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At this time, most of the loyal martyrs enshrined in the Ming Dynasty Zhonglie Hall died in the battle with Jianlu. It is reasonable for Fan Wencheng to kneel in front of the Hall of Martyrs after his execution. Or, when others see the traitors in front of the Zhonglie Hall of the Ming Dynasty, and then look at the loyal martyrs enshrined in the Zhonglie Hall, this comparison should have a better warning effect.

It was for this reason that Emperor Chongzhen had such a purpose.

After he finished speaking, he slowly glanced at the crowds of people in the square, and announced loudly: "If you have revenge, if you have grievances, I will leave these traitors to you. Remember, try to make as many victims as possible." There is a chance for revenge!”

Hearing the emperor's verdict, Fan Wencheng first stared blankly at the ground like a clay sculpture. After a while, he suddenly shouted crazily: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, that's all! The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Haha, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit..."

When death was imminent, he didn't show any repentance at all. He just used the words "winner and loser" to explain himself. But he didn't know that even in the original history, although he "became king", he helped the Manchu Qing Dynasty win the world and became the founding hero of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. But history is fair in the end, and the word "traitor" is firmly nailed to him, and he will be infamy for eternity!

Fan Gou and others next to Fan Wencheng were different from him. They collapsed on the ground one by one. Even though they knew it was useless, they instinctively begged loudly for mercy! He only wanted to seek glory and wealth, but in the end he was sentenced to death. Although it backfired, he deserved it!

The subsequent ceremony will be the same as before. After a busy day, Emperor Chongzhen did not rest and came to the Wenhua Hall to handle government affairs. The main reason is that another year has arrived, and he, the emperor, must personally make the final decision on all matters.

But this time, what was a little surprising was that the first assistant, Wen Tiren, came out first and told Emperor Chongzhen: "The Jianlu Empire has been declining, and there is really no need for your Majesty to lead a personal expedition. The Ming Dynasty has just shown signs of revival, so please take the safety of the dragon body as a precaution The most important thing is to put our ancestors, country, country and country first!"

The personal expedition by the emperor was completely different from the danger level of the emperor's private expedition to the south of the Yangtze River. No one can guarantee that the war will be won! If something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous.

As soon as Wen Tiren finished speaking, Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Rites, also immediately came forward and said: "Your Majesty's knowledge is as profound as the sea. It is a good time to lead our Ming Dynasty to open up a new situation. To regain Liaodong, please understand the importance of this matter!"

This time, even Xue Guoguan, who is known to be bold and outspoken, also joined in admonishing: "Your Majesty, with Sun Ge Lao and Lu Zhongcheng here in Liaodong, it will be a matter of time to recover Liaodong. Please don't take the risk." Just in case!"

"Your Majesty, the Tumu Fort incident was a painful lesson for our Ming Dynasty. I beg your Majesty not to forget the national humiliation!" Other ministers also followed suit.

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Emperor Chongzhen watched expressionlessly as they went out to admonish one by one without saying a word, giving them the opportunity to speak out.

Based on his experience, he can naturally distinguish clearly those who sincerely think about themselves and the Ming Dynasty, and those who are selfish and insincere, just don't want to let themselves leave the capital again, and don't want to make their prestige higher.

When the ministers below had almost finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen replied coldly: "You are not joking, what do you mean? Let me break my trust with the army and the people? Let the Jianlu laugh at me and let the people despise me?" "

These heart-wrenching questions made the Wenhua Hall completely silent. None of the ministers dared to answer the question. It was really the emperor who played the trick of killing first and telling later. If he said it at the capital city two years ago, someone may have forgotten it over time, or the emperor just said it and didn't take it seriously.

But today, on such an important occasion, in front of so many people, the emperor once again mentioned the matter of his personal expedition in public. Under this background, it is really difficult for the emperor to slap himself in the face and take back his life.

Wen Tiren actually thought of a way. As long as Emperor Chongzhen agrees, he can just use dragging technique and keep dragging, which is fine!

However, he did not have a chance to say anything. Emperor Chongzhen had once again made his decision decisive and stated again: "My decision has been made, and there is no need for you to say anything. What you are waiting for is to do your duty and prepare for the emperor's personal expedition." Be fully prepared!”

