my days with tyrants

Chapter 275
Next, Yang Feng completely put aside the right and wrong of the capital, and led the mighty righteous daughter army northward along the canal.

But he had to disembark when he arrived in Huai'an.

After all, it was still winter, and the canal to the north was still frozen.

Can only walk.

Fortunately, the adoptive daughters are all in good health and full of energy. After all, they have seen the prosperity of Ming Dynasty along the way, and they are all looking forward to their new life with joy.It was such a mighty team that continued to go north while onlookers along the way, and when they arrived in Yanzhou, the emperor and grandson had already officially ascended the throne.

As for the year...

For the time being, it was still Hong Wu.

This has to be changed after the end of the year.

In fact, before Zhu Di proclaimed himself emperor, he used Hongwu all the time. Therefore, in the official history of the Ming Dynasty, the fourth year of Jianwen has always been the 35th year of Hongwu. Ambassador Yang was worried.

Ambassador Yang, who arrived in Yanzhou, directly borrowed the currently vacant Prince Lu's Mansion.

Of course, he didn't show up.

In theory, he is still on his way to Guangzhou at this time.

Of course, it was Zhang Ying who led these adopted daughters.

At that time, Zhu Zhaohui was only ten years old, he was still only Prince Lu, and he was still living in the Tenth Prince's Mansion in the capital. This mansion was only visited by Princess Lu occasionally, and now it happened to house Yang Feng's adoptive daughters.And Yang Feng didn't plan to go back in a short time. Lao Zhu's funeral was very troublesome. Originally, Zhu Yunwen buried him seven days in history, which was very strange for an emperor.Although this Zhou Ritual is not strictly followed, it can be long or short, and even years, but the seven days is still exaggerated, which is almost comparable to those who have been beaten by old thieves.So even if Lao Zhu was the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, according to his principle of restoring the ancient etiquette, he would have to stay in the funeral palace for at least seven months, but Zhu Yunqi first forbade his uncles to enter Beijing, and second, he hurriedly sent them away after only seven days. he buried.

It's really weird.

In fact, it is seriously unethical, especially when he is surrounded by great Confucian scholars.

But Zhu Yunxi will definitely not be like this.

Moreover, it is winter now, so there was no need to worry about the problem of spoilage. Finally, after discussions among the ministers in the court, it was unanimously decided to strictly follow the etiquette and let him freeze in the funeral palace for seven months.

In addition, the vassal kings from all over the country were called to Beijing for the funeral.

He is different from Zhu Yunqi. The latter had a guilty conscience, and he was buried in seven days, so it was impossible to give the vassal king time to come back, but now he is basically eliminated by the vassal king.The four kings of Jin, Yan, Zhou, and Chu have all been transferred. King Qin is already the second generation, and Chang Sheng is staring at him. King Qi is a fool. King Shu is very reassuring. In Jingzhou, the rest are remote frontier fortresses, and there are many who have not established feudal lords at all.It can be said that he does not need to worry about the rebellion of the vassal king to seize the throne at all. On the contrary, he wants to show the world that the latter submits to him, not to mention not letting people go to Beijing for burial, which is wrong in itself.

Even ordinary people can't stop their son from going home to attend his father's funeral!
Seven months is enough.

Even Zhu Di had enough time to rush back from the Western Regions.

At this time, he was presiding over the construction of Dihua City in Changbali. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial decree, he had to build Dihua City with all the troops currently in the Western Regions before the Beitingdu Commander and Dihuawei arrived.

In this way, the commander of Beiting and Di Huawei will take over directly after they arrive.

The distance from Dihua to the capital is nothing more than 6000 miles. Even including the time for news transmission, seven months is enough for him to return to the capital. As for the remaining vassal kings, there is no one farther away than him, like Chu who moved the feudal domain to Annan. Wang, King Han of Kaiyuan, and King Su of the Northwest are all closer to him.So after seven months, all the vassal kings will gather in the capital to attend the funeral of Emperor Daxing and meet the new emperor, formally completing the change of supreme power of the Ming Empire.

It's still early!
When returning to the capital at this time, Ambassador Yang, as a foreign envoy, will also participate in various ceremonies.

You have to wear filial piety.

Although he has pushed his daughter down, this kind of thing can still be avoided.

Yang Feng sent the adoptive daughters to Yanzhou and asked Zhang Ying to stay with them.

This palace is considered to be leased by Zhang Ying from Princess Lu, and the rent is paid.

Although the matter of renting the palace is a bit exaggerated, fortunately Princess Lu is not the first one.

Because Jin Wang Taifei has rented some rooms in the palace to businessmen as warehouses.

After the King of Jin moved his vassal, the great palace had to be maintained in Taiyuan, and it was useless. Except for important buildings such as the main hall, the houses like the back house could be rented out.It just so happens that Taiyuan's industrial and commercial development is advancing by leaps and bounds. A large number of industrial and commercial people can't find a place to use it as a warehouse in the city. Since they give money, of course the Jin Wang Taifei will ignore her own face...

