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

After coming to the Ming Dynasty for so long, Cheng Shijie has never enjoyed life well.After this setback, he calmed down and decided to enjoy life.

Walking on the street with his daughter, Zhu Weiti, Yang Yuniang and several servants and maids, Cheng Shijie discovered that as the political center of Liaodong, the housing prices in Jinzhou have become worse in just over four years. It's scary high.Housing prices in Jinzhou are naturally much lower than those in later generations.But the problem is that in the Ming Dynasty, it was already extremely high.

Although Cheng Shijie's mansion in Dongzhimen was obtained without spending any money, in fact, the house price there was about 50 taels of silver per room. Of course, it was considered a luxury house.

However, the average house in Jinzhou now costs 100 taels of silver. It is still expensive but not marketable. Shops are even more expensive. Not to mention buying or renting, a house with a facade costs 30 taels of silver. As the earliest immigrants in Jinzhou, they I can live in half of the allocated house and rent out the other half. With the high annual rent, I can barely get by.

Cheng Shijie asked curiously: "Why are housing prices in Jinzhou so expensive?"

"My lord...sir, do you know how many people there are in Jinzhou now?"

"Fifty to sixty thousand?"

"It's more than 100 million!"

Yang Yuniang is more familiar with Jinzhou than Zhu Weiti. She explained to Cheng Shijie: "Since last year, a large number of wealthy people from Jiangnan have begun to pour into Jinzhou. They have a lot of silver in their hands and have purchased real estate. Therefore, the housing prices in Jinzhou , one price per day, and it’s only in the past few days that it has declined somewhat!”

Cheng Shijie can understand why the housing prices in Jinzhou are so high. Because of the heavy snowfall in Mobei, more than [-] Mongolian troops marched southward. The wealthy people were afraid and they could only flee. Especially with the fall of Taiyuan, the entire Taiyuan was almost reduced to white ground.In this case, the richer the people, the more they are afraid of death. They cannot count on the Ming army and can only hope that Ning Haijun can protect their safety.

Different from later generations in the Ming Dynasty, although the city wall of Jinzhou was expanded three times, it could be expanded after the third expansion. After the expansion was stopped, the area of ​​​​the city was limited, especially for senior generals such as the army, management committee, Ning Navy, and management. The committee members own large houses.

Cheng Jiayue is still very energetic. After Zhu Weiti took charge of Cheng Jiayue's education, she adopted a royal elite-style education for Cheng Jiayue. Cheng Jiayue had fourteen private teachers. In addition to etiquette and tutorials, Jiayue had four math teachers. This, to Zhu Weiti's surprise, Cheng Jiayue's knowledge of poems, lyrics, and songs can be said to be terrible. Painting is barely an introduction, but he has a good talent in arithmetic.

In Zhu Weiti's opinion, with Cheng Shijie's identity, Cheng Jiayue would definitely marry into a high-ranking family and become a eldest wife. She would need to take charge of such a large family business. All this knowledge was necessary.While teaching Cheng Jiayue to study, Zhu Weiti also found more than 100 girls aged between eight and 12 years old from outside. These girls studied with Cheng Jiayue and adopted an elimination system. Those who could not keep up with their studies, or those who took the courses, would be eliminated in the future. They are all dowry maids.

It can be said that Cheng Jiayue felt that her studies were more arduous than those of later generations. After finally being able to follow Cheng Shijie, she was like a bird escaping from its cage.The business atmosphere in Jinzhou is very strong, especially there are many leather goods stores.Because of the circulation of silver coins, people in Liaodong would more or less carry a slanted shoulder wallet, similar to the slanted shoulder bags of later generations, available in both men's and women's styles.

What Cheng Jiayue likes most are all kinds of clay figurines, dough figurines, sugar figurines, flowers, birds, fish and insects. Children's physical strength is limited. They are still lively in the morning. By noon, Cheng Jiayue feels extremely tired. Cheng Shijie feels that he is also very tired. When I couldn't bear it, I walked into a teahouse with pretty good decoration.

