Chapter 124: War mobilization in Nanjing begins
Zhu Yunwen suppressed this idea first. He asked Zied: "Where do you think we should fight back?"
Qi De said: "I am a civil servant. Your Majesty has left the veteran generals in the court without asking questions. Please forgive me for not being able to answer. I would like to ask your Majesty to immediately summon Duke Ying to the capital to discuss important matters."
Zhu Yunwen said: "That's right."
Zhu Yunwen wrote a letter in his own hand and sent it to Fu Youde.
Then he immediately summoned Ding Xian and asked, "Did you know that the Northern Thieves issued national bonds?"
Ding Xian said: "I know."
Zhu Yunwen said: "The Northern Bandits are about to invade in large numbers. I don't care what method you use to raise one billion for me. Can you do it?"
Ding Xian looked at Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen's face was expressionless, but his eyes were bright. He couldn't tell whether there was expectation or murderous intent behind his eyes. He could only lower his head and say, "I will definitely do it for Your Majesty."
Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "The Prime Minister will definitely not let me down." Then he took out a long sword from the wall behind him, handed it to Ding Xian and said, "This is given to me by Emperor Taizu, and the Prime Minister will hold on to this." With a sword, you can cut first and then strike, and anyone who doesn't obey orders can be killed."
Ding Xian looked confused, saluted and said, "I thank your Majesty for your trust."
It was just that Ding Xian left the palace and appeared very excited along the way, but when he returned to his room, he slumped down on his chair and gritted his teeth and said, "Zhu Yunwen, you want my life."
Over the years, Zhu Yunwen has gained experience in what can and cannot be done in the imperial court. Zhu Yunwen also knew it very well.
For example, over one billion yuan. Engage in national debt.
This is generally impossible to do.
If Ding Xian could do it, he would have done it long ago. Does Ding Xian not want to do it?
It took He Xi more than ten years to build the credit that Ding Xian could build in just a few years? Not to mention, Ding Xian's moral standard is negative in the eyes of many people. How much credit can such a person have?
Ding Xian knew that Zhu Yunwen knew this very well and it was not easy to do. Otherwise, Ding Xian would not have been given this sword.
Ding Xian is the chief minister, the prime minister, and not a general. Is there any need to behead first and then show off? They are all in the city of Nanjing, and if there is anything they cannot just run a few steps to the palace to ask for instructions.
Zhu Yunwen's meaning is obvious.
He knew that this was a difficult thing to do, but he had to do it. He knew this, so he probably had to use clever means to rob it. But in this matter, he would not interfere, just give him a sword and let him do it.
Seems like absolute trust. But what about the future?
Ding Xian knows very well that many of the things he has done in his position as first assistant are not outrageous, but they have offended too many people. He went out like this and was assassinated. He didn't find it strange at all. Now that it has reached this point, he still needs to continue.
If you want to make money, you need to know who has money in the world.
As mentioned earlier, Ming Dynasty was a power society, which means that people with power are naturally rich. People who have no power, even if they have money, are still guilty of possessing a treasure.
So Zhu Yunwen gave Ding Xian the sword to let Ding Xian kill someone. Need I say more?
Once Ding Xian listens to Zhu Yunwen and does these things, what will be waiting for Ding Xian when everything is settled in the future? It is nothing more than to thank the people of the world with death, to be Shang Yang of Qin and Yao Cuo of Han.
But no matter what, Ding Xian is not this kind of person at all.
It would be impossible for him to do this for anyone.
The sky is big and the earth is big, not as big as my destiny.
But for a while, Ding Xian couldn't think of any way to get out of the current situation.
This is why Zhu Yunwen promoted him. Ding Xian has a shallow foundation, insufficient reputation, and sufficient skills. Cruel and ruthless. He can only rely on Zhu Yunwen. In the current situation, Ding Xian couldn't do anything even if he wanted to.
He did it and satisfied Zhu Yunwen. If something happened in the future, Zhu Yunwen might be able to raise a hand and give Ding Xian a way to survive because of Ding Xian's hard work. But just to survive
already. Don't think about anything else.
And if Ding Xian doesn't do it, he will resist now.
Zhu Yunwen just nodded, and countless people came out to tear Ding Xian into pieces.
Ding Xian had no choice but to leave.
