They were worried that the emperor, with his strong character, would no longer accept advice humbly and obey the advice of the Donglin Cabinet as he had been in the past two years once he truly gained military power.
If the imperial court cannot be determined arbitrarily, what is the purpose of Donglin's efforts over the past few decades to attack Prince Fu and Concubine Zheng and support Taichang, Tianqi, and Chongzhen, their father and son, to come to power?
However, the emperor let them miss the mark.
A harmless, rabbit-like person suddenly showed his iron teeth and was about to die for nine thousand years. Their jaws dropped in shock.
Relying on his own vertical and horizontal opening and closing, superb methods, and mobilizing various forces inside and outside the court, the seventeen-year-old young emperor, who was born in a deep palace and grew up with the hands of women, actually killed Duke Wei!!!
This is something Donglin himself is not capable of doing.
From that moment on, they felt that everything they had arranged gradually began to escape their control.
They felt chills running down their backs.
An emperor with military power is definitely something that all civil servants do not want to see.
It has been almost two hundred years since the Ming Dynasty saw civil servants run the army. It has almost become a habit by unspoken rules.
Starting from the Tumubao Incident, the basic army was controlled by civilian officials. By controlling the promotion of military attachés, and controlling the army's salary, money, food, and equipment, civilian officials successfully tamed the military attache group.
In this process, they also gained the greatest benefits. Military pay, money, food, supplies, and armaments were all under their control. They plucked their feathers and gained astronomical amounts of wealth.
The power of the nobles has been disintegrated, and most of the time, they do not dare to fight against the entire civil service group.
They basically do whatever they want.
After Zhu Zhanji in the Ming Dynasty, every emperor who fought against the civil service ended badly.
From the moment Chongzhen played tricks and swapped generals, it aroused the vigilance of civil servants.
Give Yang Fan's army to Zhang Shize's command, and Zhang Shize's army to Zhou Yuji's command. Then let Yang Fan go to the admiral's camp.
At first, everyone thought that the emperor was starting to be afraid of Yang Fan. They all looked at this with cold eyes, wondering how a stupid boy with such a high altitude could build a tall building and then the building collapsed.
However, the elite civil servants soon saw the deeper intention.
Although the emperor's approach was roundabout and secretive, the civil servants were not fools, and they gradually came to their senses. This was the emperor beginning to withdraw his military power. This was a signal that the emperor was starting to make people worry.
Especially after the clues that the emperor began to form a royal guard army with his chariot camp, the imperial cavalry, the guest troops from Xuanfu Town, and the 20,000 elite infantrymen transferred back to the four towns from the northwest appeared.
Donglin reached a consensus that it was necessary to start weakening the emperor's military power.
They used financial difficulties to force the emperor to agree to clear the army and reduce the army. They took the opportunity to return the military power to the Donglin clan. How could they tolerate the emperor starting over again and building an elite pro-army army?
And Yang Fan's Western Expedition gave them an opportunity. That was to prevent the Beijing camp from returning, at least to the northwest, so as to prevent the emperor from interfering with their ability to regain military power in the name of the Qing army.
After they have solved the major issue of the Qing army, they can then go back and think of ways to deal with Yang Fan and disintegrate the Beijing camp. There are too many ways. But now is the critical moment.
After the Beijing camp is almost weakened, peace talks with the Jiannu slaves in Liaodong can be negotiated.
Only by maintaining this situation of war and peace, fighting and talking, can we kidnap the country's finances and maximize benefits. While using the slave establishment to scare and threaten the emperor, at the same time rely on the establishment of the slaves to dominate the court and gain the greatest benefits. This is the right thing to do.
They are most beneficial.
In this way, they could maintain a huge army along the Liao River and earn military expenses. In addition, they could also monopolize the smuggling of slaves and obtain huge profits.
With soldiers and money, they can defeat other sects and dominate the imperial court. At that time, even if the emperor has the means, he will be powerless.
If he knew the current affairs, he should follow the example of Jiajing and practice Taoism, and follow the example of Wanli and stay in the harem. Then he could concentrate on returning to the harem to create little people. This would also be regarded as the realization of the ideal of a saint who rules the world.
At this time, it is a good opportunity to weaken the Beijing camp.
If the Beijing camp is defeated, then Yang Fan will have to deal with it as well. He will be held responsible for the defeat.
They have long been jealous of Yang Fan's property. Over the years, that silly boy who appeared out of nowhere has made a lot of money. The land alone is millions of acres, and most of it is paddy fields.
In the north, one acre of paddy fields is worth more than ten taels of silver. If ordinary people owned paddy fields, the surrounding gentry would be so worried about it that they could not sleep all night long.
Nowadays, Dingyuan Bo's millions of acres of paddy fields almost make them jealous, and they can stretch out their claws from their throats. Now, food prices are going crazy, and paddy fields that guarantee harvests despite droughts and floods are the most valuable industry in the world.
Although Li Banghua is a student of Donglin boss, he is different from Qian Longxi. He still really considers the court. However, he also understands that the army cannot have multiple orders. One commander has one trumpet, and everyone blows his own trumpet.
The tune is definitely bad.
Similarly, the sectarian issues in the court must also be resolved. Otherwise, everyone will oppose just to express opposition, and the court will have nothing to do. It will just spend the whole day working with the party and opposing the different.
To resolve the party struggle, we can only defeat all the sects through party struggle and let the Donglin family win.
Only if Donglin has the final say can this kind of internal friction be resolved.
Nowadays, Li Banghua is worried about internal and external troubles. He knows in his heart that the court cannot afford to delay him.
Therefore, although he was disgusted with Qian Longxi's approach, he was still willing to cooperate with them.
Dang, Dang, Dang! The bell is ringing.
"All officials have entered the court to see Your Majesty." A eunuch's voice sounded from the tower.
Civil and military officials began to enter the Meridian Gate in order.
The sound of whips was heard from the front. Eight Han generals, tall and strong, wearing gorgeous armor, like gods, raised their whips and struck the ground, making a huge and crisp sound.
After blowing the whip eight times, the civil and military ministers crossed the Neijinshui Bridge in order and arrived at Fengtianmen Danqi. They stood facing each other on both sides of the imperial road and waited. Among this group of people, the civilian officials were in the left class and the military attachés were in the right class. This standing method
It's called "living".
At this time, the censor in charge of picketing was supervising and supervising. Anyone who coughed, spitted, was crowded or behaved improperly would be recorded and awaiting reporting for processing.
There is a throne in the middle of the upper corridor of the Gate of Supreme Harmony, called the "Golden Platform". Chongzhen was already waiting on the throne at this time. Today is the day when the imperial gate listens to politics. It can also be regarded as a great meeting.
Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, were thinking about countermeasures with great concern. Ever since he learned that those people ran back yesterday, he knew that the situation on the front line must have deteriorated. Whether Uncle Dingyuan wanted reinforcements or wanted to
The baggage, food and fodder will eventually fall on his head.
