Chapter 381 A different parting between the monarch and his ministers
"The latest news is that Liu Shizeng, the censor and academic envoy of Southern Zhili, refused to implement the resolution passed by Yingtian Governor Hai Rui and others to remove the students from various schools who had neglected their studies because of going to Beijing. He was dismissed by Yingtian Governor Hai Rui. Requested for dismissal, His Majesty has approved his dismissal! ”
"The latest news is that Tan Song, the general manager of Qilifang in Tongxiang County, Jiaxing Prefecture, led the residents to ask for wages at the county's silk reeling factory. Huang Ping, the magistrate of the county, was imprisoned for rebellion and killed four residents. Yingtian Governor Hai Ruizhong Investigate old cases and have dismissed Huang Ping! ”
"The latest news is that the family of Chen Yiqin, the Minister of Rites, was suspected of embezzling 60,000 acres of private land and was recovered by Yingtian Mansion."
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In the early morning, when the tram started, many newsboys came to various platforms to shout. Nowadays, with the application of wireless technology, news from all over the country can be transmitted to the capital overnight. Therefore, major newspapers and periodicals have begun to do this. Nationwide news.
During this period, apart from the progress of the Ming Dynasty in exterminating the Japanese, the most news was the news from South Zhili.
After all, the Southern Zhili students came to Beijing to cause trouble and a series of measures taken by Hai Rui, the governor of Yingtian, made the people of the Ming Dynasty extremely concerned about the news about Southern Zhili.
But for this reason, even if the gentry in Jiangnan could buy and control local newspapers and periodicals in Jiangnan, they could not buy and control newspapers and periodicals nationwide. Therefore, the reputation of Governor Hai Rui of Yingtian was not slandered by these Nanzhili students who came to Beijing. It has become stinky, but it has gained more and more public support.
"What a sea governor, Jiangnan should be in charge of officials like him!"
"That's right, you see, this is an article in the "Beijing Morning Post". It says that Governor Hai executed the villager surnamed Lu. In fact, it was the soldier surnamed Lu who beat the villagers to death! The crime is deserved. It is not the abuse of governor Hai as they say. Torture!”
"This news is interesting. It is because our great Supreme Emperor knows people well and is good at responsibilities. You will never guess that the reason why Governor Hai Ruihai, who dared to seek justice for the poor, was entrusted by the imperial court with the important task of Governor Yingtian, according to "The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ming Dynasty" Reveal that this is the advice given by the Supreme Emperor to His Majesty the Emperor!”
Through newspapers and periodicals that began to broadcast national news thanks to wireless technology, the common people, students, and officials in the capital gradually became more and more objectively aware of the real Jiangnan and the real Hai Rui, and they also increasingly understood and respected the Emperor who was still at the helm of the Ming Dynasty. .
At this time, no one was willing to believe the Nanzhili students who were still standing outside the Ming Dynasty gate, slandering Hai Rui and calling on the court to remove Hai Rui.
Even when these Southern Zhili students began to speak, some people even threw the rotten vegetable leaves in their hands: "Get out of the way! Don't block the road and affect our business!"
"Bah! Why are you pretending to be so enthusiastic! It's all nonsense that Hai Rui tortured and killed the prisoners indiscriminately. The newspapers have already made it clear that Mr. Hai is doing things impartially. You people who are studying are not doing well. When you study in school, you only know how to make trouble. Do you really think that we common people are fools and can be fooled by you? ”
Some scholars studying in Beijing also angrily accused these Southern Zhili students.
"I thought you were really asking for orders for the people, but I never thought that you just regard the people as fools, and think that you are geniuses, as if both the court and the people should listen to you!"
Even some scholars who were originally from the south were very disappointed.
These students in Southern Zhili did not expect that they would become the target of public criticism. They sat in front of the city gate to go on hunger strike and were not sympathized with by the soldiers and people. Instead, they were ridiculed and even scolded. Even if they wanted to make these people agree with their ideas through speeches, But I didn't expect to be directly refuted, even to the point where I couldn't explain it.
"Brother Jin, do we still need to go on a hunger strike?"
South Zhili Health Officer Zheng Renxiu took off the egg shells on his head. Just now, he had an egg thrown in his head because he disturbed a load of people selling goods. Now he can even feel that it flowed from his hair into his mouth. The raw egg whites in it were all delicious, and seeing that I was on hunger strike without forcing the court to do anything, I asked.
"It's endless! Such a court is stubborn, and there are still a bunch of stubborn people who really believe in their court! Foolish people can't be awakened! Now that the honorary title of a member of the imperial family has been deprived, Jin has no intention of waiting. This is a court that advocates benefiting the common people but not the gentry! Such a court will be eliminated sooner or later!”
