All the way to the north, there are memories. This is the place where Chang Yu fought. I think about how many battles I experienced with the rebels in Shunde Prefecture, Zhengding Prefecture, Baoding Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture and other places at the beginning of the year, and how many officers and soldiers were sacrificed.
How many innocent people lost their lives.
There is a story in every line. Zhu Cihong was curious and always asked questions. Chang Yu didn't have the patience to tell him, so he asked Kuang Ren. He had to listen to the repeated stories several times before he was fully satisfied.
Outside Zhengding Fucheng (Zhengding), people on the Hutuo River broke the ice to drink and rest their horses after crossing the river. Chang Yu stood on the bank and looked at Zhengding City from a distance. He was filled with emotion. Half a year ago, both sides of the river were crowded with densely packed refugees, with people excreting and peeing all over the ground.
There was no place at all. I still remember that Li Muxian at that time relied on his bad words to bewitch thousands of refugees to help the officers and soldiers cooperate with the actions. He also organized a French army to surround Zhending City and forced the thieves to negotiate for peace...
The past is still vivid in my mind, but it has become a cloud. The generals, soldiers, and common people at that time, how many people are still alive today...
Dozens of cavalry came from the north. The guards who were resting by the river immediately got on their horses, drew their bows and drew their swords to warn. The dozen cavalry arrived in the blink of an eye, but they were dressed as Dongchang fans. Kuang Ren asked before they could speak:
"Where are you going?"
"We, the Dongchang Yamen, are on official business in Beijing. Who are you?" the other party asked. Chang Yu's people were all dressed in casual clothes and could not be recognized. Kuang Ren flashed the token in his hand, and the other party quickly handed it over and said: "It turns out that he is also from Dongchang.
Brother..." Suddenly he realized something: "The Governor can be here, carrying out his humble duty to deliver orders."
Before Chang Yu set off from Puzhou, he had sent his messengers to Beijing to inform him in advance. The messengers rushed to the capital in three to five days. Therefore, these messengers knew that he was returning to Beijing this way, but they did not expect to meet him halfway.
It was said that it was a decree, but in fact it was a secret letter written by Emperor Chongzhen himself: The dark clouds are overcast, you must return to the capital as soon as possible.
On the bank, Chang Yu showed the letter to Zhu Cihong. The prince was confused: "What do you mean?"
"Your Majesty can't hold it anymore." Chang Yu smiled slightly. Zhu Cihong seemed to understand, but felt a little incredible: "There are still people who dare to do this now?"
"You underestimate the civil service group too much. The Donglin Party has not been destroyed yet, and there is also a Donglin second-generation restoration society. It will be very difficult for the old man to join forces with the emperor." Chang Yu laughed and said: "So what now, now the dynasty
The court is still a world of civil servants." Then he asked those reporters some things in detail. These reporters were sent by Chunxiang and knew many things and told them in full.
Zhu Cixiang suddenly realized what he was listening to, but he was furious: the courtiers were making trouble again!
The reason was that Dongchang suddenly arrested many nobles and sent them to prison, including many relatives of the emperor, which triggered various public opinions and turmoil. Emperor Chongzhen temporarily suppressed the fluctuations of all parties on the grounds that Dongchang had full authority to accept the case and waited for Chang Yu's return to make a judgment!
However, the chain reaction caused by this incident was really unexpected. The public opinion that was secretly surging was that Dongchang framed Zhongliang and that the Wei Dynasty was resurrected... but then it turned out that the incident led to a dispute between the prime minister's power and the imperial power.
Some people in the government and the public began to arouse a public opinion that the cabinet was completely ignored, the cabinet was incompetent, and the imperial power was tyrannical...
This kind of public opinion became more and more intense. At first, the cabinet and Emperor Chongzhen pretended not to hear it, but every morning there would be constant bombardments from courtiers and censors. As time went by, the big bosses in the cabinet could no longer sit still, and began to exert pressure and delegate power like Emperor Chongzhen!
At least we can’t let Dongchang have exclusive power!
Chang Yu smiled.
This matter ultimately has something to do with Emperor Taizu Hongwu.
The purpose of setting up a prime minister in the imperial court was initially to assist the emperor, but then it gradually became a kind of restraint and balance to prevent the imperial power from becoming exclusive power. Then it evolved into a struggle between the power of the prime minister and the imperial power. The emperor felt that the world belonged to me, and whatever I said was what I wanted to do.
What are you doing, but the prime minister is the representative of the officials, so he feels that the emperor is you, but the world belongs to the people, and everything must be discussed by everyone... It can be said that the imperial court before the Ming Dynasty was very similar to the national system of later generations, and was relatively democratic.
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Although the royal families of all dynasties have tried their best to weaken and restrict the power of the prime minister, although there are conflicts, no one can come up with a better way to replace the prime minister system, so it can continue for thousands of years.
