Is Long Live Master crazy?
After listening to Zhu Youjian's "crazy words", all the ministers below were stunned.
Because they think Long Live Master is crazy!
Oh, it's possible that he's really crazy, or that he's actually discovered the secret... but the possibility of being crazy is still higher.
If you weren't crazy, how could you say that the Ming Dynasty would have to cope with the catastrophe of three hundred years, and if it was successful, it would last another three hundred years, but if it was not successful, it would be destroyed, and there were other crazy things like heavenly generals and strange disasters in seven or eight years?
This is a secret! The secret must not be leaked. Emperor Chongzhen was still a human being, so how could he possibly know it?
If he really wants to act on these crazy words, then this Emperor Chongzhen will be even more ridiculous than his great-great-grandfather, Emperor Jiajing, who was neither a good immortal nor a cultivator. Emperor Jiajing just took drugs to cultivate immortality by himself, and did not drag the people of the whole country to join him in cultivating immortality!
correct! The ministers suddenly remembered that Emperor Jiajing also lived in Xiyuan... and he especially liked keeping cats! When he was alive, there were cats everywhere in and outside the palace! Among them, the particularly favored cat was even given an official position. Emperor Jiajing even gave a deceased beloved cat a grand burial, built a monument and built a tomb, and even inscribed the three words "Qiulong Tomb" (the cat's name is Qiulong), which made him famous. People are engraved on tombstones.
This cat tomb is still there today!
And now, although this long-lived master is not crazy about cats, he has also established a Tmall Division under the Royal Horse Prison, and also raised many cats in and outside the palace. He said he wanted to catch mice, but who would believe it? ...
In addition, the current emperor, like Master Shimiao, does not pay much attention to government affairs. It's just that his interest is not in cultivating immortals, but in serving as a general.
Since Chongzhen's reign, there was peace in the beginning for less than a year, and then he began to engage in military violence. He spends less time in court and more time fighting abroad.
If every battle is not guaranteed to win, within a few years, the slave bandits and northern barbarians will be defeated, the southwest and northwest will be controlled, and a precarious Ming Dynasty will be brought back from the brink of collapse, almost creating a peaceful and prosperous era. , Emperor Chongzhen has already become the most foolish emperor since the founding of the Ming Dynasty...
But no one thought that this emperor, who was saved from being called a faint king because he could fight, might have gone crazy now!
what should I do?
Long live the Lord is probably crazy! What should they do as loyal ministers?
Are you going to go crazy together, let yourself go, and become a traitor who will be notorious for eternity? If you do this, I'm afraid Long Live Master's madness will get worse!
Or do you try to persuade a lunatic not to go crazy? Is this useful? Will a madman admit that he is mad?
Or maybe just imitate Haigangfeng and become a loyal minister who offends Yan Zhijian, so as to leave a name in history? I’m afraid this isn’t easy either!
There is a difference between the current emperor playing war and the Shimiao master playing immortality... Today's long live master has won the war, but the Shimiao master has not succeeded in cultivating immortality. Therefore, the master of Shimiao lacks confidence, but the current emperor's prestige is very high.
Therefore, the master of Shimiao did not dare to kill Hai Rui, and the current emperor... has a history of forcing people to be loyal!
When the ministers all began to think about how to deal with the "mad emperor", Zhu Youjian saw the hope that the emperor and his ministers would work together to cope with the disaster from the solemn expressions on their faces.
Of course there is hope!
Zhu Youjian would calculate the food accounts whenever he had free time in the past few years. He felt that the gap of 300 million shi and 400 million shi seemed huge, but it was not impossible to make up for it - because it was not a shortfall of 300 million shi or 400 million shi in one year. , but a shortfall of three to four hundred million shi in seven years, which is equivalent to 60 to 70 million shi of rice in one year. Divided into rice, it is almost 40 million stone. Imports may be able to solve the problem of several million dans, and the remaining 40 million dans are the living food for 20 million people... If the gentry and wealthy businessmen who have read poetry and books in various parts of the Ming Dynasty can show their kindness and provide them with Use the surplus food at home to help the poor - Zhu Youjian has ordered Jinyiwei and Dongchang to conduct an investigation and study, and came to the definite conclusion that the landlord always has surplus food at home!
Of course, he, the Ming Emperor, must also work together to send millions of people abroad to beg for food. Maybe this Ming catastrophe can be overcome.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian nodded at the ministers below: "You are all important ministers and heroes of our Ming Dynasty... There will be disasters in the Ming Dynasty, and we will deal with it together. There is no disaster that we cannot overcome! Sirs ,how about?"
how about?
