Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Lu Jiude's eyes lit up and he spoke first without waiting for the two of them to speak:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will definitely investigate this case, bring justice to General Zheng, and find justice for the Qian Ge Department!"

Qian Qian was stunned for a moment.

He originally thought that this matter would be handed over to him. At the very least, Hongguang would send someone to lead the investigation, with him and Zheng Hongkui as assistants.

Isn't it just that I lost some family property? It's nothing!

The best way to blackmail Zheng Hongkui is to use the opportunity to benefit yourself even if you can't blackmail him!

Unexpectedly, this matter was handed over to Lu Jiude with full authority.

Just as Qian Qianyi was about to object, he heard that Lu Jiude had already agreed.

For a moment, he couldn't say anything else, so he immediately said a few words, said goodbye and left.

Zheng Hongkui, who had made a profit, was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Yousong:

"Zheng Qing's family, you can see that it's so difficult for me. Thanks to the loyal people like the Qing family in the court..."

‘Are you here to win over me? ’

Zheng Hongkui paused in his steps, and had to turn green on his cheeks:

"Your Majesty, thieves deserve to die!"

Zheng Hongkui made a pun.

Who the fuck?

According to Fang Zhenghua, it was a wealthy gentleman like Qian Qianyi...

According to the incident itself, it was a soldier who robbed Qian Qianyi.

What does it matter to him?

Zhu Yousong smiled bitterly, with loneliness all over his face:

"I will always rely on your family!"

Zheng Hongkui heard the meaning of Zhu Yousong's words.

He nodded silently: "Your Majesty, don't worry, no one in the Zheng family is afraid of water battles!"

Are you kidding me?

If Fang Zhenghua had contacted him, he, Zheng Hongkui, would have hugged Emperor Hongguang's thigh tightly...

However - Jiangnan court was constantly fighting openly and secretly, and Emperor Chongzhen made him another promise of a bright future...

Do you want him, Zheng Hongkui, to fall completely over to you, Zhu Yousong?

snort!

What benefit can you give me?

Give me Zhenjiang, why can’t you make your own decisions...

Zhu Youjian wants our fleet to go north along the river!

Then - the entire Yangtze River, Han River, and the wealthy areas along the rivers that are more than [-] miles long, aren't they all Zheng Hongkui's business areas?

This is a real benefit!

Zheng Hongkui kept his agreement with Fang Zhenghua tight and did not even tell Zheng Sen, the next generation head of the Zheng family!

With such benefits, it would be easy to rebuild the Zheng family!

This is a huge benefit!

……

Zhu Yousong was obviously wrong. He thought Zheng Hongkui was saying that he would leave all water battles to him!

Immediately, Zhu Yousong encouraged Zheng Hongkui with a few words before letting him out of the palace.

After Zheng Hongkui left, Han Zanzhou said:

"Your Majesty, I received a report saying that Jingnan Marquis Huang Degong (Zhu Yousong was promoted to the first level) and Zhenhai General Zheng Hongkui were asking for food everywhere."

At this point for them, the right or wrong of the incident itself no longer matters.

Standing at the top, taking advantage of every little thing, taking the opportunity to suppress your opponents, and seeking benefits for yourself is what a qualified politician should do!

Lu Jiude has just been given full authority to handle this matter, and he, Han Zanzhou, also wants a piece of the pie!

If you can make things bigger and take advantage of the troubled waters, then that is a real clever move!

Therefore, he told Huang and Zheng about buying grain.

In order to take advantage of the robbery of Qian Qianyi's house, take the opportunity to expand the situation and gain more power!

"Oh?"

Zhu Yousong exclaimed:

"Is this true?"

Lu Jiude frowned slightly.

He also heard about it.

He was from the Yongwei camp. According to the official system of the Yongwei camp, he was Huang Degong's superior.

With this relationship, it would be feasible for him to replace Han Zanzhou.

After all, one outside and one inside is the best way to gain benefits!

It seems that I have to say some good things from it...

Lu Jiude's mind was spinning:

correct!

Huang Chuangzi has always been brave and brave, and his men have never done anything wrong with the people. He can be said to love the people like a son.

In just one month since the emperor ascended the throne, the national treasury has lost a lot of funds. Local officials do not deliver food and grass, the court has no money, and there are many defaulters in the food and salary payment of soldiers and horses everywhere.

Huang Degong bought grain for his soldiers - that makes sense!

Zhu Yousong thought for a while and looked at Lu Jiude:

"Eunuch Lu, what do you think?"

Lu Jiude said: "Your Majesty, maybe the Huang Department is short of food and salary and has to raise it on its own."

Some things can only be touched on, but if you talk about them in too much detail, you will lose the emperor's face.

This is not beautiful...

Lu Jiude understood the essence of it, but just touched on it a little bit.

As for why he raised his own money - how could the emperor not know?

Zhu Yousong lamented when he mentioned this matter.

That thief, now he doesn't even pay taxes to the Nanjing Household Department!

This is going to cut off his source of wealth!

He, the emperor, should be considered extremely boring...

^

When Fang Zhenghua was ordered to lurk in the south of the Yangtze River to prepare things for the emperor...

Sun Zhenglan also found Chen Qiyu.

At his peak, Chen Qiyu was the governor-general of five provinces, overseeing the encirclement and suppression of peasant armies...

That's all in the past.

At this time, Chen Qiyu was sentenced to serve as a border guard because of his failure in the battle of Chexixia Gorge ten years ago, and was finally pardoned by Chongzhen.

After he returned home, the court revolted several times and dismissed officials, but Chen Qiyu, the first to rise to power, was missing.

This...is really rare.

The picture above shows the situation of Chen Qiyu’s siege and mobilization of the peasant army, as well as the revolt of the bandits again. The picture below shows the situation of Chexiche Gorge, now called Gouji Ridge.

In fact, if you study the official transition timeline of Chen Qiyu and his in-law Zhang Fengyi, you will find a very interesting thing -

The two men's loss of power was related to the fact that in July of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Qing Dynasty detoured to Mongolia and plundered Datong, Xuanfu and other places in Shanxi!

Oh?

Isn't Zhang Fengyi's political idea based on Shanhaiguan, with Ningyuan and Guangning as its tentacles, and using defense instead of attack?

According to his original words, the Tatars have been raging for 6 years, and building 8 cities at the same time to lock up the money cannot be completed in one year——

"Eight cities cannot be built in one year; six years of sores and wounds are not something that can occur in a short time.

Today, we can't talk about suppression, we can't talk about fighting, we can only stick to our plan.

We should use mountains and seas as the foundation, Ningyuan as the gateway, and Guangning as the outpost..."

Zhang Fengyi's political idea is not to throw all the tax revenue collected by the imperial court for more than ten years to Liaodong, but to plan for it slowly!

According to his plan, he would first defend Shanhaiguan, then reorganize the internal affairs and train a strong army.

In this way, the imperial court, which holds a large amount of money for emergency response, will not be in trouble even if it fails again...

The method used to build the city in Liaodong was too tight to collapse the imperial court!

……

Ok!

The hemp rope is specially cut at the fine point!

In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, the imperial court spent hundreds of millions of taels of silver to build the Ming Dynasty version of the "Maginot Line of Defense," which was easily bypassed...

The Liaodong strategy failed...

The most terrifying thing is that this incident successfully emptied the Ming Dynasty’s foundation, and even the emperor’s internal funds were emptied!

Sun Chengzong and other Donglin sages' vows to "lock up the slaves" also came to nothing.

If an investment fails, someone needs to step in.

Naturally, the imperial court would bring out an unlucky guy to pay for the construction of the city in Liaodong!