There were also many people visiting Yuan Zonggao.
The identities of these people are much different. They are all civil servants, Gongsheng, and Juzi.
Even though Yuan Zonggao was only a member of the Third Class and a Jinshi, he now had another identity: Imperial Master.
With this status, when the emperor rests in the palace for a few days and begins to visit the court, his first resignation should come.
He was already a third-rank official, and now he would only need to go through a stepping stone to become a court official, and then he would be promoted to the cabinet.
No one can stop this, not even Yang Tinghe.
Once the emperor has his ministers, the emperor may not necessarily abandon the old ministers immediately, but he will definitely use some of his own people. They can have no other merits and political achievements, they only need one thing: the merit of following the dragon.
Officials from the six ministries who had troubled Yuan Zonggao when he was serving as Jiangxi's inspector, colleagues who had worked with him in Jiangxi and were transferred to the capital, colleagues in the same department back then, fellow villagers from his hometown...
In addition to the palace examination that will be held soon, the provincial examination next year, and the joint examination the year after that, young Gongsheng or Juzi also hope to submit their poems and articles to Yuan Zonggao.
Even if Yuan Zonggao, who is sixty-eight years old, doesn't know how long he can last in the court, who knows whether he will be tasked with recommending talents to the emperor?
As long as the name is Datianting, it is a new starting point.
This is when one person attains enlightenment, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
Now that Zhu Houcong has officially ascended the throne, these officials of the royal palace, who had never been seen seriously in the past, are all in full swing.
Even Xie Changjie is no exception.
But like Lu Bing, he did not dare to accept anyone's gift and behaved extremely upright and upright.
He doesn't dare!
He didn't know what the emperor's attitude was towards him now!
In the Liang Mansion, Liang Chu was meeting with Huang Zuo.
Liang Chu admired this talented little fellow countryman very much.
"With your talents and knowledge, you have been preparing for the palace examination for more than a year in the capital. There is no need to worry about the palace examination." Liang Chu knew his purpose, "We are not sure how our new majesty will arrange the palace examination now. What topics are proposed and who is appointed as the examiner are now trivial matters. Has today’s enthronement edict also reached the ears of you Gongsheng disciples?”
Huang Zuo nodded respectfully and solemnly: "The students were talking a lot, and they all said that His Majesty and the elders are really serious about taking drastic measures. The new dynasty has more decrees and clearer purposes than ever before, and it does not specify specific strategies like the imperial edicts of previous dynasties. It’s really thought-provoking.”
Liang Chu sighed and recalled the previous special cabinet meeting regarding the imperial decree.
The strength of the new king was completely beyond everyone's expectations.
Liang Chu didn't know how Yang Ting and the others were feeling now, but Liang Chu had a headache and was relieved at the same time.
The headache is that the emperor attaches great importance to authority, but the joy is that the emperor seems to be really wise.
They just said that the Zhengde dynasty had a lot of bad governance and the national power declined a lot, but the emperor's words seemed to say that the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties had almost dug up the roots of the Ming Dynasty?
Those directions that did not explain how to do it, such as government administration, economy, criminal law, etc., were later replaced by cabinet ministers who were afraid that the emperor would be too drastic.
Otherwise, how could we give in to each other so easily?
No matter how it looked, it seemed like His Majesty's trick to make them retreat. He would scare several cabinet ministers from taking action by saying that the land would be cleared completely.
If it is written in, wouldn’t it be up to the cabinet ministers to do the work?
That would offend too many people, and it would really affect the whole body.
Fortunately, His Majesty smiled meaningfully and stopped insisting. Many of the new policies that Yang Ting and others drafted at the beginning were finally not deleted.
"Master Ge?" Huang Zuo reminded Liang Chu in a low voice when he saw that Liang Chu was deep in thought.
Liang Chu came to his senses, shook his head and said: "Uncle Cai, please remember one thing. Your Majesty has great ambitions, a resolute temperament, and is a pragmatic person. From your Majesty's perspective, our Ming Dynasty is at the end of its existence. occasion."
Huang Zuo knew that he was reminding himself of the possible direction of the imperial examination and the possible tendency of the emperor when he ordered Yijia.
But Huang Zuo could only look at Liang Chu in shock at this time: "Why is this so?"
Liang Chu sighed quietly: "Yes, why is it like this?"
Liang Chu also couldn't understand. Is the situation that bad?
