Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 12
Donglin is in power, the court is prosperous, corrupt officials have nothing to hide, the officials are clear and bright, and the government and the public are happy.

Are you sick?
Taichang was a bit dumbfounded when he heard these rumors.

It has to be said that Donglin is still good at publicizing and mobilizing. Whenever Donglin is in power, there are similar rumors from the ruling and opposition parties.

These rumors must have been spread by the Donglin Party itself. It is impossible for the Qichuzhe Party to say such good things to them.

As for the fact that the court is full of prosperity and corrupt officials have nowhere to hide, although it is a bit exaggerated, Donglin is not just bragging.

Because honesty and integrity are the image that the Donglin Party deliberately created, most Donglin Party members are indeed the cleanest of the clean.

For example, Yang Lian is "the number one in the world in promoting honest officials", and he is famous for his incorruptibility.

For example, Han Yu, who is also famous for his honesty, he has served as a bachelor for four times and served as the capital twice.
Another example is Gao Panlong, Zuo Guangdou, etc. They are all upright and upright people who hate evil like enemies, and they can't rub the sand in their eyes.

However, Donglin's integrity is not what he keeps saying, it is purely for the country and the people, and they deliberately create or maintain this image mainly to deal with the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties.

To put it bluntly, the main purpose is for party struggle, for power and profit.

Because most of the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties seek profit, it is inevitable that there will be some corrupt officials. The Donglin party maintains a clean and honest image.
In fact, they are just lip service to the country and the people. The ultimate goal is to seize control of the court and fight for power and profit. The Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties like to fight for profits. They like to fight for power.

The problem is that many people still follow this pattern, especially those young students or rookies in the officialdom who have been promoted in high school or even Jinshi at a young age, and they are especially fanatical in their pursuit of Donglin.

Honest and honest, how noble to say it.

Who doesn't want to be a clean official praised by the world, who wants to be a corrupt official who is scolded by the world!

The reason why Fushe, which was once famous in history, was able to set off a wave during the reign of Tianqi and Chongzhen was that it took over the banner of integrity and regarded itself as the successor of Donglin.

That guy said, "The collection of Spring and Autumn, the road is full of clothes.", "When you go out of the city, you will know that there are people who have returned to society.", "With a wave of arms, the sound shook the government and the public. There are tens of thousands of people who follow, and there are all Jiangnan students. Follow the lead!"

Alas, these stunned youths.

Taichang looked at the list handed in by Donglin, but he thought about what to do after Donglin, Qichuzhe Party and Eunuch Party were dealt with.

This world cannot be without officials. Even if he is superhuman, it is impossible for him to manage the affairs of the world alone. At that time, someone will help him govern the country!
It seems that you have to select your own team as soon as possible, otherwise how can you find so many people to replace Donglin, Qi Chuzhe Dang and Eun Dang.

The list Donglin gave him this time is the candidate list of the Cabinet Grand Scholars, because the cabinet usually needs four to five Grand Scholars to help the emperor handle all the government affairs properly. As a result, Fang Congzhe has been alone for seven years, and I don't know how many things were delayed.

Speaking of the Cabinet Grand Scholars, they were actually the emperor's political secretary when they were first established, and their rank was only fifth rank, which was worse than that of the Six Ministers and the Five Temple Shaoqing. It was not until later that the cabinet had the power to vote, and the Grand Scholars gradually became prime ministers. Auxiliary existence.

However, at the moment, the appointment and dismissal of cabinet scholars is still decided by the emperor. Generally, the courtiers recommend a large list, and then the emperor selects a few from it.

Of course, the list provided by the Donglin Party must be full of members of the Donglin Party, and it is impossible for others to be on the list.

This is the critical moment for the Donglin Party to clean up the Qi Chuzhe Party, and Taichang didn't bother to argue with them. Anyway, he has the final say on the appointment and dismissal of the Cabinet Scholars, and he can change it if he wants. not too late.

Like Chongzhen in history, he changed more than 50 cabinet scholars. He changed four or five, shouldn't it be too much?

As for the candidates for the cabinet bachelors this time, Han Yu and Liu Yixiu are sure, because these two have served as cabinet bachelors, and they have a high reputation in the Donglin Party. If they are not selected, the Donglin Party will definitely Opinion.

There are two others that he directly named Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli. These two can be said to be rare capable ministers and officials in the Donglin Party, especially in the military.

After the selection of cabinet scholars, he ordered the official department to send the roster of Jinshi, ready to start selecting his own team.

