Chapter 751: Checks and Balances
Outside the window, the drizzle of early autumn is pouring down, washing the majestic palace in the Forbidden City very beautifully. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info Zhu Youzhen, the son of the Great Tomorrow, stood in front of the window of the Qianqing Palace, holding a piece of music in his hand, and was silent.
The piece that Zhu Youzhen was holding in his hand was presented by Li Zhi, talking about the fact that the Tiger Ben Army sent troops to Korea to destroy the Korean state.
Li Zhi was rebelled by the North Korea this time, and was attacked by the North Korean soldiers and horses to Fengcheng. After being attacked, Li Zhi directly entered North Korea without playing the Son of Heaven, and destroyed the Korean state at one time. After the fall of Korea, Yi Sik changed the state of Korea to a province and directly sent officials to rule Korea.
In the recital, Li Zhi made a report to the Son of Heaven on these things.
This incident made Zhu Youzhen very emotional.
I think that China has been fighting against the Koreans since the Qin and Han dynasties, but even in the Tang Dynasty, it did not rule Korea. After the Song and Ming dynasties, the tributary system for Korea became more and more loose, and the territory of the Koreans continued to expand northward. However, in Li Zhi's hands, the 12,000 Tiger Ben army entered North Korea as if it were a play, and easily destroyed North Korea.
What kind of martial arts is this?
With this martial art, Zhu Youzhen, the son of heaven, can become a hero in the history books!
Zhu Youzhen looked at the drizzle outside the window and smiled bitterly, not knowing whether he should be proud of this achievement.
Zhu Youzhen glanced down at the chapter again.
Li Zhi also played the Son of Heaven in the recital, and the 28,000 Tiger Ben army dragged the main force of the 200,000 Chuang army in Henan. Therefore, the remaining troops that the breaking army could use were less than 150,000, and they had no spare strength to attack Shandong, where the officers and troops were concentrated.
Of course, Li Zhi's recital also violently criticized the shamelessness and meanness of the Jiangbei Army. At the critical moment when the Tiger Army was struggling to hold back the Breaking Army in Henan, the Jiangbei Army actually attacked the Tiger Army from the rear. Such an act is already treason. Li Zhizuo asked the Son of Heaven to send troops to the south to severely punish the treasonous Jiangbei Army.
However, these words are also clichΓ©s, whether it is Li Zhi, who wrote the chapter, or Zhu Youzhen, who read the chapter, they all understand that it is impossible for the imperial court to have the strength to crusade against the Jiangbei Army. The imperial court could not hold Shanxi and block Li Zicheng, where were the soldiers and horses to fight against the rebellious Jiangbei army.
In fact, in the past few months, Zhu Youzhen sent six holy decrees to Shi Kefa, Zuo Liangyu, and Wu Sangui, and sternly demanded that the Jiangbei Army immediately return to Nanjing. However, the upper echelons of the Jiangbei Army only took Zhu Youzhen's holy decree as a deaf ear.
Zhu Youzhen looked at the drizzle outside the window, his eyes were a little confused, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"Wang Dehua, you are the most well-informed, tell me: Why do I have the whole world, hundreds of millions of people, and an army of millions of guards, but I can't stop Li Zicheng. And what Jin Guogong owns is only a town in Tianjin and a province in Shandong, with a population of only more than 10 million under his rule, but he can fight against the Jiangbei Army alone, drag Li Zicheng, and go north to destroy North Korea. β
Wang Dehua, the eunuch of Dongchang's palm print, thought about it, and said, "The slave doesn't know..."
Wang Dehua didn't dare to know, he was just a eunuch in Dongchang, and the Son of Heaven didn't know about the problem, how could he dare to know? Even if he really knows, he can only honestly say that he doesn't know.
When Zhu Youzhen heard Wang Dehua's words, he looked at the drizzle outside the window again.
Zhu Youzhen was thinking about what would happen if the Ming Dynasty did not have Li Zhi. Zhu Youzhen is not a traverser, he doesn't know that the original Ming Dynasty had not had Li Zhi, and it had already perished in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. But Zhu Youzhen, as a smart man, knew that if it weren't for Li Zhi, he would probably be living like a year under the tug of war between the Manchus, thieves, corrupt officials and gentry.
The gentry were to pass on the taxes, and the peasants, oppressed by the heavy taxes, were to rebel. The court is full of corrupt officials and friends, and the officials and soldiers have no combat effectiveness. And the Manchus were like robbers, entering the customs and plundering every two years.
