Chapter 281: If the country is the most important thing, wouldnt the Tian family be the second most important thing?
Chapter 281: If the country is the most important thing, wouldn’t the Tian family be the second most important thing?
Young Yan Shifan has not seen his father for a long time, so he is very excited now.
He was not only excited that his father had been promoted very quickly and was already the governor of Zhejiang, but also excited that he felt that he had grown up a lot and wanted to show off.
"Everyone is talking about His Majesty changing the names of the three main halls." Yan Shifan said with a glint in one eye, "My son feels that this is His Majesty telling the people of the world the importance of practical matters."
At the age of thirteen, Yan Song looked at his son who was growing taller and knew in his heart that his son was more and more eager to become an official.
His Majesty placed him in the Jinyi Guard School, and Yan Song did not take him with him.
Now that it is rare to come back, Yan Song also wants to seize the opportunity to mention him more.
"Practice is only an insignificant aspect of this matter."
Hearing what Yan Song said, Yan Shifan couldn't help but be stunned.
negligible?
But who is Yan Song?
His ability to figure out what is best for him is almost among the best in the entire dynasty.
He still had to think carefully about what he said to mention his son, and he must not say the wrong thing - the housekeeper in the capital had a letter to report that the son had been hanging out with the Jinyi captain for a long time, and now he is no longer troubled by the eye disease.
In other words: your son is becoming more and more public now.
What if the big mouth spreads?
Therefore, Yan Song thought about it for a long time and just said to his son: "The key lies in the national character."
Yan Shifan didn't understand.
What happened to the country?
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Yang Tingyi has been serving as the Minister of War for six or seven years, and now he has finally been promoted to the second rank of Governor.
"After serving in Jiangxi for three years, I will ask you to become an official, or you may just find a position as a military staff officer." In Yang Tinghe's study, he said to Yang Tingyi, "In your generation and mine, the Yang family can no longer try to get involved.
Jingzhi has an old friendship with me, Wei Zhong is my disciple, and you are my biological brother. With the help of the four of us, we will go to the south of the Yangtze River to peel off cocoons. From now on, the Yang family can only rely on the Xiu generation and Your Majesty to protect them.
With."
Yang Tingyi still didn't understand: "Then Prime Minister and Minister of State, why do you want to give in? It's your Majesty..."
Yang Tinghe immediately shook his head: "This is the best choice!"
After a pause, he said solemnly: "The names of the three major palaces have been changed, and all of them emphasize the word "国". The emperor is the father of the king, and the world is one family. For thousands of years, the monarchs of all dynasties have been all members of the same family. Now your majesty wants all the people in the palace to
The policy of spending money and purchasing was used to encourage the clan to develop businesses and work in order to be self-sufficient, and also to establish real power as a prime minister. Your Majesty is so grand, but I remembered what your Majesty once said in the imperial study."
Yang Tingyi, who had never attended the Imperial Study Room, suddenly asked attentively: "What did you say?"
"In the 16th year of Zhengde, Tuenmen was defeated." Yang Tingyi explained the background, and then said, "Your Majesty said that the war in Guangdong was caused by people in Guangdong and Guangxi having small families but no country. They were afraid of defeat and fought timidly. They pursued selfish desires and forgot their roots! This is not the rule of officials.
These two words can be summed up in a general way. In fact, the land of the Ming Dynasty is shared by the Zhu family, and everyone can benefit from it by dividing it for selfish reasons! The people of Dongguan still know that they will lose their lives to defend the land, but most of our officials in the Ming Dynasty have family and forget the country.
People who don’t protect private land!”
Yang Tingyi was horrified and shocked.
Yang Tinghe must convince his younger brother.
He has already served as the chief minister, and it really doesn't make much difference whether he becomes the prime minister or not. But because of his presence, Yang Tingyi has always been able to stay outside the Jiuqing. He still hopes to reach the first rank one day.
Yan Song did not dare to tell Yan Shifan, but Yang Tinghe could, because Yang Tingyi had also been in officialdom for a long time.
"The imperial power is supreme, and the power of the prime minister reappears in the world. How will the struggle between the emperor and the prime minister change? The emperor will naturally still sit on the four seas, so who will carry the country? The most important thing is to put the country first, then the heavenly family
Isn’t it the next best thing?”
After asking three questions in a row, Yang Tingyi finally understood the danger.
In the past, there was a "father and son" relationship between monarchs and ministers. There was also a "father and son" relationship between the emperor and the people of the world. The emperor, as the head of the family, naturally had complete control over the world's property and even the lives of his subjects. As the saying goes, everyone is the king through thunder and rain.
