Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 114 What is good at cultivating the mind with few desires?
Every month, there are eight moves and regular courts?
Wan An, Liu Ji and other officials exchanged glances silently, and Zhu Youtang decided to attack Zao Chao after all.

It's just that they are also clear in their hearts that the so-called thousand officials listening to politics has no effect at all.Although Taizu's starting point was good, all middle- and lower-level officials could learn how the court handled government affairs in advance, but how many middle- and lower-level officials thought they would be able to participate in state affairs in the future?

Especially now that it has become a consensus that non-Hanlin officials will not join the cabinet. No matter how hard middle and lower officials work hard, it is impossible for them to have the opportunity to participate in national decision-making, so they have no enthusiasm for learning.

Emperors who really want to do things are actually not afraid of being called "lazy government". Emperor Chenghua reduced the number of early dynasties so as to free up more energy to deal with government affairs.

Now that Zhu Youtang made such a statement at the beginning of the New Yuan Dynasty, he wanted to do a big business, to be a truly capable emperor, not a virtuous emperor who would rule.

Xu Qiong almost didn't even think about it, and immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty is holy!"

After this Spring Festival, he will add another year.As a 63-year-old third-rank official, if he doesn't work hard, he can only go home for the elderly.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Liu Ji and Wan An exchanged glances and proceeded to express their views together.

Li Bu Shangshu Li Yu and others naturally have no objection. In fact, even if the early court is dismissed, it will not have any impact on them. Even they themselves hate the formal early court, not to mention that everyone here is actually the beneficiary of the change. .

The vast majority of officials in the capital would probably agree that getting up early every day to attend the morning court is hard work, otherwise there would not be so many officials absent every time.

Zhu Youtang knew that he couldn't ask the officials to do something for him all the time, and occasionally he had to reward them with a sweet date, so he proposed a plan: "This dynasty has a total of [-] days of holidays for Zhengdan, Lantern Festival, and Winter Solstice. The holiday is still a bit short! My birthday is the third day of the seventh lunar month, and since the Yuan Dynasty was changed, the Longevity Day holiday has been set from the first day of the seventh month to the tenth day of the seventh month, a total of ten days of holiday, what do you think?"

As Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang made great efforts to govern, he abolished the ten-day rest system since the Tang and Song Dynasties, and only the aristocrats enjoyed the "five-day rest and bath". Other officials did not have such treatment, but only kept the two festivals of New Year's Day and Winter Solstice.

During the Yongle period, Zhu Di added a ten-day holiday for the Lantern Festival and a three-day holiday for the Wanshou Festival, for a total of 21 days.

Although Zhu Youtang agrees with fewer holidays, he feels that the holidays are indeed less, so he wants to make a fuss about his Longevity Day, extending the original three-day period to ten days.

"Your Majesty, is the ten-day holiday of Longevity Festival too long?" Li Si, Minister of the Household Department, was taken aback for a moment, but he still bit the bullet and expressed his position authentically.

Wan An and the others did not speak, but they all raised their heads to look at Zhu Youtang, and they had the same thoughts as Li Si.

There is nothing wrong with lying to all the officials, but if it is thrown for ten days at once, this big cake can completely stun a large number of officials, and it is already a Lantern Festival holiday.

"Since it is a favor to all officials, naturally we have to be more sincere! I will not care how my descendants decide their Longevity Day holiday in the future, but I will follow me for the Wanshou Festival when I am in power. It is only a matter of two or three. Years!" Zhu Youtang had economic considerations in mind, so he insisted on his position.

Judging from Li Zicheng's 7000 million taels of silver copied from Beijing, the largest consumer market in this era is probably not wealthy businessmen, but these civil servants and martial arts groups.

Instead of letting them stay in the court every day to plot against each other, it is better to find an excuse to give them more holidays to have fun, so as to drive consumption in the capital.

My birthday happens to be in the middle of the year, so it's actually quite appropriate to have such a holiday.

Two or three years?
The mouth corners of the important ministers present twitched a few times, looking at the young emperor with complicated eyes.

Many people say that their chief minister is an old fox, but they don't know that the young emperor in front of him is simply the incarnation of a thousand-year-old fox, who always likes to portray himself as the weaker side.

Earlier, Zhu Youtang portrayed himself as the target of being robbed, but in the end he took back the military power of the [-]th Battalion, which set off a bloody storm.

The young man who is only a young man now has a "two or three year event", whoever dares to disobey this "short-lived" emperor is disloyal and unfilial.

The emperor has such a means, will this still let the courtiers live?

Wan An and the others had gradually become used to being teased by the applause, so they made a statement together: "Your Majesty is in the prime of his life, and he will be a family member forever. Your ministers respect you!"

