In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was not that there were no capable ministers, but many capable ministers became victims of party struggle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, the eunuch party was destroyed, Donglin was in power, and the ministers of Donglin recommended and appointed were their own people, most of whom did not ask about ability, only about position.

Many ministers who were dismissed at the end of Wanli and during the Apocalypse, even if they were very capable, were all abandoned.

For example, Yuan Keli, Qiao Yunsheng and others are still good.

Thinking of this, Zhu Daming said: "Today, two old ministers have been reinstated, and the Criminal Department and Cao Du are considered to have suitable candidates, and I am very relieved." But there is one more thing I would like to discuss with the Cabinet.

Recently, Shaanxi participated in the politics of Hong Chengchou, saying that this year Shaanxi has not had a drop of rain from spring to winter, the drought is serious, the famine is spreading, and the people are in turmoil, and Yansui Town, Guyuan Town and other places in northern Shaanxi are particularly serious.

"The people on the three sides of Shaanxi have been fierce since ancient times, and the thieves have not been destroyed, and the thieves have risen again. In accordance with the old practice of the past, in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places, the trilateral governors should be re-appointed, and the military affairs of the towns of Guyuan, Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu, and Lintao should be rectified, and precautions should be taken in advance. As for the choice of the governor of the trilateral, I would like to hear the opinion of the cabinet. ”

Since Zhu Daming came to Daming, the two things he is most worried about are the construction of the northeast and the other is the thieves in northern Shaanxi, so he has always been very concerned about what happened in Shaanxi.

Especially considering that in January of the first year of Chongzhen in history, that is, two months later, a large-scale civil unrest in northern Shaanxi was about to break out.

It was also during this period in history that Chongzhen also realized the serious consequences of the famine in northern Shaanxi, re-established the position of trilateral governor, and appointed Yang He, the then deputy capital of the Inspectorate, as the trilateral governor.

It's a pity that this Yang He was a little merciful to the rebellious people, and he repeatedly appeased the rebels when he had the advantage at the beginning, but the thieves surrendered when they couldn't defeat the official army.

Yang He caught the rebels and did not kill them, but released them, and then these rebels continued to make trouble after they were released, which disrupted the whole of Shaanxi and gave birth to a large number of new rebels.

Yang He is a good man, but he is indeed not suitable for the position of the governor of the three sides, which requires a little decisiveness.

It is particularly coincidental that Zhu Daming has been thinking about reusing several capable ministers in the late Ming Dynasty in advance, such as Yuan Chonghuan, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, etc., but he has never found a suitable opportunity.

However, Nengchen deserves to be a Nengchen, and now Hong Chengchou has come out by himself, and he happens to be in the place where he is most needed now, but his official position is not high, and his power is not great, just a political envoy who has just arrived to participate in politics.

Historically, in March of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, that is, in March 1627, Hong Chengchou was promoted from the left senator of the political envoy of the two Zhejiang provinces to the political envoy of Shaanxi. As soon as he arrived, he witnessed a year-long drought and famine in Shaanxi and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo trilateral region.

There are three words in the historical records at that time, that is, "cannibalism", which shows how serious this famine was, and it was this famine that caused the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.

Seeing Hong Chengchou's twists and turns, Zhu Daming was mixed, happy that Hong Chengchou's name finally appeared, and it was where he was needed the most, and the worry was that if the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi was not handled well, Daming would enter turbulent years from now on.

Shi Fenglai, Li Guoyi, and Sun Chengzong already knew about the situation in Shaanxi and the three sides, but now that the situation in the DPRK is unstable, it is the time for a large-scale purge of the eunuch party and a personnel reshuffle, and this matter has not been put on the agenda.

Now seeing the emperor say this, it is obvious that he is extremely worried about the situation in Shaanxi and the three sides.

