Chapter 57 Establish Your Authority! What Reasoning Do You Have with the Reckless Man?

Heart-breaking!

Heart-breaking words!

Xu Jin was so angry that his face turned blue, and he was staring at Tang Hao viciously.

As the saying goes, "Don't hit someone in the face, don't expose someone's shortcomings", but Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan, didn't follow any rules at all, and he wanted to beat him to death!

It is true that Xu Jin did accept bribes from the Tatars, but he was really thinking about his country and the people.

The Tatar barbarians are greedy by nature. If the court does not pay tribute, they will go south to plunder and harass. The people in the nine borders are miserable. He did this for the people.

"Minister Xu, what? Are you going to say that you are doing this for the people?"

Tang Hao laughed and said, "Don't treat others as fools. You know best what you are doing for Xu Jin!"

"If you really do it for the people, you won't accept bribes from the Tatars; if you really do it for the people, you won't speak for the Tatars and ask the court to allow them to pay tribute when the Tatars have repeatedly looted southward!"

"The Tatars pay tribute. You know the interests involved in this. I know it too. So don't pretend to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic. I feel disgusted when I see it!"

Throughout the ages, every regime has its own doves and hawks. Whoever makes the most profit will easily attract everyone to their camp.

In the Ming Dynasty court, generally speaking, the doves are civil officials and gentry, while the hawks are military generals and nobles.

After all, only when foreign enemies invade and wars start, military generals and nobles have the opportunity to gain military merits!

The Tatar tribute was a mutually beneficial thing for the Tatar tribe and the civil officials in the Ming Dynasty.

The Tatar tribe was originally a grassland nomadic regime. Like all grassland regimes in the past, its strength was not completely its own. It could command many tribes on the grassland, but this command was more like the leader of the martial arts world.

It was hard to say to what extent the other tribes on the grassland listened to him. There was no cohesion at all.

Unless following the Tatar tribe could gain benefits, it would ensure the dominant position of the Tatar tribe on the grassland.

Therefore, the Tatar tribe's request was that the Ming court allow it to pay tribute and trade.

Once the tribute was paid, the Tatar tribe became a big comprador of the entire grassland. The trade between the nomadic regime and the agricultural regime was undoubtedly huge.

For the doves, such as civil officials and gentry, as long as the tribute is 10%, the Tatars will no longer go south to plunder and harass, and they can naturally reduce the military expenditure of the nine borders, or use this tribute to fill some holes in the treasury, anyway, it is a good thing.

Moreover, if the Tatars do not invade, the border generals will have no chance to make meritorious deeds, and the nobles and military officials will be completely defeated, so why not do it?

As for the Tatars, they still go south to plunder and harass again and again after paying tribute, what does that have to do with these civil officials?

It is normal for barbarians to be uneducated and untrustworthy.

Anyway, these barbarians will not rob the gold, silver and jewelry in their own homes, nor will they rob the women in their own homes!

This is the righteousness of the country and family that the civil officials and gentry have been shouting!

Tang Hao just felt disgusted.

"These files were all traced by the East Factory and the West Factory."

"Not only are there files about Minister Xu, but also about the twelve marquises in your regiment!"

"When and where did you do what, how much money did you take in bribes, and how many soldiers did you use to do private work for you, all of which are recorded in detail!"

Every time Tang Hao said a word, the faces of the people present turned a little paler.

No wonder he was so confident, it turned out that they were waiting here!

"Since it was the work of the East Factory and the West Factory, then His Majesty the Emperor naturally knows about it!"

"Do you understand now? You are actually a person who has made meritorious contributions while guilty. Don't try to challenge His Majesty the Emperor's patience and bottom line again, otherwise, based on the things recorded in these files, it is enough to put you in the imperial prison and torture you, including you, the Minister of War, Xu Jin!"

"If you don't believe it, you can try it and see if the people behind you, Xu Jin, can protect you!"

Can they?

Xu Jin asked himself, the cabinet definitely can't protect him.

He was a member of the cabinet, or more precisely, a member of Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet.

Because of the Tatar tribute, Xu Jin suffered from criticism from both the court and the public, and was eventually demoted to the prefect of Yanzhou Prefecture in the third year of Hongzhi.

It was not until the seventh year of Hongzhi that Xu Jin was recommended by Liu Jian, the then cabinet minister of Wuying Palace, and was promoted to the position of Shaanxi Provincial Surveillance Commissioner, returning to the ranks of the court officials.

The reason why Liu Jian was willing to promote Xu Jin was, first, because Xu Jin had made contributions to the Tatar tribute; second, Xu Jin and Liu Jian were both from Henan, and there was a sense of fellowship; third, because Xu Jin was a capable official with strong ability to do things.

But no matter what, the Tatar tribute was completely tied to Xu Jin, and he did accept bribes from the Tatars.

Once the little emperor really wanted to do something to him, Xu Jin would definitely die, and even Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, could not save him!

This is the political game. Once you carry a stain, you may become the last straw that overwhelms you at any time!

Xu Jin finally lowered his head and sat quietly in another seat, no longer competing with Tang Hao for the main seat.

Seeing this, Tang Hao smiled and nodded.

"Tom, keep these files, don't lose them!"

