I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 318
Chapter 317

As the so-called layman watches the fun, the expert watches the doorway.

Fan Wencheng is also a man who knows soldiers. He noticed that although many of the young and strong people who were clearing the ground did not have uniform uniforms, when they did things, they advanced and retreated well, relaxed and relaxed, and they were very organized. .

He even noticed that Ning Haijun also repaired the road when the road was cleared by snow and ice. There were obvious traces of repairs on the road. A lot of small stones were used on the road shoulders, which were very hard. It seems that Ning Haijun The army spent a lot of effort on this road.

You must know that they have just entered the territory of Liaoyang now, and they are still seven or eight hundred miles away from Jinzhou. Why did Ning Haijun spend so much effort on the road to Liaoyang?Fan Wencheng did not believe that the Ning Navy was not prepared for military operations.

In fact, Fan Wencheng guessed right on this point. The director of the Liaodong Management Committee is now Sun Zhichen. Nu will take risks, but Sun Chengzong has fought with Jiannu for most of his life, and Sun Chengzong knows Jiannu too well.

In the face of such a catastrophe, Sun Chengzong told Sun Zhichen that he must guard against Jiannu going south. After receiving Cheng Shijie's order, the General Staff of the Ning Navy entered the first-level combat readiness for all Ning Navy officers and soldiers stationed in Liaodong, and even To prepare for the ice-covered coast, the Ninghai Navy cannot land at any time to support the army. Chen Wanshun, the director of Jinzhou Shipyard, remodeled an icebreaker according to the five-tooth warship of the Sui Dynasty.

Feel incredible, right?The five-tooth battleship in the Sui Dynasty set up six paddle poles, [-] feet high.Each wooden mast is tied with a boulder, and there is a potter's wheel under it. When an enemy ship is approaching during a battle, the boulder can be quickly put down with the potter's wheel to smash the enemy ship.If you miss a hit, you can quickly put it away and put it back.If the enemy ships are surrounded on all sides, they can still "six-pronged approach", which can be seen from its strong combat effectiveness.

Of course, this so-called shooting pole looks like a scale in appearance, and the boulder is a weight. Using the principle of leverage, the heavy boulder is dropped heavily. Small warships simply cannot withstand the impact.Chen Wanshun also adopted this principle, but added a pulley block and a gear set. If the sea surface was frozen, he would use this racket to smash the ice.

Escorted by a group of soldiers from the Ning Navy, Fan Wencheng rode in a carriage and followed the principles cleared up by the soldiers of the Ning Navy, heading towards Jinzhou. The supplies are coming in the direction of Liaoyang and Liaozhong.

Although I couldn't see what materials were loaded on the carriage, I knew without thinking about it with my head and knees that it must be military materials for the front line.

What surprised Fan Wencheng the most was that all the stations and fortresses he passed were under strict military control. Even if the Kingdom of Jin launched a sudden attack, they would not try to trick them into opening the city gates.

The most unbearable thing for Fan Wencheng was that he and his convoy were surrounded by strong spectators along the way. These Ning navy officers and soldiers or Liaodong people who were watching them looked at their convoy with unfriendly eyes, and seemed to be thinking about where it would be more appropriate to strike. Let Fan Wencheng be puzzled.

Why did the submissive Ming people experience such a big change when they arrived in Liaodong?

What a magical land.

Admiral Ning Haijun, who was in charge of escorting Fan Wencheng and his party, was a team in the Liaoyang Defense Department. The team leader, Ma Hong, had a look of displeasure on his face: "Damn it, my old horse has never thought in my life that one day I will protect these shitty buildings." slave!"

"The two countries are fighting each other without killing each other. Besides, we are soldiers, old horse!"

The instructor Hope persuaded earnestly: "Now that it is snowing heavily, Liaodong is fine. At least the house is not crushed by the snow, there is no shortage of food, and there is no shortage of firewood for heating. But what is the Central Plains like, I think you should not worry too much." Unfamiliar, we are feuds with Jianu, even if we can't solve the problem, it's okay to test the possibility of solving it."

Ma Hong looked at Hope and said, "I want to take a knife right now and kill these bastards!"