So Shi Feng said: "Your Majesty, the land in northern Shaanxi is barren, coupled with the lack of water conservancy in recent years, there is a slight drought in the weather, that is, there is a famine, and a small group of chaotic people continues, this situation has been in place for several years, Your Majesty does not need to worry too much." ”

Looking up and seeing that the emperor's face was quite unsightly, Shi Fenglai hurriedly continued: "However, now that the imperial court is troubled, if the chaos on the three sides of Shaanxi expands, it will inevitably involve a lot of energy in the imperial court. ”

This time, Zhu Daming nodded, and then said: "That's exactly what I mean, can there be a suitable candidate for Qing and the others?" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Shi Fenglai and others to answer, Zhu Daming asked Sun Chengzong directly: "Sun Aiqing, the candidate for the governor of the three sides should be counted as military affairs, and Aiqing, as the minister of military aircraft, can there be a suitable candidate?" ”

As soon as Shi Fenglai and Li Guoqi heard the emperor say this, they were not ready to ask for their opinions anymore, unless Sun Chengzong, the so-called Minister of Military Aircraft, did not have a suitable candidate.

Of course, Sun Chengzong has such a candidate, he has supervised Jiliao for many years, and he still knows which Wenchen has edge talents.

He wanted to take this opportunity to remove Yan Mingtai from the position of the governor of Jiliao, but it was okay to take him away, but he couldn't put it in such an important position.

Sun Chengzong thought about it, but still said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there is a competent candidate, but there is one minister, and this candidate is Yuan Chonghuan, the former governor of Liaodong." When the minister supervised Ji Liao, he had a lot of help, this person was known for his strategy, and he was decisive in killing, and he was a handsome person who could stand alone. It's just that the three sides of Shaanxi are still quite stable now, if you use this person on the three sides......" Speaking of this, he hesitated.

Zhu Daming knew what he meant, so he took over and said: "Aiqing's meaning, I know, Qing is considering that the three sides are temporarily fine, and Liaodong is complicated, Aiqing wants to suggest that I find a suitable time to use Yuan Chonghuan in Liaodong to make the best use of his talents, but Qingqing wants to do so?" ”

Sun Chengzong saw that the emperor knew his thoughts, so he bowed down and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, the minister's will is exactly like this, this is a little selfishness of the minister, please forgive your majesty." ”

Zhu Daming smiled and said, "What a crime Aiqing has! For Jianyu, now I don't want to make trouble for the time being, and Liaoxi is from Ningyuan to Jinzhou, and I want to defend it. Yuan Chonghuan is determined to forge ahead, and now is not the time. However, such good materials naturally cannot be idle at home, but can first go to the three sides to fight hard, and prepare for battle. After two or three years, Jiliao was dispatched, and it is not known that Liaodong would be decided by the first war. ”

When Sun Chengzong saw that the emperor said this, he immediately said: "Since Your Majesty has considered the Liao matter, the minister suggested that Your Majesty should reinstate Yuan Chonghuan and appoint him as the governor of the three sides. ”

Having said this, Zhu Daming looked at Shi Fenglai and Li Guoyi, and both of them said, "The ministers have no objections. ”

This is the most troublesome thing.

Why should Yuan Chonghuan be used on the three sides of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, instead of in the position of Jiliao Governor as in history? Zhu Daming naturally has his considerations.

For Hou Jin Jianyu, of course Zhu Daming wanted to eliminate it as soon as possible, but now Daming's military strength is really stretched, the entire nine sides are in a state of slackening armaments, there is no chance of winning in an all-out attack, and blindly defending is not Zhu Daming's character.

Of course, Yuan Chonghuan also knows this truth, but his strategy is different from Zhu Daming's strategy.

Zhu Daming wanted to attack the east and defend the west, and the western Liaoning corridor could be defended, and as for the attack, Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town was launched, and through continuous raids, the Houjin regime, which had just occupied eastern Liaodong and had an unstable foothold, was bloodletted.

