Chapter 485 Who led His Majesty astray?
Liukelang's Liuke also had something to say. He did not attack such a good target as Wang Chonggu, but insisted on talking about the Beijing camp's attack on Suiyuan and the incident when His Majesty killed Chen Youren in the street. Everyone remembers that Chen Youren wrote the yin and yang "Pinging the Japanese", and tried his best to whitewash the Japanese pirates and throw dirty water on Qi Shuai. In the end, he was killed by His Majesty in the street!
The emperor killed people in the street.
The Ministry of Rites followed up and wrote the "Eastern Expedition", which described in detail the atrocities of the Japanese pirates and the strictness of Commander Qi in controlling the troops.
Reporting to the emperor to rescue the head of Guizhou is the result of long-term practice. It is not a slogan, but a fact.
Some things can be touched, Wang Chonggu, just scold him. Who made Wang Chonggu make a bigger mistake than the sky? Even Zhang Juzheng is always wary of Wang Chonggu.
There are some things that cannot be touched. Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang are the pillars that make His Majesty the emperor when he is in doubt. As long as the emperor's heart is warm, he will do his best to protect everything.
The development of things is always beyond everyone's expectations. The issue of the Suiyuan branch received an immediate response after the price reduction and the exile of Yan Guan. This also confirmed Qi Jiguang's judgment of the scholar-bureaucrats as they were bargaining. , when you see that something cannot be done, you immediately start to repeat it.
The Ming Dynasty Beijing Camp can resume training as scheduled.
According to the estimates of the Ministry of Rites, the literacy rate in the Ming Dynasty exceeded 25%. This does not mean that those who can only write their own names are called literate, but that those who have studied the Four Books and Five Classics exceeded 25%. This means that There were too many scholars in the Ming Dynasty. They did not have a stable life. With a large number of people, there was great competition. They could not engage in lowly professions, otherwise it would be an insult to politeness. The scholar-bureaucrats hoped that the emperor would increase prices, but the result was that Price reduction.
Therefore, the problem of the Suiyuan branch has been alleviated, and with the establishment of the third-level school, this problem can be further alleviated.
The absurd events after King Lu’s wedding slowly came to an end, and the public opinion about King Lu’s vassalship also came to an abrupt end, because an insider revealed that the Ming Emperor planned to seal the vassal overseas. The insider further revealed that, With His Highness King Lu's greedy nature and ridiculous style, he sealed the vassal overseas, and I am afraid that the maritime merchants will have no way to complain.
Although the news came out of nowhere, judging from the Ming Emperor's firm will to open the sea, we knew that His Majesty probably really had this plan.
Opening the sea is an issue that maritime merchants do not want to discuss. The interests are too huge. It is better to maintain the status quo and let King Lu continue to fool around in the capital. He is just a prince, not his majesty.
The Wanli Restoration is deeply changing the country of Ming Dynasty. All aspects, politics, military, economy and life style, have undergone earth-shaking changes with the influx of large amounts of silver and the implementation of the New Deal. In the process of this drastic change , Ming Dynasty is gradually becoming stronger, but the process of restoration also contains sharp contradictions.
The first is the high concentration of imperial power and the contradiction between various classes' demands for power.
The Wanli Reform, which started with Zhang Juzheng’s New Deal, used various policies from the beginning to increase the authority of the court and the emperor to change the current situation of the country suffering from five diseases. It was to consolidate the imperial power. The emperor was the leader of all new deals. Therefore, ten years later, in the tenth year of Wanli, the imperial power was once again highly concentrated in the hands of the emperor himself. However, the scholars who were accustomed to Taoist Fenxiu and Longqing Shenyin were obviously dissatisfied with this situation.
From the serial impeachment of Wang Chonggu and the crazy opposition to Wang Chonggu in miscellaneous newspapers, we can see that the scholar-bureaucrats were extremely dissatisfied with the fact that the court was too long-handed, too lenient, and too strict.
This contradiction is long-term and is the contradiction between centralized power and discrete power.
The second contradiction is that the New Deal still benefits meat eaters. The contradiction between meat eaters and producers has not been significantly alleviated. Some farmers and tenants even bear the tax pressure brought by Qingzhang. This is also the reason why the Taxation Yuan is gnashing its teeth in hatred. The implementation of the New Deal was carried out step by step with the restoration of administrative capabilities, and the relationship of strong personal dependence has not changed significantly.
