Chapter 45 Section 8 A Dynasty Says Not a Word

Yang Sichang died, and Huang Taiji came again. The Qing soldiers surrounded Jinzhou and might attack the city at any time. The exhausted Chongzhen held an emergency meeting on the platform to discuss how to retreat from the enemy.Because he implicitly supported Yang Sichang's peace talks a while ago and punished Huang Daozhou and others, the officials didn't know the tone of this meeting. The emperor wants to fight with each other, so he has to give a hint, don't make the big guys stop on the road, and turn a good discussion meeting into a killing meeting. silence. Silence for self-defense.

Significant silence. The silence of sitting on the sidelines. Of course Chongzhen understood the meaning of this silence.He took out a banner and asked all the officials to read it one by one. There are four big golden characters written on it: Destroy the bandits and avenge the shame. These four characters are written with a vigor and boldness. It can be seen that Chongzhen is full of anger. The officials understood that the emperor wanted to fight.But at this time of war, the timing is really wrong.In the Central Plains area, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are alive and well, holding back hundreds of thousands of elite troops of Ming Dynasty. In Liaodong, only the governor of Jiliao Hong Chengchou led a few guards to support them.At this time, there is really no chance of winning the war of words.

Are they all dumb? ! Chongzhen looked at Baiguan with cold eyes, thinking that they were really rich and rich. Your Majesty, the last time the Qing soldiers penetrated two thousand miles into the hinterland of our Ming Dynasty, it was as if they had entered an uninhabited territory. At this time when the banditry is in full swing, we must not speak out easily... After a long time, Chen Xinjia, the new secretary of the Ministry of War, said this carefully. Chongzhen sneered: Don't talk war easily?Then make peace?Talking and talking, is there only one way to make peace when things come to an end?My ancestral grave was looted, my uncle was boiled and eaten, and my grandparents were beheaded!How can such a shameful humiliation be reconciled?

The officials were confused, did the emperor lose his head?The things he said were not done by Qing soldiers! Chongzhen seemed to have seen through their minds: Although the Qing soldiers did not do these things, who of you can guarantee that they will not do it?Make peace?What is the difference between peace and defeat?If I, Ming Dynasty, did not have elite soldiers and strong generals, would I be able to stop Huang Taiji from invading with just a piece of paper?I tell you, no way!In this world, there is only peace negotiated, not negotiated!As I said just now, two years ago, the Qing soldiers penetrated two thousand miles into the hinterland of our Ming Dynasty, as if they had entered the land of no one. This is a shame, a great shame!You can bear it, but I, Chongzhen, can't bear it!If you want to fight, you must fight!Only in this way can we destroy the bandits and avenge our shame!Shame on the bandits!

Chen Xinjia's heart is heavy: Your Majesty, if this is the case, we will be fighting on both the north and south fronts at the same time, and the troops will undoubtedly be deployed in a dispersed manner. If the capital is endangered by the enemy, the consequences will be disastrous... Chongzhen squinted at him: That's something your Minister of War considers, don't ask me. Chen Xinjia was almost speechless after hearing this.Alas, the Ministry of War of Ming Dynasty is really the most risky profession in the world. Basically, it is changed every one or two years. Those who are replaced will either die from exhaustion, die unjustly, or be hacked to death. It is rare to escape these three endings. of.

Chen Xinjia was left speechless. Thoughtful speechless. Speechless through the vicissitudes of life. Speechless. But soon, someone spoke again.The speaker is Jiang Dejing, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites.As soon as he came up, he slapped Chongzhen's flattery hard, and said that the four words "killing the bandits and avenging shame" are good, because they express the spirit of a dynasty.A person must have a spirit, and a dynasty must have a spirit even more.When the emperor looked at the problem, what he saw was not skin or meat, but bones. As expected of the holy eye, he could see the bones at a glance.Now Daming lacks nothing but energy.Without energy, the frail Daming was bullied everywhere, his ancestral graves were looted, his uncle was boiled and eaten, and the Qing soldiers were about to take advantage of the fire to loot him.Your Majesty, if you don't reshape the spirit of the Ming Dynasty, this dynasty will not last long...

