Chapter 423 If there is another war, I will always clear the grassland and desert
What Zhu Yijun taught Zhu Yili is indeed the art of balance, that is, power, reputation, and benefits should not be completely handed over to one group of people. In this case, There will be no one company that dominates, and there will be no imbalance.
In the nine years Zhang Juzheng was in the country, he never gained fame, and Wang Chonggu never gained power after returning to Beijing. He also avoided self-destruction and never served in the cabinet, while Zhejiang The party only gained reputation. Whether it was Hu Zongxian's rehabilitation or Xu Jie's death, the Zhejiang Party only gained reputation.
Chaotang has the adaptive balance of Chaotang.
And Wan Shihe finally returned to his loyal Ministry of Rites.
The Minister of Rites has been confirmed, and the Minister of Personnel has a vacancy. However, the Minister of Personnel is not as anxious as now. Ma Ziqiang was so ill that he became an official. Once he leaves, the affairs of the Ministry of Rites will be gone. People are in charge, but the official department is different. Wan Shihe originally didn't care much about the official department. Zhang Juzheng was the chief assistant and was in charge of both.
"The person who is the Dazai Tianguan will prepare a memorial, and it will be recommended by the court years ago." Zhu Yijun gave the instruction, and the ministers accepted the order.
The Ministry of Household Affairs began to report preliminary audit results. The pace of Qingzhang in the Ming Dynasty began to slow down. It increased from 7.84 million hectares last year to 7.92 million hectares this year. The Ming Dynasty’s north and south Zhili, Shandong, Fujian, and Jiangxi , Huguang, Guangdong and Guangxi, and Yunnan have successively completed the Qingzhang. The Yang family in the new capital of Sichuan has just solved it. There are too many chieftains in Guizhou and Guangxi remaining. The land in Shaanxi is too dry. Henan has been a long-standing problem for Qingzhang in the past dynasties.
This is where slow work produces careful work, and Zhu Yijun did not push it too much.
However, compared with the Qingzhang farmland, which has not increased significantly, Zhu Yijun was more surprised that the Ming Dynasty's land tax this year exceeded 30 million shi for the first time, which is roughly 15 million taels of silver. This number is similar to that of Hongwu and Yongle. The years are roughly the same as the Shunzhi years when the Qing Dynasty was founded, but there are differences.
The entire Qing Dynasty before Yongzheng used the Ming tax law, and the land and acres records were all based on the fish scale records of the fifteenth year of Wanli. However, from Shunzhi to Yongzheng, the Taqing could collect more than 20 million silver in taxes a year.
During the Shunzhi period, the world was still in chaos. King Chuang, King Daxi, and Jiannu went south, and the country was devastated. However, Dorgon entered the country with his orphans and widowed mother, and he could still survive in one year. Received 21.5 million taels of silver + 6.4 million stone rice beams (Qing History Manuscript 121 Volume 96 Food and Goods 2).
Zhu Yijun is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He is not a bandit or a robber. The taxation of the Ming Dynasty has indeed not reached the limit, but it does not make much sense to formulate more stringent decrees.
The reason why the Taxation Yuan is not widely opposed is because the pursuit of the Taxation Yuan is not to take money by force, but to recover arrears. Every transaction will be calculated for you clearly, even better than your own family. .
What surprised Zhu Yijun most about this audit by the Ministry of Household Affairs was that for the first time, the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty, including industrial and commercial taxes and official factories, exceeded 30%, reaching 7.23 million silver, which was the largest Part of it came from Kaihai's tariffs. The city shipping department escorted more than 2.2 million silver to the capital, and the three official woolen factories contributed 1.45 million silver. The emperor led Kaihai's investment dividends, which exceeded 1.23 million silver.
The combined fiscal revenue of Damingtian’s business tax officials and factories reached the highest record in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
"The big Situ and the young Situ are interested." Zhu Yijun looked through Wang Guoguang's memorial. Wang Guoguang and Zhang Xueyan did a really good job. Zhang Juzheng took the lead in the Ming Dynasty's Qing Dynasty. But the person who does the work has always been the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the fish scale album in Zhu Yijun's hand is much more detailed than before.
