Jing Nanxun Gui Group has lived up to its existence.

The military towns everywhere, and even among the soldiers in the Beijing camp, are still full of protégés and former officials left by Chengguo Gong. Today, Cheng Guogong was severely disposed of. Will it bring uncertainties to the upcoming war?

Considered a political purge?

After all, Cheng Guogong's disposal must not be simply regarded as a matter of Cheng Guogong alone. After all, every decision made by the emperor will be regarded as a political weather vane.

Even if Zhu Qizhen doesn't have this meaning, if it goes down layer by layer, what will happen below.

Zhu Qizhen is also not clear.

You have to take care of the balance in this.

After all, Chengguo Gong may be Qiu Fu, but Zhu Qizhen is not Emperor Taizong and does not have the prestige of Emperor Taizong.

"Your Majesty, the defeat of Maoerzhuang, the imperial court will increase military spending by at least millions, pension in the army, reconstruction, re-purchase of weapons, and so on. All need money, but how much money does the imperial court still have? But there is one place where there is money, and that is the Chengguo Mansion. Zhou Chen said: "The Chengguo Mansion has accumulated for two generations, and there are a lot of fields, all of which are near Beijing. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened, and while his heart was pounding, he was also a little secretly ashamed.

As an emperor, it is too ugly to covet the property of his courtiers. It's just that now a penny is a hero, even if Zhu Qizhen vacates the internal transportation warehouse, he will take out so much money.

Moreover, the furniture of two million taels is still counted as less, and the Chengguo Gong alone is not less than 10,000 stones per year, and there are various rewards in terms of titles, official positions, and so on. and the land given by the imperial court, as well as the private land of the Chengguo family, the specific number of Zhu Qizhen is not clear, but there are still tens of thousands of acres. This is still on the right track, as for the gray income, the encroachment of acres below, the smuggling of ordnance, don't you give the boss filial piety money, and even all kinds of monopoly businesses, in the background of the salt merchants, it is estimated that there are also Cheng Guogong.

It's just that the expenses of the Chengguo Mansion are also large, and there are probably less than 200 silver deposits

Ten thousand taels. If these materials are slowly realized, there will be tens of millions of taels of silver.

It's just in a hurry, but it's going to be discounted.

But even so, Zhou Chen's judgment is also a conservative judgment.

It's just that it's a little too ugly. What should I do?

Zhu Qizhen was still thinking about it, and he heard the sound of footsteps outside in a hurry, and Fan Hong's voice outside the door changed a little, and said: "Emperor, the old slave asks to see, and the army reports urgently." ”

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "It's probably the news of the big defeat that has come." He said, "Come in and speak." ”

Fan Hong came in, although he tried to be calm, but there was still a hint of panic, Zhu Qizhen frowned suddenly, and said secretly in his heart: "This Fan Hong still can't bear it." ”

However, Zhu Qizhen's celebrant eunuch is actually the role of a big secretary, which is important in the political life of the Ming Dynasty, but it will never develop into the situation of the internal minister.

Therefore, it doesn't matter if Fan Hong can sit around without being surprised. It's just that Zhu Qizhen took over the secret music. He opened it and looked at it, and his heart suddenly sank. Secretly said: "How dare he, how dare he?" ”

In fact, although the news of the defeat is tightly sealed, on the whole, for some high-level personnel, they should know about it.

After all, Yang Hong's dispatch of troops to deal with such a thing must also pass through the Ministry of War.

The cabinet and even the military department all had a prediction, but they didn't expect such a miserable defeat.

At this moment, what surprised Zhu Qizhen was not the news of the defeat, but the suicide of Cheng Guogong.

When Zhu Qizhen saw the news, he only felt his brain buzz. To tell the truth, Zhu Qizhen is here to measure whether to kill Cheng Guogong or not. Although he felt embarrassed, Zhu Qizhen still tended to save Chengguogong's life in his heart.

is not only the strength of the Jing Nanxun group, but also the ability of Cheng Guogong, although Cheng Guogong was defeated, and the defeat was very miserable, but the generals who can lead hundreds of thousands of troops and lead one side are not so easy to find in Daming.

