Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 82

Zhu Cihong saw that he had inspired the morale of the general soldiers, and this time the goal of the pledge had been achieved, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to leave in order and board the ship at the pier.

Wei Guogong Xu Hongji and his navy are waiting for the troops to board the ship at the pier, and Shi Kefa is also waiting for him in Yangzhou.

Seeing the soldiers leaving the martial arts arena, Zhu Cihong also walked off the stage, Qian Qianyi and the others got up and wanted to leave.

But when Qian Qianyi walked out of the stands first, Zhang Chao stopped him at the exit.

"Zhang Chao, why are you stopping me?" Qian Qianyi called him by his first name.

Although Zhang Chao is Zhu Cihong's confidant and has a very high status in Zhu Cihong's mind, but Qian Qianyi is a minister of the imperial court, how can his status be compared to that of a warrior like Zhang Chao.

"Master Qian, I'm here to help you." After Zhang Chao said this, Qian Qianyi was even more confused.

Qian Qianyi thought to himself, as a cabinet scholar, I am also the Minister of Rites, and I am the head of all officials in the imperial court. If there is anything you can do to help me, why don't you come over and volunteer to run errands for me?

"What can you help me with? It's ridiculous. Stop blocking the road. The ministers in front of you are still going out." After saying that, Qian Qianyi put his hand on Zhang Chao's shoulder, trying to push him away. open.

He originally thought that Zhang Chao would be afraid of his status, so he hurriedly stood aside obediently.

But Qian Qianyi didn't expect that Zhang Chao would stand there very stubbornly, motionless, no matter how hard Qian Qianyi used his hands, he would remain motionless.

"Master Qian, maybe you have misunderstood."

"I am standing here today to inform you that Your Majesty is going to the north. How can we ministers stay behind? We are all Chinese and military officials, and those who are above the sixth rank must accompany His Majesty to go north."

"I'll bring someone to help you move things right away, Grand Master Qian, please." At this moment, Zhang Chao turned sideways to make way for Qian Qianyi and the others.

In fact, there is no need for Zhang Chao and the others to move things. These civil and military ministers all have rich family backgrounds, and the imperial court has not collected their taxes.

The Ming Dynasty was not the same as the Qing Dynasty. The gentry had the privilege of being tax-free, so even some idle officials who had no filial piety could get a lot of money by accepting the trust of unscrupulous people and treacherous people.

Therefore, the servants of Qian Qianyi and the others are enough to carry the rites and things. When Zhang Chao said this, he was actually expressing his intention to monitor them euphemistically.

It was only at this time that Qian Qianyi realized that although these people were officials appointed by the court, and he was the top of all the officials, there was no reason for a scholar to meet a soldier. They were nothing in front of the sword of a soldier.

"Okay, let's go back and pack our bags and accompany His Majesty." Qian Qianyi lowered his head and left sadly.

Just as Qian Qianyi was about to leave the stands, someone stopped him suddenly.

"Lord Qian, let's not go to the north. The imperial court is in Jinling, and our official offices are also here. If we go to the north, how will we work on the way and how the imperial court will operate."

"Among the activities of chariots and horses, when the civil and military affairs are chaotic, I am afraid that the court will not be able to turn around, and the country will not be a country."

Qian Qianyi turned his head to look, only to find that it was Zheng Duosheng, the servant of the Taipu Temple, and thought, this guy is really reckless, how could he say such a thing in Zhang Chao's face.

At the execution ground, Zhang Chao supervised the beheading of more than 1000 people below Fu Wang's mansion, with their heads rolling and blood flowing, but he didn't even bat an eyelid, which shows how ruthless he is.

But when he thought about Zheng Duosheng's situation, he felt that it was natural for him to stand up and say this.

The Taipu Temple has a long history. Since the Qin Dynasty, there has been the position of Taipu, ranking among the Jiuqing. After King Qin, it has continued in the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties. It can be described as a living fossil in the Chinese official system.

But it is precisely because of this that whenever the dynasty changes and the new monarch creates a new situation in order to reform the shortcomings of the previous dynasty, he will divide some functions of the Taipu Temple and let some new departments and personnel be in charge of these tasks. functions.

It’s like the highest decision-making level of the imperial court. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was the Zhongshu Province, and in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the Song Dynasty, it became the Zhongshumen and the Privy Council. Now they have swept away the shortcomings of the previous generation in the Ming Dynasty. The prime minister was abolished, academicians were used instead, and informal institutions such as the cabinet were established.

But despite this, the institutions of the previous generation are often not cut off. Take the prime minister as an example, from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, the power was constantly weakened on the whole.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor appointed the Minister of Shangshu by his side to set up the Shangshutai. And people are always changing.

This is the trend of history, the result of the emperor's centralization of power, and the same is true of Taipu Temple.

"Master Zheng, don't talk too much, I will wait and follow the king's orders, so there is no need to say too much." Qian Qianyi persuaded Zheng Duosheng.

Although Qian Qianyi is a person with a lot of literati and politician air, in order to marry Liu Rushi, a famous Qinhuai prostitute, he cruelly sold the whole set of "Hanshu" he collected, not to mention the secular ridicule.

But in the face of big right and wrong, Qian Qianyi still knew what to do.

China is a unified country that has been centralized since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The emperor can often be regarded as the embodiment of the will of the country.

And for those who go against the emperor and do not act according to his ideas, at least nine out of ten will not end up well.

I thought, Zheng Duosheng was so angry that he even scolded Qian Qianyi.

"Qian Qianyi, in vain that you are the leader of the Donglin Party, the hand of a gentleman in the southeast, and you only know how to flatter the emperor and ignore state affairs. Are people like you worthy of being in the cabinet and a scholar?"

"At such a time, my generation of literati should give full play to the spirit of senior Qingliu, give up my small body to become a great country, and in order to persuade the emperor and make him make the right choice, I have to speak more, and I have to speak freely."

Zheng Duosheng really looked like the few civil servants who were killed by the court during the Wanli period who were not afraid of death and talked nonsense for their own reputation.

Standing in the stands, his righteous and awe-inspiring appearance gave Qian Qianyi and Zhang Chao a feeling that everyone was drunk and the only one sober, standing out from the crowd.

But this is not to praise him, Qian Qianyi and Zhang Chao secretly shouted, this Zheng Duosheng is really a fool, Zhu Cihong dared to kill before he was enthroned, and mobilized the whole city to search, ransack his home, and behead him.

(End of this chapter)