"It's easy to cut them off. If you destroy the plans of the staff and the general, do you have the brains to cut them off?"

Hope said fiercely, "Actually, I want to kill these bastards more than you!"

"You..."

"I'm from Liaodong, and I'm from the same place as Marshal Cheng!"

"Phoenix Mountain Guards Thousand Households?"

"Yeah, there are more than 1 of us in Phoenix Mountain. Five or six hundred of us escaped and were chased and killed by Jiannu along the way. When I ran to Lushun, we were only left..."

Speaking of this, Hope's eyes were terribly red: "I am the only one left. I vowed to kill Jiannu for revenge. Unfortunately, I only killed two, which is far from enough!"

Seeing the murderous eyes staring at him, Fan Wencheng felt like he was on his back. Just as Fan Wencheng was driving towards Jinzhou, Sun Zhiyi, the director of the Liaodong Management Committee, also received the news that Fan Wencheng was carrying the Dajin State Letter and went to Liaodong as an envoy. .

Sun Zhichen couldn't figure out what Jiannu's intention was. As the saying goes, people grow old and mature, but Sun Chengzong explained Jiannu's intention in one sentence: "They are here to ask for help."

Sun Zhichen said with disdain on his face: "What are they daydreaming about? Although we have food and money in Liaodong now, how can we support Jiannu? Even if the food is used to feed pigs, it is absolutely impossible to give them!"

Sun Chengzong smiled lightly: "Yongyan, you are also a big official now, and the pattern needs to be opened!"

"No matter how well-structured it is, it's impossible to accept Jianlao extortion, right?"

"Maybe, you really have to accept their blackmail!"

"how can that be?"

Sun Zhichen shook his head and said, "If I compromise with Jiannu, the director of the management committee will definitely succeed!"

Sun Chengzong smiled lightly and said: "You rejected Jiannu in one breath, I am afraid that the director of the management committee has gone too far!"

"What confidence does Huang Taiji have?"

"Do you think Huang Taiji has no cards?"

"What cards does he have left to play?"

"He has a lot of cards!"

Sun Chengzong smiled wryly and said: "Over the years, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty have been captured by Jiannu. If Huang Taiji uses these people for food? Do you want to change it or not?"

"Don't change!"

"If you don't change, Jiannu will kill these captive soldiers and civilians immediately, then kill the traitors of the Han army flag, and finally it will be the Mongols' turn. The heavy snow caused Jiannu to suffer heavy losses, but the problem is that it will not let them The country will perish!"

Sun Zhichen was a little hard to make a decision: "Do you really want to accept their threats?"

"if not?"

Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "Suffering a temporary loss is not necessarily a disaster, and taking advantage of a temporary advantage is not necessarily a blessing. Suffering a temporary loss not only wins the hearts of the people, but also reduces conflicts. Why not do it?"

Sun Zhichen picked up a newspaper. In fact, he was just reading the newspaper to cover up his inner panic. However, at this moment, his eyes fell on the newspaper. The headline on the front page of the newspaper read: "Natural disasters and man-made disasters !"

This is an article signed by Cheng Shijie. In all fairness, Cheng Shijie's writing skills are still good in later generations. At least most of the speeches used by leaders for meetings are written by Cheng Shijie. It doesn't look like much.

Cheng Shijie explained to readers the causes and processes of terrible natural disasters such as heavy rain, snowstorm, hail, typhoon, and drought in plain language in a straightforward manner. After reading his article, Sun Zhichen broke into cold sweat.

After several years of operation, the influence of "Liaodong Times" has spread throughout the north. The dignitaries and dignitaries naturally disdain this kind of newspaper that writes articles in vernacular, but the poor students and ordinary people like it very much, thinking that the articles in the newspaper are not only It's easy to understand and there's a lot of invaluable information and knowledge to draw from.

Therefore, the circulation of "Liaodong Daily" has increased to 50 copies, including about 35 copies in Liaodong, [-] copies in Beizhili and Gyeonggi, and [-] copies in Dayuan, Luzon and Nanyang. Of course, the supply is still in short supply. .

