The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 814 Why object? (seeking a monthly ticket)

The officials of the original Daming still dared to speak, and Ding Yi himself said that he wanted to limit the imperial power. These people were all excited, and they shouted again. You use your confidant, we have no objection, what are these people?
Ding Yi waved his hand, motioning for Lu Chao to stand up.

Lu Chao, the commander of Jinyiwei, immediately stood up and said loudly: "The thieves entered Beijing. Fan Jingwen, a scholar of Dongge University and Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, did not eat for four consecutive days. The day before Li Zicheng broke through the capital, his whole family threw himself into the well and died. Lecturer Ni Yuanlu’s family of thirteen members hanged himself, Zuodu censor Li Banghua committed suicide by throwing himself into water, Zuodu deputy censor Shi Bangyao committed suicide, the right servant of the Ministry of War Wang Jiayan committed suicide, Ling Yiqu of Dali Temple hanged himself, and the concubine Wei Xuelian committed suicide. Meng Zhaoxiang’s family committed suicide by throwing himself into a well, Yu Shi Chen Liangmo’s family committed suicide by throwing himself into a well. Xu Zhi from the Ministry of Officials committed suicide by throwing himself into the water, Chengde’s family from the Ministry of War committed suicide by hanging himself, Wu Ganzhong’s family from the Ministry of Households committed suicide. Kim Hyun’s family committed suicide—”

He provoked Xuanhe, and reported all the names of officials who committed suicide and died for the country in one breath. Many of them committed suicide by their families, which was extremely tragic.

The capitulators at the scene blushed, and Gong Dingzi was even more ashamed and ashamed, hardly daring to raise his head.

"Fan Tiexuan is Fan Shangshu's son, and Meng Zhiliang is Meng Shilang's only nephew."

"Meng Shilang's whole family threw themselves into the well and died. Mr. Gong, why didn't you die by throwing yourself into the well? Was the well not deep enough?" Lu Chao finally asked him.

Hahaha, the people around Ding Yi burst into laughter, and Meng Zhiliang gave Gong Dingzi a sharper look.

Now everyone knows that these people who have just been appointed as ministers of various ministries are basically descendants of heroes.

Who dares to say that they are not qualified at this time?

What Ding Yi wants is not qualifications and abilities, but heroes and support for himself.

None of the former Ming officials at the scene dared to speak anymore, and many faces did not dare to raise their faces.

Today's events will definitely be published in the "World Affairs" newspaper tomorrow, and then everyone in the world will criticize Gong Dingzi who threw himself into the well and survived.

Do you still have the face to accuse others of not being qualified?
At this time Ding Yi began to speak: "During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, anyone who was valued by the king, regardless of his background, could directly worship him as the Prime Minister of the country."

"In the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang had a large number of green skin butchers under his command, all of whom were waiting to worship the general."

When Ding Yi said this, his voice suddenly became harsher several times, and he shouted loudly: "The Ming Dynasty opened a course to recruit scholars. Is it true that my senior officials must be like the Ming Dynasty?"

"Is it okay for you to get back the salary you had when you were in Ming Dynasty?"

"Bang" he slapped the imperial couch hard, stood up straight away, and cursed: "I have swept across the world and pacified all directions. I still need your advice from Gong Dingzi on how to get scholars?"

"I don't dare." Gong Dingzi lost his soul and quickly knelt down.

"Your Majesty, calm down." The people who knelt on the ground all around were all the surrendered ministers who had shouted and disobeyed just now.

"Come here, after Gong Dingzi humiliated his loyal ministers, he made a noise in court, dragged him down, stripped off his official uniform, and put him in prison."

"No." There were already pro-military guards outside, rushing over.

"My lord, spare my life, my lord, I know I was wrong." Gong Dingzi cried out in horror.

Amidst his frantic cries, he was quickly dragged down.

The other vassals trembled.

What about limiting the imperial power?

When Yumen was in charge that day, all the officials felt Ding Yi's great power.

Everyone quickly reached a consensus, the emperor said to limit the imperial power, do you really mean it?
Many things discussed by the court ministers that day, including the location selection of various ministries and the number of officials, were all discussed by Ding Yi with the cabinet before, and then discussed at the court meeting.

This will be left to future generations. If so many departments are suddenly added, at least tens of thousands of permanent staff will be added.

But there are not many officials in the various institutions of the imperial court.

Ding Yi allocated fifty to one hundred for each ministry.

Among them, less than a quarter are officials, and most of them are officials. In fact, in Ding Yi's eyes, they are all the same. It is the difference between department leaders and clerks in later generations.

If there are eleven more ministries, hundreds of officials will be added.

Among this group of officials, some were transferred from the local area, some were transferred from Beijing officials, and some came from Ding Yi Lushun headquarters.

Ding Yi requested that it be in place within five days, and then all departments should be able to officially start work.

When he finally went to court, Ding Yi issued another imperial decree.

In the future, unless there are special times such as wars and natural disasters, it will be changed to the Huangji Hall at 11 o'clock in the morning, and will end at 30:[-] noon. All the affairs of the day will be discussed within two and a half hours. At noon, we had lunch at the Yuanhui Hall of Ciqing Palace. If we couldn't finish the discussion in the morning, we would continue the discussion in the afternoon.

Officials in the upper court are limited to all members of the cabinet, plus ministers of various ministries, deputies of various ministries of the cabinet, and heads of a few important departments.

For example, the Minister of the Left and Right of the Ministry of War, the Fushi of Jinyiwei and the North and South Towns, etc., the Craftsmanship Department and the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry Langzhong (director).

In this case, the officials who go to court are basically above the fourth rank, and only a few officials of the fifth rank can go to court.

The number of people is limited to seven to 80 people.

