Chapter 162 Jiangnan Smuggling Group!
Zhu Youtang was a little surprised when he saw Liu Daxia cooperate so well in handing over Annan's old slips.
"Okay, you two go back and take care of this matter."
After making the appointment arrangements, Zhu Youtang asked Xu Pu and Liu Daxia to withdraw.
“Wei Chen resigns!”
Fortunately, these two ministers did not receive any punishment in Dongchang Prison. Now they can go back to work immediately and do not need time to recover from their injuries.
After the two ministers left, Zhu Youtang looked at Liu Jin.
"Liu Jin."
"The slave is here."
Liu Jin took two steps forward cautiously, feeling a little uneasy.
Zhu Youtang went from jailing Xu Pu and Liu Daxia to releasing them in just a few days.
Dongchang has not made substantial progress in its investigation of the officials of the Hubing and Hubing departments. Liu Jin is a little afraid that Zhu Youtang will blame him for not doing things well.
But fortunately, Zhu Youtang had no idea of holding him accountable.
“Let all the people in Dongchang stop interrogating the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs.”
“The war between the imperial court and Annan is the most important thing now. Let them concentrate on the war first. I do things.”
"The matter of colluding with the generals will be investigated later."
Liu Jin breathed a sigh of relief and quickly accepted the order: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhu Youtang waved his hand, Liu Jinxing After the ceremony, they quietly left Hongde Hall.
Zhu Youtang looked at the memorial on the table, sighed, and rubbed his temples.
The war in Annan started out a bit weird, so there is no guarantee that there is nothing fishy behind it.
But it doesn't matter. Annan Zhu Youtang must take it back. This move gave Zhu Youtang an excuse to send troops.
During the Xuande years, Ming Dynasty had been abandoning land.
In the first year of Hongxi, Lili rebelled in Jiaozhi. In the first year of Xuande, Zhu Zhanji ordered Wang Tong, Marquis of Chengshan, to lead 100,000 troops in order to put down the Jiaozhi rebellion in one fell swoop.
However, the Ming army was defeated repeatedly in Jiaozhi. Zhu Zhanji subsequently sent another 70,000 to 80,000 troops, but the entire army was destroyed.
Subsequently, under the strong suggestions of Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong, Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to agree to Cochin's request for independence, and held his nose and canonized Li Li as King Annan.
Only twenty years later, Yang Shiqi was inseparable from the fact that the Ming army could turn from a great victory to a great defeat in Annan.
In addition to Annan in the south, the Ming Dynasty also suffered a tragic defeat in the Liaodong region, which greatly weakened the Ming Dynasty's control outside the Pass.
Just like this, he was praised by Sanyang of the cabinet as the rule of Renxuan.
There is a small incident that shows the relationship between Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji and the three Yangs in the cabinet.
In the first year of Hongxi, as soon as Zhu Gaochi came to the throne, Sanyang of the cabinet changed the capital from Jingshi to Xingzai.
Jingshi means capital, and Xingzai means the emperor's palace. The cabinet changed Jingcheng to Xingzai, so where is the capital?
The answer is self-evident.
The capital city was called this name for sixteen years, from the first year of Hongxi to the sixth year of Zhengtong, and it was called the entire Renxuan rule.
The status of the capital city was decided by Zhu Di himself in the 19th year of Yongle.
As soon as Zhu Di passed away, the three Yangs in the cabinet couldn't wait to change the capital to Xingzai. This was naked shitting on Zhu Di's grave!
In this way, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji endured it.
But Zhu Zhanji still gritted his teeth and refused to move the capital.
It was not until Zhu Qizhen came to power that the capital was renamed the capital in the sixth year of Zhengtong.
After six years of orthodoxy, the capital became the official capital of the Ming Dynasty.
In the sixth year of Zhengtong, Zhu Qizhen was only fourteen years old, but he had already begun to take control of the court.
In addition to officially designating the capital as the capital, the Battle of Luchuan also started in this year.
Zhu Qizhen directly bypassed the military department controlled by Yang Shiqi and deployed troops from Dianzhou, Qianzhou, Shuzhou, and Xiangzhou to fight from the sixth year of Zhengtong to the fourteenth year.
The result was that the barbarians were terrified, and areas such as Burma and Thailand under the control of the Ming Dynasty were inactive for more than 150 years.
In the same year, Zhu Qizhen also sent the eunuch Hong Bao to Nanyang to prepare for the next trip to the West.
In one year, Zhu Qizhen officially established the capital of the Ming Dynasty, sent troops to conquer the barbarians, sent eunuchs to the sea to Southeast Asia, and did three things that outraged the Jiangnan civil servant group.
These three things can be said to be the reverse of the Jiangnan Civil Service Group.
At the age of fourteen, Zhu Qizhen had plucked out all the evil deeds of the Jiangnan Civil Service Group.
The feud between Zhu Qizhen and the cabinet began in the sixth year of Zhengtong.
At the same time, it also laid the groundwork for the Tumubao Revolution in the 14th year of Orthodoxy.
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After Xu Pu and Liu Daxia left the palace, they returned to Xu Pu's home together.
At this time, most of the high-ranking officials in the capital knew the news that Xu Pu and Liu Daxia were safely released from prison.
So at this moment, many officials have come to Xu Pu's home, waiting for Xu Pu's return to congratulate him personally.
The most conspicuous among them are Xie Qian, the scholar of Dongge University, and Yu Shen, the left minister of the Ministry of War.
Xu Pu and Liu Daxia greeted the officials who came to congratulate them, and then sent them out of Xu's house.
Later, Xu Pucai brought a few people to his study. At this moment, all the people sitting in Xu Pu's study were people from Jiangnan.
