"I!"
In the sensational palace, Empress Dowager Zhou was completely stunned when she heard the word "the little emperor" spitting out.
It took her a long time to react suddenly, grabbed the little emperor's hand, and asked anxiously:
"Brother Chun, was this word taught by your Uncle Li?"
"Yes, Uncle Li said, let me... let me learn this word today, and said that Brother Chun must use this self-proclaimed person in the future, and he can't say the word "me" anymore..."
"Okay, OK! OK!"
There were tears flashing in Queen Mother Zhou's eyes, as if she had taken off a thousand pounds of burden. She held the little emperor in her arms, and tears dripped, and the faint crying sounded.
"Mom, why are you crying?"
The little emperor struggled.
"Mom didn't cry, she just felt that my brother Chun'er had grown up."
Empress Dowager Zhou quickly wiped away her tears and comforted her with a smile.
"Have I grown up?"
The little emperor was as confused as ever, as if he could not understand so many words.
"Brother Chun, if you want to listen to your Uncle Li in the future, just like listening to your mother's words, do you know?"
"Brother Chun knows that Uncle Li is very nice to Brother Chun. I have been playing with me for a long time today..."
"It's me, not me. I just said he was obedient, but now I'm disobedient!"
Empress Dowager Zhou had a stern face, but the smile between her eyebrows could not be concealed...
...
There are always many people in the world who change their minds and tend to be inclined to the point of being in power.
In just less than an hour, the conversation in the Qianqing Palace turned into several secret letters, and it appeared on Li Xiu's desk from several channels and from different people.
"I!"
Li Xiu whispered lightly, but laughed at himself.
This is how people are, barefoot and are not afraid of wearing shoes.
When you have nothing, or when you don’t have too much, you are all bachelor and free and easy.
And as we have more and more possessions and more burdens, we will consider more and more.
It’s like he is now at the peak of his ministers, and even after spending all history, there are several ministers who can reach his current status.
It seems that rebellion is easy.
In fact, it is indeed easy.
He only needed an inadvertent sign, and soon the imperial robe would be added.
As for resistance...
Within the rules and within the Ming system, he naturally had many obstacles.
But if he put aside this rule and the Ming system...
These resistances are just the souls of the dead under the military front. What is the pure killing of the military front? Who can stop him?
but……
To this day, Li Xiu has to admit it.
Humans are really an extremely hypocritical creature.
This is even more true for himself.
He is obviously an extremely selfish person, but he also cares about friendship, his reputation in the past and behind him, and his illusory political fairy tale...
yes……
A song about becoming a master, a song about Baidi entrusting his orphan, and a sentence about a minister who devotes his life to his life and dies. What a romantic political fairy tale!
It is like a bright lamp in the dark, guiding many famous ministers and generals to devote their lives to it for countless years...
The emperor collapsed halfway…
The country is in ruins, internal and external troubles...
It's also a time of danger...
The political fairy tale that was thousands of years ago turned into an eternal tragic song that countless people could not satisfy!
Then his political fairy tale...
Can you put a perfect end?
Li Xiu yearns for it very much, but also very entangled...
Even, he thought he was ridiculous!
"What a hypocritical person!"
As the night was long, Li Xiu sighed and looked up at the night sky, with a faint expression and sighing.
...
Once the storm in the court starts, it is destined to be difficult to end in a short period of time.
Just like this time the corruption case between the two tombs, when the powers who were at the top of the Ming Dynasty were promoted together, the result was naturally self-evident.
Although it is not as bloody as the soldiers are profiting, it may not be very powerful to deal with outsiders, but it is still very powerful to deal with one's own people.
In less than a week, officials were successively dismissed from the Ministry of Works, Ministry of Revenue, and Censorate. The highest official positions even reached the high position of a minister, not to mention the other officials who were dismissed throughout the court.
Such storms are rare in the history of the Ming Dynasty, let alone civil officials themselves.
This case is almost unique in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
Just as Sun Chuanting and others thought, when the blade fell, everyone was in danger.
If a backer is not reliable, then find a reliable backer!
Looking at the court and the Ming Dynasty, there are no thighs thicker than the Duke of Qin!
In just a few days, with the fall of the officials involved in the case, Li Xiu's power foundation in the court, or among civil servants, also rapidly expanded.
Of course, everything has its benefits, but it naturally has its disadvantages.
The existence of civil servants is an indispensable part of the ruling class and also has an irreplaceable role.
Just like one of the centers of today's government and opposition, the strategic blockade of Liaodong.
It is true that the existence of the military general army can be used as the last line of defense, but before this, all the procedures required the civil officials in the court to grasp the direction and implement it by local officials.
In any era, the center of the court is a barometer.
The center of the court is in chaos and the place is definitely not much better.
The same is true now.
Everyone in the court was in danger, which led to the unknown number of officials and gentry behind the court officials, and they were also frightened by it.
There is no doubt that this will have a great impact on the implementation of the central strategic policy.
