The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 626: Forging the Great Ming Dynasty

The smartest people always move towards the pyramid.

Just like hard-working people, they always pursue a better life.

Jiang Binzhi graduated from the Imperial College in Beijing and was recommended by his mentor. He practiced in a group under the research department in Beijing for three years and received excellent evaluations. He participated in the scientific examination of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites, and was assigned to the Ministry of Personnel to observe politics for three years.

Different from those who came from government schools, even if they pass the provincial or capital examinations after passing five levels and six generals, most of them will be sent to prefectures and counties, while a small number of them will stay in the state capitals.

There are two seniorities in the local government and the capital, and the promotion speeds of the two are worlds apart.

In the early stage, they were transferred to the local government. Even if the promotion went smoothly, after all, the rules were there. It would take more than 20 to [-] years to become a middle- and lower-level official. However, those who stayed in the court and worked in the court could rise in rank in just a few years. Then the starting point was released, which saved at least ten years of time.

This decade is destined to have different heights for both sides.

Therefore, only those who come from academia can catch up if they are particularly outstanding and outstanding.

In this regard.

Many students from the government think it is unfair.

But someone else said it.

Others are better at studying than you, and they are no weaker than you in practice and political observation. Why don't their starting points be higher than yours? These cold words left the students speechless.

Being good at reading is also a skill.

He lost to others from the beginning.

There is a sequence in any circle, even among the Imperial College. Among those who watch politics in the capital, a group of people are released, and a group of people still stay in the ministry to work. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, but they can be divided into Wenhua Those who work in the palace are definitely first class.

Jiang Binzhi came to Wenhua Hall for the first time.

Wenhua Palace is not mysterious.

But Wenhua Palace will always be great.

The faces of the young officials who came to the Wenhua Palace to report with Jiang Binzhi were full of excitement. No one could avoid it. They just tried their best to restrain their hearts and try to leave a good impression.

Not easy.

It's not easy for them.

If reading comes first, this is just the beginning.

Jiang Binzhi was filled with emotions.

There must be no stain on the family, especially the immediate family members of the grandparents and grandchildren. Then, three good family members of the same family must be guarantors, and the family must have no criminal record.

and then.

Three years of social practice not only requires competition in ability, but also competition in relationships.

Even if you come from an ordinary commoner's family, if you haven't formed your own relationship after being supervised by the Imperial Academy for several years, what does it mean?Not adaptable to society.

Classmates and mentors are the largest network of relationships.

Made it through?

sure.

put out.

The upper limit stops here.

For the longer-term goal, you need to continue to endure.

However, the Imperial College has many fewer procedures than the students from the government, such as the science and education examinations. The Imperial College students are not like the students from the government, because they are students from the highest universities.

Jiang Binzhi, 29, knew that many of his classmates had been sent to other places, and some had even become county magistrates.

At my age, coming to Wenhua Palace is like starting from scratch.

Then, continue to perform well, and then seek external employment. There is no other way. The Ming Dynasty's employment system has formed a complete system in the hands of His Highness the Crown Prince over the years.

If you want to reach a high position at the forefront, you must have experience in governing a local area.

It seems that Jiang Binzhi has fallen behind those classmates, but Jiang Binzhi is confident that Wenhua Hall is an accelerator. If he does well here, he will gain greater gains in the future if he wastes a few years.

The high-spiritedness I had in the reading club when I was a teenager has long since subsided.

My close friend Cao Duan has been traveling to the West for three years and there has been no news at all.

The reading club that they and their good friends founded in the Imperial College in Peking has also changed. It is larger in scale, but also more complicated.

Inside the Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Gaochi was discussing with Dai Deyi about the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In history, the war between Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen involved a large number of people, including censors like Dai Deyi. Were they wrong?Looking at it from another perspective, they are not wrong.

Zhu Di's correctness comes from his success.

The prosperous age of Yongle is the greatest right.

So people like Dai Deyi must be wrong.

but.

Today is different from the past. This group of civil servants who are unwilling to bow their heads for the sake of justice, especially the Metropolitan Procuratorate, needs such officials.

"The opponent of Ming Dynasty is never outside."

Zhu Gaochi said seriously.

With the rise of the Internet in later generations, technology has changed the social model, and everyone can communicate, even if the two parties are hundreds of thousands of miles apart, even if one of them is a primary school student and the other is a college student.

There are all kinds of comments.

There is even the idea that corrupt officials are better than honest officials.

What's more, the word "upright official" has been reduced from a complimentary term to a neutral term.

The ancients thought about this very early and had real guidance.

