Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 110
"Clang... clang... clang..."

The bell tower in the capital city of Shuntian Prefecture, accompanied by the ringing of the morning bell, a high-ranking central minister went to the court one after another.

Some people went to the Wubu Yamen and the Dudufu's Mansion of the Five Armies around Daming Gate. Officials from the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple needed to go further to the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple in Xuanwumenli Street.

When the imperial court does not hold a big dynasty, there are often a small number of officials who can really participate in the permanent dynasty.

Hundreds of officials went to the Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall in the Outer Court of the Forbidden City. After alternating with the officials on duty last night, the central court of the Ming Dynasty continued to operate.

It's just that compared with the previous few days, the number of officials who went to the Wenhua Palace for the Chang Dynasty today is more than twice that of the previous few days.

More than [-] civil servants were guarding in the Wenhua Hall, quietly waiting for Zhu Youxiao, who had not been to the Chang Dynasty for ten days.

Since the last reorganization of the Jingchao, Zhu Youxiao has asked for leave three times in a row, each time taking three days off.

For ten days, the officials who were accustomed to having people on the dragon chair became anxious, for fear that Zhu Youxiao would learn the habit of the two emperors Wanli and Taichang not going to court.

Fortunately, this day did not disappoint them. The sound of footsteps came from the side of the Wenhua Hall, and all the officials were delighted, and they couldn't help lowering their eyes.

"clang……"

"Sing ceremony~~~" Honglu Temple minister hit, and all the officials knelt down and sang in an instant, holding wat boards: "Long live, long live, long live..."

"Mu... bang!"

The big Han general brandished the clean whip, and the sound of the clean whip instantly spread throughout the large square in front of the Wenhua Palace.

"Pingshen..."

Zhu Youxiao's sad and joyful voice sounded, and all the officials shouted long live, slowly got up, and stood with the wat board in their hands, and when everyone got up, and when the singing ceremony of the minister of Honglu Temple was over, Sun Ruyou stood up and sang Channel:

"Long live, Sun Ruyou, a scholar of the Chendong Pavilion, has something to play."

"Quite" Zhu Youxiao replied with one word.

Seeing this, Sun Ruyou held the wat board and said: "Your Majesty is approaching his age, and the talents and qualities of the ministers are not comparable to those of the ministers. He has the knowledge of knowing people. Please give the bones as soon as possible, and return them to the fields."

Sun Ruyou even said that he would give the bones back to the field. Such wording made Zhu Youxiao feel dissatisfied.

He wanted to reduce the power of the Zhejiang Party, but if Sun Ruyou said that, what would the world think of him?What will the officials think of him?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao could only show worry and said: "I am still young, and I still allow Sun Gechen to assist me. This matter is not allowed to be mentioned again."

"Long live..." Sun Ruyou let out a mournful voice, and hurriedly knelt down holding the wat board and said:
"The minister is already seventy-seven years old, and at such an age, it is inevitable that he will act foolishly. Long live, please allow the old minister to return to his hometown to beg for the elderly."

"Long live! Minister Yao Zongwen was impeached, Minister Hu Chouzong of Nanjing Household Department, Minister Zhang Kejing of Nanjing Military Department, Minister Liu Zan of Nanjing Ministry of Officials, Minister Xu Zhou of Nanjing Ministry of Punishment, Zhejiang..."

Yao Zongwen was pushed to the stage, and as an official of the Zhejiang Party, he eloquently impeached Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun and other [-] officials from the five parties.

The reasons for impeachment were the deprivation of autumn tax and grain, the disadvantage of collecting additional money, and the various officials involved in the Huaibei famine case.

But the end of Yao Zongwen's impeachment was to demand that everyone be dismissed and exiled. Such punishment is nothing more than removal of official positions.

You know, in the late Ming Dynasty, the exile was not serious. The most famous one was Yang Shen who was exiled during the Jiajing period.

Not only hunting and giving lectures in Yunnan, but also occasionally traveling to various provinces under the cover of local officials.