The student surnamed Jin left the place as he spoke.
Zheng Renxiu also stood up: "Brother Jin, you are right, we can't stop eating this food. Since these stupid people don't need freedom, why should we die for them!"
"I won't give up either!"
"Never ending!"
One after another, these students stood up holding on to the wall and looked at the towering Daming Gate, all with angry expressions on their faces.
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"Father, these students have indeed been withdrawn," Zhu Zailei couldn't help but hurriedly told Zhu Houzhao after learning that these Nanzhili students had returned.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "Fortunately, today's Ming Dynasty is not ruled by civilian officials. Otherwise, the big shots in the DPRK and China might take advantage of this opportunity to remove Hai Rui. However, it is not our credit to force these students to leave this time. It is the credit of the common people that the common people of Ming Dynasty can finally understand the world no longer through the words of the gentry!”
"What my father said is true. It is much easier to govern the world now than before. There is no need for the court to use violence. The anger of the people will make these people who only know self-interest retreat!
However, Xichang reported to his son that the current situation caused many scholars from the gentry class to begin to turn from dissatisfaction with the imperial court to dissatisfaction with the entire Chinese Han people, thinking that they were ignorant people and ignorant people who were bewitched by the imperial court. The Han people have always been ugly, and some are starting to leave the Ming Empire, saying they want to leave this country that you have made stupid and don't treat people as human beings! ”
Emperor Zhu Zailei said.
Zhu Houzhao stood up and pointed at the girls walking on the street outside the palace wall: "If the Ming Dynasty I transformed did not treat people as human beings, how could these girls walk on the street and be so confident?! I can't do that. It just brings the freedom of people from all walks of life to the same level. Is it possible that they really like it when I, the supreme ruler, am the most free and can kill anyone at will? ”
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"Father, there is no need to be angry. These people just want to continue to be noble people. Now the Ming Dynasty, which is far away at the eastern end of the ocean, has become quite wealthy. They now travel thousands of miles to be officials there. It is said that some I would rather be a county magistrate there than a minister in the Ming Dynasty’s central empire.”
Emperor Zhu Zailei said.
"When it rains, the mother wants to get married, and her feet grow on them. Since they don't like this place, they can go wherever they want, but our Ming Central Empire cannot just become a blessed land for a few people!"
After Zhu Houzhao slapped the railing and said this, he only looked at the tall buildings in the distance. Looking at the tall buildings gradually shining with thousands of lights in the night, he knew that he had set many rules for this world and also given many people restrictions on their wantonness. , but he only knows the importance of rules in this position today.
Emperor Zhu Zailei naturally understood his father's thoughts, but the people were increasingly pursuing individuality, advocating independence, and pursuing freedom. He felt that sometimes it was not good to control the soldiers and the people too tightly. After all, things must turn to their extremes, and people do have two sides. On the one hand, they want to be a moral gentleman, and on the other hand, they want to do exciting and rebellious things. "Father, you see, if we set aside a special area around the Central Empire, allow the local Han people to decide their own governors and other officials, allow them to establish their own laws, and the Central Empire will give them a relaxed management policy , only military control is in the hands of the Central Empire, this is a pilot!"
Zhu Zailei suggested.
"After the destruction of the Japanese state, the Japanese state was changed to Dongying District. Many imperial officials requested the court to ban such activities because they believed that romantic places and gambling dens were the source of bad morals. They also said that they were quite harmful and even caused Many families were ruined. In this case, the Central Empire of the Ming Dynasty gradually banned this kind of shameful business. Can it be allowed to exist in Japan? ”
As Zhu Houzhao spoke, he remembered that although Japan would become the territory of the Ming Central Empire in the future, who knew whether geographical factors would cause this area to backfire on the mainland in the future, and said: "Japanese District will only focus on developing cultural industries in the future, and industry does not need to be developed. There is also a rule that no one under the age of 18 is allowed to enter Dongying District.”
Zhu Zailei said yes.
However, Zhu Zailei did not directly use the decree of the Central Empire Emperor to directly require localities not to open romantic venues and gambling establishments. Instead, he asked the governors of each province to make decisions based on the economic conditions of their own jurisdictions.
It just so happened that the governor of Yingtian, Hai Rui, was a moral gentleman. What he disliked most was the way the scholar-officials played with men and women but did not know how to make progress. Therefore, he first banned excessive sensual entertainment in South Zhili, and directly dispatched tens of thousands of officers and soldiers to fight against gambling. The restaurant will be smashed, and the shop will be closed if it encounters hooked railings and tiles.
For a time, the entire Qinhuai River lost a lot of makeup. The literati and doctors who could have had fun among the women couldn't help but hate Hai Rui even more. It even affected the business of the local medical clinic, but it did make the lower-class civilians of Nanzhili The marriage rate has increased a lot, the number of newborns has increased a lot, and the disappearance of gambling dens has also prevented many families from going bankrupt, especially the lower-class civilian families.
