Chapter 726: This hatred lasts forever, and it would be a waste to be a human being if one day of blood feud is not avenged
The Ming Emperor's greatest respect for war was krypton gold. In the eyes of Zhu Yijun, an emperor who was not very good at military affairs, losing the war would mean the sky would fall apart and the earth would collapse. He was really afraid of losing. He just wanted to win, so he focused on Krypton completely affects the balance of the battlefield.
Originally, the Japanese were able to fight against the Ming army. After all, they were able to capture Seoul in nineteen days and their morale was high. Moreover, the Japanese also had firearms, although they were only a small number of iron cannons (Japanese firecrackers). If they collided with the Ming Dynasty, they would be killed. It's not a problem to come and go. After all, more than 150,000 Japanese Ashigaru landed in North Korea.
There were actually 150,000 warriors, and the combat troops sent by Ming Dynasty to Korea totaled 40,000, which varied in order of magnitude.
But the development of the war situation was beyond Qi Jiguang's expectation. The battle loss ratio of 120 to 0 was very scary in the eyes of outsiders, but in Qi Jiguang's eyes, the most terrifying thing was that only 240 people from the Ming Dynasty participated in the war. Ten people, which is equivalent to saying that every two vanguard battalion soldiers have a first-level merit. This is also the record of encounter. Encounter is the most dangerous mode of war that tests cooperation, organization, and combat power.
Qi Jiguang once spoke highly of Ming Wuzong's Battle of Yingzhou, because the Battle of Yingzhou was the most dangerous encounter. There didn't seem to be many heads, but the battle reports would lie, but the battle lines would not. Decades after the Little Prince , dare not go south.
In Qi Jiguang's view, the Ming Dynasty cavalry battalion can be so domineering on the battlefield that they can go wherever they want.
"Your Majesty, if we start a battle and fight a decisive battle, the Ming Dynasty's 40,000 Beijing troops can defeat the Japanese pirates' 150,000 troops within an hour, with more than 10% casualties. Considering the current situation of the Japanese pirates' internal contradictions, "It is said that there will be a huge defeat, followed by a cavalry chase." Qi Jiguang knew that His Majesty had no intuitive understanding of the Ming Army's combat effectiveness, so he described the Ming Army's current powerful combat effectiveness in more detail.
Governor Konishi and Kiyomasa Kato were able to engage in internal strife at such an important time as the attack on Linjin. Once the losses were huge, the Japanese pirates themselves would have to break up and divide their luggage.
Qi Jiguang stood up, stood in front of the Kanyu map, and said to the emperor and the Ming court officials: "After the Ming army arrived in Pyongyang, it began to advance steadily. It can encircle and reinforce any place in Kaesong, Imjin, and Seoul. Once the enemy If there are more than five corps, a decisive battle can be launched.”
"Qi Shuai, wait a minute, shouldn't we consider Pyongyang now? Now that Kaicheng is lost and Li Huo has escaped, can Pyongyang be able to defend it? Why did it suddenly jump to the decisive battle?" Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand and interrupted Qi Jiguang didn't understand. This span was a bit big. Zhu Yijun was still worried about the fall of Pyongyang.
Qi Jiguang was silent for a moment and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the vanguard battalion has arrived. The remaining two cavalry battalions have also arrived at Jiuliancheng. The ten thousand cavalry battalions are in Pyongyang. The outcome of the battle in Pyongyang has nothing to do with the North Korean defenders. , it doesn’t even have anything to do with the Japanese pirates, it just depends on whether Ming Dynasty wants to do it.”
Your Majesty only knows how powerful the Ming army is, but you don’t know how powerful the Ming army is. With this kind of battle loss ratio, the Japanese pirates who really fight on the front line must fight cowardly. The war is very complicated, and there are many factors that affect the outcome, but Morale means people and people are gone, and there is no way to fight.
"Oh, okay." Zhu Yijun still had a cautiously optimistic attitude.
Qi Jiguang briefly outlined the strategy of fighting the war to aid Korea, then sat down and said nothing more. He was about to set off. He would give His Majesty a satisfactory answer and let His Majesty know the rewards that can be obtained for the terrible investment. .
"Your Majesty, I have this memorial." Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, took out a memorial, and then took out a long scroll from the table and hung it on the Kan map. This is a chart with a lot of data. , Zhang Xueyan needs to explain.
