Zhao Mianzhi's corruption was different from others. He did not take advantage of people's wealth and wealth, nor did he withhold money to line his own pockets. Instead, he took money from Guan Shuo.
The so-called "Guan Shuo Yin", in later generations' parlance, is public relations expenses.
Since Zhu Yunxi proposed the post office reform, all the post stations in the Ming Dynasty have become transfer stations for warehouse escorts. Transportation is the biggest problem. It is said that if you want to get rich, build roads first, whether they are land roads or water roads, they must be dredged and built to protect the roads.
The road is clear.
However, the central government of the Ming Dynasty was highly centralized, and all finance and taxation were handled by the central government. The funds for building roads and rivers in various places were strictly verified by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works before being released one by one.
These funds are only enough to cover the general needs. When distributed to the local areas, they are far from being generous and require local subsidies. On the local level, except for the Jiangnan area in the Ming Dynasty, the finances in all parts of the north are somewhat tight.
So someone had an idea and asked the Henan river official who had made good friends with Zhao Mian in the same year to ask him to loosen his grip and crooked his pen during the verification. Or the emperor could complain more and say nice things on behalf of the other side. They secretly asked him to do so.
This time, I presented him with 1,500 silver dollars.
In fact, this has been a bad habit in the government for thousands of years, and everyone understands it tacitly. It is not a major matter that destroys the foundation of the country because of greed for power and favor from the people. Many people turn a blind eye.
But what they met was an emperor who never rubbed sand in his eyes. He was an emperor who hated these arrogant people the most.
Besides, where did the money from your river officials come from? It can’t be these people, they should pay for it out of their own pockets!
This has happened since ancient times, but this trend cannot be reopened.
The old man was furious and Zhu Yunxi was disappointed.
He single-handedly promoted Zhao Mian. Although this person was not very capable in doing things, he was good at being obedient.
Unexpectedly, he had just taken the position of Liubu Hall official, but he secretly committed crimes against the odds. From the time he was imprisoned, Zhao Mian wrote three letters of apology in order to defend himself. But neither the old man nor Zhu Yunxi read them.
If he had written a plea statement, it would have been fine. However, in his self-defense statement, he had made more mistakes than before. Probably, he was thinking of going to the Prison of the Criminal Department of the Inspectorate instead of the imperial prison of Jin Yiwei, and he was still lucky.
The reason why the old man did not take action against him immediately was precisely because he was the minister appointed by Zhu Yunxi, and the old man was trying to save his grandson's face. Otherwise, the capital would have been full of people, and a small case would have turned into a big one.
Three days later, there was a small court meeting at Jingren Hall in the East Palace. Six ministers, ministers, censors, and Hanlin scholars all attended.
Different from the large court meeting, the small court meeting was designed to train Zhu Yunxi's political management ability. The old man asked him to summon his ministers to discuss political affairs alone. For military and state affairs, the ministers reported them to the emperor's grandson, and the emperor's grandson's approval was equivalent to the emperor.
Throughout the ages, the emperor has been the ruler of the world. Such decentralization of power has never happened before.
The ministers secretly lamented that when the prince was in the past, he was the most favored prince in all dynasties. Now that the emperor's grandson is on the throne, he is even more favored than the old prince.
In the Jingren Hall, the ministers were sitting according to their rank. Today at the small court meeting, they only talked about taxes paid by various places, the names of punishments in the world, etc.
However, the atmosphere is completely different from the past. In the past, the emperor's grandson was gentle and warm to all ministers. But today, his eyes are always lowered and his expression is cold. In addition, the recent incident of Zhao Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs, has caused the group to
I can't help but wonder in my heart.
Is there anything else? Zhu Yunxi didn't say a word on the throne. After listening to the six memorials, he said calmly, if nothing happens, just retreat from the court. Winter is coming soon, and the New Year is about to come. You still need to do your best.
, don’t be careless.
The Ministry of Punishment announced the list of people to be executed. Slowly implement it and screen it again. It turns out that the truly evil criminals must be punished according to the law of the country. However, some of them who can be exempted according to the circumstances will be sent to the Korean countryside together with other criminals!
The Ministry of Rites reported that the reciprocal gifts to the vassal states did not need to be too generous in Gu's opinion. They showed filial piety to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was like parents to the vassal states. Isn't it natural for sons to be filial to their parents? Besides, parents don't give generous gifts to their children.
If children are given gifts, can they not be filial? Why should we reward them generously to show the majesty of the heaven?
Prestige is achieved by fighting, not by rewarding. When the Song Dynasty was in danger, it can be seen that these vassal states came to pay tribute?
