I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 409: More ruthless than peeling off skin and filling it with grass

Chapter 409

"Ah...ah..."

Originally, I thought that Fan Wencheng would always be strong to the end, but what I didn't expect was that just after the first cut, his voice was extremely shrill, his face was distorted, and fear gripped his heart tightly, leaving him stunned.

Fan Wencheng committed many crimes, including thirty major crimes. Of course, as a client, Cheng Shijie knew that Fan Wencheng actually had several crimes for which he was unjustly accused. He had not committed any of them. On the other hand, only those who had wronged him knew. How unjust he was, but the problem is, it doesn't matter, because Fan Wencheng's real crime is enough to die a hundred times.

It's not that Fan Wencheng has never been beaten. Huang Taiji beat him, Hauge beat him, Daishan kicked him, and even a little Niu Lu Ezhen could sneer at him. He has been enduring it and will endure it in the future. As a very human minister, I will settle accounts with them later.

It's just a pity that retribution is coming now, and retribution is never equal to original sin. It may be ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times or even ten thousand times as much as original sin!But unfortunately, many people can't understand this truth until the end, and Fan Wencheng and others are no exception.

Everyone fights for the sword and I fight for the flesh. Now Fan Wencheng realizes that he is afraid, but it is too late. Of course, no one pities him. His only hatred is to yell at Cheng Shijie: "Evil thief, can you kill all the scholars in the world!" ?”

Cheng Shijie said calmly: "If all the scholars in the world are ruthless people like you, what if we kill them all?"

Sun Zhili felt the strong murderous intention in Cheng Shijie. He was very worried that Cheng Shijie would expand his attack area. If he really wanted to kill all the scholars in the world, the world would really be devastated. General Ning Haijun could help Cheng Shijie conquer the world, but he could not. Cheng Shijie governs the world.

"Prince Regent, my lord... don't be impulsive!"

Sun Zhidao hurriedly persuaded Cheng Shijie that although Cheng Shijie was not the emperor now, he was the regent overseeing the country. This was the power given to Cheng Shijie by Empress Zhou, and it was considered fair and aboveboard. Of course, as an emperor, no matter how clear and righteous he was, as long as he did not have military power, It’s all in vain.

Just like Zhu Cunji, the king of Qin controlled by Li Zicheng, he has been promoted from the title of King of Qin to the imperial court, and his reign is Shunzhi, but it is not important. Zhu Cunji's orders cannot leave the palace of Qin.

While Sun Zhiwan was still thinking about the words, Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said, "Do you still remember Liu Yuan, Zhongzong of the Southern Han Dynasty?"

"Remember!"

Sun Zhiwan naturally knew that Liu Yuan was a famous weird emperor in history, and he was also a king who subjugated his country. Liu Yuan had a very famous point of view, that is, he felt that if his ministers had their own families and their own descendants, If you do so, it will affect the country and make you unable to be loyal to the court.If you have an idea, you should implement it, right? Liu Yun is the kind of person who dares to practice.

He ordered that anyone who wanted to serve as an official in the dynasty must first give himself a "horse", and only in this way can he be appointed.So much so that former officials had to castrate themselves in order to keep their official positions, and civilians had to castrate themselves in order to have a chance to become officials.The idea was good, but I didn't expect that so many people would be cruel to themselves in order to become officials. As a result, the small Southern Han Dynasty had more than 2 eunuchs. A large number of redundant officials brought down the political system of the Southern Han Dynasty. .

Cheng Shijie said: "In order to become an official, even if you need to castrate yourself, there are countless people who are willing to do so. However, most of those scholars are actually just grassroots without ambition. The King of Chu has a slim waist, and many people in the palace starve to death. In fact, the scholars are also Likewise, there are people with integrity among them, but most of them are just stupid people!"

"The king means..."

Sun Zhidao still doesn't know Cheng Shijie's true intention. Of course, it's not that he really doesn't know, but that he can't figure it out. If it is someone else who can figure out Cheng Shijie's intention and handle the matter for Cheng Shijie, but as the current Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty , Sun Zhiyi actually doesn't need to do this. What he needs is to follow Cheng Shijie's footsteps and communicate seriously with Cheng Shijie.

Cheng Shijie thought about the past dynasties in history. This is a process of evolution. In the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the position of Shizhong was an internal servant. However, in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it became the prime minister. In the Tang Dynasty, the power of the Shizhong was further enhanced. Expanded, and also had the power to refute the imperial edict.

The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was just a secretarial agency at first, and gradually became a department of the head of state. However, facts have proved that the cabinet office and the emperor split in just over 100 years.In fact, in the middle and late period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the cabinet had been reduced to a decoration. First, the military aircraft department was established, and later the Prime Minister's Yamen was established, with one team and three Yamen.

The construction of any system cannot be without loopholes. The Tang Dynasty's military system, the Ming Dynasty's guard system, the Cao Wei's farming system, and the systems of the Han and Qin dynasties will all change beyond recognition over time.

The system is dead, but people are alive. In officialdom, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Everything has two sides. Now Cheng Shijie feels that there is no need to kill the imperial examination system with one blow. If the imperial examination system is killed, then It is truly unfair, while the imperial examination is relatively fair.

