Chapter 561 I want to go on stage and give a performance
"Zi Hou is a great talent. You can see the whole picture at a glance. How unfair is God. Zi Hou's writing and calligraphy are so excellent. I didn't expect that his political vision is so unique." Zhang Siwei sighed with emotion, looked at Zhu Pingan and joked.
"How can this be considered political vision..." Zhu Pingan curled his lips disapprovingly, picked up the teapot and filled tea for Zhang Siwei and himself respectively.
"Just be humble." Zhang Siwei shook his head and looked at Zhu Pingan with a smile, and then continued.
"Zhang Sijing and others were doing firewood fasting to express their congratulations to the Holy One, but they failed to mention the word "Longevity". The Holy Spirit was furious and gave everyone in the business a beating with a royal stick, and also ordered the emperor to give a special order to the emperor.
In the middle, Zhang Sijing and others were hit with imperial sticks while wearing court uniforms... No one in the Six Sections could escape. Alas, it was simply a shame." Zhang Siwei sighed and said.
The six subjects are an important part of the Great Mingyan Official. Together with the thirteen censors, they form the Great Mingyan Official system. The level of the Great Mingyan Official is not high, but its power is extremely broad. Although it is not real power, it can be ranked high.
The emperor was advised to supervise all officials, which can be said to be the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Ke Gui Shi Zhong has a close relationship with the Hanlin Academy where Zhu Pingan and Zhang Siwei are located. They both belong to the Si Yamen. To a certain extent, the Han Lin Academy can also be regarded as an official in a wide range of fields. Liu Ke Gui Shi Zhong, Thirteen Dao Yu
History, together with the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Personnel, were collectively known as the Four Yamen.
The six subjects were so important in the matter that Emperor Jiajing actually beat them all?
"The whole thing was beaten?" Zhu Ping'an was a little stunned when he heard this. He had never paid attention to this matter in modern times. Emperor Jiajing originally had a bad attitude towards Yan Guan, but now he was beaten by the whole thing just because of one word.
It can be said that the insult to the official was unprecedented, and it was getting more and more difficult to be an official.
"Well, we beat them all." Zhang Siwei nodded.
"However, even so, even so, we did not forget our responsibilities." Zhang Siwei said appreciatively, "In this matter, Wang Mingchen requested that the palace be strictly prohibited from embezzling tax and grain. He said: Nowadays, each clan is collecting people's land for the purpose.
He has his own private business and uses his power to control the local area, so that there are officials who cannot collect taxes and tax, which is a waste of food. Please order the patrol censor to strictly investigate the taxes that have invaded the land of Jia Village in Junpai and use it as food for the royal palace. If there are officials,
Those who indulge in abuse will be punished. Your Majesty will approve the punishment."
Zhu Pingan nodded when he heard this. Land annexation was a cancer of the feudal dynasty. The last time he won the election and the villagers donated their land, he realized the seriousness of this problem. Of course, as a modern person, I am aware of this problem.
Not surprisingly, it is rare and valuable that Wang Mingchen was able to realize this problem and report it to the public during the incident.
It can be seen that there were still many knowledgeable people in the Ming Dynasty. Although Wang Mingchen only saw a corner of the land annexation, which was only the land annexation of the royal clan, it was still commendable.
"The Ministry of Household Affairs reconsidered the situation and gave Wang Guozhen's instructions to save money and use six things: First, the frontier army should give rewards based on the distance of the place and the time and speed. Do not ask for help from the mainland officials and troops in vain..."
"Xu Shen, the censor of Jiangxi Province, requested that redundant and abusive officials be eliminated..."
"The Ministry of Household Affairs changed the salt law, and the Ministry of Industry minted money..."
"Half a month ago, Mongolian Anda led more than 20,000 cavalry, broke through the border wall from the north of Datong, and plundered the left and right guards of Datong and the Seventeenth Guards of Anton. A few days later, he divided his troops and plundered the Pinglu Guards, Shuozhou, and Yingzhou
, Shanyin, Mayi and other places. Later, they divided their troops to attack Shanxi Sanguan and Ningxia. Fortunately, they did not continue southward, otherwise it would be another disaster... The imperial censor Mao Bowen and others once asked Shu to build the outer city of the capital to prevent
Due to the calamity of previous years, the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works have been unable to start construction due to lack of money... For this reason, the two sides have been fighting a war of words for a long time..."
