Chapter 614: The capital's blood book of thousands of people
Taisun was sent as an envoy to Japan. As soon as the news was published in Di Bao, it immediately caused an uproar.
The changes in the Ming Dynasty in the past few years, or the changes in the capital, anyone who is not a fool can see that it all happened because of His Highness Taisun.
That is to say, in these four years, the Ming Dynasty was truly recognized by the people.
Even the old farmers who are busy in the fields, the beggars who once lived on the streets, or even the scholars who have achieved academic status, or even the three religions and all walks of life, as long as they are doing a decent business, they will give a thumbs up when mentioning the grandson.
good.
Only a few decades have passed since the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. It can be said that most people encountered various disasters when they were born. Even most people, whether Han or other ethnic groups, had few days to live.
Going down.
Those who can survive now can be said to be the lucky ones among the lucky ones.
The stories that had happened to them were like shadows that were imprinted in their hearts all the time. Even though Zhu Yuanzhang tried to recuperate and reduce taxes and labor, the people at the lowest level were still struggling to survive with enough food.
Only Taisun, in just four years, brought about earth-shaking changes in the Ming Dynasty, which had been abandoned for a hundred generations.
This kind of people's aspirations have indeed reached an extremely peak state.
When they heard that the great Taisun was going to Japan as an envoy, a large number of people began to worry, and even wrote a blood letter from all the people, begging His Highness Taisun to stay in the capital.
The Blood Book of Ten Thousand People is only a false indication, but in fact, the names on it are more than a million.
When one person is afraid, the people next to him will also be afraid. Who will despise that the good life has been enough? Who will not worry about the accident that may happen to His Highness the Grand Sun?
This is a pain that the entire Ming Dynasty cannot bear.
The yamen servants of the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities were collecting these blood letters of tens of thousands of people everywhere. In just half a day, the yard of the Military and Horse Division's yamen had already piled up into a small mountain.
Looking at the name that was written with blood on the fingertips of the bitten finger, many of the government officials looked at each other in shock.
"His Royal Highness Taisun's prestige is indeed too terrifying." An older government servant couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice.
The long pieces of cloth in the yard were provided by the shopkeepers of some cloth shops. Even the scholars with scholarly reputations did not choose to use a writing brush. Instead, they bit off their fingers and wrote with blood like everyone else, as if this was the only way to prove it.
Your own sincerity.
Hearing this, the government servant who was following him subconsciously looked at the scars on his fingers.
The skin was obviously torn, and it was obvious that his name was also written on the cloth.
Colleagues who usually like to joke did not say anything when they heard this, because each of them had the same scars on their hands.
There was a sound of footsteps behind everyone, and several government officials looked back, then immediately clasped their fists and bowed: "Master Li."
Mr. Li nodded slightly. He is the deputy commander of the Dongcheng Army and Horses Division.
"Don't be idle here. His Highness Taisun's mission to Japan has a great impact. There are still many people outside writing blood letters. An order has been sent from the top of the mountain. All these written blood letters must be collected and transported.
Go to the palace."
"By the way, when you go to collect the blood-written books, remember to be polite."
Everyone clasped their fists and bowed: "No."
Mr. Li nodded slightly, then turned and left.
When everyone looked at Mr. Li's back, one of the index fingers of the hands behind his back was wrapped with white cloth, and a little red was very conspicuous.
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The news quickly spread to the palace, and the first person to get the news was Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Does our eldest grandson really have such great public support?"
"Just because you are worried about something, you spontaneously petition and write a blood letter?"
If something like this happened to others, they would be dead. But this is the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson whom I love and love the most, and the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
This huge country will eventually be handed over to the great grandson.
This incident will only make Zhu Yuanzhang even happier.
Jiang Wei, who was responsible for delivering the news, bowed and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the preliminary statistics of Jinyiwei Yamen, this has caused huge waves in the entire capital, especially after the Di newspaper was released in the morning, it spread directly throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.
, almost everyone knows it.”
"When a wealthy person invested money to buy cloth, passers-by wrote petitions in blood. This behavior soon aroused a large number of imitators."
"Even in the end, the owners and shopkeepers of the great cloth shops in the capital donated large amounts of white cloth for writing."
"Whether they are peddlers and lackeys, cart drivers and pulp sellers, merchants, students, or distinguished officials, they all also wrote their names on it."
