Chapter 11 Tang Xuanzong, Song Huizong's old affairs
"Have you heard? News came from the palace. His Majesty summoned the prince and the queen and asked them to take the palace family to Nanjing."
"I heard it, I heard it, I'm afraid the Emperor will be...!"
"Yeah, stupid!"
Since I told the Queen about this last night, before noon the next day, all the departments in the imperial court were discussing it in whispers. The speed of the spread of this news seems to be no slower than that of later generations on the Internet.
The people below were discussing. An important place like the cabinet is bound to be vulgar. Zhou Yanru and Chen Yan were muttering in the small room. They were the first to receive the news. Before arriving at the office in the morning, there was a little eunuch.
Handed the note.
When they first saw the news, they were extremely shocked. But they couldn't tell others, after all, it didn't come from regular channels. When it was almost noon, the news spread widely, and then the two of them rushed
compact together.
"Fa Sheng, the rumor outside that the Holy Lord sent the Queen and the Crown Prince to go south seems to be not groundless."
Do you know if this is groundless? The two old foxes, after testing each other for a while, quickly got to the point. If this matter hadn't been too important, the two of them would not have gotten into the rhythm so quickly.
"Grand Master, Your Majesty's arrangements these past few days seem to be in preparation for this matter."
"Yes! Only now do I understand why he asked Sun Chuanting to be governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi and admiral Zuo Liangyu to be governor of Hubei. His Majesty the Central Plains doesn't want to have anything to do with it."
"Yes, Your Majesty has set his mind on the south."
"Fasheng, what do you think the attitude of the officials in the court will be?"
"It's probably hard to accept. Your Majesty's arrangement is really unexpected."
"Fa Sheng, how do you think we should respond to the court discussion in the future?"
"Naturally, I worked with all the ministers to refute His Majesty's idea. This matter cannot be taken seriously! If His Majesty intends to go south, how can we retreat? How can we integrate with the world? History books will not spare us.
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"Not all the ministers in the court are opponents, right? Some people may be eager for the prince to go to Nanjing to supervise the country!"
Zhou Yanru's words are on point. Giving up the north will definitely be opposed by everyone, but if the prince goes to Nanjing to supervise the country, there will be support. It's not that those people have the consciousness of putting eggs in two baskets, but many
People will be tempted to rush to establish a new king, which is a great achievement.
The butt determines the thinking. For people like Zhou Yanru, they will naturally not think about the merits of support. But the people below may not. How much merit is it to make decisions and support the establishment? If you get this!
There is no problem at all in soaring to the top. Even if they don’t want to get the glory of being a supporter, many people probably won’t stand firm on this matter. This time they stand firm and offend not the emperor, but the future emperor.
Ah. If the prince is concerned about this, he and even his descendants will be very sad in the future.
People can ignore the present, but how can they ignore the future? So Zhou Yanru estimated that everyone must be opposed to it, but how fierce the opposition is, it is a bit unstable. If the prince goes south to supervise the country, they are the ones who will lose the most.
A person at the pinnacle of power.
"We have to take a long-term approach to this matter. First of all, we must try our best to prevent the prince from going south to supervise the country. However, your majesty has made arrangements early, which may not be entirely wrong. The situation in the country has been corrupted to this extent. It is also important for your majesty to have a clear understanding.
Right. Now it seems that letting Sun Chuanting supervise Sichuan and Shaanxi, and letting Zuo Liangyu and others hold power may not necessarily be a bad thing. At least if something unexpected happens, half of the strength can be preserved. The construction thieves and the rogue bandits are messing around, and the country will never be in power.
There is no day for peace, so it’s really time to consider other means.”
"You mean jade rope?"
"We are all important ministers who seek the country. We must worry about victory but also want to suffer repeated defeats. We misunderstood His Majesty before. In fact, His Majesty knows the current situation in the world and is not a arrogant and short-sighted person."
"What will happen the day after tomorrow? What kind of regulations do we have?"
"Let His Majesty's previous arrangements be implemented, and at the same time, it is proposed that the queen and her family members go to Nanjing to take care of the palace, but the prince and the kings must stay in the capital. The prince can supervise the country in the capital, and he does not necessarily have to go south! And there is
Let your majesty give up the idea of asking the King of Zhou of Kaifeng to raise troops. This is the best way to plan for the country."
In terms of local control, the general interests of the cabinet and the Ministry of War are consistent. However, there are still differences in the specific situations. Except for Sichuan and Hubei, the provinces sold by Chongzhen have important financial and taxation issues. Shaanxi and
The two provinces of Henan are now purely a drag. From this point of view, even if the cabinet gives up these two provinces, or even the entire north, it will not affect the fundamental interests of the cabinet. Therefore, with these current arrangements, the cabinet will suffer losses, but not
If the fundamentals are changed, they can reluctantly accept this fact.
The cabinet can reluctantly accept it, but the Ministry of War cannot accept it at all. All the interests of the Ministry of War are basically in these provinces. If the local military chiefs are given financial freedom, they will not be able to get around. Now they have to rely on the court to pay back the debt.
Only by holding financial power can they control and mobilize these military leaders, and they can also use huge military expenditures to benefit themselves. Military expenditures exceeding tens of millions of taels have to pass through their hands before flowing to local military leaders.
The millions of taels of silver in my hands disappeared over and over again. If the military leaders were allowed to take money directly from the local government, it would be a waste of money for the Ministry of War, which is unacceptable.
During the Chongzhen period, why did he launch several wars betting on the fate of the country regardless of national strength and the actual situation? In addition to the emperor's eager personality, the group of people in the Ministry of War could not escape their responsibility for instigating it. Only big wars require large military expenditures.
With large military expenditures, they can live a good life. Therefore, no matter who is the minister of the Ministry of War, he will try his best to persuade the emperor to give priority to military means, but the cabinet is not so eager to go to war. Of course, after the war breaks out, the cabinet wants to give priority to military measures as soon as possible.
The idea of ending the quagmire of war and spending less money is also very strong. Things continue in a vicious circle, with the Ministry of War inciting the war, the cabinet forcing the Ministry of War to finish the war quickly, and the emperor who has no foresight and has an impatient personality.
The three forces deceived each other, and then they all deceived everyone.
"Grand Master, can we influence His Majesty's intentions?"
"Your Majesty is not a confused person, but he just didn't think things through at the moment. So, I have to think of some solutions."
"What good ideas does the Grand Master have?"
"It's just a two-fingered wristband. Just take it to the palace and present it to His Majesty."
Zhou Yanru looked like he had everything under control. He glanced at Chen Yan nervously, then went to his desk, found a small piece of paper, and calmly picked up the brush.
When Chen Yan saw this, he quickly ran over to grind the ink for the old man, and waited for Grand Master Zhou to write a note to stipulate the country.
I saw Zhou Yanru writing on the note, "Therefore, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, Xuanzong and Huizong were in the past, Your Majesty and the Crown Prince have been one since ancient times, and there is no precedent for separation!" in some small regular script.
Good words! Good words mean better content! After reading these words written by Zhou Yanru, Chen Yan finally took reassurance. When these words were sent to the palace, as long as the emperor was not a fool, he would definitely change his mind. From now on
Judging from the arrangements he made over the past few days, the emperor did not look like a fool at all. He was still very clear about historical allusions.