Volume 8 Chapter 1 The Crazy Cabinet

Yang Sichang is a very crazy person, he is reckless at all when he does things, as long as he thinks it is right, even if all the courtiers oppose it, he will insist on doing it and do it.

Like his proposal for peace, in history, many courtiers opposed it, including Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, and as a result, his madness was reflected.

He united with Xue Guoguan and Gao Qiqian to assassinate Lu Xiangsheng, forcing Lu Xiangsheng to lead thousands of people to fight a decisive battle with the main force of tens of thousands of Qing troops, but they led more than 100,000 troops to watch dozens of miles away, but they didn't save them, causing Lu Xiangsheng to die in battle.

He slandered in front of Chongzhen, slandered Sun Chuanting, and was so angry that Sun Chuanting was deaf in both ears, and then Sun Chuanting retired due to illness, but he slandered him and pretended to be sick and shirked it, so that Chongzhen was angry and imprisoned Sun Chuanting, and he was not released until he died.

Perhaps, he thinks that he can save Daming, so he is stubborn regardless of all obstacles, but the final result is that he failed to save Daming, but instead killed Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, who could really save Daming!

At this point, he is really similar to Chongzhen, they are both tough and donkey, they are both stubborn and self-serving, they both think that they can save Daming, but in the end they make a mess of things.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Chongzhen introduced him as a confidant.

Chongzhen really trusted him, until his supervisor died, and the anti-thieves were rampant to the point that they couldn't be controlled, Chongzhen still spoke for him in front of the ministers, and the ministers were not allowed to "slander" him!

It can be said that they are the same raccoon dogs, and they are also crazy.

This pair of crazy monarchs and ministers, frantically tossing the dying Ming Dynasty, in the end, Yang Sichang was scared to death, Chongzhen hanged himself, and the Ming Dynasty was also tossed by them!

Of course, these are all things that happened in history, and now, Zhang Bin is here, and it is difficult for them to toss the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Yang Sichang's madness has begun to emerge, his father dismissed the official and cut his nationality, and he was imprisoned and sentenced to death because of the remnants of the eunuch party, at this time, in order to take power, he actually cooperated with Xue Guoguan, the remnant of the eunuch party!

Isn't he filial? No, he is very filial, and he is willing to die for his father's substitution, which shows that he is very filial.

However, such a filial person actually cooperated with the remnants of the eunuch who framed his father, I have to say, he is really crazy.

Behind this madness, there is actually a more crazy idea, the reason why he is so anxious to take power is to launch his plan to suppress thieves in all directions.

He proposed that he must first settle the inside before the outside, and did not hesitate to negotiate peace with Jiannu, also in order to free up troops to carry out this plan.

He proposed to have enough food and then soldiers, and to raise taxes like crazy, or to be able to recruit more troops to carry out this plan.

The so-called Sizheng is the main activity area of the peasant army in Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Fengyang, and the so-called six corners are the six areas next to the four squares: Yulin, Shanxi, Shandong, Yingtian, Jiangxi, and Sichuan, and the so-called ten-sided net is to set up ten governors to encircle, pursue, and intercept the peasant army, and finally the governors of the five provinces and the premiers of the five provinces will lead the army to exterminate the main force of the peasant army.

The huge amount of manpower and material resources consumed by this plan can be called terrifying, and it is not something that the current Ming can afford at all, but when Yang Sichang proposed this plan to Chongzhen, Chongzhen was amazed.

Because Yang Sichang said: "The next three months of hard work will be able to solve this ten-year unending situation!" ”

The extermination of the peasant army all over the northwest in three months is even crazier than the five-year Pingliao proposed by Yuan Chonghuan at the beginning, he really dares to brag, and Chongzhen really dares to believe it!

Of course, the three months he said were not calculated from the previous governor of the five provinces of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, he believed that the summer and autumn seasons were the most active time for the peasant army, and at this time, the peasant army would generally run around, which was not conducive to encirclement and suppression, and in the spring and winter, the weather was cold and frozen, and the peasant army would generally find a place to nest, which was a good opportunity for encirclement and suppression, so he took December of the ninth year of Chongzhen and January and February of the tenth year of Chongzhen as the period of encirclement and suppression, and he wanted to exterminate all the anti-thieves within these three months!

It was not yet August, and it was the hottest time of the year, so it was naturally not a good opportunity for encirclement and suppression, but it was a good time to prepare, so Chongzhen, Yang Sichang, and Xue Guoguan were in full swing to prepare.

