Chapter 443 The Architect of the New Order of the Ming Dynasty
As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun has been avoiding a situation, that is, fighting both the enemy and his comrades-in-arms who were once comrades, companions and shared joy. Zhu Yijun is a sentimental person. He doesn't like comrades who worked closely with him in the past to become enemies. He has been trying his best to avoid this situation. Zhu Yijun is really easy to talk to in many cases.
On the premise of not harming the collective interests of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun can even tolerate the crime of transgression, but when it harms the collective interests of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun will take action.
While the Ming Dynasty’s special envoys Xu Jiugao and Liu Ji left Songjiang Prefecture and came to Tianjin Wei, the capital was as busy as ever, and the poor coolies were waking up from Fuguo Cao Market. Some of them were in Cao Market. Busy with all kinds of goods entering the capital, some began to work as cattle and horses in the city. The crowding of the capital's city gates in the morning and evening had attracted the attention of Shuntian Prefecture, and the expansion of the city gates and roads in the city had been put on the agenda.
Extremely radical people believe that the city walls and moats should be directly demolished. The cities in the north all have city walls, but only 40% of the cities in the hinterland south of the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains have city walls. This was still built in the context of the Japanese invasion in the southeast. Yes, the existence of the city wall will affect traffic, which is inevitable.
In the end, the conservatives won. The capital was the political center of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the military center. If another strong man came out from the Northern Qi and Dongyi, the city wall was the last barrier to protect the capital, even if the conservatives kept shouting all day long. The strength of mountains and rivers lies in virtue rather than danger, but the reality is that in October of the 14th year of Zhengtong, I also invaded the invaders first, and in the 29th year of Jiajing, I joined the invaders. They retreated after seeing the high walls of the capital city.
Shaanxi Chief Envoy Wang Yu, Zuo Erguan Xue Lun, Shanxi Inspector Qiao Bixing, Yangcheng Baishi Bai Zhili and others were escorted to Beijing on May 12th. Shaanxi and Shanxi were affiliated to the Jin Party. In traditional territory, the crime this time was the result of Wang Chonggu's vigorous purge of the party, which was unprecedentedly powerful.
The problem between Wang Yu and Xue Lun is not serious. They mainly ask for bribes and allow rape. However, the problem between Qiao Bixing and Bai Zhili is extremely serious. They are collaborating to fund the enemy.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate headed by Hai Rui led the Three Law Departments, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple to conduct a joint review of these cases. The results obtained were completely consistent with the conclusions of Shaanxi Governor Shi Maohua and Jin Party leader Wang Chonggu. The facts are clear , the evidence is conclusive.
This is a major earthquake in the northwest officialdom. Its impact is far-reaching. Many people are running around in fear, hoping to get clear information and confirm whether they have been implicated by Guaman. After several days of intensive investigation, After making amends, Hai Rui took the lead in the prosecution, intending to carry out the trial as quickly as possible to prevent further panic.
The downfall of a local official can easily spread to the entire place. The fastest trial means less involvement, minimizing the impact and preventing it from affecting the frontline war. This is a common practice during wartime. Just like in a war, the military The 'waste' caused by soldiers should not be compensated for. If you can't fight a war, don't fight. Being a soldier in arrears is not suitable for the Ming Dynasty.
It is absolutely impossible to have money, but not everything is business.
Zhu Yijun came to Beizhen Fusi again. The sun was still shining brightly, and the windows were still bright and clean. The torture instruments here had been locked in the warehouse because of the emperor's frequent visits, and were rarely used again. Legend has it that Zhu Yijun had never seen the punishment of five poisons in a senior official.
The doctor cannot be punished.
With so many cases, Zhu Yijun actually discovered very early that people are weaker than imagined. When they sit in the regret chair, 95% of people will confess honestly, but sometimes, people’s will is weaker than they thought. Steel is still strong and can still stand firm in the raging fire.
Zhu Yijun first met with Wang Yu and Xue Lun. The two men kowtowed and cried again and again. Their story was not complicated, but when their greed started, they were like falling rocks rolling down a mountain. Even Wang Yu and Xue Lun themselves couldn't tell clearly when they became like this. Maybe it was a poetry meeting, maybe a banquet, maybe it was the envy of a luxurious life.
