August 23rd.
When the topic of the policy paper was announced, the students were cursing in their hearts, and the examiners were also cursing in their hearts.
These three questions are so tricky, weird, and absurd that they ask people how to answer them.
The Battle of Luchuan, is that something ordinary students can comment on?
Is it right to say the Battle of Luchuan? This war, which lasted for ten years, forced the entire South to rebel.
Is it wrong to say that the Battle of Luchuan was wrong? Wouldn't that be a blatant denial of the Supreme Emperor?
The Tumu Fort incident is even more difficult to comment on.
As for the causes and consequences of the Tumu Fort incident, the Supreme Emperor himself may not be able to explain clearly. Now asking candidates to answer this question is not purely embarrassing.
The first two questions are still within reasonable limits.
The third question is really a bit too vicious.
What does it mean to revive the Ming Dynasty and create another prosperous age?
What is ZTE? Only when there is decline will there be resurgence.
What is reinvention? Only when there is loss can there be re-creation.
As long as the examinee answers this question directly, it is equivalent to admitting that the Ming Dynasty is now in a period of decline and depression, and is in urgent need of revival and prosperity.
There is also an urgent need for a wise Holy Lord who can turn the tide.
As for who this wise Holy Lord is?
The answer is self-explanatory.
Although it is self-explanatory, Zhu Qiyufei forced the candidates to say it themselves and write it down in their own handwriting.
This is the first lesson Zhu Qiyu teaches the candidates who are about to become Juren: if you want to enter the court, the first thing you need to do is to stand in line.
Those who don't accept the certificate of submission don't even think about becoming the emperor's confidants and direct descendants of the emperor.
The situation is stronger than the person, and the arm cannot twist the thigh. The candidates are not stupid. They know that if you don’t answer or answer blindly, you will definitely be dismissed. No matter how good your eight-legged essay is, it will be useless.
With the great achievements of being the first to deal with heavy losses and turning the tide, no one can challenge the authority of Emperor Jingtai.
The candidates wrote hard in the Gongyuan, and the topic of the policy discussion soon spread throughout the government and the public.
Both those who were pro-Emperor and those who were pro-Emperor were all talking about it.
Nowadays, the topic about the Supreme Emperor is the most popular among people. After dinner, people in the capital always get together in twos and threes and argue with each other.
August 24th.
There are only two days left for the provincial examination.
Zhu Qiyu has recently changed his way of discussing politics.
In the past, all the cabinet bachelors and six ministers were called together for discussion.
Most of the time now, Zhu Qiyu just names a few people to discuss politics.
For example, today, Zhu Qiyu called Wang Wen, Zhou Chen, He Wenyuan, Huang Pu, and Lian Gang, a total of five people.
Plus He Yi, Yue Zheng, Xu Zheng, and Huang Jian who have been staying in the Xinqi Prince's Mansion.
There were ten monarchs and ministers in total, and they held a small court meeting.
What was counterintuitive was that this time it was Lian Gang who spoke first, and he spoke non-stop for most of an hour.
From the rumors in the market, to the discussions in the streets, from the conversations after dinner, to the public opinion in the government offices.
In short, it covers everything and clearly explains the recent trends in the capital.
Zhu Qiyu listened very carefully. After digesting it, Zhu Qiyu concluded a few points:
First, most people are extremely looking forward to the Emperor's early return to Beijing. A consensus has been formed on this point and the momentum is unstoppable.
It's not because most people are loyal to Zhu Qizhen, but it's really dishonorable for a former emperor of the Ming Dynasty to always herd sheep outside the Great Wall.
This hurt not only the dignity of the royal family, but also all the people of the Ming Dynasty felt that their faces were disgraced.
This deviates somewhat from Zhu Qiyu's plan. It was originally planned to wait until three years after Jingtai to bring the Supreme Emperor back, but now it seems that it is a bit too unrealistic.
With the Ming Dynasty having an absolute advantage in terms of strength, everyone would think that the Emperor was deliberately manipulating the Emperor's delay in welcoming him back.
