Chapter 37 Rehabilitating Zhang Juzheng
Cui Chengxiu's conspiracy case came to an end, Tian Ergeng was also ordered to return to his hometown ten days ago, and the political pattern of the Ming Dynasty also underwent great changes. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Luo Yangxing became the upstart of the Ming Dynasty, first as the commander of the forbidden army, and then took over as the commander of the Jinyi Guard.
Ten days Zhu Youzhen did not have a vain, Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao on the three battalions of the rectification charter, and made a systematic and reasonable arrangement, but there are some bad points, Zhu Youzhen did not ask, that is the problem of military households, the three battalions in these ten days into the battalion of 2,300 people, but the military households accounted for only 12 of them, most of them are peasant children, but Zhu Youzhen, as a decision-maker, will not pay attention to this aspect of things, in fact, Tuntian military households from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the end of Chongzhen, has existed in name only.
First of all, the famous Liaodong Guanning Iron Cavalry, the soldiers in it almost have no military households, in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the last one is completely loyal to the imperial court, Sun Chuanting, and there are no military households.
It's just that this is a French law, and no one in the court will touch this mold, but at this time it is different, at this time Yuan Chonghuan, who was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of War, is not good at stubble, he has lived in the army for a long time, and knows all kinds of disadvantages of the military household Tuntian, and he is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he is in charge of this file, Tuntian occupies a lot of fields, but at this time, these fields are in the hands of rich businessmen and nobles, so that the source of national soldiers is in short supply, and many national assets have fallen into private hands, this is where Yuan Chonghuan wants to tidy up, and after being familiar with the Ministry of War, he has already begun to work, privately informed Zhu Youzhen of his intentions.
Zhu Youzhen asked Yuan Chonghuan to come, because he wanted to change the many problems of the Ming Dynasty army, he found the root cause and dared to start, of course, taking advantage of Zhu Youzhen's intentions.
Zhu Youzhen encouraged, so that he does not have to be anxious, the reform needs to be done slowly, the affairs of the military department can only be started next year, that is, the first year of Chongzhen, at the end of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youzhen has five major things to complete, and it cannot be delayed until next year.
The first thing, emasculation, Wei Zhongxian must completely fall in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and he can't drag things out until the first year of Chongzhen.
The second thing, the rule of officials, Shaanxi is the most serious place of the peasant uprising, when the catastrophe comes, Zhu Youzhen must ensure that the rule of officials in Shaanxi can be clearer, and the court uses all the money and food to mobilize enough money and food to be distributed to the hands of the victims as much as possible, so at the end of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youzhen decided to appoint Li Shuo as the servant of the Ministry of Officials, the governor of Shaanxi, supervise officials at all levels in Shaanxi, and use strict laws to rectify and appease the morale of the army, and make up all the money and food owed to the soldiers in various parts of Shaanxi, so as to show the emperor's grace. Prepare for the great turmoil in the first year of Chongzhen.
In fact, if you want to talk about reform in the country's morality, you can only rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng and establish the legitimacy and authority of reform and reform, so that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty can be clear, and the people of the whole world will really benefit.
The fourth thing is to rectify the national guard of Tianfu, transfer all the general soldiers out of Sichuan, and urgently recruit Sun Chuanting into Beijing to serve as the governor of Sichuan, promote the lower-level military attaches who are familiar with the situation in Sichuan, and firmly control the country of Tianfu, which is a major strategy of Zhu Youzhen, and can also play a very important strategic role in the future war. As for Sun Chuanting, Zhu Youzhen had long wanted him to enter Beijing as an official, but the importance of Sichuan needless to say, so let Sun Chuanting be the governor of Sichuan.
The fifth and most important thing is the hoarding of grain, when the famine comes, the price of grain will definitely rise, Zhu Youzhen must let the officials at all levels in Jiangnan buy grain from the hands of wealthy merchants in the last few months of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and cannot buy it at a high price, all at the market price at this time, if it costs an extra cent, he will be investigated for the crime of dereliction of duty, and officials will be sent from the imperial court to supervise, Zhu Youzhen will put all the surplus grain in Jiangnan into the disaster relief in the north.
Zhu Youzhen must finish these five things this year, and he can't drag things out until the first year of Chongzhen, but there are only three months left, Zhu Youzhen has a feeling of being out of breath, but fortunately, with the company of Queen Zhou, Zhu Youzhen feels a little warm in the cold power struggle.
