Most officials such as Lu Zhenfei, Zhang Shenyan, Meng Zhaoxiang and others have never taken a sea-going ship. In addition, it is June and it is the typhoon season, so there is no way to go north by sea.
Although it is fastest to travel overland by horseback, many officials are too old and infirm to ride.
So in the end, more than 300 watercraft were mobilized, and thousands of officials from Nanjing, tens of thousands of personal servants, and their respective luggage were brought along and headed north via the canal.
When we arrived at Huai'an Prefecture and Shanyang County, another good news arrived.
"Everyone, we have good news again." Lu Zhenfei finished reading the newspaper sent by the courier, and the smile on his face could not be hidden. "Wu Sangui was defeated and captured a few days ago."
"Really? Wu Sangui was also captured?"
"It's better now. The northern border of the Ming Dynasty is finally at peace."
"Well, I can only say that peace is half achieved. Although Beizhi, Liaodong and Shandong are already in peace, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Sichuan are not yet in peace, and they still have to fight."
"It's wrong, it's wrong, what Mr. Zhang Ge said is wrong."
"With the destruction of Jiannu, the internal troubles of the Ming Dynasty have been eliminated. As for the wandering bandits and the Western bandits, they are just a disease of mustard moss. They can only be put down as soon as the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty arrive."
"I'm afraid it's not that easy."
"Back then, the stray bandits and the Western bandits were causing a lot of trouble."
"Well, this time is also the same as that time. Today's Ming army is no longer the Ming army of the past. Jiannu is so strong that it can be destroyed with one blow. The rogue bandit and the Western bandit are not to mention. They can be destroyed with a flip of a hand."
In the cabin of the official ship, several pavilion elders and more than a dozen ministers and ministers started a lively discussion.
Except for Zhang Shenyan and a few others, the rest of the cabinet elders, ministers and ministers were very optimistic, believing that the Ming army would suppress the Western bandits and that peace in the northern border would be just around the corner.
Lu Zhenfei was also looking forward to it and excited.
What we naturally look forward to is that the Ming Dynasty can be reunited as soon as possible.
Lu Zhenfei still has expectations for the government governance after the Ming Dynasty is reunited, because as Beizhi, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces return to the Ming Dynasty, there will inevitably be a large number of governors and prefects.
, there are vacancies for local officials such as prefecture and county magistrates, and the number of assistant officials is even greater.
This matter is undoubtedly a huge political resource for him.
Lu Zhenfei even secretly made up his mind that the local officials in these provinces must select and appoint talents, and try to assign those officials who are honest, self-reliant and courageous to serve as officials in these provinces as much as possible.
Since the ranks of officials in these provinces have been almost uprooted, which is equivalent to a complete separation from the old officialdom, the newly appointed officials can drastically innovate the official system. If such chronic diseases are eliminated, there is a chance to completely eradicate them.
, the officialdom in the north will be completely renewed.
Then we can use the northern officialdom to flog the old officialdom in the south.
The ultimate goal is to transform the entire Ming Dynasty's officialdom.
Whether it will succeed or not, Lu Zhenfei's wish is still very good.
Needless to say, Lu Zhenfei's excitement was naturally due to his achievements!
Although he did not make much contribution in the process of ZTE in the Ming Dynasty, one fact that no one can deny is that the Ming Dynasty achieved ZTE with his appointment as first assistant.
With this, he is worthy enough to enjoy the Ancestral Temple.
He was a highly respected official during his lifetime, and after his death he was entitled to enjoy the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
When a scholar has reached his level, what else can he ask for?
Lu Zhenfei suddenly felt a little dizzy. What's going on?
You obviously only drank half a can of Mingjiu just now, why are you drunk?
But soon, an uninvited guest pulled Lu Zhenfei back to the ground from the clouds.
The uninvited guest who boarded the boat in a small boat was the famous man in front of the Holy Sage - Gao Qiqian.
"There is an order!" Gao Qiqian had just shouted. Lu Zhenfei and a dozen other officials in the cabin quickly picked up their robes and prepared to kneel down to receive the order.
"Please wait a minute, the elders of the cabinet and all the ministers." Gao Qiqian added, "Before leaving, Long Live Lord specifically reminded me that the public opinion between the government and the opposition has already reached a conclusion regarding the dispute over the Great Rites."
"In the final analysis, it is what Sage Confucius said."
"Self-denial and return to propriety are benevolence, and the core is the word self-denial."
"It can be seen that the essence of ethics lies in self-denial rather than restraining others."
"There are laws to restrain people. The etiquette is for Confucians to cultivate themselves and restrain themselves, not to impose it on others."
"For the world's people, they can do whatever the law prohibits, but Confucian scholars can strictly restrain themselves with higher moral standards."
"In view of this, all etiquette and laws that are arrogant, decadent, ignorant, mere formalities, and specially set up to restrain the world should be abolished. For example, the etiquette of forcing subjects to kneel to receive imperial edicts is contrary to the concept of benevolence and love advocated by Confucianism. Subjects
If we really respect and love the emperor, why should we pretend to kneel to receive the imperial edict? If the subjects don’t respect the emperor, kneeling to receive the imperial edict is a sign of respect? I’m afraid they may have scolded the emperor behind his back like a tomb dog.”
"This..." Lu Zhenfei and other cabinet ministers felt a little confused.
Why did the Holy One suddenly do this? He refused to kneel even after receiving the order?
But if you think about it carefully, what the Holy Spirit said seems to be reasonable.
Kneeling to receive an order must mean that you respect and love the emperor? It's more of a shock.
