Ji Gang was stunned after hearing Xia Xun's words. [] There was no pop-up window.
Xia Xun smiled and asked, "How?"
Ji Gang hesitated for a moment, then said in a squeaky tone: "Uh... I am planning the details of building the Jinyiwei Yamen after going to Yaojin Guard and recruiting and training school captains. I just thought of a few key points. I am afraid that if I let go, it will happen again."
I will forget it. The Duke will wait for a while until the official... I will talk about it after the official has sorted out these key points."
Xia Xun smiled and said: "Okay, let's talk about it later!"
Ji Gang said with a smile on his face: "Okay, okay, okay!"
As soon as the curtains on the opposite side were opened, the cute laughter of two women could be heard in the car. Ji Gang suddenly became suspicious again: "Could he be teasing me intentionally?"
But Ji Gang thought about it, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out what was so funny about Xia Xun just calling him and inviting him to play a game of chess. He calculated it suspiciously for a while, and then asked his concubine to help him carefully.
There was no stain on his face, and his hair was neatly tied up. Then he lost his doubts and thought: "I guess he was talking about something funny with the concubine, or flirting with the concubine, and that's why he laughed.
"
Ji Gang waited for more than half an hour before finally going to the appointment and boarding Xia Xun's car to play chess with him.
Xia Xun asked his concubine Qiaoyun and his pretty maid Xian Yaqi to go to Xiaoying's car and did not ask them to wait on her. When they turned away, Tang Saier was chatting with Xiaoying. After hearing about it, he came over to ask her for a thousand dollars.
Dad and I play chess.
Tang Sai'er is now a fourteen-year-old girl. In that era, she was indeed considered a big girl at this age. Naturally, she could no longer sit on Qian's father's knees or rest on his back as coquettishly as before. She
She just sat quietly aside, with her big black and white eyes open, watching her father play chess.
Ji Gang's chess skills are actually better than Xia Xun's. His chess style is wide open and closed, and his killing power is fierce.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't resist it. Unexpectedly, Ji Gang suddenly made a mistake. He suddenly revealed a flaw in his boss, and was killed by Xia Xun's army, who was clearly at a disadvantage. Ji Gang was very surprised.
He clearly remembered that his horse was guarding the old commander, but for some reason, when he wanted to return to the horse to rescue the commander, he found that he had made a mistake. Ji Gang just thought that he had made a mistake and had no regrets. He still had this kind of grace.
He had no choice but to admit defeat. The game was lost inexplicably. Ji Gang was really dissatisfied, so he arranged the pieces and tried again. On the 1st, Ji Gangyi played a tough game and attacked forward wildly. He would rather give up the pieces than seize the opportunity.
Xia Xun got a little accustomed to his chess style, and this time he lasted a little longer than before. However, he was overwhelmed by his fierce offensive. When he was about to lose, Xia Xun suddenly launched a cannon to bombard Shuai.
, Ji Gang laughed, and wanted the old commander to go back to his nest, and then do a double kill with two armies, killing the opponent in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, when he raised his hand to get the piece, he couldn't help but stare as if he had seen a ghost.
It turned out that his taxis had already reached the corner, and the two soldiers connected in a chain, blocking his commander's retreat. In desperation, he had to send his soldiers to deal with it. Xia Xun's army whipped him here and there, and shot both of his soldiers.
They were all drained. Ji Gang screamed: "What the hell! What the hell! What the hell! I remember this game of chess clearly. Even if I mess up the chess pieces, I can rearrange them. I'm a gentleman."
Obviously...why did you run to the corner?"
He glanced at Xia Xun suspiciously and said suddenly: "Ah! My lord, you...didn't you tamper with the chessboard?"
Xia Xun spread his hands and said innocently: "How can I? Your chess moves are bad, so don't rely on me. You and I are sitting opposite you, how can we move our hands and feet? Under your nose, I stretch out my hand
, haven’t you seen me yet?”
Ji Gang thought about the same truth, but he clearly remembered...
