Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 406, changed

"Don't talk about war lightly?"

"Now that the prairie people have come to our house and burned, killed and looted our house, we can't talk about war lightly. When can we talk about war?"

Emperor Hongzhi was angry. Even though the education he had received in the past was Confucianism, the Confucianism was very talkative, and he wished he could convince the whole world with a single mouth, but is this possible?
But now someone beats you to your home, burns, kills, loots, and commits all kinds of crimes in your home, and you still say that you should not talk about war lightly, when will it be allowed?

Hearing what Emperor Hongzhi said, and looking at his angry expression, everyone was silent for a while, and they were speechless, because they really had nothing to say, others have stabbed knives into your stomach, why do you still tell the other party? reason?
If it makes sense, then there will be no such thing as Tartars going south. For these grassland people, they just want to rob you and kill you, so what can you do?
"Xie Qian, tell me, when can we talk about war?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xie Qian and asked sharply.

"Chen, I think it's time to fight~"

Xie Qian was named by Emperor Hongzhi, so he could only bite the bullet and said, then changed his tone and said: "It's just that our Daming army has low combat power, and it is not an opponent of the grassland army at all. It is okay to defend the city. This field battle outside the city must be great defeat."

"Isn't it an opponent of the grassland army?"

"Who said that?"

"During Taizong's period, our Ming army killed seven in and seven out of the grassland. The grassland people who were killed were terrified and surrendered one after another. The Duoyan tribe and the Qiyan tribe still pay tribute to my Ming Dynasty every year. Are you telling me that it is not a grassland? The opponent of the army?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately asked sharply.

"This...Your Majesty, time has passed, and times have changed. Our Ming army is no longer the army of Emperor Taizong's time."

Xie Qian didn't know how to answer, how powerful is the Ming army, you, the emperor, don't have any points in your heart?
Let’s talk about the glorious story of Taizong’s period here. If Yingzong didn’t think himself right and listened to the eunuch Wang Zhenzhi’s words, maybe the Ming’s army could still fight the prairie people.

In the battle of Tumubao, the backbone of the Ming Dynasty army was completely beaten down, and the general Xungui Group of the Ming Dynasty was also beaten down. The general Xungui who had some combat power almost died in that battle.

After the Tumu Fort change, the military power was under the control of the civil servant group, the general Xungui group was suppressed frantically, and all aspects of the army also declined rapidly, and this is the situation now.

"Why not the army from Taizong's time?"

"Did the imperial court treat my soldiers of Ming Dynasty badly, or is there some other reason that led to the low combat power?"

Emperor Hongzhi asked again.

"This…"

Xie Qian doesn't know how to say it. It can't be said that it is because of our civilian group's desperate suppression of the generals' Xungui group and the army that the current Ming army's combat power is low.

It can't be said that because of serious corruption, the allocation of military expenditures of one hundred thousand taels of silver may not even fall on the army in the end.

"Liu Jian, tell me."

Emperor Hongzhi gave Xie Qian a cold look, and then named Liu Jian.

"Your Majesty, war is indeed a war. The prairie people are ambitious. They hold customs every year and go south every year. They covet my vast land in China, kill my people, and rob me of my money. If things go on like this, their ambitions will inevitably become bigger and bigger. Will want to steal my great Han country again."

In fact, Liu Jian has been thinking about this problem all the time. He may suffer heavy losses if he fights now, but he can still find out some problems. Taking advantage of the fact that Daming's national strength is still relatively strong and the weather is good everywhere, even if it is defeated, Daming can still survive. live.

If this problem keeps dragging on, Liu Jian can already see the collapse of Daming in the future. Daming's army can't continue to degenerate like this, otherwise there will definitely be alien races who will rule China in the future.

Even though he knew that this fight would definitely cause an accident, a big problem would inevitably happen, more people would die, it would be more likely to make the military commander Xungui Group rise again, and it might also make Emperor Hongzhi become belligerent.

But after weighing it and thinking carefully, Liu Jian felt that he still had to fight, and the current Emperor Hongzhi had sent a very obvious signal to everyone, that is, he must fight the prairie people, and no matter whether he wins or loses, he must Let the grassland people know how powerful it is, and teach them some profound lessons.

The massacre of [-] people, the blood flowing into rivers, all kinds of crimes, burning, killing and looting, Emperor Hongzhi, a great son of heaven, must show something and give an explanation to the people of the world.

On this matter, it is enough to object at the beginning. If you really want to fight Emperor Hongzhi to the end, most of you will pack up and go back to your hometown in the end.

After all, it was Emperor Hongzhi who changed.

It’s better to be the former Emperor Hongzhi. He listened to everyone. If everyone said he couldn’t fight, he couldn’t fight. Unlike now, Emperor Hongzhi knew a lot and would doubt it. He no longer blindly believed in everyone’s words.

