Chapter 12: My Lord, Times Have Changed
Out of the East!
Out of the East!
Before the eastward Hanguguan, Great Qin was a barbarian in the eyes of the Six Kingdoms, and after the east, Great Qin was the lord of the world!
This slogan has made Wang Dou's ambition clear!
It's not the Qingjun side, but the east!
Before the decisive battle with Houjin, Wang Dou had 50,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, and after the decisive battle, there were 47,000 infantry and 9,000 cavalry.
It's a real big win!
When he led the army through the Great Wall, the warlords in Liao Town didn't even dare to let out a fart, they were all pretending to be blind and deaf, and none of them came out to fight with them!
Although everyone knew that Wang Dou's actions at this moment were against the holy decree!
Chongzhen let him enter Beijing by himself, not let him enter Beijing with the army. Since ancient times, whenever an army from outside the capital enters Beijing, it is possible to evolve into a bad result.
If it is not good, it will evolve into the scene of Dong Zhuo entering Beijing.
In short, the army is also divided into 'cooked' and 'raw' armies.
Generally speaking, the central army of the empire is the familiar army. Among the familiar army, the grassroots of the army know the truth of the monarch and the ministers, and also understand the strength of the imperial court.
In such an army, if the commander rebels, there is no need to use the holy decree at all, and the grassroots officers below will take the initiative to kill the rebel commander.
Even if it is coerced for a while, it only takes a holy decree that is not to blame the past to disintegrate the army's fighting spirit and make the army loyal to the court again, this is the familiar army, and the army has long been tamed by the court.
And the living army is the army that only knows the commander, does not know the court, and does not know the emperor's army. The Xiliang Army under Dong Zhuo is a typical living army, they can regard the majesty of the imperial court as nothing, Dong Zhuo asked them to cut down the minister, they really dared to kill the minister, Dong Zhuo asked them to do whatever they wanted, they did it.
This is why, in the original history, when Huangtaiji entered Beijing, Yuan Chonghuan wanted to bring troops into the city, but Emperor Chongzhen never agreed.
Because Yuan Chonghuan single-handedly created the warlord group in Liaozhen, in the eyes of the warlords in Liaozhen, what Yuan Chonghuan said was more effective than the imperial decree.
Especially when Zu Dashou openly disobeyed Chongzhen's holy decree, but because of Yuan Chonghuan's letter, he obeyed the orders of the imperial court again, and from then on Yuan Chonghuan would definitely die!
A leader of the living army, but when the siege of Houjin was besieged, he asked to bring troops into the city? What do you want to do? When Dong Zhuo is the second?
Is it that after entering the city, you have to learn from Dong Zhuo to abolish the Son of Heaven?
If you were Chongzhen, would you dare to let him lead troops into the city?
As for loyalty, the most valuable thing in this world is loyalty, and the least valuable thing is also loyalty, as long as Chongzhen is not a fool, it is impossible to agree to Yuan Chonghuan's handsome troops into the city!
"East out, east out, this damn thing, do you really want to change the world?"
"Who knows, we can't do it anyway, even the Eight Banners can't beat them in the field, let alone us?"
"Yes, after all, Wang Dashuai is also a martial artist, if he can really do that position, we will not be worse than now. ”
Wang Dou didn't know the content of the chat of the martial artists in Liaozhen, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Those warlords in Liaozhen are just like that.
"Shameless thief, I will kill him!"
"Hmph, a reckless man is a reckless man, and he dares to disobey the holy decree? It only takes His Majesty's will to capture and kill him!"
"I said a long time ago that Wang Dou has a backbone in the back of his head, and he is a character like Wang Mang, Sima Yi, and Wei Yan, and he should have been killed a long time ago. ”
This is the first emotion issued by the court officials after receiving the news of Wang Dou's protest.
"What's going on in Liaozhen? The imperial court pays millions of taels of Liao every year, and there are more than 100,000 elite soldiers on the books, and the Great Wall can be relied on, so why did the king thief come over without a fight?"
"It's not good, the king thief and wolf are ambitious, this is to come straight to the capital, quickly summon the world, order the local governor, come to King Qin!"
"The thief who has done perverse deeds will surely die. ”
This is the reaction of the officials in the capital after Wang Dou successfully entered the customs and the warlord of Liaozhen remained motionless.
"Son, today I will speak to you for the Father something that is heart-wrenching. I don't know what's wrong with this Chongzhen year, when Chongzhen was in the first year, there was a great drought in Shaanxi, the displaced people rebelled, and there were Tartars behind him, and now Wang Dashuai also raised troops. The Father does not understand what the situation will be in the future. You quickly pack up and go back to your hometown to study. "This is a certain six-part squire.