Therefore, it is not difficult to see here that Sun Ruyou wants to use this method to quell the great hunger in Huaibei.

He gave up many official positions in Nanzhili. Now that the Donglin Party is powerful, once he gives up, Liu Yixiu, who is a member of the Donglin Party, will inevitably recommend a large number of Donglin officials to take up positions.

Donglin can gain power, and can also implement the New Deal after Sun Ruyou leaves, and promote their political ideas.

The benefit Zhu Youxiao got may be that taxes and additional money will not be delayed or deducted, while the Donglin Party has gained the dominance of the court.

Looking at it this way, it seems that no one is at a loss, and even some people in the Donglin Party have set their sights on Liu Yixiu, Han Yu and others.

"Long live! Chen Guanglu Temple Prime Minister Gao Panlong impeached Sun Ruyou, a scholar of Dongge University, covered up officials' corruption and broke the law, and connived at the mastermind of the Huaibei famine, causing hundreds of thousands of people to die because of lack of food!"

here we go again……

Hearing Gao Panlong's impeachment, everyone in the court frowned.

Gao Panlong, apart from having a strong body, his greatest ability is his mouth, and he has nothing else.

Compared with Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Yuan Keli, Liu Yixiu, Han Yu and others, although Gao Panlong is one of the founders of Donglin Academy, his ability is not good.

Right now, his impeachment of Sun Ruyou is nothing more than revenge for the many Qingliu who were impeached by Fang Congzhe and Sun Ruyou of the Zhejiang Party.

But now is not the time for revenge. Seeing Gao Panlong stand up, Liu Yixiu and Han Yu frowned, and Han Yu could only step forward and say:
"Long live, the Jingcha should be prepared first. As for the impeachment of Yao, it should be handed over to the Jingcha for investigation."

"Long live, I thought that those who impeached Yao should be dismissed immediately!" Qi Shijiao, the leader of the Qi Party, stood up and demanded a quick decision.

Everyone is not a fool, left these people to Jingcha's Zuo Guangdou and others to investigate, I am afraid the final solution will be ransacking their homes.

Removal and exile can still go home and enjoy it under the cover of the local officials, and come back when the Zhejiang Party becomes stronger in the future, but it is not necessarily a case of ransacking the house. Whether it can survive the end of the year is another matter.

"Long live, I think you should be dismissed immediately!" Ying Zhen, the leader of the Chu Party, stood up with a group of Chu Party officials.

"Long live! The ministers thought that they should be dismissed immediately..."

Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun, Fang Congzhe and others stood up one after another. Not only people from the five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, but also many officials without party affiliation also stood up.

Not to mention them, even most of the Donglin Party officials also stood up.

At their stop, there were only a dozen people with firm political stances left, including Liu Yixiu and Han Yu.

Anyone who saw this kind of picture would want to ridicule them.

Liu Yixiu, who is the second assistant of the cabinet, didn't find it strange. To put it bluntly, the organizational structure of the Donglin Party is not tight, and most of the people are people who stand in line because of speculation.

Once interests are involved, most of them will abandon them and choose to stand on the side of interests.

"Ugh……"

Seeing this situation, Liu Yixiu sighed, and couldn't help but wonder how Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou would feel when they saw this scene.

As for Zhu Youxiao, he didn't say a word during the period, but just watched the ministers below each act and take turns to take the stage.

However, when he saw that most of the Donglin Party actually stood with the Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuan, and Kun parties for their own interests, he sneered contemptuously from the bottom of his heart.

Against the backdrop of this group of guys, it seemed that Liu Yixiu, Han Yu, and Yang Lian Zuo Guangdou and others became loyal.

At least they know their own political demands, and they can stand firm on their own political stand.

but……

Zhu Youxiao squinted his eyes, then said:

"Shangshu Zhou Jiamo!"

"Long live, my minister is here." Zhou Jiamo, a gray-haired and bearded official minister with no party affiliation, came out and edited Zhu Youxiao.

He was one of the dozen or so people who didn't stand up just now, just because he couldn't understand the practice of using political means to offset the dead people.