And some romantic places and gambling dens have begun to move eastward.
The Japanese state at this time.
To the west, the Kyushu territories that had been occupied by the Ming Dynasty began to build high-rise buildings and sprinkle powder on them, while in Kansai and other areas that had not yet been occupied by the Ming Dynasty, the sound of gunfire was still heard.
The fall of Kyushu shocked the daimyo of China and Kansai, and many daimyo had begun to realize that the Ming army was not just here to simply seek wealth, but to completely eliminate them.
As a result, some big names began to decide to unite against the Ming Dynasty.
But there are still some daimyo who are unwilling to join forces with their enemies.
At this time, because the Japanese state was still in the Warring States Period, the civilian class had not yet grown, and neither the shogunate nor the Locusts were able to command the Ming Dynasty, which held real power in various places.
Although Oda Nobunaga, the powerful minister who controlled the shogunate, intended to unify Japan, integrate his forces, and resist the Ming Dynasty, the daimyo who was his enemy was unwilling to let go of the past with him, and even continued to attack him, forcing him to first settle down at home before fighting against the outside world. .
As a result, the Ming army led by Qi Jiguang made very smooth progress in the Japanese country. Coupled with its superior weapons and more advanced military thinking, a few Ming armies with success could occupy a county in the Ming Dynasty and even directly carry out the work of clearing out the Japanese pirates. .
Naturally, this led to the emergence of many Japanese girls in the Japanese country at this time. Some romantic places that had just arrived in the Japanese area grew rapidly and began to have titles such as Twelve Golden Hairpins, Seventy-two Fairies, and Thousands of Beauties.
Zhu Houzhao had not decided to go to Japan at this time. At this time, he was still paying attention to the development of science and technology in the empire. The camera invented using magnesium powder finally came out. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing when he looked at his first black and white photo: "A few." After a hundred years, people can finally know what Emperor Zhengde looked like! ”
"Your Majesty, we just received news that Xu Jie, the chief minister of the cabinet, submitted his resignation to His Majesty the Emperor." At this time, Chen Hong came in and reported the latest news to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being stunned for a moment: "Xu Jie? Resigned?! Go and call him!"
Half an hour later, when Xu Jie knew that the Supreme Emperor wanted to see him, Xu Jie couldn't help but wonder: "The Supreme Emperor, why do you want to see the old man?"
"Our family really doesn't know about this. Xu Ge will know it when he gets old," Chen Hong replied.
Xu Jie couldn't help but wonder whether the Supreme Emperor valued him very much and didn't want him to resign as the chief minister of the cabinet, so he wanted to save himself? And there is also an intention for the Ming Dynasty to re-establish a society where Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism are orthodox? If this is the case, should I try to persuade the Supreme Emperor again?
Xu Jie was thinking all the way, and it seemed that he had many things to say to the Supreme Emperor.
After another half an hour, Xu Jie came to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, Xu Jie has met the Supreme Emperor!" Then he prepared to have a dialogue between the emperor and his ministers with the Supreme Emperor Zhu Houzhao.
"Xu Jie, come here and sit here. This is a nice background! Don't be too serious, just smile."
Zhu Houzhao was now very playful. After playing with Xu Jie like a puppet for a while, he shouted: "Master, it's time to start. This is the chief minister of my cabinet in the Ming Dynasty. Take a photo and save it. It will be very commemorative in the future." All officials must take a photo!”
Xu Jie didn't know what photography was yet. He only knew that a newspaper mentioned some photography technology invented by the Academy of Sciences.
Suddenly, the magnesium powder exploded, and Xu Jie was almost not frightened. After a while, he realized that he seemed to have nothing to lose. He suddenly felt reassured and said with a smile: "I dare to ask the Supreme Emperor, I wonder if this is?"
"This is taking pictures. Don't get up yet. I will take a photo with you. Now that you are going home, it can be considered as a souvenir of each other!"
Zhu Houzhao said, sitting on the top of Xu steps, and asked the master to take a photo.
A few days later, when Xu Jie left the capital, he still couldn't forget the time he took pictures with the Supreme Emperor Zhu Houzhao. He couldn't help but look back at the streets of the capital that were already filled with cars and trams, and then sighed: "Maybe times have really changed. , even the monarchs and ministers no longer have conversations in front of the emperor and leave texts, but sit together and take photos.”
As Xu Jie spoke, he couldn't help but look at the photo in his hand, smiled slightly, and said hurriedly: "No, I haven't taken a photo with the emperor yet. There are Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun and others! And..."
(End of chapter)