Money is the most important thing.

After Jin Wang moved his feudal domain, he just guarded a bitter cold land.

That is the rent that Yang Feng gave them, and then follow the business path to collect some taxes. Of course, we must seize all opportunities to make money.

Now the kings are like this.

Anyway, the emperor was ready to let them live on their own. In fact, last year a bunch of clans that needed to be knighted were not sealed. Since he didn't plan to give money, he couldn't blame everyone for being shameless. The renting out of the palace was just the beginning.

Yang Feng still pretended to be a businessman, and then went north to Shanxi.

His tax package does not need to be concerned.

The key is the resettlement of the Mongols from Mobei.

But the situation is surprisingly good.

Although Shuofang is still a place of bitter cold in the eyes of the princess of Jin Dynasty, it is already a paradise for those Mongolians. After all, the winter in Mobei is minus [-] to [-] degrees, and Hohhot is minus [-] to [-] degrees. Bei also had to suffer from hunger and hunger, so he had no worries about food and clothing here.Since this is the case, let them continue to be happy. Anyway, Ambassador Yang has already fulfilled what he promised them. What Ambassador Yang promised was to take them to Monan. Shuofang is of course Monan. In the severe cold of minus [-] degrees, the cat winter.

At this time, the capital in the snowstorm.

In an inconspicuous mansion.

"How's it going?"

Huang Zicheng looked eagerly at Qi Tai who was brushing the snow off his body.

It's just that the latter is wearing an old Confucian shirt and looks like a teacher.

Qi Tai was still Minister of the Ministry of War, but Zhu Yunxi found an excuse to dismiss Huang Zicheng. After the latter ascended the throne, he carried out a large-scale purge of Zhu Yunqi's family, and most of them were dismissed.However, although dismissed from office, most of these people are in the capital. After all, they are going to go home, but if the preparation time is longer, it is impossible for His Majesty to let Jin Yiwei come to the door and drive out with a big stick.

"No news."

Qi Tai shook his head and said.

"I haven't seen it in Guangzhou?"

Fang Xiaoru said.

He was also dismissed.

"No."

Qi Tai shook his head.

"Then where can he go? Even if he doesn't know the fleet has returned, he still has to go to Guangzhou. Could it be that he capsized the boat in the river to feed the fish?"

Huang Zicheng blankly imagined the happy scene of Yang Feng being fed fish.

Well, they are looking for Yang Feng.

After all, Yang Feng hadn't heard from him for a long time, and Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial decree was to go to Guangzhou to board the four new warships that had been prepared, and then go to Luzon to welcome the Jiahe Fleet.But the Golden Harvest Fleet has already returned to the capital, so it is a slow time for the news to reach the residence, and it will arrive in Guangzhou in a month, not to mention that the news of the emperor's death was announced to the world by imperial decree, this is faster, and it will arrive in Guangzhou in a few days .It is impossible for Yang Feng to know that the emperor is dead and continue to go to Luzon. Besides, whether he goes or not, he will always show up in Guangzhou.

What's going on now?

"Maybe there was an accident. He hasn't shown up since he left Anlongsi. The road from Anlongsi to Guangzhou is full of mountains. It's not impossible for an accident to happen."

Fang Xiaoru said.

"I didn't drown him last time at sea, can I drown him in that river in Guangxi?"

Qi Tai was speechless.

"Then how do you explain his disappearance? What's more, there are no places like Dayeng Gorge on the sea. He traveled to Guangzhou by water, and there were some wild people along the way. Maybe something unexpected happened. He is not immortal, if it is true With an immortal body, there is no need for layers of heavy armor all over his body. As long as he goes outside, when is he not wearing that body armor?
He can be killed as well.

Maybe in that deep mountain valley, the boat capsized in the sewer and was shot to death by the natives with poisoned arrows.

What's more, no matter whether he is dead or not, as long as he is not in the capital, it will be our chance after all. As soon as the new king succeeds to the throne, he will change the imperial examinations, reuse the northerners, and change the tax law.And let those villains falsely accuse the King of Guangze County to secretly complain about Emperor Daxing. "

Huang Zicheng said with a sneer.

As soon as Zhu Yunxi succeeded to the throne, he immediately decreed to change the imperial examination system that he had been thinking about for a long time.

That is, to select a scholar by subject.

Literature, engineering, agriculture, arithmetic, and military.

Liberal arts was tested in the previous imperial examinations, but it was no longer limited to Confucian classics. Simply put, it was tested with arbitrary propositions, but in fact it was still Confucianism. After all, the people who wrote the questions were still those civil servants.

But the remaining four subjects have nothing to do with Confucianism.