Even though Cheng Guogong was defeated by Wa Zhu, his ability to defend one side was still trustworthy.

But as soon as Cheng Guogong died, the handling of many things suddenly determined the framework.

The so-called death of man is great. Cheng Guogong is dead. It is impossible for Zhu Qizhen to pull out the whip corpse, and it is meaningless, Cheng Guogong committed suicide, and he has enough sympathy points.

There is only one choice that Zhu Qizhen can make to appease, Jing Nan Xungui, and the hatred of the country and the family, which may pull Jing Nan Xungui's forces to the emperor's side.

I've said it before.

The so-called Jingnan Xungui group is actually the old ministry left by Emperor Taizong, they are not disloyal to the Ming Dynasty, but they have their own interest orientation, which is inconsistent with the interests of the Ming Dynasty or Zhu Qizhen.

Now Maoerzhuang is defeated, and Jing Nanxun is a backbone general

, almost all casualties, Chengguo Gong died, it can be said that Jing Nanxun's real power generals are almost empty.

Although there is a Zhang Fu, Zhang Fu is already old, and now there is news of illness.

Zhu Qizhen promoted a few generals from among these people, and these generals could become Zhu Qizhen's people. For such benefits, put it on the lips, how can Zhu Qizhen not want it.

However, although Cheng Guogong used his death to pave a road for his family, he followed his old department. But Zhu Qizhen had an obvious sense of frustration.

It is the frustration of becoming a higher level of public chess.

Although Cheng Guogong's last chess piece was laid with his own life.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly had a feeling, and said secretly: "Without the position of emperor, can I really defeat so many smart people?" ”

Zhu Qizhen is not without a golden finger, his biggest golden finger is the identity of the emperor, in this society, some people have struggled all their lives, and it is estimated that they are just begging for a chance to enter the Qianqing Palace to kowtow to him.

Zhu Qizhen hid his frustration for a moment and handed the letter to Zhou Chen.

When Zhou Chen saw it, he was also stunned, and secretly said in his heart: "Chengguo Gong is also decisive." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "This matter can't be hidden, we must prepare immediately, I am ready to send Baoding Hou Mengying to take over as the general of the conquest and lead the Xuanda army." Jingying sent another 50,000 out of Juyongguan. As a result, the Beijing soldiers are somewhat insufficient. ”

"I'm going to recruit 50,000 soldiers, and you're ready."

Zhou Chen was taken aback and said, "Your Majesty, this thing is too sudden?" ”

Zhou Chen's implication is not that this matter is sudden, but that this matter conflicts with many existing systems, and Zhou Chen is worried that the people below will oppose it.

Zhu Qizhen said: "You don't have to worry about this, whether the household can support it." ”

Zhou Chen pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said: "After all, in the future, all the officials and the military salaries for recruiting soldiers will be replaced by silver dollars, even if they can't be replaced all, use more grain and less silver dollars to support the past temporarily." ”

This year's northern soldiers, the great flood of the Yellow River, the cut off of water transportation, and other factors are all reflected in the price of grain, and this year's grain price is about one tael of silver, two stones, and five buckets.

There are tens of millions of stone level grain in the Daming Jingcang, this year Hebei except for the Daimyofu, Hejian Mansion because of the Yellow River flood harvest is not good, other places harvest is good. Therefore, Hebei can supply a lot of grain and grass.

Therefore, the grain in the hands of the imperial court is relatively sufficient.

This is the reason why Zhou Chen changed his fiscal policy, sending more grain and less silver.

It's just that this is actually very dangerous, the grain in Jingcang can be said to be Beijing's Dinghai Shen Needle, once Jingcang's empty, Beijing's grain prices skyrocket, the imperial court will not even have measures to intervene.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Zhou Qing has worked hard. ”