Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

He secretly wore the crown and robes of a prince, ordered people to shout "Long live the king", secretly built tunnels, and privately stockpiled tens of thousands of military weapons. This is clearly a rebellion!

Ji Gang was just a mere commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, yet he was able to do this.

One can imagine how arrogant the Jinyiwei will be in the future.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that was the end, but he didn't know that the more exciting things were yet to come.

Wei Wu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, and after confirming that he had digested it, he continued:

"The most outrageous thing is that Ji Gang even imitated the pre-Qin Zhao Gao and played a trick in front of Emperor Yongle, calling a deer a horse."

"In the fourteenth year of the Yongle reign, Emperor Yongle presided over a willow archery competition. Ji Gang was an expert in horseback archery, but he deliberately missed the target."

"But he ordered his subordinates to break off the willow branches and shout loudly that they had shot him. His purpose was to see if anyone would stand up and correct him."

"I'm sure you've guessed the result even without me telling you. Everyone present was intimidated by Ji Gang's power and influence, and no one dared to come forward and expose the incident."

boom!

After listening to Wei Wu's story, Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the dragon pillar next to him.

The story of calling a deer a horse is well known to everyone. It is a word and can also be said to be a means.

This method can be a center for the emperor to test his subjects and consolidate his own power.

But if it was used by a minister, it would be an extremely humiliating thing for any emperor.

This is something that is absolutely not allowed to happen.

Through Wei Wu's previous description of Zhu Di, it can be confirmed that Zhu Di is absolutely qualified to be the emperor.

Based on this, Zhu Yuanzhang guessed that Ji Gang's power must have been deliberately allowed by Zhu Di.

Because he himself was prepared to do so, allowing Mao Xiang to be hated, feared and frightened by all the officials.

If there is an opportunity in the future, we will push him out to take the blame and kill him.

But what made Zhu Yuanzhang angry was that Zhu Di let things go without knowing how to strike the right balance.

They actually let Ji Gang go to such an extent that he even did something like calling a horse a zebra.

To go too far would damage the emperor's dignity.

Maybe Zhu Di had the ability to solve it, but what about the emperors who came after him?

While feeling angry, Zhu Yuanzhang asked again:

"How is the result?"

"Ji Gang was executed by slow slicing, and his entire family was exiled to the border."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more certain that Zhu Di did it on purpose, otherwise he would not be guarding the border but would be implicating others.

Fortunately, this hasn't happened yet, and we can still find a way to avoid it.

"Xiao Wu, you said excessive power is the first drawback, but is there a second one?"

"Have!"

Wei Wu nodded and then said:

"Your Majesty, the system you established for the Jinyiwei is the same as that of other guards. It is a military officer system and can be inherited by the next generation."

"Military officers' meritorious service and promotions can be passed down through generations, so that meritorious service and promotions occur in every generation."

"As time goes by, the number of military officers increases, and the number does not match the number of vacancies, which will lead to the phenomenon of redundant officers."

The problems pointed out by Wei Wu were all very fatal and needed to be changed.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very clear about this, so after a brief thought he came up with an idea.

"If the Jinyiwei's responsibilities were broken down, leaving only one or two, and interrogation was handled by a separate department, would that be feasible?"

Wei Wu smiled bitterly, then shook his head and said:

"Mr. Zhu, you think too highly of me. All I can do is tell you about the shortcomings that have been exposed."

"Whether or not the specific system should be changed, and how it should be changed, is not something I, who have never been an official, can resolve."

"Besides, the Jinyiwei are the emperor's personal army. I'm afraid this matter can only be decided by you personally."

Did Wei Wu really not know? Of course not.

Later generations had people who proposed the same idea as Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was recognized by many people.

The problem is that ideas are just ideas, and whether they are really effective can only be answered after implementation.

It’s okay for Zhu Yuanzhang to make his own decisions. Even if he is wrong, it is the emperor’s own problem.

But for Wei Wu, there is no benefit in getting involved. After all, there is no perfect system in this world.