Chapter 282 Since I got caught in the rain, there is no reason for you to hold up an umbrella
Ma Ziqiang put forward requirements for the administration of officials. First, officials, and then officials, must take a math test. Those selected in this way , I dare not say that he is a person who is loyal to the emperor and the country, but he is always more respectful than the humble Confucians.
Sun Piyang’s method of drawing lots to appoint officials focuses on the idea that no one can be offended. Around the appointment of Jinshi, everyone has to share this piece of meat. No matter how divided it is, it will not be divided evenly. Simply draw lots to decide, and you will get it. It is your destiny to be rich in riches in a fertile land. It is also your destiny to live in a barren land and have your scalp numb from being tortured by unruly people every day.
This method of thinning mud was implemented in the Ming Dynasty after Sun Piyang became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and it continued until the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Herein is a common unhealthy trend in the officialdom. This unhealthy trend actually means that the standards are blurred. Everyone fishes in troubled waters and uses the power in their hands to benefit private parties, such as the selection of officials. , even if the imperial court has set extremely strict standards for assessment, and you cannot cheat in the exam, just use another method to let your dog eat royal food, such as the interview method. power.
This is the benefit of blurring, for private gain.
During the Kangxi and Yongzheng years, Kangxi and Yongzheng wanted to set up a Municipal Shipping Department in Songjiang Prefecture several times in order to control the increasingly rampant smuggling and collect customs duties according to the system of the Ming Dynasty Shipping Department's Rating Hall. Kangxi's struggle Three times, Yongzheng fought twice, but in the end they couldn't make it, so Kangxi could only sigh: Su Songjin, the gentry, wants to do business, but he is afraid of inconvenience to himself. It will benefit the public family at the top and the villagers at the bottom. It's just that they don't want to set up a Guanlisi.
In the end, it was nothing more than that, the Songjiang Shipping Department was never able to be established.
Ma Ziqiang’s school examination method, especially the math test, which is based on a 100-point system. Only those who pass 90% can be appointed as officials. This is definitely an act that seeks to scold and be hated by others, because mathematics cannot lie. , If you can’t, you just can’t. Using arithmetic to break through this ambiguity and standard can be regarded as a continuation of Zhang Juzheng’s spirit of becoming a master of law.
If the appointment and dismissal of officials by taking the arithmetic test is the first promise, then the second promise is to trace back to the source.
Ma Ziqiang means that if we want to make the administration of officials clear, we must start from the source and continue to promote Zhang Juzheng's New Deal. Before passing the examination, the academic officials must be selected, and the standard method of selection is also Examination, but this time the exam includes theory of contradiction and arithmetic. Arithmetic is also a 100-point system, with 90% passing. Only those who have passed the arithmetic exam can preside over the academic affairs of a party.
Ma Ziqiang’s meaning is very interesting. He said that academic officials are scratching their heads over the theory of contradictions and arithmetic. Naturally, students from all over the country will also be scratching their heads about the theory of contradictions and arithmetic. Since I got caught in the rain, there is no reason to return the favor. Let you hold an umbrella to take shelter from the rain.
This second thing of Ma Ziqiang is also a new policy to rectify the academic affairs. Zhu Yijun was filled with emotion after reading it. When the Qing Dynasty recorded his name, the reputation of the Ming Gong of the Ming Dynasty was probably worse than that of the Chenghua period. The clay sculptures of the three pavilions are old, and the six ministers made of paper still stink. It is a certainty that Ma Ziqiang will leave a villainous name in history.
Zhu Yijun and Zhu Pima Ziqiang’s memorial gave some encouragement.
Ma Ziqiang is not willing to kneel down and be the Ming Gong.
"Your Majesty, what should we do with Liu Qiniang?" Feng Bao was a little unsure. Today, His Majesty announced Liu Qiniang. Could it be that His Majesty really left the Yingying Yanyan in the harem alone and planned to go hunting in the wild? Can't?
This Liu Qiniang looks very good, and her figure is not bad, but if she is pregnant, the eldest son of the Ming Emperor was born a prostitute, this will definitely become a black material for His Majesty the Emperor, even if he is a palace maid Woolen cloth.
