Chapter five hundred and sixty-one Da Ming Qun Xian
Zhu Yuanzhang faced a very strange situation... It was clear that the Ming Dynasty was recovering most of the capital, and the Ming army had won an unprecedented victory, but looking at the entire situation, it showed that it was hot below and cold above.
Folk celebrations come one after another, one wave after another.
Everyone longs for peace in the world, no more wars, living and working in peace and contentment, and all industries prospering.
Some businessmen are already thinking of taking their business to the north and making a big profit.
More people feel that restoring their homeland, making the Ming Dynasty surpass the past, and erasing the shame is something to be happy about.
But what makes people speechless is the court of the Ming Dynasty. The officials from top to bottom, including the Imperial College, Hanlin Academy, Zhan Shifu...these places where civil servants gathered, all showed a strange tranquility.
Their inactivity is simply jaw-dropping.
The newspapers in Yingtian couldn't bear it anymore and published a sarcastic article: The princes in the court only want to restrain their subordinates and are unwilling to attack the enemy.
Governor Zhang Xiang thought it was a great honor, but now he discovered that the princes could not bear the wind and sand.
Were the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty so weak?
The anger among the people is rising rapidly. Faced with this situation, Li Shanchang has simply become a rat in the bellows.
He knew very well what these people were thinking. When he asked them to go to Shandong, it was the hometown of saints, and no one wanted to go.
Now let them go further north, to the harsher and colder Dadu, and face the barbarians everywhere, and they are even less willing to do so.
Not only does the Ministry of Rites not want to allocate places for imperial examinations, but the Ministry of Works is also unwilling to build the Great Wall and canals. The Ministry of Punishments also does not want to deal with the scandals of those barbarians. The Ministry of Personnel also does not want to appoint people from the north. The Ministry of Household Affairs is also unwilling to pay for replacement jobs.
hole……
All in all, when the territory was expanded, a large piece of fat meat was placed next to the mouth and stuffed into the mouth. It only took two chews to swallow it, but the people just couldn't move their teeth.
Do you have anything else to say?
After much holding back, there were even calls for the clan to be allowed to defend its territory and to enfeoff and consolidate the borders.
When this suggestion was put forward, it was only circulated in a small area, and one person stood up.
It is Queen Ma.
"His Majesty has many talented people under his command, and their ideas are all brilliant. The prince is still less than ten years old, and he is the crown prince, so he cannot go north. The second and third princes are weak and it seems inappropriate. Let the fourth prince
My son went north to Dadu. He took off his crotchless pants for a few days because of his feelings. As a mother, I followed him to the north and washed and cooked for him every day and coaxed him to sleep so as not to scare the child into tears."
Queen Ma was so angry that Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hear it.
"Sister, don't be so angry. No matter what, we can't let people wearing crotchless pants guard the border. We still have some people in Ming Dynasty."
Empress Ma snorted coldly, "Who are they? Are they the sages of the Ministry of Rites? Or are they the intellectuals of the Ministry of Husbandry? You don't know what these guys are holding back? They don't want to endure hardship or cut their flesh, so they bully children! Who is this?
In the world? If you use your ministers to bully your emperor, they all deserve to be killed!"
Good guy, even Queen Ma can't stand it anymore.
Everything is fine, but you should never suggest that the vassal should guard the border!
Even if this is the case, you have to wait a few years, at least until the children grow up. How can you be so impatient? If you don't want to endure hardship, why don't you let your children suffer for you?
Is there any heavenly principle or royal law for this?
Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand, pushed Ma down on his seat, and then said with a smile: "Don't panic, sister, we have long disliked these people, but if we want to deal with them, we must have a name."
Queen Ma took a deep breath and said, "What name? Don't you always do whatever you want and kill whoever you want?"
Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled and said: "Girl, you are telling a joke again. We have now recovered most of the capital. In terms of structure, we have surpassed Zhao and Song Dynasties and are catching up with Han and Tang Dynasties. We must think carefully before doing anything."
Ma turned his head, looked directly at Zhu Yuanzhang, and said seriously: "Chongba, don't be confused, the Ming Dynasty is far worse than the Han and Tang Dynasties! The literati of the Han and Tang Dynasties were to report to the emperor on the golden platform, and to support the Jade Dragon as the emperor.
Those who died were eager to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield and sacrifice their lives for the country. Look at the group of people under your command... Apart from Mr. Zhang, who else can endure hardship? In my opinion, I hope that these people can surpass
Han and Tang Dynasties. It’s probably out of the question. If you don’t get mad at them, you’ll live longer.”
These few words made Lao Zhu's face turn red and he was almost speechless.
"Sister, three hundred years of decadence in the Zhao and Song dynasties, and one hundred years of tyranny in the Yuan Dynasty, have long since destroyed the integrity of the scholars, and replaced them with decadence, selfishness, arrogance, sectarian opinions, and villainous tricks...the more serious things become,
The more it goes up, the more it will be like this. We are also unlucky to meet these people!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, quite speechless.
Seeing that her husband was like this, Queen Ma gradually calmed down and comforted her: "Three feet of ice does not last in a day. It seems that it will only come gradually. Is there anything you can do?"
With a smile on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang took out the article Zhang Ximeng gave him.
"Look, the gentleman didn't hurry up and deliver this to us."
Ma took it in his hand, looked at it briefly, and couldn't help but say: "Sir, his lofty style is far beyond the reach of the ancient saints and sages... It's just that with your good intentions, these civil servants may not be able to achieve even one percent of it."
