Chapter 426: No one around
"According to your words, there are people in both families who are not right......"
"Judging from the information in the hands of the lowly officials, there should be, but I can't be sure who it is."
In the Changchun Palace, when Zhu Youxiao and Gu Bingqian were afraid, Zhu Youzhen stood in front of the window and asked with his back to a person, and this person also gave an answer.
"Whew......" Zhu Youzhen exhaled a turbid breath, feeling that the situation was gradually getting out of his control, so he wanted to pull it.
"You say...... Do you want to kill Huanglong......"
Zhu Youzhen's words made the people hiding in the shadows sweat, and after the clouds above the sky gradually drifted away, the sunlight spilled into the hall, illuminating this person clearly.
"Kill...... There are benefits of killing, but not killing...... There are benefits of not killing......"
Lu Jianxing bowed his body and said an ambiguous word.
Obviously, years of officialdom have made him develop the habit of not expressing his stance on the general trend.
It's just that if he only sits in this position, he can't sit in this position.
"Kill Huang Long, although the twelve guards of the navy will not say it explicitly, but they are not convinced in their hearts, and Huang Long's nephew Huang Fei is quite prestigious in the navy."
"If he is relieved of his duties, I am afraid that the twelve guards will riot en masse."
"Although the families of more than 40 battalions of Xiaoxiyang and the 12 guards and horses of the Navy are all in Daming, many of them have not married in Daming and have taken root in Ceylon Mansion."
"This part is making trouble, and that's ......"
After saying three points, Lu Jianxing did not continue, and he saw that Zhu Youzhen did not speak, so he said:
"Besides, this incident is not necessarily related to Huang Long, Huang Long is arrogant, except for Your Highness, only Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan can make him a little more restrained."
"With his temperament, it is unlikely that he will discuss with some people of his nephews."
"Although he has a criminal record, it is really not too much to kill, and it can also make some people live in peace, but in general, it still does more harm than good......
After he finished speaking, Zhu Youzhen turned around and walked to his place, and only after sitting down did he say:
"You seem to be neutral in your words, but you're actually helping to pull the shelf."
"Your Highness Mingjian......" Lu Jianxing turned around, nodded and said:
"The lowly position is indeed selfish, and he doesn't want Huang Long to die."
"Lone will not kill Huanglong, nor will he kill any meritorious hero who has contributed to the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Youzhen leaned back in his chair and spoke in an atmospheric manner:
"Those Wenchen all thought that Lone was Emperor Taizu Gao, but Lone wanted to be the ancestor of Tang and Song."
"Peel and fill the grass because they did what they should have done."
Zhu Youzhen's words seemed to be perfect, but Lu Jianxing heard a trace of wrongness.
Did Tang Zong and Song Zu ever kill heroes? Naturally, Hou Junji is the representative.
But even if Hou Junji was killed, it was because Hou Junji rebelled.
In other words, in the eyes of His Royal Highness, as long as the hero does not rebel, he will not be in a different place in what he does.
Rebellion is his bottom line, but this rebellion is ......
Lu Jianxing was a little drumming in his heart, after all, in the eyes of all of them, what Huang Long and the others did was not a rebellion.
They just want the person who promoted them to be the emperor and choose a better person to be the emperor, is this too much for the ministers?
The only contradiction is that Zhu Youzhen doesn't want to be the emperor.
As soon as he spoke, the chair would be automatically lifted next to him, waiting for his ass to sit down.
Lu Jianxing didn't understand, why some people were willing to kill their brothers and fathers for that chair, but His Royal Highness regarded it as chicken ribs?
"Let people draft an edict to let Huanglong stabilize the defense line, and wait for the feudal lords to return to the capital to report on their work."
Zhu Youzhen gave an order to Lu Jianxing, and Lu Jianxing also took advantage of the situation.
Zhu Youzhen diverted the topic, which meant that the topic of Huanglong and Qin Qi had passed.
This is, perhaps, a kind of self-confidence, military and political.
Zhu Youzhen believes that as long as he is here, no one can turn the sky in military and politics, and his imperial brother's position will be more stable than anyone else's.
He is only twenty years old, and Sun Yingyuan, the youngest of the Five Military Governors' Mansion, is thirty-seven.
