Chapter 90: Feeding the Horse
“Your Majesty, you were really wise in not killing Hou Changping.
All the officials were relieved.” Li Xunhuan smiled in admiration.
"I just think that he is worthy of death." Zhu Houzhao said truthfully.
If we follow the Ming Dynasty's imperial decree during the Taizu period, Hou Changping will definitely die. He will not die any more, and he will die cruelly.
But the era of Ming Dynasty has long passed.
Zhu Houzhao also saw the Minggao, and he felt something was wrong.
If most sins are punishable by death, and at most the death will be more painful, then there seems to be no difference between most sins, no matter how big or small they are.
Even Taizu himself abolished many of them in his later years, and Taizong did not use them.
Also, officials should not be his enemies, but helpers.
Those criminal laws that are too cruel will do more harm than good.
Zhu Houzhao felt that if Hou Changping was only embezzling, there would be no other crimes.
Then because he was the first to take the initiative to admit his mistake, and the situation was special, he could be spared once.
The remaining ones who take the initiative to stand up will have to have their official positions and fame removed at the very least.
After the New Year, hum, it’s not that simple.
"Old Wang, I will leave the military pavilion to one of you first, and establish it as soon as possible.
Just tell me whoever you need.
After the New Year, we will start to organize the army." Zhu Houzhao said a little impatiently.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I understand." Wang Shouren said solemnly.
The Military Pavilion now only has one Grand Governor, and it has not been formally established yet.
This means that he will have tremendous power in the future.
But he didn’t have much joy, only caution and dignity.
"Old Li, you should pay more attention to the talent recruitment office. If you have any good talents, report them to me in time." Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Xunhuan again and said.
"Yes, I am determined to search for you with all my heart." Li Xunhuan said seriously.
“By the way, if you have a suitable friend in the world, you can also introduce him to Jin Yiwei.
Jinyiwei needs more and more masters. "Zhu Houzhao thought of something.
"I understand. "Li Xunhuan responded, already thinking in his heart, which friend is suitable to enter the Jinyi Guard.
"You think, should I revise some Ming laws? "Zhu Houzhao said with jumping thoughts.
"Is your Majesty planning to arrest and punish corrupt officials next time? "This is private, so Wang Shouren asked directly without caring about the separation of military and political affairs.
"Yes. "Zhu Houzhao nodded.
"Your Majesty can read the corresponding Ming Dynasty laws. If you have any confusion or dissatisfaction, you can discuss it with the cabinet, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple." Wang Shouren suggested in a measured way.
"Yes." Zhu Houzhao nodded thoughtfully.
After Wang Shouren and Li Xunhuan left to work, Qiu Yue and a person who looked a little unreliable came.
"I see your Majesty, and I respectfully wish you His Majesty's peace." The two of them bowed and saluted.
"An'an." Zhu Houzhao responded casually.
"You should all know about the establishment of the Martial Arts Recruitment Hall and the Baiyi Recruitment Hall.
No matter what, you must do it well for me.
Remember, no matter what the identity of the person is, , As long as you really have enough talent, just tell me, do you understand?" Zhu Houzhao warned.
"I understand." Qiu Yue and Ling Lingfa said politely. They had been told by the eunuch that they already knew the content of the matter.
"Do you have anything to ask?" Zhu Houzhao said.
"I'm gone. I just want to ask your Majesty to send some masters to the recruitment hall.
After all, the martial arts recruitment hall may have some strong generals." Qiu Yue said calmly.
"Your Majesty, I also need experts to be in charge. There are many outstanding experts in various martial arts." Ling Lingfa immediately followed.
"Okay, I will send you four innate realms from the inner court. You can make arrangements yourself." Zhu Houzhao agreed simply.
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask, if someone with a bad record comes, do I have to accept him?" Ling Lingfa suddenly asked with a slightly exaggerated expression.
"Of course the people who are full of evil will be taken down directly. Our Ming Dynasty does not need people who are full of evil." Zhu Houzhao said without hesitation.
“But what if this person who has committed evil crimes in other countries wants to come and serve me, the Ming Dynasty.
Do you want to capture it?
If you capture it, , Will it violate your Majesty's imperial decree? Will it damage the credibility of Your Majesty and Ming Dynasty?" Ling Lingfa asked seriously.
Zhu Houzhao was startled, it was really possible.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Check first, have these so-called evil people harmed the people?
If they have harmed the people, no need to say more, just take them down.
If not , it's just a fight in the world, or offending a powerful person, etc., don't worry about it.
I will let Jinyiwei contact you, Jinyiwei will check for you
The people recruited by Baiyi Recruitment Hall. , many of them should also join Jinyiwei.”
"Yes, I understand." Ling Lingfa said with satisfaction.
The two retreated to prepare, and what happened in the court quickly spread.
“Entering Taoism through literature! The strength of a great master! No wonder he is so valued by His Majesty.”
“The only military governor at present! A first-rate one! Lord Wang Shouren, this is a leap The power is overwhelming.”
“Sir Wang Shouren is His Majesty’s most trusted official.”
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Wang Shouren became the Grand Governor and became a first-rank official, which aroused countless shocks, envy and jealousy.
“Your Majesty is a meritocracy and wants to recruit talents from all over the world so that he can unify the world.”
“I heard that His Majesty was unable to find a candidate for the Commander-in-Chief of the Military Pavilion and was forced to do so. , I chose Master Wang Shouren, and I had no choice but to recruit talents from all over the world." "Hey, our Ming Dynasty has so many talents, why do we need to look for people from other countries?" "Will this recruitment hall occupy the quota for Jinshi?"
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More people are talking about the recruitment hall, because it is more exciting and involves the interests of more people.
Officials, scholars and others were dissatisfied.
There are so many talents in the Ming Dynasty, why should we look for people from other countries?
But the officials could not resist, and at most they dared to say a few words secretly.
The dissatisfaction of the scholars was mostly eliminated by the quota of 600 Jinshi next year.
That’s six hundred people!
More than double that of previous years.
This means that their chances of passing the exam are more than doubled, several times, or even more.
Because for example, if 300 Jinshi candidates are admitted this year, one person will pass the exam and fail the 310th place.
Three years later, 300 people were still admitted, and he still passed more than 310, but still failed.
Maybe he will always be in the top 310s all his life, and he will never pass the exam.
And if four hundred or six hundred people were admitted, he would pass the exam in one go.
Everyone knows the difference is so big that they cannot help but be ecstatic.
Many candidates are secretly looking forward to it, hoping that His Majesty will catch more corrupt officials in the future. In this way, maybe 600 people will still be admitted in three years.
"Husband, why don't you take the initiative to plead guilty? We have not committed any other crimes. The worst thing is that we will no longer have official status and fame. Life is the most important thing."
"Hmph, woman's See, you put it lightly, without official status and fame, what is the use of my life?"
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There is also talk about Hou Changping's voluntary confession.
But under the cover of the first two things, there is less.
In the next few days, only three people took the initiative to plead guilty.
Of course these few people are not the only corrupt officials in the entire capital.
It’s just a reluctance to give up official status, fame, and a sense of luck.
Such a major event naturally spread to the top leaders of various countries immediately.
Song Dynasty.
"This Zhu Houzhao is really ridiculous. How can a young man with no military exploits be allowed to hold the position of general of a country?
He also said that it can be held by people from other countries. It is ridiculous. Nonsense.
In other countries, even if they can't resist the temptation to go to the Ming Dynasty, they must be villains or white bodies."
"There are several Huaiyin Hous, Champion Hous, People like Zhuge Wuhou who were born with great talents?
I, the Song Dynasty, don't need to pay attention to it, just let Zhu Houzhao do whatever he wants.
The Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty want to spread the news, so let them spread it without offending them.
Our current relationship with the Ming Dynasty is friendly. "Zhao Ji said confidently and looking down.
Sui State.
Yang Guang was completely in no mood to care about anything else.
His eyes were reddish, like a wild beast about to go crazy, staring at the city in the distance.
The few senior officials of the Sui Kingdom who knew the news immediately had their eyes flickering slightly and were quite cautious.
But at this time, they couldn't say anything.
At this time in the Sui Dynasty, all the focus was on this war.
Mongolian Yuan and Jin Kingdom.
The top leaders of the two countries attach great importance to it.
But they are confident that their domestic talents will never go to the Ming Dynasty.
I am just worried that the great talents of Sui and Song will go to Ming to make Ming stronger.
As for the more distant countries, there is less worry.
These are the thoughts of the top leaders of the various countries, and it will take time for the news to spread throughout the countries and reach the ears of talented people.
Including spreading within the Ming Dynasty, it also takes time.
Zhu Houzhao can only wait patiently now, waiting for talents to come and invest.
Looking forward to it, December 18th.
The cabinet and the Ministry of Revenue came up with the latest plan based on Zhu Houzhao's ideas.
The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were relatively small compared to those of the Sui and Song Dynasties, but on the surface they were actually not too much.
According to the official salary, a person who is not a high-ranking official and is a ninth-grade official will have no problem supporting a family of several people.
The most important issue is the salary of Ming officials. Instead of paying them real money or grain, they are often replaced by spices, real objects, or even useless treasures and other items.
Many times, this is a trap.
The cabinet and the Ministry of Revenue came up with several plans, all of which were relatively conservative and were rejected by Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao is now aware of a truth.
If you want a horse to run, you must feed it.
The Emperor Wu's dragon cavalry and tens of thousands of war horses, including the white dragon, made him deeply understand this truth.
If you want to make people work hard, you must first make them full.
Otherwise, everything else is false.
Once again, he applied the knowledge he gained from the military on the battlefield to official politics.
Including the previous proportion of stolen money given to Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, this is also the reason.
Therefore, he has vetoed several plans of the cabinet and the Ministry of Revenue these days.
To this day, with this plan, the three elders of the cabinet and the minister of household affairs feel their hearts beating faster and even panic.
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