Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 737
"Hongjia, how do you think Wu Sangui should be dealt with?"

"kill."

"What's the reason!"

The prince was a little excited, "He is a big traitor, he led the Qing army into the pass, he also invaded the Central Plains south for the Tartars, and even slaughtered several cities in Shaanxi. There is no redemption for a hundred deaths, and he must be executed as a model."

Zhu Yihai put down the memorial and bought a cup of tea for the two of them.

"Wu Sangui is a traitor, that's right, there is no doubt. But as a king, it's not that simple to think about things. It's just like I have been trying to appease Wu Sangui for the past few years, why?"

"Father is kind in his heart, and he doesn't want to do more evil."

"Wrong!" Zhu Yihai shook his head, "Many things are not what you don't want, but you can't. It's like when my father raised his army, despite the opposition of all his ministers, he was still willing to put aside his grievances and recruit Shunying. When I started my army, How critical the situation in the world is, it is not too much to be overwhelmed, the most important thing before my father is how to keep the Ming flag, so around this urgent goal, I have to unite all forces."

"In the past few years, I recruited Shunying, recruited Xiying, and even recruited local villages, thieves, and even hired foreigners to accept those repeatedly jumping grass, am I not clear?
It's just that the times are forcing you.

In fact, my heart is the same as that of Ming Jing, such as Hong Chengchou, Qian Qianyi, Wu Sangui, Geng Zhongming, etc. If I had a choice, I would have killed them long ago, and even people like Tu Guobao, Zhang Guozhu, and Ma Guozhu back then were absolutely tolerant. No less, let alone Shunying Xiying.

But I endured it.

All of this is for the sake of the overall situation, to bear the burden of humiliation, and it is precisely because of the patience at the beginning that this is the situation today. "

"But Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou and other traitors, do we really want to let the past go? Could it be that these traitors betray the country and seek glory, as long as they come to vote, the imperial court will keep them with high-ranking officials and rich salaries, and even let them hold important positions. This is not right." The prince was a little excited.

Zhu Yihai smiled, "Did Wang Fuzhi, Dong Zhining, etc. from your East Palace tell you these words, or did you think of them yourself?"

"I think so myself, and the teachers don't think it's right either."

There were only father and son in the study, and Zhu Yihai didn't mind telling the prince some things that were inconvenient to say to the outside world.

"First of all, as a king, you have to understand right and wrong first. For example, among these courtiers, you have to know which one is loyal and which one is traitor. Then, it doesn't mean that it is black or white, loyal or traitorous. Even if you know loyalty and traitor, the emperor employs people , nor only loyal ministers.

I want you to read more about Zizhitongjian. Look at those ancient emperors, such as Emperor Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, Zong, Song Zu, who simply said that they only use loyal ministers?

To govern the world and manage the court, it is not enough to use only one class of people.

Anyone can use it, the key is to use the right person at the right time and at the right time.

For us, rejuvenating the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to rebuilding the world. This process is extremely difficult, so we must unite all forces. Even people like Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui can be awarded the post of prince, minister, minister, and minister, but this does not mean that we Just accept and trust them completely.

It's just a temporary expediency.

Just like this Wu Sangui, he always has a large number of troops who are difficult to fight and a piece of territory. We must appease him first before we can concentrate our efforts on dealing with the Tartars.Temporarily granting official titles, etc., is just to buy time. "

"And now?" the prince asked.

Zhu Yihai smiled.

"The situation has changed now. Nikan waited until Wu Sangui wiped out the remnants of the Qin and Chu Tartars. Zhu Zhongyi took the opportunity to enter the pass and killed He Jinzhong. Wu Sangui's soldiers were still the same, and the territory was still the same. Two or three years ago, he It is a great threat to us, and even fighting for him to fight against the Qing Dynasty, even if it is to appease him so that he will not attack the Ming Dynasty, will be of great help to us.

But now, Wu Sangui has no capital to fight against us, and he is surrounded by my Ming army.Once Wuguan was lost, Wu Sangui had no room to resist. "

"However, I made a promise to Wu Sangui before, so we can't just turn our backs and kill people right now. For Wu Sangui and his tens of thousands of subordinates, we have to arrange them properly so that there will never be future troubles."

"Emperor Father, do you want to support Wu Sangui? Even if you lose the territory of soldiers and horses, you still want him to be raised in court like Hong Chengchou?"

Zhu Yihai shook his head again.

"Prince, you are still too young. As I said, it depends on the situation and you have to know it well. Wu Sangui is not like us. Even if we recruited him back then, it was just a way to delay the attack. Now the situation has changed, so we should take action. Just take action and force him to surrender his military power and be recruited into the court, but we can't kill him directly, otherwise one stone will stir up thousands of waves, and everyone will be in danger at that time, which will affect stability and unity.

