Huangjimen.
The cleansing whip was sounded three times, and the smoke was lingering.
Zhu Youjian finally returned to the throne of Huangjimen...how many years have he waited! Finally, the dream came true. Once again, I was sitting on the platform outside Huangji Gate early in the morning, waiting for the treacherous civil and military ministers from all over the dynasty to kowtow to him!
It is now September of the seventh year of Apocalypse. The 27-day mourning period has ended. Emperor Daxing’s Zi Palace has been carried out of Qianqing Palace and sent to the Shouhuang Palace at the foot of Jingshan Mountain for resettlement. Emperor Apocalypse died too early. It’s too sudden, the construction of the imperial mausoleum hasn’t started yet! Therefore, there is no place to bury him for the time being, so he can only place Zi Gong in the Shouhuang Hall, which was specially designed for Emperor Daxing to rest for a long time.
Because Zhu Youjian was worried that his brother would be lonely in the Shouhuang Palace, he specially ordered his eunuchs to put the ashes of Wei Zhongxian and Hakka in jars and send them to the Shouhuang Palace to keep Tianqi company...especially It was the Hakka family who had his body beheaded with 3,600 knives according to Queen Zhang's decree. It was cut into pieces and had to be picked up piece by piece and burned into ashes. Oh, the 70 "fat sheep" who were watching the execution were responsible for picking it up. It should be a lot, and I can finally return a complete Hakka family to Tianqi.
Emperor Tianqi's spirit in heaven should be satisfied, but he just frightened the 70 "fat sheep" and several of them fainted on the spot... I wonder if he will repent after being frightened and become a "faith sheep" in the future. What about "What a treacherous sycophant"?
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."
All the treacherous civil and military ministers of the dynasty were kowtowing to Zhu Youjian and shouting long live the mountains. Zhu Youjian glanced down... There were quite a lot of people there, and it was dark below. There were not even a thousand but eight hundred!
This scene was much more spectacular than when Zhu Youjian held court meetings in the middle and later stages of his previous rule. At that time, all the treacherous civil and military ministers in the dynasty had long since lost their energy. They all wanted to make money and live their lives. They didn't even have the energy to go to court early in the morning, so they hid if they could.
Of course, most of those who can still insist on going to court every day are not good people! There are no good ideas, and there are a lot of bad ideas. What is even more hateful is that he likes to argue with the emperor or impeach officials who can barely do things... Later, when the traitor came to power, these "gentlemen" were not allowed to be punished at all, Lian Ke Even though Tao was abolished by him, he still became a saint in the end!
Although he despised this ** minister in his heart, Zhu Youjian's face was still full of smiles, and he waved his hands with a smile: "Pingshen, Pingshen!"
Everyone got up and peeked up. I saw that Zhu Youjian had already taken off his mourning clothes and put on court clothes. He was sitting on the throne and looking at everyone with a smile. Seeing that the ministers had climbed up and taken their seats, he smiled and said: "Today the national mourning has passed, and Emperor Daxing's Zi Palace has been carried to the Huangshou Hall. I have completely taken over the Ming Dynasty... That's why I called everyone here early in the morning, just to tell you the rules for going to court in the future. I am a young man, Jianzuo, and have never been out of the government to study before. I am really weak in talent and knowledge, and it is difficult to cope with the chaos in today's world. So. Today's big dynasty doesn't really mean much to me. Our ancestors set the rules for this kind of big dynasty meeting mainly to meet more officials and know more about outside things. Our ancestors started from a young age, He has conquered the world after a hundred battles. Naturally, he has the ability to discern the truth and distinguish between loyal and traitorous people. Of course, the more things that can be discussed at the court meeting, the better. But I grew up in a deep palace and do not know the difficulties and dangers of foreign affairs, and I have not read How can there be so many books by sages and sages that deal with countless secrets every day? So a big court meeting like today can be held on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month."
Zhu Youjian's words once again shocked the traitorous ministers!
How could this be said by a 17-year-old young emperor? He is obviously an old fox!