Wang Chonggu’s face was full of mixed emotions. It could be said that he was both happy and worried. What he was happy about was that the dividend from the Woolen Official Factory changed from 10% profit share to a fixed share of 10,000 silver this year. What he was worried about was that, This year's Kaihai dividend is a full 40,000 taels more than last year's 230,000 taels, reaching 270,000 taels. The absolute number is not large, but the growth rate far exceeds Wang Chonggu's estimate.
It only takes five years for the Kaihai dividend to exceed half a million silver.
Such a terrifying growth rate makes Wang Chonggu extremely worried. Wang Chonggu has been controlling the expansion speed of the Jin Party and the Wang family to prevent it from exceeding the upper limit that the court can tolerate. The growth rate of the Jin Party’s income is much higher. This is fatal to the growth rate of the imperial court's fiscal revenue, which means that sooner or later the Jin Party will exceed the upper limit of tolerance.
Wang Chonggu was thinking about how to give His Majesty some more gold coins.
Wang Chonggu rolled his eyes, shook his sleeves, took out a memorial and said: "This year, the Ministry of Industry has started construction of two roads, from Chaoyangmen of the capital to Shanhaiguan, and from Xizhimen to Xuanhai. The progress of the Mansion is very fast, but I think that the Chi Road from Datong to Xuan Mansion can be built at the same time. I wrote a letter to Wu Baipeng, the Governor of Xuan Dynasty, and communicated about everything about it, and I gained some insights. "
Wang Chonggu handed the memorial to Feng Bao. Zhu Yijun read it and found that there was no memorial written by Zhu criticizing Wang Chonggu. The main content of the memorial was about various difficulties in the construction of Xuan Dachi Road. It was probably the Jin Party who was responsible for the initial coordination. This part cost about 100,000 yuan. The Shanxi Party and Shanxi merchants are responsible for paying for this part, and they will spit out what they eat.
"I have long known that Wang Cifu is loyal to the emperor and the country. The imperial court's finances are increasing day by day. There is no need for this time. Lao Cifu still has to do the work of improving the canal for the people." Zhu Yijun agreed with this matter, But he disagrees with the Jin Party paying the bill. The Jin Party has just exploded a large wave of gold coins. Zhu Yijun is already very satisfied with the Dujiangyan Jimin Canal. The Jin Party has put its main energy into the Jimin Canal.
Catching a sheep and plucking it will scare the sheep away. It won’t be too late to wait until it gets fatter.
"I obey the order." Wang Chonggu obeyed the order of his leader. He always felt that his Majesty's refusal to accept the money was simply to let the Jin party have a good year, eat and drink well, and then be killed. But if he looked carefully, I think that the construction period of Jimin Canal will last ten years. Before the Jimin Canal is repaired, Your Majesty will not kill the goose that lays the goose to lay eggs.
In short, if you don’t make money, you will feel panic. If you make more money, you will feel panic.
The court discussion is still continuing. The Ministry of War reported the details of the naval expansion this year. The navy expanded from Songjiang Town to the three towns of Songjiang, Yuegang and Guangzhou. The size of the navy in these three towns is Songjiang. The town has a population of 30,000, Yuegang and Guangzhou each have a population of 15,000, making the total size reach 60,000.
The number of the Ming Navy will expand from 30,000 to 90,000 within three years, and will form substantial combat effectiveness.
What is more interesting is that the production of saltpeter has increased at an incredible speed this year, from 500,000 jins to 2.53 million jins. This terrifying number is actually the salty sand of 73 horse ships. , Ming Gong knew this matter well, but they all saw it through but did not tell it.
The Ministry of Industry reported on the shipyards, weaving bureaus, official factories, wine cellars, alum and other matters affiliated to the imperial court. The official factories of the Ming Dynasty are still growing at a terrifying speed this year, and the craftsmen’s craftsmen’s households It has also increased from 190,000 households last year to 210,000 households.
The Dukes of the Ming Dynasty finally had silk to use. The production of silk could meet the needs of the western galleons. There was still a surplus that could be sent to the court. Although the quantity was not large, it was enough to give to all the officials in the capital. Used for weaving.
There is a lot of content in court deliberations. When the New Year comes, the time of these court deliberations will be extended. Zhu Yixuan feels that it is boring. Finally, when he couldn't help but yawn, the long, boring and boring court deliberations came to an end. It ended amidst the noise of the ministers' resignation.
"Brother, there should be a bloody fight for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel!" Zhu Yili asked with excitement.
"The Ministry of Rites does not matter, but the Ministry of Personnel is Zhang Dang's private territory, and Mr. will not let it go." Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "The examination method is the basis of all new policies. If you are asked to learn the Tao, you will not learn it. ."
"That means there won't be one?" Zhu Yili asked slightly disappointed.
"Yeah."
Zhu Yixuan wanted to watch the excitement, but he was disappointed. There was no fierce party struggle surrounding the Minister of Civil Affairs. Zhang Juzheng was above the court and still had extremely powerful power. The authority of the officials is beyond the reach of anyone.
Quan Chu Guild Hall, the Ming Dynasty's second assistant Wang Chonggu, the great Sima Tan Lun, and the great Zongbo Wanshi gathered in the Wenchang Pavilion.
Zhang Juzheng and the leaders of the other two parties are going to determine the candidates for the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This matter must be completed sooner rather than later. It must be completed before the end of the year. If it is too late, people will be moved.
"Let Liang Menglong return to Beijing from Daningwei." Zhang Juzheng decided on Liang Menglong as the minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Liang Menglong, the subordinate of Zhang Juzheng, the governor of Jiliao, Liang Menglong became a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Jiajing. In that year, Zhang Juzheng had just returned to Beijing, Li Chengliang Keping Gule Village, Qi Jiguang led the army with only 10,000 people at that time When the Beijing camp came out of the fortress and then to Guangning Guards, Liang Menglong was the governor of military affairs. From then on, every time Qi Jiguang went on an expedition, Liang Menglong was the governor of the Beijing camp.
"No! Absolutely not!" Tan Lun became anxious when he heard this. He stood up suddenly and said: "Liang Menglong joined the Ministry of War in the sixth year of Wanli. If I die suddenly, he should go to the Ministry of War." Come on! As soon as Duke Jiang Ling opens his mouth, send him to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to figure out what's going on!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Wan Shihexu spat. Lun's words are strange, how can he curse his own death?
Tan Lun even had the idea of Ling Yunyi being the successor to the Minister of War. The Minister of War in the Ming Dynasty wanted someone who could ride a horse. This was a rule set during the Jiajing period. When riding military horses, they were not allowed to ride in sedan chairs. , must be carried out on horseback, and the soldiers in the Beijing camp are strong and strong. For military affairs such as the governor's, a strong army must have some ability. There are many people like Li Rusong in the Beijing camp.
Since the first year of Wanli, Liang Menglong has been the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War. In the sixth year of Wanli, he was appointed as the minister of the Ministry of War and called the Ministry of Military Affairs. He was the governor of Ji Liao and Baoding Military Affairs. One of his sons, Enyin, was hereditary for Jinyiwei, instead of Enyin Imperial Academy. , this was cultivated by the Minister of the Ministry of War.
As a result, now, Zhang Juzheng asked Liang Menglong to return to Beijing to be the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, which completely disrupted Tan Lun's arrangements.
"Da Sima, Liang Menglong, I am Zhang Juzheng's subordinate, so how come I have become yours? Why can't I arrange it?" Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Oh, the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, Da Sima is looking again, and now there is a shortage of personnel in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. "Where can I find him?" Tan Lun sighed. The Zhejiang Party really couldn't find a suitable candidate for the Ministry of War. Shen Yiguan? Yu Youding? I can't even ride a horse, so it's really inappropriate.
Wang Chonggu turned sideways and said to Tan Lun: "I do have a candidate here. Liu Yingjie, the dean of Lutai Academy, is a good candidate."
Tan Lun sighed and could only settle for the next best thing. Liu Yingjie was from Weixian County, Shandong Province. He was on the same list as Zhang Juzheng. He was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing. In the fourth year of Wanli, Luo Rufang participated in politics in Yunnan and returned to Beijing to report on his work. Liu Yingjie and Luo Rufang gathered outside the city to give lectures. , violated Zhang Juzheng's order to rectify academic affairs and prohibited gatherings for lectures. Under the impeachment of Yan Guan, he returned home and founded Lutai Academy.
