Chapter 128 The territory of the five provinces was ceded to King Qi
[You know why the cabinet does not want to pay compensation to the Southwest Army now.]
[Because the imperial court’s compensation to Prince Qi’s Mansion is clearly stipulated. This was the treaty between Emperor Jiajing and Prince Qi’s Mansion. Every item of compensation is clearly listed. How many things the court sends to the southwest every year is clearly stated.
In vain.]
[This posed a problem for the officials of the court: they could only watch this huge sum of money pass under their noses, but they did not dare to reach out for corruption. 】
[As long as they dare to reach out and wait for Prince Qi’s palace to check the list, they will find that the numbers don’t match up. Once Prince Qi is angered, everyone will be in trouble.]
[How can there be such a truth in the world! They dare to embezzle the emperor’s private money, but now there is money they can’t embezzle. Is this reasonable! 】
【This is reasonable, because they are also afraid of King Qi.】
[Emperor, you can ignore them. But King Qi can’t, because the emperor can’t do anything to them, but King Qi really dares to kill them.]
Zhu Di was not surprised, because this has always been the way civil servants do things.
If you want to reason with civil servants, they will lie to you. If you want to lie to civil servants, they will reason with you.
When a civil servant understands this shameless truth, he will be sublimated into a "virtuous minister"
If you want to leave your name in history, you have to join in the mischief.
[After discussions among the talented people in the cabinet, they came up with a way to have the best of both worlds without having to pay compensation to King Qi, and without having to go to war with King Qi - cede territory. 】
[They decided not to pay compensation to Prince Qi’s Mansion in the future, but to use the territory of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian provinces in exchange for the territory of Prince Qi’s Mansion. 】
[You think you heard wrongly. By ceding the territory of the five provinces, you are directly giving away one-third of the territory of the Ming Dynasty! These civil servants really dare to speak!]
[The reality is that the cabinet really thinks so, because the tax revenue of these five provinces is also extremely poor. Among the five provinces, Guangdong has the highest tax revenue. The tax revenue of Guangdong alone is more than the total tax revenue of the other four provinces. But Guangdong
The taxes of the five provinces combined are less than one-tenth of the taxes of Southern Zhili, which means that they are taller among the short ones. If we really count, the taxes of the five provinces combined are not less than a quarter of the taxes of Southern Zhili.
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[Using the territory of five provinces to offset the huge annual compensation to Prince Qi’s Mansion, this deal couldn’t be more cost-effective. 】
[Three of the five provinces were poisoned by Japanese pirates, and the remaining Guangxi and Yunnan often had chieftain rebellions. They could not make ends meet every year, and it was difficult for people in the court to make money. At least in the past, Prince Qi’s Mansion in Southwest China was in charge.
After the falling out in the palace, the Southwest Army never fought for the court again, which made the academicians in the cabinet very worried.】
[The imperial court sends stifling military expenditures to these five provinces every year. This military expenditure comes from the national treasury. Although the money in the national treasury has nothing to do with the emperor, it is all the money of the cabinet bachelors. Why?
How can it be ruined like this?]
[Now that the five provinces are ceded to King Qi, King Qi’s Southwest Army will fight for wars and other wars, and a huge amount of compensation will be saved. Everyone can calm down and divide the benefits. Isn’t it wonderful? 】
[You’ve heard that people are dumbfounded. The Ming Dynasty actually wants to cede the territory of five provinces to others. How can I see my ancestors after my death? 】
[The cabinet patiently explained to the effect: "Your Majesty, King Qi is also named Zhu. We are all one family. How can this be called ceding land? This is called taking care of one's own family. Your ancestors will still boast about it after you burped.
And you."】
[You are thinking that King Qi is really a family. He closes the door and becomes the emperor. He is more majestic than me, an orthodox emperor. No one is interested in this shabby court. We treat King Qi as a family, and King Qi
If we are poor relatives, what the hell are we doing as a family?]
[Everyone was discussing with gusto, but you inadvertently noticed that one person was looking at each other coldly and silently. 】
[This man’s name is Zhang Juzheng, whose courtesy name is Taiyue. He is the Minister of Rites, a bachelor of Wuyingdian Palace, and the second assistant of the cabinet. You think this guy is quite pleasing to the eye. Everyone in the cabinet is thinking about how to bully the emperor, but only
This Zhang Juzheng is very honest and presumably a loyal minister.】
[But in today’s cabinet, Zhang Juzheng is just a decoration. Although he is the second assistant, he has little power and is of little help to you.]
[Zhang Juzheng holds the fictitious position of Shaobao and Taibao of the crown prince, and he is a die-hard princeling. You hope that after your death, Zhang Juzheng can help the prince regain the imperial power, and don't let your young prince make the same mistake and become a puppet of the cabinet.
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[You know that your son's talents are limited and he cannot defeat the cabinet, but Zhang Juzheng is a good helper. He seems to be honest. He will definitely be able to help the prince suppress the cabinet and return power to the emperor's hands. 】
Imperial power fell away and the emperor became a puppet.
When it came to ceding land, the emperor had no right to resist!
Zhu Di's heart was numb and he did not express any opinions on this.
Compared with the stupid things he had done by previous emperors, Emperor Longqing was already pretty good.
