I am the king of the dead

Chapter 601 White-faced head rope door god
He Zhang stiffened his neck, wanting to confront His Majesty head-on at the court meeting.

"Retire!" Xing'an said loudly, flicking his whisk.

Zhu Qiyu stood up and was about to leave Fengtian Hall, but the courtiers who were kneeling on the ground still refused to get up and froze in place for a while.

"Why, do you still need me to help you up?" Zhu Qiyu stood on the platform, looked around, and asked calmly with a face as deep as water.

"I dare not wait." He Zhang finally stood up, and all the kneeling servants also stood up, bowing their heads and respectfully sending the emperor out of the palace.

Persuasion comes back to persuasion, not to cause trouble for His Majesty, He Zhang has to be careful about it.

Zhu Qiyu left Fengtian Hall with his hands behind his back.

Yu Qian, Hu Wei, Chen Mao, Wang Wen, Shen Yi, Yu Shiyue, He Zhang and others followed His Majesty and rushed to the lecture hall.

Today, there are important tasks to be dealt with, quarrels are quarrels, and things are done, there is no conflict.

Zhu Qiyu sat in front of the long table in Juxian Pavilion, without saying a word.

"Your Majesty, the matter of the chief assistant is a big matter, please be cautious, Your Majesty." He Zhang brought up the old matter again, still admonishing His Majesty not to appoint a prime minister.

Chen Mao, Marquis of Ningyang, also bowed his head and said: "There was only one prime minister in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and then there was a group of prime ministers in the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, there was no prime minister. Your Majesty, the ministers also think that the matter of the prime minister can be discussed in a long-term way."

Why Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister through Hu Weiyong's case is also one of the achievements of Ming Dynasty's great political speculation.

In the ninety years of Hu Yuan's history, the fourteen emperors naturally fought in the same room, causing the artifacts to fall by the wayside, but Hu Yuan's prime ministers, among them, contributed a lot to the flames, and none of them was clean.

Because Yu Qian became the prime minister alone, for Daming, there would be endless troubles.

Even Chen Mao opposed the establishment of a prime minister.

He is old and has been an official since the Hongwu period. In fact, there is no prime minister in Ming Dynasty, but there is a supervisor.

Chen Mao didn't know why His Majesty insisted on setting up the post of chief assistant at this time.

Zhu Qiyu knocked on the table and said, "Let me think carefully."

The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Six Divisions have the power to deny and refute matters. If the emperor's edict is outrageous, the refutation can be denied. He Zhang brought the remonstrance of the officials in the Fengtian Temple, which is the right to refute The right to do things is a matter of duty.

The power to refute matters is a power stripped from the prime minister's power.

Yu Qian breathed a sigh of relief. His Majesty said that after careful consideration, it is time to discuss it later. After this day, he will not know that it will be the Year of the Monkey.

It's not easy to be the chief assistant, he can't persuade him, or he can't persuade him, but Daming still has ministers who are willing to anger His Majesty for Daming.

Zhu Qiyu didn't even make an order, but just tested the meaning of the officials.

Finally suppressing the idea of ​​His Majesty's appearance, Yu Qian really relaxed a lot. He took out a stack of rice paper, handed it to Xing'an, and said, "Your Majesty ordered the minister to investigate the sale of the deed. Almost done."

"This is not just a matter of prostitution. The problem of donkey rolling should be resolved together."

"The minister communicated with the Secretary of General Administration, and collected a large number of cases of donkey rolling in the farm through the commanding officer, which is quite typical."

"There is a farmer in the Yang Family Temple of Zijingguan, named Old Man Song. He is industrious, loyal, honest and responsible. master."

"The Yang family survived the severe drought with the money from selling the land. The old man Song became the tenant of Mr. Huang. The old man rented a total of six acres of land from the Huang family. He owed rent to the owner every year. As a last resort, he borrowed the The Huang family's money is rolling around, that's just not clear."

"Orthodox 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th year of Chinese New Year, the old man Song didn't dare to go home during the Chinese New Year because he was avoiding debts, but his homeland was hard to leave, so he didn't dare to run away, and he still had a daughter at home."

