They were worried that once the emperor's strong character truly gained military power, he would no longer accept advice humbly and obey the advice of the Donglin Cabinet as he had been in the past two years.
If the imperial court cannot be arbitrary, what is the purpose of Donglin's efforts to attack the lineage of Prince Fu and Concubine Zheng and support Taichang, Tianqi, and Chongzhen to come to power in the past few decades?
However, the emperor let them miss the mark.
A harmless, rabbit-like person. Suddenly his iron teeth were revealed. One bite will kill you nine thousand years old. It made their jaws drop.
Relying on his own vertical and horizontal opening and closing, and superb methods, he mobilized various forces inside and outside the sky. The seventeen-year-old young emperor was born in a deep palace and grew up in the hands of women. He actually killed Duke Wei! ! !
This is something Donglin himself is not capable of doing.
From that moment on, they felt that everything they had arranged gradually began to escape their control.
They felt chills running down their backs.
An emperor with military power is definitely something that all civil servants do not want to see.
It has been almost two hundred years since the Ming Dynasty saw civilian officials running the army. Almost unspoken rules become habits.
Starting from the Tumubao Incident, the basic military was controlled by civilian officials. By controlling the promotion of military attachés, civilian officials controlled the army's military pay, money, food, and equipment. Successfully tamed the military attache group.
In the process, they also gain maximum benefits. Military pay, money, food, baggage, and armaments were all under their control. They plucked their feathers and gained astronomical wealth.
The power of the nobles has been disintegrated, and most of the time, they do not dare to fight against the entire civil service group.
They basically do whatever they want.
After Zhu Zhanji in the Ming Dynasty, every emperor who fought against the civil service ended badly.
From the moment Chongzhen played tricks and swapped generals, it aroused the vigilance of civil officials.
Yang Fan's army was given the command of Zhang Shize, and Zhang Shize's army was given the command of Zhou Yuji. Then let Yang Fan go to the admiral's camp.
At first, everyone thought that the emperor was beginning to be afraid of Yang Fan. They all looked at this with cold eyes, wondering how a stupid boy with such a high altitude could build a tall building and then the building collapsed.
However, the elite civil servants soon saw the deeper intention.
Although the emperor's methods were roundabout and secretive. However, the civil servants were not fools and gradually came to their senses. This is when the emperor began to withdraw his military power. This was a signal that the emperor was beginning to feel uneasy.
Especially after the clues that the emperor began to form a royal guard army with his chariot camp, cavalry in imperial robes, guest troops from Xuanfu Town, and 20,000 elite infantrymen transferred back to the four towns from the northwest appeared.
Donglin formed a consensus. We must begin to weaken the emperor's military power.
They used financial difficulties to force the emperor to allow them to clear the army and reduce the army. He took the opportunity to return the military power to the Donglin clan. How can we tolerate the emperor starting over again and building an elite pro-army army?
And Yang Fan's Western Expedition gave them a chance. That means that the Beijing camp will not be able to come back, at least it will be dragged to the northwest. In order to prevent the emperor from interfering with their efforts to regain military power in the name of the Qing army.
Wait until they finish the important matter of the Qing army. Then go back and find a way to deal with Yang Fan and disintegrate the Beijing camp. There are too many methods. But now is the critical moment.
After the Beijing camp is almost weakened, peace talks with the slaves in Liaodong can be negotiated.
Only by maintaining this situation of war and peace, fighting and talking, can we kidnap the country's finances and maximize interests. While using Jiannu to frighten and threaten the emperor. On the other hand, he relied on establishing slaves to dominate the court and reap the greatest benefits. That's what's best for them.
In this way, we can maintain a huge army along the Liaohe River and earn military expenses. In addition, one can also obtain huge profits by monopolizing the smuggling of slaves.
If they have soldiers and money, they can defeat other sects. Dominating the Chao Gang will be a matter of course. At that time, the emperor had the means but was powerless to save the situation.
If he knew the current affairs, he should imitate Jiajing to practice Taoism, and learn from Wanli to live in the harem. He can then concentrate on returning to the harem to make little people. It can also be regarded as the realization of the saint's ideal of governing the world.
At this time, it is a good opportunity to weaken the Beijing camp.
If Jingying loses, then Yang Fan will be dealt with as well. You have to take responsibility for defeat.
They have long been jealous of Yang Fan's industry. Over the years, that silly boy who didn't know how to emerge from that corner has made a lot of money. The land alone is millions of acres. Most of them are paddy fields.
In the north, an acre of paddy field is worth more than ten taels of silver. If ordinary people owned paddy fields, the surrounding gentry would be so worried about it that they would not be able to sleep all night long.
Nowadays, Dingyuan Bo's millions of acres of paddy fields almost make them jealous, and they can stretch out their claws from their throats. Nowadays, food prices are going crazy, and paddy fields with guaranteed harvests despite droughts and floods are the most valuable industry in the world.
Although Li Banghua is a student of Boss Donglin, he is different from Qian Longxi. He still really considers the court. However, he also understood that the army could not command many people. One commander and one trumpet, each blowing his own tune. Definitely something bad.
Similarly, sectarian issues in the court must also be resolved. Otherwise, everyone will oppose just to express their disapproval. The court has nothing to do. Forget it all day long.
To resolve party strife, we can only defeat all sects through party strife. Let the Donglin family win.
Only if Dong Lin has the final say can this kind of internal conflict be resolved.
Nowadays, Li Banghua is worried about internal and external troubles. He knows in his heart that the court cannot afford to delay him.
Therefore, although he was disgusted with Qian Longxi's actions, he was still willing to cooperate with them.
Dang, Dang, Dang! The bell rings.
"All the officials have entered the court to see Your Majesty." A eunuch's voice sounded from the tower.
Civil and military officials began to enter the Meridian Gate in order.
There was a sound of whipping from ahead. Eight Han generals, tall and strong, wearing gorgeous armor, like gods, raised their whips and struck the ground. Makes a loud and clear sound.
After blowing the whip eight times, the civil and military ministers crossed the Neijinshui Bridge one by one and arrived at Danqi of Fengtianmen. They stood facing each other on both sides of the imperial road and waited. Among this group of people, the civilian officials are on the left side and the military attaches are on the right side. This way of standing in the shift is called "living".
At this time, the censor in charge of picketing was supervising and supervising. Anyone who coughs, spits, is crowded or behaves inappropriately will be recorded and awaiting reporting.
There is a throne in the middle of the upper corridor of Taihe Gate, which is called the "Golden Platform". Chongzhen was already waiting on the throne. Today is the day when the emperor listens to the government. It can be regarded as a great meeting.
Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, led the officials of the Ministry of Revenue to think about countermeasures worriedly. Ever since I learned that those people came back yesterday. He knew that the situation on the front line must have deteriorated. Whether Uncle Dingyuan wants reinforcements or supplies of food and grass, these things will eventually fall on him.
