The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 266 Your Majesty Is Too Ruthless

Immediately after the release of the new royal draft system, it caused a great shock in the palace.

In order to completely cut off the thoughts of the court ladies, Zhu Cihong also specially added one thing, that is, the court ladies who succeeded in seducing the emperor, because they could not get a title, they could no longer go out of the palace to marry, and it was even more inappropriate to continue to be a court lady, so they will be punished. Into the cold palace, has been imprisoned until death.

As soon as this article came out, all the maids looked ashamed, especially those over twenty, it can be said that they completely lost their thoughts.

Those little maids didn't dare to try their own tricks anymore, and they all decided to honestly participate in the selection of talented women in the future, and they didn't dare to engage in crooked ways.

And those court ladies who have already obtained their titles cheered happily and secretly rejoiced that even Hong Niangzi, Lan Duoer and other three concubines directly called His Majesty Shengming.

There are tens of thousands of boys in the Guozijian. For the missing girls, Zhu Cihong decided to inform Zhang Yan, first select [-] from the southern provinces and send them to the capital, aged six to eight, voluntarily sign up, priority is given to ordinary families, Gentlemen and merchants are also available.

Zhu Cihong also has the idea of ​​lenient entry and strict exit. These girls have been trained for free by the royal family for ten years. The top batch will become talented girls, the less capable ones will serve the royal family, and the less capable ones will also be teachers in the future.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Cihong went to compete with those wealthy gentry for maids and maidservants in a disguised form.

After all, in ancient times, sons were preferred to daughters. If some ordinary people had too many daughters in their families and their conditions were poor, they would sell them to those wealthy gentry families as slaves.

Now they will definitely choose to sell to the royal family. After all, not only food and housing are included, but there is also a future in the future. As long as you are not stupid, you know how to choose.

Although this is nonsense, Zhu Cihong knows that even if he reforms, he will not be able to change this phenomenon of prostitution in a short period of time. Even if everyone can have enough food in the future, those who should sell their daughters will still sell them.

Similarly, even if the imperial court legislates to prohibit human trafficking, it may not be able to completely eliminate this phenomenon, because the Ming Dynasty stipulated that merchants are not allowed to keep slaves, and as a result, they adopted adopted sons and adopted daughters instead.

Based on the principle of joining if he can't win for the time being, Zhu Cihong is actually very helpless in his heart.

And when Zhu Cihong was rectifying the inner court, Li Banghua and Wu Sangui in Chang'an also received the emperor's instructions.

Looking at the instructions on the memorandum, Li Banghua was stunned, while Wu Sangui gloated for a year. Obviously, both of them were not stupid, and they both knew that His Majesty was already extremely dissatisfied.

"Master Li, how do you deal with Huihui in Ningxia?"

Wu Sangui's voice is full of sadness.

"Shock first, then suppress those who disobey!"

Li Banghua thought about it, said slowly, and sighed in his heart.

Even though he knew that His Majesty was dissatisfied with him, he still didn't want to ruin his reputation and chose to suppress it directly.

"Hehe, okay, you are the chief officer in charge, you have the final say."

Wu Sangui didn't refute, but nodded with a smile, but no matter how the laughter sounded, it had no good intentions.

"General Wu, don't blame me for not reminding me. If the army deliberately delays, or directly strikes without asking Qingfeng, I will definitely report to Your Majesty and impeach the field army for not cooperating!"

Li Banghua threatened with a serious face.

But it made Wu Sangui sneer, and snorted coldly: "Joke, Master Li thinks my field army is an old army?"

"That's good." Li Banghua was actually very relieved about this point, he knew that if Wu Sangui dared to do something wrong, he didn't need to impeach him at all.

The next day, Wu Sangui withdrew two battalions, a total of 1 people, and marched westward in a mighty manner. At the same time, he led six battalions of more than [-] people to kill towards Ningxia.

The reason why he brought so many people was because Wu Sangui knew very well that even if the imperial army arrived, those Huihui would never compromise and would definitely use force in the end.

He believed that Li Banghua was also aware of this, and the reason why he didn't give the order to act was, to put it bluntly, that he cherished his reputation and didn't want to take the blame.

But if Li Banghua doesn't carry this pot, who will?Do you want the emperor to carry it?
He, Wu Sangui, wanted to bear the blame, no matter how big the pot was, he was not afraid of it, but His Majesty wanted to separate the civil and military forces, and did not want the army to directly intervene in government affairs and lead the relocation.

On the other hand, those military officers in Gansu Town, Wu Sangui knew that after the imperial army arrived, most of them would not dare to go against their will, so more than 1 horsemen were more than enough.

Compared with Li Banghua who cherishes his reputation and doesn't want to take the blame, even if he understands the emperor's meaning, he still doesn't want to do something to slaughter the clan, Huang Degong doesn't have so many worries.

After receiving the military order from the imperial court, some were just excited, but the military order was only stamped with the seal of the left commander. As expected, none of the officers, big or small, of the entire Fourth Army Corps questioned it.

Huang Degong immediately decided to lead the cavalry battalion, chariot battalion, and two infantry battalions with more than [-] troops, and then summoned [-] Tumed troops to go to the Hetao area.

At this time, the four walls of the city of Andong Protectorate have been completed, and a small half of the internal buildings have also been repaired.

At this moment, in the official hall that had just been completed, Hou Xun looked at Huang Degong and said coldly: "General Huang, you are going to lead the soldiers and horses of the Fourth Army. I have no objections, and I dare not have any objections, but I want to summon the Tumote troops." People, unless there is an imperial decree from His Majesty, there is no way to recruit one person and one rider."

"Master Hou, according to the imperial court regulations, His Majesty's imperial decree is indeed required to call the cavalry of all tribes to fight, but it also stipulates that in case of emergency, as long as you and I agree, you can call up [-] cavalry to fight. Did Lord Hou forget gone?"

Huang Degong frowned and said, some did not understand what he meant by saying this.

"General Huang is right. As long as I, the chief envoy, and your deputy envoy agree, we can temporarily summon [-] cavalry to fight, but is General Huang discussing with me? The military order from the imperial court arrived yesterday morning. The army is preparing for battle, and this officer only found out."

At the end of Hou Xun's speech, he also forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Master Hou, this is the military order issued by the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to my Fourth Army. You are a civil servant. Is it possible that after I receive the military order, I still need to discuss it with you?"

Huang Degong's brows furrowed even deeper, and he asked righteously.

He didn't want to put another civil official on his head in the future, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did. Naturally, the military orders of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion could not be shown to civil officials.

"It turns out that this is the case. I do not agree to summon the Tumote troops to participate in the battle. If General Huang needs to present His Majesty's request himself! Farewell!"

Hou Xun's face turned red, he left without saying a word.

For such a big matter, His Majesty did not issue an imperial decree, but directly issued a military order, making him, the guardian envoy, useless.

If it was an imperial decree, then he had to receive the decree with Huang Degong, and he was still the main one.

Now His Majesty directly issued a military order, clearly intending to suppress civil servants.

In fact, Hou Xun misunderstood Zhu Cihong this time. Originally, after Zhu Cihong stamped the seal of the governor's capital on the military order, he had to add a special jade seal for the emperor, but after being interrupted by the red lady, in order to protect his reputation, he didn't. Stamped with the emperor's seal.

(End of this chapter)