Outside the imperial city, the onlookers of the Beijing division praised the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Guards Brigade who stood in three squares like steel pouring iron. The people of the capital are extremely familiar with the style of the soldiers in the Beijing camp, and most of the children of the Beijing camp are good-looking on the outside, but they are arrogant and lazy on the inside, and there are few people who usually go to the teaching ground to deal with the drills, and they disperse before it gets dark, so this combat effectiveness is naturally not worth mentioning.

However, in view of the responsibilities they undertake, this issue of combat effectiveness cannot be the only indicator for evaluating the three major battalions. Everyone's division of labor is different! You have been on the battlefield for decades, and you may not be able to mix a division cadre, people can sing a few popular songs such as the most dazzling national style and Tianlu, and you can earn a lot of money, and you can also carry the rank of colonel and claim to be the head of a certain regiment to participate in various commercial performances. Then you can also put on your knees to give flowers to the teacher on the occasion of thanking the teacher. It fully embodies his respect for teachers and education.

As the name suggests, the 3,000 battalion is composed of 3,000 cavalry, divided into five divisions, and is in charge of the emperor's flag, public uniforms, soldiers' golden drums, imperial treasures, etc., and generally does not go on the expedition.

The five military camps, more responsible for drills, in the early Ming Dynasty and the middle of the Ming Dynasty, is the general training base of all armies in the country, such as the squad army is under the jurisdiction of the five military camps, there are also straight fork knife hands, enclosure executioner battalions, young officials and people loyal battalions, service battalions, etc., are the children of officers, noble descendants.

The above two are at most the honor guards of the Ming court. Speaking of which, among the three major battalions, the one that can fight is the Shenji Battalion, and the firearms such as guns and cannons have been accompanied by Chengzu many times since the Yongle years, and the war achievements are impressive. What kind of firearms does Daming have? They were first handed over to their battalions for use, such as the Franc machine, the Hongyi cannon, the Lu Mi gun, etc., which can be regarded as the seed troops in the Ming army.

However, the three major battalions are also the same as the current Ming court, which has accumulated disadvantages for a long time and has many drawbacks. Although there are 100,000 fixed troops, and 160,000 officers and soldiers of the second class in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is really difficult to say how many there are. And the squad army is like the box army of the Song Dynasty. You are not allowed to enter the exercise all year round. Being called by the magnates of the capital to drink and do chores and hard labor, and even building houses and digging ponds and marshes are all within the responsibility of the class army.

Not to mention combat effectiveness, of course. Speaking of appearances. The five battalions, the three thousand battalions, and the Shenji battalion, are all tall and mighty. It is completely a model of the tiger and the pixiu master in the emperor's mind. During the military parade, the emperor stood in a forest of flags, his helmet was bright, and the officers and soldiers shouted long live. Every time I feel happy.

However, unlike the idol faction of the three major battalions, the soldiers of the Guards Brigade that the people of Jingshi see today are completely taking the route of the powerful faction. Although he is not as tall and majestic as the soldiers and horses of the three battalions, he is energetic and murderous in his gestures. There is an old man with excellent eyesight, so he compared this group of soldiers with the white pole soldiers who entered Beijing to sacrifice prisoners that year, and some people felt that even the Zhejiang soldiers trained by Master Qi were slightly inferior.

The soldiers of these guards brigades came to participate in the court meeting with the Shouhan, but according to the Ming code system, they were not allowed to enter the imperial city. can only stay outside, and be entertained by the officials of the Five Cities Terracotta Division and the Ministry of Rites, serving tea and food.

Ning Yuanbo Li Shouhan's handsome banner was clenched in the hands of the flag officer, fluttering fiercely in the autumn wind, but the owner of the handsome flag had already entered the imperial city with the eunuch.

Emperor Chongzhen has a special honor, and the Han can ride a horse in the imperial city, which is the grace of "rewarding the horse" that has become a big road goods in the Qing Dynasty, but it is very rare at this time. Although there was this grace, the Shouhan did not dare to ride his horse and gallop, but only followed the reins of the horse under the guidance of the eunuch. In the blink of an eye, we came to the Chengtian Gate in the south of the Forbidden City, which is the Tiananmen Square we are familiar with.

Outside the Chengtian Gate is the commonly known Heavenly Street, from this to the palace city, the civil and military officials who participated in the court meeting walked in the direction of the main hall, on the square in front of the Imperial Palace, the dazzling ramie clothes gathered, officials at all levels lined up in front of the bronze grade mountain according to their respective grades, waiting for the beginning of the court meeting.