Needless to say, the highest military and political official position in the Ming Dynasty is also him, the general of Xiaocai, the governor of the five armies, the governor of Shangzhi, and the king of Qi.
Half a month to destroy Xu Hongru, ten days to destroy Tu Mote Su Sac, January to extinguish the Hetao fire and fall red......
It seems that they all fight more and fight less, but in fact, they are encircled and encircled with less, except for the four cavalry guards, the other armies are all helping to surround and create opportunities for Zhu Youzhen to annihilate the war.
At present, the one who leads an army on land to attack the farthest is still him, and the gold content of running two thousand miles alone and beheading the fire is much stronger than Mangui's six days of running nine hundred miles to attack the barbarians.
However, perhaps it has been too long since he went on the expedition, and some restless people seem to have forgotten his identity, first as the general of the cavalry, and then as the governor of the five armies and the king of Qi.
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To solve internal problems, especially the group of warriors of war maniacs, the first thing to do is to fight a battle to shut them up, and then arrange a big war to consume their energy, so that they don't have the heart to pay attention to domestic affairs.
Zhu Youzhen has always treated Huanglong like this, but Huanglong has now reached the point where he cannot be sealed.
Zhu You suppressed him for a long time, and with his merits, he could be crowned a marquis or even a duke very early.
Now it seems that blind pressure is useless, and at this time, all that ordinary emperors teach is to raise the butcher knife and slaughter the heroes.
It's just that they were ordinary emperors, and Zhu Youzhen was not, so he couldn't bear to kill them.
After Huang Long returned to Beijing to report on his work, Zhu Youzhen still hoped to send him to Molica, North Asia, and at the same time build the Qi State, let him deal with the Europeans on that continent.
Needless to say, Huang Long's loyalty, Lu Xiangsheng, Qi Yuanfu, and Qi Yuanbi did not go in the early stage, and he did not divide the small West, let alone divide the Qi country, which is still very poor.
Sending him to Qi State, Zhu Youzhen was relieved......
It's just that what Zhu Youzhen is wary of now is the people who are winning over the Qin and Qi families.
"According to you, they are courting their sons and nephews."
Zhu Youzhen squinted, and Lu Jianxing also returned the salute:
"According to the Inspectorate, it is like this."
"Alright, you can step aside." After confirming it again, Zhu Youzhen chose to let Lu Jianxing step down.
Lu Jianxing didn't say much, maybe he hadn't seen Zhu Youzhen for too long, or maybe Zhu Youzhen had made too fast progress.
Even if he was used to seeing the battlefield, when facing Zhu Youzhen, he felt that there was an invisible pressure exerted on him, which was very depressing.
After he withdrew, Zhu Youzhen probably thought of who was winning over the Qin and Qi families.
In fact, he believed that Lu Jianxing should also know who was wooing, but he didn't say it.
There are only two forces or people in Daming who can make Lu Jianxing, the commander of the Jinyi Wei Supervision Division, feel that it is tricky.
One is the team of Lu Wenzhao and other old ministers of the Qi Palace, and the other is ......
"Your Highness, Chengde asks to see you."
Not long after Lu Jianxing withdrew, the commander of the Xiao cavalry guard at the door made a report, and Zhu Youzhen also bowed slightly, signaling him to summon.
"Chengde ......"
Zhu Youzhen leaned back in his chair, and he already had a speculation about the people who were trying to win over the Qin and Qi families.
Chengde's official position is not high, but his power is very great, not to mention the forces behind him.
The Yanshan faction, a force that occupied 30 percent of the military governor's office, 6 percent of the civil officials of the government and the opposition, and was personally supported by Zhu Youzhen.
Such a force is even more terrifying than the old team of the Qi Palace, and it is also the only force that can suppress the parties in the imperial court.
At present, this force is starting to be restless, and one thing Zhu Youzhen wants to be sure of is ...... Is Chengde restless, or is the people below restless.
With his thoughts, Cheng De walked in from outside the hall, and walked into the side hall of Changchun Palace, and saw Zhu Youzhen, who was basically stunned all the time.
"Please ...... Your Highness"
Chengde bowed down in a proper manner, without showing any unusual behavior, and Zhu Youzhen also bowed slightly: "Lonely Shang'an." ”
The word "Shang" made Cheng De suddenly raise his head, and he looked at Zhu Youzhen with a shocked face, as if asking who made him angry.