"Feng Bao! I made it very clear. I was just asking about her life. What I was concerned about was the life of the craftsmen of Yongding Yongsheng Woolen Factory. She is a craftsman and I only announced it, so there is no need to deal with her." Zhu Yijun Of course, we can understand Feng Bao's worries. Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen, went against his promise and released the daughter of a hundred households in Miyunwei to make him dependent. However, this daughter married someone else, but Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty wanted to bring her into the harem, causing trouble. Feng Bao naturally had to be cautious.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and explained in great detail: "Do you know why I decided to meet her? Because she was originally a prostitute in Yanxing Tower. Didn't you notice? When people's livelihood becomes more and more difficult, The more prostitutes there are in Dongsi Hutong and the poorer the people's livelihood, the more prosperous the brothel's business will be. I really didn't pay attention to this matter. Your Majesty always has some strange but very reasonable quantitative standards here, such as the relationship between people's livelihood and the booming business of brothels.
This is actually very understandable. When people's livelihood is difficult, it will be difficult for people to make a living, but they still have to live. So if you become a prostitute in Dongsi Hutong, or find a nanny to be your godmother and run around in various buildings together, it will become It became a way to survive.
When the people's livelihood is difficult, it is also a time when powerful right-wingers and wealthy businessmen gather together. Taking advantage of the disaster years to merge and devour the means of production, they naturally want to be free and happy. This brothel is busy. .
"It's true, why didn't I think of it?" Feng Bao finally understood the reason why the emperor wanted to see Liu Qiniang. In order to observe the people's livelihood situation in the Ming Dynasty through samples, since Feng Bao wasn't tempted, then Feng Bao You can handle Liu Qiniang's matter with ease.
Feng Bao said very seriously: "Your Majesty, I still remember that beautiful girl from the West City courtesan. She served Zhao Yuanwai so hard that she could redeem herself. However, Zhao Yuanwai was thrown away because she didn't serve her well. In the ice and snow, I almost died."
"I led the business of Huangzhuang, taking this Yanxing Tower as an example. When I went there again every other month, I found that the fairies had changed their appearance. , there is a huge turnover of people. These fairies have either made enough money, or have luxurious households who want to hide their beauty in a golden house, or they have been killed by their benefactors, or they have died of illness, or they don't know what is in their stomachs. Whose, the fetus was aborted and it didn’t survive.”
The business in the brothel has a huge flow of people, and people come and go for various reasons, such as being beaten to death by a benefactor. From brothels to madams, everyone defaults to keeping things quiet for fear of delaying business.
If you often go to Goulan to listen to music, you will find that all the familiar faces have been replaced by new ones after a month. This is a remarkable feature of this business.
“There aren’t many new faces in the brothels these days.” Feng Bao said with a smile: “I dare not say anything else about the Weaving Bureau and the Official Wool Factory. Before this woman took up a lowly business, she was reduced to a lowly status. Or live as an individual. ”
The freedom of falling into the lower class is not freedom.
Being a prostitute in Dongsi Hutong, or living in a building, will lead to a low status, and a low status is actually a slave status. When the court is handling a case, the low status will sue the good, and the low status will He must first receive fifty killing sticks.
The abolition of the abject status is not a human being. In the good governance of the Qing Dynasty, there is a saying of abolishing the abject status. However, in actual implementation, the abject status still exists in practice. Those turtles and prostitutes who abolish the abject status are still sluts. Complaining against kindness will also result in a slap in the face.
Zhu Yijun was actually tempted to abolish the humble status, but in the end he did not do it. It was not because of the great resistance, but because it was unnecessary. The theory of contradiction told Zhu Yijun that contradictions are ubiquitous, with two sides of one body, opposition and unity, only then can It is the foundation of the infinite principle of all things.
For example, Wan Shihe and Ma Ziqiang asked for chastity archways, such as Jiji. Their existence is indeed a kind of dross, but they have a positive effect on regulating social contradictions.
