I'm really not doing business

Chapter 216

Zhu Yijun signaled to Feng Bao to announce the decree, the Taifu's edict had already been written in the inner study, waiting for the Ministry of Officials to ask for entrustment, Wan Shihe directly asked for Zhang Juzheng's favor, it was just in time, this Taifu deserved his name.

Feng Bao flicked his fly whisk, stood in front of the imperial decree, and said loudly: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said:"

"Yuan Fu was ordered to take the imperial examination, and Kuang Bizhen bowed down. It has been four years since then, and it has been written by Xun Demao. This is the nine-year performance appraisal of the first rank, and the grace is Yilong. Write Jia Te to enter the Zuozhu Kingdom, be promoted to Tai Tuo, receive an earl's salary, and concurrently be an official as usual, Give the decree that deserves, and also write an imperial edict to reward, and give a banquet to the Ministry of Rites, Yin's son, Shangbao Sicheng, to praise me for my loyalty and dedication."

"Chin this."

Zhu Yijun was invited by the Ministry of Officials to be promoted to Zhang Juzheng, who passed the nine-year examination and passed the examination.

Zhang Juzheng presented his first book "Exemption from Exemption from Entrance" to the imperial court. Zhang Juzheng had always been evasive before, and there was no clear order.

In the imperial decree, Zhu Yijun specifically mentioned Earl's salary. The next step is to make Zhang Juzheng an earl. The relationship between Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng complements each other. In fact, it is not just Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, Liu Xian and his son, Yin Zhengmao, Ling Yunyi, etc. And so on, they are all under the shelter of Zhang Juzheng, so that they can spread their ambitions.

The current national policy of the Ming Dynasty is Zhang Juzheng’s proposal to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and to strengthen the army is bound to strengthen the military. To strengthen the military, it is necessary to give power to the generals, and to discuss the relationship between civil and military affairs. Generals are like servants of civil officials. The current situation before Wu.

During the Wanli period, Daming Neng supported his huge and weak body, was able to show his fists, and won many battles, which is closely related to Zhang Juzheng's New Deal.

After reading Zhang Juzheng's first resignation letter, Zhu Yijun discovered Zhang Juzheng's resolute intention to refuse.

Zhang Juzheng really didn't want to be a Grand Tutor, he was not self-effacing, nor was he playing any tricks, the reason for his resignation was that his virtue was not enough, His Majesty relied heavily on his neighbor, respecting him as a master, and treating him with his heart, that was enough.

Zhang Juzheng is very emotional in the memorial. He has been in the cabinet for more than nine years, and his energy is wasted. In fact, there is no political achievement to speak of. However, border quarrels are still frequent, and the world has not been peaceful.

The main contradiction has not yet been relieved. Although the country has become rich and the army has achieved a certain degree, it is only to accumulate profits, and has not fundamentally and structurally changed the production structure and life style of Ming Dynasty. The position is really shameless.

It is said: What merits and virtues does the minister have that can be worthy of inheritance?If you don't think about the security of righteousness, you will be blamed quickly, so you turn around and think about it, you don't dare to be proud, but you are deeply afraid.

"Continue with the court discussion." Zhu Yijun smiled and signaled for the court discussion to continue, and the first tug of war was over.

The ministers actually knew very well that Zhang Ju could not hold back His Majesty. His Majesty is the Emperor, and thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the King.

Tan Lun, Shangshu of the Ministry of War bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I ask the court to set a code of reward for the death of Tang Kekuan."

"The ceremony of repaying meritorious service is the right of the country to sharpen the world. Under the command and understanding, those who are arrested and killed in battle are all attacked as world officials; among the deputy commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief, the rank-and-file officials are awarded special awards; independent Commanders should attack those who are promoted to the command of the capital, and they are stuck in the theory that the officials are not hereditary. Is it true that the official rank is revered and died without caring about it?"

"From now on, all commanders and envoys who go to the enemy's death line will not only give their own shirts and the eldest son to inherit the ancestral position, but also take the second son as a crown belt. Both are hereditary, and if there is no second son, the eldest son will inherit from the next grandson."