Xu Pu, a native of Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, South Zhili Province, was the chief minister of the cabinet and the minister of household affairs.
Xie Qian, a native of Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhezhou, holds a bachelor's degree from Dongge University.
Yu Shen, a native of Qiantang County, Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhezhou, was the left minister of the Ministry of War.
Liu Daxia's ancestral home is Huarong County, Huguang, but he was born and grew up in Ruichang County, Jiujiang Prefecture, Ganzhou, and is the Minister of the Ministry of War.
It is worth mentioning that Liu Daxia’s wife is a daughter of the Yang Pu clan, one of the Three Yangs.
In addition, there were several other civil servants from Jiangnan in the room. They all held high positions and had considerable influence in the court.
Xie Qian looked excited: "Fortunately, the two adults came back safely."
Xu Pu smiled, but there was a hint of worry between his eyebrows: "I didn't know it was so Would it be possible to use Annan's connections early?"
Xie Qian also expressed some emotion: "When Zhang Peng told me about this, I was also shocked."
"But other than that, there is really no better way."< br>
Liu Daxia said with emotion: "In order to save me and Xu Shoufu this time, everyone really paid a big price. Ah."
Yu Shen smiled: "When Liu Shangshu was still a doctor in the Ministry of War a few years ago, he did a great favor to everyone, and everyone will remember it."
< br>Liu Daxia also smiled and said: "It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning."
"This is no small matter. If the late emperor gets Zheng He's navigation chart, then our business will be in danger."
"Liu Shangshu, there is no need to be modest about this matter."
Liu Daxia smiled and said nothing.
Xu Pu suddenly looked at Liu Daxia: "Liu Shangshu, will it affect our decades of hard work in Annan if you hand over the old Annan slips to His Majesty this time?"
" At that time, Lord Yang Shiqi spent a lot of effort to get Annan out of Ming Dynasty's control for the safety of everyone's waterway."
If this sentence spreads out, it will definitely shock the entire Ming Dynasty.
The chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, one of the famous Three Yangs, actually single-handedly led the independence of Annan? !
No one can believe this!
But Xu Pu said it casually, and everyone present looked accustomed to it, without the slightest surprise.
To understand this matter, you must first understand the Jiangnan smuggling group and the geographical location of Annan.
The composition of the Jiangnan smuggling group is very complex, and there are many conflicts of interest within it. It is very difficult to fully understand it.
To put it simply, they are a group of people in the Jiangnan area who are connected through the chain of interests of smuggling.
This group of people are mainly people from Jiangnan, including officials, nobles, landlords, gentry... and so on.
The Jiangnan Civil Service Group is the spokesperson for the interests of the Jiangnan Smuggling Group in the imperial court.
Jiangnan native place, including South Zhili, Zhezhou and Ganzhou.
South Zhili and Zhezhou are easy to understand, but why is there such a place as Ganzhou?
Because the Ming Dynasty smuggled foreign goods, the main products were porcelain, silk and tea.
Southern Zhili and Zhezhou are rich in silk and tea, while Jingdezhen in Ganzhou is world-famous for its porcelain.
So the people from Ganzhou not only have a place in the Jiangnan smuggling group, but also occupy a dominant position.
Yang Shiqi, a native of Taihe County, Ji'an Prefecture, Ganzhou, was born in Yichun County, Yuanzhou Prefecture, Ganzhou, and grew up in De'an County, Jiujiang Prefecture, Ganzhou. He is a true Ganzhou native!
The geographical location of Annan was at the junction of the Ming Dynasty mainland and the Indochina Peninsula. It could serve as a springboard for the Ming Dynasty to explore the Western Ocean. Its geographical location was extremely important.
The actual purpose of Annan, Zhu Di's county at that time, was to cooperate with Zheng He's strategy of sailing to the West.
The Ming Dynasty’s military presence in Indochina echoed Zheng He’s fleet and jointly consolidated the Western tribute system by land and sea.
After the prefecture Annan, the Ming Dynasty can more easily control the Indochina Peninsula. It can control Champa, Siam, and Chenla in the near distance, and it can control Manchuria, Sumatra, and Sumatra near the peninsula in the distance. Jiugang, Guawa, Ningni and other countries.
At the same time, it also firmly controlled the routes between the Western and Southern Oceans.
No matter whose ships passed through the Western and Southern Oceans, they were all exposed to the eyes of Ming Dynasty without any obstruction.
After Zhu Di arrived in Annan, the county, he once said: The thieves in Annan will all be captured, and the land of the South China Sea will be solemn and clean.
In other words, starting from Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty has begun to attach importance to the South China Sea and has completely controlled all routes in the South China Sea.
It was not until the second year of Xuande that Annan Lili rebelled. With Yang Shiqi's promotion, Annan once again escaped from the control of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, it was less than three years since Zhu Di passed away.
The Ming Dynasty lost Annan, which meant that it lost the West.
After that, Ming Dynasty did not know what ships sailed in the Western and Southern Oceans.
And this is Yang Shiqi’s purpose.
The independence of Annan was not for the sake of Annan, but to free the Western routes from the control of the Ming Dynasty.
This is also the reason why Liu Daxia hid the old Annan slips when he hid Zheng He's navigational charts.
Annan and the Western Route are complementary to each other and inseparable.
Zhu Youtang only asked for Annan's old slips this time and did not mention Zheng He's navigational charts.
Liu Daxia judged that Zhu Youtang would not touch the Western Ocean.
As long as the emperor doesn't mention anything about going to the West, everything can be easily discussed.
That’s why Liu Daxia agreed so happily this time.
(End of this chapter)