In winter, the last court meeting of the year, the Fengtian Palace was filled with joy.
Wang Yuan came out with a wat board in hand and reported the annual work results: "Your Majesty, the one whip method has been implemented in Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Huguang, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan, North and South Zhili, and other provinces are stepping up efforts to clear fields.
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Yan Song, the Minister of Household Affairs, immediately reported: "In the third year of Shaofeng's reign, the Yellow Household Registration Register was re-created. The Ming Dynasty had a total of 93,580,000 and 4,362 people!"
"Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty, congratulations to Your Majesty!" the ministers shouted.
In another time and space, the Ming Dynasty was hundreds of years old, and the population peaked in the 15th year of Chenghua.
At that time, under the rule of a generation of faint emperor Zhu Jianshen, the population of the Ming Dynasty reached a rare level of more than 71 million. No emperor in the Ming Dynasty exceeded this emperor.
Now, only three years after the little emperor ascended the throne, the population of Ming Dynasty has exceeded 90 million.
It is likely to exceed 100 million next year!
Yan Song, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, also said: "In the third year of Shaofeng, the imperial court's annual income was 21,968,433 liang and 7 cents of silver, excluding local input."
"Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty and congratulations to Your Majesty!"
The ministers shouted again.
A few years ago, Yang Tinghe was shocked because his annual income exceeded 10 million, but now it has exceeded the 20 million mark!
Zhu Zaiyi, like his father Zhu Houzhao, usually likes to read and knows the finances of his ancestors for generations. He couldn't help but said with joy: "I will also reward you for your hard work. Declare!"
Wang Yuan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was promoted to the rank of Taibao and the rank of Shaoshi.
Mao Ji, the second assistant in the cabinet, was promoted to the crown prince and tutor.
Cabinet Minister Wang Qiong was promoted to the rank of Young Master.
Cabinet minister Wang Xian was appointed Prince Shaofu.
Cabinet minister Wang Hong was promoted to Prince Shaobao.
After the announcement of the awards for important cabinet ministers, the schedule of the court meeting was immediately changed.
Wang Yuan came forward and ranked first among civil servants, Wang Qiong ranked second among civil servants, Mao Ji ranked third among civil servants, followed by Wang Xian and Wang Hong.
"Nie Xian, the Secretary of Cangchang, has been an official for three dynasties and has worked hard and made great achievements. During the period of supervising Cangchang, he was honest and selfless, and he was responsible for his comings and goings. He was specially awarded the Bachelor of Dongge University, pre-engineering!"
Nie Xian was quite excited that despite his age, he could still serve as prime minister. He immediately went out and knelt down and said, "Thank you for your kindness. I am eighty-three this year and will be eighty-four next year. I have received this honor."
, I am very happy. But I am old and faint, so I request to be appointed as an official and return to my hometown."
Zhu Zaiyi said: "Although you are old, your sword is still young. Please stay in the cabinet to assist the government."
Nie Xian said nothing. He resigned three times, and he had to resign twice more.
Nie Xian was considered the oldest among the reformist officials. The little emperor's grandfather had just ascended the throne, and Nie Xian had already passed the Jinshi examination, but it was not until Wang Yuan became the chief minister that he had the opportunity to realize his political ideas.
When Yang Tinghe came to power, Nie Xian had been working as a minister in Nanjing, but he was just left there to idle for retirement. It was Wang Yuan who recalled Nie Xian to Beijing. In more than two years, he jumped from minister to cabinet, and his promotion speed was astonishingly fast.
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Thousands of gold buys horse bones, and Nie Xian is that horse bone.
This person's qualifications are frightening, and he has always advocated reform. Although he is in his eighties and cannot do much, he is enough to manage the warehouse, and he can be considered an elder in the family if he is included in the cabinet.
The crazy promotion of Nie Xian is telling officials all over the world that if they honestly support reforms, they will definitely have a political future!
