Chapter 500 The Past

Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

Chapter 500 The Past

Any torture instruments in the imperial prison can kill people if they take out any of them.

For the Jinyiwei, the biggest difficulty is not to kill a person, but how to make him worse than death.

Yang Dan's body was already weak. He tried more than a dozen torture instruments in the imperial prison, but he could even scream, and his voice was still very explosive.

"Say, I'll say... Give me some fun..."

Finally, Yang Dan let out.

Now he only wants to die. Even if he reaches the underworld and goes to the eighteen levels of hell, the torture he suffered is nothing more than that?

Zhu Qizhen abandoned everyone again, then sat opposite Yang Dan and said calmly: "I have asked, Jinyiwei has a medicine that can ensure that you will not die in a short period of time, but it will cause your intestines to rot. After three days,

You will spit out your internal organs from your mouth.”

Yang Dan smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to say these words anymore. I will tell you all, can I give you some pleasure?"

Zhu Qizhen nodded slowly and said, "Tell me everything you know, I promise you, and I will send you on my way after I say it!"

"Okay, I'll say!"

Yang Dan gasped heavily, then closed his eyes, as if recalling the dusty past.

"These things will start with Emperor Renzong..."

Zhu Qizhen was even more confused. Why did he get involved in my grandfather again?

Emperor Renzong was obese and weak, and he was even more overwhelmed by the government for a long time. He had only been the emperor for eight months. Could it be...

"Your Majesty, don't be too careful. Emperor Renzong's death is not a conspiracy, he is just in poor health."

Yang Dan saw the surprise on Zhu Qizhen's face and said, "It doesn't matter at all, but it's not right. The night before Emperor Renzong passed away, Li Shimian went to the palace to discuss the southward migration. The two had a bad chat.

, and there was a big fight."

"Move south?"

"Yes, it's moving south!"

Yang Dan said a few words and stopped to take a breath, then continued: "Emperor Taizong moved the capital to Beijing with many obstacles. After more than ten years, he finally relied on his tough skills to move the capital."

"Emperor Taizong moved the capital to protect the country's gates. Where is the resistance?"

"Of course they are all officials in the court. Please think carefully, where is the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Huaixi."

"It is true that at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were already many parties within the court. The two largest forces were the Zhejiang faction headed by Liu Bowen and Song Lian, and the Huaixi faction headed by Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong. Later, the emperor should have followed the matter from

It was seen in the Taizu record that the Huaixi faction gained the upper hand by relying on its relationship with Emperor Taizu, and the Zhejiang faction disappeared. Later, Emperor Taizu destroyed the Huaixi faction with his own hands..."

Zhu Qizhen only knew that Hu Weiyong had poisoned Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang had personally killed Hu Weiyong, but he didn't know that the behind these things were complicated and filled with all kinds of open and secret struggles.

But what is Yang Dan's purpose of these old things?

"...In the Jianwen Dynasty, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others vigorously implemented the new policy, just like the emperor's new policy, but their new policy was to form a party for personal gain, while the emperor's new policy was to eliminate party disputes, or even

To completely eliminate the privileges of the scholars and officials, this is also the reason why the ministers and others decided to launch a coup."

"Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and other people are actually from the Zhejiang faction. When the Zhejiang faction was hit, they became dormant. Taking advantage of the change of power, they finally wanted to show their skills, but they encountered Jingnan. This is fate.

There are fixed numbers in the dark…”

Hearing him talking nonstop, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but ask, "What do you want to say?"

Yang Dan shook his head slowly and said, "Since I want to tell you about it, let me explain the whole story of the matter clearly at once."

Immediately afterwards, he took a few breaths and said, "The emperor thinks about the important officials promoted after Emperor Taizong ascended the throne. His father Yang Rong is from Fujian, Yang Pu is from Hubei, Yang Shiqi, Xie Jin, Xia Yuan

Ji are all from Jiangxi. Has there ever been one from Zhejiang among these people?"

"Although the Zhejiang faction was suppressed again, the party struggles in the court will never stop. After my father and others were valued, they immediately grabbed or excluded the court officials, and quickly formed a new party, called the Sanyang faction, mainly

The sphere of influence is in Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Fujian and Huguang."

"When I talk about this, the emperor should have understood that these people are the biggest obstacle to opposing northward migration, because their property, connections, business, and sphere of influence are all in the south. Who would like to go to the north?"

Zhu Qizhen frowned and asked, "Even if they moved to the north, they are still important officials of the dynasty. They can not only retain their property in the south, but also open up new spheres of influence in the north. Why are they unwilling to do so?"