"Son, the situation is very dangerous right now. In the capital, except for the Beijing camp, there is no other army at all, and the Beijing camp has been eaten ninety percent of the empty salary, and the remaining one percent has not been trained for many years, and it is impossible for them to stop the king thief. You quickly go back to your hometown...... "This is a certain director of the Sixth Division."
"The world is about to change dramatically, but don't worry, even if that person succeeds, the world can only be governed by us, so don't worry. Even in the worst-case scenario, it can't be much worse. "This is a certain Cabinet Fellow.
"Everyone, everyone, the great man will go east, will reform the world, the great man has great ambitions, I heard that the people of Xuanfu live and work in peace and contentment, everyone eats a full meal, this is the great benevolence, this is the great benevolence recognized by the master, for this great benevolence, shouldn't we abandon our personal honor and disgrace, and make a little insignificant contribution to the great marshal's entry into the city?"
At this moment, Wang Dou is only five hundred miles away from the capital!
Above the court, Chongzhen and the ministers stared wide-eyed.
Everyone is waiting, waiting for someone to be the first to propose to move the capital!
As long as someone brings it up, everyone will agree, and then quickly run away to Nanjing.
As for this official who proposed to move the capital, do you think he is a great hero? Do you think he is a good man who saved the lives of his ministers?
No!
He's a dead man!
Only those who are afraid of the enemy and surrender will abandon the city and leave!
I don't get along, don't pay tribute, don't cut the land, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies!
This is my Ming style, you, the guy who initiated the relocation of the capital, must be a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and must be a traitor!
The traitor must die!
The civil officials and nobles present all understood this truth, and Chongzhen also understood it, so Chongzhen looked at the courtiers below with expectation, and the courtiers bowed their heads directly, I didn't see it, I didn't know anything.
The huge court hall was extremely quiet at the moment, as if there was no one inside.
Monarchs and ministers meditate, no one speaks, no one speaks!
Chongzhen didn't want to be a king nailed to the pillar of shame, and the ministers didn't want to sacrifice their lives to fulfill others.
At this moment, Wang Dou's army was only three hundred miles away from the capital.
The forward cavalry is even only a hundred miles away from the capital!
"This is the city of Beijing? Such a tall city wall, such a strong city defense, one door after another, if we hold on, it will definitely cause trouble to our army, or it will be a big trouble. Looking at the background of the open door, Wang Dou smiled disdainfully.
"Haha, Dashuai, you don't know, this group of civil officials has a lot of tricks, and they are good at intrigues, but they can't fight head-on, they can't use knives to cut people, they haven't learned this thing, and they don't want to learn it themselves. So what can they do but surrender?"
"Pass my general order, after the army enters the city, it is not allowed to disturb the people, everything is handled in accordance with military regulations, and everyone must regard the people of the capital as the villagers of Xuanfu. ”
"In addition, the capital will enforce military law next, no matter who the other party is, and no matter what his identity is, he will deal with it as he wants, do you understand?"
"Yes!"
With a wave of his hand, the army entered the city in an orderly manner.
Standing outside the city, Wang Dou was still watching the city of Beijing.
This time, he was extremely cautious, and he did not plan to enter the city within three days, even before the thieves in Beijing were cleared.
Wrong!
At this moment, an idea suddenly appeared in Wang Dou's mind, why should I go into the city? I can always deal with government affairs outside the city, although I am a little bit cheaper, but it is better to be safe!
Anyway, I am the one who writes the history books, and history will definitely say good things about me!
Seven days later, the civil and military officials and Emperor Chongzhen met Wang Dou outside the city. It's just that the number of civil and military officials is only half.
Some took advantage of the chaos to run away, some committed suicide, and some were killed and dealt with by Wang Dou. In just seven days, in the eyes of some civil officials, it seems like seven years have passed!
This kind of situation of life and death in the hands of others is really uncomfortable!
In the past, everyone was playing with Chongzhen, and there was no fear of the emperor, but at this moment, Wang Dou used a knife to teach civil officials what awe is!
Looking at the silent civil officials, looking at the cautious nobles, and looking at the trembling clan, Chongzhen clenched his fists hard.
At this moment, Chongzhen was still wrapped in a white cloth on his forehead. At first, he hanged himself, but was rescued by other civil officials.
Then, he started to hit the wall, but he was stopped, hit but didn't die, was rescued, and then he was placed under house arrest.
Glancing at the trembling crowd, and then at Chongzhen who was trying to stand, Wang Dou suddenly felt bored.
In the last life, it was these disgusting things that assassinated themselves?
How did I go blind in the first place, and I was actually hurt by them!?
"The king is not the king of the dead country, and the ministers are all the ministers of the dead country. ”
"Since Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, he has been extremely diligent, he has hardly rested, and most of his energy is dedicated to this world every day, but His Majesty is not a qualified son of heaven. ”
"Whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, under the rule of Your Majesty, there are more and more people who can't survive, this is an ironclad fact! Your Majesty is not qualified to force those people who can't survive to continue to serve the Ming Dynasty, this is unreasonable!"
