Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 244 The Last Explosion Before the Year-End

Trying to figure out that the Sacred Heart is the magic weapon for the continuous honor and favor of the close ministers, and Wan'an, who is over [-] years old, needs the "continuation" of the holy family.

Now seeing that none of my group of important ministers have figured out the real intention of the emperor, but my son seems to have found the answer, now I naturally want to break the casserole and ask the bottom line.

How to spend 300 million taels, the answer to this question will be related to my position in His Majesty's heart.

"Although His Majesty has been smeared as a tyrant, he is actually a wise king who truly has the people in his heart. All his actions are for the people, and he also wants our people to live better. If we can understand this, in fact, His Majesty's It’s not hard to guess. His Majesty definitely hopes to use the 300 million taels for the development of military and shipbuilding this time, so as to ensure the stability of our Ming Dynasty, and also make the cotton cloth sell well all over the world, so that the cotton cloth can feed back our people!” Wan Yi's eyes flashed with a gleam of wisdom, appearing very determined and authentic.

Although his position does not allow him to directly contact the emperor, he is still an official of the third grade of the Ming Dynasty, and he can obtain information through his father, so he has profiled the emperor.

As early as when he was observing filial piety in his hometown in Sichuan, he had already started to observe the new king.

The new king must still hope to use 300 million taels for a strong army, and by building stronger giant ships and heavy artillery, he will continue to extend his tentacles to the world.

In fact, many people have not realized that the popularity of Daming cotton cloth has not only brought cotton cloth to thousands of households, but also exchanged a large amount of materials from overseas, which is silently feeding back to ordinary people.

When Wan An heard this judgment, he couldn't help but feel slightly confused: "Our Daming is strong enough now, and we have already made good friends with Mongolia in the north, so we don't need to spend so much trouble now, right?"

"Our friendship with Mongolia is only temporary. No one can guarantee when Mongolia in the north will make a comeback. Besides, His Majesty now intends to connect with the world. No one knows what kind of situation he will face in the future, so he must hope to continue to strengthen the army. "Wan Yi is now a bystander, so he expresses his opinion.

Wan An silently took a sip of tea, and asked seriously: "According to your analysis, what His Majesty is thinking now is to spend 300 million taels to build giant ships and heavy artillery?"

"Even if His Majesty doesn't want to use all 300 million taels to build huge ships and heavy artillery, he still needs to spend more than half of it!" Wan Yi firmly believed in his own judgment and responded very seriously.

At this moment, the snowflakes in the courtyard outside have slowly drifted down.

Perhaps many of their important ministers think that the current Ming Dynasty is strong enough, especially after defeating Annan, Qingliu headed by Liu Jian already has the idea of ​​planting an army.

Just by really studying that emperor with heart, we can know that that emperor may not be satisfied with just this.

Many officials are still accustomed to the prosperity of the scholar-bureaucrats when the world is peaceful, but today's emperors want to bring a better life to the people at the bottom, so the road to a strong army is unlikely to be abandoned halfway.

Wan An believed his son's judgment, and nodded lightly: "Although His Majesty rarely expresses his opinion on weekdays, he is indeed not very interested in building the outer city of Beijing today, and now it seems that your judgment is correct. "

After being reminded by his son, he also realized that the current emperor is not a mediocre emperor who shares the blessings of peace with the scholar-bureaucrats, but a tyrant who really wants to lead the whole of China to prosperity.

300 million taels of the outer city of Beijing and 300 million taels of giant ships and heavy artillery, the current emperor must favor the latter.

"Father, why don't you ask His Majesty to build the Tianjin Large Shipyard in the last memorial?" Wan Yi saw that his father was moved by him, so he suggested seriously.

Wan An shook his head lightly, and said with political wisdom: "It's not just your father who is confused now, I think Li Yu's group will not react! Wait for the construction of the outer city of Beijing to ferment for a while, let those Help someone sell the house, and we can take the opportunity to buy several houses at a low price. When the next time we discuss the construction of the outer city of Beijing, if your father comes out to oppose it, your majesty will definitely... huhu, you must think your father is a good man."

Even the chief assistant who has gone through decades of ups and downs, thinking of such an excellent opportunity to impress the emperor, can't help but lose his temper.

Wan Yi was stunned for a moment, then worried that Ye Chang had many dreams, but he swallowed the words again.How could his father be the chief assistant of ten years who was as stable as an old dog, so how could he be overthrown at this moment?

