Chapter 398 Xia Zhibai is a disaster!
Tang He looked calm.
He doesn't think these are a thing.
What can these military households do? They colluded with each other to occupy the land distributed to them by the imperial court. They could not find any other way to make a living. They could only be led by other powerful people and wanted them to Whatever you do, just do it.
After this in-depth investigation, Tang He finally understood why Xia Zhibai was so critical of Wei Suozhi and it was so ugly.
It is true that the guard system itself has some merits. However, the court provides too little supervision and gives too much power to local military attachés. No matter how good the system is, if no one follows it, it will be easily broken down. .
Tang He said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to pursue these matters now. The most urgent task is to eliminate the bad apples in the army first, clear out these worms that corrupted the guards, and bring these people to justice. The corpses were cut into thousands of pieces, otherwise it would be difficult to eliminate the long-term hatred of the local soldiers."
"But when I was in Yuhang, I kept thinking that if Lin Xian and others were really cleaned up, all the guard posts would be clean in the future. ”
“I’m afraid not.”
“In other words, as Xia Zhibai once mentioned, it may be a mistake for the court to let the army make a living and be self-sufficient. After all, this is an army decision. In this way, too many interests are involved. Now that His Majesty is still here, the constraints on the generals are still there. This is it, and I am afraid it will get worse in the future. "
"Bei Yuanke in the north has been eyeing the Ming Dynasty."
"Your Majesty, you have to be vigilant."
Zhu Yuanzhang had a dark face and said nothing.
He could hear what Tang He wanted to say to him. It was simply that he could no longer let the army run free. The court must have strong control and strict constraints on the army. Otherwise, sooner or later, the army would be destroyed. Completely corrupted by these evil-minded military attachés.
If something happens to Daming by then, it may end up with no troops to send.
Just abolishing the guard system means that the imperial court has to spend its own money to support a million-strong army. Not to mention that the imperial court cannot afford it. Even if the imperial court can afford it, he will not be willing to raise it. That is an army of one million. He He still has hundreds of thousands of officials to support, and so many people reach out to ask him for money. Even if he can change money, he can't fill so many mouths.
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a sullen face: "We know."
"You also have to understand us. We are no better than before. Many things have been spread out for a long time now. Where is it?" It's so easy to take it back. If we just issue an imperial edict, it will affect a lot of people and things. We have to do it again."
"Yes, I understand, the court has no money." Tang Hedao.
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Tang He.
He waved his hand and said: "We don't care about these things with you. Just let the matter in the south rest for the time being. We will slowly deal with all these things one by one later. But sometimes we don't think of it. We just let Xia Zhi Bai went to the south for a trip, and everyone came back. Why did he bring such a big mess to us?”
“Do you think this person is a disaster?”
“If he didn’t come to the court, our Ming Dynasty wouldn’t have so many problems. ?”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Tang He in surprise and annoyance.
Tang He shook his head helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, aren't you asking questions knowingly? It doesn't mean that you haven't seen something, which means it doesn't exist. It's just that the court has not investigated this aspect. Many things have been done for a long time. There were signs and signs, but it was Xia Zhibai who kindly brought up these signs, and the court took advantage of them to investigate, and then found out the local situation. Anyway, in the eyes of the minister, Ming Dynasty has a lot of bad debts. "< br>
"It's all buried in the ground, just waiting to break down and plunge Ming Dynasty into the quagmire."
"I don't care at the moment."
"I'm quite old. Half of my body is buried in the ground. If I can't keep it alive tomorrow, if I can't close my eyes, this life will be over. I will follow Your Majesty and I will have nothing to eat or drink in this life. Eat and drink, fight when it’s time, enjoy when it’s time, I’m not greedy in my life, I’ve long been self-sufficient.” “But your Majesty needs to think about it carefully.”
< br>“After all, this is the world that was gained through the death of so many people. We cannot just follow the path of the Yuan Dynasty.”
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Tang He, looked at Tang He's gray beard, and was speechless for a moment. When other people said these words, his heart would only thump, but when Tang He said these, he only felt an inexplicable feeling. Sad and sad.
They are all old.
I don’t even have a few years left to live.
Now Tang He can still help him deal with things, but if it turns out to be like what Tang He said, one day he kicks his legs to death, he is afraid that he will not even have anyone to talk to, let alone anyone. I can do my best to help myself.
It’s just that he has been avoiding one thing all these years.
He himself had a few more years left to live.
He is no longer what he was when the founding of the People's Republic of China, and his health is getting worse and worse. If he puts so much effort into improving it, he is afraid that he may not be able to do it, and he is also very worried. Halfway through, the most important thing is At that time, his body couldn't hold on and collapsed. What should Daming do?
It was because of this concern that he wanted to strengthen the imperial power.
At this time.
Tang He said curiously: "I still don't understand. The affairs in the south have not been investigated clearly. Why did your Majesty suddenly call me back? Is the imperial court going to war with Naha who is entrenched in the northeast?"
Tang He was still a little confused when he was recalled to Beijing this time.
Too sudden.
Except for something important, Zhu Yuanzhang rarely summoned him so urgently. On the way, he also thought about whether it could be something else. However, no matter how he thought, he could only think that the imperial court wanted to deal with him. To mobilize troops in the north, either the Northeast or Beiyuan due north.
Other than that, there is no need.
Zhu Yuanzhang came to his senses and said coldly: "We are preparing to go to war with Naha, but that is not the reason why we called you back."
"We called you back because there are more important things."
"What's the matter?" Tang He said.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "While you have not come back, our boss has rebelled and has been resisting us. We asked you to go east, but he insisted on going west. We asked him to go North, he insisted on going south, and said that we were too strong, which made him breathless, and wanted to set up his own business."
Hearing this, Tang He's face turned serious. Suddenly, he stood up and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, I have to say something ugly in front of you. The prince's position as heir apparent cannot be moved, and you don't want to do it either. If you dare to depose the prince, don't blame me for being anxious with your majesty. "The prince is related to the stability of the country, so he must not act rashly."
Seeing Tang He's nervous look, Zhu Yuanzhang grinned.
He joked: "When did we say that we should abolish the prince? And whether we abolish the prince or not, it is none of your business. If we want to abolish the prince, we can abolish it. If we don't like it, we will not abolish it. When will it be your turn to point this out?" Guidance."
Tang He said hurriedly: "You can't say that, that's the prince of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Yuanzhang said displeased: "Gungun, we didn't say we wanted to depose the crown prince. Don't stop talking nonsense. No matter how much we quarreled with Biao'er, we never thought of deposing the prince. "Don't we know these things better than you?"
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?" Tang He frowned.
(End of this chapter)