Of course I'm afraid.
But what I'm afraid of is just Yiyan Shenggong's appeal, and the implementation of the new law will be even more difficult.
Yang Tinghe sighed: "Your Majesty, you should know that all dynasties have their own reasons for honoring Duke Yan."
Zhu Houcong was already a "mature" emperor, so he naturally understood this truth: it was just a transaction between the emperor and the Confucian sect.
Through thousands of years of accumulation, Confucianism has equated itself with “knowledge,” “talent,” and “virtue.” Honoring Yanshenggong is to calm the hearts of scholars in the world: to have preferential treatment, to have a bright future, and to have a smooth road to the pinnacle of life.
At the same time, Confucianism is also the controller of public opinion. Whichever emperor gave Yan Shenggong preferential treatment, Yan Shenggong would be regarded as Zhengshuo; in this kind of era theory, the hat made by Yan Shenggong was the most powerful.
If Duke Yan Shenggong is on Zhu Houcong's side, then no matter who wants to rebel, if Duke Yan Shenggong says that the other party is "unfaithful and unfilial, a traitor and a traitor," then the support of the scholars in the world will be at a loss.
But what if it's the opposite?
Zhu Houcong said calmly again: "I naturally know this truth. As far as I am concerned, it would be great if Duke Yan is restless."
Yang Tinghe and others looked at him with uneasiness in their hearts: Are you really going to do it? Doesn't it sound like he's expecting the Kong family to be charged with treason?
Zhu Houcong chuckled: "Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. It is easy to respect the Confucian family, but as long as the method of selecting scholars is not abolished, then it is true respect for learning. To achieve the righteousness of the Ming Dynasty, it does not require gold and yuan. I rely on Duke Yan to spread the word. If Kong Wenshao dares to be proud of his bloodline, I will teach the descendants of the Kong family how to behave on behalf of Confucius."
When Zhao Gou traveled south in the past, there were Yan Shengggongs in Jin, Yuan and Song Dynasties, one in Quzhou, one in Kaifeng and one in Qufu.
The Kong family, who appear extremely proud on the surface, have always considered themselves indispensable. As everyone knows, the emergence of the imperial examination system itself has institutionally guaranteed the upward path for scholars.
As a mascot without knowing it, it becomes more and more outrageous.
In this era, emperors of all dynasties tended to choose the easiest way to win the hearts of the world. But respecting Confucius for so long has also had a very bad influence: it seems that the legitimacy of the regime still needs to be confirmed by respecting the Confucius family.
Who gave Yan Shenggong such invisible power?
The question is, who is on top and who is he licking. No matter how he got that position, as long as he can continue to honor the Kong family.
If he was not given this honor, how many teachers would Yan Shenggong have? Do you really think you are invincible?
Zhu Houcong didn't care that much about the extremely serious matters in the minds of Yang Tinghe and others.
Raising his hands to stop them from continuing to think about this matter, Zhu Houxuan said: "He is not important. I mentioned this matter just to tell you that I will not do anything that I am not sure of. The new law will definitely come true, and I will do it from the moment I ascend the throne. We have prepared for the worst possible scenario from the beginning. Nowadays, the more clowns there are, the better. By creating a new world, latecomers will be able to step onto the stage with clapping hands, and the common people will be less exploited."
After a pause, he ordered: "Now that we have found out the Zheng family and Zhang Wei, let's continue the investigation! The Beijing camp is recruiting soldiers, and I am the one paying the salary, not Zhang Wei!"
…
Hui'an Bo's ancestors were the empress's family of Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaochi.
Therefore, Hui Anbo's original identity was just a relative of the state, but during the Yongle period, many relatives of the state were indeed from the military.
When Zhang Wei arrived, he did think that he knew the military because of his experience in leading troops to suppress the uprisings of Liu Liu and Liu Qi.
What does Zhang Wei rely on? Yang Tinghe and others were worried, and Zhang Yong, who was ordered to take Zhang Wei back, did not dare to take it lightly.
