Jingming

Chapter 131
A plaque hangs on the beam of the imperial study room, and the inscription is one small, one large, and two lines: the national policy that will never change for generations, the Great Wall of Nanyang Sea.

Your Majesty's imperial pen, calligraphy is average.

The eighteen important ministers had complex expressions: inscriptions, mounting, and making plaques, as we all know, take time.

Now eunuchs, ladders, ropes... At the order, a plaque will be hung on the spot.

Since we have already prepared and made up our minds, why torture us all day?

No one disagrees that we should imitate Western guns and strengthen sea equipment now!

Only when the plaque had been hung up and all the ministers raised their heads to look over it, several of them suddenly trembled in their hearts.

After the national policy meeting of "Drinking the Golden Cup with You", none of the general reform directions that were determined received this treatment.

In His Majesty's mind, this matter is more important than the reform.

"Today, since the national policy that will last forever has been set up to imitate Westerners' guns and strengthen marine equipment, then I will issue three orders to continue."

Everyone else listened intently.

Zhu Houcong spoke solemnly.

"Firstly, craftsmen and Yamen officials who have contributed to the creation of Westerners' guns, warships, and soldiers will be rewarded twice as much, and they will shade their children and grandchildren!"

"Secondly, the coastal defense officers and soldiers, those who have meritorious service in suppressing bandits, I will send envoys to reward them; those who cripple and kill the country, I will give them the best care; those who kill good men and make meritorious deeds, regardless of officers and soldiers, I will copy and kill them all!"

"Thirdly, the essentials of this national policy may worry the Nanyang vassal states, and they will not come out of the imperial study. However, such things as tribute to the market, sea ban on smuggling, sea plundering, sea and land transshipment, etc., can make officials and officials inside and outside Beijing give advice. Shangshu, in the name of "Lun Hai Ce", went directly to the imperial front. Those who are reasonable and worthy of use, I will promote them, so that Zhang Fujing will not be more beautiful than before!"

Who is Zhang Fujing?
Tan Hualang of Xinke did not go to the Hanlin Academy to be an editor of the noble seventh grade, but to go to the household department to observe politics at a lower level.

Several articles of "Fuguo Ce" were awarded to the Imperial Academy as a servant and walk in the imperial study, and he was promoted to be a doctor of the fifth-rank household department.

Later, the emperor sent Guangdong to oversee the war in Tuen Mun, thunderbolts cracked down on the Guangdong and Guangxi corruption cases, and personally beheaded the Guangdong procurator with a sword given by the emperor.

From the palace examination in May to the present, it took three months to become a local official.

Is this more than just being beautiful?Looking through the annals of history, how many officials were rewarded so quickly?
After hearing the emperor's three orders, the younger Minister of National Policy was fine, but Yang Tinghe felt it from the bottom of his heart: a strong wind rose suddenly on the sea, and the back waves rolled in.

That was the emperor who clearly had plans, but still spent a whole day arguing with them about state affairs.

He will only be sixteen next month, he is not playful at all, he is very patient, he hung up this plaque and issued these three decrees after hearing that the ministers agreed that this is a national policy.

One year, three years, five years, ten years... In this imperial study room, one day, it will not be like yesterday, most of the old ministers are telling their disadvantages and difficulties, right?
Yang Tinghe didn't know if that was good or bad, he just felt that he was really old.

……

"The emperor sent Guangdong to supervise the war in Tuen Mun, and Zhang Fujing, who walks in the imperial study, received the order!"

"Minister Zhang Fujing, ask Your Majesty for his peace!"

Outside the lobby of the governor's Guangdong yamen, Zhang Fujing knelt down, and beside him, Chen Jin, Wang Hung, Yang Shen, Xie Changjie, Huo Tao and others also knelt down.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: important officials from Guangdong and Guangxi, colluded with the inside and outside, corrupted the country, the crime is unforgivable! The evidence is convincing, the order is to be punished on the spot, so as to imitate others! The Temporary Office of History is in charge of Guangdong, and the proposed new law can be tried in Guangdong to see its effect."

Zhang Fujing was so excited that he choked with sobs and said, "Minister Zhang Fujing is leading the decree, and will do his best to repay your kindness! Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long live!"

"The governor of Guangdong, Guangxi, and military affairs is also in charge of grain and pay, and in charge of the salt law, Chen Jin accepts the order!"

"..."

After Zhang Fujing beheaded Wang Ziyan and uploaded the case of Guangdong and Guangxi "from below" to Beijing, Chen Jin nominally left the center as a minister who participated in the national policy meeting and came to governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to maintain stability.

It is Mai Fu who came from Beijing to Guangdong to declare the decree.

His new identity is the eunuch of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Whether and how to remove the dispatched eunuchs has not yet been discussed and decided.

However, just following Mai Fu, who was familiar with Zhang Yong and took over the Yuma Supervisor, to Guangdong and Guangxi, Chen Jin has already tasted two meanings: the first is to supervise him and Zhu Qi; The foundation is laid.

Yang Shen, who has long been a senior student of the Imperial Academy, also has the status of a bachelor's companion in the Imperial Study Room. His position is the prefect of Guangzhou.