The time was just right, there were quite a lot of guests, and the tables in the corridor were full of guests. When Cheng Shijie came in, a group of people happened to rush into the teahouse.The leaders are dressed in Confucian shirts, which are the signature clothing of scholars.

The waiter's expression changed immediately when he saw several scholars coming in: "I'm sorry, sir, the shop is full, please go elsewhere for tea!"

When Cheng Shijie heard this, he was about to turn around and leave. He had no sense of privileged class and relied on his status to drive the customers out of the store.

Unexpectedly, the waiter came to Cheng Shijie and said, "Sir, please come inside!"

Those scholars immediately became unhappy: "Why, he will have a seat when he comes, but it will be full when we come?"

"I'm very sorry, but we can't entertain these guests. This will affect the appetite of our guests."

None of the customers came forward to speak up. They all laughed when they heard what the waiter said.

These scholars could not bear this, their hands were shaking with anger, their faces were red and they were speechless.

Cheng Shijie didn't ask anything, and went straight to a table in the hall and sat down.

A middle-aged man at the head said: "Now you still have a chance to repent and apologize to me. I can forgive you for your offense against me."

Scholars in the Ming Dynasty have become a privileged class. The reason why aristocrats are aristocrats is because of their ubiquitous privileges. Although these scholars may have no official or postal positions, they are scholars and they are at a high level. If they are insulted by the common people, they have the right to take revenge in all ways. .The law will also protect their interests. After all, in this era, the following crimes include this situation.

Cheng Shijie frowned. He felt that the waiter in the shop had gone too far. Although Liaodong had its unique features, it should not discriminate against scholars.

However, not long after, a somewhat wealthy shopkeeper came over and asked, "What's going on?"

"Let him apologize to us right away..."

After understanding the situation, the shop owner said calmly: "Guys, I won't do your business. This is my autonomy!"

"Why? Don't we have any money to give you?"

"How about you go to the Yamen and sue me?"

The owner is very unscrupulous.

Several scholars still wanted to make a fuss, and several urban management officials wearing black uniforms and red armbands came over from a distance.

"what happened?"

"It's okay, it's okay!"

The urban management in Liaodong also managed public security. Seeing the urban management appear, several scholars chose to give in and left the teahouse in despair.

"Shopkeeper, come over and have a chat!"

Although Cheng Shijie was sitting in the lobby, there were dozens of guards around him, as well as Zhu Weiti and Yang Yuniang who were dressed in men's clothing, so they knew that Cheng Shijie's identity was not simple.

"Brother, please serve four plates of preserved fruit to this table of guests. It's my request!"

The shopkeeper sat down opposite Cheng Shijie: "I don't know your guest's surname!"

"No need for your surname to be Cheng!"

"Then follow Marshal Cheng..."

"The people with the surname Cheng in the world are not from his family. I want to be related to him. Isn't this beyond my reach?"

Cheng Shijie: "I am the Cheng family of Luoyang, and Marshal Cheng is the Cheng family of Liaodong. We must have been the same family 500 years ago!"

When Cheng Shijie asked the store owner why he was hostile to those scholars, the store owner's eyes turned red.

It turned out that this shopkeeper was originally from Nanjing, his surname was Qiao Mingyou, and he also ran a teahouse for a living. He had two sons. The eldest son died in infancy. The second son Qiao Zixian married a beautiful daughter-in-law named Yu. By chance, Yu was taken to Nanjing. Liu Yuanqi, the son of Juren Liu Sanjie, took a fancy to him and often came to the teahouse to tease Yu. Qiao You couldn't afford to offend Liu Yuanqi, so he had to ask his daughter-in-law Yu not to come to the shop to help.

As the saying goes, you are not afraid of thieves, but you are afraid of being missed. Later, Liu Yuanqi asked his servants to arrest Yu while she was returning to her parents' home. Yu was soft on the outside but strong on the inside. When Liu Yuanqi raped her, Liu Yuanqi was blinded in one eye.

The Ming Dynasty was an era where faces were judged. People with disabilities had no way of becoming an official. Liu Yuanqi was furious and ordered people to beat Yu to death. Qiao You complained to the government about Liu Yuanqi. The government took Liu Sanjie's money and sentenced Yu to seducing Liu Yuanqi. , extorting money and so on.

