Chapter 14 The Monarch Asks the Right Question
Wait for the two monarchs and ministers to sit down again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Zhu Daming groaned slightly, and slowly said to Sun Chengzong: "I see that the world of the Ming Dynasty today has long since lost the prosperity of the ancestor and the ancestor.
"There are thieves in the northwest who occupy the mountains as kings, and there are rebellious Tusi in the southwest, and the most worrying person is the ugly captive of Jianzhou outside the Guan, when the old slave is there, occupy my city, kill my people, and now the slave chieftain is based on the city to set up officials, establish rules and regulations, and plot the land and population of my Ming Dynasty, and the ambition is more than in the past.
"Hate Yang Hao, Wang Huazhen's generation, empty words and no talent, the emperor's grandfather's three major expeditions since the good situation was ruined, to the present Liao affairs are pressing, Jianyu from the past a scabies disease, today has become my Ming henchman."
After Zhu Daming said these words, he looked at Sun Chengzong and saw that he agreed with him, so he continued: "If Jianyu is not removed for a day, it will be difficult for Daming to be safe for a day." Does Sun Aiqing have a strategy for this? ”
The two biggest problems at the end of the Ming Dynasty, one is the thief, the other is the Jianyu, the thief has already had signs at the end of the Apocalypse, but now it is not a climate, and it will not break out in a large area until the first year of Chongzhen, that is, the second year after Chongzhen's accession to the throne, and quickly swept northern Shaanxi.
But people like Sun Chengzong, when the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in power, had already recognized the great danger of being homeless.
As for Jianyu, not to mention, just two years later, at the end of October of the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji, the Houjin Tiancong Khan, led his troops to detour through Mongolia, broke through the pass, besieged the city of Beijing, and finally plundered the population and property and returned, which not only seriously interfered with the encirclement and suppression of the Liukou by the Chongzhen court, but also seriously hit the authority of the Chongzhen court.
And this entry into the army is a serious damage to the economy around Gyeonggi.
When either of these two problems is solved, the other is no longer a problem.
It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen in history worked hard for seventeen years and didn't even solve a single problem.
Sun Chengzong returned to his hometown and lived idly for more than a year, and he also had an understanding of the problems of the rural economy and the displacement of peasants under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, which he had never had before in the court, and he was sincerely happy that the emperor could recognize the threat that the Ming Dynasty was facing now.
For an emperor, there is no greater danger than failing to recognize the danger he faces.
Therefore, after listening to what the emperor said, Sun Chengzong believed that Emperor Chongzhen was qualified at least on this issue.
Hearing the emperor's question, Sun Chengzong also stopped thinking and replied, "Your Majesty is a saint." What the minister sees is the same as His Majesty.
"The minister and the superintendent of Ji Liaofan for four years, know that Jianzhou is very ambitious, and the plan is not only a corner of Liaodong, if he is allowed to occupy the relevant fertile fields, it is tantamount to opening the gate of the Beijing Division. In the long run, my emperor and my Huaxia may have unforeseen disasters.
"Moreover, the minister has returned to his hometown for six years since the Apocalypse, and now he has been living for more than a year, and the land annexation and the hardship of the villagers are beyond the reach of words, and the minister is afraid that the chaos and disasters in northern Shaanxi will flow into the hinterland of the Central Plains, if this is the case, the consequences will be even more unimaginable."
Sun Chengzong paused for a moment after speaking, and when he saw that the emperor was still listening carefully, he relieved his heart and continued: "However, the rebellion of the displaced people and the construction of the border are actually the same for my emperor.
"If Your Majesty is determined to cheer up, eliminate the traitorous party, select the virtuous and capable, and use the manpower and material resources of my emperor to suppress the rebellion and pacify Liaodong, it will not be difficult.
"There are six strategies for the ministers, if Your Majesty implements them, within ten years, the thieves can be eliminated, the captives can be destroyed, and the prosperity of my emperor Ming can be expected to reproduce the Taizu and become the ancestors."
