Chapter 309: Chilling
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The negotiation was smooth, out of the expectations of the lord of the court, when the gold, silver and night pearls entered the treasury, the wave of opposition from the court finally broke out, and the captured Houjin Tartar was redeemed by Huang Taiji with money, some people felt that their dignity was provoked, thinking that the battle had become a transaction, and some people even thought that since they wanted to show the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, it would be necessary for Huang Taiji to bow down to the courtiers, and they could put the Houjin Tartar back, not a tael of silver, and face was the most important.
The impeachment twists and turns went up like a rainflicker.
The main person who was impeached was Zheng Xunrui, the left deputy envoy of the Ministry of War, because Zheng Xunrui was directly responsible for this negotiation, and of course he had to bear the main responsibility, although many people understood that this decision was made by the emperor, and Zheng Xunrui was just carrying out the emperor's holy decree, but the execution was also guilty.
With such a big turmoil, it is impossible for Zheng Xunrui not to know, although the emperor has been silent.
After the negotiations, Zheng Xunrui basically has nowhere to go, although he is the left deputy envoy of the military department, but these are part-time, his previous main position is the governor of Shaanxi and the governor of the five provinces, Wen Zhenheng has been appointed as the governor of Shaanxi, as for the post of governor of the five provinces, it is obvious that Lu Xiangsheng has been promoted.
In other words, Zheng Xunrui is still waiting for the imperial court's decree to see what official position he can take up next.
Zheng Xunrui did not stay in the capital, he chose to go to Tongzhou, after all, almost all of the Zheng family's troops were stationed here, and at this time he wanted to return to Xi'an Mansion City. After all, there are a lot of things that still need to be explained, and he has written several letters between him and Wen Zhenheng, but some things are still good to say in person, and Wen Manshan and other family members are still in Xi'an Fucheng.
After returning to Tongzhou, Zheng Xunrui almost stayed at home and stayed in the Yin Hotel. But the news kept coming.
Xu Wanghua accompanied Zheng Xunrui, as for Zheng Jinhong and others, they were all stationed in the barracks, and the troops of the other guards, after the withdrawal of the Houjin Tartars, all left Tongzhou and returned to their original stations, and Tongzhou City was finally quieter.
Xu Wanghua participated in the negotiations and transactions, but he didn't expect it. This negotiation caused such a big turmoil, and Zheng Xunrui, who defeated the Houjin Tartars, was impeached by many people, and some people even wanted to put Zheng Xunrui in prison.
Zheng Xunrui's love was not good, Xu Wanghua also noticed it, and after a few days passed, he seriously thought about a lot of questions. decided to have a good talk with Zheng Xunrui and tell some of his understanding.
"Your Excellency. There have been so many impeachment twists and turns in the imperial court, and even the capital and Tongzhou think that the adults are groveling, and their subordinates are indeed unconvinced. ”
Zheng Xunrui looked at Xu Wanghua and slowly spoke.
"Mr. Xu, do you think the emperor is compared to the emperor Taiji of Houjin. How, exactly. ”
Xu Wanghua was caught off guard, he didn't expect Zheng Xunrui to throw such a question, although he had also thought of Huang Taiji's power in his heart, and he had never made a comparison.
Seeing Xu Wanghua's somewhat frightened look, Zheng Xunrui spoke again.
"Mr. Xu. It's not that I'm pessimistic, if this situation continues, the emperor is really not Huang Taiji's opponent, just say that this time the transaction, Huang Taiji made a decisive decision, took out 10 million taels of silver, he probably thought of a lot, to say that Houjin took out so much silver, it can be said that he did his best, Huang Taiji can still make a decision, on the one hand, Huang Taiji believes that people's hearts are the most important, this move he enveloped everyone's hearts, on the other hand, Huang Taiji has also stabilized his own power, And Huang Taiji probably thought that my Ming court will not be quiet. ”
Xu Wanghua nodded, he saw this, the reality is like this.
"My lord, my subordinates think that you should write a recital to the emperor and explain the powerful relationship."
"I will write, but I feel chilled, this negotiation, or the transaction, on the whole, the court has saved face, but also made up for the loss, so much silver, at least can appease the people who have suffered heavy losses, as the imperial court, the next thing to think about is how to strengthen its own strength, how to completely eliminate the threat of the Golden Tartars, but unfortunately the adults in the court, can't think of this problem, they are for the purpose of venting their personal anger, Blind public opinion to force the emperor to make wrong decisions. ”
"Why do you say that?"
"It's very simple, I can be sure that this turmoil was provoked by the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party people hate me to the core, and they can't wait for me to disappear immediately, they know that I am the biggest threat, so they spare no effort to deal with me, as long as there is a little opportunity, they will not let go, to say that I have no particularly bad malice towards the Donglin Party, but one thing after another, let me be completely disappointed in them, the Donglin Party has become a cancer in the court, the southern scholars and businessmen, in order to protect their own rights and interests, I don't care about the world and the people. ”
When he said this, Zheng Xunrui stood up.
