Chapter 23: The Dingguo meeting was held
The Dingguo Conference was held in the three main halls.
Hundreds of people were bustling in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and it still seemed a bit crowded.
After all, these hundreds of people are all respectable people. Wherever he is, he has at least one or two attendants around him. There are also guards and service staff to maintain order.
Especially the emperor. There are many conference people around, and there are quite a lot of them.
There are nearly a thousand people in the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony.
At this time, the talent of King Shu was also revealed. He Xi organized the meeting with King Shu as his deputy. He Xi naturally left many general affairs to the King of Shu. And the King of Shu naturally handled these things in an orderly manner.
No need for He Xi to worry too much.
And Zhu Xiongying sat on the throne, condescending. There is an open space at the bottom of the throne, which is a place for people to talk. But He Xi still felt a little uncomfortable with this arrangement.
Without him, the layout of places like the Hall of Supreme Harmony had already been decided. The emperor was surrounded by dragon chairs, cranes, and royal dais.
These buildings formally confirm the supreme status of imperial power. This is also the political meaning of Zhu Yuanzhang’s exclusive imperial power, which is reflected in the architecture. But what He Xi wants to establish is not such a political order.
"Nanjing is not Beijing after all." He Xi secretly felt inconvenienced.
This is also He Xi's biggest feeling in Nanjing.
The degree of industrialization in Nanjing is too low. Revealed in many things. As far as this venue is concerned, He Xi and others took over Nanjing last year, and it has been several months now. Dingguo will be prepared, and it was decided last year.
If it were in Beijing, it would not be difficult to build a venue within a few months. But such a thing is not too easy in Nanjing. You must know that traditional wooden construction is fast and fast, just like building blocks. It can be built in ten days and a half. But the premise is that the wood is ready.
Nanjing originally had a large amount of wood reserves. This was not reserved by Zhu Yunwen, but left over from the Hongwu period. Zhu Yuanzhang left a very solid family background to the world.
But in the battle between the North and the South, it was completely exhausted. Whether it is building ships, building artillery carriages, or even making firecrackers, wood is needed.
Transportation from the north, especially Liaodong, is not impossible. But it's too slow.
And what Nanjing lacks is not just wood. Nanjing's economy has been completely disrupted by Zhu Yunwen's methods of exploiting the benefits of the economy. There was chaos on all fronts.
It took several months before it was sorted out.
It is simply impossible to support such a large-scale construction.
Under such circumstances, large-scale construction projects are not appropriate.
It would be great if I were in Beijing. He Xi remembered that Beijing had already built a venue, which was the treasury bond market, and could be used directly. Rather than a temporary setup like today.
It's inappropriate no matter how you look at it.
The arrangements are almost ready. The King of Shu came to He Xi and whispered: "First Assistant, the time has come."
He Xi coughed lightly and said, "I know."
Immediately, a loud voice overwhelmed the noise in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. When He Xi came out of the queue, he first saluted Zhu Xiongying. After receiving Zhu Xiongying's response, he stood up and said: "Everyone, today I invite the pillars of the country. The local virtuous people are here to discuss national affairs."
"Five years ago, Emperor Taizu passed away, and the whole world mourned. The young people stole the world, and even led to the conflict between the north and the south. The soldiers were slaughtered, and the people were filled with ravines. It was terrible. Today, I am here to identify the thieves. If you make a mistake, you will avoid trouble in future generations.”
This is the theme of the Dingguo Conference, and it is also the most important thing. The coffin is finalized, Zhu Yunwen is put on the pillar of shame, and Zhu Xiongying's political status is determined. even though. This is a cutscene.
After all, the world has been conquered. How could it happen again? At today's meeting, no matter how many objections there are, it will be useless. At worst, a group of representatives will be replaced.
However, cutscenes are also important.
He Xi was going through the motions seriously.
Everyone is very interested in this matter.
Everyone knows that the issue cannot be said to be unimportant. Very important.
The entire process of this meeting was divided into two parts. One part was the issues raised by the court, and everyone discussed them one by one. If you don't want to interfere with someone, you can object, etc.
The other part, the second half, is where they can raise their own issues. Let everyone discuss it, especially the court. Naturally, the court could deny it. But some negatives must also be said.
The issues raised by the court varied according to their importance. Some can be called back. For example, some issues raised by court departments. The ones who really offended him were probably a few ministers.
Without the unity of several ministers, this issue would not be brought to a decision-making meeting.
However, since the Hexi Reform, the official position of Shangshu has been devalued.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were only six ministers. Even after the two capitals were divided into the north and the south, and some ministers were given additional titles, there were only a dozen or so ministers existing at the same time, and there could not be more.
