Chapter 162 Yellow Shaved Head
Xiao Jiangzi spoke to Zhu Yicheng who was sitting. After hearing this, Zhu Yicheng nodded slightly and waved his hand to let him go down.
After Xiao Jiangzi left, Zhu Yicheng stood up and walked from the back hall to the garden alone.
It is mid-March now, and it is already spring in the south, but in the capital in the north, the weather is still very cold.
However, today's sun was good. When the warm sunlight shone, Zhu Yicheng didn't feel that it was cold. He walked slowly alone, Xiao Jiangzi and other waiters were in the distance, keeping a certain distance from him.
To be honest, Zhu Yicheng is a little uncomfortable now, mainly because today's discussion made him very disappointed with Shi Yizhi, the chief military minister. Although as the emperor, the balance between ministers is a good means for the emperor to use, Zhu Yicheng, as the emperor, did not object to the struggle between ministers, and sometimes he would secretly add fuel to the fire to maintain balance in it.
The great man once said that there is no party emperor outside the party and no faction within the party. As an emperor, you can not care about the previous half of the sentence, but you deeply agree with the second half of the sentence.
The party is the same and the different, and this kind of thing will never disappear, and the ministers in the court cannot expect them to be one mind. In other words, if the ministers below are solid, then Zhu Yicheng, as the emperor, would feel scared.
But today's things are different from the past. The Military Affairs Office's purpose is to discuss military affairs. No matter how the ministers of the Military Affairs Office face tit-for-tat, this purpose will not change. This purpose is to choose the most correct one for the Ming Dynasty's strategic orientation.
However, Shi Yizhi's performance today was obviously selfish. He wanted to take this opportunity to safeguard his position as chief military officer, and secondly, he also planned to use this to suppress the military generals in the court and prepare for civil officials to control the government.
Although Shi Yizhi concealed it well, how could he escape Zhu Yicheng's eyes from everything he did? In addition, Sun Jiagan and He Xianzu, who agreed with Shi Yizhi, stood with him, deepened this trend.
However, Sun Jiagan and He Xianzu are essentially different from Shi Yizhi. Among them, Sun Jiagan is because of the civil officials and his similar personalities, so he is naturally close to Shi Yizhi. In addition, although Sun Jiagan is a good person, he has been an official in the local area before and has never had direct contact with military affairs.
Therefore, Sun Jiagan's ideas have limitations. He agreed with Shi Yizhi only for his own considerations and judgments. Zhu Yicheng knew very well.
As for He Xianzu, when he thought of him, Zhu Yicheng, he shook his head slightly. He Xianzu is a versatile person and good at observing words and expressions. In addition, he had been in Ryukyu for so many years, and it was impossible for him not to understand that Zhuang Yan's concerns were right, but he still acted close to Shi Yizhi, which was clearly a small plan.
He Xianzu had his own purpose in doing this, and he did not firmly oppose it like Shi Yizhi and others, but just had a bias. So Zhu Yicheng just cursed in his heart, but didn't take it seriously.
But no matter what, Shi Yizhi not only did not show his ability as the chief military aircraft this time, but instead showed signs of relative civil and military relations in the court, which was an extremely bad start for Zhu Yicheng.
For a long time, Zhu Yicheng has been working hard to construct the power structure of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, it is trying to eliminate the gap between civil and military. Moreover, it has been ten years since the revival of the Ming Dynasty. Because of the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the internal and external wars, the improvement of the military status of the Ming Dynasty was obvious. In addition, Zhu Yicheng used military merits to create a large number of noble class, changing the proportion of groups in the political structure. Therefore, at present, both in the central and local areas, the importance of both civil and military can be said to be the characteristic of the Ming Dynasty.
But now this kind of sign is actually occurring in the center, which makes Zhu Yicheng alert. Thinking of this, Zhu Yicheng couldn't help but frown slightly. The balance of civil and military affairs was the most confusing problem for emperors of all dynasties. As mentioned in "Dream of Red Mansions", either the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. The real balance will never exist, but how to better deal with this problem? Zhu Yicheng couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
North Korea, Seoul.
