The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 210 Jinling Palace Transformation
Zhu Cihong is the emperor, there is nothing to say about this.

The emperor, supreme, in charge of life and death, monopolized power.

However, for Zhu Cihong, this is not the case.

He has never experienced the joy of being an emperor, and he even finds it more annoying than when he was a prince.

Since he came to Jinling, he could not sleep well every day.

Every morning before dawn, a morning court is held, and people get up earlier than chickens.

For a teenager, sleep is far from enough.

Speaking of the early dynasty, it was actually the Jingcheng faction, the Xungui faction and the Jiangnan faction who were arguing there.

Zhu Cihong is a mascot. Once he sat on the throne, the officials below him shouted long live and became a clay sculpture Bodhisattva.

Throughout the whole process, he couldn't get in any words, and occasionally he would get in a sentence or two, but he would be prevaricated by the courtiers with words like "Your Majesty is holy", as if the early court had nothing to do with him as the emperor.

I was groggy every morning and could hardly sleep well, so I read it in torment.

After the morning morning, there are two more hours of classes.

Yang Sichang acted as Zhu Cihong's teacher, and usually regarded himself as the emperor's teacher, teaching Zhu Cihong.

Although the content of the class is all classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics, he stuffed a lot of private goods into it.

Zhu Cihong is at the age of being playful, so it is inevitable that he will be absent-minded when attending classes.

At this time, Yang Sichang will show the majesty of the emperor's teacher and punish Zhu Cihong to copy or endorse the book.

In this kind of thing, Yang Sichang's vanity was satisfied bit by bit.

He finally realized the happiness of Zhang Juzheng back then, and finally tasted the taste of being in power.

I can't help feeling that coming to Jinling is a wise choice.

Yang Sichang spent the whole night in the Qinhuai River last night, his body still had a strong smell of rouge, he didn't even take a bath, so he put on his official uniform and went to the morning court.

The Golden Luan Hall is resplendent and resplendent, and the general of the Han Dynasty is wearing bright armor, shining on both sides.

Yang Sichang sat on a chair at the front. As the chief assistant of the cabinet and the emperor's teacher, he thought that he should have a seat in front of the emperor.

Chen Xinjia and others stood behind Yang Sichang. They were all from the Beijing faction headed by Yang Sichang.

Zhu Cihong sat high on the throne, dozing off non-stop.

Yang Sichang turned a blind eye to him, wishing that Zhu Cihong would sleep.

It only needs him to stand there like a mascot, as for other things, it should be left to him.

He winked at Chen Xinjia.

Chen Xinjia stood up knowingly, and faced the civil and military officials in the main hall.

"Everyone, in order to resist the sun thief, I used to collect taxes in the city to buy firecrackers. Now, the firecrackers are in place, but there is still money for training, and now the national treasury is empty. Please forgive me and come up with some Come with silver and be loyal to the imperial court!"

Yang Sichang started to make a name for himself again.

After entering Jinling City, he almost never stopped.

Human nature is greedy, not not greedy, but no chance to be greedy.

When I was in the capital, the imperial court was as poor as a shabby household.In addition, Chongzhen is under pressure, so there are not many greedy people, and they dare not be greedy with great fanfare.

Now, things are different.

Today's imperial court is already his monopoly, the Xungui faction and the Jiangnan faction are just dog meat that cannot be put on the table, and the overall situation is in his hands.

With the "banner" of Sun Jie, as long as the banner of pacifying Sun Jie is brought out, plus the power in hand, are you afraid that you will not get money?

Yang Sichang thought very well, he made some money for himself, and then made some money for Zheng Zhilong.

Such a good opportunity is right in front of you, if you don't make good use of it, you will be in vain for God's reward.

As soon as Chen Xinjia said this, almost all the civil and military officials in the hall fell silent except for the officials from the capital faction.

Even now, if you still don't understand Yang Sichang's Xiao Jiujiu, then what kind of official should you be?

Of course the officials of the Jingcheng faction supported it. After all, Yang Sichang ate meat and they could also drink soup, which is a great thing.

"Lord Yang, I have no objection to resisting the grandson thief, but the money is spent too quickly, right?

Not long ago, the tax was just levied, why should it be levied again now?Where is there such a thing?Where did all the money go? "

The cabinet deputy Zhou Yanru stood up, his face full of dissatisfaction.

Zhou Yanru has a close relationship with the Donglin Party. He belongs to the Jiangnan faction and has a place in the cabinet.

