"History of the Ming Dynasty" listed Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren as traitors, and Zhu Youzhen's appointment of the two as cabinet chiefs and assistants has always been condemned, and even many historical books believe that the fall of the Ming Dynasty has a direct relationship with the two.

But there are also completely different comments, saying that Wen Tiren is shrewd and capable, honest and honest, never befriends with the eunuchs, and does things neatly, as for things like excluding dissidents and retaliation, as long as he is a person who mixes in the officialdom, unless he does not want to do anything in his life, it is impossible to avoid these things.

After the crossing, Su Tiancheng was more or less influenced by history books.

But he focuses on seeing with his own eyes and experiencing it with concrete actions.

It should be said that the Donglin Party and the Restoration Society have a very great impact on the scholars, and some of their cognitive concepts have been passed down from generation to generation, accepted and propagated by the scholars, after all, the imperial court is grasped by the scholars, and the history is also recorded by the scholars.

Su Tiancheng is already very disgusted with the Donglin Party and the Restoration Society, to put it mildly, if he becomes the emperor, he will spare no effort to suppress the Donglin Party and the Restoration Society.

Therefore, Su Tiancheng will not blindly follow.

There is a saying, and he is slowly accepting it.

The fall of the Ming Dynasty was caused by various reasons, the Donglin Party and the Fushe could not escape the blame, and the reason why Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren were scandalized as traitors was the result of the continuation of the party and government in the remnants of the late Ming Dynasty. The party leadership and the resumption of the society, in the folk has a profound academic heritage, Hengsheng continues, a large number of scholars and literati in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Donglin Party resumption of the society, there is an inseparable relationship. When they summarized the reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty, they tried their best to shirk the responsibility of the Donglin Party and the Fushe, and Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren became the best scapegoats, of course, as well as Zhu Youzhen himself.

Therefore, there are differences in political opinions, tilting over personnel adjustments, and the practice of excluding dissidents. It was raised to the height of character and politics, and was ruthlessly criticized.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren could not escape the condemnation of history, and Zhu Youzhen also became a faint monarch.

Su Tiancheng and Zhu Youzhen's several contacts were very impressive, at least Zhu Youzhen was not the mediocre and incompetent emperor in the history books, and the ministers around Zhu Youzhen were by no means living in dire straits. There is no worry about accompanying the king like a tiger, and Zhu Youzhen is very trusting of the ministers, and this trust is even to the point of being beyond limits, precisely because of too much trust and too much dependence, once these ministers. Doing things badly and living up to expectations. It is understandable that Zhu Youzhen was furious.

In other words, Zhu Youzhen is not a very mediocre emperor, on the contrary, Zhu Youzhen has always thought that he can revitalize the Ming Dynasty very well. even set an example, if Wen Tiren really reached such an unbearable state, how could Zhu Youzhen give up.

What impressed him even more was his impression of the Donglin Party and the Restoration Society.

Something I have experienced is real.

The Donglin Party and the Restoration Society. Advocating reputation and morality, this kind of admiration has reached the level of openly attacking the emperor, to the extent of ignoring the common people in the world, ignoring the actual situation, and ignoring the government affairs of the imperial court, to the point of blindly highlighting their own status and understanding, and even to the point of being proud of suffering from the court staff.

Let's just say that Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, are extremely beautiful big truths when they say them, and they sound impossible to refute, but unfortunately the big truths they say are too empty and even pedantic.

Su Tiancheng remembered the Shendu emphasized by Donglin Academy, and the country has reached such a point, what role can Shendui have.

What is even more intolerable is that the Donglin Party and the Fushe blindly defend the interests of the gentry and wealthy households, such a theory has been implemented in practice, so that the rich and powerful people are getting richer and richer, the ordinary people are getting poorer and poorer, and the contradiction between the rich and the poor is becoming more and more prominent.

Of course, Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru are not talents who help the crisis and settle down, which cannot be denied, however, during the Chongzhen period, such talents have not appeared, which is related to personal understanding, and the political climate at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

When I came to Wen Tiren's mansion, it was already dark.

Wen Tiren is Su Tiancheng's mentor, if he goes to the Forbidden City to find Wen Tiren with a businesslike attitude, it will seem cold and not conducive to a harmonious relationship. Therefore, when choosing to rest, going to Wen Tiren's home is the best choice.

Wen Tiren took Su Tiancheng and entered the study directly.

"Kun Yuan, I heard that the Jiangning Battalion is recruiting sergeants in Baoding Mansion, it's very popular."