When the others heard Liu Jian's words, they were taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it, they understood that this battle must be fought if not fought. Since Emperor Hongzhi wanted to fight, he had to fight.

"Your Majesty, the treasury is empty, but there is not much silver to use for war."

Hubu Shangshu Zhou Jing stood up. His meaning was very simple. It is okay to fight, but the treasury has no money. In the past, he used this trick to block many Emperor Hongzhi's ideas.

No matter what Emperor Hongzhi wanted to do, if he had no money in one sentence, he would simply put back all the thoughts of Emperor Hongzhi, and he could only listen to everyone honestly.

"How much silver is left in the treasury?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhou Jing and asked indifferently.

"Less than half a million taels of silver~"

Zhou Jing thought for a while and said, thanks to the fact that the Changlu Salt Farm can receive two million taels of silver a year, the treasury finally has some silver, so there will be no place for the mice to hide.

"[-] taels of silver~"

"Then the state treasury allocates [-] taels of silver, and I allocate [-] taels of silver from internal funds. In addition to allocating food, grass, weapons, etc., we must fight fiercely with the prairie people and kill them. Innocent people in Gansu and Shaanxi took revenge."

After listening to Emperor Hongzhi, he thought for a while and said.

It was at this moment that he realized the great role of money, and money was much more useful than the emperor's jade seal.

When I wanted to do something in the past, Zhou Jing said that I had nothing to say when I had no money. Now that I have money, the treasury has no money, right? Bar.

Having money is willful.

Thinking of this, he had to thank Liu Jin again psychologically. Without Liu Jin and without money, what kind of emperor is he as an emperor, and what he wants to do depends on the faces of the ministers in the court. It is enough to turn the emperor into a dog.

"Your Majesty, the treasury may not be able to provide two hundred thousand taels of silver."

Zhou Jing looked at Emperor Hongzhi, thought for a while and said.

"Eh?"

"Didn't you just say that the treasury still has five hundred thousand taels of silver?"

"How come you can't even take out two hundred thousand taels of silver?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately stared at Zhou Jing.

"Your Majesty, although there are [-] taels of silver in the treasury, all of these [-] taels of silver have already gone to other places, and there is no way to transfer them elsewhere."

Zhou Jing bit the bullet and said, "It's still the same as before. Emperor Hongzhi wants to use the money from the treasury, but there is no door. What's more, who doesn't know that you, Emperor Hongzhi, are rich, and who doesn't know that your son Zhu Houzhao is rich and wants to fight?" Yes, you pay the money yourself.

"Okay, very good~"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately smiled angrily, then looked at Zhou Jing coldly and said: "Since the treasury has no money, then I will take out another two hundred thousand taels of silver from my internal funds, a total of five hundred thousand taels of silver, and the treasury will have no money." It shouldn’t be a problem to get some food and grass here, right?”

"There is no problem. The treasury has sufficient food and grass, which is enough for transfer and use."

Having said all of this, if Zhou Jing still said no, he would probably be kicked out by Emperor Hongzhi immediately.

This battle is settled, and Emperor Hongzhi himself took out [-] taels of silver from his internal funds to fight this battle, so what else can he say.

Everyone looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes. Emperor Hongzhi has money, so it is impossible to use money to card Emperor Hongzhi's neck.

Five hundred thousand taels of silver, Emperor Hongzhi took it out as soon as he said it, without frowning.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi was not even willing to repair the courtyard in the palace. He lived frugally and was diligent and frugal. That is the real good emperor.

Now, the current Emperor Hongzhi has a lot of money, and he throws out half a million taels of silver casually. There is no way for everyone to get stuck on Emperor Hongzhi's neck.

This kind of feeling is very uncomfortable. In the past, the relationship between the monarch and his ministers was so good. Emperor Hongzhi trusted everyone and listened to everyone, and everyone had the final say on all matters in the court.

Now everything has changed.

Emperor Hongzhi changed, and the situation in the court also changed.

Emperor Hongzhi was no longer innocent, and he no longer blindly believed in civil servants. When discussing major national affairs, there was no Zhang Mao in the past. Now Zhang Mao is almost never absent. Emperor Hongzhi will come to Zhang Mao for anything. Zhang Mao's opinion.

Emperor Hongzhi also had money. Not only did he have money to repair the garden, but he also had money to invest in Jinyiwei and Dongchang, so that the power of the factory guard, which had been silent before, could be revived.

And now it is also possible to take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to fight casually, and throw away five hundred thousand taels of silver all at once.

"Is there anything else you want to say?"

Only then did Emperor Hongzhi nodded in satisfaction, and then turned his gaze to the others.

"I have no objection~"

Everyone looked at each other and could only reply in unison that this battle was inevitable.

　It seems that several emperors in the late Ming Dynasty were hacked miserably because they had no money and used eunuchs to make money.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)