Today is a good day. According to the lunar calendar, everything will go well.
Today is also the opening day of the Ming Military Academy.
The location of the Ming Military Academy was not inside the capital, but on the other side of Xuanwu Lake.
The old man didn't come, so Zhu Ying was completely in charge.
It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't want to come, but that although he has the title of dean, he actually wants his eldest son to cultivate his confidants.
In the next few decades, the world will be ruled by Da Sun.
There is no need for him to fight for this.
For Zhu Yuanzhang, this life is enough.
His only wish is that his successors can keep the Ming Dynasty prosperous.
"Your Majesty, Lan Yu, pays homage to His Highness the Grand Sun."
"Please get up."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Naturally, he would not act like his uncle in public, and Lan Yu would completely follow the rules.
"Mr. Liang Guo, thank you for your hard work this time." Zhu Ying said with a smile.
Lan Yu said: "Your Highness is serious. It is my duty to vindicate my great Ming Dynasty. It is not hard work."
As soon as these words came out, the Huaixi nobles next to him were a little surprised.
When did Liang Guogong become so polite?
Lan Yu obviously doesn't care about this. Ever since he learned about what Taisun did in the capital in recent months at the restaurant yesterday, Lan Yu has become very clear that it is much more difficult to get along with Taisun than with His Majesty.
Just like in the current military academy, Lan Yu could clearly see that there were more than 600 students, except for more than 200 distinguished disciples.
There were nearly four hundred people, all dressed as scholars.
It is very obvious that these people are the candidates and scholars who have participated in the examination before.
Scholars can still accept it.
But what is the status of being a candidate? It is equivalent to being a candidate official directly.
He also has the privilege of being free from vulgarity.
Although the chances of being an alternate official are slim, who can't wait a moment?
Such a thing, let alone blue jade, when the noble generals came in and saw it, they all felt very incredible.
What kind of enchanting soup has His Highness Taisun sprinkled on them? If you don’t do a good job of raising people, why do you come here to become a Qiu Ba?
I can't figure it out at all.
Zhu Ying naturally saw everyone's doubts, but he had no need to explain.
You know, the Military Academy plans to enroll 800 people, but there are only more than 600 people here.
The number of applicants has reached more than 5,000.
More than 4,000 of them were eliminated.
Among these four thousand people, there were still many scholars and students, but Zhu Ying did not stay.
If you don't meet the standard, you just can't reach it. Even if there are vacancies, the standard will never be lowered.
The reason why most of them are deleted is actually very simple.
The first requirement for admissions is literacy, and high literary attainments are not required.
The second is the body.
Students often stay up late and study hard, and naturally their health is not much better.
But many people with strong bodies fail at the literacy level.
At least from what we can see now, the more than 600 people on the field are all full of energy. Even the scholars, most of them carry swords in their bags.
After entering the college gate, it is forbidden to leave the college privately without Taisun's permission.
I basically brought everything I could bring.
After everything was ready, Zhu Ying walked to the stage.
After passing the gate of the Military Academy, there is a straight road of several hundred meters before reaching the square here.
There are more than 600 people. If the sound is slightly louder, you can basically hear it.
"Today is a good day. I can see so many of you standing here and becoming the first batch of students of my Ming Military Academy. I believe that you will never regret your decision today."
"Some people may wonder why the Military Academy has to ask you, most of the talented people, to register. Does it mean that our Ming Dynasty has no army to use?"
"What I want to tell you is that in our Ming Military Academy, what you need to learn is not only to lead troops to fight, but also to be proficient in various combat plans."
"Even including farming, arithmetic, astronomy, geography, etc., all must be dabbled in, and at least to the extent that they can graduate."
"What this palace needs is not sergeants, but men who can kill the enemy on horseback and engage in politics when dismounted. They are truly talented men with both civil and military skills."
"Have you seen the corridor behind you? Those two white walls are prepared for you."