Only by restoring the land and clearing it out can the contradiction between man and land, and the contradiction between producers and meat eaters, be significantly alleviated.
The census of Dingkou and the abolition of humble status are part of the plan to equalize the land.
This contradiction is also long-term and is a contradiction between the means of production.
The third contradiction is the cultural contradiction between the superstructure and the lower cornerstone. The New Deal mainly benefits the meat eaters. The liberal changes of the Songjiang School represent the benefits of the New Deal for the meat eaters. Zhang Ju is distributing Volume, the discussion on this issue has been very clear. They also suffered from the pain of the reform, but when the meat eaters benefited more, the poor coolies became the victims.
This huge inequality in educational attainment is accelerating to tear apart the Ming Dynasty, and the official factories, engineering regiments, and three-level schools surrounding craftsmen and soldiers are to alleviate this kind of tear and contradiction.
This contradiction is also long-term and is a contradiction of social fairness.
Alleviating the three main contradictions is the internal reason for the current system design of the Ming Dynasty.
The solution given by Wang Chonggu is more material, and the solution given by Zhang Juzheng is more currency. This is not a question of who is better and who is worse. Without Zhang Juzheng’s New Deal, administrative power has not been restored. Wang Chonggu Whatever you want to do is in vain.
Da Ming is really too big and tolerant to accommodate these two ideas.
The reforms implemented by the imperial court will definitely arouse fierce opposition from those with vested interests in the past. The political ecology of the feudal monarchy suppresses and excludes dissident political opinions. It is the most typical suppression and exclusion, which will definitely prompt the old nobles to adopt more extreme methods to prove their existence.
Physically eliminating the emperor, Zhang Juzheng, and Wang Chonggu, the core of the reform, is the best way. This seems to be the optimal solution. No matter who of these three reform cores dies, the Ming Dynasty's New Deal will come to an abrupt end, but the problem is: the Ming Dynasty To take extreme precautions against this, the Ming Emperor no longer even stayed in the palace. The personnel structure of Tonghe Palace was simple and heavily guarded. The emperor was always wary of scholar-bureaucrats.
This is an intuitive reflection of strict hierarchy and class. Higher classes can mobilize more social resources to protect themselves.
The commonly used outdated method of falling into the water seems very immature.
The old nobles are even less willing to cause "civil unrest" to resist, such as further increasing land rents, prompting tenants to leave their fields and become refugees, increasing social instability, which is caused by physical distance.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is far away in the horizon, and the granary of the old nobles is right in front of them. There are too many refugees. When they rise up, it is inevitable that the old nobles will die first.
In addition to disgusting the emperor, the consequences of civil unrest will definitely accelerate the formation of local engineering corps and battalions, and the production methods of the engineering corps and battalions will crush and drastically change the old, feudal, and For the old aristocrats, it is better to kowtow and become loyal ministers than to rely on the production relations of strong personal dependence. At least His Majesty's reform is still focused on stability.
Your Majesty has cards in his hand that can deal with the old nobles' attempts to hijack the people's self-respect. This is why Wang Chonggu deserves to die. It is all the engineering regiment camp created by Wang Chonggu that made the Ming Dynasty miserable!
His Majesty has two cards in his hand, which the old nobles are most afraid of. The first is Sea Trade, and the second is the Engineer Regiment Camp.
Zhu Yijun put down a memorial in his hand that impeached Wang Chonggu and said: "What Xiao Dehui, the director of Guanglu Temple, said is very reasonable. In the memorial, he mentioned Wang Chonggu's transgression and Zhang Siwei's assassination of the king. And the fire burned down the palace, reminding me to beware of Wang Cifu’s disloyalty. What he said was right. Isn’t it so obvious that I am wary of Wang Cifu?”
Feng Bao thought for a moment and said: “ Wang Cifu is so cautious now, and it is obvious that His Majesty has shown that in order to save his family, Wang Cifu is even willing to give out money, and worship the silver treasury of Guchi Road, Dujiangyan Water Conservancy, and the third-level school."
