Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 142 Court Meeting ([-])

"Your Majesty, since the first month of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, there have been 81 officers and soldiers from various places, which is 4000 fewer than in the six years of the Apocalypse. From the perspective of the past dynasties, it has dropped from 1000 million in the Zhengtong Dynasty to more than 300 in the Zhengde Period, and then to During the Jiajing period, there were more than 90. The Longqing and Wanli dynasties increased to one million due to the training of troops in the previous dynasties to fight against the Japanese, but now they have decreased to the number during the Jiajing period;

The ministers thought that because of the system of garrisoning troops, the officers squeezed too many soldiers from the guards, causing a large number of soldiers to flee. However, the military pay of the imperial court has increased by 120 million in six years from Tianqi. An increase of 120 taels on the basis. "

Lu Xiangsheng was quite well-read and well-informed, holding an elephant wat board, he insisted on reporting a series of complicated numbers.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said: "This is strange. The number of officers and soldiers has decreased by more than 2 taels, but the military salary has increased by several 10 taels. Why did the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate go? Don't stare at someone snoring all day long." Who takes concubines and these trivial matters, how many people are paid for nothing, and how many people are paid for nothing, you have to go and investigate carefully!"

When Zhu Youxiao said this, Cao Sicheng, the censor of Zuodu, couldn't help but blush.

These days, the censors of his Metropolitan Procuratorate have been frequently suppressed by His Majesty. They were either dismissed or transferred, and many of them were even beheaded.

Therefore, the censors who are still in the Metropolitan Procuratorate dare not talk nonsense anymore, but the imperial court also has assessments, and the censors must impeach a few people to be considered competent, otherwise they will be judged for dereliction of duty during the Beijing Procuratorate.

So the censors had no choice but to find trivial things to impeach, but now that His Majesty said this, Cao Sicheng finally understood that it is not that His Majesty does not want their censors to impeach important figures, but the guns cannot be aimed at His Majesty, and they must follow His Majesty's instructions Come to impeachment.

Next is the Ministry of Rites, the most noble among the six ministries. This yamen, which governs scholars and court etiquette regulations, is sometimes not inferior to the Ministry of Officials.

Therefore, most of the academicians were ministers of the Ministry of Rites before entering the cabinet, and most of the Hanlins also entered the Ministry of Rites to perform their duties.

Now, although Qian Qianyi was the Minister of Rites for the eighth year of Tianqi, Li Mingrui, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, presided over most of the affairs of the Ministry.

At this time, it was naturally Li Mingrui who stood up to summarize the affairs of the Ministry of Rites.

This emperor's close minister, who was promoted to Zuo Zhongyun from the editor of the Imperial Academy and then directly transferred to the right servant of the Ministry of Rites and joined Xinuang Pavilion, is the person who has been promoted the fastest in Tianqi's seven years except Lu Xiangsheng, and is also the youngest senior civil official among the ministers. .

Zhu Youxiao deliberately made the entire bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty younger. Whether it was the chief military officer on the Nine Sides or the newly promoted senior civil servants, they were all Jinshi at the end of Wanli or even at the beginning of Tianqi.

For example, Li Mingrui and Lu Xiangsheng were Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, and Sun Chuanting was only a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, more than 670 new recruits were added, more than 300 new recruits were added from all over the country, and more than [-] people who were expelled from meritorious service were more than twice the number of previous years. This year is the [-]th birthday of Taizu. During the auspicious day, Your Majesty should offer sacrifices to the Xiaoling Mausoleum in response to the princes and ministers."

After listening to Li Mingrui's report, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but frowned, and suddenly added several hundred Juren lords, which meant that the tax-free group of squires had further expanded.

The integration of officials and gentry should be established as soon as possible, otherwise Daming will be hollowed out by this growing group of privileged classes sooner or later.