"Your Majesty, you're wrong again...Ahem!"

Yang Dan smiled and shook his head, but touched the wound and couldn't help coughing twice.

"Do you know, how much does a house in Beijing cost now? How much does a house of the same size cost in the same location in Nanjing?"

Zhu Qizhen thought about it and said truthfully: "I don't know."

"You are the emperor who is arrogant and it is reasonable to know that these things are reasonable. If you want to say that in the same location and the same size, the prices of Beijing and Nanjing are at least twice as different!"

“So what?”

"How? Haha..."

Yang Dan laughed again and said, "Before moving the capital, how much was the house in Nanjing City and how much was the price of Beiping City? Once the capital was moved, how many people's property was cut in half?"

Zhu Qizhen thought about it carefully. What Yang Dan said was not without reason. The loss of moving the capital was too serious for the private property of the court officials. As the saying goes, seizing money is like killing parents. If it weren't for Emperor Taizong's ruthless methods.

Spicy, I'm afraid that the officials in the court will rebel directly.

"You mean, these people have been planning to move south?"

Yang Dan nodded and said, "Emperor Taizong passed away and Emperor Renzong succeeded to the throne. To be honest, Emperor Renzong is relatively weak and not as decisive as Emperor Taizong. So the ministers began to put pressure on the south to move."

"Why didn't the southward migration succeed?"

"This is to mention Emperor Taizong's tricks again. He was afraid that his descendants would move south and buried himself in Tianshou Mountain in Changping. If he moved south, this place would probably fall into the hands of the Mongols. Emperor Renzong just succeeded

Do you dare to throw down the remains of the late emperor and run back to Nanjing by himself?"

Zhu Qizhen thought about it carefully and then said, "You continue!"

"Where are you talking about... Oh, right, moving south!"

Yang Dan recalled hard and said, "The night before Emperor Renzong passed away, he did have a fight with Li Shimian. This matter was not so popular that Emperor Xuanzong accidentally learned about it after he ascended the throne.

Since then, Emperor Xuanzong made up his mind to change Nanjing to stay, which means he will never move south again.”

Zhu Qizhen only knew that Emperor Renzong had the idea of ​​moving the capital. When he arrived at his father, he stopped this idea. Unexpectedly, there were still a lot of things happening here.

Even Zhu Zhanji was murdered because of the southward migration, which is very sensational.

"It was because the late emperor opposed moving south that he was murdered by you?"

"The emperor has said that when the late emperor passed away, I was still trying to get a Jinshi exam. These things were told by my father."

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "You will tell us in detail about the murder of the late emperor. I promise to give you a happy ending and never break your promise!"

Yang Dan sighed slowly, and then said: "The late emperor was killed and moved the capital was just an introduction. The conflict really broke out because the late emperor was preparing to restart his voyage to the West!"

"During the Hongwu period, the sea ban was imposed, and the civilians were not allowed to enter the waters. The gentry in Jiangnan made profits by smuggling. Until today, the emperor vigorously cracked down on smuggling before the new policy was launched, so he should be no stranger to this."

"During the Yongle period, Emperor Taizong did even more. Not only did he continue the maritime ban, but he also monopolized maritime trade. Porcelain was from an official kiln, silk was from the official manufacturing bureau in Jiangnan, and tea became a specialist in the court. What Zheng He did was to turn these things

The goods are transported overseas for sale and make huge profits.”

"Zheng He's sixth trip to the West to return to the DPRK was the 20th year of Yongle. In the 22nd year of Yongle, before Emperor Taizong passed away, Zheng He was already preparing for his seventh trip to the West, but when he encountered a great emperor's ceremony, he cancelled it

Itinerary.”

"Emperor Renzong was reigned for only ten months, and he spent most of his time discussing the southward migration. When the late emperor succeeded to the throne, he restarted his voyage to the West. Although the main intention at that time was to declare the small foreign countries around him, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty succeeded him.

, but this is also a bad start.”

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Are you worried that the late emperor would follow Emperor Taizong to re-eve to the West and cut off your wealth again?"

"The main reason for re-eve to the West is, but at that time, although the late emperor seemed wise and powerful, he was also hindered everywhere. What he wanted to do must be approved by the important officials in the court. For example, when the late emperor learned about Emperor Renzong, he learned that what he had done was that he had no choice but to do.

On the eve of his death, he had a fight with Li Shimian. He was furious and issued an order to kill Li Shimian. He had already tied up the person to the West Market. When he was preparing for the execution, he was still stopped."

"Who has the ability to steal people from the late emperor?"