"If he hadn't noticed the danger, it might not have been easy for Wang Cifu to cough up the money."
"That makes sense." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Xiao Dehui is not Wang Cifu. He can't feel the pressure and the pressure on his head. "
"Have I treated Wang Cifu poorly?" Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and asked.
Feng Bao thought for a moment and said: "I think that I am indeed a bit biased. I am doing things for His Majesty, and His Majesty has never protected Wang Cifu."
Feng Bao chose to tell the truth. , Compared with His Majesty's protection of Zhang Juzheng and Qi Shuai, Wang Chonggu also did a lot of things, and His Majesty never helped Wang Chonggu.
"Yeah." Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and agreed with Feng Bao's statement.
He picked up a memorial, opened it, read it, picked up the ink pen and wrote: "The Governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Hai Rui, and Li Youzi, together with the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhang Juzheng, issued a memorial to depose Jiangxi Division Member Wai Lang of the Ministry of Punishment. There are two hundred and sixty-four people including Aimu."
"Hai Gangfeng will be called a cruel official in the future. It is all my fault. I did not use this magic sword well."< br>
In March of the tenth year of Wanli, before the spring had passed, Hai Rui united with the Ministry of Civil Affairs to deprive 264 officials at all levels of their official status.
There were only 300 Jinshi in the third year of the Ming Dynasty. Of these 264, 54 were Jinshi, and the rest were Juren. Deprivation of official status and honors was the standard procedure for dismissal from office during the Wanli period. Those who go home no longer enjoy taxes and judicial privileges, and cannot become rural gentry.
Over the years, Hai Rui, the magic sword, was the number one person in the Ming Dynasty’s fight against corruption. When the officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs noticed that they were low-ranking officials, Hai Rui would check it out. Generally speaking, low-ranking officials have problems. Hai Rui's good reputation was ruined by the emperor Zhu Yijun.
Now in the eyes of the scholar-bureaucrats, Hai Rui is the emperor's lackey, a supporter of rebellion, and a cruel official who harms his colleagues.
"Hai Zongxian enjoyed it." Feng Bao felt that Hai Rui didn't care much about his reputation. When he was scolded like this, Hai Rui never retorted, and he killed corrupt officials every time. The excitement that Hai Rui showed when he was slaying the incompetent officials was a joy from the bottom of his heart, which meant that he had wiped out another group of insects!
In Hai Rui's thousand-year values of being a monarch and his ministers, his biggest worry is actually the emperor. In Hai Rui's view, if the emperor is wise, the country will be strong, and if the emperor is foolish, the country will perish. All the important responsibilities in the world belong to the emperor alone. , everyone in the world is selfish, only His Majesty is a fan of such ideas.
Hai Rui never had anything to say about His Majesty's diligence. Instead, he was worried that His Majesty would be too diligent and might end up in danger.
"This divine sword is indeed sharp." Zhu Yijun said sincerely after reading the memorial.
This large-scale edict caused a major earthquake in the officialdom in Jiangxi. Last year, in addition to the original amount of ponds and ponds for officials and people in sixty-six prefectures and counties in Jiangxi, they had 61,459 hectares of land. Fourteen acres, totaling 6.15 million acres of fertile land, were measured.
Hai Rui immediately smelled it. Fields would not appear or disappear for no reason, so Hai Rui wanted to find out what happened to these six million acres of fields.
I soon found out that it had a lot to do with corruption. These 6.15 million acres of land were previously protected by local officials in Jiangxi.
Pan Jixun killed a lot of people during the locust plague in the third year of Wanli, forcing Jiangxi Province to provide food relief. The new governor of Jiangxi, Wang Lin, after taking office, discovered the 6.15 million acres of land. Tian, Wang Lin finally chose to puncture.
Wang Lin had no choice. If he didn't light this thunder, he would be the one to be bombed by these six million acres of land. Luo Yao, the former governor of Sichuan, as a direct descendant of Zhang's party, was killed by Zhang Juzheng without any extrajudicial mercy. meaning. Wang Lin and Zhang Juzheng were on the same list as Jinshi, and they often had political differences. These six million acres of extra land were a bomb under his belt. If he didn't take the initiative to report it, once anyone knew about it, Wang Lin would probably end up worse than Luo Yao. Be miserable.
