Chapter 288 Execution of the commander-in-chief of the six towns, abandoning benevolence and practicing domineering tactics!

"The sinners are blinded by their profits, they don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, and they even underestimated His Majesty's means, so they ended up in this situation! I only ask Your Majesty to be merciful and give the sinners these generals a chance. The sinners are willing to change their past mistakes and mount a horse to kill the enemy for His Majesty." , make contributions!"

  Wang Chengyun prostrated himself on the ground first, begging for mercy honestly.

Tian Qi said: "It's a pity, now that I let a few farmers train for half a month, and each pick up a flintlock or a percussion gun, they can have a greater deterrent effect than you generals, you generals The meaning of keeping it is actually not very important to me and the court. Even if you have practiced riding and archery since childhood, you are already dispensable to me, and there are also people who can replace you. Therefore, there is no need for me to forgive you. "

Wang Chengyun was silent after hearing this, and then smiled wryly: "Your Majesty is determined to innovate, forcibly violates the will of the world, and revitalizes the Ming Dynasty, and for this reason, he does not hesitate to abolish the military household system, and even spend money to disintegrate ministers, etc. Your Majesty is really hardworking. Good suffering. Now that the ministers are unable to beg for mercy, naturally there is no other way. But I want to tell Your Majesty that what you are doing now is still doing the wrong thing, and sooner or later you will taste the bitter fruit yourself."

   Tian Qi laughed: "I just realized that you all dislike Daming Zhongxing so much! Not to mention the so-called benevolent government and loving the people. It's just that you all say it nicely."

   "Drag on! Ling Chi, Zhu Jiu Clan!"

   Tian Qi gave a sharp command as he spoke.

  He didn't bother talking to Wang Chengyun and others.

   Wang Chengyun and other six generals and two governors were dragged down because of this.

  Abolishing the military household system is a new policy that Emperor Tianqi must implement, and Tianqi does not want anyone to stop this new policy.

  Because the apocalypse that has already tasted the sweetness by relying on the Industrial Division is impossible to allow the Industrial Division to go bankrupt due to insufficient manpower and iron ore raw materials.

  The purpose of reforming the guards and abolishing the military household system is to allow the imperial court to control more manpower.

  In order to mine more iron ore, especially in the mining of iron ore from foreign barbarians, it is necessary to change the external system.

  For this reason, Chen Zizhuang, who has become the minister of the Ministry of Rites, began to argue through literature review that the Hamgyong Road where Musan is located should be the hometown of Xianzhou in China, and based on this, he asked His Majesty the Emperor to send a minister to North Korea to take back the place.

  Chen Zizhuang suddenly made such a suggestion, naturally to facilitate the imperial court to mine the iron ore in Maoshan.

  According to the point of view reached by the reformist ministers in front of the imperial court, the iron ore outside the customs should be mined first, and the first one to be mined should be the Maoshan iron ore.

   But to mine Maoshan's iron ore, Chen Zizhuang thought that he should simply take back Xianzhou first, so he went on this path.

In addition, Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, also agreed with the imperial court's view that the mining of minerals outside the customs should be given priority. Therefore, he also cooperated with the local government to restrict the mining of minerals inside the customs and encourage the mining of minerals outside the customs. Benefits, and help immigrants real border.

   This was agreed upon by Tianqi and the ministers of the Strategy Department.

   Therefore, these two memorials were quickly approved, and the cabinet ministers and nine ministers were asked to discuss the matter, and the Ministry of Households was ordered to verify the mining areas that needed to be closed in the customs.

   After these two memorials were approved and distributed to the cabinet and household department, they were quickly known to the courtiers and caused an uproar.

In particular, Chen Zizhuang requested the recovery of Xianzhou's memorial, and mentioned in the memorial that the relationship with foreign countries should first not damage the ancestral property and the interests of China, and then treat the state that knows the number of etiquette with courtesy, as well as the celestial dynasty The right to educate foreigners to make them more civilized.

  This made many Confucian officials in the DPRK and China realize that the implication of Chen Zizhuang's words was to respect China and fight against foreigners, and it was obvious that if the Li Dynasty did not agree to return Xianzhou, they would send troops to teach them a lesson.

