Chapter 184: The Dawn of the Great Ming
As soon as Guan Shanyue stepped into the Guanghua Palace, Emperor Chongzhen walked in front of him in three steps and two steps, took his hand and said excitedly: "Today is the day of rest, and I remember that it is really a big matter to discuss when I summoned Aiqing. The matter between Hejian Mansion and Shandong www.biquge.info has been negotiated, and some of them are their students who know the righteousness, and those who waver and are forced by those old ministers to take them all down with money from top to bottom, and those who refuse to submit have been secretly controlled.
After two days, you can make a detour to Shanxi to accept the military and political power of Shandong. ”
Guan Shanyue couldn't believe his ears, it was the first time he had seen the Donglin Party people work so efficiently, "Holy Lord, these Donglin Party people are so able to fool?" There's no fraud in there, right? ”
Emperor Chongzhen took a long breath, calmed down his excitement, let go of Guan Shanyue's hand, waved his hand and said, "They are asking for me now, so naturally they are not willing to play tricks. However, we can't take it lightly, when Aiqing goes to Shandong and Hejian Mansion, he must be fully loaded and ready to fight at any time. ”
Guan Shanyue nodded, took a step forward, and whispered tentatively: "Holy Lord, now that Miyunwei is completely under our control, do you want to take the opportunity to recapture Beijing City?" ”
Emperor Chongzhen looked stunned, forcibly resisted the surging desire to return to the Forbidden City in his heart, shook his head, and said with a smile: "Aiqing, to tell you the good news of the world, you are the first to know." Queen Zhou is happy, it is a month with your rabbit cubs, and I will have a queen! ”
Guan Shanyue's eyes were about to fall to the ground, "Ah!?" Congratulations to the Holy One, congratulations to the Holy One! This is really a great joy, and the minister is happy for the saint in his heart! It's just such an important thing, why didn't you say it earlier? ”
When it came to the matter of the child, Emperor Chongzhen's face was overjoyed, and he said with a smile: "It was the imperial sister-in-law who didn't let it be publicized, she was afraid that someone in the palace would have ulterior motives, so she was so cautious." ”
Zhang Yan Empress Zhang's son was rumored to have been killed by Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family, this rumor Guan Shanyue knew about it, and suddenly realized: "I see, the minister understands." However, what the saint means is that the Fu King of the capital will wait until the minister controls Hejian Mansion and Shandong before he does it? ”
Emperor Chongzhen's eyes flashed, standing in the center of the main hall and looking into the distance, he said proudly: "I don't take the old fox of King Fu in my eyes at all, he is more than resourceful, but he has no talent, and he can't become a big climate." I kept him, first, because the queen was pregnant and inconvenient to travel long distances. Second, I decided to support only one generation of princes from now on, and the expenses of the remaining royal family relatives would no longer be provided by the state treasury, and the land would also be confiscated and redistributed according to need, and they would have to pay taxes like commoners, and in the future they would have to support themselves with their own hands.
But I will not let them be hopeless, and the corresponding imperial examinations will be open to them. ”
Guan Shanyue was stunned at that time, he didn't know why Emperor Chongzhen suddenly opened his mind, and said in astonishment: "The Holy Wisdom is wise! ”
Emperor Chongzhen shook his head, his face was full of heroism, and he said generously: "This is not enough, don't the gentry in Jiangnan support King Fu, I will cut off this tumor on Da Ming's body today."
Once the big landlords of this dynasty are promoted, they can be exempted from land and forced labor. The current Jiake (Jinshi) Jingguan is 10,000 acres of first-grade free fields, and the following decreases, and the eight-grade free fields are 2,700 acres; Six-tenths of this product is exempt; The maximum amount of land can reach 3,350 acres, and the field of 1,200 acres can be 1,200 acres; Shengren (Xiucai) is eighty acres.
Although there is such a limit in theory, the bureaucrats protect each other and collude to cheat. No one dared to seriously investigate and deal with it. The largest landowner during the period from Emperor Jiajing to Emperor Wanli was Xu Ge Lao, who had been the first assistant. In the most fertile Jiangnan, it has more than four million acres of land, and it does not give a penny to the state.
