Zhu Ying's latest policy has left many ministers confused.
Since ancient times, the dynasty has been most worried about the border generals, and the vassal kings have their own troops.
His Highness Taisun is so smart. He was still entrusting the vassal kings with overseas enfeoffments before. Why is he so confused now?
They didn't talk about it during the court meeting, but after the court, the ministers discussed it one after another.
But no matter how you say it, in today's world, the status of civil servants is really too low.
"If Hu Weiyong or Liu Bowen were here, they would definitely try to dissuade him."
An old minister sighed and said.
When the minister next to him heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he immediately said: "You don't want your life. We are all so old, so don't be confused at this moment."
"These two people are taboo, please don't mention them."
The old minister also realized that he had made a mistake. He looked around and quickly did not dare to speak any more.
In today's court, power truly belongs to the emperor, and perhaps a grandson will be added to the list now.
Any civil servant can see that in the coming decades of the Ming Dynasty, no one will be able to challenge the emperor's majesty.
What kind of scholar-bureaucrat, censor?
It's no use.
Originally, seeing that His Majesty was getting older, he had finally gotten over it. Who would have thought that His Majesty, His Majesty, would be so powerful that he would not give in at all compared to His Majesty.
To be honest, His Highness Taisun's side is actually a little better. He is not as rude as His Majesty. He kills people, beheads and destroys families at every turn. He has never been able to live peacefully in court.
Even local officials are on tenterhooks.
Because I don’t know when Jin Yiwei’s spies came to investigate, Wu Shamao was on the side, and basically no one was safe.
Although His Highness Taisun is now strong, many of the life problems of the ministers have basically been solved. Coupled with the reform of the salary system, many daily worries have been reduced.
Money, as long as it is more than food and clothing, can basically solve 80% of the trivial problems in life.
Moreover, His Highness Taisun does not like to kill people. Even if there is some collision, it will not be said that he lost his life.
That is to say, no one in the court can compare with him. In terms of power, the monarchy completely suppresses the power of ministers.
The loyal ministers think it is a good thing. At least there will be no fluctuations in the succession of the Ming Dynasty.
Matters such as the replacement of the throne have the greatest impact on the dynasty. If the throne is unstable, the world will be turbulent.
Now, basically, some of the older ministers have accepted their fate and have a more peaceful mentality.
Everyone knows that His Highness the Grand Sun is too young, and his body is said to be extremely strong. It is impossible for him to survive with his old bones.
Just stay safe.
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The changes on the grassland are too far away for the south. Even if it is a bloody storm, it is impossible to say that it will affect the capital.
With the recovery of the economy, the entertainment industry began to prosper in the capital.
Opera troupes, singers, storytellers, book writers, and brothels became more and more prosperous in the capital.
The most famous among them is undoubtedly the Jiaofang Division.
However, due to Zhu Ying's personal reasons, some adjustments were made to the Jiaofang Division.
First of all, according to the law, unless it is a heinous crime, basically officials will not say that they will throw away their lives and their family members will be sent to the Jiaofangsi.
This also led to the fact that many officials' wives and daughters would not be easily sent to the Jiaofang Division.
Even those who accept bribes for corruption are not immediately punishable by death.
This is considered a relatively major reform on Zhu Yuanzhang's side.
Corrupt officials who are investigated for corruption will be punished with hard labor reform, which basically starts at twelve years. They generally do not do very tiring work. Most of them are sent to the frontier or teach in the army.
This can be regarded as a way out, at least it gives him the final dignity.
Of course, there are limits to this. If the corruption is too large or even has a major impact on people's livelihood, then it will be a different story.
A detailed analysis of the specific situation shows that the final power to interpret the law is in the hands of Zhu Ying, Zhu Yuanzhang and his grandson.
On the grassland military base side, the originally deserted border gate has gradually become lively recently.
Even among the tribes of the Savage Jurchens, nearly 200,000 people had already migrated to the pass to live.
Northern officials who were once relatively leisurely suddenly became busy.
