"Your Majesty, are you wrong? Why are you a treacherous minister and traitor..." Pang Tianshou couldn't help but frown when Chongzhen heard this. Why is this emperor talking nonsense?
Emperor Chongzhen sneered: "What are they if they are not rebellious ministers and traitors? How can there be loyal ministers and filial sons in the Ming Dynasty now? Even if there are a few, they will not miss me, a dissolute and immoral emperor!"
"Your Majesty, you are not a foolish king..." Pang Tianshou said, asking God and the old man to forgive him in his heart - he was a devout Catholic and knew that lying was wrong.
No matter how you look at it, the current Emperor Chongzhen is a fool - he has lost half of his country and his ancestors' mausoleums. After running to the south of the Yangtze River, he did not know how to work hard to govern, but he only knew how to be dissolute and immoral. When I was in Shandong, I chose beautiful girls once, and when I went to Jiangnan, I chose again, and the last time I chose a hundred girls...it was so debauched!
The more women you have, the more money you will spend! The filial son Zhu Cixiang gave Chongzhen an allowance of 500,000 taels a year, but he spent it all in just over half a year. This time it was increased to 1 million taels a year!
And this one million taels does not include the money spent in this draft and the various filial piety given by the dutiful son during the holidays... This prince, who has been frugal for more than ten years, now has no money to spend. It’s time to catch up with Master Shimiao!
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty still had a filial and capable Prince Fujun to maintain the situation, otherwise he would have probably perished...
"Your Majesty, the Governor-General Shi of the seven provinces, the Governor Gao Jue of Shandong, and the Minister of Youth League Training Zuo Maodi are all loyal ministers!"
Emperor Chongzhen turned back to look at Pang Tianshou, and burst out laughing: "Thankfully you are still the great master of the Royal Horse Supervisor, you can't even tell the difference between loyal and treacherous ministers! These three people you mentioned are all treacherous ministers!"
"Rebellious ministers, how is this possible?" Pang Tianshou was stunned again and again, "Your Majesty, these three are regarded as the three loyal ministers of Shandong by Jiangnan scholars..."
"Jiangnan Shilin?" Chongzhen snorted coldly, "These scholars are just like those Nanjing nobles who have made a lot of money! None of them are good... I am doing it for the country of my ancestors and for the hundreds of millions of common people. How miserable have they been? After being emperor for more than ten years, they have never had a good night's sleep, nor have they spent any money comfortably. But what about them? How much have they made? They still don't pay royal rations or commercial taxes! It’s just that I don’t pay taxes or food, but I also use deceptive methods to help others evade taxes! And I also invade the country’s military fields and official villages. Our country, the Ming Dynasty, has been eaten away by these moths!
Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Zuo Maodi are regarded as loyal ministers by rotten people like them. Can they still be good people? "
This... seems to make sense!
Chongzhen couldn't scold enough, and then scolded: "As for my loyal ministers in the Ming Dynasty, no matter how loyal they are or how capable they are, they will be treated like treacherous ministers and traitors by those censors who don't do serious things... ....But now, is there anyone writing a memorial to speak ill of Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Zuo Maodi?"
There's none? Pang Tianshouxin said: I don't know... Now there is no memorial for the Chief of Ceremonies to read, let alone our big brother who is famous in the Royal Horse Prison?
Chongzhen said again: "Do you know why no one says that the three of them are rebellious officials and traitors? Because they are rebellious officials and traitors now... They now support their own troops, separate themselves and rule the roost, and they are all overlords of one party. In name The governors, governors, and ministers of Tuanlian in the Ming Dynasty were all Jiedushi, they were Jiedushi!"
Pang Tianshouxin said: The emperor is completely confused. Is this such a ridiculous idea? The loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty were all tarnished, and no one exposed the true traitors...
Chongzhen snorted twice: "In addition to these three traitors, there are also Huaibei Huang Degong, Xu Hai Gaojie, Hubei Zuo Liangyu, Hunan He Tengjiao, Yunnan Mu Tianbo... These people are all traitors! So! None of them want the prince to ascend the throne... Because if the prince does not ascend the throne, he will not think about reducing the vassal state. Not only will he not be able to reduce the vassal state, but he will also have to coax these rebellious ministers and traitors! Now I want to retreat Well, let’s see how these rebellious officials and traitors pretend to be loyal and filial!”
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"Congratulations to my thousand-year-old master!"
