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- The Forbidden City is the palace of the Emperor of Heaven.
¡°I don¡¯t know how long or how wide this palace, which symbolizes the royal majesty of the Central Empire, is. The yellow glazed tile roofs can't be seen to the bottom. All the buildings have bluestone and white bases and splendid colorful paintings, reflecting an unusual solemnity. They are the most magnificent houses in the world.
There are neither etiquette regulations nor ancestral family laws, but the loyal ministers always prevent the emperor of the Ming Dynasty from leaving the palace. During the Apocalypse and Chongzhen dynasties, in addition to the unavoidable ritual activities such as sacrifices, it was almost a fantasy for the young emperor who ascended the throne to leave the Forbidden City. In terms of safety and dignity, ministers could always find various strange reasons to prevent the emperor from going on tour.
Except for Taizu, who dominated the world, and Chengzu, who was troubled by the rebellion, the one who had the most trouble with the civil servants in the Ming Dynasty was Emperor Wuzong Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty. Wu Zong held military power very tightly and conducted several military expeditions in person. No matter how much trouble the civil officials made, the emperor did not pay attention. But even so, the emperor's personal freedom was greatly restricted.
In the 14th year of Zhengde's reign, Emperor Wu Zong wanted to tour the south, but hundreds of officials tried to stop him. Emperor Wu was furious, and ordered one person to be remonstrated with and all his staff used. Eleven people were killed with the rod, 39 were imprisoned, and one was banished. However, in the end he was forced to give up the southern inspection. Not only that, later generations of historians and civil servants also slandered the emperor in every possible way and described him as debauched and extravagant.
And in the long game with the bureaucracy that lasted for hundreds of years, most Ming emperors did not have the ability and determination to do so.
Since he can't go out, the emperor, this supreme loner, can only sit in this palace with a group of beauties and eunuchs, guarded by tens of thousands of well-equipped Beijing troops, and receive the roars and tsunamis of tens of millions of civil servants and generals who sing and praise. , listening to the strange voices coming from the huge bureaucracy from all over the empire, managing this huge country with their own emotions, imagination and conjecture.
Since we can only stay in this palace and everything can be described by the officials at will, why bother to divide it into front and back dynasties? Therefore, it is not surprising that there is an emperor like Emperor Wanli who has stayed in the palace for decades and never went to court.
Of course, the palace where the emperor lived was also large enough, even larger than the Forbidden City in later generations. The Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty started from the Daming Gate. "The Emperor's Residence in the Light of Sun and Moon", Daming Gate is a three-hole, two-story gatehouse with huge stone lions and majestic dismounting stele displayed on both sides. The red lacquer and gold-nailed double eaves and buckets show off the royal style.
Behind the Daming Gate is a straight imperial road paved with bricks, leading to the palace of unknown depth. Walking through the gallery with eaves and ridges, there is a gate called Chengtian Gate. This is a three-story, five-hole city tower with yellow tiles and cornices, and five splendid outer golden water bridges of different styles. It looks awe-inspiring and makes people abandon all disrespect for the emperor.
Going down from Chengtianmen is Duanmen. This is an equally impressive three-story tower. But there is a deeper and more depressing doorway. Behind the end door. The long royal road continues to extend. Until the towering Meridian Gate. The tower of Meridian Gate is very high. The six or seven-story high-rise Yanchi Tower is connected to the front and surrounds you from three sides. You need to look up to see the densely packed armored guards above.
Go through the Meridian Gate and continue forward. Cross the Neijin Water Bridge. Pass through that imposing square. Only then did we arrive at the fifth gate of the Forbidden City. Huangjimen. This is a hilltop with double eaves. An atmospheric building with a white marble base. Just passed through the majestic and oppressive Meridian Gate. An open space building like Huangjimen will make you feel peaceful and peaceful. Feel the mighty grace of God.
Huangjimen is actually the main entrance to the Forbidden City. But it was also a place for the emperor to listen to government affairs. Although Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, preferred to hold huge court meetings in Fengtian Hall behind Huangji Gate, the emperors behind Zhaoyi Tianxia also preferred to hold smaller morning court meetings in Huangji Gate.
