() The fourth year of Chongzhen was not a good year, but it was not easy to find some major disasters in the first two months. However, this was not difficult for the knowledgeable scholars and elites. We need to first
Considering that this disaster-stricken place is too close to the north, otherwise the imperial spies located in every corner will easily confirm the authenticity of the news, and it will not be fun to blame whoever is responsible for deceiving the emperor.
It's not feasible to go too far. In the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible for the capital to know immediately when Qiongzhou Prefecture was hit by a disaster? Fortunately, Zhang Ruitu had two sons who served as magistrates of Yongzhou and Ganzhou, and asked them to write to the court to report some natural disasters and fabricate some.** That's not the case.
An easy thing? Of course, if it is too late to ask the two brothers to write to the court now, then why not take the time to write some letters home when they have left their hometown to serve the court? Now that the situation is urgent, just find someone to imitate it. After all,
This matter is related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty. It is understandable that you guys tell white lies...
However, how to report a disaster is also a university question, and it is definitely not possible. Otherwise, it will affect the future promotion of the two unlucky boys. If the fat man in Luoyang finds an excuse to take the opportunity to go south under the banner of counterinsurgency, this
No one dares to bear the consequences. When reporting natural disasters, you have to be even more particular. Although the Jiangnan region suffers from floods all year round, it is only February and even the Yangtze River is in the dry season. Where can we find such a large amount of water to deal with earthquakes?
?The excuse is good, but how much noise is needed to cause problems in Yongzhou and Ganzhou at the same time? Typhoon? This is Huguang and Jiangxi. No matter how the wind blows, it can't go around Guangdong and Fujian. It appears inexplicably! At this time, the sky
The floating snowflakes inspired Jiang Dejing. In the north, such weather is a sign of auspicious snow and a good harvest, but in the south, it is a big disaster! . . .
A gentleman is sensitive to things but cautious in his words. On the night of February 19th, when the plan was decided, two urgent memorials of 800 miles were quickly forwarded to Luoyang. Zhou Yanru, who stayed in the capital, not only did not express doubts, but instead added fuel to the flames.
In the name of the cabinet minister, officials along the way were required to promptly report to the emperor without delay.
"Snow disaster in the south?" Chongzhen, who was drinking old wine and tasting the newly developed delicacies of Queen Zhou, looked at the memorial that had just been handed to him with a sad face. "Han Aiqing, you really got it right this time!"
What is Meng? After all, I was also the leader of that group of scourges back then. Although there are not as many ways to deceive people as that little monster, I still taught them these tricks now! However, these former colleagues are too immature.
What kind of climate could a snowstorm have? If I were presiding over it, why would I make a memorial about chaos in the world to scare the emperor? Only in this way can he make more money! Thinking this in his heart, Han Xu had to flatter him with a smile on his face:
"The ordinary people are just random inspirations, not as bright as the eyes of the Holy One..."
"Okay, okay!" the old guy started again. Didn't he just want to remind me not to forget the bet? Chongzhen pointed to a plate of strange food on the table and said: "This is the coffee beef that the Queen trial-produced. I will
It’s a reward for you!”
Coffee? Beef? It was also made on a trial basis? Needless to say, this must have been taught to the queen by Luo Jacob’s group of Xiyi women. Now Han Xu finally understood why the emperor looked in pain just now. Looking at a large plate, he couldn’t eat it and couldn’t pour it down.
, the black thing made the old man feel stomachache. "Thank you, God, for your grace!"
"We are all our own people, stop being so hypocritical!" Chongzhen was certainly in a good mood after successfully disposing of the plate of unpalatable food and living up to the Queen's enthusiasm. "Now that they have begun to gradually enter the role, then we
Shouldn’t we also prepare?”
"No hurry! No hurry!" Han Xu had a sudden idea, maybe boiling half the coffee in Harlem and pouring it into Zhang Ruitu's stomach would be a better way to relieve his hatred than the little monster's suggestion of smearing pepper water on the wound. "Now.
