Chapter 173 Reprimand

However, those businessmen dare not do so. Most businessmen are very shrewd in this regard. Although they are only businessmen, their political sense is still quite keen. It is clear that Yu Xiaotian and the government will be in a very tense relationship next.

But these people have a strong sense of profit-seeking. At the same time, they can also see that in fact, Zou Weili and the court now have little way to take Yu Xiaotian. Yu Xiaotian holds heavy troops and controls a large number of naval forces. There is no opponent on the sea. As long as they still want to eat the bowl of rice of Tonghai merchants, then they can't offend filial piety. God, so these merchants are very knowledgeable. At this time, they stood on Yu Xiaotian's side and took the initiative to show their goodwill to Yu Xiaotian.

And this matter is very noisy. Some officials even directly wrote to the court to impeach Xiaotian, disrespectful to the superiors, and asked the court to dismiss Xiaotian from the position of general soldier and take away Yu Xiaotian's military power.

These people can be said to be standing on the dry land and watching the bustle. They don't care whether the court dares to do this or not, whether Zou Weiyan dares to do it or not.

They just followed and felt that a martial artist like Yu Xiaotian dared to challenge the majesty of the governor head-on, which was simply intolerable. The governors were all civil servants, representing the interests of the scribes group, and Yu Xiaotian was a military general, representing the interests of the martial arts group.

For more than 200 years, the Ming Dynasty has been a civilian riding military officer and suppressing the general. When will the general dare to be so arrogant, kick his nose and directly embarrass the governor?

So this is absolutely unacceptable to those literati. Not only have many scholars and officials in Fujian criticized Xiaotian and impeached Xiaotian, but also many civil officials in other places also sympathized with Zou Weilian after learning about this. They also followed the trend and impeached Yu Xiaotian and asked the emperor to Filial piety is severely punished.

At the end of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Yu Xiaotian once again became the focus of discussion in the court. Almost all the imperial officials pointed the finger at Yu Xiaotian and wanted to spray Yu Xiaotian to death on the spot.

So many memorials impeaching Yu Xiaotian piled up in front of Chongzhen, making Chongzhen the first two big. A few months ago, he personally praised Xiaotian as the pillar of the country in the court, but in a few days, Yu Xiaotian poked such a big basket and made himself a place for thousands of scholars in the world. zhi.

In fact, after careful sorting out this matter, he has sorted out the context. The new governor of Fujian, Zou Weili, is obviously not as good at attracting Xiaotian as Xiong Wencan.

When Xiong Wencan was in Fujian, although Fujian officials often wrote letters to impeach Yu Xiaotian, the overall situation was just empty, saying that Yu Xiaotian was domineering, but Xiong Wencan said that there was no such thing, and he also defended Yu Xiaotian everywhere. In the end, Xiaotian's impeachment was also maintained by Xiong Wencan. Next, it's all over.

However, when Zou Weiyan went to Fujian, Yu Xiaotian immediately turned his face ruthlessly. On the spot, he stripped Zou Weiyan's face in the lobby of the governor's government and roared at the public hall and made a scene of the governor's government.

The reason seems to be attributed to the fact that after Zou Weiren took office, for special reasons, the normal military pay allocated by Yu Xiaotian's subordinates should be allocated by the Fujian vassal treasury. In addition, there was no money to allocate the pensions for the rebels who defected in the battle this time, which eventually led to Yu Xiaotian's outbreak in the governor's office, and Zou Weili I almost vomited blood.

Only then did this have such a big drama, resulting in the scholars and officials of the whole government and the opposition pointing the spearhead at Yu Xiaotian, and there is a posture of not pulling Yu Xiaotian down and vowing not to give up.

But after all, there are still people in the court who speak for Yu Xiaotian, because this time Yu Xiaotian is in the chaos of Denglaiping, showing his strong military ability and ability to govern the army.

Nowadays, smoking is everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that it is the time of employing people. Military generals like Yu Xiaotian are quite rare nowadays. Now if it is because of this matter, it will be strictly handled by Xiaotian. It is difficult to guarantee that Yu Xiaotian will not be separated from the court. If he wants to use it for Xiaotian again in the future, who knows if he will be like this time Laiping rebelled so hard.

So in the court, there are still some understanding people at this time. They did not take the opportunity to attack Yu Xiaotian, but stood from a more objective perspective and spoke for Yu Xiaotian.

And Zou Weili did make a mistake this time. Although the situation of lack of wages in various places is very common now, it also depends on whose wages are lacking. I think that people like Yu Xiaotian are going to other places to calm down the chaos for the court, but they lack the wages of the soldiers and horses under his command, which is really a little chilling.

Therefore, this matter can't be blamed on Xiaotian. From this matter, it can be seen that Yu Xiaotian cherishes his soldiers and generals very much. He does not hesitate to fight against the superiors and fight for the interests of his subordinates. To some extent, this matter also adds some points to Yu Xiaotian's character.

