Hearing that Tianqi said that this matter had come to the army, Sun Chengzong felt that there was a big problem here. It is understandable and forgivable that ordinary people are dissatisfied with the imperial court, there are many different kinds of people in a country, and there are also various needs ‰ Use the things that Li Si likes to visit this site v three may not like it, and Li Si hates people who may not be cited as confidants, as the so-called public mouth is difficult to reconcile, so it is impossible for any ruler to be supported by everyone. Those who are supported by all have only two possibilities, one is that the people under the rule have been brainwashed by all the success, and everyone's likes and dislikes have become the same; Another is that the ruler has the ability of a thousand-armed Guanyin, which can meet the needs of all.

Apocalypse does not brainwash his subordinate officials, he feels that the most valuable value of a person is not his strength but his wisdom, so he has been sparing no effort to tap the potential of his ministers. He resolutely didn't care about what he shouldn't be in charge of, and he tried his best to let others help him take care of what he should do, saying that doing so would not only cultivate talents but also enable him to live a few more years. Tianqi is not Guanyin Bodhisattva, he can't meet everyone's needs, so there are many people who scold him, but judging from what he has done in the past year, there are slightly more people who praise him than scold him.

The apocalypse who scolded him was able to deal with him calmly, because he believed that his own faults could be seen in the words of the dissatisfied people, and if others were reasonable, he would find a way to make up for them, and then improve and perfect his own abilities. But he has always been quite wary of two kinds of people, one is a businessman and the second is a soldier.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not like merchants is a tradition with a long history, and there is no need to find out why the previous emperors did not like merchants, and now there is a new explanation for this tradition here in the Apocalypse. The apocalypse said that the people in addition to obeying the government's orders also recognize money, and it is possible for merchants who hold a large amount of silver to unite a large number of people with the silver in their hands, and if there are no restrictions on merchants, it is not impossible for the Ming dynasty to change color. From this point of view, the Apocalypse imposed a maximum of 20% of the maximum profit for all merchants, with the aim of gradually making the imperial court dominant in economic activities, so that all merchants could only become vassals of the imperial court's household department.

If the Apocalypse is a restriction and transformation for the merchants, then he is vigilant and precautionary against the soldiers" In a few months, Hong Chengchou caused a month-long controversy in the court, and the Apocalypse did not blame him but trusted him, and one of the most important reasons was because this controversy made the armies in various places more effectively controlled. Now it is okay for some people to accuse the imperial court of its governing policies, and it is okay to accuse Tianqi himself of various mistakes, but anyone can accuse only the soldiers.

Sun Chengzong thought for a while and asked Tianqi: "I don't know if the emperor started to say that the matter of posting tabloids is related to the guard, is it a rumor or is there evidence?" As far as the minister knows, the emperor sent Zu Dashou to control more than 5,000 officers and soldiers of Hongshanwei, and this Hongshanwei is still far away from the Beijing division in Nanzhili, is there any misunderstanding in this? ”

Apocalypse said, "Mr. Sun doesn't know how I found out these people, right? In fact, I have been secretly spying on two kinds of people, one is a merchant and the other is a garrison. Wei Zhongxian, a fool, has always focused the main energy of Dongchang on spying on the ministers of the DPRK and China, which is simply stupid! I believe that the ministers of the court and the central government have all grown up reading the books of sages, and their loyalty is engraved in the bones, so there is no need to question it at all☆ It is the army and merchants who should be guarded against, one of them holds the armed forces and the other holds the material power such as silver and grain, and the death of the Ming Dynasty will definitely fall on them. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "So the emperor happened to find out these people who wrote tabloids according to Jinyiwei's secret reports about other matters?" ”

