Chapter 699: Setting a Goal
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Chongzhen has traveled for three years, and now it is Chongzhen's twelfth year, and it has been ten years in the blink of an eye, and he has experienced too many things, Su Tiancheng's thoughts are slowly changing, because he is familiar with history, many things, he knows that it must be difficult to do, but some things are also very likely to happen, and he has to be prepared.
Since ancient times, the emperor's mind has warned the emperor that the power of the minister is too great, once the imperial power is threatened, it must be killed mercilessly, and there can be no hesitation, every emperor, the education received since childhood, is the idea of the family and the country, to put it bluntly, the world is the emperor's personal one, and the rest of the people are all serving the royal family, helping to consolidate power, so that the emperor's world continues to grow stronger, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, in the eyes of the royal family, is not a thing at all, it is a very normal situation, The power of the minister is too great, and something is definitely going to happen.
The warlord division in the late Tang Dynasty is the best illustration that the imperial power is declining, and it is impossible to rule the world at all, and the Tang Dynasty is also in such an atmosphere, and finally perished, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, wantonly killed the heroes, the prince Zhu Biao couldn't stand it, and put forward his opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a wooden stick full of thorns and asked the prince to pick it up, but the prince showed a look of embarrassment, Zhu Yuanzhang cut off the thorns around the wooden stick three times and divided by two, and the wooden stick instantly became smooth, Zhu Yuanzhang told the prince that he did it himself, It is for the sake of the Zhu family, and for the crown prince to succeed to the throne smoothly, otherwise those ministers with too great merits may rebel. Those ministers are like thorns on a stick, which must be removed.
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty have always had such thoughts, and sometimes, they even persecuted meritorious ministers. All this is to maintain the rule of imperial power.
When he crossed over, he never thought of being an emperor, let alone overthrowing the Ming Dynasty, what he thought of was to do things in a down-to-earth manner, so that the Ming Dynasty could stand tall in the world, and even dominate the world. What he thought of was to change history with his own efforts, so that Huaxia could avoid that humiliating history.
This request, or wish, is not unambitious, maybe Su Tiancheng needs to spend his whole life to see if he can achieve this goal, and exterminating the rogue is the first step. The next step was to destroy the Houjin regime, and then it was time to start expanding outward. It is impossible not to expand, and when you are rich, rich, and capable, you have to conquer aliens, this conquest. It is not only the conquest by force, but the most important thing is the invasion of culture, and it is a foolish idea and an impossible goal to destroy a nation. But the goal of using culture to change a nation and let Confucianism occupy the whole world can be achieved slowly, and at that time, it is not something that some people can change casually.
To get to this destination, it takes too much effort and even more so to have a strong support.
But the situation in the court is impossible to reassure Su Tiancheng, the matter that Sun Chengzong said last time that the Houjin spy provoked has made Su Tiancheng feel dangerous, this kind of brain-dead trick actually made Zhu Youzhen believe it, this is not a joke, it shows that Zhu Youzhen has doubts in his heart, and even kills.
Once Sun Chengzong is no longer the chief assistant of the cabinet, the situation in the court will definitely change slowly, and the reforms he will engage in in the future will cause huge fluctuations and limit the interests of the powerful, which is not as simple as he says, sometimes force is needed, if the court is unstable, and people continue to impeach him, who is strange in front of Zhu Youzhen, the situation will definitely change, thinking that he will be caught with his hands tied, it is impossible, he is not so pedantic, he must resist, in this way, What triggered was the civil war of the Ming Dynasty, the biggest civil war, which would make the Ming Dynasty lose its vitality.
But I can't stop such a thing, and if that day comes, I also need to deal with it.
Take precautions, Su Tiancheng must think of such a possibility, of course, he is unwilling to do this, if Zhu Youzhen is generous enough, or the crown prince Zhu Cihong is a real talent, a rare emperor in a century, then he still does things honestly and is dedicated to the development of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, in the process of the construction of Dengzhou and Laizhou, Su Tiancheng began to plan, except for the prefects of Dengzhou and Laizhou, who needed to reassure the imperial court, the rest of the prefects and other officials were all drawn from the Jiangning camp, and they were absolutely loyal to him Su Tiancheng, as for the Jiangning battalion soldiers stationed in Dengzhou and Laizhou, they were also Su Tiancheng's most assured soldiers, and this part of the soldiers and the Jiangning battalion soldiers in Anning and Jingbian were absolutely controlled by Su Tiancheng.
Su Tiancheng also began to notice the white pole soldiers, these soldiers, all of them are ethnic minorities, including the Tujia and Miao people, these people are simple-minded, and after entering the Jiangning camp, they are also absolutely loyal, but the object of their allegiance is Su Tiancheng for the time being, the emperor is a little far away from them, to really make good use of these white pole soldiers, it will have to wait until Qin Liangyu dies, because Qin Liangyu is absolutely loyal to the emperor, as for Ma Xianglin, it is not necessarily.
