506 Kill the Ming Messenger
In general, the cabinet gives handling opinions, and the celebrant can approve it; It must be a more important thing to let the eunuch personally hold the book and present it to the imperial review, and neither the cabinet nor the celebrant can make the decision.
Emperor Chongzhen was a little curious, looked at Cao Huachun, and only listened to him play: "Your Majesty, after Tang Shisun was escorted to Beijing, he has been detained and has not been disposed of. Now that the imperial history has handed over the chapter, the cabinet believes that the time should not be delayed for too long, so it has given a suggestion to deal with it, please make a decision on it! ”
This can be said to be an internal matter of the royal family, and it is really difficult for foreign ministers to make decisions. And Zhu Yujian's matter can be big or small, it all depends on Emperor Chongzhen's intentions.
For this Zhu Yujian, Emperor Chongzhen sent him a book before, asking him to learn some ways to deal with the national economy and people's livelihood first, and he probably had an idea of how to use it. It's just that I'm worried about Liaodong and North Korea, so I didn't deal with it; When he heard this, he unfolded it and looked at it.
On this new imperial history impeachment of Zhu Yujian, there is a disposition opinion written by Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet. It is to the effect that Tang Shisun knew that the imperial court had regulations, but he still led the army in violation of regulations, tried to take charge of the army, and left the fiefdom. Such a major crime should be abolished as the grandson, and his land should be taken away, and Fengyang should be assigned to guard the emperor's mausoleum.
As soon as Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he immediately saw the point. He remembers talking to Wen Tiren about the tax-free fields. In particular, the feudal king's grant of land affected the payment of field endowment because there were too many. Wen Tiren wrote this, obviously saving the idea that if he could recapture a little of the gifted land, he would take back a little of the gifted field. This has not changed much from the method he had previously proposed to himself.
Of course, as a courtier, he gave such a disposal suggestion, which naturally could not be conclusive. This kind of matter involving the vassal king, the celebrant does not dare to deal with it alone, and he will definitely come to the emperor. If the emperor can reduce his guilt, it is out of grace. If the emperor doesn't want to reduce the crime, then this pot will be carried by Wen Tiren. To do this is to practice the dedication he had expressed in front of Emperor Chongzhen before, and then die!
After Emperor Chongzhen read it, he did not immediately make up his mind. For him, a fake emperor who crossed over from later generations, he basically didn't feel anything about royal affection or anything; As for the royal face, compared with Zhongxing Daming, it is naturally needless to say which is more important. If he could justifiably take back all the tax-free fields that had been given to many vassal kings in the past, Emperor Chongzhen would definitely do it without hesitation.
Therefore, Wen Tiren's suggestion is still tempting for Emperor Chongzhen. However, he already had some thoughts, so he weighed them in his heart again, and suddenly looked up at Cao Huachun, who was standing there respectfully, and said, "Big Companion, what do you think?" ”
"Your Majesty, royal matters can only be ruled by divine will." Cao Huachun replied with his head down.
Emperor Chongzhen knew this kind of thing, it was useless to ask others, and he just asked casually. I don't know what the situation on the grassland is yet, and if we make up our minds now to change the title of Zhu Yujian to the grassland as king, I'm afraid it will be unrealistic.
Thinking left and right, I couldn't make up my mind for a while. Emperor Chongzhen entered the chat group and went to see if there was any information.
Gao Yingyuan had a private chat, saying that he had been ordered to join Lu Xiangsheng's Dongjiang cavalry and was setting off to Beijing. In addition, there is also a private chat with Liu Jinsheng, telling about the war of words that Annan is fighting.
There is no private chat, and when Emperor Chongzhen was about to quit, he saw the public chat area, and someone was swiping the screen: "Is the group owner there?" There is important news, help contact the court, the news is absolutely true! ”
Swiped three in a row, and then a systematic mute prompt.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the person who swiped the screen, called Ba Dengding, and felt a little strange. But after thinking about it for a while, he remembered that this Ba Dengding was from Mubang, and he once wanted Daming to support justice in the group.
After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen was a little strange, he had something important, and he actually wanted to swipe the screen to attract attention. remembered that Hai Lanzhu had to contact herself by swiping the screen before, and it seems that this point should be paid attention to.
Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen first chatted privately with Liu Xingzuo, Wen Tiren and Wei Mulan, and asked them to pay attention to it, if someone swipes the screen, remember to remind yourself, so as not to miss important things by not seeing them.
Then, Emperor Chongzhen chatted privately with Ba Dengding and asked, "What are you looking for me?" ”
After waiting for a while, I saw Ba Dengding reply in a private chat: "Group master, the envoy sent by Da Ming to Dongwu was killed by the master of Dongwu, and he also threatened that with Da Ming's strength, he is also worthy of being the suzerain of Dongwu, don't even think about it!" ”
"What?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately became angry and reconfirmed, "Kill my Ming envoy and speak falsely? ”
In fact, Dongwu took the Mubang that nominally belonged to the Ming Dynasty before, and even invaded Yunnan three times and twice, expressing it with practical actions, and Dongwu didn't take the Ming Dynasty in his eyes at all, let alone recognize the suzerain.
"It's true, as long as it's here, everyone knows it." Without hesitation, Badending replied again.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he replied "I know", and then seriously considered this issue.
Earlier, envoys had been sent to the countries of the South Seas, asking them to pay tribute for grain. Now only Annan has responded. And it was because they had a request from the Ming Dynasty that they gave food. As for the other Nanyang countries, they have not yet responded. Some are indeed because the distance is a bit far, but some, I'm afraid it's grinding, depending on the direction of the wind, right?
This Dongwu actually openly killed the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and also threatened to shout, which was definitely a blow to the prestige of the Ming Dynasty in the Nanyang countries. This kind of thing is absolutely unbearable!
When Mubang was annexed before, it should have fought back immediately. Now it seems that the lord of this cave country wants to be the king and hegemon, and wants to use the Ming Dynasty as a stepping stone to achieve its hegemony in the South Seas, right?
Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen immediately chatted with Liu Jinsheng privately and instructed him: "Send an edict to Xu Guangqi and ask him to investigate the details of Dongwu's country as soon as possible, confirm the attitude of the lord of Dongwu towards my Ming Dynasty, and whether there is any matter of killing my Ming envoy." ”
After receiving the reply, Emperor Chongzhen immediately chatted privately with Ba Dengding and asked: "Do you know the topography of the mountains and rivers and various forces in Dongwu's country?" ”
"I'm from Mubang, of course I understand, but I'm not very clear about the south side of Dongwu." Ba Dengding was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly replied, "I don't know what the group leader is asking for this?" ”
"You don't have to worry about what you want to do!" Emperor Chongzhen instructed him, "You write down as much as you know, and then go to Kunming, Yunnan to wait for the arrival of the imperial court." ”