Hearing his meaningful words, Tang Mu also smiled and spoke.

"Don't worry, General, I won't throw away these files even if I throw them away!"

"Besides, there is backup at Dongchang!"

When everyone heard this, their faces turned green.

This Tang Hao is hateful, and this Tang Mu is even more hateful than him!

How come all the descendants of the Lao Tang family have this kind of virtue?

What a bastard!

"very good!"

"Everyone, let's talk about business next!"

Tang Hao looked at everyone and suppressed the smile on his face.

"I believe you all know in your hearts that His Majesty the Emperor attaches great importance to this new army!"

"This regiment and battalion are selecting forwards to form a new army. Whether it is the transfer of soldiers, generals, or the preparation of money, food, soldiers, or the supply of personnel and materials, I do not want any problems to arise!"

"Which of you should be responsible, then you must be responsible to the end. The transfer of soldiers to schools is the business of your Twelve Marquises. As for the preparation of money, food and soldiers, it is the business of Xu Shilang!"

Hearing this, Xu Jin was stunned.

He is the Minister of War, not the Minister of Household Affairs. You, Tang Hao, are treating people like dogs!

"Marquis Zhongshan, I am just ordered to assist..."

"Don't talk nonsense anymore. You and I know the current situation very well. We are not fools. We all know it in our hearts!"

Tang Hao waved his hand very rudely and said: "In this Beijing army, except for the Jinyi Guards and the Four Guards Forbidden Soldiers, which army is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor?"

After hearing this, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Xu Jin looked at Tang Hao with a look of horror on his face. This was the first time he saw someone dare to speak such treacherous words so confidently and so high-sounding!

"You civil servants and gentlemen have been in control of the government for so long. The Twelve Regiments and the Twenty-six Guards have been infiltrated by you. Without the support of you civil servants and gentlemen, we would have re-elected the front lines to form a new army this time. However, It’s just a joke.”

"So, Minister Xu, you can think carefully about whether your own official career is more important, or the collective interests of civil servants and gentry!"

Tang Hao spoke directly and clearly, without caring about how ugly everyone's faces were.

"This time to form a new army, you must go all out to satisfy His Majesty the Emperor."

"If His Majesty the Emperor is dissatisfied, or if something goes wrong, then I will undoubtedly be the first to suffer. After that, you will be the only ones, with Xu Shilang being the second, and none of you Twelve Marquises. Want to run!"

"I promise you that before I am unlucky, I will definitely make your actions public and tell the world. I will use the world's public opinion to force the court to kill you, and then you will be infamy and reviled for eternity!"

hiss……

This bastard and reckless man is so cunning and cruel!

If he really does this, the government and the public will be in uproar, and the angry people will drown them all with just a spit of spit!

Infamy for eternity!

Scorned by all eternity!

The Twelve Marquis and other generals and nobles would not be able to bear it.

Not to mention Xu Jin, an out-and-out civil servant!

For literati, a good reputation is as important as life!

They suddenly discovered the fact that Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan, was a reckless man with no bottom line and no rules!

What reasoning do you have with the reckless man?

Tang Hao looked at the serious-looking people and was not in a hurry to speak, but gave them enough time to think.

The Beijing Army is now mainly divided into the Twelve Regiment Battalions and the Emperor's Personal Army. They are all nominally under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. However, in fact, all the authority of the Five Army Governor's Mansion has been taken away by the Ministry of War. In other words, the Twelve Army Governor's Mansion truly controls The people who control the regiment and the emperor's army are not the generals and nobles, nor the little emperor himself, but the civil servants and gentry!

Especially the Ministry of War. Compared with the Hongwu and Yongle years, the Ministry of War has become a behemoth now. Except for the Jinyi Guards and the Four Guards Forbidden Soldiers mentioned by Tang Hao just now, the Ministry of War can manage any army, and these sergeants can also Under the control of the Ministry of War.

The power that the little emperor lost was not just part of the decision-making power, but also the emperor's most important military power!

Nowadays, the armed forces that the little emperor can command and mobilize are actually the Jinyi Guards and the Four Guards Guards. The East Factory and the West Factory are just espionage agencies.

Therefore, Tang Hao conspired with the young emperor to gather military power.

But the problem is that the Beijing camp, which was once brave and good at fighting, has long been suffering from shortcomings. It has been ruined by military officers and nobles and civil servants. It has long been decayed and its combat power is horribly low.

Even if Tang Hao now wants to re-select the front and form a new army, no matter how he chooses the front and reorganizes it, it cannot change the fact that in the current situation where civilians control the government and control everything, the little emperor wants to control the military power. Easy thing!

You know, with the methods and ideas of the Ming Dynasty civil servants, if the emperor wants to hold the military power, can they still control the government and suppress the generals and nobles?

The Hongwu Court and the Yongle Court were the era when warriors ruled the country, and they were the nightmare of civil servants and gentry!

There was never any disagreement between the civil servants and the gentry when it came to the emperor's control of the army, and they reached an astonishing consensus.

If Tang Hao wants to build an iron army, the civil servants and gentry will definitely hinder him!

Then, the attitude of Xu Jin, an associate civil servant, is particularly important.

"Shilang Xu, think twice!"

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