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Chapter 265: Following the example of Emperor Taizu

The anger of Emperor Apocalypse is conceivable.

This really treats people as fools.

What is the Lord of Nine Five, and what is the Son of Heaven, the so-called dignity is gone at this time.

"Everyone in and outside the government treats me as a blind man and a deaf man. Over the years... if Li Yongfang had not been tortured and forced to confess to the internal information, I would still be in the dark."

In fact, Emperor Tianqi knew a little about these things, and Wei Zhongxian was not stupid, so he also reported them.

But Emperor Apocalypse did not expect it to be so serious.

"The king's law has disappeared. How can we fight against Jiannu with these people?"

"I still want me to give them money? I will let them get my money for nothing? Don't think about it!"

Emperor Aoki roared in anger in the hall.

The eunuchs were already scared so much that they all crawled on the ground, and they all dared not let out.

Zhang Jingyi sat steadily, and he didn't know if he should sympathize with Emperor Aoki.

But what is there to be sympathy for Emperor Tianqi? He himself is the representative of the military leaders and gentry who exploited and exploited. Which of those people did their own things under his name?

What is truly worthy of sympathy may be a military household or a lost person.

Emperor Tianqi vented his anger and immediately said, "I don't plan to pay Liao salary anymore, I want to investigate thoroughly."

Zhang Jingyi was very calm: "If you don't give Liao salary, these people dare to surrender to Jiannu. From then on, Jiannu people will approach Shanhaiguan, and even Shanhaiguan may not be protected. At that time... what should I do in the capital? Your Majesty wants to investigate thoroughly, but the report clearly states that the military leaders can't count the number of Bing Jing and Carbon Jing for the officials in the capital every year, and they don't know how much silver flows into the capital!"

"Who should I ask you to investigate thoroughly, and how should I investigate? If I really find out what, will this imperial envoy still have a life in Liaodong?"

What Zhang Jingyi said is very practical.

Emperor Aoki slowly put away his anger.

He was much smarter than Emperor Chongzhen in history. Obviously, Emperor Tianqi realized that anger was meaningless.

So he said, "So, what should I do? Just fight for it until I lost Liaodong and the world in the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhang Jingyi said slowly: "Look, your Majesty has been tied up in everything you do now, but Your Majesty think about it, would there be such a thing if Emperor Taizu Gao was there?"

Emperor Tianqi was stunned and said directly: "Of course I am not as good as Emperor Taizu Gao."

Zhang Jingyi continued: "If Emperor Taizu Gao is here, if someone dares to deceive him, he will immediately destroy the whole family if he puts a hand in hand. Even if he has a thought, he will be implicated in thousands and tens of thousands of people. A decree will be born without fail, and whoever wants to die will die. The words follow the Dharma. If the head of the Liaodong army, even if he dares to deceive His Majesty in this way, even if he has this idea, he will be like a ray of light on his back and feel restless."

Emperor Tianqi stared at Zhang Jing and said, "This is because Emperor Taizu Gao has prestige."

"Yes." Zhang Jing nodded: "It is because of his prestige that what he said counts and the decisions he makes can be implemented. So why does Your Majesty have no prestige?"

Emperor Tianqi shook his head: "This is different. Emperor Taizu Gao was the founding king after all, so how can I compare to it?"

Zhang Jing said, "What about Emperor Chengzu? With the order of Emperor Chengzu, no one dared to give in vain."

Emperor Tianqi said again: "That's because Emperor Chengzu is the king of Jingnan."

Zhang Jing smiled: "It can be seen that if the emperor wants to shock the ministers and not be deceived, it is impossible to rely on the title of emperor alone. I dare to think... I think... today, what I need most is Taizu and Chengzu. This reminds me of something."

"What's up."

"The Senior Emperor Zhengde."

Emperor Tianqi found it funny. He had no good impression of Emperor Zhengde. It is said that many funny things happened.

Zhang Jingyi said, "Emperor Zhengde thought he had seen these shortcomings, so... he wanted to be Taizu and Chengzu, so he wanted to make achievements. He believed that the so-called general officer had to fight himself. It was just a pity... he died young and failed."

Emperor Aoki was stunned: "Is that true?"

Zhang Jing said: "I have been thinking about the problem in Liaodong for a long time and think that the biggest problem is that the military leaders in Liaodong are raising private soldiers and are fearless. Moreover, they raise the enemy and respect themselves, and know that the court cannot do anything to them. Because no matter how Your Majesty hates them, the court's credibility is still Jiannu. The problem is not only these military leaders, but also these Liao people. The Liao people have long lost confidence in the court under the exploitation of the military leaders. In their hearts, there has long been no court and His Majesty. Now they are in awkward. Whoever gives them a bite of food will serve for. They are already desperate for His Majesty."

Hearing this, Emperor Aoki looked tragic.

