Chapter 119: Prince Zhu Houzhao! The dog system has been updated again! (5k please subscribe!)
‘What do you think?’
The words fell.
Zhu Youtang lowered his eyes slightly and fell silent.
After a while, he took a deep breath and looked at the officials below.
Come to think of it, he knows what to do.
"Preach my will."
"From now on, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp will be dismissed from serving. All the troops in service will return to the camp. No one in the future will be allowed to serve in the army again."
The emperor's holy words fell into the ears of the officials in front of the Meridian Gate.
All these officials were stunned when they heard that they had been occupying the capital camp for more than ten years. The soldiers in the capital had almost forgotten their identity as military households while working hard.
Why did it happen so suddenly today? Is His Majesty the Emperor's speed of turning too fast?
"Liu Daxia."
Zhu Youtang glanced around the officials, and finally landed on Liu Daxia, the Minister of War among the officials.
"The Ministry of War will immediately reorganize the capital camp. All the money and money needed can be withdrawn from Taicang. The Ministry of Revenue cannot delay."
Liu Daxia was stunned for a moment, and then he was ecstatic.
As the Secretary of the Ministry of War, he naturally understands the depleted military preparations of the Hongzhi Dynasty, and he also knows what kind of shabby state the Beijing Camp is in now.
From the 200,000 elite Beijing troops during the Chenghua period, after more than ten years, there are now only less than 60,000 laborers left, and the rest have disappeared.
He has long wanted to rectify the capital camp. After all, the country does not have a strong army and no good commanders. Once it encounters a big battle, it can only wait for the country to be destroyed.
However, the emperor was so immersed in the peace memorials of his ministers that he did not consider the combat power of the Beijing camp at all.
"Obey!"
Liu Daxia was already smiling.
Several people in the household department wanted to scold them. They should not delay returning the household department. Is this a matter of delaying or not delaying?
Withdraw from Taicang? You have been building temples year after year, treating the money like water, and never settling your feelings? Taicang only has one million taels of silver now, so you still want to withdraw money!
Your old Tailing still owes hundreds of thousands of taels of project payment, isn't it time to pay it back from the inner treasury?
"From today on, all temples and temples under construction will be stopped, and the money allocated will be returned to Taicang."
"All temples and temples that have been built will stop all fasting and worship."
Another holy metaphor from Emperor Hongzhi fell on the ears of all officials.
The three cabinet ministers were even more confused after hearing this.
What kind of blow did His Majesty the Emperor receive? Why did he suddenly change his gender?
Kill the relatives, rectify the capital camp, and stop cultivating immortals.
Good guy, after this, are you planning to become a serious and wise king?
It’s not just the three cabinet ministers who are muttering.
Hundreds of officials, six ministries and nine ministers all had their hearts pounding, and they all had the same thought: This is too bad, the emperor will not be fooled in the future.
Just as these officials were feeling overwhelmed, Emperor Hongzhi's voice came up again.
"I am physically ill."
"Therefore, from now on, the crown prince is ordered to ascend to the Wenhua Palace with a seal, handle the affairs of the common people, support the army and supervise the country."
"Everything that Bai Si has reported is decided by the Crown Prince."
If we talk about the previous two paragraphs, Baiguan can also understand that the emperor suddenly changed his mind and wanted to show his ambition as a wise king.
But after the third paragraph came out, the cabinet, the six ministries, the nine ministers, and all the officials were instantly confused.
The prince supervises the country? What a joke!
Our Ming Dynasty has not had such a tradition since Hongxi!
(Before the Baozong expedition, Zhu Jianshen, who was less than three years old, was appointed as the prince, with the prince supervising the country and the empress dowager regent. This period is not the actual prince supervising the country and is not included in it)
"Your Majesty, no!"
Mr. Xie Qian and Xie Ge from the cabinet were the first to stand up.
"His Royal Highness is young, has a greedy temperament, and has never dealt with major national affairs. How can he take on such an important responsibility!"
Good guy.
Such treacherous words against the crown prince's supervision of the country were only dared to be said in the Hongzhi Dynasty.
In front of the emperor and the prince, he said directly that a prince who was over fourteen years old was greedy and incompetent and could not bear the responsibility of supervising the country without caring about the royal dignity.
In the Hongwu Dynasty, whoever dared to speak like this would be thrown directly into the bottom of the Qinhuai River by Lao Zhu in the next second.
