Before leaving Hangu Pass in the east, Da Qin was a barbarian in the eyes of the six kingdoms. After leaving Hangu Pass in the east, Da Qin was the lord of the world!
This slogan has clearly stated Wang Dou’s ambition!
Not from the Qingjun side, but from the east!
Before the decisive battle with Hou Jin, Wang Dou had 50,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry under his command. After the decisive battle, there were 47,000 infantry and 9,000 cavalry. After comparing the casualties and results of his command, this battle was extremely brilliant!
This is a real big victory!
When he led his army to enter the Pass from the Great Wall, the warlords in Liao Town didn't even dare to fart. They were all pretending to be blind and deaf, and no one came out to fight with him!
Although everyone knows that Wang Dou's actions at this moment are against the imperial edict!
Chongzhen asked him to enter the capital by himself, not with his troops. Since ancient times, whenever troops from outside the capital enter the capital, bad results may develop.
If it goes wrong, it will turn into a scene where Dong Zhuo enters the capital.
In short, the army is also divided into a "cooked" army and a "raw" army.
Generally speaking, the central army of the empire is a familiar army. Among the familiar army, the grassroots of the army know the principles of the monarch and his ministers, and also understand the power of the imperial court.
In such an army, if the commander rebels, there is no need to use the imperial edict, and the lower-level officers will take the initiative to kill the rebel commander.
Even if they are coerced for a moment, all it takes is an imperial edict to dispel the blame and break the army's will to fight and make the army loyal to the court again. This is a mature army, and the entire army has been tamed by the court.
The Shengjun is an army that only knows its commander, but does not know the court or the emperor. The Xiliang Army under Dong Zhuo is a typical Shengjun. They can regard the majesty of the imperial court as nothing. Dong Zhuo asked them to kill ministers, but they really dared to do so.
They would kill the ministers and do whatever Dong Zhuo asked them to do.
This is why, in the original history, when Emperor Taiji invaded Beijing, Yuan Chonghuan wanted to lead troops into the city, but Emperor Chongzhen always disagreed.
Because Yuan Chonghuan single-handedly created the Liao Town warlord group, in the eyes of the warlords in Liao Town, Yuan Chonghuan's words were more effective than the imperial decree.
Especially when Zu Dashou openly disobeyed Chongzhen's imperial edict, but once again obeyed the imperial order because of a letter from Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan was bound to die from then on!
A leader of the new army, when Hou Jin besieged the city, he kept asking to lead troops into the city? What do you want to do? Be Dong Zhuo's second?
After entering the city, is it necessary to imitate Dong Zhuo in deposing and establishing the emperor?
If you were Chongzhen, would you dare to let him lead troops into the city?
As for loyalty, the most valuable thing in the world is loyalty, and the least valuable thing is loyalty. As long as Chongzhen is not a fool, it is impossible to agree to Yuan Chonghuan's troops entering the city!
"Go out east, go out east, damn, are we really going to change the world?"
"Who knows, there is nothing we can do anyway. Even the Eight Banners soldiers can't defeat them in the field, let alone us?"
"Yes, after all, Marshal Wang is also a martial artist. If he can really reach that position, no matter how bad we are, we will not be worse than we are now."
Wang Dou didn't know the content of the chats between the warriors in Liao Town, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care. The warlords in Liao Town were only that strong.
"Shameless rebel, I will kill him!"
"Hmph, you are a reckless man, how dare you disobey the imperial edict? You only need a decree from your majesty to capture and kill him!"
"I have long said that Wang Dou is a traitor and is a person like Wang Mang, Sima Yi and Wei Yan. He should have been killed long ago."
This was the first emotion expressed by the court officials after receiving the news of Wang Dou's decree.
"What's going on in Liao Town? The imperial court receives millions of taels of Liao pay every year, and there are hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers on the books. There is also the Great Wall to rely on. How come the king's thief is released without even fighting a battle?
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"No, the king is a thief and a wolf with ambition. He is going to rush straight to the capital. Immediately summon the world and order the local governors to come to the king!"
"The king's thief is going against the grain and will surely die."
This was the reaction of the capital officials after the news came that Wang Dou had successfully entered the customs and that the Liao Town warlord was motionless.
"Son, today I want to tell you some heart-wrenching words for my father. I don't know what happened in the Chongzhen Year. In the first year of Chongzhen Year, there was a severe drought in Shaanxi, and the refugees rebelled. Behind them were the Tatars. Now Marshal Wang has also raised troops.
My father can't understand what the situation will be like from now on. You should quickly pack up your belongings and go back to your hometown to study." This was a certain Liubu minister.
"Yao'er, the situation is very dangerous now. In the capital, there is no other army at all except the Beijing camp, and the Beijing camp has been depleted of 90% of its pay, and the remaining 10% has not been trained for many years.