Nie Xian really wants to retire. He is too old. Once he can join the cabinet, he has no pursuits. Reform and reform can be left to young people. He hopes to go home and retire with glory.
Continuing to announce the awards, the ranks of the Hanlin Academy, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Six Ministries were collectively raised by one level, and some were even raised by three levels in a row.
For example, in Southern Zhili, Chen Yong, who operated on Xu Da's descendants, although he was still the censor of Zuodu, was directly promoted to "specially promoted Ronglu doctor". He was a first-class official!
Wang Yuan, as a Taibao, finally truly ranked among the Three Dukes, and was currently the only Minister of the Three Dukes in the Shaofeng Dynasty.
What's even more ridiculous is that while Wang Yuan was ranked as the Three Dukes, he also held the title of Young Master of the Three Gus. Looking through the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, there was only one person who was the Third Duke and the Three Gus, namely Lu Bing, the younger brother of Emperor Jiajing.
"Your Majesty, I would like to invite you to take the title of Young Master. The Three Dukes and Three Sovereigns are also the Three Sovereigns. I have never heard of such a system." Wang Yuan said.
Zhu Zaiyi smiled and said: "Sir, you can change the law, but I can't change the system?"
Wang Yuan replied: "The law can be changed by all the people, but the system cannot be changed by one person. Please think again, Your Majesty."
Zhu Zaiyi thought for a while: "I will go to the rank of young master, and I will be promoted to the rank of Ronglu, sir, and then to Zuozhuguo. Sir, there is no need to refuse anymore, so it is settled."
Wang Yuan was about to speak but stopped and said no more.
At this time, all his official positions are: Zuozhuguo (the first rank), Tejin Ronglu doctor (the first rank and the casual rank), Taibao (the first rank and the official rank), Minister of the Ministry of Rites (the second rank and the virtual rank), and the bachelor of Jinshen Palace
(the first assistant of the fifth rank), a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy (the fifth rank and a vacant post).
There is no way to upgrade the rank. If you continue to confer rewards, you can only make an exception and be promoted to "Shangzhu Kingdom".
The casual level has been raised to the full level, but if you really want to award the reward again, you can also create a special casual level.
Sangong can continue to be promoted. Before Taibao, there are Taifu and Taishi.
In addition, the status of cabinet ministers can be promoted. Before the Grand Bachelor of Jinshen Palace, there is a Grand Bachelor of Huagaidian Palace.
Wang Yuan had already planned to wait for all the positions to be completed and he would continue to work for another year and then go to India to change the map, so as to avoid too many conflicts between the emperor and his ministers.
Although the power is overwhelming, and although he is promoted quickly, no one dares to raise objections. With an annual income of more than 20 million silver and a registered population of more than 90 million in the country, most people can shut up.
When did the Ming Dynasty have such a prosperous scene?
A large number of young officials who had just entered the official position, even if they were not reused for the time being, did not prevent them from worshiping Wang Yuan, and their hearts were filled with a sense of pride that reappeared in the Han and Tang Dynasties.
What followed was the prosperity of culture and art, as well as a great change in the atmosphere of culture and art. The Tang Dynasty School, a branch of the Retrospective School, has vaguely occupied the mainstream, and the style of poetry and poetry has become vigorous and grand.
Even Yang Shen's literary style has changed. He was originally a representative of the Six Dynasties School, and now his poetry and lyrics are increasingly leaning towards the prosperous Tang Dynasty. His works are no longer tactful and pathos, no longer sentimental and nostalgic, but with a sense of nostalgia.
A Li Bai-style romance.
In today’s literary world, we no longer call it the retro style, because this thing has already dominated the literary world. The latest theory is that it is divided into the southern school and the northern school.
The northern literati mainly recommend the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the southern literati mainly recommend the Six Dynasties. "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" is probably no longer popular. Until the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the reviews of this poem were still average, and there was no such thing as "a single poem that dominates the entire Tang Dynasty".
