Chapter 16 The first assistant of the human spirit
The first wind and rain drifted away
Why are there two books?
This is the treacherous nature of Wen Shoufu.
Adhering to the principle of taking into account both public and private interests, one of them is his private goods, which contains his political enemies, and he is ready to see the trend of Emperor Chongzhen before making a choice.
Now it seems that it is a bit out of place.
The emperor is ready to use the inner treasury to support the Guanning border army, but as the first assistant who is deeply favored by Emperor Chongzhen, he understands the financial situation of the palace better than anyone else.
In the past few years, he has been selling the objects in the palace one after another, what silver taels can he have in the inner treasury?
Then, the answer is about to come out, the emperor is determined to investigate the corruption of the courtiers and use them to raise the army, and perhaps there are other means that are unknown.
But no matter what, you must fully cooperate, and you must not carry private goods at this time.
Otherwise, the impeached officials will not be able to make any silver taels, and the emperor's board will inevitably hit him.
Even, he also saw the hidden meaning and purpose from the emperor's series of actions.
The first is to personally seize military power. The second is to reduce the expenditure of the border army.
Needless to say, grasping military power is something that all successive emperors have to do. And the method of using the inner treasury to raise the army to reduce the expenses of the border army, Wen Tiren secretly exclaimed.
Everyone knows that there is a lot of water in the food and salary of the border army, but why is it basically still distributed in full, especially on the Guanning front.
First, they are inseparable from them. The second is because of the treasury.
This treasury is not anyone's, public property, not to whom.
But the emperor Neiku, try it, which general dares to jump and mess around?
That's the emperor's private property, what are the consequences of being hated by the emperor, and when you think about it with your feet, your head is gone.
Although it is impossible to completely cut off the false report, at least it can make them dare not go too far, right?
The emperor has been acting in a completely different style recently, and it seems that he is indeed very disappointed in the Donglin Party, so it seems that his spring is coming.
Wen Zhenmeng, Qian Longxi, Qian Qianyi and other Donglin bigwigs, which one was not taken home by himself to play in the mountains and rivers?
By the way, I still feel that Qian Qianyi is so free to understand his hatred, and he threw him from the scenery of the splendid Jiangnan into a dark prison last month, which is really sour!
Who made Donglin powerful, and he had a bitter enmity with them?
I just don't know if I can take this opportunity to completely dump Qian Qianyi.
Maybe it's possible, the family has a lot of money, and the emperor must be interested.
At this time, Wen Tiren really wanted to talk about juvenile madness, looked up to the sky and howled and said to the Son of Heaven with old tears: Your Majesty, you should have done this a long time ago!
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Daming Guards system has existed in name only, and I ask the Cabinet to draft a decree to allow the guards to leave their nationality freely, and no one shall interfere with them.
If there are those who are still willing to join the army, the local governor will recruit them into the army according to the state, government, and county, and report to the military department. ”
Emperor Chongzhen didn't know the twists and turns in Shoufu's mind, and he proposed the third fire since he took office.
These are the several effective methods he has taken in the past few days, according to the current form, against the Ming Dynasty that is about to collapse.
I don't dare to do such a big action as levying commercial taxes at present, for fear that the righteous gentlemen will be forced to be in a hurry, and the dog will jump over the wall to a Qingjun side, and it will be over when he falls into the water and sings coolly.
Only when the money is in place and an army that is completely loyal to oneself can you let go of your hands and feet, and the gods will block and kill the gods, and the Buddhas will block and kill the Buddhas, and sweep away all the ghosts and ghosts.
And allowing the guards to leave their nationality and liberate them is a good move for him.
Why?
Starting from Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to prevent the disorder of the military and civilian household registration, the military registration is hereditary, and once the household is assigned to the army, it can never leave the nationality.
There are countless cases of officers of the guard station encroaching on the fields of the military cantonment and private soldiers cultivating the land.
Since then, the military status has become a shackle for the sergeants of the guard, and the sergeants are unable to break free, so they resist by fleeing.
In view of this, since the Xuande period, the Ming Dynasty has sent the Qing army every year to clean up the deserters, and the guards have also sent people to the hometown of the fugitive sergeants.
