I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 19 Are the students besieging the palace gate?
The preparations for the establishment of the Daming Academy went smoothly unexpectedly, and no one in the civil and military courts came forward to object?
Not only Zhu Youjian did not expect this result, but even the court veterans like Wei Zhongxian and Xu Guangqi were unexpected.

Of course, what Zhu Youjian was considering was a bit shady, so he could only have fun secretly.

Wei Zhongxian, Xu Guangqi and others took a long-term view.

For example, the "Daming Academy" handpicked by the new emperor and based on his hidden residence Xinwangfu, to put it simply, the emperor slapped those scholars while testing the eunuchs in order to solve the problem of party disputes , but also to make the other party grateful, it is considered an emperor's mind.

In the long run, it is a remarkable feat.

Wei Zhongxian believes that this move not only solved the shortcomings of the imperial examination system to a large extent, but also dealt a heavy blow to the remnants of the Donglin Party. At the same time, it also cultivated a group of practical talents for the Ming Dynasty...

As for what other people think, Zhu Youjian doesn't bother to care.

He has already made up his mind that the Daming Academy will start within three months, and strive for a good start, with 28 majors, each recruiting [-] students.

Within a year, find a way to make most of them poor in their studies, first report to the provincial governments and counties, and take charge of the preparation and enrollment of new schools at all levels.

The rest of the group who have studied well will continue to stay in Daming Academy for further studies, train a group of top technical talents, and help him prodigal...

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In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

During the period, Zhu Youjian basically didn't worry about matters such as the emperor's funeral, the formulation of posthumous titles, and the title of the emperor's wife. He had his own cabinet, the Ministry of Rites, and Wei Zhongxian in charge.

His main task is to show up occasionally, just stand on the platform and show his face.

The opening ceremony of Daming Academy is scheduled for more than a month later. It is said that Yuan Chonghuan, the first principal, has arrived in the capital, but Zhu Youjian has not summoned him for a long time.

It wasn't that he wanted to hang out with General Yuan, it was because he was too busy.

Every morning, there is nothing to be shaken, and then there is a dinner...cough, and then there is a banquet, and the ministers talk about life at the dinner table, talk about ideals, and ask about their health, but they don't talk about the national economy, the people's livelihood, and complicated government affairs.

From Zhu Youjian's point of view, if he wants to prodigal, it is not enough for him to sell property and spend money alone, and more people must be mobilized to waste together.

At the same time, it is even more necessary to win over and corrupt these people, so that they are happy to enjoy themselves, do not think about making progress, let go of those unrealistic ideas of governing the country, and think about how to earn money, drink flower wine, and support partial housing and other major life events.

At the beginning, the ministers were not used to it. Those ministers who were left alone after the early court ended were silent, their faces turned green with fright.

Since the beginning of the Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty has always been unfriendly to officials.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty and the teachings of the Taizu, if an official of the Ming Dynasty embezzled more than 60 taels of silver, he would beheaded, skinned, taken out the internal organs, filled with straw or wheat straw, and stood on the right side of the yamen gate of his predecessor to warn his successor.

Later, the government was abolished, but the criminal law was not revised. Once the emperor's brain twitched one day and he sent Jin Yiwei to strictly investigate, it is estimated that nine and a half out of ten officials of the Ming Dynasty would be enough to exterminate the nine clans...

Therefore, in the first few days, whenever Zhu Youjian left a few ministers alone and asked Jin Yiwei to lead them to the imperial dining room, those ministers were so frightened that their calves cramped, and some of them couldn't even walk.

This made Zhu Youjian dumbfounded.

From this point of view, in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's authority was really not covered, and he had absolute life and death power over the ministers.

Of course, this also shows that in the Tianqi and Chongzhen dynasties, there was basically no relationship between the emperor and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and to put it bluntly, they were just using each other.

However, as time went by, the ministers gradually realized that they were a little too worried.

The newly enthroned emperor seems to really leave everyone to eat and drink to make daily life...

State affairs are not discussed at the wine table, this is the rule set by Zhu You.

Just kidding, when the emperor works so hard, he still talks about government affairs and state affairs while eating meat and drinking, so how can he be prodigal?
'forgot?It has only been a few years since Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was hanged on Meishan Mountain?That crooked neck tree is still growing there, looking at you! '

Every time when he couldn't help but want to do something serious, Zhu Youjian would play and recall Chen Kangxi's deafening speech repeatedly in his mind, always reminding himself, don't be diligent in politics, you must be prodigal...

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On this day, Zhu Youjian had eaten wine and was taking an afternoon nap on the dragon couch in Qianqing Palace when he suddenly woke up from his dream.

As soon as he got up, he took out a dagger from under the pillow and hid it in his sleeve.

Outside the Qianqing Palace, nearly a hundred guards in Jinyi rushed quickly, and under the command of a thousand households, they surrounded the entire hall.

Everyone's face was dignified, holding the Xiuchun knife, looking around vigilantly, as if they were facing an enemy.

A dozen personal eunuchs beside the emperor were terrified, and they hid behind the door and poked their heads, but no one dared to go out and ask.

Zhu Youjian walked to the window, like a flower picker, trying to poke a hole in the window paper with his saliva-stained finger, only then did he realize that the windows of Qianqing Palace were installed with glass...

Zhu Youjian didn't blush after making a joke, anyway, he was the only one present at the moment.

'What happened?How did these royal guards surround Qianqing Palace? '

'Could it be that Wei Zhongxian is about to make a move?No, I decided not to kill him...'

Zhu Youjian was so frightened that he was going to die, he began to think wildly in his heart, he couldn't help holding a dagger tightly, and looked outside quietly.

After a cup of tea, Wei Zhongxian rushed to the Qianqing Palace with sweat on his face, and said through the thick door panel, holding his throat, "Long live, I'm fine."

Then, the eunuch turned around and said to the Jinyiwei Qianhu: "Niu Qianhu, it's all right, it's all right, go back and be on duty."

"Yes, nine thousand years old!" The Jinyiwei Qianhu bowed in agreement, and led the group of warriors away.

Zhu Youjian looked at it in a daze, thinking: "What happened outside?"It's like a coup d'état...'

I was scared to death.

"Wei Zhongxian, what's going on outside, why are you mobilizing so many teachers?" Zhu Youjian sat back on the dragon couch, picked up a copy of the question book, and pretended to be dealing with state affairs, "Come in and talk about it."

With a sound of 'squeak', the thick door of Qianqing Palace slowly opened, and Wei Zhongxian walked in with small steps.

"Long Live Lord is frightened, servants deserve to die!" Wei Zhongxian knelt down as soon as he entered the door, and he didn't bother to wipe off the sweat beads all over his face, and said helplessly:

"It's those ignorant students who are bold enough to block the palace gates under the instigation of civil servants, claiming that they will not be allowed to enter the Daming Academy, and they will kneel and die outside..."

"Then let them enroll, I thought it was a big deal." Zhu Youjian said with some displeasure: "Is it possible that the entrance threshold set by the few of you is too high?

Zhongxian, this is not acceptable.

The reason why I set up the Daming Academy is to let the students, craftsmen, and even farmers, mulberry people, and fishermen of the whole country have a skill. It is no wonder that people want to shout when you come up with a set of things for imperial examinations. "

Wei Zhongxian hesitated to speak several times, but he didn't dare to interrupt the emperor's words.

After finally waiting for Zhu Youjian to finish speaking, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said: "Long Live Lord, it's not that the threshold is too high, but that there are too many people who come to apply for admission!"

(End of this chapter)