The emperor's anger in Fengtian Palace lasted for a long time, and everyone from the Ministry of Revenue to the Ministry of War to the Supervisory Office was trembling with fear after being scolded.
What makes the emperor even more angry is that such a big thing happened in Fuzhou, and he can't kill people now. With a decree, a team of royal guards can kill people. But at this point, if all the local officials are killed
, but also sending officials who are unfamiliar with the situation to provide relief, which is counterproductive.
King Wu also told us just now that foolish officials are more harmful than corrupt officials. Zixi Sufian only knows how to act like an official. When he comes out, he thinks about how to keep his hat and cover the lid. Instead of really thinking about the people and thinking about it.
How to extend the grace of the court and our kindness to the people.
We just don’t understand how the distribution of relief grains can lead to civil unrest? Why are the people looting? Is it because the distribution is not in place, unfair and timely, leaving the people feeling unsure?
The Ming Dynasty was afraid of natural disasters, and the Ming Dynasty worked together to make the people survive. But what about this man-made disaster? Officials mishandled it, which led to a civil uprising. There were 20,000 victims. When I attacked Chuzhou, there were not even 20,000 people.
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Let’s talk about it every day, every month, and every year. To support the people is to be lenient, and to be an official, you must dare to take charge.
Wearing official hats and ignoring civil affairs, but failing to manage civil affairs, what is the use of these people? Let them be officials, and everyone will be happy. Let them manage affairs, make excuses to shirk, and the good things will be ruined! The relief we provide to the local area is a moral policy.
The place is ruined. Then what is the use of these officials? Taking the salary from the court in vain? Just hoping to get promoted and make a fortune?
To put it bluntly, the relief provided by the imperial court may have been embezzled by local officials at various levels.
Tigers don't eat meat, so they think we are cats! Ah! Virtue and governance are deducted at every level, and good governance is increased at every level. This is the official of the Ming Dynasty, and this is the scholar who is full of knowledge!
Zhu Yuanzhang's roar echoed in the hall, making everyone's eardrums buzz. He was originally an emperor who was happy with revenge, but when he was angry, he had a tiger-like expression when he was conquering the world, which made people's hearts palpitate.
No one dared to speak, they all lowered their heads, not daring to anger the emperor at this time.
When Zhu Yunxi listened to the old man's abuse of officials, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The old man really knew everything about being an official and the psychology of officials. He also knew all about the fishy things in the place.
Being an emperor is tiring, and being a shrewd emperor is even more tiring. Not only is he tired, but the more he understands the true situation of the imperial officialdom, the angrier he becomes.
Zhu Yunxi was a little distracted during the old man's roar.
He suddenly thought of an Internet program he had watched in later generations. A so-called scholar and intellectual holding a fan, wearing glasses, shaking his head, made nonsense on TV.
Wages in the Ming Dynasty were appallingly low. Zhu Yuanzhang was a bad guy. After he became emperor, he discriminated against scholars. Not only did he give him the lowest wages, but he also used the most cruel methods. He killed tens of thousands of scholars at every turn and launched literary inquisition.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zhu Yunxi might have really believed it. But after coming to this world, Zhu Yunxi realized how much the old man cherished talents and valued scholars.
He opened up various schools and invited great scholars from all over the world to serve as officials and give lectures. He also attached great importance to the annual imperial examinations.
Later generations said that officials' salaries were low, but who said anything about the privileges that the old man gave these officials.
In this era, only scholars have the opportunity to be officials, and officials must be scholars. The privileges of scholars personally promulgated by the old man lasted for hundreds of years.
The old man gave the scholars three huge ones, which could ensure that they lived a worry-free life and had the privilege of being superior to others in the feudal society.
The first is legal power. Scholars can not kneel before officials. Even if they break the law, the government cannot impose punishment. Moreover, all common people must show respect to those who have merit.
The second is the right of etiquette. Scholars and above have the right to use slaves.
Although there were countless wealthy merchants in the Ming Dynasty, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, only scholars could really use slaves and buy and sell slaves.
The third is to protect their livelihood, tax rights.
Scholars of the Ming Dynasty were entitled to a tax-free quota of eighty acres of land every year and were exempted from all corvee labor.
Each person is entitled to a tax-free quota of four hundred acres of land per year.
Jinshi, even more than two thousand acres of land.
Moreover, the imperial court did not prohibit affiliation, that is to say, others could put the land in the name of the scholar tax-free, so that the scholar could get real money from others.
In the heart of the old man, if you have privileges, you must have responsibilities. The responsibility of officials and scholars is to take care of the people and take the world as their own responsibility.
Hey! The old man roared, interrupting Zhu Yunxi's thoughts.
I saw Zhu Yuanzhang standing in front of all the ministers, roaring, why didn't he say anything? Tell us, what should we do now? What about the disaster relief and civil commotion in Fuzhou and Jianchang in Jiangxi?