The person who gathered the crowd to give lectures was Luo Rufang. Liu Yingjie was somewhat lying on his back. After the accident, Liu Yingjie also sought out Zhang Juzheng, but in the end he failed to receive protection. At that time, it was a critical moment for Zhang Juzheng to rectify academic politics. One of Liu Yingjie’s classmates Between friendship and national policy, Zhang Juzheng chose national policy.
If Tan Lun recommends Liu Yingjie, then Liu Yingjie should be regarded as a figure in the Zhejiang Party.
Liu Yingjie was not as good as Liang Menglong, mainly because his political beliefs were not firm. He participated in gathering lectures and founded Lutai Academy.
But there is no suitable candidate.
Jimen is the north gate of the capital. Jimen is located in the capital. It is the last line of defense of the capital. Although the Ming Dynasty now has Daning Guard and Quaning Guard in hand, Jimen has retreated to fourth place. There is a line of defense, but Jimen's defense is still a big deal.
Liu Yingjie was the right minister of the Ministry of War in the first year of Wanli. If it were not for the Luo Rufang case, Liu Yingjie would at least be the left minister now, and becoming the minister is just around the corner.
Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment and said, "What does Wang Cifu think?"
"I have no objection." Wang Chonggu was a little interested in the Minister of Civil Affairs, but not much.
Yang Bo was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. After the assassination of the king, Yang Bo became an official and gave up his position as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel to Zhang Han. Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant and also in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. From then on, the Ministry of Personnel fell into the hands of Zhang Juzheng , it has been eight years.
The Ministry of Personnel was the head of the six departments, and Wang Chonggu was certainly interested, but just thinking about it, if he was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, he would have a direct conflict with Zhang Juzheng. This was a situation that Wang Chonggu tried his best to avoid after Zhang Siwei was executed by his clan.
"Then recommend Liang Menglong to return to Beijing from Jimen, and transfer the Ministry of Civil Affairs from the Minister of War to take charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The great Sima is tired, so recommend Liu Yingjie to go to Jimen and governor Ji Liao Baoding military affairs." Zhang Juzheng summarized this time Major personnel appointments, removals and transfers.
Just as Zhu Yijun said, Zhang Juzheng is not ready to let go yet. Zhang Juzheng's personal prestige is needed to continue to implement it stably.
Wan Shihe said nothing, but he was the emperor's party and a witness. The court needed such a versatile figure to make everything happen under the emperor's eye.
A criminal of the Xindu Yang family arrived in the capital from Sichuan on October 17, the eighth year of Wanli. The criminal's arrival in Beijing was a result, not a process. The investigation in Sichuan provided more evidence. A steady stream of people appeared in front of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Yang Ningren, Yang Huairen and other Yang Tinghe's grandsons were all arrested. They were supposed to be sent to the Prison Department Prison when they entered Beijing. However, in the end, more than 230 criminals including Yang Ningren and Yang's minions were imprisoned in Beizhen Fusi Prison.
This is the result of a game. Some people want Yang Ningren and others to die. The Ministry of Punishment does not want to be implicated and is also afraid that someone will cause trouble. In the end, it is more appropriate to send them to Beizhen Fusi. After all, it was Tiqi who arrested them. Criminal.
This case is a very serious case in the eighth year of Wanli. A joint trial by the three law divisions is inevitable. Zhu Yijun brought Zhang Juzheng, Wang Chonggu, Dali Temple Minister Lu Guangzu, Metropolitan Procuratorate Hai Rui, and Li Youzi to Beizhen Fusi The prison of heaven.
Jingtang has just experienced a heavy snowfall. The weather is cold and the ground is freezing. The heavy snow will not melt until after the Chinese New Year, but there is not a trace of snow in Fusili, Beizhen.
Zhu Yijun met Yang Ningren. Along the way, the pampered Yang Ningren and others suffered a lot, and even Yang Ningren looked disheveled.