Having said this, he softened his tone and said: "I have seen my fierce tiger and you. I have been in control of many great victories before! I don't boast, I just recovered Liaodong, it's nothing to do!"

As soon as he said these words, Wen Tiren immediately thought of the chat group. He naturally understood that what the emperor said was true! At this time, seeing that Emperor Chongzhen had made up his mind, he changed the subject and said: "If your Majesty must be the charioteer for the expedition, please arrange for your Majesty to supervise the country!"

Although Emperor Chongzhen's eldest son is a legitimate son, he is only five years old now, so he has not established a prince. The emperor is not in the capital, especially when he is leading troops on an expedition. In this case, generally speaking, it is necessary to set up a supervisory authority. This is a prudent move.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help having a headache when he heard this. He didn't expect that Yu Jia's personal expedition would involve so many things. Do you want to establish yourself as a prince now? Haha, isn't this prince very miserable! Now I am only twenty-one years old. If I add in the additional fifty years of life awarded by the achievement points, I guess all the princes and princes will be gone. I will still be the emperor! It is too early to establish a prince now!

With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen said categorically: "If I were not in the capital, state affairs would be decided jointly by the Chief Assistant, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the Queen. If there were any major matters, they would be handled by me personally. There would be no delay, and there would be no need for another decision." Establish a prison state.”

Hearing this, Wen Tiren couldn't help but be enlightened. Indeed, the current Ming Emperor is fundamentally different from the emperors of previous dynasties. He has a chat group system, and many things can no longer be measured by old experience.

For the important officials of the imperial court who can stand in the Wenhua Hall, the emperor has the ability of clairvoyance and ears, or the factory guards who have such abilities have heard about it and even witnessed it with their own eyes. Although they are not as clear as people in the chat group system like Wen Tiren, they still know something.

But the information revealed in the emperor's words at this time was not trivial. They got the information at once. It seemed that the emperor did not like his legitimate son very much. Otherwise, it would be okay to establish a prince at this time!

In the original history, Zhu Cixiang, the legitimate son of Emperor Chongzhen, was named crown prince in the third year of Chongzhen's reign. It's just that in this dimension, the tragedy is that Emperor Chongzhen is no longer the original Emperor Chongzhen. He is busy reviving the Ming Dynasty and has never thought about making his newborn son a prince.

The duel in the Wenhua Palace finally ended calmly as Chief Assistant Wen Tiren changed his position. Back to business, the year-end summary began with the cabinet taking the lead and the Director of Ceremonies listening.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, the most important thing was the implementation of the national policy of opening up the sea. Under Sun Chuanting's iron face and cold blood, the sea tax revenue far exceeded that of the Longqing sea taxation period. This year's sea tax revenue reached He received an astonishing four million taels of silver. And it is expected that next year, the tax revenue from this opening will be even greater.

When talking about this important event, Wen Tiren's old face was full of smiles. At that time, he made a splash at the court meeting, and was appointed by the emperor as the first assistant and entrusted with important tasks. This was all due to his shocking words at the time, and several proposals were in line with the holy intention.

One of the suggestions is to study Song Kaihai in preschool. Although He Qiaoyuan proposed the opening of the sea, he was the first to advocate it and escorted it. It can be said that his contribution is not small. Today's tax revenue has proven the correctness of this national policy. The Ming Dynasty had a huge source of wealth, but it did not increase the burden on the people. This achievement will definitely be praised by future generations!

In fact, the person who made the greatest contribution to the opening of the sea was actually Emperor Chongzhen himself. It was he who resolutely implemented the national policy of opening up the sea and even went to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate the maritime trade. When the officials attacked Sun Chuanting, he protected him so that Sun Chuanting could free his hands and feet to do it. When pirates were rampant, it was he who used the chat group to control the situation. They even mobilized the Denglai navy to go south, and finally drove the pirates to the south, and also drove out the red barbarians!

Even going a little further, when Emperor Chongzhen came through time, he had already made up his mind to impose a sea ban. For this reason, Li Zhiqi, Zheng Zhilong, etc. were recruited, and Sun Chuanting, who was far away in Shanxi, was transferred to Fujian...

It can be said that there are so many Kaihai tax grants, all of which are the hard work of Emperor Chongzhen. However, Emperor Chongzhen was the boss, so he did not have to compete with his ministers for this credit. The biggest advantage is his, no one can compete with him!

