Chapter 1963 Justifiable?
Faced with the increasing opposition and protests of Hangzhou City and surrounding people, Zhu Yihai did not order a suppression, and he did not dare.
The shadow pulled down by Wu Zheng from the dragon chaise in Fengtian Hall made Zhu Yihai feel palpitations when he thought of the word "Wu Zheng". This feeling of fear and hatred was as uncomfortable as an ant worm biting the internal organs.
Although the general's palace felt that this matter was difficult, they had no intention of suppressing it, because they believed that this action was just from the beginning.
As Zhang Guowei and others advocated, this coup was not for personal gain, but for peace for all generations. The King of Wu had a different surname and had made an exception. He had neither the will of the ancestors nor the bloodline. If he had such an injustice and his words were not right, he would have been in a position, where would his ancestors have a family law and where would his people be placed?
Therefore, strictly speaking, this coup also has certain rationality.
After all, Wu Zheng was just the King of Wu, not the emperor. From the beginning, Wu Zheng took the banner, not the rebel army like the Daxi Army, but the Ming Dynasty.
His position as a state supervisor was only an emergency, self-proclaimed under expedient means, temporary, and did not pass the cabinet or the emperor's imperial order.
As a scholar, the most important thing is to be justified.
Like Zhang Guowei even proposed that as long as Wu Zheng was willing to compromise, the emperor of the new dynasty and the governor could coexist. He believed that this was also true in history.
Therefore, in the hearts of Xiong Rulin, Zhang Guowei and others, they just supported Zhu Yihai for the world, not to betray the King of Wu and rebel.
In other words, they just did not expect such a large-scale opposition to be opposed by the public, and did not intend to suppress the riot.
Over the past few years, both the General’s Mansion and the imperial court have been tolerant of mass movements.
For example, when Wu Zheng started his previous opposition to the peace talks between the King of Wu and the Qing court, Wu Zheng took it naturally and even had a hint of indulgence. It was not until the eldest princess suddenly sneaked into the capital and launched a coup that angered Wu Zheng.
On the other hand, Xiong Rulin and the others really dare not suppress it.
This time they supported Zhu Yihai, they played the "Dayi" card.
First, we define this as "justice" to restrain Wu Zheng, for fear that Wu Zheng would lead his army to investigate the chaos and return to the army to attack.
Even a million Qing troops were unable to block the Northern Expedition Army's full-strength attack, relying solely on the less than 10,000 Hangzhou Prefecture Guards under Xiong Rulin, or relying on the left and right camps of the imperial court that had not yet made a positive response?
That's a joke!
Therefore, Xiong Rulin and others played the "reason card", and they talked about reason rather than fists. Only in this way can they restrain Wu Zheng, and then send someone or group to go north to sit down with Wu Zheng in person. What to talk about? Negotiate conditions!
For example, title, official position, interests, or even anything!
Then, in this way, facing the opposition from tens of thousands of people, all they could do was to plug their ears and pretend not to hear them.
This approach is indeed quite passive. Not to mention whether they got what they wanted and could bind Wu Zheng's hands and feet. Just say that there is one thing that is certain now. They bound their hands and feet - they can't do anything, so they can only wait for the left and right camps of the court to come to rescue the siege.
A scholar rebelled for ten years.
They have too many concerns and say something that is unpleasant, it means that they should be the face and the archway should be established.
But they forgot one thing: they themselves do not have this leadership and appeal, and neither does Zhu Yihai.
Starting from Chongzhen's hanging, there were first Hongguang, then Lu Wang, Lu Wang, Longwu, and finally Yongli. Except for the Yongli Dynasty, which was located in a remote state and persisted for a long time, all the others did not last for two years, or even less than a year.
At the root of this, the new emperor has no appeal. To put it simply, he has no strength.
There was no soldier or soldier in his hand, and the new emperor ascended the throne all depended on a few old ministers, who decided to slap their heads there.
This also led to the strange scene of two emperors living together after the Hongguang Dynasty, King Lu was in Hangzhou, King Lu was in Shaoxing, Longwu was in Fujian, and Yongli was in Guangdong. Well, the heroes compete for hegemony!
If there are many heroes, that's not bad. The problem is that they can't even reach the heroes. For example, if the King of Lu is in Shaoxing, if Wu Zheng returned, Wang Zhiren and Fang Guoan were in charge of the court, Zhu Yihai was nothing?
Longwu was too. He was arrogant and thought about regaining lost territory in the Northern Expedition. But as a result, when Zheng Zhilong, whom he relied on, heard that the Qing army had arrived, his first order was to order the Zheng family army to retreat across the line, so that the Longwu Dynasty, which had hundreds of thousands of troops, could not even resist in a decent manner, died!
The same was true for the Yongli Dynasty. It was hostage by Sun Kewang as a whole. Emperor Yongli was even under house arrest in Anlong. The so-called Anlong Mansion was actually an abandoned Ming Dynasty garrison.
Therefore, the reason why the Southern Ming Dynasty was vulnerable was not that our vast Han people were not brave enough to kill enemies, but that there was no leader who could command all the heroes, nor that he could not defeat such leaders, but that those civil and military officials who only care about their own interests and choose successors nearby or personally.
First of all, Zhu Di, who seized his nephew's throne and was inappropriate, also felt that this was done dirty, so his descendants were all raised by him as pigs, and they had no ability. Otherwise, if Chongzhen hanged himself and had descendants who dared to seize the throne with hundreds of cavalry like him, how could the Tartars go south easily?
At least, you can also get along with a river to control it.
I have to blame Chongzhen for his origins. His throne came from the right one. He has been emperor for more than ten years and has a foundation.
But when Li Zicheng forced him to silence and ignored the whole world.
In fact, he had every time to leave Shuntian Prefecture and head south, even if he fled to Yingtian Prefecture, he would organize an army to fight back.
But he believed that the unscrupulous officials in the court who did not come to protect the emperor represented the hearts of the world, and hung up the tree in dishearteningly.
If Chongzhen is still there, Wu Sangui's clown who jumped into the beam will dare to lead Dorgon into the pass?
He didn't dare to borrow Wu Sangui's courage!
If Chongzhen was still there, could the millions of Hongguang dynasty disperse?
Zuo Liangyu dares to rush eastward under the banner of "clearing the king's side"?
If Chongzhen was still there, the Ming army in various places might still have low combat power, but they would never dare to establish a system, even tens of thousands or tens of thousands of troops surrendered to the Qing Dynasty without a single shot.
If Chongzhen was still there, could Manchus with only a population of hundreds of thousands occupy more than 200 years of land for millions of Han people?
In short, the reason why the Ming Dynasty was destroyed was not because of the chaos of the eunuch party, the shamelessness of the pure stream, the greedy civil officials, and the fear of death of military generals... It was nothing more than that after Chongzhen, there was no one in the Ming Dynasty!
The new emperor has no power, and the throne is still supported and elected. What he said is naturally not an imperial edict, but a shit!
If you are in harmony, you will listen; if you are not in harmony, you will not hear!
Chapter completed!