Of course, it is impossible for us to let a traitorous traitor like Wu Sangui live at ease all the time. It just takes a little time to call him into the court first, and then deal with all his soldiers and horses. The same goes for generals.

When all these are dealt with, Wu Sangui will have no minions at that time.

Then the imperial court can bring some of Wu Sangui's questions collected by the factory guard to the table. "

Zhu Yihai's meaning is very simple, cut off Wu Sangui's wings, pull out his minions, he is just a toothless old dog.At that time, it didn't matter whether he was the crown prince or the general.

It is not easy for the imperial court to deal with him, and they don’t even need any trumped-up charges, just ask the factory guards to collect evidence of crimes committed by him and his children, and then put them on the table, admonishing the procuratorate to impeach him If he makes trouble, the imperial court can deal with him justifiably.

You can also use the last wave of waste, and use him as a model for cleaning up officials.

The imperial court got rid of Wu Sangui clearly and soundly, without having to bear the slightest bad reputation of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

"If Wu Sangui is careful and doesn't reveal his flaws, how about letting him die well?" the prince asked.

Zhu Yihai was very helpless. What kind of organization was the factory guard in the hands of the emperor? There is also a statistics bureau in the prison, and these departments have intelligence functions.

Isn't it easy to get a minister's criminal evidence?

Corruption and bribery, bullying, even dereliction of duty, there are many ways, even because the left foot enters the hall first when going to court, it may become a problem. Of course, this is just a joke, and it is too easy to really punish the crime.

No one can withstand deliberate investigation, and no one needs to be framed.

To put it simply, in the past, in order to resist the captives, you could unite in a united front. No matter what you do, as long as you fight against the Qing Dynasty and embrace the Ming Dynasty, everything else is trivial. With the strict requirements of the king's laws and regulations, there will always be many places that cross the line, and then they can be dealt with openly and aboveboard.

The imperial court favors and treats you preferentially, and you live up to the emperor's grace, who is to blame!

The young prince was a little irritated by what he heard.

He didn't expect that the emperor would need to use such power tactics.

"Sometimes, these imperial power tactics are very necessary. Even when necessary, you don't need to do it yourself, you can let the subordinates attack each other, and then you can take advantage of the opportunity to fight each other. It is the subordinates who do things. The emperor is not contaminated at all."

"Let me teach you a little more about the art of emperors, such as Hong Chengchou and Qian Qianyi, why did I bestow important positions on them, but have you found out that I reset the remonstrance court and put Hong Qian and others in charge? What is this?" Department? This is the official office for impeachment and supervision, and it is also the office for offending people.

To put it bluntly, I just let people like Hong Qian act as vicious dogs that bite people, use them to supervise the officials, and they will be the villains.When the right time comes, they can be brought up to kill to appease the officials and gentry, and the emperor can gain another wave of good reputation for suppressing traitors and protecting loyalty.

do you understand? "

The past few years have been busy with ZTE, and various places have been restored. From the imperial court to the local area, the officials were originally a mixed bag, and the administration of officials was very chaotic.

At this time, let Hong Chengchou and other tainted ministers act as whips, slapping and impeaching officials, as long as they bite out the exact evidence, the court will deal with it logically. Those who should be punished should be punished, even those who should be killed should be killed.

In the past two years, Hong Chengchou has thrown down a lot of officials in the remonstrance court, and this whip Zhu Yihai is very handy, especially because of the taint of their surrender, it is difficult for them to get involved with those former colleagues. Can be a lone minister.

This kind of person is easy to use and is not worried about threats. It is similar to the position of Wu Zetian's Lai Junchen, or the cruel officials of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Zhang Tang and Yi Zong. At that time, the emperor changed hands and pushed these people out to kill them, and he could still get a wave of praise.

The courtiers want to be monolithic and join forces to deal with the emperor, never mind.

After the Renxuan of the Great Ming Dynasty, the military group completely lost power, and the civil servants controlled the court. Although they often fought among themselves, they were still a whole. Which of the Ming emperors had a good time.

Zhu Yihai told the prince that the emperor must control the court, and there are many ways to control the court, and the emperor's strategy is also very important, don't look down on this, as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.

Zhu Yihai has high expectations for Hongjia. He not only hopes that Hongjia will be a successful king in the future, but that he can truly inherit his ideals and step on his shoulders to stand higher.

At this time in history, the Ming and Qing Dynasties changed, and although the Manchus also beat Mongolia and kicked Junggar after entering the customs, they still left China completely behind. This was the beginning of suffering.He likes Hongjia's ability and determination, especially at the age of 14, which is a good time to train him.