Chongzhen was excited.God, where did my bosom friend come out, and what he said fits my mind so well.It seems that Daming is not without talents, but lacks the eyes of discovery.From now on, I'll have to keep my eyes open. Jiang Dejing not only knows how to play fictitiously, but also plays with reality.Although the officials would not refute Jiang Dejing's words under Chongzhen's wink, Jiang Dejing understood that in order to convince the officials, he had to come up with practical methods.Jiang Dejing said that what everyone is worried about now is nothing more than the lack of soldiers and pay.That's right, in war, what you fight is soldiers and money.But I have to ask, why is there a shortage of soldiers and pay?Could it be that in the past two or three hundred years, I have no soldiers in Ming Dynasty, and it is only now that I increase my troops; there is no military salary, and it is only now that I increase my military salary?In my opinion, the key to the problem lies in the system.The Ming Dynasty originally had a very good system - the Weisuo garrison system, the combination of soldiers and farmers, and the integration of soldiers and farmers.Sun Chuanting did it in Shaanxi before, and he did it very well. Without increasing the burden on the court, Shaanxi will be strong and strong. I think as long as we restore this system, Liaodong will also be strong and strong!

recover!recover!Resume now! Chongzhen became even more excited.He stood up from the dragon chair, pointed at the officials, and said this loudly. But the officials were surprisingly calm. Chongzhen's enthusiasm met with the indifference of officials. Alas, there are always times in life when a cold ass is attached to a hot face.But this time the situation is really strange, Chongzhen's hot face is attached to the cold buttocks of the officials.This made Chongzhen very upset, and he called the roll again angrily: Chen Xinjia, you are the Minister of the Ministry of War, tell me, what is the guard doing in Liaodong?

Chen Xinjia was neither humble nor overbearing: Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be difficult. Why not? Because there is no field. No field?Where have all the farms gone?Is it impossible to fly to the sky? Of course, the garrison land will not disappear, but now they are no longer public land, some of them are occupied by the gentry, and the other part has become the private land of some generals... Chongzhen slapped the table viciously: Spit it out!Spit it all out!When the country is in crisis, dare to embezzle public land? ! Your Majesty, I’m afraid it’s not easy to vomit. The general’s private land was given to them by the previous emperors in order to reward military achievements, and asked them to return these private lands. Do they still have the heart to defend the Ming Dynasty?

Chongzhen hesitated: Should they return the land occupied by the gentry? This one is also complicated.As far as I know, there are still a small number of people who actually forcibly occupy the farmland, and most of them are purchased, and they have land deeds in their hands.Furthermore, the backgrounds of these gentry are very complicated, either they belong to the royal family, or they are relatives of high-ranking officials... Chongzhen was extremely shocked: corruption is downright!How could Daming be so rotten?ah? !According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, buying and selling of farmland is strictly prohibited, how can it be... Take it back, take it all back.

Chen Xinjia: The general's private land is also taken back? This one still needs to be treated differently. If you really have military merits, you should let it go first. Your Majesty, who do you think should be sent to collect it? Chongzhen was not happy: what?Do you want to ask me this question too? Chen Xinjia: I thought that no one would be willing or able to do this thankless task.Today's Daming can no longer find a talented person like Sun Chuanting... Don't mention Sun Chuanting, this person can do things, but he has selfishness and no sense of the big picture.Chongzhen turned his attention to Jiang Dejing, what are you doing here?I think you are better than Sun Chuanting! Jiang Dejing declined: The emperor thinks too highly of me, I just beat the drums, and besides, I am an official of the Ministry of Rites, so I can use my words, but I have to trouble the Ministry of War to solve this manual matter. Jiang Dejing glanced at Chen Xinjia at this point.Chen Xinjia was also calm: Your Majesty, it is said that the matter of guarding the fields is really the business of the Ministry of War. If there is really no one in the court to take up this burden, then I will do it.But I'm afraid that the distant water can't save the near fire, the Qing soldiers may attack the city at any time, this... Chongzhen sighed. What Chen Xinjia said is right, things in the world are always in vain, and the situation is pressing again and again.How could his grandma have the initiative in life. But Chongzhen always wastes expression, after all, Jiang Dejing's paintings can't satisfy his hunger, but he is very excited about it. Immature, still immature.Chongzhen was doubly ashamed of his beaming expression just now.He began to put on a deep, serious, and heavy expression, and sat on the dragon chair without saying a word. Not a word from a dynasty either. Someone else started farting faintly.Although it is suppressed, but in the silent situation, the fart sound is still like that, with lingering lingering sounds.Chongzhen wished he could make a rule: Farting is strictly prohibited in meetings.But does anyone enforce such a rule?Can it be implemented?How many Ming rules, in the end, are not like this fart, becoming a dead letter. Everything will pass.Everything will eventually pass.How to say that sentence, helplessly.Chongzhen cleared his throat and uttered the two words that the officials had been waiting for for a long time in his deep bass: Retire from the court.