But the capital is the capital after all, no matter how the supply exceeds the demand, the capital will not cut off the supply. At this moment, there are people everywhere in the streets and alleys, holding newspapers and eagerly reading or even reading them to everyone.

Needless to say, Cheng Shijie's article caused a thousand waves of shock, and everyone was stunned.In the next few days, thinking about the lid of the pot at home has become a favorite thing for many people. Every time after cooking, someone will remove the lid when it is cold to see if there are really water droplets falling like rain. Those who have the conditions even get ice cubes to put on the lid of the pot, and then uncover it to see if the water droplets inside have turned into frost flowers or ice beads. outside.

Numerous experiments have proved that what Cheng Shijie said is not bad at all. Water, ice, frost, etc. are indeed formed by the condensation of water vapor. Clear things from north to south.

in the cabinet.Wen Tiren, Wang Yingxiong, Wu Zongda and other ministers held a newspaper each, with gloomy faces and silent.

It was Cheng Shijie's article that made them look so ugly.This article is like a powerful hand, slapping their faces left and right, and the loud snapping sound can be heard across the newspaper.

In fact, being slapped in the face is nothing. Who can get into this position, who isn't an extraordinary character who is as thick-skinned as a bulletproof vest and can do nothing?The problem is, Cheng Shijie is not only slapping them in the face, but also tearing them down!

This article smashed into the dust the theory of "the power of the monarchy" that has been passed down for thousands of years, and told everyone clearly: that majestic sky is just a group of people with ulterior motives to make up to deceive people, and it is not at all. exist!

The so-called loss of morality of the emperor and disasters from heaven are even more fucking nonsense, people treat you as fools!This is simply picking on the skin of the scholar-bureaucrat group, and no one who can bear it can't help but be furious!

Wang Yingxiong slapped the newspaper on the table, and said sharply: "That courtier is really rebellious and lawless. He doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and he dares to talk nonsense, and he is not afraid of being struck by lightning!?"

Wu Zongda sneered: "He is pouring dirty water on us, trying to get away with it! He is afraid that the people in the world will know that it is because His Majesty favors him, a courtier, that such a serious natural disaster has been caused, and he is afraid that the people will eat his flesh raw after knowing the truth. , so grandstanding, attacking the way of heaven... To put it bluntly, it is dying!"

It may be a bit exaggerated to say that Cheng Shijie is dying, but now Cheng Shijie's situation is really not very good. The concept of "unfathomable power of heaven" is deeply ingrained in China. Even the emperors who are high above have to submit to the majesty of heaven, let alone courtiers!
In ancient times, whenever there was a natural disaster, the emperor had to prepare a large number of sacrifices, fast and bathe, hold grand sacrificial ceremonies, and pray devoutly to God for mercy, not to mention the ministers. In the Han Dynasty, every natural disaster or special Astronomically, the three men will take turns to take the blame and resign.Now that there is a large-scale hail disaster in the whole country, scholars all over the country are targeting Cheng Shijie. The pressure can really drive people crazy!

Wen Tiren breathed out lightly, and his tone was a little dark: "This courtier really doesn't care about anything in order to keep his family's wealth and honor! I will definitely not let him go by saying such rebellious words to him! Mobilize all the officials, Mobilize all the students of the Taiyuan Academy to write a letter together, and the Holy Majesty must take him down and cut him into pieces! If this person is not dead, there will be endless troubles!"

Wu Zongda hesitated and said: "Those evangelists are okay to say, but quite a few students in the Taiyuan Academy were confused by his demonic words, and it may not be easy to mobilize them..."

Warm body and benevolent drink: "Stupid! Don't they understand that this sycophant is digging the roots of our scholar-bureaucrats! If he doesn't die, we will surely be driven into a situation of eternal doom by him one day, let alone keep this respected man. I'm afraid I won't even be able to save my life!"

Wen Tiren has always been known for his gentleness and elegance, even political opponents are quite impressed by his demeanor, but now he has thrown all of this out of the blue, his face is distorted, his eyes are spitting fire, it is very frightening, and Wu Zongda's two tremors are frightened In the war, the cabinet ministers are also silent!
Wen Tiren waved his hand vigorously, and said loudly: "Tell those students, if you want to be famous, you can go to the court to accuse that courtier, even if you fabricate charges at will, you are innocent and meritorious. Impossible!"