There is talent without virtue, there is virtue without talent, there is talent without virtue.

This is not only true in the East, but also in the West.

If a person has no virtue, they believe that no matter how high his talent is, it will be difficult to achieve, and no affairs can be left to such a talented but ungrateful guy. ——Jonathan Swift, a 78th-century Western politician.

Those who are virtuous but not talented are mostly good at small things, which is called mediocre.

Those who have no virtue or talent will mostly do small evils, which is called vulgarity.

The good deeds of those who are talented and virtuous are mostly great and are said to be noble.

The evils of those who are talented but not virtuous are mostly great evils, which are called evil.

If there is no virtue, then although the body and mind are well developed, it will only help him to do evil, but it will be of no use.

If there is no morality, even if you are strong and extremely smart, you will only help others do evil and do things that are harmful to society. In fact, having talent but not virtue means that you will do great harm to society.

How can a corrupt official with no morals control his selfish desires and think about the people?

He has indulged his desires.

There is no bottom line for human evil.

It is a bit naive for a person who has no bottom line to expect such a person to serve the people.

Since you are greedy.

It will only become more greedy.

When a big corrupt official becomes powerful, he will inevitably cultivate countless small corrupt officials.

Small corrupt officials gradually become big corrupt officials, and then mobilize a large number of small corrupt officials, just like bad money drives out good money. If we don't put an end to this phenomenon, in less than 20 years, the entire society will be full of accumulated abuses, and people's lives will become increasingly difficult. , such as the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

When there are many talented but ungrateful people, even a virtuous and talented sage like Zhang Juzheng, who held the highest power in the Ming Dynasty, could not change it after ten years, and ultimately ended in failure.

The various supervisory systems established by Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty existed in name only because a large number of talented and unscrupulous officials drove away good money one after another. Therefore, the power that ordinary people had in the early Ming Dynasty had completely disappeared by the middle of the Ming Dynasty.Thanks to Deyi and Jingqing, they strongly agree with Zhu Gaochi's remarks.

Dai Deyi was conquered by Zhu Gaochi in Peiping.

Such people will not be tempted by interests. Dai Deyi just does things in Peiping, strictly cracks down on corruption, and supervises discipline. He has the title of being selfless and is feared by people.

Jing Qing originally wanted to resign and return home. Later, he met Emperor Taizu for a private visit and saw the development of the new area of ​​​​the capital. The censor changed his mind due to the facts.

"Life is full of things. Although the system is strict, there are always people who cannot control their desires. The difference between a good person and a bad person is nothing more than whether they can control their desires."

Zhu Gaochi said calmly.

"Ordinary people are afraid of the strict law and dare not test the Ming Law. However, if talented but unscrupulous people become officials and gain power, the constraints of the Ming Law will lose their effect. Then a large number of ordinary people will be Officials are influenced either actively or passively."

"So the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section are the last line of defense for the Ming Dynasty. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section are responsible for the Qingming, and then the world will be Qingming. If there is a problem in these two places, then there will be a problem in the world. .”

Zhang Juzheng's reform began with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section.

The entanglement between the two parties took a full five years. It can be said that the struggle between Zhang Juzheng and these two ministries was the most intense period of Zhang Juzheng's reforms, which illustrates the importance of official affairs.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section not only supervise officials across the country, but also check the implementation of state affairs in various ministries and localities. They are important eyes, ears and guarantees for the imperial court to govern the country.

Dai Deyi and Jing Qing listened seriously.

Ming Dynasty became rich.

The wealth of the people has doubled, and the invisible corruption is countless times more complicated than it was 20 years ago.

"Your Highness, please rest assured that the Metropolitan Procuratorate will never become a place for filth and evil."

Dai Deyi said sternly.

He thinks that his talents are not high and he is not as good as many of his colleagues. He only relies on his integrity and doing one thing with concentration. Over the years in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, any official who dares to violate the law will not be let go by him. This is his The way to be an official.

Jing Qing also said: "The same is true for the six subjects."

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

In comparison, the two people in front of me are trustworthy.

Not only did the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section report, although Jinyiwei had been reformed and only retained the power of investigation, it also supplemented the supervision system of the Second Department. In short, Zhu Gaochi felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was right.

Officials cannot be trusted.

It’s not that you don’t trust someone, it’s that you don’t trust human nature.

Because there will always be people who cannot control their desires and will never disappear. This is a supervision system that must be persisted.

The Imperial Procuratorate and the Sixth Section were assigned to Shizhong and Jinyiwei.

