The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 426: Clarifying the Administration of Officials
The discussion lasted until late at night.

An Guo, Tang Mu and others took their leave.

Of course, the so-called discussion is nothing more than Tang Hao speaking, them listening, and then taking office to execute.

Tang Hao has said everything he should say, and warned everyone he should warn. If any problems arise later, Tang Hao will definitely not care about their old friendship!

According to his plan, the nine border military towns would naturally have to restore their previous organization and be fully staffed.

Generals such as An Guo and Tang Mu each guarded one side, reorganized the city defenses, and repaired the fortress. Needless to say, these were their responsibilities.

Their main task is still to command soldiers and generals.

In the past, Mongolia was strong and slaughtered countless people, forcing the border troops to hide their heads behind the city walls and tremble in fear.

Now, with the help of this great victory, we can carry out a major purge of the border troops, eliminate the dross and retain the essence, so that the border troops can regain their fighting power.

The best defense is offense!
In Tang Hao's opinion, instead of wasting a huge amount of resources on defense, it is better to do it in one battle and completely eliminate the trouble!
As for the future... With the continuous development of the Ming Dynasty's military, the people of the grassland will change from killing people like flies to singing and dancing.

The next morning, the court meeting was held as normal.

A sudden victory completely disrupted the entire court.

Tang Hao, Marquis of Zhongshan, was promoted to Duke of Xin. The twelve marquises and twenty-four earls all held important positions and were in charge of the military forces of the world.

It is no exaggeration to say that he, the Duke of Xin, is now the most powerful official in the Ming Dynasty!

And all this is far from over.

With the momentum of a great victory and the pressure of righteousness, a play called rewarding merits and punishing mistakes gradually came onto the stage.

Just one day after the ceremony of surrendering prisoners ended, Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao could not wait to stage this drama.

Those who criticized Tang Hao and An Guozhi's theories before the war and opposed the imperial court sending troops to Hetao were now all purged by His Majesty the Emperor.

The storm that affected the entire court had also completely begun.

What is the absolute power of the emperor? What is the power of the emperor?

It was not until this time that Emperor Zhu Houzhao truly realized it.

The civil officials and gentry who had once bound and oppressed him to the point of suffocation now let him mold and squeeze them in any way he wanted, without any power to resist.

Because Zhu Houzhao is very confident!
Unprecedented feet!
As Tang Hao said, now is undoubtedly the best time to clarify the administration of officials.

The military was at its peak, and the civil officials and nobles could only fall silent in the face of such a great victory.

And he, Zhu Houzhao, and Tang Hao, the soldiers of the Beijing Army, this overwhelming victory, and the highest point of etiquette, morality and righteousness!
The time, the place and the people are all right. At this moment, he has everything under control. How could he miss such a good opportunity!

A storm brought down countless high-ranking officials who had enjoyed great glory in the past, and also promoted many people who Zhu Houzhao and Yang Tinghe had observed for a long time and were capable of being used.

Emperor Zhengde never had any intention of favoring scholars and officials. Those who committed serious crimes would have their property confiscated and their families exterminated. With his absolute confidence, Zhu Houzhao showed no mercy at all.

Throughout all of this, Tang Hao never really participated in it. He just watched silently from the outside, intimidating anyone with ill intentions.

This can be regarded as the unspoken understanding between him and Zhu Houzhao.

He was in charge of the army, which gave Zhu Houzhao the confidence to ignore the rules of the court.

Zhu Houzhao came to power, unleashing his political ambitions to govern the country, pacify the world, and revive the Ming Dynasty.

Just like the storm that swept the entire court this time, before it started, Tang Hao, in the name of the Left Commander of the Central Military Command, issued an order to transfer all the troops of the Beijing Camp to the outskirts of the capital. At the same time, he also dispatched a battalion of Beijing Army soldiers to be stationed outside the capital in the name of reorganizing the army. His real purpose was obvious.

Having lost the only force that the capital could rely on, both the civil officials and the nobles were like meat on the chopping board of Emperor Zhu Houzhao, and it all depended on how Zhu Houzhao would chop them.

This storm lasted for nearly half a month, and the civil officials and gentry suffered heavy losses.