Seeing that his proposal to extend the Longevity Festival holiday was approved, Zhu Youtang looked to the important ministers in the hall and asked, "Do you have any records?"

Wan An made a thoughtful expression. Although he remembered that he had prepared a proposal, his mind was blank now, and he couldn't remember what it was.

"Your Majesty, I have a request, I don't know if I should say it or not!" Jia Jun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, saw that Wan An had been silent for a long time, and Dang even stood up and cupped his hands.

When He Cong, the left servant of the Ministry of War, saw Jia Jun standing up, he snorted coldly in his heart.This time, it is so shameless to delay the supply of the Aegis Battalion, thanks to the fact that this Juren Shangshu still has the face to stand up.

Zhu Youtang didn't have a good impression of Jia Jun, but he still seemed open-minded and said: "I summoned you and other important ministers here to discuss important affairs of the country with you, but it doesn't matter!"

Liu Ji and others turned their heads to look at Jia Jun curiously, but they didn't know what national policy Jia Jun was going to offer, but they had the impression that this minister of the Ministry of Industry was not a talent for governing the country.

If there are any advantages, then he is indeed a good hand in construction, otherwise he would not have the chance to win the title of minister of the Ministry of Industry as a juror.

"I just heard what your Majesty said. From now on, this court will emphasize the palace ceremony and despise the family ceremony, and the important affairs of the country will be discussed here, but is that so?" Jia Jun was not in a hurry to throw out his proposal, but confirmed it first.

He Cong, the left servant of the Ministry of War, looked at Jia Jun full of hostility, but couldn't help accusing him: "Jia Shangshu, you were deaf just now? Your Majesty is exactly what you said. Why do you ask this again?"

Zhu Youtang also didn't understand why Jia Jun brought up this matter again, but he didn't know what kind of moth this Juren Shangshu was about to produce, so he looked at Jia Jun calmly.

"Your Majesty, I just met a few court ladies in the palace road, and I feel very frightened. I thought that it would be inconvenient for me to go to the bedroom to discuss state affairs!" Jia Jun ignored He Cong, but put his own Scruples speak out.

Huh?
Wan An and the others found that what Jia Jun said was indeed reasonable, and it was indeed not appropriate for him to come and go to the palace frequently in the future.

The maids of the Daming Palace really cannot be treated as ordinary maids, and the maids of the Qianqing Palace should be avoided. After all, the Majesty in front of me was born of a court lady, and Shao Taifei, who gave birth to the three princes, was also born as a court lady.

According to gossip, the current Hongzhi has to ask three or five court ladies to play on the dragon bed every day before he is willing to go to sleep. It is said that he often bullies a court lady named Jinling to cry as soon as he wakes up before he is willing to go to court.

Now these seven important ministers often go in and out of the Qianqing Palace, and it is inevitable that they will meet the eyes of these court ladies who may be queens or concubines in the future. If they have bad thoughts, it is a heinous crime.

Not to mention that Jia Jun's concerns are completely unreasonable, they are completely reasonable.

Without waiting for other people to react, Jia Jun threw out a plan and said: "Your Majesty, I have a bold idea! I heard that Your Majesty likes to ride horses in Xiyuan, and also intends to go fishing by the Daye Pond in summer, and Xiyuan is very suitable for summer. To escape the summer heat. I thought that the Ministry of Industry could build a new hall near the Xiyuan gate in Xiyuan as a place to handle government affairs. In the future, ministers and others can go to the new hall to discuss the country's major affairs, so that your majesty can enjoy both work and rest. The new hall is far away from the inner court. It is used as a place to nourish the mind, Mencius said: No one is good at cultivating the mind with few desires.”

Some unbearable rumors also flowed into Jia Jun's ears, so in order to show his loyalty, he thought of "fewer desires".

what?
He Cong, the left servant of the Ministry of War, originally wanted to pick on Jia Jun's faults, and even stood up and stabbed Jia Jun in the back, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but stare at Jia Jun in amazement.

This is to force the old man away!
Wan An originally felt that Xu Qiong, a sycophant, was a threat to him, but now seeing Jia Jun's proposal, he suddenly felt a feeling that the blue is better than the blue.

Planning to build a new palace, and choosing it in Xiyuan, His Majesty's favorite place, can be said to be a real match.

How could His Majesty give up such a talent so easily?

Liu Ji and others turned their heads to look at Jia Jun, never expecting that Jia Jun would think of building the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but they knew that the Clan had added another general.

Feeling the shocked gazes around him, Jia Jun couldn't help but secretly complacent.

Are these bastards who want to see their downfall shocked?Since pretending to be clean cannot be reused, then he is naturally the number one loyal minister in the world.

"Jia Qing, did you just think of this?" Zhu Youtang really didn't realize the beauty of building a new hall while he was in it, so he couldn't help asking with interest.

He Cong, the left servant of the Ministry of War, turned his head and glanced at Jia Jun, but he could already hear the joy hidden in Zhu Youtang's tone, but he knew that he was already inferior to this Juren Shangshu.

Jia Jun met Zhu Youtang's eager eyes, but he replied honestly: "I dare not lie to your majesty! I have little talent and little knowledge. It's not like the ministers present are all top scholars. They can only make up for their lack of talent by thinking day and night. , I hope I can relieve your worries and repay Your Majesty's unconventional promotion! I heard that His Majesty intends to invite ministers to discuss here, so I remembered the beauty of building a new palace that I had conceived earlier, so I offer this strategy to Your Majesty today. Hope I can share your worries for His Majesty!"

Wan An and the others looked at each other, Jia Jun seemed to be flattering them, but it didn't seem like it.

It's just that everyone knew in their hearts that Jia Jun was going to stand in the imperial party's camp, and he was so aggressive that he might steal their favor in the future.

"Zhu Qing think that it is appropriate for Jia Qing to build a new hall in Xiyuan?" Zhu Youtang was not in a hurry to finalize the proposal, but looked at the important ministers present.

Naturally, Li Yu and others had no reason to object, so they expressed together: "Your Majesty, it is very wonderful to build the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the ministers will second it!"

"Your Majesty, if the Hall of Mental Cultivation is built in Xiyuan, and if you handle government affairs in the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the future, will it be too far away from Wenyuan Pavilion?" Wan An thought that the situation of the cabinet was not good, and he said worriedly.

Huh?
Liu Ji also realized that the status of the cabinet is largely similar to that of the emperor, if they are too far away from his majesty, they will inevitably lose the emperor's heart.

Once they lose the emperor's heart, their cabinet is undoubtedly the biggest loser of "moving the palace".

Jia Jun didn't want his proposal to be rejected, so he immediately put forward a supplementary proposal: "Nan Zhai can be set up in the south of the main hall, and it can be used as the residence of important ministers, so that the two elders can also be worthy of Nanzhai to accompany the king!"

Du Ming, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, saw that Jia Jun could change so flexibly, so he had to look at this Juren Shangshu with admiration.

"Old Wange, I'm so afraid that you will work with me in the new palace. I don't know if you want to go?" Zhu Youtang always felt that this setting seemed familiar, so he turned to look at Wan'an and asked.

How can Wan An veto it, unless he really doesn't want to do it anymore, he immediately expressed his opinion: "If I can get closer to Your Majesty, the old minister will naturally wish for it, and I have no worries!"

"The Palace of Mental Cultivation has been settled in this way, and Jia Qing will be in charge of this matter!" Zhu Youtang also felt a little yearning for the new palace, so he looked at Jia Jun with a smile and said.

It has to be said that people really cannot have too deep prejudices, nor can they lightly label a certain courtier.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry in front of him is not a rebellious minister against him, he is clearly his caring little padded jacket, a loyal minister who sincerely shares his worries.

Although it is not bad to stay in Qianqing Palace, but if he builds the Hall of Mental Cultivation in Xiyuan, then he will have more room for activities and even plan more important things.

Especially this Nanzhai already has a great magical effect.

"The minister leads the decree!" Jia Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Dang even hurriedly expressed his opinion.

Judging from Hongzhi's expression, this time he was finally slapped on the horse's ass, and his painstaking research during the holiday was not in vain.Not to mention whether it can be reused in the future, at least the black hat on this head is temporarily preserved.

He Cong, the left servant of the Ministry of War, witnessed the development of the situation and felt very disappointed.

He thought that among the seven people present, the one farthest from the Sacred Heart was the Juren Shangshu Jia Jun, but this guy suddenly flew up to the branch.It's good now, but he, the left servant of the Ministry of War, is at the end of the crane, and the black gauze hat on his head is even more precarious.

"He Qing, you stay here for a while, and the others step back!" Zhu Youtang noticed He Cong's disappointed expression, and said calmly to the important ministers present.

Wan An and the others didn't understand why Hongzhi left He Cong alone, but now that the Sacred Heart is so unpredictable, they should respectfully salute Zhu Youtang and leave together.

He Cong, the left servant of the Ministry of War, was delighted in his heart, and he cupped his hands to Zhu Youtang and said: "Please give instructions, Your Majesty, I am willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty!"

The sun outside was still bright, and when the first year of Hongzhi just opened, the important officials of the Manchu Dynasty finally rolled up inadvertently.

(End of this chapter)