However, he, the Jiangnan faction, has no real power, and he is run on by Yang Sichang almost everywhere, so he can only do some trivial things that are useless.

He and the Jiangnan faction behind him also want to change the current situation, but they have no military power in their hands, so they can only live under the influence of Yang Sichang.

Back then, Sun Jie almost wiped out all the troops around Jinling, so where are the soldiers?

In this chaotic world, if you don't have soldiers and horses in your hands, you will be angry.

If you want to blame, you have to blame yourself for not having soldiers in your hands.

"What do you mean? You mean, are we greedy for money?"

With a gloomy face, Chen Xinjia stood up, looked at Zhou Yanru in front of him, and questioned him in a cold voice.

Zhou Yanru had no intention of retreating, and even took a few steps forward, looking directly at Yang Sichang.

"I don't know if I'm greedy or not, but I know that the money we paid before is enough for training soldiers, and this time we have to collect taxes, sorry I disagree!"

Zhou Yanru's complexion was very bad, and there was fire burning in his eyes.

At that time, the imperial court issued the "three rates" in order to exterminate the domestic slaves in Liaodong and the thieves everywhere.

But because the Jiangnan gentry resisted taxes, most of the taxes fell on the people in the north.

At that time, the people in the north were overwhelmed by these taxes.

But now?They can't stand it when this kind of thing happens to them.

Double standard is the best word to describe them.

"Then what do you mean?"

Yang Sichang stood up, walked towards Yang Sichang, and stood in front of Zhou Yanru.

The anger on his face turned into substance, like a man-eating jackal.

Zhou Yanru looked at the unfriendly Yang Sichang, and instinctively took a few steps back.

Suddenly a hand stretched out from behind, pressed against his waist, and pushed him forward.

Looking back, I saw a confident face.

Zhou Yanru suddenly had a solid foundation in his heart, puffed up his chest, and looked directly at Yang Sichang.

"What I mean is, let go of the ban on military training, so that all government and gentry can train soldiers!"

As soon as this remark came out, the court was in an uproar.

Except for the officials of the Jiangnan faction, almost everyone else looked horrified.

In the Ming Dynasty, from the beginning of the founding of the country until Zhu Youlang was hanged in Burma, from the beginning to the end, the ban on military training by officials from all over the country was not relaxed.

Once this ban is lifted, it will evolve into a situation like the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the end of the Tang Dynasty.

There are many warlords everywhere, and the military towns are separated.

The warlords at the end of the Ming Dynasty were simply incomparable with those at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the end of the Tang Dynasty.

The warlords at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty were basically prefects or famous families of a certain place.

As long as you have money, you can pull out an army and dominate one side.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court also allowed various places to train soldiers, but the soldiers and horses trained belonged to the imperial court, and the imperial court often sent officials to take charge.

In essence, the imperial court selected soldiers for training in a certain place.

As for warlords like Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing, their situation is not the same as that of the warlords in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the late Tang Dynasty.

At best, they can only be regarded as military leaders. They do not have a fixed territory, and they basically have to rotate around under the order of the court.

Even if they can stay in one place, the military and political affairs in this place have nothing to do with them.

As for the warlords at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the end of the Tang Dynasty, which one was not the existence of both military and political affairs?

In other words, the warlords at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty were a state within a state.

To put it bluntly, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, if Chongzhen had been more courageous and lifted the ban on military training in various places, Li Zicheng and Jiannu might have been defeated long ago.

But the price is also unbearable. If Chongzhen cannot train an elite army behind him, then his great Ming Dynasty will still be lost.

What is even more frightening is that once it evolves into the situation of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the end of the Tang Dynasty, what awaits this land will be troubled times such as "Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms", "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms".

"Do you know what you're talking about? You're talking about your heart!"

Yang Sichang pointed at Zhou Yanru, spitting stars flying all over the place, furious.

The reason why Yang Sichang and the Jingcheng faction were able to do whatever they wanted in Jinling was because they had Zheng Zhilong's troops in their hands.

Military power is their capital, the capital for them to gain a foothold in Jinling.

If the ban is abolished and all parts of the south of the Yangtze River start to recruit troops, then Yang Sichang and his advantages will be wiped out.

At that time, will Yang Sichang still be as free as he is now?

None of the officials present was a fool, they all knew the meaning behind Zhou Yanru's words very well.

