The Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 136: Terrorize the Donglin Party

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"The Liaodong Army may now be the strongest army in Ming Dynasty, but it would be good if they can hold Shanhaiguan. How can they have the ability to expedite the Northern Expedition-Bi Aiqing, just take care of your household."

Bi Ziyan shrank his neck: "It's your majesty, the minister is talking too much."

All three Shangshu understood what Zhu Youjian meant. Zhu Youjian's cancellation of the cabinet not only prevented the cabinet from denying the imperial decree issued by him, but also placed the six books under his jurisdiction.

Each of the six future titles will bear their own responsibilities, and no one can reach into other people's territory. In other words, if Zhu Youjian wants to repair roads in the future, he will only discuss with the Ministry of Industry; Zhu Youjian will spend money and only discuss with the Ministry of Households; if Zhu Youjian wants to fight, he will only discuss with the Ministry of War; if Zhu Youjian appoints and removes officials, he only needs to It is enough to discuss with the staff, other ministries can't control it at all.

"Just now Li Aiqing said that there are so many troops in the army that corruption of ink is difficult to prohibit. In fact, you don't have to manage every soldier. Take the 300,000 army of the capital as an example, you only need to manage the eight commanders, and they will naturally have their own The division commander is in charge, and the division commanders will also manage their respective brigade commanders, and so on, the squad leaders will also manage their soldiers." Zhu Youjian's face showed longing, "The soldiers will be promoted. It's easy to get rich. Take military merit."

The most shocking thing in my heart was Li Chunye, who saw Zhu Youjian's "assembly line production" in the Firearms Bureau, and now he heard Zhu Youjian's "layer-by-layer management method", and the feeling became stronger and stronger: the more you understand Zhu Youjian , I feel the more I don’t understand Zhu Youjian.

"Three Aiqings, do you understand their respective responsibilities?" After solving Li Chunye's confusion, Zhu Youjian was finally ready to cut to the final topic.

"The minister understands."

"There is one more thing," Zhu Youzhen's face suddenly eased away, replaced by the severity of determination: "Party disputes have always been the way to subdue the country. Datang prospered in the Guanlong family and died in Guanlong. Aristocratic family; Dahan died in the foreign relatives group and the eunuch group."

Zhu Youzhen didn't wait for the three of them to reply, and continued to say seriously: "No matter what you have done in the past, I will follow the rules and administer according to the law. If the court recurs into party formation for private purposes, I will still say the same thing-to the scholar immediately!"

"The ministers, please follow the edict."

Bi Ziyan was originally a neutral faction and had no hobby of partying.

Although Huang Liji and Li Chunye supported the eunuch, but the eunuch belonged to Wei Zhongxian alone. Now Wei Zhongxian is dead and has no leader. Although they jointly impeached the Donglin Party last time, it was Zhu Youjian's connivance and inducement.

The eunuch party is now a loose group of interests. There is no greed for ink and no exchange of interests. Both Huang Liji and Li Chunye understand that this loose group will soon disintegrate.

So the three people answered without any hesitation.

"I hope you will answer with your heart, not just verbally--Huang Aiqing, I ask you for personal affection. There is a person named Huang Xiaofu who I will use in the future. You will temporarily arrange a position for him in the Ministry of Rites. "Huang Xiaofu is Huang Er. Zhu Youqian suspected that his name was not on the table, so he renamed him.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Please indicate, your Majesty, what kind of position is to be arranged?" Huang Liji didn't understand who Zhu Youjian had arranged. He thought it was Jin Yiwei's spy.

"Well... Let's take a post in the host and guest Qingli Division!" Zhu Youzhen said casually.

"The host and guest Qing Lisi?" Huang Liji was very surprised. This was responsible for receiving foreign guests, and it was an optional department in the Ministry of Etiquette. There is no connection between Ming and foreign nations, so the people who host and visit Qinglisi usually "read a cup of tea, a cigarette, and a newspaper for a long time." Since Zhu Youjian recommends candidates, of course he should enter an important department to take up important positions.

"Huang Aiqing, Huang Xiaofu was not a court official before, so entering the Qing dynasty as the host and guest is to study. Aiqing must supervise Huang Xiaofu's study, and secondly, she must supervise Huang Xiaofu. Don't bring bad social habits into the Ministry of Rites."

"The minister takes orders." Since Zhu Youjian insisted, Huang Liji was not opposed to it. It is most convenient to arrange the staff in the main and guest Qingli Division, as long as a salary is enough.

On December 6, Zhu Youjian summoned Wang Yongguang, Qiao Yunsheng, and Li Changgeng at the same place in Qianqing Palace.

At the beginning of the new emperor's establishment, the three fires hadn't burnt out, and no one dared to touch Zhu Youjian's mold.

The previous issues received unanimous support from the three, including Zhu Youjian's recommendation of Li Hongji to the official department, and Zhu Youjian's request for the Ministry of Engineering to build a cement avenue from Jingshi to Tongguan.

But Zhu Youjian asked them to dissolve the Donglin Party, but the three of them hesitated.

"Your Majesty, Donglin Academy is a place for ministers and other officials to study. The ministers form a party, not for private purposes, but for sharing the worries of the king and working for the people." Wang Yongguang euphemistically expressed his opposition.

"Sharing the worries for the king? Profiting for the people?" Zhu Youjian rose in anger, "Wang Aiqing, when the Liaodong army's salary was insufficient, did you share the worries for the emperor? When the people of Shaanxi changed their lives, did you work for the people?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers did not try their best, but that the ministers did not do their best. Shaanxi was rebuilt, and Donglin merchants also strongly supported it." The Donglin Party really spoke of loyalty, and Li Changgeng immediately spoke in support of Wang Yongguang.