With the cooperation of Tang Hao and Yang Tinghe, Zhu Houzhao carried out a major purge of the six ministries and hundreds of departments, and those officials who were in office but doing nothing, corrupt and accepting bribes, forming cliques for personal gain, etc. were punished one by one. The lighter ones were dismissed from their posts and never employed again, while the more serious ones had their properties confiscated, were exiled and stripped of their official status.

It was not until an old, gray-haired Hanlin, who was thrown into prison for corruption, shouted out a shocking statement.

"The ruler regards his subjects as worthless, and the subjects regard the ruler as an enemy!"

This sentence comes from "Mencius" and was once deleted by the order of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. However, in the storm that is sweeping the Ming Dynasty today, it has spread in this undercurrent.

Throughout history, any reform, any violation of the interests of vested interest groups, means rivers of blood!
The same is true for the Ming Dynasty today!
What Tang Hao and Zhu Houzhao violated was the interests of the entire gentry group, not just the interests of a particular faction.

The so-called winning over one group and cracking down on another is basically impossible now that this fact has been established.

If this situation happened in any dynasty, anyone who behaved in this way would undoubtedly end up being killed without a burial place when facing the backlash from the entire beneficiary class.

Throughout history, those who have carried out reforms and innovations in every dynasty have never had a good ending!

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi, under the auspices of Guan Zhong, carried out reforms and reshaped the weak State of Qi into a super hegemon. Duke Huan of Qi thus became the leader of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, thus opening the prelude to the reforms of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!

In the early Warring States Period, the reforms of Li Kui, the prime minister of Wei State, prompted Wei State to embark on the path of enriching the country and strengthening the military, which also triggered the first vigorous reform in the world in history!
Since then, there have been many reforms, including Wu Qi's reform in Chu, Zou Ji's reform in Qi, Shen Buhai's reform in Han, Shang Zhong's reform in Qin...

Even after the emergence of a unified dynasty after the Qin Dynasty, there were still many people with lofty ideals who initiated reforms.

The Han Dynasty's Huang Cuo's reform of reducing the power of the feudal lords, Sang Hongyang's reform of state-owned salt and iron, the Xin Dynasty's Wang Mang's reform, the Tang Dynasty's Wang Shuwen's reform, the early Song Dynasty's Wang Anshi's reform and Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal...

These people of noble character and lofty ideals risked their lives and embarked on the path of reform for the sake of their lofty ambitions, to enrich the country and strengthen the military, and for the sake of their country and the world!

However, is it so easy to reform?
To reform the law means to make a radical change!

Get rid of bad policies and implement new ones!
This means that any reform will inevitably affect the interests of the powerful and wealthy, such as those with vested interests!

No matter whether it is the political reform or the new policies that are implemented afterwards, in the eyes of these vested interests, they are all attempts to deprive them of the power and interests they already have and to cut off their source of wealth!
How could they just sit there and wait for death when their interests were damaged?
It is also because of this that reforms in every dynasty have always been accompanied by countless blood and rain!
Because if reformers want to succeed, they always have to pay a price!

Those with vested interests want to protect their own interests, so they will naturally attack those who preside over the reform!

Most of the reformers paid a terrible price for their efforts, and some even lost their lives.

Looking at the reformers throughout the dynasties, except for a few famous ministers such as Guan Zhong and Li Kui, none of them had a good ending, especially those who failed in the reform!
Wu Qi of Chu State was shot to death by random arrows from nobles!

Shang Yang of Qin State was torn apart by a chariot and died!

Chao Cuo of the Han Dynasty was beheaded and abandoned!

Sang Hongyang was even more brutally exterminated!
Wang Mang of the new dynasty died and his family was wiped out, and his infamy lasted for thousands of years!
Wang Shuwen of the Tang Dynasty was unable to save his life and was brutally killed!
The former Song Dynasty king Anshi resigned from office twice and died in depression!

Fan Zhongyan was demoted three times and died suddenly!
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Each of these incidents are the blood and tears lessons learned by reformers of all generations!
There are some things that you can think about but cannot do!

Otherwise, why are there only a few people recorded in the annals of history?
But this reform during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty was different from every previous reform in history and was more accidental.

The generals used their military power to force the court to retreat, and used their military power to intimidate the world!
All the troops in the Ming Dynasty are under the control of Tang Hao!
(End of this chapter)