Chapter 382 New Era, New Chief Assistant, New Politics
"Your Majesty, you and the Emperor are the most noble, so naturally you should sit in the middle!"
"Qing Su, you stand here, you are the chief assistant now, remember to change your temper!"
"Uncle, like Su Qing, you should be next to the emperor."
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Xu Jie also didn't expect that both the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor would agree to his request to take photos with senior officials in the court outside Fengtian Gate.
Even the Supreme Emperor Zhu Houzhao asked him to make arrangements himself instead of letting Chen Yiqin, the Minister of Rites, make arrangements.
Of course, Chen Yiqin didn't know how to arrange it. This kind of photo-taking ceremony had never happened before.
After a while, after Xu Jie arranged everyone's positions, he stood behind Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Zailei: "Master, you can start!"
then.
Not long after, there was a bang, the magnesium powder exploded, white smoke rose, and dozens of people on the top floor of the Ming Dynasty were frozen in a photo.
The Supreme Emperor Zhu Houzhao allowed Xu Jie to take photos alone with the emperor and other officials, but he no longer took photos with Xu Jie. He only sat in the colorful booth in the middle and watched, watching these officials take photos with Xu Jie one after another in twos and threes.
Zhu Hou looked after these officials walking around in twos and threes, standing or sitting, but they all looked serious and it was very interesting. But in general, these scholar-officials accepted the new thing of photography very quickly.
Xu Jie left the capital by car again. This time he took away a whole box of photos, as if he had taken away all the memories he had in the capital.
But Xu Jie still regretted that even if he returned to Beijing again and met everyone, he could not have an in-depth conversation with the Supreme Emperor.
In fact, he had always wanted to tell Zhu Houzhao why he resigned as the chief minister of the cabinet.
However, private newspapers and periodicals answered this question for him, saying that Xu Jie was not good at being the chief minister of the cabinet. As an official who made his fortune by building railways, he was not suitable to be the chief minister of the cabinet, because Xu Jie was not suitable to govern the ever-changing world. empire.
Xu Jie couldn't help but laugh after seeing it himself: "You're right, the old man is indeed only suitable for building railways."
When Xu Jie said this, he was naturally a little dissatisfied. He didn't think he was stupider than Zhang Cong, Xia Yan, Yan Song, etc., but he just discovered that in this era, it is not just about being able to govern well if you can use power.
"Sir, the editor of "Jiangnan Evening News" wants to see you and arrange an interview with you to talk about the reasons for your resignation. This is the post, saying that I am waiting for your reply."
After the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion handed Xu Jie the media request for an interview with Xu Jie, Xu Jie suddenly became enlightened and said with a smile: "I am confused! In this world today, I do not need to explain to Your Majesty, nor do I need to explain to Your Majesty. The Supreme Emperor needs to explain it to everyone in the world!”
A month later, Zhu Houzhao saw Xu Jie's interview in the newspapers. What interested him was not the content of Xu Jie's interview, but the printed photo of Xu Jie.
"Newspapers finally no longer just publish words and pictures. From now on, people all over the world can know who the people who manage this empire are and what they look like. They also know that they are not just three-headed and six-armed. In this way, the distance between the people and officials will be closer. ", Zhu Houzhao sighed.
"So this is the Supreme Emperor!"
"So this is the emperor!"
"So this is Xu Jie, bah! It's this guy who embezzled people's land! And because of it, he suddenly owned 400,000 acres of land!"
When the common people saw the photos of the top figures of the empire published in newspapers, they felt curious and commented.
The carriers of information are becoming more and more abundant, the cost of communication is getting lower and lower, and more and more things can be amplified, making more and more things that are immoral and contrary to moral laws that were previously limited by geographical isolation. He was put in front of the whole world to be criticized.
For Xu Jie, he did not expect that his family's misappropriation of people's land would become a household name.
"Mr. Xu Ge, thank you very much for your answer, but as you said, today's Ming Dynasty has changed, so many times we have to regulate ourselves more. And next, what I want to ask is, I don't know what you think about you. What do you think about the family’s appropriation of people’s land?”
"Mr. Xu Ge, we did a survey about how you are viewed by the public. We found that those who praise you are because of your outstanding achievements in railway construction, while those who criticize you are for allowing your family to embezzle private land. , what do you think of the survey results? ”
"Mr. Xu Ge, we would like to ask you on behalf of the people of Huating County whether your Xu family has completely returned the occupied land. In addition, what do you think of the violations of laws and disciplines by officials' relatives?"
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Xu Jie never thought that this matter would be so magnified. It seemed that everyone in the world knew that his Xu family had embezzled people's land.
