I didn't have to worry about it that day, so I applied for it on time.
But everyone is confused about the consequences of the impact of new things.
In the Liuke Corridor room outside Chengtianmen, the officials who had not yet got off work could only see them walking out with frowns on their faces.
There was no polite chatting with each other, everyone was preoccupied.
As this large group of people walked there, a few words popped into the mind of the small official: Lost and lost.
Bad dish!
As soon as the new Minister of Punishment arrived, no one knew what big thing had happened in the palace!
They were right, something big had happened.
The curtain of rules that operates in the world of the Ming Dynasty is now brewing behind the scenes and should be arranged into a new stage, waiting for the curtain to be unveiled.
The eighteen important ministers plus Zhang Bi understood something more clearly in the afternoon: this new stage is not meant to bring down the entire gentry class. But smart people should see that they still have the greatest advantage to adapt to the new rules.
Change into a new group.
Only those who are unaware of the situation will be reduced to ashes, making more space to achieve what His Majesty said: giving more people a way out, and the people must be able to see hope.
This still cannot solve the fundamental problem that will solidify again after a hundred years, so His Majesty finally pointed to the plaque in the Imperial Study Room.
That is driven by interests, with interests as the clue.
Drive your relatives, drive the gentry who can see through the situation, and drive the people who have a lot of hope.
Zhu Houcong knew that they still couldn't fully see through it.
Nor can they fully see through it.
Just as they thought they were eager to try out the new law in Guangdong, but they just used Guangdong as an example to let more smart people see the situation clearly and push the new law to the first stage.
So Zhu Houcong asked them to think more first, while he continued to learn more.
How did they know that the Royal Wanfa Museum was planning a future university when the emperor was planning to "learn miscellaneous knowledge"?
Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi.
The first step is to liberate the people from corvee labor, release more agricultural productivity, and have enough food. Therefore, in the three-year national policy set by the National Policy Conference, there is a thorough investigation of floods and water conservancy.
The second step can only be stimulated by the largest market in the Ming Dynasty: government procurement, laying the foundation for the transformation of handicrafts into industry and the transformation of small businesses into prosperous markets.
The third step is to respond to the internal market with an increasing demand for money, reform the currency, and completely establish a unified fiscal and taxation system.
And in this process, he also has another battlefield: starting from using Confucianism, then introducing real scientific ideas, and finally changing the way of education and promotion channels.
Who said that the reform stipulates that it can only be changed once?
There is still a long way to go. There are only three middle-aged and elderly artists and poets in the current university.
Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming stood in front of Zhu Houcong.
"If you don't know what the position of the Royal Wanfa Hall is, you might as well understand it as a clerk in the Royal Study Room, or a bachelor in another Hanlin Academy." Zhu Houhuang looked at them with a smile, "They all work under my orders.
The three of you all have a bumpy academic career, so don't keep taking the exams. You have outstanding talents, and I have given you the same background as a Jinshi. However, you are not serving as officials in the imperial court. You only serve as royal servants, and your salary is paid by the money from my imperial village."
The three of them were overjoyed at first, and then they were puzzled when they heard that he was no longer an official in the court.
Wen Zhengming asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, I wonder what the royal minister does on weekdays?"
"We have an errand right now, but we have just arrived in Beijing and need to rest for a few days." Zhu Houcong looked at Wen Zhengming with interest, "I heard that there are rumors in Jiangnan that there is a daughter in the Wen family. Why don't you be one?" The head of state?"
"...The little girl's appearance is crude and it is difficult for her to be elegant."
The most handsome among the three was Wen Zhengming. No wonder Prince Ning once wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law.
"Because it has spread widely, I heard that the local government is preparing to include your daughter in the list of beautiful ladies." Zhu Houcong said another piece of news that made his eyes darken.
He came to Beijing in February with Li Chongsi and others who received the news, and he didn't know about it yet.
Although he was not allowed to get married this year, he was summoned to Beijing before he could negotiate for his daughter's marriage.
"Let it be God's will."
Wen Zhengming looked at him, "Aren't you a god?"
"...Your Majesty, since there will be a mission in a few days, I, as your Majesty is from the same background as a Jinshi, should do my best to make preparations first." Zhu Yunming spoke.
Zhu Houcong thought for a while and said: "If we talk about preparations, we need to relax first, visit Xiyuan, recite poems and paint, and activate our minds. This mission also allows you to go south to Guangdong, travel around the mountains and rivers, see the scenery, and paint with poems. Leave your experience behind. Don’t worry, I will be accompanied by the imperial captain and ministers who will accompany me all the way. It will be comfortable and the fatigue of traveling and traveling will be avoided as much as possible.”
