Beijing.

In the Qianqing Palace, the sound of clanging and smashing resounded throughout the palace.

Listening to this sound, all the palace maids and eunuchs have become accustomed to it. Now they can hear this sound basically every two or three days. Nowadays, most of the items in the Qianqing Palace have been replaced by gold and silver products, but there is still not much It's so delicately decorated that no matter how hard Zhu Youjian drops it, it won't break. At most, it will just be recast.

"Traitor! Rebel!"

"A rebel dares to proclaim himself emperor!"

"I will kill all nine of his tribes!"

Zhu Youjian's roar of filial piety resounded throughout the Qianqing Palace. Han Xu and others all remained silent, including Yuan Chonghuan.

Looking at the ferocious-looking Zhu Youjian, everyone was helpless. In fact, it was not uncommon for rebels to become emperors. Almost all rebels who rebelled were either kings or emperors.

But this time it was different. The place Su Hao occupied was too dangerous. It occupied most of Shandong and almost cut off the connection between the north and the south. More importantly, Su Hao was originally a minister of the Ming Dynasty. Now that Su Hao has become a minister, he is equal to others. I set an example in my mind.

The majesty of the imperial court is still there, but if Su Hao cannot be wiped out as soon as possible, it's hard to say how many people will rebel in the future. Moreover, the nine Yi tribes must be wiped out, and they must be eradicated. They can't even recruit people, because Su Hao has already Proclaimed emperor.

At this time, Zhu Youjian also calmed down, looked at Han Xu and others, and said in a deep voice: "My dear friends, what should we do now?"

what to do?

After hearing Zhu Youjian's words, everyone was helpless. The soldiers and horses in South Zhili have not yet been gathered. It will take at least three or four months to reach Shandong to put down the rebellion. Without soldiers and horses, what can they do to Su Hao? manage?

It is impossible to mobilize all the strong men in the entire Ming Dynasty to surround and kill them. Besides, it is unrealistic. Anyone who can be called a strong man is not a high-ranking official. Let them risk sneaking into Jinan Mansion to fight for their lives. Don't say they can't do it. , even if you open your mouth, you may end up dead at home tomorrow.

"How long do you think it will take to put down the rebellion?"

Seeing no one responded, Zhu Youjian did not continue to ask. He also knew the situation in Nanzhili. In a short period of time, they could not do anything to get Su Hao, so they could only ask about counterinsurgency.

Hearing this question, everyone's eyes were focused on Yuan Chonghuan. Among all the people here, the only one who had ever led a soldier was Yuan Chonghuan.

"Your Majesty, I estimate that it will take at least four to five years to put down the rebellion. If something unexpected happens, it may become a long-term tug-of-war."

After sorting out his thoughts, Yuan Chonghuan bowed and said.

"Why does it take so long?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but exclaimed: "That's not what the cabinet said before!"

The faces of Han Xu and Qian Longxi were equally ugly. They had said before that as long as more soldiers were recruited, the rebellion could be put down quickly. Now Yuan Chonghuan's words undoubtedly slapped them hard in the face. .

Yuan Chonghuan also saw the faces of Han Xu and others, but he did not change his words, but continued: "Your Majesty, I have carefully understood the rebels. Su Hao must not be underestimated. According to what I know, After occupying Jinan Prefecture and other places, this person engaged in frivolous corvee and low taxes to win over the people, and also recruited soldiers and horses. According to reports from spies, the rebels now have nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses."

"In addition, the city walls of Dongchang Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture and other prefectures are extremely high, and the losses in siege will be huge. It will be difficult to capture these big cities in a short time."

After saying that, Yuan Chonghuan kept silent. In fact, he also wanted to say that counterinsurgency was easy, but saying so was completely deceiving. Once Zhu Youjian took his words seriously and asked him to counterinsurgency, he would be in trouble.

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"Then let's mobilize the capital camp to quell the rebellion."

After thinking for a while, Zhu Youjian gritted his teeth and said: "The Dongchang Mansion side must not continue to be occupied, and the canal must be opened as soon as possible!"

