Compared with the previous ministers, Liu Jin was still more comfortable with his duties, and he was also more planned and forward-looking in his work.
If Liu Jian were the chief minister of the cabinet, then he would basically not think about building any infrastructure at all. He would just build river embankments to prevent the Yellow River from flooding.
There is no way to say that we are taking full advantage of the current favorable situation in Ming Dynasty to plan the development of the entire country from the perspective of the long-term development of the entire country.
Their ideas and concepts are still stuck in the previous concepts of the emperor ruling from above, governing by doing nothing, benevolence, righteousness and morality, and governing the country with filial piety. It is just empty talk. As for how to specifically govern a country, they are
It is difficult to come up with a good method and method.
Just like before, they knew that the national treasury was empty, but they still couldn't come up with a good way to solve this problem, because in their ideological concept, besides taxing more, they meant reducing expenditure, and taxing was in their impression
Among them, people often have a hard time making a living. As for cutting expenditures, that is also the emperor's decision to cut expenditures. It has nothing to do with ministers like them.
Therefore, if there is a problem, they are unable to solve it, or they simply cannot think of ways to solve the problem from a higher level and a longer-term perspective.
What they can do is ancestral system, ancestral system, or just like the eight-part essay, looking for the way to govern the country in the Four Books and Five Classics.
Liu Jin was different. He was always able to come up with good ways to solve immediate problems, and he was also able to think and solve problems from the perspective of long-term development and the interests of the entire Ming Dynasty.
Liu Jin would never advise Emperor Hongzhi to be thrifty or anything like that. Liu Jin even thought that Emperor Hongzhi should pay attention to rest, so he had to postpone the morning court, only work five days a week, and take more holidays on holidays.
Not only the emperor, but also the entire Ming Dynasty should be like this. Everyone should pay attention to rest and combine work and rest. That's why the Ming Dynasty's sleep and sleep code was created.
At the same time, Liu Jin also knew that the emperor had many things to do, so during the review of the memorials, the cabinet rejected all the memorials that flattered and said hello, and demoted such officials to remote areas to serve as officials, saying hello and flattering every day.
, you are not tired, the emperor is tired.
There are also those who show off their talents. What can be done in a hundred words, they have to write thousands of words. It is long and smelly, like a lazy woman's foot wrap. It is just a waste of cabinet ministers and the emperor's work.
For example, in the Ming Dynasty, Ru Taisu, an official in charge of the Ministry of Punishment, wrote a memorial to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang asked someone to read the memorial. It took three hours to read it, but it was less than half of it. The key is that it has not gotten to the main topic. You should be said to have good literary talent.
Well, let’s talk about your literary number.
This type of officials must be criticized. They should be demoted when they should be demoted, and they should be scolded when they should be scolded. It is a waste of the time of cabinet ministers and the emperor. This is not a waste of the precious wealth of the entire Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, after Liu Jin entered the cabinet, the number of memorials in the imperial court dropped sharply at a terrifying speed. In the past, Emperor Hongzhi had to approve thousands of memorials a day, and sometimes there were even thousands.
These memorials are basically rubbish. Officials flatter and greet each other, report each other and report on each other, impeach officials, make Emperor Hongzhi diligent and frugal, remind Emperor Hongzhi to accept concubines, and even write poems for the emperor to appreciate.
Among those who were promoted, there were also those who had to come to the emperor to check in even if they had nothing to do. For example, some officials who really had nothing to report would write that there was a woman under their jurisdiction who had lost money, there was a centenarian, and so on.
This may be better in the Ming Dynasty, because the literati of the Ming Dynasty sometimes pay attention to the word "character", and some flattering memorials cannot be written too much, otherwise they will be laughed at by other officials.
But it was different during the Qing Dynasty. Especially during the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties, there were so many flattering memorials that Emperor Yongzheng had to read more than 7,000 memorials every day, and the number of words he reviewed exceeded the starting point.
The most awesome reader.
From our point of view, something as important as a memorial must be designed to address national affairs, and the discussion should also be about major matters such as military, state, and government affairs.
But in fact, memorials often turned into flattering, greetings, reporting each other and snitching, and became a way for officials to check in with the emperor.
There are many smart people who pay attention to writing memorials and other things every day to make their presence felt with the emperor. Whenever there is an opportunity, they will naturally think of themselves, so that they can be promoted and make a fortune faster.
The result is that the emperor is exhausted.
Being an emperor is far from being as comfortable as everyone imagines. The pressure from all aspects is actually very great.
First of all, this is naturally the inheritance of the ancestors. The country built by the ancestors has been passed to your hands. Do you have to govern the country well so that you can pass on this inheritance?