In the past, a village might have only about a hundred households, and the larger ones only had two or three hundred households.
With the migration of large numbers of herdsmen, each village began to issue a large number of quotas.
The bulk of it lies in cities and towns.
There were more people, especially the things between the prairie tribesmen and the locals, and things started to become more frequent.
According to the latest instructions from the capital, all officials must treat the relocated tribal people equally, and there must be no discrimination or differential treatment.
In conflicts between locals and tribal people, we must be fair and just and act in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty.
Changing the customs of the tribal people and teaching Chinese is also a top priority for northern officials.
In order to better implement the migration policy.
Zhu Ying spent a lot of effort and transferred more than 5,000 people from the capital to the border to provide support.
Among the more than 5,000 people, except for some candidates who voluntarily signed up, most of them were students from Gongyuan and Imperial College.
This is also to better monitor the implementation of the migration policy for tribal people in the northern grasslands.
At the same time, it is also an extremely important practical opportunity for these students.
Zhu Ying has been committed to the reform of officials. In the current Ministry of Personnel, although no clear measures have been introduced, in fact, in terms of official promotion, anyone who has passed the sixth grade must obtain Zhu Ying's consent.
As for Zhu Ying, the first thing he looks at is the work performance at the grassroots level.
No one in the Ministry of Personnel knows that if they want to get a better promotion, His Highness Taisun is facing a big problem.
From all the official dispatch information from the second half of last year to the present, it can be clearly seen that the officials taking up important positions are basically local officials.
And they are those local officials who have truly made political achievements.
Among them, the biggest assessment criterion is the investigation of the situation of local people.
In other words, whenever an official is promoted, there will be secret visits from the capital to investigate the local situation.
Although this approach consumes more manpower, it is already more excellent in the selection of official talents.
It's not like anyone can just say a word and be promoted arbitrarily.
It must have solid political achievements.
These personnel who go out for undercover visits are currently mainly from the military, which is basically equivalent to being randomly selected.
Relatively speaking, military personnel are better than officials in terms of physical strength, and in terms of interpersonal relationships, it is difficult to say that there is any possibility of infiltration.
The main ones here are Zhu Ying's Xuanjia Guards.
The current Xuanjia Guards are no longer the original 5,600 people. With the increase in demand, after Zhu Ying communicated with the old man, the entire Xuanjia Guards are continuing to grow.
Currently, the number of active personnel plus alternate personnel has almost reached 20,000.
These Xuanjia guards who came through layers of selection are still very loyal after undergoing a series of ideological education courses.
Not to mention reading through literary classics, at least there is no problem in literacy.
With simple minds, they will better complete the tasks assigned by Zhu Ying.
After breaking away from the bureaucracy, even local officials who want to find connections have no recourse.
And Xuanjiawei, who was originally a farmer, could also better identify the quality of local officials.
As soon as the nomination list from the Ministry of Officials comes, Zhu Ying's Xuanjia Guards will set off immediately.
Lasts for three months.
After the investigation in March, a summary will be made based on the details recorded by Xuan Jiawei.
During this process, Xuanjiawei could also record and report on the situation in the county along the way.
Some notorious and daring people will basically carry out vigorous investigation after verification.
Even border areas are also within the scope of the investigation.
Those who feel that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and those who act recklessly within the jurisdiction, will still be punished.
Although the current results are not great due to the short time, for officials, these methods are like a sharp blade hanging three feet above, warning of the risk of falling at any time.
While doing something illegal and disciplinary, you must also consider whether you can bear the consequences.
In the Palace of Qianqing.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying were drinking tea leisurely.
"Why do we feel that since I asked you to come to the government to reform the government, the number of memorials here has begun to decrease significantly."
"There is always a thick pile on our desk, just like a hill. I never see the end of the busy day."
"It seems like nothing has changed much now. It seems like all the trivial matters we dealt with have disappeared."
"It gives us a lot more free time every day."
"It's not that it's not good, it's just that we're still a little used to it."
