Chapter 41: History Comes
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Originally, Zhu Youxiao planned to return to the future world tomorrow to accept his huge sums of money, but a sudden event interrupted Zhu Youxiao's trip.
On November 4, the seventh year of the weather, the villagers of Gaojia Village, Ansai County, Shaanxi Province, under the leadership of the bandit leader Gao Yingxiang, broke through the county seat of Linyang County, killed 10 county commanders, and plundered the rich merchants in the city.
Zhu Youxiao was shocked when he received the news, and what shocked Zhu Youxiao was not the killing of dozens of officials, but the name Gao Yingxiang, which made Zhu Youxiao shocked.
People in later generations may not know Gao Yingxiang's name, but there is a famous figure Li Zicheng among his subordinates.
It can be said that Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng are the last drop of vitality of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the Manchu Qing Dynasty would never have entered the customs because of this.
For Gao Yingxiang, the gravedigger of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but cheer up his spirit, wanting to kill him in the bud.
Some say they are great peasant uprisings, while others say they are sinners who have reduced the Han people to more than 300 years.
But now, whether they are great rebels or sinners, in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, they are now his enemies, because he is the emperor of the Ming Empire, and he can't let the empire fall.
In the Warm Spring Pavilion, due to the cold weather, the stove has already been lit in the Warm Spring Pavilion, making the entire Warm Spring Pavilion as warm and comfortable as the name.
Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon shore where he usually reviewed the chapters, and below him were cabinet members and six Shangshu.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao, who was anxious, said directly after seeing everyone sitting down.
"Regarding Gao Yingxiang's murder and rebellion, what countermeasures do you have?"
Perhaps it was because the tone was too serious, which made the cabinet members and the six books a little confused.
After all, the killing of officials and rebellions happen from time to time in any dynasty, and if you don't talk about it, let's talk about it now.
Sichuan Yongning (now Xuyong) Xuanfu Si Hao Chongming and Guizhou Shuixi (now Dafang area) Xuanfu Si Anwei's uncle An Bangyan's rebellion, also known as the Anbei Rebellion in Guizhou.
In September of the first year of the Apocalypse (1621), Gao Chongming started an incident in Chongqing and surrounded Chengdu for more than 100 days. An Bangyan raised troops in February of the second year of the Apocalypse and besieged Guiyang for more than 200 days.
After the rebellion, the Ming court transferred Shuixi and Yongning troops to Liaodong to fight and provoked a rebellion. The war lasted for 17 years from the first year of the Apocalypse to the tenth year of Chongzhen, affecting the four provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guizhou, with more than one million casualties and large-scale battles lasting 9 years.
In the war, Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, died, Wang Sanshan, the governor of Guizhou, Lu Qin, the prime minister of the crown of the southwest generals, was defeated and killed, and the general army of Guizhou was killed under the city of Guiyang. In the end, it was pacified by Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Sichuan, Qin Liangyu, the chief soldier of Shizhu, Du Wenhuan, the chief soldier of Sichuan, and Wang Sanshan, the governor of Guizhou.
This incident was a rebellion by officers and soldiers, and the lethality was 10,000 times greater than that of the displaced people. Countless feudal officials died on the battlefield, and they have never seen Zhu Youxiao react like this, and I don't know why Zhu Youxiao is so serious about this matter.
According to the deliberation of the cabinet, it was planned to order the two provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi to gather troops that could be fought to encircle and suppress, and by the way, Wang Ziyong and others, who occupied the mountains as kings, were wiped out together.
Zhu Youxiao looked at the cabinet members who didn't care and the six Shangshu could only smile bitterly in his heart, he couldn't tell all about Gao Yingxiang's future economic strength.
If he really said with a serious face that this Gao Yingxiang would be the gravedigger of the Ming Dynasty in the future, he would toss the Ming Dynasty very hard, this is not the most serious, the most serious thing is that there is a person named Li Zicheng under his hands, that is, Zhu Youzhen, who he forced into Beijing. Oh, you may wonder why Zhu Youzhen was suddenly mentioned. In fact, I should have died last time, and Zhu Youzhen succeeded to the throne after my death. As a result, Li Zicheng entered the city of Beijing, and Zhu Youzhen, who was forced to do so, had no choice but to hang himself on the crooked neck tree in Meishan. died miserably, accompanied by a big eunuch Wang Chengen.
These ministers may think that they have lost their minds and have to think about replacing their own emperor, after all, they can't let a neurotic be the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao looked at everyone's reactions, and could only put one explanation.
"Gao Yingxiang's murder of officials and rebellion, although there are extenuating circumstances, but this wind cannot be controlled, if every person is like this person who kills officials and rebels without saying a word, then what do you want me to do."
Everyone also nodded after hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, and they recognized this matter very much, after all, their position was also held out by these ordinary people, if it really caused the people of the world to rebel, then they would not have a good life.
Cui Wenxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was the first to stand up, "What Your Majesty said is very true, if the people of the world are killing and rebelling one by one, what do you want me to do with the law of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Youxiao was also very happy to see a minister stand up with him, but Cui Wenxiu's next sentence made Zhu Youxiao angry with smoke above his head.
"It's just that Your Majesty is now closed by heavy snow, which makes it difficult for the army to move, so the minister implores Your Majesty to wait until the beginning of spring before marching the army."
Zhu Youxiao was a little angry, "No, no, you have to send troops now, and you must not let Gao Yingxiang run away."
The cabinet members and the six Shangshu looked at each other with incredulous expressions. Even the Donglin Party, which is opposed to the members of the Eunuch Party, Liu Yixiu, a cabinet scholar, Han Yi, Zhou Jiamo, the secretary of the household department, and Qiao Yunsheng, the secretary of the criminal department, all agree with Cui Wenxiu's statement.
After all, in the case of heavy snow and road closures, forcing the march will only increase the burden and may even lead to the failure of the entire operation.
Everyone didn't understand what was the reason why Zhu Youxiao was so out of shape, regardless of the danger of forced marching, he had to forcibly send troops.
In the end, it was Han Huang, a member of the Cabinet University, who stood up, "Your Majesty's military department is still in the book, what Lord Cui said is very true, if you force the army at this time, it will only increase the casualties and increase the burden, it is better to wait until spring, when the heavy snow has dissipated, and then send troops at this time."
Zhu Youxiao himself was also upset because he heard the name Gao Yingxiang, and wanted to kill him in the bud. For a while, I forgot that sending troops in winter was a big burden, and even such a developed society in later generations could not afford it, let alone soldiers who only walked on two legs today.
"Then prepare for the spring army."
As the emperor, Zhu Youxiao naturally would not admit his mistakes to his courtiers, but he also changed, and the idea of sending troops now was also indirectly to inform the ministers that he had understood.
"As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the army is out, and the matter of grain and grass is the top priority. The matter was handed over to the head of the household, and no matter what method was used, it was necessary to ensure three months' worth of grain and grass."
"Subordinate Honor".
Looking at the goose feather snow floating outside again, Zhu Youxiao's mind couldn't help but become active.
"Looks like I'm going to have to pick up my pace."