Domineering Daming

Hearing Zhu Xu's question, he considered it in his heart, and said: "Back to the emperor, the guards in various places have been decaying over the years, and their war preparations have been slack, and they are unbearable. The minister and Sun Ge worked hard to rectify, but they could only barely succeed. The army is still loose, hardly capable of fighting, and even... not as good as the previous guard. The minister, Mr. Yuan, and Mr. Sun Ge have discussed that they should build a warlord, train them strictly, and sweep away the old-fashioned spirit, so that they can be resolute and resolute. war……"

Zhu Xu nodded secretly while listening, what Sun Chuanting said was true and to the point.

If an army wants to have combat power, it is not enough for someone to have weapons and food and wages. Without some training and a few bloody battles, it is impossible to have combat power and become an army.

After Sun Chuanting had finished speaking, Zhu Xu smiled with satisfaction and said, "Well, I know all of this. After you take up the post of the Ministry of War, your main responsibility is to train soldiers. The Ministry of War must strictly supervise, and if there is any obstacle, the black sheep must be eliminated decisively. We must train a strong soldier for me as soon as possible!"

Sun Chuanting bowed slightly, looked up at Zhu Xu, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Lord Shen advocates slowing down..."

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this, I will give you a clear division of responsibilities when the time comes, and I won't hold you back."

Sun Chuanting felt relieved, and was also curious, Your Majesty, doesn't seem to care too much about what's going on outside the palace?

Zhu Xu was very concerned about the military situation in various places, and began to ask in detail.

Sun Chuanting is capable of writing and martial arts, whether it is military or government affairs, he has some opinions, and the monarch and ministers are right, but it is very smooth.

Zhu Xu nodded from time to time as he listened, and he also learned from Sun Chuanting's words.The disasters in all parts of the country are not limited to the north. The southern provinces, even the coastal areas, are becoming more and more serious, and most of the bandits are born from this. A single sweep is not enough.

Zhu Xu listened for a while, and then asked, "What do you think, each of our chief secretaries has a governor who is responsible for military affairs and dealing with banditry in various places?"

Sun Chuanting frowned slightly. This actually belonged to the authority of the Metropolitan Command Division. The abolition of the guards naturally required a new Yamen to take over. However, the Chief Secretary, the Procuratorate, and the Metropolitan Command Division did not belong to each other. , It is nothing more than the reappearance of the command department, and there is not much change at all.

When it came to these matters, Sun Chuanting could not make a judgment on his own, but cautiously advised: "Your Majesty, I believe that whether it is the governor of one province or two provinces, the chief secretary's office should still be the chief decision-maker in dealing with banditry and rebellion."

Zhu Xu's expression was slightly different, and he immediately understood what Sun Chuanting meant.

Among the three local departments, the Chief Secretary has the greatest power. If they don't support, even if they don't cooperate, the governor's appointment will not have much influence. There are many governors and governors who have been emptied and returned in embarrassment.

However, Zhu Xu didn't want to continue to expand the power of the chief secretary, so as not to affect his plan, so he said calmly, "Well, I'll think about it later."

"By the way." Zhu Xu suddenly said again: "When you arrive at the Ministry of War, you should also pay attention to the battle situation of Meng Yuan and Jiannu. Although Lin Danhan is disappointed with him, I have to support him. You can discuss how to support him. Let them consume both sides, and we will gain the benefits of making it bigger."

Sun Chuanting glanced at Zhu Xu and said: "I understand that I will start immediately after taking office."

Zhu Xu smiled and discussed with Sun Chuanting for more than half an hour before letting him out of the palace.

Standing in front of the stairs, Zhu Xu looked at Sun Chuanting's back, heaved a sigh of relief, and said to himself with a smile: "With him here, I can at least half of my heart be at ease."

However, he also vaguely understood from Sun Chuanting's words that Sun Chuanting was different from the Donglin Party or other Qingliu ministers, and had a clear understanding of the situation in Daming, especially the military and political affairs in various places, which had been corrupted to a certain extent. !

Sun Chuanting's entry to Beijing at this time naturally did not attract much attention.

The connection of the Donglin Party is getting faster and bigger, and even the memorials from various places are also rushing to Beijing one by one through the post station, but they are not sent to the Secretary of General Affairs, but to Zhao Nanxing and others.

Like a snowball, no matter in terms of momentum or scale, it began to sweep the capital, and everyone from princes and ministers to traffickers and pawns knew about it.

All kinds of rumors also began to spread, such as the emperor wanting to kill the ministers, what the trusting king wanted to rebel, what was the side of the Qing emperor, and even "Ji language" appeared, and the whole capital was in chaos.

However, not all members of the Donglin Party were won over.

In a room in Taichang Temple, several people sat opposite each other, drinking mulled wine.