Since they are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, they should be treated equally, and in the future, they will have to pay taxes when they farm and do business, and they can't lose a penny! ”
Guan Shanyue looked at Emperor Chongzhen in front of him in a daze, he knew why Emperor Chongzhen was not in a hurry to return to the court, and Empress Zhou's birth of a child was just one of the excuses.
He clearly wants to hide in Daning, which is like an iron wall, pull away the posture and raise the bricks in his hand, and officially open the film with the world's magnates and Jiangnan gentry with his own strength!
"Eh, the Holy Lord, the minister dares to ask, is this strategy from the Holy Lord himself?"
Emperor Chongzhen smiled and nodded Guan Shanyue in the void with his fingers, and said with a smile: "I can't hide anything from you, this is the suggestion of the queen and the imperial sister-in-law."
On that day, Xu Guangqi hastily calculated the number of relatives of the Ming Imperial Family, and there were hundreds of thousands, and they were still growing exponentially, which really shocked me. I woke up and realized that Da Ming was terminally ill, to the point where he could not be broken or standing, and he could no longer deceive himself like this. ”
Guan Shanyue admired Queen Zhou and Queen Zhang very much at this moment, these two women actually did what he always wanted to do but didn't dare to do, and sure enough, the women didn't let them shave their eyebrows. The queen position who can do it doesn't seem to be an idle person.
He felt that after Emperor Chongzhen came to Daning, he had changed his stubbornness and self-use, which could be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
"The saint is wise, the minister is willing to cut through the thorns and thorns for the saint, even if there is an abyss ahead, the minister is also brave and will not give up!"
Emperor Chongzhen is determined to be tough with the royal clan and the gentry in Jiangnan, he thinks that sooner or later he will tear his face, and he is not afraid of itching if there are more lice, and now that the Ming Dynasty has been messed up to this point, what does it matter if he messes up a little more. Now that he has the four northern provinces to rely on, it is better to let Daming be reborn in his own hands than to let Daming sit still and wait to die.
He waved his hand and said heroically: "I am destined to be the master of Zhongxing, and if I don't succeed, I will become benevolent!" Those who are willing to join the old ministers all know what I mean, and after all, they are trapped by fame, and most of them choose to compromise.
Since even Aiqing thinks it is very good, then I immediately convene a hundred officials to hold a court meeting and come up with a way to implement it as quickly as possible, and I can't wait for a moment. ”
Guan Shanyue laughed wildly, and when she saw Emperor Chongzhen acting so vigorously, she applauded him, and praised: "The Holy Lord is really the master of Zhongxing, and he is destined to go down in history." Chen dared to assert that the road ahead of the Ming Dynasty was tortuous, but the future was bright, and the victory would eventually belong to the Ming Dynasty, long live! ”
Regarding Guan Shanyue's praise, Emperor Chongzhen was not modest at all, and said seriously: "That's natural, Wang Chengen, beat the drum and hit the bell, anxious about the civil and military officials, and strive to come up with a method as soon as possible!" ”
"Slaves obey!" Wang Chengen didn't dare to slack off, because the solemn look on Emperor Chongzhen's face was exactly the same look when he brought down Wei Zhongxian, although he hadn't seen him for many years, it still made him shiver in his heart.
The morning bell and dusk drum, at this moment, the middle bell and drum of Tianning City rang in unison, and the loud and piercing bell and drum sound spread throughout the entire Duoyan City in an instant.
Scattered in the civil and military officials, as soon as they heard the sound of bells and drums, they knew that something big had happened, and hurriedly changed their court clothes under the service of their families.
Yang Sichang's first instinct was that the enemy had hit Duoyan City, but he immediately thought that the surrounding area and the Great Wall were impregnable, and there were more than 300,000 new troops guarding the periphery of Duoyan City.
After he changed his clothes, he couldn't even wait for the carriage he was putting on, the ghost knew what was going on, and it was not a joke to move his head late when he was late, and he stomped his feet and rushed in the direction of Tianning City.