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

Chapter 271 Completely Eliminates Civil and Military Controversy
For conflicts between civil servants and military generals and even violent conflicts, Zhu Cihong was actually mentally prepared, but he didn't expect that the world was initially settled, and the signs would emerge.

Whether it is Wu Sangui and Li Banghua in the northwest, or Huang Degong and Hou Xun in the Anton Governor's Mansion, the reason why they cannot cooperate and cause conflicts is, to put it bluntly, a traditional civil and military dispute.

If it weren't for the leader of the generals in the Southwest, Qin Lihua is a minority and a woman, and with Qin Liangyu's hometown, she would probably have disputes with Ni Yuanlu.

Not to mention the south, Ma Shiying and Zuo Liangyu would definitely be regarded as incompatible if Zhang Yan hadn't suppressed and reconciled.

Similarly, if the governors of the provinces, the commanders-in-chief of the towns, and the garrison troops in various places had a clear division of labor, and the civil and military belonged to each other, and the military and government did not interfere with each other, I am afraid it would not be as peaceful as it is today.

But it is conceivable that with the passage of time, conflicts between civil servants and generals may emerge in endlessly, and sooner or later a full-scale struggle between life and death will be triggered.

Because most of the military generals came from the Chongzhen Dynasty, they were naturally hostile to civil officials. Now that they have finally turned over, no one wants to be suppressed by civil officials and serve as their lackeys. The resistance at that time will definitely be extremely fierce.

And the civil servants have also long been used to being aloof in the past, and now no one will be willing to sit on an equal footing with the military generals they looked down on before, or even be overwhelmed by them.

What's more, if the civil officials don't control the military power, they can't restrain the imperial power at all. Although the current civil officials have basically reached a consensus not to fight against Emperor Xiaozhu, it doesn't mean that they will give up. The emperor's son, so even if the civil servants know that it is impossible to suppress the military generals, they cannot compromise, lest they be completely beaten by those generals, and there will be no day to turn around in the future.

And after the noble concubine Hong Niangzi became pregnant, the emperor's delay in becoming a queen made almost all the civil servants feel a sense of urgency.

Similarly, after the red lady is pregnant with the emperor's heir, all the generals are very happy, because the son of the noble concubine will inherit the throne in the future, and under the influence of the noble concubine, he will definitely have a good impression of the general and will not deliberately suppress it.

With regard to civil and military disputes, not only will Zhu Cihong not favor any side, but he will also not imitate other emperors, pretending to be clever and engaging in civil and military checks and balances, and doing things that add fuel to the flames.

Because he knows this kind of civil and military balance. Wanting to balance is like walking a tightrope. It cannot last long. There will always be a day when there will be an imbalance. If there is a fatuous emperor with poor ability, it will definitely cause a complete imbalance between civil and military affairs.

The consequences are nothing more than two. There are bloody examples in history. Generals sitting in the stool will be like the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms.

This is still good, at least the meat is rotten in the pot.

But once the civil servants completely overwhelmed the military officials, the Song and Ming dynasties are the best examples, that is, everyone will die together, and the foreigners will be in vain.

The emperors who engage in civil and military checks and balances are all self-righteous, thinking that everything is under their control, but they don't know that they are just clever, only thinking about one life, not future generations.

Those civil servants are also just clever, thinking that as long as they suppress the military officers and completely control them, they can sit back and relax from now on, but they don't know that the mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind.

Zhu Cihong, who possesses modern thinking and excellent insight, has a vision far beyond that of other emperors.

Naturally, he would not make the same mistake, choosing to be a clever emperor, but to be an eternal emperor with great wisdom, so what he has to do is to completely eliminate the dispute between civil and military.

To completely eliminate it, the first thing is to eliminate the confrontation between civil servants and military commanders from the perspective of thinking.

It is difficult to say that it is necessary to separate the military from the government and penetrate deep into the bones of every civil official and military commander, but as long as they perform their duties and the emperor is always impartial, after decades, habits will naturally form, and habits will form a fixed mindset. .

So for these civilian and military generals who came from Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong never thought of resolving their conflicts at all, as long as the two sides crossed the line, he would not care.

Because these people are destined to be eliminated, he will not spend energy on reforming, his energy will only be spent on the young children in the Army Academy and the new literati after the reform of the imperial examination.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong didn't even bother to mediate the civil and military disagreement between Northwest and Anton Hudu Mansion, and just separated them afterwards.

Otherwise, no matter how fair and just he is, one party will always think that the emperor is favoring the other, and the result will be that both parties work harder.

That's why when Li Banghua asked for instructions on how to deal with Huihui, Zhu Cihong didn't even bother to reply.

Because Jin Yiwei had already reported the situation to him, if he replied that he could suppress it directly, Li Banghua and the civil officials would definitely think that the emperor had the same attitude as Wu Sangui and other generals.

If the reply is to shock first, and then to suppress the disobedience, Wu Sangui and other generals will misunderstand whether the emperor is worried that the generals have done too much and wants to suppress them?
This is not Zhu Cihong's unfounded worry, but as the emperor, I am afraid that all civil servants and generals are always thinking about his thoughts and ideas.

In addition to the sensitive moment when the world has just been pacified, every word and deed of the emperor will probably cause countless people to think wildly and speculate.

So for some major issues that are not related to the formulation of national policies, he will not issue edicts, and let Zhang Yan handle everything that Zhang Yan can handle in the south.

The same goes for the southwest and northwest. Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu also have great power in political affairs. As for the north, they simply rule by doing nothing. He has never read the memorials of civil officials in various places.

There is no way, it is because China's routine is too deep. After the world is settled, almost all the emperors will restrain the generals, but the strength is different.

Zhu Cihong was sure that as long as one military general was punished a little, those civil officials would definitely add fuel to the fire, making use of the topic and spreading rumors like crazy.

The result is that the great generals and lieutenant generals whom he canonized completely lost their aggressiveness, and became suspicious and cautious all day long, and their minds were all about how to succeed and retire instead of expanding their territory , Continue to make contributions.

People's hearts are complicated, and the Chinese emperor's routines have long been broken. Anyone knows that Zhu Cihong is also extremely helpless. Some things are beyond the control of the emperor.

For Huang Degong and Hou Xun's memorials, Zhu Cihong only replied two words, read it!Then it was sent to the Anton Governor's Mansion immediately, which was simpler than the memorabilia written by Li Banghua.

Originally, it was better to issue an imperial decree in the past, but it was not issued at the beginning, and now it will not be issued again.

If Huang Degong hadn't set off with troops after three days, then he would exchange Huang Degong with the British Duke, transfer Hou Xun back to the capital, and ask Shi Kefa to take over as the envoy of the Anton Governor's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)