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Chapter 537 The Emperor

Tianqi collected the documents in front of him and looked at Zhang Han and said, "He Yusheng's arrangement in Guangning is indeed thoughtful. Qing is indeed a genius who started from scratch. He had expected Guangning's defeat early on, so he would have such arrangements, right?"

Zhang Han was stunned and replied: "I really don't have much confidence in Governor Wang. Using my family's resources to buy tens of thousands of stones of grain and establish a village on the mountain is actually just a matter of doing... "

Tianqi said: "Your way of doing it will bring you 100,000 soldiers and civilians. Chinese  <≤≤. I think that the soldiers and civilians of the Thirteen Mountains are trapped, for fear that they will be slaughtered like Kaiyuan and Tieling. All the people in the world will be raised by me. If you are killed by slaves, it will be my fault. What you do will prevent me from being ashamed of slaves and living people will be grateful."

Speaking of this, Tianqi looked around and said, "I informed the Governor's Office of the Five Army and added the commander of Tianchengwei to the Shanxi Xingdusi Dutong."

A eunuch bowed and replied, "Get the order."

Zhang Han bowed down and thanked him, "I thank you for your kindness."

Tianqi ordered Zhang Han to stand up and smiled and said, "I have raised all directions on behalf of the heavens. I have made merits to the country. I should reward them. The court is the most important thing in Liao now, but the northwest cannot be in chaos. The northern barbarians and the eastern barbarians have no unity yet. However, the plan of the Eastern barbarians and the Eastern barbarians is that I have a great ambition. In the future, I will inevitably be in a joint venture with the Western barbarians. If this is the case, I am really worried about it. Now you can use your own strength to go north to prevent the enemy from being in a real border. You can build your own chariots and horses, which can provide food and grass, enrich military supplies, or help the army to go north and go north. However, the imperial court has no spare energy now. You can put some thoughts on this matter. If you do it in the future, you can help the imperial court. Next year, you will transport grain from Ningyuan to Thirteen Mountains, and you should transfer more chariots and horses to be used for later use. This matter is very important."

It turned out that the emperor was in a hurry to see Zhang Han and was talking about this!

The emperor already knew that He Yusheng's carriage was very effective, and the Northern Lu might unite with the Eastern Lu in the future. If the court had to raise troops to attack the Northern Lu, He Yusheng's carriage could provide military logistics assistance to the army to the north. This is the biggest reason why Tianqi attached great importance to Zhang Han and He Yusheng.

Zhang Han said seriously: "If the court makes any move, my carriage will definitely do my best to help."

Tianqi smiled and said, "What touched me the most is that you are a loyal and kind descendant for generations, and the court can rest assured about you. I have said that you should listen to your words and observe them. What you do in Guangning is exactly what you say, so I believe in you."

Zhang Han bowed deeply and felt convinced in his heart.

Tianqi said again: "Chronicles and business groups are feasible in Datong, so let's forget about it elsewhere."

Zhang Han said: "I received the order and will no longer set up chambers of commerce in other places in the future, nor will it set up more regiments to train troops."

"Soldiers are more valuable than elites," Tianqi pondered: "If you have any experience in training troops, you can write it into a brief rhythm after you go back."

Zhang Han replied yes, the emperor was speechless for a moment. Zhang Han thought he wanted to bow and withdraw. At this time, Emperor Tianqi said: "I have a good impression of you. There is a saying to remind you that in recent years, the court has had serious party struggles. The censors were still attacking political enemies when state affairs were critical. In February of the second year of Tianqi, I used edicts to remind you many times, but it did not work. They formed party members and reported them, which seemed loyal, but in fact they were mostly talking nonsense. I told them to study humbly and plan major affairs in the clan and community, but no one listened to them. From now on, if there are any censors who talk nonsense, they will never tolerate them. You are a military minister, so you don't have to intervene in the affairs of the court, let alone form party members. Do you know?"

Zhang Han bowed and replied yes. Tianqi was speechless. After a moment, a eunuch ordered Zhang Han to stand up. Only then did Zhang Han see that there was no one on the Golden Platform, including Shangguan of the Jinyiwei Hall, the Han general and the group of eunuchs, surrounded the emperor and left the side door of the hall.

On the way back, Feng Yu, who was with him, said to Zhang Han: "The emperor meets people unless he is a minister of the cabinet or a Hanlin official, even the six officials will withdraw after a few words. As long as the governor of the Five Army Governor's Office is not in charge of the affairs of the government, there is no chance of seeing him alone. Only nobles and eunuchs can often see the emperor. Today, even if Lord Zhang is promoted to the position of the second-rank commander, he will be a commander-in-chief from the second-rank. But the emperor has spoken to you for a long time. It is really rare."

Zhang Han naturally praised the kindness of heaven. After seeing off the eunuch, he returned to his room and felt extremely tired.

Today's correct memorial can be considered easy to pass, but judging from Tianqi's attitude towards him, it is a matter of people saying that the emperor values ​​or is close to him... Tianqi is still very clear about Zhang Han's strength in Datong and has also made restrictions. In the future, he can open a semicolon with Yusheng, but the establishment of a chamber of commerce and a business group outside is not allowed. Moreover, Tianqi made a clear warning to him that he would not allow him to intervene in the party dispute, which means that Zhang Han would not allow Wei Zhongxian's power to gain greater exhibitions in the officialdom.