Ji Gang scratched the back of his head, almost suspecting that he had amnesia. After worrying for a long time, he looked aside and saw Tang Saier sitting cross-legged and holding his chin with his hands. His pink face looked so charming that it could fit into a picture.
A pair of big eyes with clear black and white, clear eyes and a charming face. The childishness of the little girl has not faded away, and she has a bit of girlish beauty.
Ji Gang didn't know that the pretty girl in front of him was Tang Sai'er, the main object of the White Lotus Religion Case in Putai County. It was even more impossible to say that such an ice and snow girl had done something to her. Ji Gang had to say
: "I think it's because I didn't rest well on the road and my mind was a little dazed. Come again! Come again!"
The result of the second trip was that Ji Gang finally returned to his car as if he had seen a ghost. When he got to the car, he ordered his men: "If you see any temples or Taoist temples on the road ahead, stop for a moment. I want to pay my respects, sir!"
As soon as Xia Xun and Ji Gang left, Tang Saier covered her mouth and started to giggle. Xia Xun glared at her and pretended to be angry: "Smelly girl, I'm just playing chess to pass the time. What are you doing?
?Could he be asking for another beating?"
As soon as she raised her big hand, Tang Saier's face turned red and she looked embarrassed, but her eyes became brighter and brighter, and her heart was filled with anticipation, so much so that her heartbeat skipped two beats.
Xia Xun blushed, and then she remembered that Qian Daughter was getting older and was already a young girl. Even her biological daughter at this age would not be able to use this method of spanking, let alone her, so she touched it conveniently.
He punched his nose and said haha: "Don't do this in the future, don't show off easily."
Tang Sai'er responded in a low voice, "Oh!" She raised her beautiful eyes and glanced at Xia Xun like a bird, Jing'er was slightly disappointed.
Xia Xun then thought of Ji Gang's look of seeing a ghost just now, but couldn't help laughing...
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Along the way, when he got bored, he teased Ji Gang, which turned out to be a bit interesting. Not long after he arrived in Huai'an, Xia Xun decided to rest here for two days and visit the places as mentioned in the preface. Ji Gang was obliged to do so, so of course he agreed.
Come down.
Huai'an was called Qingjiangpu at that time. Qingjiangpu did not decline until modern times, but it was not the case at that time. Because it was difficult to cross the locks and the danger of boating on the Yellow River was added, all travelers traveling from south to north, except for grain transport boats, came from
Qingjiangpu landed by boat and then crossed to Hebei. Therefore, Qingjiangpu was an important route for north-south travel at that time and was relatively prosperous.
As for the scenery, there are not many places of interest here, but there are shops and inns everywhere. Girls’ families like to go shopping, both in ancient and modern times. Xia Xun gave them some pocket money, and the girls themselves also have private savings.
Ying, Qiaoyun, Xianya and Tang Saier went shopping happily. After Ji Gang settled down, he turned around and found out that there was a Dragon King Temple in the local area, so he went to pay homage excitedly.
The Dragon God is used to pray for rain. Ji Gang was ill and went to the doctor indiscriminately. He didn't care about the situation. He just called him to prepare three sacrifices and six rituals. The Dragon King is also a god. Just go and pay homage and his worries will go away. The girl went shopping, Xia
Xun really didn't want to accompany her. This girl's pleasure was an invisible torture to all men, so he only called her Xin Lei. Fei Hewei took a few others and changed into casual clothes to protect them along the way.
Seeing that Ji Gang was going to the Dragon King Temple, Xia Xun changed into casual clothes and went with him to relax.
The Dragon King Temple is on the river embankment outside the town. At this time, the river channel is being excavated outside the Qingjiang River. The laborers are hoeing and carrying soil, like a swarm of worker ants, busy at the construction site. However, the Dragon King Temple does not dare to touch it. With the Dragon King Temple as its heart,
The area around the temple has become a pure land on this construction site.
At this time, the governor of the Ming Dynasty's water transport was Chen Xuan. Chen Xuan was Xu Zengshou's Pao Zehao who had been in charge of the Ming Dynasty navy. He was a general of Xu Da's army. When King Jingnan of Yan came to the Yangtze River with his troops, Chen Xuan had already been deprived of his post by Emperor Jian and was left idle in a hurry.