But Wang Zuo didn't take it seriously.
In the Fifth Army Camp, Zhang Wei indeed knew that Zheng Kejing and his son had been taken away by the Sanfa Division.
Now in his hall, Shen Wenzhou, the staff master hired by Zhang Wei after he was "re-employed", said confidently: "General, don't worry. The general is in charge of such a critical place as the fifth military camp. If Mr. Yang Ge really wants to touch the general, he will be honored by the world." Wouldn’t the public be in a state of uproar? If Wu Dinghou is forced away and the general is removed, Qingjun’s banners will immediately be everywhere!”
Zhang Wei slapped the table hatefully: "What a pity Li Xiang!"
Shen Wenzhou sighed: "Your Majesty knows Brother Li's loyalty. Now that he knows that the general is actually his father-in-law, he naturally understands the general's loyalty even more. If Mr. Yang Ge really wants to investigate the general, it can only be said that his rebellion has been revealed! The general ascended and shouted. , with the people of the five military camps, we can first relieve His Majesty’s worries and eradicate the new party in one fell swoop!”
Zhang Wei said worriedly: "It's just that His Majesty is trapped in the Forbidden Palace. Now that Yang Tinghe and Zhang Yong are connected, the generals are capable of taking action. If Yang Tinghe and Zhang Yong take risks, Your Majesty will be in danger!"
"Yang Tinghe will not dare to harm His Majesty!" Shen Wenzhou replied decisively, "The new law has not yet been completed, and there is a lot of criticism of the new learning. Yang Tinghe certainly has power in the government at this time, but if he wants to usurp the throne, his reputation is too far away, how can the world return to his heart? It’s the new party that dares to take risks, and it’s the general who has made extraordinary achievements in protecting the country!”
Zhang Wei's eyes were bright.
Although the Beijing camp has the governor Zhang Yong, the leading generals of each battalion are all honorable ministers after all! Li Quanli of Shenji Camp had just arrived in Beijing. He didn't know the situation and could easily win over him. Li Min, the Marquis of Fengcheng of the Three Thousand Battalion, got drunk with Guo Xun before Guo Xun went south. I heard that he even cried. He must be worried about you.
"Your nephew went to contact the families of Marquis Fengcheng and Uncle Xiangcheng. Has there been any reply?"
After hearing this, Shen Wenzhou replied in a low voice: "We dare not contact Fengcheng Marquis and Xiangcheng Bo directly for such secret matters. It will take some time for the exchange of information."
Zhang Wei stood up and walked around: "Now the Third Law Division has brought Mr. Zheng and Ke Jing into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment for several days! With their methods, I don't know how many have been tortured! This general cannot sit still and wait for death. You go and take the seats in each battalion. All the battalion officers came!"
"General! The most important thing is the nine gates of the capital! Will they really be able to open the doors to welcome the general into the city by then?"
"Have I been unprepared for several months? Don't worry, there are people from this general in Chongwenmen, and my son is still in the city!" Zhang Wei said confidently, "If King Qin raises his righteous flag, why don't we open the door immediately to welcome him? Your Majesty originally resettled the three major camps, why did you come?"
"That's definitely the case!" Shen Wenzhou also looked very excited, "Since the general has made up his mind, I might as well go to Fengcheng Hou and Xiangcheng Bo as soon as possible to work together!"
He left the Fifth Army Camp, thinking only that Zhang Wei was so easy to deceive.
With the current situation, how could the city gate allow Zhang Wei to lead troops into the city so easily? As long as the general in the Beijing camp moved, the emperor and Yang Tinghe had to punish Zhang Wei if they didn't want to implicate their relatives.
This thing can't be done, but just like stoking Li Xiang's death, this thing just needs to happen!
The new law has too many interests to benefit from, and all it needs now is a little spark! The emperor was hiding behind the scenes, didn't he also want to have room for change? The fake show has come true. Yang Ting and these people really don’t care about their own lives?