His expression is not like a deception, if ordinary people and ordinary officials would think that Chengde really doesn't know something.
However, in the face of his consternation, Zhu Youzhen leaned forward:
"What do you think will happen if I have a faint king and a tyrant tomorrow?"
According to what the students learned from the books, the policy of "Zhou Zhao Republic" can be implemented, and the Ming monarch will be elected, and then the government will be returned to the Son of Heaven. ”
Cheng De said cautiously, looking at Zhu Youzhen from time to time as he spoke.
He replaced his self-proclaimed student with a student, and pretended to be "what he learned from books", and what he learned from books was some of the things mentioned in Yanshan's textbooks.
Zhu Youzhen wrote about the country's faint monarch and tyrant to Yanshan's textbook very early, so how should the people and hundreds of officials respond.
A very simple, but also difficult, policy...... Zhou Zhao Republic.
This is the political period in the history of the East that is closest to the modern "constitutional monarchy".
The reason was that King Li lost power in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the domestic people rioted and invaded the palace, and King Li of Zhou fled.
After the people calmed down their anger and left, Zongzhou had no owner, and then the princes elected "Gongbohe" to act as the Son of Heaven.
Gongbohe reigned for fourteen years and exiled King Zhou Li, until King Zhou Li's son Prince Jing grew up, and returned the authority to Prince Jing, who became King Xuan of Zhou after his death.
Of course, this is one point of view, and there are several other points of view, such as the republic is governed by Zhou Gong and Zhao Gong, or Zhou Gong, Zhao Gong, Gongbo and the three people are in power.
At the same time as the three of them were in power, a parliament composed of "princes, doctors, countrymen, slave owners" and other classes was set up, and they passed through this period smoothly.
During this period, there was no Son of Heaven, everything was discussed, and Zhu Youzhen meant this in the textbook.
If one day the emperor is brutal and the people rebel, the emperor can choose to abdicate and choose a new emperor from the people, the cabinet and the six ministries to come to power, or end the emperor's rule in the way of "two kings and three emperors".
This way of dealing with it is that the people first raise troops, the emperor can't suppress the situation, and then the people fight to the bottom of the capital, and the emperor chooses whether to abdicate or not.
The cabinet and the six ministries are not qualified to help the emperor make decisions, only the emperor and the people can sit and decide, and the cabinet and the six ministries are only a third party.
If the person elected by the people wants to be the emperor, then give the Ming royal family a "two kings and three ke" treatment.
If you don't want to, then choose a new emperor yourself.
If they can't be elected, the people themselves will form a new cabinet and come to power.
In general, this is not a constitutional monarchy, but a new one.
The reason why this system was set up was also because it was a system that could be "accepted" by the emperor, scholars, and the common people.
Of course, this acceptance does not mean that everyone agrees, but that it is the result of a compromise between multiple parties.
There is a Ming economic circle, whether it is the people who come up who want to be the emperor or the first assistant of the cabinet, they will not be willing to give up this "cornucopia" that can bring huge benefits every year.
If you want this basin and want the vassal king to accept them, then you can only let the royal family act as an intermediary.
Unless it is a political idiot, even if the Ming royal family abdicates and becomes a "prince", it is still a sweet and sweet.
Compared with the economic circle worth thousands, or even hundreds of millions of taels of silver, the annual cost of supporting the descendants of the Zhu family is nothing at all.
However, after all, this is a textbook compiled by Zhu Youzhen in his early years, when his physical age was only ten years old, and his psychological age was only in his forties, and he was active in the political arena of Daming for less than a year.
Therefore, the system he set up at that time had many flaws, the biggest of which was that the feudal domains might establish themselves as kings, and overseas countries might be divided, falling into a situation of "serving the emperor of the Zhu family to order not being subordinate", and another situation of "serving the emperor and the ancestors".
If this situation breaks out, and the Han Chinese do not conquer the whole world, then the European regimes will have a chance to breathe.
If the current Zhu Youzhen is redesigned, he will definitely be able to design a better system, but no matter what the system is, the premise is to ensure that the descendants of the Zhu family are not slaughtered.
