Chapter seven hundred and fifty first checks and balances
The drizzle of early autumn outside the window kept falling, making the majestic palace in the Forbidden City look very beautiful. Zhu Youjian, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, stood in front of the window of the Qianqing Palace, holding a memorial in his hand, and was silent.
The memorial in Zhu Youjian's hand was presented by Li Zhi, and it was about the Huben army sending troops to North Korea to destroy the North Korean state.
This time, Li Zhi was rebelled by North Korea and was attacked by North Korean soldiers and horses. After being attacked, Li Zhi directly invaded North Korea without reporting to the emperor, destroying the country of North Korea at once. After the destruction of North Korea, Li Zhi changed it to North Korea. The country became a province, and officials were directly dispatched to rule Korea.
In the memorial, Li Zhi reported these matters to the emperor.
This incident made Zhu Youjian very emotional.
I think China has been fighting with the Koreans since the Qin and Han Dynasties, but even during the Tang Dynasty, it never ruled Korea. Since the Song and Ming Dynasties, the tribute system to Korea has become increasingly loose, and the territory of the Koreans has continued to expand northward. However, under Li In Zhi's hands, the 12,000 Tiger and Ben troops invaded North Korea as if it were a joke, and easily destroyed North Korea.
What kind of powerful martial arts is this?
Just relying on this martial arts, Zhu Youjian, the emperor, can become a hero in the history books!
Zhu Youjian looked at the drizzle outside the window and smiled bitterly. He didn't know whether he should be proud of this achievement.
Zhu Youjian lowered his head and glanced at the memorial again.
Li Zhi also reported in his memorial to Emperor Ming that the 28,000 Tiger and Guard troops held back the main force of 200,000 Chuang troops in Henan. Therefore, the remaining troops available to the Chuang troops were less than 150,000, and there was no spare power to attack the officials. Shandong is a place where troops gather.
Of course, Li Zhi's memorial also lashed out at Jiangbei's army for being shameless and despicable. At the critical moment when the Huben army was struggling to hold back the Chu army in Henan, Jiangbei's army actually attacked the Huben army from behind. Such an act was undoubtedly treason. Li Zhi The emperor was asked to send troops to the south to severely punish the treasonous Jiangbei army.
However, these words are also clichés. Both Li Zhi who wrote the memorial and Zhu Youjian who read the memorial understood that it was impossible for the imperial court to have the strength to attack the Jiangbei Army. The imperial court could not even defend Shanxi and stop Li Zicheng, so where could there be soldiers? Ma went to conquer the rebellious Jiangbei Army.
In fact, Zhu Youjian sent six imperial edicts to Shi Kefa, Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui in the past few months, sternly demanding that the Jiangbei Army return to Nanjing immediately. However, the upper echelons of the Jiangbei Army only turned a deaf ear to Zhu Youjian's edict.
Zhu Youjian looked at the drizzle outside the window, his eyes a little confused, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"Wang Dehua, you are the most well-informed. Please tell me: Why do I own the whole world, hundreds of millions of people, and an army of millions of guards, but I can't even stop Li Zicheng? And the Duke of Jin only owns Tianjin One town, one province in Shandong, with a population of only more than 10 million, was able to fight against the Jiangbei Army on its own, hold back Li Zicheng, and even go north to destroy North Korea."
Wang Dehua, the eunuch of Dongchang's palm seal, thought for a moment, raised his hands and said, "I don't know, I don't know."
Wang Dehua didn't dare to know. He was just a Dongchang eunuch. How could he dare to know about a problem that even the emperor didn't know about? Even if he really knew, he could only honestly say he didn't know.
Zhu Youjian heard Wang Dehua's words and looked at the drizzle outside the window again.
Zhu Youjian was thinking about what would have happened if the Ming Dynasty did not have Li Zhi. Zhu Youjian was not a time traveler. He did not know that the original Ming Dynasty would have perished in the 17th year of Chongzhen without Li Zhi. But Zhu Youjian was a smart man. , he knew that if it weren't for Li Zhi, he would have lived like a year under the tug of the Manchus, corrupt officials, and gentry.
The gentry wanted to pass on taxes, and the peasants who were oppressed by heavy taxes wanted to rebel. The imperial court was full of corrupt officials and cronies, and the official army had no fighting capacity. The Manchus were like bandits, entering the country and plundering every two years.
