Daming Super Dimension Company, President Zhu Yuanzhang!

Chapter 102 Wei Zhongxian is still useful!
Zhu Yuanzhang and Xiao Ran have been together for such a long time, and now that he is raising his butt, Zhu Yuanzhang knows what he is going to fart.

Looking at it now, I know that he still has something to say.

Zhu Yuanzhang simply sat down and said, "If you have anything else to say, just say it all."

"Then I said it?" Xiao Ran knew Wei Zhongxian better than others. At least he knew that every word he said was responsible for the fate of several dynasties.

In other words, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

If Xiao Ran was still the same office worker as before, even if he said something, it would just be gossip about history and would not have any impact, then his requirements for himself would not be so high.

But now, he deeply knows that every word he says may affect the historical direction of a parallel space, so he can no longer look at history from the perspective of a melon-eater.

But to dig out the truth.

Xiao Ran's personal evaluation of Wei Zhongxian as an eunuch was still very high. After all, he really wanted to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to calm down and not give up Wei Zhongxian.

"Another thing about Wei Zhongxian is that he knows how to appoint people and assigns them well, with clear rewards and punishments. To be honest, when he does things, he is more concerned about the overall situation. He is not a petty person who fights for power for his own selfish interests, regardless of the situation. People from Jiangshan Sheji."

"In fact, among the generals in the late Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan was the most famous, and Yuan Chonghuan's famous battles and most brilliant achievements all took place when Wei Zhongxian was in power."

"Could this person be Wei Zhongxian's?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked Xiao Ran. This was due to his habitual thinking.

When he first conquered the world, Zhu Yuanzhang had always done this kind of thing of supporting his own people to move up.

Xiao Ran laughed: "Uncle, you guessed wrong this time. Yuan Chonghuan and even Xiong Tingbi are not Wei Zhongxian's people. They belong to the Chu Party, and they are upright people. They will never follow others or flatter others. To be honest, such people are very popular in the court. Not popular."

"Even those ministers who claimed to be loyal to the court ostracized him because they disliked his character. But Wei Zhongxian did not suppress Yuan Chonghuan because of this, and still reused him because he was really capable."

"Then after this person has been reused by Wei Zhongxian, in the eyes of others, he may have become Wei Zhongxian's party member." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said to Xiao Ran quite proudly, "Boy, you are still too young."

"These are just Wei Zhongxian's methods to win over people. So what if Yuan Chonghuan is upright at first? As long as he is Wei Zhongxian's party member in the eyes of outsiders, this is something he can't explain clearly. In the end, he can only give in half-heartedly. Come to the same line as Wei Zhongxian."

Xiao Ran did not agree very much with Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

Because there is another thing behind this.

Xiao Ran patted his sleeves, stood up, and said, "Let's talk about another thing. When Huang Taiji Nurhachi stormed Jinzhou, Yuan Chonghuan and the supervisor Ji Yong ordered not to go to war, and Zhao led the teacher to suffer in Jinzhou. support."

"When Huang Taiji stormed Jinzhou, Yuan Chonghuan and the supervisor Ji Yong jointly ordered not to go to war. They allowed Zhao to support him in Jinzhou. When Jinzhou was in danger, Mangui openly defied Yuan Chonghuan's order of non-resistance, took the initiative and risked his life. To save Jinzhou."

"After the great victory of Ningjin, Wei Zhongxian rewarded those who had meritorious service in bloody battles. He promoted Mangui and Zhao Lediao to the officials who had made meritorious service in the bloody battle, and dismissed Yuan Chonghuan who was afraid of the enemy and avoided fighting and did not save Jinzhou."

"Yuan Chonghuan's idea is to negotiate peace."

"He is still a general, but he doesn't even have the courage to fight! Since the man named Man Gui can save Jinzhou, it means that this war can still be won. Why is he avoiding the war and being so cowardly!?" Xiao Ran listened. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately became angry when he said this!

He has always been an emperor with strong military virtues. Even generals such as Lan Yu and Chang Yuchun are all capable of fighting and would rather die than surrender.

This behavior of Yuan Chonghuan was really not liked by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Yes, Wei Zhongxian is not a weak person. Although he is an eunuch, he is still a bloody man. In order to fight the war, Wei Zhongxian once used his private property to fund Liaodong war weapons, horses and other items. So even if Yuan Chonghuan's matter is Yuan Chonghuan built a shrine for him in Ningyuan City, and Wei Zhongxian did not let go of his crime of avoiding the battle for fear of death during the Battle of Ningjin."