The early dynasty of the Ming Dynasty disappeared for a time before and after Wanli. But in the crisis-ridden world of Tianqi and Chongzhen Dynasty. The morning dynasty, which had been suspended for many years, resumed. In the last days. The last emperor of the Ming Dynasty hoped to use this kind of diligence. In exchange for a peaceful world.
On April 23rd of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Huangjimen ushered in such an early dynasty again.
"Chen Hu Ke has something to report to Zhu Wenhuan"
The officials seemed to have been waiting for this moment. As soon as Zhu Wenhuan stood up, he felt that all the eyes in the hall were focused on him. Zhu Wenhuan calmly shook his front and faced the hostile eyes without fear.
"Let him speak."
"The governor of Jiliao has a great relationship with foreigners, and I beg the Holy Ming to give him an axeSun Chengzong has been making friends with the generals and towns in Jinzhou for many years, but only consumes the national treasury without making any progress, and consumes millions of silver every year. North Korea fell first, and the great Linghe was defeated again, so Lin Danhan did not dare to stop the Jurchens' front, which led to the loss of Xifengkou today. Can such a trick be called the Great Wall Ear?"
"In the past, Qi Shaobao of the Wanli Dynasty built the 300-mile Great Wall, and the beacon pass and the dangerous pass of the beacon tower tower are still majestic. The Mongolian tribes have not dared to knock on the pass for decades, and only 100,000 taels of silver were consumed. Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan spent tens of thousands of dollarsMillions of dollars were spent on repairing the Guan Ning brocade, but it was riddled with holes and vulnerable to a single blow. How much of it was missing? "
Zhu Youjian nodded and looked at Sun Chengzong. Sun Chengzong, who was over seventy years old, stood humbly in front of the officials
There was no alarm at all, as if Zhu Wenhuan's attack had nothing to do with him. Zhu Tou was about to ask Sun Chengzong to defend himself when he heard a voice from behind his station,
"Xiong Mingyu, Minister of the Ministry of War, has something to say."
Chongzhen thought for a while and just said, "Let him speak."
Xiong Mingyu is a good friend of Sun Chengzong, and he will definitely defend the supervisor at this meeting. As soon as he stood up, he seemed to see the angry eyes of the chief assistant Zhou Yanru. Xiong Mingyu cleared his throat, cupped his hands and said, "The Mongolian tribes are different from the Jurchens. The strength of the Mongolian tribes has been severely damaged by our several large-scale expeditions. How can we compare them with the Jianzhou strongholds? Now there are ten Liao troops on the Guanning line. Tens of thousands¡¡±
But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a censor standing near the front.
"I have something to say. Are these tens of thousands on paper? Or are they really hundreds of thousands? Why did the previous Dalinghe Guanning army of hundreds of thousands collapse into an army? Why did Kong Youde's thousands of soldiers fail? Can Huang Taiji be repulsed? Sun Chengzong defended the Guanning armies and did not pay tribute to Kong Youde, and even attacked him for making friends with Qin Mingtao in the South China Sea, making the Denglai armies resentful. This sincerity will destroy the enemy"
The debate became more and more intense, and more officials jumped in.
"I am the censor of Zuodu; Yu Ting has something to say, and the evidence is conclusive about Kong Youde's friendship with bandits in the South China Sea. Now that the capital is in danger and Kong Youde does not save him, his intentions are clear"
The Donglin Party is not as good as before. Chen Yuting's words immediately aroused opposition in the palace, "If Kong Youde had other intentions, why would he have to fight bravely to save tens of thousands of Guanning troops? Now that the Tatars are in the capital, the top priority should be to appease the morale of the troops. !¡±
But someone still stood up and blocked the arrow.
"Then how to explain that all the buildings in Qiangang are made of cement"
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Since Zhu Wenhuan impeached Chengzong, order in the court was lost in less than ten minutes. Officials, big and small, jumped out one after another, exposing each other's shortcomings and defending and criticizing each other. In the court hall, there was a lot of foaming at the mouth. A group of court officials with Jinshi background quoted scriptures and talked freely. It was really a battlefield without gunpowder smoke and no sword duel.