Now the grain from southern Zhili has begun to be transported to Beijing through the Yellow River. However, the frontier army and the capital consume a huge amount of grain every day. It is difficult to supply it by land alone. More importantly, the land route

A large number of people need to be recruited to transport the goods. If it takes several years

, it is estimated that the Henan side rebelled first, after all, these people were recruited from the people on both sides of the Yellow River.

Since it is difficult for the soldiers and horses in Southern Zhili to put down the rebellion as soon as possible, then more troops will be sent. As long as there are enough troops, the rebellion can always be put down.

"Your Majesty, you must not do this!"

After hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Yuan Chonghuan quickly stepped forward and said, his face full of anxiety.

"Why?"

Zhu Youjian's face showed a displeased look. If he could not recapture the canal, the food problem in the capital alone would bring down the entire Ming Dynasty.

Yuan Chonghuan said quickly: "Your Majesty, according to reports from spies on the grassland, the Jurchens have now defeated the army of Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar tribe and occupied Harashen. They can cross the border wall at any time and invade the capital. If they are transferred from the capital camp, they will be

The capital is in danger!"

Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's words, Zhu Youjian also fell silent. Compared to Su Hao, the Jurchens were stronger. If it was as Yuan Chonghuan said, the Jurchens really took the opportunity to invade the capital, then the Ming Dynasty might really repeat the Jingkang incident.

A shameful mistake.

"Everyone, go down."

After a moment of silence, Zhu Youjian waved his hands and said.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth. During the period of resignation and retirement, he had been thinking about how to completely defeat the Jurchens, and he had come up with many strategies.

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It's a pity that the plan never kept up with the changes. No one thought that a vicious dog under Wei Zhongxian would have the courage to rebel, and it became a climate. Now Beizhili cannot even guarantee the most basic food. If you want to defeat the Jurchens,

It's even more impossible to talk about.

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Jinan Fucheng.

Today is Su Hao's enthronement ceremony. The entire city of Jinan is decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and the main road has been cleaned and tidy.

The original Prince De's Palace has been renovated. Since Su Hao has chosen to ascend the throne in Jinan Prefecture and proclaim himself emperor, he naturally needs a palace. However, the original Jinyiwei Yamen is naturally not qualified to become an imperial palace. The only one in the entire Jinan Prefecture that is qualified to be an imperial palace is Prince De's Palace.

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As the residence of the Ming vassal kings, there is no doubt about its scale and luxury. After all, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were all raised like pigs. Although they had no power, their money was never less. Naturally, these vassal kings would not let it go.

I was living a hard life, and basically I would indulge in any luxury as long as it was within the rules, so after reorganizing Prince De's Palace, Prince De's Palace officially became Su Hao's palace.

The largest hall in Prince Yuande's palace was transformed into the main hall, Hanyuan Hall. In the hall, Su Hao, dressed in a dragon robe, calmly walked out of the hall surrounded by his own soldiers. Hundreds of officials outside the hall were waiting for him.

Following closely behind were hundreds of honor guards.

Outside the city, a tall altar stood. At the foot of the steps, an official in official uniform was looking up. Below the altar was a huge military formation of tens of thousands of soldiers.

At this time, a burst of drum music came from the city gate, and a huge honor guard slowly walked out of the city gate. In the middle of the team was Su Hao's royal chariot, followed by hundreds of officials, and the soldiers were the guards on the left and right.

The chariot stopped, and tens of thousands of soldiers shouted long live.

After getting off the royal chariot and climbing onto the altar, Su Hao performed a grand ceremony according to the etiquette, and then began to read out the edict of enthronement.

For this enthronement ceremony, he did not have a too grand and complicated design. He only offered sacrifices to heaven, earth, sun, moon, Sheji, and the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and finally accepted worship from hundreds of officials. Although it was a bit crude, compared to other rebels

, is already quite formal.

When the edict was read out, the cry of long live the mountain sounded again!

After offering sacrifices to the Temple of Heaven, the honor guard team headed towards the Temple of Earth again. In order to build these five altars, tens of thousands of people were recruited as laborers, more than 400,000 taels of silver were spent, and it took nearly three months.

Although the cost was indeed quite high, Su Hao felt it was worth it, because as the enthronement ceremony approached, he could feel that his soldiers were becoming more and more confident and their morale was getting higher and higher, as if they had found a backbone.