This statement was pushed to new heights again and again by the end of the Ming Dynasty.
This time, Yang Shen also received a large reward.
Yang Shen is now a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy (a virtual title that qualifies him to enter the cabinet), the right minister of the Ministry of Rites in charge of culture and education (the third rank), and the Shao Zhanshi of the Zhanshi Mansion (the fourth rank). This time he was awarded the rank of "Guanglu Doctor".
"(from Yipin).
The current study of oracle bone inscriptions is also divided into the southern school and the northern school.
The northern faction was headed by Yang Shen, and the southern faction was headed by Wen Zhengming.
Wen Zhengming was specially awarded the Imperial Academy of Nanjing. Because of this super promotion, in Nanjing, which was full of "anti-Wang Yuan" public opinion, Wen Zhengming resolutely cheered for Wang Yuan.
At the same time, Wen Zhengming also founded the Journal of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, which not only disseminated the results of Oracle Bone Inscriptions research, but also justified Wang Yuan's reforms.
As for Tang Bohu, he has died of illness.
Before he died, he adopted a son from his brother, which was considered as continuing his own bloodline.
After the dynasty was dismissed, hundreds of officials came to congratulate each other, and Wang Yuan clasped his fists to congratulate each other.
In the afternoon, Wang Yuan convened a meeting with ministers in Wenyuan Pavilion to formulate a national development plan for next year.
The first is to continue to promote land administration reform, summarize the gains and losses of the reforms in each province, and when implementing the one-whip law, try to make some fine-tuning based on the actual conditions of each province and local conditions.
Secondly, Zhang Cong, the Minister of War, was ordered to prepare his troops and regain Jiaozhi next year!
Once again, Yan Song, the Minister of Household Affairs, was ordered to reform the salt policy. Previously, the salt policy reforms of Wang Yuan and Yang Tinghe did not involve military issues. This time, the salt policy must be completely changed, and the Ministry of War must cooperate.
Finally, Ling Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was ordered to extend the Jingji Railway to the Liaodong area while building the Shanxi Railway.
The war in Qinghai has ended. Zheng Hu, the deputy commander of the Hetao army, led 3,000 musketeers. Zhang Yan, the deputy commander of Gansu, led 1,500 side cavalry to coordinate the battle. The Seven Guards of Guanxi jointly sent 2,000 cavalry to attack from the northwest.
Qinghai border.
When they arrived in Qinghai, the Xihai Mongols had already returned and conquered the entire Uzbekistan except for the Houzang area.
The two sides fought fiercely for more than a month, and the Seven Guards of Kansai were defeated and returned with a loss of troops.
Zheng Hu and Zhang Yan caught up with the migrating Mongolian tribesmen in the West Sea, and the Mongolian cavalry in the West Sea were forced to engage in a decisive battle. The three thousand musketeers taught these Mongols a lesson and obediently spit out the Uzang they had swallowed.
Immediately, Wang Yuan established the Qinghai Capital Division, Zheng Hu served as the commander of the Qinghai Capital, and the administrative headquarters was located in Hezhou (Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province).
The Mongolian tribes in the West Sea were divided into two again, with Haixiwei and Haidongwei, both under the jurisdiction of the Qinghai capital. Each of the two guards had a living Buddha. When the living Buddha issued important orders, he had to discuss them with the Qinghai capital commander.
The Us Zangdu Division was re-established, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ning and Wu Jinshi Lu Jing were mobilized to go to Tibet to serve as the commander of Us Zangdu.
Uszang was divided into three, and the Naedong Dynasty ceased to exist. Three guards were set up, Changtang, Front Zang and Back Zang. Each guard had a Living Buddha. When the Living Buddha issued important orders, he had to discuss them with the commander of Uszang.
At this point, Tibet and Qinghai were further integrated into the rule of the Ming Dynasty and were no longer as unruly as before.
After the beginning of the new year, the Ming Dynasty will attack Annan and regain the Ming Dynasty's Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi!