SWDnovel Chapter 526 Prime Minister Li Yan
Chapter 526 Prime Minister Li Yan
"What, missing?"
A moment later, Dashun's temporary prime minister's residence.
Li Yan was shocked when he learned that Chongzheng's body was missing.
After Chongzheng Meishan hanged himself, he knew that the body was full of grievances and changes, and he also reported to Emperor Shun to dispose of Chongzheng's body as soon as possible. However, since Emperor Shun captured the capital, he suddenly lost his goal, drank heavily every day, and ignored political affairs.
As the prime minister of Dashun, Li Yan was under great pressure.
The speed of Dali's defeat was too fast, and the hastily established Dashun was not ready to take over such a large area of land at all.
Although the various places are looking forward to surrender, none of those demoted officials and generals is trustworthy, and there is a possibility of rebellion at any time.
There is also a Liaodong general who has no intention of surrendering at this time. The secret negotiator sent over opened his mouth, not only asking for the closure of the feudal domain, but also asking for an annual food supply of five million taels of silver and six million shi, otherwise he would switch to Di Guo, led Di Jun into the pass, and Dashun died.
The generals of Liaodong have managed the mountains, seas and Liaodong for nearly a hundred years, and their roots are deep. Even the Dali Dynasty has actually lost control of them. If there is a real fight, the Dashun Army is no different from them. I am afraid that no one will be able to please them. After all, they But Dali's most elite force, especially that Cao Wenzhao.
If they really risked the displeasure of the world to lure Di Jun into the customs, it would be a disaster for Dashun.
According to Li Yan's thinking, at this time, the Southern Expedition Army is attacking Jiangnan, and it is not appropriate to start a war on two fronts anyway. In any case, the Liaodong general must be stabilized first.
If you want a seal, give it; if you want money, give it; if you want food, give it.
Liu Zongmin has already tortured out 70 million silver and tens of millions of shi in the capital, which is affordable.
It will be much easier to deal with the Liaodong general after Dashun forced Jiangnan to stabilize his position.
At least, there is no risk of a flash crash.
However, what Li Yan did not expect was that Emperor Shun's suspicion of him had reached an unreasonable level.
A few days ago, he reported the brief report to Emperor Shun, but Emperor Shun pointed his nose and scolded him: "You have an affair with a general who did not surrender in the previous dynasty, what is your intention? Do you want to rebel!"
Li Yan, who choked on a word, wanted to slam the seal and dismissed from office, and walked away.
Since the establishment of the Dashun dynasty, he and
Emperor Shun's political disagreement has reached the point of being open.
Emperor Shun is used to recklessness, he has not yet turned the corner in what he does and thinks, and he is about to become the master of the world.
What he has to do is no longer to lead soldiers and generals to run around, grab money and food, then eat meat, drink in big bowls, and don't care about anything else.
It's about how to govern a country, how to suppress the endless greed of your subordinates, how to compromise with the outside world, and how to balance various contradictions to prevent the situation from collapsing.
Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. If you can’t read the paper, you can’t keep the fire, let alone turn off the fire.
If it is said that Emperor Shun ignored the government, it was just one of them. Some things were done secretly by himself, and he could maintain them.
The most troublesome thing was Liu Zongmin, the general of the Shun army. He was a veteran with strong military qualifications.
This is a problem within the Dashun Army.
To sum it up in one sentence: The Dashun Army is a patchwork political regime cobbled together by rebel armies from all walks of life. If it is beneficial, it will unite, and if it is not beneficial, it will disperse. The integration is far from complete.
The biggest army leader among them is the titan Liu Zongmin.
His name is the general of Emperor Shun, but in fact he supports his own troops, and the generals under his command only know "General Liu", not Emperor Shun. Many army leaders were afraid of being annexed by Emperor Shun, and they had already taken refuge in Liu Zongmin in secret, and Liu Zongmin was stronger than Emperor Shun.
Sometimes Li Yan had to wonder if Emperor Shun's poor performance was because he was powerless with his soldiers, so he simply didn't want to care about anything?
Emperor Shun has no heirs, and he has no intention of doing good luck. After death, this country belongs to others. If you have wine tonight, you will be drunk today.
Back to the moment, Chongzheng's body has disappeared, which is a problem.
But Chongzheng is dead, so it's just a trouble.
The bigger problem is that Liu Zongmin has squeezed out all the civil and military officials and princes and nobles who were imprisoned in Zhao Prison, regardless of whether they surrendered or not.
He must now be looking for an excuse to expand the scope of the torture, so as to attack the rich and ordinary people in the city. In fact, his subordinates have already begun to do so.
The rebellious rebels have become like bandits and robbers in the city.
If he searched the whole city under the pretext of searching for the escaped corpse of Chongzheng, all over the place
Under the panic, I am afraid that there will be a wave of rebellion.
You know, the capital took the initiative to open the city and surrender, and did not resist.
Endless scraping, scraping money, but lost people's hearts.
"Block the news immediately!" Li Yan pondered for a moment and immediately made up his mind, and then ordered: "Find a corpse and put it on the dragon robe of the former court, and burn it on the spot. It will be said to the outside world that it is the remains of Chongzheng."
"But my lord, the guards all know about the disappearance of Chongzheng's body. If His Majesty knows..." Left and right reminded hesitantly.
"Chongzheng's body escaped, and the guards couldn't escape the guilt. The truth is to wipe their asses for them, but anyone with a little brain will stop talking. This is feasible." Pen Fun Library
Li Yan's face was determined, he paused, and he said helplessly: "As for Emperor Shun...it's not bad."
This is the reason why he and Emperor Shun are at odds. Emperor Shun ignores the government, and Li Yan bypasses Emperor Shun to deal with many things by himself.
If there are too many times, it will naturally attract suspicion.
And the reason why he is still the prime minister of Dashun is because his decision to bypass Emperor Shun is basically right.
It can even be said that without him, Li Yan, Emperor Shun might still be fleeing from Shaanxi to Gansu at this time.
"Yes, my lord."
The left and right took orders and hurried down to make arrangements.
Li Yan pondered for a while, then found another subordinate, and asked, "Have you found Zhu Ci?"
Zhu Ci, former prince.
Chongzheng hanged himself on Meishan, Queen Zhou committed suicide, but the whereabouts of Zhu Ci and the princess are unknown.
In order to prevent Liu Zongmin from wantonly searching and arresting, Li Yan lied to the outside world that Zhu Ci and the princess had been burned in the palace fire, and then stepped up the search secretly.
But what is strange is that Zhu Ci and the princess disappeared without a trace.
It was like being burned to death in a palace fire.
The subordinate shook his head and said: "My lord, I haven't found any trace of Zhu Ci. The brothers under my command are still looking for it. The four gates of the capital are closed. It is expected that he is still in the city, maybe he is hiding in some official's house."
"He must be found. If he is allowed to flee to the south of the Yangtze River to succeed him, the consequences will be disastrous."
"Yes!"