This alone has pressured most of the emperors to become diligent, and it would be impossible not to be diligent, because this would be a disgrace to the country passed down by their ancestors.
Secondly, the emperor has concentrated all the power and honor in the world. There are many people in this position. If you are not diligent, won't you be easily plotted to usurp the throne?
And since ancient times, after trying to usurp the throne, you, the former emperor, will inevitably die. By the way, the entire royal family will be implicated. How can you not be diligent and careless?
Also, if this country is not properly treated, the people will not be able to make a living, and if peasant uprisings break out, will you have to worry about the change of dynasty again?
It can be said that all the internal and external troubles of this country are on your shoulders, and being an emperor is not that comfortable.
This is a national event, and there are all kinds of family matters that are enough to make you worry.
It's like the concubines in the harem are jealous of each other. You originally just wanted to have a good rest, but it turns out that these women in the harem are like wolves and tigers, and they all want to squeeze you dry.
He keeps telling you to take care of your dragon body, but then he wants to squeeze you dry. Do you think this dragon body can be good?
And even though the emperor sows seeds every day, he finds that he has very few heirs, not as good as ordinary people like Zhang San and Li Si. Zhang San and Li Si only have one wife, and they have more than a dozen children.
You have three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines in your harem, but it turns out that you only have a few sons. The key is that many times, princes die young easily. You always feel that there is something wrong. After checking, you find out that it is the concubines in the harem who are fighting each other.
It was caused by everyone's desperate efforts to commit evil.
When the princes grow up a little, you will soon find that they are all vying to be the emperor, brothers are turning against each other, and ministers are taking sides, as if they are all waiting for you to die.
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These household chores make you physically and mentally tired and exhausted. You may seem to have unlimited glory and high status, but who can know that you are actually exhausted a long time ago.
Therefore, it is not easy to be the emperor, and it is very tiring.
Emperor Hongzhi knew this very well. In the past, these ministers told themselves to take care of their dragon bodies every day, but they still submitted memorials as they should. They came to check in regardless of anything. Knowing that they were diligent, they had to write more words to show off their elegance.
, a refreshing sense of presence.
To take care of the dragon body, you need to rest more and worry less. However, they have never been able to solve the major problems of the Ming Dynasty, such as internal and external troubles. How can they rest and worry less?
After all, these ministers all talk about being beautiful, but very few actually take action. They all only think about their own promotion and wealth. They don't care about whether the emperor is comfortable or not, or about the country.
life and death and so on.
It was Liu Jin who thought about himself and solved the many problems that existed in the Ming Dynasty. Only when the treasury was rich, the army was strong, the country was rich, and the people had enough to eat and drink and lived a prosperous life, he, the emperor, could really relax.
After the memorials passed through the cabinet and reached Emperor Hongzhi, there were only a few dozen memorials left every day. Emperor Hongzhi used to read the memorials until late at night every day.
Now, every afternoon, I finish reading it in one or two hours. The remaining time is for me to exercise, or to accompany Empress Zhang to see her precious grandchildren.
Or you can go to the Beijing Stadium to watch a football match, watch a play, listen to music, etc. You can naturally live a comfortable life when you are young, worry less, and your health is better. Now you have to take care of Zhang every day.
The Queen created a human being who is very energetic and has a good body.
In Liu Jin's words, the emperor and the ministers in the court should think about long-term development and planning issues at the national level every day, instead of busy paying greetings and reading memorials every day, or listening to ministers
Where are you reporting me, and I reporting you, and so on, criticizing each other.
These are a pure waste of time, a waste of life, meaningless, and of little use to the country.
The time of the emperor and his ministers should be spent thinking about major national affairs, planning major national affairs, and making major and long-term plans that are truly beneficial to the world.
Obviously, this is what Liu Jin did and planned.
It has not been long since he became the chief minister of the cabinet, and now he has begun to plan the long-term development direction of the entire Ming Dynasty. After Liu Jin's hands, Emperor Hongzhi would not be able to see all kinds of trivial matters, nor would he
Ministers need to come every day to say hello, etc.
What Emperor Hongzhi needed was to think about the future of the Ming Dynasty and the long-term development and planning of the Ming Dynasty.
The same is true for the current memorial and plan for major infrastructure construction. The infrastructure construction plan is formulated based on the national plan. At the same time, it adjusts the balanced development of various regions in the Ming Dynasty, consolidates the border areas of the Ming Dynasty, and makes plans and arrangements for the long-term development of the Ming Dynasty.
ps: Have you ever wanted to go back to ancient times and become an emperor?
