Chapter 54: The Emperor and the Queen

You must know that the Qing Dynasty was different from the previous northern forces that came to dominate the Central Plains, such as the Wuhu, Liaojin and even the Mengyuan, they completed the overall bureaucratic system during the reign of Huang Taiji, summed up the experience of the previous northern forces in the Central Plains, and determined their own national policies.

To put it simply, the previous generation all ran away after a round, and although Meng Yuan entered the Central Plains, he did not regard the world as his own, and exploited it wantonly.

The Qing Dynasty really came to rule the world.

For example, their attraction of the gentry, and their own flaunting such as revenge for Chongzhen, are not available to the rest of the northern forces, which is the uniqueness of the Qing Dynasty and one of the keys to their successful entry into the customs.

Yan Ling's move was also a convenient move, saving him from waiting for the future, and preparing to deal with the Qing army going south, and also preserving the people in those many cities.

Now that even Nurhachi's ancestor Toro has died, naturally there will be no more Qing Dynasty.

However, although the Qing Dynasty is gone, it is also a dream that the border troubles of the Ming Dynasty want to disappear completely in the future. It's like the Xiongnu came to the Turks, and the Turks came to the Khitan, and the Central Plains Dynasty never lacked opponents.

It's just that there is a world of difference between a nomadic herd who rules in the form of a tribe and a force that has completed the establishment of a dynasty and can be clenched into a rope.

What happened later did not surprise the old foxes of the Ming Court.

After the Ming Dynasty clearly expressed its hostility to the Jianzhou Jurchens, the various tribes of the Haixi Jurchens and the Savage Jurchens successively showed their fangs.

Attacking Jianzhou, which is now extremely weak, can not only gain territory, but also gain the favor of the Ming Dynasty, why not?

They launched an attack on the remnants of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and at this time, the Jianzhou Jurchens were opponents, and they were beaten and fled in all directions, or surrendered, or exterminated, and Tuo Luo was also captured and sent to the Ming court, where he was beheaded along with Dong Shan.

After that, the various tribes of the Jurchens also had disputes over territorial issues. After all, those who are close to the Jianzhou Jurchen must have many benefits, but they may not be as strong as the rest of the tribes, and those tribes are naturally unwilling and want to obtain benefits that match their strength.

So the Jurchen tribe fell apart in an instant, and on the land of Jianzhou outside the Guan, the conquest began again, and the Ming Dynasty stood aside, gloating as they fought each other.

Fight, fight, the deeper your contradictions, the more stable the frontier will be!

……

In the afternoon, the Forbidden City.

The warm sunlight casts on the golden glass, falling a little mottled and the breeze blowing, which is particularly leisurely.

Zhu Jianshen was lying on Wu's body, enjoying his queen's knee pillow, lazy.

In this time and space, Zhu Jianshen has not suffered the grievances of the original time and space, as the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, his status is respected, and naturally there is no need to like a woman who is much older than him.

Empress Wu was not deposed because of this, and she had a deep relationship with Zhu Jianshen.

"Is the palace still complete?"

Emperor Chenghua enjoyed his wife's service and asked casually.

"Since the fourth year of Chenghua, Your Majesty opened several silver mines in the south, and supervised the silver mines for his own use, and confiscated the land of several illegal officials as the imperial village, the internal treasury has become more and more abundant, and our life has been much better."

The Queen's smiling voice came.

At this time, it has been six years of Chenghua, and three years have passed since the original plough court sweeping.

During this time, the Ming Dynasty developed steadily.

Yu Qian did not die as in the original history, he continued to shine for the Ming Dynasty.

Although there is no Yu Shaobao, who is famous for the ages, he has also made a great contribution to the appointment of the Ming Dynasty, and with his help, the Ming Dynasty is generally stable, and the burden on the Chenghua Emperor is also a lot smaller, and he has time to make love with the queen.

In order to increase the income of the internal treasury, Zhu Jianshen found another way, first brought the silver mine under the management of the internal officials, and then confiscated the fields that several big eunuchs had embezzled and bribed, and named it "Huangzhuang".

They provided a steady stream of income for the royal family, and for the first time after the end of the voyage to the West, the royal family had such an abundance of money.

Hearing the queen's answer, Emperor Chenghua was also in a very good mood, and he even chatted with Empress Wu about gossip:

"Do you know Chen Guogong?"

"The concubine has heard of them, the first two Chen Guogong are both loyal to the country, and they are the henchmen of the first emperor, but the current Chen Guogong seems to be a little ......" Empress Wu did not continue, but her expression also showed that Yan Yundeng's reputation in the inner court was not good.

"It used to be not good, but after I reprimanded him, he has restrained a lot." Zhu Jianshen smiled:

"He seems to have put all his energy on his concubine, he married dozens of concubines, and he didn't want to give birth to children, it's only been three years, Chen Guogong's mansion has held seven happy events, I see, it is estimated that there are still ......"

"I saw him again when I was in the court a few days ago, and guess what?" Zhu Jianshen's smile gradually became a little lewd.

"How do concubines know." Empress Wu took a sip.

"He's not like a person anymore!" Zhu Jianshen slapped his thigh and laughed:

"The skin was covered with bones, like a skeleton, the dark circles under his eyes were very heavy, his beard and hair were more than half white, a young man of less than thirty, and an old man half cut into the earth."

"This is clearly overindulgence! I don't think he will live long. ”

"This is the rhythm that is going to die on a woman!"

At this time, they are all their own people, Zhu Jianshen has nothing to say, and his speech is a little casual, Wu glanced at him, but it sounded funny, and he couldn't help laughing.

All of a sudden, the palace was full of laughter.

"Chen Guogong is a role model for all nobles! He's like this, and I see that the other nobles are not much better. ”

Empress Wu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said while laughing.

When Zhu Jianshen heard this, he was stunned and restrained the smile on his face.

Yes, Chen Guogong, as the leader of the nobles, is like this, so do you need to talk about other nobles?

He himself knows that such idleness has a price.

The power of the civilian clique is swelling, and this is the price. Yu Qian's loyalty and ability naturally do not need to be doubted, but the emperor will not allow the existence of powerful ministers, and checks and balances are necessary.

What checks and balances are used?

Previous generations of emperors mainly relied on nobles to cooperate with imperial power.

However, Xungui is hereditary after all, these young people have no experience, and many of them are even the same as Yan Yundeng, who are pure gentlemen, how can they compare with those old fritters who came up from the grassroots?

Although there is no change in the civil fort in this time and space, so that the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has not become a puppet of the military department, it is still a little unrealistic to rely on Xungui to contend with civilian officials.

"Ugh." Zhu Jianshen sighed lightly, rubbed his eyebrows, and his good mood disappeared in an instant.

Checks and balances, checks and balances.

(End of chapter)