"And apart from this incident, Wei Zhongxian did not punish Mao Wenlong because he wrote a letter to protect the Donglin Party members who opposed him. This is why the situation outside the customs has been developing in a good direction in the late Tianqi Dynasty."

"Later on, Wei Zhongxian also hired some people one after another. Even if many of these people were against him, as long as the other person was capable and dedicated to the imperial court, he would still put aside his personal grudges for the sake of the country and the country. , such as Zhao Nanxing, Sun Chengzong, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Yuan Keli, the left minister of the Ministry of War."

"When these guys scolded Wei Zhongxian, they didn't know how harsh their words were, but Wei Zhongxian still tolerated these clean officials on major border issues."

"There was a man named Feng Quan who was Wei Zhongxian's confidant. However, when Wei Zhongxian discovered that Feng Quan was corrupt, he immediately dismissed him. So I say that Wei Zhongxian has a certain bottom line and sticks to it."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused.

"But we have been there several times during your time. Occasionally, I heard people mentioning Wei Zhongxian, and they all called him names, but there was nothing like the things you mentioned."

"If Wei Zhongxian had such a bottom line, he probably wouldn't have been scolded so badly thousands of years later."

Speaking of it now, Zhu Yuanzhang had some impressions of Wei Zhongxian in his mind.

Some of the ratings I had heard before also came to mind.

"Uncle, what you said is normal. Wei Zhongxian's position is destined to offend the civil servants, and the pen is in the hands of the civil servants. Therefore, it is these people who decide what to write in the history books."

"On many things, Wei Zhongxian's position is opposite to that of the Donglin Party. Just like the matter of paying taxes."

“The Donglin Party is opposed to paying taxes to the gentry, merchants, handicraftsmen and mine owners, because they themselves are from aristocratic families, and all of them are big landowners with fields and mines at home. This policy completely protects big people like them. The interests of the landowners, the bourgeoisie and the mining owners.”

"All the big money belongs to them, or in other words, 80% of the wealth of the entire Ming Dynasty belongs to these rich people. If we really don't pay taxes to them and only rely on the small taxes of ordinary people, Ming Dynasty will If you don’t talk about anything else, you will already die of poverty.”

"If there is no money financially, there will be no money for disaster relief, war, and restoring people's livelihood. What is there to talk about?"

"But Wei Zhongxian did something to cut their flesh. During his several years in power, he firmly continued Wanli's mining supervision policy and tried his best to tax the middle and upper classes so that the Ming Dynasty would not be financially exhausted."

"But later when Chongzhen came to power and re-appointed the Donglin Party, he actually revoked this policy, and he also imposed three additional rates. Oh, let me explain, the three rates refer to Liao rates, suppression rates and Lian rates. In fact, all the increases were land taxes. The pressure is on the people, and the pressure of three wages has become one of the important reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty." Speaking of this, Xiao Ran really hated the fact that iron cannot become steel.

"Speaking of what Chongzhen did, I really don't know what he was thinking. After the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty entered the country. In order to win over people's hearts, they immediately issued an edict to exempt them from three wages. Although they The execution is not very good, but at least a discerning person will realize that this cannot be done." "Anyway, when Wei Zhongxian offended these Donglin Party members before, he had already thought of the consequences."

"When some things are done, the person involved already knows it. This infamy will be carried for thousands of years, but some things must be done by someone."

"Furthermore, Wei Zhongxian himself is not completely clean. He forced letters to Yang Lian, Wei Dazhong, Zuo Guangdou, Gu Dazhang and others from the Donglin Party, and it is true that these people died in prison one after another."

"In addition, while Wei Zhongxian used prison terms to deal with opposition bureaucrats, he also ordered his followers to compile the "Three Dynasties Essential Codes" to re-record and evaluate the three cases and create public opinion to attack dissidents. He himself chose to use public opinion to attack others first. Once he loses power, he will naturally be retaliated by the Donglin Party members."

"After all, if you are in the first year of junior high school, others will naturally be in the fifteenth year of junior high school."

