When it comes to Yuan Chonghuan's status, it is no longer a matter of one person or one family to deal with it. Behind them is a whole circle, and to deal with such a person is to attack this whole circle. If it weren't for the life-and-death situation, Zhu Youzhen would not have made such a rude choice.

After all, no matter what you say, Yuan Chonghuan's status at this time is not as good as Wei Zhongxian, who was in power at the beginning, since he can tolerate Wei Zhongxian's survival, Yuan Chonghuan, who is not a powerful eunuch now, is naturally not worth his start.

At the beginning, Gao Panlong, Zuo Guangdou and other Donglin Party members tried to purge all non-Donglin Party forces in the DPRK, but as a result, they forced out a eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian. Although the counterattack of these eunuchs dealt a heavy blow to the representatives of the Jiangnan gentry in the court, it also caused the confrontation between the government and the opposition, and the entire southern gentry class deviated from the imperial court.

At the beginning of Chongzhen's ascension to the throne, it was difficult to implement Beijing's decrees in the areas south of the Yangtze River, and there were even incidents of local gentry inciting the people to besiege the Jinyi guards and tax supervisors, which caused the Ti cavalry to dare not go far away from the capital to perform official duties. What is Tiqi? This is a representative of imperial power.

The local gentry gathered to intercept the cavalry, and the local officials actually took a tacit attitude, which also showed that the imperial power, which was originally one and the same as the imperial court, was being stripped of public power by the official group, and the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty was in a state of fierce internal struggle. In this state, the Ming Dynasty seems to be a snake with two heads, one head to the west, and the other head must go east.

Although Wei Zhongxian forcibly subdued the dissident opposition by force, the after-effects of this brutal method were considerable. Otherwise, as soon as Chongzhen ascended the throne, Wei Zhongxian's henchmen abandoned him one after another, allowing Chongzhen to easily regain power and exile him to Fengyang.

As long as a politician knows, if you want to do something, you have to centralize power, but there are many people who don't understand what kind of power centralization is. It's not that you sit in the position of the emperor, issue a few orders, and the power can be put in your hands.

In the final analysis, power refers to the power that influences people's hearts, not an official position that can give orders. The so-called centralization of power is, after all, to let people transfer part of their power to others, so that the leaders who are willing to follow them will give them orders.

So the concentration of power is a pyramid, the bottom layer is the people, the bureaucrats and public opinion leaders are at the bottom, and the rulers of the country are the bottom layer. The ruler's power is not out of nowhere, and he must rely on these bureaucrats and public leaders to influence and dominate the people at the bottom.

The purpose of the state reform is to promote bureaucrats and public opinion leaders who are more representative of the people at the bottom, so as to eliminate those who have been abandoned by the people. Reformism seeks to restore the trust of the people to the bureaucrats and popular leaders they have abandoned, so as to maintain the old ruling structure.

So the reform often turned into a violent revolution, because the old rulers were not willing to give up their positions so easily. Reformism, while it can prolong the life of a dynasty, will inevitably lead to defeat in the end, because the people will eventually find that the so-called reformism is nothing more than a piece of poison wrapped in honey, and the rulers have never intended to make real concessions.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to take the path of reform, not reformism that delayed his rule. It's just that today's new political forces of the Ming Dynasty are still too weak to support the responsibility for the rule of the country alone. In such a situation, co-opting and uniting a part of the more enlightened gentry and landlords to fight against those stubborn big landlords and gentry has also become a political means that Zhu Youzhen must use.

What Yuan Chonghuan represents, in fact, is the bureaucracy from which most of the small landlords in the Ming Dynasty were born. They are not Zhenmeng and Liu Zongzhou, they have the old photos of their families and ancestors behind them, so they have not yet entered the imperial examination, and they have become famous celebrities in the world.

For representatives of large landlords and gentry such as Zhen Meng and Liu Zongzhou, the path of their lives has long been arranged, and their biggest goal in life is to pass on the fame of their families, rather than to deal with the low-level commoners and do practical affairs.

They are also not people like Xia Yunyi who dare to betray their own class for the sake of their own beliefs, they are just a group of very realistic political speculators.

Yuan Chonghuan was able to show favor to the eunuch party when Wei Zhongxian gained power, and he could also quickly turn back to the position of the Donglin party after Wei Zhongxian's downfall. A character like Yuan Chonghuan is too common in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, but Yuan Chonghuan's luck is better and can only emerge.

Dealing with such a character is actually useless, and in the current officialdom environment of the Ming Dynasty, there will be successors who will continue to emerge. Moreover, in the current situation where Liu Jingting wiped his buttocks, at least Yuan Chonghuan did not have any major charges against Chongzhen.

