The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 109 Zhu Houzhao’s Influential Talent
Such a large-scale announcement of the imperial edict involved so many people that the details soon spread thoroughly.

In the emperor's imperial estate, the eunuchs committed all kinds of evil, so the emperor beheaded them all and apologized to the people.

He also compensated the people of the imperial farm with ten shi of grain per family.

Casualties will be calculated separately.

What’s more important is that in the future, each family only needs to hand over one-tenth of the grain produced by the land.

This made all the people who heard it feel envious.

I just regret that I am not from the imperial manor.

The idea that an emperor who loves his people like his own children is a good emperor truly entered the hearts of countless people for the second time.

The first time was when the emperor released the palace maids and announced that he would never select concubines again.

As for catching corrupt officials, etc., it has just begun and has not had much impact on the people.

The impact of this second time was much greater than the first time.

After all, it actually involves hundreds of thousands of people all over the country.

The people of northern Zhili were envious and jealous, and the news was still spreading among the people little by little.

As for those "big shots" who are high up in the world, they have more complicated emotions.

In the officialdom, there are the Cabinet, Six Ministries, the Censorate, etc.

"Your Majesty really loves the people like his own children. From now on, the people of the Imperial Farm will be envied."

"Yes, Your Majesty killed so many eunuchs in one go, compensated the people with so much money and grain, reduced the grain payment so much, and apologized to the people. Your Majesty's love for the people is rare in history."

"I am just worried that Your Majesty is now targeting the people of the Imperial Farm. There are still few people in the Imperial Farm, so the impact will not be great.

If Your Majesty wants to treat all the people of Ming Dynasty like this, then there will be big problems. "

"Your Majesty is not merely reckless, and there is no need to worry too much."

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"Your Majesty loves the people like his own children, a sage king of all ages.

With such a holy ruler in the world, scholars like us should take the imperial examinations, speak for the people, serve the Ming Dynasty, and the people."

"You are right. Your Majesty has expanded the number of people who have been awarded the imperial examination, arrested corrupt officials, and treated the people of the imperial farm kindly. You are truly a holy king. We..."

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“I heard that the words of His Majesty’s order that day were full of guilt towards these untouchables.

Humph, Your Majesty cares so much about these untouchables, but you don’t know that untouchables are the most stupid. "

"Yes, Your Majesty, this move is completely useless. The ones who truly influence this world are the righteous and our officials, not those untouchable people. Why can't Your Majesty treat us better?"

“Yes, yes, that’s right, and since Your Majesty loves those untouchables so much, how should we treat them in the future?

Do you really want us to treat them like our own children?"

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"My dear colleagues, your majesty loves the people and is a saintly ruler that only appears once in a century. We should serve the Ming Dynasty even more."

"Yes, Your Majesty not only loves the people, but also understands officials like us. I never dared to think about salaries before.

Your Majesty, I will repay your kindness with my life."

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It's far more than just officialdom.

People from all walks of life were all moved after receiving the news.

Plus what happened before.

Even if we don't count his great military achievements.

Release the palace maids and no longer select concubines.

Apologize to the people at the bottom of society, compensate them with real money and food, and those words that have already spread.

'Majesty is earned through strength, not by how well the people live.
Everything else is empty.'

"My people are not living well. As a father, I am at fault. Shouldn't I apologize?"

'Besides, they are all dead, and it is too late for me to apologize, let alone let them come back to life.

Is an apology and some financial compensation enough?

Not enough.'

Even if you just heard it, even if you didn't see it with your own eyes, but combined it with those real things.

Almost everyone can feel that sincerity, the sincerity towards the grassroots people.

For an emperor, this seems incredibly sincere.

A sincerity that moves many people and also makes many people look down on it.

They had never seen or even heard of such an emperor.

Those emperors who loved their people like their own children in historical records suddenly became real people.

It is more real and credible than what is recorded in books.

Perhaps Zhu Houzhao’s previous words did show his love for the people, but words are just words and are far from enough to gain people’s trust.

Only what you actually do will work.

Silently, more and more people, from official circles to all walks of life, are being affected.

Some officials began to be more sympathetic to the people.

Some scholars became more motivated.

Some nobles, martial arts figures, and other bigwigs, no matter what the reason, are better to the people.

Such things were fermenting in the Ming Dynasty and were slowly spreading to other countries.

Zhu Houzhao didn't know this yet, he just did what he thought was right.

After dealing with the affairs of the imperial farm, he felt that he should go out more often.

Even his own imperial farm had problems, and the problems of the entire Ming Dynasty might be more than he imagined.

He had to find them and correct them all.

But he also knew that he couldn't be impatient.

There's no point in being anxious because he doesn't have enough talent to speed up the change.

At present, the focus of Jinyiwei and Dongchang is still in Jin. The factories and guards in other places are also making efforts, but the time is short and the strength is limited, and the headquarters is obviously biased towards Jin.

Therefore, the effect is not obvious yet. Most of the people arrested are minor officials, and the impact is not great.