"Because of the incident involving the Mongolian Anda Khan, the day before yesterday, the Holy Spirit issued an edict to change the old inner training ground into the inner palace camp to train the inner servants. The purpose is to think that the Beijing soldiers are not enough to defend the enemy, and to rely on the inner servant camp to defend the capital."
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"Oh, and also, there are too few people in the Xiyuan Palace of Yange Laojue. He asked us to select 300 folk girls from eight to fourteen years old from eight prefectures in and outside the capital, including Shuntian, to enter the palace. Your Majesty approved the report yesterday.
Shuntian Mansion has begun to select civilian girls..."
Zhang Siwei briefly recounted what happened in the capital, and Zhu Pingan was silent for a long time.
It can be said that the political situation in the capital is all about Xu Jie, Yan Song, and the six major officials. The last time it is for these political veterans who have already emerged in the matter to be on the stage, you sing and I will go on stage, with Zhu Ping'an and the other newcomers.
It doesn't matter if you get into a minor official position.
Not to mention performing on stage, even the seats under the stage may not be their turn.
They are far from qualified and can only stand aside and watch from a distance.
Of course, Zhu Pingan was not silent because of this, it was just because the big guys in the capital were ups and downs, and the political situation was ebbing and flowing, but almost none of it was related to people's livelihood. He had walked all the way from Xiahe Village, but
I have seen too many hardships in people’s livelihood.
Especially when I passed through Henan and Shandong, I had a deeper understanding of the hardship of people's lives.
In the past two years, Henan and the southwest of Shandong Province have been repeatedly ravaged by natural disasters, floods, droughts, locust plagues, etc. The people in this area have been ravaged. The last time I was rushing to take the exam, I encountered a disaster and displaced people. That time, ice floes on the Yellow River caused the population to disappear. Juye
The Jiaxiang area was the hardest hit.
In fact, along the way, through listening, seeing, speaking and asking, Zhu Pingan also learned a lot about the administration of the Ming Dynasty. The corruption of officials in the Ming Dynasty was very serious.
The result of natural and man-made disasters is that people are in dire straits and hungry people are displaced.
More than a month ago, a private salt dealer named Shi Shangzhao in Henan led the hungry people to revolt. They were rebelled by Emperor Jiajing. He was a private salt dealer again. I feel that private salt dealers were one of the professions with the highest rebellion rate in ancient China. Sui
Cheng Yaojin in the late Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng in the late Yuan Dynasty, Qian Liu in the Five Dynasties...
This teacher Shangzhao put forward the slogan of "no killing, no robbery, large-scale disaster relief, and relief to the poor." Within a few days, tens of thousands of armed forces were developed, and they were deeply supported by the people. For a time, they became famous and echoed the Shandong Rebel Army.
They invaded far and near, defeated Guide, and moved to the east, defeating one prefecture, two states, and eight counties in total.
Of course, when Zhu Ping'an passed through Henan and Shandong, Shi Shangzhao's uprising had already failed, and he and his clan members all had their heads hung on the city wall.
This was the nearest peasant uprising to Zhu Pingan. We had seen it in books before, but this time it was a bloody reality. When Zhu Pingan passed by the place, the blood stains under the city wall had not been washed away...
This uprising exposed many problems of the Ming Dynasty. Although the official army suppressed and annihilated the rebel army in just forty days, the combat effectiveness of the official army was severely reduced, and it was not much stronger than the peasant uprising army.
Moreover, Shi Shangzhao put forward the slogan "No killing, no robbery, large-scale disaster relief, and relief to the poor", and he could easily call on tens of thousands of armed forces...
This proves how disappointed the people are with the government. Who will work hard to revolt if they have little hope of survival?
The common people are destitute and homeless.
However, the big bosses in high positions looked at them stingily and could not blame the common people for being so disappointed that they followed in rebellion.
Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country; the rise and fall of every man is the responsibility of the country. As state managers, we, the officials, naturally have the unshirkable responsibility.
I want to go on stage...
Have a show.
Zhu Pingan picked up the wine glass, drank a glass, and turned his eyes out the window, looking at Xiyuan, the center of political power in the Ming Dynasty. (~^~)