Chapter 2313: Exploring East
At this time.
The current generation of officials in the Ming Dynasty is thinking about how to go to heaven and become a god.
If you want to become a god, you must solve the new problems facing Ming Dynasty.
Now after two hundred years of governance, the Ming Dynasty has successfully revived several times.
Thousands of miles of land.
Move the refugees to the border.
The country is rich and the people are strong.
Because a lot of land was opened up and then the people were moved there.
At the same time, many Chi Roads were also built to facilitate the holding of the land.
Therefore, conflicts over land annexation are greatly reduced.
At the same time, taxes on the rich were increased.
Tax cuts for the poor.
The rich contribute money to provide food, and the poor contribute to provide food.
In the past, these administrators naturally did not have such a strong motivation for reform.
Faced with so many difficult things, it must be easy to muddle along.
Then the dynasty slowly declined.
From the emperor to the minister, to the lower-level generals, it is the same.
Only a few people have the ambition to refresh the court and leave a name for future generations.
But they are a minority after all.
But things are different now.
Now there is a huge motivation from heaven to become a god.
These human spirits who emerged from the imperial examinations, as the highest elites in the empire, naturally exploded with all their strength.
And the same is true for the emperor.
In order to live forever, how many emperors do not take elixirs?
In order to believe in immortality, the emperor even executed his own son.
How about supporting these ministers’ reforms?
So relatively speaking, the reformers, progressives, and pioneers have become more powerful.
They are the mainstream.
If there are problems, we must correct them. If there are no problems, we must correct them even if they create problems.
This is their motivation.
In short, you have to make trouble even if you have nothing to do.
Every civil servant who can become a second-grade minister or above, or a military attache above the first-grade general soldier, has a pioneering spirit.
Because they all know that they have a great chance of becoming a god.
This probability is much higher than winning the lottery.
You must know that many of them have fought their way out of the imperial examination, and the title of god is right up there, can they not continue to fight?
So they also wanted to follow up one by one.
Follow the past rules.
If a great achievement is achieved, probably more than 20 people will be canonized by heaven.
Of course the number is not necessarily certain.
If there are enough credits, there may be as many as a hundred people.
This number is huge.
You must know that only 300 Jinshi are awarded every three years.
The first achievement can make you the Lord of a palace.
Similar to the owner of a palace, he can enjoy the service of dozens of immortals.
For minor merit, one can be named the master of a department, that is, the master of a department.
The three skills are generally what others get.
It can only be used as a servant of God, maybe a fairy boy.
But it is also immortal.
I just have to do some work occasionally.
It can be said that this ratio of becoming gods is already very high.
It’s totally worth a try.
After all, they all learned from the imperial examination.
The proportion of imperial examinations is not higher than the proportion of those who become gods.
You need to know Jin Juren.
Many people take the exam for a lifetime, but you are competing with candidates who have been taking the exam for decades.
Rather than competing with the current candidates.
This is the biggest difference from later generations.
Although the compulsory education rate is high in later generations, the total number of people competing is high.
But relatively speaking, the treatment after successful competition is much different.
In the feudal era, becoming a scholar meant reaching the sky in one step.
Even if future generations become TOP2, they cannot say that they will achieve success in one step.
It still has to be hard work.
But in the feudal era, if you became a civil servant and had no enterprising spirit, as long as the dynasty was still prosperous, you could basically enjoy the blessings of being a master.
Of course, medical conditions were poor in the feudal era, and most lords did not live long.
But as long as you are lucky, there are many men who live into their 70s and 80s.
Because there is no pressure, he is basically a first-class gentry in the county.
As long as he is not unlucky, the county magistrate who has broken his family will not come to his door.
After all, you still have the same age and a teacher, so you are not alone.
Moreover, only the talents of a province must take the examination.
There are tens of thousands of talented people in a province, but only a hundred or so candidates can pass the examination.
The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, thought about it again and again.
If you want to achieve success now, you need to prepare silver and soldiers.
Still deciding where to do it?
After thinking about it.
He started to look for the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the Minister of the Ministry of War.
These three ministries, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry, are the most active in exploring the outside world.
It is also the minister who can most often confer gods.
The Minister of Rites seems to be noble, but few of them are able to become gods.
This shows that God does not like the Ministry of Rites either.
Because they often only deal with red tape and do not do practical things.
The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel are the easiest to be sealed.
Then there are the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
It’s just the household department, so it’s quite involved.
The Minister of Libu and the Minister of Hubu do not have much friendship.
After he thought about it at home again.
