Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 288 What a strange death

Zhu Erdan, Zhu Sanshun, Liu Heming, Liu Erniu and other bigwigs in the military never imagined that they were happily eating melons and watching jokes, and then they were stumped in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Erdan looked at Zhu Jinsong in bewilderment and said, "We still need to restructure the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies?"

Zhu Jinsong hummed and said, "What's the matter, are you going to let the Five Armies Governor's Mansion go on like this?"

Zhu Erdan, Zhu Sanshun, Liu Heming and others looked at each other, and they really couldn't figure out what was wrong with the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

According to the current military system of the Ming Dynasty, the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion is the highest institution in control of the Ming army, and under the Five Armies Commander's Mansion are the left, right, front, rear, and middle five major governor's mansions. The name of the government, in fact, includes all kinds of messy things.

In contrast, the Ministry of War is a bit of a misnomer. Many powers have been assigned to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, including the guards in various places, which are now also managed by the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

Zhu Erdan and others are also used to this management mode, and they don't think there is anything wrong with it.

However, Zhu Jinsong laughed and said: "The South Sea Fleet of the former military governor's mansion and the South Sea Fleet of the left army's governor's mansion have always looked down upon each other, right? The army and navy between the various governor's mansions also They can't see each other."

"Last time when you targeted the Portuguese barbarians entrenched in Macau, the army of your former military governor's mansion was busy bombing the barbarians, and the South China Sea Fleet was also busy bombing the barbarians. The last laborer was not brought back after the bombing. Do you still feel that there is something on your face? Light?"

"There are also all sorts of messy and nasty things going on between the army and the guards, and between the navy and the navy, right? Don't you just pretend you don't see it if I don't tell you?"

After being told by Zhu Jinsong, Zhu Erdan and other bigwigs in the military immediately lowered their heads, and no one dared to look at Zhu Jinsong.

Because what Zhu Jinsong said is the truth.

It is not a matter of a day or two that the navy and the army dislike each other. It is also not a day or two that the field army and the guard army dislike each other. The cynicism of the brother troops is always indispensable.

Zhu Jinsong went on to say: "Also, the Governor's House of the Left Army and the Governor's House of the Former Army are good at naval warfare, the Governor's House of the Right Army is good at fighting on plateaus and deserts, the Governor's House of the Central Army is good at fighting on plains and hills, and the Governor's House of the Rear Army is good at fighting in frigid regions, Fighting on the grasslands, do you think that as long as you use one trick, you can eat it all over the world?"

"Times have changed!"

"There have been more wars than anyone else, and no one is afraid of death. As long as the big guys dare to chop people with knives, it's fine. But now the war is no longer a simple contest of numbers and courage, although these two points are still very important. Important, but also more dependent on logistical support."

"Similarly, tactics and strategies are also changing with the further promotion of firearms. Originally, it was necessary to use three-stage or even four-stage strikes to ensure firepower coverage. Now, who of you still uses three-stage or four-stage strike tactics? In the past Pay attention to hand-to-hand combat, who of you still use the tactics of hand-to-hand combat?"

"If one day, the Ordnance Engineering Branch of the Royal Academy succeeds in producing a weapon that can kill people hundreds of miles or even thousands of miles away, and can blow up a large area at once, what will you do then?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Jinsong couldn't help but feel a little headache.

There are a lot of messy problems in the court that need to be solved, and there are also a lot of messy problems in the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies. Except for these two, the inspection of the Yushi Yamen under the Yushitai and the subordinates of the Metropolitan Procuratorate The Ducha Yushi Yamen is also full of messes.

The only ones that are more worry-free are probably Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

The reason why these two institutions are worry-free is precisely because these two institutions are separated from the court and the military mansion, and their scale is many times smaller than the behemoth of the Five Army Commander's Mansion.

What's even more disturbing is that the future Ming Dynasty is likely to have some messy magic problems.

For example, in case some bastard gives you something to try, outsource the things that should have been taken care of by the local government, right?

This obviously changed the rules and models originally set by the imperial court, and it could almost be regarded as a rebellion, but if people put it on the label of exploration and promote economic development, wouldn't this matter become magical?

Anyway, Zhu Jinsong is an official who can't trust Daming.

In Zhu Jinsong's view, the fundamental reason why these officials and gentlemen of the Ming Dynasty are still honest is not because these officials and gentlemen have discovered their conscience, but because Zhu Jinsong, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, is still alive.

Just like when Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive, those corrupt officials could honestly wear shackles to work.