There was no time available, so he had to reinstate his official position. He was angered by the death of Xu Zengshou, and hated Emperor Jian for being fatuous and incompetent, so he led the navy to surrender to King Yan.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne and was promoted to Peking, he made Chen Xuan the governor of water transportation. At first, he was responsible for river transportation. Later, after sea transportation was launched, he took charge of all sea and river water transportation affairs. Now Emperor Yongle has decided to move the capital, and in the future it will need to be transported to Beijing.
There will be more bad grain, and the current river transportation capacity is far from meeting the requirements, and the burden on Sun Xuan's shoulders will be even heavier.
The Grand Canal in the Ming Dynasty followed the river course of the Yuan Dynasty. The section from Guazhou to Huai'an was called the Nanhe River, and the Yellow River canal from Qinghe to Xuzhou was called the River. After the Jiangnan Canal reaches Huai'an, it cannot directly connect to the Huaihe River. It must be transported by land instead, passing through Ren and Yi.
Only after the Five Dams of Li, Zhi and Xin can we enter the Huaihe River and reach the Qinghe River. This section of the road is very labor-intensive.
After visiting the local people, Chen learned that the northwest of Guanjia Lake in the west of Huaicheng City was only twenty miles away from the Yachenkou of the Huaihe River. It was close to the mouth of the Qingjiang River and should be dug into a river to divert the water from the lake to the canal. Chen Xuan was overjoyed and hurriedly reported to the Ming Emperor that he wanted to conquer the canal.
Once the corvee collection and construction of the Qingjiangpu river channel are successful, Jiangnan canal ships can go directly to Qingjiangpu, which will not only eliminate the pain of land transportation across the dam, but also reduce many risks.
Moreover, this place was originally only accessible to passengers but not to ships. If ships could also pass through here, the prosperity of the place would be doubled. This is also the case. After half a year, the river channel was built, and it didn’t take long for Qingjiangpu to rise.
It became one of the four most prosperous places alongside Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, and became "the gateway to the capital and the throat of water transportation."
For a time, there were a large number of canoe boats and a dense market, with sails and rafts connected to each other, stretching for several miles. Merchants from the north and south gathered in Qingjiangpu, showing that "the boats from the south gathered together, making it easy for merchants to prosper and sell", and "departments in all directions, trusting in the past"
However, this is a story for another day. At this time, Qingjiangpu was still desolate, with nothing except the construction site and busy laborers.
Xia Xun and Ji Gang were both dressed in casual clothes. They were dressed just like they were when they first met in Putai, Shandong more than ten years ago. They were both dressed in ordinary scholar attire. They worshiped the Dragon God, and after entering, they waited at the foot of the temple.
The two walked around, very leisurely.
Along the way, the two of them sometimes played chess and sometimes chatted. They never mentioned their past grievances, but they seemed like a pair of close friends. The two of them climbed up and looked into the distance, looking at the scenery, and Xia Xun said: "Let's go,
Let's sit under the tree over there. It's noon and the sun is still a bit strong." The second person picked up a stone under the tree and just sat down. Before he could say anything, an "Ouch" scream came from behind the bushes.
Behind the bushes is a slope, and below it is the construction area for digging new canals. At the bottom of the slope, a laborer carrying earth suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground. Another man came in and hurriedly put down his pick to help him.
He fell to the ground and chewed a mouthful of dirt. He then tried to help him, but was thrown away in a very frustrated manner and almost fell down. The laborer then yelled: "Chen Xuan, you thief bastard!
A good life is just a matter of digging a river channel."
As he spat out the dirt from his mouth, Rusu, who was thrown away by him, knew his donkey temper and was not angry. He just said: "Isn't this the emperor who wants to move the capital to Beijing and transfer grain from the south to the north? If so,
This river is much more convenient. If the emperor starts talking, we will lose our legs."