"In the first year of Jingtai, when the old Song man heard about the farm law, he went back secretly. He was caught by a debt collector, and he put his fingerprints on the deed of sale, and sold his daughter."

Zhu Qiyu interrupted Yu Qian's speech, and asked with a frown: "No, I remember that I made a decree to kill the gentry returning home."

The starting point of this decree is that the gentry enjoy countless judicial, taxation, social and other privileges, and they have the responsibility of Antu herdsmen. They only enjoy rights and do not fulfill their obligations. How can there be such a good thing in the world?
Yu Qian said very confidently: "That's true. Your Majesty has indeed issued an order to kill. The gentry did not return home. The gentry bought and sold the deed of sale in his hand, and there is also a land deed."

"This Song old man originally thought that the Wala people had retreated, that the farm law had come, and that good times were coming, but he didn't expect that his daughter's deed of prostitution was sold. In the past few years, if the commanders hadn't paid close attention to it, this Song Dynasty Life for the old man's family is hard."

Zhu Qiyu picked up the title book in his hand and looked at it for a long time. Yu Qian's typical case reminded Zhu Qiyu of "The White Haired Girl" that he had read back then.

The old man Song's family has paid off their debts for several lifetimes, and secretly brought home two catties of flour, a hair rope, and two door gods.

White noodles are noodles for making dumplings during the New Year, hair ropes are good expectations for life, door gods are feudal superstitions, and people fear ghosts and monsters.

"What should Yu Shaobao do?" Zhu Qiyu asked angrily after reading the book in his hand.

Don't let these gentry return to their hometowns, they will come back in a different way.

Yu Qian took out a memorial and said: "I have this memorial. This case involves a large number of people. From Liaodong to Jing'an, the city was arrested by soldiers, horses, government servants, etc. from the five cities, while in the countryside it was practiced by volunteers. The Lord will carry out arrests, and conduct a comprehensive review of the bank thugs and rogues."

"If the gentry colludes and deliberately backs up, then send the Beijing army to deal with it."

"It just so happens that during the summer harvest season, wild beasts in the mountains give birth to more babies. It's the right time for Xia Lie to use the name of Xia Lie to uproot the business of selling one's body."

"Recently, Yu Shiyue and Yu Shangshu are revising the "Regulations on Inquiry and Punishment", and this case will be included. In the future, officials and county magistrates will judge according to this case. The people of the Ming Dynasty cannot be slaves. This is the iron law taught by the emperor, and the officials dare not change it. "

Yu Shiyue bowed her head and said: "Your Majesty, the law of the Ming Dynasty is an ancestral precept that cannot be replaced, but time passes and circumstances change with each passing day. The regulations of the past dynasties are always updated."

"I am not talented. The regulations of the past dynasties are mixed and contradictory. The minister has revised the 270 nine regulations, which are still being revised. When I introduce them, I ask your majesty to order them."

Yu Qian continued to speak: "Your Majesty, this time not only does the Ministry of War need to cooperate with the deployment of troops, but the General Administration Department will issue an order to the commander, and the Ministry of Punishment will carry out the centralized review and revision of the regulations."

"It also requires the cooperation of the cleaning departments of the Ministry of Household Affairs to carry out survey and contract contracts for selling one's body, especially for buying and selling."

What Yu Qian asked the Ministry of Households to cooperate with was prostitution, contract survey and business, which was the scope of functions of the Department of Cleaning Officials of the Ministry of Households.

The common people of Ming Dynasty could not be slaves, that is, they could not be traded. It was illegal for the Ming people to sell their bodies, which was a progress in the judiciary, and it was also to further regulate the slave trade in the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Yi quickly took out a memorial and handed it to Xing'an and said: "If there are any omissions in the memorial written by the minister, please correct it by Your Majesty."

Shen Yi's ability is obvious to all. The Ministry of Household Affairs has issued specific rules and regulations on matters such as selling one's life contract, especially the functions of the official cleansing departments of each government have been confirmed.

Zhu Qiyu didn't think there was anything wrong with it. This was a memorandum proposed by the Ministry of Household Affairs. After it was handed over to Wenyuan Pavilion for drafting, it was approved by Zhu Qiyu.

"When does the summer hunt start?" Zhu Qiyu put down the memorial and asked.

Yu Qian replied: "Waiting for His Majesty's approval, we can start. The Criminal, Household, Military and General Affairs Departments have already been dispatched and exchanged information. We just wait for Your Majesty's order."

Zhu Qiyu picked up the ink pen in his hand, after a little deliberation, he wrote four words on Yu Qian's memorabilia: [Eliminate evil and do everything].

After Yu Qian took the memorial, he bowed his head and said, "I would like to follow His Majesty's instructions!"

Zhu Qiyu's position as prime minister was not only for the prince Zhu Jiancheng, but also for his grand plan of the southern tour.

For the position of prime minister, the government and the public criticized it too much, Zhu Qiyu insisted on it, and the courtiers had no good way, at most it was the old trick of crying, making trouble and hanging himself.

First knelt down in Fengtian Hall and begged to think twice, if the emperor still insisted on going his own way, he knelt down in Chengtianmen and begged to protest.

Zhu Qiyu is not afraid of this, the key is that he can't convince He Zhang, He Zhang's question is very sharp.

He Zhang said: 600 years will end with Qian alone!
Power ministers often have it, but Yu Qian doesn't.

There are only Zhuge Liang and Yu Qian in all dynasties who can monopolize power without being a powerful minister.

How to ensure that after a hundred years of Yu Qian, those who sit in Yu Qian's position will be the same as Yu Shaobao?

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu couldn't even convince He Zhang about the matter of setting up a prime minister, so he had to let it go.

This is a thorough investigation of the standard selling contracts of Liaodong, North Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jing'an, Shanxi Xingdusi, and Beipingdusi. The hunting operation began in a mighty way.

In these places, especially in the cities, if the gentry and officials colluded, the rumors were not accepted at night, and the commanding officer heard the report, then Zhu Qiyu could not be blamed for turning the table.

The Ming Dynasty Jingjun has [-] prestige battalions sharpening their knives.

Military control was one of Zhu Qiyu's trump cards when he came to Daming, and it was something all officials and gentry knew well.

I can't understand the emperor holding a knife, but there is nothing he can do, because Yu Qian, the only civil servant who can influence the Beijing army, is Wen'anhou himself and Wu Xun.

The Ming Dynasty's Jingjun sharpened their knives, and there is a detail in it.

A few days ago, Yang Jun happily went to the lecture hall to listen to the announcement, thinking that he was going to go to war, but he was quite disappointed when he found out that it was only after he became a prince.

For the Ming Dynasty Jingjun, meritorious service is the proof of their honor.

The army has always been the ballast stone for the great ship of Ming Dynasty to move forward.

It was April when Ji Duo arrived at Bosi, Mizhou City, and set sail, and it was May when he arrived at Nambakyo (Osaka) in Japan. As long as he did not get lost at sea, it only took him more than a month.

Naturally, it is Daming's ever-increasing number of sailors who guarantee such a smooth sailing.

Ji Duo is the principal envoy, and Li Bing is the deputy envoy. Li Bing's daughter Li Ning wanted to marry to Tai'an Palace but could not.

Ji Duo's ship is a treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty, a treasure ship of [-] materials. This treasure ship is the only treasure ship in the Ming Dynasty since the restoration of the ship, and it is also the only sealed ship in the Ming Dynasty.

This sealed boat is called Kaiyang. It is fifteen feet long, two feet six feet wide, and one foot three feet deep. It has 23 cabins and five large masts erected at the front and rear.

As for the largest treasure ship with nine masts and twelve sails, Daming currently has no shipbuilding plans.

In addition to the Kaiyang, there are still five three-masted ships in the fleet, about [-] warships escorting about [-] missionaries, and the ships carry porcelain, tea, pens, inks, papers, inkstones, silk, cotton cloth, etc. Thirty thousand materials.

