Ming politicians

The capital, the Forbidden City, and the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhu Youjian looked at the memorial in his hand, but did not show any special joy. The battle in Liaodong was completely won. Su Tiancheng led the army to wipe out more than 7 post-gold tartars in the decisive battle in Liaodong, and regained Guangning And Xipingbao, it should be a matter of universal celebration, but Zhu Youjian couldn't be happy.

After the news of the victory came, the atmosphere in the court was also subtle. Among the cheers, there were many different voices, and some people even discussed in private that at the same time as Su Tiancheng's great victory in Liaodong, it was also the moment when the court crisis broke out. Su Tiancheng's power was too powerful. When he grows up, he has more than [-] elite soldiers in his hands. This frightening force directly threatens the court and the emperor.

These situations were all mastered by Zhu Youjian. In the early dynasty, there was no deliberate publicity about the great victory in Liaodong.

The hall was very quiet. This time, Zhu Youjian did not convene the cabinet ministers to discuss for the time being. He needed to think about it. After thinking maturely, he would directly speak out the suggestion and let the cabinet ministers discuss it.

What made Zhu Youjian somewhat unexpected and angry was that after the victory in Liaodong, Su Tiancheng did not continue to attack, but chose to stick to it. The Jiangning battalion even planned to withdraw from Liaodong and return to Dengzhou. From this matter, Zhu Youjian was sensitive to the fact that Su Tiancheng's thoughts had fundamentally changed, and he might have to make a move.

This period of time is a very critical moment for Zhu Youjian. What kind of decision should be made, whether to directly showdown with Su Tiancheng, or to maintain the current situation and see Su Tiancheng become bigger, so that in the end he can't Take control.

The thing that made Zhu Youjian a little painful was that the imperial court was basically unable to control Su Tiancheng. In terms of strength, Su Tiancheng did not need any support from the imperial court, such as silver coins from Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou.It is enough to maintain the operation of the Jiangning Camp and maintain the government's expenses. As the Jiangning Camp becomes stronger and stronger, the troops from all over the Ming Dynasty will never dare to confront the Jiangning Camp. It is a dead end.To put it bluntly, the development of the situation was beyond Zhu Youjian's expectation.

The development of the situation in Shandong has become somewhat uncontrollable. Zhang Pu, governor of Shandong, almost always obeys Su Tiancheng's orders. This shows that in the near future, the entire Shandong Province will be controlled by Su Tiancheng.What is even more irritating is that the rest of the prefectures and counties in Shandong are thinking of being controlled by Dengzhou, because the salaries of officials in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou are completely different, more than ten times higher than in other places up.

In Fujian, the situation is also quietly changing. Xiong Zijian has taken control of Quanzhou.Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Zhilong, only Su Tiancheng is the leader.The first thing that comes to mind is Su Tiancheng, followed by the court, even Zheng Zhilong who lives in the capital, turns a blind eye to such things and doesn't say anything at all.

As for Taiwan, which is directly controlled by Su Tiancheng.Not to mention, the officials were all directly appointed by Su Tiancheng, and the imperial court did not send a single official directly.

All this shows that Su Tiancheng's heart has long since changed, once the time is right.It is possible to become a king on your own, or even overthrow the imperial court and re-establish the world.

It is also because of this consideration that Zhu Youjian has long regarded Su Tiancheng as the biggest threat.

Su Tiancheng relied on the imperial examination to become an official. Zhu Youjian was a little confused. It is said that scholars who passed the imperial examination would not think of rebellion under normal circumstances. It is normal to fight for power and profit. Such things abound in the court Yes, but in terms of having greater ambitions, these scholar-bureaucrats dare not do it, and they dare not think about why Su Tiancheng can have such an idea.

Even if Zhu Youjian was killed, he would not know that Su Tiancheng was a time traveler, and he lived hundreds of years later. How could he hang himself on a tree? Those so-called foolish and loyal thoughts will change quickly in Su Tiancheng's place. of.

Zhu Youjian, who had a headache from thinking about it, finally spoke.

"I didn't think of a good way, what do you think?"

Wang Chengen, who was standing behind Zhu Youjian, spoke quickly.

"Your majesty, this servant girl suggests that you can issue an order to ask Su Tiancheng to come into the capital. If Su Tiancheng is unwilling to come, it means that Su Tiancheng's intention of rebellion is clear. If the ministers of the court have all cleared Su Tiancheng's intention, Su Tiancheng will surely Being spurned by everyone, if Su Tiancheng comes to the capital, he can quickly control it, order Hong Chengchou to temporarily control the Jiangning camp, and the emperor will send ministers to Dengzhou to completely control the Jiangning camp."

Zhu Youjian shook his head. He had thought about this method a long time ago, not to mention decree, even if he sent all the cabinet ministers to invite Su Tiancheng, he would do it. As long as Su Tiancheng came to the capital, besides, Su Tiancheng The achievement is regarded as disobeying the order. If he does not come to the capital, he cannot say that Su Tiancheng is rebellious. Some civil and military ministers in the court know that Su Tiancheng has different intentions, but there are too many people who don't know that Su Tiancheng just won a great victory in Liaodong. In a month's time, more than [-] Houjin tartars were wiped out, and the court then said that Su Tiancheng had conspired against him. Who would believe such a logic? Maybe if he did this, the court would quickly lose support.

