At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 500

Any instrument of torture in the imperial prison can kill a person if taken out.

For Jin Yiwei, the biggest difficulty is not killing a person, but how to make his life worse than death.

Yang Dan's body was already weak, and he tried more than a dozen instruments of torture in the imperial prison, but he could still scream, and his voice was still cracking.

"Say, I said...give me a good time..."

Finally, Yang Dan let go.

He only wants to die now, even if he goes to the underworld and falls to the [-]th floor of hell, the torture he will suffer will be nothing more than that, right?

Zhu Qizhen once again abandoned everyone, then sat opposite Yang Dan, and said calmly: "I asked, Jin Yiwei has a medicine that can guarantee you not to die in a short time, but it will make your intestines rot. After three days, You'll spit your guts out of your mouth."

Yang Dan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to say these words anymore, I recruit, I recruit all of them, can you give me a good time?"

Zhu Qizhen nodded slowly, and said: "Tell me everything you know, I promise you, I will send you on your way!"

"Okay, I said!"

Yang Dan panted heavily, then closed his eyes, as if recalling those dusty past events.

"These things have to start with Emperor Renzong..."

Zhu Qizhen was even more puzzled, why did my grandfather get involved again?
Emperor Renzong was fat and weak, and he was overwhelmed by the long-term management of the government. He only served as emperor for eight months. Could it be...

"Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Emperor Renzong's death was not a conspiracy. He was just in poor health."

Yang Dan saw the astonishment on Zhu Qizhen's face, and said again: "It doesn't matter at all, but it's not right. The night before Emperor Renzong's death, Li Shimian entered the palace to discuss the matter of moving south, and the two of them had an unpleasant conversation. , and had a big fight."

"Moving south?"

"Yes, it's moving south!"

After Yang Dan said a few words, he had to stop to catch his breath, and then continued: "Emperor Taizong moved the capital to Beijing with many obstacles. After more than ten years, he finally moved the capital by force."

"Emperor Taizong moved the capital to guard the gate of the country for the emperor. Where is the resistance?"

"Of course it's an official from the Manchu Dynasty. Please think carefully, Your Majesty, who is my Emperor Taizu?"

"Huaixi."

"Exactly, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were already many factions within the imperial court. The two largest factions were the Zhejiang faction headed by Liu Bowen and Song Lian, and the Huaixi faction headed by Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong. Later, the emperor should follow the As seen in Taizu's memorabilia, the Huaixi faction relied on its relationship with Emperor Taizu to gain the upper hand, and the Zhejiang faction disappeared, and later Emperor Taizu personally destroyed the Huaixi faction..."

Zhu Qizhen only knew that Hu Weiyong killed Liu Bowen by poisoning him, and that Zhu Yuanzhang killed Hu Weiyong himself, but he didn't know that these things were intricate and full of various open and secret fights.

However, what is Yang Dan talking about these old things for?

"...In the Jianwen Dynasty, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others vigorously promoted the New Deal, just like the Emperor's New Deal, except that their New Deal was for the purpose of forming a party for personal gain, while the Emperor's New Deal was to eliminate party disputes, and even To completely eliminate the privileges of scholar-bureaucrats, this is why the ministers decided to launch a coup."

"Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru are actually all from the Zhejiang faction. When the Zhejiang faction was hit, they hibernated. When the regime changed, they were finally about to show their talents, but they encountered difficulties. This is fate. There is a definite number in the dark..."

Hearing his rambling, Zhu Qizhen couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Yang Dan shook his head slowly, and said: "Since I want to tell the whole story, let me explain the whole story clearly."

Immediately afterwards, he took a few breaths, and then said: "The emperor thinks about the important ministers promoted after Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne. My father Yang Rong is from Fujian, Yang Pu is from Hubei, Yang Shiqi, Xie Jin, Xia Yuan Kyrgyzstan is from Jiangxi, among these people, has there ever been one from Zhejiang?"

"Although the Zhejiang faction was suppressed again, the party struggle in the court will never stop. After my father and others were reused, they immediately recruited or excluded the courtiers, and quickly formed a new party, let's call it the Sanyang faction. The sphere of influence is Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Huguang."

"The minister said this, the emperor should have understood that these people are the biggest resistance against moving to the north, because their family property, contacts, business, and sphere of influence are all in the south. Who wants to go to the north?"

Zhu Qizhen frowned, and asked: "Even if they move to the north, they are still important ministers of the court. Not only can they keep the property in the south, but they can also open up new spheres of influence in the north. Why don't they want to?"