"Don't come to a wheel war with me-the result of the wheel war is your collective tribute. There are still many people in the DPRK who are temporarily resigned and waiting to be replaced."

There is a muscle in the minds of the Donglin Party members. They are not afraid of getting rid of the soldiers, not afraid of going to jail, or even bleeding and killing their heads. However, under Zhu Youjian's anger, if they are now paying attention to the soldiers, they must be the eunuchs. The party's power must surpass the Donglin Party, and they cannot afford such a loss.

Zhu Youjian's gaze swept across the faces of the three men one by one: "Shaanxi has suffered a severe drought for three consecutive years, and the victims have been hungry everywhere. Where are you? Are you strong? Then you are greedy for more than 13 million taels of money. What is it? Li Aiqing, do you know how much food can be bought for more than 13 million taels? How many people on the verge of death can be saved?"

There are indeed some people in the Donglin Party who are clumsy, but they only see their own common interests, not the court, the country, or the people at all.

Zhu Youjian thought that day, in the history of later generations, "Chongzhen" was forced to ask the ministers for help because he had no money to kill the bandits. , One by one kneeled in front of "Chongzhen" and cried poorly, crying so much that "Chongzhen" comforted them...

However, after the city was broken, Niu Jinxing and Li Guo under Li Zicheng's command seized more than 50 million taels of silver from the officials of the capital.

After Zhu Youjian punished Wei Zhongxian, he played a game with the ministers because of the lack of silver in the household department. Within a few days, he seized more than 27 million taels of silver from the ministers. On a per capita basis, the Donglin Party surpassed the Eunuch Party.

"This..." Li Changgeng's face was red and his ears were red, and he was silent.

Qiao Yunsheng flicked his sleeves and was about to speak to help, when Zhu Youjian's gaze glared fiercely, he finally did not dare to speak.

"I don’t care what academy, nor the normal exchanges between ministers, but, in the future, if I hear about “the giants of Donglin, gather together at Yihongyuan”, “head of the Donglin Party, the conspiracy of natural residence” and so on. Message, just wait for the collective greeting!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The three were forced to bow their heads and admit their mistakes.

Since Zhu Youjian was in power, the first fire was to cut out Wei Wei's gang; the second fire was to rectify the malignant tumor of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years-the blatant greed for ink. This third fire is not about disbanding Donglin Academy, right

Zhu Youjian dared to punish the monstrous Wei Zhongxian, and even dared to completely rectify the unspoken rules of Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. What else does he dare not dare to

Regardless of what the leaders of the East Forest Party are thinking, Zhu Youjian waved his hand: "Go back! I will not only look at your verbal statements, but also your actual actions.

"The ministers retired."

Wang Yongguang, Qiao Yunsheng, and Li Changgeng went out of the Palace of the Qing Dynasty and were blown by the northwest wind outside, only to realize that they were all sweating.

"Master Wang, have you ever seen your majesty look so fierce?" Qiao Yunsheng was startled by Zhu Youjian's gaze.

Wang Yongguang shook his head slowly, thinking of Zhu Youjian's thunderous method of cutting off Wei Zhongxian and his gang, he shuddered: "Two adults, I will stay out of the limelight in the future."

Qiao Yunsheng and Li Changgeng also nodded.

Zhu Youzhen didn't guess what Wang Yongguang and the others thought, and he didn't have time to guess.

Tian Ergeng, who was imprisoned in Jinyiwei Purgatory, finally confessed that he had sent someone to assassinate Zhu Youjian under the instruction of Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youjian was very interested in assassinating his own leader in black, especially when he said, "People are in the rivers and lakes, how many things can be fulfilled?" Moreover, he was not seriously injured at the time, but chose to escape into the woods, obviously not wanting to fight with himself.

Zhu Youjian summoned Jin Yiwei's "five masters" on the empty golden brick floor outside the Palace of the Qing Dynasty.

There are only four now. The second child, Ji Peng, was cut off by Zhu Youjian and exposed his identity. Wei Zhongxian had long since killed him and took it to Zhu Youxiao to plead guilty.

Because the people Zhu Youjian met were all martial arts masters, figures of the arena, and the guards all looked very nervous. They all put the flintlock in their hands on bullets, ready to protect Zhu Youjian at any time, although the guard Fu Xiaojian did not have flint The gun, however, put his hand on the hilt of the long sword at his waist, ready to guard Zhu Youjian at any time.

Tang Cheng was still in black clothes and black trousers, and his thin figure looked like a yushu facing the wind.

"Tang Cheng, tell me about these masters!" If you don't know each other, Zhu Youjian and Tang have dealt with each other, and they are considered old acquaintances.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Tang Cheng stepped forward, his heart uneasy. He didn't know what Zhu Youzhen was going to do with them. Fortunately, others said that he was the murderer who assassinated Zhu Youzhen.

"Stop." Fu Xiaojian stopped Tang Cheng and prevented him from approaching Zhu Youjian.

Tang Cheng bowed his head from a safe distance: "My Majesty, Ling Feng on the left and Yan Ran on the right."

Ling Feng and Yan Ran stepped forward and bowed their hands to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian chuckled: "The man in the wheelchair must be the boss Bloomberg."

Bloomberg was dressed in black clothes and a black felt hat with a wide brim on his head. He sat in a wheelchair peacefully. He bowed his hand to Zhu Youjian, believing Zhu Youjian's guess.

Tang Cheng speaks much more modestly: "In response to your Majesty, he is Bloomberg, but this is the first time I have seen this person."

"The first time? Why? Aren't you five brothers?"