Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 793 It is hard to read

After talking about the long-term plan, Guo Pu and Gao Wushi talked about the two major events that will be done in the near future. According to his thinking, these are probably the last two major events before his honorable retirement.

These are two interrelated things: one is the grand reading, and the other is the sacrificial offering.

The Grand Parade is the so-called military parade in later generations. This event is not held regularly in Daming, but depends on the needs.

During the Longqing period, there was a grand parade, which was held by Zhang Juzheng at the request of Emperor Longqing before Gao Gong recovered (historical fact). It was made for Altan Khan, who was always visiting near the capital at that time.

After Gao Gong came to power, because Ming was devoted to reform, there was no war worth mentioning, and there was no enemy worthy of deterrence. In addition, Gao Gong was reluctant to spend the money and food for reform on these things, so there was no I did a big read.

But this year, there was a grand parade. This grand parade was requested by Wu Duishang, Minister of the Ministry of War, after Gao Yushi entered Shenglong, but the cabinet did not agree at that time, and the emperor refused.

Later, Gao Wushi took Tsinghua, Annan achieved "unification" with the support of Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty garrisoned "peacekeeping", Gao Wushi even reorganized Annan's army.With the signing of the "Sixteen Articles", the Jinghua Group actually controlled Annan's military and political power on behalf of Daming.

At this time, Zhu Yijun began to feel that the big review was necessary, and the cabinet's attitude relaxed.

After Gao Wushi executed Zheng Song on behalf of Tian, ​​and packed up the "criminal officials of the Li family" and sent them to the capital, Wu Dui went to the school again and asked to hold a grand parade as part of the sacrificial offering.

The funeral has its own etiquette, which has nothing to do with the grand ceremony, but this proposal has won the support of the emperor. After deliberation, the cabinet also thinks that it can be used as an expedient measure-holding the grand ceremony before the funeral, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The ceremony, but held successively, neither conflicts, but also allows people to understand the meaning of the two major events, are consistent.

Daming's benevolence is mighty, but God's might is like a mountain!
What Zhu Yijun is most proud of, apart from arriving in Annan and avenging the vengeance of the ninth generation, is the words Gao Wushi scolded Zheng Song at that time, especially the words he explained when Daming withdrew from Annan in the past, which is even more popular all over the world:

"In the old days of Yongle, Li Jishou conspired to usurp the throne, changed his name to the Yuan Dynasty, tyrannized the people of the country, and captured the neighbors. The ghosts and gods of this world would not tolerate it. I became the Emperor Zuwen, and I was sent to escort the Chen family's remnants back to the world. The country was intercepted and killed by Li Ni, so that the people were punished and sent to the south. Then they searched for the heirs of the Chen family but failed. Thinking of you and the people in the south of the world, they left the king because of the incident, just like the loss of a child Father, this is why the Chief Secretary of Cochin is set up to educate!

Who would have thought that Li Li, Qinghua, started his swordsmanship with mere inspections, and had intercourse for 20 years, and was defeated by my heavenly soldiers several times, but his evil intentions did not change!I, Emperor Xuanzongzhang, was kind and could not bear the long-term suffering of the people in Annan and their lives were devastated, so I bestowed the title of Annan and the title of county king.

What happened to Annan after that?Above the temple, the rotten wood is the official; between the palace and the majesty, the beasts eat the salary.As a result, the turbulent generation is in power, the servile servants are in power one after another, the country is reduced to ruins, and the common people are suffering...

Now I look at Annan, although it has been inherited for thousands of years, it is really ominous that there are so many people who have forgotten their ancestors and stolen their high positions!If you don't kill these thieves, you won't be able to calm down the anger of the sky!According to the decree of heaven, sending troops to the south to rebel against the bandits, and restore the dignity of China, there is a word, respectfully tell you:
My China has a territory of thousands of miles, there are groups of cavalry, and jade axes are connected.Hailing red millet, the accumulation of storage is exhausted; Jiangpu yellow flag, how far is the contribution of recovery?The sound of the class moves and the north wind rises, and the sword energy rushes while the south fights flat.If you are silent, the mountains will collapse, and if you are loud, the situation will change.If you use this to control the enemy, how can the enemy be invincible;

Then there are those like Zheng Ni, who are afraid of power but not virtuous, act against the sky, put all their eggs in one basket...all will be killed! "

There are countless civil servants and celebrities in the Ming Dynasty, and there are thousands of people who can write such articles, but he is the only one who can say such appropriate words at that appropriate moment!

At that time, in front of the ministers of the cabinet, the emperor excitedly stated that he must read it and sacrifice it, so he said: "Those who avenge my enemies and those who exalt my prestige are all high-ranking officials!"

If it wasn't for helping the emperor to avenge the vengeance of the ninth generation, if it wasn't for helping the emperor regain the face of his ancestors, and the high-level pragmatism was nothing more than breaking down a small southern barbarian country, how could He De be welcomed by the emperor and walk with him, and all the officials would not object?

There is a Ming Dynasty, talking about a proud one!
Such a matter of saving face for Daming was done in his pragmatic hands. Wouldn't it be extremely unwise for anyone to jump out and sing the opposite at this time?

But Dayue is not so easy to read, especially in the Jingying stall, which is even more troublesome.The last time Zhang Juzheng held a grand parade, he started preparations the year before and did it in the second year. In fact, the number of troops he used was only a few thousand, but he spent a lot of money.

If Emperor Longqing hadn't been a benevolent emperor, and had long been accustomed to the status quo of the household department that was in deficit year after year in the last years of Jiajing, maybe he wouldn't even approve it.And fortunately, Gao Gong returned to the court within a few months, and quickly took the financial issue as a major issue. It was the opening of the port and the collection of business taxes, so the incident seemed calm.