"As long as you make great contributions to our Ming Dynasty after walking out of the military academy, I will invite the best palace painters to engrave your portraits on this white wall for those who come after you to admire."
"Tell me, use your best strength to tell me, can you...can do it?"
With Zhu Ying's roar and the painted pie, the atmosphere at the scene was completely aroused.
"able!
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All the students, whether they were scholars, scholars, or distinguished disciples, raised their voices and shouted loudly at this moment.
Military spirit is available.
Looking at the performance of the students in front of him, Zhu Ying felt very good.
The opening ceremony of the Ming Dynasty military lineage.
The short time is over.
Zhu Ying did not go through too many rituals because he knew that there would be plenty of time in the coming days.
The college was actually built more than a month ago, so it took so long.
This is because we are preparing books for teaching.
Especially when it comes to thinking, it is extremely important.
Don't underestimate the power of more than 600 people. A single spark can start a prairie fire.
This group of students is Zhu Ying's hope to reform the entire military situation of the Ming Dynasty.
Those who serve as instructors are naturally not the nominally noble generals, but the outstanding, loyal, and more positive-thinking generals selected from among the Xuanjia Guards.
For example, Lan Yu and the others came here just to support the scene.
Zhu Ying didn't even give them a chance to speak alone.
After the opening ceremony, the students began to collect relevant clothing.
Everything here is highly unified, with a full course schedule, there is almost no time to breathe.
Zhu Ying just wanted to tire them out, discard their own ideas first, and then instill new ideas into them.
...
Everything in the Military Academy is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Zhu Ying would take time to observe the training in person every now and then to ensure that the students' training was carried out as expected.
You still need to spare some time to go to Di to check the situation.
The capital's newspaper was the best murder weapon in Zhu Ying's hands.
What does public opinion mean?
If there is a corrupt official, all he needs to do is publish some of his crimes in the local newspaper. For today's officials, that is really a public criticism and will end in vain.
However, given the current situation, he has not done so yet.
But during the court meeting, the old man had already spoken and warned the courtiers.
This trick is very effective. Most civil servants consider themselves scholars and are very particular about, pay attention to and care about their reputation.
If their illegal behavior is published in the Di Di newspaper, it will be truly infamy for thousands of years.
It is inevitable to have some fears when doing things.
The atmosphere of the entire capital officials has improved to a certain extent under this threat.
In Kunning Palace,
Zhu Ying was in the study reading some reports sent by Song Zhong.
This report is an internal review of the current chamber of commerce by secret personnel of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
After Zhu Ying read it, his expression didn't change much. Everything seemed to be as he expected.
"Yueqing, you should also take a look."
Ye Yueqing sat next to Zhu Ying, received the information handed over, and read it carefully.
As he watched, his brows furrowed deeply.
What this information describes is a large number of chamber of commerce personnel engaged in illegal things under the guise of the chamber of commerce.
Some of them even colluded with Shanxi merchants.
The scope of the intelligence is not large, only investigation in two provinces.
From this aspect, it can be imagined that the current Qunying Chamber of Commerce, except for the capital, which is fairly disciplined, has a somewhat chaotic atmosphere in other places.
In fact, this is an inevitable phenomenon. After Zhu Ying ascended to the position of grandson, even though the members of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce were not given official positions, the power in their hands was no less than that of ordinary county magistrates.
Zhu Ying is not angry because he knows that this day will happen sooner or later.
This does not mean that everyone can withstand temptation.
Not to mention that as a businessman, as long as you have enough money, you will do things that go against your conscience out of luck.
"How come these people are so ungrateful? They already have plenty and they still want to be greedy."
"If you don't dare to be greedy to the head of the chamber of commerce, you will go to the head of the people and try your best to get it. How is this different from corrupt officials?"
Ye Yueqing said harshly.
The reason why he was so deeply touched may have a lot to do with his background in the chamber of commerce.
Now that I see such a situation in the Chamber of Commerce, I feel angry.
Zhu Ying said, "Don't get so angry. The current situation is pretty good. At most, it's just deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth from the inferiors. It has not yet reached the level of plundering people's wealth and wealth."
"As long as people govern people with people, it only takes time to accumulate, and this kind of situation will always happen, but it is more or less related."
"What we have to do now is to find ways to find these dishonest people and prevent others from following their example."
After speaking, Zhu Ying took the list from Ye Yueqing and handed it to Song Zhong.
"Keep a copy as a backup, and then arrest the people according to this list."
"According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, you will be sentenced as you please. The person with the lightest crime may be sentenced to ten years of hard labor."
"Now our Ming Dynasty is full of places that need people. Those who repeat the crime should be allowed to make up for the mistakes they committed in their future lives."
"As for the chief criminal, if he deserves to be put to death, let him be put to death directly."
After hearing Taisun's arrangement, Song Zhong took the list back and immediately sent people to handle it.
Then, Zhu Ying slowly stood up and looked at the palace scenery.
"Although this palace is good, it is not a place of peace. I have done so many things this year, and I have always been worried that many effective regulations will never be put on the ground."
"No matter which aspect it is, we must keep a close eye on it. If there is a problem in one link, many things will be difficult to do."
"Tomorrow I will talk to Grandpa about exploring the surrounding areas."
This year, there are many new policies here, all of which are being implemented.
But there are some things that are forbidden, even in later generations.
Therefore, no matter how much Zhu Ying knew, it was impossible to say that there was any way to completely eliminate the corruption of officials.
What needs to be done is to strengthen this aspect and try to find out all these pests so as not to cause too much trouble.
Now Zhu Ying just wants to go there in person.
If you encounter a problem, just solve it directly first.
The next day, Zhu Ying proposed this idea to the old man.
"Dasun, although we want you to be by our side all the time, we also know that this is impossible."
"We are very happy that you brought up this idea."
"You don't need to bring memorials with you on this trip. Take more soldiers with you. If there is any injustice, no matter who he is, if he dares to harm our Ming Dynasty, he can be killed first."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with an evil tone.
Zhu Ying replied: "Grandpa, don't worry, my grandson is going out this time to have a good look at our Ming Dynasty."
"Secondly, we also need to eliminate some moths."
"Even the Chamber of Commerce owned by my grandson has a lot of problems now. In other areas, I'm afraid there will be more problems."
"Many officials have ignored some of the regulations that were set before. My grandson's visit here is a good reminder to them."
In fact, apart from the previous one, I went out to Henan Plague once.
Before this, Zhu Ying had no familiarity with the entire Ming Dynasty.
Because before, I had always lived in the Western Regions, grasslands, and deserts, and there were not many opportunities to truly understand the Ming Dynasty.
"Now that Dasun is here, where are you planning to visit first?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask.
Zhu Ying thought for a while and said, "My grandson wants to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang first."
"If possible, try to make that place prosperous again."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, but he did not get angry. Instead, he told him, "My grandson should pay more attention to that side."
"Especially for some aristocratic families with big surnames, the relationship between them is complicated and vaguely connected."
"If you encounter trouble, there is no need to be too merciful. The best way to suppress it is to suppress it with a large army."
Regarding the Jiangnan region, Zhu Yuanzhang has never said that he has relaxed his vigilance.
He also knew very well that these literati, although respectful on the surface, actually didn't know how to scold him secretly.
He didn't care about any of this. What he cared about was how to raise taxes and collect grain.
Zhu Ying nodded.
The reason why he arranged his first stop in Jiangnan was because of financial calculations.
There are many talents in the Jiangnan area, but almost all of these talents belong to aristocratic families.
They have been labeled as aristocratic families since they were born.
The first thing Zhu Ying had to do in the past was to let the people at the bottom have a chance to stand out.
These aristocratic families often exploit the people more fiercely than the government.