Starting from the eighth year of Wanli, after more than two years of hustle and bustle, the reform finally got on track despite stumbling.
In the past two years, Zhu Yijun has almost changed the officials in the attendant's room - except for a few core figures, the rest who have been mentored by him and understand his thoughts and ideas on governing the country have all left Beijing and started working in various provinces and governments of the empire.
assume important positions.
At the same time, every time the imperial court issues a new decree, it must be accompanied by an explanation of the decree to clarify the original intention of the legislation. This prevents most places from following the text regardless of the reality during the actual implementation process, and sometimes misreading the scriptures.
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Of course, there are also many people who are arrogant, and their heads are full of knots. The reform guidance specialists who are stationed in various places have dry mouths. These officials just say "light corvee and low tax, and rest with the people" to deal with it.
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For such officials, we can only replace them without changing our thinking. After Zhu Yijun agreed, the cabinet ordered the Ministry of Personnel to carry out the most severe inspections in Beijing and outside the country in the seventh year of Wanli. A large number of officials were dismissed from their posts, and there was no understanding of the reform.
Once in place, a large number of officials with innovative spirit and execution ability have also come to the fore.
In order to prevent the formation of "new" and "old" parties, which would lead to party strife in the future, Zhu Yijun specially issued an edict that officials who were removed from office in the seventh year of Wanli would not be reinstated under any conditions.
Unlike the emperor's punishment of a certain official, as the political climate changes or the emperor changes, these "never-used" officials will still have the opportunity to recover. This special decree does not mention any names.
It became a law.
This means that even if Zhu Yijun dies, these people will have to go through at least two difficulties of "filial piety" and "ancestral family law" to recover - the chance is almost zero.
Such severe punishments and the promotion of a large number of officials fixed the popular orientation of the reformers like steel.
Zhang Juzheng once talked about the emperor with Pan Sheng, he cupped his hands and said to the north: "In terms of the strength of one's mind, after Zulong, he is also among the top five emperors in the past dynasties. We are lucky enough to meet him in three lifetimes.
A master who can achieve such sage and enlightenment.”
This is definitely an exaggeration for Zhu Yijun. Although his character has a perseverance, he is just above average. Now that this impression is given to Zhang Juzheng, it is actually a benefit for time travellers-compared to those who cannot see clearly.
Zhu Yijun's persistence in the fog of the future politicians can be regarded as an open-book examination.
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In addition to these methods, Zhu Yijun also used the channel of Yinzhang Zhizhuo in the past two years to teach local officials almost step-by-step how to understand the reform. Although this improved efficiency, it also caused the emperor's workload to increase dramatically.
Two years after his wedding, he finally reached the level of five or five. What Chen Ju said to Li Xiushan in Nanjing that year was unfortunately true.
Such a heavy workload will naturally accumulate a lot of pressure. Therefore, Queen Mother Chen is very accurate in judging people: "With a man like that, it would be strange for me to have a romantic relationship!"
After Zhuang Jingjia expressed full understanding, Zhu Yijun finally began to let go in the harem - and his fifty wives became less resentful as a result.
Of course, Zhu Yijun is different from his father and grandfather in that he avoids things that make him physically weak. The so-called letting go is just watching songs and dances, playing games that are good for physical and mental health and releasing stress.
Of course, the emperor's performance in the harem would also spread. Therefore, starting in the spring of the eighth year of Wanli, someone in the palace suggested that the queen mothers of the two palaces should release some of the maids and organize a small-scale draft to consolidate the harem. This was also the case that year.
The rules are set during the draft.
Now that the two palaces no longer specialize in such matters, they couldn't help but ask Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "I don't care about this matter. The queen mother will discuss it with the queen."
Zhu Yijun, who said this at this time, did not know that this draft in the original time and space would later trigger major historical events such as the "Strike Case" and the "Country-Based Struggle". In his mind, it was just the next year in the palace.
It would be replaced by a group of beauties - and to be honest, he didn't care about it.
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Like him, there are many heroes who don't care about beauty.
At the end of June in the eighth year of Wanli, the sun was shining like fire. In Huojia Village in Dengzhou Prefecture, Wang Zhien, the youngest son of Wang Yuanwai, was holding a long pole and sticking cicadas in the yard.
Amidst the chirping of cicadas, the fifth Wang family entered the central hall of the mansion. The atmosphere was a bit depressing. Mrs. Wang's wife was sitting on a chair wiping her tears with a handkerchief.
Sitting next to her and facing the door was Wang Peng, who had met Xu Guangqi by chance in Zhangde Mansion, Henan, and had worked as a coolie for three months. At this moment, he was fanning himself with a big cattail leaf fan, glaring at the strange things that had happened in the past two years.
My wife, who had become as rich as a balloon, looked helpless.
