Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 553: Add Enke to capture soldiers and guard the border. The tyrant plots to destroy the Buddha and dethrone the emperor.
Zhu Qiyu has a rule in governing the country, which is that every time he gains great prestige, he must first use up part of it forcefully.

On August [-], Zhu Qiyu issued an edict directly without consulting the cabinet.

This year, we will urgently open an additional session of Enke, and it will be both civil and military.

For liberal arts subjects, [-] candidates will be selected and [-] candidates will be admitted; for martial arts subjects, [-] candidates will be selected and [-] candidates will be admitted.

This term has a huge number of civil and military recruits, and it is a well-deserved Enke.

Of course, since it is a special enke, there must be restrictions and requirements.

Regardless of their literary and military skills, all selected candidates must have the consciousness to go to remote frontier areas such as Annan, Myanmar, Liaodong, and Nurqian to serve as officials and generals for life.

This is an enke specially opened to consolidate the frontier.Those who are willing to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty and provide peace and security to the people should take the exam. Those who are not willing do not need to take the exam.

You said that you were admitted to this Jinshi class, but you insisted on getting a county magistrate in the mainland. There is no such thing as that.

Everything is said in advance, don't say it is unforeseen.

However, this Enke has an advantage. As long as you win the Jinshi, the lowest starting point is the county magistrate, and there is no need to wait for vacancies, and you can be promoted to an official position immediately.Moreover, in terms of salary and benefits, they are better than those in mainland provinces.

The cabinet was confused when it received this edict. It was obvious that the emperor wanted to rely on the huge prestige gained from regaining Annan to forcefully pass this enco.

Wang Wen looked at He Wenyuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and He Wenyuan nodded: "Letting this generation of Jinshi and Juren serve in the newly conquered border areas will not affect our original officials.

Besides, just one Annan requires more than 100 county magistrates.If you don't add Enke, who do you plan to let to be the county magistrate in Annan?
Let the existing Jinshi and Juren go?Will they be willing to drag their family and their families for thousands of miles?

Besides, what the Holy Father meant was that if he went there, he would have to stay in the border area for a long time, so not many people would be willing to go.I, the Minister of Civil Affairs, cannot put a knife to their necks and force them to go.

Therefore, the Holy One is right. It is better to open an Enke session. It is not too far away. Those who are willing to go sign up. If they are not willing to go, they will be rejected.Jiang Taigong is fishing, and those who wish will take the bait.You agree with me, no one will complain when the time comes. "

Wang Wen looked around at the others, but they all had no objections.It’s a very simple question. If anyone thinks the emperor’s Kai Enke method is wrong, then you can come up with a better way.

But no one could think of a better way.

Only Huang Pu made a supplement: "We can ask the existing Jinshi and Juren. If they are willing to serve in the border areas, they can also report to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

There are tens of thousands of people to be elected in the Ming Dynasty, and there will always be a few who are willing to go.There are so many vacant official positions in the border areas, which may be an opportunity for them. "

Wang Wen nodded: "That's it."

……

Thanks to the newspapers, the news of the recapture of Annan has become known to every household in the capital.

Lian Gang used a big headline on the front page of the newspaper: Attack Annan and restore our Han Dynasty.

It is difficult for everyone in the capital not to pay attention to it.

This makes the ruling and opposition parties feel very conflicted.In the past, when the emperor defeated Wala, he was captured alive first. This can be explained by luck.

The subsequent suppression of the mutiny and the suppression of rebellion can also be explained by luck.

But how can we explain the three-month recovery of Annan?

You can't just interpret everything as the emperor's order.

Annan, he once defeated the wise and powerful Emperor Xuanmiao until his majesty and face were completely ruined.

Now the common people in the capital had just heard from newspapers that the Ming Dynasty had sent a large army to recover Annan. In less than three months, the recovery was successful. You must know that it took Taizong Dynasty more than seven months to recover Annan.

At this point, the mentality of both the government and the public has been shaken, and they are beginning to believe that today's emperor is really powerful.

And there is another very important point. Today's "Han orthodoxy" may not have no audience.

You must know that the Yuan Dynasty directly ruled China for nearly 100 years. Including the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Han people were bullied by foreigners for a total of 400 years.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty had just witnessed the Tumubao Incident, and even the emperor was captured by foreigners.

Based on these backgrounds, it is impossible for Zhu Qiyu’s Imperial-Han thoughts to have no audience.

