Volume 5 Chapter 51 Lessons from History
Above the court, there are disturbances, you sing and I appear, none of them are for the Ming Dynasty, they are all for their own interests.
Whether the cabinet is turned into a brothel, or the ministers are always plagued, these are Chongzhen's affairs, he has no right to ask, Zhang Bin just wants to manage his own affairs at this time.
As long as Wen Tiren doesn't get sick to him, he won't go to great lengths to fight this treacherous villain, because Chongzhen is still in favor of Wen Tiren at this time, and it is almost impossible to overthrow this treacherous villain.
This trip to the capital made him realize a problem, he can't stay in Fuguang forever, even if Wen Tiren doesn't pit him back to the capital, Chongzhen will recruit him back, it is obviously impossible to sit in Fuguang and slowly solve the upcoming crisis, he must think about it, what to do after he leaves.
This question is indeed a headache, but he has to think about it, and the eunuch party has done a lot of unloading and killing donkeys.
Like Liaodong, at the beginning, Xiong Tingbi did a good job, masturbated, and replaced himself with his own person Wang Zaijin, and there was a mess in the back, and Sun Chengzong hurriedly took over.
When Sun Chengzong got a little better, he forced Sun Chengzong away and replaced him with Gao Di.
Gao No. 1 took office, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of the military and civilians outside the Guan, and handed over the Guanningjin defense line to Houjin, if Yuan Chonghuan did not obey the order, the consequences would be unimaginable.
This time, Wen Tiren obviously wanted to pick his own peaches and send himself to the capital to teach the prince, so he sent someone to Fuguang to corrupt all his wealth, if he didn't have some means, Governor Fuguang was estimated to be Wen Tiren's henchman at this time.
If that's the case, the consequences are really unimaginable, not to mention that the wealth is corrupted by him, it is very likely that Dongfan will be reoccupied by the Dutch, and at that time, the Nanku of the Son of Heaven will probably become a paradise for pirates again, not only will not receive a penny in taxes, but also have to put money into it!
This kind of thing, it must not be allowed to happen, Fuguang is not only his own hard work, but also the hope of Daming, if Fuguang is ruined, Daming will be really finished.
After Zhang Bin returned to Dongfan, he turned out the map, pondered for a few days, and then began to arrange.
The first thing he did was to convene a meeting of his cronies at the Navy Lecture Hall, but this time he summoned not only the generals, but also the civilian officials, all of whom he thought were honest and reliable.
This day is the period of the conference, early, Sun Chuanting got up, he rushed to Dongfan yesterday afternoon, stayed in the Governor's Mansion State Guest House, Zhang Bin gave a notice that the meeting was held in the morning, but he was used to ordering Mao in the Yamen in the morning, so he had already gotten up and washed up a moment away.
Eating a delicate breakfast at this time, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he really gained insight on this trip to the East.
He is Zhang Bin's new cronies, has been serving in Guangdong, has never been to the East, in his mind, Guangzhou City is already a super-large city, the entire Ming Dynasty may be the capital can be compared with it, but never thought that in the vast sea, there is a bigger city than Guangzhou City.
Here, not only is it bigger than Guangzhou City, but all kinds of buildings and facilities are also better than Guangzhou City.
Like the fortress at the entrance of the harbor, there is no one in Guangzhou City, there is one in Zhuhai, and he has visited it, which is already quite spectacular, but it seems to be a little worse than the fortress in the east.
There is also Dayuan Port, the port outside Guangzhou City is nothing compared to here, there are more than ten big wharves like Tianzi Pier, I don't know how many warships are parked next to the wharf, and there are more than ten big and scary new warships, there are more than ten of them here, he has always thought that the Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division have a total of two such super giant ships.
There is also the scale of Dayuan City, Guangzhou City is probably not so big even the houses scattered outside, in his impression, it seems that even the capital is not so grand!
There is also the acropolis next to the big city, he really didn't understand at first, why a small city should be built next to a big city, and then I found out that it was the avant-garde station of Dongfanzhong, a guard station, and it was as big as an ordinary small county town!
There is also this Fuguang Governor's Mansion, he has never seen such a big yamen, the six yamen, including the five military governor's mansions, are not so big together, I am afraid that only the imperial city can compare with it.
And the welcome building where he lived, just a place for officials to rest their feet, better than any place he had ever lived, spacious and bright rooms, all kinds of exquisite furniture, including this delicious breakfast, he felt as if he was in a dream, Daming even had such a place, he really had never seen it, he had never heard of it.
After eating breakfast, it was just midnight, and although it was still early, he still recruited the elite of the special operations battalion on duty and rushed him to the host of the conference, the Navy Lecture Hall.