His wife cried for a while and handed the maid next to her some herbal tea to drink. She put down the tea bowl, held the handkerchief and said, "It has only been two good years, but you are going crazy again. When Zhien was three years old, you ran away
When I went to the Northeast, I was almost eaten by a bear. The year before last, you were robbed by bandits in Henan. I am so scared when I think about it now!"
"I heard that the people living in Myanmar are barbarians. There is less human flavor and more animal flavor. So what if you become an official there?"
Wang Peng was speechless after hearing this, and just frowned. His wife said again: "I'm afraid you heard the rumor that it is a land of girls, and you want to go and enjoy some beautiful blessings? I've been declining in appearance in the past few years, so I'm not here either.
Your heart is set on it."
After hearing this, Wang Peng's face softened. He reached out to touch her head and said with a smile: "You are really capable of thinking blindly - didn't I knead you into dough last night? What does it have to do with the number of Burmese women?
?Don’t be blind.”
After hearing this, her wife's fat face was like a big red cloth, and the little maid next to her also puffed out her cheeks and suppressed a smile.
Wang Peng said: "It's true that our family has been struggling in the past two years, but as a man in his thirties, you want me to sit at home and gain weight?"
"The old Huo family is helping us look after the salt shop in Daning. This is a solid business. The shops in the city are all in good condition, so it's enough for your brother to take care of it there."
"The newspaper said that the army was destroying the city in Burma and had already reached the seaside. Only a city called Yaqiao was still in the hands of the Burmese. There was a serious shortage of officials there. As long as you were a scholar, you would be able to go there.
Give it to a magistrate!"
"A scholar is a county magistrate! Since the beginning of the world, is there still such a beautiful thing for you to occupy? In China, you have passed the top three Jinshi examinations, and there is no way to become an official in places like Yunnan, Guangxi, and Hainan? Then
How far are Yunnan and Guangxi from Myanmar? Are you thinking of opening this account - isn't it quite a waste to pick a seventh-grade official? "
His wife listened, but disagreed and said: "Then you are still taking exams as an official in China. You have made money in the past few years. How many papers can you buy?"
Wang Peng couldn't laugh or cry and said: "You can pass the exam if you can just buy the back of the paper? Everyone in the world is a Jinshi! I gave up my career for many years, and if I am asked to study again at this age, my brain will hurt. And I heard that , the questions in the past two years have become more and more complex, and the ones I originally memorized are all useless and of no use."
His wife pouted, pointed at the maid behind her and said: "As long as you don't go crazy, Xiao Tao will have fun today. If you still have the heart, buy two more to serve you and I will admit it - I heard that the Burmese woman Hei Niongong, can you compare with the people in our family?"
Wang Peng laughed angrily when he heard that his wife would rather let him have a child than go to Myanmar.
"Are you trying to play a beauty trap? Don't say that this little Tao is not a beauty. We have three children, and the eldest girl is about to get married. You don't know what kind of person I am? My thoughts have never been on this!"
Xiao Tao stood behind his wife. When Wang Peng said this about himself, his cheeks puffed up again with anger. He stared at Wang Peng with his big eyes, and his long eyelashes flickered as if he were talking.
Seeing that his wife was silent, Wang Peng said helplessly: "Well, I don't know what to say to you. Our father left early and you didn't see him. A few days after you passed away, our mother was gone. Well, no I blame you, I was just trying to be happy at that time."
"Since there are no old people, wherever the two of us are, that's where our home is! Let's do this. If you don't agree with me to go alone, our whole family will go. What do you think?"
When he made this suggestion, the woman was confused. Wang Peng laughed again and said: "You have been a rich wife for two years, but you have never been an official wife, right? Have you ever been to Myanmar to enjoy yourself?"
Her wife's face turned red again, and she pointed at the little child clinging to cicadas in the yard and said, "Zhien is only six years old, are you willing to let him suffer?"
After hearing this, Wang Peng said with a solemn expression: "In the past two years, I have bought newspapers wherever I can buy them. Let me tell you, things have changed! From now on, will you be able to get ahead without reading?" , but to see if you have the ability!"
"I am also a person who has been studying for twenty years. My skills have not improved as much as my trip to the Northeast! If we children all follow this journey of thousands of miles, our future prospects may not be worse than those of the ministers and ministers in the court. Got it!"
His wife couldn't bear to see Wang Peng like this. Every time she saw her husband's high-spirited and high-spirited attitude, she almost turned into water. Wang Peng was so excited that he said to his wife: "In the latest issue of the newspaper, there are also changes made by the emperor. A line from a poem: Why don’t a man ride a huge boat and travel thousands of miles across the sea to find a feudal lord?”
"It's a pity that I don't have much capital. Otherwise, I would have to recruit a group of people to travel all over the world. I might not be able to become a prince!"