Wang Daokun had just taken up the post of governor of Songjiang and presided over the establishment of Songjiang Prefecture Shipping Department. He was immediately detained and told that Wang Daokun stayed in a good family at night. Wang Daokun could only take a concubine and ended up hastily. If When a prostitute's status is revoked, it is difficult to explain clearly such a thing as "treacherous". Moreover, there are also obstacles in the judiciary. If a prostitute goes to the Yamen to complain about rape, how should the county interrogate her?
Feng Bao is very familiar with the current situation of the brothel industry. In the past, brothels were full of guests, but now they are full of old faces, and some of them are crooked, unable to play or sing, and have bad tempers. big.
The reasons for this phenomenon are quite complicated. Firstly, there are fewer practitioners, and secondly, the business has deteriorated. After all, there are only a few people like the oil seller Qincheng who are willing to save several years to visit brothels. It is inevitable that The powerful right people are all very busy, busy making money.
The local depreciation caused by the silver barrier has forced the powerful and powerful to find ways to increase the value of their wealth.
Shi Yaoyou hates change, whether it is good or bad. For them, change is the worst thing.
Zhu Yijun began his busy New Year celebrations. The Ming cabinet came first to pay New Year greetings, then the court officials, and then the court officials. Each of them sent a New Year's greeting list, boasting that the emperor had been in good weather since he took charge, and there was also a A memorial that discusses the dangers of corruption to the country.
The harem was also busy. Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen, together with the selected queens and concubines of the middle palace, met with their wives, who were the wives of court officials. Wang Yaozhuo behaved very well. There was nothing transgressive. Queen Mother Li and Queen Mother Chen recognized this daughter-in-law very much.
After Zhu Yijun heard about it, he always felt a little weird. It was like when he first arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he was too cautious and did not dare to go beyond anything. The most important thing for Wang Yaozhuo now is the wedding. After becoming the queen, Wang Yaozhuo Can he still be as well-behaved as he is now?
Judging from the fact that Wang Yaozhuo actually agreed to come and see these thirty-six beauties staying in the harem, I guess this is not a waste of money.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Yijun led the court officials to offer sacrifices to the Ancestral Temple. In the Ancestral Temple, Zhu Yijun and Zhu Yili offered incense to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty and exchanged the sacrifices.
"Qi Shuai won a great victory in the Daning Guard and drove the Tuman Khan out of Liaodong. At this point, the contradictions in Liaodong have become simple. The confluence of Dongyi and Beili must first break through the Great Xianbei Mountain Pass to the east. Yi Jiannu's size has no ability to resist the Ming Dynasty."
"The establishment of the Nagasaki Governor's Palace and the stability of the Luzon Governor's Palace are the best in the opening of the sea this year. The news is that the King of Ryukyu has been unwilling to agree to my conditions for a long time. I want to see how he will deal with the Japanese pirates next year. If he fully turns to the Japanese pirates, this country that does not conquer will have to conquer. This is the composition of the Ming Dynasty's maritime power."
"The Kong family in Yanzhou has no reverent heart. I hate them very much. I hope everything goes well for the Qingzhang of Ling Yunyi. Again and again, I have given the Kong family dignity. If they are unwilling to show dignity, I will Help them look decent."
"In the Xishan attack and murder case, my husband is the main target, and instigating the relationship between me and my husband is the secondary goal. This move is excellent, and I can deal with it fairly well. If it goes wrong, I'm afraid it will be unsustainable and the New Deal will turn into a party struggle and it will come to an abrupt end. Fortunately, I still have some talent."
"Mr. Ding You, I built Yicheng outside the Xishan Imperial Tomb. Uncle Mansion, this ancestor suppressed luck in Xishan, which was beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. Some courtiers said that my husband planned to usurp the throne, so they twisted my head and used it as a kick. If that day comes, my husband and Qi Shuai will team up to seize the throne. Twist my head, just twist it, I admit defeat."
"I don’t want to let you go."
Zhu Yijun talked about Wanli in front of the portraits of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. What happened in the past five years, this is an annual work report. He told the emperors of Lao Zhu's family what he had done. He took a few books from the window of the side hall of Wenhua Palace, These are all new policies this year.
Later generations' calculation of the late Ming Dynasty started from the thirteenth year of Wanli. From that time, the Ming Dynasty officially entered its old age.