Huo Tao was granted the title of Supervisory Censor of Guangdong Province. He was a seven-rank official. He officially entered the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty after many years at the top of the top two in high school.

After the case of Qian Ning and Jiang Bin ended, Xie Changjie, who had been in fear for more than two months, was sent to Guangdong as the chief envoy, Si You, to participate in politics. In name, he was promoted.

Seeing Mai Fu coming, he couldn't help but ignite new hope.

Jin Yiwei walked south of Lingnan, and Zhao Jun also made great contributions. He jumped from a thousand households of the fifth rank to the newly established third rank, Guangdong Haiphong Middle Road. There are many guards in the area.

Among the military and political officials in Guangdong and Guangxi, there are still many shortages, both those who have been elected and those who are going to serve.

But everyone knows that after the current Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi was executed in Guangzhou, and Chen Jin, Mai Fu, and Zhu Qi went to Wuzhou together, Guangdong will try out reforms led by Zhang Fujing, and the inspector Wang Hung will lead Tuen Mun Island. In the follow-up battle, led by Zhao Jun, the navy was selected and trained at the mouth of the Pearl River.

"...Officials and officials in the two capitals and thirteen provinces can make suggestions and scrutiny, and use the name of "Lun Hai Ce" to reach the imperial court. Those who are reasonable and worthy of use, I will promote them, and Zhang Fu will not be respected. Focus on the beauty in the front! Love this!"

After reading the last edict, Yang Shen, Huo Tao, Xie Changjie and others couldn't help looking at Zhang Fujing.

This is the role model.

Yang Shen's xinxing has grown a little now, although he has not suffered enough wind and rain, after all, after standing and observing the national policy meeting for a while, he realized that his morality is very shallow.

Although Zhang Fujing is a junior of Ketu, he is really a ruthless person.

While talking and laughing, he personally beheaded a third-rank official, and he was still hanging on the sword bestowed by the emperor. Yang Shen would look at him every day when he saw him, and then warned himself not to mess with him.

After the decree is read out, enter the lobby and sit down.

Chen Jin sits at the top, but he is very low-key.After Mai Fu declared his will, he did not speak.

"Urge to pay autumn grain, build ships to prepare for war, and patrol the constitution, please leave to Mr. Wei."

Huo Tao, who was recommended by Liang Chu, took the order cautiously, and then said: "There is another Fang Shuxian in Xiqiao Mountain. Township. He has profound knowledge, studied under Wang Bandu, and is skilled in handling things. Nowadays, there are many affairs in Guangdong, and Futai can play, please come back."

Yang Shen couldn't help looking at Huo Tao.

A student of Wang Shouren?

Zhang Fujing was not surprised, but just nodded his head: "Wait for me to write a book, and invite him to come to the house to talk about it. If you really have extraordinary talents, you should be a worthy person for the country."

It has been ten years since Yuanwailang, who has only made it from the fifth grade, has been away from the court, no wonder no one thinks of him.

But now that his teacher, Wang Shouren, has become the accompanying bachelor of the imperial study and can replace Yang Yiqing to participate in the national policy meeting, Fang Xianfu will be rehabilitated sooner or later.

Huo Tao hopes to sell this favor with Zhang Fujing, so that Fang Xianfu can make great contributions by taking advantage of the wind in Guangdong.

Zhang Fujing looked at Xie Changjie again, with a smile on his face: "Xie to participate in politics, since His Majesty has approved Guangdong's request, then it will be a lot of work to urge the autumn grain and clear the land after that, and clarify the Guangdong fish scale book and yellow book."

"Please rest assured, Mr. Futai, you will not dare to slack off!" Xie Changjie showed conscientiousness.

The former minister of the Qiandi, "merited" in the trial of the Qian Ning and Jiang Bin cases, with his status and original rank, he could have been the governor of Guangdong.

But he knew that he was sent here to make knives.

How many people will be offended by the new law enforcer who clears the land?But Xie Changjie had to do it.

The emperor sent Zhang Fujing to Guangdong. If he dared to kill people, why wouldn't Xie Changjie dare?
He silently glanced at Yang Shen: Let's start with Guangzhou Mansion.

"The commander-in-chief of Guangdong is guilty of crimes. General Zhao, you will take his place temporarily and prepare for Tuen Mun with Wang Nietai. Three days later, a monument will be erected in Dongguan, posthumous posthumous Yuan Qianhu, and offering sacrifices to the soldiers and civilians. I will do the same." Go there yourself."

"The last general takes orders!" Zhao Jun said little.

"Wang Jietai, do you have a letter from Tuen Mun Island?"

Wang Hung, who had recovered from his injury, now had a new energy, and replied with bright eyes: "Yang San and Dai Ming have already replied, and they are willing to serve the Chinese Empire. These two have been in Nanyang for a long time, and the barbarians built ships, cast guns, prepared You know everything about gunpowder. The lower officials have made an agreement with them, and they will come back in a secret boat the next night!"

