Emperor Hongzhi looked at Chen Jin. To be honest, Emperor Hongzhi also hated this Chen Jin extremely. Chen Jin was the most typical imperial censor.
The imperial censors of the Ming Dynasty had the power to report things based on rumors. That is to say, many things did not require real evidence. They only needed to hear some rumors. They could use this to impeach officials, and they could also keep an eye on the emperor and pick and choose.
Bones, even a diligent emperor like Emperor Hongzhi, they wrote to the emperor every day saying that you can't do this or that.
Taking Emperor Hongzhi as an example, the censors would say that Emperor Hongzhi cannot have only one woman. He must open up a wide harem and have many concubines. Only in this way can the royal family expand and the Ming Dynasty be stabilized.
This is still a big deal, at least it's quite satisfactory, but sometimes, these censors can go so crazy.
They also had to say whether the emperor did not sit upright when he held his morning court, whether he should step with his left foot or his right foot when entering the Jinluan Palace. Even when Emperor Hongzhi spent the night in the Queen's Kunning Palace, they also had to say it.
In short, these imperial censors are basically in a state of disgust in the imperial court, because many times they use chicken feathers as arrows, and they have to write articles about many very small things.
Make a big fuss.
On the one hand, it is to reflect one's own existence and value, and on the other hand, it is also to attract people's attention, sometimes with political purposes.
Like the famous Donglin Party in the history of the Ming Dynasty, one of the methods they relied on to gradually take control of the government was to use the Yushi Yanguan to continuously impeach cabinet ministers and six ministers.
Basically, ministers who want to save face will submit a letter to resign after being impeached by the censor. In this way, it is easy to kill the opponent and replace him with one of his own.
Now Chen Jin has stood up again. Liu Jin's policy was originally very good, at least it was beneficial to everyone.
It is a good thing to postpone the morning service and take regular baths.
The emperor could take a lazy break, and the ministers also had time to sleep more and walk around.
Almost the entire government and opposition parties had no objections to this, but Chen Jin wanted to stand up and express his opposition. No one knew what he was thinking.
"Harm the country and the people?"
"Shaking the country and the country of Ming Dynasty?"
"Tell me, how did it harm the country and the people, and how did it shake the Ming Dynasty?"
Emperor Hongzhi sat upright slightly. Facing these censors and officials, Emperor Hongzhi also had a headache.
You can't be beaten again and again, you can't be scolded again and again. The power of the Yushi Yanguan was determined by the ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang.
If you beat and scold these censors, they will be even happier and more proud. Many censors want to leave their names in the history of the Qing Dynasty. If they were beaten to death by the emperor for daring to directly remonstrate, this will definitely leave a mark in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
Next good name.
"Your Majesty~"
"The early dynasty system was implemented according to the Ming Dynasty Hui Dian. This is the ancestral system set by our Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. It is the foundation of our country and the country of the Ming Dynasty. Once the ancestral system is changed, it will be unfilial to the ancestors to change the ancestral system indiscriminately.
, Secondly, it will definitely shake the country of Ming Dynasty."
Chen Jin stood upright, spoke with straight accents, and had a loud voice, looking righteous and awe-inspiring.
"ancestral system~"
When the ancestral system was mentioned, Emperor Hongzhi and many ministers couldn't help but have a headache.
Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang set too many things, not just this early dynasty system, but also all aspects of things, many of which were based on the situation when the Ming Dynasty was founded.
This Chen Jin is really awesome. Even if he mentioned the ancestral system, he would label Emperor Hongzhi as unfilial. If you change the ancestral system, it would be unfilial.
At the same time, the ancestral system is equated with the fundamentals of Jiangshan Sheji. Changing the ancestral system will shake Jiangshan Sheji, and almost kill it all at once.
"Diligence has always been the traditional virtue of our Chinese nation~"
"Your Majesty and all the ministers in the court should set an example for the people of the world, be diligent in government affairs, work hard to make progress, and create a prosperous era for our Ming Dynasty."
"As the saying goes, a year's plan begins in spring, and a day's plan begins in the morning. The morning court is the most important system for the monarchs and ministers of our Ming Dynasty to deal with national affairs. The emperor and his ministers should pay attention to the morning court and pay attention to national affairs."
"By postponing the morning dynasty until midnight, it is already three o'clock in the morning, and many important and urgent national affairs cannot be dealt with in the first time."
"Regular resting is telling the people of the world that the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty are very lazy, and the people of the world will inevitably follow suit. When the time comes, when it is time to rest, the factories, workshops, shops, etc. of the Ming Dynasty will all rest.
Isn’t the Ming Dynasty in chaos?”
The more Chen Jin talked about it, the more excited he became, as if the policies proposed by Liu Jin would make the people of the Ming Dynasty miserable, cause wars to break out in the Ming Dynasty, and make the people of the world ablaze.