The Military Cabinet was in a position to reorganize the Ming army, but there was a serious shortage of talent.

Lao Wang is still working hard in Shanxi and cannot return to Beijing in the short term.

The reorganization of the Beijing camp and other places is still a long way off.

The performance assessment of the Censorate and the six departments is still in the process of preparation and investigation. The results will not be available until the end of this year.

It was already not easy for the cabinet and the six ministries to maintain the operation of the Ming Dynasty court, and Zhu Houzhao understood this.

He saw how busy Li Xunhuan, Liu Jian and others were.

Only Wan Sanqian and Fan Fenyang from the Ministry of Commerce surprised him, because they were really fast and his eyes were clearly on their strong abilities.

But it will also take time for the Ministry of Commerce to become strong enough to influence more things.

Zhu Houzhao once again deeply felt the lack of talented people.

Without enough talents, his strength would not be strong enough to quickly change the Ming Dynasty.

But when it came to the issue of talent, Zhu Houzhao thought about it over and over again and couldn't come up with any good solution. He could only work hard to find, discover and recruit them.

In addition to talent, the most important thing is one's own strength.

Zhu Houzhao became increasingly clear that his own strength was his greatest strength and confidence.

However, he has never worried about his own strength.

After becoming emperor, he felt that his cultivation had gone much faster than when he was a crown prince, and it was showing a trend of continuing to accelerate.

Although it is far less than the war period, the war period is very short, less than two months in total.

When the emperor is day and night.

He was confident that within a few years, he would be able to reach the realm of heaven and man.

Just when Zhu Houzhao was a little worried about talent.

In the capital of Ming Dynasty, in Jin area, in the whole territory of Ming Dynasty, and even in all countries of the world, people were moving for this purpose.

In the capital city.

"Brother Bingyong, Brother Weizhong, it's been a long time since we last met." At Li Xunhuan's residence, Li Xunhuan smiled warmly and happily at the two young men.

"grown ups--"

"Call me Brother Xunhuan." Li Xunhuan immediately interrupted seriously with a sincere look that touched the two young men in front of him.

Today, Li Xunhuan is the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, a third-rank official, holding a high position of power.

He was also well-known as one of the emperor's most trusted men, second only to Wang Shouren among the civil servants.

No, Wang Shouren was already a military officer, and Li Xunhuan was the most trusted civil official by the emperor.

How could such a person not be moved by the attitude of the two of them, who were still juren?
"Okay, Brother Xunhuan." One of the older men said with a smile.

Seeing this, another person also said something.

Li Xun Huan smiled, then said with some regret, "It's a pity that Brother Bo An is in charge of the overall military situation in Jin.

Brother Bo Hu and his friends are serving as officials in various places, so we cannot meet again."

Zhang Cong and Yan Song also showed regret on their faces, but at the same time they were quite envious in their hearts.

They met on the eve of the Spring Examination a few years ago.

Now, Wang Shouren is second only to the emperor and above everyone else.

Li Xunhuan is not much worse.

Tang Bohu and others also served as officials in various places.

They are the only two who failed to pass the imperial examination and are still only juren now.

But things are different now.

The two of them were equally full of enthusiasm and passion to do something great.

After a few nostalgic words, Li Xun Huan said solemnly: "Bing Yong, Wei Zhong, you have passed the Wen Zhao Xian Guan, and you are the only two people who have passed since the establishment of the Wen Zhao Xian Guan.

His Majesty will definitely make use of you.

If you take the imperial examination now, once...”

Zhang Cong and Yan Song knew it very well.

If they had taken the imperial examination but failed to pass, then the two of them, who had become famous through the Wenzhaoxianguan, would have become a joke.

"Brother Xunhuan, the two of us have made up our minds.

This year is an unprecedentedly good opportunity for candidates. If we still fail to pass, it will be because of our incompetence.

But if this is true, I am afraid it will affect you." Zhang Cong said firmly and apologetically.

Yan Song nodded and looked apologetic.

If they fail, Li Xunhuan, who is in charge of the Wenzhaoxian Hall, will definitely be questioned.

"It's fine with me." Li Xun Huan shook his head, not caring at all, and said seriously, "That's fine, I believe Bing Yong and Wei Zhong will definitely pass the exam."

After chatting for a while, Li Xun Huan asked, "Bing Yong, Wei Zhong, do you know of any talented candidates among this year's candidates, or among those you know?"

Zhang Cong and Yan Song looked at each other and were not surprised by this question.

Back then, Wang Shouren valued both of them because of their talents.

They knew that Wang Shouren and Li Xunhuan had been looking for talented people.

In recent years, as Wang Shouren and Li Xunhuan's status and reputation have grown, they have become increasingly proud of this.

Now that they knew this, the two of them had also paid attention to it over the past few years.

Without hiding anything, the two of them told everyone they felt good about.

"There is a young man from the same hometown as me. His name is Xia Yan, and his courtesy name is Gongjin. Although he has not yet passed the imperial examination, I feel that he is an extraordinary person." Finally, Yan Song added another person.

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