Today, there are not many Ming military generals who cherish their soldiers as much as Yu Xiaotian. In fact, Chongzhen also understands that there are many people who love money and drink blood, which leads to the lack of combat effectiveness of the Ming army. In many cases, soldiers are unwilling to work for the imperial court, and even Xu Because of the long-term lack of money, many people simply defected to the civilian army, and even defected to Jiannu and sang against the court.

So Chongzhen is quite embarrassed about this matter. If he doesn't punish Xiaotian, these trolls will never give up, but if they want to deal with Yu Xiaotian, he also throws rats to avoid it. Another point is that Xiong Wencan is eager to let Yu Xiaotian quickly lead his troops south and go to the two seas to suppress the sea pirates. .

If you deal with Yu Xiaotian now, I'm afraid it will hit Yu Xiaotian's enthusiasm next. Therefore, Chongzhen was quite embarrassed about this matter and asked the cabinet ministers several times. However, these people also insisted on how to deal with Yu Xiaotian's disturbance in the governor's office. Some people demanded severe punishment, while others admitted it. In order to put big plans first, it is not easy to punish.

In the end, Chongzhen had to adopt a compromise approach and issued a decree. He verbally scolded Xiaotian, which made Yu Xiaotian close his doors and reflect during the Spring Festival. However, on the other hand, he also told Zou Weili that at this time, he should focus on the big plan and give the military wages of the soldiers and horses under Yu Xiaotian's command, and the Fujian vassals should be given Guarantee, don't chill the hearts of the soldiers.

Before the Spring Festival, the imperial edict arrived in Fujian. Yu Xiaotian pretended to accept the order to thank him and thank the guests behind closed doors. On the grounds that he was asked to think about it behind closed doors, he did not receive guests and accompanied his family at home.

Yu Xiaotian is by no means a fool. Although the court issued a decree to rebuke him this time, the slap seemed to be quite high, but it just fell gently. The whole thunderstorm was small, and the punishment for him was not painful at all, which fully shows that the current court is quite afraid of him. In addition, he also wants to Rely on him and want him to continue to work for the court.

For this reason, Yu Xiaotian also asked Lin Yiyang to write a memorial for him, pretended to report to the court, and made a self-examination. It was a mistake in this matter. In fact, there was nothing substantial.

Let's not talk about how busy Yu Xiaotian is, let's talk about Xiong Wencan's life during this period of time.

During his time as an official in Fujian, his life was still quite leisurely. Although there were some thieves making trouble from time to time, he had Yu Xiaotian, a tough general on hand. As long as he said hello, Yu Xiaotian could quickly help him settle the matter, but after arriving in Guangdong, he found that it was really not fun here.

Although there are also many garrisons in Guangdong and Guangxi, they have been peaceful here for a long time. Most of the soldiers stationed in Guangxi have rarely experienced battles, and the navy is not repaired. As a result, the strength and strength of the navy in Guangdong and Guangxi are very weak. If you want to improve the strength of the navy in a short time, it will cost a lot of money.

However, it is precisely in Guangdong, which is quite rich now, but because the court lacks food and salaries, the Central Plains provinces are now in chaos. Many places have become a bare land at all. The government can't collect much tax at all, let alone raise salaries.

Therefore, the court has mainly focused on obtaining fiscal revenue in Jiangnan provinces, including Nanzhili, Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. 70% of the current fiscal revenue of the imperial court can be said to come from these provinces.

In this way, the burden on these provinces is quite heavy. The people suffer, and the officials are also uncomfortable. Every summer and autumn, they are busy collecting taxes and pay.

Many of the money and grain collected will be immediately transferred to Nanjing, and then transported to Beijing. Although the merchants and officials here are rich and take the opportunity to make a fortune, the local finances are not very rich. For Xiong Wencan, it is A task that can't be completed at all.

Therefore, he can only pin his hope on Yu Xiaotian. In August, he had sent someone to send a letter to Yu Xiaotian in advance and informed Yu Xiaotian of his ideas. Please be sure to help him.

In addition, in order to let Yu Xiaotian lead his troops south to help him, he personally reported to the court and asked the court to allow Yu Xiaotian to lead his army back to Fujian after pacifying the Denglai Rebellion. After a little rest, the sailors went south to Liangguang to calm the sea for him.

It was not easy to lead Yu Xiaotian's troops back to Fujian, and then it caused Yu Xiaotian to make a scene in the governor's government. When Xiong Wencan heard the news, he angrily patted the table in the study and scolded Zou Weili for being confused, which delayed his big event.

When he left Fujian for Guangdong, he specially told Zou Weiyan, who replaced him, how to treat Yu Xiaotian, but Zou Weiren obviously did not pay his words seriously. Unexpectedly, he left and stopped the wages of Yu Xiaotian's soldiers and horses.

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