Because Long Qing had no choice, he was just a mascot. He did not dare to resist because he was afraid that he would die inexplicably like Emperor Wuzong.
Emperor Longqing's acting style was: I would rather do nothing than make a mistake.
The emperor Zhu Qizhen of the "Mingbao Sect" wanted to do something and almost killed the Ming Dynasty;
Zhu Houzhao, the mighty general of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, wanted to do something, but then killed himself;
The Taoist Emperor Zhu Houcong of the "Ming Xian Sect" wanted to do something (conquer the southwest), but his 300,000 troops were gone;
Emperor Longqing just didn't do anything, but he didn't do anything wrong.
If he did something, I'm afraid Ming Dynasty would be even worse.
[After cabinet deliberations, Gao Gong decided to send Zhang Juzheng to negotiate with King Qi to carry out "reparations in exchange for five provinces"]
[You swear, you are definitely protesting in your heart. But in reality, you can only agree.]
[However, this "compensation in exchange for five provinces" ended before it even began. Not because the cabinet ministers had any conscience, but because the emperor was about to die. ]
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! [You are sick. It took you nearly 30 years to kill your biological father, and in the end you couldn’t survive it. 】
[Before you died, you summoned the queen, the prince, and the prince’s biological mother Li Guifei in turn, and said some last words. Originally, you should have summoned Gao Gong, the chief minister of the cabinet, but before summoning Gao Gong, you summoned Zhang Juzheng. 】
[When Zhang Juzheng arrived, you dispersed everyone and said weakly: "Mr. Zhang, can I believe you?" Zhang Juzheng agreed without hesitation.]
[You watched Zhang Juzheng carefully, and finally believed in this man, and said: "In this way, after the new emperor ascends the throne, everyone will rely on Mr. Zhang. I will tell the prince to let him trust you wholeheartedly and help you defeat the powerful officials. Wait for the battle After defeating those powerful ministers..."]
[Zhang Juzheng said categorically: "I am not a person who loves power. I am loyal to the emperor. Your Majesty has high hopes for me. How can I let you down? After I defeat the powerful minister, I will immediately retire and return to my hometown, allowing the new emperor to regain the imperial power!" 】
[You nodded happily, Zhang Juzheng, I guess he won’t disappoint you...right?]
[You summoned Prince Zhu Yijun again, and after explaining all the funeral arrangements, you summoned Gao Gong symbolically, and then fell unconscious. 】
[He passed away in Qianqing Palace at Mao hour the next day.]
[Zhu Zaijing’s emperor’s life simulation is completed.]
"Indemnity in exchange for five provinces" failed to come true in the end, but Zhu Di knew that this was because the emperor died suddenly, and when the new emperor ascended the throne, the cabinet would continue to do it.
And Zhu Di also remembered the name "Zhang Juzheng".
Whether the new emperor can regain imperial power depends on Zhang Juzheng.
It has to be said that Emperor Longqing's life was not in vain. He knew that he did not have the ability, but he was not willing to let the emperor be the puppet of the civil servants, so he played a dirty trick before his death.
The emperor placed all his hopes on one person. If Zhang Juzheng could defeat the powerful officials, then the new emperor could regain the imperial power. Of course, the premise was that Zhang Juzheng kept his promise and returned home after defeating the powerful officials.
But can Zhang Juzheng really accomplish so many things by himself?
The civil servants in the cabinet could even cede the territory of five provinces. Their power was so huge. How could Zhang Juzheng fight against so many powerful enemies with his own strength?
Zhu Di was a little skeptical, but still chose to believe in Emperor Longqing's vision.
After all, there was nothing he could do. If Zhu Di could live more than 200 years, how could he have so many worries? It is not Zhu Di who will be the future emperor. How the Ming Dynasty will develop depends on whether future generations can live up to their expectations.
Zhu Di remembered clearly that it was the 12th year of Yongle. He died in the 22nd year of Yongle. He only had ten years left to live. He had to seize the time to pave the way for future generations. Zhu Di had some regrets in his heart. If God could Giving himself ten years, Zhu Di is confident that he can lead the Ming Dynasty to sweep away the foreign tribes in the north, and then quell the rebellion in the south. After quelling the war, he will have the opportunity to stabilize the domestic situation and allow the Ming Dynasty to reach the Han and Tang Dynasties!
Since becoming emperor, Zhu Di has everything he should have, but now he only feels barren. He lacks one thing - time.
The hero's hair turns gray, the general grows old and wanes, and the knives of time follow Zhu Di closely.
Zhu Di suddenly began to hate this national destiny simulation system.
If it were not for this national destiny simulation system, Zhu Di would not be able to see the future of the Ming Dynasty, and he would not be so anxious. He would not be able to sleep at night and worry about the Ming Dynasty. He tried hard to change the future, but it was so difficult to change the future, using human power to fight destiny.
, how small it seems.
If he does not think about the future, he can cover his ears, blindfold his eyes, pretend that nothing has happened, and imagine that after his death, the great achievements of the Ming Dynasty will last for eternity, and that future generations will strive to be civilized and military, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.
In the dark, Zhu Di seemed to hear a melodious voice mocking him:
"You think about it, that's why it's so painful."
The person speaking was Zhu Di himself.
He was talking to himself, muttering to himself, not knowing whether he was regretful or unwilling.