Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 249
The Chunwei case was developing in an unexpected direction, and many people were dumbfounded at this moment.

The investigation team organized by the imperial court did not find corruption and perversion of the law in this test, so naturally there is no way to deny the results of this test.These people who are nominated on the gold list can rest assured, they just need to wait for the imperial examination.

And at this time, the failed candidates who were still trying to complain, were suddenly arrested by Jin Yiwei.This also made those rioters cry out for injustice when they were in chaos, and felt that they had to have a sense of mission. The imperial court was suppressing the conscience of scholars.

Although these scholars want to complain and vent, but at this time they may also need to consider whether they can retreat unscathed.At the beginning, there was a lot of noise in Yingtian Mansion, but now the end is so miserable.

I dare not say that the imperial prison is overcrowded, but those high-ranking lords in the past have been reduced to prisoners.

Zhu Yunying, who returned to the East Palace, was in a good mood. Seeing little Zhu hugging Zhu Ruyi, Zhu Yunying couldn't help being happy.

"Let my sister play by herself, why do you have to hug her?" Zhu Yunying thought it was funny, and teased Xiao Zhu, "My sister is too fat now, you can't even hug her."

Little Zhu immediately felt aggrieved, and rushed to Zhu Yunying to hug her thigh, "Father, I've lost weight, so it's not fun anymore."

Zhu Yunying thought it was Tong Yanwuji, squatted down and pinched little Zhu's face, "There's still so much meat, why did you lose weight?"

"Grandpa Gao said it!" Little Zhu was eloquent, and was really sad, "I don't care about Grandpa Gao anymore, I won't play with him."

Baby fat, little Zhu is still a little bit.This is also common in children, and many children are a little 'fat'.It's just that she will lose weight a little bit gradually, and Xiao Zhu is in such a situation now.

Xu Miaoqing also had no choice but to say, "If you let him eat more, it won't taste good, and if he loses weight, he will make trouble with us."

It's actually good to be thinner, Zhu Yunying originally said that he was worried that his son would always be chubby.The main one is Old Zhu, he likes to see little Zhu's plump appearance, and thinks that is really cute.

Zhu Yunying thought it was cute to be a little fat when she was a child, but if she was always chubby, she would not be cute, and it would be bad for her health.It's just that old Zhu is used to little Zhu, so sometimes Zhu Yunying really has nothing to do.

Hugging Zhu Ruyi, the little girl is quite considerate, at least now she knows that her father is smiling purely.This also made Zhu Yunying very happy. Although the son was a little mischievous, the daughter seemed to be caring now.

While Zhu Yunying was chatting with his wife and daughter, Shuangquan came over cautiously, "Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor will come to eat."

Zhu Yunying immediately became complacent, and said proudly, "After all, I still have to come here, I won!"

Shuangquan didn't dare to answer, and neither did Xu Miaoqing.The main reason is that Zhu Yunying is teasing Lao Zhu, that is, Zhu Yunying has such treatment.If other people do this, it is basically a 'big disrespect' and they didn't run away.

Old Zhu came here, and Xiao Zhu, who was still talking about having conflicts with his great-grandfather, immediately went to find his great-grandfather happily.Show off your rocking horse, show off your rattle, and a pony cart pulled by a rope
Old Zhu just took a look at Zhu Ruyi, purely to save face for Zhu Yunying and little Zhu.Lao Zhu's own daughter can't stand it, and there are a lot of granddaughters, let alone this is a great-granddaughter.Even if it is Aiwujiwu, in the heart of an old feudalist like Lao Zhu, there is still a need for some measure. There is a big difference between a son and a daughter.

After happily finishing dinner, Xu Miaoqing was very discerning, and left first with Lian Qiongqiong and others.As for the Hall of Spring Harmony, let's leave it to the Supreme Emperor, the Emperor, and the Crown Prince. These are the three men with the most power in the Ming Dynasty, even if one of them is a kid.

Little Zhu naturally doesn't understand some topics, but there is no need to care whether he understands or not.There are some things that don't need to be kept from him, although this may have a bad influence on the little guy's innocence, but who made him the crown prince of Ming Dynasty, who made him the heir apparent of this empire, there are some things that should be touched.

Old Zhu was a little complacent, and he spoke earnestly, "Ying'er, we want you to deal with these matters. But let's think about it carefully, if you come to abolish Lord Yansheng, there will be great resistance."

Zhu Yunying laughed, and said sincerely, "The grandson naturally understands this truth, but the grandson didn't think about abolishing Yan Shenggong. He just thought that according to the regulations, they should not be allowed to become the heads of civil servants, and they should not be demolished. Palace."

Old Zhu naturally understood what Zhu Yunying meant, the current status of Duke Yan Sheng was too high.

