King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

This is said.

The whole hall was in an uproar.

Everyone's expression changed involuntarily.

This prince is really decisive, aggressive and arrogant!
They have just arrested some people and put them in prison. They have not really convicted these individuals, and have not even reported to His Majesty, but they have already started to target their locations. How audacious!
What exactly is this intended to do?
Do you still have the law in your eyes? Is His Majesty still here?

In other words, holding the power of regent and standing in that position, do you really think you have become the emperor?
These officials who were punished and taken to the imperial prison were not mediocre people. Each of them was a person of high power. So one can imagine how great the power and ability involved were.

If it was Emperor Yongle who arranged the people, then it would be understandable.

At least it is relatively fair and just, and there is no bias.

Or to put it more bluntly, they will not become the wing and staff of Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu. In a sense, they will not pose much threat to them. Otherwise, if it was Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu who decided, God knows what kind of person would be sent to the throne.

God knows what the entire court situation will be like by then.

Such a result is naturally not what they want to see.

After all, for the civil officials, no one wanted the power of the government to fall into the hands of King Han Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu, sitting on the high platform, naturally kept a close eye on the expressions of the people below the stage. He knew better than anyone what these people were thinking at the moment. However, knowing was one thing, but from his perspective, he would not indulge these people. He directly took out the memorial that he had already discussed with Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi and obtained the Crown Prince's consent, and read it aloud.

"Minister of Industry."

"The current head of the weapons workshop will take over the position."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience suddenly became silent.

Everyone's hearts were tense, and the solemnity on their faces became more and more intense, with expressions full of horror.

Respectful behavior?

The rules of Mohism!

When this man entered the court as an official, he attracted much attention from people at all levels of the court.

Of course, he knew Gong Xing's background. Who didn't know that Gong Xing was a talented person recruited by Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, and that he was able to serve as an official in the Ming court with Zhu Gaoxu's guarantee and strong recommendation?

Isn't this definitely a member of the King of Han faction?
Is this the rhythm of not even acting it out?
"The Ministry of Rites' words."

"For this king, I feel that the area under my jurisdiction is too chaotic, my power is too vast, and my sphere of influence is too wide."

"to this end."

"According to my idea, I want to split the Ministry of Rites into several parts. One part will be responsible for sacrifices and tributes, while the other part will be responsible for the academic affairs of the country, mainly the imperial examinations, education, selecting talents for the court, and opening up the wisdom of the people of the world."

"The Ministry of Rites is divided into two, and their powers do not interfere with each other. Their ranks, positions and posts are the same as those of the six ministries."

"Xie Jin, the former Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy, has a noble character, is concerned about the country and the people, and cares about students all over the world. His talent and ability are obvious to all the ministers. According to my idea, he will be promoted to the Minister of Education."

"Appoint Chen Ji as the Minister of the Ministry of Education, a newly established ministry, to protect the students and people of the world."

A series of appointments were announced here again, making the faces of the remaining ministers become more solemn, and their breathing became heavy and rapid involuntarily.

Was the Ministry of Rites directly split and dismembered?
Split into two at this moment?
Xie Jin and Chen Ji were in charge of the Ministry of Education, which was split off from the Ministry of Rites. Are they the Shangshu and Shilang here?
This, this, this. What is going on?
Weren't Xie Jin and Chen Ji directly imprisoned by the King of Han on trumped-up charges?

Because of this incident, there was quite a stir in the entire Ming Dynasty court at that time, and all the civil officials in the court pleaded for these two people, hoping that they could be pardoned!

And now, the two people who were sent to prison were taken out directly without any signs, and directly became the heads of the newly established department of the Ming court.

Is it because the world is changing too fast, or...
Could it be that during the time when the two were imprisoned by the King of Han, they could not endure the torture and directly defected to the King of Han in prison, becoming members of the King of Han's faction and his pawns?

how come?
how could it be possible!
Those are Xie Jin and Chen Ji!
The characters of these two people are extremely stubborn. How could they easily surrender to the King of Han? How could they be willing to become the King of Han's vanguard? How dare they do that? Where would this move put Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi?
Isn't this a slap in the face of them and the Crown Prince?
Still serving as an official in the court?
Aren’t you afraid of being drowned by everyone’s saliva?

There is also the power to split the Ministry of Rites and set up a completely new department. Moreover, the power and rank of this part split from the Ministry of Rites will be the same as those of the six ministries in the court. What's the reason for this?
For thousands of years and throughout the dynasties, there have always been six ministries in the court, and there has never been an increase or decrease in the number. As a result, Zhu Gaoxu wants to break this rule that has been passed down for thousands of years and throughout the dynasties?

He, he, he. How dare he do that? What gives him the confidence and courage?
How dare they be so bold and reckless as to do such a cruel and insane thing.

Aren’t you afraid of stirring up huge waves here?
What exactly does the King of Han want to do?
Split the Ministry of Rites and establish an independent Ministry of Education.

Thinking about it, Zhu Gaoxu put forward the argument a few months ago to abolish the privileges of scholars all over the world and abolish the preferential treatment granted to those individuals by the court.

Could it be that the King of Han is going to take action against the imperial examination system?

Or
Does the King of Han want to promote new learning?
At this moment, compared to the doubts of many people in the field, especially those in high positions such as Xia Yuanji, Jin Zhong, and some people who had received some news from the prince, a light suddenly flashed through their minds at this moment, and they reacted thoroughly.

The King of Han is truly going to launch a charge and attack against Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

At the same time, we also understand why the King of Han did not dismantle the power of other departments, but insisted on dismantling the power of the Ministry of Rites, dividing the Ministry of Rites into two, and making the power of imperial examinations and academic politics independent from the Ministry of Rites, because "ritual" is the learning of sages. If it is not split, if the Ministry of Rites is not broken down, then it will be basically impossible to change and innovate.