"You are a smart man." Zhu Yijun put down the case file in his hand, looked at Yang Ningren and said with emotion.
The Xindu Yang family was obviously responsible for the Zhutou case, but the whole big case had no direct connection with the Xindu Yang family. It was all the fault of the brokers and compradors. Of course, these brokers and compradors were all They were the lackeys of the Xindu Yang family. If it weren't for some brokers and comprador thieves who left some documentary and physical evidence, the Xindu Yang family case would have been a complete injustice, an injustice committed by the Ming Emperor to avenge himself.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, in fact, the guilty minister really wanted to cooperate with the Qingzhang. After the former governor Luo Yao arrived, the guilty minister also cooperated for a while, but, alas..." Yang Ningren bowed his head and said: "The guilty minister, The crime deserves death. "
Yang Ningren wanted to cooperate with the Qingzhang of the Ming Dynasty because Luo Yao was a direct descendant of Zhang Dang. The Qingzhang of the Ming Dynasty was extremely resolute. Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen of the new capital were no longer there. Yang Ningren wanted to cooperate, but couldn't, otherwise his fate would be no different from Zhang Gaorui's.
Yang Ningren clenched his fists and said: "If Yang Youren could pass the Jinshi exam in Wanli five years, our Yang family would not be so passive, but he failed the exam."
Yang Youren passed the exam. After becoming a Jinshi, they are the ruling class that selects officials. Even if the energy they can exert is limited, they can at least make friends with some people in the capital, and the Yang family can make more calm decisions. Even if they surrender to the court, the local nobles and gentry will have to deal with them. Even if Yang takes action, he has to worry about Yang Youren's possible revenge, and Yang doesn't have to fight to the end.
But Yang Youren failed the exam. The reason for not passing the exam was that Yang Youren did not read the Theory of Contradiction.
Do you regret it? Yang Ningren had regretted it for a long time. He even hesitated to bribe Luo Yao. It seemed that he had many ways to go, but in fact there was only one way, and that was a dead end.
Although Yang Ningren lives in Sichuan, he is very familiar with everything in the capital. He will read carefully the newspapers and miscellaneous newspapers in the capital to understand the changes in the capital. He even said that Yang Ningren knows His Majesty very well. , His Majesty is really very talkative on issues that do not involve major national affairs.
If the Yang family really cooperates with Luo Yao to clear her husband, your majesty will not take action against the grudges in the early years of Jiajing. In the face of state affairs, your majesty always puts aside personal feelings.
Zhu Yijun looked at Yang Ningren and shook his head. He failed again. He didn’t even know that the Ming Dynasty had regained the Ningwei. It was unwise to study behind closed doors in the rapidly changing Ming Dynasty.
Yang Ningren didn’t answer for a long time, and then said after thinking for a long time: "Yang Youren is already a member of the family. The one who reads best. "
You can say that the Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty are bad, but you can never say that they are stupid. On the contrary, if you want to pass the examination, which is known as Yuelongmen, it is no different from ascending to heaven. It is as strong as the Yang family of Xindu. It is equally difficult to train a Jinshi.
"You are so closely connected with the Yang family in Bozhou, are you planning to rebel? Zhu Yijun picked up the case file and asked.
Speaking of the former Sichuan governor Luo Yao, he was not an incompetent person, otherwise he would not have been accepted by Zhang Juzheng. Forty thousand silver, he chose to submit. On the one hand, it was the Yang family of Xindu, and on the other hand, it was the Yang family of Bozhou. If he forced him too quickly, he might cause a big mess.
This has been the case since the Tang Dynasty. The chieftain of Bozhou, when Zhu Yuanzhang was still begging, the Yang family of Bozhou was already the local emperor of Bozhou
"I never thought about rebellion. "Yang Ningren shuddered and said quite respectfully. The established facts do not allow Yang Ningren to quibble and say that he wants to rebel. Their family is not so courageous, but they still have the courage to make money through excuses, and they are very big.
The criminal's arrival in Beijing is actually the result. He should be beheaded or exiled. When Zhu Yijun met Yang Ningren, he still looked at the face of Yang Ningren's disaster relief. Compared with Yang Youren's inhumanity, Yang Ningren, who was born in the second wife, still acted like a person.
