Chapter 8: Sell the land separately to the virtuous ministers
The next day, early in the morning, Luo Yangxing arranged for his men to leave the capital and take the road of Xuanda and Shaanxi to deliver the message to Sichuan and Shaanxi.
After seeing his people leave the city, he rushed to the palace to ask for an audience with the emperor and take credit for the incident.
After listening to Luo Yangxing's report, Chongzhen knew that the matter was done. He praised Luo Yangxing's ability several times and found a chipped porcelain bowl to reward him in recognition of his outstanding work achievements.
.
After sending Luo Yangxing out, Zhu Youjian breathed a sigh of relief. After a battle of wits and courage, he accomplished a major event.
Whether it is Sun Chuanting or the two provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi, they cannot be lost to the Ming Dynasty. It is a recognized fact in history that when Chuanting dies, Ming Dynasty dies. There is no need to say more about how important Sun Chuanting and the power in his hands are.
.As long as Sun Chuanting still had soldiers to fight in his hands and he stayed in Shaanxi, even if Li Zicheng controlled the entire Central Plains, he would not have the courage to go north. The shadow of the famous tree of man, Sun Chuanting gave the thieves a psychological impact.
The shadow left was too heavy.
In the same way, as long as Sun Chuanting becomes the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Zhang Xianzhong will not have the courage to sneak into Sichuan.
As for the importance of the two provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi, anyone who understands geography and history understands it. Once these two provinces are lost, the whole country will be ruined. If you still want to restore the Central Plains and reorganize the old mountains and rivers, Shaanxi must be in your own hands.
And if we want to be safe, Sichuan must not allow any loss. Therefore, if Shaanxi cannot be lost, we will not lose it, and Sichuan is the bottom line that cannot allow any loss. If Sichuan is lost, the regime will not be qualified to survive.
At this time, all the treasure has been placed on Sun Chuanting. As long as Sun Chuanting understands his intention of making him the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi and setting up his governor's palace in Guangyuan, Sichuan, and then finds a way to stay there, he will still have a chance to win.
under.
"What? Let Sun Chuanting be the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and he will have all the military and political power of the two provinces in his hands, and all the wealth of the two provinces will be handed over to him. Such a decree was actually drawn up? And it has been passed by the Sixth Section and issued.
Capital! What are the Cabinet and the Sixth Section doing? Are they crazy?" Chen Xinjia roared loudly at the Ministry of War. He had been dealing with military affairs all morning. He was about to drink tea, eat something, and then go to the palace with his people.
Here, we will continue to finish talking about what we didn’t finish talking about yesterday.
As a result, Zhang Guowei hurriedly took the copy of the imperial edict sent by Feng Xingrensi, and said in an urgent tone that what was discussed in the palace yesterday was actually approved by the cabinet, and today the imperial edict has been sent out of the capital. The angry Chen Xinjia could only roar
Come to vent. He really couldn't figure out why such an edict could be sent out safely after passing through the cabinet and the Sixth Section.
"Jian Heng, the imperial decree has left the city, what should we do now?"
"What else can we do? Go to the cabinet quickly, ask them what they think, and try to persuade them to initiate a court meeting to get the decree back."
The Ministry of War did not want to lose control of Sun Chuanting because he became the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi and raised his own military salary. Would the cabinet want such a thing to happen? Everyone's interests in this matter are the same.
The two hurried to the cabinet, and then Chen Xinjia questioned him, asking why such a random order was issued.
Chen Benbing's rebuke woke up several people in the cabinet who were confused. Yes, Sun Chuanting was asked to supervise the military, political and civil affairs of Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, and all the taxes of the two provinces were also concentrated in his hands. What would happen in the future?
How can the imperial court control him? Doesn't this completely make him a local emperor?
Everyone who reacted looked at each other. At this time, they all knew that they had been tricked by the emperor. Yesterday, the emperor knocked everyone out with a high hat. This was the original purpose. Everyone who realized the seriousness of the matter quickly sent people to find the other six officials.
, and the Liu Ke Yan Guan. Then when everyone entered the palace and forced the emperor to hold a court meeting, they had to find a way to save the matter.