"Of course, this is only one of the reasons. He was blackmailed so miserably, it must be due to various reasons." When saying this, Xiao Ran's eyes naturally looked in the direction of Zhu Youxiao .

"This reason has something to do with your brother Zhu Youjian."

Zhu Youxiao was having a good time on the side, but now he was suddenly cueed, and he still couldn't react.

He looked dumbfounded: "What does this have to do with my imperial brother?"

"Because Wei Zhongxian's power is so strong, Chongzhen, also known as Zhu Youjian, feels that his position is threatened."

Xiao Ran blinked: "As the saying goes, once you are the emperor and your courtiers, you are no longer the emperor, so your favorite ministers must die in the eyes of some people."

Xiao Ran's words were so straightforward that even Zhu Youxiao felt a little myocardial infarction.

Although I admit in my heart that what Xiao Ran said makes sense.

"Anyway, as soon as Emperor Chongzhen came to power, he launched a drastic purge against Wei Zhongxian and his eunuchs. First, Lady Feng Sheng, the Hakka family, was overthrown, and then the officials guessed the new emperor's thoughts. The memorial to impeach Wei Zhongxian was as follows It comes in waves.”

"So, in history, Wei Zhongxian was naturally criticized. Others had merits and demerits, but he was a traitor who only had faults but no merit."

"Besides, Wei Zhongxian himself is not clean. During the Tianqi years, the governors of various provinces built shrines and statues for Wei Zhongxian and knelt before him. Now it seems that this is a ridiculous thing, and it is reasonable to attract infamy."

"Later, with the emperor's favor and trust in me, as well as his ruthlessness and domineeringness, he eventually became the 'nine thousand nine hundred years old' of the imperial court, and even made many people 'only know that they are nine thousand years old, but not long live'."

At this point, Xiao Ran shook his head with emotion: "So, this is the art of being a human being. It's no wonder that the book "The Doctrine of the Mean" is something that people of your dynasty need to learn. You don't understand checks and balances and restraint." , will only push yourself to the other extreme.”

"It is normal for Emperor Chongzhen to be jealous and dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian's overwhelming power. And this guy is not completely greedy, he is just greedy for money in a principled manner. But even so, after Wei Zhongxian's death, his house was ransacked and 20 million taels of silver were found. It’s almost the annual income of the Ming Dynasty government.”

"Now, if you have my uncle to hold you down, Wei Zhongxian can still be used."

Xiao Ran's words were a summary.

However, he really felt a little doubtful in his heart. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials very much, and Wei Zhongxian was really greedy.

Think about it when Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, officials who embezzled fifty taels would be skinned, but Wei Zhongxian's family property of more than 20 million yuan was really a huge difference compared to a mere fifty taels.

"Uncle, why don't you think about it for a while before making a decision."

Xiao Ran yawned. He really didn't trust Zhu Youjian at all.

After all, the Ming Dynasty also died during the reign of Chongzhen.

Although this is also due to Chongzhen's own unlucky situation, it is also inseparable from him.

At this time, several people present were also lost in thought.

Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xiao Ran looked at each other in confusion.

"Wait a minute, Taizu, I think the first question we need to think about now is what should be done about the impact of this explosion."

Suddenly, Zhu Youxiao thought of the most serious thing now.

Before the three of them could discuss it, the eunuch outside reported: "Your Majesty, the ministers are here to see you."

Just when Xiao Ran said those words, the impact of the explosion outside gradually subsided. The first thing on the mind of the civil and military ministers who were still alive in the capital was to find the emperor.

First of all, the first thing is to see if the emperor is still alive. If the emperor is safe and sound, then discuss how to deal with the explosion in the future.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Xiao Ran subconsciously, with the word "help" in his eyes.

"I have only one way to appease the people." Zhu Youxiao said hesitantly.

Xiao Ran raised his head and said, "You are punishing yourself, right?"

When Zhu Youzheng wanted to ask him how he knew, he then thought of what Xiao Ran had said before, and fell silent immediately.

"This method is not very effective, it is not a good idea." Xiao Ran thought for a moment, "There will be many natural disasters in the future."

"Issuing the edict to blame oneself this time is equivalent to admitting that the explosion is the emperor's problem. Then the subsequent locust plagues and droughts will also be regarded by the people as the emperor's problem."

"Uncle, what do you think?" Xiao Ran looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

(End of this chapter)