With the testimony of the Mongolian Zhu Nayan, the evidence of the crime of colluding with the Manchus to try to betray the Ming Dynasty has been conclusive, and Yuan Chonghuan's report to the public is also stable.

As for Jinyiwei's report, it is obviously not possible to make it public. After it is made public, the lethality of the prestige of the imperial court can be disposed of much more than that of Yuan Chonghuan. And if the minister of the feudal province is not punished by the crime, then it will only push those officials of the establishment faction to the conservative faction who oppose the reform.

For a dynasty like the Ming Dynasty, which has lasted for more than 200 years, some people in the huge bureaucracy may accept reforms to save themselves, but they will never accept a power that is above any rules, and such power will threaten the existence of the entire bureaucracy.

It's good that the truth about Yuan Chonghuan's killing of Gon Chuktaiji is leaked out, and it will immediately make the Mongolian tribes centrifuge, Chongzhen punished Yuan Chonghuan for no reason, and he will also face the panic of the official group.

What's more, now Yuan Chonghuan is still the first person to put down the rebellion of Gunchuktaiji, and after disposing of him, it has become a very embarrassing matter whether the following meritorious heroes should be rewarded or not.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen also thought about Yuan Chonghuan's disposal for a long time. It's just that what he didn't expect was that Sun Chengzong would take the initiative to give in and end the troubles of this matter at the cost of exiling Yuan Chonghuan.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen continued: "... The Indian continent is not a wild land, and there is also a rising Mughal dynasty. And with the development of Daming's economy, we still have to step out of the Strait of Malacca after all to find a broader market.

At present, the Indian continent is as prosperous as this dynasty, and its territory is not only vast, but also rich in resources, which is really the key point of the development of our Ming industry and commerce in the next few decades.

From Daming to the Indian mainland, there are now three land routes and one sea route. The three land routes are, the northern route from the Western Regions through Afghanistan into the northern part of the Indian continent; The line enters the northeastern part of mainland India from Uszzang via Niper; The southern route runs from Yunnan to the northeastern part of mainland India via Burma. The sea route is to go around Malacca and pass through Myanmar to reach the ports of the Indian mainland.

With these four routes, the only ones that are really practical are the two roads to India, the southern route by land and the road by sea. The other two are not too far, but the road is too difficult to travel, so it is difficult to take advantage of.

Whether it is by land or by sea, Burma is a key point that we cannot bypass, so controlling Burma is a thing that the Governor of Yunnan-Guizhou and the Viceroy of India must work together to do.

Yuan Chonghuan's talent and qualifications were not enough for Hong Chengchou to cooperate with him, and his manipulative nature did not allow him to slowly manage the breakthrough of the Indian continent. Therefore, the positions of Tang Wang and Hong Chengchou are not suitable for him.

Yuan Chonghuan is a fierce and timid person, unscrupulous and decisive, rigid and self-serving, if it weren't for this, Gun Chuktaiji would not have needed to be killed. Since Mr. Sun wants him to make up for his mistakes, I think it is better to let him go to Jinghai City.

Located at the southernmost tip of the African continent, Jinghai City is the boundary between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and the most important gateway to the Asia-Europe route. In the past, the Europeans did not notice this, so we got our hands on it first. However, with the further prosperity of trade between Asia and Europe, Jinghai City will eventually become a port of concern for Eurasian countries.

This place is too far away from our country, and if we want to defend this area, we may not be able to count on domestic assistance, so we still have to rely on local management.

Although the African continent is ignorant and backward, it is extremely rich in various resources. If we rely on Jinghai City to develop into the interior of Africa, China can not only truly gain a foothold in Africa, but also establish an entry point to explore the African continent.

Therefore, I intend to make Jinghai City and the surrounding area into the province of South Africa, and establish the post of Governor of South Africa. Yuan Chonghuan likes to do things on his own so much, let him go to South Africa to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so I think he can have a good time. ”

After listening to Chongzhen's decision, Sun Chengzong didn't know what to say. Jinghai City, this is really the end of the world, a bad Yuan Chonghuan may never see the Ming Dynasty again.

Sun Chengzong thought for a long time before he whispered to Chongzhen: "Isn't Jiuli Prefecture good?" Is Jinghai City too far away? ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said: "Jiuli Prefecture is just some savages, and some prisoners can be swept away by sending some prisoners in the past, so why should Yuan Chonghuan go." Although Jinghai City is far away, its geographical location is still quite important. Besides, if he wants to make meritorious service and atone for his crimes, where else can he go if he doesn't go to South Africa? ”

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