Because after that, the old order had been completely broken, but the new order was still brewing. The emperor lost the sanctity from the legal system, and the subjects no longer generally recognized and supported the Ming Dynasty. This was the late Ming Dynasty. Thirteen years after Wanli, no one, no matter the emperor or the ministers, had the power to save the world, no one had the belief to save the world, and there were no political authoritative figures. The court entered the era of party struggle. , there is no longer any spare power to save the decadence of the world.
This is the late Ming Dynasty.
The beginning of the late Ming Dynasty was not the death of Zhang Juzheng in the tenth year of Wanli, but the death of Zhang Juzheng in the twelfth year of Wanli. The budget of the mausoleum exceeded 8 million taels. Without the restraint of Zhang Juzheng, Emperor Wanli began to slack off. The court discussions stopped continuing, the memorials began to be confused, and the state affairs became decadent. Zhu Yijun stood at the Ming Emperor and showed a bright smile. He was still very confident and would continue to lead Ming Dynasty, at least it would not be worse than the Wanli period in history.
Zhu Yirui listened to all this silently behind him. I don’t know if it is easy to be a foolish king who is just waiting to die, but it is really tiring to be a wise king.
"Brother, is it easier to be a faint emperor?" Zhu Yili said what he had to say and asked questions. After all, it was the emperor himself who was giving the banquet to Zhu Yili.
"No, it's not easy at all." Zhu Yijun waved his hands and said: "Look, grandpa, in the first twenty years, he was the Monkey King who broke through the sky. In the next twenty-five years, he worked hard in every possible way, and the court The poor are like trousers, the emperor lives in Xiyuan, Guanghan Palace is very dilapidated, the state affairs are in turmoil, the northwest is invaded by bandits, the southeast is frequented by Japanese invaders, and everyone is criticized everywhere, if you are a wise king, you can at least do what you want to do. If you want to be a fool, people will spit on you."
"Look, Grandpa can't even say a word when Hai Rui scolds him."
"That's true. ." Zhu Yili carefully thought about the emperor's words, nodded and said: "It is better to be the Monkey King, to fight against the Buddha, and to live like a stone."
"That's right, I'm a fool and my thoughts are unclear." Zhu Yijun touched Zhu Yijun's little head with a smile on his face.
Actually, being a prince is the most enjoyable. The emperor is my brother. As long as you don’t go out of line, doesn’t that mean you can do whatever you want? Zhu Yirui did not say this. He was now the de facto crown prince. If the emperor had no heirs, he would have to shoulder the responsibility of the country. He did not want to disappoint his brother, thinking that he had no ambition.
People are lazy and can just eat and die without ambition. Why should we work hard to survive?
When Zhu Yijun left the Ancestral Temple, he received a New Year's greeting from Qi Jiguang, Ma Fang, Li Rusong, Liu Yingjie, and Liang Menglong who were on the expedition to Quaning Guard. He also thanked the emperor for rewarding the three armies. , the rewards were potatoes and beef, and a famous dish, potato and beef stew came into being.
The total amount of beef in potato stew is three thousand kilograms, and the rest is potato stew and pork. Whether it is beef or pork, it is the emperor's heart. Rewarding the three armies is a condolence to the soldiers on the front line.
Because of the great victories of Quaningwei and Yingchang, Zhu Yijun ordered the lanterns of Aoshan to be advanced by three days. The Meridian Gate began to be busy on the third day of the first lunar month, and the lanterns of Aoshan and the Shangyuan Lantern Festival were connected together. It was a rare lively event in the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Yijun still chose to show up and leave in order to avoid the reward given to Baiyi.
The lights in Aoshan this year are even more lively, because the large telescope is outside the Meridian Gate. Anyone can apply to see the comet floating in the sky.
After the Great Comet appeared, the most popular products in Huangzhuang's business changed from the Taishi chair and ambergris to the telescope. A telescope with twenty times the price cost three taels of silver, while forty A telescope that is twice as large costs ten taels of silver each. There are people at Huangzhuang who are responsible for debugging and installing this thing.