"In the end, you still lived the way you hated the most when you were young." Zhu Yijun waved his hand. The two of them embezzled a total of 70,000 taels of silver. In the end, they just deprived themselves of their fame and official status and went home. This This is the result of Zhang Juzheng's increased punishment.
"The guilty minister bids farewell to Your Majesty." Wang Yu and Xue Lun breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, they felt even more mixed. After bowing five times and kowtowing three times, they left Beizhen Fusi. They were not sentenced to exile. There is no prison sentence, only my own denial of my past.
Zhu Yijun then met with Qiao Bixing, the Shanxi governor. Qiao Bixing is a direct descendant of the Jin party. He is still young and has a bright future. He only needs to wait for a chance to be promoted to chief envoy. At the expiration of three years, you can go further to Beijing and become a minister.
Qiao Bixing was only two steps away from Ming Gong. Both Wang Chonggu and Zhu Yijun waited for a month, but failed to wait until Qiao Bixing truthfully reported the evidence of Bai's Tongfan crime, which was investigated and dealt with by Qiao Bixing himself.
Sometimes, I think that no one knows about the bad things I have done, but in fact, everyone knows it clearly.
"The guilty minister pays homage to your majesty, long live your majesty, long live your majesty." Qiao Bixing, wearing shackles and shackles, saluted.
"Do you know your guilt?" Zhu Yijun said seriously.
Qiao Bixing knelt on the ground, but still said angrily: "The guilty minister knows the crime, but the guilty minister is just the chicken that Wang Cifu killed to scare the monkeys. It was not the guilty minister, but also someone else, who happened to be the guilty one. I'm just a minister."
You big guys are fighting and quarreling. It's just a fight between gods and mortals.
Qiao Bixing didn't feel guilty. He had the same idea in front of the emperor. He didn't feel that what he did was wrong. Wang Chonggu wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, and he just happened to run into it.
"Early years ago, Mr. Gao Gong told me that the bad thing about the Ming Dynasty was the tolerance of nepotism. Whether to punish corruption first or to treat appeasement first. Mr. Gao Gong had different opinions. Today, Mr. Don't deceive me sincerely." Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with Qiao Bixing's attitude. This is what a cheap scholar should be like. Even when he is about to die, he doesn't feel that he has done anything wrong, but that he is just unlucky.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Gao Gong made great plans for all officials in the world, and cooperated with Yang Bo, the official minister. There was no Jin person in all the deposed lists, which completely led to the expansion of the Jin party.
This is how the Jin Party, where Qiao Bixing belongs, came from. Therefore, the Jin Party does not feel that there is anything wrong with appeasing and shielding nepotism.
"Your Majesty, what Yuan Fu said is reasonable. The guilty minister ended up like this today. Is it not because the guilty minister refused to cling to Wang Cifu and could not get Wang Cifu's appeasement and protection that he fell to this point?" Qiao Bixing looked at it. He went to Wang Chonggu with some hatred. Wasn't it because he was the former party leader Ge Shouli's man and he didn't deal with Wang Chonggu, so he was killed to scare the monkeys?
"You fart!" Wang Chonggu couldn't bear it anymore. He slammed the table and said dirty words in front of the emperor, and he was so loud.
"Are you worthy of being Ge Gong's disciple? Then Wang Jiaping is now the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Fan Yingqi even went to Huguang to be governor. When did I treat you badly just because you are Ge Gong's disciple? I know you I have been waiting for you for a month to seize the Baijiatong saltpeter! A month!" Wang Chonggu slapped the table. During this time, he was really stressed.
Qiao Bixing was stunned for a moment, and then said with a very stern expression: "You have done nothing for a month, even if you send me a message! Is this what you do as a party leader? "
Wang Chonggu looked at Qiao Bixing blankly, what should he do? Tell Qiao Bixing that His Majesty already knows, or protect Qiao Bixing and protect him? What can he do? This world belongs to the Ming Dynasty, and this Shanxi is the Shanxi of the Ming Dynasty, not his Wang Chonggu’s Shanxi! He couldn't protect Qiao Bixing. Even if he was reminded this time, what about next time?
