"The king regards his ministers as grass, and the ministers regard him as enemies!"
This famous quote from Mencius and was deleted by Zhu Yuanzhang personally, has been unknowingly spreading in this undercurrent in the storm that swept across the Ming Dynasty.
Looking at history, any reform or any violation of the interests of vested interest groups means blood flowing!
The same is true for the Ming Dynasty today!
What Li Xiu and Zhu Youjian violated was the interests of the entire ruler group, not the interests of a single faction.
The so-called winning over a group of people and cracking down on a group of people is basically unlikely to happen if this fact is already true.
In this case, if any generation does this, when facing the backlash of the entire ruling class, there is no doubt that the person who dies without a burial place will end up in a place without a burial.
However, this time during the Ming Dynasty and Chongzhen period was different from every reform in previous history, and it was more accidental.
In a war of crisis and national destiny, Li Xiu took advantage of the situation and tore up the rules that lasted for dozens or hundreds of years in the Ming Dynasty. With the power of great victory, he also took away the most important military power from the civil servants and nobles of the Ming Dynasty.
Although the Governor of Jingji has been removed, he is now just the Marquis of Zhenbei, who is the Left Governor of the Central Army Governor's Office and the Governor of Jingying Rongzheng, but no one is a fool.
Yongwei, Jingying, Xuanfu, Jizhen, two armies and two towns almost covered the political center of the Ming Dynasty, and even most of the military power in the entire north were held in the heroic officials of Li Xiu... Now the disaster of usurping the country in the mouths of the ministers is Wang Mang, Huo Guang, Dong Zhuo and others.
Military generals use military power to force the court and use military strength to intimidate the world!
However, the emperor did not regard this general as a disaster, feared or even suppressed him, but instead helped him grow up, regarded him as his confidant, and relied on his power!
This situation is unprecedented throughout history.
Such an incredible combination is now overwhelmingly overwhelming all the civil and military officials in the court, and they are breathless.
Even though they were full of wisdom and tried all kinds of means, and even took risks and committed big rebellions, the general trend was still under the slightest stagnation...
What will a person do if he is anxious? What will a huge interest group do if he is forced to do?
This question has been hovering in Li Xiu's mind for many days.
Although he did not participate in the government affairs, he naturally knew the news.
In fact, the storm originated from the Jingying, but in fact, from the beginning, most of the contradictions did not lie in the Jingying.
It lies in the conflict and contradiction between imperial power and ministerial power!
The current situation is under the deterrence of the military front and under the drastic moves of Zhu Youjian.
The imperial power that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which had been lost for many years, was about to rise again!
The rise of imperial power must be followed by the decline of ministers’ power!
And where does the power of ministers come from?
Since Hongwu ruled the world, ministers were like ants. In that era, the emperor was angry and buried millions of corpses.
Yonglejing rarely wins the world. He is the emperor of the horse, and has great power. His ministers are no different from ants!
After that, the long history wrote about the struggle between ministers and imperial power!
How many people have worked hard to hold the power in their hands, and have locked the imperial power that can take human life in one thought, and the turbulent world in one thought, into a cage, and in that deep palace!
Now...
Who wants life and death to be the only thought of others?
Who would like to go from a chess-holding person who looks down on sentient beings to a chess piece that is driven by others, and life and death are all in one thought!
It is obviously inevitable to take risks and has become a fact.
Now...
How could they take risks?
Or, where else can they take risks?
In the northern suburbs, Li Xiu gently stroked his forehead and his eyebrows were filled with thoughts.
A country, military and politics are the foundation.
Now, one of the military bases has existed. Although it has not been stable, there are no major obstacles.
But Li Xiu, one of the political issues, has no foundation. Of course, he would not get involved in political affairs unless necessary.
Everything is all about Zhu Youjian, the emperor, who is trying to do it.
Even if Zhu Youjian relies on his military power now, no matter how powerful Zhu Youjian is, his foundation in the government can undoubtedly be said to be fragile.
The vast Ming Dynasty, whether it is the prosperous Jiangnan, or the chaos in the north, or the civil servant group that has lasted for hundreds of years in power.
Behind every court official is an extremely complex context of interest relations, and the complexity of involvement is undoubtedly unimaginable.
Moreover, although the army is powerful now, the environment of civil servants and nobles and military officials still exists, and civil servants are in charge of power.
It is true that this world cannot be completely black, but under the influence of those extremely complex relationships, every turmoil in the capital will spread to the whole world at an extremely fast speed.
As a result, every thought of the dynasty in the capital can also affect the entire world of the Ming Dynasty!
In an era when the party is fighting against the different things, the interests of the country and the king are not worth mentioning in the face of the interests of individuals and the party.
This is also why there was a civil unrest in Shuntian Prefecture, where relief and resettlement measures were extremely complete, the people's chaos occurred, and the three-sided governors could be ambushed and killed by thieves!
Such a huge and complex system is the foundation of the existence of this Ming Dynasty, but at some point, under the use of those who are interested, it will also become the root cause of turmoil that harms the country.
It's late at night.
The lights were still brightly lit in the Qianqing Palace.
Unlike the previous repression in the hall, since that great victory, the Qianqing Palace and even the entire imperial palace have been very happy with the emperor's face and swept away the past repression. The eunuchs and palace maids do not need to be as trembling and shocked as before, for fear that if you accidentally end up dead with a stick.
At this moment, laughter and joy were constantly in the hall.
Obviously, at this time, there will be such laughter and joy in the hall, and it must be the emperor who is playing with the little prince who has only been months old.
Perhaps because Emperor Tianqi's lesson was too profound, after the queen became pregnant, the emperor completely changed all the eunuchs and maids in the queen's bedroom, and the prince was born safely. He even ignored the etiquette and let the queen move directly to the side hall of the Qianqing Palace. The emperor, as he, was also always taking care of the little prince.
As his mother is noble by his son, Zhu Youjian is becoming more and more fond of this Empress Zhou. Now he feels like he is three thousand in the harem, and I am the only one who favors him.
There were laughter and joy in the hall. Outside the hall, there was a great Han general of the Jinyiwei standing. The brave guards who once guarded here had already returned to the Yongwei camp and guarded the important places of the palace as Zhu Youjian's control over the inner palace deepened.
When the laughter and joy in the hall dispersed, about an hour later, eunuchs and palace maids retreated outside the hall one after another.
Obviously, it was time for the emperor to rest.
Time passes by little by little, the night is late and the moon is hanging high.
When it was supposed to be quiet, a palace maid suddenly walked out of the Ganqing Palace and walked to the side of a great general of the Jinyiwei who was serving outside the hall. He seemed to have whispered something, and then hurried away.
Immediately, after these Han generals standing outside the hall looked at each other, they seemed to have made plans and were cautious in their eyes to the Ganqing Palace, which they should have been allowed to enter.
The lights are brightly lit and the curtains are floating.
Chapter completed!