Then he ordered his servants to take his post and go to the Minister of Industry and the Minister of War.
Invite the two of you to Feiyan Tower, the largest building in the capital.
Feiyan Tower is actually Fengshen Tower.
Just calling it "Fengshen Tower" would not be in line with the low-key ideas of the noble ministers of the Qing Dynasty.
After all, you have to keep a low profile until things get done.
So as not to be too stressed.
The same is true for scientific examinations over the years.
Although there are many people who are on the list for the loudest call, it would be really embarrassing once they fail.
Feiyan is the sky.
It means flying to be a swallow under the eaves of heaven.
So it is called "Feiyan".
This uses a metaphor.
On the best nine floors of Feiyan Tower.
The three ministers began to talk secretly.
It was first initiated by the Minister of Civil Affairs.
So he spoke first.
“Since 20 years ago, the former Minister of Civil Affairs went to heaven to confer a god.”
“It has been a long time of 20 years.”
“No one has been conferred as a god.”
"Now after 20 years of savings, the last time I saw the Ministry of Household's silver deposits was about 122 million."
"The standing army also has 1.2 million, including 200,000 cavalry."
>"The strength of soldiers and horses is even better than that of the founding of the country."
"I think it is time to explore further."
The Minister of War said: "What Brother Wu said is true. , several ministers of the Ministry of Revenue still made great contributions.”
"If the development is successful, one of their three skills will be indispensable."
"Yes, the household department has never shown any leakage, but as long as there is money and food, one-third of the quota for becoming a god will always be taken away."< br>
Everyone nodded.
This is understandable. Winning battles has never been too difficult.
The key is logistical.
Just like the Ming Dynasty's wars, they couldn't go on several times because of the lack of money and food supplies.
Shipping from the rear is too far.
It is best to buy it locally with money, or let the merchant transport it himself.
Relying on the imperial court for transportation is inefficient.
It's really low.
Businessmen are different.
Some merchants will simply sell grain according to the military branch.
Now these big guys also realize the importance of businessmen.
Because they can actively prepare military supplies.
There are also a few businessmen who have been made gods.
With the title of "Ziwei Sheren", he was sealed to heaven.
Although I only do some servant work, it is not bad.
"So I found a few brothers and wanted to discuss the matter of becoming a god."
"We don't want to spend this money, but we will spend it on others." said the Minister of Libu. .
Everyone nodded.
Actually, this is what it should mean.
Accumulating money and food also has merit.
It’s not just the pioneers who take credit.
Don’t worry that heaven will ignore your merits.
As mentioned earlier, the settlement department often accounts for one-third of the quota.
"And the current emperor is also very thoughtful. He wants to become a god in heaven as soon as possible and no longer wants to be a mortal emperor." said the Minister of Industry.
He was from the Ministry of Works and knew that the emperor liked carpentry the most.
But the smartest.
Good at reconciling generals and ministers.
"Yes, although the current emperor is young, he is not fond of luxury."
"He is single-mindedly seeking to be a god. He usually eats frugally. He only wears 8 sets of regular clothes every year and only eats 4 dishes at each meal. 2 soups, and the palace is not repaired, the gardens are not visited, and the money is not sent to the south of the Yangtze River."
"All the money is stored in the inner treasury." The official secretary also said,
"It is said that it has been deposited. We have 60 million taels of silver in the inner treasury.”
“Together with the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are a full 200 million taels of silver, which is enough to open up a land of four to five hundred kilometers in depth.” br>
The three of them looked at each other and felt excited for a moment.
With so much money, if you don’t put it to good use, it would be a waste of the accumulation of previous generations.
Forefathers accumulated it in the hope that future generations can use it well, and then everyone can become gods together.
At this time, the Minister of War said: "If the land can be expanded four to five hundred miles, based on past experience, 20 gods can be enshrined in 100 miles."
"Extend the land. You can seal 100 gods from 1,000 miles of earth.”
"If it's only 500 miles away, 50 gods can be made."
"Of course, the righteous gods are only one-tenth. The others are servants, not righteous gods. Although they also have immortality, they cannot be at ease."
The other two nodded.
Since you want to be a god, you naturally want to be the best.
This is the pride of being an important minister.
Just like many famous ministers, they are arrogant.
The emperor is naturally qualified.
The chief minister of the cabinet is also eligible.
As long as the six ministers do not hold back, they are also qualified.
“Now the three of us are discussing here in the same year. We are all in the same department. We must help each other, at least to get a fairy servant first.”