After Zhu Yuanzhang died, let’s not talk about what kind of bear he was smeared. The key is that after Lao Zhu and Zhu Laosi, the officials and gentlemen of Ming Dynasty began to let themselves go.

Especially in the middle and late stages of Ming Dynasty, Xu Jie and Xu Ge, who brought down Yan Song, played even more awesomely.

Lao Xu copied the house of Yan Song, a corrupt official and treacherous minister, and made a list of Lao Yan's family property. Because of the huge number, the number of recorded words increased, and finally totaled more than 6 words, so the list became There is a book called "Tianshui Bingshanlu", which means "As soon as the sun rises, the iceberg falls".

According to "Tianshui Bingshanlu", when Yan Song ransacked his home, he found more than 1 taels of gold, more than 200 million taels of silver, and thousands of pieces of gold and silver jewelry, but only 10 taels were found in the household department.

Later, Emperor Jiajing asked Xu Jie: "After the prisoner was sentenced in March, it has been more than ten months now, and the property has not yet arrived, and it has not yet been seen. A huge house is only estimated at 500 taels. The property is neither in the prisoner's house nor in the country. The people have not returned, so what is the result?"

This means something is wrong, where is the money?The list you submitted to me said that Lao Yan's house is like a sea of ​​gold and silver, and the wealth is incomparable, but how come there is only 10 taels in my hands?

Old Xu's answer is even more interesting: "Compared to the Yan family who did not belong to the family, the wealth has been scattered a little bit, and it was confiscated according to the imperial edict. It is urgent to listen to Kong (Peng Kong, who was designated by Xu Jie as Yan's 'rebel party') and so on. Finger climbing, so the vines and vines reach the innocent, and the whole province is harassed."

According to what Lao Xu said, when Lao Yan’s family property is seized, the money will be gone. Now that you want the money, I, Xu, will not be able to get it for a while. If you listen to what the Yan Party said , Maybe the whole province of Jiangxi will be unlucky-in short, there is no money.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing, who was not too stupid at first, also knew that Yan Song had been wronged. He became angry and said to Xu Jie: "You wait, if you can't give me an explanation, I will never end with you!"
However, what is more amusing is that before Xu Jie gave an explanation, the buddy Emperor Jiajing died first.

As for why Emperor Jiajing died suddenly, it's hard to say-but it's very likely that Lao Xu once thought you asked me to explain it, what should I do if I can't?Then just let you give me an explanation!
Don't think that Lao Xu can't do such a thing.

In order to kill Lao Yan, Lao Xu threw his face to the ground. When Lao Yan gained power, he even betrothed his eldest son Xu Fan's daughter to Yan Song's son Yan Shifan's son as a concubine to curry favor with Lao Yan.

Lao Yan took a look at it, and we're getting married now?Even if Ni Lao Xu is not authentic, marrying your granddaughter to my son will make me a generation shorter, but we are still a family?
As soon as Lao Yan was happy, he no longer doubted Lao Xu, so Lao Xu gradually became favored in front of Jiajing.

Later, Lao Yan fell out of favor under Lao Xu's routine of ringing and ringing - the big reason was that he didn't cater to Jiajing after the Yongshou Palace burned down, while Lao Xu catered to the emperor and built him a Longevity Palace. Jiajing was very satisfied with this , Xu Jie also took this as an opportunity to kill Lao Yan and became a boss himself.

Later, after Lao Xu's grandson-in-law Yan Shifan was sentenced to beheaded by Lao Xu's own design, Lao Xu's eldest son Xu Fan went to see Lao Xu.

Seeing that old Xu was sullen and silent, Xu Fan knew what his father's opinion was.

After returning to the inner house, Xu Fan poisoned his own daughter, the little girl who was given to Yan Shifan by Lao Xu as a concubine.

What did Lao Xu do when he found out that his granddaughter was dead?
Dang even nods sternly——nods sternly: nods happily and smiles.

As for the promotion of Old Xu as a high-level official in the history books, this matter is really suspicious-what kind of person is Old Xu, in fact, one can see one or two from the many contradictory records in the history books.

After Emperor Jiajing died, Lao Xu supported Emperor Mu Zonglongqing Zhu Zaihou, and then abolished a whip method that Emperor Jiajing had implemented under great pressure!
Later, the son of Lao Xu, who hung a banner in his study "return the master with prestige, return the government affairs to the ministers, and return public opinion with the punishment and reward", was able to "behind" Lao Xu in his hometown in Songjiang mansion. Got 40 mu of fertile land.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether other people believe it or not, the important thing is that Lao Xu believes it - I, Xu, are not cruel!Don't be greedy!

