Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 189 The prince comes to Beijing and Hai Rui is promoted!
Until dark.

The door of the prime minister's residence was still closed.

Perhaps Zhao Zhigao had given up, or perhaps he had figured out the key, and he led his ministers towards Prince Yu's Palace.

There are many people and things in this world that can stop them, but there are few that can stop Prince Yu.

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cabinet.

Government Hall.

News from the Embroidered Uniform Guard came in continuously.

Gao Gong looked at the movements of the civil and military officials, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

This scene.

Strangely familiar.

When Yan Song mobilized the Yan Party to impeach him and Zhang Juzheng, it was Prince Yu who was persuaded to lead the memorial.

Then, he angered the emperor, who expelled him, Xu Jie and Yan Shifan from the cabinet and replaced them with Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin.

Prince Yu was also placed under house arrest, which was not a form of confinement, because he was suspected of forcing the emperor to abdicate.

Here we go again.

Gao Gong could only sigh that after Yan Song's death, the makeshift team in the court became worse and worse.

But the quality of the court depends to a large extent on the cabinet. After Gao Gong finished cursing, he realized that he had also cursed himself.

He silently gave up the tip-off, hoping that Prince Yu would not make the same mistake again.

Gao Gong stood up and walked to the front of the hall. He looked at the guards and eunuchs inside and outside the gate and sighed, "People with a lot of land oppose paying taxes and serving as officials together, and officials oppose government-run businesses. Your Majesty's intention is very clear, that is, to let officials and gentlemen earn their own living. Even a three-year-old child knows that this is a new policy that benefits the country and the people, but why is it so difficult?"

The New Deal was announced.

The cabinet was also actively organizing the implementation of unified tax payment and errand service and setting up government-run shops.

But with so many people opposing it, the new policy is being implemented slowly and is difficult to enforce.

worry.

Chen Yiqin walked out from behind the desk, poured himself a cup of tea, and continued, "The new policy is difficult, but not difficult either. It all depends on whether you find the right method."

Hear the words.

Gao Gong turned around.

Hu Zongxian and Li Chunfang raised their heads.

All eyes were focused on Chen Yiqin, "Yifu, why don't you make your words clearer."

"Whether it's a new policy or an old system, the two most important things are: first, there must be a tenable topic."

Chen Yiqin did not write any more letters, and said bluntly: "The civil and military officials who oppose the new policy are nothing more than waving the banner of the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu Gao, asking the emperor to treat officials and gentry well.

But the ministers apparently forgot that during the Hongwu period, Emperor Taizu Gao treated officials and gentry well in order to restore China's clothes.

Emperor Taizu Gao only said that "stressing agriculture is the way to prosper the country." This has been the foundation of the country since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and was unswervingly implemented during the lifetimes of successive emperors.

However, officials and gentry misinterpreted it as "only by valuing scholars can a country prosper".

The officials and gentry stole the efforts of hundreds of millions of ordinary people in our Ming Dynasty over the past 200 years.

The cabinet can make a fuss about this topic. Officials and gentry often say that the Ming Dynasty can be what it is today because of the efforts of officials and gentry. Then tell the people of the world about the situation before the 39th year of Jiajing when the court could not even provide silver and grain for disaster relief, and shut up all officials and gentry. I want to see which official and gentry is willing to bear the guilt of the empty treasury and excessive corruption. "

The officials and gentry are a bunch of bastards who get promoted when they see merit and retire when they see guilt.

They keep shouting about the ancestral system and the merits, and they are living a life of luxury. The national treasury is rich now, but those bad debts have not yet been settled with the officials and gentry.

Gao Gong nodded and said happily, "Go on! Go on!"

“Secondly, the key to implementing the new policy lies in people.

Our Ming Dynasty is divided into north and south. The north has the emperor and we are in control. We are determined to implement the new policy. No one can stop us. If officials oppose, we will dismiss them. If scholars oppose, we will strip them of their honors. If they oppose again, we can always implement it by killing some people. "Chen Yiqin tore open the faces of officials and gentry. Killing.

Not a good term.

But for the spineless intellectuals, it is the most effective means.

Although Chen Yiqin himself was a literati, he was full of contempt for literati.

This is not about looking down on each other among literati, but about understanding how soft the literati's knees are.

The destruction of the Yansheng Mansion is the best proof of this.

Traitor and household slave.

Gao Gong, Hu Zongxian and Li Chunfang remained silent.

Chen Yiqin continued: "It can be implemented in the north, but not in the south. The current heads of the various departments of the Southern Zhili government will never dare to offend the scholars of the world.

In order to implement the new policy, it is necessary to send a group of prestigious, upright and courageous people to take over as the heads of the various departments in Nanzhili.

Or appoint a man of great courage and fearlessness to be the Governor-General of Southern Zhili."

Gao Gong simply ignored the idea of ​​replacing all the heads of the Nanzhili government offices, as it was too troublesome and unrealistic.

The imperial court was a big melting pot. It was hard to find so many reputable, upright and courageous people to take over the affairs of Nanzhili.

However, the post of Governor-General of Southern Zhili had never been established in the Ming Dynasty. The Governor-General was in charge of military affairs, food and salaries, and the management of rivers, and was also a frontier minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Like the Governor-General of Zhejiang Province that Hu Zongxian previously held, whose full title was Governor-General of Zhejiang and Southern Zhili Provinces, his jurisdiction once included Southern Zhili, Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

In the 34th year of the Jiajing reign, the jurisdiction of the three provinces of Shandong, Guangdong and Guangxi was removed.

His power radiated across half of the Ming Dynasty, but it was a temporary governor position. After the Japanese pirates were defeated, it was abolished when Hu Zongxian entered the cabinet and became prime minister.

The new policy was to be implemented over a long period of time, and the Governor-General of Southern Zhili proposed by Chen Yiqin was obviously also to be established permanently.

This made Gao Gong hesitate. The existence of Nanzhili was too special. Emperor Taizu Gao established the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing. Once a governor was appointed, he would definitely be the top official in the Ming Dynasty, without a doubt.

This power is a bit too great. Will His Majesty agree?
Even if His Majesty agrees, who is the bold and fearless person?

A figure flashed through Gao Gong's mind for a moment, but that person had just taken office as the prefect of Hangzhou Prefecture not long ago, and then he jumped to become the top official, which seemed to be a bit too fast.

Thinking of this, Gao Gong sneered. This was something that the emperor should worry about. As a subject, he didn't need to worry so much.

Gao Gong looked at his colleagues and asked, "Ruzhen, Zishi, what do you think?"

Hu Zongxian and Li Chunfang looked at each other and shook their heads, not having any ideas.

"Okay! Yifu, you should draft a memorial to the emperor to establish a governor-general of Southern Zhili, who will be fully responsible for implementing the new policy."

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Ok Hee Palace.

Zhu Houcong did not go into seclusion, nor did he practice meditation.

After reading the cabinet's memorial, Zhu Houcong wrote the word "approved" in red ink, and Hai Rui was promoted to the governor-general of Southern Zhili.

Putting down the red brush, Zhu Houcong looked at the content of the conversation between Prince Yu and other court officials such as Zhao Zhigao in Prince Yu's Mansion presented by the Jinyiwei, with a frown on his face.

When it comes to disappointing people, Prince Yu never disappoints people.

Zhu Houcong finally made up his mind on something, "Lv Fang."

"The servant is here."

"The princes will arrive in the capital tomorrow. Let Prince Yu go out of the city to welcome them on my behalf."

"Yes."

Lu Fang took the order and conveyed the imperial edict.

(End of this chapter)