Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

Staring at the young emperor in front of him, and at the clearly visible outline of Emperor Chongzhen between this immature face, Li Xiu was also a little lost in thought.

"Uncle Li, why do you also call me Your Majesty? I remember that both mother and father called me Brother Chun. Uncle Li, why don't you call me Brother Chun?"

The little emperor rolled his eyes and couldn't help asking.

Hearing this, Li Xiu's eyes also flashed a rare warmth, and he said with a smile: "Brother Chun, you are the emperor, you are the emperor, and Uncle Li is a minister, so you have to be called your majesty."

After speaking, Li Xiu raised his hand and hesitated for a while, but in the end, he pinched the little emperor's cheek.

"One more thing, Brother Chun, you have to remember, from now on, Brother Chun, you can't call yourself me, you are the Son of Heaven, you have to call yourself Zhen!"

After finishing speaking, Li Xiu picked off a portion of the numerical value casually, moved his arm lightly, and the branch slid across the ground. In the blink of an eye, a strong and powerful "zhen" appeared on the ground.

"Today, Your Majesty will learn this word."

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Chapter 252 Political Fairy Tales and Liaodong

"I!"

In the sensational palace, the Empress Dowager Zhou was also completely stunned when she heard this word from the mouth of the little emperor.

After a long time, she suddenly came to her senses, grabbed the little emperor's hand, and asked eagerly:

"Brother Chun, did your Uncle Li teach you this word?"

"That's right, Uncle Li said, let me...let me learn this word today, and also said that Brother Chun must use this name in the future, and can't say my word anymore..."

"Good, good! Good!"

Tears flickered in the Empress Dowager Zhou's eyes, as if she had unloaded a heavy burden, she hugged the little emperor in her arms, the tears dripped down, followed by a faint cry,

"Mom, why are you crying!"

The little emperor struggled.

"Mother didn't cry, she just felt that my Brother Chun 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 puzzled as always, as if he couldn't understand a lot of words.

"Brother Chun, from now on, you will listen to your Uncle Li just like listening to your mother, you know?"

"Brother Chun knows, Uncle Li is very kind to Brother Chun, he played with me for a long time today..."

"It's me, not me. I was obedient just now, but now I'm not obedient!"

The Empress Dowager Zhou kept a straight face, but the smile between her brows couldn't be concealed...

……

There are always people in the world who follow the wind and follow the trend.

In less than an hour, the conversation in the Qianqing Palace turned into several secret letters, and they appeared on Li Xiu's desktop from several channels and in the hands of different people.

"I!"

Li Xiu murmured softly, but laughed at himself.

People are like this, barefoot, not afraid of wearing shoes.

When you have nothing, or when you don't have much, you are single and free and easy.

And with more and more possessions, more and more burdens, and more and more considerations.

It's like he is now at the pinnacle of an extremely high-ranking minister, and even counting the history, there are several courtiers who can reach his current status.

It seems that rebellion is easy.

In fact, it is really easy.

All he needs is an inadvertent gesture, and soon, the imperial robe will be added to his body.

As for resistance...

He is within the rules, within the system of Daming, naturally there are many obstacles.

But if he discards this rule and the system of Daming...

These resistances are nothing more than the souls of the dead under the front of the soldiers. He, Li Xiu, has nothing to fear from the pure killing of the soldiers. Who can stop him!

but……

Even today, Li Xiu has to admit it.

Humans are truly hypocritical creatures.

himself, even more so.

He is obviously an extremely selfish person, but he actually cares about his friendship, his former and later fame, and his illusory political fairy tales...

yes……

A song is a teacher's example, a song is Baidi Tuogu, and a song is followed by a minister bowing, and it is only after death. What a romantic political fairy tale has been written!

It's like a bright light in the darkness, guiding how many years to come, how many good ministers and generals will dedicate their lives to it...

The Son of Heaven collapsed halfway...

The country is corrupt, internal and external troubles...

It is also a time of crisis...

That political fairy tale thousands of years ago has turned into an eternal elegy that countless people cannot understand!

Then his political fairy tale...

Can we draw a successful conclusion?

Li Xiu yearns for it, but also struggles with it...

Even, he thought he was ridiculous!

"What a hypocrite!"

The night was long, Li Xiu let out a long sigh, and looked up at the night sky with a gloomy expression and eyes full of sighs.

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The turmoil in the court, once set off, is destined to be difficult to end in a short time.

Just like the Liangling corruption case this time, when those in power standing at the top of the Ming Dynasty government worked together to promote it, the result was self-evident.

Although it is not as bloody and bloody as it is under the sudden profit of soldiers, soft knives may not be very effective against outsiders, but they are still powerful against their own people.

In less than a week, officials from the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have been sacked one after another, and those with the highest official positions have even reached the high position of a servant.Not to mention the other fallen officials all over the court.

This kind of turmoil is rare in the history of Ming Dynasty, let alone the civil servants themselves.

This case is almost unique in the history of Ming Dynasty.

Just as Sun Chuanting and the others thought, when the blade falls, everyone is in danger.

If the backer is unreliable, then find a reliable backer!

And look at the court, look at Daming, where is there a thigh thicker than Qin Guogong!

In just a few days, with the sacking of the officials involved in the case, Li Xiu's power base in the court, or in other words, among the civil servants, also rapidly expanded.

Of course, everything has advantages and disadvantages.