The heat has not yet come, so the Emperor must continue to be patient for a while!"
"Still waiting?" Chongzhen couldn't hide the disappointment in his heart. After thinking for a while, he tried: "How about we take out another memorial now. This way my brother Cong can go south with us!"
"No!" According to Han Xu's original idea, the best choice for Zhang Ruitu and others was to accuse Zhou Fengxiang of withholding military pay. This would not only provide an excuse to appease the military and ask for money from the treasury, but if done properly, it could also embarrass the emperor.
Position. Let him be blamed for unknown persons and continue to highlight his incompetence! But those guys obviously don't have the courage. Since they didn't say that the officers and soldiers were causing trouble, the emperor in Luoyang certainly couldn't reveal this matter without warning.
"If Your Majesty handles this matter too hastily, it will be suspected of imitating others, and it will make them see that this is a trap!"
"Okay. I'll just wait a few more days!" After giving up his insistence, Chongzhen still muttered dissatisfiedly: "Then Xiyi's work efficiency is too low. People have come to the door and they are still dragging their feet..."
Aren't we talking about finding excuses to go to Jiangnan to clean up the scholars? Why are those unlucky people in Macau involved again? In fact, this matter is not difficult to understand. Han Xu is the former leader of Donglin. Isn't the method he came up with Nan Juyi?
How can that kid compare? If you just force the officials to spend their wealth and complain, and then mobilize the generals of the Zhenguo to go south on the pretext that the officers and soldiers of New Anda cannot receive military pay, then it would be too fussy. And it would be too fussy to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to go south.
It is too wasteful to bully your own people!
The invincible army belonging to the Ming Dynasty was at best a deterrent force in the country. It was only responsible for scaring people and supporting the emperor. But if they were thrown out to fight against foreign races, they would be a group of disasters! Those guys in the capital dare not do it.
The world was in chaos, but Emperor Chongzhen really didn't mind. Provoking an international dispute would not only give him more reasons to shut down the country, but also allow incoming officials such as Xiong Wencan to practice their diplomatic skills by taking back Macau.
"Brother Cong, can't you stop and chat with me?" Chongzhen accidentally saw the fat little man next to him who was burying his head in eating. Chongzhen only felt jealous and envious. No wonder the little boy suddenly started talking about etiquette. It turned out that
He had known that this food was unpalatable, so he said nonsense that only I could taste the food made by the Queen.
Zhu Youcong raised his head and said disdainfully: "As the saying goes, people with different Taoist views cannot conspire with each other. As long as I, a decent gentleman, have not accused you of secretly engaging in conspiracy, what else can we have in common?"
"Bah!" The wine glass that had just been picked up fell to the ground. This little fat man was so speechless that he dared to mention the word gentleman with such a shameful face? If he could be ranked first, the entire
Ming Dynasty had to turn around and become a villain. Resisting the urge to beat people, Chongzhen pretended to be pitiful and said: "It's very difficult to go south this time. You can't bear to let your brother be miserable and don't help."
Any ideas?"
"Brother, can you please speak some truth?" If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, it would still be inseparable from this emperor who cheated his brothers. Zhu Youcong really wanted to kidnap him overseas and throw him on an island. "This is to clean up the scholars.
Officials, why are the generals of our unified army following the blind alliance? Do you want to cultivate more An Lushan, or do you want to cultivate a group of Shi Jingtang from the Ming Dynasty? Besides, didn't I tell you the ideas I can come up with? Now
With so many people helping you, what else do you have to worry about?"
"Just say it openly if you don't want to help. What's the point of making so many excuses?" Although he admitted that Zhu Youcong's words were reasonable, Chongzhen couldn't help but scolded: "Huan Shi Jingtang, you are just thinking about expanding your territory all day long.
Is your little fat man capable of ceding Yanyun Thirty-six Prefectures to others and becoming the emperor?"