Is it possible to let the Jin Party produce another Zhang Siwei and let His Majesty completely destroy the Jin Party before giving up?
Now you blame him as the party leader for his inaction. You have been bullied. He, the party leader, can help you get some justice. You have made a huge mistake. What can he, the party leader, do to help you? Not to mention him, even Empress Dowager Li's father Wu Qingbo Li Wei had to be punished if something went wrong in supplying cotton clothes to the old camp.
How could Wang Chonggu protect Qiao Bixing from the things he did?
"Damn it!" Wang Chonggu shook his sleeves vigorously. Seeing Qiao Bixing helpless and depressed, he rubbed his face vigorously. This was a bit rude, but he was swearing so much that he didn't care anymore. . He really couldn't lead him. The Shanxi merchants on the front line were giving Qi Jiguang a knife, and the Shanxi party's direct line Tongfan was holding him back in the rear. He, the party leader, was really tired.
I can’t carry it, I can’t carry it at all.
Wang Chonggu glanced at Zhang Juzheng with envy. Look at the people under Zhang Juzheng. Qi Jiguang, Liang Menglong, Yin Zhengmao, Ling Yunyi, Pan Jixun, and Shen Shixing. Who is not in charge of the party and holds great power? And people who work hard?
This is related to the different selection mechanisms of the two parties. Zhang Dang is a candidate who has passed the examination, while Jin Dang is a nepotist.
Zhang Juzheng said quite calmly: "Luo Yao, the governor of Sichuan, corrupted 340,000 silver. Gao Qiyu's "Shun also ordered Yu". You Jin people are not worried, and I am not worried either. , are all the same.”
Party formation is used in conjunction with each other. As long as there is a party, this will inevitably happen. Zhang Juzheng is not a god, and his Zhang Party is not clean and needs to be cleaned up regularly. , can maintain the health of the organization. The Zhang Party can often eliminate evil spirits, but it is difficult for the Jin Party to do so, because the Jin Party is a national party and a regional rural party. It started out as a patronage and nepotism.
An organization that cannot metabolize itself will inevitably lead to ultimate destruction. It can be as small as a household, a handicraft workshop, a business gang, or a trading house, or as large as a court or a dynasty.
Qiao Bixing refused to plead guilty. He felt that he was just unlucky. Although he kowtowed and kowtowed loudly in front of the emperor, he was just begging for mercy to survive, rather than really feeling that he had done something wrong.
"I have an idea."
"Since I feel that I am just unlucky, let's be unlucky to the end. Let's just send all Qiao Jiancha's family members to Bansheng." Zhu Yijun stood up Come, look at Qiao Bixing, and say calmly: "Since you think Tongfan is not a big mistake, then do what you want."
Silence.
In the Fusi Prison in Beizhen, all the superiors were stunned. They wanted to persuade, but they didn’t know where to start. There was no problem with this logic. In Qiao Bixing’s opinion, Tongfan was not a big man. Wrong, then send Qiao Bixing's family members to Bansheng and Beilu. As for their treatment, you can imagine.
Since you feel that Tongfan is not guilty, then physically Tongfan is equivalent to reciprocity, and it is counter-sitting.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty of the crime. Your Majesty, I deserve to die for my crime, but it does not bring harm to my family. Your Majesty, I am guilty of the death penalty." Qiao Bixing immediately panicked, kowtowed, and added shackles and shackles to his body. He really gave in. .
"Tsk, tsk, once it involves yourself, do you admit your guilt?" Zhu Yijun knows very well how to let a lowly scholar like Qiao Bixing break his guard. What such selfish people fear most is their own actual interests. If it is damaged, his children will become the slaves of Beilu, and his wives and concubines will become the playthings of Beilu.
"So, you never know where you are wrong. Your family is family, and other people's family is not family. The Bai family, and those of you who are familiar with it, will have an impact on the war situation, the Ming border troops Your wife, children, and children may become the playthings of Beilu, and you will not feel any guilt, but you cannot accept that your family has become the playthings of Beilu." After Zhu Yijun said this, he left Beizhen Fusi. Prison.