"Your Majesty, I think our merchants from the Ming Dynasty are really weird." Zhang Xueyan said with a solemn expression: "The local cotton of the Ming Dynasty is slightly weaker than the sea island cotton, but stronger than the Mughal cotton. The sea island cotton is sixteen cents per pound. Because of its quality It is the best and is mainly used to make treasure banknotes. However, this Mughal cotton costs ten coins per pound, while local cotton can only be sold for seven coins per pound.”
"It's really a wonder in the world."
The local cotton of the Ming Dynasty is actually island cotton. It was brought to the Ming Dynasty by Antonio in the third year of Wanli. It was bred by Baoqisi. It was first promoted in Shandong and then planted in large quantities in Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu. Moreover, the breeding industry in Gansu is developing rapidly, and the latest long-term cotton is No. 3 down cotton has long fiber, tensile strength and is not easy to break, and the output has also increased.
However, the local cotton is made of sea island cotton as the male parent and kapok as the female parent. The fineness and fiber strength cannot reach the level of sea island cotton.
Sea-island cotton is mainly used to make various banknotes, such as overseas banknotes, salt notes, acceptance bills, etc. The main producing areas of sea-island cotton are Luzon and Yuanxu Islands, and the output is limited.
Although Ming Dynasty local cotton is not as good as Shanghai Island cotton, it is definitely better than Mughal cotton by more than one grade. However, Mughal cotton is now sold 42% more expensive than Daming local cotton, which has attracted the attention of the court.
"Is it because there is too much local cotton and too little Mughal cotton that there is such a price difference between supply and demand?" Zhu Yijun was stunned. He is a farmer and knows a little about farming. Supply and demand can easily cause problems. The price difference is not necessarily a man-made disaster.
Zhang Xueyan bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I thought so at first. I thought that there was too much local cotton in Ming Dynasty, which caused such a price difference. It was obviously high-quality, but it could not be sold at a high price. However, I knew from Songjiang Governor Shen Shixing that our entire Ming Dynasty was short of cotton. It is not a price difference caused by oversupply. There is less cotton and more cotton spinning.”
"That means someone is manipulating the price of cotton." Zhu Yijun tapped his fingers on the table and said immediately.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Zhang Xueyan said quickly. That's what happened. Someone was manipulating the price of local cotton to make huge profits.
Zhu Yijun's fingers did not stop and he continued: "Let me guess, this kind of widespread price reduction is definitely not something that businessmen can do on their own. It must be supported by our officials, otherwise it will not be possible no matter what. , in addition to officials and businessmen, there must be a group of people who are helping the tyrants to do evil and working for the tigers. These people act as thugs and even buy and sell by force."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Zhang Xueyan raised his head and glanced at His Majesty, with some surprise in his eyes. Of course, it was more of a matter of course, as it should be.
Your Majesty should be so wise. Before he said the specific question, His Majesty had already guessed it. His long-term hard work has given His Majesty a very deep and thorough understanding of the contradictions among all classes of society.
The quality is obviously better, but even though Daming's workshop lacks raw materials, it cannot sell at a high price. There is something fishy in this.
Qi Jiguang sometimes lamented that God had closed a window for His Majesty, whose military talent was not high, but opened a door, and His Majesty's political talent was fully maximized, so he could guess everything from the beginning. Eight.
"Who is it?" Zhu Yijun asked with a frown.
"It's Chen Junyong, the censor of Hecao in Songjiang. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing and a native of Huguang. In the fourth year of Longqing, he was promoted to Songjiang Prefecture. In the third year of Wanli, he was promoted to the censor of Hecao. In the ninth year of Wanli, Chen Junyong ordered the pass and arrived at Songjiang Prefecture. The Ming Dynasty cotton price limit was seven cents per catty, which led to this strange phenomenon." Zhang Xueyan answered your Majesty's question. Who was your Majesty asking? He was asking the insider of the Ming Dynasty bureaucracy.
"How much did he pay for this?" Zhu Yijun's tone became cold and stern.
"He didn't get a penny." Zhang Xueyan hurriedly said: "He feels that low-priced grain harms the people, and expensive grain also harms the people. If the price of cotton is high, how can it be the poor people's turn to cultivate it? Therefore, the price is limited to let more people go. For the virtuous rural gentry and powerful powerful people, this kind of cotton has become tasteless and useless.”
"And he feels that if cotton prices are high, cotton mills will decrease, and the demand will be reduced. Drastic fluctuations in cotton prices will harm the people. For farming, stability is above all else, even if it means making less money a year, but Looking at it from ten to eight years, stable income is more important than anything else.”
