"There is only one understandable voice in the court, and it was made deliberately by Mr. to implement the New Deal."
Zhu Yijun said something at this time.
He knew that now was not the time for him, the emperor, to implement checks and balances, and he could not imitate Song Renzong, who stopped reforms because Fan Zhongyan was impeached for engaging in cliques and attacking dissidents, and then the Qingli Reform only lasted for one year, and there was a Qingli coin increase because of this.
What's more, Zhang Juzheng also taught him that the emperor could only do simple checks and balances but still fell behind.
Having a knife in hand is the last word.
We must both make tall buildings rise and collapse.
After Zhu Yijun said that, he added: "It's just that there is only one voice among the people, which is abnormal."
"If there is only one voice in the court and it is Mr. who makes some people afraid to speak, then what about the people, who is making some people afraid to speak?"
Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jingdao.
Zhang Jing said: "The emperor is a wise man, and he is naturally a powerful family and a wealthy people."
"Don't talk about ordinary people who are illiterate and don't know the affairs of the court. Even if they are literate, they dare not speak because their survival depends on powerful families and wealthy people."
"Because the government-run social schools in the Ming Dynasty have been abolished, even if the children of ordinary people study, they have to study in the aristocratic family schools, so unless they have a subject name, they have to be temporarily controlled by them."
"What's more, small people also have to rely on the big clan to survive. For example, in times of famine, they rely on the big clan for relief and even grain loans. If they encounter bandits, they have to rely on the big clan for protection. Even when they encounter cruel and corrupt officials, they have to rely on the big clan to uphold morality."
After Zhang Jing said that, Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "You are right. The fundamental reason is that the court has no money, and many things that should be done by the court and government have been transferred."
"Just like education, social studies, like the Wei system, exist in name only. All of this is because the imperial court has no money and has transferred many responsibilities that should not be transferred to the gentry. They will not work for the imperial court in vain. , they maintained stability for the imperial court, and also kidnapped the imperial court on their own chariots and horses."
Zhu Yijun said and asked Zhang Jing: "As for Mr. restraining the members from discussing politics, I must have discussed it with the cabinet ministers first, and many officials in the capital must have known about it. There were several voices in the court."
"Returning to your Majesty, there are two voices. Apart from the fact that many disapprove of suppressing the students' political discussions and think that it is blocking the way of speech, and that Mr. Yuan Fu Zhang is authoritarian, there are also some who are in favor."
Zhang Jing replied.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun laughed and said, "Really?"
Then, Zhu Yijun turned around and asked Zhang Jing: "Who agrees?"
"Zhang Dazai, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Tan Benbing, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Wang Zhuan, the censor of the city patrol..."
Zhang Jing listed the names of several Beijing officials.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked: "What is their family background? How much land do they have?"
Zhang Jing was stunned. He did not expect that the emperor would directly ask about his family background. Fortunately, he was the admiral of Dongchang, and one of his responsibilities was to be the emperor's envoy. He replied: "Zhang Taizai's ancestors started their business with a loom." He began to study, but now his family still relies on running a weaving mill and has not accumulated a large amount of land. Tan Benbing's family is poor, because only a young scholar can marry a noble girl, and his family's land area is only 800. Wang Yushi is also poor, and his father died early. , there are three brothers, all of whom rely on their mother's weaving to support them and provide them with education..."
Zhu Yijun laughed after hearing this: "Sure enough, there is a reason. It is very important for more people from common people to be able to join the court because of receiving education, so that at least the first or second generation will not forget what they have done. The petty people seek to sit on the side of the wealthy people who have vast fertile land."
"Although the imperial court's financial resources are limited and it is not yet able to fully revitalize social studies, on the grounds that my imperial village can promote enlightenment, I have established an academy in the imperial village and selected the heirs of good families and civilians as well as the children of ordinary banner schools who died in battle, such as Jinyiwei and border officers and soldiers, to enter the imperial palace. When the village is studying, it will be named Xingming Academy, in order to prosper the emperor and the Ming Dynasty and the common people. The money and food needed will come from the internal funds obtained from my emperor's village!"
"Anyway, my imperial estate occupies a lot of land. If it is not enough in the future, when these academy disciples grow up, let them support the academy for me. I can let them run imperial stores and even go overseas for trade in the name of the royal family."
"Just do it."
Zhu Yijun said to Zhang Jing: "Leave this matter to Zhang Cheng and let him handle it! The mountain chief of the academy asked Xu Wei to come and gave him an order to come to Beijing with the official position of Hanlin Zhao. Anyway, his The students have all arrived in the capital, but why is he still staying in Liaodong?"
Zhang Jing raised his hands and said yes.
Zhu Yijun spent his own money to train some orphans of the fallen and civilians, and began to train his own team.
But this is not a major event that is conspicuous and immediately changes the situation of the world for the entire world.