Thousands of telescopes with forty times magnification were sold, and the activity of observing the great comet crossing the sky spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. It reached its peak during the New Year, and all those who looked up at the stars were , I can’t help but think about a question, that is, are there really heavenly beings living in the sky?
The forty times telescope can clearly see the outline of the moon and the craters on it. There is no Guanghan Palace, Wu Gang or Jade Rabbit on it. It has become easier to accept that the earth under your feet is a ball. got up.
Naturally, some concepts were gradually developed under the leadership of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, such as the earth, its axis, the reasons for the changes in the seasons, etc., and a quarrel even overshadowed the arrival of the great comet, that is, the earth is the universe. Is the sun the center of the universe? Many people are arguing over this proposition!
Zhu Yijun liked this kind of excitement very much. He and Wang Yaozhuo secretly hid in Wenhua Building, the highest place in the palace, watching the excitement in the city with a telescope, and served at the banquet in the Fengwang Palace. At the banquet, Zhu Yijun chose to leave after the ceremony of the Nine Lords. In the side hall of the Fengwang Palace, the queen mothers of the two palaces and their wives were chatting. Wang Yaozhuo was not a queen yet and had not been canonized. It was not suitable to show up all the time. A pair of beautiful women , hiding in Wenhua Building and looking at everything in the capital.
The Aoshan Lights of Aoshan is a giant lamp car erected three feet high, with colorful palace lanterns hung on it. Occasionally, fireworks will erupt from Aoshan and explode in the air, illuminating the celebration. People's faces, illuminating their smiles.
The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night. More blowing down, the stars are like rain.
Zhu Yijun and Wang Yaozhuo were talking about something. One of them scolded cheap Confucians for their harm to the country, and it was okay to occupy the manhole and not shit. It was simply unreasonable for others to scold cheap Confucians while others were working. , while Wang Yaozhuo was talking about trivial matters in the Gewuyuan. Zhang Juzheng's son Zhang Siwen and the number one scholar Jiao Hong had a fierce quarrel over an issue, and even got into a fight.
"Aren't Zhang Siwen and Jiao Hong good friends? Jiao Hong still got the badge of the Quanchu Guild Hall in the imperial examination, and he actually got into a quarrel with Zhang Siwen? He even started fighting?" Zhu Yijun asked dully, he was completely I can't imagine two gentlemen fighting.
"When the quarrel got too loud, they would start fighting. If they couldn't stop arguing, they would keep arguing. After the fight, they would regret each other. If the emperor hadn't made peace with them, they wouldn't be talking now." Wang Yao Saki's eyes turned into a crescent moon, and the Gokumonin also talked about the fight because it was very strange.
Zhu Yijun said with emotion: "It's just a reconciliation."
Zhu Yijun and Wang Yaozhuo were chatting, while Zhang Hong and Feng Bao downstairs were also arguing. The content of the dispute, The first ancestor and the second ancestor had differences over the requirements of some palace rules. The second ancestor Zhang Hong believed that the palace rules were the palace rules and must be strictly enforced. Anyone who did not abide by them would be punished, while the ancestor Feng Bao's This means that of course the palace rules must be followed, but there must also be some tact.
The starting point of the dispute between the two was when a little Huangmen from Langxia's house and a palace maid made a couple for food. The word "food" is a wonderful word. Xiaohuangmen is a eunuch. There is no bell, so naturally there is no husband and wife. In fact, to relieve loneliness, you can still use the right food to solve it.
While they were having a meal together, the couple accidentally knocked over the candlestick and set it on fire in a room in the house on the veranda. According to the palace rules, the couple should have sunk into the fire, but Feng Bao only dealt with it by one person. He gave them twenty strokes and spared them.
"We are guarding Your Majesty, and we are not careless at all. We are not your disciples, so why do we need to protect you like this? If the Queen Mother and Your Majesty find out, I am afraid that you will look better, huh." Zhang Hong sneered. said.
"How do you know that the Queen Mother and Her Majesty don't know that this is His Majesty's intention? If you tighten the reins too tightly, the horse will not be able to run and it will be strangled to death by you. Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." Feng Bao said proudly. One look at Zhang Hong and he didn't know the details. This meant that his ancestor, Feng Bao, could still continue to be a leader.