"Your Majesty may say that it is a traitor, a villain, and a corrupt official who makes it impossible for the people to live, but is there no responsibility of Your Majesty? When Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, although the world could not talk about Haiqing Heyan, it was generally stable, but what about now?"
Now the Ming Dynasty is full of displaced people, anti-thieves are everywhere, and the Houjin Dynasty has entered Beijing again and again, treating the Ming Dynasty as nothing, treating the people as livestock, and at least hundreds of thousands of such livestock must be grabbed at one time to enter the customs......
"Hmph. ”
With a snort, Chongzhen closed his eyes, and wanted to kill or chop whatever you wanted.
"Heh, I know that Your Majesty is really not afraid of death, and I also know that Your Majesty is really heartbroken for the sake of this world, but does this have anything to do with Your Majesty, you are not a qualified emperor?"
"For the sake of the common people in this world, and for the people to live a stable life, I also ask Your Majesty to temporarily relinquish your rights so that you can recuperate for a while. Give history time, and in 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, the people will make a choice. ”
On this day, Wang Dou was promoted to the Duke of Xia, and the Xuanfu was a fief.
On this day, Wang Dou became the prime minister!
This official position, which has been abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang for more than 200 years, has once again emerged from the long river of time, and has the power of civil and military affairs, and no one can control it.
On this day, an army of 100,000 walked out of the Xuanfu. 30,000 looked at Liaozhen, and 70,000 suppressed the north and the Central Plains. So far, Guanzhong, Hebei, and the Central Plains are all under control.
For a time, the world was in an uproar, and the governors of various parts of the south were even more worried.
But as a civil official under the three views of Confucianism, they cannot rebel!
Because today's Son of Heaven is still Chongzhen, Wang Dou is just a prime minister, just a powerful minister, he did not abolish the Son of Heaven, at this time to rebel, it is a rebellion against Chongzhen, and it is not legal.
Half a year later, the warlords of Liaozhen, who were about to run out of food, fell!
They didn't have a choice, if it was before Houjin was disabled, they could still contact Houjin, but now even if Huang Taiji has opened all kinds of conditions that look very good, Zu Dashou is not a fool.
Houjin can't beat Wang Dou, and they can't beat Wang Dou, can they win Wang Dou together? What is the reason?
When Liaozhen was also in control, Wang Dou began to reform, and the first reform was to turn the small officials into Jiupin officials and implement the strategy of showing talents as officials.
From today on, Xiucai will be able to be an official, a nine-grade petty official, that is, a former petty official. Lifting people can directly be the eight-rank official, and the jinshi is still awarded the seventh-grade official.
However, the grade of the county order was raised to the sixth grade by the king of cockfighting thieves......
When the news of this reform reached the south, the fighting spirit of the civil officials and lords who had finally mustered up disappeared in an instant!
Of course, the Jinshi are very dissatisfied, but how many Jinshi are there?
The number of people who lift people is at least ten times that of Jinshi masters, and the number of Xiucai is more than ten times the number of people, and ninety out of ten literati in the world are not Jinshi, and they are all attracted by the policy of showing talents as officials.
The wind has changed!
Wang Dou is the stars in the sky!
Wang Dou's mother once dreamed of a five-clawed golden dragon, and then she became pregnant!
Wang Dou is a saint who came into the world, a saint sent by God to save the people of the world!
Wang Dou is......
When the people and talents all praise Wang Dou, what can the old men of the Jinshi do? Of course, they praise together, and how many of those who can be admitted to the Jinshi are fools?
Times have changed!
Three years later, the south was also completely under Wang Dou's jurisdiction.
When the young men first became officials, who were the biggest enemies?
These little officials, passed down from generation to generation, have a lot of doorways inside, how to kill the county order, the county Cheng, and the county lieutenant under the legal situation are the necessary qualities of many outstanding officials.
When the talented old men were played to death by their colleagues, Wang Dou's second reform began, and the imperial examination remained unchanged, but the content of the imperial examination changed.
The Four Books and Five Classics were also examined, but the score was only half of the total.
Even with the passage of time, the assessment of the Four Books and the Five Classics will become the simplest dictation, and the score will only account for one-tenth or even less of the total score.
This year, every Jinshi master saw Wang Dou's ambition, he was going to pluck the roots of the scholar, but there was no way to stop it!
Houjin is ruined!
The rogues are either dead or in labor reform.
Chongzhen is still the emperor, but he is a hypocrisy, and the Holy Son of Heaven rules by the arch.
There is no righteousness!
There are no foreign enemies to collude with.
There are no warriors to collude with.
Even the squires support Wang Dou, because this year, Xiucai can also be an official!
Times have really changed!