But what really attracts the most attention right now is the clearing of land and the further opening of the sea.
Although the Qing Dynasty was a new policy that was proposed by many bureaucrats in the world and was willing to implement it based on the test of law and the confiscation of homes to make up for the shortfall without allowing the court to solve it.
However, with the implementation of the Qing Dynasty, many gentry and wealthy people were still dissatisfied. In addition, powerful people such as vassals from various places and relatives of nobles from the two capitals also began to be dissatisfied.
In addition, it is about further opening up the sea.
Many gentry and wealthy people also created public momentum in an attempt to prevent the imperial court from realizing this idea.
Although the imperial court has not officially issued an edict to further open the sea, the Ministry of Industry has only issued such a title, and the cabinet has asked the Ministry of Industry and Ministries to decide where to open the sea.
However, this has caused a lot of opposition among the people.
Zhang Juzheng took this approach by prohibiting the gentry and members of the public from discussing politics, and directly dismissed opponents among the bureaucrats. It seemed that he intended to test the bottom line of the world's bureaucrats and gentry, and was not in a hurry to issue an edict to officially open the sea, but just took this opportunity first. The gentry and students were not allowed to discuss politics.
Zhu Yijun wanted to see what Zhang Juzheng planned to do, and at the same time secretly accumulated his own power, such as strengthening the Jingwei martial arts and arranging for his domestic slaves, Zhang Jing and others, to set up social schools in Huangzhuang, which was directly under the emperor's jurisdiction. He also continued to observe the changes in Ming Dynasty due to Zhang Juzheng's reforms.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jing again: "I remember that your Dongchang investigated the situation of slavery in Nanzhi according to my order, and said that after the late emperor approved the opening of the sea, more and more large households began to operate as slaves. It has become mainly employment-based business, what is the situation now?”
"Back to the emperor, because Suzhou and Hangzhou heard that the imperial court was going to further open up the sea, more bold merchants began to turn slaves into hired labor on a large scale. There were many landless people in Suzhou who were directly registered with the government as needing to pay labor service. Households, most of them are employees who have no longer joined the big households as slaves. However, because the opposition to the opening of the sea is very loud among the people, many large households are still keeping slaves and dare not directly turn their slaves into servants. "
"But if there are more and more employees, at least the court will not only receive a lot of income from land tax, but also a lot from service money."
Zhang Jing replied.
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this.
He could understand that ordinary merchants and ordinary people did not dare to fully implement the employment system and survive by hiring workers because they were worried that the New Deal would not go far in the future.
But Zhu Yijun hopes that these more advanced production models that are beginning to appear can continue to exist and gradually start a prairie fire instead of being strangled or hindered.
Now, whether it can be promoted depends on whether it can really open up the sea further in the future.
"We will definitely be able to further open up the sea, so that people all over the world can feel relieved."
Zhu Yijun slandered and then told Zhang Jing: "Sir's memorial prohibiting gentry members from discussing politics! You can only discuss politics as a commoner!"
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Not long after, the imperial edict prohibiting the gentry and members from discussing politics was issued to the Ministry of Rites.
Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites, did not expect that Zhang Juzheng's memorial not allowing the gentry and members to discuss politics was criticized even though many ministers disagreed. This forced him to go to the cabinet with the imperial edict. After seeing Zhang Juzheng, he asked: "Yuan Fu, Do you really want to go your own way and block the way of speech?"
Zhang Juzheng asked: "Words have their own way of admonishment, why should they be blocked?"
"If you don't let the gentry and students speak, doesn't it count as blocking the way of speech?"
Wan Shihe asked.
Zhang Juzheng said: "It's not that I don't let them speak, it's just that I don't let them accept the honor and support of the imperial court, but at the same time rebel against the imperial court, make noise, and interfere with the imperial government's governance. This is not in line with the virtues of loyalty and filial piety."
"They can speak if they want, and they can speak after they become common people."
"The people are the most important thing, the king is the least, and the country is the second most important thing. Only the words of the common people are the material opinions that the king should take seriously."
"What's more, most of the gentry are originally more powerful than the common people. If they have official titles and titles, wouldn't they be able to suppress the opinions of the real common people? How can your majesty listen and understand this!"
After hearing this, Wan Shihe could only say: "In that case, it seems that I have to wait to be dismissed as a commoner."
With that said, Wan Shihe looked at Zhang Siwei: "Mr. Zhang Ge, you had a private chat with me and said that you also have objections to prohibiting gentry members from discussing politics. Why don't you resign together and wait to be dismissed as a commoner?"
Zhang Siwei was stunned and could only laugh and said: "Although I had objections, now after listening to what my uncle said, I understand. The gentry and students should educate the people for the imperial court. How can they go against the imperial court? This is indeed inappropriate. ! Forbidden!”
