eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 149 Action ([-])

The reform will indeed touch the old interest groups. The rationalists usually say, if the interests of others are violated, they will not resist?But the intellectuals usually slide to the other extreme, thinking that if those in power do something, it must be a wave of resistance, which is extremely difficult.

It seemed that this crown prince was just trying to coax everyone.

How can it be?

Don't talk about those people who had the concept of hierarchy in ancient times.It is a modern person with an emancipated mind. If you work in a company, you will be deducted from your salary today, and you will be invited to stay overnight tomorrow.
No, one by one went to work honestly the next day.

Social animals and social animals, people have become animals, and everything is still stable.

Now the prince has a decree,
And he kept his eyes on the cabinet and the six ministries, and the cabinet and the six ministries could only refine the will into operational rules and send people to implement them.

As for whether the result of the implementation can be as the prince envisioned, it really depends on the quality and efficiency of officials in this era, but no matter what, Zhu Houzhao is now focusing on this matter and will always try his best to do it.

As soon as the discussions in the Eastern Palace were over, the first decree that came out was the one that was easier and clear and detailed.

Wang Ji, Minister of the Taipu Temple, was withdrawn, and Xian Maliang Chu of the Department of Economics and Economics of the Prince's Mansion was appointed to take over.

In fact, the position of Xianma can only be promoted from the fifth rank to the minister of Taipusi.

But officialdom has its own routines, which can be found in any age, that is... the so-called promotion model.For example, the kind that goes out of the court to enter the prime minister, is to go out from the Imperial Academy.

Before that, the position of Minister of Taipusi was not valued by people. In the Taiping era, the enthusiasm of several generations of emperors for horse administration faded, so Taipusi was not a popular yamen.Even the Taichang Temple is better, it manages the etiquette of the ancestral temple. In ancient times, offering sacrifices was a national event, and the emperor knew you.

Compared with this, the improvement of this level is actually not very meaningful.

So this imperial decree actually knocked two people unconscious, Wang Ji didn't say anything, and packed up and went home.

This Liang Chu is 48 years old. He has been a Hanlin scholar and served the prince to study since the fourth year of Hongzhi.
According to the routine, as long as you stay for a few years, the old comrades who are in their 50s and before will retire. For example, Fu Han, the Minister of Rites, and Zeng Jian, the Minister of Industry, are already in their seventh year, and they won't be able to work for long.

In addition, the new monarch may also ascend the throne. Could he, a man from the prince's mansion, be an important minister?
But at this time, he was changed by the prince to be the minister of Taipusi.

This made Liang Chu a little flustered, mainly because he was there when Cheng Minzheng said 'the prince is only eight years old'!
Cheng Minzheng told him that.

Later the crown prince found out that Cheng Minzheng had said this...would he be angry with him?
But no matter what, once the imperial decree arrived, the Yamen still had to go, and first of all, he had to report to his superior, Shangshu Wang Yue.

He was not present at the discussion between the prince and the ministers that day, so he also went to ask for advice.

He is a straight person, so he asked straightforwardly.

But once the words come out,

Then Wang Yue asked back: "This time, I am afraid that you, Uncle Liang, have a villainous heart. Do you think that the crown prince's appointment of you as the Minister of the Imperial Palace is a sign that he doesn't care about you? Sometimes people always care about it, and it will cause chaos. In fact, you are in Zhan Shi's mansion, how can His Royal Highness transfer the personnel in Zhan's mansion, don't you see the clue?"

Wang Yue thought about it, but he didn't think so, "Or maybe you're not used to it because there are too many comments and accusations?"

Just like Yang Tinghe Lijing back then, many people would feel that he was not taken seriously.

"Xiaguan..." Liang Chu frowned, "Of course I have thought about it, but I don't have that kind of connection with His Highness...so I don't dare to think about it."

"Don't dare, it's just like that." Wang Yue encouraged: "Your Highness is a practical person. Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua even said that they are not self-effacing, including this old man. What His Highness cares about is whether we, the courtiers, can Solve the matter, whether it is solved well or not. The reason why you appointed Liang Chu this time is because His Highness attaches great importance to horse administration, especially the improvement of horse administration to relieve the people's hardship."

"Based on your qualifications, any minister of the imperial court is more than enough, or even overqualified. But this is exactly what His Highness intends. His Highness wants to use this unexpected method to let the court, the inside and outside, know his attitude toward Ma Zheng. attention."

Liang Chu probably couldn't pass that test in his heart, because he had a very good relationship with Cheng Minzheng.So I really didn't dare to think about it.

"Times have changed and the world has changed. From now on, the Minister of the Taipu Temple must be trusted by the Crown Prince!"

With the words of Minister of the Ministry of War, Liang Chu felt better.