Chen Xinjia dashed over from the side, rolled up his sleeves, pointed at Zhou Yanru and scolded: "You are still the cabinet secretary, is this your opinion?

do you know what you're talking aboutDo you want to reproduce the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms? "

"Hahaha, Mr. Chen, isn't that a bit embarrassing?!"

Accompanied by bursts of laughter, a middle-aged official walked out from behind Zhou Yanru.

Put away the smile and stare at each other coldly.

This person is the official who stretched out his right hand to resist Zhou Yanru just now.

His name is Qian Jiangkun, he is a major smuggling merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is also a rich man in the south of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, it also has great influence in the Donglin Party, and it has great influence on this three-acre land in the south of the Yangtze River.

At the beginning, after Sun Jie left Jinling, Qian Jiangkun used all kinds of tricks to incorporate the remaining forces of Wei Guogong's family.

Today, his Qian Jiangkun family is already one of the best big families in Jiangnan.

With more and more money in hand, thoughts that shouldn't arise will arise.

When you have money, you naturally want power.

So, he spent money to donate an official in the court, and his status was not small.

The family is very powerful and rich, so they quickly gained a foothold.

But now the government is controlled by the Jingcheng faction, plus Zheng Zhilong and the others, if they want to gain power, they must find another way and control the troops.

Qian Jiangkun and Zheng Zhilong also had a lot of conflicts. As a well-known maritime merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, he smuggled out to sea every year and had to hand over a large amount of money to Zheng Zhilong.

If the money is not handed over, 100% of his family's goods will be robbed by "pirates".

The amount of money handed over to Zheng Zhilong every year is almost an astronomical figure, how can this make him comfortable?
If the ban is abolished, then he can recruit troops openly.

At that time, Zheng Zhilong is all duckweed on the water.

Don't look at it as just a small ban, the energy is not small nowadays.

Unless Qian Jiangkun can have invincible weapons from the beginning like Sun Jie, otherwise, he will be wiped out at the beginning of conscription and buying horses. After all, righteousness is in hand.

Sometimes, the role of righteousness is still great.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, even in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the imperial court had strict control over the grassroots in terms of military power.

Usually, the gentry train some servants to act as nurses, and the court will not say anything.

Once the massive recruiting starts, the imperial army will wipe them out in an instant.

From the emperor to the court officials, they will all be in conflict.

If the ban is abolished, then recruiting can be done openly, and no one can say anything.

Qian Jiangkun is not the only one who has this idea.

In a sense, this method is similar to how several vassal kings supervised the country at the same time in history.

In history, the vassal kings supervised the country, and the gentry bet on the various vassal kings and let the vassal kings act as fronts. But this time, the gentry mounted their horses and showed up in person.

In essence, there is not much difference between the two.

"You are destroying the foundation of the court, do you know what you are doing?"

Yang Sichang's voice became a little colder.

But Qian Jiangkun and Zhou Yanru didn't care about that, and asked directly: "Just ask you a question, is this ban abolished or not?"

This sentence became the fuse, and the situation was completely ignited at once.

Officials from the Jingcheng faction and the Jiangnan faction began to confront each other.

The noble faction was calm, standing there quietly, watching the tigers fight from the mountain.

Zhu Cihong on the throne was drowsy, seeing that the officials in the court were fighting and neglecting him, they also took advantage of this gap to sleep soundly.

There is nothing more sad than this at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Whether in history or now, there will always be struggles and civil strife.

No matter how history changes, no matter whether Sun Jie exists or not, the contradictions that should exist will still arise, but in a new way.

I don't know who took off the shoe and threw it out, and I don't know who it hit.

When the shoes hit the ground, things got out of hand.

There was a mess in the hall, and they started to fight.

There are not many people in the Jiangnan faction in the center, but they have the home field advantage. Soon, a large number of low-level officials rushed in from the outside, engulfing Yang Sichang and the others.

So what if you have military power in your hands?

Now, the number of people is not as large as that of the Jiangnan faction, so they will be beaten.

The farce finally came to an end, and when Zheng Zhilong came to mediate, the officials of the Jiangnan faction had already dispersed, and they got what they wanted.

In order to create more chaos, the officials of the Jiangnan faction began to incite the people in Jinling City to rebel.

Even Zheng Zhilong didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only return to the barracks with his soldiers and horses, let the situation develop slowly, and come out when it gradually calmed down.

(End of this chapter)