Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

At this time, in the Jinshen Palace, Emperor Hongzhi had summoned all the ministers from the six cabinet ministries to the palace, and based on the tax accounts of Changping Prefecture, he proposed to implement the reform of dividing one person into one mu throughout the country.

With the success of the reform in Changping Prefecture, with such remarkable and shocking results, the reform in various parts of the country has become an unstoppable trend.

No one was debating this, and the situation was favorable, and the implementation of nationwide reforms was a foregone conclusion.

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish. Although the reform must be implemented throughout the country, nothing can be done overnight. My intention is that the reform should be implemented in North Zhili and South Zhili first, and then be implemented in the other provinces."

Having said this, Emperor Hongzhi paused and said slowly: "This reform is a very important matter. I think we should send an imperial envoy to each county to take charge of the reform."

After hearing this, the six ministries of the cabinet suddenly became thoughtful, and each county sent an imperial envoy to oversee the reform.

It's a good idea, but how many counties are there in Northern Zhili and Southern Zhili combined? Two hundred, three hundred, anyway, it will never be less than two hundred.

After all, Northern Zhili and Southern Zhili were the largest and most important chief envoys in the Ming Dynasty.

"This is my suggestion, what do you think?"

Wang Shu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was the first to go out, "Your Majesty, each county will send an imperial envoy to take charge of the reform. If this is done, it will indeed be beneficial to the reform, and it will also show that the country attaches great importance to this matter.

It’s just that there are too many counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Northern Zhili and Southern Zhili. Now the DPRK is preparing for the war against the Japanese, and everything is complicated. Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. I am afraid that so many officials cannot be found to serve as imperial envoys to supervise this matter."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, and then asked: "Does Wang Qing's family have any objections to sending an imperial envoy to this county to take charge of the reform?"

"...The veteran has no objection to this, but it requires too many manpower, even if this method is feasible."

Having said this, Wang Shu paused for a moment, "Your Majesty, I will say it bluntly. There are more than 2,000 officials in the capital. If we want to find more than 200 people to go to the reform, we can find them, but I'm afraid no one is willing to go." .”

Wang Shu said it rather tactfully. After all, there are more than 2,000 officials in the capital, and 200 people can be mobilized no matter what.

But the problem is that serving as an imperial envoy to supervise reforms is by no means a good job. It is purely an offending job. Where can you find more than 200 people to do it?

To put it more bluntly, where can we find more than 200 stupid young people?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others again: "What do Liu Qing's family, Li Qing's family, and Xie Qing's family think?"

Liu Jian spoke out: "In reply to your Majesty, I have no objections to your Majesty's proposal. It's just as Wang Butang thinks, I'm afraid there won't be anyone in the court to go."

"Do the rest of the Qing family think the same way?"

"I am also worried about this."

After questioning all these ministers, Emperor Hongzhi finally said: "It seems that all the ministers agree with my proposal for an imperial envoy from this county, but they are just worried about the candidate."

As he spoke, he sighed, "Why am I not so worried? I have ordered people to check and found out that the Northern Zhili governs eight prefectures and two prefectures, totaling ninety-three counties, and the Southern Zhili governs fourteen prefectures and four prefectures. There are a total of 112 counties and more than 200 counties, which will require more than 200 imperial envoys and more than 200 officials from the court."

"As Wang Qing's family said, it is not difficult to recruit more than 200 officials from the capital. The difficulty is that everything is complicated nowadays. The difficulty is that the matter is so important that few people can take on this responsibility. What is difficult is that no one is willing.

go."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youtang pretended to ponder for a while, and then he had an idea, "I suddenly had an idea. Last year, there were hundreds of prisoners who disturbed the palace confinement and were taken to prison by me. Now it is better to send those hundreds of prisoners to prison."

All prisoners were pardoned from prison."

Speaking of this, Emperor Hongzhi deliberately paused and waited for a while. Seeing that no one said anything, he continued: "Although these hundreds of people are guilty, the country is at a time of employment, but there is no one to use it. It's not as good as

So these criminals were given minor punishments and severe admonitions, and then they were pardoned and asked to go and supervise the matter. What do you think?"

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Wang Shu and other high-ranking officials in the court really wanted to twist their lips and give Emperor Hongzhi a polite but decent smile.

In my mind, I probably imagined ten thousand grass-mud horses galloping happily, spitting as they ran.

Your Majesty, could you please play less tricks?

They dared to swear that this idea was definitely not something they just thought of suddenly. It didn't even happen in a day or two. It was clearly premeditated.

If you think about it carefully, I'm afraid that at the end of last year, His Majesty sent those hundreds of prisoners to prison just for this day.

Over the past six months, one thing has happened one after another.

Why did His Majesty insist on suppressing the memorials one after another, and why did he try to protect the hundreds of prisoners?

Why did Your Majesty get so angry because hundreds of mad students came to see Your Majesty and lead to the reform?

At this time, we all have an answer, just for this day to come.

Everything was done to get these hundreds of prisoners to go to reform the law.

He had obviously planned it for a long time, but now he was pretending to think deeply, and pretending to have an idea, saying that he suddenly had an idea.

Your Majesty has changed, and now many things are discussed with them only after they have made plans. He is clearly a minister in the court, a figure at the pinnacle of power, a person who assisted the emperor and his father, and led the kings Yao and Shun.

But there were many times when attending this afternoon meeting that it didn’t feel like we were discussing state affairs, but rather like we were going through the motions.

But His Majesty pretended to be discussing with them again, in order to make them feel involved.

It takes good care of their emotions.

"The ministers didn't say anything, but do you think this matter is inappropriate?"

"Your Majesty, please wait for a long time. I have disobeyed you."

Liu Jian bowed deeply first, then raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't think this is inappropriate at all. I obey your Majesty's wishes."

The rest of the people also bowed and said, "I obey your Majesty's wishes."

There is really nothing to argue about letting these prisoners carry out reforms. If they are not allowed to go, who else can be allowed to go?

After all, this is definitely an offending job, and its level of danger is comparable to that of a Beijing police officer. If not done well, one's life may be in danger.

The water in South Zhili and North Zhili can be very deep, especially in South Zhili.

After Emperor Taizong moved the capital, he designated Nanjing as the companion capital and creatively created two teams.

There are basically yamen here in Shuntian Prefecture in the capital, and there are basically the same yamen in Nanjing.

Although there is always talk of a certain official being sent to Nanjing to retire, this is a joke.

Yingtianfu's team has certain administrative autonomy.

Southern Zhili was also the richest area in the Ming Dynasty, and there were so many wealthy gentry.

Over there is the Jiangnan Gongyuan, where more than half of the officials in the world come from.

Various forces are intertwined and the relationships are inextricably linked. Even if the gods go away, it will be difficult to sort them out.

In that reform, it's not just a matter of water depth. After all, it's Jiangnan and there are many lakes, so you might accidentally fall into the water or something.

"Now that the expedition to Japan is imminent, who will lead the troops this time? Has the Ministry of War made a decision?"
Chapter completed!