The snowflakes in the courtyard suddenly became denser, and the swirling snowflakes seemed to flood the world, and the two servants who happened to pass by rushed to the eaves.

It's just that the study room has a charcoal brazier, so the temperature here has not been affected.

"Father, Bi'er came to me just now, and he made a request!" Seeing that his father was in a good mood, Wan Yi suddenly said seriously.

When Wan An heard that it was his grandson, he came here and said excitedly, "What request does he have?"

What made him most proud in this life was not that he had been the first assistant for ten years, but that he was criticized as a paper old man, but he was a Jinshi for three generations, and his grandson was an imperial official.

On the other hand, those Qingliu officials who attacked themselves, let alone whether their family traditions were upright, neither their sons nor grandsons were able to produce a Jinshi.

"Father, Bi'er doesn't want to stay in the Imperial Academy anymore!" Wan Yi saw her father's excitement and said seriously.

Wan An stopped the teacup brought to his mouth, and suddenly looked angry and said: "He is young and ignorant, how can you be so ignorant? Do you know what it means for him to leave the Imperial Academy?"

In the current officialdom, non-Hanlin does not join the cabinet.

If one's own grandson leaves the Hanlin Academy, it is almost equivalent to giving up the chance of becoming a cabinet minister in this lifetime, which is simply an extremely stupid approach.

"Father, don't be angry. Think about it carefully. Is there a way out for Bi'er to stay in the Imperial Academy?" Wan Yi comforted his father's emotions, pointing to the core.

Wan An knew what his son was referring to, and expressed his opinion seriously: "If Bi'er reaches your age, as a father, naturally he will not continue to be imprisoned in the Imperial Academy. It's just that he is still so young and has just entered the official career. , unless it is arranged by His Majesty, otherwise he will destroy his future by doing so!"

After all, he was the elder of the three dynasties. The emperor of Ming Dynasty seemed to be possessed by a demon, and the life span of each emperor was very short.

It is no secret that the current Emperor Hongzhi rejects ministers who only know how to talk boastfully, but his grandson is still too young to leave the career path of ministers now.

After all, once Zhu Youtang dies suddenly, even if Zhu Youtang died more than ten years later, after a new emperor is replaced, the new dynasty may have to pay more attention to ministers.

That's the case, my grandson can't stare at Emperor Hongzhi, but should continue to stay on the line of Cichen, and strive for the opportunity to join the cabinet and worship the prime minister in the new dynasty.

"My child thinks differently about this matter!" Wan Yi knew that the most important thing about this matter was Zhu Youtang's lifespan, so Dang even took the initiative to apologize.

Wan An put down the teacup lightly, then changed the subject and said, "As a father, you are now the chief assistant. If you are left in the capital, you will be the servant of the Six Departments. This matter will inevitably attract criticism. It's just that your majesty is now enlightened, and you are indeed You are a rare talent, give it a try for your father and ask your majesty to hire a Minister of Punishment or Ministry of Industry!"

"Everything is up to father's arrangement!" Wan Yi was ecstatic in his heart, and bowed his hands respectfully.

In fact, after talking here for a long time, what I care most about is my own future.Originally, I thought I would speak in person, but I didn't want my father to take the initiative to mention it, which can be described as a pleasant surprise.

Of course, he faintly felt that it had something to do with the fact that he had just figured out the emperor's will, otherwise his father might have to sacrifice himself to stay in Nanjing to fulfill his reputation.

For the upper-class people living in this era, the pursuit of power seems to be the main theme.

As the Spring Festival is approaching, there is almost nothing to do in the yamen in the capital, and local officials even come to Beijing under various names.

Standing in line is a political phenomenon that exists in any era.

The officials who came to Beijing were like lambs looking for milk, but they flocked to the mansions of the important officials of the court, and there were many officials with heavy gifts among them.

The first year of Hongzhi is the big year of Beijing inspection, and the spring of next year will be the inspection of local officials. The Ministry of officials must punish officials who are old, disabled, incapable of doing things, greedy, cruel, and make troubles. carry out dismissal.

Originally, many local officials did not take it too seriously, after all, foreign inspections are frequent occurrences, but after the Ministry of Rites announced that Enke will admit [-] places in the examination, it was like dropping a deep-sea bomb.

"600 Enke this year? Next year's foreign inspection will ask local officials to make room for the new Enke Scholars!"