All the gifts in life come with a price. Ding Xian became famous because of Zhu Yunwen, but now it's time to pay the price.
Ding Xian thought for a moment, with a fierce light in his eyes. I thought to myself: "Since you have offended me, then offend me to the end."
One billion, Ding Xian can only do his best. All the forces in the world have been offended miserably. Naturally, Ding Xian had no way out. So the opportunity Ding Xian found was to uproot a force. Offend only one force as soon as possible. Instead of offending everyone.
And who is the force that Ding Xian wants to attack?
Of course it was the Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats.
But Ding Xian didn't know whether these scholar-bureaucrats had a net worth of one billion.
But to do this, you need an excuse.
Ding Xian pondered for a long time, then suddenly went to Wenyuan Pavilion to search for himself immediately. I quickly found a memorial written in the 25th year of Hongwu's reign. This memorial was written shortly after the prince's death. It is a memorial to invite the grandson to be established.
However, although this memorial did not say it explicitly, it hinted that Zhu Xiongying should be established.
In fact, there were many such memorials at that time. If Fang Xiaoru hadn't turned the tide, changed Zhu Yunwen's impression in the minds of the scholar-bureaucrats, and kicked Zhu Xiongying out of the sage school. There will only be more such memorials.
What Ding Xian looked at was not this, but the signature on the cover of the memorial. Ding Xian stroked the smooth silk surface, the fine texture on it, and a simple word "Zheng".
Ding Xian thought to himself: "Yimen Zheng family. I don't know if it's enough."
The Zheng family of Yimen was also considered prominent during the Hongwu period. There was a minister and countless other officials. For a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang admired the Zheng family very much. Even Zhu Yuanzhang was determined to copy the model of the Zheng family of Yimen into the royal family.
After all, the Zheng family of Yimen itself is like a practical example of many ideas of Song Confucianism.
It was also after He Xi's arrival that Zhu Yuanzhang broadened his horizons. Only then have new research directions emerged. ..
Although Zhu Yuanzhang changed his mind, he no longer respected the Zheng family as much as before. But the grace He had previously given was not revoked. Therefore, the Zheng family of Yimen was not very prominent in the court. But it’s also quite substantial.
Ding Xian's attack on the Zheng family of Yimen was not aimed at the Zheng family of Yimen.
Yes. Zheng family of Yimen is very rich. After all, the Zheng family in Yimen has thousands of people. No private wealth. It is a production organization in itself, but Ding Xian estimates that the entire property of the Zheng family in Yimen. Probably only tens of thousands taels.
This was a lot of overcalculation on his part.
It is impossible to expect the property of the Zheng family of Yimen to fill this hole.
What he hopes is to use the Zheng family of Yimen as the core and the breakthrough point. Start a big case, clean up all the Jiangnan scholar-officials, confiscate all their properties, and see if they can get one billion.
This will be a bloody storm. Can shake the foundation of Ming Dynasty.
That's right.
When Zhu Yuanzhang was here, he was not so cruel to the scholar-bureaucrats in Jiangnan. Although Zhu Yuanzhang initiated major cases and killed many people, he was very harsh. In essence, it can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang tortured indiscriminately, but he cannot be said to kill indiscriminately.
He was just too harsh on sentencing. But in many things, there is no idea of wrongly accusing people, nor is there any idea of implicating the entire clan and killing one by one.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that doing this matter requires a sense of proportion. In fact, individual scholar-bureaucrats are not important, and they will be killed if they are killed. However, as an important component of the Ming Dynasty's rule, the scholar-bureaucrat group was very important.
If you strike too hard, the backlash will be deep.
As far as Zhu Yunwen thought, he actually hoped that Ding Xian would offend all the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty and get one billion. Zhu Yunwen will end well in the future. It's nothing more than using Ding to save a life. But according to Ding Xian's ideas, this matter may not end so easily in the future.
As a person and a family, scholar-bureaucrats cut grass
It is very easy to remove the root. But as a class and a group, it is difficult to eradicate.
The more ruthless Ding Xian does now, the more ruthless these people will bite back in the future. And they won't be targeting Ding Xian alone. It's the Nanjing court. After all, the two sides have fought to this extent, and reconciliation is no longer possible.