Today, Zhu Youzhen got up early in the morning, and after putting on the dragon robe, under the guidance of ten eunuchs, he set off from the Heart Cultivation Hall and slowly walked towards the Taihe Palace.
The dynasty began early in the morning, and there were many unfamiliar faces among the civil and military officials who knelt down, and they were all officials promoted by the officials, and of course, Zhu Youzhen was also allowed to take a look at his assessment one by one.
Zhu Youzhen said softly: "Flat." ”
The officials stood up.
"Cui Chengxiu's rebellion case has come to an end, I am very satisfied with the verdict, Feng Ying has done a good job, Feng Ying can report on the end."
Feng Ying said: "Your Majesty, after the case was decided, the minister sent officials to put the families of Cui Chengxiu and others in the prison of the Criminal Department. Cui Chengxiu, Cui Yingyuan and others found 1.25 million taels of silver in their homes in Beijing, a total of 780,000 taels of silver and hundreds of antique calligraphy and paintings from the homes of 52 accomplices, many of which were genuine, and in the mansion of Cui Chengxiu's hometown, 50,000 taels of gold, 35 taels of silver, two genuine pieces of Song Huizong, and countless treasured jewels. And Yang Huan, Cui Yingyuan, Tian Ji and others Ling Chi and five days later. ”
Zhu Youzhen nodded and said coldly: "Cui Chengxiu and others are so rich that they are rivaling the country, what are the imperial historians doing, is it possible that they take the imperial court's money every day and don't care about the world at home?" What does the ministry do? Are you all officials of the Ming Dynasty, and are you also rich and rival the country? At the end of Zhu Youzhen's words, he had already roared.
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "The emperor is angry." ”
"I decreed that Cui Chengxiu, who had been buried, would be thrown into the coffin and whipped the corpse, and the head would be passed on to the nine sides, which had already shocked the supergang." Zhu Youzhen is not venting his personal anger, but preparing for the next incident in Shaanxi, and turning the purge of officials into the political style of the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty's apocalypse, of course, the thunderous anger is also prepared for this.
There was a deathly silence in the Taihe Palace, and only the breathing of the hundred officials could be heard.
"The proceeds of the stolen goods belong to the treasury, and one by one must be remembered clearly by me, and if anyone dares to do anything in this dirty silver, I will not spare it." When Zhu Youzhen said these words, Luo Yangxing felt that Zhu Youzhen was looking at him, and his heart was cold.
"Get up, all of you, I'm out of shape."
"Yes."
Zhu Youzhen said: "Taizu is not easy to come by, after I made the throne, I am afraid every day, lest I ruin the foundation of my ancestors, I hope that all the ministers will do their best to assist me and make my Ming Dynasty more prosperous." ”
"Your ministers are willing."
Li Shuo came out at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have been thinking for a long time, and the final decision of Zhang Juzheng's cabinet during the Wanli period was vague, which led to the deposition of Lord Zhang Juzheng's new policy, and the minister asked the emperor to rehabilitate Lord Zhang Juzheng and restore the new policy. ”
As soon as Li Shuo said this, the Manchu dynasty was shocked, and the resumption of the new policy would hurt the fundamental interests of many bureaucrats.
Before Zhu Youzhen could speak, Huang Liji, the first assistant of his own cabinet, came out and said: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed, Zhang Juzheng is disrespectful to Emperor Wanli, and he can't commit a crime on this charge alone, not to mention that Zhang Juzheng is the first assistant of the cabinet, and has a close relationship with Qi Jiguang, the chief soldier of the border pass, this file is ironclad evidence, I don't know where the truth of Lord Li's ambiguity comes from?" ”
The first assistant of the cabinet said the voices of many officials, and also reassured the officials, yes, Emperor Wanli is in front of him, if Zhang Juzheng overturns the case, then Emperor Wanli is the biggest obstacle to Zhu Youzhen.
"Your Majesty, what Huang Ge Lao said is a bit strong. The minister did not agree. Li Shuo has insufficient confidence to say these words, although this is a private decision between him and Zhu Youzhen, but if he is allowed to speak ill of Emperor Wanli above the court, he will not dare in the end.