Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 509: Monarch-subject Transactions, Exploring Consensus, Restoring the National Policy, Reviving the Ming Dynasty
The Ministry of War is now in the power of the main combat faction. Yang Shiqi has been the Minister of the Ministry of War for many years, and the moderate faction of the Ministry of War left behind has been purged by Zhu Qiyu.

Yang Shiqi died in the ninth year of Zhengtong. In fact, it was only a few years ago. When Zhu Qiyu succeeded to the throne, many of Yang Shiqi's disciples and former officials were still in important positions. Therefore, the people who purged the Ministry of War also exhausted Zhu Qiyu.

Fortunately, everything has passed, and now Zhu Qiyu is going to use internal funds to build a navy, and after the construction is completed, it will be managed by the Ministry of War. Of course, the Ministry of War has no objections.

The Ministry of Industry has no objection either. Originally, the Ministry of Industry is responsible for making this and that. As long as the money is sufficient, what is made is not made.

Zhu Qiyu sat firmly on the dragon chair, quietly waiting for the results of the discussions among the ministers.

Under normal circumstances, the ministers would pass this resolution, or at least allow the emperor to give it a try.

This is Zhu Qiyu's conclusion based on historical experience. Although the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were relatively dishonest, they have not yet reached the level of "life and death, and do it if you don't accept it".

Not to mention the dominance of "Civilian officials want you to die at the third watch, and the king of Hades will not stay until the fifth watch".

Even if what the emperor did was not in line with the wishes of the civil servants, he was not about to be killed as soon as he came up.

Wu Zong Zhu Houzhao has been tossing like that, and he has been emperor for 17 years.The civil servants didn't come up and killed Zhu Houzhao.

Apocalypse appointed Wei Zhongxian and made the civil servants look like celestial beings, and he was the emperor for eight years before he died.

Chongzhen would kill one and then the other, and he was emperor for 18 years, and in the end he hung himself on Meishan.

More recently, when Zhu Qizhen conquered Luchuan, most of the civil officials were against it.In the end, after fighting for ten years, more than half of China was implicated, laboring people and money, and rebellion continued.But the ministers didn't kill Zhu Qizhen directly.

Therefore, according to Zhu Qiyu's own inference, now that this package of reform plans is released, ministers should give it a chance to wait and see to see the specific implementation effects.

If it doesn't meet expectations, everyone will fight against the emperor again; if it is generally acceptable, then let's make do with it.

In history, Jingtai was the emperor for nine years, and no one stood up to let him stay in Zhuqi Town.Because Jingtai was supported by ministers, it still has a high degree of legitimacy.

What is really controversial is who will be the next emperor.

And Zhu Jianshen is only five years old, and it will take at least another five years, when Zhu Jianshen is ten years old, to be able to push him to the throne.

Now even if the officials kill Zhu Qiyu immediately, Zhu Jianshen will not be able to sit on the throne.

So Zhu Qiyu came to the conclusion: for at least five years, the ministers will still play according to the political rules. Even if they want to turn the table, it will be five years later.

Of course, even so, the minister of defense must always act as if he is guarding against thieves.

Zhu Qiyu thought wildly for a long time before the ministers gradually calmed down. As expected, the ministers were still willing to give a chance to try it out.When the emperor messes things up, it won't be too late for everyone to stand up and settle the matter.

As the court continued, Zhu Qiyu proposed a third policy: "From now on, Ming Dynasty no longer recognizes the Yuan Dynasty as the Central Plains Dynasty, and no longer recognizes Dasong as the Central Plains unified dynasty.

Kublai Khan and Song Taizu were moved out of the imperial temples of the past dynasties, and Han Taizong and Hanzhong Zong were included in the imperial temples for worship.

Our Daming Dynasty is a dignified Han Dynasty. Instead of enshrining the Emperor Taizong of the Han Dynasty, we went to kowtow and burn incense to some Yuan Shizu every day. What a shame.

In addition, all deleted content in "Mencius" was restored and officially included in the scope of the imperial examination. "

As soon as this remark came out, the pot exploded again.

Before the emperor wanted to recover Annan and return to the West, the ministers could not find a clear reason to oppose it.

But for the words just now, the reasons for objection are quite sufficient.

Every change proposed by Zhu Qiyu is a brazen confrontation with Emperor Taizu.

Lin Cong was the first to jump out impatiently: "May I ask Your Majesty, Dayuan is the orthodox dynasty of the Central Plains. This is something Taizu personally confirmed. I wonder why Your Majesty wants to change it?"