Well, a son cannot blame his father for his faults.
Now the emperor puts the country above the family, so what exactly is the country? How to deal with the relationship between the country and the Tianjia?
Yang Tinghe sighed: "The chief minister of the cabinet is better than the prime minister and minister of state! There is the emperor above, the national policy conference controls, there are six state ministers inside, each with one to control, outside there are factory guards, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the General Department of Public Security does not
Listen to the announcement, there are provinces and people who need to be governed well. I am not afraid of difficulties, but the Yang family is on the top of the huge wave, and we must not make any mistakes or give people the truth. I must give way to the talented people.
The boss, Fei Zichong, is also smart. After completing his term, he will definitely give way to the more talented."
"...If you serve for several years or even ten years, and you are actually a powerful minister, the emperor will be more suspicious."
In front of her brother, and in private, Yang Tingyi is not afraid to speak out.
"That's right. The imperial power is supreme. Although the prime minister has great power, he is too hot to handle." Yang Tinghe said to him solemnly, "It is better to do something practical and keep it in your majesty's heart than anything else."
"……I see."
Both of them were thinking about the situation in the past few years. Now that the emperor has taken the initiative to delegate some power, how could he know that it was not aimed at the situation of the "new party" that had expanded due to the new law in the Ming Dynasty?
The word "guo" is reflected everywhere, and officials all over the world should keep the country in their hearts. So what exactly is the country? Who is the symbol of the country?
If the Prime Minister and Minister of State accidentally bring the people back to their hearts, can Your Majesty really give up his supreme imperial power?
There is no day left. What is the first Prime Minister and Minister of State of Ming Dynasty thinking in his heart now?
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"Thank you behind closed doors!"
Fei Hong had a headache, very painful.
Having served as a cabinet minister in the capital, he knew that he was only going to Sichuan to cooperate in acting, so the Fei family's house was naturally still there.
Now he is only a candidate, and other advisers may be reserved, but officials from local provinces and even Nanjing are busy coming to submit their invitations to pay their respects.
Some things must be savored slowly to appreciate more. After Fei Hong was "surprised" by Yang Tinghe, he finally calmed down from the excitement and excitement of serving as the first Prime Minister and Minister of State.
I was fooled!
How to balance the interests of the six ministers of state, the remaining "old party" and the new law? These are small things, so we should do it slowly.
The biggest problem is the erosion of monarchical power by the Prime Minister and Minister of State.
The emperor is still there, young and smart, and his imperial power is stable. Now he has taken the initiative to release part of his government power. The more the prime minister and minister of state think about it, the more he feels like a butler who has taken the blame.
Financial planning, people's livelihood, culture and education, internal thieves, external enemies... From now on, whenever something goes wrong, there will be a clear and highest responsible person.
In the past, cabinet ministers only proposed some solutions through votes, which were nominally collective opinions, but now the prime minister and ministers of state cannot get around it - Zhu even didn't approve, isn't it all the decision-making of the prime minister?
If you don't do it well, your corpse will be left with nothing to eat and will be left with a stink for thousands of years.
If you do well, then aren't you equivalent to half an emperor?
What Fei Hong was most troubled about was why the emperor did this.
Now in essence, the chief minister of the cabinet is actually equivalent to the prime minister. If the emperor wants to relax, he can only ask the imperial study room and the ceremonial supervisor to not criticize and reject the many government affairs that the cabinet is preparing to delegate power to.
Do we really want the Ming Dynasty to move towards co-governance by monarchs and ministers?
This involves the concern of the courtiers for their own safety - after all, the Song Dynasty still had an ancestral motto called "No scholar-bureaucrats will be killed until the end of the Song Dynasty." What about the Ming Dynasty?
Besides, what does the ancestral precept mean? Didn’t Taizu make it clear that anyone who further discussed the appointment of a prime minister would be cut off.
No one can kill the emperor now.
But the emperor can kill the prime minister and minister of state.
Fei Hong had no other choice, even if it was just a pretense, he started writing the dictionary all night long.
First of all, you must not sit in that position happily. The emperor must reveal his true thoughts and provide some protection.
For this official position, participating in the so-called "three major privileges" is really not enough.
The court counselors and the gentry in the capital still only knew that the three major palaces had been renamed and that an expanded national policy meeting was about to be held.
They didn't know that in the "preparatory meeting" before the national policy meeting, many major events had already been decided in the name of discussing rough strategies. Those who participated in the meeting in the national policy hall were all asked to participate in the meeting just like before.
Keep it secret for now.
No confidentiality? Nonsense?
After the Huguang Rebellion, do you still dare to underestimate the strength of factory guards?
Therefore, Yan Song only talked with his son about the key points of renaming the three halls. Yang Tinghe only talked with his younger brother who had been elected as the governor of Jiangxi and would also attend the meeting later. The people who came to visit Fei Hong were also senior officials who knew about it.
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The main discussion in the capital now is still about the new four-title system, which is the business profiles and job recruitment of 16 state-owned enterprises published in Ming Pao.
Afraid of missing the time, I rushed to the capital before the Chinese New Year, and delivered some poems and essays to contact my fellow villagers. My mentor’s disciples were all worried about next year’s examination: Wouldn’t they have to use simplified Chinese characters and a new style of answer sheet? Will they take the exam or not?
Are you new to learning? The Ministry of Etiquette can give you a message!
The Ministry of Rites just didn’t take a stand.
Zhu Houcong smiled a little evilly after hearing the daily activities of officials in Beijing and major events in the capital reported by Jin Yiwei.
I will still express my position, but it can be slower. At least it will be published in the next issue or even later Ming Pao: I have just recently heard that Mingke candidates have many doubts about the examination. After discussion and petition, the Ministry of Rites issued a special report saying...
After a few months, given people's intelligence and their concern for fame, they would probably be familiar with the simplified Chinese characters and the new style.
As for the mistake of preparing for the exam? This is a joint examination with thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. Whether or not you pass the exam depends on cramming for this month?
The candidates who are rushing to take the exam are really depressed now.
It's rare that the governor and vassal of your province are also in Beijing at this time. Don't you care about the provincial examination results next year?
Before leaving, there will always be a special banquet, encouragement, and guidance!
Now, I can't even receive a reply to the poems I submitted, let alone meet and hear the news.
Little did they know that these governors, vassals, and senior officials with high positions and connections in their eyes were all focused on the upcoming national policy meeting.
What a big change, and how many good official positions have been created! Not every position, like the Prime Minister, Minister of State, the newly created Minister of State, Minister of War, etc., currently only has one candidate recommended.
There are less than ten days until the national policy meeting is officially held. Why don't they keep in touch and exchange opinions?
This was a personnel change with greater impact than the "battle between the old and new parties" in the court in the first year of Jiajing.
Huang Jin is also very busy, but what he is busy with now is different from others.
Among the four great imperial ministers Zhang Zuo, Huang Jin, Mai Fu and Zhang Zuo, Huang Jin, Zhang Zuo and Zhang Zuo are the only ones who are still in the palace, but each has his own division of labor.
Zhang Zuo is responsible for the ceremonial department, the management of the eunuchs and the liaison with the local guarding eunuchs. He is responsible for the liaison between the inner court and the outer court. Zhang Zuo is mainly responsible for Huangzhuang and Huangming University, while Huang Jin
In addition to the internal affairs department and factory guards, there are also many things related to the sixteen state-owned enterprises and palace construction and procurement.
What is reporting to him now is news from the supervising eunuch stationed at Ming Bao Branch.
"Huang Dajue, can you bring in some more craftsmen from the imperial prison and other departments? We need a lot of dictionaries, and there is a shortage of manpower for engraving. The newspaper office has vacated a few temporary houses, but there are no people!"
It turns out that many salt works, copper works, etc. were originally under the responsibility of the inner court. I don’t know how many of the sixteen state-owned enterprises were originally managed by eunuchs. Now they have been converted into "shares" of the emperor, and the emperor naturally has to send someone to represent him. But in the past,
Those called admirals and eunuchs are now called supervisory eunuchs. They only have the power to audit accounts and have the obligation to liaise.
Huang Jin heard this and asked: "How come you suddenly want so much?"
"Every province has sent people to Ming Pao Company to place orders. In addition, the booksellers in the capital are the ones who want the most. It must be because there will be a trial next year."
"...I understand. You go back first and I'll ask His Majesty to play."
Returning to the Yangxin Hall, he explained the situation.
Zhu Houcong put down his pen and thought for a while.
"Every company is competing for craftsmen, right?"
Huang Jin sighed: "Yes. Because of this matter, every family is almost quarreling with the servants and the Ministry of Works. In the past, in the craftsmen's households in the capital, the imperial guards, the inner court and the Ministry of Works had the most control."
Craftsmen who are regarded as voluntary service and are paid some wages must now sign formal employment agreements with these 16 companies to determine their salaries and compile rosters. In addition to recruiting high-end talents from Ming Pao, they are also now recruiting
artisan.
