A Dai Wang, a Duke of Jin, a Duke of Xuan... These are the Three Feudatories!
Although Zhu Cixiang's top, middle and bottom strategies for Wu Sangui included a plan to enshrine a vassal town, but now and then, the situation seems to be getting better, is it still necessary to fulfill the promise?
In addition, Datong, Xuanfu, and Taiyuan are three of the nine important towns. Are they places where vassal towns can be established?
If vassal towns are to be established in these three places, can Beijing be the capital?
"Brother," Emperor Chongzhen finally couldn't help but ask, "If you want to seal a vassal town, you don't have to seal it near the capital. It won't be too late to seal it after Shaanxi and Henan are restored."
He also wants to return to Henan and Shaanxi...Zhu Cixiang has nothing to say. How can he become the emperor with such naivety? And if it’s still seventeen years, it’s really hard for you!
"Father," Zhu Cixiang said, "the three vassals of Dai, Jin, and Xuan were established to raise merit! This time we were able to defeat Chuang Ni and reverse the fate of our country, all thanks to the brave and bloody battle of Ping Xibo and Gao Di, as well as the brave and bloody battles of Guan Ning's soldiers. For their meritorious service, the imperial court should have rewarded them heavily. But now that the imperial court is displaced and the treasury is empty, and they have to raise annual coins and rewards to the Qing Dynasty, they really can't come up with the money. Therefore, the ministers are preparing to set up feudal towns to achieve great achievements, and set up dynasties, Jin and Xuan vassals.
Moreover, this matter cannot be delayed and must be handled as soon as possible...otherwise it will chill the hearts of the meritorious soldiers! "
This is of course a lie. The purpose of establishing the three vassals of Dai, Jin and Xuan was to delay the Manchu Qing's use of troops across the country.
As long as one of the three vassals was successfully established and stood on the side of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cixiang would be able to fight for at least a year. With this year, he can make plans in the south.
"In addition, there is another person who has made great contributions to the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty and must be heavily rewarded." A sneer appeared on the corner of Zhu Cixiang's mouth, "This person is Hong Chengchou!"
"Hong Chengchou?" Chongzhen nodded and said, "Although this man defected to the Qing Dynasty, he was able to lead the Qing troops into the pass to help the imperial court defeat the bandits, which is indeed a meritorious service... This merit is enough to compensate for his defeat and surrender to the enemy. It’s a sin.”
Zhu Cixiang sighed: "What crime is he guilty of? He is not guilty at all... In the Battle of Songjin, he led an army of 130,000 people to fight steadily and at every step. Even if he could not win, it would not be difficult to escape intact. If If his father had not been persuaded by Chen Xinjia and issued an order to urge Hong Chengchou to advance the army as scheduled, and let two scholars, Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi, go to the army to supervise the decisive battle, how could Songjin be defeated? If Songjin had defeated, how could the capital fall? The imperial court Wandering thing?"
"You..." Chongzhen was so angry, "Then you said last time that Chen Xinjia shouldn't be killed?"
Zhu Cihong said: "Of course Chen Xinjia should not be killed! He is just not talented enough to be appointed to the Ministry of War... However, among the current officials in this dynasty, there are many who are not worthy of their posts, and many of them mess up things. Could it be that Are you going to be punished and beheaded?"
He glanced at the courtiers in the lobby with a burning gaze, "If that were the case, I'm afraid there would only be a group of ghosts discussing national affairs with me and my father today!"
What a traitor... Chongzhen was so angry that he couldn't even speak. Who dared to confront him like this during his seventeen years in power?
However, the courtiers present all believed that Zhu Cixiang's words were right... Things in the Ming Dynasty were not easy to handle, and everyone was indeed not that capable, but they were just trying their best to deal with it. You emperor ignores the difficult situation and puts officials in jail at every turn, or even beheads them in serious cases! Are you still being unreasonable? If you were to take over the power again, would you still be able to handle state affairs? Otherwise, you should abdicate and make way for someone more worthy!
"And Yuan Chonghuan was also unjustly accused," Zhu Cixiang sighed again and said, "Although he was not as talented as Pingliao, he boasted too much and unjustly killed Mao Wenlong. But since my father believed in him, he promised After the five-year period, he should not be beheaded before the expiration of the period... Even if the father found that his talents were insufficient, exaggerated, and was good at killing generals, he should not be tortured to death! Even if he wanted to If he dies, just give him death quietly, and execute him at Lingchi... This is obviously to vent his anger after discovering that he was deceived!"