In the Qingliang Hall, Zhu Qiyu drank tea leisurely and looked through the reactions from all parties in the capital reported by Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Neiguanjian, Yumajian, Jietian Tower, and Shennu Pavilion.

In order not to be deceived and not to miss information, Zhu Qiyu activated multiple information channels.Put these pieces of information together to corroborate each other.It is not as difficult for a single organization to deceive the superiors and deceive the subordinates.

While Qianxue was going over the information, she asked curiously: "When did my husband become the leader? Why are the people in the capital still dissatisfied with you?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, people are afraid of power but not moral, especially the people in the capital. History has long proved that it is useless no matter how nice you are to them.

Especially since I want to destroy the Buddha. This alone will completely offend people.

If you tell the people in the capital not to let them believe in Buddhism, that would be worse than killing their parents. "

Lin Xiangyu asked: "My husband is determined to destroy the Buddha?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Not only did we destroy the Buddha, we also destroyed the Tao. Think about it, these so-called monks live in extremely luxurious temples and enjoy the incense and tribute from people all over the world.

Forget it, the key point is that they still have a huge amount of land, and they don't pay taxes or do corvee.

Isn't this funny? I became emperor to 'exploit' the people of the world.

I worked hard to open up new territories and maintain peace in the world. Shouldn't I collect some taxes?These monks do not pay taxes or perform corvee labor, and they are all very fat.

Wouldn't that mean they were exploiting me in turn?

You say it's funny or not, it's really interesting that monks and Taoists exploited the emperor.The previous emperors could bear it, but I couldn't. "

Lin Xiangyu nodded: "That's right, those fake monks don't have to pay anything, how can they enjoy the peace that countless soldiers exchanged for their lives.

Their world is so beautiful, are you the emperor, or are they the emperor? "

Zhu Qiyu added: "If you are a true ascetic and want to believe in Buddhism, no problem, I don't care.

If you are a truly compassionate monk and are willing to take action to help people and benefit the common people, I don't care.

If you are a virtuous monk with wisdom and are willing to build a few huts in the mountains to quietly meditate and realize Taoism, I don't care.

But those who know nothing, just recite a few lines of Amitabha, then live in luxurious temples, own thousands of hectares of fertile land, do not pay taxes, do not accept corvee, and eat a lot of fat every day, then they know how to exploit the emperor and take advantage of the court. Fake monks, just wait and see how I deal with them.

I would rather be the next Wuzong than not be exploited by them. "

Lin Xiangyu asked again: "As for the monks' rebellion at Wanning Temple, do you still care about it?"

“Hey, let’s leave it for now, until November [-]th, I’ll give them a big surprise all at once.

I've been thinking about it recently and realized that something is still wrong, and we still have to work hard to have a baby.

On the first day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Jingtai, on the first day of the dynasty, I want to be crowned a prince.Our nine sons have already named one crown prince and three princes.I also blocked the remaining five.

There are obviously not enough sons. The more land is acquired, the more princes need to be canonized. Not having children is still not enough.

There is no way, I have gone back on my promise, and our concubines will still be forced to be my reproductive tools. "

Lin Xiangyu laughed and said, "My husband is torn about the issue of fertility. He has gone back and forth several times."

"Hey, I can't help it. I'm not a god. I can't predict everything. As the situation changes, my thoughts are always changing.

Besides, it's not because you don't allow me to take concubines that you're stuck here.Otherwise, if I take hundreds of concubines, I will be able to produce dozens of sons in a few years. "

Lin Xiangyu comforted her: "Husband, please be more open-minded. There is no way to have the best of both worlds in life. If you accept hundreds of concubines, there will be internal fighting in the harem and internal fighting among the princes, and the flowers will not bloom."

It's better to let the sisters come back and use them as fertility tools. It's only natural that sisters eat the emperor's salary and be loyal to the emperor.There is no reason to only take advantage of your wife without fulfilling your wife's obligations. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "That's it, you ask the sisters to go to bed ten days after menstruation is over, once a day for five consecutive days.

This way, you have a greater chance of getting pregnant. If nothing happens, you can get pregnant within three months at most.

By the time of the first dynasty, six more of my beloved concubines were pregnant, which made those ministers angry to death.

Next year will be a good year. I have already planned the strategy. In the first half of the year, I will depose Emperor Gongrang to prince.

Prepare pen and ink. I have to write a letter to our great Duke Cao. It's time for him to take action. "

(End of this chapter)