Tang Kekuan was killed because of greed, and if it weren't for the nagging of the officials, his son would inherit the ancestral position, but the officials brought this matter to the table for discussion, so they could only be punished and deprived of the hereditary official position.

What Tan Lun meant was that the commanding envoy would step forward to the enemy's death line in the future, and in addition to the original hereditary position, he would be given a hereditary position of a hundred households.

Tan Lun is for Zhenwu. As a civil servant with thick eyebrows and big eyes, Tan Lun speaks for military generals everywhere. Now he is not satisfied with the treatment he deserves, and he needs to give one more hereditary family. Tan Lun is a warrior wearing a layer of civil servant skin .

Tan Lun has also been active in this ceremony of repaying merits for a long time. He has conducted various investigations, communicated with the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty and the cabinet, and even interviewed the saints twice, explaining the purpose of doing so in detail. Wu, what the hell is Zhenwu!

If you can't win, there will be no peace in the country, and the people will rest in peace!
The content of this court meeting was approved by most people. In fact, the hereditary hundred households were an important force against the gentry in the early Ming Dynasty. , can no longer effectively fight against the gentry.

Tan Lun also knows that this matter is hard to come back. The general trend of Xingwen and Wu for more than 150 years cannot be controlled by Tan Lun. If you don't command the troops, you are a favor.

The only effect is that in the future, the descendants will say that their ancestors have made contributions to Daming.

"Since there is no objection, that's it." Zhu Yijun saw that none of the courtiers objected, and agreed to the ceremony of rewarding his merits.

Zhang Juzheng took out another memorial and said: "The governor of Shandong, the inspector impeachment, the magistrate of Changyi, Sun Mingfeng, is a mess."

"Hai Zongxian said: Your Majesty strives hard to govern, and the ministers and others respect their virtues, lead all officials with frugality, and the laws and regulations are also promoted a little bit. Wei is that there is a secretary who is greedy. If you want the world to be peaceful, you must put the people in peace. If you want to put the people in peace, you must have a secretary. Lian Ping. Jin only shows Sun Mingfeng, who is corrupt and perverts the law, and should be severely punished."

The chief constitution of Hai Ruihai, the vanguard of killing corruption, appraised that Sun Mingfeng was not a clean and honest minister, and must be severely punished.

Zhu Yijun held the memorial in his hand and said: "Tsk tsk, this Sun Mingfeng has been a county magistrate for three years, and he has been greedy for 7 taels of silver. He is so greedy that even his immediate superior can't stand it anymore, so he directly held it. I am afraid that Sun Mingfeng will continue to be so greedy." , burn yourself on fire."

According to the principle of letting go of the past, before Hai Rui was involved in the corruption incident, everyone turned a blind eye to the bribery of the government before, and turned a blind eye to the past. After all, it was not emphasized in the past, but it is emphasized now.

The governor of Shandong organized this Sun Mingfeng. Under the repeated orders of the court, this Sun Mingfeng still did not change the old customs, collecting money from the gentry and covering the powerful and traitors.

"7 taels of silver was enough to peel and pull grass 3500 times during Hongwu's reign." Zhu Yijun shook his head again and again.

Sun Mingfeng's verified corruption exceeded 7 taels of silver, enough to support a Buying for a year.

Wan Shihe heard what His Majesty said, and said with certainty: "Your Majesty, peeling and pulling weeds has never been seen in national codes, let alone examples, but Taizu Gao Emperor hated corruption. He personally issued an edict four times to execute corrupt officials. Number of people."

Wan Shihe searched all the national records and records, but did not find the theory of skinning, but it was just to exaggerate the cruelty of Emperor Gao.

However, Emperor Gao was very strict on corruption. He often killed his head, and he only ordered to beheaded for public display more than four times, and it ran through the entire Hongwu period. The brutal image has become more and more ingrained.

"Put into the capital Xu Xing to ask questions. According to the Ming Hui Code, officials will be deprived of fame, and they will not be allowed to sign official documents. Let them be exiled to Luzon." Zhu Yijun chose to deal with it at the top level.