Shen Wenzhou did not go to the Shenji Camp and the Three Thousand Camp at all, but entered the city.
Li Quanli and Li Min must have known the situation and couldn't do anything about it. Although Shen Wenzhou didn't quite understand why the emperor chose an unknown Zhang Wei to take charge of the fifth military camp, but since this flaw was left, even if it was a trap, he should take advantage of it!
When he arrived near the Imperial Academy, Shen Wenzhou found Kong Zhewen, a tribute student of the Kong family who was a special envoy of the imperial court.
"Brother Kong, Uncle Hui'an has decided to take action!" Shen Wenzhou said excitedly, "As long as the Sanfa Division sends someone to summon Hui Anbo, he will lead his troops to enter from the Chongwen Sect. Brother Kong can encourage the supervisor. "
Kong Zhewen asked in surprise: "Really?"
"True to the letter. He must not seriously enter the city. If he then rashly attacks the capital camp, the New Party will be unable to get off. He will be punished and seize the official position, and his relatives will be heartbroken. The supervisor will definitely stir up this matter, either forcing the New Party to retreat in the face of difficulties, or making His Majesty unable to do so. Let’s pretend to be held hostage by the new party again. The will of the new law comes from above, and there will be no luck in the world. If you don’t resist, all your favors and honors will be taken away!”
Kong Zhewen nodded repeatedly: "Brother Shen, don't worry, I will do my best. Your Majesty must know the will of the people in the world. Practical learning will disturb people's hearts, and the new laws will harm the people. If the ancestral system is changed, the disaster will be endless!"
While the two were discussing secretly, Zhang Yong and Wang Zuo had already arrived at the Fifth Army Camp.
According to the old system, the five military camps were selected from various places in the Ming Dynasty. Now the chief generals of the central army and the front, rear, left, and right armies are all honorable ministers.
Zhang Wei said impassionedly: "When the Shenji Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalion were reorganized, many of the camp officers were fierce generals transferred from the border towns. When the fifth military camp was finally established, why did we, the honorable ministers, all be selected? Your Majesty selected Everyone, this is what you want today, what you want is loyalty!”
Zhangwu Bo Yang Zhi asked worriedly: "There must be a secret decree from His Majesty, right? The Ministry of War has not written it down..."
Zhang Wei said with burning eyes: "Now that the traitors control the Forbidden Palace, how can His Majesty's secret decree be released? If this continues, I'm afraid we will all be transferred by the traitors with excuses! You have forgotten that when His Majesty gave us a banquet, he asked us to dare to Fighting with civil servants? Prepare for a rainy day, your Majesty just can't say it clearly! Knowing that the traitor party wants to take back the official store and the shipping department, he set up the Emperor Mingji. Think about the imperial edict at that time!"
It was clear that the emperor was evil and arrogant at the time, but the situation was different, and these ministers who were short of brains felt differently in retrospect.
"'Don't embarrass me'! That's what His Majesty said when Yang Tinghe took charge of the rectification of Huangzhuanghuangdian. If we don't abide by the law, we, our honorable relatives, may be found by the traitors like the Zhang brothers. Let’s do it from scratch!”
Zhang Wei said excitedly: "You must listen to what you said! Look at it today, how did your majesty control the ministers and give us a chance? It was clearly that the ministers were coerced and induced by the civil servants to restrain your majesty! Your majesty repeatedly said that the vassal king will succeed , If you want to make the world respect you, you will always have to worry about your position, and the civil servants will not respect you!"
"His Majesty said that he hopes that we will go to the palace to have wine again in the future. We are all heroes! Why are our ancestors heroes? Dare to fight!" Zhang Wei encouraged, "Think about it, is this true? Only Beijing The camp was built by His Majesty, who endured the anger of the Nisei Sect fire and used the money from the inner treasury. Now that the traitorous party is in power, maybe one day we will all be found out, and the civil servants will come to supervise the capital camp! In that case, His Majesty’s trump card to save his life will be gone! If the traitorous party takes control of the capital, the world will never be able to make any big waves again, and plotting to usurp the throne is not far away!"
