"Nanjing Household Right Servant Lang Zonghe sent people to find Xiao Jingao, Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui?
You can tell me about the specific situation. ”Zhu Youxiao glanced at the secret report of Dongchang, and his expression became serious, and he didn't bother to read the detailed report, but let Wei Zhongxian talk about it first."
Slave and maid obey!
The specific situation is that Zong He did not hesitate to give Xiao Jingao, the governor of Yingtian, and Zhao Shujiao, the second general of the West Factory stationed in Yingtian, and Man Gui, 500,000 taels of silver each, so that they could assist the officers and soldiers of the Jiang Defense Department to prevent the Dongchang from handling the case, and promised to give away the property with 200,000 taels of silver to the three people every year, and to buy them. ”Wei Zhongxian replied.Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this, and said in his heart: "What a big stroke!"
The amount of silver I gave to the first-class officials was only 100,000 taels, and these Jiangnan gentry really deserved to be big chaebols, and they were more generous than me, the emperor!
Although the military strength controlled by these people is not strong, they are indeed rich economically!
If you really spend money like this, it is not impossible for your loyal ministers and good generals to be bought!
”And because of this, Zhu Youxiao's brows tightened even tighter, because he had to admit that even if he was the Ming Emperor, he had the supreme power of the empire.However, when it comes to money and strength, he, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is not the richest chaebol in the Ming Dynasty.Because no one knows how much wealth the Jiangnan Shi family, who have secretly smuggled goods to trade in the South Seas and the East for hundreds of years, have accumulated.Zhu Youxiao clearly remembered that he did not copy a single Jin merchant, and he was not a Jin merchant who had developed to the peak state during the Chongzhen period in history, and it was as high as tens of millions of taels of silver.Therefore, how much money these gentry in Jiangnan can spend to buy and corrupt their "loyal ministers and good generals" is not something that Zhu Youxiao can estimate.But Zhu Youxiao knew that sugar-coated shells were more powerful weapons than any shells at any time.It is impossible for him to rely only on the moral sentiments of "loyal ministers and good generals" to maintain imperial power and reform the Ming Dynasty.Because the people with noble sentiments are often in the minority, and the same is true for the people who sympathize with the despicable.Most people talk about their interests in front of their own interests, and they talk about sentiment in front of their own interests.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had to admit that he had to defend himself against the financial means of these Jiangnan gentry, and he couldn't despise them because he felt that they were afraid of death because they had a lot of money.For this reason, Zhu Youxiao immediately asked Wei Zhongxian: "How did they deal with being bribed?"
”"According to a secret report from Dongchang, Xiao Jingao, the governor of Nanzhili, replied to Zonghe that he needed to take another look, and he said that he was not sure whether Xu Xianchun would really give up the arrest because of the intervention of his governor."
Wei Zhongxian spoke."
Cunning thing!
He was also cautious, and was not carried away by the huge bribes of 500,000 taels of silver and 200,000 taels of silver per year. ”Zhu Youxiao said to himself, and then asked, "What about Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui?"
”Zhao led the Ministry of Education and the Mangui Department to be regarded as one of the most effective court officers and soldiers sent by Zhu Youxiao in Nanzhili, and it can even be said that Zhu Youxiao dared to make drastic reforms in the south of the Yangtze River.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao cares about the performance of these two people very much."
Zhao Shujiao also said that he would think about it again, but after the people sent by Zonghe left, he directly wrote a recital and asked people to rush to Beijing!"
Wei Zhongxian spoke.Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this: "Go on." ”"Man Gui scolded the person who came, and he also cut the person, saying that the person sent by Zonghe wanted him to be sorry for you, the emperor, and the person sent by Zonghe had to leave in disgrace."
Wei Zhongxian replied."
I know, don't spread this matter first, just strengthen surveillance around Xiao Jingao!
Especially, he was in Jiangnan during this time. ”Zhu Youxiao said that the performance of Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui did not disappoint him, of course, he also knew that this had something to do with the loyalty of these two people in history."
Slave obeys!"
Wei Zhongxian replied accordingly.Wei Zhongxian replied and left the Qianqing Palace.And Zhu Youxiao stopped and stood in place without moving, looking at the snow in the court, twisting his eyebrows and thinking deeply, and secretly said to himself: "Fortunately, my Huanghuang Daming is not all people who only have money in their eyes, even if they care about interests, most of them are interested and dare not be reckless, and I, the emperor, don't have to be afraid of these rich Jiangnan gentry!"
At worst, the ending will not be much worse than the original history!
”Thinking that he only had a seven-year imperial career in history, and the Ming Dynasty only had twenty-four years of national fortune, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile bitterly.Then, Zhu Youxiao looked up at the gray sky outside the Forbidden City, because he saw that the red plum blossoming on the wall was very delicate, so he came over and folded off one, and then, wearing a winged crown and wearing a drag emperor costume, he flew up the white marble steps and returned to the Qianqing Palace."
Queen!"
Because it was still early, Zhu Youxiao found that the queen was still sleeping after returning to the Qianqing Palace, so he had to let go of his footsteps and didn't wake her up like last time.Wang Chengen took an empty porcelain vase and put it in front of Zhu Youxiao.Zhu Youxiao inserted the red plum into the porcelain vase and instructed Wang Chengen: "When the queen wakes up, you let her take it back to the Qianqing Palace." ”"Slave obeys!"
Wang Chengen replied.And Zhu Youxiao went to the political hall next.Fang Congzhe had naturally arrived at the political affairs hall earlier, although he was much older than Zhu Youxiao, he didn't dare to arrive later than Zhu Youxiao, just as he didn't dare to leave earlier than Zhu Youxiao."
Your Majesty!"
When Fang Congzhe saw Zhu Youxiao coming in, he immediately got up and shouted."
Motosuke, please be seated."
Zhu Youxiao sat on the chair with a big sentence and asked, "What are the important inscriptions?"
”Before Fang Congzheren sat down, he hurriedly stood up and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, at present, there is a note from General Zhao and General Manchu of Xichang, both of whom are involved in the impeachment of Lang Zong, the right attendant of the household department in Nanjing, and the matter of bribing them, saying that they want to send troops to stop Dongchang, which is a rare case of impeachment of an official by a military minister in our dynasty, and the cabinet did not dare to plan it, so it was sent to the political affairs hall. ”Zhu Youxiao already knew about Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui's impeachment of Zonghe, so he just said "um", and said: "Then wait for Xu Xianchun's report from Dongchang first!"
”Not long after, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly came to the political affairs hall and glanced at Zhu Youxiao with a somewhat uneasy expression.But he didn't rush to say what was going on, because Fang Congzhe was here.Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao only ordered: "What's the matter?"
”"Yes!"
Wei Zhongxian replied at this time: "Emperor Qi, Xu Xianchun's expedited report from Dongchang has arrived, Xu Xianchun said in the report that he decided to arrest Zonghe first and then try to interrogate Zonghe because he found out that Lang Zonghe, the right attendant of the Nanjing Household Department, was suspected of planting eyeliner and plotting misdeeds in Chongsi and Dongchang, but was stopped by Wang Qia, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and Li Zushu, the Marquis of Linhuai, Deng Yu, the Marquis of Dingyuan, and Liu Zuochang, the Marquis of Anyuan, led troops to stop them, trying to disobey the emperor's order, so he had no choice but to kill these people!
And to the emperor, you impeached these people without the crime of the court and forming a party to resist the decree!
”"Well killed!"
Zhu Youxiao immediately said a sentence and said, "This Xu Xianchun didn't disappoint me in the end!"
”