"What I'm saying is that we are all of the same age, and we have finally reached a high position. We can't let it go to waste. Just for some yellowish things, beautiful women, beautiful voices, and beautiful women, we have wasted the great opportunity to become a god and live forever."
The three of them drank a few glasses of wine.
Then each expressed his or her feelings.
The common goal was immediately set.
At this moment, their interests can be said to be highly consistent.
No one will deliberately hold anyone back.
Of course things will not be peaceful.
At the end, when you are about to succeed, it is often the time to fall out.
After all, the credit between each other may be just a little bit different.
It is the difference between the first and second efforts.
Who wants to be a servant if he can become a righteous god?
After all, everyone burns incense every day and can see it.
The righteous god plays and relaxes every day, but the servant has to work for 4 hours every day.
The hard work is no more than that of ordinary people.
Just to live forever.
Therefore, every time we develop, everyone, top and bottom, works together in the early stage.
In the middle and later stages, when the achievements are about to be completed, intrigues and intrigues begin, even to the point of life and death.
Of course, considering that the sky has eyes, this kind of battle is also limited to a reasonable competition.
At least you can’t betray or kill your own people.
At most, just have some rules. For example, if your father dies, go home quickly.
Another example is that your daughter-in-law is pregnant, is it because of you...
These things are tormenting each other.
In short, use some evidence-based things to deal with the other party, so you don’t have to worry about God’s wrath.
The most outrageous thing in God is the unfounded thing.
Others have obviously done nothing, but you insist on catching rumors and making trouble.
That's a scam.
Harm others and harm yourself.
And it will also be based on the accumulation of previous years.
Even if he is killed midway, as long as he does something beneficial to the development of the land, he can be resurrected as a god in the end. After all, Emperor Jingtai was resurrected after his death and became emperor for many years.
Everyone knows this.
They began to plot further.
When the boss of Feiyan Tower saw this, he quietly wrote a letter and asked the carrier pigeon to send it: "The three ministers of Feiyan are planning to become a god on the ninth floor, and the inside story is unknown."
For a time , the capital, big cities everywhere, big states, big mansions, big counties, border passes, border generals...
all started to take action.
This is the great cause of becoming a god!
Who can take it lightly?
Some people say there are too few opportunities.
But there is another saying that when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
Those men who have become gods can also take seven to ten people with them to heaven.
Of course these people must also be meritorious.
You can't just make up the numbers, use your own family members to make up the numbers, that's impossible.
At this time, the Minister of Civil Affairs said: "We must first determine a goal."
"In the past, we always opened up to the west, but now the west is too far."
< br>“The desert and the Western Region have been opened up in the west, and that place is also included.”
“Going further west, there is no land for food and crops, it is all high mountains, deserts and canyons. It is already difficult to get there. Settle.”
"Even if we work hard to immigrate to the border, it will be difficult to make a living and take root. We have to spend huge amounts of military pay every year to maintain a few passes."
"Then it seems that we can only go east." said the Minister of War.
“As for the east, there is only one vassal state left, Dongbai.”
“They have always been submissive, and we are embarrassed to let them fall into it.”
“ Now he is a conferred god, so why bother to bring Dong Bai into the land of the Ming Dynasty first?”
"Determine the basic skills before we talk about it." Minister of the Ministry of Industry said disapprovingly.
The Minister of the Ministry of War shook his head and said: "Dongbai has always been very obedient. He took my Ming Dynasty title as his title, and kept asking for canonization, and even presented princesses and princesses."
" If you include it directly, it would be too tongue-tied. "
"Huh, Dongbai is said to have a land of three thousand miles, this is an opportunity to become a god!" The Minister of Industry's eyes heated up.
"Yes, why do you always feel that it is difficult to start? Is this what people say?" The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel said disdainfully, "I said you are the Minister of the Ministry of War, but you are not the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. You are in charge of soldiers. People, when it comes to benevolence and righteousness, the most important thing is for us to become gods.”
The other two nodded when they heard this.
Those old guys in the past were too thin-skinned. They always felt that the other party was always submissive and it was really difficult to attack them.
The teacher came from Wuming.
However, the great cause of becoming a god is now the most important.
Since the senior left it behind, it is natural to swallow it now.
"But how to swallow it? I'm afraid a direct attack will be unpopular, and joining forces will be ineffective."
"After all, Dongbai has been independent for many years, and it is not easy to unify." The Minister of the Ministry of War wondered. .
It is easy to defeat the opponent.
But it is difficult to annex tens of millions of the other party's subjects.
Maybe I will lose blood every year again.
(End of this chapter)