Tasting this year's new tea, Zhu Yuanzhang lay leisurely on a chair, looking at the blooming flowers and plants outside the hall, and said with a sigh and a sigh.
Zhu Ying picked up the tea and took a sip, then said with a smile: "Grandpa, don't you think this is good?"
"My grandson has always been thinking about how it is possible for a few people to manage the 60 million people in this world."
“The key here is to grasp the key points.”
"The first item is military power."
"If you hold the military power firmly in your own hands, you won't be afraid of others making mischief."
"The second thing is to select talents and appoint officials."
"Those who can read are not necessarily good officials, and good officials are not necessarily able to read the Four Books and Five Classics well."
"The Confucian side of talking about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is actually a big joke."
"Since ancient times, dynasties have changed. Those ministers who died for their country may have been loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but what's the use? The country is gone, and the emperor is gone. Which king are you loyal to, and which country do you love?"
"Then grandson, let's think about it more realistically. Let's not talk about being loyal to the emperor and patriotism all day long. Being able to get things done is to be loyal to the emperor. If you can let the people have a good meal, you can have a reason for being wronged. Land, that is patriotism.”
"Otherwise, if you shout slogans every day, things won't get done, and the people won't have enough to eat. No matter how loyal you are, what's the use."
"Separate military and political affairs, give them power and let them work hard. If they can do well, they will be promoted, and if they can't do well, they will be demoted. Only political performance will speak. All responsibilities are on the head. Don't think about pushing up if anything happens. Find a way to solve it yourself first."
"If you can't solve the problem reported, then your performance will be deducted. If you can solve the problem and raise taxes, and the people can eat, you are a good official. You should promote him and give him more opportunities."
"As a result, there will naturally be fewer memorials. If you send all the big things to the capital, why do you want to be an official? You might as well go home and plant sweet potatoes."
Zhu Ying had the same meaning in what he said.
I will focus on military power and official appointments.
Leave everything else to the people below.
Anyway, if that place doesn't work well, then replace it with someone else. After all, the talented person can handle the matter well. If the ministers of the dynasty can't handle the matter, why do you think the emperor can do it well?
There must be something fundamentally wrong.
Just like before, whenever there was a peasant uprising, the first step was to report it, and then suppress it.
After this matter is over, the officials and generals will still have merit.
This is not right.
First of all, officials. If there is a problem in their jurisdiction, they should be held accountable first. This does not mean that there is an uprising and it has nothing to do with you.
The second step is to figure out what the cause of this uprising is.
Is it because someone is deliberately plotting rebellion, or is it because they are bullied, powerful, unable to eat, and have no way out?
Then there's the crime.
This is entirely a matter for the Ministry of Justice and the local public security departments. Why is it the emperor's turn to take charge of it?
Then what do you want people like from the Public Security Department of the Ministry of Justice to do?
If you don’t shit in the latrine, then change a group of people as soon as possible.
It is such a move that has led to the increase in independent power of today's officials, and at the same time, the pressure has also doubled.
What's more, I don't dare to play casually.
If the things reported here are too small, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will directly start deducting political achievements from the assessment.
In terms of political performance, there is a bottom line.
If political performance continues to decline for three years and taxes continue to decrease, in this case, as a local official, he will bear the main responsibility and will basically be demoted.
It's not like before where you could just do it for a lifetime.
The influence of many factors led to Zhu Yuanzhang's leisurely life now.
Zhu Yuanzhang put down his tea cup, looked at his grandson who was talking eloquently, and said with satisfaction in his eyes: "I once read in the book that there were some born saints, but we have always looked down upon those."
"Until God asked you to come back, Dasun, we found you by some strange combination of circumstances."
"In the past two years or so, we have watched your growth, Grandson, step by step, and we have also watched the changes in our Ming Dynasty."
"We thought that by reaching our level, we could be considered the best among all dynasties in history. But what you have done, Dasun, has allowed us to truly see a powerful dynasty. , what it should be like.”
"It also allows us to see what it means to be a born saint."
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