Many things in the world are like this. If you don’t want others to know, you have to do nothing. There is no airtight wall in the world. With six million acres of land, Jiangxi ground officials are really too Be brave.
Wang Lin and Zhang Juzheng had different political views, mainly because of the legal examination. Wang Lin felt that Zhang Juzheng was harsh on officials. Everyone was an official in the same dynasty, and they could not see each other when they looked up and put shackles on all officials. What did it mean? Wang Lin became an official for this reason, but now Wang Lin feels that Zhang Juzheng's examination method is too conservative.
This is six million acres of land, and Jiangxi ground officials dare to condone it and hide it! I'm really not afraid of things happening.
Hai Rui followed these six million acres of land, caught a group of 264 corrupt officials, and punished them all.
Zhu Yijun Zhu approved Hai Rui's memorial. Zhu approved: [The general constitution is in the dynasty, the weather is rocky, the rules are unique, and the ministers hate it so much that they can't talk about it. The general constitution's merits are in the country, a little bit. Don't pay attention to the noise. I know that I love you and you are strong and upright. ]
Hai Rui rushes with confidence, I will give my full support from behind!
Zhu Yijun summoned Hai Rui back to the court in the first year of Wanli. He was actually using Hai Rui to block the chatter of officials. When Hai Rui began to fight corruption, Zhu Yijun realized that this magic sword would give Ming Dynasty this lifeless officialdom , severely injecting a completely different atmosphere, which is called Gukun Zhengqi.
This divine sword is quite easy to use.
Wang Chonggu seemed to be trapped in an isolated and helpless dilemma. He was Zhang Juzheng's political enemy. When the Ming Dynasty attacked Bansheng, Wang Chonggu went inward to clean up the moths of the Jin Party, and then asked the farmers to divide the land and cut him off from the rural gentry and the powerful. If you want to be right-minded and build a third-level school in the engineering regiment camp, you will offend the scholar-bureaucrats.
When everyone felt that Wang Chonggu was easy to bully and planned to add insult to injury, Wang Chonggu seemed to fight back.
On March 20th of the 10th year of Wanli, Wang Chonggu finally returned to the capital after completing his three duties at the Xishan Coal Bureau and the Yongding Official Factory. When he planned to overthrow the king's Yanguan, and the crowd was excited to attack Wang Cifu, The officials in the capital were surprised to find that there was a fire in their backyard.
A demon book spread quickly in the streets and alleys of Jingtang. It contains twenty censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the outer chambers raised by the Sixth Section for Shizhong, naming them one by one, with pictures and texts. "A Little Story That the Censor and the Foreign Minister Have to Tell", a twenty-page booklet, directly ignited the entire capital, and there was a lot of discussion.
It turns out that these guys who claim to be clean are having so much fun! Behind the sanctimoniousness, there are all these sloppy things.
Wang Chonggu was indeed very discreet in his private life. After the death of his first wife, even though he was the only rebellious son like Wang Qian, Wang Chonggu did not cause scandals such as the concubine. History, there is more than one outer chamber.
"Son, why bother." Wang Chonggu took a day off to take a bath and recuperate after finishing his three must-dos. He is not young anymore, and high-intensity work is indeed very tiring, but no matter how tired he is, I'm not tired either. Wang Chonggu is a living person, and occasionally he may be a little confused.
Is it really worth it to charge into battle like this?
The emperor granted Wang Chonggu's request for leave. Wang Chonggu slept until midnight. When he woke up, he saw this demonic book.
Wang Qian did what happened. Like father, like son. Wang Qian has never been an upright person. He himself admitted that both father and son are traitors. Since he is a traitor, he must do what a traitor should do. Work.
Wang Qian said very stubbornly: "Isn't it reputation that Qingliu relies on? I wonder if they have the time to criticize their father if they lose their reputation this time. The third-level school is obviously a great thing to promote Wenjiao, but when it comes to their mouths, it turns out that It has become a rebellion that shakes the country, and the child is dissatisfied!”