"Isn't this just right? Those old or incapable local officials should have been dismissed long ago!"

"At the end of the day, it's our emperor Shengming, thanks to those Qingliu who still oppose Enke, I want to say that six hundred can be a quota!"

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After learning the cause and effect of the incident, the people in the capital had no objection to the imperial court's strengthening of foreign inspections and Enke's [-] quotas, but they all pointed their finger at the corrupt officials all over the world.

"Haha... The probability of our high school has greatly increased!"

"Don't be too happy, even high school can only serve as magistrate!"

"Practical work to rejuvenate the country, magistrate is the real real government, what's wrong with being magistrate?"

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The candidates who were preparing for the exam in the capital had a completely different reaction after learning that this year's Enke had [-] places, as if they smelled the smell of pie.

Since everyone began to realize that the imperial court paid more and more attention to practical affairs, especially the Hanlin officials were not as beautiful as before, and many candidates no longer resisted being the magistrate.

Especially in the latest issue of "Ming", it fabricated the deeds of a county magistrate named Hai in the Song Dynasty and Song Ci's case of solving the case, which is silently motivating many young practitioners.

Li Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, is a clean and self-sufficient person. Faced with local officials who are constantly looking for connections, he turns them all away.

Now that the authority he possessed was comparable to that of the Chief Assistant, he naturally cherished this hard-won position even more, so he didn't want to ruin his future for that little benefit.

It's just that court battles are everywhere, and open and dark arrows are emerging endlessly.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

The time has come to the New Year's Eve, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve.Since there are fewer and fewer government affairs now, and there is almost no need to summon ministers, Zhu Youtang has been working in Dongnuange for the past few days.

It is said to be office work, but in fact there are not many government affairs to be dealt with, and there is a lot of free time every day, so I occasionally call my woman over to play mahjong.

"Let's do this! Whoever wins the most, I will favor her tonight!"

"Is it really that big?"

"You have no jokes!"

Zhu Youtang knew that his identity was here, so he made a bet immediately.

Facing this tempting bet, the three women were all gearing up, but they all forgot one thing.

"Self-touch!" Zhu Youtang was very lucky, and his mind was extremely flexible. He touched himself in the last round, so he easily won the three women.

After seeing this result, the three women exchanged glances helplessly, but they secretly made up their minds that they must take down this man with dignity tomorrow.

Zhu Youtang suddenly realized that although he had won, he seemed to have lost as well. On the contrary, tonight he had to decide whether to choose a goblin, an ice beauty or a horse.

"Your Majesty, something has happened!" Guo Yong came over with a memorial, reporting cautiously.

Officials from the two capitals and the thirteen provinces sent congratulatory forms one after another, and one after another flattering articles were sent to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang was already immune to these compliments, but he was too lazy to look through them himself, so he handed over this pile of memorials to the Supervisor of Rituals for processing.

It's just that the development of the matter was unexpected, and there was actually a memorandum of impeachment in it.

After seeing the content of this memorial, Guo Yong also knew that there was going to be a big disturbance this time, but he didn't dare to delay, so he immediately forwarded this unique "congratulatory form" to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang didn't think that any major event would happen. When he saw that this was a memorial handed over by Ruan Yao, a member of the Ministry of Industry, he guessed that it was a restless middle-level and lower-level official who took the opportunity to attack the important officials of the court by handing over the congratulatory form.

In addition to those officials who are indiscriminately biting and biting, in fact, many middle and lower officials are also restless. Not only do they like to dictate how they govern the country, but they also do not hesitate to attack some important ministers who have certain problems.

Zhu Youtang knew that the attack must be on the minister he relied on, but he couldn't help but sighed secretly when he saw that the target was directed at Wan An, the chief minister of the cabinet.

Wan An is now the benchmark figure of the Royalist faction. Once he really falls, although the current court situation cannot be changed, it will hit the morale of the Imperialist faction to a certain extent.

It's just that even if I am a high-ranking emperor, if the other party presents real evidence, I will not be able to protect Wan'an, and even want to get rid of Wan'an with my own hands.

Zhu Youtang didn't know whether this little worker from the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, was a direct minister who sacrificed his life for righteousness, or a knife of a certain force, so he carefully read this memorial called "Begging and Punishing Traitors".

After reading the content of this memorandum, even the emperor who did not change his face when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, his face could not help but become solemn at this moment.

(End of this chapter)