Ma Ziqiang finished reading the memorabilia in his hand, and asked suspiciously: "Wan Dazai, the magistrate of Changyi and Feixian counties, should Yang Guo, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, and Zhao Jiao, the magistrate, fill the vacancies?"

The magistrate of Fei County has been missing for more than half a month. The magistrate of Fei County is not a corrupt official, but died of illness.

"Yang Guo and Zhao Jiao are not Jinshi or Juren, but officials." Ma Ziqiang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, reminded Wan Shihe that this thing violates the current ecology of officialdom. How can one become an official without fame?

Since you are a small official, you should be an official for the rest of your life.

Wan Shihe said quite confidently: "It's not a problem not to be born. Virtuous and capable, the nine-year promotion is the law of the ancestors of the country. Why not? The imperial court employs people on merit. Government affairs, presiding over local affairs, are far better than some Jinshi who have just finished their studies."

When Jiao Hong and Zhang Siwen met for the first time in the Quanchu Guild Hall, they discussed a problem, that is, the promotion of officials to officials, from official to official, since the year of Xuande, there is an insurmountable natural moat.

But now, Wan Shihe wants to break through this natural barrier and promote Yang Guo and Zhao Jiao to official positions.

The reason for Wan Shihe is that the ancestors made the law, which was the old system in the Yongle period of Hongwu. Since it is not easy to use Jinshi to raise people, it is better to use these old officials.

"That's true." Ma Ziqiang was silent for a moment, and agreed with Wan Shihe's behavior of recommending officials as officials.

Ma Ziqiang is a member of Zhang Juzheng, and he pays more attention to following the officials. He will try the Chinese style of the imperial examination, and he will be successful in the exam. They are all old officials. There is a way to deal with these gentry.

Now that Daming is in Qingzhang, Wang Shizhen was dismissed, isn't it because of the disturbance caused by Qingzhang in Jiangling County?
"What do you think, sir?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked.

Zhang Juzheng bowed his head after deliberating for a while and said: "Sun Mingfeng is greedy, and is relying on his background as a Jinshi, so he dares to be presumptuous. If you choose someone as an official, Sui Gong must be afraid. I think that in the future, your majesty will employ people based on their functions and do not need to ask about their qualifications. "

Sun Mingfeng, a Jinshi, has a peer, a teacher, and a fellow countryman, so he dared to be so presumptuous. He was so presumptuous that his immediate superior wanted to organize him. The power given by the imperial court, and the nine-year promotion, has been tested and experienced. Employers look at their functions, not their qualifications.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Well, according to what Mr. said."

There is Huanggu Town in Pinghu, Zhejiang Province. It used to be a tidal flat field full of mud and sand. This kind of tidal flat field with vicissitudes and receding seawater is saline-alkali land, so the local people live in extreme poverty.

In the fourth year of Wanli, Huanggu Town did not exist.

Zhang Juzheng appointed people on merit, and promoted many officials who came from officials to serve as county magistrates. Among them was an upright official named Huang Qing. Prefect, but at that time, Zhang Juzheng had been away for nearly a year, and the imperial court began to counterattack Zhang Juzheng, and this Huang Qing was relegated to this sea shoal without even a name.

After Huang Qing arrived here, he began to actively raise funds to build seawalls, intending to improve people's livelihood by raising fish and sea vegetables.

Huang Qing fell ill from overwork and died on this tidal flat field. Huang Qing's younger sister came to the tidal flat field from Jiangxi to attend the funeral. seawall.

After the seawall was dug, it was called Huanggutang, and later became Huanggu Town. The people lived and worshiped in the seawall for generations.

In fact, Zhang Juzheng doesn't like to talk about his background. He came from a military household, and was jokingly called a small household with mud on his legs.

In history, the Wanli Emperor paid special attention to his birth. For example, because his eldest son Zhu Changluo was born of a court lady, he had trouble with the Queen Mother Li and the courtiers, but he just looked down on Zhu Changluo's background.