But Emperor Hongwu, who came from a rough background and was extremely energetic, didn't think so. He felt that the prime minister was here to seize the imperial power. Wouldn't it mean that the prime minister was like an emperor? It had to be impossible, so he allowed Hu Weiyong to do whatever he wanted, and then took the opportunity to kill him.
And abolished the prime minister system that had lasted for more than 1,500 years.
To make a digression, there is another historical data about Hu Weiyong's conspiracy to rebel and assassinate Zhu Yuanzhang, called "Yunqi's betrayal", which probably means that Hu Weiyong invited Zhu Yuanzhang to be a guest at the Prime Minister's Mansion outside Xihua Gate, but he ambushed the armored soldiers to assassinate him. On the way there, Zhu Yuanzhang was intercepted by a
The eunuch named Yun Qi blocked the carriage and pointed in the direction of the Prime Minister's Mansion, speechless. Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious and went to the Xihua Gate to look at the Hu Mansion. He saw a cloud of armored soldiers inside... all kinds of blah blah blah!
This "Yunqi's Confession" is full of loopholes, but it is regarded by many people as a true historical fact. Friends who are interested can search it to find out. It is very nonsense. "Records of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty" and "History of the Ming Dynasty" do not record this matter, and the earliest records
This incident comes from the "Ming Dynasty Chronicles" written in the early Qing Dynasty. It should be read as an unofficial history novel, but cannot be taken as true.
Continuing from the previous article, after Lao Zhu killed Hu Weiyong, he finally took back the power of the prime minister. In this way, the world really became his own, but he had to handle everything, from military and state affairs to trivial matters.
He does everything himself. Although Lao Zhu is very energetic and wakes up early every day, he is still very tired.
The problem is that none of his descendants have the spirit of an old scalper like him, so Emperor Zhu Di established a cabinet similar to a secretariat. All officials sent the report to the cabinet first, and then handed it over to the bachelors to read and give reference opinions, that is,
It would be much easier to "draw up the vote" and then hand it over to the emperor for approval.
It’s just that, there were many weird emperors in the Ming Dynasty one after another. There were no old scalpers like Lao Zhu. There were even few small scalpers like Chengzu. Instead, there were more hand-off shopkeepers, such as Jiajing and Wanli.
Even if you don't go to court for decades, the cabinet's suggestion power gradually turns into decision-making power, and the imperial power becomes empty.
At this time, the special function of the Si Li Jian came into being. The Si Li Jian originally only managed the eunuchs, but later became the emperor's second secretariat. The eunuch Bingbi could help the emperor review memorials, in order to contain the cabinet, so
The emperor easily and balanced power, but in fact it caused the two secretariats to fight overtly and secretly, and spent all their energy on these party struggles. In the end, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed!
The Ming Dynasty abolished the prime minister system and isolated and curbed the power of the cabinet, which had a great impact on the future. First of all, it made the ideal of scholars governing the country and bringing peace to the world an empty talk. The world belongs to the emperor, and personal struggle is equivalent to being an emperor.
They were just a few slaves, and later generations would have them; the Ming Dynasty was autocracy, and the Qing Dynasty was a dictatorship.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party was so powerful that Wei Zhongxian was pushed to the floor and rubbed. Chongzhen, the untrained Xinwang, suddenly became the emperor and was ignorant and masturbated Wei Zhongxian. After all, he was only sixteen years old at that time.
And I never thought that one day I would be the emperor, and I didn't understand politics at all... When Wei Zhongxian died, the Donglin Party became dominant, and he, the emperor, was also controlled to death, and he was really dead in the end.
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After Chang Yu traveled through time, although he didn't quarrel with the civil service group head on (of course he didn't have the time and thought, he just wanted to calm down the internal affairs and quell the chaos), he also did a lot of things secretly to add fuel to the fire.
He curbed the momentum of the civil servants and slapped them hard on the face with their military achievements. Although these people were dissatisfied, they could only hold it in.
However, on the surface, the Supervisor of Ceremonies is still the same Supervisor of Ceremonies who helped the emperor with writing and handprinting. Dongchang is not as arrogant and high-profile as Wei Zhongxian in the past. Instead, he is focused on fighting the war and seems not to care about the affairs of the court.
But slowly, many people discovered a surprising change. Although the Superintendent of Ceremonies and Dongchang were indifferent and looked at people and animals as harmless, the emperor changed!
No one in the government or the public knows what kind of person Emperor Chongzhen was before.
Although he is diligent, he has no great talent and is suspicious. More importantly, he is very soft. The cabinet said, you are wrong! He must issue a guilty edict!
But now? It feels like eating my great brother, it’s so hard!
Sinner's edict? Go to hell and give you a slap in the face!
Not convinced? Then go to Dongchang to argue with you.