As for the importance of Ma Zheng in the country, he was born as a Hanlin scholar, and he has read all kinds of articles.

"The officer understands!"

When the two were talking, an eunuch came from outside, saw Liang Chu and said anxiously: "Liang Taifu, why are you here, hurry up. Your Highness calls you into the palace."

Since it was the prince's call, Wang Yue couldn't stay longer, "Go. If you think about it, His Highness has also considered this section."

When Liang Chu arrived at the East Palace,
Two people were already there, one he knew and one he didn't.

The one I know is Zhang Yong, who is now in the Yumajian, acting as the crown prince and leading the left guard of Tengxiang.Recently, Zhang Yong has led these people to practice every day, and he is almost famous in the capital.

What I don't know is actually Mao language.

"...Looking at the situation in the past few years, the situation of people and herdsmen in Dacheng County, Wending County and Baoding County of Bazhou in Shuntian Prefecture is the worst. If you don't say something, I want to say that Shuntian Prefecture is a northern county. In the Zhili area, there are many yamen and nobles in the capital, and there are many people who go to the private sector to occupy land. The people don't have a few good lands, so naturally they can't grow food... If you raise a few more horses, life is basically difficult. down."

Liang Chu arrived, but His Royal Highness pointed to an empty bench and told him to sit down first.

Then he continued to talk about himself, "I originally wanted to find 1-2 counties for this special rectification, but after thinking about it, I simply targeted these three counties in Bazhou together."

The prince picked up the two documents on the table and handed them to Zhang Yong and Mao Yuwen, "One of you is leading the Tengxiang Zuowei, and the other is Jinyiwei Qianhu. , find someone who is eloquent, and tell it a few times, just like listening to a story."

Zhang Yong and Mao Yuwen are already hardcore princelings, and Zhu Houzhao is generally at ease in handling their affairs.

"Afterwards, we have to cooperate with the Ministry of War, which is the Taipu Temple, and the surprise action taken by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment in Bazhou. Mao Yuwen will go first. How many people can you mobilize in Beijing?"

"Return to Your Highness." Mao Yuwen replied: "Squeeze, there are about 600 people left."

"Okay, the three counties are separated, spread out, and first grasp the basic situation. Zhang Yong."

"The servant is here."

"This palace will issue a transfer order to Tengxiang Zuowei in the name of Yumajian, and transfer you to Bazhou for military exercises. The required expenses, food and grass will be paid from our own money. After you go, you will maintain the same relationship with Mao Yuwen. Contact, during the special rectification operation, if there is a riot somewhere, you must lead Tengxiang Zuowei to the scene."

"Yes!"

Finally, Zhu Houzhao turned to Liang Chu, who had just been recruited, "Mr. Liang, the people who are going to be investigated this time are all the officials under the jurisdiction of Taipusi. You are from Qingliu, and now you are the minister of Taipusi for the first time. You have nothing to do with any appalling incidents or officials full of crimes found in the three counties of the prefecture, so I can pardon your crimes first."

Liang Chu didn't know what the things he heard meant. Generally speaking, they were all very fresh things... It was Jinyiwei, and the military guards led by the prince himself. How could he find the head of Taipusi when investigating the case? superior?
"Your Highness... is this a big case?"

"It's not a big case, just swatting a bunch of flies."

"I don't know... what does Your Highness need me to do?"

"What is Taipusi going to do?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Acting horse administration, providing horses for the imperial court!"

"You guys go down first, and each of you should do things according to your will." Zhu Houzhao tilted his head, dismissed the two of them first, and then waved to Liang Chu, "Come with me."

Liang Chu followed behind honestly.

"The first thing I want you to do... It's a hard job. When the weather cools down, you'd better go to Shaanxi and have a face-to-face talk with Yang Yiqing. There are more than 6 hectares of horse farms in Shaanxi. You It's Minister Taipusi, shouldn't you know the situation? For example, how many war horses can these horse farms raise at most?"

Zhu Houzhao handed over a piece of material in his hand, "In addition, after you go, you should pay close attention to the living conditions of the local horse herding officials, as I expected, they will not live very well. "

The border area and the imperial court's neglect...it is probably too dark.

"Since it is His Royal Highness's will, how can I not obey it? After returning, I will write a letter to Governor Yang and go to Shaanxi as soon as possible."

"Well, you have to calm down and visit carefully. If there are capable horse breeders, come back and report to me."

"Yes."

"Okay, there's nothing else. You first look at what you have in your hand."

Liang Chu has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child. He is very smart, and he can see ten lines at a glance. After a while, he can almost read, "His Royal Highness, is this to streamline the official staff?"