But Yuan Chonghuan didn't think so, not long after he took office, in order to unify the affairs of Pingliao, he tricked Mao Wenlong, who did not listen to his dispatch, to kill him, just to maintain peace talks with Houjin Khan Huang Taiji in exchange for a short period of peace in the western Liaoning corridor.

Historically, Chongzhen took a tolerant attitude towards Yuan Chonghuan's killing of Mao Wenlong, but planted the seeds of Yuan Chonghuan's final execution.

And Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, did not exchange for real peace, on the contrary, after killing Mao Wenlong, Mao Wenlong's generals were angry, some made a rebellion against the court, some simply surrendered to the enemy, and some became pirates, Dongjiang Town has declined since then, and the threat ability to build a back road is suddenly gone.

During this period, Liaoxi was peaceful, but after losing the worries of Dongjiang Town, Huang Taiji bypassed the Ningjin defense line built by the Ming Dynasty with huge investment, detoured through Mongolia, broke through the border, looted the population and property of Hebei Beijing, surrounded the city of Beijing, and seriously damaged the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen, which also directly led to the killing of Yuan Chonghuan.

Now, Zhu Daming doesn't want to take the same risk again. Since Yuan Chonghuan couldn't get used to Mao Wenlong, and Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town was very important and even irreplaceable, he had to replace Yuan Chonghuan.

Since Yuan Chonghuan is willing to kill disobedient generals, it just so happens that when he arrives at the mediocre generals in the towns on the three sides of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, he can kill as many Zhu Daming as he wants, and with Yuan Chonghuan's ability, maybe in two or three years, he can bring out an army that can always fight.

After discussing these important personnel arrangements, the three ministers thought that today's small court meeting would be over.

But looking up, the emperor fell into deep thought, and there was no intention of ending. The three ministers had no choice but to wait.

After a while, Zhu Daming came back to his senses from his thoughts, and then said: "Shaanxi has a great drought and famine this year, and the people are in turmoil, and Shaanxi Governor Hu Tingyan, political envoy Liu Guangsheng and other officials do not give relief, do not reclaim, and do not report a word. Shi Aiqing, the cabinet can draw up another will, the current governor of Shaanxi, the chief executive, from now on to take office and go to prison, handed over to the criminal department for discussion, Shaanxi governor will be taken over by Shaanxi political participation Hong Chengchou, and the political envoy will also be concurrently served by Hong Chengchou. ”

The three ministers were stunned after hearing this, and now the Ming Dynasty is full of holes, because of the famine caused by small people's chaos everywhere, but most of the local governors have such a thing, all of which are good news and not bad news, unless it has been suppressed, and it is necessary to ask for credit.

This is the first time that the governor has been dismissed because of famine and civil unrest, and handed over to the criminal department for punishment.

Seeing the emperor's current mood, Shi Fenglai didn't dare to say anything, but just bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order." ”

At this time, today's small pilgrimage meeting can be regarded as over.

I think that with the two great gods Yuan Chonghuan and Hong Chengchou, the civil unrest in northern Shaanxi next year should not be as powerful as in history.

Hong Chengchou was definitely a capable minister in the late Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen is also very discerning, and soon after the rise of the thieves, he began to reuse him, if it weren't for the court's decrees or various constraints, maybe Hong Chengchou could really destroy the thieves.

It's a pity that whenever the thieves are close to breathing, the Jianju outside the gate will attack in a big way, and the attention of the court will be diverted from the thieves, which will lead to failure.

Of course, now Zhu Daming must do better than Emperor Chongzhen in history, at least now he already knows the value of Hong Chengchou and begins to reuse him.

Later generations did not have a high opinion of Hong Chengchou, after all, he finally surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, became a traitor, and became the leader of the Qing army's conquest of Jiangnan.

But as far as the situation at that time is concerned, the Ming Dynasty is indeed hopeless, but as long as there is still a little hope, it is estimated that Hong Chengchou will not surrender.

Thankfully, this time there won't be such a desperate situation.