Chapter 184: Changes at the End of the Ming Dynasty (I)
Open the heavy history textbook, any dynasty has his qi, the longest is not more than three hundred years, it will definitely fall apart, no matter what method is used, it will not be able to stop his weakening. *With* Dream *Small* Say .lā
Even Chongzhen himself admits that the Ming Dynasty is at an age, and the reason why he is diligent and thrifty is that he hopes that this big spread will end in his own hands, which is very difficult, as can be seen from his reform this time.
His reforms touched the interests of too many people, giving military generals more rights and status to deal with increasingly powerful popular uprisings and side affairs, but they touched the interests of the civilian bureaucracy; The imposition of a mining tax even focused on the commercial tax, which touched the interests of the nobles; The officials and gentry paid grain in one piece, which touched the interests of the landlord class, and when a court touched the foundation of the formation of this court no matter what was beneficial to itself, it was time for the court to perish.
When these contradictions cannot be reconciled, politics will surely tear off its gentlest and most false disguises, show its sharpest fangs, and bring about a great destruction in a life-and-death posture.
Either you destroy me, or I destroy you. The situation now forces neither side to have a choice.
When the moon was on the willow tops, people really met after dusk, the south gate of the palace city was quietly opened as they calculated, and the north side of the Forbidden City really burned an inexplicable fire, everything was so orderly, one or two ministers were pitiful in front of the imperial power, but a hundred, two hundred or even more ministers, when these forces were twisted into a rope, they had earth-shaking power.
Three thousand dead soldiers are ready, some of them are ruffians and gangsters, some are gang members or green forest heroes, and some of the Donglin Party has cultivated guard diehards.
When the three thousand people swaggered into the Taihe Palace, their combat attrition turned out to be zero, which was terrible, these Donglin Party had already infiltrated the power into every corner of the imperial power, you little by little, they compiled a huge net, enough to withstand any strength and angle impact, and fiercely went towards this one-man thief in the center.
Chongzhen is still in the Taihe Hall to approve his recitals, this is a letter about the northwest disaster relief and civil uprising, the front line is too big, he must dispose of these recitals as soon as possible, and review them a moment later, it is very likely that many more people will die, so he is working overtime very seriously, as if the shouting and killing outside has nothing to do with him.
"A lone husband ... Thieves? Hehe, I can't imagine that I am really alone now. ”
seemed to be talking to himself, but Cao Huachun, who was serving on the side, hurriedly answered: "Master, don't be affected by some complaints, according to what the slaves and maids see, these Donglin Party with corpses and vegetarian meals are the real one-man thieves, you are absolutely from them, but they are isolated from the whole world, the whole world is fighting, and the people of the whole country are living a miserable life, why can't they be charged a little money?" Who gave them a good day? It's the court, it's Your Majesty, and the people who eat the king don't know about the loyalty to the king, and the slaves think that they can't atone for their sins if they die. ”
"Hey, may the ancestors bless you."
Donglin Party's large-scale action, if you can hide Chongzhen, it will be a hell, Dongchang and Jinyiwei raised so many eyes not to pick them out and step on them, today's situation, he has actually been prepared.
"The ancestors and the ancestors can't bless you, only the immortals who can bless you are now, you are really calm, you really deserve to be the emperor, the enemies have been killed at your doorstep, and you are still pretending to be calm here."
"There are immortals, and I don't have to worry about it."
"You think too highly of me, since you have discovered their conspiracy, you should strike first, whoever participates in the planning, all of them are arrested and cut, anyway, the generals are on your side, you don't have to worry about someone rebelling, the knife handle is in our hands, what is there to worry about? Afraid that without these guys, there will be no one to work? You simply outsource all your officialdom to me, and let me change your officialdom. ”
"Hehe, after the immortal disappeared for a period of time, his appetite for business is getting bigger and bigger, and it is a matter of the country's society, so he doesn't dare to act rashly, it's really a rat taboo."
"Okay, okay, don't blame me for playing smashed, I know you have a back hand, but don't blame me for not reminding you, there is a woman among them, even I can't deal with it, what hole cards does that woman have, we don't know anything, if that woman makes a move, I don't know at all."
"The battle of life and death, how to grasp it, you can only do your best and obey the destiny of heaven."
As soon as he spoke, the group had already arrived at the front of the hall, only to see Xun Yu sitting alone on the steps, raising his head, the moonlight was reflecting his handsome cheeks, and there was a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.
"Your speed ... It's slower than I expected. With that, Xun Yu stood up and slowly drew his sword.
Yes, this battle was not a conspiracy at the beginning, but a naked confrontation, Chongzhen and others have long known all the news of this rebellion, but they are helpless, although the imperial power is large, but it has never been arbitrarily killed, the most fundamental source of power is the recognition of the lower end of the people to the upper end, and now the entire power structure of the empire has begun to break off from the middle level, and it is no longer possible for Chongzhen to solve the problem by relying on an edict.
So far, it is only a battle, and whoever has more power in his hands will be the winner of this battle.
"Kill!!"
"Kill!!"
Chongzhen has already worked hard, but in the end, he only made up more than 2,000 people, this is already all the palace guards are willing to help him, the vast majority of the forces in the Forbidden City are not helping each other, anyway, I am a standing guard, no matter which of you wins or loses, it doesn't matter to me, this is probably the idea in the hearts of the vast majority of guards, they don't understand national affairs, of course the emperor can't object, but the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty gathered together, and they didn't dare to fight.
This is the battlefield, and the barracks is not the same.
Lu Xiangsheng immediately stared at the dead eunuch in front of him, if his eyes could kill, this dead eunuch would have been full of holes.
"Father-in-law Gao, please let me transfer troops into the city to escort you."
"Lu Jiangjun, I'm afraid you don't want to escort, but to rebel."
"Whoever rebels, he knows it in his own heart. Gao Qiqian, you betrayed Your Majesty as a eunuch, what kind of thing are you a special mother! ”
It's useless, today two are destined to only live one.
The two of them said in unison: "Someone! Give me the anti-thief Gao Qiqian (Lu Xiangsheng)!"
For a while, the three battalions were in a mess, and the two groups of people who helped Lu Xiangsheng and the two groups of people who helped Gao Qiqian collided fiercely, and more people looked at each other, the main general and the superintendent of the arms merger, this strange scene, for the first time in a lifetime, they have no experience, big brothers, can any of you tell us, what should we do now?
And no matter how fierce these two fights are, they don't seem to have anything to do with Qin Hao and Li Fuyao.
It was the third time that the two of them had met, but they didn't expect that the two people, who were obviously mortal enemies, would not make a move until the third time they met.
"Senior Li, did you bring the hole cards?"
"Hehehe, brother, your breath is getting bigger and bigger, it's like asking me to show my hole cards, but I don't know if you have the ability."