These three people, an emperor, a scholar of the military department and a cabinet scholar, and a scholar of the military department and a cabinet scholar, are under the control of the military department and the official department, and it is really convenient for officials and generals to be promoted, appointed, and dismissed.

The governor of the five provinces has long been confirmed, it is Yang Sichang himself; The prime ministers of the five provinces have also confirmed that it is Xiong Wencan, the former governor of Fuguang; As for the leading generals, they actually chose Zuo Liangyu, who was still unknown at this time.

Zuo Liangyu is really hard to describe, he is also quite a complicated person, he was born in the Liaodong Army, but he was dismissed for leading the Liaodong Right Car Battalion to participate in the Ningyuan Mutiny, and later he was promoted by the Donglin Party member Hou Sui, and the official was promoted to deputy general.

It should be said that during this period, his performance was quite decent, and he performed well in the battles with Jiannu and anti-thieves, but he was a typical type of rampant will, not letting him get his will, not letting him hold the military power, once he let him have the will, let him hold the military power, he will support the army and respect himself, and he will not listen to orders!

Of course, Chongzhen and Yang Sichang don't know this, and why they chose Zuo Liangyu is unknown, in short, these two madmen launched a madness, and no one could stop them.

At this time, Zhang Bin was quite helpless, although he accounted for four of the six Shangshu, although the Metropolitan Procuratorate was under his control, although he had an advantage in the cabinet, but he couldn't stop these two madmen, because this is a society where imperial power is supreme, and confronting the imperial power, it is looking for death, unless, he wants to be like Wei Zhongxian, a big traitor who covers the sky with one hand, or like Cao Cao, to be a hero who overrides the emperor.

However, he doesn't want to learn these two people, because that is not the way to save the country, but the way to destroy the country, even if he can be happy for a while, the final outcome will be miserable, even if he does not suffer retribution, his children and grandchildren will also be retributed.

Like Wei Zhongxian, the Apocalypse Dynasty is called a powerful man, whoever doesn't accept it, he will kill whoever he wants, kill how he wants, abuse how he wants, it's a mess, and in the end, he even killed Apocalypse crazy.

What is the result, as soon as Chongzhen ascends to the throne, he will be finished, in fact, even if Chongzhen does not take the throne, his conspiracy succeeds, Li Dai is stiff, and he will be finished if he supports the Wei family's bloodline to ascend to the throne.

Because he doesn't talk about any rules, whoever doesn't obey will be killed, and the means are extremely cruel, killing and killing, there will be a group of echo insects left in the court under his obscenity, who will resist when Jiannu comes, who will exterminate the peasant army when it rises, and rely on his hooligan methods?

He can deal with the literati with this method, but he can deal with the Jiannu and peasant army who are even more unreasonable than him, and when they raise their hands, they will be a knife, who are you playing hooligans with, you can't be killed!

Like Cao Cao, he himself did not suffer retribution, and even his son usurped the Han Dynasty and became the emperor, what is the result, can you break the rules, can't people break the rules, the world has not been taken away by the Sima family, they don't pay attention to the rules, mess around, and finally caused the biggest catastrophe in history, and the Central Plains Han people were almost extinct because of it.

Therefore, we must talk about the rules, once there are no rules, the world will be in chaos, and when the time comes, life will not be as good as it is now.

How do you talk to people with brain diseases?

There seems to be no solution to this problem, but Zhang Bin has faintly found a solution, that is, to send this madman to a "madhouse"!

The crown prince is already eight years old, according to the imaginary age, that is, nine years old, in another six years, he will be an adult, perhaps, at that time, he can replace Chongzhen and succeed to the throne!

This kind of thing has not happened in history, Tang Taizong Li Shimin didn't come to a Xuanwumen change, killed Li Jiancheng, put Tang Gaozong Li Yuan under house arrest, succeeded to the throne as the emperor, and created a prosperous era of Zhenguan.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong may not be able to play the change of Xuanwumen, but he can help him play!

Calculate the time, it's only six years, with their own presence, it's not much of a problem for Daming to hold on for six years, as long as there is no accident in Liaodong, the five northwest provinces, with Chongzhen and Yang Sichang how to toss, they want to exterminate the anti-thief, not want to cultivate the anti-thief, it can always play a bit of a restraining role, six years, the anti-thief still can't turn the sky.

After Zhang Bin secretly set his own strategy, he no longer cared about the two madmen Chongzhen and Yang Sichang, but devoted himself to the prince's teachings, these two madmen, let them toss, and the thieves went back and forth, just clean up the moth-like royal family a few times, and let Daming leave this heavy burden!