It’s just that Old Xu may not know the truth that he will pay back sooner or later when he came out to mess around. Less than a year and a half after Mu Zong Longqing’s Emperor Zhu Zaihou ascended the throne, Old Xu himself was killed by Gao Gong’s officials and fell to the ground, ashamed Liuliu rolled back to his hometown.

And when he returned to his hometown, Lao Xu didn't bother to hide his greedy nature anymore.

Due to Lao Xu's perverse behavior during his ruling period, in the third year of Longqing, the situation in the world was chaotic, and Lao Xu himself did not restrain himself, but took advantage of the chaos to annex land and exploit the people, arousing public indignation.

The local people sued Xu Jie for seizing the fields. Hai Rui, who was the governor at the time, immediately ordered Xu to "return more than half", otherwise the case would not be closed.

But Hai Rui felt that this matter should not be left alone, so he gave a small report to Emperor Longqing, who just happened to be not very happy with the shit that Lao Xu did, so he simply ordered Hai Rui to kill him on the spot Old Xu.

When Hai Rui was looking for Lao Xu all over the street with a knife, Lao Xu was scared. Lao Xu knew that if he fell into Hai Rui's hands, he would surely die, so he disguised himself and ran away overnight.

But after thinking about it behind his back, Lao Xu felt that he couldn't swallow this breath, so he bribed Dai Fengxiang, instructing Dai to impeach Hai Rui as a "fisherman".

Now it was Hai Rui's turn to be unlucky.When old man Hai resigned from office, Lao Xu not only kept most of his property, but also let out a sigh of relief.

According to the later "Xian Zhenglu·Biography of Yan Gongsong, a great scholar", Yan Song was born in a small family, "his father was no more than a small official"; the same book "Biography of Xu Gongjie, a great scholar" stated: The father hides and fills the rafters of the city."

When the two started, their family fortunes were comparable. Yan Song served as the chief assistant for 15 years. When the house was raided, he confiscated more than 200 taels of gold and more than 10 million taels of silver. About [-] taels, and Lao Xu only served as the chief assistant for six years, but his land property was fifteen times that of Yan Song.

It's just such a thing, if he doesn't dare to be cruel and kill Jiajing...

Just look at the deaths of the Ming emperors in the past—except for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Laosi, who founded the country, and Emperor Chongzhen who hung himself on Meishan, which other emperor died normally?

Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaochi wanted to check the tax situation in Yingtian, Zhenjiang, Songjiang and other places. He just sent people out on his front foot, but he died suddenly on his back foot. Although the successor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji likes to fight with crickets, but This guy also hacked people with Zhu Laosi. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an emperor who is capable of writing and martial arts. In the end, Zhu Zhanji got sick unexpectedly after being the emperor for ten years, and then died. .

Going down to his son Yingzhu Qizhen, Yexian's army was more familiar with the terrain than the Ming army when he was in the civil fort The pit has become a dead dog.

And then the so-called change of seizing the door was even more ridiculous. Governor Zhang, Zuodu Censor Yang Shan of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Taichang Qing Xu Bin, Zuo Fudu Censor Xu Youzhen and others, together with the eunuch Cao Jixiang and the crown prince Shi Shixiang played a play and supported the restoration of Zhu Qizhen.

Another group of civil servants.

Zhu Jianshen, the next "early wise man", later established the West Factory, but it was revoked after only five years of operation.

And only five years have passed since the West Factory was revoked, and Zhu Jianshen is also cold.

There is nothing more to say in the future, Xiaozong Zhu Tang is considered a hospice, Zhengde Zhu Houzhao, a guy who personally stabbed people with a knife, fell into the water and died of cold, and even wanted to change the imperial physician but was rejected.

After Jiajing Zhu Hou killed Yan Song, he found out that he had been tricked and planned to ask Lao Xu for an explanation, and then he suddenly fell ill and died.

The next Mu Zong and Zhu Zai indulged in excessive sex and took aphrodisiacs for a long time. After six years of being the emperor, he also died.

Wanli's buddy is better, at least he lived longer - but in the early days, military bigwigs like Qi Jiguang wanted to confront Zhang Juzheng's self-proclaimed lackey Qi.

After Zhang Juzheng died, this buddy Wanli found that he still couldn't be the master of the house, so he simply indulged in wine, sex and wealth, and insisted on killing himself.

Later Guangzong Zhu Changluo died in Hongwan, and Xizong Zhu Youxiao died in drowning.

If it is explained that the deaths of these emperors in the dynasty were caused by natural factors, without the involvement of certain people, Zhu Jinsong felt that this was a fucking joke.

(End of this chapter)