"Yes, yes, it's very inappropriate."
"We ask your Majesty to take back the prince's order to supervise the country."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot even control himself, how can he supervise a huge country?"
"………………"
The officials were whispering to each other, and the sound of discussion spread to the morning gate tower.
Just when Zhu Youtang was about to speak to stop him, he suddenly realized that Zhu Houzhao, who had been standing next to him, was missing.
Look again.
I don't know when, Zhu Houzhao appeared in front of the Meridian Gate, holding an embroidered spring knife he didn't know where he got it from, and walked straight towards Mr. Xie Ge.
Among the three elders in the cabinet.
Both Liu Jian and Li Dongyang can be regarded as capable ministers, each with their own advantages.
Although Zhu Houzhao didn't like these two people very much, he never denied their political abilities. As long as these two people can work diligently and use them for their own use, it is still acceptable.
But this Mr. Xie has spent his whole life on this mouth.
When Zhu Youtang was still the crown prince, Xie Qian was Zhu Youtang's lecturer. After Zhu Youtang ascended the throne, Xie Qian continued to lecture to Zhu Youtang who became the emperor.
Because of his lectures, Zhu Youtang admired him very much. After a certain lecture, he was promoted to Shaozhanshi and Assistant Lecturer.
When he entered the cabinet in the eighth year of Hongzhi's reign, he also entered the cabinet as a lecturer.
Before joining the cabinet, Mr. Xie Ge had never served as a local official, let alone had any experience in governing.
Use your words to achieve life and reach the top.
Among the three ministers in the cabinet, Li Dongyang makes suggestions, Liu Jian makes decisions, and Mr. Xie is responsible for speaking, commonly known as the chief spokesperson of the cabinet.
"What is your Royal Highness going to do?!"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao walking towards Mr. Xie Ge with a knife, all the officials' expressions changed drastically. The protagonist Xie Qian had an indifferent expression on his face, quietly watching Zhu Houzhao coming towards him.
In his opinion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is just a child showing his temper.
Zhu Houzhao ignored the question and went straight to Xie Qian with the knife in hand.
He still remembered the memorial that his father sent to the East Palace. The memorial described him as a prince worthless, worse than a common dandy.
Xie Qian once wrote a letter to Emperor Hongzhi, writing a lot in a roundabout way. In summary, he complained to Zhu Youtang, saying that Zhu Houzhao was messing around outside.
What did I mess up? If I mess up again, why would you guys mess up?!
Taking three steps and two steps together, Zhu Houzhao came to Xie Qian at very high speed, and in front of all the officials, he slashed Xie Qian diagonally with his sword.
Xie Qian's head was buzzing. He didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao would actually take the knife.
Phew~!
The sound of wind breaks the blade.
A few chopped off beards were fluttering, along with the chopped jade belt around Xie Qian's waist. The official uniform on his body instantly lost its appearance.
Zhu Houzhao has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has a good command of the strength of the sword. If he cuts off your beard, he will never rub your skin.
Xie Qian and all the cabinet officials were in shock and confusion.
Fourteen-year-old Zhu Houzhao slowly sheathed his sword and turned his back to the officials.
At the same time, a voice fell into the ears of Xie Qian, the cabinet, and the six officials and ministers.
It seems to be telling them: I am supervising the country, and your good days are over. Next, everyone should be more energetic.
"Mr. Xie Ge, please take care of your mouth. If you let me hear similar words next time."
"What I can chop off is your head."
Xie Qian's back was covered with cold sweat.
He could tell that Zhu Houzhao didn't sound like he was joking.
At this moment, the back of the young Crown Prince fell into the eyes of the officials, as if they were seeing the Emperor Taizu Gao who only existed in the history books.
Above the Meridian Gate Tower.
Zhu Youtang took a deep breath, his eyes were extremely shocked.
He had never seen Zhu Houzhao like this. The Zhu Houzhao he knew from the prince's lecturers were all negative comments about being stubborn and greedy for pleasure. In the past few years, he had been having a headache about how to hand over the country to Zhu Houzhao. The only way he can think of is to decentralize the power in his hands and arrange a few beneficial ministers.
"You are more suitable to be a father than your son, and your son is more suitable to be an emperor than you."
Ji Boying looked at Zhu Houzhao under the Meridian Gate and gave a comment.