However, did Confucianism establish etiquette to make subjects fear the emperor?
At this time, the cabinet ministers did not know that their emperor was about to declare a full-scale war on formalism, and any etiquette that was mere formality or contrary to human nature would be eradicated.
After talking for a long time, Gao Qiqian asked again: "Several elders and other ministers, do you understand what Long live the Lord means?"
"I understand." Lu Zhenfei said happily, "The sacred order cannot be violated. I will stand and receive the order."
"That's right." Gao Qiqian nodded, unfolded the imperial edict in his hand and read in a high-pitched voice, "Several pavilion elders, officials of the six departments and ministers, the capital has been restored, and the northern territory is generally peaceful."
Hearing this, Lu Zhenfei and other officials looked up and their heads were buzzing.
Does this mean that we don’t even need the form of an imperial edict? Do we not even need the edict of Emperor Fengtian Chengyun?
Gao Qiqian didn't care about the reaction of these cabinet ministers, and continued to read: "I have decided to restore the old capital and create a new Ming Dynasty. You can try to discuss three things on the way north."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "First, I want to reset the Imperial College in Beijing."
"The Imperial College in Beijing recruits scholars in the same way as the Imperial College in Nanjing."
"The difference is that the Imperial College in Nanjing cultivates military officials, while the Imperial College in Beijing cultivates civil servants."
"From now on, all Ming Dynasty students, whether Linshan students, Zengguang students or attached students, will automatically be eligible to apply for the Imperial College in Beijing and Nanjing. From now on, all military ministers of the Ming Dynasty must graduate from the Nanjing Imperial College, and all civil servants must graduate from the Beijing Imperial College.
"You cannot become an official unless you graduate from the Imperial Academy of Liangjing."
Hearing this, Lu Zhenfei and other cabinet ministers were shocked.
Liu Lishun even blurted out: "Could it be that the Holy One can really predict the future?"
Meng Zhaoxiang also said: "Yes, we were discussing the re-establishment of the Imperial College in Beijing just now, but the Holy Spirit's decree arrived immediately, and it happened to mention the re-establishment of the Imperial College in Beijing."
Liu Lishun added: "Now it seems that it is imperative to add government schools, prefecture schools and county schools."
At this moment, even Zhang Shenyan, the only opponent, had nothing to say, because there are only sixty or seventy thousand students in the world. Even after the universities in several northern provinces are restored in the future, there will only be about one hundred thousand students, and then the Imperial College in Beijing
The school should also be run on the scale of Nanjing Imperial College, which means that it will admit 20,000 students every year.
To enroll 20,000 students out of 100,000 students, this ratio is indeed too high.
After a pause, Gao Qiqian continued to read: "Second, the trial of Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and other two ministers and surrendered generals. What I mean is that the punishment for the second ministers and the surrendered generals needs to be distinguished. The main purpose for surrendering generals is to kill people.
For the second minister, the emphasis is on punishing the heart, that is, to make the second minister live in regret all the time, and be miserable." Yi.
"But, how to kill people and how to kill people's hearts."
"You and others can have an in-depth discussion on the way north to the capital."
"Killing is a crime?" Lu Zhenfei and other cabinet ministers were a little surprised.
They originally thought that the surrendered generals such as Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui would inevitably die after being captured. However, according to the Holy Spirit's decree, it was certain that the surrendered generals such as Wu Sangui would die. However, Hong Chengchou and the other surrendered generals seemed to be inclined to stay.
What a shitty life? And then make them regret deeply for their stupid choices?
But, how to kill people specifically, how to kill people's hearts?
The Holy Spirit's intention is to let them discuss this.
After another pause, Gao Qiqian read again: "Third, liquidate the northern Jin gentry!"
Hearing this, the cabin became silent for a while, and almost all the cabinet ministers' faces darkened, as this matter was related to their vital interests.
By the way, a very important reason why the return of the capital was so smooth was that most of the cabinet ministers and senior officials of the six ministries and nine ministers were from the north, and they all hoped to return the capital to the capital.
For example, in the cabinet, among the five cabinet ministers, only Wu Linzheng is from Haiyan.
Among the six ministers, only Wu Jinxi, the minister of industry, was from Wujiang, Suzhou.
Therefore, Chongzhen's proposal to return the capital met with little resistance in the court.
On the contrary, the resistance from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was very strong, because the scholars in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were basically from the south, and it seemed that only the chief officer, Ma Mingluan, was from Baocheng County, Shaanxi.
This is also one of the reasons why Chongzhen decided to return the capital to Beijing.
Because the influence of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Shiziying in Jiangnan is too great, in the long run, the power of the imperial court will definitely be seriously usurped by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At that time, the imperial court will become a puppet of the foreign court and truly control the country.
The government became the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Inner Dynasty, which Chongzhen did not want to see.
Chongzhen still hoped that the imperial court and the Ministry of Internal Affairs could perform their respective duties without interfering with each other.
The separation of three powers does not necessarily mean the separation of legislative, judicial and administrative powers. The separation of civil servants, generals and emperors is also the separation of three powers. If necessary, the separation of four powers or even five powers is not impossible. The key is
That is, the top-level design of power must conform to the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty.
He hasn't figured out how to deal with Chongzhen yet, but he still has enough time to explore.
As a time traveler, Chongzhen knew very well that the separation of legislative, judicial and administrative powers was not suitable for the Ming Dynasty, so Chongzhen dreamed of finding another power structure suitable for the Ming Dynasty in order to prolong the Ming Dynasty as much as possible.