Zhu Youxiao valued Zhou Jiamo very much, and also cared about his opinion.

As a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing, Zhou Jiamo once carried out the other party's reforms under Zhang Juzheng's hand, and watched Daming Zhongxing.

Afterwards, Zhang Juzheng died of illness, and he was idled for five years, and the imperial court had no one available to promote him to be an inspector of Sichuan.

When he was in Sichuan, he saw Qiu Chengyun, the eunuch sent by Wanli to discuss mining taxes, levying violently. After killing Qin Liangyu's husband Ma Qiancheng, he impeached Qiu Chengyun several times.

But for the sake of peace, Wanli transferred him to Yunnan, where he served as the right deputy capital censor and governor of Yunnan.

Soon after, he was promoted to the right servant of the Ministry of War, and he was still the governor of Yunnan.

During his stay in Yunnan, he impeached Mu Changzuo, the Duke of Guizhou, for occupying more than [-] hectares of civilian land. He later supervised the military affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Guangdong.

During his tenure, he presided over the restoration of the polders destroyed by floods in Nanhai, Sanshui, and Gaoyao.

In the last years of Wanli, Qi, Zhejiang, and Chu were vying for power, and the appointment and dismissal of officials could not be decided by the Ministry of Officials, so Wanli made him the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Sure enough, after he became Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he employed people on their merits, dismissed crony leaders and treacherous evil, and slightly improved the situation in the court.

Zhu Youxiao had a deep impression of him, just because Wanli once pointed to Zhou Jiamo's memorial and told Zhu Youxiao that this person was available.

Therefore, right now Zhu Youxiao needs Zhou Jiamo to help him.

Looking at Zhou Jiamo and Zhu Youxiao, he said calmly:
"Zhou Shangshu, what do you think about this case?"

"Long live back..." Although Zhou Jiamo was old, he was still full of spirit.

He returned the salute to Zhu Youxiao holding the wat board:
"It should be submitted to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for review, and then the Metropolitan Procuratorate will hand over the evidence to the Criminal Ministry and Dali Temple for joint trial."

"After the joint trial of the three divisions, the censors of the capital procuratorates of the two capitals and the thirteen provinces will draft and select the official crimes determined by the three divisions."

"After the judgment, the third department will submit the list of officials who need to be removed to the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials will check and confirm that it is correct and then submit it to the cabinet. After the cabinet approves it, it will be sent to the Qianqing Palace."

"After being approved by the Supervisor of Rites, send it to Wansui for inspection. Finally, Wansui confirms that there is no problem and then sends it to the official department. After the official department confirms that it is correct, it will be executed immediately."

Things have changed, and the change lies with Zhu Youxiao.

In the current situation, as long as Zhu Youxiao nods, things can get through safely and the power will be handed over successfully.

But Zhu Youxiao doesn't just want to change this situation. After Zhu Youjian's awakening and the sweetness of his subordinates having military power, he is groping for a path that is different from the history of his previous life.

Having a younger brother who won't usurp the throne helps him take charge of the army, which means he can do more things.

But right now, what he needs to do is to expand the imperial power.

"What Zhou Shangshu said is very correct, you don't know?" Zhu Youxiao said this with a cold face after Zhou Jiamo finished speaking, and then set his sights on Zhang Wenda, the censor of Zuodu.

"Zhang Wenda!"

"The minister is here..." Zhang Wenda, who has no party affiliation, slowly returned the greeting, and Zhu Youxiao said afterward:
"I just gave the name of the person Yao Zongwen mentioned in the matter, and you will go to investigate in person in Nanzhili."

"Order Yang Lian to go to Shandong to inspect, Zuo Guangdou to go to Huguang to inspect, and Yushi Gu Tianjun to go to Zhejiang to inspect."

"All the results need to be submitted to the imperial court. In addition, all officials in Huai'an, Huai'an, and Xuzhou who were involved in the Huaibei famine ransacked their homes and beheaded them for public display."

"Order Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou to cooperate and go to Shandong and Huguang for inspection after the incident is over."