After Sun Chengzong said these words, he looked at the emperor quietly.
That's what Zhu Daming was waiting for. Of course, Zhu Daming has the idea of enriching the country and strengthening the army, but he is the emperor and is at the strategic decision-making level, so he can't do many things by himself, but can only rely on those who can understand his intentions to do it.
If Daming Dynasty is a company, then the current Zhu Daming is the chairman, he needs a group of professional managers, and he needs a capable and efficient management and executive level. And Sun Chengzong is a senior professional manager he admires.
Seeing that Sun Chengzong stopped talking about the part he was most concerned about, Zhu Daming hurriedly said to Sun Chengzong: "Sun Aiqing's words are deeply in line with my heart, and Aiqing's six strategies for enriching the country and strengthening the army can be brought together." ”
Sun Chengzong saw that the emperor was not disgusted with what he said, and he was also relieved, and said: "Your Majesty calls it the six strategies for enriching the country and strengthening the army, and the ministers really dare not take it." The six strategies of the minister are the experience of the minister for many years, but it is quite simple to say.
"One is called Tuntian. Nowadays, there are many barren mountains and wastelands and tidal flats in Hebei, Gyeonggi and the Yellow River, and even outside the customs and mouths.
"Second, it is called military training. It is possible to recruit young and strong people from the people who have opened up the wasteland and reclaimed the land, organize them into a marching army, and train them with the method that Qi Shuai used to train the troops in those years, and within a few years, the new army can be completed.
"Three is to make artillery. Artillery is a powerful weapon in the world. It should be responsible for the company's efforts to imitate Western artillery, and if it is put in danger, it can be invincible first.
"Fourth, it is said to build a city. Recruit displaced people, work for relief, and build new cities, build fortresses, and garrison troops in dangerous places outside the customs or outside the mouth.
"Five water masters. If Your Majesty wants to recover Liaodong, you have to train a sailor, and if the sailor is successful, you will get twice the result with half the effort.
"Sixth, the selection of generals. His Majesty can issue an edict to select young talents from the capital camp and the towns on the nine borders, gather in Gyeonggi, raise the new army with tuntian, and train the new army with generals. This is one of the ministers' simple views, please Your Majesty to understand. ”
Ten years is a long time, and a short time. King Goujian of Yue spent ten years of life and ten years of lessons, and finally destroyed the feud of Wu State.
And Chongzhen in history was very diligent, but he made a lot of mistakes, one of the very important reasons was that he was too anxious and impatient.
Yuan Chonghuan assured him that he would be in Pingliao for five years, and he was very happy to hear it, so he let Yuan Chonghuan be the governor of Jiliao, but unfortunately Yuan Chonghuan was just to ensure that he was appointed, and the five years he said were just casual talk. It was precisely this that planted the seeds of Emperor Chongzhen's execution of Yuan Chonghuan later.
Of course, Zhu Daming was patient, because he knew that as long as he didn't come nonsense, the Ming Dynasty would have at least seventeen years, and if he could exterminate the thieves and eliminate the Jianyu within ten years, he would be completely acceptable.
Sun Chengzong's idea is very good, and it is also what Zhu Daming wants to work hard to do, and Zhu Daming can even add a few more on this basis.
But the question is, how can we do what Sun Chengzong said?
For a leader, the right decisions are of course important, and this is a matter of direction, but how to ensure that good decisions are implemented resolutely and thoroughly, this question is equally important. Otherwise, no matter how good the decision is, it will become empty talk.
If you want a good decision to be well implemented, you must first have a group of good executors, and now Sun Chengzong is such a good executor.
But it is not enough to have a good executor, there is also a precondition, that is, money, without money, everything is nonsense.
However, for the current Zhu Daming, there are at least two things that are urgently needed, the first is the urgent shortage of a large number of civil and military talents, and the second is the silver that is urgently needed.