Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 853 Chongzhen's Perverse Actions Are Back, They're Back!
Liaodong in December is already snowing.

It was [-], the Little Ice Age had already been revealed, and the weather in Liaodong was extremely cold with heavy snow.

In Shenyang City, members of the Datong Party gathered at Xu Guangqi's home to see off the minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Guangqi was a rare collection of scientists, agronomists, astronomers, mathematicians, and hydrologists in the late Ming Dynasty. He is not only a treasure of Ming Dynasty, but also a treasure of China.

Ordinary people may not be aware of the contributions Xu Guangqi has made over the years, but members of the Datong Party know that Xu Guangqi's unknown contributions are behind the prosperity of Tianqi Zhongxing.

This is a great talent who doesn't like fame and wealth, and Zhang Haogu's rare confidant.

Xu Guangqi's home had already set up a mourning hall, Zhang Haogu looked at the spirit card and the coffin, and couldn't help but sigh, he lost another friend in this world who could communicate freely.

Calculate carefully, how many friends do you have right now?

Zhang Haogu looked at the spirit card sadly, with a sad expression on his face. Xu Guangqi seems to have been unknown in the past few years, but Xu Guangqi's contributions are earth-shattering. These can promote the development of China and can be passed down to future generations to lay a solid foundation foundation of wealth.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Mr. Xu doesn't want a grand burial, but only asks for a thin coffin to wrap the body."

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Although I said so, the achievements and deeds of Mr. Xu must be recorded in a down-to-earth manner. During his lifetime, Mr. Xu did not pay attention to fame and wealth and bowed his head to Nongsang. After his death, Mr. Xu cannot continue to do so. .”

Huang Zongxi stepped forward and said, "Old Xu has already left, so please mourn for Duke Ming."

Zhang Haogu asked: "Mr. Xu's family members must be taken care of. The achievements of Mr. Xu are obvious to all. This is a true Datong party member and a benevolent man who truly cares about the world. What are the requirements of Mr. Xu's family?" , whatever needs we have, try our best to meet them, we can't let people say that the tea will be cold as soon as we leave."

Huang Zongxi said: "Don't worry, Mr. Ming, the students understand."

The story about Xu Guangqi quickly spread in Shenyang City, and then in the surrounding areas. On the day of Xu Guangqi's funeral, a large number of people came to see Xu Guangqi off.

The people in Liaodong don’t know much about mathematics and weapons, but they know that Xu Guangqi’s research is about the weather and the four seasons, how to make the people have enough to eat, and how to use the water conservancy in Liaodong to make the people happy. Able to have enough food and clothing, the family has surplus food.
The common people are very simple and unpretentious.

The common people know that what Xu Guangqi does is for the good of the people in the world, he is a good man and a good official worthy of being sent off by everyone.

So on this day, tens of thousands of people in Shenyang and surrounding areas came to see Xu Guangqi off.

Xu Guangqi's coffin was carried by his disciples and placed on a four-horse carriage, surrounded by a team of knights to guard him. Zhang Haogu and others personally helped the spirit. Datong Society used the highest honor to see Xu Guangqi off until he was delivered The coffin was sent to Tianzhu Mountain outside Shenyang.

This was originally the Fuling Mausoleum of Nurhachi, but it was a pity that within a few years of construction, the Qing Dynasty was gone, and it was taken over by the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Guangqi was the first to be buried in the Tianzhu Mountain Cemetery. Zhang Haogu's request was to set up a monument to pass down Xu Guangqi's deeds through the ages.

After Xu Guangqi passed away, Zhang Haogu held a meeting again. On the one hand, he called on everyone to learn from Xu Guangqi and do more practical things. On the other hand, he wanted to build a brand new college in Shenyang. The name has been decided: Guangqi Agricultural College.

Zhang Haogu not only wanted to build an agricultural college named after Xu Guangqi, but also sent envoys to the capital to report, hoping that Zhu Youjian would be more sensible and give Xu Guangqi a posthumous gift.

And Zhu Youjian really didn't have any bad feelings towards Xu Guangqi, and Zhang Haogu personally wrote a letter, so Zhu Youjian gave Xu Guangqi a series of titles such as Prince Taibao, Wenyuange University Bachelor, etc., and gave Xu Guangqi extremely high treatment.