"The common people cannot bear any risks. The violent fluctuations in cotton prices are a murderous knife."
"Because of this decree, the Nanya Cotton Shop Merchant Gang began to take advantage of the opportunity to lower prices and collect cotton from cotton farmers for only four cents per catty. The cotton field yields less than 500 catties of cotton per mu. The income from one acre of land excludes planting, There is not much fertilizer, water, and labor left. The cotton farmers are not happy with the four cents per pound, so some local gangsters have become cotton gangs and buy and sell by force."
"This order should be repealed."
Zhang Xueyan believes that this is a very typical tragedy caused by the wishful thinking of meat-eaters. The abuse of power has led to the prosperity of cotton spinning in the Ming Dynasty, but cotton farmers have not been able to benefit widely. Sometimes, the harm caused by meat-eaters’ decisions on the forehead , greater than corrupt officials.
Zhu Yijun narrowed his eyes slightly, shook his head and said: "I don't believe that he didn't take any money. He has a lot of excuses. I feel that he has sought huge profits in it. I ordered the Songjiang Prefecture Tax Inspection Institute to check Chen Junyong's relatives and friends. He doesn't accept money. It doesn’t mean that his family is not profiting from it.”
"I don't know about other things, but the Ming Dynasty's humble Confucians never regard the poor coolies as human beings. I still know it clearly."
It makes sense logically, but Zhu Yijun doesn't believe it. If this Chen Junyong is okay, Zhu Yijun will eat the dragon chair in the Wenhua Palace!
Don't look at what the cheap Confucianists said, but what they did. Once the cheap Confucianists say loudly, "I am all for the good of the people," the emperor should be vigilant. The more rigorous and complete the logic, the more twists and turns behind it. If you are shouting about solving the dilemma, then the emperor should be more alert to deal with it.
The unworthy Confucians will not sympathize with the poor people and the coolies. When the unworthy Confucians talk about the people, they must be using the people as a cover.
This is Zhu Yijun's stereotype. He has a great prejudice against Confucian scholars. This prejudice of inference of guilt may seem outrageous, but it is fulfilled every time and deepens the emperor's stereotype, eventually forming a vicious circle. The emperor's heart The prejudice against Confucianism is an inextricable knot.
Zhang Juzheng had tried to untie this deadlock before, but later he found that it was all in vain. Whenever His Majesty had a better impression of civil servants and Confucian scholars, the cheap Confucianists would make some noise and correct the impression, without exception.
"Hai Zongxian, please leave this matter to Ai Qing. Ai Qing has always been upright and upright. If there is anything wrong with him, Hai Zong Xian will check it out. It can be considered that the Metropolitan Procuratorate has corrected the error internally." Zhu Yijun handed the case to the outer court. The Metropolitan Procuratorate, not Tiqi, is left to Tiqi. Tiqi can turn innocent into guilty. Everything depends on the emperor's will.
"I obey the order." Hai Rui obeyed the orders of his leader and fought against corruption. Hai Rui's specialty was that if the right path failed, he asked Wang Qian to take a strange path.
"Your Majesty, the Luzon Governor's Office has informed us that it is necessary to transport 500,000 stones of rice, 3 million jins of red copper, and 100,000 jins of gunpowder to Tanggu, Tianjin Prefecture to help the Ming army destroy the Japanese." Guo Guang, the Minister of Household Affairs, looked bright. Weirdly, he said: "The national surname Zhengmao said that as long as the Japanese pirates are fighting, he must help out. If no one can escape, he will provide money and food."
"There are also reports from Songjiang and Zhejiang governor Shen Shixing, Shandong governor Wang Yi'ou, Guangdong and Guangxi governor Wang Jiaping, and Fujian governor Jia Daiwen, etc., saying that the virtuous gentry and influential officials in the countryside are going to the countryside to quell the Japanese chaos. , are willing to pledge and accept silver, ranging from ten thousand taels to one thousand taels, raising a total of 1.7 million silver and 2 million stone grains.”
"How much?!" Zhu Yijun sat up suddenly and asked in surprise.
"In addition to the Luzon Governor's Mansion, there are 1.7 million silver and 2 million stone grain." Wang Guangguang repeated.
"Ah, this is beyond my expectation." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and said blankly: "I don't remember that I ordered you to give in and pledge the donation."
