The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

The discussion lasted until late at night.

An Guo, Tang Mu and others took their leave.

Of course, the so-called discussion was just Tang Hao talking, they listened, and then took office to execute.

Tang Hao said everything he should say, and warned everything he should warn. If there are any problems later, Tang Hao will definitely not care about the old relationship!

According to his plan, the nine border military towns will naturally restore the previous organization, and they will be fully staffed.

Generals such as An Guo and Tang Mu will guard their own side, rectify the city defense, and repair the fortress. These things are naturally beyond their responsibility.

Their main task is still above the soldiers and generals.

In the past, Mongolia was strong and slaughtered countless people. The border troops dared not show their heads and could only shrink behind the city walls and tremble.

Now, with the help of this great victory, it is just right to carry out a major cleansing of the border troops, remove the dross and retain the essence, so that the border troops can regain their combat effectiveness.

The best defense is offense!

In Tang Hao's opinion, instead of consuming a huge amount of resources to defend, it is better to do it in one battle and completely eliminate the troubles!

As for the future... With the continuous development of the Ming Dynasty's military, the grassland people will change from killing people like flies to singing and dancing.

The next morning, the court meeting was held normally.

A sudden victory completely disrupted the entire court.

Zhongshan Marquis Tang Hao was promoted to Xin Guogong, and the twelve marquises and twenty-four earls all held important positions and were in charge of the world's troops.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he, Xin Guogong, is now the most powerful minister in the Ming Dynasty!

And all this is far from over.

With the power of victory and the pressure of righteousness, a play called rewarding merits and punishing mistakes is gradually on the stage.

Only one day after the captive offering ceremony ended, Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to put on this play.

Those who criticized Tang Hao and An Guozhi before the war and opposed the court's dispatch of troops to Hetao have now all been purged by His Majesty the Emperor.

This storm that affected the entire court was also completely opened.

What is the arbitrary decision of the emperor? What is the power of the emperor?

It was not until this time that Emperor Zhu Houzhao truly experienced it.

The civil officials and gentry who once bound and oppressed him to the point of suffocation now let him do whatever he wants without any resistance.

Because Zhu Houzhao is very confident!

Unprecedented confidence!

As Tang Hao said, now is undoubtedly the best time to clarify the administration of officials.

The military power is at its peak, and the civil officials and nobles can only fall into silence one by one in the face of the great victory.

And he, Zhu Houzhao, and Tang Hao, have the Beijing army, this great victory, and the highest point of ritual morality!

The right time, right place, and right people are all in his control at this moment. How could he miss such a great opportunity!

In a storm, I don’t know how many important officials who were once glorious fell from power, and many people who were useful and who Zhu Houzhao and Yang Tinghe had observed for a long time were promoted.

Emperor Zhengde never had any intention of treating scholars and officials with favor. Those with serious crimes were all confiscated and exterminated. Under his absolute confidence, Zhu Houzhao showed no mercy.

Tang Hao never really participated in all this. He watched silently from the outside and frightened any evil-minded people.

This was also a tacit understanding between him and Zhu Houzhao.

He led the army, gave Zhu Houzhao confidence, and let Zhu Houzhao have the confidence to ignore the rules of the court.

Zhu Houzhao was in charge of politics, releasing his political ambitions to govern the country, pacify the world, and revive the Ming Dynasty.

Just like the storm that swept the entire court this time, before it started, Tang Hao issued an order in the name of the Left Commander of the Central Army Commander's Office to transfer all the Beijing camp troops to the suburbs of the capital.

At the same time, he also dispatched a battalion of Beijing army soldiers in the name of reorganizing the army and stationed them outside the capital. His real purpose was obvious.

Without the only force that the capital can rely on, whether it is civil officials or nobles, they are just like meat on the chopping board of Emperor Zhu Houzhao, and it depends on how Zhu Houzhao cuts them.

This storm lasted for nearly half a month, and civil officials and gentry suffered heavy losses.