He stood in the courtyard of Fusi, Beizhen, looking at the scorching sun in the sky. Zhang Juzheng was behind the emperor, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, there may be something wrong with this move."
" I'm just trying to scare him. There's nothing wrong with this. I can't do it at all. How will the people of the world view me if I act like this? I just said this deliberately to make him die in fear." Zhu Yijun looked at him. Hai Rui said with a smile: "Hai Zongxian will not agree."
"I do object." Hai Rui said very calmly.
Sending one's own people to the enemy for fun is just to punish villains. It is a great loss of trust for the country. A humble official like Hai Rui will definitely object. This does not mean that Hai Rui is shielding Qiao Bixing. This kind of cheap Confucianism maintains order.
Your Majesty is the architect of the new order of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is undergoing great changes. During the changes, the writing of order is completed by the people of the world.
This behavior was the behavior of Ming Yingzong. After Zhu Qizhen's restoration, he killed Yu Qian, Wang Wen, and Fan Guang.
During the Tumubao Incident on August 15, the 14th year of Zhengtong, Fan Guang was the commander of the Liaodong capital. He was good at riding and shooting, and was extremely brave. He was recommended by Yu Qian to Beijing and became the deputy commander-in-chief. Shi Heng's second officer. Wala Ye first led the foreign student Zhu Qizhen to invade the capital. Fan Guang dismounted from his horse and fought to the death outside Desheng Gate. On the battlefield, once he dismounted to fight, it meant that he did not intend to retreat. He wanted to live or die with the front. Fan Guang led A group of militiamen who had just been recruited won the battle, and the pursuit did not stop until they reached Zijing Pass.
Zhu Qizhen was restored, and on the charge of being attached to Qian by the party, Fan Guang was beheaded in public, and then Fan Guang's wife and children were given to the northern captives.
Qiao Bixing's crime was naturally punished by the Ming Dynasty Law. The conclusion reached by the three-level trial was beheading and his family members were exiled to Luzon. This punishment was enough. Zhu Yijun's words were just to punish Qiao Bixing's heart. Bi Xing suffered from inner suffering and torture before his death.
"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng and his ministers shouted that Your Majesty can carry Qing Qing, and there is no need to lose his reputation for the sake of Qiao Bixing.
"Your Majesty, the special envoy Xu Jiugao sent to the West and the deputy envoy Liu Ji have arrived in Tongzhou. Do you want to arrange an audience?" Wan Shihe talked about Xu Jiugao's itinerary.
"As soon as possible." Zhu Yijun knew that the interview process with the Ministry of Rites was cumbersome, and his meaning was very clear. It was time for Xu Jiugao, Liu Ji and others to take a break. They had to complete the process quickly and have a good rest after returning to life.
Wan Shihe is a courtier. His Majesty said that as soon as possible, the Ministry of Rites will complete all the procedures the next day. This efficiency is really high. You must know that Shah Maimaiti entered the customs through Jiayuguan. It took a whole year to get to the audience.
The next afternoon, Zhu Yijun met the special envoys Xu Jiugao and Liu Ji who had returned from afar.
The Ming Dynasty’s first special envoys to the West were Xu Fan and Gao Qiyu, and the second ones were Xu Jiugao and Liu Ji. The difference was that the first time they went there was on someone else’s ship, and the second time was on their own ship. .
"My ministers Xu Jiugao and Liu Ji pay homage to your majesty. Long live your majesty. Long live your majesty. In March last year, I was ordered by the king to explore the west of Thailand. Fortunately, I did not disgrace my order. Today I will return to the throne." Xu Jiugao and Liu Ji went. A big courtesy visit.
"I am very pleased that my hard work has paid off on this mission. You two dear friends will be excused from the ceremony." Zhu Yijun motioned to Xu Jiugao and others to stand up and speak.
Rewards based on merit, promotions and promotions are inevitable, and there are also regulations. When Zheng He went to the West, there was a precedent for rewards. This was an ancestral law, and even the humble Confucians could not object.
Zhu Yijun and Xu Jiugao chatted for a while, asking about the situation of Antonio, the Portuguese king they canonized.