Naturally, there must be a reason for selecting talents to form a team. Otherwise, why would these people be recruited, and where would they be recruited?

He quickly thought of this reason, that is to reorganize Zhan Shifu and teach the prince.

Zhan Shifu was originally an institution to teach the prince, and it also had the function of assisting the prince in governing. Its scale was equivalent to a small imperial court, and there were many positions. There are more than 30 subordinate officials, such as the great scholars, the left and right concubines, the left and right Yude, and the left and right Zhongyun. If all of them are recruited, there will be a team that will be in power in the future.

However, since Yingzong became orthodox, the Ming Dynasty Hall has become a bit of a mess. No one pays attention to the functions of the Zhan Shifu, and no one is in charge of the prince's teaching. The official rank of the Zhan Shifu has gradually become the rank of Hanlin officials. , That is to say, when the Hanlin officials need to be promoted, they usually put up a position such as Zhan Shifu, Yude, or Shao Zhan Shi to raise the rank.

This may be the reason why most emperors after the orthodox Yingzong like to mess around. The princes don't have special institutions to teach them, so naturally they can't learn the way of governing the country systematically.

Of course, this is just an excuse Taichang made to reorganize Zhan Shifu. No matter why the emperor in front of him likes to mess around, Zhan Shifu must be reorganized anyway.

As for the team he wants to recruit, it is natural that the ones who understand technology are the best, that is, the kind of talents who develop guns and artillery, and even ships and trains.

Because this is the trend of historical development, as long as science and technology develop to a certain level, it will crush the slaves. On the contrary, if you do not develop technology, you will one day be bullied by the powerful ships and guns of the great powers.

This is an irreversible trend, and whoever develops first will be able to stand proudly at the forefront, while those who do not develop science and technology will be submerged by the tide sooner or later.

Daming was originally at the forefront of the tide. As early as more than 200 years ago, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was equipped with a large number of firearms, and its shipbuilding technology was the best in the world. Surrender.

It's a pity that over the past 200 years, Daming has not made any progress in science and technology. In terms of firearms, it has only learned the casting of a Franc cannon, and its shipbuilding technology has regressed for many years.

As for the reason, it is actually very simple, because scholars don't want to learn these things, and if it is only passed on by craftsmen, it is easy to lose word of mouth.

These days, there is still an ugly name for scientific and technological attainments, that is, strange skills, which have a taste of playing with things and losing one's ambition, and scholars generally sneer at them.

Because scholars are all for the purpose of taking the imperial examination, there are almost very few who are willing to waste time on it. He searched through the rosters of Jinshi who were in court and became officials, and only found three in total.

The first one is Xu Guangqi, a famous scientist in history. It is said that Xu Guangqi made the first astronomical telescope in the history of our country. Moreover, Xu Guangqi has deep knowledge in agriculture. It is the most important classic in agronomy.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Xu Guangqi happened to be working as a young Zhan Shi in the Imperial Academy to write books in the Hanlin Academy. Taichang directly promoted him to be Zhan Shi in the Zhan Shifu. .

Another is Bi Maokang, a well-known weapons expert in history. According to legend, Bi Maokang designed all the drawings of the flintlock gun. Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty died before it was put into production.

Such a weapon expert is really rare, Taichang directly recruited him as a young master.

The other one is Wang Zheng, a well-known mechanical expert in history. In this era, few people pay much attention to machinery. Wang Zheng seems to have studied loneliness, and it is quite unsatisfactory to be in the officialdom.

However, it was different when he met Taichang Bole. Taichang also promoted him to the fourth rank of Shao Zhanshi, allowing him to advance four or five ranks in a row.

Of course, the formation of this solemn team cannot only recruit three people. Taichang thought about it based on the historical knowledge in his mind, and finally decided to recruit Song Yingxing and Sun Yuanhua, and Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, two people with both civil and military skills. Talent has also been recruited.

Needless to say, Song Yingxing, "Heavenly Creation of Things" edited by him is world-famous, and Sun Yuanhua is also a rare artillery expert. Although both of them have only achieved fame, Taichang still awarded them a six-rank left and right Fu Cheng .

As for Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, these two fierce men are rare commanders. Although they don't have any strange skills, they will be useful in future battles in the world. Taichang directly awarded them a fifth-rank Zuochunfang University Bachelor.

In this way, the general framework of Zhan Shifu has been established, and the team under him has also begun to take shape. As for the expansion, it can only be done slowly.

(End of this chapter)