In the Guoben case, there were strong reasons for the conflict between imperial power and ministerial power, but Emperor Wanli lost in the Guoben case.

Zhu Yijun Zhu approved the memorandum, and said with a smile: "If you do a good job, you can give special favors to the imperial examination candidates and Jinshi. The method mentioned by Mr. Hai before is a good idea."

Hai Rui mentioned before that Juren who went to Luzon could specially grant Enke Jinshi, so special granting of Enke imperial examination candidates and Jinshi might become an important way for the Ming Dynasty to select officials.

These Jinshi are not threatening, they have been lying down for too long, thinking that everything will come if they pass the exam, they don't have any competitive pressure, so they naturally start to talk about their hearts.

The king of officials among these officials, if they are placed together in a relatively fair environment, they can effectively stimulate the administration of officials.

Hearing this, Zhang Juzheng showed a gratified smile. He declined the position of Taifu many times because he knew that the emperor had gradually learned to use the power in his hands, so the Taifu was completely unnecessary.

Ge Shouli gave a very interesting memorandum, saying: In today's officialdom, the malfeasance of appeasement has just been eradicated, and bribery is still repeatedly banned. In the eyes of scholars all over the world, the court is still dark and chaotic, and the career path is difficult to clear.

Ge Shouli discovered that foreign officials always sent people into Beijing to do business. The censors of the five cities, the Yamen for criminal investigations, and Tiqi should pay attention to interviewing and arresting these power brokers and go to Beijing to do business.

How to visit these brokers?
Starting from various banquets, such as teacher appreciation banquets, teacher apprenticeship banquets, fellow countrymen's gatherings, poetry gatherings, private entrustments, etc., Tiqi should pay attention to brokers from various banquets.

Moreover, strict orders must be given: all officials in the Beijing hall must also prohibit banquets when they leave Beijing, and practice their profession diligently to show the wind to all directions.If you are indulging in indulgence and don't abide by the official rules, you can participate in the rejuvenation.

Officials in the Beijing Hall are not allowed to participate in any form of banquets when they are in Beijing. If they are addicted to pleasure and participate in banquets, all officials in the world can report them.

"Ge Gong, is this also part of the party building?" Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial and asked rather puzzled.

Ge Shouli said very firmly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this is also part of the party building, and the atmosphere of official career is clear."

"That's it." Zhu Yijun approved Ge Shouli's memorial, which will become a decree and be passed on to all directions.

At the end of the court discussion, there was a bad news. Zhao Zhenji, the former prince Taibao, Minister of Rites and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, died of illness in his hometown in Sichuan.

The Ministry of Rites agreed on Wen Su, and the Ministry of Officials donated Shaobao. So far, Zhao Zhenji's life came to an end.

Zhao Zhenji had a bad relationship with Gao Gong, so he became an official and returned to his hometown. After returning to his hometown, he stayed behind closed doors to thank guests, wrote books and wrote books until his death today.

Zhao Zhenji won the Juren in the seventh year of Jiajing, but did not enter Beijing to take the exam until the 14th year of Jiajing.

At that time, Zhao Zhenji liked to study in the quiet ancient temple. Zhao Zhenji's father took out a stick with a thick arm and drove Zhao Zhenji to the capital for reference. .

Zhao Zhenji was in Jiajing for 17 years, and he was on the Taoist "Begging for True Confucianism". He scolded Emperor Jiajing for liking to burn repairs and indulging in alchemy. I went to study at home.

After Zhao Zhenji returned to the court again, it happened that I Dahan was plundering in Gyeonggi, and no one dared to say that he agreed to I Dahan's request and asked him to retreat for the time being. Zhao Zhenji said it.

Later, Zhao Zhenji was demoted to Guangxi because he hated Yan Song and his son. After that, there were ups and downs, and when he finally became an official, he was a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and the chief constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After the court discussion, Zhu Yijun took off Zhao Zhenji's signboard from the [-]-page official book screen.

Tan Lun did not leave directly, but had an in-depth discussion with His Majesty on the reasons for the loss of combat effectiveness of the Ming Frontier Army.