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Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, "If they can't do it, we'll force them to do it. You see, with this great unification, we have an idea of what to do next."
The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth turned up, revealing a terrifying and life-threatening smile.
Finally, His Majesty the Emperor is about to take action.
Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to summon nine ministers from various ministries to discuss affairs.
Among the ministers, Zhang Ximeng is supervising the divisions in Dadu, and Jia Lu, who is in charge of political affairs, is still repairing rivers and controlling water. In addition to them, Li Shanchang, the prime minister of Zuo of the Zhongshu Province, Zhu Sheng, who is the counselor of political affairs, Yang Yuangao, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the minister of the Ministry of Etiquette.
Li Xi, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Yang Siyi, Minister of the Ministry of War Chen Liang, Minister of Punishments Zhou Zhen, Minister of Taxation Wang Guangyang, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mao Gui, Minister of Works Shan Anren, Imperial Censor Yang Xian, Minister of Rites Tao Kai, Hanlin
Scholar Song Lian, provincial minister Yao Guangxiao... almost all the sages of the Ming Dynasty were missing.
In fact, the current official system of the Ming Dynasty is very different from that in history.
As the core of government affairs, Zhongshu Province has evolved into different levels.
For example, Li Shanchang is the prime minister and is in charge of government affairs. Zhu Sheng is a political minister and assists Li Shanchang on the left. Some senior ministers will also be awarded the title of political minister and perform ministerial affairs. In addition, some ministers who are actually responsible for government affairs will also be given the title of minister.
Lao Zhu was intentionally increasing the number of ministers to break the six-ministry structure. He was also increasing the number of deputy prime ministers to divide the power of the prime minister.
In the future, the evolution trend of the imperial bureau will most likely be that of groups, coupled with a considerable number of ministers, forming a relatively stable structure of the Zhongshu Province.
However, no matter how sophisticated the design of the official system is, it cannot solve the problem of laziness and confusion among officials.
Today's Zhu Yuanzhang is facing the wise men under him with overwhelming anger.
"In the past few days, it has been said that we have regained most of the capital and taken back the land of Yanyun. In terms of national power, we have surpassed Zhao and Song Dynasties. We recognize this and are really happy. However, some things that happened in the court made us
Suddenly I figured out something."
Lao Zhu looked at Li Shanchang. Mr. Li was trembling all over and his hairs stood up.
"Mr. Li!"
Still unable to escape, Li Shanchang hurriedly bowed, "I'm here."
"We have been thinking these days, why Zhao and Song Dynasty are not willing to go to the Northern Expedition, maybe they can't defeat it. But there are obviously famous generals like Yue Fei and brave soldiers like the Yue Family Army, but they still hesitate to move forward, and would rather destroy the Great Wall than go to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.
..." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed and said: "Mr. Li, do you think the important ministers of the Song Dynasty knew that even if the Northern Expedition succeeded, they would not have a good life, so they might as well not do it at all!"
Li Shanchang was startled, sweating on his forehead, and said hurriedly: "The Zhao and Song dynasties are most boneless and have no future. This is true for all the emperors and ministers. It is an eternal shame!"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "Don't say that. We have read the historical records and found that not only Zhao and Song Dynasty, but also after the Eastern Jin Dynasty settled in a corner, they also enjoyed enjoying the south of the Yangtze River and were unwilling to expedition to the north. Every time someone brought it up, they were hindered in every possible way and frequently caused stumbling blocks."
"The Pian'an Dynasty is probably like this!"
"But we don't understand! Why did the Ming Dynasty, which had just founded the country, have such a tendency to be too peaceful? Could it be that we have become the emperor of the Song Dynasty?"
Lao Zhu suddenly raised his voice and shouted, frightening the officials.
While people were still hesitating, Li Shanchang was the first to kneel down, with tears streaming down his face.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty, please punish me!"
No one else dared to accept Lao Li's apology, and they all knelt down and confessed their guilt.
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at them and snorted, "It's not a crime, it's just a bad intention! I would rather let our son eat sand than suffer hardship and go north. This abacus is really shrewd!"
When Zhu Xin asked again, several ministers were already sweating. As for Tao Kai, his breathing was rapid and he almost fainted.
"We might as well tell you that the land of Kyushu, the upper and lower parts are one, which is called a great unity!"
Lao Zhu suddenly took out Zhang Ximeng's article and held it high.
"This is what Mr. Zhang wrote, and it is what we mean! In the future, we may send vassal kings to guard the border, but the local government system must be integrated internally and externally. The people on the border must be the same as the people of Yingtian! If we cannot do this, we will
Not worthy of being called a unified nation!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said to Li Shanchang: "Mr. Li, get up, take this article and look at it carefully."
Li Shanchang hurriedly got up, his heart pounding.
Even if Zhang Ximeng is not in Yingtian, he still has him under control.
Li Shanchang took the article tremblingly, read it tremblingly, and said: "Xiang Zhang is right. Our Ming Dynasty really wants to surpass the Qin and Han Dynasties and establish a more advanced unification!"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "In that case, you can't just talk without practicing, right? What do you propose?"
Li Shanchang thought quickly and suddenly thought of a solution that was not a solution.
"Your superiors, can you divide the various departments of Zhongshu into two and send half of the officials to the north to Dadu, and then rotate them every three years, and so on. This will make the officials familiar with the situation in the north and the south, and have the world in mind, so that they will not enjoy partial peace.
Heart!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "It seems to be a solution!"
Look at the Ming Dynasty sages below, their faces are all as pale as paper...