The Navy Lecture Hall is not far from the Governor's Yamen, and it takes less than a quarter of an hour to walk, Zhang Bin also specially prepared war horses for them, and the time spent on the road is even shorter, because the time is still early, there are no civilians on the street, all the way to the horse, about a tea time, Sun Chuanting came to the Navy Lecture Hall under the guidance of the elite of the special operations battalion.
It was also the first time he saw this kind of military camp like a school in later generations, or a martial arts hall like a military camp, neat high-rise buildings, tree-lined streets, and extremely large school grounds shocked Sun Chuanting again.
At this time, the naval lecture hall has begun to recruit students to open the class, the generals of the Fujian Navy Division and the Guangdong Navy Division, up to the general army, the generals, down to the general flag, the small flag, all take turns to take classes here, the entire lecture hall is full of majestic and high-spirited Ming Army sailors and soldiers, the military appearance is so prosperous, the rest of the Ming Dynasty can not be seen at all.
Sun Chuanting came to the meeting place with shock all the way, that is, the classroom that can accommodate hundreds of people, and when he saw the frightening classroom, he was almost numb with shock, at this time the inside was not empty, there were twenty or thirty officials and generals who got up early and had nothing to do, so they came here to wait.
He greeted the officials and generals he knew all the way, and came to the front row all the way under the guidance of the elite of the special operations battalion.
As time passed, the officials and generals of the two provinces arrived one after another, and the time to leave the meeting was getting closer and closer, and everyone chatted for a while, and finally a loud chant sounded outside: "Your Excellency the Governor has arrived." ”
A group of civil servants and military generals hurriedly stood up and waited respectfully, and Zhang Bin immediately walked in with a solemn face, he seemed a little unhappy.
What happened to make the Governor, who is usually full of spring breeze, look so solemn?
Zhang Bin came to the podium, raised his hand, asked everyone to sit down, and then said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I want to tell you a very bad news, I may not stay in Fuguang for long. ”
As soon as he said this, the more than 100 civil ministers and military generals present were shocked, what the Governor meant to Fuguang, everyone knew quite well, if the Governor wanted to leave Fuguang, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Zhang Bin sighed and said: "This time I was recalled to the capital, it was the ghost of the Cabinet University Shiwen Tiren and the joint secretary of the Ministry of Ministers Min Hongxue and the Ministry of War Secretary Min Mengde, do you know what they want to do?" ”
When everyone heard this, they were taken aback again, not to mention what the Cabinet University Shi Wen Tiren, the Ministry of Officials Min Hongxue, and the Ministry of War Secretary Min Meng wanted to do, what the Governor General said was already surprising enough, and in the officialdom, it didn't seem to be so direct!
Zhang Bin then said indignantly: "They have taken a fancy to Fuguang's money, do you know, the two provinces of Fuguang can pay nearly five million taels of taxes a year alone, if they expropriate and loot under various guises, you say, how much money can they be greedy?" ”
As soon as he said this, the civil ministers and generals present were dumbfounded, the governor was confused by Wen Tiren, Min Hongxue and Min Mengde, he is a cabinet scholar, six books, if this word reaches the emperor's ears, the consequences are unimaginable!
Lu Xiangsheng, the largest official in the scene, couldn't help coughing and persuaded: "Shuangquan, be cautious." ”
Zhang Bin said frankly: "What are you afraid of, everyone here is your own person, will any of you denounce me?" ”
The civil ministers and military generals here, you look at me, I look at you, all of them show a sudden look, yes, everyone is their own people, who will denounce the governor.
Zhang Bin then said: "Today, what I want to talk about is all heartfelt words, which may be a bit shocking and shocking, everyone must be mentally prepared, I haven't started yet." ”
The civil ministers and military generals present all showed a look of shock, this is directly aimed at the cabinet scholars and the six books, this has not started yet, what does the governor want to say!
Zhang Bin then said: "I once told the generals here that every time we finish a war, we must sum up the lessons and lessons, know how to win if we win, strive to continue to win next time, know how to lose if we lose, and strive not to lose again next time." ”
The generals present all nodded silently, the last time the meeting held a summary meeting, the governor said it, everyone remembers it very clearly.
Zhang Bin then said solemnly: "In fact, we Wenchen govern the locality, and even the country, and we must also summarize everything why we succeed if we succeed, and why we fail if we fail, so that we can continue to succeed." Like now, the Ming Dynasty is constantly declining, who has ever thought about why? ”
When everyone heard this, their eyes were about to pop out, and some of you must have thought about this problem, but if you think about it, you can't take it out and shout like this!