Prince of Han Zhu Gaoxu went through such a big detour and set up such a big scheme, involving so many people, and even sacrificed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Ming people and dragged most of the officials in the court into the game.

The real goal of all of this is probably not the so-called gentry, or celebrities and teachers, but the right to control education.

He wanted to promote new learning and dethrone Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

Because the so-called gentry, the so-called celebrities, and everything else are based on the fact that the people are not enlightened, have little literacy, and are easy to fool. Once the people are enlightened and have enough literacy, this world...
I am afraid that the protagonists will no longer be the so-called gentry, celebrities and famous teachers.

Because no one will be fooled anymore, and no one will be willing to be manipulated anymore.

The confidence that those so-called gentry, noble families, celebrities and famous teachers rely on will surely be broken without a fight, and they will become fish on the chopping board of the imperial court.

At the same time, once the new learning begins to be promoted and once everyone is given a fair and just opportunity, as long as the news is passed to the hands of the people, the so-called gentry and celebrities, if there is any obstruction or interference, then these gentry and celebrities will inevitably stand on the opposite side of the people.

Undeniable
The power of the gentry, the nobles, the celebrities and the famous religions is indeed great, but no matter how great their power is, can it really be greater than the common people of the Ming Dynasty?

In a sense, isn't the status of these individuals supported by the people?
Once they lose the support of the people, once they truly stand against all the people and lose the people's support, the power and so-called influence in their hands will inevitably become a ridiculous joke that cannot be more ridiculous.

Once this situation is established, it will be a dead end.

No one can solve it, no one can break it.

Because people are greedy, selfish, and have desires.

Who among the common people does not know the benefits of the gentry and celebrities? Once they have the opportunity to change their own destiny, and the court has given them fairness and a chance to turn things around, who would be willing to give up such an opportunity, and who would be willing to watch it slip away?

If you don't want to see it, then you must hold on to it tightly.

After all, who doesn't want their family or their children to be able to succeed and truly escape the fate of being at the bottom of society?

to this end
If anyone dares to oppose, if anyone dares to stop.

Then it will inevitably be torn to pieces by the people whose eyes are already red with desire and lust.

This kind of operation was quite powerful. It directly changed the original contradiction between the imperial court and the gentry, celebrities and famous religions, and shifted it to the common people and the gentry, celebrities and famous religions.

The imperial court sat back and watched the fight between two tigers, enjoying the fruits of victory in peace.

At the same time, because of this move, the common people of the world will definitely be grateful to the entire Ming Dynasty court. All of them are thinking of the good things about the court. It is almost a reproduction of the support and love that the common people of the world had for the court when Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country.

Have to admit it.
This layout, this move of transplanting flowers and trees, this kind of means are really extremely cruel and have calculated people's hearts to the extreme.

It’s really an extraordinary play of flowers!

This person is definitely a daring and insane madman!
Xia Yuanji and Jin Zhong couldn't help but look at each other subconsciously. They saw each other's horror on their faces. They felt their scalps tingling, goose bumps all over their bodies, and their lips trembled. They had no idea what to say or what to say.

They really had never dreamed that the King of Han, Zhu Gaoxu, could actually do such a thing, and had such courage and guts to truly practice Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. What they had said in the past was not bragging, nor was it intended to paralyze and deceive them.

No wonder, no wonder Xie Jin, Chen Ji, Yang Shiqi and others were thrown into prison!

I thought he was trying to eliminate dissidents and pave the way for his future advancement!
It really is because these people are too narrow-minded and think too darkly about all issues.

Others have been telling the truth from beginning to end without any lies, so of course they really don't bother to lie to them.

At the same time, both of them understood completely.

Before, the prince told them to be quiet and not care about anything, not to get involved in anything that happened before, to just close the door and refuse visitors, to keep their worries to themselves, and to just watch quietly.

It is no wonder that the prince said at the beginning that they had plenty of ways to deal with and solve such unhealthy trends as land annexation and the gentry, nobles, and celebrities.

At the same time, he also understood why the Crown Prince had never really stopped the King of Han from abolishing the privileges and powers of the civil officials, students and scholars in the court, but only made the King of Han stop at the appropriate time.

And today, with such an important matter, dealing with so many officials and involving so many people, the Crown Prince simply claimed to be sick and did not attend the court, choosing to withdraw from this vortex.

Here lies the real reason for the relationship.

However, the series of operations and actions of the Crown Prince also made the two of them understand that, although the current affairs were all done by Prince of Han Zhu Gaoxu, they would not believe it even if they were beaten to death if they were to say that there was no cooperation from the Crown Prince and that the Crown Prince was not involved.

It is likely that the series of events that are happening now were planned long ago by the King of Han and the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, and even by the Yongle Emperor who was fighting in the northern desert and the King of Zhao Zhu Gaosui who had returned to Beijing, and the three of them, and they all knew the truth.

This is exactly the case since the King of Han took over the country.

Except for certain specific events and times, he had never encountered any obstacles from beginning to end. And as a close minister of the emperor, Ji Gang was also the real reason why Zhu Gaoxu followed his lead in many things!

ruthless!
Cruel!

It’s really cruel!

It's extremely cruel.

All of this directly involved everyone in the court. No one was spared, and no one escaped.

It's really chilling to think about it.

As everyone was silent, Zhu Gaoxu on the high platform looked around and finally fixed his eyes on Jin Zhong and Xia Yuanji, the only two respected people left participating in the court affairs. With a faint smile on his face, he asked:

"Master Jin."

"Xia Shangshu"

"Do you have any objections or other ideas?" (End of this chapter)