Damn it, they can't stop the king thief. You go back to your hometown quickly..." This was a certain head of the Sixth Department.
"The world is about to change dramatically, but there is no need to worry. Even if that person succeeds, we can only rely on us to govern the world, so you can rest assured. Even the worst case scenario will not be much worse." This is a certain cabinet member
Bachelor's degree.
"Everyone, everyone, the commander-in-chief is coming out from the east to reform the world. The commander-in-chief has always had great ambitions. I heard that the people of Xuanfu are living and working in peace and contentment, and everyone has enough to eat. This is great benevolence. This is great benevolence that the master also recognizes. For this great benevolence
, shouldn’t we abandon our personal honor and disgrace and make a small contribution to the general’s entry into the city?” This is a young Hanlin scholar.
At this moment, Wang Dou is only five hundred miles away from the capital!
Above the court, Chongzhen and the ministers glared at each other.
Everyone is waiting for someone to be the first to propose moving the capital!
As long as someone brings it up, everyone will agree and quickly run away to Nanjing.
As for the official who proposed moving the capital, do you think he is a great hero? Do you think he is a good man who saved the lives of all the ministers?
No!
He is a dead man!
Only those who are afraid of surrendering to the enemy will abandon the city and leave!
My Ming Dynasty does not make peace, pay tribute, or cede territory. The emperor guards the country and the king dies in the country!
This is the style of our Ming Dynasty. You, the guy who initiated the move of the capital, must be a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and must be a traitor!
The traitor must die!
The civil officials and nobles present all understood this, and Chongzhen also understood it, so Chongzhen looked at the ministers below with expectation, while the ministers just lowered their heads. I didn't see it, and I didn't know anything.
The huge court hall was extremely quiet at this moment, as if there was no one inside.
The king and his ministers sit in silence, no one opens their mouth, no one speaks!
Chongzhen did not want to become a king who was nailed to the pillar of shame, and ministers did not want to sacrifice their lives to fulfill others.
At this moment, Wang Dou's army was only three hundred miles away from the capital.
The forward cavalry is even only a hundred miles away from the capital!
"This is the city of Beijing? Such a tall city wall, such a strong city defense, with gates within gates. If we hold on to it, it will definitely cause trouble to our army, or big trouble." Looking at the background of the open gate, Wang Dou disdained
smiled.
"Haha, Marshal, it's not like you don't know that these civil servants have a lot of tricks up their sleeves. They are good at scheming and scheming, but they don't know how to fight head-on and kill people with a knife. They have never learned this stuff, and they don't want to learn it on their own.
So what else can they do besides surrender?"
"My general orders that the army must not disturb the people after entering the city. Everything will be handled in accordance with military regulations. Everyone must regard the people of the capital as fellow villagers of Xuanfu."
"In addition, the capital will implement military law. No matter who the opponent is? No matter what his identity is, he will be dealt with how he should be dealt with. Do you understand?"
"yes!"
With a wave of his hand, the army entered the city in an orderly manner.
Standing outside the city, Wang Dou was still looking at the city of Beijing.
This time he was extremely cautious. He had no intention of entering the city within three days, or even before the rebels in Beijing were cleared.
wrong!
At this moment, a thought suddenly appeared in Wang Dou's mind, why should I go into the city? I can always deal with government affairs outside the city. Although it is a bit embarrassing, it is better to be safe!
Anyway, I am the one who writes the history books, and history will definitely speak well of me!
Seven days later, the civil and military officials and Emperor Chongzhen met Wang Dou outside the city. However, only half of the number of civil and military officials remained.
Some took advantage of the chaos and ran away, some committed suicide, and some were killed and dealt with by Wang Dou. In just seven days, in the eyes of some civil servants, it seemed like seven years had passed!
This kind of situation where life and death are in human hands is really uncomfortable!
In the past, everyone used to criticize Chongzhen for fun and had no respect for the emperor. But now Wang Dou used the handle of a knife to teach civil servants what reverence is!
Looking at the silent civil servants, the cautious nobles, and the trembling clan, Chongzhen clenched his fists hard.
At this moment, Chongzhen still had a piece of white cloth wrapped around his forehead. At first, he went to hang himself, and was then rescued by other civil servants.
Then, he started to hit the wall, but was blocked. He was hit but not killed. He was rescued, and then he was placed under house arrest.
After taking a look at the trembling people, and then at Chongzhen who was struggling to stand, Wang Dou suddenly felt bored.
In the last life, was it these disgusting things that harmed me?
How did I become blind in the first place and ended up being harmed by them!?
"The king is not the king of the subjugation of the country, but the ministers are the ministers of the subjugation of the country."
"Since your Majesty came to the throne, you have been extremely diligent and have hardly had a good rest. You have devoted most of your energy to the world every day, but your Majesty is not a qualified emperor."
"Whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, under His Majesty's rule, more and more people in the Ming Dynasty cannot survive. This is an ironclad fact! Your Majesty is not qualified to force those people who cannot survive to continue to serve the Ming Dynasty.
This makes no sense!"
"Your Majesty may say that it is traitors, villains, and corrupt officials who make it difficult for the people to survive, but isn't it your Majesty's responsibility? When Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, although there was no Shanghai Qingheyan in this world, in general
It’s considered stable, but what about now?”
Nowadays, refugees are everywhere under the Ming Dynasty, and rebels are everywhere. Hou Jin invades Beijing again and again, treating the Ming Dynasty as nothing, treating the people as livestock, and at least hundreds of thousands of such livestock must be robbed at one time...
"snort."
With a snort, Chongzhen closed his eyes and killed or chopped as you pleased.
"Oh, I know that Your Majesty is really not afraid of death, and I also know that Your Majesty is really worried about the world, but does this have anything to do with Your Majesty that you are not a qualified emperor?"
"For the sake of the common people in this world, and for the common people to live a stable life, please give up your power temporarily and rest for a while. Give history time, ten years from now, twenty years from now, thirty years from now, what will the people do?
Make a choice.”
On this day, Wang Dou was promoted to the title of Duke of Xia, granted a real title, and declared the mansion as a fief.
On this day, Wang Dou became prime minister!
This official position, which had been abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang for more than 200 years, appeared again in the long river of time, taking over the civil and military power, which no one could control.
On this day, a hundred thousand troops walked out of the Xuanfu. Thirty thousand watched over Liao Town, and seventy thousand suppressed the North and Central Plains. At this point, Guanzhong, Hebei, and the Central Plains were all under control.
For a time, the whole country was in an uproar, and the governors across the south were even more worried.
But as civil servants with Confucian views, they cannot rebel!
Because the emperor today is still Chongzhen, and Wang Dou is just the prime minister and a powerful minister. He has not deposed the emperor. To rebel at this time is to rebel against Chongzhen, and it does not have legal principles.
Half a year later, the Liao Town warlord, who was about to run out of food, surrendered!
They had no choice. If it was before Hou Jin was disabled, they could still contact Hou Jin, but now even though Huang Taiji has offered various seemingly good conditions, Ke Zu Dashu and the others are not fools.
Hou Jin couldn't beat Wang Dou, and they couldn't beat Wang Dou. Could it be that together they could beat Wang Dou? What's the truth?
When Liao Town was also under control, Wang Dou began to reform. The first reform was to turn petty officials into ninth-rank officials and implement the strategy of scholar-officials.
From today on, scholars can become officials and serve as minor officials of the ninth rank, which are the former minor officials. Juren can directly become officials of the eighth rank, while Jinshi can still be awarded the rank of seventh rank.
However, the rank of the county magistrate was raised to the sixth rank by King Fighting Chicken Thief...
When the news of this reform spread to the south, the fighting spirit that the civil servants had finally mustered up disappeared in an instant!
Of course the Jinshi people are very dissatisfied, but how many Jinshi masters are there?
The number of literati in the world is at least ten times that of jinshi masters, and the number of scholars is more than ten times that of jinshi. Ninety-nine percent of the literati in the world are not Jinshi, and they are all attracted by the policy of appointing scholars as officials.
The wind has changed!
Wang Dou is like a star in the sky descending to earth!
Wang Dou’s mother once dreamed of a five-clawed golden dragon, and then she became pregnant!
Wang Dou is a saint who came to the world, a saint sent by God to save the people of the world!
Wang Dou is...
When the scholars and scholars all praise Wang Dou, what can the masters of Jinshi do? Of course they praise him too. How many of those who can pass the Jinshi are fools?
Times have changed!
Three years later, the south was completely included in Wang Dou's jurisdiction.
When scholars first became officials, who were their biggest enemies? They were the petty officials of previous generations.
These petty officials have been passed down from generation to generation, and there are many sects in them. How to trick the county magistrate, the county prime minister, and the county lieutenant to death under legal circumstances is an essential quality for many outstanding petty officials.
When the scholars were played to the point of ecstasy by their colleagues, Wang Dou's second reform began. The imperial examination remained unchanged, but the content of the imperial examination changed.
I still took the exam for the Four Books and Five Classics, but my score only accounted for half of it.
Even as time goes by, the assessment of the Four Books and Five Classics will become the simplest dictation, and the score will only account for one-tenth or even lower of the total score.
This year, every Jinshi master saw Wang Dou's ambition. He was going to hurt the scholars, but there was no way to stop him!
The money is gone!
The bandits are either dead or undergoing reform through labor.
Chongzhen is still the emperor, but he is a virtual emperor, and the Holy Emperor rules from the top down.
No justice!
There are no foreign enemies to collude with.
There are no warriors to collude with.
Even the squires supported Wang Dou because scholars could become officials these days!