In the end of the Ming Dynasty, the system of health is not abolished, and the clear hook is always held, but it is still useless.
After many sergeants fled, they married and had children, started another family, and did not return to their hometowns.
Now, it has become a shackle that shackles ordinary military households.
Poor sergeant, with no land to cultivate, his wife is frozen, and his life is poor.
Therefore, by allowing them to leave their nationality, the imperial court can not only save a lot of money, but also get the gratitude of ordinary military households and win a wave of hearts for themselves.
And that's not his main purpose.
Pointing at the Beijing camp and reforming the invincible Beijing army in the Zhu Di period is the ultimate goal in the heart of Emperor Chongzhen.
Then, before that, it is necessary to vacate the establishment so that he can avoid mixing fish and dragons and avoid affecting the construction of the Beijing army.
"Your Majesty, it may not be difficult in other provinces, but the two capitals are ...... This matter may have to be discussed with the Duke of Cheng Guo and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. ”
Liu Yuliang, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Dongkaku University, suggested that Ai Ai should be in the period.
He is one of the four major group assistants, in charge of the military department, and the secretary of the military department is not there, so he can only put forward his opinions.
Speaking of which, the official system of the Ming Dynasty is very perfect, and there are a total of six cabinet scholars, one of the first assistants, one of the second assistants, and four of the group assistants, who are under the jurisdiction of six departments.
This is like the prime minister of the Celestial Empire, the executive vice premier, and a few vice prime ministers, who manage the huge number of other government departments.
"Let's talk about it first, you don't have to worry about anything else."
Emperor Chongzhen had a gloomy face and said very unpleasantly.
"The Emperor Shengming!"
Liu Yuliang's old face turned red, but he just sat down obediently.
He is only promising by nature, suppressed by Wen Tiren and Wang Yingxiong, and was originally a soy sauce character in the cabinet.
Otherwise, the dignified group of assistants would not be able to restrain the nobles of the Beijing camp under the military department, especially the arrogant Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen.
"After discussing the wording with his colleagues, Wei Chen immediately drafted the decree according to the emperor's intentions."
The emperor wants to rectify the Beijing camp again, this is an opportunity, Wen Tiren keenly discovered the emperor's intentions, stood up and saluted and said: "Weichen has something to do." ”
"Ai Qingyan?" On the high throne, Emperor Chongzhen said indifferently.
"Emperor Qi, the Ming army was established, and a large number of troops were placed in the capital and the border areas, especially the Beijing army, which was large in number and well-equipped, in order to play a role in controlling the light.
During the period of wanting to become an ancestor, there were seventy-eight soldiers in the Beijing camp, and the number was no less than 300,000. More than 50 guards and more than 200,000 sergeants were set up around the imperial city.
After the Tumubao Incident, Yingzong led 500,000 Beijing troops to the battle, and almost all the troops were annihilated.
Since then, the garrison army has been in a situation where it will collapse at the slightest touch, and it can only recruit troops to fight. However, the Beijing army has not been easily dispatched because it is not accustomed to battle formations and is afraid of hurting the national prestige.
At present, the situation is critical, although the number of border troops is large, but they are guarded by different routes, and the strength is single, and once there is a police, it also needs the support of the Beijing army.
Weichen implored the emperor to reorganize the Beijing army and restore the former prestige of our Beijing camp. ”
After listening to Wen Shoufu's words, Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, unable to calm down any longer, staring at him with straight eyes, not knowing what to say.
This old thing, it's a human spirit!
I didn't say anything, but I guessed my true intentions based on my actions alone, and sent a pillow, terrifying!
The shrewdness of this old man's scheming is breathtaking, and he is deeply jealous!
No wonder the righteous gentlemen of the Donglin Party were suppressed by him to death, and after his death, he was listed as the first traitor in the Chongzhen period, not without reason!
Below, Wen Tiren saw Emperor Chongzhen's situation, and his heart became nervous.
Could it be that the old man guessed wrong, or is it ...... Otherwise...... How so?
Immediately, his forehead was covered with fine sweat.
He thought about it a lot, but he didn't guess that Emperor Chongzhen was in a daze.
In fact, if you are in a daze, if you do it well, it is called deep.
This was the case with Emperor Chongzhen.
"Wen Aiqing ......"
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