Zhu Houzhao, with the cooperation of Tang Hao and Yang Tinghe, carried out a major purge of the six ministries and hundreds of departments, and those officials who were in office for nothing, corrupt and bribed, formed cliques for personal gain, etc. were dismissed from office and never hired for life, and those who were serious were exiled and deprived of their official status.

Until an old Hanlin with gray hair was thrown into prison for corruption, he shouted a shocking sentence.

"The king regards his ministers as grass, and the ministers regard the king as an enemy!"

This sentence comes from "Mencius", and was once deleted by the Taizu Gaohuang Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang himself. In the storm that swept the Ming Dynasty, it has spread in this undercurrent.

Throughout history, any reform, any violation of the interests of the vested interest groups, means bloodshed!

The same is true for the Ming Dynasty today!

What Tang Hao and Zhu Houzhao violated was the interests of the entire gentry group, not just the interests of a certain faction.

The so-called winning over a group and attacking a group is basically impossible when this fact has been established.

In this situation, if it were any other dynasty, those who acted like this would undoubtedly end up dead without a burial place in the face of the backlash of the entire benefiting class.

Throughout the ages, those who have promoted reforms in all dynasties have never had a good end!

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi, as prime minister, reformed Guan Zhong and reshaped the weak Qi State into a super hegemon. Duke Huan of Qi therefore became the first of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, thus opening the prelude to the reforms of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!

In the early Warring States Period, Wei Wenhou and Li Kui's reforms prompted Wei to embark on the road of enriching the country and strengthening the army, which also triggered the first vigorous reform in the world!

Since then, there have been many reforms, including Wu Qi's reform in Chu, Zou Ji's reform in Qi, Shen Buhai's reform in Han, Shang Zhong's reform in Qin...

Even after the emergence of a unified dynasty after the Qin Dynasty, there are still many people with lofty ideals who have launched reforms.

The Han Dynasty's Huang Cuo's reform of reducing the feudal system, Sang Hongyang's salt and iron state-owned reform, the Xin Dynasty's Wang Mang's reform, the Tang Dynasty's Wang Shuwen's reform, the former Song Dynasty's Wang Anshi's reform and Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal...

These people with lofty ideals risked their lives for their lofty ambitions, for the sake of enriching the country and strengthening the army, for the sake of their country and the world, and embarked on the road of reform and reform!

However, how can reform and reform be so easy?

Reform and reform, that is, to reform the old and establish the new!

Get rid of bad policies and implement new policies!

This means that any reform will inevitably affect the interests of the powerful and wealthy!

Whether it is a reform or a new policy, in the eyes of these vested interests, it is to deprive them of the power and interests they already have, and to cut off their own financial resources!

How can they sit and wait for death if their interests are damaged?

It is for this reason that the reforms of all dynasties have always been accompanied by countless bloody storms!

Because reformers always have to pay a price to succeed!

And the vested interests want to protect their own interests, so they will naturally attack those who preside over the reform!

Most reformers paid a terrible price for this, and even sacrificed their lives and died because of the reform.

Looking at the reformers of all dynasties, except for a few people such as the famous prime ministers Guan Zhong and Li Kui, there is no good end, especially those who failed in the reform!

Wu Qi of Chu was shot to death by a noble!

Shang Yang of Qin was torn to pieces by a chariot!

Chao Cuo of the Han Dynasty was beheaded and thrown into the streets!

Sang Hongyang was even more brutally exterminated!

Wang Mang of the Xin Dynasty died and his clan was exterminated, leaving a bad reputation for thousands of years!

Wang Shuwen of the Tang Dynasty was powerless to save the situation and was brutally killed!

Wang Anshi of the former Song Dynasty was dismissed twice and died of depression!

Fan Zhongyan was demoted three times and died suddenly!

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All these are the blood and tears lessons of reformers of all dynasties!

Some things can be thought of, but not done!

Otherwise, why are there only a few people left in this history?

But the Ming Dynasty, during the Zhengde period, was different from every reform in history, and more accidental.

The military generals used their military power to force the court and intimidate the world with their military power!

The troops of the Ming Dynasty were all under the control of Tang Hao!