Just like the exam-oriented education of later generations, children from ordinary families receive ordinary education, and children of rich people receive various elite education from supplementary classes. In a fair competition, will it be fair at all?This is like a boxing match. It is undeniable that some talented boxers can defeat high-level opponents across levels. However, the problem is that letting Wan Shiming fight Zhang Zhilei is not a fair fight in itself.

The lightweight boxer can hit the heavyweight boxer a hundred times, however, the heavyweight boxer only needs one punch to send the lightweight boxer away, and that's the problem.

As a scholar, Sun Zhiyi naturally knows very well that reading is just the front door for scholars. What books they read is not because of what books they really like to read, but what books are useful. Just like in later generations, if the country really abolishes English classes, believe it or not, Soon [-]% of the people in the country won’t even speak English?
"In the next period of time, the Enke test paper will be released. I am planning to open the Enke exam next year to get the scholarship!"

Cheng Shijie thought for a while and said: "Unlike the Ming Dynasty, this time we have to add an age limit. The age of a scholar is 45 years old. If you have not been admitted as a scholar by the age of 45, don't take the exam again. You are not that material. , don’t waste your energy, the upper limit of the age limit for candidates is 55 years old. This time, those who have the merit of candidates can be relaxed to 60 years old!"

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no pension for officials, but they could continue to enjoy official privileges without having to pay taxes or perform corvee labor, which was considered a small preferential treatment.The Ming Dynasty was famous for its harsh treatment of officials throughout the dynasties. Except for some officials who received special rewards, the remaining Ming Dynasty officials had almost no pensions. Officials who had no heirs to support had two monthly pensions as a personal reward from the emperor. Stone rice.

This is also a problem of corruption among officials in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no guarantee for the future. However, Cheng Shijie plans to adopt an official pension system, adopting the principle of deducting half of the official salary and the court supplementing half. For example, an official will deduct two taels of silver a month. In the future, The court added another two taels of silver, so that the officials would have a monthly pension of four taels of silver.

This system needs to be implemented to officials and the military, and all have this benefit, including Cheng Shijie's own industry. Cheng Shijie plans to adopt the state-owned enterprise system of later generations, package resources into enterprises for operation, and support the industrial and commercial system of the Ming Dynasty.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Sun Zhiwan was very excited: "On behalf of all the officials in the world, I would like to express my gratitude to the king for his great kindness!"

"In addition to this retirement pension system, I also want to propose an integrity pension!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Sun Zhiman puzzled and explained: "Now the salary of officials has increased several times compared with the original salary. Officials at all levels can use one-tenth of it as a pension, and in principle, it will be used together with the pension when they retire." It will be distributed in the future. If an official violates laws and disciplines while in office, he will not only be deducted from his integrity and pension, but also bear legal responsibility!"

Sun Zhiwan: "Since your corrupt officials dare to commit corruption and neglect their duties, they may be dragged into the trap by others. Once they are caught up in the trap, they will..."

"Heirs of corrupt officials will not be allowed to serve in official positions, take imperial examinations, join the army, or engage in business within three generations!"

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said: "I want to see how dare they take risks when three generations of their descendants are tied together!" "Enke will be held in September in Jinzhou!"

Cheng Shijie said: "The scope of the exam is the same as the last time. This time, we plan to win a thousand people!"

"This will..."

"This is a special case!"

For now, what Cheng Shijie has done the most is liquidation. Fan Wencheng is now unconscious, but he has been treated to understand the process. Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan were so frightened that they urinated. Of course, most of the people watching the execution went back. Sorry, I really can’t watch it anymore, it’s too challenging for people’s nerves.

On the execution ground at Caishikou, Cheng Shijie and Sun Zhiyuan fully exchanged views and discussed the principles for settling accounts after the fall. Cheng Shijie's principle was that when these scholars dealt with it, the only way to implement it on paper was to write poems and articles to advocate for Huang Taiji. Anyone who acts as a lobbyist to persuade the Ming army generals to surrender, or is an advocate who takes advantage of the Qing Dynasty to enter the pass and wave the flag, will all be executed.

All captured Qing army generals, Guan Ning army generals, and Ming army generals who took refuge in the Qing army to help the Qing army when the Qing army entered the Pass will be executed!
All civil servants, military officers, eunuchs and nobles who colluded with the Qing court and opened the Great Wall border gates, Yongping Prefecture, Shuntian Prefecture, Baoding Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, and Beijing city gates to dedicate the empire and cities to the new master will be executed!
During the Qing army's occupation of Beijing, all the Jin gentlemen who came to Beijing to camp and seek official positions were to be executed!
In addition to these three decrees, Cheng Shijie started a cold war both inside and outside the court. This would almost send most of the officials, gentry, scholars, and nobles of the Ming Dynasty to the guillotine!

Many ministers raised objections. Although they did not like those people who did nothing, they were still frightened by killing so many people at once and leaving the government and the public with nothing.

The most common opinion is that we can kill less people and instead exile them to the army.Enough people have died in this war, we can no longer bleed ourselves.