The princes in the cabinet pursed their lips, their eyes flickered fiercely, like a group of wild beasts surrounded by hunters, the image of a humble gentleman in the past was ruined to the Laolo family.

The theory of Confucianism, which has been passed down for 2000 years, has been strongly questioned. Their way of fooling the common people is likely to be exposed. How can they bear it!

Wang Yingxiong said viciously: "Not only do we need to mobilize the students of the Taiyuan Academy, but also the scholars of the world. This article by this sycophant is tantamount to pushing himself to the opposite of the scholars of the world. How can we let go of such a good opportunity! Thousands of people pointed out, It ended without a problem, I want to see what he uses to deal with the anger of the students all over the world!"

Wu Zongda said: "It must be fast! That courtier often does unexpected things. If he is delayed for a long time, there may be another change, let him turn around! It is best to organize an army to cover the enemy with lightning speed. He took it, once and for all!"

It's okay not to mention this, but when it is mentioned, everyone smiles wryly.Looking at the entire Daming, how many people dare to confront Cheng Shijie?Even the extremely fierce Jiannu let him hang and beat him, Daming's gang of good-for-nothing generals... let's save it!

Wen Tiren smiled wryly: "Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, there is only Lu Jiandou who can rival that courtier!"

Wu Zong's eyes showed a fierce look: "I'm going to find Lu Jiandou, and I'm going to fight against him! Although he is a feudal official, he is also a scholar, so it's impossible not to understand how powerful he is!"

Wen Tiren said: "That's the only way to go!"

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When the cabinet was discussing how to deal with Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie was in the imperial study. He looked at the battle reports sent by Datong, Xuanfu, Jizhen, and Yulin, and said angrily: "Those guys have read the book into the stomach of a dog." Now the entire north is full of mourners, and the Great Wall's defense line is full of smoke. They don't think about how to relieve the disaster, and they don't want to think about how to support the Great Wall defense line. Instead, they are all focused on forcing His Majesty to sin against themselves. It won't help if you issue ten times the sin against yourself. The snowstorm will not stop because of this. On the contrary, the common people will despair because they can't get relief. Once the defense line of the Great Wall is breached, the whole north will be full of wars. It's hard to stabilize The situation is going to be chaotic again!"

Emperor Chongzhen still met his bosom friend. Zhang Xianzhong took Fengyang, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty by surprise, and the land of Longxing, the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty. as long as.

Emperor Chongzhen took a step that made his self-esteem very embarrassing, that is, for the first time issued a "crime edict" to the whole world, and admitted to the world's subjects for the first time the policy mistakes of the imperial court and the dangerous situation in the world.

The imperial edict said: "I use Liangde to inherit the great unification, intending to renew the world, and use it to return the old ancestors. I did not expect to rely on people who are not human, so I caused rampant bandits. Husband Jianzhou originally belonged to me, and the atmosphere was originally My youngest son. If the emperor is properly caressed, how dare you go against my face. In a prosperous world, there are many civil and military people, but there is no way to boast and cheat. Real merit is rare. Captives are three entry, and bandit is seven years. Master and apprentice are exposed , Li Shudianlian..."

Now under the influence of Cheng Shijie, a butterfly from another world. Originally in Chongzhen for ten years, there was a severe drought in the north, the land of the Central Plains, thousands of miles of red fields, starvation everywhere, and people living in dire straits. However, local officials still forced food and exploited the people, and there were also people's grievances in many places. Facing such a dangerous situation, Emperor Chongzhen was very clear-headed, but he was helpless. The mountains were high and the emperor was far away.

Later, Chongzhen issued an imperial edict.

But the problem is that Cheng Shijie firmly believes that the so-called natural disaster warnings are actually nonsense. This is just a natural weather phenomenon and a man-made disaster.It is because of officials' inaction.