Well, all the courtiers below were stunned and didn't know how to answer.
There was deathly silence in Wansheng Hall!
The atmosphere suddenly became very depressing, almost suffocating.
Zhu Youjian's face gradually darkened. He looked like he was only in his twenties, but in fact he had lived two lives. He had lived for more than a hundred years in total, and he could already see through some people's hearts.
These ministers below...are not very obedient!
"Your Majesty, I am warm and benevolent, and I am willing to face the disaster together with Your Majesty!"
At this moment, someone finally decided to be a traitor!
"Okay!" Zhu Youjian nodded and looked at Zhang Fengyi again - you are a loyal minister who is "talented but timid, hardworking and skilled in avoiding danger"!
Zhang Fengyi said: "I am old and sick. I just want to beg for my bones and return home..."
Sure enough, he was afraid of "heavenly tribulation" and wanted to escape.
"That's okay!" Zhu Youjian nodded, "You are old... go back to your Xunzhuang by the Tumao River! You have been the Minister of the Ministry of War for many years, and you know how to fight. Those who run Xunzhuang can also be regarded as leaving a legacy for future generations and setting the example for other meritorious officials who obtained Xunzhuang."
There are now 188 meritorious officials who have obtained Xunzhuang, but only twenty or thirty have started operating it...Zhu Youjian had to send a pile of edicts (sent in groups) every now and then to urge those meritorious officials. Hurry up and run Xunzhuang.
Don't wait till the end of the year when you can't hand over cavalry for service, and then lose your title.
Zhang Fengyi breathed a sigh of relief and bowed in obeisance: "Old minister, I thank the Lord for your kindness."
Zhu Youjian watched Zhang Fengyi salute to him and then left Wansheng Hall, and sighed softly: "It's the right time to retire after success... Who else wants to go back to run Xunzhuang?"
"Your Majesty, I am getting old. I just want to beg for my bones and return to my hometown." Wang Zaijin is really old. He is almost 70 years old this year.
"Your Majesty, I also want to beg for the bones, retire and return to my hometown." Then Sun Chengzong asked to go.
Liuge is half old!
When Zhu Youjian saw Bi Ziyan standing up, he looked like he wanted to retire and return home, so he hurriedly said: "Bi Hou, you are two years younger than Wang Yuanfu and Mr. Sun, so just work for two more years... After my southern expedition, you, Wen Tiren, Xiong Tingbi, Mr. Chen, Mr. Hong, and Mr. Sun will form the Yingjie Cabinet and stay in Beijing!"
Zhu Youjian brought all three of his princes and officials into the cabinet in one go!
These three were both genuine Jinshi and marquis with outstanding military exploits. Among them, Chen Qiyu and Hong Chengchou had both served as local governors, while Sun Chuanting had served as the left minister of the Ministry of War and concurrently served as the commander-in-chief of the army in front of the palace and the admiral of the nine gates. He was indeed qualified to join the cabinet.
Zhu Youjian paused for a moment and then said: "Marquis Bi, you will be the Yuanfu, and you will also be in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Wen Tiren, you will be the Second Assistant, and you will also be in charge of the Ministry of Rites. Xiong Gongbu, you will be the bachelor of Wenhua Palace, and you will also be in charge of the Department of Rites." Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
As for Mr. Chen, Mr. Hong, and Mr. Sun, they served as Grand Bachelor of Wuyingdian, Grand Bachelor of Wenyuange, and Grand Bachelor of Dongge respectively. Among them, Mr. Chen is in charge of the official department, Mr. Hong is in charge of the punishment department, and Mr. Sun is in charge of the military department.
Also, let Mr. Lu take over the errand of the left minister of the Ministry of War, the commander-in-chief of the army in front of the palace, and the admiral of the nine gates. Let Shi Kefa be the governor of Yanning, taking over the vacancy left by Mr. Hong, and let Yang Sichang be the governor of the eight prefectures in Shi Kefa. "
After some personnel adjustments, Zhu Youjian finally formed a "Da Ming Ying Jie Cabinet" that satisfied him - half of the cabinet elders were all marquises who had been beaten, and their military capabilities were very reliable, and It was Zhu Youjian who taught him step by step. The friendship between teachers and students was there, and they were considered one of their own.
With the three of them in the cabinet, Zhu Youjian can safely hand over the city of Beijing to the cabinet for guarding!
By the way, unlike the previous few trips to Beijing where the emperor's nephew was asked to look after the house, this time Zhu Youjian had to go south with Zhu Cixiang, who had "five elements and a lot of gold", to suppress bandits and earn money to buy rice... ..