"Your Highness, what did the student do wrong?"
Chengde looked at Zhu Youzhen and didn't speak for a long time, slowly raised his head, and asked with a few doubts.
Zhu Youzhen glanced at him, trying to see something in his eyes, but the result was disappointing to him.
I don't know if Chengde's disguise is too good, or if he really didn't participate in the action of winning over the Qin and Qi families, in short, Zhu Youzhen didn't see anything, only saw fear and doubt.
"What are the officials of Yanshan doing lately......
Zhu Youzhen looked at Chengde directly, and Chengde also raised his hand and replied respectfully:
"Li Demao, Zhang Maocai and others have been busy with Enke's affairs recently, as for Xiao Daogui and others from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they have been running around in Jiangnan and Beijing provinces recently, investigating corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and now more than 100 corrupt officials have been involved."
The people mentioned in Chengde's words are the first batch of officials to graduate in Yanshan, and they are also the radicals in the Yanshan faction.
When Kim Hyun was imprisoned, it was they who instigated the Yanshan officials to go to the Qianqing Palace en masse.
If it weren't for being dissuaded by Yan Yinshao and Chengde, the nominal leaders of Yanshan at that time, I am afraid that the Yanshan faction would have forced the palace en masse at that time.
Zhu Youzhen never felt that the radicals were bad, all parties have their meaning of existence, and the key is to see how the higher positions use them.
It's just that from Chengde's mouth, these people are busy with their own affairs, and they don't have the opportunity and time to win over the Qin and Qi families.
But if it weren't for the Yanshan faction, who would have the strength to win over the Qin and Qi families?
Hong Chengchou?
It can't be him, because he's not a fool.
Hong Chengchou will win over everyone in the southwest, but he will not win over the Qin and Qi families, or even the Ma family.
The affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies are too complicated, and if you are not careful, you will have to pay for yourself.
For a person like Hong Chengchou who needs to be swept away when the dust falls on his body, he will not be able to get involved in this kind of thing.
But apart from Yanshan and Hong Chengchou, even Zhu Youzhen couldn't think of anyone else who could win over the Qin and Qi families.
It is impossible for Qin Bangping and Qi Jin, Qin Banghan, Qin Minping and others to be co-opted, and there will be no conspiracy for them to ask for the old man to return to his hometown.
If Zhu Youzhen really ascended the throne, then even if they knew that they were invincible, they would raise troops in the name of loyal ministers, which Zhu Youzhen and Lu Jianxing saw very clearly.
So they didn't target these two people, but their children and nephews.
But even if it is a nephew, there are too many people involved, although Jinyiwei can find out the news from the carrier pigeon outside the house, but he can't figure out who put the carrier pigeon.
The Qin and Qi families are not small families, and the mansion basically uses their own clansmen, plus they themselves are the generals who command the army, so the rule is very strict, and outsiders can't enter at all.
If you can't get into the house, you can only rely on buying people's hearts to spy on the news, but even if you buy people's hearts, it's not so easy, you need to put a long line to catch big fish, and it takes time.
At present, Zhu Youzhen only hopes that before he destroys Jianyu, there will be no more headaches in the country.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen temporarily put aside his in-depth investigation of this matter and prepared to wait for Lu Jianxing to return.
So he leaned back behind him, looked at Chengde and asked:
"How are the preparations for government schools in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan? How much do you need to teach? ”
"It's almost ready, and it takes about 160,000 teachings." Cheng De saw Zhu Youzhen divert the topic, and while breathing a sigh of relief, he subconsciously answered.
In the face of his answer, Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly and said that he knew, and Chengde also talked about his intention this time:
"Your Highness, the students are here this time to return to the official school."
"In addition to what Your Highness asked, there is one more thing that the official school needs to reply, and that is about the students' holidays."
"Say it." Zhu Youzhen picked up a book and responded absentmindedly.
"Is the vacation of government school too long?" Chengde asked cautiously.
"The combination of work and rest is not long." Zhu Youzhen replied decisively.
"There's no problem with that student." After Chengde finished speaking, he quietly waited for Zhu Youzhen to give instructions, but to his surprise, Zhu Youzhen waved his hand to signal him to step down.
"Student quits ......"
