Beauty Man: All Heavens and Immortals

Chapter 21 Don't be afraid of opponents like gods, but teammates like pigs (recommended for favorites!)
"It turned out to be true..." King Xin murmured with a pale face and absent-minded eyes.

Empress Zhang was thinking about her future, and occasionally glanced at Owen with an inexplicable expression.

Emperor Tianqi struggled to prop up his body, looked at Owen expectantly and said, "Zhongxian, can the two emperors teach you how to change your luck against the sky?"

As soon as these words came out, both King Xin and Queen Zhang were startled. When they came back to their senses, they also looked at Owen with the same eyes.

Owen said solemnly: "This is natural. The two emperors said: There are three major problems in Ming Dynasty today."

"Which three problems?"

"First, foreign enemies have invaded. Your Majesty should have heard the saying that the Jurchen is full of ten thousand and invincible, right?"

"kindness!"

"The Jurchens live in poor mountains and rivers, and the harsh environment makes them fierce in nature and super powerful in combat. The disadvantage is that they have a small number of people, and they are only a few hundred thousand. On the other hand, although our Ming Dynasty has millions of troops, most of them are corrupt. In the army, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the generals are greedy for salary, and even kill good people to ask for credit. It also happens from time to time.

Coupled with the fact that the military is expensive and the military is cheap, the military aircraft is a major event, and the military aircraft is fleeting. The top leader of the army is a civil servant who is basically a man of paper. , can there be civil servants leading the army to fight? "

"This is also to prevent the generals from making trouble..." King Xin retorted.

Owen laughed and said: "For this reason, the two saints, Taizu and Chengzu, also pointed out the old slaves, but now the Ming Dynasty has only 17 years of national fortune, which can already be equivalent to the time when the country was founded. The country is in danger of being overthrown at any time. This way of governing the army will definitely not change the future of Ming Dynasty."

"You mean to withdraw the practice of civil servants overseeing the army and let military officers take full control of the army? But what if..."

"There is no chance, as long as your majesty and the court follow the example of the founding of the country, give capable generals a bright future, and then move their families to the capital. If you are lucky, why do these capable generals have any reason to rebel?"

"But this matter is too big, and I am afraid it will be difficult to complete it in a short time."

"Exactly. So before solving the second problem, the Jurchens must be blocked from the pass. The two ancestor emperors have traveled around the future and found a way."

"What method? Say it!"

"The strength of the Jurchens lies in their invincibility. Now we don't need to defeat them immediately, we just need to delay the time. Therefore, the best countermeasure is to defend the city and the pass. Set traps on the main arteries, Prevent their cavalry from entering and exiting."

"Is there any trap in the world that can stop hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry?"

"The two ancestor emperors called it a minefield."

"Minefields?"

"Yes, it is to wrap gunpowder in iron balls or soil balls and bury them in the ground in advance. Once the enemy's cavalry step on these mines, they will detonate. The gunpowder used in these mines is a new formula, which is ten times or a hundred times more powerful than the mines. The current gunpowder will inevitably turn these cavalry bombers on their backs. As long as they defend the pass and lay minefields on the main roads, it is impossible for a mere [-] Jurchen cavalry to drive straight into the hinterland of Daming and win enough for our Ming Dynasty. time."

"Okay, okay! What a minefield! When the explosives of this landmine are detonated, even if it can't kill many people and horses, the earth-shattering explosion is enough to scare the horses. No matter how fierce the Jurchens are, if there are no horses, it will be just mange sickness."

"But what if the other party removes these mines?"

"Hehe, that's why there is the theory of minefields. Mining mines is very simple, but clearing mines is very troublesome. It takes time and manpower. After they cleared it for a while, we have already pulled the red cannons and set up a formation to bomb the opponent. , how can the opponent have no reason to be invincible?"

"Okay, okay! Does Zhongxian know everything about the mines and minefields?"

Owen said with a smile: "The gift from the two ancestor emperors, I dare not forget, is already in my mind. As long as the second problem is solved, craftsmen can be arranged to manufacture in large quantities, and then transported to the front line to hold The territory of the Ming Dynasty is gone."

Owen went to university in his first life, and he studied mechanical design, manufacturing and automation. He also liked to read certain novels. For a while, he was very fascinated by novels that travel through history. He naturally knows some black powder formulas that the protagonist often mentions. , and landmines are things with an extremely simple structure. With Owen's super mental power now, these things he has seen are naturally imprinted in his mind very clearly.

"The second problem? Is it the internal troubles you mentioned? Donglin Party members?"

Mentioning this, King Xin turned pale again.

Owen glanced at King Xin, nodded and said, "Exactly, the two holy emperors said: The Ming Dynasty raised scholars for 300 years, but raised a group of wolf-hearted people. During the 17 years of Chongzhen's reign, the most energy-consuming thing was to deal with these civil servants. Group struggles, but in the name of Confucianism, these people forced Emperor Chongzhen to be helpless, the more they worked hard, the more mistakes they made, and finally left a ridiculous statement in the history."

Xin Wang tremblingly said: "What ridiculous statement?"