"Cough! Cough!" It's about to start again! Li Guopu agrees with General Zhenguo's insistence that soldiers are only responsible for guarding the country and not participating in domestic politics unless necessary. Of course, the emperor hopes to use violence to solve the shortcomings as quickly as possible.
Wrong. But if these two boys continue to quarrel, we will not be able to have fun today.
"What are you coughing about? If you have a cold, go home and take medicine!" The two people who were at war with each other just now quickly gave up their differences and pointed towards Li Guopu, who was winking at him.
"Your Majesty..." Li Guopu, who has long been accustomed to idleness and has not known what it feels like to be respected for several years, can't care less. "Now that we are about to go south, should we prepare to contact that person?"
"Are you talking about Yanshenggong Kong Yanzhi? Don't worry, I have already given a secret order to Xiao Changlin who is escorting Xie Sheng. Qufu will soon declare martial law! When the time comes, I believe he will know what to do!" mentioned
Chongzhen looked so proud about this matter.
"What? Your Majesty, you..." He had no problem with Han Xu trying to deal with the Jiangnan scholars, and he could accept it if he went to teach in an academy. But as a scholar who firmly upholds the Confucian tradition, he could not accept this fact in any case. The emperor actually
Are you going to attack the descendants of the saint?
"What are you making all the fuss about? It's not like I want to confiscate my family and exterminate my clan, I just want to ask him for a favor!" Chongzhen then remembered that no one had mentioned this matter to Han Xu, so he hurriedly said to Li Guopu: "Explain it to Han Aiqing.
Lest people misunderstand me as an unreasonable and foolish king!"
"According to the order!"
"This..." After listening to the whole arrangement of the matter, Han Xu could guess with his toes that the person who could come up with this damaging move must be the shameless little fat man, and only he dared to involve the saint. But he had no choice but to do so.
Not admitting that this is a way to silence the world and make the scholars have to knock out their teeth and swallow them when they are bullied. "But Your Majesty, are you not afraid of arousing public anger by doing this?"
"Public outrage? Han Aiqing is overthinking. Didn't I specially send the palace guards to Qufu to protect the saint's temple after receiving a memorial from Zhang Guowei that someone in the cities of Shandong was preparing to rebel?" Chongzhen really didn't say it with his eyes open this time.
Nonsense. During the time when Zhu Youcong was getting married, a group of rebels did emerge in Shandong, but they disappeared inexplicably as soon as they raised their flags.
Dark! Too dark! Although Han Xu didn’t know the origins of those rebels, it goes without saying that this matter was inseparable from the fat guy who claimed to be a gentleman. No wonder the matter suddenly became widespread again. It turned out that this kid had already
The foreshadowing was laid after he left the country for the first time. Now the emperor suddenly took action and held Kong Yanzhi's family in his hands. He also hid a scourge that could demolish the Confucius Temple at any time. Regardless of whether Nayan Shenggong was out of protecting the image of a saint.
Or for any other purpose, we have to cooperate with the emperor to continue the play.
"Your Majesty, the civilians have one more worry!" Han Xu had already boarded the pirate ship. He knew that even if he backed down at this time, he would only be doomed to be infamy for thousands of years. He might as well do his best to help the emperor win this war.
"If you have anything to say, just say it. If I really can't solve it, why don't I still have Qing and others..." Although Zhu Youcong has made his attitude clear, Chongzhen believes that if something goes really wrong, this little fat guy will also stand up and take the blame.
"Even if we block their mouths now, what should we do if someone starts talking about it in the future?"
"That's it?" Chongzhen was amused. Do you think that little fat guy didn't think about how to deal with the aftermath? He had already found someone to help me absolve myself of the blame, and it seems that this guy might have something to do with the royal family.
What! "I love you for being overly concerned. Someone prepared a defense for us hundreds of years ago! As a great scholar in the world, wouldn't you have read Hui'an Collection?" (To be continued.)