Qiao You's family was ruined and his family was destroyed, and he was later imprisoned. If Cheng Shijie hadn't been buying prisoners everywhere, Qiao You would not have been sold to Liaodong.

At first, Cheng Shijie thought that Qiao You was a little too much, but now it seems that he really shouldn't persuade others to be kind without others' suffering.

Everything has two sides, the key depends on which dimension you look at it from.

In the evening, Cheng Shijie received a report from Chen Guodong.

Cheng Shijie called Cheng Jialong into his study.

"Dad, I didn't cause any trouble!" Cheng Jialong hurriedly explained before Cheng Shijie could speak.

"I heard that you want to be the emperor?"

"If you don't want to take it, what's wrong with me?"

"Why do you want to be the emperor? Do you know how hard it is to be the emperor?"

"How hard can it be?"

Cheng Jialong smiled faintly and said: "Dad, although I don't study much, I also know that if you play like this, there will be no way out for us!"

"Why is there no way out?"

"You must know Huo Guang, right?"

"I don't need you to lecture me!"

"Huo Guang was a minister left by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Was it wrong to abolish Liu He for the sake of the Han Dynasty? He was actually right. He rescued Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty from prison and supported Liu Xun to become emperor. He was considered a great favor to the Han Dynasty. Jiangshan, you have worked hard, right? But what is the result? "

Cheng Shijie was silent.

Later generations commented on why Liu Xun wanted to kill the Huo Guang family. Some said that the Huo Guang family conspired to rebel, while others said it was to avenge his wife. The real reason was to bring down powerful officials. The only powerful official in history who was not liquidated was Zhuge Liang. .

Cheng Shijie is not Zhuge Liang, he wants to be Zhuge Liang, and Chongzhen is not Liu Adou.

Cheng Shijie said: "We can go back!"

"We can go back, but Dad, have you ever thought about the people who followed you? What will happen to them?"

Cheng Jialong said: "Qi Jiguang and Yu Shaobao are examples. If you want to be Cao Cao and be a Han minister for a lifetime, I can wait. I can endure Chongzhen until you die..."

Before Cheng Jialong could finish speaking, Cheng Shijie slapped him in the face: "Fart!"

Cheng Jialong touched his head: "If you don't want me to be the emperor in the future, either you have more sons!"

Cheng Jialong did not dare to say what was in his heart in front of Cheng Shijie: "In the future, I will learn from Li Shimin... and come to the blood-stained Xuanwu Sect."

Cheng Shijie fell into deep thinking. He didn't need Cheng Jialong to remind him of some words. He actually knew better that if he gave in, the soldiers of Ning Haijun would definitely be killed on the battlefield like the Qi Jiajun back then.

Cheng Shijie looked at the deep night sky. He knew that he could not retreat and must go on firmly, otherwise those who followed him would die, and they would die miserably.

He very much hoped that Emperor Chongzhen would stop doing this.

But the problem is, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Erenda Bu San Nao'er, in the king's tent of Huang Taiji.

The candlelight flickered, and the shadow of the candle fell on Huang Taiji's face, which made Huang Taiji's expression a little uncertain.

"Fan Qing, does this Khan have to ascend the throne?"

Huang Taiji was also undecided now. After all, the capital of the Great Jin Kingdom had just been taken over by Ning Haijun. Although he had made preparations in advance, he evacuated the families of the princes and nobles, and also evacuated the property left in Shenyang City.

This is, this is a loud slap in the face, a slap on Huang Taiji's face. Under such circumstances, if he still wants to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, wouldn't it be ridiculous?

Fan Wencheng said with a serious face: "King Khan, only if you ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor will our Dajin Kingdom have the only way to survive. Otherwise, our Dajin Kingdom will be strangled bit by bit by the Ming Dynasty. We gave up the four states in southern Liaoning, and they got The four states in southern Liaoning were not satisfied. They then occupied Guangning, then Liaoyang, and then Shenyang. We have now retreated to Erendabusannaoer. Do we really want to go to Mobei to eat sand? King Khan, are you willing? ?"

