Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1883, back to Beijing

In the Jinluan Hall of the Imperial Palace in the capital, Zhu Houzhao is holding an early court meeting. The ministers below are talking about things endlessly, but Zhu Houzhao above is dozing off boredly.

"I don't know when the father will come back. It's been almost a year."

"These days are really not the life of a human being. Those who go to court every morning and review the memorials are like a bird in a cage. They can't go out to play if they want to."

Zhu Houzhao is extremely upset now.

Emperor Hongzhi went out to play for about a year, traveling everywhere, eating, drinking and having fun, and put all the important affairs of the country on his shoulders, which seriously disrupted Zhu Houzhao's normal life.

Zhu Houzhao used to be as comfortable as possible. When he was in a good mood, he would go to Shuntian Mansion to plan the development of the capital. In the afternoon, he would go to his own experiment to study the electric lights.

Since Liu Jin's guidance, the research on electric lights has also advanced by leaps and bounds. Now it is possible to manufacture practical light bulbs. We are waiting for Liu Jin to come back and discuss how to promote electric lights.

If Zhu Houzhao was in a bad mood, he would simply create a man in his East Palace. There were hundreds of beauties from all over the world, from all tribes, places, vassal states, and colonies, which made Zhu Houzhao linger. The children were created one after another.

After Emperor Hongzhi went out for more than a year, Zhu Houzhao added dozens of grandchildren to Emperor Hongzhi, so that the ministers in the court were frowning, because the task of naming these children fell to them. Every family has a fixed format for choosing names. As more and more children are born, it becomes difficult to choose a name.

In short, Zhu Houzhao used to live a chic and carefree life when he was young. He didn't need to think too much, and he did what he liked to do.

But after a year in prison, he was really tired.

All the big and small affairs of the court and the central government came to him, and there were hundreds of memorials to be reviewed every day. This was filtered and screened by the cabinet Wang Shouren and Zhong Zhong, otherwise the various memorials every day would at least There are hundreds.

In addition, the morning court was to be attended, except for weekends and statutory holidays when one could rest, and at other times, it was necessary to attend. After the morning court, important cabinet ministers and six ministers had to be called to the minister's study for a small meeting.

Even if there is nothing to do, the monarchs and ministers can also exchange feelings with each other, enhance mutual understanding and trust, and everything must be open.

On important days, Zhu Houzhao will also attend various activities, such as offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors every day. In addition, he must also participate in important activities of the Daming Royal Military Academy and the army, and he must also deliver speeches, etc. Wait.

In short, Zhu Houzhao is very busy every day, with many things to do, and sometimes he can't take a good rest on weekends. This makes Zhu Houzhao feel that being an emperor is not an easy job, but being a prince is more comfortable.

Every year, I look forward to the early return of Emperor Hongzhi, so that I can end my miserable life.

"Hum~"

"Father is also true. He has traveled around the entire Pacific Ocean. This little life is so comfortable. I have done what I have always wanted to do but haven't done yet."

In Zhu Houzhao's mind, the route that Emperor Hongzhi traveled in a year sounded, and the whole person became envious and jealous.

When it comes to playing, Zhu Houzhao naturally does his part.

He himself is a playful master and likes to travel around the mountains and rivers.

He has long wanted to travel around Daming, um, it would be best if he could take a trip around the world.

But Naihe, he is the prince of Daming, he can't just go out to play if he wants to. Even though he has gone out to play several times before and after, he is still not satisfied.

This time Emperor Hongzhi traveled around the Pacific Ocean, which made him very envious.

Zhu Houzhao was even more dissatisfied when he thought of his hard work in supervising the country, but Emperor Hongzhi traveled around the mountains and rivers.

"When my father comes back, I will definitely go to various places in Daming."

Zhu Houzhao already had a plan in his heart. Emperor Hongzhi traveled around the Pacific Ocean, so he would go west to visit Southeast Asia, Tianzhu, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and other places.

Anyway, the world is big, and Zhu Houzhao wants to go out and have a look.

"Your Highness~Your Highness~"

When Zhu Houzhao was planning to travel around in the future, Zhong Zhong reminded him in a low voice.

"Oh, oh~"

Zhu Houzhao came back to his senses and looked at the ministers. He was absent-minded just now, and he didn't hear clearly what the minister below said.

"Your Highness, what do you think of this matter?"

The ministers in the audience looked at Zhu Houzhao. He was obviously absent-minded, and he didn't know if he had heard his long speech.

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin went out to visit the mountains and rivers, and the situation in the court has undergone many subtle changes. Many traditional and old officials who were suppressed by Liu Jin in the past are also trying to take this opportunity to make a comeback. It is best to be able to Overthrow Liu Jin, restore many previous systems, and dream of living a good life before.