Obviously, this young Zhu Houzhao is more lethal than Zhengde's Zhu Houzhao, who has been emperor for more than ten years.
Ji Boying was very satisfied with Zhu Youtang's decision to let Zhu Houzhao supervise the country.
During the Zhengde Dynasty, the biggest obstacle for Zhu Houzhao was that the civil servant group had too much control over the imperial power, so that Zhu Houzhao was unable to do anything he wanted to do.
As a prince, supervising the country in advance can perfectly solve this problem.
Once he supervises the country in advance, Zhu Houzhao can establish his own prestige and team in the court in advance.
For example, the princes Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Zhanji all had the experience of supervising the country before they succeeded to the throne in the early Ming Dynasty. Zhu Gaochi even supervised the country six times.
Therefore, their inheritance of imperial power is extremely solid.
And this is also in line with the inheritance law that Ji Boying stipulated for the emperor and princes: the official prince must be at least fourteen years old, and before succeeding to the throne, he must supervise the country for one year, which is to serve as a trainee emperor for one year.
The current Hongzhi Zhu Houzhao is exactly fourteen, which happens to perfectly fit the Ming Dynasty monarch succession law imagined by Ji Boying.
Judging from Ji Boying's choice, the best way to promote time and space and extend the country is Zuo.
In fact, after Zhu Houzhao supervised the country for one year, Zhu Youtang ascended to heaven according to the normal process next year, and then Zhu Houzhao was promoted from the intern emperor to a full official.
But.
Because the last patch released by the dog system: the time and space entrance is associated with the time and space namer.
So much so that Ji Boying had to ensure that Zhu Youtang must live and live well.
‘Damn, dog system.’
Ji Boying couldn't help but cursed in his heart.
"Reminder: The patch package has been delivered"
"Reminder: The latest update package detected"
"Whether to update"
"Yes" "No"
‘Can this dog system sense it?’
Ji Boying was stunned. As soon as he finished scolding, he patched himself up. How could there be such a coincidence in this world?
This damn guy didn’t come here to mess with me on purpose, right?
Take a deep breath.
Ji Boying's thoughts moved.
In an instant, he, Emperor Hongzhi, and Zhu Houzhao, a young man who had just taken over the position of supervisor, all disappeared at the Meridian Gate.
‘How come His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince disappeared?!’
All the officials in the Hongzhi Dynasty were stunned, looking at the empty Meridian Gate Tower, wondering if their eyes were dazzled because His Highness the Crown Prince was still watching just a moment ago.
And in front of the Meridian Gate.
Old Xie Ge looked confused. Two inches of his three-inch beard were chopped off, leaving only one inch left.
"Thank you, sir, keep it as a souvenir."
Li Dongyang bent down and picked up the beard on the ground and handed it to Xie Qian.
…………………………
Hongwu time and space, Zuixian Tower.
Office of the President of Daming University, elegant room on the top of the pavilion.
Ji Boying himself did not return to the podium directly, but only sent Hongzhi and his son to the classroom downstairs, while he himself returned to the private room on the top of the pavilion.
The reason is simple.
The network speed of this system is not good, and the download time of this patch update package is too long.
Standing by the window, Ji Boying looked at the light screen and saw a large series of silver codes passing by quickly, but when he saw them, he saw that they were all codes meant to deceive him.
His thoughts were lingering, and he was going to review the content of the class for a while. The cigarette in his hand was quietly burning, and it was almost finished.
Eee~
The door was pushed open at this time.
Of the sixteen people who dared to enter the principal's office without knocking, there was only one dean in the entire school.
"Brother, the quarter of an hour is up. I haven't seen you for a long time, so I decided to come up and have a look."
Lao Zhu approached with a smile.
"Well, I have to deal with something, so I'll be delayed for a while."
Ji Boying glanced at the light screen in front of his eyes that was only visible to him. This large string of silver codes was still passing by quickly, showing no sign of slowing down.
The update time this time is obviously longer than the previous two times.
‘It seems that this patch and update package contains a lot of content.’
Ji Boying's mood is a bit complicated.
In his opinion, this dog system must be doing something evil.
"Brother looks unhappy, but there is something troubling him."
When Lao Zhu saw that the cigarette in Ji Boying's hand had burned out, he quickly took out the packet he had collected and handed it to Ji Boying in an extremely polite manner.
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Wait for Ji Boying to take over the cigarette from Lao Zhupai.