Wang Qian is a very stubborn person. Judging from the many times that he and his father have different ideas, it can be seen that he is quite rebellious. According to Wang Chonggu's original plan was to ignore it, but he was scolded so harshly that he submitted a petition to serve. His Majesty persuaded him to stay. This drama has been going on for ten years, and now Wang Chonggu can borrow strength from His Majesty. This is his implementation The greatest confidence of the New Deal.
Wang Qian does not think that being a coward is a good way to deal with it. Not only is Wang Qian unwilling to be a coward, he also wants to fight back, and he wants to kill him with one blow, and he is going after Qingliu's Achilles' heel, fame. Let's start. Over the years, Wang Qian has collected a lot of dirty information, peeled off Qingliu's skin, and let the world see their true colors.
Wang Chonggu said helplessly: "Actually, it's nothing. They have been nagging Zhang Juzheng for ten years. Has there been any result? Your Majesty is wise and wise. If they can't fool His Majesty, nothing will happen to our family. If you don't resist, it's not your fault. There is no need to be cowardly. If a party dispute breaks out, you will inevitably be blamed. Instead of swearing a few words, maintaining the situation without breaking through the struggle is the most important thing."
"You, He’s just young and too arrogant.”
Wang Chonggu himself is a conservative. He doesn’t want to break up with each other, which would be embarrassing for everyone. If he gets scolded a few times, his majesty will not allow his official memorial, which will be no big deal.
Wang Qian frowned, thought for a while and said, "Is there a possibility that my father is old?"
The corners of Wang Chonggu's mouth twitched, and he gritted his teeth with some disbelief. He looked at Wang Qian and asked: "Son, do you think your father's life is too long? Are you really so anxious to inherit the family property?"
Wang Qian said with great certainty: "You How much is that kind of family property? I saved 1.12 million silver with Your Majesty and bought a 500,000 silver Suiyuan Chidao in Yanxing Building. If nothing else happens, the child should be richer than his father when he reaches his age. "
In this regard, he is very confident that Suiyuan Chidao has not skyrocketed now, but he is optimistic about the long term. Once the number of Daming steam engines begins to develop rapidly, Suiyuan Chidao's tickets will Prices will soar at an alarming rate.
Wang Chonggu leaned heavily on the back of his chair and said with annoyance on his face: "When you can dance with the Seven Star Ring Head Sword, it's time to chop you up. Anyway, you have a grandson."
"It's me, dad." I can’t bear to give up this son.” Wang Qian is very confident, and this has been proven by practice. He said with a smile on his face: "My father chased the child for two streets before. He is getting stronger with age and his sword is still young. I have found two Persian beauties for my father and have sent them to my father's room."
Various Sweet words can deceive, but bullshit will not.
Wang Qian prefers Persian beauties to red-haired and golden-haired pigs. In his eyes, red-haired and golden-haired pigs are both hairless pigs with a smell that needs to be covered up with perfume. Wang Qian doesn't like the thick body hair.
Wang Qian has read the theory of survival and elimination of the fittest in Jie Ku Yuan. From the perspective of the beauty of the world, Wang Qian thinks Jie Ku Yuan’s theory makes sense.
"You are really filial." Wang Chonggu laughed angrily. He was already this age, how could he show his filial piety to a Persian beauty? !
"Dad, let me ask you, after pulling off Qingliu's skin and exposing them naked to the world, and the child having done this demon book, does Dad feel much better?!" Wang Qian leaned forward and asked curiously.
Wang Chonggu thought for a while, nodded solemnly, looked at Wang Qian and said: "I used to implement the three musts and three musts in Xishan Coal Bureau. In fact, I was somewhat trying to avoid disasters. Alas, our Ming Dynasty Scholars, scolding is really unpleasant, and I feel a little depressed after seeing it. To be honest, it feels a lot better.”
There is no need to lie. Wang Chonggu is hiding in Xishan Coal Bureau and has wanted to take action more than once. He has a violent and easy-going personality. Angry, although he deliberately suppressed it, he wanted to take action more than once, but in the end he put the overall situation first and held back.
"My child is not fooling around. A few days ago, His Majesty ordered my child to enter Tonghe Gongyu's study room. After asking about the transaction of Yanxing Tower, I said to my child: These officials are really annoying because they are chattering. You should be filial, and if you have a good idea, you don’t have to hide your clumsiness.”