Under the arrangement of His Royal Highness, a vast inspection work was carried out. In addition to the original censors dispatched from various places, special envoys were also set up to inspect every province.

Not only inspecting local government affairs, but also investigating the censors.

The corruption of the system in the middle and late Ming Dynasty started with the censors.

The word "Censor" seems light and airy.

However, the two hundred censors of the Ming Dynasty had intertwined relationships with officials all over the world, and they were an important force for the court bosses. Regardless of the struggles of various factions in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the censors were the core force of each faction.

at this time.

Good news from the west also came back.

In addition to Huozhen's good news and even small-scale local wars, the emperor's greatest victory in the Western Expedition was the conquest of the original Khwarizm area. Compared with the previous nominal submission, the Ming army now completely wiped out the place.

However.

As Zhu Gaochi expected, one of the most powerful remnants of the Timur Khanate, the three Khalil brothers in Qazvin, sent envoys to pay tribute to Zhu Di.

These were some possible situations that he and Zhu Di had negotiated long ago.

The Ottoman Empire was defeated by Timur, and the monarch Bayezid was captured. Bayezid I became a prisoner and died soon after. The Ottoman princely state disintegrated, causing the Ottoman Empire to fall into pieces. However, because of the distance, Timur did not There is no effective local governance.

Some people in later generations were very harsh on the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

But what.

Within the territory of the Timurid Empire in later generations, there were kingdoms of various sizes, and they were all included in the territory of the Timurid Empire. According to this calculation, not only the Xuanweisi in various parts of Nanyang, but also the vassals such as Korea and Ryukyu The capital must be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaochi didn't care much about this.

He adheres to the idea that strength is king.

Otherwise, why does the United States spend such high military expenditures every year?If you want Zhu Gaochi to recognize the modern civilization that some people say, you must first let the United States reduce its military spending.

Timur was fragmented and unable to control areas of the Ottoman Empire.

Bayezid I died, but he had great children.

When Timur himself returned eastward, Bayezid I's eldest son was not idle. Through war, his strength became stronger day by day. Not only did he end the division of the Ottomans, he also recovered the Timur Empire. Territory lost in battle.

Historically known as the revival of the Ottoman Empire.

Zhu Gaochi is not very interested at the moment.

The first is distance.

Secondly, the value of the Ottoman Empire during this period was not great. It had not yet captured Constantinople, conquered Byzantium, etc. Therefore, although the current Ottoman Empire has a large territory, it has many deserts and a harsh environment.

Does Ming need money?

The size of Ming Dynasty requires productivity.

The wealth of the Ottoman Empire could feed millions of countries. For example, countries like the United Kingdom could use the wealth of the Ottoman Empire to purchase the goods they needed from other countries or other countries.

The wealth of the New World was exchanged for goods by the Spanish in the Ming Dynasty, making Spain the richest country.

However, the inflow of wealth into Ming Dynasty did not play any more role in Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, Ming Dynasty was so large that it was unable to obtain goods that could meet its own needs from the outside. Instead, it led to more economic problems, such as economic imbalance. The contradiction comes.

We need to understand what gold and silver are and why they can become money.

In a country with a population of hundreds of millions, which place can meet the needs of the Ming Dynasty?
Compared with the Ming Dynasty, which had to travel tens of thousands of miles, it was unable to form a complementary interest cycle. Compared with Nanyang, it was more attractive to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty needed a stable external environment. In ten years, the most reliable way to expand was to migrate the population to the west, develop productivity, and form economic complementarities with the mainland.

Live in the present and look to the future.

So Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di had already had a plan.

As long as Khalil obeys, the Ming Dynasty will not raise troops to conquer. Now that the Ming Dynasty has solved the resistance forces in Khwarezm, coupled with the influence of Zhu Di personally going to the west to take charge, it will continue to maintain an external peaceful environment for the seven western provinces.

When the Ming Dynasty digested the seven western provinces, it was time for the Ming Dynasty to expand again.

So taking advantage of this period, forging iron requires hard work, and Zhu Gaochi has his sights set on the country.

Special envoys were sent to various places.

In addition to strictly checking the official documents of various local governments and the implementation of court bills, they also accepted petitions from the people and understood local sentiments.

In the new year.

The imperial court allocated a huge amount of money.

Build roads in various places, improve urban environment, and manage hydrology.
"Taking from the people, using for the people."

"Material civilization and spiritual civilization are equally important. The two complement each other and no one can lack the other."

"Together we will build the Ming Dynasty, everyone for one, one for everyone, and a prosperous and strong society."

The ninth year of Yongle.

spring.

A vigorous movement began in Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)