Of course, the most important thing is to compete for interests, not only the power of the court, but also the interests of all aspects of Ming Dynasty, many industries, these traditional and old officials are latecomers, and they can only eat a little leftovers. I will not be satisfied with this, but hope to get more benefits.

As long as Liu Jin can be overthrown and they hold the power in the court, there is still hope for all this to come true.

In the eyes of these old officials, what Liu Jin did was to dig the graves of scholar-bureaucrats, and to completely bury the traditional old bureaucratic system.

How comfortable it was to be an official in the past, eat and drink, and when you are upset, you can point to the emperor's nose and scold him, criticizing the emperor for eating an extra bowl of rice when he eats, and not being thrifty enough. The emperor should be thrifty and work hard, so he is a good emperor.

At that time, being an official was simply not too comfortable. The world was not the emperor's world at all, but the world of these scholar-bureaucrats. The emperor was controlled by various means at the top, and the imperial power was restricted, while the land below was constantly annexed and exploited. common people.

They are the most comfortable people Daming has ever lived.

But now, it is not so comfortable to be an official. The assessment system alone makes these officials have to find ways to build infrastructure, increase fertility and fertility levels, increase taxes, and so on.

In addition, in terms of promotion, in the past, as long as there was a relationship, any relationship with the same township, the same year, the same door, the same class, etc., could go. If the money is in place, the promotion will be much easier.

Now, even if there is a relationship, first of all, the assessment must be excellent in order to be able to rise. The assessment is a rigid indicator for promotion. If the standard is not met, there is no chance of promotion at all.

If you want to meet the targets, there are too many things to do, and you can no longer just sit in the yamen, eat, drink, and read newspapers like before.

For such days, they have already had enough.

They miss the old days, the happy life before.

Therefore, when Liu Jin and Emperor Hongzhi went out to play, it was necessary to seize the opportunity to overthrow Liu Jin and overthrow the active policies and systems formulated by Liu Jin.

But, times have changed now.

Even though Liu Jin is no longer in court, his influence is still there.

Liu Jin is the chief assistant of the cabinet. There are many officials under his command, and most of them are new-style officials promoted by Liu Jin. These new-style officials are all practical officials.

Like Han Wen, who used to be the minister of the household department and the minister of the household department. He did tax work and did a very good job; like Zhong Fan, the minister of the Ministry of industry, used to be the chief minister of Guangdong, and was later transferred to Central Asia to serve as the chief minister. So, they all did a very good job and were promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Now I am busy dredging the Yangtze River, opening up the water transport in the Yangtze River Basin, building the Changcheng Railway and other important major projects, and I am doing very well. It is estimated that the next step is to become one of the six ministers.

There is also the current cabinet minister Wang Shouren. The rapid promotion of the old Wang is inseparable from Liu Jin's recommendation in addition to his own ability.

Lao Wang is also a practical minister and talent. He did a good job when he was in Nanzhili. He built the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, focused on the development of Songhu, opened up the tax situation in the Jiangnan area, and so on.

Many officials in the DPRK were promoted and reused by Liu Jin because of their hard work. They were not only grateful for Liu Jin's promotion, but more importantly, they recognized Liu Jin's philosophy of governing the country and the idea of ​​rejuvenating the country through hard work, not with those Like the old officials, they only know to stare at the emperor every day and ask the emperor to be diligent and thrifty, to govern the country with benevolence, righteousness and morality.

They defended Liu Jin. In addition, the military generals of the DPRK and the Xungui Group and some important officials almost wore the same trousers as Liu Jin.

Liu Jin and Ding Guogong are married, and they have a baby marriage with the British Duke. More importantly, many industries under their command have already tied everyone together. They wear a pair of pants. It was brought down like this.

Therefore, it is very, very difficult to bring down Liu Jin. The most difficult point is that both the Emperor Hongzhi and the crown prince have great trust in Liu Jin, and they all have a close interest relationship with Liu Jin. Many industries , Emperor Hongzhi and the prince are both major shareholders.

Although it is difficult, these old officials will not let go of the opportunity. Even if it is to give Liu Jin some eye drops, and to drive a wedge between Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao, it must be done. Some things need to be done over time. , Maybe one day quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes.

"I think you are talking nonsense and wantonly attacking the important officials of the court. You have a terrible heart and are endangering my country and society."

"Come here, immediately exile this person and his family to the Black Earth Province."

Zhu Houzhao is in a bad mood, you are still babbling nonsense here, you are looking for death, Zhu Houzhao is not the emperor of Hongzhi, and he is not in a good mood, so he will directly give the whole family a set meal in exile in Heitu Province.

"Your Highness, Your Highness~"

"Your Majesty has returned to Beijing~ Your Majesty has returned to Beijing!"

At this moment, someone hurriedly came to report.

(End of this chapter)