Just as he was about to say something else, the soldiers outside the house broke in with a very uneasy look on his face: "Oh no, General! Admiral Eunuch Zhang and the envoy of Beizhen have arrived at the camp together!"
Zhang Wei suddenly changed his color and stood up: "How many people are here?"
"Just fourteen people."
Zhang Wei's face sank.
It’s really here.
He looked at everyone: "To be honest, Li Xiang is my son-in-law! In the palace that day, His Majesty said 'loyalty is commendable', and then he changed his words after the Jin Yiwei presented the report. Now, they really want to use this case Get rid of me first, you guys will be next!"
As soon as these words were said, Yang Zhi and others were shocked.
Zhang Wei was provoked by Shen Wenzhou, and there was a natural reason: "The new law will seize our fields and close our shops. Where is your majesty? Your majesty tried every means to use Huang Mingji to make us money, and he also had to pay taxes at the Guangdong Shipping Department under the control of civil servants. ! Regardless of the secret decrees and written documents, do you listen to my general’s military orders?”
"Brother Zhang, you have led troops before, so give your orders! What to do?"
Nothing could inspire this group of ministers who were carefully selected by Zhu Houcong later than Duotianguan Store.
Can these people really lead troops? But they all expressed that they wanted to make military exploits, so they had to be given the opportunity.
Now, they are ready to "make military achievements."
Do you really care about Zhu Houcong’s life and death? If the situation was really as Zhang Wei thought, he would have just relied on himself to control this army, and after fighting in and out, he would have become an unparalleled person among the distinguished ministers. Shen Wenzhou hinted to him that if Yang Tinghe and others really took the risk, he, Zhang Wei, might not be able to get rid of the new party and participate in the election of the new king!
Relatives, officials and gentry... each group has a large number of people who only care about self-interest and are bold.
Zhang Wei was very courageous now, and said in a ferocious voice: "How dare you bring a dozen or so people to lure me into the city! Detain them first, and then order troops to declare an order to enter the city to pick out traitors!"
"…Where does the purpose come from?"
"Is Zhang Yong here? He will bring it with an oral message!"
After that, Zhang Wei gave the order to the personal soldiers and asked them to bring some guys to ambush, and then passed the message down to ask Zhang Yong and Wang Zuo to come over.
Outside, Zhang Yong looked at Wang Zuo: "Uncle Hui'an is not very smart. In the past, when he conquered Liu Liu and Liu Qi, he tried to kill good people and take credit for their merits. Liu Liu and Liu Qi retreated from Qufu, and he was welcomed by Yan Shenggong. After arriving at the Confucius Mansion, he wore a few high hats, which made him think that his martial arts skills were world-class, completely forgetting that Liu Liu and Liu Qi transferred to Hebei on their own."
Wang Zuo smiled and saluted him: "Don't worry, Eunuch Zhang, it's useless for him to be brave. These honorable ministers in the five military camps were carefully selected by Your Majesty based on the secret reports submitted by the Jin Yiwei. Those who fail to succeed but fail to succeed, Your Majesty needs them to be bolder."
Zhang Yong has become much older. Hearing this, he sighed worriedly: "The troubles of clans, honorary relatives, officials and gentry are such a big battle. If we want to solve most of the problems together, there will really be a battle." A big fight."
Wang Zuo said to him: "Eunuch Zhang knows soldiers. Your Majesty has great talents and great strategies, and soldiers always need to see blood and practice. These internal enemies with soft bones are better to train than the brave external enemies."
Zhang Yong could only nod solemnly.
From the first day when he decided to reform, His Majesty was afraid that he would have to fight a war.
Reason cannot convince some people, only swords and guns can.
(End of chapter)