There are civil and military acquaintances with Shouhan, who constantly greeted him with a smile, and then entered the Imperial Palace one after another. And the protagonist of today's court meeting, Shouhan himself, has to wait for the emperor's decree to be summoned outside the imperial palace. before entering the main hall under the watchful eye of everyone.

Three silent whips sounded, and the front of the hall suddenly became silent. Those petty officials below the fifth rank who could not enter the hall because of their rank and status looked at each other and held their breath one by one, lest their own unceremonious behavior be discovered by the Jinyi Guard and the group of crows in the Yushitai.

There was only an occasional gust of wind blowing in the whole square, which made people's official robes make a slight sound, and the sound of armor leaves on the Han generals who stood on both sides of the road next to the main hall.

In addition to the occasional various ceremonies of the imperial court, such as rewards, prisoners, and expeditions, the Imperial Palace is actually rarely used in the upper court, which is not the core symbol of power of the Ming court, but a symbol of power and prestige. The Ming Emperors of the past dynasties dealt with political affairs, generally placed in Fengtianmen, Qianqing Palace and other places, but today's Huangji Hall is destined to leave a heavy mark in the memory of everyone.

In the Imperial Palace, Emperor Chongzhen sat on the throne, looking around, his eyes were full of well-dressed beasts. Mansluo silk court clothes, crane complements, peacock complements, hedgehog complements, unicorn complements, jade-inlaid belts, rhino horn belts, all of them are purple with gold and purple waists.

At this time, the ministers dressed in the court clothes of birds and beasts engaged in a war of words.

The main topic of today's DPRK meeting is to discuss the current military situation in Liaodong, Henan, and Jifu Shandong. However, apart from attacking each other, none of the ministers could come up with a plan that worked. Emperor Chongzhen looked at it expressionlessly, looking at the various officials below.

"Ministers, I have summoned Ning Yuanbo to Beijing, if you talk about leading troops to fight, can anyone here be more proficient than Ning Yuanbo? I can't wait to hear Ning Yuanbo's opinion. ”

Chongzhen is very smart, but it's a pity that he was born wrong, if he was born before Wanli Year, I am afraid that he is also a holy candle emperor. In fact, which of the Ming Dynasty emperors who were smeared by the literati was a fuel-efficient lamp? It is the Ming Wuzong who left the most jokes, facing the eunuchs, the feudal kings who made trouble, the old-fashioned rogues such as Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi who wandered all over the country, and the little Mongolian prince who haunted the grass valley in the area of Xuanzhen in Datong, and these many chaos were exchanged for the so-called sage king. For example, Kangxi and Qianlong are afraid that they will be enough to drink a pot of water, but this Ming Wuzong, who only left a ridiculous reputation, is able to cope with them one by one.

Chongzhen has already made up his mind, today's matter is all up to Ning Yuanbo. He only had to be a lord of the Holy Ming, and the Lord of the Holy Ming was not made by the emperor himself, but by the literati shaking their lips and shaking the pen. Therefore, the literati will never offend. Therefore, today's events, whether the east wind overpowers the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind, is for him, the emperor. All are advantageous.

Ning Yuanbo had the upper hand. Chongzhen can clearly edict the world and implement the money and grain system proposed by Li Shouhan. The civil and military ministers had the upper hand, and Ning Yuanbo was tantamount to offending the entire bureaucracy, and he wanted to plot a great rebellion. It is also the loss of the mass base. Lost hearts.

In whose hands are the finances of the state? A large part of them are literati, and they collect taxes from them, and they have to collect a uniform progressive tax. Now I'm afraid that Taizu and Chengzu may not be easy to climb out of the two mausoleums in Nanjing and Beijing, right?! With the ability of the emperor of Shenzong back then, in the end, he had to do his duty, and he was taken out to talk about things year after year. At every turn, he is detained as a hat of greedy for money and good goods and competing for profits with the people. Joke, the mining tax collected by Wanli was used to fight the three major levies, and he never snatched a penny of tax from the hands of the small people in Shengdou, but it was just the hard work of the wealthy family, and he was scolded like that, this Li Shouhan actually wanted to do such an amazing move, alas! I still don't know what's going on in the Ming Dynasty!

When Li Shouhan, who wore a python robe and a jade belt with an ivory jade waist card hanging from his waist, walked up to the main hall, looked at the dust and danced, sang and bowed, everyone in the hall looked at the five-clawed dragon pattern on the python robe and the sea water Jiangya all admired, Ning Yuanbo's bearing and majesty were the dragon and phoenix among people.

However, after listening to his great remarks on the relationship between finance and taxation and the suppression of thieves and rebellion, almost all of them stared at Li Shouhan with eyes that hated to eat the flesh of Er.