"Your Majesty, you are wrong again...cough cough!"

Yang Dan smiled and shook his head, but the wound was affected, and he couldn't help coughing twice.

"Do you know how much a house in Beijing costs now? How much is a house of the same size in the same area in Nanjing?"

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and said truthfully: "I don't know."

"You are a high-ranking emperor. I don't know that these things are reasonable. Let me tell you. The price difference between Beijing City and Nanjing City is at least double for the same location and the same size of the house!"

"so what?"

"How? Haha..."

Yang Dan laughed again and said, "Before the capital was moved, what was the price of a house in Nanjing City, and how much was the price in Beiping City? How many people's property would be cut in half once the capital was moved?"

Zhu Qizhen thought about it carefully, and what Yang Dan said was not unreasonable. The move of the capital would be too serious a loss to the private property of court officials. As the saying goes, taking money from someone is like killing one's parents. Spicy, I am afraid that the officials of the Manchu Dynasty directly rebelled.

"You mean, these people have been planning to move south?"

Yang Dan nodded and said: "Emperor Taizong passed away and Emperor Renzong succeeded. To be honest, Emperor Renzong was weaker and not as decisive as Emperor Taizong. So the officials began to exert pressure frequently and asked to move south."

"Why didn't the southward migration succeed?"

"This brings up Emperor Taizong's wrist again. His old man was afraid that his descendants would move southward, so he buried himself directly in Tianshou Mountain in Changping. If he moved southward, this place would probably fall into the hands of the Mongols. Emperor Renzong just succeeded Does he dare to throw down the remains of the late emperor and run back to Nanjing by himself?"

Zhu Qizhen thought about it seriously, and then said: "You continue!"

"Where did you talk... Oh, yes, moving south!"

Yang Dan tried his best to recall, and said: "Emperor Renzong did have a quarrel with Li Shimian the night before his death. From then on, Emperor Xuanzong made up his mind to change Nanjing to Xingzai, which meant that he would never move south again.”

Zhu Qizhen only knew that Emperor Renzong had the idea of ​​moving the capital, but when he arrived at his father's place, he gave up the idea again, but he didn't expect that there were many things going on here.

Even Zhu Zhanji was murdered for moving south, which is very sensational.

"Because the late emperor opposed the southward move, was he murdered by you?"

"The emperor has said that when the late emperor passed away, the minister was still working hard to take the Jinshi examination. These things were all dictated by the late father."

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "If you tell the story of the murder of the late emperor in detail, I promise to give you a good time, and I will never break my promise!"

Yang Dan sighed slowly, and then said: "The late emperor was killed, and the move of the capital was just an introduction. The real conflict broke out because the late emperor was going to restart his voyages to the West!"

"During the Hongwu period, the opening of the sea was banned, and civilians were not allowed to enter the water. The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River used smuggling for profit. Until today, the emperor has vigorously cracked down on smuggling before the new policy. It should be no stranger to this."

"In the reign of Yongle, Emperor Taizong did even better. He not only continued the sea ban, but also monopolized the maritime trade. Porcelain was made by official kilns, silk was made by the government-run manufacturing bureau in the south of the Yangtze River, and tea became a monopoly of the imperial court. What Zheng He did was to combine these Goods are transported overseas for sale and profiteering."

"Zheng He's sixth voyage to the West was in the 20th year of Yongle, and before the death of Emperor Taizong in the 22nd year of Yongle, Zheng He was already preparing for the seventh voyage to the West, but he canceled the trip when he encountered the emperor's big trip. "

"Emperor Renzong has only been in power for ten months, and most of the time he was discussing the matter of moving south. When the first emperor succeeded to the throne, he restarted his voyages to the West. Although the main intention at that time was to declare the surrounding small foreign countries, I, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, will succeed , but this is also a bad start.”

Zhu Qizhen asked: "Are you worried that the late emperor would imitate Emperor Taizong and go to the West again, and cut off your money again?"

"Going back to the West is the main reason. However, at that time, although the late emperor looked very wise and mighty, he was constrained everywhere. What he wanted to do had to be approved by the important ministers above the court. For example, when the late emperor learned that Emperor Renzong On the eve of his death, he had a quarrel with Li Shimian, and he was furious. He ordered Li Shimian to be beheaded, but he was already tied up in Xishi, and when he was about to execute him, he was still stopped."