Of course, the number of people expelled has tripled compared to previous years, which is naturally the result of Zhu Youxiao's bloody suppression last year when he eradicated the Donglin Party and made troubles in Juzi.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but wonder if it was necessary to carry out several large-scale suppression actions, and get rid of a few parasites who didn't pay taxes and didn't obey their orders.

Zhu Yuanzhang's 300th birthday is actually [-] years old. In modern times, the [-]th birthday of the founding father would be considered a memorable event, but it cannot be underestimated in the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, Zhu Youxiao also needs to refresh the sense of existence of the ancient empire of Ming Dynasty in the world, and also need to re-display the glory of the former Ming Dynasty to revive the morale of the people of Ming Dynasty.

And in order not to let the people all over the world forget who gave them a peaceful world, Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "To sacrifice Xiaoling, I will personally go to show filial piety."

"Your Majesty, no!"

Shao Zhanshi Huang Daozhou stepped forward at this time at an inopportune time. The cabinet scholars and ministers of the Manchaotang were all surprised to see this Qingliu official who was only qualified to be a foil.

And Zhu Youxiao also looked at the thin official Huang Daozhou in astonishment.

In the imperial court, all the senior officials above the second rank are speaking now. When will it be the turn of the fourth rank official and the idle official who is not counted as the six divisions and nine ministers to speak.

It can be seen that he is indeed a nerdy official who is ignorant of current affairs. Zhu Youxiao frowned and asked, "Why not?"

"Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven should follow the example of Yao and Shun to rule the world. Although he values ​​filial piety, he does not need to do it himself.

Although Huang Daozhou said that he was citing scriptures, he meant that he was afraid that Zhu Youxiao's going to Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing would disturb the people, but in fact he didn't want the imperial power to be stretched too long. Now that he went to Gyeonggi, it was something that defenders like him could not tolerate. , His Majesty is going to Nanjing, this is simply a move to get involved in the core of their civil rule.

Most of the important officials in the court are Zhu Youxiao's personal, so naturally he dare not say more, but he, Huang Daozhou, must stand up and express the opinions of the scholar-bureaucrats.

Zhu Youxiao was a little speechless. In this court, these officials who don't know how to flatter them really can't kill them all. I can't imagine that there are such people coming to hate him.

Li Mingrui, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, saw that His Majesty was displeased, and knew that this time was the time when he could use the authority of the dynasty's etiquette system, and he also knew that if His Majesty let him be the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, it would not increase His Majesty's authority in the etiquette system. The meaning of the right to speak.

"Your Majesty is a descendant of the Taizu, so why not pay homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum by respecting the ancestors?"

As Li Mingrui spoke, he bowed his hands to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao nodded in satisfaction. Now there are his own soldiers and crab generals in the court, instead of fighting alone.

At this time, let Li Mingrui say again: "Below the sky, is it the land of the king; on the shore of the land, are the ministers of the king; your majesty is rich in nine states and all over the world, why can't you come here in person? Do you think that your majesty is just as big as the king's mansion, You can only be the lord of the city in the Forbidden City of Shuntian Prefecture? If your majesty does not leave the capital, will it be possible to allow the Tartars to plunder the capital, destroy my city, and kill my people!"

Huang Daozhou disdained Li Mingrui, who had become an official of Shaozong Bo at a young age by agreeing with His Majesty, so he was fearless: "Li Shilang's words are wrong. The Tartars are nothing more than bandits, and they only come for three or four months. Natural disasters will go away on their own, why should His Majesty come in person, it will waste money and food."

"According to what you want, just let the Tartars plunder my capital, and then watch the Tartars plunder the wealth of my Ming population and leave. Huang Daozhou, what is your intention!"

Lu Xiangsheng, the left servant of the Ministry of War, directly scolded Huang Daozhou. As a minister who witnessed the massacre of people in Fengrun and Yutian counties with his own eyes, he couldn't understand and hated Huang Daozhou's empty talk and ignorance the most.

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