Zhang Jingyi continued: "But Emperor Taizu Gao is different. Although Emperor Taizu Gao is under the palace ban, the people of the world know that there is an emperor in the palace. No matter what injustice occurs, there will always be someone to decide for them. Therefore, if Emperor Taizu Gao issued an order, who dared not to obey, he could kill the whole family with just a order. The person who was executed had no other way except to die."

"This is because the people's hearts are on Emperor Taizu Gao. If there are stolen officials and officials who harm the people, there will naturally be someone who stands up to uphold justice."

Emperor Tianqi listened carefully: "So...what is to solve the problem in Liaodong?"

"It is to give the Liao people hope that their Majesty still cares about them, and that His Majesty will uphold justice for them. Tell them that the Ming Dynasty can win in the war with Jiannu. Tell them that the emperor knows their sufferings and that someone is deceiving the emperor."

"Hope..." Emperor Aoki smiled bitterly... When it comes to hope, it is not easy.

Zhang Jingyi didn't continue talking.

Instead, he stood up and said goodbye.

But the palace was already filled with turmoil.

Emperor Tianqi summoned Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng and scolded him.

Afterwards, he summoned the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and the Minister of War, and was scolded again.

The next day, when everyone was lined up to be scolded, the eunuch Zhang Shun hurried to Zhang Jingyi. He first knelt down firmly for Zhang Jingyi and called him godfather.

Then, Zhang Shun stood up, patted the dust on his knees, and said, "Your Majesty has an oral order. When Zhang Jing heard this, he was impeached by the civil and military officials of Liaodong. Zhang Jing, the Marquis of Xin County, used a move to pacify the pirates, which would harm the country and the people, and would cause trouble in the future. Zhang Qing will take a look at these impeachments first."

As he said that, Zhang Shun took a stack of memorials into Zhang Jing's hands.

Zhang Jingyi took the memorial and read it carefully.

The most of them are Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan was very arrogant and directly accused Zhang Jingyi of being a traitor.

This guy...had taken the wrong medicine.

However... thinking about the deeds of this guy cutting Mao Wenlong directly in history, uh... it is understandable that Yuan Chonghuan can really do such a thing.

Yuan Chonghuan is actually a celebrity now.

Both Shilin and the eunuchs praised him.

Shilin believed that he was the representative of civil officials.

In Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan also worked hard to protect the interests of some military leaders. To be honest, he had a lot of people gained weight. In addition, he was excited to build a temple for Wei Zhongxian, which was repeated.

But... everyone said he was good, and even ordinary people felt that with this Qingming and capable Yuan Chonghuan, the capital would be safer.

To a certain extent, Zhang Jingyi had to admire Yuan Chonghuan. He didn't know what Yuan Chonghuan's other level was, but the level of fooling was indeed very high.

The limelight at this time was absolutely unparalleled. If I, Zhang Jingyi, could learn this skill, I could make a living by relying on this mouth.

Zhang Jingyi immediately said: "Please report to Your Majesty, this is all slander, Yuan Chonghuan is slander..."

Zhang Shun seemed to have known Zhang Jing to say this for a while, and smiled and said, "Godfather, don't be anxious first, Your Majesty has the will. Your Majesty said, he knows your grievances, so you are the one in this patrol. You should prepare to set off immediately and not make any mistakes. Let's set off before tonight. By the way, bring your troops with you."

"What?" Zhang Jing was surprised and widened her eyes and said, "Is Your Majesty crazy? He wants to learn righteousness?"

Zhang Shun looked at Zhang Jingyi with surprise: "Oh, Godfather is really amazing. Your Majesty actually expected you to say this. Your Majesty also said, if Godfather responds like this, I will tell you: I am not in line with the righteous virtues, and I am filial to Emperor Taizu. If Zhang Jingyi dares to slander me again, he will immediately take the punishment and will not be wrong."

Zhang Jingyi: “…”

………

There was another decree in the cabinet, saying that the emperor felt the difficulties of the soldiers in the border town, so he planned to patrol the border.

Of course, the meaning of patroling the border is actually to go to Shanhaiguan and go back after a walk.

Regarding this...

Of course, Huang Liji and others didn't say anything, and the six ministries' ministries did not say anything.

In the past few days, the cabinet, the six ministries, and the civil and military officials of the court were all hoping that His Majesty would quickly take out the treasury and send the Liao salary.

But Emperor Tianqi pretended to be stupid and was a matter of the national treasury. What did it have to do with me?

So, everyone was a little anxious. If they didn’t pay, they would be hard for everyone. The border town has been here to urge them several times.

The Liao pay was paid, and the military generals in Liaodong only had the money. When they had the money, they were about to enter winter. All the civil and military officials in the court were waiting for the military leaders in Liaodong to send Bingjing this year.

If His Majesty doesn't pay for it, what will everyone eat?

Now I heard that I would have to patrol the border, but I would have to object before, but everyone's mind is to die quickly, and pay the money immediately after going there, and everyone is waiting for the winter.

Things went surprisingly smoothly.

This made Emperor Aoki who thought he would be persuaded to feel a little disappointed.

These people... are more shameless than they thought.
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