"Teacher, it's really good, when the students came to the capital, they had recruited more than 5,000 people, and it was originally planned to take a month, but now it seems that half a month is enough."

Su Tiancheng was secretly happy in his heart, and he was able to come to the study, which showed that Wen Tiren valued himself very much, which was conducive to making friends, and at the same time, Wen Tiren's title was not in accordance with the conventions of officialdom, which showed that he could get a lot of care.

"Well, that's a good thing, but haven't you thought about it carefully about borrowing silver?"

"The student thought about it seriously."

"Well, there are two questions, you can answer them, first, the treatment of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion is very high, which has caused some dissatisfaction, a few days ago, the sergeants of the two battalions in Nanjing have already had a lot of opinions, and they began to make a fuss, the court is trying its best to maintain, after all, the Jiangning battalion has made so many contributions, and the salary is higher, which is reasonable, but you recruit sergeants in Baoding Mansion, or according to the practice in the south, is it a little inappropriate, if the sergeants in the north know, find the court and ask for a higher salary, How should the imperial court explain it? ”

"Teacher, the student has thought about this matter, but the rules of the Jiangning camp have long been set, and all the silver taels of the Jiangning camp are responsible for themselves, and they have not used the silver taels of the imperial court treasury, let alone harassed the people, from this aspect, the Jiangning camp is sitting upright, the students' considerations, the responsibilities of the Jiangning camp are not ordinary, so the treatment is slightly higher, the teacher said that this problem is also the student's inconsiderateness, the student did not stand at the height of the imperial court, and the most thought of is the Jiangning camp."

"It's good that you have this understanding, starting from motivating the morale of the soldiers, it's completely okay to do this, since it's a rule that has been set a long time ago, it's not appropriate to change it suddenly, but it's better not to publicize this kind of thing, fortunately, you didn't mention the matter of military pay when you recruited sergeants this time."

Su Tiancheng nodded, Wen Tiren stood at a different angle, and the questions he thought of were also different.

"The second question, when you were in the Heart Cultivation Palace, you said that the Jiangning camp would take three years, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, you are my student, I'll tell you the truth, I can give you a year, it's not bad, the pressure in the capital is too great, the commotion of the Liukou and Houjin is in the vicinity of the Jingshi, such a situation can't occur from time to time, so the Jiangning camp should develop and grow at the fastest speed, you tell the truth, how long will it take."

Su Tiancheng's face became serious.

"Teacher, three years may be a bit long, but one year is definitely not enough, just the accumulation of money and food, it is impossible to achieve the goal, it will take at least two years, of course, in this process, the Jiangning battalion is not standing still, it can completely participate in the operation to exterminate the Liukou, but it cannot be transferred to Liaodong."

"Why do you say that?"

"Students have such a view, from the combat ability, Houjin Manchurian Eight Banners, etc., far stronger than the Liukou, it is said that the biggest hidden danger, or in the Houjin, but the Liukou activities in the Central Plains, over the years, there is an increasingly fierce trend, the Liukou chaos, belongs to the internal strife, the outside must first be inside, the task of the An, exterminate the Liukou, is a large part, if the internal stability is stabilized, the people live and work in peace and contentment, can take out energy, and concentrate on dealing with Houjin."

"The students thought that dealing with Houjin was not only about defense, but also about starting a decisive battle with them, and fundamentally, to exterminate their armed power and make them completely surrender."

Wen Tiren nodded slightly.

"What you said is good, but the actual situation is not like this, Houjin harassment, rogue invasion, it is impossible for the court to exterminate the rogue and turn a blind eye to the Houjin invasion."

"Students have a saying, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"If you think of something, just say it."

"The students thought that under the current situation, they could temporarily make peace with the Houjin, and after stabilizing them, the imperial court would concentrate on exterminating the Liukou."

Wen Tiren stood up in shock, and walked several steps in the study.

"Kun Yuan, how can you have such an idea?"

"Teacher, the student didn't think it was strange, back then, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, didn't he also make peace with the Turks, won time, unified the Central Plains, and finally turned around and exterminated the Turks, making the Tang Dynasty extremely strong. That's a good example of that. There may be a lot of scholars who think that making peace with the Houjin is a great rebellion, a betrayal of the ancestors, and an unbearable humiliation. ”

Wen Tiren looked at Su Tiancheng with a very deep look.

After a while, Wen Tiren spoke.

"Kun Yuan, your cognitive ability is indeed not ordinary, you can bend and stretch, you are a big husband, however, you must not say these points of view, today's trend does not allow the existence of such views." (To be continued.) )