Chapter 74: The Bitter Chongzhen (Revised)
Who can understand the monarch!
The conflict in the court, for Chongzhen, he is already accustomed to.
In the dead of night, he thought about it again, today's Guang Shiheng's impeachment of Zhu Ciying, the son of Deshi, deep down, he hoped that Zhu Ciying would be locked in the high wall of the Central Capital like the Tang King, and then ...... Whether he is dead or alive, Zhongdu will have a decision.
"I can't kill him now!"
Once again, Chongzhen shouted in his heart.
Because he really doesn't know how to explain to his ancestors.
He could even imagine that if he really locked Zhu Ciying in the high wall, it was estimated that Emperor Gao would be able to kick the coffin board away in anger, and then strangle him to death!
But that kid has really endangered the Ming Dynasty!
This thought, the moment it just came out, Chongzhen himself felt blush. He felt red-faced, and he was even ashamed that he would come up with such an idea.
I'm really good as an emperor!
If you can't fight Jiannu by yourself, you have to kill the clan that can defeat Jiannu, this is ...... The world will laugh at it!
People of the world...... How do they know the bitterness in my heart!
Who of them can understand me?
"I am so diligent in government, why is the current situation in the world still so unstable!"
In addition to the depression in his heart, again, Chongzhen said to himself.
Indeed, as an emperor, Chongzhen believes that he is from Sejong, no, since Wuzong, the most diligent emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but so what?
Sometimes even Chongzhen felt that he was too tired, so he asked the eunuch Bingbi to read the song Shu and Tang Bao to him and draft the decree for him, but he couldn't completely rest assured about the eunuchs around him, and often wondered if they would become Wei Zhongxian, whether they would secretly collude with the courtiers, keep him in the dark, and even control the government like Wei Zhongxian, so whenever he felt tired, at most he just took a little rest, and still beat his spirits, personally reviewed the documents, personally drafted the decree, in the Ming Dynasty, Some important drafts of edicts are drafted by cabinet ministers, which are called vote drafts. However, as the emperor, he was always not satisfied with the votes of the auxiliary ministers, and he had to revise the words with a red pen.
But all of this is too tiring, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and to be able to see the ancestors!
But the more this happened, the more he felt like a worm trapped in a spider's web, and every time he wanted to move, he wanted to struggle, but in exchange for more troubles.
He felt that the past ten years, the years passed seemed to be a muddy road, year after year of difficult progress, and the two feet became more and more difficult, deeper and deeper, although he believed that there was no more diligent emperor than him throughout the ages, he tried to make great efforts, trying to save the Ming Dynasty from danger, but there are always new troubles, new misfortunes, new shocks waiting for him. Often one affliction has not yet passed, and the second affliction comes again, sometimes even several afflictions come at the same time.
Last year, seeing that the western thieves were about to be eliminated, the bandits were finally able to be pacified, but in the winter, Jiannu broke the wall and entered the bandits, but everything changed, so he had to issue an order to King Qin to transfer the army of bandits back to King Qin. It seems to be just a holy decree, but it has ruined the achievements of suppressing bandits in the Ming Dynasty for several years, and can only be appeased, but those Western bandits, how can they be good people, especially Zhang Xianzhong, that is the thief who burned the Zhongdu and the imperial tomb, if he doesn't kill him, how can he be worthy of his ancestors?
But for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the Han land from falling into the hands of Jiannu, it can only be like this!
Now, Jiannu has finally withdrawn from the army, and as for the western thieves, they have also been appeased, or they have taken refuge in the mountains...... The world seems to be about to settle down.
But the days did not get better as Chongzhen longed, and all kinds of things still pressed on him, making him breathless.
Although it is only April, there are already urgent reports in various places, many places have been without rain for 100 days, the rivers have dried up, this must be another year of great drought, and even the capital has begun to starve to death.
Why is this the case?
Chongzhen sometimes seems to understand, sometimes he doesn't, he doesn't understand at all. Until now, he has not broken off his mind to be the "master of Zhongxing" in the Ming Dynasty. But now he no longer openly said to his subordinates what he was going to do as the "Lord of Zhongxing", and he had said this more than once a few years ago.
He wanted to recover Liaodong, but before he could get his wish, Jiannu came to the capital several times, and even repeatedly broke through the wall and entered the Kou, killing countless people, and even had a big meaning of using Beizhili as a public toilet.
He wants to pacify the western thieves and robbers and return peace to the people of the world, but now although some rogues have been appeased, there are still rogues everywhere.
He wanted to make a false snake with Jiannu first, and wanted to temporarily ease his breath by negotiating peace, and then go all out to eliminate the western thieves and rogues, but all the officials in the court strongly opposed the peace. even moved his ancestors out, and in the face of such pressure, he didn't dare to propose any peace at all.
Why can't it be done?
Why is this happening?
Chongzhen's heart was full of doubts. But he refused to give up, and still silently held on to hope. But where is the hope?
After a long sigh, although he was upset, Chongzhen still picked up the fold on the table, opened it and looked at it, his brows couldn't help frowning, it was the same fold again.
You don't need to look at it, Chongzhen knows the content of the excerpt.
This is the twist and turn of Suncheonfu.
There is no doubt, and it is the problem that the imperial court wants food.
However, is there still food in the imperial court?
Seeing the soaring price of grain in the capital mentioned in the excerpt, when the people were already unstoppable, although Chongzhen's heart was extremely painful, he had no choice.
Chongzhen 12 years, for the Ming Dynasty is not a good year, although the Qing army has withdrawn, but the drying up of part of the canal has interrupted the main transportation line of the capital, the capital is in short supply, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military panicked, and the people complained.
The people's complaints also spread to the palace, for this, as the emperor Chongzhen is also willing but powerless, after all, the granary of Tongzhou has also been fired, and now, even the food in the palace is not enough, what can he do?
Looking at the content in the excerpt, especially when he saw the mention of profiteers hoarding Juqi, Chongzhen was even more annoyed,
"Hey, when will the price of food in the capital be the head! …… These profiteers are really hateful, don't they know how to share the worries of the monarch? ”
Although he scolded those profiteers, all Chongzhen could do was to annotate on the fold.
"I already know ......"