Domineering Daming

To put it bluntly, the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party are a struggle between the old and the new forces of the landlord class!

Disagreement of political views, although it is an excuse, actually shows the inconsistency of interest demands.When it comes to the point of life and death, that is, each other will rob each other's root, and they will kill each other.

From this point of view, the failure of the Donglin Party was actually the defeat of the emerging landlord class to the old forces. In this, Tianqi played a role of pulling sideways, even going shirtless.

He is biased towards the old forces, or in other words, Zhu Youxiao's position is not that of the Ming emperor, but as the largest and oldest landlord, he stood on the side of the old forces from the beginning.

This is the root cause of the failure of the Donglin Party, and the Emperor Chongzhen in history only saw the "treacherous evil" of the Eunuch Party and vigorously eradicated it, making Donglin come back again.

The revived Donglin Party has already been seriously injured, and it is no longer the previous grand occasion. Facing the huge, unfathomable and unfathomable old Ming landlord class, they have nothing to do, and this gives the remnants of the Eunuch Party a chance to restart.

When the Ming Dynasty arrived at that time, the mountains and rivers were broken, and the world was withered. There was nothing left to share, and there seemed to be nothing to do except fight for power and profit.

In any case, whether it is the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party, they all represent the landlord class, and they are Zhu Xu's biggest goal and enemy on the road to reform!

As for the so-called "Shang", they are just another face attached to the fields, and to Zhu Xu, they are insignificant.

The Donglin Party has been wiped out, the Eunuch Party exists in name only, and has lost its power, but they are still terrifying. Even if they cannot directly overthrow the imperial court, there are too many means to destroy Daming!

Zhu Xu had a lot of thoughts in his mind in a short period of time. Seeing that Sun Chengzong remained silent, he knew that he must have guessed something, and smiled: "Old Sun Ge, what do you think?"

Sun Chengzong looked up at Zhu Xu, with a solemn and firm face, and said: "Your Majesty, I think...you can save it one by one, and you can't rush it."

Zhu Xu squinted his eyes, and sure enough, he was still spotted.

Bi Ziyan listened to Sun Chengzong's words, thought for a while, his face changed suddenly, and he quickly raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I agree with Mr. Sun Ge's proposal, we must act cautiously, Rong Chen and others discuss carefully to find a safe strategy. Go your own way!"

Shen Yongmao didn't understand why the two of them were so nervous all of a sudden, but there was no mistake in being cautious, and he raised his hand and said, "I second the proposal."

No matter whether Shen Yongmao understood or not, Bi Ziyan and Sun Chengzong both had cold sweat streaming down their cheeks.

They have all guessed it, not to mention other things, just talk about the "official tax payment", if it is extended to the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid that the world will be turned upside down!

This is obviously one of the emperor's hidden purposes - both of them are afraid after thinking about it!

Zhu Xu smiled and did not point out, and said: "You work hard, find six ministers, discuss carefully, and give me a reward a year ago."

Both Bi Ziyan and Sun Chengzong breathed a sigh of relief. If the emperor insisted on forcing it, they would be fine. Fortunately, there is still room for maneuver.

The three of them looked at each other, raised their hands together, and said, "Observe the order."

It is only a few days before the new year, and the three of them have a premonition that they will not have a good time this year.

Chapter 529

In the early morning of the next day, the report from Shaanxi finally arrived, and one step earlier was Jin Yiwei's Flying Pigeon Passing the Letter.

Zhu Xu looked at this playbook, a piece of secret decree, with a calm expression, but he had a premonition in his heart that there would be another chaos in the southwest.

The Shanxi memorial said that Li Jingbai brought a political attendant, a chief secretary, and the magistrate of Xi'an Prefecture. The others were basically followers. In addition, Li Jingbai's son Li Yan was also among them, and they have all disappeared now. The governor's office in Shaanxi and the governor's office are doing their best to search.

Jin Yiwei's secret decree said that there are no large groups of rioters near the Xi'an mansion, but this group of looters advance and retreat well, and the information is accurate. Once captured, they disappear immediately, leaving no trace, even Jin Yiwei can't find out To the slightest clue!

Jin Yiwei suspects that this is not an ordinary bandit, and that there are experts behind him, planning for a long time.

Zhu Xu leaned on the dragon chair, looking out quietly, with an indelible solemnity between his brows.

The six southwestern provinces have a population of at least 3000 million, what a huge base.The disaster will become more and more serious, deepening step by step, and last for more than ten years. It will be the most terrible time in the fourteenth and fifth years of Chongzhen.

Just thinking about it makes Zhu Xu feel terrible, and by that time, not only the Southwest, but the entire Ming Dynasty will become a disaster area, there will be severe drought and flood, and there will be no half an inch of peace in the world!

Looking down at this huge country, from top to bottom, inside and out, Zhu Xu seems to be stuck in a deep quagmire, and he is struggling to move forward. He doesn't know where there will be traps ahead, bottomless, or there is no place at all. way out...