This made Xu Jie feel terrible. He knew that when Hai Rui was sent to Yingtian Mansion, he would punish his Xu family, but he never thought of the serious consequences of this punishment. It was so serious that his Xu family seemed to be completely destroyed. label of evil forces.
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"Father, there is bad news. Xu Jie died suddenly three months after leaving Beijing! According to a secret report from the West Factory, he actually died by swallowing gold!"
After Zhu Houzhao learned the news from Zhu Zailei, he was quite horrified for a moment. He looked at a pile of newspapers and periodicals collected on his desk about criticizing the Xu family's embezzlement of civilian land:
"Unexpectedly, he could not withstand the pressure of public opinion, but this is not even an order of magnitude compared to the Internet era of later generations!"
These days, the Xu family's embezzlement of people's land has become the hottest topic nowadays, just like the hot search in later generations. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao is also paying attention, but he did not expect that Xu Jie would suddenly die suddenly not long after he had eaten this melon. .
Zhu Houzhao didn't have much friendship with Xu Jie, but he also knew that Xu Jie had done many practical things for the empire. Therefore, even if he sent Hai Rui to Yingtian Mansion to deal with the Xu family, he did not let Zhu Zailei directly confront Xu Jie. No matter what, Xu Jie was even still allowed to be the chief minister of the cabinet.
But now Xu Jie's reputation was suddenly tarnished due to the embezzlement of civilian land, and he even committed suicide after being unable to bear the pressure. Zhu Houzhao felt a little guilty and regretful. He couldn't help but wonder for a moment whether it was right for him to let Hai Rui go to Yingtian Mansion. .
And at this time.
In a dark room, a servant was reporting to a man in the uniform of a first-class official: "Sir, there is a telegram from Songjiang and Xu Jie is gone!"
The man turned his back and sighed: "It's completely impossible for Xu Jie to come back. I'm afraid Hai Rui should be promoted! After all, the former chief minister of the cabinet committed suicide. Officials from Jiangnan can still tolerate him?" Stay in Yingtianfu? ”
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"Has Xichang found out recently that some senior officials of the imperial court secretly instigated major newspapers and periodicals to bombard Xu Jie?" Zhu Houzhao asked Zhu Zailei.
"Li Fang didn't mention it, but my son also found it strange. The recent news about the Xu family's embezzlement of people's land suddenly blew up like a gust of wind, and now it suddenly disappeared," Zhu Zailei replied.
Zhu Houzhao also nodded after hearing this: "With radio, a hot event can quickly spread throughout the country within a day, and a person's good and bad things will be quickly amplified, but people's memory is instantaneous. Remember and forget quickly." It's fast, which is normal. Maybe there is no human operation, or there may be, but even if there is, it's just taking advantage of the situation. It's just a test for people. The requirements are higher. You are the Ming Emperor, the focus of the world. If you don't do something well, you will definitely get more attention than Xu Jie. When the time comes, don't be afraid, just drag him for four or five days! It’s meaningless to follow Xu Jie’s example and choose to end one’s life!” Xu Jie’s sudden death passed quickly like a gust of wind, and in the blink of an eye it was the spring of the next year.
The news that Oda Nobunaga was captured alive was spread back to the capital in the spring of this year, which also marked the end of the war to exterminate the Japanese.
And this once again proved the strong military strength of the Ming Central Empire.
Therefore, Emperor Zhu Zailei confidently stated to the people of the country during the New Year that all Japanese pirates would be completely eradicated this year, which was the greatest Japanese problem that had not been eliminated in the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty.
The application of radio technology made it possible for people all over the world to know this joyful news in a very short time.
And this once again made the entire empire appear more prosperous.
Zhu Houzhao was also relieved. After all, in this time and space, the Japanese country, which had brought serious disasters to China in the original world, finally no longer posed any threat.
Because of this.
It was a rare opportunity for Zhu Houzhao to attend the first imperial meeting after the spring of the Ming Dynasty.
The difference between this court meeting and the past is that Gao Gong, the newly appointed chief minister of the cabinet, invited media from all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty to attend, as if he wanted to inform the world of the contents of the empire's top court meeting from now on.
"In the next five years, the imperial court will strive to achieve the success of the reform of the southwest within half a year, completely eliminate the Tartars from the northwest within two years, and extend the railway line to the area west of Hamiwei!"
"In the next five years, the imperial court will implement the most thorough medical insurance policy, and it will cover remote rural areas!"
"In the next five years, the imperial court will spend four trillion silver dollars to fund infrastructure construction and agricultural production in the north to combat the gradually intensifying Little Glacier climate!"
