Qiming 1158

Chapter 1188 His source of power is of course Ming Kingdom

After hearing what Zhou Linzhi said, Shen Gai was silent for a while.

How could he not know these things?

But the reality is, he can't do anything.

He shook his head.

"Maozhen, you have to know that I can't make a final decision on this matter. I can't make the final call on all foreign-related matters, especially those related to the Ming Kingdom. I must fully consider the opinions of the Ming Kingdom. , otherwise the decision cannot be made.

Whether it is tariffs or the collection of industries controlled by clans and war criminal families, these are the price we have to pay in exchange for the support of the Ming Kingdom. Without this price, there will be no support from the Ming Kingdom. How long do you think I can stay in this position? "

Zhou Linzhi's expression froze.

That's right, what Shen should say makes sense.

Under the current situation, it is crucial for the Ming state to support Shen Kai in power.

Shen Gai did launch a coup d'etat to oust Zhao Kan, ushering in a new era.

But there is no doubt that the advent of the new era mainly depends on the Ming Kingdom. No matter how good Shen Kai is, he must rely on the military strength of the Ming Kingdom to achieve a decisive victory. This fact cannot be changed.

On the premise that Zhao Tan was deposed and the Southern Song Dynasty was nominally overthrown, Zhao Dun, the lord of Jiangnan, obviously could not provide power legitimacy for Shen Cai's rule.

Therefore, the important proposition of the legitimacy of the power of Shen's government has faced an unprecedented crisis, and the only one that can solve this problem is the Ming Dynasty.

The establishment of the entire Jiangnan Kingdom can only be established with the permission of the Ming Kingdom. The status of the Jiangnan Kingdom is also canonized by the Ming Kingdom. In other words, the legitimacy of the Jiangnan regime's existence is given by the Ming Kingdom, because the Ming Kingdom agreed, Jiangnan Kingdom. to exist.

As the actual ruler of Jiangnan, Shen Gai's source of power is of course Ming.

The Ming Kingdom used its own powerful military to provide the legitimacy of Shen Cai's ruling. The Ming Kingdom consulted with Shen Kai whenever there was any matter, and remotely controlled the affairs of the Lin'an court through Shen Kai's channel, which invisibly pushed Shen Kai up. status and power.

It also acknowledged Shen's actual status.

After the coup d'état, Shen Gai's actual position was far from being as high and stable as he appeared to be on the surface. His actual position was actually quite unstable. He even needed to arrange all the troops except the troops he directly controlled to be out of Lin'an. Hold his position for now.

At that time, the Ming Kingdom was going to take action against the war criminals' family. At the beginning, he entrusted Shen Kai to help, and promised to give him a part of the benefits afterwards. Shen Kai was very happy and eager to try, but he encountered the political waterloo of his life and failed to succeed.

No one is willing to cooperate with him, and even the army under his command cannot fight against those people, fearing the power of those political families.

Later, he was even chased to the door of his house and scolded by others in Lin'an City and his own base camp, forcing him to go to the Minguo Office to be considered to relieve the crisis and prevent the situation from further fermenting.

Afterwards, he took the initiative to invite the Ming army into the city to resolve several troubled war criminal families, and added a three-day curfew in Lin'an City to this end, which was regarded as saving his face.

Since then, Shen Kai has been able to see his position more clearly.

He finally fully realized the fact that the legitimacy of his governance would be at stake without the support of the Ming Kingdom.

His so-called political authority is not his own political authority at all, and no one is afraid of him, because everyone can see clearly that he is a dog of the Ming Kingdom.

At that time, Zhang Shi's persuasion to him was very meaningful——

"In the current situation, whether the officials in the Lin'an court support Xianggong is not the most important thing, whether the Ming country supports Xianggong is the most important thing. The reason why Xianggong can hold the position of Pingzhang military and state affairs is because of the support of the Ming country, and Not the support of the Lin'an court!

Because of the support of the Ming state, the Ming state sees the Xianggong and the cooperation of the minister, and then there will be things in the future. Now the court also recognizes the status of the minister only after the minister and the Ming state have finalized the peace treaty. "

This is a word that wakes up a dreamer.

