Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 938 Tanglu Alliance
The Zhejiang Party and the Tang-supporting faction are essentially civil servant factions representing the gentry and gentry, but the forces behind them are somewhat different, such as the interests of the Eastern Zhejiang maritime merchants and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang dynasties that the Zhejiang Party mainly represents, while the Tang-supporting faction wants to protect the interests of the original The interests of the ministers of the Longwu court.

One of them embraces Tang and the other embraces Lu. Regardless of righteousness, most of them are for political interests. As long as the person they support is the emperor, their interests can be maximized, just like Donglin back then. Same as court.

However, after the two kings failed to compete for the throne, their political investment was basically a failure. Given the political situation of the Ming Dynasty at this time, they continued to provide for the two kings, which was actually a bit excessive. Considering the current state of the Ming Dynasty In other words, it is almost the most anticipated situation in the struggle between civil servants and imperial power in the past dynasties.

Since ancient times, there are only two ways to change a system. One is to rise up like Li Zicheng, break it and rebuild it, and the other is to integrate into it, control it, and then improve it.

Wang Yan chose the latter. This is mainly due to his birth decision. It is difficult for him to break the Ming Dynasty. He can only improve. As he integrates into the Ming Dynasty, he has controlled and slowly changed the political ecology of the entire Ming Dynasty. , finally with many changes.

For more than a year, King Tang and King Lu could feel that his subordinates began to get together with Wang Yan, and gradually formed a certain tacit understanding.

This is mainly because Wang Yan, the Zhe Party and the Tang support faction essentially represent the interests of the gentry and belong to the same class. The conflict between them is just a matter of the distribution of interests, which can be resolved through game compromise. Wang Yan's Many policies also combined the interests of the two factions, and Tang Wang and Lu Wang belonged to the royal family, and they represented the interests of the royal family, which caused great contradictions between them and their ministers.

Just like the last time when the vassal was moved to Taiwan, the opinions of the two kings and their ministers were completely different.

King Lu drank another glass of powdered wine, "I will not mention the matter of Wude votes for now. What do you think of Wang Yan's resettlement of the five-army governor's mansion by King Tang?"

Wude Piao is now a private bank, and the King of Lu wanted to control Wude Piao, but the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty loved money. The struggle between the thought of Xia Mofei Wangtu and the rise of humanism in Ming Dynasty.

It is the struggle between the supremacy of imperial power and the power of ministers. If King Lu proposes to control Wude votes, then he will be able to control other ticket numbers in the future, and even the assets of chambers of commerce and gentry. At this time, civil servants will inevitably form a group, so King Lu also feels that this matter It is not easy to implement, so it is transferred to the theme.

"The lonely king will never approve of this matter. Wang Yan said it nicely. The army only obeys the orders of the court, but who controls the court now? Besides, he has so many old generals. In the current state, our army can still maintain independence. Once he comes according to his request, Wuwei and the Zhejiang army will be infiltrated by his people, and we will be slaughtered by others."

Tang Wang controls the Wuwei Army, but if he follows Wang Yan's request, he is equivalent to exchanging a sole proprietorship for a quarter of the shares of the listed company. When the sole proprietorship, he can be the master, but he can't be the master in the listed company. , Tang Wang is not stupid, naturally he will not give up military power.

The King of Lu sighed, "The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was originally within the official system of our dynasty, and its original function was to include generals in it and send them to the army during wartime to prevent the generals from controlling the army for a long time and posing a threat to the court. Wang Yan has only changed it slightly now, but he has only received news that many ministers agree with this policy, and I am afraid that it will be approved and implemented in the next year's discussion."

"If the army is really handed over to the court, Gu has no objection, but if it is handed over to the court now, it is handed over to Wang Yan. Gu will definitely not agree."

When King Lu heard what King Tang said, he felt relieved. He was more unwilling to give up the army than King Tang. Most of King Tang's troops were from Jin Shenghuan and Zheng Chenggong. Both of them had strong independence, that is, the nature of warlords. However, Tang's control is actually very weak, but Lu Wang is different. His army is pulled up by himself.

"That's right, Wang Yan has already driven the vassal forces overseas. Now there are only two of us in the entire royal family. If we fall again, our royal family will be slaughtered by others. It is not yet known when Wang Yan will learn from Wang Mang, so the army Absolutely not to Wang Yan!" Lu Wang looked angrily at Tang Wang.

The meaning of his words, in addition to his unwillingness to surrender military power, also meant a reconciliation and alliance with the king of Tang.

King Tang looked at King Lu for a while, then pondered for a while, "We should really be consistent in this matter!"

When King Lu heard the words, he couldn't help but picked up the jug, filled a glass for King Tang, and then filled it up for himself.

This is a reconciliation drink. Tang Wang glanced at it, then raised his head and drank it. Lu Wang also drank it in one gulp, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Tang Wang put down his wine glass and continued, "However, Wang Yan is now in control of the court, and the court's performance is indeed good. Except for the problems in Sichuan, other battlefields have won consecutive victories. Financially, not only did officials increase their salaries, He also increased the royal revenue to 300 million taels, the vitality of Jiangnan and other places quickly recovered, and Nanjing is prosperous, and has been supported by hundreds of officials and the people. We want to oppose him. There is no reason and few people support him. We must think about it. What a way!"

One of the big reasons why Tang Lu can drink together now is because their dream of being an emperor has been broken.

If the lord makes a mess of the Ming Dynasty after he comes to power, then they may still seize the throne, but now that the court is getting more and more prosperous, it is not only Wang Yan who is firmly seated, but also the little emperor above.

"Actually, the situation in the imperial court is not as optimistic as it appears on the surface! Some people in the world have to gain, and some people have to lose. There is no reason for everyone to take advantage. Tang Wang looked at the prosperity of Nanjing, but he didn't know that the local land was merged and prices were rising. Many wealthy families annexed thousands of lands to grow cotton, and various workshops sprang up, but the small folks could not compete and go bankrupt in large numbers. This must be a huge hidden danger for the court in the future, and not everyone supports Wang Yan." Lu Wang saw that Tang Wang's will was a little bit Depressed, he said in a deep voice: "As for this army reform, apart from our disapproval, the generals commanded by Wang Yan must not be willing to hand over military power. He poached our civil servants, so can't we poach his generals? As long as there are many generals who oppose it, this reform will definitely not be realized."

Tang Wangdao didn't expect this. He only saw the prosperity of Nanjing, but he didn't know that such a phenomenon would appear in the place. However, even if some small people and small landlords were dissatisfied with the imperial court, they had little influence and could not help them. But King Lu said that digging out Wang Yan's generals is enough to give it a try. After all, this reform has also harmed their interests.

(End of this chapter)