They all rely on having some start-up capital at this time, and the craftsmen’s salaries don’t need to be paid out now.
Those who dare not rob are probably the only craftsmen in the inner court supervisory bureaus who are responsible for making some utensils for the palace without implementing the procurement policy.
"Then let's send some people there as appropriate. There are some things in the palace that are not urgently needed."
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has her own purpose. Princess Yongchun must not miss what she needs for her wedding."
Zhu Houcong was speechless for a moment: "Why are you so anxious?"
His unmarried sister is only fifteen years old.
After the decision is made, some people will be transferred first. They may not be professionally qualified, but after all, they are all skilled craftsmen serving the royal family. In case of emergency, it is no problem to do something with a lower professional and technical content.
"Arrange with Ming Pao Bank and give them a daily salary."
"This slave knows."
"I will spread the message to the University and the Mingbao Bank. In the future, the amount of printing of newspapers and books will be large, which can encourage the research and development of new equipment and new techniques. If it is effective, everyone can report to me and be awarded with honors and even titles for their merits.
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From engraving to movable type, China's printing technology is certainly not bad.
But today's printing technology naturally has room for improvement in terms of movable type casting, ink, typesetting and printing technology.
The needs of other enterprises in terms of technological improvement have not yet been highlighted, but at this point in time, "Ming Pao" uses simplified Chinese characters and new styles as its printing method, and uses important news on imperial decrees as an irreplaceable carrier, and demand has suddenly exploded.
The natural thinking is to pile up manpower. Although the new engraving factory has not been built yet, it is easy to make room in the capital, and there are ways to find more craftsmen.
But Zhu Houcong did not forget that in setting up these enterprises, he had another goal besides expanding financial resources.
Zhu Houcong is still writing.
After he finished writing, he would hand it over to Lin Xiyuan to polish it.
The next issue of "Ming Pao" will be released on the day when the National Policy Conference is officially held. Today's typesetting and printing efficiency are limited, so it is natural to leave enough time for preparation.
The editorial department led by Lin Xiyuan has almost prepared other content, but the front page headlines will be left to Zhu Houcong.
Following the new four-title system, Ming Pao will have another big news on its front page.
This important thing is a letter "handwritten" by Zhu Houcong as the emperor to the people of the world.
In addition, there is also "His Majesty the Emperor's Answers to Ten Questions from the Editor-in-Chief of Ming Pao".
At the same time, Lin Xiyuan was still working overtime, reviewing the manuscript he had written again in the editing room.
"Recruitment Notice for Writers of Ming Pao Editorial Department".
It is really difficult for the few original Hanlin bachelors who work full-time in the editorial department to support the content compilation task of Mingpao every fifteen days.
What's more, he has not forgotten the emperor's original intention of establishing "Ming Pao" - to guide the world's public opinion.
This matter can begin now.
Naturally, the manuscripts of these contributors are not published as soon as they are handed in. If there are suggestions for revision and it is inconvenient to send letters, the contributors in Beijing are close to each other, so they can naturally make themselves better known with the promise of being able to sign.
Lin Xiyuan could already imagine the long-term impact of this incident: the center of gravity of the literary world would slowly shift from the south of the Yangtze River to the north; and the northern candidates would gradually have more opportunities to be taught by famous teachers than those in the south of the Yangtze River.
There are many scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, but now the imperial court does not allow local governments to run newspapers unless they are authorized to publish newspapers.
During the long period of time from being a scholar to becoming a Jinshi, there are so many people who have no intention of pursuing an official career but want to become famous. How many of them will gradually gather in Beijing or the north?
Think again of the plans for the Heavy Industry Park in the southwest suburbs of Beijing and the Qiao Industrial Park in the southeastern suburbs that will be published in this issue. This is another example of His Majesty gathering the strength of several of the sixteen state-owned enterprises to develop industry and commerce in the north. With the help of business,
Taxation also overwhelms the strategy of Jiangnan taxation, which accounted for the most weight in the Ming Dynasty.
Because I communicated a lot with the emperor about these matters, and because I was originally a leader among the officials and gentry - a Hanlin bachelor, I could see the possible future.
But what about more people?
Lin Xiyuan once again looked at the "Ten Questions His Majesty the Emperor Answered the Editor-in-Chief of Ming Pao" that he had actually asked His Majesty according to the questions given by His Majesty when he met him. Looking at the lines below, Lin Xiyuan, His Majesty Jiajing, only felt that
My heart is on fire.
After this issue, everyone in the world will know his name Lin Xiyuan!