It is inevitable that the power of civil servants will grow. After all, conquering the world immediately cannot rule the world immediately. Civil servants are still needed to govern the world. Especially after the Song Dynasty, this became the general trend.
In the previous Han and Tang Dynasties, the power of military generals was barely able to balance with that of civil servants. However, since the Tang Dynasty set a "good example", no subsequent dynasty dared to reuse military ministers like them.
The same goes for the Ming Dynasty. Although it is not as outrageous as the Song Dynasty, in fact, since the founding of the country, it has gradually focused on civil servants.
Starting from Yongle, the army has actually been "mixed with water", and many civilian officials have entered the system of military officials.
There is a saying that the change of seizing the original time and space was the resistance of the nobles. After all, the Wuqing Marquis Shi Heng who participated at that time was a leader among the generals, and the distinguished Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji was also involved.
Although there are no series of events such as Tumu Fortress in this time and space, the decline of Xungui is also obvious, and the strength of the civil servant group is increasing dramatically.
Zhu Jian felt deeply troubled.
Those few princes alone could not withstand the swell of civil servants, not to mention that from time to time there would be a few dandies like Yan Yundeng among them, and the rest, there were also many mediocre people.
Headache, headache.
He sat up straight, frowning and thinking, but Queen Wu saw that her husband was in a working state and did not bother him with a word.
The tea was finished before he knew it. A young eunuch who looked quite handsome and intelligent came forward and gave him more tea.
Zhu Jianshen looked at the little eunuch, and his thoughts continued to fly.
The eunuchs should have replaced the nobles at this juncture, but this generation of ceremonial eunuchs, eunuchs, and factory supervisors of the East Factory are all a group of good old people, and they are considered "good eunuchs" in the eyes of civil servants.
Perhaps it is because there has been no good example of powerful officials since Yongle. Each of these people got along well with the civil servants, forming a harmonious situation in which the inner and outer courts cooperated.
A spy organization like the East Branch is very selective in its leaders.
The best example is Jinyiwei Lu Bing. Under his leadership, Jinyiwei, which had almost been reduced to a subsidiary of Dongchang, rose to prominence and suppressed Dongchang.
The same is true for Dongchang and Si Lijian. Once a capable person appears, he will directly dominate the government and the public, such as Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian. But if the leader is mediocre, you may not even hear his name.
Zhu Jianshen felt a little angry when he thought of this.
You are the emperor's minions, the emperor's black gloves, who are you pretending to be kind to?
Wu saw that Zhu Jianshen's expression was not very good, so she gently rubbed his shoulders and comforted him:
"Your Majesty, it is very good to work long and hard for the affairs of the court. He has the appearance of a wise king, but don't tire yourself out. The dragon body is important."
As she spoke, she also told the young eunuch standing by:
"Go and get your Majesty some soothing incense."
The young eunuch saluted respectfully, responded, and then walked out of the palace.
But Zhu Jianshen noticed the appearance of this young eunuch, which inexplicably gave him a sense of familiarity.
"Is he from Yao?" Zhu Jianshen asked, seemingly thinking of someone.
He felt that this young eunuch was somewhat similar to one of his concubines.
"Yes, he was brought back to the palace after the great victory at Duanteng Gorge." Wu's generous appearance surprised Zhu Jianshen, who smiled awkwardly.
In July, the Ji family, who also came from the Yao ethnic group, gave birth to Zhu Jianshen's second son, named Zhu Youtang.
The birth of Zhu Youtang increased the status of the Ji family. She was directly named a concubine. Her status was only lower than that of the Bai family who gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor. Zhu Jianshen also spent more time on his two children. The son was a bit cold to Empress Wu, who had been childless.
He thought that the Wu family would be dissatisfied, but the queen's reaction was beyond his expectation.
"This little guy named Wang Zhi is very smart. Although he is only twelve years old, he is already quite skillful. He commands the slaves in an orderly manner, which makes me feel a lot more relaxed."
Wu didn't really seem to care about this, and said it casually.
Wang Zhi was already very clever. Without Concubine Wan Gui, Empress Wu would be the most powerful person in the harem. If he didn't lick her, who would he lick? After getting along for several years, he has become Wu's confidant.
Zhu Jianshen's eyes lit up when he heard this.
He already felt a little guilty towards Empress Wu and had been thinking of making up for her. Didn't this opportunity come?
Moreover, this little eunuch seems to be very smart, and maybe he will be a useful knife.
"Now that you have said so, it seems that he is somewhat capable. There happens to be a shortage of people in the inner court, but I wonder if the queen can part with her? I would like to arrange some errands for him in the Royal Horse Prison." Zhu Jianshen said with a smile.
Queen Wu listened and smiled:
"It is this boy's blessing to be favored by His Majesty. How can I disagree? I would like to thank Your Majesty for him first."
The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
Does Wu really not care? No, it is an iron rule in the harem that the mother is more valuable than the child. Even the queen is no exception. She has no sense of security if she cannot give birth to an heir.
Since his stomach is not up to expectations, he can only... rely on the eunuch.
The two then chatted like an ordinary couple until the eunuch came to report:
"Your Majesty, the ministers in the cabinet have something to report."
Zhu Jianshen smiled helplessly, while Wu helped him up considerately and arranged his clothes:
"Your Majesty, political matters are important."
Zhu Jian glanced at Empress Wu apologetically and walked out quickly.
He knew that it was definitely not a small matter to have all the cabinet ministers give advice at the same time.
Queen...please spend more time with her from now on!
Arriving at the imperial study, several cabinet ministers were already waiting for him again. Seeing the emperor enter, they hurriedly saluted.
"No gifts, please give me a seat!"
Zhu Jianshen waved his hand, and the eunuch immediately gave them stools.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Several ministers sat down, and Yu Qian immediately said with a solemn expression:
"Your Majesty, there is a severe drought this year and there are a lot of refugees. The situation is critical!"
Zhu Jianshen was startled for a moment.
For Ming Dynasty, refugees are too familiar. Natural disasters were extremely frequent in the Ming Dynasty. After each major disaster, a considerable number of refugees would be generated. At most, there would be hundreds of thousands of refugees. Many of them had evil intentions, but the Ming Dynasty could easily handle them every time.
He knew about the severe drought, but this was not the first time, so when he first heard about it, he didn't take it seriously. Based on his previous handling experience, he allocated funds from the treasury and ordered disaster relief, and then left it behind. The back of my head.
Why is this critical?
However, he also understood that Yu Qian would not be alarmist.
So he asked in a deep voice:
"What's going on? There are so many refugees?"
"Your Majesty, there are many." Yu Qian nodded slowly:
"If it is not handled properly, the court will have to face it,"
"A wave of nearly two million refugees."
(End of chapter)
