Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5: Lying on the salary and tasting the guts

Chapter 3 Social turmoil and turmoil

Section 3 The Crown Prince and the Arrangements for the Future

In late May of the forty-eighth year of Wanli (the fifth year of the Later Jin Heavenly Mandate), Hetuala.

On this day, Nurhachi took Huang Taiji and Daishan to the treasury located in the city of Hetuala, ready to check the reserve of war preparations.

As early as a month ago, through Li Yongfang's matchmaking, Jiannu had already set up a line with the Eight Great Jin Merchants, and on the basis of Nurhachi promising various benefits and paying a large amount of gold and silver, the Eight Great Jin Merchants prepared a large number of iron, cloth, grain, medicinal materials, horses and other materials for Jiannu as quickly as possible, and even finished weapons and armor. All these materials were transported by the caravan of the Eight Great Jin Merchants to the border of the Horqin Department of Mongolia, and then sent back to Hetuara by Jiannu.

Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, and Dai Shan were all very happy to see the mountains of all kinds of materials in the treasury, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. With the eight major Jin merchants, Jiannu not only successfully overcame the current difficulties, but also played a very important role in the future development of Daikin.

In addition to being happy, Nurhachi rewarded Li Yongfang heavily, directly promoted him to a first-class lieutenant general, and rewarded him with a large amount of money, and praised him in front of the princes of Jiannu. The complacent Li Yongfang listened to Nurhachi's praise, and felt as if he was dreaming, everything was so unreal. However, Li Yongfang still took the opportunity to add another point to himself, and told Nurhachi that he had sent someone to inform the eight Jin merchants, so that they could continue to find ways to raise materials for Dajin, and the cooperation between the two sides would continue, and Nurhachi was very happy when he heard this.

After that, Nurhachi made full use of these materials, which greatly accelerated the speed of preparing for war.

The words are divided into two ends, Jingshi, and the Wanli Emperor's dormitory.

At this time, there were many people in the bedroom of Emperor Wanli, and there were palace maids and eunuchs walking softly and briskly everywhere, and more than a dozen imperial doctors were whispering something in a corner of the hall, and the atmosphere in the whole hall was extremely dull, and the air was almost condensed, which made people feel extremely depressed.

Outside the hall, the civil and military ministers headed by Fang Congzhe were all waiting anxiously, and Huang Jiashan, Li Ruhua, Li Linbin and others were also present, and everyone's faces were full of anxiety and sadness.

Time passed little by little, and another hour passed in a blink of an eye, Fang Congzhe saw that the imperial doctor in the palace had not yet come out, and the depression in his heart was really nowhere to be relieved, so he whispered Huang Jiashan to the side and said: "Lord Huang, now Your Majesty's illness has recurred, I don't know if Your Majesty can carry it this time." To say a big disrespectful word, if Your Majesty makes a mistake today, does the military department have a strategy to deal with it? At this time, there are hidden dangers inside the country and slaves outside, and there must not be a little chaos! ”

Huang Jiashan also looked serious, the beard on his face jumped a few times with the twitching of his cheeks, and said: "Elder Ge, I have already informed the Shuntian Mansion before I came, and all the archers and servants of the Shuntian Mansion in the capital have gone to the streets to inspect the streets, and the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division have also gathered and are on standby. In addition, I also sent official letters to Tongzhou Town, Changping Town, Jizhen Town, and Miyun Town, ordering the general troops of these towns to be ready for battle, and the troops and horses under my command immediately began to prepare for battle, and were ready to obey the requisition of the imperial court at any time. By the time I entered the palace, the towns of Changping and Tongzhou, which were closest to the Beijing Division, had already sent a reply, and the soldiers and horses of these two towns had already begun to assemble and mobilize. ”

After hearing this, Fang Congzhe's heart calmed down a little, and then said, "That's good, that's good." I hope Your Majesty will be auspicious. ”

Huang Jiashan hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Elder Ge, what's wrong with the prince?" ”

"What else? There is only one sentence over and over again, and it is all up to the cabinet. Fang Congzhe said with a little dissatisfaction: "Now that the prince is already the master of the six gods, there are even some expectations in the panic on his face, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it, which is really disappointing." ”

Huang Jiashan whispered: "How did I hear that the prince is still messing around with prostitutes in the East Palace?" Isn't that too much to say? ”

Fang Congzhe's face was a little not good-looking, and he said in a low voice: "The prince has been too depressed under the pressure of His Majesty, so he has been changing the law to find pleasure to solve it, and slowly developed a temperament that is close to women. It's just that when is it now, the prince still goes his own way as the prince, this is not just a disagreeable word, it is simply ......" Fang Congzhe said half of the sentence and forcibly held back the second half of the sentence.

After a few rude sounds, Fang Congzhe said with some concern: "The prince has been close to women all the year round, and his body has always been very weak, Lord Huang, I always have a bad premonition." ”

Huang Jiashan also understood, and comforted: "The elder of the pavilion is too worried, how can I have a story of frequent changes of imperial power in the Later Han Dynasty?" Don't worry about it anymore. ”

After finishing speaking, Huang Jiashan and Fang Congzhe couldn't help but shudder. At this time, the Ming Dynasty can already be said to be suffering from internal and external troubles, the corruption of officials, the withering economy, the continuous party struggle between the DPRK and China, the decline of military strength in various places, and the tight frontiers, the whole country has shown the scenery of the sunset in the West Mountain, but at this critical time, Emperor Wanli was knocked down by illness again. If Emperor Wanli really returns to heaven, the Ming Dynasty needs a hero, an emperor who can turn the tide to clean up the mess, in order to save the Ming dynasty that is about to collapse.

