Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 435 Jiang Yuan’s suggestion

Jiang Yuan stood there and read the memorial, while Lin Cunde sat on the main seat and also looked at Jiang Yuan!

Soon Jiang Yuan finished reading it once, and then he raised his hands to Lin Cunde and said, "Master Hou, allow me to read it again and think about it for a while. However, Master Hou, please let me say something first, Mr. Hou is a great talent!"

"Well, sit down and watch. If you have any questions or suggestions, you can tell me. I can make revisions! If you are willing to sign, I can also add it for you!" Lin Cunde said to Jiang Yuan!

"I don't dare, I don't dare. I haven't understood it thoroughly yet, so I don't dare to make suggestions. I'll let you read it first!" Jiang Yuan handed over to Lin Cunde again, sat down at the same time, and continued to read it for the second time!
After about a quarter of an hour, Jiang Yuan closed the memorial, raised his hands to Lin Cunde and said: "Master Marquis, this memorial is very good, and it is also in line with Taizu's previous positioning of the cabinet. The cabinet is only a place to assist His Majesty in handling government affairs!
The reason why his power became more and more powerful in the future was because Emperor Renzong was in poor health. When Emperor Renzong was the crown prince, Emperor Taizong wanted to go to war in person. Domestic government affairs were basically left to Emperor Renzong, and Emperor Renzong had limited energy, so most of them The affairs are left to the cabinet to deal with!

Later, Emperor Xuanzong's health was not good, so he could only rely mostly on the cabinet. However, Emperor Xuanzong actually did not trust the cabinet. Therefore, more and more people were used in the inner court, and the role of the ceremonial supervisor became more and more obvious!
During the period of the orthodox emperor, the orthodox emperor was young, the power of the cabinet became more and more powerful, and the power of the ceremonial supervisor also became more and more powerful. Therefore, Wang Zhen and his like appeared. In fact, the emergence of Wang Zhen was inevitable. Without Wang Zhen, Zhen, there will also be other Liu Zhen, Zhang Zhen!
This is also to limit the power of the cabinet!

Therefore, the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies have never dealt with each other. However, after His Majesty ascended the throne, most of the memorials were handled by His Majesty himself. Only for some unimportant memorials, Your Majesty would ask the Supervisor of Ceremonies to wear red. This also gave the Si The rights of the ceremonial supervisor and the cabinet have been taken back!

However, no one knows what will happen to the future emperor!
Therefore, the role of the cabinet and the role of the Supervisor of Ceremonies need to be regulated. Keren has selfish motives and desires, so this problem must be solved institutionally!
Emperor Taizu was worried that the prime minister's power would be too great and would affect the emperor's safety, so he abolished the prime minister system and established a cabinet to assist!

But a few years ago, the role of the cabinet was the same as that of the prime minister, and the power was also the same!

Fortunately, in our Ming Dynasty, no treacherous ministers have appeared yet. Once there are treacherous ministers and powerful officials enter the cabinet, it will be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty, for your majesty, and for the people!
Therefore, the Marquis has now proposed a five-year plan, and the annual plan is very appropriate!

Moreover, once plans and plans are made, they need to be implemented. At the same time, the role of the prince, the role of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the role of the cabinet are emphasized!
The prince mainly has the power to make secrets and review plans, the cabinet has the power to supervise and remind execution, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has the power to supervise, and the six ministries are responsible for execution!
This memorial is very much approved by the lower official and allows the cabinet to return to its original design!
Prevent the cabinet from having too much power and causing the Supervisor of Ceremonies to have too much power, which will lead to internal strife!

Jiang Yuan said and raised his hand to Lin Cunde again!
"Well, that's what I think. Let the cabinet return to its original position, let the six ministries return to their position of doing things for the people, not to mention the Metropolitan Procuratorate! Of course, there are probably still many mistakes, I I also need to think about it. I still need to polish the writing of this memorial!" Lin Cunde asked Jiang Yuan to drink tea, and Jiang Yuan handed over to Lin Cunde!
After drinking the tea and putting down the cup, Jiang Yuan raised his hands to Lin Cunde and said, "Master Hou, I have been thinking about it for the past few days. If I have any ideas, I will send a letter to inform you, Master Hou.

But there is still another troublesome thing at the moment, which is the Joseon Dynasty. The Joseon Dynasty is now the focus of quarrels among many civil servants. I heard that Xu Xianyong will return to Beijing in the next two days. It is estimated that there will definitely be some disputes then!
In addition, those ministers also know that, Lord Marquis, you don’t spend that much time in the capital, and most of your time is in Luanzhou. Therefore, after you left Luanzhou last time, those memorials came up again, and after you came back, they stopped again. Got it! After learning that you might be going to Luanzhou again in the next few days, they started again!