Generally, even Liao Qing

So do they.

There is a completely different thing between having righteousness and not having righteousness. Without righteousness, even if they were invincible in Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture, everyone unconsciously felt that they were inferior to the enemy. The opponent was orthodox and he was a traitor.

, this kind of psychology will not cause problems when you have an absolute advantage, but once you face an evenly matched opponent, this kind of psychology is likely to become the cause of failure.

After worshiping the four altars of heaven, earth, sun and moon along the way, the honor guard returned to the palace again. The Sheji Altar was built in the city, just opposite the Taimiao Temple, one on the left and one on the right, representing the status of the Sheji Altar.

After offering sacrifices at the Sheji Altar, they went to the Ancestral Temple. After offering sacrifices at the Ancestral Temple, Su Hao and the officials returned to Hanyuan Hall.

After accepting the homage of hundreds of officials, Su Hao officially began to appoint officials. In terms of civil officials: Zhou Xian was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Hou Yuangao was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Liang Xue was the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Hu Shangheng was the Minister of the Ministry of Husbandry, and Tang Shaobo was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

Du Fengshu is the Minister of Science and Technology.

He did not make many changes to the administrative system. The only change was to remove the Ministry of War and add the Ministry of Science and Technology. In fact, the six-ministry system has been developed for hundreds of years and is already quite mature. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang removed the Prime Minister.

, as well as the cabinet system and the Fifth Military Governor's Office, it can be said that it has achieved the ultimate in controlling officials.

It is a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang still missed one point, that is, the Ministry of War was not abolished, which gave civilian officials the opportunity to get involved in military power. This completely caused the civil and military forces of the Ming Dynasty to be completely unbalanced, and the power of civilian officials completely suppressed the imperial power.

Perhaps at first Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that among his descendants, there would be a peerless person like Baozong with extraordinary talents. After all, everyone believed that dragons gave birth to dragons, phoenixes gave birth to phoenixes, and the son of a mouse could dig holes, and he could do it himself.

Starting from a broken bowl and sitting in the position of dominating the world, no matter how useless his descendants are, there should be no problem in stabilizing the country.

Because of the power of civil servants and military generals, he has been torn into pieces. The prime minister is gone, the civil servants have no leaders, and the Fifth Army Governor's Office has divided the world's military power into five parts, plus the 26 personal military guards directly under the emperor.

, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is still in the capital and is not directly stationed in the place. It can be said that it has completely broken the basis for military commanders to rule over local areas. In this case, even if the emperor does not go to court and ignores political affairs, there will be no powerful ministers in the Ming Dynasty.

It is a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that his grandson's grandson would directly destroy the real power and nobles of the Manchu Dynasty. At the same time, he also lost most of the military power of the 26 personal guards, allowing the civilian officials to suppress the generals and imperial power in one fell swoop.

And when he withdrew the Ministry of War, he completely cut off the possibility of civilian officials getting involved in military power. Later generations have proven that decentralization of military and political power is the most suitable.

After withdrawing the Ministry of War, he added the Ministry of Science, which was separated from the Ministry of Rites and was mainly responsible for the imperial examination. Now Confucianism has been kicked out by him, and the imperial examinations of various schools of thought require too much and too complicated knowledge. The Ministry of Rites alone is

It was difficult to bear it all at once, so he separated the imperial examination, and he also increased the power of the Ministry of Rites to manage academies all over the world. All academies must be registered with the Ministry of Rites and receive approval.

And these two are also Shura fields he set up for civil servants. After all, if you want to expand the influence of a school, you must have an academy. Naturally, the Ministry of Rites cannot let it go, and the Ministry of Science determines how many people from a school can enter the officialdom, so naturally it is even more impossible.

Let it go, if you want to dominate the court, let's fight out the two Shura fields of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Science first.

Of course, if you hit him with a stick, you will be given a candy. He also retained the cabinet system. Now the only person in the cabinet is Zhou Xian, who is responsible for all government affairs of the prime minister.

As for the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Liu Ke Shi Zhong, who were the thugs in the party struggle, he also imposed restrictions. Liu Ke Shi Zhong could only impeach officials within the department, instead of just biting around like mad dogs. The Metropolitan Procuratorate
To be continued...