Zhu Youzhen also suspected that if Li Zhi had not conquered the south and the north, the figure of the Ming Dynasty would have fallen.
Zhu Youzhen sighed and said, "The strength of the Duke of Jin is really amazing. In the days when Li Zicheng captured Xi'an, I didn't sleep well all night, for fear that the thieves would go north to Shanxi. Unexpectedly, Jin Guogong faced the siege of the three forces alone, but he still managed to drag Li Zicheng's army of 200,000. β
"In this way, when the Duke of Jin Guogong frees his hand, he will definitely be able to send troops to Henan to destroy the thieves."
"Emperor Shengming!" Wang Chengen walked up with a cloak and said, "Emperor, the weather is cold, the emperor should focus on the dragon body." β
Zhu Youzhen put on a cloak.
"Li Zhi has a great credit for containing the main force of the thieves. Since North Korea has been destroyed by Li Zhi, the governor and general army of North Korea will be appointed with Li Zhi! Zhu Youzhen put the cloak in front of him and said: "Wang Chengen, you said that if I follow the example of the Duke of Jinguo and set up a new court in Beizhili and Shanxi, how about Pingtian Fu?" β
"If I do what the Duke of Jin Guo did, and increase the income of the Tai Warehouse by several million taels every year, I am afraid that it will increase the income of the Tai Warehouse by several million taels every year!"
Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Wang Chengen knelt on the ground with a thud and said loudly: "Emperor, I can't help it, I can't help it." β
Zhu Youzhen frowned and asked, "How can I not do it." β
Wang Chengen said: "Emperor, the prince of Jin Guofu in Tianjin, Shandong and Huai'an has attracted the siege of the gentry of the world. The Jiangbei Army is desperate to slash the Duke of Jinguo and then hurry. If the emperor is also the same as the Duke of Jinguo, how will the gentry in the world look at the emperor? How will the officials in the court look at the emperor? β
Seeing Wang Chengen lying on the ground, Wang Dehua didn't dare to hold it up, and knelt on the ground.
Zhu Youzhen took a breath and said, "Wang Chengen, do you know how strong the Duke of Jin Guo is now?" β
Wang Chengen replied: "The slave and maid don't know. β
Zhu Youzhen Wang Dehua asked: "Wang Dehua, you say, how many soldiers and horses are there in the war of the Duke of Jinguo?" How many soldiers are there? β
Wang Dehua said on the ground: "At present, there are only 60,000 soldiers and horses participating in the war, and there are still 40,000 new soldiers who have not been used, and all the soldiers and horses have 100,000. β
Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "Wang Chengen, now that the Duke of Jin has destroyed North Korea, he can transfer troops to the south." Think about it, if you wait for the 100,000 troops of the Duke of Jin to be trained, will the thieves and the Jiangbei Army still be able to trap the Duke of Jin? β
Wang Chengen looked up at the Son of Heaven and did not speak.
Zhu Youzhen said: "Wang Chengen, think about it, let Jin Guogong be strong day by day, no one can check and balance, how dangerous it will be for Jiangshan Sheji." β
"I am now enveloping the Duke of Jin Guo everywhere, and what I am afraid of is that the Duke of Jin Guo will be anti-hearted. If the Duke of Jin Guo is a little dissatisfied with the imperial court, I am afraid that I will not have the strength to conquer him at all! β
Hammering the imperial case, Zhu Youzhen said: "So at this moment, the imperial court must also become stronger." Only the self-improvement of the imperial court can check and balance the Zhujin Guogong and form a balance with Tianjin. β
Wang Chengen blinked his eyes and said, "Holy Lord, but if the Holy Lord is in the north, I am afraid that the civil officials in the court will not agree to it anyway." There are treacherous clouds in the Forbidden City, and I am afraid that there will be unspeakable disasters in the Holy Majesty! β
Wang Chengen's words have been said very directly. If the Son of Heaven learns from Li Zhi, I am afraid that the civil officials will let Zhu Youzhen die of illness inexplicably.
The Son of Heaven and the scholars of the Ming Dynasty ruled the world together, and in fact, the power of the scholars had already infiltrated the palace. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many emperors died inexplicably.
When Zhu Youzhen heard Wang Chengen's words, his face sank.
Taking a breath, Zhu Youzhen said coldly: "These Confucians! They are all ministers of the dead country! Sooner or later, I'll have to deal with them all. β