"The child asked: If we start to do this, what is the appropriate level? Your Majesty's Holy Order: The cheap Confucians are riding on the neck of the old Wang family to show off their power. How far can we go? The child took the idea of the demon book I told your majesty that the demon book was printed by the Sanjing Factory." Wang Qian told Wang Chonggu the whole story.
Wang Qian is not that capable yet.
Except for the material provided by him, it was all done by His Majesty. The demon book was printed by the internal Sanjing Factory. Wherever it was distributed, Tiqi gave it to the three aunts and six women for them to spread. And responsible for the finishing touches, sprinkling water to wash the floor, the whole process highlights a silky smoothness.
An emperor protects a minister very well without even using administrative power. This further strengthens Wang Qian’s worship of authority. Wang Qian has always been a believer in authority. He does not believe in the Ming Law, but only Believe the emperor's promise, even if the emperor does not fulfill his promise.
"Your Majesty did it?" Wang Chonggu was excited and sat up suddenly. His waist was no longer sore, his legs were no longer painful, he was full of energy, and the confusion in his heart immediately disappeared.
Wang Qian nodded and said: "Yes, our bookshop, how can we print books and periodicals of that quality."
Produced by the Sanjing Factory, it is the certificate that His Majesty gave to Wang Qianli. The emperor took matters into his own hands.
Wang Qian looked around and lowered his head and said: "The first issue of the Demon Book is a lesson. It clearly says "To be continued". Once these clear streams continue to chatter, the second issue will be printed and the engraving will be done. , if these Qingliu are still shameless, Your Majesty will ask Hai Rui to take action."
"How many truly honest officials and Qingliu like Hai Rui are there in the Ming Dynasty?"< br>
"Very good." Wang Chonggu stretched and felt that he had endless energy. After he died, His Majesty would not vent his anger by knocking down his tombstone. What he did was not meaningless!
Wang Chonggu could not defeat Zhang Juzheng, let alone Zhang Juzheng who had the support of His Majesty. Now, Wang Chonggu also had the support of His Majesty.
Are you, Zhang Juzheng, a capable minister who can revolutionize the past and create something new?
"Oh, that's not good." Wang Chonggu slapped the table and said, "Didn't this lead His Majesty to evil? Your Majesty has always been on the road before. This kind of means and tricks are not leading His Majesty to evil. Is it broken? "
It is a bit unbecoming of a king to behave openly and openly with such underhanded methods.
"Father, are you sure it was us who led His Majesty astray?" Wang Qian said with confusion on his face: "I think it was Zhang Juzheng who taught His Majesty these methods. Your Majesty is really too skilled. , even Wan Dazai was well prepared for the finishing touches, and I was shocked when I saw his skill.”
His Majesty indeed advocates the journey of the great road. He has said so and done so in many things over the years. It was done on the surface, but this time, Wang Qian felt that it was not that His Majesty did not know how to use it before, but that he was too lazy to use it. In fact, even the skilled Wang Qian felt that it was too silky.
If Zhang Juzheng were here, he would definitely be furious. He never taught the emperor any underhanded methods. Everything else would be blamed on him! He is not a basket, anything can be put in it! Insidious damage is the usual method of your old Wang family, not Zhang Juzheng's special skill!
It’s really not what Zhang Juzheng teaches, nor is it what Wang Chonggu teaches. The main reason is that Zhu Yijun has seen too much, and it’s Ruizhe Tiancheng.
"Yes, the emperor's teacher is Zhang Juzheng. Your majesty's virtue should be advised by the Taifu. It has nothing to do with us." Wang Chonggu relaxed. He was not the emperor's teacher. Fan Yingqi and Wang Jiaping went to teach the emperor. , was speechless when asked by the emperor. This is all clearly recorded. Wang Chonggu has never taught him, and the Spring and Autumn Period judgment is not his fault.
The demon book quickly spread from the capital to Nanya, and then spread all over the country. The speed of information circulation was accelerating. In addition to the dirty information in the capital, the censors of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate were also troubled. , because the black material in the Nanjing publication comes from Nanjing Kedao Yanguan, and the twenty identical ones can be regarded as adapted to local conditions.
(End of chapter)