The emperor's attitude was very clear. He should be rewarded with his achievements for his capable foreign ministers like Zhang Han!

If you have merits, you will be rewarded. If you want to expand your power, you will not allow it. If you want to use the party struggles to climb up, you will not allow it.

Judging from the political situation throughout the Apocalypse period, Apocalypse is really tired of Qingliu, who can only speak loudly. Here is the Donglin Party, and the several edicts in the second year of Apocalypse have made it clear that when the national crisis is in danger, it is useful to say something, and then talk nonsense. On the surface, it is actually a memorial of a party dispute. It is considered a false statement and will be severely punished!

Judging from this trend, Tianqi used Wei Zhongxian mainly to suppress Qingliu among civil servants, and naturally the forces dominated by the Donglin Party.

The emperor's idea was very clear, that is, the power was in the hands of the emperor himself, and he appointed officials who could work hard to crack down on the noise... After thinking about it this way, from the second year of the Apocalypse to the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the direction of the entire dynasty was very clear.

Although Wei Zhongxian's methods were fierce and killed many officials of the Donglin Party, including many good officials with good ethics, but under the grand purpose, what is the emperor's eyes?

In the local area, even Yuan Chonghuan was a member of the Donglin Party, Tianqi had always appointed him before he made a mistake, including his attitude towards Sun Chengzong. In Tianqi's eyes, Sun Chengzong was a good teacher who could do practical things, so he would never let this teacher return to the capital to participate in the party struggles. He also treated the Donglin Party differently. Some people could do practical things or were in a high position. For example, Ye Xianggao and Han Du, Tianqi Emperor would not sit idly by and watch Wei Zhongxian persecute them. The more extreme faction in the Donglin Party allowed Wei Zhongxian to suppress them. In this way, the court situation in the two years after Tianqi was actually in the hands of the emperor. Of course, Wei Zhongxian was the stick held by the emperor. While he was easy to beat people, the stick also gained great power. By the end of the Tianqi period, Wei Zhongxian was called nine thousand years old and built shrines across the country, which was something that the emperor could not control.

Zhang Han was thinking that if the emperor had not died in the seventh year of the Tianqi period, in a few years, Wei Zhongxian would probably be like Liu Jin and other seniors, and would have a bad ending.

Anyway, Chongzhen doesn’t need to come out to make trouble!

Until the seventh year of the Age of Revelation, the strategic state of the Later Jin Dynasty changed from the extreme favorable situation in the second year of the Age of Revelation to very bad. The situation was very serious both internally and externally. Later generations thought it was the credit of a few civil officials such as Sun Chengzong, which of course was nonsense. However, Zhang Han did not have a clear consciousness before. Until today, he could confirm that the next five years would be the five years when the emperor monopolized the power and turned the tide!

However, Zhang Han did not feel a real threat... The so-called dynasty end was not enough. The emperor was cautious in the Liao affairs and devoted great energy, so he did not worsen the situation. He used the method of fishing out the waters and fishing in the financial sector. Even so, it could not guarantee the supply of military salaries for the entire nine borders. By the end of the Tianqi period, the court, both the central and local governments, had difficulty in finance, and the people in the local area were under excessive pressure. The whole situation seemed stable, but in fact it was still in danger. In addition, the emperor's control over the local area was far from comparable to when he founded the country, especially the poor administration, and the level of intelligence collected by the central government had dropped to the level of no source of intelligence. Even if the talent of the Tianqi Emperor was very high, it was useless. It seemed that the human being was declining, and there were problems from capillaries to internal organs. Even if a good medicine could solve a certain problem, the rest of the body would inevitably die.

When Zhang Han came out, Xia Xiping and Li Guobin were still having dinner. They were whispering while eating the food in the food box. Neither of them expected that they were still qualified to be missed by the emperor and gave them food. After panic, they were endlessly happy. When they saw Zhang Han, they both felt a little embarrassed and stood up quickly.

"Let's go ahead." Zhang Han stood in front of the window, looked at the palace ban, and said leisurely: "I just felt that I had been against the emperor for a long time, but I didn't finish my meal. It turned out that there were many powerful powers of heaven, which made people feel astonishing..."

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Tianqi soon returned to the inner court. He sat on his shoulder carriage, which was a soft sedan chair that was carried by four people. There were more than a dozen eunuchs who were whisks in front of their heads. Their robes were either blue or blue, red and green. Among the large yellows in front of him, the color of the robes worn by the people and eunuchs in the palace was the only embellishment.

On both sides are the eunuchs who serve the emperor's daily life. They are all serving in the Qianqing Palace. Some people hold spittoons, some people hold incense burners, some people hold fans, some people hold some urgent medicines, and some people use replacement robes... Tianqi has to change many robes every day, each of which is very valuable, but he doesn't feel anything wrong. The Ming Dynasty today cannot make the emperor feel that it is laborious to wear clothes. It may be difficult for the emperor to imagine that the Emperor's Ming Dynasty has changed the conventions a lot in order to reduce the expenses in the palace, including changing clothes every day.
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