Seeing Wang Chengen hurriedly informing the important ministers of the court to hold the palace door and invite the court to hold a meeting, Zhu Youjian wanted to laugh a little. The efficiency of these people was not good! It was already in the afternoon before they realized it. No wonder the state affairs of the Ming Dynasty were
It has been corrupted to such an extent!
"My lord, what are you in a hurry for? Send a message to the ministers who knocked on the door, and ask them to go back and prepare first. After I have packed up, I will hold a court meeting in the Jianji Hall in the afternoon."
After having lunch in peace, Chongzhen asked the people in the palace to help him put on his court robes. Then Chongzhen took his time and went to Jianji Hall to meet with the ministers.
A leader should look like a leader and arrive later than everyone else for meetings. This is a must-have quality. Zhu Youjian felt that he did this very well. When he came to Jianji Hall, other participants had already arrived.
.I heard that these people were so eager to eat without even coming for lunch. It seems that they respect themselves as a great leader.
After the ministers saluted, they couldn't wait to start to attack. The first ones must be Chen Xinjia and his Ministry of War. Who made this incident, the cabinet and the Sixth Section made mistakes, and they didn't speak forcefully.
"Your Majesty, please take back the imperial edict instructing Governor Sun Chuanting of Sichuan and Shaanxi to respond to affairs, raise his own military pay, and recruit his own soldiers."
"My lord, the imperial edict has been sent to the capital. It may have left Beizhili by now. If we take it back now, wouldn't it mean that all the officials in the world will regard the imperial decree as child's play? I can't deal with this!"
"Your Majesty, this imperial edict will have endless consequences. If it is really sent to Shaanxi, the imperial court will no longer be able to control Sun Chuanting! The situation in the country will be in a situation where there is no way to recover."
"Is there no way to save the day? Could it be that if I don't issue this imperial edict, my beloved will not be able to save the day? I don't think so! Sun Chuanting brought his troops and asked for pay, where did the money come from? Even if I collected the military pay, it was just to appease him.
He is just one person's mouth. How many governors, governors, and general soldiers are there in the world who want to be paid? I should know better than me. The thief general in Wuchang, no, the thief general Zuo Liangyu in Wuchang, how many letters have been issued to ask for pay?
Memorial? I heard the day before yesterday that he even intercepted the grain boats on the Yangtze River! Wu Changbo from Liaodong was also urging him to pay, but fortunately he had no grain boats to intercept. Apart from them, Datong, Xuanhua, and the general soldiers of each town were not urging
Rating? Where can I get the money to silence them? My lord, you can give me a strategy to properly solve the problem? Do you want me to find another name to add taxes in addition to the three rates? "
Why did the emperor suddenly raise the issue? I feel that he is more reasonable than others like myself. The emperor's question made the ministers who came to the hall speechless for a moment, and everyone fell silent. There must be nothing they can do.
If we could come up with a good way, we wouldn't let the country's affairs deteriorate like this.
"What should I do? I can only think of a way. I don't have any good solution. I can only sell the land left by my ancestors to all the wise ministers separately. Let the wise ministers in the world also experience being in charge of their own affairs.
Difficult! Let the virtuous ministers also worry about me. Sun Boya is short of money, so why not let him raise it himself? All the taxes from Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces combined are enough for him to raise troops, right? Zuo Liangyu is short of money, right?
I gave him Hubei to see if he could squeeze it out. I wrote the eunuch's edict and asked Zuo Liangyu, the general of the general who defeated the thieves, to supervise the Hubei governor's office. The Hubei governor cooperated and exempted other taxes and levies in his territory except Liao's salary.
They were all handed over to Zuo Liangyu to support the army and the officials within the territory. Zuo Liangyu supervised the military, political and civil affairs of Hubei Province. He Tengjiao, the former governor of Huguang, moved to Changsha and mainly managed Hunan. He was in charge of the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs, and all those who were sent to the capital in the future were
Not a cent of Liao's salary was retained, and all was sent to Wu Changbo and other generals in Liaodong."