At first, Shen Kai was thinking about the rejuvenation of Jiangnan Kingdom, and he had a little unrealistic idea. He wanted to build a powerful army to get rid of the control of Ming Kingdom and restore the independent status of Jiangnan Kingdom to a limited extent.

But now he knows, he wants to be a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty, not a loyal minister of Jiangnan, so that he can best keep his position.

Once he wants to be a loyal minister of the Jiangnan Kingdom, it is almost the time when his political life and physical life come to an end.

Under such a premise, is it possible for him to question and prevent Ming's national interest actions?
It's like the scoundrel instigating the five-year-old son to beat Lao Tzu, can he succeed in defeating his own Lao Tzu?
Are you going to depend on him for food?

Zhou Linzhi was not a fool either. He knew the influence of the Ming Dynasty on Jiangnan and the deterrent power of the garrison after the Second Ming-Song War. He knew that the Lin'an court could not get rid of the influence of the Ming Dynasty in major matters.

But this time, Ming Guo really bit everyone.

It is really ugly to eat the high-quality assets of Jiangnan with big mouths.

Although Zhou Linzhi's family is not involved in overseas business and trade, he is also worried that his family's 10,000+ mu of land will become the fat of the Ming Dynasty. People are not allowed to turn over.

What is the strategy of the Ming Dynasty to deal with corrupt officials and the "superior people" in their mouths, these high-ranking officials and dignitaries have heard of it, so they are so afraid.

So he felt he had to do something.

"The Ming Kingdom has been trying to intervene in the maritime trade between our dynasty and Fanbang since a few years ago, and I have pushed back many times. Ming Kingdom is very important to us, how much should we guard against it?"

Shen Gai narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Linzhi.

"Defense? How to defend? What kind of defense? Our [-]-strong army? Mao Zhen, your mind is good, but you need to be more clear about what you can do and what you can't do."

"This……"

Zhou Linzhi put it bluntly as just a traditional bureaucrat. He grew up studying the Four Books and Five Classics. Before he worked in the Privy Council, he was a clerk. He was a fairly traditional Confucian bureaucrat with a very shallow understanding of the economy.

The reason why I came to discuss these things with Shen Gai now is because I feel that the Ming Kingdom has destroyed the interests of his allies who are engaged in overseas business and trade, which is equivalent to destroying his interests.

His interests were touched, he had to do something, otherwise how could those people behind him continue to work for him?

But in fact, he had no idea how to deal with the economic invasion of the Ming Kingdom, and he was just joking.

Shen Kai has been in power for a long time, and of course he knows more about economic issues than Zhou Linzhi, and has a deeper understanding, so Shen Kai knows the consequences of this matter better than Zhou Linzhi.

"Maozhen, believe it or not, if we oppose these practices of the Ming Kingdom, the Ming Kingdom doesn't need to do anything. As long as we withdraw our troops here, we will immediately be full of rebels, and we can't hold back. When the rebels attack Lin'an, If the Ming Dynasty fishes and robs in troubled waters, we will be finished."

Shen Gai's words were very clear.

The 36 troops of the Lin'an imperial court can't hold back the 72 roads against the king and the [-] puffs of smoke and dust. As long as the Ming Dynasty withdraws its troops and returns to the north and declares that it will no longer care about the affairs of the Jiangnan Kingdom, there will be wolf smoke everywhere within three months. The Lin'an imperial court said it would be fine. Send, absolutely not procrastinate.

So Shen's attitude is very clear.

"I know the current situation better than you! Don't forget the really important things for the sake of petty profits. For us, what is really important is the support of Ming and the garrison of Ming! Only when the imperial court holds [-] When you are an elite soldier, it is time to discuss with the Ming Kingdom, and now, you must be patient!"

Zhou Linzhi was speechless.

No matter how traditional he is, no matter how hilarious he is, he is relatively honest when it comes to matters of life.

So he stopped talking about the problem and turned to a more pressing matter.

"Even if things in the Ming Kingdom can be tolerated, can Chuanshu continue to endure it? If Chuanshu doesn't obey orders now, wouldn't the court lose face?"

(End of this chapter)