The Jiangning battalion is close to 80,000 soldiers, these people, Su Tiancheng is confident that he can completely control them, there is really infighting, these people must be loyal to him Su Tiancheng, the reason is also very simple, the sergeant's salary, including the treatment that his family can enjoy, is all earned by his Su Tiancheng's efforts, and the imperial court has no silver taels at all.
This arrangement laid a good foundation, and all the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were moved to Dengzhou and Laizhou, and the land was allocated, which is equivalent to giving the soldiers the greatest guarantee, and if they have land, they will have a long-term source.
I believe that in a few years, the soldiers of the Jiangning camp will completely change their minds, and in their eyes, they can't see the emperor, but they see him Su Tiancheng.
Hong Chengchou, the commander of the Jiangning battalion, is also a reassuring candidate for Su Tiancheng, Hong Chengchou is a fierce general, capable of writing and martial arts, and has weaknesses in his character.
The only thing that aroused Su Tiancheng's vigilance was Qin Sande, the supervising army, but Qin Sande was basically isolated in the Jiangning camp, this kind of isolation is not the kind of isolation that ordinary people imagine, Qin Sande has a very high salary, but he didn't care about specific things, especially military deployment, he didn't ask about it at all, and he didn't understand these things, in this case, the information that Qin Sande could provide was also very limited, and he basically said good things, plus Su Tiancheng paid attention to handling the relationship with Qin Sande, and the two had known each other for so long. Basically, I didn't blush.
It should be said that Su Tiancheng has a strong army capital, and what he needs now is territory.
Shaanxi this place, Su Tiancheng will not give up, Zhu Xianxuan must serve as the governor of Shaanxi for a long time, control Shaanxi, this is very good, the whole of Shaanxi, are somewhat dependent on the mutual market of Anningbao and Jingbian, the wealth of the mutual market, so that the conditions of Shaanxi, quickly began to improve, Shaanxi officials at all levels, also know that their good life, thanks to Su Tiancheng, if not Su Tiancheng has a high status, can be based on the imperial court, their benefits, can not be guaranteed.
As for the businessmen, that's not to mention, Song Sijun has recruited a large number of businessmen, businessmen value interests, and also value their own status, in Shaanxi, Henan and Jiangning County, their status is very good, how did they get such a status, they know very well that without Su Tiancheng's support, they don't want to have such a status.
As for the readers, Su Tiancheng is also trying to find a way to recruit, the Zhongxing Society has played a huge role, and now the person in charge of the affairs of the Zhongxing Society is mainly Liu Yunqing, the development of the Zhongxing Society, from the open form, slowly began to turn to the semi-hidden form, the fame is too big and not good, Su Tiancheng often reminds Liu Yunqing that the requirements of the Zhongxing Society must be improved, and the real talents must be recruited, these people are not necessarily the talents who came out of the imperial examination, these talents, temporarily stay, the Zhongxing Society is responsible for part of their living expenses, Envelop their hearts, how to develop in the future, Su Tiancheng will depend on the situation.
It can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.
At this time, the key role of Dengzhou and Laizhou is needless to say.
Su Tiancheng had already begun to let go, he asked Song Sijun to encourage businessmen to go to Dengzhou and Laizhou, the conditions here are very good, and the policies are also preferential.
Song Sijun's stored silver taels began to be transported to Dengzhou, and the storage place, of course, is the Governor's Mansion under construction, which will become Su Tiancheng's base camp, and in a short period of time, he will not enter the imperial court and will not return to the capital.
Today's atmosphere is very good, Dengzhou and Laizhou have suffered too many killings, miserable, Yang Sichang has seen such a situation, Yang Sichang even put forward a suggestion, Qingzhou Mansion is also under the jurisdiction of Su Tiancheng, because the coastline of Qingzhou Mansion is also very long, of course Su Tiancheng agreed, but this still needs the emperor's holy decree.
Su Tiancheng's inner kingdom, or the territory, the situation must be different, there is no guard army here, there is no difference between military households and civilian households, and even there is no difference between Shinong and industry, everyone's status is about the same, through their own efforts and struggles, to enhance their own status, it is impossible for everyone to be equal, this concept does not exist, but try to be fair and just, the imperial court exempted Dengzhou and Laizhou from taxes for five years, which is a very favorable condition, Su Tiancheng will truly implement preferential policies, focusing on business transactions, as well as maritime trade, to maintain expenses and minimize the burden on the people.
A shining avenue is slowly beginning to take shape, and no one knows how the history will develop in the future. (To be continued......)