Three great talents:???
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Three talented men went to Guangdong to act as human cameras and put everything to good use.
In the Royal Wanfa Museum, the Engraving Bookstore is also making preparations.
It's all a matter of spending money. Fortunately, the money I've raised since taking the throne is enough for the time being.
After Wei Bin's arrangements were made in the first month, the final news from the lords inside and outside the capital came back.
In addition to the remaining Huangdian, the dry shares of Guandian were merged into Huangmingji at a discount, and more or less some money was used to invest in the shares.
Zhu Houcong didn't care whether they were hiding any business or not. Once the framework was set up, the future divisions and national laws were all there.
At this time, one person in the senior class who was still studying was about to take a leave of absence.
In the Qianqing Palace, Wang Shouren's face was filled with sadness.
Zhu Houcong sighed softly: "The announcement of your coming to Beijing made you miss the last meeting with your father. Mr. Longshan served as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Nanjing and worked hard throughout his life. Last year, someone asked you to be named Xinjian Bo. This count, I will give it to you as a posthumous gift to your Majesty, and I will give you one of my descendants to serve as the Deputy Qianhu of Jin Yiwei."
"...I thank your Majesty for your grace." Wang Shouren choked with sobs and knelt down.
"Let's go to Ding You and give lectures." Zhu Houcong stared at him, "I am still studying your knowledge, Mr. Tian. It is difficult to understand the principles of nature, but conscience is what everyone in the world should pursue. I know that Mr. Xi is interested in teaching knowledge, but his skills are not limited to Knowledge. If there are any children or nephews in the family who are talented in the art of war, sir, they will teach them carefully. If they make great achievements in the future, Uncle Xinxin can pass them on to him."
Wang Shouren was shocked, looked up at the emperor, and kowtowed again to thank him.
The meaning of this sentence when Mr. shouted it out in private is different.
Thinking about how he had invited her to the Sutra banquet as soon as she arrived in Beijing, how he had selected her into the imperial study room by asking her to debate the meaning of the sutras, and then took part in the machine maintenance instead of Yang Yiqing.
Allowing himself to stay in the civil service ranks was only one step away from becoming a minister, but now he still left the possibility of a hereditary earl to the Wang family.
After Zhu Houcong asked him to stand up, he sighed: "Learning matters involve too many things, but I believe that scholars in the world will gradually change their ideas. Now that Wang Qing is gone, I have one more thing to give to you."
Wang Shouren now understood what His Majesty meant.
His Majesty also feels that Neo-Confucianism is no longer relevant, but it is not easy for Xinxue to enter the palace.
But today, the news of the posthumous gift of his father, Xin Xin Bo, to Yin Yi's descendant as the Deputy Qianhu of the Jinyi Guards came out. Everyone knows how important Wang Shouren is in His Majesty's heart.
Anything else to give?
Wang Shouren only saw Huang Jin holding a plate with a box on it. There was a lock on the box and two keys next to it. Next to it, there was a small printing box.
His heart was shaken, and he remembered the Xianzhang that he had accompanied Liang Chu to the south.
Zhu Houcong said to him: "This seal is written in Zhu Yunming's handwriting with the four words "knowledge and action unite". I give this seal to you. This box of copper locks has only two copper keys. I will keep one and you will keep one. That "Daming Finance and Taxation"
"Draft of the System", after returning to your hometown, you can report everything you have seen and heard from the residence, and even daily trivial matters, you can use this box to directly report to the palace."
"Your Majesty...this..."
Wang Shouren never expected to get such a set of things.
This is not a silver medal ceremony, but it is obviously more intimate.
With Liang Chu’s pearls and jade in front of him, who doesn’t know that this silver medal may be used for other purposes in the future?
Although Wang Shouren needs to leave the court for three years, if he has this direct channel to the emperor, who can underestimate him?
Zhu Houcong smiled and said: "You are involved in national policy. How important and confidential are the many major events? The other ministers of national policy can face the saint at any time, but there is sudden news of funeral in your family, so this is the method. After that, if the ministers of national policy retire or encounter similar situations
, Just like this. You are just the first person to set a precedent, and the ministers will not criticize you."
Wang Shouren came to bid farewell to His Majesty and thanked him for his kindness.
"I have just learned my destiny. Take good care of your body. The days ahead will be long."
At the gate of Qianqing Palace, he watched Wang Shouren take the box, key and seal and leave. Finally, he sighed leisurely and frowned a little.