The man got even angrier after hearing this and cursed: "This dog emperor! He can't just stay in his Jinling City and wait for death, but he wants to move to Beijing. He uses us as cattle and horses, and he shouldn't be an envoy. This
A tyrant and a coward will definitely not deserve a good death! Those bullshit ministers who serve as officials only want to flatter the emperor and do not care about the suffering of the people. They will not all die a good death!"
Another person came in and advised: "Don't talk nonsense and let the overseer hear you, or he will whip you to death!"
The man was still cursing at himself, which made Ji Gang feel angry. Before Xia Xun could stop him, he jumped up and walked around the bushes in three or two steps. When Xia Xun got up and rushed over, Ji Gang had already jumped down the slope and pulled the donkey away.
The hot-tempered man was given a good beating, and Ji Gang was given a Shandong beating, which made the man dizzy. Then he slapped him with palms as big as cattail fans, and slapped him with a slap, turning the man into a pig's head, but
From beginning to end, Ji Gang didn't say a word.
Just when the spring breeze was triumphant, Ji Gang was suddenly banished to Beijing by the emperor. Now Ji Gang's evil fire was vented on this body.
I couldn't say a word. The man next to me had a moustache, his eyes were wide open, and he was wearing a scholar's green shirt. He remembered the treacherous words spoken by his partner just now, and he was trembling, but he didn't dare to stop him.
Insulting the emperor will not lead to injustice, and the royal ministers should defend him. Xia Xun could not say anything about him, so he could only stand on the slope and persuade him: "Hey, this is just a rough and ignorant village man from the countryside. Don't pay attention to it."
What happened to him!"
Ji Gang then pushed his penis in, kicked his butt hard, and cursed: "Get the fuck out of here!"
The two of them knew that they had violated a taboo, so they didn't talk too much. They hurried away without even daring to say a fart. Ji Gang clapped his hands in the dust and burst into laughter.
He walked back down the slope, Xia Xun bent down and stretched out his hand. Ji Gang held his hand, jumped up the slope, and said with a smile: "Today's trip to the Dragon King Temple was really fun. Haha, these stupid people don't know shit. They don't understand shit."
, it’s not like I don’t know, have you and I argued with the Duke? It’s just that it’s hard to express such bad temper without giving him a good beating.”
Xia Xun said: "Opening canals and building rivers will benefit the country and the people. One day, they will know that it is good for them."
Ji Gang disapproved and said: "I'm afraid the Duke of the country is ahead of these men! In the Spring and Autumn Period, King Wu Fu Chai opened Hangou, what was his reputation later? Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty opened the Grand Canal, what was his reputation later? Neither of them got into it because of their lust for women.
The country was given such a stigma by the ignorant people in the market, and they happily slandered it. I think that Emperor Yang just wanted to build a canal to connect the north and the south, to promote water conservancy and water transportation, to transfer grain from the south to the north, to allow merchants to communicate with each other, and to enrich the country and strengthen the people.
; Prepare military supplies in times of emergency, provide relief in times of disaster, and protect the people. It’s not like you built an Epang Palace for your own enjoyment, but how did you become degraded by those short-sighted and stupid people?
These bastards are short-sighted, a group of sparrows, they don't know the ambitions of the swans, they only get the little profit under their noses, they only know how to dig rivers and canals and make them suffer. They can't think that far, and they can't think that far.
Far, he feels that he has suffered, and you are a foolish king and a tyrant. Therefore, the emperor said: "The people can let it go, but they cannot make it known." Even after saying it, they didn't understand it. Once they understood it, they would only care about themselves.
Why do you need to do such useless work when you are just making a small profit? So I just beat him up to vent my anger and didn't bother to argue with him!"
Xia Xun stared at Ji Gang for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter.
Ji Gang asked curiously: "Isn't Ji Gang right? Why is the Duke laughing?"
Xia Xun said: "I seem to have met the cynical Ji Xiucai who was sitting in a small hotel more than ten years ago! Haha, Brother Ji, do you know that you are actually quite cute like this?"
"cute?"
Ji Gang said angrily: "I'm not a girl, how can this word be applied to me?"
The two looked at each other and suddenly burst out laughing together.