Zhu Cixiang sympathized with Yuan Chonghuan very much, because wasn't the focus of his work in his previous life just to brag and listen to others' bragging? In this life, didn't he get to where he is today just because of his talent? In a sense, Yuan Chonghuan and Zhu Cixiang are peers!
If you brag, you will kill yourself, or if you cut yourself into pieces with more than three thousand knives, Chongzhen, do you have any humanity?
Besides, wasn't the system of selecting scholars in the Ming Dynasty "based on bragging"? In addition to the eight-legged essay, the imperial examination also includes imperial edicts, imperial edicts, expressions, judgments and policy questions, among which policy questions carry a very important weight. How can a group of scholars with little practical work experience write policy questions? Isn't that just bragging? When you recruit scholars, you recruit those who brag. How can an official not like to brag? Therefore, when you are an emperor, you must be able to distinguish between truth and falsehood. You cannot believe everything others boast, only to find out later that you have been fooled, and then chop the person to pieces just to vent your anger... This is unreasonable!
Zhu Cixiang went on to say: "There is also Sun Chuanting, such a loyal minister. He was imprisoned for no reason and did not say anything. He was released to serve and could not be trusted afterward. He blindly urged him to go out to fight in Qinguan and drove others to a dead end. Yuan Chonghuan loved to brag. The father wants to kill him, but the father doesn’t believe Sun Chuanting when he tells the truth... and now he doesn’t even give him a pension or posthumous gift, how heartbreaking it is!"
you do not say! All the thirty or so ministers in the hall felt the same way! Emperor Chongzhen will believe you if you tell lies to him, but he won't believe if you tell him the truth... Such a king and father still thinks he is wise, which is really embarrassing for the people below! It’s better to step down, step down quickly!
"Here, can you blame me for this? The ministers are all too treacherous! Sometimes they are true and sometimes they are false, how can I tell the difference?" Chongzhen was so confused by his son's rebuke that he uttered the truth in a hurry.
"Father, how can you not tell the difference? When you are an emperor, you have to be able to distinguish the loyalty and treachery of your ministers, how can you not?" Zhu Cixiang shook his head repeatedly, "Fortunately, I have the help of my son and ministers, otherwise the world will be really real. I will die in the hands of my father!"
"You, you, are you going to be angry to death as a father?" Chongzhen was so angry that his face turned red and his neck was thick. He couldn't talk to his son, but he didn't dare to hit him - Zhu Cixiang was a murderer without blinking an eye, and Chongzhen was also afraid!
However, Zhu Cixi stood up and saluted Chongzhen, "My father has misunderstood my son. My son is admonishing my father!" "New Book of Tang" says: The emperor has officials who criticize him, but even if they are immoral, they will not lose the world. If a father criticizes his son, he will fall into unrighteousness even though he is unrighteous. Therefore, Yunzi cannot but criticize his father, and ministers cannot but criticize the king. Children and ministers are the same as those who criticize sons and ministers!"
Are you a critic of criticism? Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself: Then am I the unprincipled father?
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is filial, loyal and loyal. He is your Majesty's son!"
"It is a blessing to the country and your Majesty that your Majesty has such a quarrel."
"I would like to congratulate Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty..."
Before Chongzhen got angry, the ministers in the hall had already congratulated him one after another. Zhu Cixi was very pleased to hear the voices praising him. Today's Ming Dynasty is indeed full of righteousness, and the great cause of ZTE is promising!
"Okay, you are all enemies of your sons and ministers," Emperor Chongzhen was about to cry out of anger, "I am the ignorant and ignorant king, okay? When I return to the capital, I will abdicate in favor of someone more worthy!" He pointed at Zhu Cixiang, "Let you, this arrogant person, be the emperor!"
The critics immediately said in unison: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is expected to revive..."
Zhu Cixiang sighed and bowed to Emperor Chongzhen: "If my father really wants to meditate, he can wait until the court arrives in Nanjing and everything is settled, and then he can pay tribute to the Xiaoling Mausoleum and report it to Emperor Gao, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. "
"What?" Emperor Chongzhen was stunned. "The capital is about to be recovered. Does the imperial court still need Nanxing?"
Zhu Cixiang sighed, shook his head and said: "Father, most of the ministers in the court like to brag. Are the Tatars in Liaodong honest people? The Tatars are lying to us! We can't return to the capital, that is a trap of the Tatars! We’re going to Beijing, and we won’t be able to leave our bodies intact!”