But despite this, since the knife has been raised, there is no reason to take it back.
In contrast, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, and Li Xiu also chose to continue to fuel the fire.
The court was chaotic and everyone was in danger. In this way, Li Xiu could only take part of his eyes and put it back on the blockade strategy of Liaodong that he handed over to the civil officials.
In fact, since the end of the war in Liaodong, the entire Liaodong has never been calm.
The result of that battle was a loss of strategic advantages for the Later Jin, or the Liao bandits, and they were completely trapped in a passive state.
For the Later Jin Dynasty, although it received the powerful support of Liao Town, the Later Jin Dynasty's years of development of Mongolia was ruined all in one go.
Even under the order of rewarding silver for the heads left by Li Xiu, the tribes in the southern desert sent cavalry to harass and kill, cutting off the heads of the Jurchens in exchange for the reward of silver for the Ming Dynasty.
If in the past, the Later Jin Dynasty would set up a large army and let Mongolia see the horror of their Later Jin Dynasty.
But now that Governor Denglai has taken office, in order to enable the Dengzhou Navy to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Li Xiu can almost be said to have drawn a large number of naval warships from all over the south of the Yangtze River from all over the country to Lu Xiangsheng's command in the name of the court.
In this way, even if it is first established, its combat effectiveness is quite impressive.
What's more, Dongjiang Town is also not weak.
In the past, Mao Wenlong was very proud of himself, but now, Governor Denglai, the confidant of the Ming Dynasty Zhenbeihou, how could he do a wise and safeguard.
What's more, in terms of law, Governor Denglai has a certain binding force on Dongjiang.
Two major cities threatened their abdominals, how could the Later Jin Dynasty dare to act without any action!
Moreover, this year, not only did natural disasters occur in the Ming Dynasty, but also in Liaodong!
If in the past, the Later Jin Dynasty could have smuggled supplies within the Ming Dynasty, but now, from the south and north of the desert to Shanhaiguan, and then to Dongjiang, the entire Liaodong, it was almost completely locked. Even if there were scattered fish that missed the net, where would it be
Not to mention that the Later Jin Dynasty could not withstand the attack of natural disasters, Liaozhen could not bear it even more!
Now, Liao Town has no national support from the Ming Dynasty!
Not only is it gone, Shanhaiguan is also blocked!
All the promises made by the Later Jin Dynasty at that time have turned into nothing under the sudden natural disaster!
And where is the narrow and long Liaodong Corridor that can serve as a way out for Liao Town!
Dongjiang, Later Jin, Shanhaiguan, and the unsurpassable sea and mountains!
Four directions, four dead ends!
Being in the same situation, Liaozhen, a large ship that was pushed by the times, was also tied to the Later Jin Dynasty more deeply.
The originally different strategic goals of the two have gradually become consistent with the evolution of this strategic trend.
At the beginning, the strategic goals of Liao Town and the Later Jin Dynasty were undoubtedly different. Liao Town was urgently trying to seize Shanhaiguan to ensure its own strategic security and supply channels.
After experiencing the fierce offensive and defensive battle in Tashan, Hou Jin was also a little timid about Shanhaiguan.
The small city of Tashan was attacked by the Later Jin Dynasty for so long but failed to capture it. What's more, Shanhaiguan, which is famous in the world!
Under heavy troops, it is estimated that it would be difficult to achieve results if all the people of the Later Jin Dynasty were buried under the city of Naguan.
Therefore, the Later Jin Dynasty unanimously ignored Shanhaiguan and temporarily placed its strategic directions in the two directions of North Korea and Mongolia.
In this way, Liao Town naturally had different strategic goals from the Later Jin Dynasty, and no one could convince anyone.
Until this year's natural disaster came, the days of Liao Town and Later Jin Dynasty were undoubtedly sad.
Liaodong is a bitter and cold place, and self-sufficiency is a dream from the beginning to the end. It was still good before, but Liao Town was supported by the Ming Dynasty and the whole country. Now, it has gradually fallen into the abyss, let alone natural disasters.
Later Jin, the once huge smuggling supply network, was cut off by Bingfeng!
You know, nowadays, Ji Town and Mongolian Iron Cavalry are constantly wandering day and night to kill any caravans entering the grassland.
Although Mao Wenlong was also doing smuggling work, the founding of the Denglai important town has directly grabbed Dongjiang's neck from the source.
As for Shanhaiguan, there is no need to think about it. A powerful pass directly locks the Liaodong Corridor.
The only thing left is Korea. However, North Korea in this era is devoted to following the Ming Dynasty. What's more, the Ming army is now in a prosperous state, so North Korea will not pay attention to the Later Jin Dynasty. Even if there are always brave people, under such a blockade, it will be a drop in the bucket and it is difficult to maintain.
Under this unsustainable torture, Liao Town and the Later Jin Dynasty were naturally forced to join forces and focus their strategic focus on the southern desert grassland and North Korea.
Chapter completed!