Chapter 655 Trouble
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Zhu Hongsan heard that Ma Mingyuan was going to Tianzhu to see Hou Fangyu, and knew what this guy was doing and why he was thinking about me and the country. That was all excuses. The fundamental thing was that Ma Mingyuan was a little reluctant to leave. Is it worth it to pay for this prime minister?
However, Zhu Hongsan did not say it out loud. Since you want to be the prime minister, you have to take responsibility. How can there be a thief who only eats meat and does not get beaten?
"The second brother is right. Go and see that Hou Fangyu. I hope he can think clearly about the country and the people. If he really repents, I can forgive him!"
Zhu Hongsan did not object to Ma Ming going to see Hou Fangyu, because Zhu Hongsan knew that the contradiction between the New Policy and the Scholar Group was irreconcilable at all, and this was not enough for you two families to be old.
Things were just as Zhu Hongsan expected. Half an hour later, Ma Mingyuan came back in disgrace to report.
"Oh? Why is the second brother in this expression? Didn't that Hou Fangyu listen to his advice?"
Ma Mingyuan sighed and said nothing. It turned out that he went to see Hou Fangyu with kindness and wanted to persuade this family friend with emotion and reason. However, he didn't expect that when he met Hou Fangyu, he would scold him, such as ungratefulness, crossing the river and destroying bridges, etc., Ma Mingyuan had no choice but to come back in a mess.
Seeing Ma Mingyuan like this, Zhu Hongsan cursed in his heart: These stinky old ninths are so dead that they don’t even know.
"Second brother, since that's the case, you have fulfilled your obligations! The second brother's mansion is burned, and I will give you another other courtyard. Now the second brother goes home to rest with peace of mind. After I deal with these deadly tough elements, the second brother will start to implement the new policy in Nanzhili!"
Seeing that things were just like this, Ma Mingyuan had no choice but to go home to recuperate.
Next, we will enter the legal process. Such major cases must be tried by the Three Jurisdictions. According to Zhu Hongsan's intention, those guys should use the trial. They should directly beheaded for a crime, and then frame the gentry in Nanzhili and stew those guys in one pot.
However, the Ming Dynasty was a society ruled by law, which was of course incomparable to the legal society in later generations, but the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was not able to do whatever he wanted.
The legal organs of the Ming Dynasty were divided into three parts: the Censorate, Xing's Ministry, and Dali Temple. The Censorate was somewhat similar to the discipline inspection and supervision departments of later generations, and was responsible for the fair trial of all cases. Needless to say, the Xing's Ministry is responsible for the early collection of evidence. Dali Temple is the Supreme Court of the country, responsible for the trial of cases. This system is very similar to the separation of powers in later generations. The three departments are not subordinate to each other. The Censorate is directly responsible to the emperor. Dali Temple is also one of the nine ministers and is on the same level as the Xing's Ministry. This system naturally minimizes the occurrence of unjust cases. The cabinet system of later generations such as Britain and the United States also partially absorbed the system of the Chinese cabinet.
Zhu Hongsan originally thought the case was easy to be tried, and then the verdict was finished. But the day after the incident happened, Zhu Hongsan was overwhelmed by the cabinet's memorials, and the majority of those who pleaded for the thirty-seven candidates were involved. Some of them cursed Ma Mingyuan, and Ma Mingyuan was the second one. (Wang Anshi had little reputation in history. Later generations raised him to a certain level, which was Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao. The reason was very simple, raised.
Only when Wang Anshi's identity can it be revealed that their master and disciple reforms were not easy. However, Wang Anshi had already made a decision in history. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the literati Luo Dajing said, "If the cause of the unification of the country is combined and then split, it is Wang Anshi's crime. If the cracking but not reconciled, it is Qin Hui's crime." This means that the country becomes this silence, and it is Qin Hui's crime. Now this silence cannot be unified. Look, Wang Anshi has the same reputation as Qin Hui in the Southern Song Dynasty!)
Seeing so many memorials made Zhu Hong so big. In the past, when he was in Guangdong, his Shenwu regime was still a strait team, and except for a few major officials in the cabinet, all other officials were empty. Now it is different when he is in Nanjing. The Censorate, the Censor of the Department of Science and Technology, and the Imperial College of Hanlin Academy were all fully staffed by Qi. Of course, so many officials from Nanzhili and Zhejiang contributed most of the literati, so there were so many oppositions this time.
Zhu Hongsan was so angry that he had no choice. He really wanted to do something big, like Zhu Yuanzhang, and kill all the stinky old ninths who made trouble. But reason told him that he could not do that. If he really wanted to kill all the environment in this way, he would immediately become a lonely man. In the end, Zhu Hongsan had no choice but to ignore these memorials, just ignore you.
The emperor was in trouble if he was not in charge of the cabinet. Ma Mingyuan was impeached and this matter implicated him, so he took the opportunity to take leave and go home to recuperate. The rest of Tong Yangjia and several other cabinet masters were very busy, and they could only receive officials and members of petition every day, and everything else stopped.
On this day, Tong Yangjia had just sent off a wave of petitioners and was drinking tea in the house. In order to dispel the officials' words, Tong Yangjia was dry and tongue-in-law. At this time, a clerk outside the door came in to report to Gao Wenbing, the Minister of Rites, to ask for a meeting.