Yang Tinghe is also hearing this sentence now.
In the Yang Mansion, Yang Tinghe just wants to sleep.
He was really tired from last night to this moment.
He thought he could catch up on some sleep after finishing the enthronement ceremony, so he didn't see any foreigners after returning home.
But because of the imperial edict, he was pestered by his son.
However, in the face of his son's worried inquiry, he still told about today's experience and said the phrase "beginning and dying at this moment."
Yang Shen replied angrily: "Why is this so? Now that the wise ministers are in the government, as long as all the traitors and evildoers are eradicated and all bad governance is eradicated, the situation will be ZTE again! Why are you so alarmist?"
"ZTE?" Yang Tinghe whispered haggardly, "The treasury is empty, the border defenses are weakened, the refugees are increasing day by day, and the people are poor and have no money. Once the Zhongzhi Dynasty was restored, there was only harmony between the monarchs and ministers in the DPRK. Hello, I am okay, everyone. At that time, there were 61,000,000 How are the people of 5,835 people living? This is His Majesty’s opinion on Hongzhi’s resurgence.”
"If the court is not harmonious, how can the world be governed? How can the people be prosperous?" Yang Shen was filled with grief and anger. "Nowadays, there are so many eunuchs doing bad things, but His Majesty is so vague on many new policies. Is Your Majesty going to be another virtuous person?"
"Zhengde?" Yang Tinghe was in a daze for a moment.
No, he is not righteous.
Yang Tinghe thought back to the emperor whom he was dealing with for the first time today, always worried that he would suddenly turn into Taizu or Taizong and kill all the ministers with the emperor's sword.
Listen to his kindness and power towards the vassal king, see the way he stared at several cabinet ministers when he talked about completely clearing the land, and his patience later when he laughed off the understanding...
Who taught him these things?
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In the Xinuang Pavilion in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houcong was waiting for Wei Bin and the others when they returned here.
They were still in Liangxiang early in the morning. In the morning, they quarreled in the palace outside the city and persuaded them to enter. Then they entered the city and the palace, held meetings, quarreled, ascended the throne, and dealt with the Queen Mother Zhang for the first time... This day seemed so long.
As a result, it was only 16:00, that is, around 8:30 pm, so it was still early to go to bed.
Zhu Houcong also had some urgent matters to deal with.
"Your Majesty, would you like me to ask Zhu Shang Palace to prepare some drinks and snacks for Your Majesty?"
Zhu Houcong thought that he hadn't had a good meal at Empress Dowager Zhang's place just now. He nodded and continued to read the original version of the enthronement edict in his hand.
It’s still my old habit of recording and analyzing in my own way.
Now that he has ascended the throne, Zhu Houcong's old methods will continue to be used.
Many matters in the enthronement edict will still need to be further argued about later.
Official governance is not just about fighting corruption, it involves how to discover talents, appoint people to work, supervise, and assess... This is equivalent to the management of the entire official class, and it is not just a few empty regulations by Yang Ting and others that can give them a new look.
The economy is a big systemic problem, including the taxation and corvee system, the land system, the merger of powerful people including the royal family, the transportation of salt through water and the horse administration...
The criminal law is also complicated. At least the relationship between the Fusi and Dongchang forces of Jinyiwei North Town and the three legal departments of the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple is a major focus.
And the other point is what Zhu Houcong sneered at Yang Tinghe from the bottom of his heart: he is both responsible and independent.
They keep saying that they must abide by the ancestral precepts on the issue of successors, but the "Regulations on Punishment" promulgated in the 13th year of Hongzhi is the actual manifestation of their disobedience to the ancestral precepts: they abolished the death penalty for corruption defined by Zhu Yuanzhang. The maximum punishment was to be sent to the nearby guard station and sent to the army.
Why were all the new punishment regulations added in the original imperial edict after the 13th year of Hongzhi abolished? Of course that's because it's not good for civil servants.
Zhu Houcong couldn't figure out so many problems for a while.
But he knew that before addressing these fundamental issues, he needed stronger strength.
It wasn't until Wei Bin and the other three entered the door that he knelt down and said, "I'm here to greet you, Your Majesty."
Zhu Houcong looked at them, and then looked at Zhang Yong: "Gu Dayong wanted to see me privately in Anlu before, but I summoned him after receiving the imperial edict, and he mentioned military power. Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong Have I told you how I view this matter?"