"Every word or sentence you say may affect your future career promotion." One word or one line at this time may reorganize the divisions of the parties. In the meantime, the crimes of fighting and attacking are listed, and people are often dismissed from their posts, attacked, imprisoned and exiled, and even more blood is shed. Compared with the battlefield filled with arrows and guns, this is another kind of cruelty. Only those with courage, strategy and great wisdom cannot win.
The battle at Dalinghe was both victorious and defeated. Although Guan Ning's army was defeated, Kong Youde killed thousands of Tatars. It was really an inexplicable situation. Without Kong Youde's blow, Sun Chengzong and his group would have been dismissed and sent home long ago. But now that we have such an invincible situation, it becomes unclear whether we are competing for credit and shirking responsibility.
"Without Jinzhou's soldiers and horses fighting to the death, how could Kong Youde's troops be lucky enough to defeat the enemy?"
"Wu Xiang was defeated in one attack. Zu Dashou surrendered and the Jurchens could not retreat. How could they fight to the death first?"
"You are a slanderer! General Zu died in the battle at Santun Camp. How can he be a surrendering traitor!"
A group of Jinshi are all outstanding talents in the world. Their quick reactions and excellent eloquence are astonishing to ordinary people. In addition, it is a team battle, all kinds of rhetoric have been premeditated and planned, and various defensive measures have been prepared. The collective layout makes this battle full of wisdom. Often one party has just gained the upper hand, and the other party suddenly plays a trump card, and the situation immediately changes. If someone wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursue the victory, but accidentally the other party would blame the matter on the emperor, people would stop right there and dare not say anything more.
Zhu Youjian sat on the throne with a gloomy face, while the courtiers were generous and silent. We argued all morning, and things became more and more complicated, involving the Mao Wenlong case in the second year of Chongzhen, the Yuan Chonghuan case, the Qian Yiqian case in the first year of Chongzhen, the Huidian case of the Three Dynasties, even the palace transfer case in the Tianqi year, the Hongwan case in the Wanli year, and so on. They are also mixed in, making it increasingly unclear and impossible to stop.
"The chief minister Zhou Yanru and the bachelor Xu Guangqi took advantage of this battle to control the court. They are actually the remnants of the eunuch party"
"The Holy Spirit has a clear warning, Donglin formed a party for personal gain and committed fraud"
Until the sun rose to the middle of the sky, everyone in the Huangji Sect was so hungry that they were about to retreat to eat, but no one came to an end.
It is estimated that the case between Sun Chengzong and Kong Youde will not come to a conclusion for a while. After getting tired of arguing, someone finally came forward and talked about things near the capital. According to tradition, this time people from the Ministry of Household Affairs stood up and cried out for poverty.
"The Minister of Household Affairs, Bi Ziyan, has this memorialWen Zhao restrained the armies for ten months, and one hundred thousand Qin Wang's troops gathered in the capital, which consumed a lot of money. Cao Wenzhao and Zhang Zongheng gathered in the southeast of Zunhua, and if they advance slightly, they can capture the Jurchen There are three camps to collect grain, but now they are afraid of the enemy and are wasting grain and grass The warehouse is unable to make ends meet and the military pay is insufficient. Please use the internal treasury to supplement military supplies."
Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this and asked
"Didn't you urge him last time?"
No one answered this sentence. Chongzhen frowned and was very dissatisfied with Cao Wenzhao for staying in violation of the order. He said angrily,
"I know, let Cao Wenchao send Prince Shaobao to the throne and urge him to march."?, wasted food and fodder The warehouse is not enough to make ends meet, and the military pay is insufficient. Please send money from the internal treasury to replenish military supplies. "
Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this and asked
"Didn't you urge him last time?"
No one answered this sentence. Chongzhen frowned and was very dissatisfied with Cao Wenzhao for staying in violation of the order. He said angrily,
"I know, let Cao Wenchao send Prince Shaobao to the throne and urge him to march." - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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