"Emperor, the Ming Dynasty pays attention to etiquette and law. Li Shimian only insisted that he entered the palace that night to advise Emperor Renzong to stay away from women and take care of his body. His father pleaded for him. What could the late emperor do?"

Zhu Qizhen was silent for a while and said, "What did Li Shimian and Emperor Renzong quarrel? "

At this time, Yang Dan didn't want to hide it anymore, so he said truthfully: "Of course it was still the matter of moving south, but Emperor Renzong did not agree. Li Shi was so anxious that he spoke ill of evil words, which made Emperor Renzong half-expected.

At the same time, I realized the seriousness of the matter. The next day I rushed to call the prince back to Beijing, but I still didn't get through and took a step forward."

"The personality of the late emperor was very similar to that of Emperor Taizong. After he ascended the throne, he not only dispelled the intention of moving south, but also established the statute of the ritual, which was equivalent to putting a shackle on the cabinet. From then on, the conflict between the emperor and the ministers further deepened.

”

"In June of the ninth year of Xuande, the late emperor issued an eunuch, ordering the eunuch Wang Jinghong to reorganize the fleet of the Western Ocean and prepare to go to the West again. This decision is equivalent to completely destroying the wealth of the gentry in Jiangnan. Therefore, in October of the ninth year of Xuande, the late emperor was still leading the army.

The soldiers patrol the border, and two months later, they suddenly became seriously ill and died."

"After the emperor ascended the throne, Yang Shiqi immediately stopped Songjiang Shipyard and dismissed all the relevant personnel who had participated in the voyage to the West, abolished the navy from Dinghai, Shenjiamen and other places, and gave up the old port Xuanwei Department. Many operations were to prevent the emperor from

After taking power, go to the West again.”

"Old Hong Kong Prosperity Department?"

Zhu Qizhen suddenly asked, "Didn't the late emperor give up?"

Yang Dan smiled and said, "Yang Shiqi wants the old port to escape from the control of the Ming Dynasty court, so there is naturally a way to do it. Even if the late emperor does not want to give up, what can he do?"

"Why do you do this?"

"The old port is an important transit point overseas, and it is the only way to smuggle overseas. If it is in the hands of the court, how can you smuggle?"

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Is this the reason why the late emperor gave up Jiaozhi?"

"The emperor is right again. Jiaozhi has been in trouble again and there are people who secretly make trouble. Otherwise, what kind of storm can arise just by the Li family and his son?"

"wrong……"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "After the Jiaozhi Rebellion, the late emperor sent a large army to fight. Yang Shiqi and others could even control these generals?"

Yang Dan showed a playful smile on his face and said, "Liu Sheng, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, is a hero of the Northern Expedition, and has made great achievements. He was ambushed and died as soon as he left Zhennan Pass!"

"Boliang Ming, Bo Liang of Baoding, did not participate in the war that day and died suddenly in the military camp; Li Qing, the Minister of War, died suddenly in the military camp the next day."

"The three commanders of the Eastern Route Army were all killed within two days. The Western Route Army, Guizhou Duke Mu Sheng, left Yunnan, and was ambushed wherever he went. Finally, he was beaten back to Yunnan. King Tong, the Marquis of Chengshan, guarded the city and dared not fight.

, Master, how do you think this battle will be fought?"

Zhu Qizhen's face became worse and worse. He suppressed his anger and said, "The methods of dealing with his own people are so cruel!"

"Your Majesty, you are wrong again. These generals are all northerners and cannot be considered their own people!"

Zhu Qizhen was silent. Yang Dan had already made all the details very clear. His father was killed mainly because of three points. First, he decided to set up a capital in Beijing and no longer move south. Second, he set up a sergeant supervisor to the cabinet.

He and the civil servants wore a shackle on their heads, and the third was to restart their voyage to the West, breaking the wealth path of the gentry in Jiangnan.

These things are similar to what I do now, and I have almost encountered a coup. If the Tatars had not suddenly turned against each other, history would have probably happened again.

Game of Thrones is really cruel. Even if it is a time traveler, it still has no effect at critical moments, even if it has wisdom far beyond this era.

Fortunately, today's situation is fundamentally different from before, especially the rise of the Academy of Sciences, which always gives people some unexpected surprises.

Yang Dan sighed: "My predecessors have done so many things and worked hard to protect the interests of the Jiangnan gentry. It's a pity... Haha, the emperor's wisdom is far beyond my imagination and I am convinced by the loss.

oral!"

Zhu Qizhen slowly stood up and said with a blank expression: "You can get on the road!"
Chapter completed!