They are all low-ranking officials. From the official uniform, the highest is only the seventh rank, led by Dr. Xu Jie from Taichang Temple.Everyone here is also from Wuxi in the south of the Yangtze River. They have been officials for several years and are in their early thirties. They seem to be mediocre.

One of them looked sad, poured wine into his mouth and said: "Brother Xu, are we really not going?"

Although Xu Jie was also drinking, his demeanor did not change at all. He was very sober. Before he could speak, another person suddenly snorted and said, "How can we participate in such a rebellious act?"

Chapter 255 Wei Zhongxian's Big Move

The one who spoke just now was a clerk from the Ministry of Officials. He smiled wryly and said, "That's right, if we have the heart, we won't be reduced to this, like a lonely ghost..."

They can also be regarded as members of the Donglin Party, and they can gain relationships with Gu Dazhang and others by beating around the bush.

The person who Lengheng just now is also a clerk of the Ministry of Officials, who belongs to running errands, this group of people are from the same village, so they naturally hug each other.

He drank the wine, and said with a stern look: "At the beginning when Gu Gong established Donglin Academy, his original intention was to hate party strife and loathe the court. As a result... the Donglin people became the biggest cronies, spreading inside and outside the court, and their influence was unprecedented. Suppressing dissidents, cultivating individuals, giving and receiving privately, making the great cause of the country like a child's play, and now it is even persecuting the king..."

Xu Jie quickly interrupted him, saying: "Brother Chen, be careful, we will stand on our own feet and be upright and fair."

The person called Brother Chen sneered, and said, "Brother Xu, you still don't give up, will they change? In order to appease Ruan Dacheng, Zhao Nanxing relieved you of the engineering department and treated important positions in the court like bowls and chopsticks. , Whatever you ask for, how can you still have the heart for the country and the people?"

Another clerk from the official department also smiled bitterly, and said: "Today's wine is very tasteless, so let's go here. Let's hang up the seal and return to the hometown to build a grave. It's a worthy death..."

Xu Jie also sighed in his heart when he heard what the two said.

Although they also belonged to Donglin, they were completely different. They tried their best to hold on to their hearts, and they did not give up or indulge them. As a result, they became "heterogeneous", almost classified as "evil party", and were suppressed.

However, he did not give up hope. He was not in the vortex, and he saw it more clearly than many people. He always felt that the new emperor's series of actions seemed to be chaotic. event.

"Go away."

A few people didn't drink much, but they were all exhausted, stood up and walked out one after another.

Xu Jie tried to persuade him one or two times, but he couldn't find the right words until everyone left.

He followed and walked out, looked at the Forbidden City in peace, sighed softly, and said: "I hope the emperor can get out of the mold and end the party struggle, otherwise we will never have a bright future, and Daming will only sink deeper and deeper..."

Zhu Xu in the imperial study had a thick memorial book in his hand, and the content of the memorial book was about Guihai Jingcha.

The so-called Jingcha is a big test by the imperial court on officials from all over the world, which is held every six years, and the Guihai Jingcha is a matter of the second or third year of Tianqi.

Wei Zhongxian bowed and stood not far from the imperial table, with a calm and indifferent expression, without a trace of his inner thoughts.

Zhu Xu looked at this Jingcha, and his expression gradually became serious.

He was quite scruples about the government before, and he didn't pay much attention to it. Besides, in the second year of the apocalypse, he still didn't have the ability to pay too much attention.

This memorial is very thick and contains a lot of things. The content is so detailed that Zhu Xu can't understand it for a while, and needs to think carefully.

In the imperial study room, you can hear the drop of a needle.

After a long while, Zhu Xu finally understood. He raised his head and squinted his eyes at Wei Zhongxian, feeling admiration in his heart.

After all, Wei Zhongxian is Wei Zhongxian. These days, there is no sound, but he has held back such a big move.

This memorial begins in the Wanli period, although it has been two dynasties, it has only been about ten years.

In the late Wanli period, the Qi Party and the Chu Party felt the threat of the Donglin Party, and used Jingcha to beat Zhao Nanxing and others into a mess, driving almost all the Donglin Party out of the court.And the ones who did it were only for the seventh-rank officials like Shizhong and Yushi. This result taught the Donglin Party a big lesson!

This battle was quite brilliant and had a great impact.

Waiting for Shen Li and others to leave, the Zhejiang Party and the Qi Party have no ability to prevent Zhao Nanxing from becoming an official, and Zhao Nanxing's official appointment is the Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate!

The Jingcha is the joint efforts of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials.

Therefore, Zhao Nanxing followed the gourd painting and called the leaders of the Qi Party and the Chu Party, Qi Shijiao, Zhao Xingbang, Guan Yingzhen, and Wu Liangsi, the four evils, and wrote "Theory of the Four evils", comparing them to Fierce Beasts: Huntun, Qiongqi, Zhuwu, Taotie.