"It was Shen Shixing who did it first in Songjiang Prefecture. He asked the shipowners of Songjiang Ocean Trading Company to go to the government office and tell them that the imperial court was going to use troops to fight against the Japanese pirates. The battlefield was in Korea. His Majesty spent all his money and food on Chidao, canals, and open roads. On top of overseas investment, I hope the shipowners will show some sympathy and overcome the difficulties and win this battle," Zhang Juzheng explained quickly. The initiator was Shen Shixing. Shen Shixing asked them to express their feelings, but did not say how much they would express.
Even Zhu Zaiyu, who was indifferent to worldly affairs in the Imperial Palace, knew that the emperor had no money and was willing to use the 500,000 silver from the Palace for His Majesty's use. Shen Shixing knew the Ming Dynasty's finances very well. Lao Ku's banknotes were all ready to be taken out, and that was the last fortune Wang Guoguang had saved for the Ming Dynasty.
"Shen Shixing asked the shipowners to pledge donations, and Sun Kehong asked, are they really going to fight the Japanese pirates? Sun Kehong was also afraid that the imperial court had set up the name."
"At that time, Li Rusong had already led the cavalry battalion to Liaodong. When he saw that he was really going to fight the Japanese pirates, in just five days, 760,000 silver and 1 million shi of food were saved in Shanghai. This money and food would last for a year. It was sent to the Mizhou Shipping Department. The ice on the Bohai Sea has subsided. Now it has arrived in Tanggu, Tianjin. It has been inspected clearly." Zhang Juzheng explained the whole story in detail.
Songjiang Mansion's collection of money and food lasted for five days. If Shen Shixing hadn't stopped, it would have been even more. Because many people didn't know about this, Songjiang Mansion directly raised enough food and grass.
"Why?" Zhu Yijun's completely unexpected help appeared so suddenly.
The money in the old treasury has been checked and is ready to be carried out. It seems that there is no need to carry it out for the time being. The money and food are enough for the Ming army for a year. North Korea did not collect food and grass for the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty had to do it.
Zhang Juzheng sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the Japanese invasion since the 27th year of Jiajing has wreaked havoc on the southeast. To use the words of Songjiang Prefecture's powerful leader Hao You, that is: This hatred lasts forever, and it is useless to be a human being if a blood feud is not avenged for a day!"
The Sun family in Songjiang was already a wealthy family. Under the Japanese invasion, only their two brothers were left. Other families were not much better. If Luo Gongchen hadn't rushed to the rescue at night and Songjiang Mansion was defeated, what power would Songjiang Mansion have? The noble people and the virtuous and gentry people in the countryside are all dead souls killed by the Japanese pirates.
The Ming Dynasty wanted to destroy the Japanese, and the southeastern provinces that were severely affected by the Japanese invaders used real gold, silver, grain, grass and other materials to support the imperial court in destroying the Japanese. His Majesty the Emperor acted confidently and boldly, and the bill for aiding the DPRK in destroying the Japanese was borne by powerful figures on the southeast coast. Pay right!
Thirteen years after the full opening of the sea, a group of new interest entities have been formed. These interest entities are the ocean shipping companies of the five major shipping companies. Songjiang Ocean Trading Company is the strongest, and they are all upstarts. To say they are upstarts is to say that they are relative. The name given to Lao Cai, who used to be a Southeast maritime merchant who mainly engaged in smuggling.
The new rich are not averse to paying donations. Is the raging Japanese plague just a matter for the imperial court? The imperial court is far away in Beiya, and the emperor is in the palace. When the Japanese invasion breaks out, it is the southeast coast that suffers. The common people cannot escape, and even powerful right-wingers cannot escape. No matter what the emperor wants to do, if the Japanese are really eliminated, the new rich will They are really willing to pay for it.
Just like that sentence: This hatred lasts forever, and it is useless to be a human being if a blood feud is not avenged for a day!
In the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period, there were no anti-Japanese education or political decrees to control anti-Japanese speech. Zhu Yijun was more sympathetic to limited freedom and did not even control anti-imperialist speech. It was Taifu Zhang who couldn't stand it any longer, so he instituted censorship.
A traitor like Lin Fucheng even shouted such treasonous words as "Wanli Wanli" and "Wanjia are all violent", that is, he went to Luzon to investigate the plantation in his super capacity as a fifth-grade doctor of the Five Classics.
"It can be considered an unexpected blessing. The national treasury has always stored silver. If it can be moved, it will be moved. That is the silver at the bottom of the box." Wang Guoguang smiled happily. It can eliminate the Japanese and save money at the same time. It is really great. !