"Those involved in Zhejiang, Nanzhili, Shandong, Huguang, Henan and other places will all have their homes confiscated and exiled in Yunnan and Gansu."

"In addition, the farmlands and houses confiscated in Xuzhou and Huai'an are all included in the Yumajian, and the south field of the Yumajian is under the jurisdiction of the new Yumajian."

Zhu Youxiao's words made everyone feel relaxed, and then tightened again.

First of all, the officials and gentry in Huai'an Mansion and Xuzhou, and even the military officers in the guards are unable to escape accountability, which is unavoidable.

As for the accountability and decapitation, all the fields were filled into the Yumajian. This behavior made the officials frown, because the fields behind these people are as many as millions of acres. The rise of the prison.

However, Zhu Youxiao also saved face. In the list provided by Yao Zongwen, officials from Nanzhili and Zhejiang were handed over to the non-party Zhang Wenda and the Kunming Party's Gu Tianjun for investigation.

As for Shandong and Huguang, there were not many people involved, and it is estimated that the crime would not be fatal. At most, they ransacked their homes and exiled them, so they were handed over to Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou.

Therefore, most people are very satisfied with this arrangement, but they don't agree with the opening of the south court by the Yumajian, so they are going to continue to write.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't let them react, so he continued to add;

"The south court of the Yumajian needs to pay the land tax and pay additional silver normally, and it is not allowed to resist the payment."

"Long live Shengming..." Hearing Zhu Youxiao's supplement, Li Ruhua, a non-party member of the Ministry of Finance, sang and saluted, and the rest of the people also saluted.

There are not a few farmlands in Huai'an Prefecture and Xuzhou. If they resist paying taxes, then according to the Ming tax quota, small and medium-sized landlords and common people will have to bear the share of the south field of the Yumajian, and their families may be destroyed.

Now that they agree to pay taxes, Kun, Xuan and other Southern Zhili parties are not worried, and Li Ruhua is not afraid of tax reduction.

Only after Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he added:
"Huaibei will be exempted from land tax and additional distribution this year, and another three million shi of grain will be transferred to Huaibei for disaster relief. All parts of Huaibei will be allowed to open regular warehouses and official warehouses for disaster relief."

"Long live the sage..." The ministers continued to push the golden mountain down the jade pillar, and praised Zhu Youxiao's sage again.

It seems that this is the end of the matter, and Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others want to continue to be ordered to stop.

Everyone in the court was happy, but no one would care about the hundreds of thousands of people who died of the Huaibei famine.

Perhaps for them, those hundreds of thousands of lives are useless after they have achieved their respective goals.

Soon, the Chang Dynasty ended, and not surprisingly, Fang Congzhe also found Zhu Youxiao after the end of the court meeting, and submitted his own memorial to beg for the elderly.

But like Sun Ruyou, he was also persuaded by Zhu Youxiao to leave with various reasons.

Just looking at the way he left, I am afraid that he has realized that there is no way to retreat, and he may continue to submit memorials like Sun Ruyou and beg for his resignation.

Zhu Youxiao looked at his back, frowned slightly, and then asked someone to drive him back to Qianqing Palace.

Since then, the Huaibei Great Hunger case, which has been making a lot of noise, was paused, and the fast horses went south with the urgent documents, but when Zhu Youjian knew the final result of Chang Chao, he froze on the spot and couldn't believe it.

"Hundreds of thousands of lives, just like that..."

Zhu Youjian in Xuqin Palace and study looked at the heavy snow outside the window, and then realized the darkness of high-level political methods.

In this era of eating human blood steamed buns, let alone hundreds of thousands of deaths, even millions of deaths will not make most officials feel guilty.

Perhaps in their view, the great famine in Huaibei was nothing more than a topic of conversation after dinner. As for the starving people who died, it did not affect most of them.

Zhu Youjian was silent. He knew why the Huaibei Great Famine would be written off in history.

In the final analysis, even my own good emperor brother can't do everything in the face of the civil servants of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun and the five parties.