After Cheng De finished speaking, he could only leave with a puzzled expression, as if he was still wondering why Zhu Youzhen asked him about "tyrant and faint king" just now.
Soon after he left, Liu Ruoyu appeared at the gate of Changchun Palace, holding three copies of the note in his hand, standing at the door of the side hall and saying:
"Your Highness, long live the slave and maid to send the song."
"Come in......" Zhu Youzhen put down the pen, and Liu Ruoyu also walked in
"Your recital, long live the circle is half red......"
"Hmm." Hearing Liu Ruoyu's words, Zhu Youzhen didn't feel strange, but calmly and calmly raised the teacup and took a sip of tea, moistening his throat.
"Your Highness, ...... you" Liu Ruoyu was disrupted by Zhu Youzhen's sudden appearance, originally he thought that His Highness would ask, but he didn't want the other party to even bother to ask.
"Then the slave and maid put the song here......"
Liu Ruoyu carefully put the music on Zhu Youzhen's table, and Zhu Youzhen also bowed slightly.
"The slave and maid quit ......"
With some doubts, Liu Ruoyu withdrew from Changchun Palace, and Zhu Youzhen also glanced at Song Shu after he withdrew.
And what he thought was right, Zhu Youxiao approved everything except Qin Bangping, Qi Jin, and Qin Banghan.
Qin Bangping is still the governor of the Western Army, Qi Jin is also the governor of the Southern Army, and Qin Banghan is the chief soldier of Guizhou, and the positions of the three of them and the positions of the general soldiers of the two armies have not changed.
However, Zhu Youzhen's performance for the three marquis was approved, while the performance of the three to the elder was rejected.
Not only did they get the marquis, but the three of them were also crowned as the crown prince and the left pillar of the country.
The three titles and honors were scattered, and each of the three of them was given an annual salary of nine thousand taels of silver.
Zhu Youzhen glanced at it, then ignored it, but put it away.
It seems that he had long thought that his brother would deal with it like this, and the reason why he knew that his brother would deal with it like this, but he still asked people to report it, to put it bluntly, was to give his brother a wake-up call.
He found that his brother seemed to have forgotten the hardships of his two brothers because of himself.
It is true that Zhu Youzhen can protect him by his side, but Zhu Youzhen also needs to go on the expedition, and when he goes on the expedition, he has no chance to cross thousands of miles to protect him.
Yiluan Guard, Dragon Tiger Guard, Flying Bear Guard......
The three imperial city guards, the Han generals, and the Jing army added up to more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, but Zhu Youxiao's control of them relied on the four eunuchs Wang An, Liu Ruoyu, Wang Tiqian, and Wei Zhongxian.
Zhu Youzhen originally thought that Zhu Ciran might be able to personally lead the three guards and two armies when he grew up, but now it seems that Zhu Ciran's military talent can only be the posture of a middle-class person.
Zhu Cijian and Zhu Cijiong are too young to see anything, so Zhu Youxiao's lineage can be said to have no one who can personally lead the troops.
No matter how much Zhu Youzhen cultivates Zhu Ciran, at best, he is at the level of a general.
Wanting to protect fathers, sons, and brothers with only a battalion of soldiers and horses is too underestimating the current environment.
The internal situation is bad, that is, Zhu Youzhen has a headache, so he wants to take this opportunity to make Zhu Youxiao pay attention to the army.
Only by gaining the support of the army can his position be secured, and Zhu Youzhen can leave the Ming Dynasty and go to the Qi State.
"Your Highness, Jingcheng sent a note, it was sent by Guo Sangdai, who was a slave, and it was not opened, please ......read it, Your Highness."
Lu Jianxing, who left, returned to Changchun Palace with a note, and when he heard that the matter was about Nu'ergan, Zhu Youzhen got up and walked towards him, and while taking the note, he immediately opened it and read the content at a glance.
"Jianyu is mobilizing troops and horses, and he should be aware of the changes in our army."
Zhu Youzhen closed the sparse performance, and his face was still flat.
"Then ......" Lu Jianxing wanted to say something, but Zhu Youzhen preemptively said:
"It's okay, the situation is already clear, no matter how they move, it's useless."
"After this war is fought, the dynasty will be able to be peaceful for at least five years......"