"Yes. I thought the Taipu Temple should not be so complicated. There are two Shaoqings, four Chengs, as well as a master book and a recorder. What are these people doing? Why do I think there is still time to recite poems and write essays? Yes? Sending off friends today, welcoming relatives tomorrow, who should be in charge of the racecourses in various regions of the country?"

This question, Liang Chu's new appointment, can't answer it.

Zhu Houzhao then continued directly: "You go back and change according to the plan I gave you. In the future, Taipu Temple will set up various divisions, such as Liaodong Division and Shaanxi Division. There are several horse farms in it, each with a supervisor and division chief. You assign them yourself and report to the Ministry of Officials for the record. Then the various departments will directly manage the hundreds of official horse farms. Of course, with so many personnel, it is impossible to change them all in a short time, but they must be changed, and they will be replaced every year. After the replacement, There must be a school examiner in the Taipu Temple. There must be statistics, comparisons and analysis of how many horses are raised in each horse ranch. The supervisor who does well is promoted, and the supervisor who does not do well is reprimanded. Those who have not done well for many years will be dismissed! Dismissed for the sake of the people!"

"Specifically, you go back and study carefully. What effect do you want to achieve in the end? That is, after a period of time, if the palace wants to ask how many official horse farms and how many acres of grassland in the country, you have to answer it all at once. The three with the most horses At least three racecourses must be answered. In addition, why there are more and why there are fewer, and you have to be clear if there are abnormalities. If there is a problem, I will find you, you will find the director, and the director will find the field supervisor..."

"To put it bluntly, you have to pass the responsibility on to me. If you can't find the person in question, I will take care of you, the minister of the imperial court!"

This is the responsibility to the people.

In fact, it is possible to get things done through such layer-by-layer conduction.Otherwise it's a mixed bag.

Zhu Houzhao is a prince, and it is impossible to keep an eye on the person in charge of a racecourse. If it reaches that level, it means that the management chain of Taipu Temple is completely chaotic. Even if Zhu Houzhao finds out the darkness of a racecourse, it is useless, because at that time the whole country The horse farms are definitely not very good, he can't go to pick them one by one.

In addition to Ma Zheng, there are so many other things, such as civil affairs, military affairs, diplomacy, education, etc., do you care about it?
After hearing so much from the prince, Chu Liang understood one thing, that is, what Wang Yue said was true.

In the future, he will also enter the prince's sight.

"Do you understand?" Zhu Hou didn't seem to have a big reaction when he looked after him.

"His Royal Highness, I understand. Since I have been appointed as the Minister of the Grand Servant, I will naturally be familiar with the situation of my Daming Racecourse."

"Okay." Zhu Houzhao said: "There is a saying in my palace, which is very popular among the courtiers. You should also know that sentence."

"I know. Your Highness, whenever you focus on one thing, the responsible officials must give His Highness a result."

"Yes. Ma Zheng is a matter that I will often ask about in the next few years or more than ten years. Remember, don't make fakes. If you make fakes, find a way to make it right, and you will be very sad in the next few years."

In fact, Zhu Houzhao has delegated a lot of power. To some extent, this is the helplessness of feudal rule. No matter how shrewd he is, he still relies on these bureaucrats.

He was staring at Liang Chu.

Liang Chu raised his voice several times, "Your Highness trusts me so much, how can I dare to deceive you?"

"That's good. Mr. Liang, it's not easy to do a good job in the horse administration. If you want to become an important person in charge of important state affairs, you don't have the experience and ability to handle specific government affairs. It's too much for me in this palace." It doesn't matter, your previous resume still lacks this point... So, work hard for a few years first, and don't feel wronged in your heart."

How dare Liang Chu accept this.

He lifted his robe and knelt down, "Your Highness is a talented person, how can ordinary people worry about what he thinks? The Taipu Temple was also established by the Taizu himself. It is an important institution for the imperial court to manage horse affairs. Why do you say that you are wronged? But The minister also has something to say, but he doesn't know whether to say it or not."

"You said."

"My minister thinks that there may be shortcomings in Ma's administration, but freezing three feet is not a one-day cold, and sudden severe punishment may cause panic among the people, and there will be opposition from officials in the DPRK and China."

Zhu Houzhao tilted his head, "What's the point?"

"Your Highness, there is more than one malpractice in the imperial court."

These words awakened the dreamer.

Liang Chu is really a smart guy.

What he meant was that the imperial court had a lot of maladministration, and today your crown prince saw Ma Zheng with his eyes, oh, a special rectification was carried out, and all the appalling Jinyiwei were used.
So what if we see other bad governance tomorrow?

"Your words are not unreasonable." Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, and said firmly: "But I can't accept this truth! I am the prince, not to coax this group of mediocre officials who eat vegetarian meals! They are dissatisfied, If you are not happy, you will not carry out your lonely measures? Heh, let's see who dares to take the risk!"

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