With this smile, the relationship between them suddenly became much closer. The estrangement and grudges over the years seemed to have been blown away by the autumn wind.
Ji Gang laughed for a long time, then slowly stopped his voice and said: "For so many years, I have always been unconvinced by the Duke, but after I left the palace that day, I realized that you are indeed smarter than me!"
Xia Xun raised his eyebrows and said "Oh?"
Ji Gang said: "Ji left the palace in a daze, and after going back and thinking about it for a long time, he finally understood the emperor's intention. However, before the Duke even left the palace, he already understood Zhu's holy will. Isn't this smarter than me?"
Xia Xun smiled and said: "Speaking of which, the emperor is still brilliant! The emperor teased the whole family, and how many of them are still confused and don't know why."
Ji Gang thought for a while, then said with an expression on his face: "That's right! The Emperor is still the wisest!"
He mocked himself and said: "I, Ji Gang, am just a guard dog of the emperor, and I have to be at the mercy of the emperor. My lord, you are a first-class duke, a high-ranking minister, and you have become a pawn of the emperor. It is a pity!"
Xia Xun smiled lightly and said: "Brother Ji, you are superior to me. The emperor used Yaoxia as a chessboard and was setting up a chess game. The prince, the prince, and the military officials are all chess pieces on this chessboard. As for calling me
Going to Beijing, haha, it’s not aimed at me.”
Ji Gang thought about it again and sighed: "Yes, the emperor sent you and me to leave the capital, not for you, nor for me, but for the prince! The prince is still more enlightened than me."
Ji Gang slowly walked forward a few steps and reached a high slope. At his feet was a steep-walled valley created by excavations. In the future, stone walls would have to be built as a river channel, otherwise it would inevitably collapse under the erosion of the river water.
Ji Gang stood on the cliff with his hands behind his hands, looking at the people who were as busy as ants in the river, and said in a deep voice: "The emperor has both military and military skills, but the eldest prince and the second prince only inherited half of the emperor's possessions, one and one martial arts. In the beginning, the emperor really belonged to the King of Han.
, but later, due to the pressure from the officials, he had to establish the eldest son of the emperor, but he was still reluctant, or he felt that he had wronged the King of Han, so he made an exception and kept him in the capital, and doted on him even more. "
Xia Xun walked over and said: "There is another possibility. The emperor has been worried about the health of the prince, worried that he will not survive his long life, and the emperor's grandson was too young at the time, so it was not a good idea to leave the King of Han, whom he originally cared about, in Beijing.
It’s not that I want to establish the emperor’s eldest son as the emperor’s crown prince and the King of Han as the crown prince’s crown prince, just in case something unexpected happens.”
Ji Gang nodded and said: "This theory is not impossible. However, as a result, it triggered a battle for the crown prince. Hundreds of military officials were vassalized by the two princes. The battles in the temples continued, but not for the emperor.
It was unexpected.”
Xia Xun said: "Every time the emperor leaves Beijing, the prince supervises the country. The prince manages the country's affairs, which is remarkable. There is also the emperor's grandson, who is smart and smart, and is very popular with the emperor. Now... the grandson is getting older and is no longer a great person.
A young child. On the other hand, the king of Han made many mistakes. At the same time, in order to compete for the throne, the two factions were at odds with each other. The situation gradually became critical. If it was not stopped in time, it might lead to chaos. Therefore, the emperor finally made up his mind.
!”
Ji Gang nodded solemnly and said: "Yes! The emperor has always been decisive in killing! He has already determined the only candidate for the crown prince, and the emperor's grandson is gradually growing up, and unexpectedly there will be no successors, so he absolutely does not allow a conspiracy to oppose the emperor.
The prince had the power. But the emperor did not rush to take action. Instead, he used this matter to solve the problem of moving the capital. Haha! Brilliant! Really Brilliant! "
Xia Xun smiled and said nothing.
Ji Gang sighed softly and said: "Although the emperor has established the ownership of the crown prince's position, it is impossible for the emperor to allow a group of courtiers to attach themselves to the prince while the emperor is still alive, leaving the emperor and the court behind.