I am guilty! All the ministers knelt down to plead guilty.
If you encounter a leader who is too strong, it will not be easy for your subordinates. These central ministers are not incapable, but they are scared. The more scared they are, the less they dare to speak out, for fear of being exposed to the emperor's wrath and losing their heads.
Grandpa Huang, your grandson has something to say! Zhu Yunxi spoke first.
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the strong tea on the imperial desk, drank a few sips, and said, don't be afraid of making mistakes, just say whatever you want!
Sun Er thought that the top priority now was not to hold Jiangxi local officials accountable. Zhu Yunxi looked at the old man and continued, but how to better provide relief to the victims and deal with the civil unrest. If the relief was not done well, there would be more and more victims, and the civil unrest would begin.
If not, the gathered people will become bandits.
Did you see it? Zhu Yuanzhang was spitting Mo Xingzi to all the ministers. Our eldest grandson is only fifteen years old, and he can say these things. You are all ministers of the imperial court, but you can't even say shit! Saying that, he continued to Zhu Yunxi
Dao Sun, keep talking!
Sun'er thought that the imperial court should immediately send officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and Supervisory Censors to Jiangxi to direct and supervise relief efforts and appease the victims. They should also send troops and horses from Ganzhou Guards to Fuzhou to prepare for future troubles! Zhu Yunxi said loudly.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nod, and pondered, in your opinion, how should we deal with the victims of the civil commotion?
Just now, my grandson read the memorial from the inspection censor in Fuzhou. The civil uprising was caused by thieves who spread rumors among the victims and deceived people's hearts. Zhu Yunxi continued to say that most people are blind and do not care when it comes to life and death.
He is incapable of distinguishing right from wrong. Therefore, Sun'er believes that the main thing is to appease the people in the civil uprising. But the chief culprits in the civil uprising and those who instigated trouble must be killed!
The law comes from reason, but the law does not make sense.
In mass incidents, most ignorant people can be pardoned. But the leader must not be let go. Otherwise, the national law will be a piece of paper. If you let it go this time, next time others will learn to follow the example, the law will become a decoration.
Moreover, Zhu Yunxi had other worries in his heart. The old man joined the Red Scarf Army back then. The reason why the Red Scarf Army in the late Yuan Dynasty could be so large was because the backbone of the Red Scarf Army at the beginning were all members of the White Lotus Sect.
During the Great Yuan Dynasty, because the Mongols were tolerant of all kinds of gods, they regarded gods as Buddhas. As a result, various cults with ulterior motives emerged in endlessly in the Central Plains, and they had many followers.
The most representative one is the White Lotus Sect, which uses the theory of reincarnation and likes to encourage people to rebel.
If people from the White Lotus Sect organize themselves among the victims, the consequences will be disastrous.
I think His Highness King Wu is right! Zhan Hui, the Minister of Household Affairs, spoke up. I would like to ask Your Majesty to send an imperial envoy to Fuzhou to handle disaster relief and civil commotion matters.
I second my opinion!
Zhu Yuanzhang was almost furious in his heart. He nodded and said, "That's the truth. Pass the decree to the Ministry of Household Affairs..."
Grandpa Emperor! Zhu Yunxi suddenly bowed before Zhu Yuanzhang and said loudly, “My grandson invited me to go to the governor of Jiangxi to supervise this matter. My grandson is the direct grandson of the Ming Dynasty, and he should contribute to the Ming Dynasty. When my grandson grows up, it is time to visit me, the Ming Dynasty.”
If the emperor is worried, please ask the emperor to appoint capable veterans to guide his grandson.
As soon as the words fell, the palace fell into silence.
None of them expected that King Wu would ask himself to be an imperial envoy to go out to the capital to patrol the area. These officials at the center of the Ming Dynasty all knew that King Wu was the successor chosen by the old emperor, but they had not yet announced it to the world.
They didn't dare to say anything about the crown prince's departure from the capital. If King Wu's errand was not done well or something went wrong, whoever agreed today would be waiting to take the blame in the future.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunxi and thought for a long time, okay, you are old, it is time to go out for a walk. When your father was this old, he had already started to patrol the place.
As he said this, the old man thought for a while and sent an order. The emperor's grandson, King Wu Zhu Yunxi, was the imperial envoy to inspect the disaster relief work in Jiangxi. Zhang Gou from the Ministry of Household Affairs was informed of the matter, and Feng Jian, the censor Zuo Qian of the Inspectorate, accompanied him as counselor. The commander of the Jinyi Guards was also informed.
He Guangyi, thousands of soldiers in front of the palace, Fu Rang, Liao Yong, and Liao Ming led a thousand sergeants to protect the King of Wu!
Later, the old man continued to say to the Hanlin scholar who wrote the edict, "Special order, if the King of Wu comes to me in person, the officials in various places will do their best to handle the errands and will not be perfunctory. Anyone who disobeys the King of Wu will be killed!"