"I congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"I would like to congratulate all the people in the world!"
"I would like to congratulate the Ming Dynasty..."
Not long after Zhu Cihong returned to the Wenhua Hall, loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty who had received the good news came to congratulate him one after another.
However, Zhu Cixiang did not have a cheerful look, but a solemn face. Seeing that all the important ministers in Beijing had almost arrived, he sighed and said: "I am young and virtuous, and my father is in the prime of life. I shouldn't be the one to take charge of the situation. However, my father was disheartened because of the fall of the capital, the devastation of the north, and the disintegration of the world. He only wanted to devote himself to cultivating virtue and no longer be burdened by worldly affairs, so I had to It is really difficult to stand up and clean up this troubled world. Fortunately, with your sincere assistance these days, we have been able to stabilize the southeastern half. Now that my father has the heart of inner Zen, do you think this palace should take advantage of the trend and take a further step? ?”
"Qiansui Master," Wei Zaode was the first to stand up, "If God cannot take it, you will be blamed for it. If you fail at the right time, you will suffer the consequences! God's time has come, and you must take another step! But this step is not easy to take. ah!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded. His "Zhang Juzheng" was quite knowledgeable, and he finally knew that the emperor was not easy to do.
Wu Xiang also said: "His Royal Highness, you are not only worthy of your name as emperor, but also worthy of your deeds... If you don't do it right, the 200,000 soldiers of the new army who have overcome difficulties will not agree!"
The new army to overcome difficulties has completed another round of expansion and recruited many strong northern refugees to join the army! The number of guards, divisions, and navy divisions plus the navy is close to 200,000.
Among them, the number of model regiments was also increased by eight, reaching as many as twenty, and the artillery was also expanded.
In addition, Nanjing martial arts schools are becoming more and more formal. The current students are called "officer students", and the academic system is extended to one year, and is also divided into five majors: artillery, engineering, infantry, riding, and supplies. Those who were the first to enter are now either serving in the army and leading soldiers, or they have become teachers in the martial arts school. It starts to "mislead others" - they themselves are half jealous and teach others...but there are no people to use, so they can only learn and teach at the same time.
The current number of students in the school has also increased to 500. Most of them are officers of all levels who have come out of the army, and they go in to make up lessons in order to better master the commanding skills of the new army. There are also some who are eldest sons and descendants of honorable nobles - according to the new regulations set by Zhu Cixiang, they must first join the Xiaoling Guards' new army as soldiers, and then they can enter the martial arts school based on their performance and examination results.
With these 200,000 new troops, Prince Zhu is quite confident in becoming emperor!
Zhu Cixiang looked at Qian Qianyi again, "Mr. Qian, what do you think?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince," Qian Qianyi said, "Although Your Majesty sincerely wants to meditate, the world is in chaos now, and there are many rebellious officials and traitors from all over the world. They will definitely use this opportunity to attack the imperial court. And since Your Highness has reached this stage , and can’t retreat..."
Qian Qianyi is right... Zhu Cixiang can't retreat when he reaches this point! Emperor Chongzhen publicly stated that he wanted to practice inner Zen, which actually pushed Zhu Cixiang, the prince of Fujun, to the forefront.
If he does not dare to take the throne handed over by Chongzhen, then the Kengnan group that follows him will be shaken - the Kannada heroes have long been looking forward to this day!
However, outside the Kenan Group, neither the scholar-bureaucrats in the southeast nor the important ministers and warlords who controlled the territory of Shandong, Xuhai, Huaibei, Huguang, and Yunnan did not want Prince Zhu to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
Because as soon as he ascended the throne, the situation of two masters was over. Zhu Cixiang has legitimately become the master of these rebellious officials and traitors!
Zhu Cixiang, who had become Emperor Zhu, still had to cut down their vassals one by one?
"Who are the rebellious officials and traitors?" Zhu Cixiang looked at Qian Qianyi and asked again.
"This..." Qian Qianyi frowned tightly, "When the time comes, they will naturally jump out! Your Highness, you must be prepared!"
"What are you preparing for?" Zhu Cixiang asked again.
"Get ready," Qian Qianyi paused and lowered his voice, "Get ready to kill as a warning to others!"
Zhu Cixiang laughed loudly: "Okay! Mr. Qian is indeed of the same mind as I am... After I go on the expedition, Mr. Qian, Wei Chief Fu, and the Wu Military Department will jointly take charge of matters in Beijing!"