"The Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Department is responsible for collecting the blood letters that have been written. By the time the news came, the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Department's yamen courtyard was already filled with written blood letters."
"And on the streets, there's a lot going on."
"I'm afraid that among the millions of people in the capital, about 80% to 90% are involved."
Jiang Wei's tone showed obvious shock.
He has seen a lot of things in the market, but this is really the first time he has encountered this.
To be honest and disrespectful, His Highness Taisun has already surpassed Your Majesty to such an extent.
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he did not respond immediately. Instead, he ordered Jiang Yu: "Raise your right hand and show us."
Following His Majesty's instructions, Jiang Yu naturally extended his right hand.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a look and asked, "So when did you write your name on it?"
Jiang Wei said slightly embarrassed: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I saw that there were still many gaps in the first batch of blood letters sent, so I also added my name to them."
This is considered a clever trick. In fact, it is of course impossible for Jiang Wei to hide such a small idea from Zhu Yuanzhang.
But this made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very useful.
From another perspective, this is concern for one's eldest grandson.
And there was such a big response, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very happy.
"The great grandson knows about this." Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.
Jiang Wei replied: "His Royal Highness Taisun has been painting with Concubine Jin this morning. He should not be aware of this matter."
After all, this is the imperial palace, and apart from the more urgent information, communication generally lies with the Jin Yiwei.
When Zhu Ying has free time recently, she either spends time painting with Xu Miaojin, listens to Ye Yueqing talk about love, or visits each concubine.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who originally wanted his eldest grandson to work hard, found that his eldest grandson seemed to be living a more leisurely life than himself.
But this is the case. The government affairs and military affairs of the imperial court have never been delayed. On the contrary, they are circulating in a better way.
This also left Zhu Yuanzhang with no way to preach, and in the end he could only let it go.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed with emotion: "Our eldest grandson is good at everything, but he is a little too lazy."
"Just looking at his daily behavior, he is really no different from those mediocre and foolish kings in the past dynasties."
Neither Jiang Wei nor Liu He, the eunuch serving beside him, could answer these words and could only remain silent.
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked Liu He beside him with some curiosity: "We haven't paid much attention to the official department recently. Those guys who talk about ethics every day have ever impeached the grandson."
These upright officials are all the most stubborn. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang himself makes any mistakes, he will directly impeach him with a memorial.
In view of his personal experience with the corrupt officialdom and peasant uprisings in the late Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang re-established the Ming Dynasty spokesperson system and gave it great power.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang once said: "If a minister does not remonstrate with the king, he cannot fulfill his duties. If the king does not remonstrate, he cannot fulfill his duties as a king. If a minister is unfortunate and does not listen to his words, he will be blamed instead. Even if he offends the foolish king, he will not be able to fulfill his duties."
However, it is a service to the people of the country. If the emperor is willing to listen to advice, and the ministers are good at giving advice, then how can the government be bad and the world not be governed?"
This was because they were worried that future heirs would have too much power as emperors without any restrictions, so they specially set up the official speaking system.
Firstly, it serves to purify the administration of officials, and secondly, it can also be used to exhort the ruler to be virtuous.
Of course, historical development is always contrary to Zhu Yuanzhang's ideas. Just like the official system, it was still good a hundred years before the Ming Dynasty.
In the end, the official system is naturally similar to the results of Zhu Yuanzhang's anti-corruption, ban on pornography, vassal kings, and guards.
It is completely different from the beauty imagined by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Starting from the "Prison of Officials in Two Capitals" incident by Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, the officials have entered the abyss of depravity and become a cancer of the Ming Dynasty, leading to the disaster of official officials.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it caused great destructive power to the imperial court.
To put it simply, the Yanguan system is that Zhu Yuanzhang set up a yamen and gave them salaries. Its main job responsibility is to impeach. It is said that words represent deeds. Every day, they do what is heard and said, and speak out and advise.
Zhu Yuanzhang once paid a private visit to the capital incognito. Perhaps he was delayed a little while listening to music and missed the palace curfew.
It stands to reason that when the emperor himself comes, the palace guards will of course let him go directly.
As luck would have it, an official went to meet Zhu Yuanzhang, but he did not wait for the queen and had to leave the palace before the curfew.
This was also the time when Zhu Yuanzhang came back.
