Chapter 227 Give Zhou and Ruan two chicken soup to build confidence!
Although Zhou Yanru was flustered, fortunately he had not given up on it yet. As the situation became clearer these days, many officials in the court began to run away to the south. When the Jin Yiwei reported to the sky, some of the officials ran away again.
Regarding officials running away, Zhu Youjian's attitude was that it was going to rain and his mother wanted to get married, so let them go. It would be best if all these people ran away. After all, it was only a province now and there were many reserve cadres.
Not less than their few heads of garlic.
What is a little disappointing is that most of the officials who run away are middle and lower-level officials, and few important ministers like Zhou Yanru run away. The most common cases of running away are officials of the Liu Ke Yan Guan and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who almost run away.
More than half of them were taken. At first they were running south sparsely, but later seeing that the emperor was not paying attention, they started running south in groups, feeling as if there were falling pies in the south for them to grab.
Not many important ministers run away, so it’s understandable. It’s not that they don’t want to go to Nanjing, but that Nanjing doesn’t want them. Why are they working so hard to carry out a coup? What position do you big guys take from Long Zhichen?
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The current situation is a bit funny. The southern side is basically a group of famous loyal ministers in history, while Zhu Youjian is surrounded by people like Zhou Yanru, Chen Xinjia, and Ruan Dacheng. Others are loyal to the court, while his own side is traitorous.
Yingchao.
"Grand Master, when you're done, ask the ministers and Li Shangshu from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to come to the dormitory. There has been a big change in the court situation, and we have to set up the table again. The current situation is actually a good thing, and we are freed from the constraints of those stupid pigs in the south.
We can completely reform the government according to our own will, and completely reform the bad government of the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years. This is called neither breaking nor establishing. You have become the chief minister at a good time. God has given you a famous name in history.
Chance for me."
Is it a good time? Zhou Yanru was confused by the emperor's words. When such a situation is called a good time, only the Lord in front of him can say it! For some reason, the emperor's temperament has changed drastically in recent years.
If something like this had happened before, he would have been extremely violent and would have blamed the situation at will. However, his mentality has changed a little too much now. He is about to lose his country, and yet he can still be so optimistic.
Seeing that Zhou Yanru looked a little weird, Zhu Youjian felt that maybe his chicken soup was a little too strong, and the old guy couldn't bear it. It seemed that he needed to add some auxiliary ingredients, so he continued: "Since the beginning of history, the Korean people have been
There is a great dynasty that has been in existence for more than 300 years. The Ming Dynasty has been in existence for nearly 280 years now. To be honest, if there were no major reforms, it would be difficult to survive for 300 years. With the situation in recent years, the Grand Master should also have
Feeling it?"
Zhu Youjian's question made Zhou Yanru start thinking. Looking back at the history books he had read, it seemed that it was really difficult to find a great dynasty that had been in existence for 300 years. There was no historical record before Zhou Dynasty, and no one knew that it was remembered in the history books.
There is no genealogy, and after we have historical records, we can barely count the two Han Dynasties, and the two Song Dynasties lasted for three hundred years. But if you listen to the name, you will know that they have not survived for three hundred years. Although the two Song Dynasties were royal replacements,
What a big problem, but the Southern Song Dynasty only had half of the country, and the two Han Dynasties were basically not a dynasty. Liu Xiu and the others were no different from conquering the world again.
Thinking carefully based on the ideas provided by the emperor, it seems that it is normal for the world to be in chaos at this time. No wonder the court tried various methods but still failed to solve the natural and man-made disasters. "Your Majesty, is it God's will? The old minister is a little scared in his heart, this world
How should I clarify it? Your Majesty, please give me some answers!"
"It is God's will or not God's will! The so-called God's will is that any system that has been running for nearly three hundred years is bound to decay and will age just like people! To take the most obvious example, when Taizu founded the country, how many clans were there? Now
How many clans are there? How much food does the court spend every year to support the clan? How many tax-free gentry were there when Taizu founded the country? How many are there now? With all these things added together, how can the Ming Dynasty rely on to support the country and the army? But God’s will
It is not against the law. As long as you make up your mind to reform the bad policies one by one, throw away all the burdens, and let the court go into battle lightly, everything is promising. Now, there is such an opportunity period, and Ming Dynasty can start from a province.
Set off."
Starting over from a province? Zhou Yanru, after hearing these words, felt that he had some confidence in his heart. During this period of bad news, most people in the court lost their direction like Zhou Yanru. At this time, first of all
What needs to be done is to rebuild confidence.
Working for important ministers like Lao Zhou is one aspect, but you also have to work with Ruan Dacheng's newspaper and drama club to build confidence in all the people in the area you currently control.
On the contrary, it is the army that needs the most work, and currently there is not much demand in this area. The confidence of the sergeants has been accumulated through victory after victory. At least so far, the new army has not experienced a defeat, and their morale is now very high. These
On that day, the generals of the new army conveyed their intention to fight and quell the chaos through various channels to the emperor and the court, but they were suppressed by Zhu Youjianquan. A full attack was only six divisions strong, and the chaos in Maoxian was quelled.
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After sending Zhou Yanru away, Zhu Youjian found Ruan Dacheng. Lao Ruan was probably mentally unstable during this period.
"I'm afraid Mr. Ruan has been extremely flustered during this period, right? I don't think it's necessary. I have been mentally prepared since the beginning of the restructuring. Can the worms in the world give up their vested interests with peace of mind? Now they have rebelled. On the contrary,
It makes the situation clearer. It gives me and the imperial court something to do. Xinmin Newspaper and Drama Club have to play the mainstay role in the recent period. The key to stabilizing the hearts of the officials and the people lies entirely with Mr. Ruan and his colleagues."
"I should share your Majesty's worries! Dong Lin's actions have confirmed his actions of stealing the country and causing chaos in the government! I have been organizing my colleagues in the past few days to issue speeches to criticize their actions."
"It seems that Mr. Ruan has taken the initiative. In addition to criticizing Donglin, I have several requests. First, publish an article in a newspaper to discuss the origin of large-scale civil unrest in the Ming Dynasty. Second, tell the world that I want to completely eradicate
The third is to send some people to visit the working scenes of the working group here in Beizhili, show their actions in articles, and tell the world with facts what the imperial court is doing."
"I will start working according to His Majesty's instructions!"
"Thank you for your hard work, sir! I have been thinking about it these days. Regarding the identity of the newspaper and drama club, it seems that there is an opportunity to implement it. I would like to formally propose at the court meeting that Xinmin Newspaper and Xinmin Drama Club are government-controlled and private institutions. The newspaper president
Editor, several deputy chief editors are stationed as officials for the imperial court, and the same is true for the drama club. The editor-in-chief is tentatively scheduled to be concurrently served by the Minister of Rites. Sir, after that, I will have to take up the post of Minister of Rites in the Ministry of Rites. What do you think?"
"I thank you for your kindness!" Official fans are official fans. When Ruan Dacheng heard that he was going to be appointed as Minister of Rites, he immediately gave up his ambition to become a famous private figure and opinion leader.