Huang Taohuan was talking to Wang Wen, who was sitting in front of him. Wang Wen had just arrived in Seoul from the south. With the grasp of the entire territory of North Korea, Wang Wen in the south hurried to Seoul after dealing with the matter in his hands. Because there was not much time left before the court required the court to send troops from North Korea to Liaodong. For this huge strategic deployment, Huang Taohuan, as the minister stationed in North Korea, had to go north to Pyongyang to take charge, and handed over Seoul to his deputy Wang Wen.
"There have been some abnormal movements in North Korea recently, you need to be careful. After I head north, Seoul will leave you with thousands of people, and the Korean troops in Seoul should be enough." Huang Taohuan explained to Wang Wen, who nodded slowly while listening.
"In addition, the North Korean officials who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty must not fully believe that these guys are all capricious people, and the local clans in Korea are extremely powerful. Even if someone is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, who can guarantee that the people around him have no strange intentions? So there are some things that you don't have to tell them all. As for how to do it, I think you know it in your heart."
Wang Wen agreed: "I understand this, Lord Huang, don't worry. I know what the North Koreans are, and I have plans to use them. In addition, I plan to reorganize the Korean army in Seoul. If possible, I will directly disperse and incorporate our Ming army into it. This will not only better control these Korean troops, but also expand the strength of our Ming army."
"Well, this idea is good, but it needs to be done step by step, at least we must ensure the combat effectiveness of our army and control of the local area." Huang Taohuan smiled with satisfaction.
Then, he thought for a while and said, "If something really happens to the place, you don't need to be ruthless. You and I have been in North Korea for many years. You should be clear about this. As long as the situation is stabilized, how to kill people, and how many people you kill, you can decide in one word. I will write a letter to explain the court."
With Huang Taohuan's endorsement, Wang Wen's confidence increased greatly and immediately smiled.
Although Wang Wen and Huang Taohuan are civil officials, they are not unfamiliar with military affairs as ministers and deputy stationed in North Korea. Moreover, they are both decisive people who kill and decisively, and they will not let themselves be restrained because of their so-called reputation of benevolence and righteousness.
Otherwise, Huang Taohuan would not have turned his hand to make the clouds and rains, and brought North Korea to this day. In their hearts, everything was for the Ming Dynasty. As for those principles, benevolence and righteousness, it is not surprising.
These days, Huang Taohuan was in Seoul, Wang Wen was in Nangang, and Zhang Fei led his troops to further north of Pyongyang.
Three people, one in the north, one in the south, one in the middle, each of them killed many people. Huang Taohuan, the one who killed the most was almost wiped out the entire Seoul, and even the hundreds of miles around Seoul. All those who complained about the Ming Dynasty, or those who attempted to cause trouble in the local area, whether they were officials, gentry, literati, farmers, merchants, and even beggars, had their heads cut off.
There were not ten thousand or eight thousand people who died at Huang Taohuan's hands. The most powerful time was that shortly after the Ming army entered Seoul, a North Korean minister commented on the unjust attack on the Ming Dynasty and planned to join forces to meet the North Korean king in an attempt to withdraw from North Korea and return the Lee family.
Who would have thought that within two days, the old minister, his relatives, friends, students, etc. were all caught by Huang Taohuan. Then more than 900 people were directly pulled to Seoul. At Huang Taohuan's order, all of these more than 900 people were chopped off.
That day, no matter what identity the people in Seoul were, all the North Koreans were scared. More than 900 people were chopped up their heads. Who could have seen this? One person was tied up and taken to the streets, and then his head was cut off like cutting vegetables and melons.
The execution of nine hundred people went on for a whole day. The smell of blood that day floated out of Seoul, and the blood on the ground even flowed into a small river. The cut-off heads piled together like hills...
Everyone was so scared that their faces were pale and their whole body was trembling. Most of them even had their pants pissed, and even many people were shocked and frightened.
Since that time, the Koreans in Seoul have been completely scared, and Huang Taohuan's name of yellow shaving is also famous. Now, in the middle of North Korea, the name of yellow shaving can stop children from crying, and has almost become an existence like black and white impermanence.
Chapter completed!