Good guy, this Yan Guan waited in the palace for a long time without being summoned. He thought Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to see him, so he went outside to play.
This Yanguan really didn't give him any face, and he just sneered and ridiculed him, which made him fly down the stairs. With the system set by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, he was speechless and embarrassed.
Because he was thinking about restraining future generations, even now, the Yanguan who denounced Zhu Yuanzhang is still alive and well, and he became famous because of his antagonism against Zhu Yuanzhang.
Any power that loses its constraints will eventually run wild like a wild horse.
Because of the previous system reform and Zhu Yuanzhang's avoidance of officials, he didn't pay much attention to it.
Then he asked Liu He.
Liu He respectfully replied: "Reporting to your Majesty, since your Majesty allowed His Highness Taisun to take power, officials have never impeached His Highness Taisun again."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly and said, "What's going on? Could it be that the grandson secretly threatened the officials?"
Although he may seem like a gentle grandson on weekdays, Zhu Yuanzhang actually knew very well that after his interests were truly touched, he would always act extremely ruthlessly and decisively, and would never be sloppy.
Compassion does not command troops. At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt very pleased.
However, this system of speaking officials was set up by ourselves specifically to persuade the king to be virtuous and to eliminate the rule of officials. If it is arbitrarily threatened and intimidated, causing it to lose its original function, there will be no restrictions.
Of course, the grandson has nothing to do with him, but how can all his descendants be like the grandson?
The Ming Dynasty was lucky to have a perfect heir like his eldest grandson in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.
If we don’t talk about transcendence, it’s meaningless.
If he could produce an heir as close as his eldest grandson, he would laugh in hell.
And Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the great sun now had the ability to make the officials unable to 'speak'.
Liu He quickly explained: "His Royal Highness Taisun has set the same rules as other officials among officials, prohibiting rumors and reporting. When impeaching other officials, there must be sufficient evidence. If it is found to be groundless by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, then
He should be punished for slander."
"Rewards, punishments, salaries, and official promotions are also used as a reference for the Ministry of Personnel. His Highness Taisun once said that officials are not guilty for their words, but for their actions. There is no privilege. The greater the power, the greater the responsibility."
"After that, the officials became much more cautious about many matters, and there were no memorials to impeach His Highness the Grand Sun at will."
Because this matter involved salary reform and all officials were treated equally, Zhu Yuanzhang also saw it at the time and didn't take it to heart.
After all, when it comes to privileges, naturally it can only be granted to the royal family.
The thing about Yan Guan before was just that Zhu Yuanzhang was setting an example. He really wanted Yan Guan to ride on his head, even if he had to kill them all first.
"Da Sun's move is like hitting the snake seven inches in the face. Those who usually dare to impeach are unexpectedly defeated by Da Sun."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.
This kind of method that does not force oppression as an emperor, but can be rectified by simple manipulation, is what Zhu Yuanzhang likes the most.
This is the true way to rule.
Zhu Yuanzhang then ordered Jiang Wei to tell the grandson about the blood-letting of tens of thousands of people in the capital and see how he would deal with it.
As for the matter of speaking out, for Zhu Ying, who has experienced verbal violence in later generations, the most annoying thing is the moral saint.
The Ming Dynasty's officials are still okay under Zhu Yuanzhang's suppression.
In history, the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, including Zhu Zhanji, were also pretty good.
But in Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty, it was completely different.
In the words of Chongzhen: "The king is not the king of the country's subjugation, but all the ministers are the ministers of the country's subjugation."
He is talking about Yan Guan in the late Ming Dynasty.
At that time, the power of the Great Ming Yan Official had already exploded.
Chongzhen knows best how ruthless the Virgin Mary is.
If you don't listen to him, that's called being willful.
If you don't let him speak, that's called blocking the flow of speech.
If you order punishment, that is called killing Zhongliang.
If you listen to him, officials from the other faction will stand up and say that you have been deceived by a treacherous villain.
If he is executed by a killer, hey, he will become a legitimate and foolish king.
Then he was a loyal minister who died for his advice and gained such a great reputation.
Neither the left nor the right, you can know how bitter Chongzhen was in the late Ming Dynasty and why he shouted such words.
Therefore, Zhu Ying had to take action in advance to block Yan Guan's path.
As long as there are restrictions, Yanguan can still be used by the Ming Dynasty. At least the current Yanguan can be regarded as a truly clean stream.