"Snatching people from the hands of the late emperor, who has the ability?"

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty paid great attention to etiquette. Li Shimian just insisted that when he entered the palace that night, he was admonishing Emperor Renzong to stay away from female sex and take care of his health. My father begged for his mercy. What can the late emperor do?"

Zhu Qizhen was silent for a while, and said, "What did Li Shimian say when he quarreled with Emperor Renzong?"

At this time, Yang Dan didn't want to hide any more, so he said truthfully: "Of course it's still a matter of moving south, but Emperor Renzong didn't agree. At the same time, I also realized the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly summoned the prince back to Beijing the next day, but I still couldn't make it through, so let's take a step first."

"The first emperor's temperament was very similar to that of Emperor Taizong. After succeeding to the throne, he not only dispelled his intention to move south, but also set up a ceremonial supervisor, which was equivalent to putting a shackle on the cabinet. Since then, the conflict between the emperor and the ministers has further deepened. "

"In June of the ninth year of Xuande, the first emperor issued an edict ordering the eunuch Wang Jinghong to reorganize the fleet for sailing to the west. This decision was equivalent to completely ruining the wealth of the Jiangnan gentry. The soldiers were patrolling the border, and after two months, they suddenly became seriously ill and died."

"After the emperor succeeded to the throne, Yang Shiqi immediately stopped the Songjiang Shipyard, dismissed all the relevant personnel who had participated in the voyages to the West, revoked the navy in Dinghai, Shenjiamen and other places, and abandoned the old port propaganda department. After the pro-government, then go to the West."

"Old Harbor Proclamation Department?"

Zhu Qizhen asked suddenly: "Didn't the first emperor give up?"

Yang Dan chuckled, and said, "Yang Shiqi wants the old port to escape the control of the Ming court, so he naturally has a way to do it. Even if the late emperor didn't want to give up, what can he do?"

"Why do this?"

"The old port is an important transit point overseas, and the only way to smuggle out to sea. If it is in the hands of the imperial court, how can everyone smuggle?"

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Is this the reason why the late emperor gave up Jiaozhi?"

"Your majesty is right again. The repeated disturbances in Jiaozhi are caused by someone secretly. Otherwise, what kind of disturbance can be caused by the Li family and his son alone?"

"wrong……"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hands and said: "After the Jiaozhi Rebellion, the late emperor sent a large army to go out. Can Yang Shiqi and others even control these generals?"

A playful smile appeared on Yang Dan's face, and he said: "Commander of the Eastern Route Army, Anyuan Hou Liusheng, a hero of the Northern Expedition, made great achievements in battle, and died in an ambush as soon as he left Zhennan Pass!"

"Baoding Bo Liangming did not participate in the battle that day, and died suddenly in the barracks; Counselor for Military Affairs, Minister of the Ministry of War, Li Qing, died suddenly in the barracks the next day."

"The three coaches of the East Route Army were all killed within two days. The West Route Army Qian Guogong Mu Sheng went out of Yunnan. No matter where he went, he was ambushed and beaten back to Yunnan alive. Chengshan Hou Wang Tongshou dared not fight in the city. , Your Majesty, how do you think this battle will be fought?"

Zhu Qizhen's complexion was getting worse and worse, he suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "To deal with my own people, the methods are so vicious!"

"Your Majesty, you are wrong again. These generals are all from the north, and they cannot be regarded as our own!"

Zhu Qizhen was silent, and Yang Dan had already explained the ins and outs of everything very clearly. His father was killed mainly because of three reasons. First, he decided to set his capital in Beijing and not move south. He and the civil servants put a shackle on their heads, and the third is to restart the voyages to the West, cutting off the wealth of the Jiangnan gentry.

These things are similar to what I am doing now, and I almost encountered a coup d'etat. If it weren't for the sudden rebellion of the Tatars, it is estimated that history has repeated itself.

The Game of Thrones is really too cruel, even if I am a time traveler with wisdom far beyond this era, I still can't play any role at critical moments.

Fortunately, today's situation is fundamentally different from before, especially the rise of the Academy of Sciences, which always gives people some unexpected surprises.

Yang Dan sighed: "My seniors have done so many things and worked so hard to keep the interests of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. It's a pity... Hehe, the emperor's brilliance is far beyond the imagination of the ministers, and the ministers are convinced. oral!"

Zhu Qizhen stood up slowly, expressionless said: "You can go on the road!"

(End of this chapter)