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For this reason, Gao Gong's speech at the court meeting also attracted applause from many media people, and even spread to the whole country in a very short time.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Gao Gong, who was vividly describing the blueprint, and couldn't help turning his head and said to his emperor's son: "The new chief minister of the cabinet you appointed is very high-profile!"
"Father, don't you also agree to let him take over Xu Jie's class? However, my son did not expect that in addition to your support, the major chaebols who worked with you to reform the Ming Dynasty all supported him surprisingly unanimously. My son thought that these The north really needed to be properly governed in 2007, so I agreed. Xu Jie was a southern official. When he was in the position of chief minister of the cabinet, to be honest, he did not pay such high attention to the north! "
Zhu Zailei replied.
"Of course they support Gao Gong. At least 60% of the mining industry in northern Saibei is in the hands of these large conglomerates. Nowadays, the climate in the Little Glacier is getting more and more severe. In order to preserve their own industry, they naturally hope that the cabinet will spend more time in the north."
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, and then continued to watch Gao Gong's speech amidst bursts of explosions of magnesium powder and dust. He found that Gao Gong was actually better able to adapt to the changes of this era than Xu Jie. He thought to himself, no wonder this northern man In the original history, such creative good governance as Longqing Switch and Anda Fengtong could be achieved.
But Zhu Houzhao was worried that his emperor's son's limelight would be stolen by this Gao Gong, but when he saw the indifferent smile on his son's face, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
The next few days.
The whole Ming Dynasty seems to be full of news about Gao Gong. Gao Gong went to the Yangtze Hospital, Gao Gong suddenly appeared on the tram, Gao Gong inspected the farmers' market, etc.
Zhu Houzhao was also a little tired of reading, so he stopped reading the newspaper and continued to compare the Japanese girls sent back by Qi Jiguang from the Japanese country. Now he only had such vulgar hobbies, because he was also highly praised in today's newspapers. The influence is becoming more and more towards Wei Guangzheng.
Oda Nobunaga was escorted back to the capital.
Zhu Houzhao met this Japanese hero for the first time, and got the Japanese sword of Oda Nobunaga. He couldn't help but pull it out and gestured towards Oda Nobunaga: "Bagaya road!"
Oda Nobunaga looked at Zhu Houzhao with a feeling of looking at a strange old man. Aspiring to unify the Japanese country, he never thought that his life career would be destroyed by the old man in front of him who yelled at him. He was very angry and helpless. , but what makes him even more unbearable is that he has to accept the trial and abuse from the court of this country.
Click!
Click!
Click!
Group after group of Japanese pirate leaders were beheaded.
Zhu Houzhao had already read the list and knew that there were people like Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu in it. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao was really happy because he had cut off the future path of the entire Japanese country.
After Qi Jiguang returned to China, he brought back the nominally most noble group of Japanese people, and Zhu Houzhao ordered their execution in Lingchi without hesitation.
So far.
The Japanese kingdom was completely wiped out.
And this land was officially renamed Japan.
Of course, this land was not only used by the Ming Dynasty, but also became the first for the Ming Dynasty to allow the people to form their own government, or it could be said to be a pilot project for the Ming Dynasty to expand local autonomy again.
There are only three types of people in Japan now, one is Japanese women, the other is those who come to Japan to engage in the sensual gambling industry or enjoy this kind of experience, and the other is the Ming army stationed here.
The Ming army belonged to the direct faction of the central court and did not participate in the election, so only these prostitutes, madams, turtle men, and Japanese women participated.
Most of the clients who come here as prostitutes are scholars or pioneers of the democratic movement who are escaping from the court and pursuing liberalism.
Therefore, they actively took advantage of the autonomy given to them by the imperial court, and began to actively speak to people such as madams, turtles, prostitutes, and gamblers, win them over, bribe them, and strive to win these people to elect themselves as the governor of Japan or other systems. of officials.
"The whole of Japan is now in chaos. Various societies are fighting each other, assassinating, killing, bribery, and collusion; all kinds of methods are used. Several governor candidates have been killed one after another, and Chen Shangshu's son has also been assassinated. But because Japan is now There is not yet a complete legal system, or in other words, even the members of the Legislative Committee have not been fully elected. Recently, the three elected members of the Legislative Committee are also arguing over the enactment of some laws, and they do not have a unified opinion. Even recently, a Legislative Committee member who has just been elected for three months has Members were also assassinated! Therefore, the case of Mr. Chen’s murder has not been solved so far! If this happened in mainland China, the murderer would have been brought to justice!”
Emperor Zhu Zailei told the Supreme Emperor Zhu Houzhao about the pilot situation in Japan. Zhu Houzhao nodded, thinking that it was a good thing that he did not do this directly in Ming Dynasty from the beginning, otherwise the entire Ming Dynasty would be in chaos.
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