An imperial historian came out of the class and said: "The minister impeached Li Shouhan for arguing about the ancestral system and plotting against him. Taizu set the world, made people exempt from taxes, reduced commercial taxes, and did what he did, so that the world would not be educated, and the government and the people would not compete for profits. Today, Li Shouhan said that the officials and gentry paid grain in one and implemented the customs, which was a disguised scolding of the ancestors for being a faint monarch and harming the people. And the officials and gentry pay food in one body, how to implement education? Compete with the people for profit, how can the people live? Such a kingless and fatherless person should be beheaded for public display. ”

As soon as this remark came out, the ministers echoed one after another, of course, they echoed the imperial envoy's criticism of Li Shouhan, and few people dared to mention beheading. However, Xue Guoguan felt that he should come out to make a round, so as not to make Ning Yuanbo's face look bad, but just when he was about to move, Li Shouhan spoke: "The law of the ancestors is to govern the country of the ancestors." The wish of the ancestors is that the sea is clear and the river is clear, and the world is peaceful. Regardless of whether it is the Qin law or the Han law, which world is stable and the citizens are rich, which is a good law. The ancestors were exempt from raising people's food back then, just because there were many idle fields in the world and few scholars, so that the exemption of some money and food did not hinder the national treasury, and it could also encourage progress. The reduction of commercial taxes is also in the hope that businessmen can reduce exploitation and benefit the livelihood of small people. But the boat on the river, facing in Jiangling, and the sea at night, carved the boat can seek a sword. Today, there are few people in this place, the number of scholars is increasing, and the income of the imperial court has been greatly reduced, so how can there be leisure to reduce or reduce the tax burden. Merchants are in and out, and who considers the benevolence of Taizu. In addition, it is not a peaceful and prosperous era now, the domestic war disasters are continuous, and the scholars and merchants are all courtiers, and they should share their worries for their Majesty. The minister thought that those who refused to pay grain and taxes at this time were all rebellious, and they could be killed but not kept. ”

Regardless of whether it is the Qin law or the Han law, which world is stable and the citizens are rich, which is a good law. This end is a big hornet's nest. Since Dong Zhongshu, the big fool, first cleaned up the Confucian teachings and removed the things that the emperor didn't like, and got the dominant position of deposing the hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism, which Confucian disciple didn't praise the benevolence of the Han Dynasty and scolded the tyranny of Qin?

But now Li Shouhan said that regardless of the Qin and Han dynasties, the one that can make the world stable and the citizens rich is a good law, how can this be acceptable? Since the enlightenment of this group of people, what Mr. taught and learned by themselves, which one would not rather have the poisonous weeds of Confucianism than the wheat seedlings of others?

Li Shouhan's words, not to mention the angry eyebrows of the ministers, even Chongzhen was startled, obediently, you are ruthless, if you don't pay the money, you are a rebel? Uncle Ning Yuan, you are not a robber, you are really a wronged talent! In addition, the effect is too good, how do I think that if you give weapons to the ministers, Ning Yuanbo, you will turn into meat sauce in the blink of an eye.

The court was full of erudite scholars, but as the saying goes. I'm a hooligan, who am I afraid of. No matter how capable the scholars in the court are, they must also quote scriptures and speak on behalf of the saints, although they have done nothing behind their backs touching their daughters-in-law's buttocks and going to the nun's bed, but none of them openly question their authority. Now that Ning Yuanbo said that the rule of law of the ancestors is the country of the ancestors, and if he does not pay the money, he is a rebel, and the ministers are all dumbfounded and feel speechless. It's like if you were going to negotiate with your opponent for 300 rounds, but they just smashed the table. What do you do?

It's a time when everyone is thinking about how to deal with Lee Shouhan's hooliganism. A person looked at Chongzhen hesitantly, and Chongzhen also happened to look at him. Chongzhen nodded when he saw him looking at him, so this person immediately went out of the class and said, "The minister thinks that Ning Yuanbo is the words." It is a good word. ”

"The ministers are not afraid of the blame of His Majesty and the ministers. The minister risked death to say a word. I know that I have today, and all the ministers don't care. Since ancient times, the saints have clouds, and the lord is worried about the humiliation. But since the Ming Dynasty, there have been a few people who have been humiliated when their father was worried, but they scolded the faint monarch more than flies in the vegetable market. Since the rebellion in the East, the use of the country has been insufficient, and the monarch's father has reduced his food and clothing, and His Majesty has sinned against himself several times, but how can you have a person who donated a penny to supplement the treasury and took out a grain of rice to help the monarch's father with food and clothing. All you can do is ask for the inner treasury repeatedly. And Ning Yuanbo, although he was in thousands of miles, he sent money and grain to Liaodong in a steady stream, and there were silver dollars and rice grains to enrich the inner treasury to help the monarch's father with food and clothing. Ask yourselves, are you ashamed? ”