The second major event in the fifth year of Chongzhen was to rely on Gaizhou to launch a surprise attack on Haizhou, seize Anshan Post, and threaten Liaoyang, the gateway to Shenyang and the important town in Liaodong. In the strategy against Jianlu, we have completely taken the initiative. During this period, the Eastern Mongolian Alliance of Jianlu collapsed, and various tribes took refuge in the Ming Dynasty and became part of the Ming Dynasty's military power. Among them, the Horqin tribe gave Jianlu the final blow, leaving Jianlu with no fighting power, but unable to use it at all.

In addition, the originally costly Liaodong battlefield has greatly reduced the logistical pressure as every battle must be won and every battle must be profitable. In addition, large-scale shipments of grain from the Nanyang Sea, once in the first and second half of the year, also greatly alleviated the food problem in Liaodong.

From the mouths of the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty in the Wenhua Hall, they were already reporting to the emperor the harvest of grain fields, mines, cities, etc. occupied by Liaodong. The original order in Liaodong has been completely ruined by the Jianqi. Today, Liaodong is basically ownerless. When the imperial court regains control of Liaodong, the imperial court will be able to decide everything. This will be a huge income for the imperial court. The bloody achievements of the frontline soldiers can already be rewarded with these lands without the need for the court to pay more, thus greatly reducing the pressure on the court.

The third major event in the five years of Chongzhen was the reform of the military system of the garrison, which was linked to the expansion of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the reaffirmation of obedience. These three national policies are interrelated, precisely because the reaffirmation of obedience requires the expansion of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for supervision, and its manpower can come from the military households of the military system of the defense station. On the other hand, the execution of the obedience and violation style caused a lot of bleeding among the wealthy businessmen of the Ming Dynasty. The ancestral system could not be violated, and the officials behind the wealthy businessmen had nothing to say.

Income in this area is not entirely measured in silver taels. Some of them are used in children's schools to support school children; some are used to pave roads and build bridges to benefit local areas; some are used to... No matter what it is, these things that were originally the responsibility of the court and were done with the people's tax income now do not need to pay a penny. It can be achieved with money. It can be said that this move greatly reduced the pressure on the court and the burden on the people.

Compared with these major events, other events seem to have less impact. But if it were in the past, it would still be a big deal.

For example, in the issuance of banknotes, due to the accumulation of credibility in the early stage and the improvement of the imperial court's financial strength, banknotes and silver stocks are no longer printed and issued on a one-to-one basis. From the perspective of banknote printing, banknotes have finally turned a profit! Although the ratio of banknotes to silver in stock is actually very close to one, it has at least made a profit and the people have not had a particularly big reaction to this.

The price of banknotes is still so strong. Based on the previous examples of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, such a comparison often makes Ming Dynasty civil servants feel incredible, but when they think about it, they take it for granted.

Correspondingly, Daming Construction Bank's profits mainly come from the interest difference between deposits and loans and handling fees for off-site withdrawals, which this year has reached as much as one hundred thousand taels. Among them, according to the situation investigated by factory guards, the existence of the Ming Dynasty Construction Bank greatly promoted the circulation of goods from the north to the south of the Ming Dynasty. More and more people had the opportunity to do business and buy and sell, and their living conditions were also improved. It can be expected that this area will have greater development potential in the coming year. Because of the booming sea trade, it will definitely drive the profits of Daming Construction Bank.

It can be said that the most profound event that had a profound impact on the future of the Ming Dynasty was actually the official debut of the steam engine and the spread of science and technology brought about. Starting from the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, Eastern logic no longer needed to be born from scratch. The spread and progress of science and technology began from this year.

In fact, there are still major events during this year, such as the cement road construction project presided over by Liu Mao, which has not shown much benefit yet, but as long as more roads are built, Daming's traffic will make a leap, which is of great significance. profound.

In addition, the long-term national policy of enfeoffment of feudal lords overseas began in earnest through the strategy of Togo. However, this matter has not been widely publicized yet, and even few of the Ming Dynasty executives in the Wenhua Palace know about it.

The summary of Chongzhen's five years lasted for about two days before it came to an end. This year's harvest allows the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty to live a good year with a comfortable mood.

However, it was New Year's Eve, and Emperor Chongzhen discovered that Queen Zhou seemed to be in a bad mood!