Without thinking, Cheng Shijie returned the memorial to Shangshu's ministers suggesting that the death row prisoners should be converted into exile: "In my army, I only need loyal and brave troops and staunch people to defend the territory of the Ming Dynasty! Only these loyal, brave and staunch people will guard the territory of the Ming Dynasty!" Can the people of the Ming Dynasty defend the territory of the Ming Dynasty! Are they exiled to the army? It’s not enough for them to humiliate the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, but they have to go to the border to continue to humiliate me?”

At the same time, Cheng Shijie immediately abolished the exile system. Officials and generals who committed any crimes would no longer have the opportunity to be exiled. The only way for ordinary people and officials to commit crimes was through labor reform. If they wanted to be exiled to remote areas to become local emperors, Mendu No.

Sun Zhiman said: "Your Majesty, if you go on such a killing spree, I'm afraid the Jiangnan Jingentry Group will fight to the end..."

"I'm still afraid that they won't resist to the end!"

Cheng Shijie's words gave Sun Zhiman a wake-up call.

What did Ning Haijun rely on to start his career?That relies on suppressing bandits. If they surrender without fighting or if they surrender with conditions, should we just let them go?

In the future unification war, Ning Haijun will have to spit out all the money these gentleman officials have absorbed from the people and the money they have collected through expropriation. The only way is to let them continue to commit suicide.

Now the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have seen Cheng Shijie's toughness. When it comes to decisive killing, this man is just as good as Zhu Yuanzhang!
Even if Zhu Yuanzhang comes, it is impossible to kill all the gentry and officials in the world, but Cheng Shijie doesn't mind doing this. Of course, Cheng Shijie's toughness is not all opposition. There are only so many positions, one carrot and one pit. Pull it out, how could they have a chance?

The students of Liaodong Medical College graduated from the school quickly, and those who did not graduate also retained their student status. They studied and participated in the work, and filled the medical and health industry.

The same is true for the students of Liaodong University. Although Cheng Shijie is suspected of trying to encourage others, the problem is that he must do this. As for whether it will disrupt the students' academic performance, in fact, it is like military training, battlefields and wars. , is always the best place for military training, and Ning Haijun is a strong army that relies on actual combat training.

Then students in the Liaodong Management Committee system should also participate in this practice. If they cannot withstand the temptation and violate the law, they will also have to bear the consequences.

Then, Cheng Shijie promulgated the pension system for civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the integrity pension system and the joint and several system. Whether it is a crime of dereliction of duty, a crime of corruption, or the surrender and rebellion of civil and military officials, it will affect three generations, and these three generations are not included. I am a descendant, grandson, and great-grandson of three generations.

In this way, if you want to commit a crime, you must consider the serious consequences.

Today's officials hate and love Cheng Shijie. The pension and pension system provide officials with life security after retirement, but this joint and several system makes them feel that it is more cruel than peeling off skin and filling it with grass.

"Your Majesty, is it time for the princess and the prince to come over?"

Although Sun Zhiman knew that Cheng Shijie did not want to repair the ruined Forbidden City, the remaining palace was still enough for Cheng Shijie and his family to live in. Although Emperor Chongzhen did not have many heirs, in comparison, Emperor Chongzhen could not support the people in the palace. They are not a minority. In addition to the eldest sisters-in-law and adoptive mothers like Empress Zhang and Concubine Li Kang, there are also Zhu Changluo and Emperor Wanli's concubines, all of whom Emperor Chongzhen needs to support.

But there is no need for Cheng Shijie. There is no problem in raising Concubine Li Kang. She is Cheng Shijie's mother-in-law. There is no big problem in raising Queen Zhou and Queen Zhang. But for others, there is no need to feed them in vain and let them move out of the palace and make a living. For a small amount of money, let them fend for themselves.

In fact, this is also done now. The palace concubines and eunuchs in the Forbidden City can go home on a voluntary basis, and there are supplementary regulations. If they work in the palace for more than three years but less than five years, they will be paid five years' salary. , pay severance pay, for example, a palace maid, she has a salary of 120 taels of silver a month, and after working for three years, she will be given [-] taels of silver as a five-year salary.

If a eunuch works for eight years, he will be dismissed according to ten years of salary. This principle is to use five years as an extension. If the eunuch has less than 15 years, he will be compensated with 15 years. If he has less than 20 years, he will be compensated with 20 years. If he serves less than 30 years, he will be compensated with 30 years. After this In a series of operations, more than [-] palace maids and eunuchs working in the Forbidden City alone were dismissed.

Cheng Shijie shook his head and said: "I will stay in the capital for a while and will return to Liaodong soon. Not only will I leave, you will also have to return to Jinzhou to work!"

"The commander-in-chief means to move the capital?"

"Don't you think this city has a smell?"

"what?"

"It's lifeless, I don't like it very much!"

Cheng Shijie doesn't like Beijing, he doesn't like it from the bottom of his heart. Of course, what Cheng Shijie doesn't like is actually those people, but those people have no chance to take root in Beijing now.

(End of this chapter)