In the early summer of the eighteenth year of Wanli, before noon, the scorching sun made the hall extremely hot.
In addition, many ministers began to propose a coaching change because of the decline in subscription tickets.
Zhu Yijun became increasingly upset.
And he couldn't express his position directly now.
Because in addition to not suppressing his opinions too much when discussing national affairs, Zhu Yijun is also worried that Chen Lin may really betray him, and the person who proposes to change the coach now may really propose the change of coach based on the country's loyalty and concern for the national interests. , just because caring leads to chaos, I put forward this unwise advice.
On the contrary, the officials who still support Chen Lin at this time may have evil intentions and wish that the Ming Dynasty's conquest of Luzon would be defeated.
In short, Zhu Yijun had informants such as Dongchang and Jinyiwei, so he might not necessarily know exactly what the ministers in front of him were thinking.
"Retreat!"
However, Zhu Yijun is still more willing to believe that no matter how doubtful Chen Lin is, he will not really let himself and the entire Chen family have a foothold in the mainland for financial interests. People in this era cannot just because they have overseas interests. He dared to express his strong strength, and even abandoned the king and the country directly.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun simply announced his withdrawal from the court at this time.
He does not express his attitude directly.
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"Why didn't His Majesty respond? Do you have to watch the subscription tickets plummet?"
"Even if we can no longer change the coach, we can still reassure the people of the world by showing that we are discussing a new coach and that we are going to conquer Luzon again, right?"
"With the current sharp decline, if it continues, many wealthy households who have been hoarding subscription coupons at high prices will go bankrupt, and the world will be in turmoil!"
Metropolitan Procuratorate.
After the dispersion of the dynasty, Guangxi Taoist censor Xiong Yuan and others came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to discuss the matter.
At this time, Chen Yubi, the censor of the left deputy capital, persuaded everyone:
"Your Majesty's lack of response is already a response!"
"What's the meaning of this statement?"
Shao Bi, the censor of Zuoqiandu, asked at this time.
Xiong Yuan and other imperial censors also looked over.
Chen Yubi said: "Not expressing a position means that the status quo will be maintained by default. Once the war is really defeated in the future, the emperor will be held accountable. If we express our position now and even let the Privy Council discuss a new commander, it will be okay if we are really defeated. If we are not defeated, then Where will the emperor's prestige be placed?"
Chen Yubi continued: "So at this time, forcing the emperor to express his position or even hoping that the emperor will express his position is either ignorant of people's hearts or harboring evil intentions in order to damage the sacred power and make the ministers have different intentions, especially the ministers who lead the troops. They will feel that the emperor They are not that wise and can easily be swayed by public opinion. As officials, especially speaking officials, we must be careful. The more power we have to speak out, the more we must prevent the situation of being used as a weapon."
When Chen Yubi said this, the censors all shut up and looked embarrassed.
"It seems that His Majesty is right to do this. We should not have any grudges because of this. He is truly a sage king, but few are good ministers."
At this time, Xiu Bi couldn't help but say something with a look of shame on his face, and then he handed over his hands to Chen Yubi: "Fortunately, the Deputy Constitution reminded me so that I won't be confused!"
Chen Yubi returned the gesture with his hand raised and said: "No matter what, I still hope that this battle in Luzon will be a great victory. Then I will really have nothing to worry about."
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"As long as we can win Luzon, we don't have to worry about the sharp drop in subscription coupons."
"So, I think the key is not whether to change the commander, but whether to shake the determination to win Luzon."
"Your Majesty is a sage act to remain unchanged in response to all changes at this time, but you can't say nothing!"
"In the opinion of a foolish minister, we should be prepared to start the second expedition immediately after the first expedition against Luzon failed. The imperial court needs Luzon in order to consolidate the achievements of the reforms since His Majesty came to the throne. But now we have to prepare the flowers." Prepare to regain Luzon at a greater cost.”
It was not only Yanguan and the people of the world who were worried that Chen Lin would be so powerful that he would lose his wits, and that the wealthy families on the coast might hinder him, which would make the battle for Luzon unsatisfactory.
In the Imperial Service Hall, Yin Zhengmao, Minister of War, was also worried about this, and hoped that the emperor would be prepared for the second attack on Luzon, select a new commander in advance, and prepare new warships and troops.
Ming Dynasty now has the national power, that is, after a big war is over, there will be another big war.
But the price of a war is very high after all, so no matter how powerful a country is, it cannot be tossed around so casually.