Owen said lightly: "Emperor Chongzhen is the biggest undercover agent buried by the Qing court in our Daming! When he was hanged on Meishan, the high-ranking officials of the Qing court shook their heads and sighed, saying that they had lost a big help! Then they thought that Emperor Chongzhen was taking revenge in the name of revenge." , out of Shanhaiguan, and seize the entire territory of Ming Dynasty."

There is another more vivid sentence that Irving didn't say: Don't be afraid of opponents like gods, but teammates like pigs...

King Xin collapsed on the ground, with cold sweat on his forehead, and murmured: "Impossible, impossible..."

Emperor Tianqi persuaded: "Fifth brother, don't blame yourself, it's not your fault!"

But how can this kind of weak persuasion be able to comfort King Xin? He originally took Zhongxing Daming as his own responsibility and had a high self-esteem, but now he heard such a shocking statement. One hundred thousand points!
Owen said indifferently: "His Royal Highness, instead of being entangled in the past, it is better to listen to the secrets of the two ancestor emperors. Neither of the two saints blamed you, so why should you do this."

As soon as these words came out, King Xin's eyes froze, he struggled and said, "That's right, please also ask Eunuch Wei to convey the secrets of the two ancestor emperors."

Owen nodded and said: "The two ancestor emperors said: the civil official group headed by Donglin party members has become the biggest cancer of Ming Dynasty. They occupy high positions, control the government and public opinion, and take the salary given by the court. Accepting bribes from wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River has become the spokesperson for the wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Do your Majesty and His Highness King Xin remember a measure that Emperor Shenzong implemented when he was in power?"

Emperor Tianqi looked confused, but King Xin blurted out: "The right to monopolize salt and iron!"

Owen nodded and said, "Exactly! The emperor Shenzong decreed to deprive the rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River of their salt and iron monopoly rights, which is very wise! Because this right involves the national economy and people's livelihood, it is an important pillar for filling the national treasury, so it should be nationalized. But After the rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River tasted such huge profits, they were not willing to let go. They kept preaching that the emperor could not compete with the people for profits.

But it didn't mention a word, how could it be ordinary people who can be contaminated with this right, even ordinary wealthy businessmen don't have this qualification, only those big businessmen who have this ability are incomparably rich.Don't civil servants know these truths?No, they know very well!

Seeing that Emperor Shenzong ignored them, these rich merchants had no choice but to move slowly.Using the wealth of a country that is beyond rivals, to subsidize students wantonly in Jiangnan and other places. After these students succeeded in the scientific examination, they became their spokespersons in the court, and continued to advocate these fallacies for them. civil servants group.

Once the cancer of civil officials is formed, the harm will be too great. The rich scholars of Ming Dynasty, these civil officials, with their salaries, secretly collect bribes from the rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Once the imperial court makes a slight move and involves the interests of the rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, these civil officials will start to die righteously If you win, you can continue to be rich and prosperous, and if you lose, you can leave your name in history. Let me ask, has such a good thing happened since ancient times? "

"Damn! Damn these bastards!"

Owen continued: "Your Majesty, Your Highness Xin Wang, do you know why the thief Li Zicheng was able to sweep the world and break through the city of Beijing?"

"Why?"

"This is also related to the cancer of the civil servants. The outstanding scholars of the Ming Dynasty, whoever obtained the fame of the Juren in the scientific research, returned to their hometown, there must be countless tenants donating their land to these Juren, making them local local tyrants and gentry in one fell swoop. Why? ?Because Juren has the privilege of tax exemption. These tenant farmers invested their land and seemed to suffer a lot. In fact, they can retain far more income each year than before, so there is such a strange thing. The name Jin Juren is worthy of the name of."

"What's the relationship between these? Isn't this the case from ancient times to the present?"

Owen nodded and said: "It is true that it has been the case since ancient times, but the dynasty also cannot avoid prosperity and decline until it is changed. Why? It is because of the existence of these cancers."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Emperor Taizu Chengzu said: At the beginning of the founding of the country, there were many wars, resulting in ten houses and nine empties, and a lot of land was barren. At that time, there was no problem in enforcing the land. But as the peace continued, the population increased rapidly, but the land could not grow. , This has caused some people to have no land to cultivate and live in poverty.

However, the number of Jin Juren has increased year by year, eroding a large amount of land. Because these lands are under the names of civil officials, they cannot pay taxes, causing the treasury to become increasingly empty. Sell ​​yourself to these local tyrants and gentry.

The Jurchen withhold customs from time to time, and the imperial court needs to allocate a large amount of money and food to the front lines to support the two pillars of the national treasury, one is commercial taxes such as salt and iron, and the other is agricultural taxes. They have a common spokesperson, the civil servant group headed by members of the Donglin Party.

They control the government, and naturally they will not affect the interests of these people, so the court can only increase the burden on the peasants, and continue to squeeze the last living space of countless civilians.But squeezed to the limit, countless civilians could not survive, so they could only rise up. "

"So it is!"

Owen sneered and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness King Xin, do you know how those civil servant groups behaved when Daming was about to die?"

"How about it?"

"They changed their bodies, shaved their hair and kept their braids, and surrendered to the Qing court under the guise of the reincarnation of heaven. They continued to be their high-ranking officials and enjoyed their glory and wealth."

(End of this chapter)