Speaking of which, it was Yang Tinghe who started this initiative. When he was the first assistant, he resolutely returned to his hometown to guard the system for three years, and then Liang Chu became the first assistant for three years.
Ding You, the dignified leader and assistant, abides by the system and upholds the etiquette. Naturally, no one can leave any trace behind.
However, as soon as the national policy meeting was finished stating that "the monarch and his subjects are of one mind", one person suddenly left.
Why is the center of the court so unstable?
As a result, there is one less bachelor's degree student in the imperial study room, and who will temporarily take Yang Yiqing's place in the national policy meeting has become a new problem.
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The direction of the new law proposed by the emperor was so bold that the advisers who had expressed their stance did not dare to let the news out easily.
You can carry out conservative reforms, or even be forced to implement reforms, but the counselors are "single-minded" in cutting off the interests of the scholar-bureaucrats, which really makes them panic.
If proper plans and steps are not discussed, I am afraid that as soon as the news leaks out, countless people will try to expose their background and drive them away: This is a method of play within the rules, and you must first find a way to struggle.
Seeing that the resistance was too great, the emperor might have reconciled it?
Jiang Mian continued to read the book in the study room, frowning and thinking.
They are allowed to bring it back and study it carefully, but everyone knows the terrible consequences of leaking the secret.
So after Jiang Mian returned home, he studied behind closed doors.
There was a knock on the door outside. He put the booklet into the drawer first, then walked to the door and opened it: "What's the matter?"
"Sir, a letter from Guangdong."
Jiang Mian took the letter in his hand, walked out of the study and read it on the corridor. After reading it, he frowned and thought for a while.
"You should reply to the letter first, so that they don't have to worry, and they can do whatever they want. After writing the letter, come and get the letter I wrote and send it to Nanjing."
After saying that, he went back to his room and spread out the paper.
The person he wrote to was his brother Jiang Sheng, who is now the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing.
It was not Jiang Mian's credit that Jiang was promoted to the position of Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, but his qualifications were sufficient.
In the 23rd year of Chenghua, two brothers, Jiang Mian and Jiang Sheng, passed the Jinshi examination at the same time. This was a very sensational event. After all, they were brothers.
Before Li Chongsi came to Beijing, Jiang Sheng had already served as magistrate of Nanhai County in Guangdong, censor of Nanjing, and right minister of household affairs in Nanjing.
Nowadays, one of the two brothers is the elder of the cabinet, and the other is the minister of household affairs in Nanjing. This is unimaginable, and they are now being criticized very much.
In his letter to Jiang Sheng, Jiang Mian bluntly stated that it was best for him to resign, to settle the relationship with him when he was the magistrate of Nanhai County in Guangdong, and finally to return to his hometown of Guangxi to take charge of everything at home.
He didn't mention anything more, he believed Jiang Sheng could understand.
Jiang Mian was unable to give birth to a son in his early years, so his eldest son was adopted from Jiang Sheng.
Some people in Guangdong are brewing something through various relationships, but now the situation has changed.
He will have some key information in his hand. When Jiang Sheng passes by his hometown, he will visit Zhang Fujing and Liang Chu, and he should be able to form another good relationship.
He quickly wrote the letter, handed it to his housekeeper, and then said: "Go to the Gu Mansion again and invite Gu Jiuhe to have a chat with you."
When Wang Shouren returned to his hometown, Dingyou, he had to work hard on many things.
Gu Dingchen and Yan Song were in the same department and were both students of Yang Tinghe.
Now that Yang Tinghe can't leave, it's best to repair the relationship - putting his son at risk of a civil uprising, Yang Tinghe should also guess who is behind it, right?
Among the six cabinet ministers, Yang Tinghe, Shi Yuan, and Mao Ji were all closer. Although Fei Hong and Yang Tinghe had some disagreements, after all, they could not completely fall to the emperor. He had been away from the court for too long and needed to re-accumulate.
In addition to Wang Qiong and others supporting Sun Jiao more, Jiang Mian is naturally a more worthy person to fight for.
These relationships are not difficult to sort out, so let’s recommend another student of Yang Tinghe to the Imperial Study Room.
After all, the chief is Yan Song, and Jiang Mian understands Yan Song very well.
Moreover, Gu Dingchen has been staying in the Hanlin Academy. He doesn't know the military, and he can't sit on the chair of the national policy meeting.
This person who temporarily participated in the national policy meeting on behalf of Yang Yiqing... Jiang Mian was thinking about what method would best meet the emperor's needs.