As soon as this person's voice fell, if someone took a photo with a digital camera, they would be surprised to find that my Ming court's court became Uncle Hei's court in an instant. The ministers all turned purple and black, and at the same time, several feet of black gas came out of their bodies, so they almost pulled out the firewood knife and immediately divided the body of this guy who didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

But in this way, the ministers immediately found an outlet, and for a while, the famous religion was rebellious, and the hat of the remnants of the eunuch party flew like raindrops, but this person didn't care, and he didn't even defend himself, and even a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Uncle Ning Yuan, Liu Zongzhou. Xi is the imperial history of the left capital and is in charge of Baitai. ”

Baitai is another quaint name for Yushitai, Liu Zongzhou means that I am the imperial history of the left capital, and the imperial history platform is under my control.

"It turned out to be Mr. Hiyama." Li Shouhan also returned a salute to Liu Zongzhou very elegantly, without the slightest pretense of flipping the table just now.

Just after hearing Ning Yuanbo's insight, the lower officials gained some knowledge. However, the way of governing the country is to treat the root cause with the Ming Sacred Learning, the second is to bow to the Holy Scholarship to build and govern the essentials, and the third is to emphasize the Sacred Scholarship to govern the need. The lower officials thought that the law that Ning Yuanbo said was just a palliative technique, and if the country wanted to have long-term peace and stability, and the four seas should be peaceful, the court system should be based on benevolence and righteousness, and our officials should put ethics first. In this way, with the assistance of the Holy Son of Heaven, it can be hoped that he will catch up with the world of the two ancestors. ”

Another pedantic man! Shouhan sneered in his heart. However, for the sake of this old gentleman who went on a hunger strike and died after Ming's death, he was not as vicious in tone and attitude as he was when he dealt with Shui Taileng and others.

"The old gentleman's words are wrong! The word benevolence and righteousness should be treated with whom! My Emperor Taizu Gao used the body of Huaixi cloth clothes, carried a three-foot sword and swept the world to wash away the bloody flesh, and killed the Mongolian Tatars like a river of blood, but why didn't he do benevolent and righteous things to Hu Lu? If you want to talk about benevolence and righteousness, the old gentleman might as well go out of Beijing at this moment, or to the south, or to the east, to find the Liaodong anti-thieves who are fighting against my Ming officers and soldiers and robbing my Ming people, and pay attention to the way of benevolence, righteousness and integrity! ”

Liu Zong, Zhou Huanhai, ups and downs, after many years of leisure, think that he has a clear understanding of the chronic diseases of the Ming Dynasty. The so-called freezing for three days is not a one-day cold. He believes that any method is a matter of quick success and cannot solve the fundamental problems of the country. He hoped to start from the emperor himself, first cultivate virtue and govern the heart, and get close to the Confucian ministers, which is the foundation of governance. In his "Painful Times, Straight Chen, Turning Chaos into a Cure Opportunity, and Relieving the Night" to Chongzhen, he counted the past maladministrations and asked Emperor Chongzhen to adjust the situation. He said:

When the ministers heard it, those who had heavenly virtue could then speak the royal way, and the key was to fear independence. Therefore, the way of the saint is not to seek everything. The minister hopes that the emperor will look at the time of the court, when he is close to the Confucian ministers, listen to the government, benefit from the history, pay attention to the learning of the two emperors and three kings, and seek his independence and be cautious, then neutralize the position and breed, and the Shu is not far from here and obtain.

Liu Zongzhou sold his "cautious independence" to Chongzhen, and Emperor Chongzhen was certainly not interested. It's all about the donkey's lips and the horse's mouth! The top priority at the moment is how to quell the thieves in Liaodong, how to quell the civil strife, how to raise military salaries, and how to solve the financial crisis. But what are you telling me here? Am I not cautious enough? Why don't you cultivate virtue and cure your mind first? What is said is nothing more than a rhetorical cliché.

At that moment, Long Yan was furious and sent a message to the cabinet to punish him severely. But later, because Liu Zongzhou was known to have a clear name, he might as well let him go, and I was also happy to have a reputation that could be said bluntly. It is because of the talisman of fame that Liu Zongzhou was able to pass the test safely.

However, now Li Shouhan's words are choked Liu Zongzhou's face is red and white for a while, obviously trembling with anger, but he doesn't know how to refute it. Can you say that Zhu Yuanzhang killed the Mongols? In that case, Chongzhen will be able to pull you out and kill you immediately.

However, the other people present did not have Liu Zongzhou's self-cultivation, and the accusations, insults, and shouts resounded in the Imperial Palace. (To be continued......)