Zhu Youjian also suspected that without Li Zhi's conquests in the south and north, the Ming Dynasty might have collapsed.
Zhu Youjian sighed and said: "The strength of the Duke of Jin is really surprising. In the days when Li Zicheng captured Xi'an, I didn't sleep well all night, because I was afraid that the intruders would go north to Shanxi. I didn't expect that the Duke of Jin would face it alone.
The three forces besieged him, but they still succeeded in holding back Li Zicheng's 200,000-strong army."
"In this way, when the Duke of Jin is free, he will definitely be able to send troops to Henan to defeat the intruders."
"Your Majesty, Shengming!" Wang Chengen came up with a cloak and said: "Your Majesty, the weather is getting cold, Your Majesty, you should put your dragon body first."
Zhu Youjian put on a cloak.
"Li Zhi has done a great job in containing the main force of the intruders. Since North Korea has been destroyed by Li Zhi, the governor and general of the North Korean army should be appointed by Li Zhi!" Zhu Youjian put his cloak in front of him and said: "Wang Chengen
, what do you think if I follow the example of the Duke of Tianjin and set up new-style courts in Beizhili and Shanxi to equalize land taxes?"
"If I follow what the Duke of Jin did and equalize the land tax and increase the land tax by 20%, I am afraid that the income of Taichou can be increased by several million taels every year!"
After hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Wang Chengen knelt on the ground with a plop and said loudly: "Your Majesty, you can't do it, you can't do it."
Zhu Youjian frowned and asked, "How can I prevent it?"
Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Jin is equalizing the land tax in Tianjin, Shandong and Huai'an, which attracts the siege of the gentry from all over the world. The Jiangbei Army is desperate to kill the Duke of Jin and then be quick. If the Emperor is the same as the Duke of Jin
If the land tax is equalized, how will the gentry in the world view the emperor? How will the officials in the court view the emperor?"
Seeing Wang Chengen lying on the ground, Wang Dehua did not dare to help him, so he also knelt on the ground.
Zhu Youjian took a breath and said: "Wang Chengen, do you know how strong the Duke of Jin is now?"
Wang Chengen replied: "I don't know."
Zhu Youjian asked Wang Dehua: "Wang Dehua, tell me, how many soldiers and horses are the Duke of Jin participating in the war now? How many soldiers and horses are there in total?"
Wang Dehua said on the ground: "The Duke of Jin currently has only 60,000 troops participating in the war, and there are 40,000 new troops that are not used. The total number of troops is 100,000."
Zhu Youjian shook his head and said: "Wang Chengen, now that the Duke of Jin has defeated North Korea, he can move his troops south. Think about it, if all the 100,000 troops of the Duke of Jin are trained, the thieves and Jiangbei
Can the army still trap Duke Jin?"
Wang Chengen raised his head and looked at the emperor, but said nothing.
Zhu Youjian said: "Wang Chengen, think about it, if the Duke of Jin continues to become stronger and stronger day by day, and no one can check and balance, how dangerous it will be for the country and the country."
"I am trying to win over the Duke of Jin now, but I am afraid that the Duke of Jin will become rebellious. If the Duke of Jin is a little bit dissatisfied with the court, I am afraid that I will not have the strength to conquer him!"
With a strong hammer on the imperial case, Zhu Youjian said: "So at this moment, the imperial court must also become stronger. Only by strengthening the imperial court can it check and balance the Duke of Jin and form a balance with Tianjin."
Wang Chengen blinked and said: "Your Majesty, if your Majesty equalizes the land tax in the north, I am afraid that the civil servants in the court will not agree to it anyway. The clouds in the Forbidden City are treacherous, and I am afraid that there will be unspeakable disasters for Your Majesty."
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What Wang Chengen said was very straightforward. If the emperor imitated Li Zhi, I am afraid that the civil servants would let Zhu Youjian die of an inexplicable illness.
In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together. In fact, the influence of the scholar-bureaucrats had already penetrated into the imperial palace. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, many emperors died inexplicably.
Zhu Youjian's face froze when he heard Wang Chengen's words.
Taking a breath, Zhu Youjian said coldly: "These scholars! They are all ministers of the country's subjugation! Sooner or later, I will get rid of them all."