"On the one hand, the wisdom and wisdom of Huang Taiji, on the other hand, the Donglin Party people spared no effort to disrupt the situation, in order to protect their own interests are almost crazy, compared with the two, what chance does the Ming have to completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars, not to mention the extermination of the Houjin Tartars, even the extermination of the Liukou is impossible, if it continues to develop according to this situation, the Ming Dynasty was finally destroyed in the hands of the Donglin Party, you say that in such a situation, I can not be in a hurry."
Xu Wanghua's face turned a little pale, and after Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, he followed and spoke.
"What the adults said is that under the elimination of one and the other, tragedy will definitely occur."
Zheng Xunrui looked at Xu Wanghua again, and his expression became extremely grim.
"Mr. Xu, what I am facing is such a situation, on the one hand, I have to deal with the Houjin Tatar Liukou, on the other hand, I have to meet the attack from the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party is on behalf of the imperial court, that is to say, I am very likely to work against the imperial court in the future, it can be described as internal and external difficulties, if such a situation really occurs, do you say I have a chance to win."
Xu Wanghua also stood up.
"The subordinates feel that the adults have a chance of winning, maybe in a short period of time, they will encounter a lot of difficulties, but as long as they persevere, they will be able to succeed, Shaanxi under the governance of the adults, has become the most stable place in the north, which is not done by any adult in the DPRK, and it is precisely because of the ability of the adults that the Donglin Party people are so panicked, they will spare no effort to deal with the adults, and the subordinates believe that as long as the adults do it, the Donglin Party people are not opponents."
"Thank you, but I can't do it against the Donglin Party for the time being, it's not that I don't want to do it, but the timing is not right, the Donglin Party people control the government, if I really do it, it will be equivalent to a rebellion, the Ming Dynasty is full of holes, crumbling, if there is another large-scale turmoil, I can't bear it."
"My lord is hardworking, and my subordinates know that my subordinates swear allegiance to my lord."
Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly.
"Mr. Xu, these days, I suddenly thought of a difficult problem, that is, the Donglin Party has been severely suppressing the eunuch party, to say that some of Wei Zhongxian's moves, that is the common anger of the people, but there is one thing I think is very strange, that is, Wei Zhongxian has not increased the burden of the people from beginning to end, and Wei Zhongxian has also tried his best to repair the ditches in some places in the north, and even dredged the Yellow River, since the Donglin Party tripped Wei Zhongxian, the burden of the people has increased, so many years in the Ming Dynasty has not repaired the ditchThe Yellow River burst its banks several times, bringing tragic famine to the people. ”
"I also thought of Lord Zhang Juzheng, when Zhang Juzheng also worked hard to reduce the burden of the people, but at that time, the Ming Dynasty showed rare signs of revitalization."
"Zhang Juzheng and Wei Zhongxian have one thing in common, that is, to increase the taxes of commerce and trade, so that scholars and businessmen bear a large amount of taxes, they both know that the people are very bitter, and they can't increase the burden of the people, otherwise the world will be unstable."
"On the other hand, the Donglin Party, their approach is just the opposite, they reduce or even abolish the tax on commerce and trade, so that the wealth of scholars and merchants increases, and they also play the slogan of hiding wealth from the people, to prevent scholars and merchants from bearing taxes, the strange thing is that they have increased the taxes of the people, when Chongzhen was three years old, they increased the tax per mu by three percent, and at the beginning of this year, they increased the tax by three million taels of silver, and the two totaled increased the tax by 10 million taels of silver, which were borne by the people."
"Thinking of this, I have to doubt that the so-called Donglin Party people hide their wealth from the people, and the so-called imperial court does not compete with the people for profit, what they really mean is to protect their own interests, as for the people in the world, they are indifferent."
Xu Wanghua nodded again and again when he listened.
"What my lord said is that my subordinates also feel that the ravages of the rogue over the years have a lot to do with the Donglin Party, and my subordinates think that my lord can write these ideas into a song and let the emperor know."
Zheng Xunrui didn't speak, Xu Wanghua had such an idea, it is not surprising that the Ming scholars still believe that the emperor is orthodox in his heart, so there are some things that he can't say for the time being, he can only point the finger at the Donglin party, in fact, strictly speaking, the emperor's problem is the biggest.
As for the fold, Zheng Xunrui must write it, in the face of the crazy attack of the Donglin party, he will definitely fight back, and he will not sit still, how to write the fold, he has already thought about it, and he will write it out himself.
Faintly, Zheng Xunrui felt that he should make some changes, at least somewhere to make changes, even if he was regarded as different, it didn't matter, if he couldn't fundamentally change some chronic diseases, always relying on Zheng Jiajun's bravery, the final outcome would be just as tragic.
Only by fundamentally changing some things can I be afraid that we can truly make the people calm down, and can we completely eradicate the Liukou and Houjin Tartars. (To be continued......)