Moreover, Jinshi in five subjects is one level. After passing the exam, they are all at the bottom, and then they are promoted according to their grades. Liberal arts Jinshi still goes to the county government as in the past, but it may not necessarily be the county magistrate, but may also be the chief secretary, or even the history of the classics.However, Dingjia still enters the Hanlin Academy, but all five subjects enter the Imperial Academy, and Erjia still enters the yamen in the capital. It also starts from the lowest level officials, and then the engineering department enters the Ministry of Industry, the computing department enters the household department, and the military department enters the military department. Although there is no Ministry of Agriculture for agricultural science, it can go directly to the county government just like liberal arts.This reform has seriously harmed the interests of Confucian scholars. In fact, almost half of their positions have been cut off. Moreover, even if it is a liberal arts, it is not necessarily all Confucianism. After all, it is not limited to Confucian classics.

The question was written by a civil servant, but the final approval was still given by the emperor!

If he wants to take the Ming Law exam, he can do it.

The Confucian scholars were completely stunned by the slap, especially those great Confucian scholars in the south who were farming, studying and inheriting their families. They didn't know what to do?

Study hard in the cold window just to compete with a group of artisans and traders or even mud legs?

Nongke is really a mud leg.

Of course, it is actually an agricultural student.

The reform of the imperial examination was systematic. It was not that the imperial court opened an agricultural department all at once, but that the localities first carried out agricultural education, and used the textbooks prepared by Yang Feng to open agricultural schools.Zhu Yuanzhang has established basic education throughout the country, which means that there are a large number of children who are literate among the people, so these children can enroll in agricultural schools.

Then study agriculture.

Take the imperial examination after finishing your studies.

But agronomy must go to the field, such as breeding, fertilizer research, how to do research without going to the field?

Those who study fertilizers have to study the various components of dung pellets!

That smell is very strong.

Yang Feng had to provide homemade gas masks to the workers who produced dung pills.

This reform of the division of the imperial examination was already designed by Yang Feng and the emperor's grandson four years ago.

There are even quite a few experimental schools.

The same is true for several other subjects, and even liberal arts actually have special law schools.

They are all in Wutai Mountain in Yangfeng.

Now Zhu Yunxi has just finally survived until his grandfather died and became the emperor himself. He can promote the experimental school to the whole country. Anyway, he opened the imperial examination, and the first batch of students who counted these subjects as farmers, workers and soldiers are him and Yang Feng. In those experimental schools, these are the disciples of the emperor, who go directly to the exam, and then go to the grassroots to become officials.

His Majesty the Emperor suddenly had a large number of grassroots officials who met his standards.

Then open more of these schools.

Increase the number of miscellaneous subjects step by step.

Gradually replace the officialdom.

This has been planned for a long time.

It's just that Lao Zhu didn't want to do this before. After all, he knew that Confucianism was very beneficial to maintaining the family world, but Zhu Yunxi didn't care about this. In other words, he was influenced by modern thinking and had his own theory of maintaining the family world.

but……

"Even if there is no Yang Feng, what can you and my group of Confucian scholars do? Your Majesty still has the Shenji Camp, and if there is no Shenji Camp, there is the Beijing Camp. Even if there is no Yang Feng, he still has Sapphire.

What can you and I do?
King Yan fled to the Western Regions, what can you and I do? "

Qi Tai said.

Indeed, this situation is simply hopeless!

"Brother Nantang, don't forget, we are grasshoppers on the same rope. Do you think that if I go to His Majesty to reveal the conspiracies we had together in the past, will he kill your three clans?"

Fang Xiaoru sneered.

Qi Tai's eyes widened...

"Then your three clans don't want to run away either."

he said angrily.

"Fang received the kindness of King Guangze, and he should repay it with death. It's only the three clans, so what about the ten clans? Fang can give up the three clans in order to repay King Guangze. I don't know if you are willing to do so?"

Fang Xiaoru said.

Qi Tai froze instantly.

"Brother Nantang, you can't shrink back. In fact, you also know very well that there is nothing we can do. As long as Yang Feng is not around, we will have a chance. Here is a letter written by the King of Guangze. You might as well read it first."

Huang Zicheng saw that the fire was coming, he pushed a letter in front of Qi Tai and said.

Zhu Yunqi has been confined in the mansion, and they have no way to see him.

The latter froze for a moment.

He then opened the letter...

"The king of Yan fled far away in the Western Regions. Do you think that a mere king of Xiang can protect the king of Guangze County?"

He then sneered.

Well, Zhu Yunqi's secret letter was to ask them to rescue him, and then flee to Jingzhou to seek the protection of King Xiang. After all, he also knew that if he didn't run away at this time, he would really be waiting for death.

"Brother Nantang, if the king of Xiang can't protect you, then we'll go to the king of Chu. If the king of Chu can't protect you, then we'll go to other vassal kings. His Majesty the emperor wants to kill his brother with his brother, and the elder brother should ask his uncle for protection. Makes sense, right?"

Huang Zicheng said.

(End of this chapter)