“Your Majesty, the Marquis of Santa Cruz started negotiations with His Highness Antonio in Lisbon. The negotiations had no substantive results, but Antonio still leased a northern port to Spain at an extremely high price. "Xu Jiugao talked about the final result of the negotiation between the Marquis and Antonio.
Felipe II is evil-minded, and Antonio is not easy to control with the support of Ming Dynasty. Both sides will be hurt if he fights, and no one will be convinced if he doesn't fight, but Felipe II also has important things to do. That is the Netherlands. The Netherlands resisted for more than ten years and finally became independent.
So there was temporary peace between the two teeth, and Felipe II leased a Portuguese port.
“After Felipe borrowed the port of Porto, he began to transfer the Armada to the Netherlands and sent an expeditionary force of 1,300 people to fight in Ireland. The Queen of England was extremely worried about this, but There is no good way." Xu Jiugao told His Majesty what he had learned about the West.
Mainly the changes in the Netherlands. The Northern Alliance and the Southern Alliance in the Netherlands officially passed the Act of Absolute Absoluteness, announcing that they had officially separated from Spain and became independent countries.
William, Prince of Orange, became the first ruler of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, not the king but the chief executive, because the Republic of the Netherlands is a representative system, that is, members are formed into a parliament, and the parliament has the highest decision-making power. The chief executive is only the head of state in name only.
The members of parliament of the Netherlands are mainly from the Southern League and the Northern League.
The Yugoslav League is the League of Arras (Belgium), an alliance established by nobles and churches. They went to Spain in the first year of Wanli and swore allegiance to Felipe II.
The Northern League is the Utrecht League (Netherlands), mainly composed of farmers, craftsmen, workshop owners, bourgeoisie and Protestants.
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was loyal to Felipe II, but due to the cruel plunder of Spain, it finally became intolerable and came together with the northern resistance forces to complete the merger. They jointly formulated the "Act of Absolute Absolute Declaration" and officially declared independence. .
The inducement for the cooperation between the Southern Confederacy and the Northern Confederacy was that the Governor of the Netherlands, Rexen, who was affiliated with Spain, dug up sea walls and used water instead of troops to brutally suppress the resisters. This method of suppression caused resulting in a stronger rebound and more intense resistance.
Felipe II was willing to put down the war with Antonio because the independence of the Netherlands made Felipe II intolerable. Moreover, Felipe II offered a reward of 25,000 gold coins to Austria. The head of William the Silent, Prince of Lange.
When Xu Jiugao left, there had been three large-scale assassinations. It was very simple to assassinate William. Faced with high rewards, assassins emerged one after another, but William still traveled and participated in activities as usual, which gave the assassin There is a huge opportunity. This is stupid, but William has to do it. If he dies in the assassination, there will be a successor. If he compromises with Felipe II, more than ten years of resistance will be useless. significance.
In fact, as Xu Jiugao expected, William died at the hands of the assassin.
The assassin Gérard, who sneaked into William's house, fired three shots at William who had just come downstairs at the stairway of William's house. One of the shots hit William's heart, and William fell in a pool of blood. , but this kind of assassination twisted the will of resistance in the Netherlands into a rope, and even the Yugoslavia, composed of more conservative nobles, had to resist more resolutely.
William died, but he lived on as the founding father of the Netherlands.
This is the reason why Zhu Yijun did not let Sanniang assassinate Anda Khan. It would be easy to kill, but wouldn’t Anda Khan directly transform into a stubborn totem? Everyone fought on the frontal battlefield, and victory or defeat was the result. Felipe II killed William the Silent, but the Netherlands still became independent.
The Queen of England has made up her mind to cooperate with the Netherlands to fight against Spain, the overlord of the West. This is out of security considerations, but also out of interests. Maritime trade is lucrative and everyone is jealous.
"Representative system." Zhu Yijun kept tapping his hands on the table.
There are two main types of representative systems, one is the monarchy parliamentary system and the other is the head of state parliamentary system. The difference is that one retains the king and the other does not retain the king. The head of state is the king or the chief executive. These two representative systems , the fundamental power actually lies in the hands of Congress, because the decision-making power belongs to Congress.