And Xu Guangqi's tombstone became: the cemetery of Xu Wending, a senior official of the Ming Dynasty, who was gifted by the Crown Prince Taibao to Shaobao Taibao, Minister of Industry and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Zhang Haogu personally inscribed the titles of the Father of Cultural Relics, the State Assistant of the Xi Dynasty, and the Confucian Emperor Wang Zuo.

Zhang Ruitu mentions the elegiac couplet: In the Ming Dynasty, the masters of the [-] generations of farmers passed through the heavens and the earth, and a minister who went out and entered the prime minister, Fen Wu Kuiwen.

What they are dealing with are Xu Guangqi's achievements in agriculture, military affairs, water conservancy, etc., which can be said to perfectly summarize Xu Guangqi's lifelong achievements.

The first year of Chongzhen also came to an end with Xu Guangqi's sudden and long death.

The first year of Chongzhen ended, the second year of Chongzhen came, and the new year began, which was also the first year that Zhu Youjian officially took power.

As the emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian couldn't wait to declare his governance philosophy.

So on the morning of the new year, Zhu Youjian directly announced that he would restore the ancestral system, respect heaven and ancestors, and bring the Ming Dynasty back on track.

This series of speeches directly made the bureaucrats and nobles of the old party kowtow excitedly and shout "Long live my emperor"!
What is a good emperor, this is a good emperor!
Knowing that the big guy is the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, knowing that the big guy is living a hard life, and has been aggrieved for ten years, he finally wants to give the big guy a chance to vent and make money!
As the first article of abolishing the new law and imitating the ancestral law, Zhu Youjian announced the banning of the new army and the restoration of the Weisuo system.

In the future, there will be no such thing as a new army in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone is a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, and naturally they are all guards.

And if the new army is banned, the original treatment of the new army will naturally be abolished.

The reason why Zhu Youjian did this is very simple. He thinks it is too wasteful for the imperial court to keep so many full-time soldiers.

"I looked at the official documents of the previous court. Back then, 47 new troops were raised, and the court spent millions of taels of silver every year!"

"Training, consumption of firearms, rations, subsidies. One by one, what I see is shocking!"

"In the past, the Taizu raised a million soldiers without spending a penny. Why does the court need to spend so much money to raise 47 soldiers?"

"Practice every day, one training session every three days, one training session every five days, martial arts competitions every month, and martial arts performances every year. Can this consume a lot of ordnance? How much money does the imperial court have to spend every year for these kinds of expenses?"

"Now that the world is peaceful and the world is stable, it's time to put swords and guns into Kuma and release Nanshan. I don't think it's necessary to spend so much money. It's better to restore the system of guards and let the soldiers cultivate the land by themselves. In this way, the court You can save millions of taels of silver every year, so what's wrong with this money?"

Faced with Zhu Youjian's idea of ​​abolishing the new army and restoring the guard post, the officials of the old party immediately agreed.

Yes, the new army is born to overcome them. Since the establishment of the new army, it has won many victories, but such a new army is there, and the officials are also afraid. After all, the new army first met Blood is used to practice hands with corrupt officials, who is not afraid of this?
If the new army is banned, not only will everyone be able to sleep soundly, but there will also be less threats in the future, and there is no need to be afraid of the court. This is a great thing.

So the officials of the old party expressed their agreement, thinking that the new army should be abolished. Such a powerful thing is not allowed to exist in the world of Ming Dynasty, just like the nobles and officials killed Qi's army back then. Now the new army has seriously affected The interests of the nobles and the officials are gone.

Seeing that all the officials agreed, Zhu Youjian also believed that his idea was correct.

The emperor always has to show his ambitions in governance, first abolish the new army and announce the restoration of the ancestral system, the people of the world must realize that he is a benevolent, pure and filial emperor!
Although Sun Chengzong had the intention to object, he had no chance to speak at all, and could only watch the imperial decree issued.

After Sun Chuantong knew the news, he wrote many times to hope that Zhu Youjian would withdraw his order, but his letter was never delivered to Zhu Youjian's desk, and was stopped long ago.

Wen Tiren, Zhu Chunchen and others couldn't help seeing Sun Chuanting's persistent letter writing, and they couldn't keep suppressing Sun Chuanting's letter writing, so they had to go to Sun Chengzong, hoping that the civil and military chief of the old party would come to persuade him: " Cifu, is it not good that Sun Chuanting has repeatedly written to His Majesty to take back his order?"

"How can the imperial decree issued by His Majesty be easily withdrawn? Moreover, the abolition of the new army and the replacement of the old system will not cause any harm to him. Why does he insist on opposing it? Isn't this something that is beneficial to everyone?"