Cao Huachun and Liu Shimin stood not far from the imperial table, looking at Zhu Xu's expression with slightly worried expressions.

If the emperor was born at other times, even at the beginning of Wanli, I am afraid that the current situation is far from this.Daming has accumulated so much that it is hard to return. If you want to rejuvenate Daming, how can it be just a slogan.Although the threat of establishing slavery was temporarily eliminated, internal problems were still standing in front of him like mountains, making the emperor breathless and more restrained.

It just happened to catch up with the severe drought that lasted for many years, and the number of victims of the disaster continued to increase. If the consumption continued like this, no matter how strong Ming's foundation was, it would not be able to withstand the toss.

What's more, the emperor still has extremely long-term plans, how can he spend all his national power in the southwest!

"You say, aren't the six measures I set for Southwest not enough?" Suddenly, Zhu Xu turned to look at the two of them.

Cao Huachun and Liu Shimin looked at Zhu Xu subconsciously, Cao Huachun was stunned for a while, and said: "The emperor is planning for rainy days, and this servant thinks it is okay."

Liu Shimin didn't dare to answer whether it was enough or not, and said, "This servant also thinks it's okay."

Zhu Xu knew that these two people were avoiding taboo, shook his head slightly, continued to look outside the door, his eyes were alert, and he said in a flat tone: "This severe drought will exceed your expectations. So far, the political reform has only carried out the upper-level design. , the grassroots, and matters related to the common people have never been touched. I have only concentrated power, and the fundamental contradiction has not been resolved, and the difficulties are far from over..."

Both Cao Huachun and Liu Shimin knew what the emperor was talking about—Tianmu!

Back then when King Rui granted the land, there were not enough acres of land in Shaanxi, and it was necessary to relocate it from other places. The huge Shaanxi could not find 300 million mu of land, which shows how serious the annexation has become!

Neither of them said a word. Firstly, the inner eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, and secondly, the matter involved too much. It was about whether the officials and gentry in the world were small, but the foundation of Ming Dynasty was great!

The kidnapping of Li Jingbai not only shocked Zhu Xu, but also made the high officials of the imperial court very angry.

In the Wucheng Pavilion, Bi Ziyan, Sun Chengzong, the six ministers Shen Yongmao, Fu Changzong, Yuan Keli and others all arrived, King Jing of the Governor's Council, Lai Zongdao of the Cabinet, and Zhang Woxu were all present, and the seats were full of more than a dozen people.

After Sun Chengzong finished talking about the Shaanxi matter, the expressions of the group of people changed slightly.

Although Yuan Keli was old, his eyes were like knives, and the corners of his face were like swords. He said in a deep voice: "Master Bi, Lord Sun, Shaanxi must not be tolerated. Bandits and bandits are rampant, and the people of the world are in trouble. The imperial court should act again and suppress Xiaoxiao!"

Although Yuan Keli is a minister of the Ministry of Rites, but he is in the army, and he has a fierce and evil spirit all over his body.

Shen Yongmao also tended to this point, looked at Sun Chengzong and said: "Mr. Sun Ge, I believe that the imperial court should not condone raising traitors, but send down the wrath of thunder."

Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu and the others did not speak. They were more inclined to Huairou, thinking that as long as the disaster relief is timely, there will be no major public sentiments.

This is also a long-standing dispute in the Ming Dynasty. Yang He, the former governor of Shaanxi, advocated Fu, but he was dismissed last year. Obviously, in the eyes of the government and the opposition, it was the failure of "Fu". "For want.

Sun Chengzong's idea is "combined suppression and appeasement", which can also be said to be "combined suppression and appeasement".But he didn't get entangled in this, looked at the crowd and said: "My lord Bi and I discussed with the emperor before to transfer Tianjin governor Li Banghua to Shaanxi, what do you think?"

Everyone looked at each other for a while, Zhou Yingqiu said: "I have no objection, Li Banghua is the right candidate."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials agreed, and the others naturally had nothing to say.

Seeing that there was no objection, Sun Chengzong and Bi Ziyan looked at each other, sorted out what they said last night about the emperor, plus their discussions, and sorted out a total of ten items, named "Ten Items for Governing Shaanxi", took them out, and handed them to everyone: " This was sorted out overnight after we discussed it with the emperor, please take a look at it first, if there is anything wrong, we will discuss it later."

Although the two said so, they were still uneasy.

The "six points" mentioned by the emperor obviously had a long-term plan, and they were not just spoken casually.And each of these six items is very important, even if they have diluted it, they are still worried that it will cause a backlash, the government and the opposition, as well as the gentry and the people.

In short, although these articles are aimed at the Southwest, where the disaster is the worst, they may be extended to the whole country at any time. Anyone with a discerning eye will see this potential "terrible threat" at a glance!

The first one to get it was Fu Changzong, his eyelids twitched when he saw it.

Although Sun Chengzong and Bi Ziyan modified Zhu Xu's six articles, they are still amazing.