"Wu Sangui is on his way to Beijing with his generals, Zhu Zhongyi has already entered Xi'an City, and Wu Sangui's troops are also being reorganized and dismissed.

Shaanxi can be considered to have been completely recovered, and the imperial court went to deal with a serious illness.

When Wu Sangui arrived in Tokyo, you, on behalf of me, greeted him and comforted him first. "

The crown prince accepted the emperor's instruction, "How will Wu Sangui be settled after he enters Beijing?"

"The Five Army Commander's Mansion has ten governorships, and the Ministry of War also has two servants. In addition, the governor of the Beijing camp, the admiral, and the admiral of the imperial camp, which one do you think is suitable for the arrangement?" Zhu Yihai tested the prince.

"Those are critical posts, and they cannot be awarded to Wu Sangui. My minister thought that he could be given a false title, a cabinet bachelor, or a deputy admiral in the Beijing camp or the imperial camp, or a post in the five-army governor's mansion. A governor and co-prefect, he is not allowed to be an actual director, but only given a title."

"Okay, let's add Shaobao and Prince Taibao to him, the former military governor of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion, plus the title of cabinet bachelor, and change him to the Duke of Liang!"

"The original No. 18 town of Zhu Zhongyi in Henan was moved to Shaanxi, and the original No. 19 town of Zhu Pengfei in Shaanxi was moved to Henan. Yu Dafu, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu and the governor of Gansu, was changed to the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu and the governor of Shaanxi, and Zhu Guofan was the governor of Gansu."

Zhu Yihai picked up a pen and wrote down three names, namely Wang Fuchen, Yang Zhenwei and Sun Sike.

"These three people, beheaded, passed on to the nine sides!"

"Why did the father let these three people be beheaded?"

"Wang Fuchen and Yang Zhenwei were formerly generals of Datong Jiangguan's troops, and Wang Fuchen was also known as Huo Lu Bu. They both betrayed Jiang Guan after Jiang Guan's Datong rebellion, and killed Jiang Guan to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Tens of thousands of Datong's soldiers and civilians were massacred by the Tartars.

After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, they went south to Shaanxi and Gansu, and participated in the massacre of the city, with blood on their hands.This time in Shangluo, Wang Fuchen and Yang Zhenwei went against each other again, but I cannot forgive this kind of thief and must be executed immediately. "

Sun Sike is the second son of the great traitor Sun Degong. He followed Duoduo on the southern expedition, and later served as the commander-in-chief under the command of Meng Qiaofang, Li Guohan, and Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui accepted his surrender and pretended to be the commander-in-chief, but Zhu Yihai ordered to kill him.

Killing the three generals of Wang Fuchen and letting the local government execute them by order was not only because they committed the crime of massacring the city.

Zhu Yihai summoned Wu Sangui and others to the capital, picked out three of the group of Wu generals and cut them down, also intending to deter Wu Sangui and others.

And the reason is very legitimate, these people are capricious and still massacre the city, there is no redemption for a hundred deaths.

In just a few years, Daming regained control.

Those who have surrendered to the captives, even the thieves, the local thieves and the bandits, there are too many, and all places need to be rectified comprehensively, and a large number of these surrendered soldiers, generals and ministers will also need time to rectify.

At this time, it is not suitable to purge these people. We should appease them temporarily and solve the problems that should be solved first. For example, those messy armed soldiers and horses should be cleaned up and dismissed first.

But you can't blindly just appease, you have to show your sword when it's time to shine, and these people may not be able to be honest.

So pick a few chickens and kill them. You don’t need to kill too many chickens. Killing a few chickens can scare a group of monkeys.

"Why, do you feel that the emperor is not trustworthy, and it is not a real gentleman to settle accounts after autumn?"

"My son doesn't dare."

"Hahaha, let me remind you that the emperor is not a saint, and a good emperor is not a moral gentleman. The emperor's priority is the national interest and the stability of the imperial power, and everything else can be put behind. For the national interest, for the stability of the imperial power, Everything else can be sacrificed."

"Li Shimin can kill his brothers and brothers and imprison his father, he can kill his sons and his daughters, he can also endure Wei Zheng spraying him with saliva, he can accept his brother's confidant Xue Wanche, and he doesn't need to hold them accountable for the Xuanwu Gate's interception and even counterattacking the Qin Palace. You can reward your confidants Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, etc., and you can also kill them.

Or my Ming Taizu, Emperor Gao, killed heroes. There are many such things, and they are always happening in a cycle. From dynasty to dynasty, there is not much change. As an emperor, there are some things you don’t like, but must do.

There are some things you want to do, but you also have to endure not being able to do them.

You don't have to worry about people like Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou. Before I pass the throne to you, I will definitely wipe out all these people. "

(End of this chapter)