"Your Majesty knows?" Zhang Hong was stunned and thought it was Feng Baosi who made the decision, but it seems not.
Feng Bao said cheerfully: "Why don't you go up and ask?"
"Why, why did Your Majesty let these two people go?" Zhang Hong was confused.
"Do you understand that there is a degree of relaxation? Your Majesty means that I should be relaxed. On weekdays, problems should be exposed so that mistakes will not appear in major events. Blind high-pressure will only lead to hatred. ." Feng Bao explained his Majesty's admonishment.
What is a major event? Everything that involves His Majesty is a major event. Don’t be too harsh on things that don’t involve His Majesty. Only by constantly exposing small problems can you be more comfortable with major events. It is also said that Dao Ye was in Jiajing Er. The historical lesson of the changes in Renyin Palace in the eleventh year.
Being blindly harsh will only leave you with hatred. When hatred continues to accumulate, it will explode.
And the purpose of being confused about small things is actually to screen out hidden dangers, find loopholes in the palace, and prevent big things from happening.
Zhang Hong thought about it carefully. If he was so strict on weekdays that the palace officials put a little poison in the wine for the emperor's wedding, even if His Majesty was fine, then if Wang Yaozhuo died of poison in front of His Majesty, Your Majesty will definitely turn into a cold stone, and soon the emperor's misfortune will become the misfortune of the palace, the misfortune of the capital, and the misfortune of the world.
Some time ago, a maid from the royal wine room stole wine. Due to the strict palace restrictions, the stolen national cellar could not be sold. She probably drank it in private. Feng Bao did not punish the person excessively and threw him into the well. It's all over, but there are flaws in the imperial wine room, which makes Feng Bao even more concerned about the management of the imperial wine room.
Relaxation and excessive criticism will result in changes in the Renyin palace.
You want more, but you can't get anything. Feng Bao only wants the safety of the nobles in the palace.
"You, learn a little bit." Feng Bao said cheerfully. The second ancestor is the second ancestor. If you want to be the ancestor, you still have a long way to go.
The sound of firecrackers bid farewell to the old year and the fireworks welcome the new year.
The Ministry of Rites also clamored for the emperor to go to the eastern suburbs to welcome the Qing Emperor in person, which is also the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival ceremony is also one of the sacrifices. Zhu Yijun sent the high priest Xu Wenbi to pay tribute on his behalf.
After the Spring Festival Ceremony, it was the day when the Ming Dynasty official office ended its shift and began to go to work, and the emperor also came to the Wenhua Hall to continue to listen to the government.
Lu Tiaoyang sat on the far left, opened a memorial in his hand, cleared his throat, and then said solemnly: "The Ministry of Personnel discussed the report and dismissed the ministers and justice officials. "The price of supplementary officials."
"Since the Ming Dynasty, the price of supplementary officials has been very low. No distinction is made between good and bad. Forty taels of silver can be used to get a crown and title. They were sent for profit. Therefore, slaves, slaves, beggars, and scoundrels all took advantage of their capital and borrowed money for their own purposes. When Hongzhi changed to the Yuan Dynasty, several hundred or three hundred people were accepted, which can be said to be excessive. ”
Eliminating old abuses is also an important part of the New Deal.
The price of a righteous official to make up for an official position is the Ming Dynasty’s selling of officials and titles. It was established during the Zhengtong period, and the price is forty taels, and you can get a crown and belt, and you can even have errands. It is to control the power. The price of a righteous official to make up for an official position. , the reason is because of amassing profits, so these scoundrels will also pay loans, and then after winning the title, they will become arrogant and do harm to the countryside.
No one knows how much money was paid, because the money was not enough for the court, and the local government was also confused. This is the method of ambiguity. Once the selection and appointment of officials are unclear, there will be a fuzzy area. After the ambiguity, If anyone wants to figure it out, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Tightening the entrance to the selection of officials is the core content of this year's official administration, and it is extremely important. The court did not investigate clearly because it knew that the investigation was unclear, so it directly eliminated this item to avoid future troubles.
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