This is completely different from the system of the Ming Dynasty. Even though Emperor Jiajing lived in Xiyuan and Emperor Longqing was in hiding, Emperor Wanli was in charge of Shaoguoyin in the first ten years. He had always been Yan Song, Xu Jie and Gao Gong. , Zhang Ju is handling state affairs, which looks a bit like a constitutional monarchy.
As the supreme leader of the dynasty, the monarch is sacred and inviolable, but he does not deal with state affairs. Even the internal funds and national funds of the Ming Dynasty were completely separated during the Jiajing period. For forty-one years, The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty lived in seclusion. It seemed that the Ming Dynasty only knew the chief minister and not the emperor.
But not a representative system because the final decision-making power never left the emperor.
The Ming Dynasty is in the era of great changes of great speculation. Zhu Yijun thought about the pros and cons of the representative system, and finally chose to shake his head. There is nothing worth learning from, because the Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions. The Ming Dynasty is too big and has too many people. Yes, the administrative costs of the representative system cannot be afforded by the Ming Dynasty.
"I would like to offer you auspicious blessings." Xu Jiugao saw that His Majesty had finished his thinking and immediately bowed his head and said.
Xu Jiugao pulled open the first piece of red silk cloth. It was not the oval-shaped twelve-pound pearl that had been polished, but a box of grass with thick stems, lush branches and leaves, and a crisp texture. Xu Jiugao He solemnly said: "Your Majesty, this is the seed I bought in Sun City, Mexico. It is called bluegrass."
"This is a high-quality forage."
Zhu Yijun immediately became interested. Looking at the forage that Xu Jiugao introduced solemnly, he began to ask for details about this grass. Annual plants, like leeks, can be cut 7 to 9 times a year. Each acre of grassland can produce 20,000 yuan per year. The forage, which weighs about a kilogram, is acid-resistant and slightly salt-alkali resistant, water-resistant, fertilizer-resistant, and heat-resistant. It can be silaged or dried for long-term storage.
“This is also a kind of pasture, called yellow bamboo grass. It is different from blue orchid. It is a perennial plant. It can be cut 10 to 20 times per acre. The annual output exceeds 20,000 kilograms. One acre of land. It can feed 4 cows, 20 sheep or 200 rabbits, and is resistant to barrenness, humidity and cold." Xu Jiugao introduced the second type of grass, which is more suitable for large-scale planting.
Green orchid has richer nutritional value and can even be used to raise horses, but the yield is slightly insufficient. However, yellow bamboo grass does not have this shortcoming. It can be harvested for several years at a time, and the management is more extensive and does not need to be Careful cultivation.
Green blue raises horses, and yellow bamboo raises sheep.
"Good, good!" Zhu Yijun was quite satisfied with these two kinds of high-quality forage. He nodded repeatedly and said: "Send it to Baoqisi so that Xu Zhenming can take good care of it. This is a good thing."
Sleepy In order to send pillows, the Ming Dynasty was marching to the north of Wanghua. Wanghua needed to be managed. Due to insufficient rainfall and barren land, the yield of the grassland land was limited, and these two fodders came at the right time.
Qinglan was purchased by Xu Jiugao in Sun City, Mexico, and yellow bamboo grass was discovered by Xu Jiugao himself. The Viceroyalty of Peru cut these grasses to raise sheep, and intensively cultivated this high-level farming technology. Peru's The herdsmen did not point it out. The locals regarded it as a gift from God, but Xu Jiugao immediately sensed its importance.
His Majesty is engaged in farming and mulberry. Although the symbolic meaning is greater than the practical significance, His Majesty is really very concerned about farming and mulberry affairs. What is good for the superiors will be affected by the inferiors. Therefore, Xu Jiugao has been paying attention to everything he has done along the way. various crops of the land.
Xu Jiugao found many, many forages, and these two kinds of forage were what Xu Jiugao valued most.
Obviously, flattering is by no means a simple matter. Xu Jiugao has read agricultural books, which were annotated by His Majesty himself.
"My second piece of auspiciousness is the biggest gain from this voyage. The star map, needle map, and the navigation notes written by me and Deputy Ambassador Liu along the way." Xu Jiugao felt that these could be called auspiciousness.
In the eyes of Ming scholars, the most precious thing is knowledge.
Zhu Yijun thinks so too.
(End of this chapter)