Sun Chengzong looked at Zhu Chunchen with no sadness or joy: "Is it beneficial to everyone, the court, and the world? Abolish the new army, and the only army that the court can fight will be dismissed. If there is a problem in the future, how will the court respond? "

Wen Tiren laughed: "Cifu, you are overwhelmed. Under His Majesty's rule, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be prosperous and peaceful. How could there be disasters? Don't bother people. Don't talk about these remarks. How can there be problems in the prosperous Chongzhen?"

Seeing this, Sun Chengzong didn't want to say anything anymore. His secondary assistant is just a decoration now, and he didn't bother to argue about it. In the end, Sun Chengzong just silently sent a letter to Sun Tradition, advising him not to continue writing, otherwise those people would not Easily bypass him.

After Sun Chuanting received Sun Chengzong's letter, he immediately cursed angrily: "A group of treacherous ministers who have wronged the country! Isn't this asking me to abolish my martial arts? The new army that the Ming Dynasty relied on to shake the world is gone, so how can the surrounding vassal states and foreign countries survive?" Is it different? These treacherous ministers only care about themselves, who ever thought about Daming?"

Sun Chuanting felt disappointed when he knew that all his submissions had been withheld. He was very sad to find out how long the New Party had left, and Daming was full of evil spirits. He felt very powerless, and it was worth giving up in the end.

What else can he do?He could only barely take the soldiers and horses under his command to save some strength for Daming.

The officers and soldiers of the new army also panicked after knowing that their previous treatment had been abolished, but Chongzhen still said that they would be given money and food according to the treatment of the guards, but the treatment would not be so high in the future, but they could still eat enough, and There is no need to practice martial arts frequently and so on.

The soldiers of the new army were skeptical about this, but after all, they were already soldiers of the three battalions, and now they had no choice but to obey the imperial decree, but the doubts and worries in their hearts were lingering.

After the abolition of the new law and the abolition of the new army, Zhu Youjian saw that no one opposed him, so he knew that this was a manifestation of "the world has suffered from the new law and the new party for a long time".
Zhu Youjian is not stupid. Whether it is Sun Chengzong or Qian Qianyi, they have all said the benefits of the new army and new law.

But Sun Chengzong and Qian Qianyi didn't understand that the new army and new laws were all from the Tianqi Dynasty, not from his Chongzhen Dynasty!

Now it is the Chongzhen Dynasty, Zhu Youjian naturally cannot Xiao Gui Cao Sui, he wants to distinguish the Tianqi Dynasty from the Chongzhen Dynasty.

When the Tianqi dynasty implemented the new law, he would promote the old law made by the ancestors; The old party must govern.

Only in this way can he ensure that his status and authority will not be threatened. Zhu Youjian knows very well that he needs a force that can use command, and this force must not be the new party and the new army. battalion, and at the same time restore the loyal and noble power of the old Zhu family.

Soon, Zhu Youjian once again issued an imperial decree, announcing the restoration of the old treatment of the nobles, and a large number of nobles who had been abolished by the Tianqi Dynasty and became common people were reinstated as officials, restored their titles and returned them to their fields. Facing Zhu Youjian, he kept kowtowing to express his loyalty.

Zhu Youjian was very proud of the performance of these nobles.

Zhu Youjian knew very well that there were new troops and generals in the Apocalypse Dynasty. He didn't have so many generals, so he naturally needed these nobles who had inherited martial arts from his family to lead the army for him.

Turn the former new army into the three major battalions loyal to the emperor, then restore the treatment of the nobles, and promote those deposed nobles. These nobles must be grateful to themselves and become the emperor's loyalists.

Because it is they who give them status, they must protect themselves to maintain their interests and status.

Zhu Youjian restored the status of a large number of nobles in one breath, and returned them to their houses and servants. Zhu Youjian also took the opportunity to place these nobles into the three major battalions and became the actual commanders who controlled the soldiers and horses of the three major battalions. Gui naturally knows who his status comes from, and everyone is loyal to Zhu Youjian.

As the Duke of Cheng and the descendant of Zhu Neng, an old minister of Jingnan, Zhu Chunchen, who is also a member of the old Zhu family, was naturally reused by Zhu Youjian. Zhu Chunchen was rewarded with a large sum of money, and Zhu Chunchen was appointed to lead the five armies and the three major battalions of the capital.