Wu Erjun, the emperor is still alive, but as a minister, he has surrendered to the prince's sect, which one can't be tolerated? Therefore, before cutting off the wings of the King of Han, the emperor used them to cut off the wings of the prince."
Ji Gang's voice gradually became sad: "It's just that the prince is the prince appointed by the emperor. The emperor can't tolerate him still being alive, so all the officials are loyal to the prince, but they don't want to kill Qian Jing, an official who loves the prince.
After the prince ascended the throne, he had no one to live in. Therefore, he imprisoned a group of people, demoted a group of people, and sent a group of people like you and me into exile. The remaining courtiers, with the emperor's skill, could be purged in just a year and a half.
Qian Jing, make sure you lead the way!"
Xia Xun smiled and said: "Why don't you think about it from another angle? Our role in the government is more difficult than those of the bachelors? It's not about being dismissed or demoted. It's just expelling you and me from the capital. Isn't it a kind of protection for you and me?
?”
Ji Gang laughed twice and did not comment on this. He only said: "The emperor first used the King of Han's party to eliminate the prince's secret party and ensure that the current decree and imperial power were still in jeopardy;
The party killed thousands of netizens to ensure that the prince would ascend the throne in the future and that there would be no Han King's party coveting the throne in the court. They also used the opportunity of the princeling party and the Han King's party to compete to weaken the power of officials in the court who opposed the capital move, ensuring that the proposal to move the capital was passed smoothly, killing one stone with one stone.
Three birds, extremely clever!"
Xia Xun smiled, shook his head slightly and said: "Brother Ji, I really understand, it turned out that I still missed one item, haha, it's not killing three birds with one stone! It's killing four birds with one stone!"
“Killing four birds with one stone?”
Ji Gang looked at Xia Xun in surprise and said, "I have thought about it over and over again, but I can only guess the emperor's three purposes, but there is a fourth reason? Ji is willing to hear the details!"
Xia Xun said leisurely: "There is also the official party! Whether it is the princeling party or the Hanwang party, they are all temporary parties, but the official party is not the same. Either because they are from the same hometown, because they are in the same year, or because they are from the same college, they may become
It appears under various names, but generally speaking, it is the official party. The emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule together, and the scholar-bureaucrats form cliques, and they will form cliques for personal gain.
The power of an official is like water piercing through a stone. He is weak and invincible. Even the emperor of the Nine Five Years could not help but be wary of the three points and even compromise. Therefore, when the emperor ascended the throne, he tolerated and won over Jianyi and his ministers in every possible way; so the emperor established a prince.
Therefore, when the emperor wanted to move the capital, he had to try his best and use some means to achieve his goal.
At present, the official party is mainly made up of Jiangxi scholars, half of the court officials are from Jiangxi, and there are many scholars in the Han Dynasty. With the emperor's strong character, how can he tolerate the arrogance of the township party and influence the emperor? Therefore, taking advantage of the dispute between the Han king's party and the princeling party, he took the opportunity to suppress it.
To prevent the township party from losing its power! This is the second large-scale reshuffle of the temple forces since the emperor ascended the throne, purged the 1st Party, and established the power of Jingnan heroes! The only difference is that the first time was to destroy the 1st party and welcome the new year.
Easier, this one is more complicated!"
Ji Gang frowned and thought about the origins of the officials who were imprisoned and questioned. Except that they belonged to the two camps of the King of Han and the Prince, and those who received gradually heavier punishments or longer sentences, it turned out that most of them were officials from Jiangxi.
, just because the majority of officials in the DPRK were originally from Jiangxi, this fact was completely ignored by him.
Ji Gang sighed in surprise, and suddenly became suspicious: "The selection of scholars in the imperial court depends on the imperial examination. As long as there is an imperial examination, the soil for the birth of the officialdom party will always exist. If the Jiangxi party is eliminated, we will know that the Jiangdong party will not appear again in the future.
, Jiangnan Party, Jiangbei Party? The wild fire will not burn out, but the spring breeze will blow again. If the emperor does not eliminate its root cause, it will be difficult to completely eradicate this evil."