In fact, many civil servants are afraid of you. They know that they can't compare to you in terms of talent, they can't compare to you in terms of merit, they can't compare to you in terms of His Majesty's trust, and they can't compare to you in terms of kindness to the people of Ming Dynasty. No, so they don’t dare to confront you now!
Although they didn't dare to confront him head-on, they still wanted to fight behind the scenes! "

And once the plan is set, no matter who serves as the cabinet minister or the six ministers, it needs to be implemented, and the plan needs to be reviewed every year!
Mr. Hou, I have to say that I have underestimated Mr. Hou's talent. I admire him very much for what happened in Luanzhou! "

"Well, what do you think about the Joseon Dynasty? Tell me, I also want to know. After all, this is also a big thing for the Ming Dynasty! If you have any opinions, you can say it , this matter is not a trivial matter!" Lin Cunde looked at Jiang Yuan and asked, Lin Cunde really needed to know what Jiang Yuan was thinking about!
After hearing this, Jiang Yuan pondered for a moment, then raised his hands to Lin Cunde and said: "I have questions about this matter. Why do we have to occupy the Joseon Dynasty? This is really not good news for the countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty and is not good for us. Regarding the management of surrounding countries, after all, they pay tribute every year, although we return a lot of gifts every year!

In the future, the powers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Prince can actually be strengthened!
Especially the power of the local princes, they can hear about the matter, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate can go to the field to investigate. In this way, our governance in the Ming Dynasty will be smoother!

But after all, they regard our Ming Dynasty as their suzerain country, and they pay tribute every year!
Now we just want to fight the Japanese country and occupy the Joseon Dynasty, which belongs to Shichu Wuming! Therefore, for this matter, Mr. Hou, you still need to find a stronger reason! "

After hearing this, Lin Cunde sat there and nodded, and then said: "They are not willing to borrow the road, nor are they willing to lend us an enclave to station troops there. In fact, fighting the Japanese country is not just about fighting Japanese pirates, but also It's because the Japanese country has a large amount of silver. As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, you should know how much the Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes have depreciated now!
In fact, many businessmen do not want to use precious currency, and silver has always been very tight in the market and there is not enough silver. Therefore, our Ming Dynasty continues to invest a large amount of silver into the market. Otherwise, it will be difficult for our Ming Dynasty's business to develop!
As for copper, my Ming Dynasty has never been enough. Although I also know there are several copper mines, it is not convenient to develop those copper mines!

We cannot allow ordinary people to bring a lot of copper coins with them when they go out, and merchants will use all copper coins for transactions. This is not realistic. At that time, it will really be necessary to transport a large amount of copper coins to buy supplies! "Does Japan have silver?" "After Jiang Yuan heard this, he looked at Lin Cunde in shock and asked!
Lin Cunde nodded affirmatively!

"A lot?" Jiang Yuan continued to ask.

Lin Cunde still nodded!
"Here, Lord Marquis, let me think about it!" Jiang Yuan sat there and began to lower his head and think!
Lin Cunde sat there waiting, drinking tea from a teacup!

After a while, Jiang Yuan said to Lin Cunde: "Your Excellency, we at Honglu Temple can go to the Joseon Dynasty again and ask His Majesty to write a letter of credence and ask them to allocate a piece of land to us. One is to garrison the army, and the other is I will store the Ming Dynasty's silver ashore when it comes back, but the Joseon Dynasty may not agree!

But if they still don’t agree at this time, if Ming Dynasty attacks again, it will be over! "

"What if they agree?" Lin Cunde asked back!
"If you agree, you will face the disaster of weapons, so that's fine!" Jiang Yuan looked at Lin Cunde and replied.

Lin Cunde is thinking that in his opinion, it is actually better to destroy the Joseon Dynasty, so that there will be no big problems in the transportation of silver!

If the Joseon Dynasty is retained, once the Ming Dynasty is weak and the Joseon Dynasty attacks, it will not be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty!

"Master Marquis, do you still want to completely destroy the Joseon Dynasty?" Jiang Yuan asked, staring at Lin Cunde.

Lin Cunde nodded and said: "It would be more beneficial to destroy it!"

"This!" Jiang Yuan was still a little hesitant after hearing this!

"Now that the Ming Dynasty is strong, if the Ming Dynasty becomes weak, will the Joseon Dynasty launch an attack on the silver mined out by the Ming Dynasty in the Japanese Kingdom? If we want to transport the silver back to Japan, the Ming Dynasty will not be able to deal with the Joseon Dynasty. , this is inappropriate, we need to nip the danger in the cradle, you guys, it is best to make this never happen again!" Lin Cunde stared at Jiang Yuan and said.

Jiang Yuan nodded and agreed: "Master Hou is right to consider it! However, if Master Hou insists on doing this, he needs to stick to the things you wrote in the memorial before, that is, let the sons and grandchildren of those ministers who objected , get on the warship together, and go to attack the Japanese country together!

If this is the case, Mr. Hou’s reputation will be damaged! "

"I don't care about my personal reputation. What I care about is that it is more beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. If it is beneficial to me, what is my personal reputation? I, Lin Cunde, am just a marquis of the Ming Dynasty. If I can exchange it for the transportation of silver to the Ming Dynasty, For road safety, I would rather have my reputation damaged!" Lin Cunde said nonchalantly, Lin Cunde doesn't care about reputation!
Therefore, I am prepared to take on this matter, and I also need to take this opportunity to defile myself!
I have so much merit, why can’t I just say that I won’t be rewarded for my merits when the time comes? Force your Majesty to use the knife on yourself, right?

Now, I think it is worth using a Korean dynasty to stigmatize myself!
"Your Majesty is a righteous man. It's okay if you consider it carefully!" Jiang Yuan stood up and said to Lin Cunde.

(End of this chapter)