But it's different here in He Xi. He Xi split the six departments into more than a dozen departments. And designated the head of the civil service as the chief assistant, and the cabinet bachelor. So the Shang Shuguan waited.
If you add some additional titles. Today, there are more than twenty Shangshu officials in the Ming Dynasty. There will most likely be more in the future.
At this time, the minister was already close to the minister of a certain department in later generations.
However, the alliance of several ministers is also a very powerful political force. However, the people who can attend this meeting are not ordinary people.
They are all local powerful factions. After all, the original civil service system of the Ming Dynasty was first cleaned up by Ding Xian and then again by He Xi. It was the so-called scholar-official bureaucracy, and now only the scholar-officials are left. There are almost no bureaucracies left.
In the past few months, He Xi almost moved the Beijing court to Nanjing, leaving only a maintenance organization in Beijing.
The participants in this meeting were naturally all local powerful people.
Many of them are like Lu Zhongheng.
During the Hongwu period, although Lu Zhongheng was a local leader in Nanyang, he could not completely ignore the court. However, after the war in the past few years, especially in the south, Zhu Yunwen almost depleted the troops in the south in order to support the war.
This has left a power vacuum in many places.
And power also hates a vacuum. Now that the court has withdrawn. Naturally there are other forces involved. So everyone here, even the most ordinary person, is quite influential in at least a certain county. It can represent the thoughts of many people in a county. A few people joining together can even influence the opinions of one or two governments.
In fact, these people are not too afraid of the so-called ministers.
Not to mention, there are giants like King Yan.
But some issues cannot be refuted. That is the first issue raised by He Xi today.
Soon many opinions were gathered.
Everyone agreed. Zhu Yunwen sought power and seized the throne, causing chaos in the world and committing heinous crimes. His clan status was removed, his surname Zhu was taken away, he was ordered to be wanted, and his life and death were not considered.
Zhu Yunwen's absconding cannot be hidden.
In the end, I could only admit this publicly.
However, everyone has different opinions on the issue of Zhu Yunwen.
There were many people who acted very indifferently. These people came to Nanjing with the imperial court. They don't need to comment on Zhu Yunwen at all. After all, Zhu Yunwen was the one they overthrew.
Some of these people even think that what happened today is just taking off their pants and farting, which is unnecessary.
And many of them were very excited, as if he and Zhu Yunwen were incompatible with each other and wanted to kill Zhu Yunwen. It seems that he has some deep grudge with Zhu Yunwen.
But in fact, on the contrary, some of them hurriedly surrendered after the imperial court entered Nanjing. It can be said that he is Zhu Yunwen's loyal minister. It is precisely because of this that these people have to go to great lengths to prove themselves.
It proved that they were just deceived by Zhu Yunwen.
They thought they were supporting Ming Dynasty orthodoxy, and it was not them who were wrong, but Zhu Yunwen who was wrong. Therefore, Zhu Yunzhen's crime was extremely heinous. Don't let it go at all.
There are others, but they are very peaceful. There are also mixed feelings in the calmness.
The Ming Dynasty scholar-bureaucrat group is deeply rooted. Especially in the south, they are almost in one continuous line from the Southern Song Dynasty to today. It also has a profound influence on the local area.
If he had not seen this, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have resorted to the desperate strategy of overturning the table.
In this war, they suffered the greatest losses.
They were the biggest force supporting Zhu Yunwen's ascension to the throne, but they did not want to be betrayed by Zhu Yunwen first. Killed very viciously. And He Xi was not easy on their methods.
He Xi is even preparing to promote a new education system nationwide, an education system directly led by the state. This is the motion at the back.
This is not a good thing for the scholar-bureaucrats.
There are two disadvantages. First, the family education that scholar-bureaucrats are most proud of is of little use in the new era. In terms of educational resources, their children will be on the same starting line as ordinary people. ..
Of course, the families of scholar-bureaucrats may have some better learning methods and learning atmosphere, and their children can still be high-level intellectuals from generation to generation. But compared to the huge number of ordinary people, it is nothing.
The second is the emergence of new learning as an official ideological form.
A lot of their family's accumulation was wasted, and it was of no use at all.
He Xi's methods were not as vicious as Ding Xian's, but they were still enough to cause them pain. Five years is actually not a long time. Some people actually know the inside story of Zhu Yunwen's ascension to the throne.
It was Zhu Yunwen who seized the throne, but it was actually some people led by Fang Xiaoru who acted tough in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have given in.
Just a few years passed. Looking back, many people actually came back to their senses.
There are also some speculations in my mind. But he didn't dare to say it.