When the Ming mission was sent to the Wa Kingdom, the whole Wa Kingdom was ready for battle. Ashikaga Yoshimasa at the Ginkakuji Temple in Heian Jing received the news and immediately rushed to Nanjing to wait for the envoys.

More than a hundred welcoming boats came from the port and towed the five-masted and three-masted ships into the port.

Ji Duo and Li Bing changed their court clothes, got off the boat, went to the Ying En Pavilion, and kowtowed to the west.

Afterwards, Ji Duo, Li Bingpeng, and Ashikaga Yoshimasa and other entourages lined up around, guards of honor and golden drums opened the way, and the mission came to invite Longting.

After three prostrations and five kowtows, the Dragon Pavilion is invited to complete the ceremony. At this time, the Wa country can be regarded as having invited the imperial edict of Ming Dynasty, and it is considered that the embassy has landed.

At this time, Ji Duo was still unable to announce the decree, so he took the imperial decree and guided him to the hall, read out the imperial edict of Feng'an, and waited to pay homage.

The people who pay homage are divided into three groups. The first group is Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Jin Canju, and the elder Tang Xing who enter the hall. They worship three times and kowtow five times.

The leader of the second group, three leaders, worshiped three times and kowtowed five times, and the angel stood up to accept it, and answered it with folded hands;
In the third class, each master enters the hall, bows three times and kowtows five times, and the angel sits and accepts it, and answers it with his hands;
At this point, Ji Duo and others still did not announce the decree, but waited for the first, fifteenth, fifth, and tenth day of the lunar new year to meet the king of Wa, the general of the Muromachi shogunate Ashikaga Yoshimasa. At this time, the angel sat up, The king sat down, and the king answered by standing up.

On the [-]nd day of the next month, the second imperial edict was read out, and on the [-]th day of the next month, the angel moved to the Yinge Temple in Ping'an to read the imperial edict of the Ming emperor.

The entire ceremony lasted for more than one and a half months, and even the great general Ashikaga Yoshimasa of the Japanese royal family town shogunate had to accompany him throughout the process.

Ji Duo didn't read the imperial decree at the Silver Pavilion until June [-]th.

The two middle-ranking officials drew up the imperial decree, and Ji Duo shouted loudly in front of the pavilion: "Sacred benevolence, great luck, all heaven and earth will carry on, and everyone will respect relatives; the emperor ordered General Pu, and the sun will rise from the corner of the sea, and no one will follow... "

This imperial decree canonized Yuanzheng (Ashikaga Yoshimasa) as the king of Japan, and canonized Yuan Bin as the lord of the Yuan family.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who was kneeling on the ground, cried bitterly. As for Yuan Bin, he did not rush to the Ginkakuji Temple to be enshrined. He was busy suppressing the rebellion.

After reading the imperial decree, Ji Duo was exhausted by the month-and-a-half-long etiquette. He was not afraid of war, but this kind of red tape.

He hammered his back and asked, "Where are Yuan Bin and the others? This is more tiring than fighting a battle. Next time whoever wants to be the one will be the one who will be the one. I won't be the one."

Li Bing said with a smile: "It will be here in a while. Ashikaga Yoshimasa always puts his mind into this kind of place, playing some clever tricks. I don't know if he is smart or stupid."

Yuan Bin's absence to read the imperial decree was a deliberate arrangement by Ashikaga Yoshimasa. The two people were clearly canonized, and he, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, was the only one who received the decree.

The Muromachi shogunate is a political force, while Yuan Bin's Yamano government is a military force.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa seems to have gotten the upper hand, he is the only one who obeys the order, but in the eyes of the famous masters, doesn't this show that the Muromachi shogunate and the Yamano Yuan family are not in harmony?

That's why Li Bingcai said that children are stupid.

"Angel, Yu Ling and Li Binyan ask to see Mr. Li." An eunuch asked loudly outside the door.

Li Binyan?

Ji Duo reacted for a while before he remembered that Tang Xing changed his name to Li Binyan in Japan.

"Please." Ji Duo sat up straight and said loudly.

　Ask for a monthly pass, ┗|｀O′|┛哩~~! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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