But this year is different.In the past ten years, in addition to paying off the debts accumulated over the years, the court's serious income has almost doubled compared with that in the Longqing period-this was achieved without a single point of land tax.

However, the imperial court spent more and more money. Just to name a few examples: the repair of the Yellow River channel was strengthened, the repair of the Great Wall defense line was strengthened, and the hollow enemy platform project along the Shuntian-Ji Town led by Qi Jiguang was increased. The allocation of funds was completed ahead of schedule, the armies on the nine sides began to replace the guns and artillery produced by Jinghua in turn, and the palace, which had not been fully repaired, finally repaired the three main halls again...

In addition to changing the army's costumes, it is actually still doing "repairs"-all the repairs should have been repaired from the Jiajing Dynasty or even earlier, but it cost a lot of money.

Oh, and there is another project fund that will be spent soon, which is for the construction of three new walls on the east, west, north, and west sides of the capital.This incident is very interesting: due to the increasing population of the capital, the population pressure and defense pressure are increasing, so starting from the Jiajing Dynasty, they planned to expand the city wall outside the current capital city, and the result...

Not enough money.

So Mr. Yan Song, the chief assistant at that time, went to Nancheng for a walk, and came up with a wonderful and magical idea: first repair the south wall, and put it away after repairing, and wait for the remaining three sides to wait until you have money.

Good idea, really good idea, after the new south wall was repaired, it has been waiting there for almost 30 years (actually 28 years)...

So now that the imperial court had some money, Zhu Yijun thought that he had to deal with this matter quickly. Otherwise, such a tall and majestic south wall would be poked in the south of the capital, and anyone who visited there would think of the shitty things in the Jiajing Dynasty. After all, Jiajing was His grandfather, this is simply too embarrassing for the emperor.Pragmatically, they all say that I am "sacred in literature, sage and martial arts, praised by the world", how can I not have this face?

Since Yanjing was already a huge city in this era, and this outer city was expanded on the basis of the capital, it will be even bigger, almost reaching the level of the third ring road of the capital in later generations, and the cost of this is still very small. ?There is no one with a few hundred thousand taels, and even the city wall cannot be repaired.

In addition to the above, Zhu Yijun is still engaged in a big tax reduction. This has been mentioned before, so I won’t go into details. In short, the attitude is to reduce the land tax and lean towards the business tax.However, Gao has always been skeptical about this point - because the land tax is very low, the main reason why ordinary people can't get enough to eat is not because of high national taxes, but because they are squeezed by landlords in other aspects, but this happened when he was not in Beijing. Sometimes, even persuasion is unnecessary.

Besides, he guessed that Zhu Yijun wanted to use this to show his benevolence and prepare for full pro-government, so it's hard to say more.

In a word, the current imperial court earns more and spends more than before. Therefore, although the Grand Review is going to be done this time, it cannot be done like Zhang Juzheng did last time, and it needs to be economical.

After listening to Guo Pu's introduction, Gao Wushi asked, "Does the imperial court have a constitution now?"

Guo Pudao: "The imperial court first sent officials from science and Taoism to inspect the Beijing camp, and then these two people put forward their opinions." After speaking, he found a memorial on the table and handed it to Gao Wushi.

Get rid of those empty words, this memorial still talks about the business.

During the tour of the Beijing camp, Li Tingyi and Chen Shibao, the censor, mentioned seven things about Chen Rongzheng: [-]. Return to work.Please stop the work of the squadron and order all the divisions to lead the officers and troops, bring their equipment, and practice together with the original battalion army. Ministers are not allowed to make false requests against the prohibition.

Second, Ping Ma Zheng.It is suggested that the horses of the three major battalions will be inspected at the end of the Spring Exercise, and the General Association will inspect the Kedao. The horses in the battalion will be inspected and the Kedao will be inspected when the army is ordered in Xiayue. The horses in each battalion will be inspected by the priests of the Ministry, and sick horses are not allowed to be given to the army. If there are horses that die and are far away from chasing piles, they will be exempted.

Three, get rid of the empty text.The generals of each battalion who have official documents from each yamen are not allowed to send people to deliver them, and the chief officials are only allowed to practice martial arts in the battalion and are not allowed to be dispatched.Once selected and practiced, the drills will be reviewed. The first firearms, the second bow and arrow, and the second knife and gun, each due to the difficulty of martial arts. Rewards and punishments are determined. Because of the amount of training, it does not matter whether the generals are good or not. When selecting teachers, they must be carefully selected in each battalion and must not be abused. Receive no book, to be lucky.

Four, important appointments.The warriors, the four guards and the second battalion are intimate soldiers, and the prison is very heavy. It is advisable to follow the three major battalion regulations. If there is a shortage of campers, the prison will open the vacancy, and send it to the department to check and push. It is not allowed to make up for it. Supervisory inspections are made up for those who are honest and honest, and they are not allowed to directly control the committee.

Fifth, set the charter.Various matters in the battalion, such as the second army of the Beijing squad, money and food, etc., some in the early days of the country, and some in existence today.

Six, it should be practiced.Formal law, big reading matters, warriors, four guards and two battalions, matters that have been inscribed and covered by the headquarters recently, will be published in a book in order to show the picture.

Seven, clear money and food.The Taipu Temple will collect money and food twice a month, and check and accept regularly. It is not necessary to fix the number of [-], and it is not allowed to make mistakes in other matters. Cut off the rest for rewards, and the Ministry of War is like a negotiating tool.

After watching it, Gao Pragmatic shook his head slightly in his heart.

In fact, the above-mentioned things... are all correct, but he knows that it will definitely not be effective.
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After watching the military parade for a day, the code words were postponed, and then I thought: Hey, there is also a grand parade in the Ming Dynasty, do you want to add it in and write it...

(End of this chapter)