The existence of civil servants is an indispensable part of the ruling class and has an irreplaceable role.

Just like one of the centers of gravity of the ruling and opposition parties today, the strategic blockade of Liaodong.

It is true that the existence of an army of generals can serve as a cover for the situation and can be used as the last line of defense, but before that, all the procedures need to be grasped by the civil servants of the court and implemented by local officials.

In any era, the center of the court is a barometer.

The center of the court hall is in chaos, and the place is definitely not going to be much better.

It is the same today.

Everyone in the court was in danger, which led to countless officials and gentry behind the courtiers, who were also terrified.

There is no doubt that this has a great impact on the implementation of the central strategic policy.

But even so, since the knife has been raised, there is no reason to retract it.

In contrast, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and Li Xiu also chose to continue to add fuel to the flames.

The court was chaotic and everyone was in danger, so Li Xiu could only shift his gaze away and refocused on the strategy of blockade of Liaodong that he had entrusted to the civil servants.

In fact, since the end of the war in Liaodong, the entire Liaodong has never been peaceful.

The result of that battle, whether it was for Hou Jin or the Liao bandits, could be said to have lost their strategic advantage and completely fell into a passive state.

For Hou Jin, although he received the strong support of Liao Town, Hou Jin's development of Mongolia for many years was lost in one day.

Even, under Li Xiu's head reward order, various ministries in Monan sent out cavalry to harass and kill them one after another, beheading Jurchen's head in exchange for Daming's silver reward.

If in the past, Hou Jin set up an army, let Mongolia have a good experience of their Hou Jin's horror.

But now that the governor of Denglai took office, in order to make the Dengzhou navy form combat power as soon as possible, Li Xiu almost said that in the name of the court, he dispatched a large number of naval warships from all over the south of the Yangtze River directly to Lu Xiangsheng's command.

In this way, the important town of Denglai, even if it is a new one, has considerable combat effectiveness.

What's more, Dongjiang Town is not weak either.

Mao Wenlong used to protect his life wisely, but now, the governor of Denglai, the confidant of the North Marquis of Daming Town, would not act wisely to protect himself.

What's more, based on legal principles, Governor Denglai has a certain degree of binding force on Dongjiang.

The two major towns are threatened in the abdomen, how dare Houjin dare to act rashly!

Moreover, this year, not only did natural disasters continue in Daming territory, Liaodong also suffered from constant natural disasters!

If in the past, Houjin could have smuggled supplies in the Ming Dynasty, but now, from Monan and Mobei, to Shanhaiguan, and then to Dongjiang, the entire Liaodong is almost completely locked up.

Don't say that Houjin couldn't withstand the onslaught of natural disasters, and Liaozhen couldn't stand it even more!

Now, Liao Town does not have the support of Daming from the whole country!

Not only is it gone, Shanhaiguan is also blocked to death!

All the promises that Hou Jin had promised at the beginning, under the sudden natural disaster, have also come to naught!

And the long and narrow Liaodong Corridor, how could it serve as a way out for Liao Town!

Dongjiang?Houjin?Shanhaiguan?And the sea and mountains that cannot be crossed!

Four directions, four dead ends!

Under the same internal and external troubles, Liao Town, a big ship pushed by the current situation, is also more deeply bound to Hou Jin bit by bit.

The strategic goals of the two originally at odds gradually became consistent with the evolution of the strategic situation.

At the very beginning, the strategic goals of Liaozhen and Houjin were undoubtedly at odds. Liaozhen was eager to capture Shanhaiguan in order to protect its own strategic security and supply channels.

Then Jin, after experiencing the tragic offensive and defensive battle in Tashan, was also a little timid towards Shanhaiguan.

The small city of Tashan, he has been attacking for so long and has not captured it, not to mention Shanhaiguan, which is famous all over the world as the number one pass in the world!

Under the guard of heavy soldiers, it is estimated that it would be difficult to bury all his Houjin clansmen under the pass city.

Therefore, in the later Jin Dynasty, the Shanhaiguan Pass was selectively ignored, and the strategic direction was temporarily placed in the two directions of North Korea and Mongolia.

In this way, Liaozhen is naturally at odds with Houjin's strategic goals, and neither can convince the other.

Until this year's sudden natural disaster, Liaozhen and Houjin's childhood were undoubtedly sad.

Liaodong is originally a place of bitter cold, and self-sufficiency is a dream from beginning to end. It used to be fine, and Liao Town was supported by the whole country of Ming Dynasty. Now, it has gradually fallen into the abyss, let alone natural disasters.

Then Houjin, the once huge smuggling supply network, was abruptly cut off by Bingfeng!

You know, nowadays, in the Monan Grassland, Ji Town and the Mongolian cavalry are constantly wandering day and night to kill any caravans that step into the grassland.

Although Mao Wenlong is also engaged in smuggling, the establishment of the important town of Denglai now directly strangles Dongjiang's neck from the source.

As for Shanhaiguan, let alone think about it, a majestic pass directly locked the Liaodong Corridor.

The only thing left is North Korea, but North Korea in this era wholeheartedly followed Daming. What's more, now that the Ming army is powerful and prosperous, North Korea would not care about Hou Jin, even if there are always bold people, but in Under such a blockade, it is also a drop in the bucket, and it is difficult to maintain.

Under this unsustainable torment, Liaozhen and Houjin were naturally forced to stick together and put their strategic focus on the Monan Grassland and North Korea for the time being.