He was really interested in the prince's teachings, and for this reason, he also studied the emperors of all dynasties, and he found that emperors with outstanding literary talents may not necessarily become Ming Jun.

Like Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, fine calligraphy, painting, Tongyin law, poetry and literature have certain attainments, especially the highest achievement of words, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a great writer, but the Southern Tang Dynasty died under his governance!

So, later generations summed up and gave an evaluation, as an emperor, he was a joke, as a poet, he was a myth!

There is also Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, a famous calligrapher, painter, and literary talent in history, but the Northern Song Dynasty almost perished under his governance!

Therefore, later generations summarized and gave an evaluation, he was originally a painting and calligraphy artist, but he was born in the emperor's family!

On the other hand, most of those founding emperors were Ming monarchs who created a prosperous era, why?

Most of their literary talents are not outstanding, and few of them can recite poems against each other and export chapters, mainly because they come from the people, see through the world, and know the sufferings of the people.

To put it simply, they are proficient in human feelings, have high emotional intelligence, and know how to govern the country well.

After Zhang Bin studied this thoroughly, he began to change the teaching method of the crown prince Zhu Cihong, and focused on teaching him to be a man while asking him to read and write.

To be specific, it is to take him out of the palace to play in three days!

At this time, he is more and more experienced in dealing with the folds, plus the cabinet is full, and each person will deal with about a hundred folds per day, he can basically deal with it in half a day, and the remaining half a day, he is mostly thinking about how to improve the prince's emotional intelligence, or simply take the prince out of the palace and teach on the spot.

This emotional intelligence education is simply to walk more, see more, and get along with people more.

Zhang Bin made a careful plan and slowly let go of the prince's range of activities.

At first, he just took the prince around his mansion and back garden, let him see the life of the guards, the life of the maid and the old mother, and try to get in touch with these people and get along with them.

This is still within the scope of his mansion, and there is naturally no problem with safety, Zhang Xiang and Zhang Yang, two sisters and brothers, are also very familiar with these people, so the little prince Zhu Cihong did not feel anything unusual, but was full of curiosity about the lives of these lower-class people.

Subsequently, Zhang Bin took the prince to his parents, so that he could feel the strong family affection, this time, it really made Zhang Chengde and the Huang family excited, the crown prince, this is the person who wants to be the emperor in the future, they haven't seen the real emperor yet!

This environment is a little unfamiliar to the little prince Zhu Cihong, but he is the master's parents, and he is quite fond of him, he still has no discomfort, and after going a few times, he even followed Zhang Xiang and Zhang Yang to call his grandparents.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Bin took the prince to the guards around his mansion, and asked him to take a closer look at various types of families, such as craftsmen, merchants, dart masters, coolies, etc.

At this time, because life is basically stable, coupled with Zhang Bin's generous funding, most of the guards have already got married, and many children in the family will even run all over the ground, as soon as they saw the little prince Zhu Cihong and Zhang Xiang they were called brothers and sisters, that feeling, Zhu Cihong even felt as if he had grown up in an instant.

In the end, I went to the homes of ordinary people in the capital as guests, these were all secretly contacted by Li Dingguo, and there were guards dressed as ordinary people to protect them, and there was not much problem in terms of safety.

However, at first, Zhu Cihong was still a little flustered, because he obviously felt the strangeness of the ordinary people to him, he was also unfamiliar with others, and Zhang Bin did not reveal his identity as the prince, but just disguised himself as an ordinary rich child, and basically went to the homes of relatively poor people, sending people some food or salt and other daily necessities, people were grateful to them, but there was no reverence for him as a prince, he was really a little uncomfortable at first.

Fortunately, he walked more and watched more, and he slowly got used to it, at this time, he was no longer so naïve, and seemed to have a little more sense of maturity.

Zhang Bin doesn't ask about the government again, every day in addition to dealing with the twists and turns is to teach the prince, as if he has returned to the previous state, Chongzhen is still more pleased with this, Zhang Bin can be so interesting, so that he can worry that this guy is too powerful, the desire for power is too heavy, and it threatens his imperial power.

The crazy Yang Gebu, Yang Sichang was also full of vigilance against Zhang Bin at the beginning, because of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, it was Zhang Bin who could really stabilize him.

However, when he looked at Zhang Bin's performance later, he also slowly relaxed his vigilance.

He just secretly said in his heart: "Boy, it's best not to mess with me, dare to provoke me, so that you can't eat and walk around!" ”