Thinking of the deafening shouts coming from the Qianqing Palace on the day His Majesty "pacified" his relatives, Jiang Mian took out the booklet again.
In such a big war in the future, the Beijing camp will be very important to the emperor.
Only one Cui Yuan may not be enough.
But in what name?
Maybe His Majesty knows why those people in Guangdong are so bold. The Jin Yiwei is still there while walking in Lingnan. That "acting" sentence that day... I'm afraid the good impression left in the lobby of the Ministry of Punishments has been completely erased.
Jiang Mian smiled bitterly and began to write a new memorial in a serious manner.
"Invite the Assistant Manager Jingying Rongzheng to participate in the national policy meeting".
Yan Song was also exerting force, but the direction of his force was more specific.
"It's a blessing that you escaped this time! You must study the accounting method I taught you carefully! The Guangdong Shipping Department is very important. Don't worry about Huang Mingji Sea Trading Company, which is the property of His Majesty and His Majesty. Your Majesty wants to establish rules. Establish rules for your relatives, and establish rules for the court!"
Sitting in the small flower hall of his house was a middle-aged man with heavy eyebrows and a majestic face. He nodded repeatedly: "I will remember the advice from my teacher. It's just that the promotion of the boss is so important now, I Can you really get promoted?"
Yan Song smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. You can be recommended from the fifth rank, the official department. Wen Wei, when you were appointed as the magistrate of Huating, you were honest and pragmatic, and there are records in the official department. Last year, I was awarded the title of chief of the imperial study. You will be promoted from Huating. The county magistrate was promoted to the head of the household department, but he somehow escaped the disaster of killing officials in the southeast. If you survive a disaster, you will have good luck in the future. You are already in the sixth rank, and this time it will be you."
The next step of Guangdong's new law will focus on this shipping department. Yang Ting and others had no choice but to take a stand first, and the most active ones were Wang Qiong and others.
Why not recommend him to Yan Song's students? What's more, Nie Baozhong has only been a Jinshi for six years, so he is a newcomer. In addition, when he was the magistrate of Huating, he was honest and dedicated to the public affairs and had a good official reputation.
Yan Song also believed in Nie Bao's talent and courage: I heard that eight years ago he fought against bandits with an iron staff.
Three days later, in the imperial study room, after an hour of routine study and discussion in the senior class, Yan Song took several memorials and went to Zhu Houcong with Zhang Bi.
"Jiang Mian, the great scholar, has requested to participate in the national policy meeting as the associate director of Beijing Ying Rongzheng. This matter needs to be sanctioned by His Majesty. Whether to approve the cabinet vote will be discussed at the national policy meeting."
Zhu Houcong nodded: "Yes."
"Wang Xian, Secretary of the Ministry of War, invited the right deputy imperial envoy of the capital procuratorate, Governor Yansui Yao Rong, to return to the capital and be promoted to the right censor of the capital procuratorate to assist in the military affairs of the capital."
Zhu Houcong looked at him and smiled: "Yes."
"The Ministry of Personnel recommended that Nie Bao, the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, be promoted to the position of Guangdong Shipping Secretary, and the cabinet vote is approved."
"allow."
"There is a vacancy in the Imperial Study Room to accompany the bachelor's degree. Zuo Yude from Zuo Chunfang and Gu Dingchen from the Hanlin Academy are recommended by the imperial court, and Zhai Luan, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, will be appointed as his companion. Please ask your majesty to judge."
"They are all your classmates, right?"
Yan Song answered calmly: "Yes."
Zhu Houcong said with a smile: "Gu Dingchen. Zhai Luan went south with Zhang Zilin last year and made great achievements. Let's continue to go to the local area for some experience. He will go to Guangdong to be the deputy inspector and supervise the academic affairs."
"According to the decree."
The upgrade from the fifth grade to the fourth grade is completely different.
As for Ti Xue in Guangdong, it will be very critical in the next few years: all the honors and honors of local scholars will be in the hands of Ti Xue. If someone has done something illegal and has his or her reputation revoked, tsk tsk tsk...
Zhu Houcong is feeling the new changes.
Although the middle-aged and elderly study class still hasn't produced any results, everyone has become a lot more sensible after expressing their stance.
This is probably self-persuasion.
I recommend a copy of Ming Miao's "Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, I Changed My Life Against Heaven": I have no faults, only good fortune. [Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said]: I let others comment on my merits and demerits over the ages, and you can tell them all.
Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty was reborn. In this life, I have no chance with the Crooked Neck Tree!