Zhu Yijun stood up and planned to leave. It was not easy for him to handle the case here at the Sanfa Division.
"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty's Law Clan has decided to punish children under the age of fifteen! Your Majesty, the guilty minister implores your majesty to spare the lives of the children in the guilty minister's family." Yang Ningren heard the movement and hurriedly said loudly, if you don't beg for mercy, your Majesty will leave. Gotta beg for mercy.
"You're too worried. I didn't say I wanted to kill the child." Zhu Yijun shook his sleeves and gave Yang Ningren a positive answer.
"Thank you for your kindness!" Yang Ningren knew your majesty very well. His majesty never broke his promise and had an excellent reputation. Since he had said his word, he would not do anything to those children.
Zhu Yijun returned to the imperial study room of Tonghe Palace and received a very strange memorial. It was a joint letter from Sanniang Zi and Buyan, the son of Tuman Khan. The content was to beg the Ming Emperor to sell more grain and cotton clothes. Outside the Great Wall, because of heavy snow.
The snow this year is heavier than usual. Sanniangzi went to Daming to sell wool, but the road was blocked by heavy snow and she could not go back. The snow stopped. Sanniangzi originally planned to celebrate the New Year in the capital. This was the third time she had taken it during the Ming Dynasty, but the snow this year was too heavy. She had to go back anyway, and she had to bring more food and cotton clothes.
Especially cotton clothes, otherwise more people will freeze to death on the grassland this winter.
The snow does not get cold but the snow becomes cold. In the beginning of the long winter, people can stay strong because of the abundant food. But when the snow melts and the food is scarce, people freeze to death. Not hundreds or thousands, but tens of thousands.
“Forget it if you want cotton-padded clothes, she still needs to borrow money, to give her face, the Ministry of Etiquette will not allow the request in the next chapter.” Zhu Yijun drew a big × and decided to ignore it. Originally, in August this year, The Jingying camp was about to march to Xuanfu and attack Pingwei, but Wang Rulong defeated it and the Jingying camp did not move.
The heavy snow fell just in time. In the spring of next year, the Ming army attacked Guihua City from Kaipingwei and Datong. They did not seek victory, but only wanted to train their troops.
The Ming Dynasty can be defeated many times, but Anda Khan will lose his crown as long as he loses once.
"What do you think of Qi Shuai?" Zhu Yijun asked, holding the memorial in his hand.
Feng Bao bowed his head and said: "Qi Shuai said that he can give it or not. If he gives it, it will be difficult to fight, but it will be easy to rule. If he doesn't give it, it will be easier to fight, but it will be difficult to rule. But then It is the matter that civil servants are worried about.”
“The gentleman wrote four words on the floating ticket, which is what people want.”
The third lady borrowed money to buy cotton clothes, and she used them to buy them. She used the ship certificate as collateral, which amounted to about 150,000 silver. She did not prostitute the emperor’s silver and cotton clothes for nothing, but Buyan and Tuman Khan had no collateral. Tuman Khan promised to borrow the money this year and enter Beijing next year. Pay tribute.
Although Tuman Khan did not say it clearly, if the king of Lu went to the capital in person to pay tribute, he would definitely not be able to go back. He would probably be next to King Najiu of Ryukyu and King Ashikaga Yoshiaki of Japan.
"Then give a little. People's hearts are something that is indeed difficult to obtain." Zhu Yijun took back the memorial and said: Allocate 120,000 cotton-padded clothes, 40,000 quilts, 30,000 cotton-padded shoes, two Thousands of cotton hats to help border residents survive the harsh winter.
There are a lot of cotton-padded clothes Zhu Yijun, which is what the Songjiang Sun family started their business. This batch of cotton-padded clothes Zhu Yijun was originally intended to be used for winter use during the Northern Expedition in Beijing.
This is a transaction, not a reward. Tuman Khan has to pay for it himself, and Sanniangzi is determined not to default on the debt, so Ming Dynasty only needs to have the strength to collect the money.