"Ben Khan, I'm not willing to give in!"

Huang Taiji frowned slightly: "I'm just worried that this is Ming's conspiracy!"

"King Khan, don't worry, they are actually more anxious than us!"

Fan Wencheng smiled bitterly and said: "If Cheng Shijie were an ordinary minister, even if he wanted to be Cao Cao, they would definitely cooperate. The worst he could do was to change his master. Whether Jiangshan's surname is Zhu or Cheng, they are still high-ranking nobles, and they still hold Authority, but the problem is that Cheng Shijie has gone too far. He wants to subvert the orthodoxy of civil and military power formed over thousands of years, and also break the pattern of exclusive respect for Confucianism. This is something they cannot tolerate!"

"They want Ben Khan to be a target to attract Cheng Shijie's attention?"

Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "Even if there is a decisive battle in Mobei, Cheng Shijie only needs to lead an army of [-] to [-] people, this Khan..."

"King Khan, what they actually want to do is to seduce Chongzhen Yujia into a personal expedition and send hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty elites to Mobei to die, just like back then. In fact, as long as these soldiers and horses leave the capital, we don't need to fight them at all. He will cut off the food route of this army by himself. When the time comes, the nine borders and even Beijing and Tianjin will be defenseless, and the Khan can lead his troops south, attack the capital, and seize the capital!"

Fan Wencheng said anxiously: "King Khan, don't hesitate, there is no way out! You still have a chance to become emperor. If you don't become emperor, Dajin will eventually be wiped out!"

Huang Taiji sighed and said: "I have never hesitated. It's just that Dajin is in many difficulties now, and its strength is slightly inferior to before. If you become emperor at this time, will you really be recognized by the heroes of the world after entering the pass?"

"King Khan must be very careful. After becoming emperor, as long as he can command troops to enter the pass, there will be a large number of talents vying to come! Those so-called talents, the ministers have long seen through, and they don't care about using his people at all. Whether he is a foreigner or not, they only care about how much benefit this master can bring them, whether he can let them show their talents and make their name go down in history!"

Fan Wencheng said: "They are not afraid that their master is from a foreign race, but they are afraid that his master has no ambitions. If he has no ambitions, no matter how noble and upright he is, they will never join him."

Under Fan Wencheng's temptation, Huang Taiji moved.

In March of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji claimed to have obtained: "The so-called "Jade Seal passed down through the ages". At the same time, the unified clan was called "Manchuria"

On the grounds that Mobei surrendered and obtained the "Jade Seal of the Kingdom", the ministers asked Huang Taiji to "reign the throne as soon as possible", but Huang Taiji declined.

Dorgon assumed the title of "Zhengzhengzunzun" as the leader of the Eight Banners, and Huang Taiji resigned again.

When the news reached the General Staff of the Ning Navy, Li Xin smiled bitterly and said: "Huang Taiji is going to proclaim himself emperor, and he is still playing tricks like three words!"

The new Chief of Naval General Staff Zhang Yu frowned: "The Ming Dynasty is in danger!"

Li Xin looked at Zhang Yu and said: "Chief of General Staff Zhang, do you know why Wang Meng, a famous scholar in Guanzhong during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, rejected the invitation of the famous general Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and would rather live in seclusion in Linquan than work for Huan Wen to assist Huan Wen in regaining Chang'an, but in the end he defected Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty helped Fu Jian unify Guanzhong and the Central Plains, and almost destroyed the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which had the same culture and race as him?"

Zhang Yu shook his head and said, "Wang Meng has long seen that Huan Wen can't fight?"

"It's not because Huan Wen can't fight, but because Huan Wen doesn't have the ambition to become emperor, so he can't let Wang Meng work for him! There are so many unsuccessful talents in the world. If the commander-in-chief had shown his ambition early, why worry about not having talents like Wang Meng? Come vote!”

Li Xin's words fell on Zhang Yu's ears, and he sighed: "It's a pity that the commander-in-chief has no ambition!"

"Who says I don't have ambition?"

Cheng Shijie walked in.

He thought for a long time, for more than two months, and finally figured out that the world still needed him to carry it. (End of chapter)