Liu Jin listened to Chen Jin's words and his whole body
Everyone was expressionless and lost in thought——>>.
There has never been a dynasty as cruel and crazy as the Ming Dynasty.
It is obviously a good system, but it has been forced to be explained by a fifth-grade official, and it has become a policy that is harmful to the country and the people, and it is very likely that this policy will not be implemented.
There is no doubt that this is extremely detrimental to Ming Dynasty.
These censors are full of food and have nothing to do every day. They focus on the monarchs and ministers in the government and the public. No matter what the matter is, these censors have to come out to refresh their sense of existence.
It is a good thing to invest heavily in infrastructure construction. Open roads will facilitate travel and cargo transportation, which is good for the country and the people.
However, these imperial officials also wanted to criticize, saying that building roads and bridges would encroach on fertile farmland, and that after transportation became more convenient, it would become easier for merchants to do business, which would lead to merchants gaining power, changing population flows, and being unfavorable to management, etc.
Large-scale immigration is also a good thing for the Ming Dynasty. It can not only alleviate the contradiction between the local population and land of the Ming Dynasty, but also consolidate the newly acquired territory of the Ming Dynasty.
However, these censors would also stand up and express their opposition, saying that large-scale immigration was a violent policy of the Qin Dynasty. It was very cruel to make people stay away from their homeland, separate their flesh and blood, and move to distant places where they were unfamiliar with the place.
Also, in order to gain more land, the Ming Dynasty massacred foreign countries. It was not the fault of the superior country. As a large country, it should be harmonious and friendly to foreign countries, and dominate the world with benevolence, justice and morality, rather than relying on force to conquer the four directions. You must know
Since ancient times, those who are warlike will surely perish.
In short, no matter what the matter is, these censors will come out to stir things up. No matter how good the policy is, they can find faults in it. It is almost their compulsory skill to find faults in the egg.
"That is to say, Emperor Hongzhi is here, plus the cabinet ministers in the court, the six ministers and the like are all upright people. If the party struggle is serious like in the late Ming Dynasty, this censor is a weapon for them to criticize each other.
Already."
"Once that time comes, I am afraid that no government affairs will be able to be implemented, because no matter which party proposes suggestions and policies, they will inevitably be opposed by the other party, and because of the low rank of the Yushi Yanguan, no matter which party it is
Everyone can easily enter, and everyone has the means to criticize the other party."
"Even if one party has the power, under this system, it is still subject to the constraints of these censors."
"Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang, you are really amazing. You came up with such a policy of using the small to control the big, but you never thought that this censor would lead to the paralysis of the Ming Dynasty."
"If a court cannot implement any policies and falls into endless party disputes and mutual criticism, it is not far from destruction."
Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It has to be said that Zhu Yuanzhang's policy was extremely beneficial to the imperial power. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, neither ministers nor eunuchs posed a fundamental threat to the imperial power.
Although the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were very arrogant, they were inferior compared to the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty who had a tacit understanding to kill the emperor at every turn. Even Wei Zhongxian, who was said to be nine thousand years old, was easily replaced by the emperor.
There are also ministers in the Ming Dynasty, even the most arrogant ministers, are not powerful ministers. The emperor has many ways to replace them.
This series of systems were formulated by Lao Zhu. The advantage is that the imperial power is stable and there is no need to worry about relatives, officials, powerful ministers, feudal officials and the like.
But the disadvantages are also obvious. The military household system led to the weakening of the military and being bullied by the neighbors. The system of using small ones to control large ones led to serious party strife in the Ming Dynasty. The disgusting early dynasty system caused the emperor of the Ming Dynasty not to like the early dynasty...
There are too many, too many disadvantages that slowly become apparent and begin to explode in concentration.
It eventually led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty and the final rule of China by foreigners. It can be said that this is also a historical inevitability.
Of course, at this moment, not only Liu Jin was extremely disgusted with Chen Jin, but also Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers in the court.
Emperor Hongzhi's face turned ugly. To be honest, the ministers would be the most benefited from the change to the early dynasty system. As an emperor, he actually had an indifferent attitude.
Anyway, the emperor doesn't have to get up so early every day, nor does he have to endure wind and rain, etc. He only needs to go to the palace at the right time for the morning court.
Emperor Hongzhi was a good emperor, and with Liu Jin's words, he was willing to support the change of the early dynasty system. Otherwise, if you change the emperor at random, you can try it?
Well now, this Chen Jin has put a big label of unfilial piety on himself as soon as he came here. This label is not an ordinary label.
Since ancient times, the emperor will always set up his filial piety no matter what. Filial piety is an extremely important thing in this ancient land, and the emperor must always follow it.
The faces of Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Zhang Mao and other ministers were also not good-looking. It was already winter, and everyone was waiting for the system to be changed so that they could sleep more at home.