Zhu Qiyu glanced at Lin Cong coldly, his eyes were full of contempt, but he didn't even bother to argue with Lin Cong on this matter.

You are a Han, and you are rushing to recognize the Tartar emperor as the emperor, and that's fine. The key point is that you still blame others for not kneeling down to the Tartar emperor and calling him grandpa.

Arguing with you makes my mouth dirty.

Lin Cong waited for a while, neither hearing the emperor's reply nor seeing his colleagues stand up to support him, only then did he realize that he had said the wrong thing.

In fact, Lin Cong's words are quite unpopular. Few of the civil and military officials care about the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. After all, most of the officials who can enter the temple are Han Chinese with no problems in their brains. Tartar became the emperor, isn't that mentally ill?

It was Taizu's good idea to admit that Dayuan was the orthodox dynasty of the Central Plains, and all civil and military officials would not take the blame for it.

Lin Cong had no choice but to change his words and asked, "Your Majesty, the people of the Yuan Dynasty were indeed Tartars, but the Great Song Dynasty was a unified dynasty in the Central Plains. There has been a public opinion on this matter, and I think it is inappropriate to change it."

"Ha ha!"

Zhu Qiyu sneered twice, still too lazy to pay attention to him.

At this time Xu Youzhen stood up and relieved the awkward atmosphere for the two of them: "May I ask the Holy Majesty, what should be done with Kublai Khan's tablet after it is removed from the temple of the emperors of all dynasties?"

When Zhu Qiyu heard this strange question, he was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled knowingly. This Xu Youzhen really knows how to do things, so he quickly replied in a serious manner:

"Confucius taught us to repay evil with kindness. We are also not good at smashing people's tablets.

Let's do this, put Kublai Khan's memorial tablet into the Confucian Temple to worship. "

As soon as these words came out, most of the civil servants shook their heads and smiled wryly.

But there is still no way to refute it. It was the Confucius family in Qufu who took the initiative to kneel down and ask Kublai Khan to be the "Great Master of Confucianism".

At that time, Kublai Khan was overjoyed when he heard the words and accepted them happily. He also treated him with courtesy and exempted the Confucian government and Confucian households from the military tax.

Now the emperor wants to enshrine the "Great Master of Confucianism" in the Confucian Temple, there is nothing wrong with it.The "Great Master of Confucianism" that your Confucian family worships, you can't turn your back on it.

The ministers chose to skip this topic quickly, and if they were at a loss, they would be humiliating themselves if they argued with the emperor.No matter how superstitious the Confucianists are, they can't keep their eyes open and tell nonsense, forcing the Confucian family to say that black is white.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "I want to set up Jingzhao Yamen, and Jingzhaoyin will manage the ten prefectures of Gyeonggi. This is also to learn the lessons of the civil fort change and enhance the coordination and mobilization ability of Gyeonggi.

The first Jing Zhaoyin was served by Huang Pu, a scholar of Zuochunfang University.

Alright, I've finished what I want to say, if you have anything to say, you can go ahead. "

Politics is an art of compromise. Zhu Qiyu was so happy that it was time to give benefits to the ministers.

This is another transaction. If both parties are satisfied, everyone can work together to create a prosperous China.

If the ministers completed the deal with the emperor, got the benefits, and continued to cause trouble, then Zhu Qiyu would have reason to continue killing people.

It's like giving a gift, you can choose not to accept the gift and do nothing, and that's fine.But if you accepted the gift cheerfully, then didn't do anything and made trouble, then no wonder others punished you.

He Wenyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, took the lead to stand up and play: "Your Majesty, the imperial court has abolished the nomination system and restored the civil election. After the civil fort change and the capital defense battle, the south is in constant turmoil. Carrying out Beijing inspections and major plans will distract the civil and military officials even more, which is really detrimental to the government.

After a meeting, the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs asked the emperor to postpone the time of the Beijing inspection and the grand plan. "

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment, then nodded: "The Beijing inspection and the grand plan can be postponed for five years, but during this period, the Ministry of Officials must not slack off, it is necessary to carefully evaluate officials and find talents for the court.

Civil and military officials also need to do their best and be loyal to their duties.

If the turmoil in all directions can be quelled within five years, and the administration of officials and the people's livelihood can be restored, the country and the people will be very lucky.May you wait for encouragement. "

All the officials were overjoyed when they heard the words.The Jingcha and Daji, which everyone hated the most, were postponed for five years in one go.And according to the emperor's wishes, after five years, they can discuss it again. As long as Zhongxing Daming's business develops smoothly, it is not impossible to continue to postpone the Beijing inspection.

(End of this chapter)