Xia Xun said calmly: "But this spring breeze only comes once a year. In this year, if it is burned, it is burned. There is no more reasonable way for the imperial court to recruit scholars than the imperial examination. This is also the way to attract Corporal Yao.
The best way is to not abolish the imperial examination because of choking. Therefore, the imperial examination cannot be abolished. However, the imperial examination is held every three years. Even if you pass the examination, it will take ten or twenty years at the fastest to form a party.
If wildfires cannot be burned, then wildfires will burn every year. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. As long as it does not become a disaster, even the emperor has to bear it. When the power of the scholar party is going to endanger the imperial power, then when the current emperor is in power,
The current emperor will fight with him, but when the future Yaozi is in power, the future emperor will have to deal with it. Are the princes of those generations teaching them how to be kings from an early age just for decoration?"
Xia Xun said slowly: "Besides, the emperor is not suppressing blindly, and has not thought of any way to check and balance. The emperor reuses military generals and lowers the rank of officials promoted by Jian Ti to the second rank. These are all means to prevent the dominance of the official family.
. Another point is to reuse eunuchs. Taizu set up the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Imperial Guards, and Six Sections to provide services, and each province issued punishments and envoys to inspect the officials. Unfortunately, these were all called the emperor's orders.
There are only you and me here, and we know what we say, you know what I know, we might as well say it bluntly, who are these yamen used by in the end? Haha, so the current emperor has chosen another force, a new supervisor
Institutions, then eunuchs! They have become more and more active in the court, such as envoys, special expeditions, military supervision, division of towns, and assassination. However, through the emperor's clever setup, no matter what, the existence of eunuch power can only
Dependent on the emperor, they can only exist as pawns of the emperor's check and balance officer. They may be famous for a while, but they will never be able to do whatever they want like the eunuchs of the Han and Tang dynasties, and they will never survive!"
As Ji Gang listened, he couldn't help but feel awe at the emperor's scheming. He looked into the distance, his eyes sometimes clear and sometimes confused. After a while, he suddenly turned to Xia Xun: "How should you and I go?"
Xia Xun stared at him for a while, then suddenly lowered his head, pointed to the leather boots on his feet, and asked: "Brother Ji, do you know when these leather boots started?"
Ji Gang was stunned and didn't understand why he suddenly lifted his shoes, so he could only shake his head and said: "I don't know!"
Xia Xun said: "It is said that in ancient times, the people of Rumao drank blood and lived a simple life. Even the leader of a tribe and the king of a country were no exception. When a king went on a tour, he was killed because he was barefoot.
The stone pricked his foot. The king was very angry and ordered that all the roads be paved with animal skins.
However, even if he took out all the skins of his kingdom, it would not be possible to pave all the roads he wanted to take. So, a wise minister suggested to his king: 'Your Majesty, since you can't pave all the roads.
To spread leather, why not just wrap your feet with two pieces of leather? In this way, no matter where you go, the effect will be the same?' They woke up from a dream, and later, they had leather boots..."
Ji Gang was not stupid, and he naturally understood the meaning of Xia Xun's words. He stood there, staring into the distance, his face uncertain, and his heart struggling. After a long time, he asked in a deep voice: "So, Duke, you
...Have you chosen shoes for yourself?”
Xia Xun smiled and said nothing.
Ji Gang laughed loudly and said: "The Duke is a first-class Duke, so he can naturally choose a pair of comfortable boots for himself, but Ji Gang can't. Ji Gang doesn't have his own boots, so he can only pave the road with leather! My road is not paved.
Then I have no choice but to grab other skins and spread them on my road, leaving others with nowhere to go!"
Xia Xun said calmly: "Entering life is a blessing, but you are not satisfied with it! You are not satisfied and you can't let go, so the pain is even more painful!"
Ji Gang took a step forward unconvinced and said proudly: "My destiny is determined by me, and I must have all the joy in my life. Ji enjoys himself, does not feel the pain, and walks his own path! I will never regret it!"
Xia Xun quickly grabbed his arm and said, "Brother Ji, stop and be careful. If you go any further, you will fall!"