In the past, a small official like Gong Dingzi, who was in charge of various subjects and was not in the top rank, was completely unqualified to go to court.

As soon as this imperial decree was promulgated, the middle and lower levels of the capital were crying out in despair.

Many people know that this means that most people may never see the emperor in their lifetime, and they will never have a bright future.

Ding Yi was also very annoyed by these low-level officials of the Ming Dynasty. Most of them were trolls.

This move alone kicked out more than half of the hundreds of officials of the former Daming Surrender Faction from the center of the imperial court.

Now, except for the original six ministers, more than half of the people who go to court are Ding Yi's own people.

After entering the capital for more than a year, Ding Yi let his country bumpkin subordinates gradually become familiar with the operation of the various ministries of the capital and the control over the world, and then replaced half of the courtiers in one go.

The era of Daqian, which belongs entirely to Ding Yi, has officially arrived.

That day when Ding Yi returned to Qianqing Palace, Zhong Xian asked halfway, "Where is the emperor going for dinner today?"

Ding Yi thought for a while: "Go to Kunning Palace."

Ruan Wenyan has been canonized as empress in his edict for the establishment of the country, but it is more troublesome to enshrine the empress in the palace than the new emperor's enthronement, so there is no official canonization until now, and the Ministry of Rites and various departments in the palace are still preparing.

It is estimated that there is still some time.

But recently he often hangs out with Zeng Ruan and Aimee Zhu, and rarely goes to Ruan Wenyan's side, so he's a little embarrassed.

After Ding Yi ascended the throne, the places he preferred to stay were the Shouning Palace where Zeng Ruan and Zhu Yuxi lived, and the Compassion Palace where Qin Nan and Shen Chuying stayed.

Because there are two people together in these two places.

In comparison, Ruan Wenyan was a bit inferior as she was alone.

But the queen must be the queen, and Ding Yi was thinking of Ruan Wenyan of course, so he decided to go to Kunning Palace for dinner tonight.

After Zhong Xian heard it, he immediately sent someone to pass the news to Kunning Palace.

Empress Ruan Wenyan was overjoyed and decided to cook some small dishes herself.

At around six o'clock in the evening, Ding Yi rushed to Kunning Palace with his people.

Ruan Wenyan brought the maids and eunuchs to the palace gate ahead of schedule.

"My concubine sees the emperor." Yingying bowed down.

"Wen Yan." Ding Yi laughed loudly, striding over to lift her up.

In front of so many people, Ding Yi almost hugged her, Ruan Wenyan was also a little embarrassed, her face was slightly red.

But Ding Yi looked at her affectionately: "You and I are husband and wife, so there is no need to be so polite. In my eyes, you will always be my sister Wenyan, and I hope that I will always be your elder brother Ding."

"Emperor." Ruan Wenyan has a very straightforward personality and no scheming, but he is actually quite coaxable. Ding Yi, a scumbag who speaks sweet words, immediately opens his mouth, and Ruan Wenyan is so moved that he wants to cry.

The two entered the palace hand in hand, Ding Yi had a thick skin, but Ruan Wenyan blushed all the time.

When it was time to eat, Ruan Wenyan suddenly waved her hand when there were maids waiting beside her.

Ding Yi was stunned for a moment, feeling that Ruan Wenyan seemed to have something to say to him.

Ruan Wenyan seldom talked about business with him, and it was the same when she was in Lushun, because her father and younger brother were both important officials in the court and Ding Yi's confidants, so she was very knowledgeable.

After Ding Yi ascended the throne, she didn't ask for any titles for her father and younger brother, because she knew that Ding Yi must have already planned it.

"But something?" Ding Yi asked with a smile.

Ruan Wenyan looked left and right, but the people around her retreated far away, and finally spoke in embarrassment.

"The concubine shouldn't talk too much, but——"

But Ruan Wenlong asked her to say these words.

Father had never begged her before, so he was naturally a little anxious to ask her this time.

"Father wants to ask, the world has just been settled." Ruan Wenyan whispered: "The emperor is in a hurry to limit the imperial power. Could it be too hasty?"

The most important investment of Lao Ruan's life is to have a son-in-law emperor, and now the emperor wants to limit the imperial power, can Lao Ruan be in a hurry.

I almost wanted to ask Ding Yi personally, can you, the emperor, make us feel better for decades?

Ding Yi thought for a while, and said slowly: "It is just that the world has just been settled, so I am going to do these things step by step."

"If decades later, or one or two generations later, today's founding heroes are used to the days of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty and enjoyed the privileges of tens of hundreds of years, who would want to follow me?"

Now is the best time to eliminate power. Ding Yi has to wait decades before doing it. These founding heroes have enjoyed decades of privileges. If you let them and their descendants give up, who will be willing?
The experience of later generations told Ding Yi that everything should be done as early as possible.

Not to mention others, if you let Ding Yi be the emperor for a few more years and enjoy the supreme power, he may not want to reform.

Now that I haven't completely forgotten what era I came from, and still have some conscience from later generations, I hurried to do this matter. As for whether it will be successful, Ding Yijue has no problem.

Sure enough, Ruan Wenyan asked: "Will the emperor succeed?" She was also quite puzzled, afraid that Ding Yi would fail.

"Historical experience tells me that all failed reforms are due to various resistances."

"If there is no objection, it will be a success."

"Do all the officials support me?"

"Do the people support me?"

"Does the army support me?"

"Do the gentry and landlords support me?"

Why do the officials object?I reduced the imperial power, let the officials have the final say, and divided the houses to raise wages, replaced the law with the law, and ruled the country with the law, so that the officials no longer have to fear that being with the king is like a tiger.

Ding Yi couldn't think of why the officials all over the world objected.

(End of this chapter)