Tianqi said: "Yes, last year, Wei Zhongxian secretly reported that Hongshanwei privately cultivated private land, but the harm was not great, and I thought that the inland guards were often in arrears, so they also turned a blind eye" A Jinyi Wei who was in charge of monitoring the big households in Jiangnan reported that there were several big families in Nanzhili who had dealings with the people of Hongshanwei, and I asked them to continue to investigate in detail, who knew that the people of these big families were found to be in collusion with merchants, garrisons, courtiers, and people who had strong dissatisfaction with me in connection with the tabloid incident ♀ on May 10, I'll be a fool if I don't do it again. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "I don't know what the emperor is going to do with them? Tell the bottom and let the ministers have a number in their hearts, and when it comes to military affairs, they should cut through the mess quickly so as not to panic. ”

Tianqi said: "Mr. Sun is old, I asked Liu Zongzhou and Liu Yixian to come today, and I also want to hear your opinions, you can discuss and give a solution." However, I want to emphasize one point, the chief and deputy commanders of the Red Mountain Guard must die! All the soldiers under his command must be transferred and not left in their places. ”

Sun Chengzong frowned and said: "In fact, before the minister came, he had already seen the report of the Bohai Naval Region and the General Army of Nanzhili, and the minister also specially checked the files of the past few years about Hongshanwei, and also knew about the cultivation of silkworms in their private fields. ”

Tianqi said: "Sir may not know, the commander of this Hongshanwei is very talented, I heard that several big families who have business dealings with them have entered Beijing, and they feel that the opportunity has come to support them, so they also quietly wrote a text to watch it themselves." Jin Yiwei had already sent me his own handwriting, two of which said: 'When the imperial power infringes on the interests of merchants, we are silent; When the imperial power infringed on the interests of the scholars, we did not keep silent; When the imperial power infringed on the interests of the courtiers, we did not keep silent; When the imperial power infringed on the interests of the hundred workers, we still did not make a sound; Then one day, when the imperial power infringes on our interests, no one will make a sound. 'This is the original manuscript, sir, what do you want to do when he says this?' After speaking, Tan Jing sent a piece of paper to Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong looked at it and sighed and said, "He's doing death!" ”

Tianqi said: "I know that he is depressed because he has changed his new boss and has no support, and at the same time, because I let out the wind a while ago, saying that he will start to clean up the empty quota and lack of training in various health centers in the second half of the year, he feels that he can't live a very nourishing life like before, and he is resentful ♀ that when the paper is sent, it still smells of wine on it, and it is said that their chief and deputy commanders have drunk wine all night and talked for a long time. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Since it is a drunken remark and it is not posted, it shows that although they are dissatisfied, they have no disobedience, can they open the net and let them make meritorious contributions?" ”

Tianqi said: "If they post it, it will be the Zhulian Nine Clans, Mr. has watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?" When Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan, the eunuch who did not kill the lost period only beat him, but after this person went back, he held a grudge and said in the ear of the queen Liu Chan that Zhuge Liang had an antipathy, which caused Zhuge Liang to return to the army in advance and fell short. Some people cannot easily punish him, but as long as he decides to punish him, he must do so in order to avoid resentment when he feels that he has been treated unfairly. And I decided to kill them not because of what they did, but because they had thoughts that they shouldn't have as soldiers. ”

Liu Zongzhou, who had been staying aside and didn't speak, said at this time: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, this person is thoughtful, and the emperor also said that the ministers will express their thoughts, why are they not allowed to have thoughts this time?" ”

Apocalypse said, "Because they are soldiers!" If they were expressing their thoughts as ordinary people, how could I think of killing them before I was happy? But they are now soldiers, so they can't have thoughts. For me, a soldier must have two qualities, one is absolute loyalty to me, and the other is absolute obedience to me. When a soldier has a thought, his loyalty is discounted loyalty, and his obedience is also selective obedience, what do I want to do with such a soldier? ”

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Tianqi said: "Mr. Sun is in charge of the Military Affairs Yuan, you have to spread my words to the ears of all soldiers in the country, a soldier's vocation is loyalty and obedience, and there is no room for other things under loyalty and obedience." If anyone has a thought that cannot be held back to express, please put down your weapon and take off the armor on your body first, and express it as an ordinary person, I will be very welcome. ”