Lao Zhu quickly pulled the match, held the match in his right hand, and blocked the wind with his left hand, using the standard action of lighting his eldest brother's cigarette.
"It's nothing, just a little thing."
"Tell me, what's the matter with you."
Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu. Lao Zhu came upstairs to look for him. He must have something to say to him.
Lao Zhu chuckled.
"I really can't hide anything from my brother."
"We do have a few questions that we would like to ask brother in private."
"Well, let's sit down and talk."
Ji Boying waved his hand, and two cups of Lao Ban Zhang Pu'er worth one million pounds appeared on the tea table.
"Okay."
As soon as he sat down, Lao Zhu took a sip of tea, then frowned and spoke.
"Brother, we have implemented the lessons you taught us half a year ago, but there is a problem that makes us a little confused."
"We have greatly increased official salaries, why are there still corrupt officials?"
"What exactly is the problem? Is it because the salary we provide is not high enough?"
After Lao Zhu said this, his brows furrowed even more tightly.
Judging from the phenomenon of the Hongwu Dynasty, since the salary reform, the number of people involved in corruption has dropped dramatically. In the past six months, the number of Hongwu officials killed for corruption was less than 20% of last year, which can be said to be a remarkable achievement.
But in Lao Zhu’s opinion, there should be no corrupt officials at all!
Obviously I have raised my salary, so these people should work honestly and receive their salary, how can they still be greedy!
Ji Boying looked at Lao Zhu and then smiled slightly.
"Lao Zhu, you have to remember that there is no perfect system in this world, nor is there any lasting system."
"If the water is clear, there will be no fish."
"You must first figure out the reason why we changed the official salary."
After Ji Boying finished speaking, he took a sip of Lao Ban Zhang and his expression suddenly changed.
Uncle, could it be the fake mentioned in a certain audio and video?!
Hold back and swallow this sip of tea.
"Come, tell me what the reason is."
Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment.
He just came here to ask for answers this time, and never thought about solving the problem.
"This..."
Lao Zhu hesitated and did not answer.
Ji Boying puts down his tea cup.
"That's all, I'll tell you."
"The purpose of changing official salaries is not to turn corrupt officials into honest officials, but to give those who already have faith in the official position a path to avoid being corrupt, and to ensure that there is always a sense of integrity in the court.
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It is true that there is no way to change the salary in Ming Dynasty.
With inflation and the imperial government's random actions, even cotton can be used as salary. There are not many unpopular Beijing officials who sell cotton in the wholesale market after receiving their salary.
This official doesn't want to be greedy but has to be greedy. After all, the family is still waiting for rice to come out of the pot.
Over time, the entire Ming Dynasty officialdom and even the people developed a consensus that becoming an official equals getting rich.
But after the official salary reform, this is not the case.
Although there will still be corrupt officials, there will also be good officials who serve the people.
In this way, when it comes to greed and non-greed, at least the black and white are muddy, so that at a glance, it will not be completely dark without any light.
"We seem to understand."
Lao Zhu nodded thoughtfully, was silent for a while, and then spoke again.
"Brother, we have another question. I have a suggestion regarding the succession to the throne that I talked about earlier. I don't know what brother thinks about it."
"You said."
Ji Boying crushed the cigarette in his hand.
"When the prince reaches the age of fourteen, in addition to being in charge of the country for one year, starting from the day he ascends the throne in the East Palace, he must be on duty in the cabinet for a fixed number of days every month, in order to strengthen his ability to handle political affairs."
Lao Zhu has had this idea in his mind all night.
"Not bad, very good."
Ji Boying smiled.
Even Lao Zhu started to use his brain, showing that his method of teaching people to fish is very effective.
"I will add this item to the class later and indicate that it was brought up by you."
After being praised and recognized by Ji Boying, Lao Zhu immediately grinned.
"Okay, brother, let's go down and wait for you first."
Lao Zhu drank all the tea in the cup, put down the cup, and was about to get up and leave.
The silver code on the light screen in front of Ji Boying's eyes finally slowed down, gradually became transparent, and finally disappeared completely, which represented the end of patching and updating.
This time the patch and update package were implemented at the same time, and the total loading time was longer than the previous two times combined.
Ji Boying took a deep breath, and then began to check the patches and updates this time.
His expression suddenly condensed.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
The smile on Lao Zhu's face froze at the moment Ji Boying's face froze.
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