"In the next chapter, the Ministry of Rites tells Mrs. Zhongshun that the sun and moon logos on any cotton clothes must not be removed, otherwise it will be regarded as stubbornness." Zhu Yijun handed the memorial to Feng Bao and solemnly warned.
Anyone who dismantles the Ming Dynasty's sun and moon flag will be regarded as a stubborn person. When the Ming Dynasty attacks in the future, he will be regarded as resisting the Ming Dynasty. At the least, he will be sent to the mines, and at worst, he will be castrated into a slave. This is not nonsense.
The sun and moon flag was designed by the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty. The entire logo is a triangle, with the sun and moon embroidered in red in the middle, which means that the sun and the moon shine together. The four identical triangles on the triangular flag overlap, which means the three mysteries and four dimensions. The three mysteries are "Laozi" ", "Zhuangzi", "Zhouyi", and the four dimensions are the four directions, which take the meaning of the sky and the ends of the earth, and do not surrender to concubines, which also represent the four dimensions of etiquette, justice, integrity and shame.
The overall design is in line with the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty's feudal monarchy. It also did not appear out of thin air. In fact, the Ming flag has been around since the early Ming Dynasty, and many people in the Ming Dynasty have hung it.
(Picture: Folk Sun and Moon Flag)
All cotton clothes have this logo, and removing it represents disobedience. The Ming Dynasty wanted to transform the Northern Lu into kings. Zhu Yijun dared to kill anyone who dared to demolish it. To resolve this contradiction between survival that has lasted for hundreds of years, Zhu Yijun was also prepared to be called the executioner.
Feng Bao bowed his head and said: "I obey the decree."
Sanniangzi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot at Huitongguanyi. The memorial from the Ministry of Rites has been submitted for three days, and the Ming Emperor did not Replying to her would mean rejection, so she had no choice but to take the goods she had bought and hurry back to the grassland, so that fewer people would die.
The snow this year is heavier than usual. This amount of snowfall makes Sanniang tremble with fear. Heavy snow in the cold winter is a nightmare for the grassland. If there is such a heavy snow inside the pass, it may be two feet thick outside the pass. No matter how difficult it is, she will go back.
Zhu Yijun regards Sanniangzi as a political creature. As a representative of the reconciliation faction, she does not blindly treat the people of the grassland, but hopes that everyone will have a bright future and a happy life. This expectation is extremely luxurious, but Sanniangzi is willing to pay everything for it.
Chen Xuexue, minister of Honglu Temple in the Ministry of Rites, and Li Yougong, the eunuch in charge of rituals, came to Huitongguanyi with His Majesty’s imperial edict. As a first-class loyal and obedient lady canonized by the Ming Dynasty, Sanniang could not live in the Siyi Pavilion when she entered the capital. .
"The third lady accepts the edict." Li Yougong opened the imperial edict and said loudly: "The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says:"
"The northern barbarians are scattered in the grasslands. People do not cultivate and weave, and the land has no other products. The barbarians rely on China for daily use of pots, cauldrons, needlework and thread. This winter, the ground is freezing cold, and the ground is as ice-like as a mirror. There is no grassland clothing, and the felt fur cannot bear it. It's cold, he's thin and hungry, and he's in poverty. I also know that God is good at living, and he is loyal and obedient to his wife's request. I obey God's will and agree to it. It cannot be demolished, otherwise it will be regarded as treason. The conflict between the northern captives in the Ming Dynasty continues for a long time. If there is another war, I will forever clear the grassland and desert."
Li Yougong. He took off the pages of the imperial edict from the brocade and handed it to the third lady, and then whispered: "Your Majesty orally: It's cold and snowy and the road is blocked. Madam Zhongshun drives slowly on the road and be careful."
"I thank you for your kindness!" The third lady took the holy paper and was stunned for a moment. You said your Majesty is stingy. He borrowed so many cotton clothes. You said he was generous. He didn't even use the brocade of the imperial edict. I'm willing to give it, just a piece of paper.
The third lady is lying when she says she is not touched. She actually wants to climb onto the dragon's bed and repay her with a spring of water. However, fate has tricked people. Your Majesty's kindness is not over yet, not over at all.
(End of this chapter)