The money in the old inventory moves a little or decreases a little, and I don’t know when it will be saved again.
What surprised Wang Guoguang the most was that Yin Zhengmao was actually willing to support him in the name of the Governor's Mansion.
Yin Zhengmao's support was not to cheer and build momentum, but to support food, red copper, and gunpowder. The Luzon Governor's Mansion was deeply favored by the emperor and was the only place in Ming Dynasty in Southeast Asia that could make its own brown gunpowder. One hundred thousand kilograms of gunpowder, It is already the last inventory of the Luzon Governor's Mansion. The Governor's Mansion of Toungoo, the Governor's Mansion of Guo'a, and the Governor's Mansion of Diu can all be put away. The Japanese pirates must die.
The Japanese invasion of Guangzhou was quelled by Yin Zhengmao. Back then, the late Emperor gave Yin Zhengmao the power to govern at his own convenience and let him do whatever he wanted, as long as he could eliminate the Japanese invasion. The tragedy that happened in Korea today also happened under Yin Zhengmao's watch during the Longqing period. Yin Zhengmao didn't dare to recall those tragedies that had happened under him.
Bullshit Rouyuan people, bullshit convincing people with virtue, bullshit rationality! Taking quick and lasting revenge against Japanese pirates is not irrational, but the only rational path.
If you are kicked in the face by Japanese pirates and you don't take revenge, how can you have the nerve to say that you will go to heaven!
Zhu Yijun really never thought about soliciting donations. The story of 'I really have a cow' is always repeated. Shen Shixing did not expect that there would be so many, and there was even a threshold for pledging donations. He found out too late that even pledging donations He has no qualifications. In fact, he just wants the shipowners on the ground in Songjiang to say that all of His Majesty's money was lost on Nanya Kaihai.
As a result, all the money and food for the army for a year's operation had arrived in Tanggu, Tianjin Prefecture.
On the tenth day of February in the fourteenth year of Wanli, the imperial examination began. On the thirteenth day, the Ming army set out. Unlike Ma Lin, who went to Liaodong and then fought in Jiulian City and entered Yizhou, this time, all ten regiments and battalions of the Beijing camp arrived in Tianjin Prefecture by car. Tanggu. On the 15th, I took a boat in Tanggu and went to Yizhou.
(Brief diagram of the march)
The infantry camp of the Ming Dynasty's Jingying Camp did not have to travel to North Korea on their legs. Instead, they chose to travel by car and boat. Compared with the long-distance march, the fatigue of the car and boat was almost the same as none. Along with the Ming Dynasty's Jingying Camp, there was also the kindness of the Ming Emperor, which was worth twice the price. One hundred thousand silver, nearly 400,000 shi of grain, 200,000 bunches of fodder, 30,000 dans of cotton, and 1,000 boxes of water and fertilizer.
On the same day that Qi Jiguang set off for Yizhou, the investigation on Chen Junyong, the censor of Songjiang River, also had a preliminary result.
"So, Chen Junyong is indeed not greedy for a penny." Zhu Yijun met Hai Rui beside the dragon pond in Tonghe Palace. After reading the memorial, he said to Hai Rui.
Hai Rui said calmly: "That's right, he is indeed not corrupt, but it is more hateful than corruption."
"His younger brother is the chief merchant of the Nanya Cotton Merchant Gang. His relatives are all in the merchant gang. His uncle is the largest cotton spinner in Nanya. His uncle has fifty-seven cotton spinners in Jiangzuo and Jiangyou. , local cotton prices are getting higher and higher The lower, the more his family earns. According to the tax accounting books that I found from the Songjiang Prefecture Tax Inspection Institute, it is conservatively estimated that his family earned more than 700,000 silver because of Chen Junyong's decree."
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At this moment, Hai Rui completely understood why the Yi tribe, the Guaman tribe, and the Nine tribes were wanted to be killed. Chen Junyong seemed to be clean and incorruptible. There was no use in just checking up on him personally, but it would be beneficial to check up on his family members. Relevant, he made such terrible profits for his family.
The emperor guessed correctly that Chen Junyong was unclean and was seeking personal gain under the guise of working hard for the poor.
Hai Rui continued: "Your Majesty, it was only after careful interrogation by Songjiang Governor Shen Shixing that we realized what Chen Junyong had done and why the poor-quality Mughal cotton in Songjiang Prefecture was sold for twelve cents."