Zhu Chunchen was naturally grateful, and said that he would bring good soldiers and horses for His Majesty, so that His Majesty could rest easy.

Zhu Youjian is even more proud of this. He feels that his series of operations are much better than his imperial brother Zhu Youxiao. Look at himself, he has put military power and personnel in his own hands, and he is already in control Now, how many emperors like myself have there been throughout the ages?
However, before Zhu Youjian was happy for a long time, he suddenly discovered that most of the old parties in the court were from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions!

This made Zhu Youjian instantly aware of the problem: If the old party is all from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, what is the difference between the old party and the new party, which take crony and township parties as their interests?
They all have the same power, so what should I do as the emperor?
After all, many people in this cabinet are from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

So Zhu Youjian quickly mobilized his clever brain and thought of a new method: abolish the official examination, restore the imperial examination, and open the Enke!

The imperial examination is still beneficial. Those who pass the imperial examination will naturally form a mountain faction. Although the imperial examination also depends on the region, there are mentors and the emperor.

Zhu Youjian believed that the restoration of the imperial examination would be more conducive to his own power, and the scholars after the opening of the Enke automatically became the emperor's retainers, and they should be called the emperor's mentor.

Whether it is from the perspective of the monarch and ministers or the perspective of the master and the apprentice, Zhu Youjian is the master of those scholars. This is the real wisdom of the emperor!
What's more, Zhu Youjian plans to take this opportunity to recruit more scholars from other regions to compete with Jiangsu and Zhejiang. After all, if the officials fight, the emperor will be safe.

Soon, Zhu Youjian announced the abolition of the official examination and the restoration of the imperial examination, and opened the Enke in the autumn to select scholars from all over the world.

As soon as this news came out, many scholars and talented scholars were moved by the wind, thanking Enke!

This is a good opportunity to become a disciple of the Son of Heaven. Are you afraid that you will not have high officials and rich salary in the future if you become a disciple of the Son of Heaven?

Now that Zhu Youjian abolished the new law, abolished the new army, restored the old system, and restored the title treatment of nobles, etc., a series of operations, including the restoration of the imperial examination, to appease the landlords and gentry in the world, have made people see clearly, Zhu Youjian is going to go back.

It's not easy to go back, but everyone has interests.

Therefore, both the scholars and the landlords and gentry in the world supported it one after another, saying that this is a benevolent government, and it is a government move that only a benevolent king and a wise king have. We all support him, so we must do a good job.

Zhu Youjian, who received feedback from all quarters, believed that what he had done was not a problem, and he quickly issued a new order to restore the status of Kong Jiayan Shenggong, return the Confucius Mansion to the Kong family, and let the Kong family continue to rule Qufu .

Now the old men of the Kong family on the farm were really weeping with joy, and excitedly smoked several of them on the spot.

Soon the masters of the Kong family took off their coarse clothes, put on luxurious and beautiful clothes, and went to the capital to thank Zhu Youjian. I've been doing it all my life!
The New Deal is gone, the new army is gone, the official examination is gone, the dignified bureaucrats once again ride on the heads of the people, the landlords and gentry are also backed up, and the imperial examinations are opened to restore the status of the Confucian family. A series of measures by Zhu Youjian In the eyes of the old party literati and landlords and gentry, he is a famous emperor through the ages!

In Ming Dynasty, there was only Renzong and Xiaozong, but as for Xianzong?

what is that?
It's better for Emperor Xiaozong to listen to everyone obediently, wouldn't this lead to Hongzhi Zhongxing?

As for Apocalypse ZTE?Flourishing Daming?
Sooner or later, the old man will let the pen hack him to death!

Therefore, under the advocacy of vested interests such as literati and landlords and gentry, and the flattery of feudal dignitaries such as noble bureaucrats, Zhu Youjian felt that he was really a benevolent monarch through the ages comparable to Xiaozong.

Soon, Zhu Youjian issued another piece of comforting news: the Anti-Corruption Bureau was no longer needed in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and it was enough for the Ming Dynasty to have the imperial censor and the procuratorate!
This good news is simply a major benefit, and the bureaucrats and dignitaries who were still a little worried were pleasantly surprised!The censors also did not expect that they would have a day in power.

The anti-corruption bureau is gone, which means that the shackles and shackles are gone, and the big guys can really live a good life as they please!
Emperor Chongzhen is indeed a good man!
(End of this chapter)