Tan Lun said sadly: "When it comes to why the frontier army can't fight, it must start from the second year of Wang Ji's orthodoxy, when he was ordered to kill the capital and command An Jing."

"Since then, the general trend of Xingwen, Wu and Wu has been established. Civil officials have seized power over military officials. At this time, the Daningwei and the Hetao frontier army have fallen into a vicious circle. They must not report too much damage in each battle."

"If there are too many soldiers reported for war damage, the court will definitely investigate and all the generals will be labeled as incompetent in combat and incompetent military officers."

"So the battle damage is to report as little as possible, but report the damage to the commander, general, deputy commander, and commander, because it can't be concealed. After all, the general died in battle. The battle report during the Jiajing period was already weird. Incomparable, the general and deputy generals of Xuanda Liaodong died in battle one after another, but there is no number of soldiers killed in battle."

"It's very strange."

"After all, the soldiers were killed in battle. How to account for it? Share it among the daily deaths, escapes, training, escapes, and accidents."

It was the first time for Zhu Yijun to hear such a statement, and he frowned and said: "Isn't that the soldier who died in battle, so there is no compensation?"

Tan Lun breathed out and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

"The soldiers who died in the battle lost their pensions, so the soldiers had no heart to fight, and they couldn't even get the words "wrapped in horse leather" and "loyalty and bravery". When they started fighting, their morale would naturally be low. As time went on, the Beijing camp was disbanded in the first year of Tianshun , Daming fought and failed repeatedly in Hetao and Daningwei, and finally lost Hetao and Daningwei.”

He went to battle to kill the enemy, but he became a staged dead man. He died on the battlefield for the Great Ming War, but he couldn’t get any compensation.

Under the general trend of Xingwen and Wu, if the generals do not want to be beheaded by civil officials, they have to whitewash the peace, and they can only treat the soldiers as consumables, and depreciate and amortize the accounts every period.

Tan Lun has been talking about the restoration of Daningwei and Hetao. He has repeatedly studied the events of the year, and he has thoroughly studied the rapid decline in the combat effectiveness of the Ming border army. Under the general trend of Xingwen and Wu, not only money and food, but There are honors and disgraces, all covered up.

This is also the reason why Tan Lun has been running around repeatedly in order to repay his merits. The Zhongyong Temple needs to be built, and the hereditary military attaches need to be paid.

"Well, that's how it is." Zhu Yijun sighed, no wonder everyone from Qi Jiguang to Li Chengliang asked for orders to set up the Zhongyong Temple to record the achievements of the soldiers.

An octagonal pavilion and a stele of loyalty and bravery are engraved with names and events. There is not even an official sacrifice in the Zhongyong Temple, but it is also an important reference for the military officers to measure the strength of the court. If he is willing to stand, then the court will be Dawu.

A strange quantitative standard, but exceptionally reasonable.

"Recently, Hou Yuzhao, the inspector of Eastern Liaodong, and Zhou Liangyin, the military counselor of Daning, have already left Zhangwu and Daning Wei to garrison fields." Zhu Yijun took out a memorial, which was something Hou Yuzhao heard about.

"Hou Yu Zhao Zhongjun Tiguo." Tan Lun said with a lot of emotion, Tuman Khan couldn't stop this kind of trick at all.

Hou Yuzhao is playing a very new offensive method, the farming attack method.

It is to find a suitable place to build an earthen fortress under the scouting of the piers and abutments, and then move forward, just like cutting meat with a knife, cutting off a small piece at a time, and swallowing it as soon as it is cut. In Daming's stomach.

This trick is somewhat unsolvable, the only problem is that there are not enough farmers.

The reason why the tricks are unsolvable is because there are not many people in Tuman Khan, and in some places, there are not always tribes who occupy all the land.

Most of the prairie people migrate along with water and grass grazing. The land that the prairie man just gave up was dug by Hou Yuzhao's hoe. If the herdsmen want to herd again in the coming year, they must find a way to break through these camps. Fort, need to pay a heavy price.