  In the eyes of the Confucian officials, this is simply a militaristic and overbearing government.

Therefore, Liu Zongzhou reported to Tianqi at the court meeting: "Your Majesty, Da Zong Bo cleverly said that Xianzhou is the old land of China, but in fact, Xuanmiao has already stated clearly that Xianzhou was originally a place for disputes between barbarians, not the place of our dynasty. He said that, clearly intending to seize the land of other countries. This behavior is simply contrary to the virtue of good neighborliness and friendship! It also loses the demeanor of my country!"

"Your Majesty! In the past, the Xuan Temple was only deceived by the faint ministers, and they did not know that Xianzhou was the old land of China. Here is the evidence of the imperial seal left by the Cheng Temple. Cheng Zu said that the land of the Li family is also in my country. What is the dispute? Yan. There is also Chengmiao asking Li Shi for the edicts of the ten people in Xianzhou as evidence. Why, because of good neighborliness and friendship, abandon the land that the ancestors wanted?"

  Chen Zizhuang glanced at Liu Zongzhou as he spoke.

  Liu Zongzhou argued with reason: "Even if Chengmiao said that this place should be owned by the Ming Dynasty, it doesn't matter if it is given to the Li family. The Li family is nothing more than my Daming vassal state."

As he said that, Liu Zongzhou said: "Your Majesty, since Xianzhou has long been owned by the Li family, we should not ask for it anymore, but cause disputes. This is not in line with the way of a saint! From my point of view, it is better to give away the land where the state was built. To Jurchen, let them stand on their own vassal state, withdraw slaves and serve as the capital. And stop fighting! The strength of a country lies not in its virtues, and the imperial court does not need to send troops to garrison these barbarian lands to waste state money. In addition, It can also be regarded as a show of courtesy to the barbarian vassal states."

  Chen Zizhuang asked directly: "The Guochao has the strength to annex and Sinicize other countries and make them a part of China, why should they treat them politely?!"

  Chen Zizhuang's words mean that I have the strength to oppress him, why should I respect him.

   "Because of Jen!"

  Liu Zongzhou answered Chen Zizhuang's question sharply, saying: "To govern with virtue, one should practice benevolence! Isn't it contrary to benevolence to annex the country because of the weakness of the country like Da Zongbo?!"

"For those who have not entered China, they are all barbarians and rebels. Practicing benevolence will only breed Zhongshan wolves! In the past, the Northern Song Dynasty was very benevolent to Xixia, and we did not see Xixia, so we will not invade the Northern Song Dynasty! Xianzhou does not accept it, and Jianzhou does not want it. If In the future, the barbarians will occupy Liaodong, so in the view of the General Constitution, is Liaodong also unnecessary?"

Chen Zizhuang turned to Tianqi and said, "Your Majesty, the land of the ancestors must not be abandoned. As for the way of benevolence, I believe that it should only be applied to the people of this dynasty, not foreigners! Otherwise, Zhongshan wolves will be raised. Because it has always been The barbarians are all fearful of prestige and do not seek virtue, and if they do not annex and assimilate them first, they will always inevitably suffer the disaster of betrayal and backlash!"

   Tianqi nodded: "What Chen Qing said is very true. I have approved what you said in the past. Today's discussion is to let your court push the ministers to North Korea, not whether this discussion is feasible."

Liu Zongzhou really felt that the imperial court's actions violated Confucian benevolence and was a typical overbearing, which was seriously inconsistent with his "government with virtue", that is, the concept of governing the country with morality. The envoys sent by the court came to ask whether it is the overbearing policy of the heaven to listen to this matter! Your Majesty, even if Xianzhou is to be taken back, the court should first understand Li's attitude."

  Chen Zizhuang said: "Recovering the old land of our ancestors, why bother what others think. It is best to take the initiative to send it back. If you refuse, it is nothing more than a swordsman!"

  Liu Zongzhou immediately said after hearing this: "Your Majesty, I impeach the great uncle Chen Zizhuang to be deviant and apostate. He only knows the art of bullying and barbarism. He is a minister who harms the country and the emperor. He should be deposed!"

  (end of this chapter)