Gao Wenbing? What did he do? Now the petitioners are only low-level officials, governors of various provinces, governors of various central departments, and ministers of the ministers of the central departments have not spoken out. Are they going to make a statement today?
This is a big deal. Tong Yangjia did not dare to neglect her, and quickly asked someone to invite Gao Wenbing in.
Gao Wenbing was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli. He was from Zhejiang and was considered a student of Qian Qianyi. After entering the house, Gao Wenbing said, "Sir, I want to discuss something with the second assistant today!"
"Sir Gao, what's the matter?"
"Sir, the fleet of the Japanese dispatched troops docked in the morning. This time, we transported back more than three million taels of silver and two million stones of rice!"
Tong Yangjia was relieved when he heard Gao Wenbing say this. It turned out that this was the case. As long as it was not a petition, Tong Yangjia was a little unhappy. Now the cabinet is busy, so how can I feel to take care of what Japan has brought back? In addition, you, Gao Wenbing, is the Minister of Rites, what are you doing in charge of the Ministry of War?
"Sir Gao, isn't this a matter for the Ministry of War? Why did you report to your Ministry of Rites?"
Gao Wenbing saw Tong Yangjia a little displeased and quickly said, "Sir, that's right! This shouldn't be managed by our Ministry of Rites, but someone was transported back with the ship. He was the emperor of Japan! The officials really didn't know what to do, so they came to ask for advice!"
Tong Yangjia was shocked when he heard Gao Wenbing say this. How could he capture the Emperor of Japan? That’s all right!
You should know that the name of sending troops to Japan to borrow money. Although the methods are a bit bad, they sound better in name. Now this matter is over, so how can I borrow money to borrow the emperor back?
Tong Yangjia was so angry that he cursed in his heart: Zhao Guoliang, you are such a waste. If the emperor catches him and kills him quietly, why should he get this hot potato back? Now, it was a mess in the court for the new policy, but now it is just paste.
"Mr. Gao, does your Ministry of Rites have a memorial from Zhao Guoliang?"
"No, this is the reason why the Xiaguan came to find the master. There should be a note from Zhao Guoliang on the Ministry of War!"
Tong Yangjia nodded. He was in charge of the Ministry of War and quickly asked someone to go to the Ministry of War to see if there were any memorials from Zhao Guoliang.
After a while, a clerk submitted a memorial from the Ministry of War. Tong Yangjia opened it and found out what was going on.
This is the thing. After Qiumochuan defeated the Kyushu Island coalition, Zhao Guoliang repaired it on the spot for half a month. After the second batch of supplies was transported, he boarded the ship and left Kyushu Island, heading for the larger and more populous Honshu Island.
Zhao Guoliang thought very simply. The richest person in a country is of course the palace. This time it is better to go directly to the palace in Japan to grab a hand, which is not better than robbing poor people in Kyushu? So Zhao Guoliang, who doesn’t study, Yang Shilong, who also doesn’t study, and Li Tinglong, who has never studied, decided to go to Kyoto, Japan for a walk.
In this way, the fleet left Kyushu and headed north along the coastline. The first stop was Shikoku Island.
If the poorest person on Kyushu Island is the rabbit that does not shit, then the Shiguo is the poorer person at all. There are only six daimyos on the entire Shiguo Island, and the richest person is the Tosa Band of the Kochi area. The current daimyo is Tadatomoto Yamauchi, and Ishiko only has a mere 200,000 shi.
After Zhao Guoliang's general Gao Zhicheng was captured, he received less than 300,000 taels of silver and only 200,000 shi of rice, which really made Zhao Guoliang feel disheartened, but this also strengthened Zhao Guoliang's determination to go to Kyoto to grab one.
After leaving the Tosa family, the fleet headed north along the coastline again and finally arrived at Osaka, a Japanese city.
Osaka is one of the three great cities in Japan now. The other two are Kyoto where the emperor lives, and the other is Edo, the location of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which is later Tokyo.
Osaka Castle was built on the original base of Ishiyama Honenji Temple in 1583. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death in 1598, his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi moved from Fushimi Castle to the completed Osaka Castle. In 1614, the conflict between Toyotomi and Toyotomi families became superficial. Toyotomi Ieyasu led a large army to surround Osaka Castle, which is known in history as the Osaka Dong Formation. During the battle, the Toyotomi family made peace, and the Toyotomi family put forward conditions to demolish Ninomaru and Sannomaru, which is the Second and Third Formation Wall. Filling the outer Mizuhori, Osaka Castle became a naked city with only Uchibori and Honmaru. Although Toyotomi family accepted this humiliating condition for a while, they later broke the contract and dug again, giving Toyotomi Ieyasu an excuse to launch the Osaka Summer Formation the next year and eliminated the Toyotomi family, and Osaka Castle was also turned into ashes in this battle.
After the Tokugawa Shogunate controlled Osaka Castle, Tokugawa Ieyasu once enfeoffed the city to his grandson Tadao Matsuhei, but in 1619 it was directly under the jurisdiction of the Shogunate. In 1620, the second-generation general Hidetachi Tokugawa began to rebuild Osaka Castle, which was completed in 1629. The Tokugawa clan destroyed the Osaka Castle stone walls and Mizuho built by the Toyotomi family, covered them with several meters of soil, and built a higher stone wall, burying all the remains of Tokugawa Osaka Castle underground. The Tensou Setup
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