Sun Gong died.

Zhou Liangyin saw that Hou Yuzhao was playing very well, so he started it himself. Anyway, Hou Yuzhao was not Zhou Liangyin who lightly provoked and scolded him.

The construction of the earth camp fort is actually very simple. It only takes ten days and a half months to build a preliminary camp fort.

When Tuman Khan wanted to attack these camps, he had to worry about the Daning guards and Li Chengliang's soldiers behind him.

Not enough farmers are actually easy to deal with. There are not many other things in Ming Dynasty, except for the countless tenants who lost their land. The Ministry of Households has already recruited tenants who lost their land in the Nursing Home to go to Daningwei to farm.

Da Sikou Wang Chonggu dragged his exhausted body back home. He leaned heavily on the back of his chair, staring at his eyes very fiercely. He wanted to know who burned the coal shop on Meishikou Street.

More than 100 people were burned to death. It would be fine if there was a fire caused by natural disasters, but recently the Xishan Coal Bureau is preparing for it. No matter how you look at it, someone is deliberately doing bad things.

"Father was on fire at the mouth of the coal market yesterday. Is there something else that made him so sad?" Wang Qian asked in a low voice when his father returned home with a tired face.

"I'm going to take the test soon. You should prepare well. If you fail this time, you will have to take the mathematics test next time." Wang Chonggu seemed unwilling to talk about it, and hoped that his son could do well in the Jinshi exam. Jinshi was born, no matter how bad he was, he was a gentleman.

Wang Qian said with a smile: "My boy is still very confident, and I have fully prepared for the Jinshi exam."

"It's best." Wang Chonggu nodded, Wang Qian's studies, Wang Chonggu still recognized it.

Wang Qian thought about it for a while, but he still felt a little uneasy and said, "Father, there is a fire at the mouth of the coal market. There are rumors that someone set it on fire. I think my father also has some ideas. Why don't you tell the child and ask the child to help you look into it."

Wang Chonggu thought about it for a while, and made his thoughts very clear. Recently, someone put coal, even if he can't prove that he is the criminal, he can prove that he knew about it. As long as there is a clue, he can follow the clues to find this daring person.

After Wang Qian listened, he said with certainty: "Father, it's better to eat one fish and two fish."

"How can one eat two fish?" Wang Chonggu looked at Wang Qian and asked with a little doubt.

Wang Qian did not answer right away, but took out a pen and paper, wrote and drew a lot and said: "Since you dare to burn the coal market, you will naturally wait until the price of coal rises to the sky before putting coal, otherwise you will risk a lot of money." Such a big risk, just to earn the money of the past, these bold guys are naturally unwilling."

"Since they are greedy for money, let them be greedy. The coal from Xishan official kilns has piled up a lot. According to usual experience, the roads are blocked by heavy snow, and the coal from Xishan will never be transported to the capital."

"We put out coal every day, and if the price is raised day by day, someone will eat it. When the other party can't afford it, that's when we put out coal, and then we put in a lot of coal at a par price! Let him lose his wife and lose his army. can find him."

"The reason why we can do this is that the Xishan official kiln produces a lot of coal and can supply it. The second is to establish a rule, so that in the future, some people will be overwhelmed and insist on resisting the imperial court's order."

Wang Qian, a master at manipulating people's hearts, used these methods to buy Zhang Siwei's concubines, concubines, servants, Chai Fu, etc.

Wang Chonggu wanted to find out the culprit, but Wang Qian wanted to eat two fish. In the future, the price of coal in the capital would rise or fall, depending on the face of the court, not the faces of wealthy businessmen. This is what Wang Qian wanted to achieve. Effect.

"Your idea is very good, but it is very difficult to operate." Wang Chonggu approved of Wang Qian's idea.

But the biggest problem with this idea is to find the right time to release the coal accurately, and if you find it, the court will make a lot of money.

"Isn't there a father here?" Of course Wang Qian knows that it is very difficult, just like fishing, when to start fishing, he is very particular about experience.

And Wang Chonggu has very rich experience in business.

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