"No, Your Majesty!"
Li Dongyang had no choice but to leave the emperor in the Forbidden City. "The imperial court has just encountered two adverse events. It is a time when people's hearts are in doubt. If Your Majesty goes on a personal expedition at this time, chaos will surely arise! And His Majesty is responsible for all the people and the country in the world." How can Sheji personally commit danger? I ask Your Majesty to take back this thought!"
The emperor's words were not beyond the expectations of the ministers. After so many years, no one knew that this man was a hero with a bit of heroism. But whether the country is at war or at peace, whether the emperor personally conquers the country or not, these are extremely important matters and cannot be a matter of will.
Therefore, no matter what the emperor said, Liu Daxia could not get up from his knees. He trembled and cried: "Your Majesty, the late emperor has been in power for eighteen years. Although he could not bear the anger and wanted to raise troops outside several times, he failed every time. The living people are the most important thing. Now that the late emperor’s body is still cold, Your Majesty, remembering the late emperor, should give up the idea of raising an army.”
Zhu Houzhao knew that this matter was troublesome. In the past, when he had scolded him, his ministers would always give in. But this time, even if he showed this attitude, these ministers still did not change their ambitions and continued to try to hold him back.
"Liu Daxia! You just say what you say. What do you mean, I have become an unfilial descendant and want to disobey the late emperor's will?"
"I don't dare."
"Why don't you dare? What you are saying is that once the war starts, people's energy will be wasted. So I ask you, are the people on the border my subjects of the Ming Dynasty? Do you and I, the monarchs and ministers, have any control over them?"
Liu Daxia still insisted, "Even if there are police at the border, the disease is no more than scabies. If the whole country raises an army, it will be a disaster for all the people in the world!"
"Waiting for the Tatars to grow bigger day by day, waiting for the Ming Dynasty to decline day by day, waiting for the Beibei to massacre the Central Plains one day, wouldn't this be a disaster for all the people in the world?"
"His Majesty!"
"Stop talking!" Zhu Houzhao became a little angry, "My lifelong ambition is to restore the glory of Taizu and Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty. For this moment, I started making preparations when I was still the prince. The national treasury has no Money, I have money! The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are weak and cannot fight, but my personal guards can fight the Tatars! To govern a country, we must proceed from the overall situation and consider the long term, but the court must not lose its spirit! "
"Furthermore, you ministers all see what my talents are and what my attitude towards state affairs is. I have been the founder of the country in all dynasties, and I am considered a man of great talent and strategy. Where will there be heroes in the future?! According to you! What I said is, if it doesn’t work today, it won’t work this year, how can it still work when the king of the future generations comes?!”
"The emperor guards the gates of the country, and the king dies in the country! There are still emperors in my Zhu family who dare to bleed!"
This moment is the difference between the new emperor and the old emperor. When many people are against it, as an emperor, whether you dare to act arbitrarily or not, you will still be unable to get out of the opinions of your ministers.
"Your Majesty, no!" Liu Daxia screamed at the top of his lungs.
But Zhu Houzhao didn't bother to listen to him, "Shut up! The imperial court's Minister of War advised me to stop the army. Who are you to be the Minister of War?! There are also Mr. Liu Ge, Mr. Li Ge, and Mr. Xie Ge."
"Wei Chen is here."
"Let us, monarchs and ministers, calm down. Don't think that I am acting out of impulse. When the late Emperor was here and I was in the East Palace, was there ever a time when I was acting out of impulse? Can you tell me?"….
They really can't find this.
How many times did I think that he, who was still the crown prince at the time, was impulsive at first, but after thinking about it later, I found that many of the steps were actually planned beforehand.
"Let me tell you, I have expected what happened today. Han Shangshu, shouldn't there be much money in the treasury?"
Han Wen was a little ashamed, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Although I just shouted loudly...but the national treasury does not have much balance, especially in the seventeenth year of Hongzhi's drought in Shandong, I spent the only silver I had for disaster relief."
"I will discuss this matter with you later." The emperor ignored this section and said, "There is no money in the national treasury, but I have money in my private treasury. Hey, not much, 3.6 million taels! The three pavilion elders, This money can prove that I am not acting on impulse, right?"
Because there was so much money, it showed that the preparations for this troop dispatch had started long ago.
"Originally there were four million taels, but the disaster relief in Shandong cost two hundred thousand taels each. The remaining two million taels would be enough to support the imperial court's troops once."
If the situation is urgent, he can also transfer money from Zhejiang.
After so many years, he didn't know that the feudal dynasty was unable to fight the battle of wealth? In any case, I was already prepared.
Now that the emperor is rich and powerful, such a group of ministers are a little dumbfounded. From the founding of the country by Taizu to the present, such a thing has never happened!
"His Majesty!"
Zhang Fuhua, the censor of Zuodu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "I heard that this year there is a food shortage in Shanxi and Jiangxi, and there are refugees accumulating in all prefectures and counties. I sincerely request that your majesty, out of love for the people, can help the people." Providing funds for disaster relief relieves the people's poverty and saves the people from the fire. Isn't this another kind of benevolent government?"
Zhu Houzhao was stunned, and others were also a little stunned. After thinking for a while, the emperor said: "Jiangxi should transfer grain from Nanzhili, and Shanxi should transfer grain from Huguang. Rich provinces must do some relief."
Zhang Fuhua hurriedly said: "I am afraid that Nanzhili and Huguang are unwilling and it will be difficult to implement it."
"What is this word? Which yamen is it in Nanzhili or Huguang? Who doesn't want to? If you name it, I would like to ask if he is worthy of being an official of our Ming Dynasty." The emperor did not listen to Zhang Fuhua's explanation. , "But in order to reduce the hassle and try to save as much time as possible to rescue the victims, in my opinion, the imperial court also needs to send people to coordinate in the name of the imperial court. Mr. Zhang, this is your responsibility. Depending on the severity of the disaster, you can go to Nanzhili and Nanzhili respectively. Huguang is adjusting grains and setting off immediately. No mistakes can be made, do you understand?"
Zhang Fuhua was stunned. It has been extremely difficult to ask for food since ancient times. "Your Majesty, borrowing food from other provinces involves many things..."
"I said, you borrow it in the name of the imperial edict. If anyone is involved and you don't want it, just repay it."
Zhang Fuhua was scolded twice and did not dare to speak anymore. And my head is a little buzzing. Why did this hot potato get into my hands out of nowhere?
Zhu Houzhao also shook his head, thinking: What a way, at this time, he came up with this way to use my money.
"What did I say just now?"
Han Wen reminded, "Your Majesty said that two million taels should be enough to support the imperial court's use of troops."
"That's right. The Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for purchasing grain and paying salaries, especially allocating silver to Yang Shangyi's troops. I knew that the infantry of the Ming Dynasty could not defeat the Tatar cavalry, so a few years ago I pooled the efforts of the whole country to build such a cavalry unit. , there are rich people, but our monarchs and ministers are still huddled in the Forbidden City, aren't you afraid of leaving a joke for the ages?!"...
Snap!
Beside him, Liu Daxia took off his official hat and put it on the ground. He ignored the cold winter and knocked his forehead directly on the ground. "If your Majesty insists on raising an army! I would like to ask your Majesty to remove the post of Minister of War!"
Zhu Houzhao's face darkened.
Emperor Hongzhi had just passed away, so it was unreasonable to take down his favorite at this time. If word spreads, people will inevitably say that he is a ungrateful king. If nothing else, at least for Xiaozong's sake, give the old minister some face.
"Liu Daxia, raise your head. I have a few questions to ask you."
The emperor called him by his first name, and everyone knew that the situation was bad.
In fact, Liu Daxia knew that it would be difficult for him to survive. Today, he was born to die.
"Your Majesty, may I ask?"
"Between you and me, I am the king and you are the minister."
"Your Majesty is of course the king!"
"So the king should listen to the minister, or the minister should listen to the king?!" Zhu Houzhao also began to raise his voice.
"My ministers must listen to you! But you should also understand that listening to both parties will lead to enlightenment, and listening to one side will lead to darkness. When it comes to major matters, you must discuss them with your ministers. Only in this way can you govern impartially!"
"Why is there no discussion?! Isn't this a discussion? According to you, the discussion means that I have to listen to you?! If you don't listen to you, you will become the official. Doesn't this mean that I have to listen to you no matter what? ! That’s not as good as this throne, you come and sit on it!”
"Your Majesty, calm down." The emperor had heart-wrenching words, and other ministers had no choice but to persuade him.
Zhu Houzhao snorted, "I just don't understand Liu Daxia."
With this mentality, if the monarch does not listen to him, he will resign. I'm wondering if this is a loyal minister left behind by the late emperor? If you are a loyal minister, how could you not know that the court is facing a war and that it is time to work together, but you, Liu Daxia, are willing to resign for your own sake. "
At this point, the emperor seemed extremely angry. He instantly flicked his sleeves, turned around, pointed at him and yelled,
"Okay! I agree to your resignation! If you want to abandon the court and leave me, I won't stop you! Don't you just want your own reputation? For that reputation, the court faces so many difficulties, and I also face You don't care about the difficulties. You have to resign at this time, so that the court has to change the Minister of War before the war?! Liu Daxia, this is what you, the late emperor's favorite, did!"
The officials of the cabinet and the six ministries and nine ministers were all confused when they heard this.
Was the emperor angry?
You could say he was angry, but he spoke clearly and logically, and put Liu Daxia into the moral dilemma of abandoning the court and the emperor. It's not false to say that he's not angry. This look... is not false.
"Liu Jin!"
"My slave is here."
"Bring me the ink treasure!"
The emperor had a decree, so the eunuch naturally prepared rice paper for him quickly.
Zhu Houzhao was quite extraordinary. He stood beside the royal eucalyptus, with two big characters flying like dragons and phoenixes: loyal minister!
Then he threw the piece of paper in front of Liu Daxia, "You just want these two words! I'll give it to you! Now take it and go back to your hometown! When you return home, hang it in front of your door!"
All the officials in Nuan Pavilion were dumbfounded. Is there such an operation?
But what to say about this... Liu Daxia must never go back with this thing. This is a huge joke! Since ancient times, which loyal minister got the title of "loyal minister" like this?
While having a big quarrel with the emperor, he still got the name of a loyal minister, and ended up losing his official position.
After a thousand generations, people will find out what happened to you, Liu Daxia, and this is what they found out?
Besides, how do you hang this thing? Others hang up in glory, what do you call that? If you hang it up, what will others say if they ask? Why did the emperor give you such an imperial brush?
But you can't make it up. If you make it up, it will be easy to bury the emperor. When the time comes, it will be either a capital crime or a capital crime.
Therefore, the emperor seemed to have given him the title of loyal minister, but in fact he was cruel and directly described Liu Daxia as someone who ignored his father and fought to gain fame!
And this is simply more uncomfortable than killing Liu Daxia!
"Who else among you wants to resign and abandon me at this time when the Tatars invade?" Zhu Houzhao sat down on the dragon chair again, and he returned to his normal appearance, as if the anger just now did not exist at all. , "You can say it. Anyway, with or without you, I will beat this Tatar!"
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Your head has been washed, look at life and death, don’t think about it.
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