Zhu Youjian's tone was still brisk, and he talked eloquently and unhurriedly. It seemed that everything was under his control. He went on to say: "I only hold court meetings on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. It's not just because of my talent." I have little knowledge and cannot deal with too many government affairs, and it is also because I have to spend more time studying. From now on, except for the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, I will go to the Wenhua Hall to study every morning until lunch. After lunch. , and then the cabinet ministers, officials of the six departments, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, the Jin Yiwei Tishuai, and the ministers of science and technology and other important ministers went to the Wenhua Hall to discuss the affairs. After the affairs were discussed, the ministers were summoned.
As for the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, there is nothing else to do except the court meeting, so I have to take a rest.
What do you think? "
Reading or something is just an excuse. In his previous life, Zhu Youjian had been the emperor for more than fifty years. Apart from playing with the ladies and learning to be an emperor from Nizi, he was also studying! And not only read traditional Confucian classics, but also New Confucian works developed on the basis of "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian", and even read many Western academic works...usually in Latin and French version!
His knowledge is so great!
Compared with him, the civil servants in the court were all semi-illiterate, and they were not worthy of him being a lecturer at all...it was almost enough to listen to his lectures!
Therefore, Zhu Youjian would not spend half a day studying. He wanted to spare his time to deal with the affairs of the inner government and the pro-army in front of the tent.
In addition, he won't really go to work on time during the court meetings on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month... just hide if you can!
In his opinion, the affairs of the Wai Dynasty were too deep and had to be put on hold for now. His main focus must be on managing the inner court and the troops in front of the tent.
Don't think that the inner court and the pro-army in front of the tent are easy to manage. These two aspects are very troublesome! In the inner court, there are twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus, a total of twenty yamen! There are tens of thousands of eunuchs and palace daughters... not many of them are good people!
And Zhu Youjian must take care of these twenty-four yamen!
Because the economic foundation of the pro-army in front of the account is the inner treasury, li treasury, imperial village, etc. under the control of the inner court.
If the inner court can't handle it well, Zhu Youjian will be defeated soon by confiscating the money he made from rebels and selling indulgences.
So Zhu Youjian has to continue to rectify the inner court... and he has to lay off a lot of people!
Because there is no use having too many people. How many people does Zhu Youjian's family have? Do you need tens of thousands of eunuchs and maids? So many people are consuming Ming’s limited financial resources!
If he didn't demobilize most of them, what would Zhu Youjian do to support his troops?
The pro-army matters before opening the account require Zhu Youjian's personal experience more than rectifying the inner court... Only the pro-army trained by him under his own supervision can be as handy as an arm and a finger. Only then can you really feel at ease!
Therefore, Zhu Youjian did not have much time to deal with traitorous officials in foreign dynasties in the next few years. And he didn't expect to rely on these treacherous ministers to revitalize the Ming Dynasty... He would be thankful to God if these guys could maintain the situation.
Therefore, he is different from the Mingjun who was determined and enterprising in his previous life. In this life, Emperor Chongzhen, as soon as he came to power, seemed lethargic and industrious. He just wanted to be "lazy".
The people below probably didn't expect Zhu Youjian to say this... How many days can you pretend to be diligent? So everyone was stunned, and it was a bit cold. Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Youjian became a little impatient. Hurry up and wink at Huang Liji, the chief minister of the eunuch party. You are the chief minister of the eunuch party, and you are the best at catering to your superiors. Hurry up and flatter him!
Huang Liji was glared at by Zhu Youjian, and he immediately reacted. Just as he was about to perform in class, someone unexpectedly jumped out of the queue before him. He saw that person kneeling down with a plop: "Your Majesty, you are a wise man! Although your Majesty is young and talented, But we should still read more books by sages. However, the principles of books by sages are profound and profound, and we need scholars as lecturers to answer your majesty’s questions.”
Zhu You took a closer look and found out that it was Kong Zhenyun, the 62nd generation grandson of Confucius, who is currently Zuo Yude of Zuochunfang.
Seeing him, Zhu Youjian remembered "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian"... This is the sage book that Dorgon poured out when he went to Qufu to fight! Dorgon will definitely not be able to break into the Great Wall this time, so it is impossible to go to Qufu to fight against him. How did "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" come into being?
How about getting Kong Zhenyun around and asking about it? Shall we pour it ourselves?
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian pointed at Kong Zhenyun and said: "I think you look like a scholar, why don't you become an official?"