Now Cheng Shijie sent the investigation report of Liaodong to Emperor Chongzhen. The disaster in Liaodong was actually more serious than that in Gyeonggi. It snowed continuously for half a month, and the snow was more than eight feet thick.However, the snow in Gyeonggi is only more than three feet, which is only one-third of the heavy snow in Liaodong.

"Cheng Qing, do you have a solution?"

"My lord, there is no perfect solution, you can only try!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Cheng Shijie and said: "You have to think clearly, you are fighting against the ethics and morals that have been passed down for thousands of years. After taking this step, there is no turning back. If you fail, it is not only you, I will be ruined, and even... die without a place to die, this is by no means alarmist, if you look back now, there is still time."

Cheng Shijie said indifferently: "Turn back? If I turn back, I will be killed as a sycophant and sacrificed to the heavens. Then, His Majesty will be forced to issue an edict of sin. All over the country... the Mongols broke through the barriers and entered, Jiannu was slaughtered until the blood flowed like a river, the country will lose the country, and the ministers have no room to turn back!"

What Cheng Shijie said made both the monarch and his ministers fall silent.

Cheng Shijie never had the room to look back, he was doomed from the very beginning, even if he wanted to compromise, the scholar-bureaucrats who had realized the fatal threat would not let him go!Those guys seem to be sanctimonious and gentle, but once their personal interests are threatened, they will immediately become more ferocious than jackals!
This is an endless war. If Cheng Shijie wants to survive and go further, he must fight them.His wealth, his vast army, his unrivaled influence among merchants could not help him, the only thing that could help him at all was his wit.

Finally, Emperor Chongzhen said: "I will go crazy!"

The next day, in the early dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree: "Cheng Jialong, the son of Cheng Shijie, canonized as General Dragon and Tiger, Duke of Liao, Commander of the Liaodong Capital, and the quasi-consort Duwei. He will be engaged to Princess Kunxing when she is 15 years old. Yu Cheng Jialong is his wife."

This move was unanimously opposed by the ministers of civil and military affairs, because in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor had never personally appointed a child under fourteen weeks old as a general. It is unreasonable for Cheng Shijie to be a military man. His title, that is also a matter after Cheng Shijie's death.

It’s not that Ming Dynasty didn’t have a family of two kingdoms, but the problem is that Wei Guogong was won by military merits. Isn’t it absurd that Cheng Jialong won the title of Liao Guogong without an inch of merit?
But this time Chongzhen was extremely stubborn, and without saying a word, he masturbated several civil servants who danced the most fiercely, and he masturbated whoever objected.He used this decree to express his attitude to the officials.

At the same time, Cheng Shijie officially paid homage to the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister Liaodong Town, Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Taiyuan Town (also known as Shanxi Town or Sanguan Town), Yansui Town (also known as Yulin Town), Ningxia Town, and Guyuan Town (also known as Shaanxi Town), Gansu Town Nine Frontier Military Affairs.

The prime ministers are all ad hoc because of the situation, or they can be dismissed at any time. They have great powers and their status is higher than that of the governor.

Emperor Chongzhen thought that Cheng Shijie's appointment would be blocked by the ministers, but the problem was that the appointment was passed without delay.

In fact, what Emperor Chongzhen didn't know was that in the eyes of the ministers, the greater the power, the greater the omissions, especially the management of the military affairs of the Nine Frontiers. If the sieve is removed, what will Cheng Shijie use to direct them?
What's more, as long as any point of the defenders is mobilized, the Mongolian army will swarm in. At that time, the people will be killed and the blood will flow like a river. Emperor Chongzhen can only tear Ma Su down.

So under such circumstances, the ministers naturally would not prevent Emperor Chongzhen from reusing Cheng Shijie, they just expected how Cheng Shijie would end up.

Although Ning Haijun said that its combat effectiveness is strong, the problem is that Ning Haijun in Liaodong doesn't know how to grow wings. How could they fly to the Nine Sides?

With the appearance of this appointment, all the pressure on Daming was concentrated on Cheng Shijie.

It just depends on how Cheng Shijie responds.

PS: There are still [-] hours left, ask for a monthly pass, Lao Cheng will continue to work hard, and strive for another chapter in the evening.

(End of this chapter)