However, if Cang Tian is really blind and the new successor is a short-lived person, it will directly lead to turmoil in the imperial situation in the frequent changes of imperial power, which is no less than a fiasco in a major war for today's Ming Dynasty, no less than a once-in-a-century disaster.

Just when Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan were worried about this, the door of Emperor Wanli's bedroom slowly opened, and an imperial doctor walked out of it very tiredly, and then quickly ran to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs who was anxiously waiting for news.

Seeing this, Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan hurriedly greeted them, and the other ministers of civil and military affairs also ran over after them. Fang Congzhe even grabbed the sleeve of the imperial doctor's coat and asked sharply, "How is Your Majesty!" ”

The imperial physician hurriedly said, "Elder Ge, rest assured, Your Majesty has survived!" ”

Hearing this, everyone's hanging hearts were completely down, and they said words such as "Your Majesty is blessed", "God blesses", "God bless the emperor" and so on.

Fang Congzhe took this opportunity to pull the imperial doctor aside and asked in a low voice, "You tell me the truth, with Your Majesty's current condition, how long will it take?" ”

The imperial doctor was suddenly startled, and he stumbled for a long time without saying a whole word.

At this time, Huang Jiashan also came over and said, "You don't have to worry, but it's okay to say it, Elder Ge and I will keep you safe!" ”

The imperial physician hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Your Majesty's illness has penetrated deep into the viscera, even if Hua Tuo is reincarnated, there is nothing he can do." Judging from the experience of several of our doctors, there is still about a month at most. Ge Lao, Huang Shangshu, the lower officials said that if they killed their heads, the court should make plans early. With that, the Imperial Physician ran away.

When Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan heard this, they were stunned for a while before coming back to their senses. You look at me, I look at you, and you don't know what to do next for a while.

At this time, Li Linbin hurriedly came over and said, "Pavilion Elder, my lord, just now my father-in-law came to pass the word, saying that he had summoned the two adults in. ”

Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan didn't dare to delay when they heard this, and hurriedly ran to the dormitory, and they were summoned by Emperor Wanli along with Li Ruhua, the head of the household department.

After the three of them entered the hall, they walked softly to the dragon bed of Emperor Wanli. Fang Congzhe and the three looked up, only to see that Emperor Wanli's dragon bed was surrounded by thick curtains, at this time Emperor Wanli was lying on the bed like a gossamer, but his face was a little ruddy. Fang Congzhe, Huang Jiashan, and Li Ruhua were all struck by lightning when they saw this, and four words came out of their hearts: return to the light!

"Your Majesty, the ministers are here." Fang Congzhe said in a low voice.

Emperor Wanli raised his eyelids and said softly: "Elder Ge, immediately draft a decree: After I leave, there is no need to make a big deal about the national funeral, everything is simple!" The new monarch's enthronement ceremony does not have to be a big deal, everything is also simple! After I left, I left 100,000 taels of money for the expenses of the inner palace, and the rest of the silver was transferred to the household department for state affairs. ”

Fang Congzhe, Huang Jiashan, and Li Ruhua were all shocked when they heard this, Emperor Wanli was explaining what was going on, and the three of them hurriedly knelt down, not knowing what to say for a while, just crying bitterly there.

Emperor Wanli ignored the three of them, and just continued: "In addition, the battle of Liaodong must continue!" Tell Liu Yunwei, the chief soldier of Tongzhou, to train me well, and I will stare at him in the sky! Li Ruhua, the head of the household? ”

"The minister is here." Li Ruhua hurriedly stepped forward and said.

"How much food does the household still have?"

"Back to Your Majesty, there are still more than 380,000 taels of silver and more than 1 million stones of grain and grass in the household department."

Emperor Wanli's face became even more ruddy when he heard this, and he said: "Leave one million taels of silver and one hundred thousand stones of grain and grass for household expenses." The rest of the money and grain are all reserved for special use, which can only be used for war expenses in Liaodong! ”

Li Ruhua exclaimed when he heard this: "Your Majesty, now that natural disasters continue to occur in various provinces, all parts of the country are anxiously waiting for money and grain to help the victims and quell the riots. What if disaster relief in various places is ineffective and leads to the recurrence of the Yellow Turban Incident! ”

As soon as the words fell, Emperor Wanli sat up abruptly as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, grabbed Li Ruhua's collar, and roared loudly: "Fight!" Fight until the whole Liao is restored! Fight until the Jiannu clan is wiped out! Jiannu has become a great disaster for the dynasty and a great enemy of China, and the war in Liaodong must be put in the first place, even if the imperial court smashes the pot and sells iron, and the civil strife continues, the war in Liaodong must continue! I'd rather give up the country to thieves and rebels than to invade and occupy an inch of my Chinese land! Otherwise, I will not be blind! ”