Zhang Bin didn't think about it and continued: "When did the Ming Dynasty begin to decline? The root cause is that in the battle of Sarhu in the last year of Wanli, why did the Liaodong Army, which had defeated more than 300,000 troops under Bai Fengcheng Hideyoshi of Dongying Pass, be defeated in the hands of all the young and strong Jiannu who added up to less than 100,000? You must know that the Dongying army still has firearms, and Jiannu didn't even have firearms at that time. ”
Some people may know this question, some people may not know, whether they know it or not, Zhang Bin then explained: "In the battle of Salhu, the commander of our Ming Dynasty was Yang Hao, and it was precisely because of his command mistake and his intention to take the opportunity to kill Liu Ling, the general soldier of Liaoyang who had an enmity with him, that led to the final defeat. Yang Hao is not a qualified general, in the 26th year of Wanli Korean War, he was the only Ming army general who escaped from the battle, and in the first battle of Ulsan, he escaped from the battle, resulting in the death of nearly 20,000 Ming soldiers, which was the heaviest loss of our Ming Dynasty in the Wanli Korean War. So why did such a defeated general who escaped from the battle have nothing to do later, and was promoted to command the battle of Sarhu, which is related to the fortunes of the country? It's very simple, because he is a close confidant of Shen Yiyi, the leader of the Zhejiang Party, and the Zhejiang Party does its best to protect him and promote him, so he can command the Battle of Sarhu, which is related to the fortunes of the country, as a defeated general who escaped from the battle. ”
When he said this, all the Wenchen generals present were silent, the battle of Salhu was defeated too badly, it can be said that it was the shame of the Ming Dynasty, and this shame was not because the Ming army was not good, but because the boss had a problem, and the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to defeating himself!
Zhang Bin also said sadly: "No one has summed up the lessons of such a big fiasco, and no one has blamed them for the shameless work that the Zhejiang Party has done in this matter, so that they are getting bolder and bolder and dare to do anything." How did the first emperor Guangzong die, everyone knows more or less, the first emperor Guangzong was only infected with a little cold, and Cui Wensheng, the eunuch of the palm print of the imperial pharmacy, fed him laxatives, and the first emperor Guangzong died and came back to life, and then Li Kezhuo of Honglu Temple burned a red pill, and the first emperor Guangzong was in the prime of life, and died less than a month after succeeding to the throne. After the death of Emperor Guangzong, Fang Congzhe, the head of the cabinet and the leader of the Zhejiang Party, was shameless, and even said that Li Kezhuo had meritorious service and should be rewarded with fifty taels of silver! I don't remember the lesson, and I don't remember the lesson! Just because Li Kezhuo is Fang Congzhe's cronies, killing the first emperor is such a big thing, Cui Wensheng is just sending Nandu, and Li Kezhuo is only sending soldiers! Why, because Fang Congzhe was afraid of being connected by Zhu and killing such a big thing as the first emperor, if Zhu Lian was connected, he would destroy his nine clans, so he mobilized all his forces and tried his best to suppress such a big thing. ”
At this time, the following Wenchen generals have already begun to think, these two things are simply weird, the fiasco of Sarhu and the death of Guangzong, such a big thing, the culprit actually did not get the punishment he deserved, like Yang Hao was cut down in the second year of Chongzhen, like Cui Wensheng was even reused by Wei Zhongxian, the governor of the river! What the hell is going on in the Ming Dynasty?
Zhang Bin continued to grieve and said: "It is precisely because everyone does not remember the lesson that there is the disaster of the eunuch party in the back, and the scum of the Zhejiang party is the main body of the eunuch party." Why Xiong Tingbi of Liaodong Jingluo was rumored to be the first nine sides, do you know? It was Yao Zongwen, the scum of the Zhejiang Party, who took the lead in impeaching Xiong Tingbi Shengsheng, who had no way to beat Nurhachi, from the position of Liaodong Economic Strategy, which led to the loss of Liaoyang and Shenyang, and the collapse of Liaodong! ”
He said so much, it confused everyone, what the hell is the Governor doing here?
Zhang Bin looked at the confused eyes of everyone, and then concluded: "I want everyone to remember the lessons of history, do you know, the Zhejiang Party is bold and dares to do anything, they only have their own interests in their eyes, and there is no Ming at all." Now, Wen Tiren, the leader of the Zhejiang Party, is pointing the finger at me again, you say, if I am taken away by him, what will Fuguang do? How did everyone deal with the revenge of the Dutch? If he sends people to extort money and desperately collect money, what will everyone do? ”