The head of civil officials in the Ming Dynasty was Zhengyipin. In the Song Dynasty, although the official rank of Yansheng was not high, his cultural content was very rich.During the Jin and Mongolian periods, it was promoted to the third rank in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was promoted to the first rank in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, in addition to the feudal title, all dynasties have allocated land to Yan Shenggong, and the land rent collected does not need to be handed over to the court, but is directly used for the expenses of offering sacrifices to Confucius. Private field.

Furthermore, there is the Confucian Temple. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties have continued to confer posthumous titles on Confucius, and the scale of the Confucian Temple has also become larger and larger.After the Jin soldiers went south, the Confucian Temple was actually burned down for a time, but soon the Jin people overhauled the Confucian Temple. Because Confucius was posthumously named "King", the Confucian Temple was built in the same system as the royal palace.

Lao Zhu nodded and said, "It's because we raised too much for Yan Shenggong, and it's a bit inappropriate."

"It's not just Yan Shenggong's position is too high, the status of scholars is also too high." Zhu Yunying laughed, and then said, "During the Mengyuan period, the status of those scholars was naturally very clear to Grandpa Huang. .We treat scholars generously, which is really not inferior to those of the Song Dynasty, and even better than them.”

It is said that the Song Dynasty was a paradise for literati, but the Ming Dynasty was not bad.

Lao Zhu was also deeply touched by this, he had no doubts about his abilities and circumstances, and those nobles from Huaixi in his hometown were also capable.But in the process of conquering the world, Lao Zhu did get help from many scholars.Lao Zhu deeply felt the power of scholars, so after seizing the world, he thought about how to control scholars.

The reason why scholars are willing to follow themselves is partly because of national values, but more because under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, there is basically no upward path.But if you want to stabilize the scholars, you must treat them preferentially, give them a certain upward path, and let these people sharpen their heads and squeeze in.

At the same time, Lao Zhu also stipulated the subjects of the examination and the scope of the teaching materials.Improve the social status of scholars, trap the intellectuals all over the world in the cage of stereotyped essays, recite casually a subset of classics and history, and imbue them with benevolence, righteousness and filial piety.

After becoming a scholar, you are basically a privileged class. When you see an official, you only need to salute instead of kneeling.And according to the rules established by Lao Zhu at the beginning, scholars wear collared gowns and square scarves.

In addition, corvee taxes are exempted, slaves can be used, and so on.After committing a crime, punishment cannot be used. Even if the crime is serious, punishment can only be used after the merit is revoked.

This is only a scholar, and Juren can basically start to be an official, and enjoy four hundred acres of tax-free tax.This also makes some farmers or landlords want to curry favor with Juren, this tax-free quota is too tempting.

Zhu Yunying naturally knew this, but he didn't know whether the land annexation was caused by bureaucrats or clans. The Ming gentry group actually annexed more land.But one by one also holds the pen, or maintains the interest group they belong to after the change of dynasty.

The pot must be the responsibility of the Zhu family, the clan of the Zhu family overwhelmed the Ming Dynasty, the unworthy descendants of the Zhu family were fatuous and immoral, and so on.Anyway, the water is too cold and so on, they must be high-spirited, the high-talking Donglin Party is the pillar of the country, it's a pity that the court didn't reuse them, etc.
Zhu Yunying really intends to lower the treatment of scholars a little bit, after all, these scholars get too much now.

To be honest, there is no harm in having more scholars.But what Zhu Yunying needs is a man of action, not a few scholars who talk about harming the country.Especially those who linger around and talk, think that they are romantic talents or pillars, and come to poetry meetings or criticize current affairs from time to time.

Zhu Yunying will definitely suppress this kind of atmosphere, and he doesn't want to leave some difficult problems for future generations from the beginning.Increase the difficulty at the beginning, and those scholars who want to survive will need to spend more effort.

After all, there are more and more scholars in general, which means that these groups need to be restricted.

Lao Zhu listened with a smile. After all these years, he also found that some of his policies were not particularly suitable.It looks pretty good now, but after his grandson's analysis, Lao Zhu was also shocked.

For example, there are too many back seals and too generous treatment for the children of the clan, such as land annexation, etc. Lao Zhu still thinks that his grandson is far-sighted.So even if his grandson sometimes behaves like a fantasy, and sometimes seems to spend money wrongly, Lao Zhu can bear it.

This will definitely be a good emperor, a wise emperor who can govern the world well, and Lao Zhu's assured successor.

As for some shortcomings or deficiencies, it doesn't matter too much. Lao Zhu knows that it is impossible for people to be perfect.What's more, for his grandson, it is enough that he is not confused about major issues, and this is the most important thing.

After chatting carefully with Lao Zhu, they basically decided on a series of plans for the next one, which probably revolved around defrauding Shenggong and defrauding scholars.

Both of them felt that there was nothing wrong with this, that these things should be done in this way, because it was good for Daming, and this was the motivation for them to carry it out!

(End of this chapter)