Therefore, Zhu Qiyu also gave up his original plan and chose to let Wang Ji play his own way.
No matter what the outcome is, Zhu Qiyu plans to accept it silently.
Second, the attitude of the people in the capital has relaxed somewhat. A year ago, the vast majority of the people supported the Emperor. Now, about 10% to 20% of the people have begun to support the Emperor.
There are still 20 to 30% of the people who have begun to waver.
In addition to his achievements in protecting the capital, Zhu Qiyu also had various good governance.
For example, the people in the capital were exempted from taxes and corvee for one year, and the imperial tombs were exempted from repairs.
For example, the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes that robbed people of their money were abolished, and Jingtai Tongbao with excellent quality and texture was issued.
For example, building the outer city of Beijing to improve the living conditions of the people in the capital.
For example, in the form of work-for-relief, as long as they participated in the construction of the outer city, the emperor would generously distribute Jingtai Tongbao. No matter whether old or weak, women or children, as long as they go to work, they will have a share.
Another example is to abolish the Beijing army and reduce the burden of water transportation.
With the implementation of a series of good governance, people's lives have become increasingly nourished and hopeful.
To sum up, people will change their minds.
Third, regarding the coexistence of the two emperors after the emperor returned to Beijing. The people still prefer to treat the Emperor well in life and etiquette, but in political affairs, the Emperor should not interfere too much.
Even among the people, no one has proposed any plan to abdicate the emperor and restore the emperor.
The common people are not stupid. They all know that once the emperor abdicates, his whole family will not live long.
Especially with the death of King Tan's family serving as a warning. If the emperor abdicated, his fate would be similar to that of King Zhu Jianji.
With the blessing of Queen Hu's status as the heir, Zhu Qiyu also received a lot of sympathy points. The people of the capital did not want to see Empress Hu become extinct again.
Although the emperor's adoption was too sudden, the government and the public could not adapt to it for a while. But you don’t admit that the emperor is Xuanzong’s legitimate son for the time being, that’s fine. It makes absolutely no sense for you not to admit that the emperor is the heir of Empress Hu.
In short, Zhu Qiyu, the seemingly absurd Jingtai Emperor, has initially won the hearts of the people.
Zhu Qiyu himself is not too concerned about the dispute between his concubine and his concubine. For the next plan, Zhu Qiyu decided to use the trump card he had been holding back for a long time and carry out the last round of crushing the bones and sucking the marrow out of Shanxi.
Then they will take action towards Liaodong, kill the Liao vassal, clean up the Jiannu, and control the mountain treasure trade in the Northeast. This allows Nuergandusi to use local materials, become self-sufficient, and take root in the Northeast for a long time and stably.
In addition, there was the reorganization and reorganization of the Japanese army in Shandong to clean up the floods in the Yellow River. To the west, we operate the Inner and Outer Hetao and Hexi Corridors.
At the same time, the Nanjing camp must be urged to reorganize and try to regain Cochin in five years.
Oops, the more I think about it, the more I get a headache.
It is really tiring to want to be an emperor with both civil and military skills.
Although Zhu Qiyu seemed to be playing all the time, he was really worried at all.
I don't know if others understand Zhu Qiyu, but Zhou Chen, as the Minister of Industry, appreciates the emperor more and more.
Zhou Chen's recognition of the emperor almost caught up with Wang Wen's.
Because the former minister of the Ministry of Industry had to go around begging grandpa and grandma in order to get wages.
Now it is completely different. The Ministry of Industry can be said to be making money every day just by casting money.
The largest financial backer of the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Industry was none other than Emperor Jingtai.
In the past, when emperors needed whatever they needed, they would directly ask for and get it from the court.
But Zhu Qiyu was different. This ridiculous emperor used real gold to exchange for the Jingtai Tongbao cast by the Ministry of Industry.
Moreover, after the construction of one mansion and three palaces in the entire western suburbs, Zhu Qiyu took out a full 200,000 taels of gold to exchange for Jingtai Tongbao, and then paid wages to everyone involved in the construction.
(End of chapter)