Zhu Youjian was still a little worried about the Houjin Tartars. Although Daming occupied Guangning and forced the Houjin Tartars to the north of the Liaohe River, the Houjin Tartars still had a certain strength. At this time, the internal affairs of Daming If there is a rush, the Houjin Tartars will never miss this opportunity.

Wang Chengen also knew that the emperor would definitely not be satisfied with the suggestion he made, but he could not think of a good solution. The current Su Tiancheng is far from the Su Tiancheng he saw back then.

"My consideration is not to have a showdown for the time being, but to use Su Tiancheng. I am going to make an order to ask Su Tiancheng to continue to conquer the Houjin Tartars and completely wipe out the Houjin Tartars. Su Tiancheng suddenly stopped the army, probably because he wanted to bring it up. Whatever request, as long as Su Tiancheng's request is not excessive, I can grant it."

"Your Majesty, this servant thinks it's inappropriate. Doesn't Su Tiancheng become even more arrogant like this. It will become more and more difficult to control in the future."

"I know, but I can't do it now. What do you want me to do? Do you want to punish Su Tiancheng? If this happens, something bigger will happen. I can't do this."

Zhu Youjian, who said these words, seemed very helpless. In fact, this helpless situation had occurred many times. Before the nine years of Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian had always been very helpless.

The first person to enter the Hall of Mental Cultivation was not Yang Sichang, but Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Yanru used to be the chief assistant of the cabinet, and won the trust of Zhu Youjian. After being pushed out by Wen Tiren, he has always been concerned about the government.

Zhou Yanru is indeed capable, there is no doubt about it, after experiencing the turmoil of being forced to serve, he has become more mature and stable, and after returning to the court, he is very careful in doing things and thinking more far-reaching.

Zhou Yanru understands the emperor's concern. This is beyond the scope of the contest between ministers' power and imperial power. The contest between ministers' power and imperial power is just that the ministers want to get more power, which can restrict the emperor in some ways. , This problem has always existed in the Ming Dynasty. Later, Su Tiancheng suggested that the emperor's relatives and relatives should enter the court, which greatly strengthened the imperial power and weakened the power of the ministers. The power of the emperor was much greater, and the power of the cabinet was much smaller.

After Zhou Yanru returned to the court, he felt that such a situation was a bit unreasonable. He believed that the power of the cabinet should be increased, and Zhu Shenxun, who was in favor of strengthening the imperial power, had been placed under house arrest, so some of Zhou Yanru's efforts appeared. As a result, the authority of the cabinet has obviously been strengthened, and it can basically control many affairs in the court.

Zhou Yanru was no stranger to Su Tiancheng, he had known for a long time that Su Tiancheng must be very promising, but he didn't expect that in not so many years, Su Tiancheng would be able to stand against the emperor.

After meeting the emperor, Zhou Yanru naturally needed to express his opinion.

This time, Zhou Yanru did not hesitate and expressed his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, I think that there is no need to think too much about Su Tiancheng's affairs. I rely on the support of the scholar-bureaucrats. Not all the scholar-bureaucrats and gentry support Su Tiancheng. The most important task of the Ming court is to wipe out the Empress Jin Tartars." Once the internal and external disturbances are completely subsided, the emperor can free up his hands to deal with Su Tiancheng, I believe that Su Tiancheng would not dare to risk the displeasure of the world and openly rebel..."

Zhou Yanru's words gave Zhu Youjian great comfort.

"What Aiqing said is true. I am also in a dilemma. Aiqing will pay more attention to Su Tiancheng's situation in the future. I am going to make an order. Firstly, it is to encourage Su Tiancheng to achieve such a great victory, and secondly, it is also to urge Su Tiancheng to cross the Liaohe River. Attack Shenyang."

When Yang Sichang led the cabinet ministers into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu Youjian's complexion improved a lot.

Seeing Zhou Yanru standing at the bottom, Yang Sichang felt very uncomfortable. When Zhu Shenxuan was the second assistant of the cabinet, the emperor trusted Zhu Shenxuan. He first discussed many things with Zhu Shenxuan. He was put aside, and now Zhou Yanru has become the second assistant of the cabinet, and the emperor trusts Zhou Yanru again. It seems that he is going to put himself, the first assistant of the cabinet, aside again. If he does this, what authority does he have?

However, what the emperor said next surprised Yang Sichang. The emperor did not mention Su Tiancheng's fault at all. Instead, he praised Su Tiancheng. Ask Su Tiancheng to continue his conquest, seize the opportunity to completely wipe out the Houjin Tartars.

Yang Sichang had to admire Zhou Yanru, how could the emperor say such words, you must know that the emperor was very worried about Su Tiancheng, and if possible, he would even ignore the later Jin Tartars and liquidate Su Tiancheng.

Yang Sichang naturally wanted to express his position and defend the emperor's decision. In fact, Yang Sichang's inner thoughts were also the same. First of all, he had to eliminate the Houjin Tartars, and then he would consider other things. (To be continued..)