Chapter 681: Vassal State
Chongzhen pulled the famine as high as more than 3.5 million taels of silver.
Even last time, the Ming court has owed more than 7 million taels of debt to the king of the south, how can Chongzhen get it? He can only face it with a wry smile.
When the ministers learned of the cost of the king of the south, they smacked their tongues one by one, and they began to talk about each other, and the voices were very loud.
There are very few people in the Manchu Dynasty who have no entanglement of interests with the king of Nan, and their discussion is nothing more than collective pressure on the emperor to ask for a reward for the king of Nan.
"The king of the south spent millions of taels of silver, and waved his army to wipe out the Qing army of 50,000 or 60,000 in the land of Gyeonggi, and the court did not say anything, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?"
"The soldiers of the king of the south also have to eat and pay to support their families! The court always has to give money and food. ”
"Nanzhili is in danger, and the imperial court has transferred the king of Nan to suppress Kou again, is it cheeky and empty talk?"
"The court should reward and punish clearly, and it seems unfair to do so."
"Your Excellency, don't be poor and generous, the old man can't take out the silver, don't say more than three million taels, and the three hundred thousand taels of households can't make it up now."
"If the court doesn't have money, you have to think about it, how can there be a reason not to give money and food to let people send troops to fight, don't you understand that the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first." ……。
The discussion was loud, Chongzhen heard more than half of it, his face was red and white for a while, and he was extremely embarrassed .......
Liang Tingdong, who was in a desperate situation, had already hugged the thigh of King Nan with an iron heart, and he went out again and played loudly: "Your Majesty, the old minister learned that Jiannu attacked and disturbed the Beijing Division, and led 5,000 Xuanda border soldiers and horses to come to King Qin day and night. ”
Liang Tingdong paused deliberately, and the noise in the court immediately became quieter, and all the ministers were waiting to hear what was going on.
He cleared his throat and continued: "The soldiers of Xuanda fought bravely, and captured more than 100 levels of Jiannu and 1,500 Tartars, and the soldiers' salaries have now been fully received from the hands of the King of the South, and the King of the South said that the Son of Heaven will issue a reward within seven days, and the soldiers are shouting Long live the Son of Heaven. ”
Hearing this, Cheng Guoxiang, the head of the household department, hurriedly went out and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister can't get together a million taels of beheading and silver in seven days, and there is no precedent for the imperial court to cash it out immediately." ”
Chongzhen knew that the household department couldn't take out the silver, so he said: "Liang Aiqing, what if the imperial court can't issue the head reward within seven days?" ”
Liang Tingdong said: "Your Majesty, King Nan will naturally not lose his trust in the soldiers, and he will continue to pay for the imperial court." ”
Cheng Guoxiang, the head of the household, was relieved when he saw that he didn't want him to make up money, and said: "His Royal Highness the King of the South is really a model for my generation, and the old minister implores His Majesty to give him a generous reward." ”
A few words of good words will not die, so Tian Weijia, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zhang Zhifa, Kong Zhenyun and other important ministers all unanimously demanded that the king of the south be rewarded.
Liang Tingdong saw that the fire was coming, and said in an astonishing voice: "The old minister thinks that the king of the south does not care about personal gains and losses, and is loyal to the court, and implores the son of heaven to canonize the king of the south with the treatment of a vassal state." ”
As soon as these words came out, the princes looked at each other. The eyes of the civilian and military generals of the "God of War" faction lit up, and they thought that this move was clever and wonderful.
Several moral gentlemen think that the king of Qiongya County has just entered the vassal king at the beginning of his army, and now he is asking the court for the treatment of a vassal state, which inevitably coerces the court too much, and it is not a gentleman's doing!
The prince of the vassal state is the king of the Ming Dynasty itself, and the territory belongs to the land of the Ming Dynasty, but the vassal king is appointed to manage and garrison.
Moreover, since the martyrdom of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, the king of the Ming Dynasty did not lead troops to garrison a place at all, but did not have the military power to die in the fiefdom.
The vassal state is equivalent to the country of the symbolic leadership of the Ming Dynasty such as Korea and Dayue, they are independent, and they have their own lord, that is, the king, and the king's wife is the queen and not the princess.
All in all, the difference between the vassal king and the Ming Emperor is that the emperor is replaced by a king, the costume is slightly different, the python robe is not used for the dragon, and the bead string on the crown is also less than two rows.
Liang Tingdong pulled down his old face in order to hug Huang Sheng's thighs, he stepped out of the crowd and lifted the fig leaf, and went into battle shirtless to ask for the treatment of a vassal state for King Nan.
The emperor was silent, and there was a lot of discussion in the court again, and many ministers who were closely related to the "development of China" thought that Huang Sheng's treatment of a vassal state was more conducive to the development of the later period, and they began to support it.
Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, benefited from the "God of War" to escape from death this time, he participated in the operation with the army, and saw the combat effectiveness of the "God of War" strong army with his own eyes, and believed that Huang Sheng's strength was unmatched, and taking refuge as soon as possible showed that his heart was not only beneficial to himself, but also to his children and grandchildren.
Zhang Fengyi also cheekily said: "Your Majesty, the old minister seconded the proposal, the old minister thought that the canonization of the king of the south with a vassal state was well deserved, and the arrogant soldiers under the command of the king of the south must be grateful inexplicably, and everyone must be brave to go to the Central Plains to exterminate the liukou." ”
Huang Daozhou, the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shi and the scholar of Hanlin, heard the two high-ranking ministers of the humerus flattering the king of the south like this, and he was furious, and went out of the class and said:
"If there is no distinction between loyalty and loyalty, then evil and good are confused, how can it be cured? If the king of the south is loyal to the court and thinks that he is fighting for the country, how can he be a loyal minister to blackmail the king? ”
Originally, Gao Di was not ready to rush to the front, but when he saw Huang Daozhou's harsh words, he angrily reprimanded:
"You have only been able to learn in your life! When the Dongnu soldiers invaded Gyeonggi, why didn't they go out of the city to kill the enemy? The fief of the king of the south was originally taken from the vassal state, and now the Son of Heaven is his correct name. ”
The old position of the Gao Di Pavilion is the first rank of the dynasty, and he is nearly twenty years older than Huang Daozhou, the fourth rank of Zhan Shi, of course, he can be reprimanded as a junior.
Huang Daozhou is a perfectionist, he will admit death, and at this time he has the fighting spirit of the Confucians. Said: "Jiaozhi, 'Nanhua Island', and 'Huaxia Island' are indeed taken from other countries by the King of the South, and the ministers also sincerely admire them, but what is the explanation of Hainan Island?" ”
Wu Xiang couldn't help it, and jumped out and said: "If it weren't for the King of the South, Hainan Island would still be a world of pirates, not only that, but Guangdong and Fujian would also be difficult to protect, what is the point of entangled in the belonging of Hainan Island, can you defend it if you go to garrison?" ”
Huang Daozhou shouted: "How can this be justified, what is the meaning of sacrificing oneself for righteousness? What does it mean to be reluctant to give up an inch of land? I can't recapture the land of faith today, and I will fight for it tomorrow, the children and grandchildren of the Ming Dynasty are endless, are they all waste? There will always be a time when talent will emerge! ”
Gao Di was happy and said with a smile: "Your Majesty can treat the king of the south as a vassal state first, and then make plans when the Ming talents come out." ”
Huang Daozhou's face turned red, but he did not flinch, stared at a group of important ministers and reprimanded angrily: "When reading the book of sages, you should know that you should sacrifice your life to take righteousness and kill yourself to become benevolent, and you are not enough to wait!" ”
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