The reason why it can't be done is that if the officials of the five parties give up their picks, then one-third of Ming's territorial taxation will be suspended.

Why would they dare to do this?Isn't it because there is nothing that can threaten them?

Zhu Yuanzhang had Huaixi nobles, Guozijian, Zhu Di had knives, Zhu Jianshen had eunuchs, ten regiment battalions, and imperial horse supervisors, but Zhu Youxiao and the others only had seven guards and one battalion of soldiers and horses who had been trained for less than three months.

There are soldiers and no one, even if all the civil servants are killed, the people who are replaced are not students from various parties?There is no difference between not killing.

Both Yanshan Institute and Yumajian have been accelerated...

Thinking of this, Chief Inspector Zhu You sighed, and then put down the book of war in his hand.

Seeing his appearance, Wang Chengen told everyone to retreat.

After a long time, Zhu Youjian got up and walked to the window, looking at the heavy snow outside the window, he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Just a moment later, when footsteps came from outside the hall, Wang Chengen's voice also broke the peace in the hall.

"Your Highness, Long Live Your Highness can ask Lu Wenzhao to stop continuing to investigate the steps of Nanjing's dignitaries and civil officials. In addition, a new Royal Horse Supervisor South Field will be established. Your Highness, please recommend the eunuchs to manage it."

"Yumajian Nanchang..." Hearing these harsh words, Zhu Youjian laughed at himself from the bottom of his heart:
"It turns out that I am also one of the people who eat human blood steamed buns..."

He clenched his fists, his knuckles were pale, showing how much he hated this political compromise.

But he doesn't have the strength to turn the table, whether it's political or military...

Thinking of this, and thinking of the millions of acres of arable land in the south field of the newly established Yumajian, Zhu Youjian took a deep breath, then turned to look at Wang Chengen, and then said coldly:
"Ask someone to tell Wang An that he should step down from that position."

Hearing this, Wang Chengen was slightly taken aback, not knowing what to say.

Retiring from that position, does it mean that Wang An will now go to the eunuch by himself and take the initiative to go to the south of the Yangtze River to serve as the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor Nanchang?
But after Wang An retires, who can take over?

Wang Chengen didn't continue to think about it, and he didn't understand why His Royal Highness wanted to transfer Wang An away at this time.

In the current situation, if Wang An is transferred away, then the eunuchs of Wei Zhongxian's faction will gain power.

This should not be a good thing for His Royal Highness.

However, in line with what His Highness said, Wang Chengen did not ask, but left Xuqin Palace after saluting.

But after he left, Zhu Youjian sighed again.

The reason he wanted to transfer Wang An was to prevent Wang An from conflicting with Wei Zhongxian.

Behind Wang An is not only Zhu Youjian, but also Liu Yixiu and Han Yu's Donglin Party.

In history, Wang An and the Donglin party members had a good relationship, and the case of moving the palace helped the Donglin party members save Zhu Youxiao and supported him to ascend the throne.

But later, because of the sudden emergence of Wei Zhongxian, Wang An and Wei Zhongxian had a conflict, which directly led to the conflict between the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian.

Later, Wang An was killed by the Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian, and the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian continued to die, which led to the tragic death of Yang Lian and others.

Wei Zhongxian killed almost all capable people in the Donglin Party, leaving only Yuan Keli, Xu Guangqi, Sun Chengzong and a few people who could see through.

Most of the remaining people were talkative, and in the end they couldn't even support Qian Qianyi against Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru, and they were called waste.

The conflict between the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian must arise, and what Zhu Youjian has to do now is to help the Donglin Party launch a new policy, reduce the burden on the people, and increase the people's resistance to the drought in the next ten years.

In history, the Donglin Party's New Deal failed. Not only did it fail to reduce the burden on the people, but it increased the burden on the people. Therefore, it is not even qualified to leave its name in the history books.

The reason for the failure is also very simple. There are too few capable ministers and officials, and there are too many talking points.

There is no problem with their idea, but the problem of execution is too great.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian returned to his desk, and took a pen to write down the names of people who could be used within the Donglin Party and some non-party officials.