"Sea-island cotton costs sixteen cents, and the actual price of local cotton in the Ming Dynasty is fourteen cents. All water transport arriving at Nanya Prefecture, especially the cotton arriving at Songjiang Prefecture, has to go into their family's private treasury, and then from the private treasury. The selling price is fourteen cents.”
"I received seven pennies per catty from a merchant and sold fourteen pennies. I made double the profit by swindling around. If I weave it myself, I can make an extra fortune. This is really a good way to make money!"
"In addition to Chen Junyong, a total of fourteen people including Zhao Shenlu and Zhou Bokai, the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, participated."
"Is there a way to make money? Order the Songjiang Prefecture to arrest people. Let Nan Yati ride on the house and dig three feet into the ground. They will only provide water but no food. They will starve for six days, then have a full meal, and then starve for another six days. I want to take a look. , If they can bear it, they can spit it out to me as much as they want." Zhu Yijun picked up the memorial and wrote it on the memorial.
Is it to blame that the Ming Emperor was ruthless and tortured in various ways to show his power? Hai Rui felt that it was no wonder that His Majesty, this cotton spinning business was a bulk trade and the flagship product of Ming Sea Trade. It was an industry that His Majesty cared very much about benefiting all the people. In the process of rapid development of this industry, moths appeared.
For these things, if you don't give a few punches of the feudal iron fist, these guys will definitely intensify their efforts, and the great cause of the Ming Dynasty will be over before it even begins.
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "There are 130 million people, and only 100 Jinshis can be admitted every year. Once every three years, there are only 300 Jinshis in one subject. Among these Jinshis, which one is not the best among people? Which one is not a millionaire? Pick one? Who is not a poet? Don't these fourteen people know that if something happens, they will be punished by me? They know that they are not afraid, they just think that the court will not find out."
"Indeed, in terms of experience, the imperial court didn't care about this at all before."
The imperial court had not cared about it before, but the Wanli Restoration was already in its fourteenth year and we were still living in the past. If he didn't die, who would die?
Hai Rui said very solemnly: "Your Majesty, I think this is inevitable on the road to the New Deal, and it is not a big deal. The problem is solved when you find it. Your Majesty does not need to be angry with this kind of thing, and get angry with the cheap Confucianism. What will happen?" Completely angry.”
"I am not disappointed. It is normal to have problems. The Ming Dynasty is so big. If there are no problems at all, I should reflect on whether the way of speech is completely blocked and everyone is tongue-tied. There will always be bumps in the road of development." Zhu Yijun knew that Hai Rui Zai was worried that he had imitated Taoist masters, so he comforted Hai Rui and asked Hai Rui to relax.
It's just a few winds and frosts on the road to greatness again in the Ming Dynasty.
The fourteenth year of Wanli was the beginning of the Wanli Emperor's neglect of government. The manifestations of neglect include: not holding suburban sacrifices, even if he asked the three dukes and high priests to go to the suburbs to offer sacrifices; not worshiping temples, not holding sacrifices to the ancestral temple during major events during festivals; No court, no court meeting, no court meeting in the Wenhua Palace; no see, the ministers, courtiers, and court officials knelt in the Huangji Palace for several days without seeing the emperor; no approval, no review of any memorials; no responsibility, Do not appoint or remove officials.
From the fourteenth year of Wanli to the forty-seventh year of Wanli, when the Sarhu was defeated, Emperor Wanli ended his slackness and began to deal with state affairs. Thirty-three years of slackness exhausted the last breath of the Ming Dynasty. The world is already worried about Lu Shen.
Zhu Yijun said with a solemn expression: "Hai Zongxian, you are an old man from the Three Dynasties, and you are also known for your strong bones. Hai Zongxian thinks that our Ming Dynasty has any serious problems that I have not noticed?"
"Yes." Hai Rui said with certainty: "Your Majesty, the maritime merchants who donated money and food this time are different from the old group of landlords and rich people who buried their necks in soil. They are now very active and have money and food. , will definitely seek political power in every possible way. I think we should be cautious with them. If they train scholars normally to become officials, they should not interfere too much. If not, they will be beaten hard. "
"For example, this Chen Junyong, he does not come from a rural gentry with strong power, but from a family of emerging merchants."
Hai Rui didn't want the emperor to only see the positive side of the new rich and not see their other side. As part of the Ming Dynasty, it was okay to seek political power, but if they wanted to gain privileges through unfair means, then don't blame the court. Cruel and ruthless.
(End of chapter)