eldest son of Ming dynasty

The salt official system of the Ming Dynasty was to set up salt envoys in important places. In addition to Lianghuai and Liangzhe, there were also Changlu, Hedong, Shandong, and Fujian. They are Guangdong, Haibei, Sichuan, and Yunnan, among which there are four salt class promotion divisions in one place in Yunnan.

The Department of Transporting Salt and the Department of Salt Promotion are in charge of a different number of offices such as salt farms and inspection offices.

Of course, there are more complex content.

But in general, the imperial court managed the national salt through such a salt official system, and salt imports also came from these institutions.

Now that the salt envoys in both the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River have found out this kind of corruption case, the rest of the salt transport envoys and the salt class promotion department actually don’t need to investigate any more. To have a good official is to find gold in the sand.

The Lianghuai Salt Field turned into this appearance, and it also lost the face of the imperial court.

The emperor was furious about Long Yan, but no matter how angry he was, he couldn't stop this yamen.

From the cabinet to the bottom, the six ministries, the nine ministers and the officials of Ke Dao were all taken aback by this "willful" move.

Zhu Houzhao even turned over several memorials, all of which were full of long-winded words.

In particular, several old bureaucrats in the Ministry of Rites cannot accept this kind of 'deviance'.

The emperor was originally listening to the arrangements for the autumn imperial examinations, to determine the chief and deputy examiners, and the candidates to replace the emperor to worship the Confucius Temple, etc. These were not practical in Zhu Houzhao's view, but in this era, some procedures still had to be followed.

You can't think that offering sacrifices to the Confucius Temple is useless, so you don't send people there.

These are not bad, like Lin Shangshu did not talk too much because he had more contact with the emperor,

It is some old scholars from the Ministry of Rites who are full of satisfaction and admonish him, and they must call words such as ancestral system and turmoil when they speak,
Zhu Houzhao told them that his head hurts,
"The salt law of the Ming Dynasty has not been changed at all since the Hongwu Dynasty until today. Can you say that the salt law today is exactly the same as that of the Hongwu period? Necessary adjustments for some outdated systems are what I have been insisting on since I became the throne. But whether the reform is good or not depends not on what I say, nor on your fierce speeches, the key is to see how effective the implementation is."

"You are all veterans of the imperial court, and you have read the books of sages for a long time. The people are the foundation of the state, and the principle of strengthening the state is not suitable for teaching you at this age. Nowadays, the Lianghuai Transportation Department has become a corrupt The hotbed, the people and the kitchen households will not be harmed by it, so what is the use of keeping such a thing?"

The two servants of the Ministry of Rites knelt in front of the emperor,
They are gray-haired, with bags under their eyes, and they look like old men. According to Jin Yiwei's report, Cao and Liu, the two servants, are usually not in trouble, but they just came up through their seniority, relying on their reputation in the literary world or the protection of their relatives. , after all, he won a high-ranking official, anyway, it is no problem to do routine things on weekdays.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say from the bottom of his heart, and he will play it with blood."

Zhu Houzhao took a deep look at the thin and long-faced old man, "Cao Shilang just said something, although I have won the title of a strict king, but if it is really a king who was convicted for his words, the Ming Dynasty should have cleared him up." gone."

This is a bit of a complaint.

Many of the emperor's political actions were not understood, and he also forced a series of orders, and even killed people, which more or less affected.Even Jin Yiwei will report to Zhu Houzhao. Some unhappy officials often have "resentful words" in private, and sometimes they are not respectful enough, which is really hateful.

But Zhu Houzhao did not order to strictly guard against it, unless these people start to do it openly and aboveboard.In fact, how can you have a good reputation after killing so many people?It's just that the emperor was indeed diligent and caring for the people, so he also had courtiers who agreed with him.

So the current situation is that the emperor has grievances, and the ministers also have grievances.Cao Shilang trembled, kowtowed his head, and asked sadly: "Your Majesty is proficient in the art of controlling officials, what about the art of controlling people?!"

Zhu Houzhao lowered his brows,
"What do you mean by that?"

"The people are strong and the country is weak, and the people are weak and the country is strong. The way to govern the country is to weaken the people. In the pre-Qin period, there were five techniques to control the people, fooling the people, weakening the people, exhausting the people, poor people, and humiliating the people. Your majesty is lenient and loving for the people, and all ministers know it , it’s just that there are good people and bad people in the world, and His Majesty treats them very kindly, so the people are strong and the country is weak..."

"Cao Shilang," Zhu Houzhao interrupted him directly, "The five arts of controlling the people are already the words of the Shang emperor. Didn't you hear that the emperor Taizu said that the people are easy to abuse, and the sky is difficult to bully? What you said about the poor and humiliating the people, Isn't it a violation of the ancestral system?"

The one surnamed Cao still wants to talk,
But Zhu Houzhao stopped him. His ability to tell the five skills of controlling the people means that many things can't be said together.If it goes on, it means arguing with each other, which is meaningless.

In fact, from the perspective of rulers, oppressors, and exploiters, these five techniques cannot be said to be unreasonable. It seems that the Qing Dynasty had the so-called 33 taels of silver policy.

That is to say, an ordinary person spends an average of 36 taels of silver a year, and the imperial court uses various methods to limit the income of the people to about 33 taels of silver.

In this way, I can't starve to death, I can't be strong, and there seems to be hope.Ordinary people can only be busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and the happiness and satisfaction of life is only a gap of 3 taels of silver.

Later, the so-called Fangnu also had the same purpose.

In the current Ming Dynasty, all the common people are busy running around to fill their stomachs. Naturally, no one will think about whether the court has bullied them, whether the emperor is really the Son of Heaven, and the corresponding rebellion activities cannot be organized. Woke up.

But Zhu Houzhao did not agree with this technique of controlling the people.

No reason, just disagree.If there is a reason, it is such a court that he will rise up and overthrow it first.

"His Majesty!"

"Cao Shilang," Zhu Houzhao also raised his voice, and his tone gradually became stricter, "I will listen to some persuasion if I can. Some persuasion, if I don't listen to you, don't hold on to it. That's all I said, as for Even if I understand your loyalty to Shang Yang’s Five Arts of Controlling the People, you don’t need to mention it in the future. Emperor Taizu started at the end of Qingping, if he heard such five techniques of controlling the people, I believe he would be furious .”

The emperor did not listen to the exhortations of the officials of the Ministry of Rites,
It does not mean that these civil servants have all given up their previous beliefs,

A few days later, in the early court, there were still officials from the Ministry of Education who spoke to the emperor for this, requesting that the order be revoked and the Lianghuai transportation department be re-established.

"Your Majesty is holy, civil and military. He inherits the destiny of heaven and wins the hearts of the people. Since he took the throne, everything is prosperous and the people are safe, and all places are happy. The ministers who hear about the people, so they consolidate the foundation of the country, and the responsibility of the people lies in the quality of the literature. My Ming Dynasty , worshiping Confucianism and Dao, and worshiping morality to repay merit. Although most of the members of the Yunsi are begging for bribes, it is the fault of the people, not the fault of the Yunsi..."

Zhu Houzhao remembered watching some TV dramas of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life. The emperor sat on the dragon chair and just listened to the chatter of the ministers below.He has truly realized it now, so he is more willing to handle government affairs in Qianqing Palace.

But no matter what, he has already made up his mind, and it must be done.

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There is something temporary, I will post a short chapter tonight.