Yuan Keli, Xu Guangqi, Sun Chengzong, Sun Yuanhua, Mei Zhihuan, Chen Qiyu, Li Changgeng, Bi Ziyan...

When these names were written, Zhu Youjian frowned slightly, and then wrote Lu Xiangsheng, Shen Tingyang, Song Yingxing, Song Yingchang under them...

The former is someone who already has a reputation and can become an official, while the latter has not yet participated in the imperial examination.

Right now the Donglin Party has defeated the Zhejiang Party, but in order to prevent these guys from only talking about it, Zhu Youjian must arrange capable people to appropriate positions.

First of all, Yuan Keli and Yuan Keli's abilities are beyond doubt, and their strategic vision is also very unique. It is too wronged him to put him in Jiangnan.

After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian still decided to put Yuan Keli in Shandong, so he wrote the word Shandong under Yuan Keli's name.

Later, Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua, Zhu Youjian didn't think much about it, so he wrote Shaanxi under their names.

These two people's ability to command soldiers and horses is not good, but they can innovate, but Zhu Youjian has far more innovative ideas in his mind than them.

What he saw was Xu Guangqi's talent in water conservancy, and Shaanxi, as a place where drought and turmoil began to break out during the Tianqi period, it is the best choice to put Xu Guangqi's master and apprentice in Shaanxi.

As for Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youjian frowned slightly. This guy is the lecturer of the good emperor brother in front of him, and he can't command himself.

Therefore, he set his sights on Mei Zhihuan, Chen Qiyu, Li Changgeng and Bi Ziyan.

Among them, Mei Zhihuan is a representative of courage and strategy. After Zhu Youjian thought about it, he continued to place him in Gansu as in history.

In the future, once Zhu Youjian wants to use troops against the Mongols in Hetao or even Qinghai, Mei Zhihuan will never let him down.

Thinking of this, he looked at the remaining three people, and after thinking about it, he put Li Changgeng and Bi Ziyan in Nanzhili and Shanxi respectively.

In history, Bi Ziyan and Yuan Keli were mutual horns. They specialized in coastal defense, repaired warships, managed weapons, and built naval forces. They once suppressed the White Lotus Rebellion in Beizhili and Shandong.

Later, when he served as Minister of the Household Department of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the military was frequent and the treasury was empty. He proposed 24 suggestions for reducing expenditures, and went to nine frontier governors to check the number of soldiers and horses to plug the loopholes.

This kind of talent is very good in Shanxi, and Li Changgeng is an honest and talented official, which is just right in Nanzhili.

With Li Changgeng present, he could not only restrain the nobles in Nanjing, but also transport water from the south and additional grain to the north.

As for the last Chen Qiyu...

Looking at this name, Zhu Youjian felt very headache. This guy is capable, but he is not responsible, so he can just put it in Henan, which is the least prone to trouble.

Zhu Youjian finished assigning everyone's positions, except for Southwest, which was not arranged, because he had already arranged for Southwest.

As long as extravagance and Chongming dare to rebel, they will be suppressed by Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, Wu Aheng, and Yang Wenyue immediately.

When the meritorious service is obtained, Hong Chengchou can be transferred to Yunnan, Guizhou or Guangxi, while Sun Chuanting will be sent to Shaanxi by him later.

Xu Guangqi and Sun Yingyuan built water conservancy projects to increase the risk of drought resistance in Shaanxi, while Sun Chuanting was responsible for abolishing the guards in Shaanxi when necessary.

As for Wu Aheng, he will be placed in Sichuan to contain Hong Chengchou, while Yang Wenyue will go to Huguang.

If such an arrangement is implemented, even if a seventeen-year drought breaks out in Da Ming, which leads to peasant uprisings, it can be quickly suppressed.

As for those talents who have not yet taken the imperial examination...

Zhu Youjian rolled his eyes and put them directly on Lu Xiangsheng and Shen Tingyang:

"Wait a minute..."

(End of this chapter)