Therefore, what Zhu Yijun thought was that the conquest of Luzon could be achieved without raising two large armies. What's more, if the first time failed, the second time would be more difficult, at least the morale would be different, and he opposed The voice will be louder, and his prestige as the emperor will be greatly damaged.
"Let's discuss this later!"
But Zhu Yijun did not categorically reject Yin Zhengmao's proposal.
Because if he really needs to conquer Luzon again, he will still continue to conquer Luzon. Naturally, there is no need to block the way to continue to conquer Luzon.
Yin Zhengmao raised his hand and said yes.
People all over the world are indeed increasingly convinced that the conquest of Luzon will not succeed as more and more scandalous posts about Chen Lin appear. Especially, some people compare the last Huangshan incident and blindly exaggerate the combat power of Xiyi. Then he secretly said that Ming Dynasty would be defeated.
Therefore, the trading price of subscription bonds continues to plummet.
Although the Ministry of Accounts has repeatedly raised the tax rate on government vouchers for trading subscription tickets, it still cannot stop many large households from selling the subscription tickets they bought at high prices.
On the contrary, ordinary people who own subscription certificates do not sell much, mainly because they do not have that much cash and cannot afford to pay such a high certificate tax.
"Sell it quickly! Stop the loss in time so that your property will not be greatly damaged. Then you will be sorry for your ancestors."
In the capital, Yan Shu persuaded his friend Yang Zhi, a wealthy family member, to sell the subscription tickets.
Yang Zhi asked: "Is the battle for Luzon really going to be lost this time? Are the subscription tickets based on the development of external profits really worth a piece of paper?"
Yan Shu smiled and said: "What do you think? At this time, even if he is not defeated, someone will find a way to make him lose!"
"Too!"
"Although this is definitely not the right time to sell for the sake of the stability of the country, you can't be unfilial!"
Yang Zhi said that he really went home and asked people to take the subscription coupons to the household department to sell them.
"Is it still falling?"
On this day, Zhu Yijun asked Tian Yi
Tian Yi replied: "It is still falling, and many wealthy households are panicking, and they have begun to spread lies. It has even been rumored that the army led by Weng Yuanbo has been completely wiped out, but the Privy Council deliberately suppressed the news to prevent the world from knowing it. , just to avoid causing greater trouble."
"absurd!"
"Everyone has no brains. Even if the whole army is wiped out when they leave the port, the news will not be spread back so quickly! How much time has passed."
Zhu Yijun said angrily.
Tian Yi hurriedly tried to persuade him, "Your Majesty, please calm down. This is how the people of the world are. They often follow the wind and make rain. Especially frustrated people love to rejoice in misfortunes and spread bad rumors rather than believe in good facts, so they argue with them." Explanations are useless, only time will tell."
"You're right."
"But you have to be on guard against those who take advantage of troubled waters to cause trouble."
As Zhu Yijun was talking, Zhang Jingxiu entered the palace at this time: "Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guardian stationed in East Penghu, the 300,000 shi of military rations temporarily stored in Penghu broke out in a fire and burned completely. The Penghu officials did not dare to report to the Fuyuan, so they only hid in the Penghu’s Jinyiwei informant immediately reported the incident.”
"There was a fire involving three hundred thousand shi of military rations?"
Zhu Yijun asked in shock, then threw the chapter in his hand to the ground and shouted: "What are they going to do? Do they want to deliberately create panic, or do they really want to defeat Lu Song for the first time, and then be unable to fight for the second time?" Do you want it?!"
"Your Majesty, calm down! The dragon body is the most important thing!"
Zhang Jingxiu hurriedly replied.
Zhu Yijun regained his composure at this time and said: "There is no need to wait. Send an edict to the Privy Council and send it directly to Guangxi Commander Qi Jimei with 10,000 troops to go to Shaozhou in advance to protect the Chen family. For the sake of the name, all supplies will be provided by the government!"
"yes!"
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Penghu.
The gentry Shen Ruliang looked at the Penghu granary that was covered with ashes. He smiled at Li Fei, a wealthy businessman in Penghu, and said, "Now, if Weng Yuanbo really loses first, he may not be able to turn defeat into victory again. Three hundred thousand shi of grain." No, it won’t be possible to transfer so much military rations in one or two years.”
Li Fei smiled and said: "Yes, and if the subscription coupons continue to plummet, I may never have the national power to challenge Luzon again!"
(End of chapter)