Except for the money given to Tubo to build temples and the silk and cotton cloth given to the great lama Tuwang, all other vassal states will be exempted from the rewards.
There is no war in the north this year, and the Japanese pirates have not caused any trouble. Let's live a peaceful year in a down-to-earth manner. Don't relax and cause trouble again. Otherwise, you and I will not look good!
After speaking, Zhu Yunxi rubbed his temples tiredly.
Other things were fine, but he got angry when he mentioned the return gift to the vassal state. Others just gave some sesame seeds, but the courtiers said that sending a goose feather gift from a thousand miles is light on affection, and that a hundred times the amount of return gift would make him want to send it back.
Car watermelon.
Among the ministers, the Minister of Rites moved his lips and wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed it wisely.
The man in the East Palace has the same nature as the old prince. He takes others for granted and gives them nothing more than three melons and two dates.
Retreat from the court! Zhu Yunxi waved his hand.
The ministers in the palace stood up one after another, but before they could kowtow to resign, Fang Xiaoru, a scholar in charge of the Imperial Academy, and others lifted up their robes and knelt down in awe.
Sir, I have something to report!
Zhu Yunxi was about to take the memorial's hand and pause it when he looked around and saw Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, the Imperial Academy offering wine and others kneeling together.
explain!
Fang Xiaoru looked straight at Zhu Yunxi, "Your Highness, please slow down and start martial arts!"
I knew these scholars would do something like this!
The more straight-minded people are, sometimes the more pedantic, stubborn, and even unreasonable they are.
Why? Zhu Yunxi asked patiently.
Fang Xiaoru kowtowed, Your Highness, the country cannot be left in the hands of warriors, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will be warlike. Even if the country is big, warlikeness will lead to its destruction!
Zhu Yunxi suddenly had an unknown karma in his heart. He didn't care about the face of Fang Xiaoru and others, and asked loudly, "Oh! You said so, open up martial arts alone, select some warriors, and promote the world's warriors to the next level. Then the Ming Dynasty will
Are you going to subjugate your country?
You know that I didn’t mean what His Highness said in anger! Fang Xiaoru was not afraid and said with a stiff neck, His Highness has been addicted to military affairs since he took office in the East Palace. Not to mention how many military guards His Highness proposed that the Ming Dynasty should set up at the border. Your Highness
First, he established the Jing Navy and inspected the military affairs along the coast. Then he overcame all opinions and annihilated Goryeo!
After returning to Beijing, I asked about the military affairs in the Yunnan frontier! Your Highness, the way to govern a country is not the way of swordsmanship. Magnificent martial arts are not enough to make the country strong. On the contrary, the military achievements of the emperors in the past have placed a heavy burden on the people!
Although the Han Dynasty was powerful, the national strength accumulated under Wenjing's rule was wiped out, laying the foundation for the destruction of the Western Han Dynasty. Although Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was great, taxes in Guanzhong increased year after year, making the people miserable!
I once asked Your Highness how to govern a country of ten thousand chariots. Your Highness said: virtue!
Magnificent martial arts is only an honor for the emperor, but it is not virtuous for the common people who pay taxes and food!
Furthermore, if Your Highness starts a martial arts school, martial arts will surely surge all over the world. If you govern a great country, instead of relying on the teachings of saints, you will rely on warriors. In the future, if the warriors become powerful, the country will be in danger!
If His Highness only selects from the nobles and the army, I have nothing to say. But after reading the regulations of His Highness's martial arts, I also want to select from the scholars and scholars in the world.
The country selects scholars, and the imperial examination is a journey. A student who has studied hard for ten years in a poor family is not a talented person and cannot be named on the gold medal list.
But to learn martial arts, you don’t need books from sages. You only need to learn how to fight, and you can join the official career...
enough!
Zhu Yunxi threw the memorial in his hand directly on the table and interrupted Fang Xiaoru in a cold tone.
What Fang Xiaoru said before is still a mature and prudent statement, and it makes sense. When the country fights, martial arts goes to the princes and generals. The people, on the other hand, have to contribute money, food and even strength. In the face of the productivity of this era, the emperor's illustrious martial arts are of great significance to the people.
It's a heavy burden.
The daily expenses of hundreds of thousands of troops are all the sacrifices of the people.
Even Zhu Yunxi recruited a large number of civilians in the battle to destroy Goryeo. These people did not leave their homes voluntarily to help the army transport grain, grass, weapons and other supplies.
Therefore, after the Goryeo War, all civilians who participated in the war were exempted from this year's grain tax and exempted from next year's corvee.
However, after hearing the end, Zhu Yunxi's anger rose.
In the final analysis, the ultimate goal of these civil servants is to restrain the warriors!