"Okay! Your Majesty has a decree, and you can read it to these two people. If you make great achievements, it is no problem to shade your descendants!" Zhang Fujing's eyes brightened when he received the good news, "Although your Majesty ordered us to delay the plan, but People in Guangdong and Guangxi are in panic, and they need a big victory! The enemy on Tuen Mun Island is only a few hundred, and the ships are no more than ten. Today, Guangdong and Guangdong are united, and it is time to make meritorious deeds! Wang Jiantai, Guangdong warships and elite soldiers can be dispatched as much as possible. Prepare for battle in January , can you break it?"

"I will not disgrace my life!"

"Okay!" Zhang Fujing stood up resolutely, "Knowing the advantages and disadvantages of the barbarian warships, hurry up to build some elite equipment for the barbarians' gun galleys. Then boost morale and prepare for battle, plan carefully and ingeniously. Next month, the bandits will be defeated. Not only to tell the spirits of the fallen soldiers in heaven, but also to congratulate His Majesty on his long life!"

He drew out the sword bestowed by the Son of Heaven again: "Anyone who violates the military order and delays the war, I still have the order of the supervisor, and I will kill him!"

Seeing the cold light of the bloody knife, all the officials in Guangdong stood up and bowed and said: "Take orders!"

……

In Wuzhou two days later, all the bigwigs from Guangdong, Guangxi and three halls sat together.

Mai Fu, the head eunuch from Guangdong and Guangxi, said solemnly: "As His Majesty ordered, I will ask Zhu Qi."

"Sin will greet Holy Ann!"

Mai Fu spoke indifferently for the emperor: "I ask you, what do you want to do when you hear the imperial decree and don't follow it?"

Zhu Qi knelt on the ground and sweated profusely: "The imperial envoy killed the minister, and the crime will be involved in it. If he was frightened for a moment and did not obey the order immediately, he deserves death!"

"Guo Xun was involved in the incident, and he knew to take the initiative to plead guilty. I punished his heir and made him go to the Shenji camp to sit in the army. Chen Jin was involved, and he also knew to take the initiative to plead guilty. I punished him with silver and demoted him two ranks. , and ordered him to go to the interim governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to make up for his crimes. What do you do?"

"...The crime will be dealt with by His Majesty."

Mai Fu looked at him and said, "My grandfather begged for thieves and made him the Marquis of Funing, and he won the world certificate for defending against the northern captives. He conquered Jianzhou in the east and made great contributions to the Duke of Baoguo. You didn't know how to forge ahead and restore the glory of your ancestors when you were demoted to the rank of Xijue, but you were thinking about that A few taels of silver. Is it because the Marquis’s salary is not enough, or is it because your family has too little income from the official store and imperial store with dry shares?”

Zhu Qi touched his head to the floor: "The sin will disgrace the reputation of our ancestors, and I am ashamed to the extreme. The sin will come to the two regions, partly because of being unable to be alone, and partly because of greed and loyalty. The sin will be more than a year's gain, and the sin will be involved in the family. I would like to hand over all the official stores and Huangdian stores, and then I will be punished!"

Mai Fu paused for a moment, watching the cold sweat streaming down Zhu Qi's forehead and neck, and finally said: "Funing Hou's official store and the dry stock of the imperial store are waiting to be dealt with. The stolen money obtained in Guangdong and Guangxi will be fined three times, and the governor of Guangdong will be punished." It was used as food and salary. Zhu Qi owed the emperor's kindness, and if he saw the decree and refused to follow it, he would not be forgiven. Remembering the merits of the Duke of Baoguo in the past, except for the world certificate, he is still the commander-in-chief of Guangdong and Guangxi!"

Zhu Qi's eyes, which were almost stuck on the floor, closed with regret, and said with a choked voice: "The criminal general ordered, thank the emperor for his mighty grace! Long live your majesty! Long live! Long live!"

Listening to Tao Yashe's hesitation made him a sinner of the Zhu family.The world certificate was seized, and there will be no Marquis of Funing after that.

"I will give you one last chance."

Zhu Qi was shocked: "I would like to listen to the holy edict!"

"Your title was created for you by your grandfather! The future of your descendants depends on whether you have the courage to fight for them again. After a hundred years, you will see your father and grandfather. Can you say that the Duke of Baoguo is still alive?" , it all depends on you!"

"I...will serve my life, be brave and diligent!"

Zhu Qi really cried out, no wonder Guo Xun wrote to him and told him: Hurry up and kneel down, help the imperial envoy to kill, and prepare to die.

"Marquis Funing, get up." Mai Fu changed his tone and helped him up.

Zhu Qi wiped his tears and sat down while thanking him.

Mai Fu looked at the two of them: "The case of the two major cases caused the two to be punished respectively, but your majesty has a broad mind and aspirations in the world, and these two provinces are now good places to make contributions. The temporary punishment is just to make you vigilant. I still hope three times Let's work together to help His Majesty manage the important affairs of the Southwest. In the future, we will return to the court, and the glory will be restored, and we will go one step further."

Zhu Qi nodded again and again: "Although I have this ambition, I have little talent and learning, and I still need a lot of guidance from Mai Zongzhen and Chen Duxian."

Chen Jin sighed: "From today onwards, let's get busy. Zhu Zongbing, the current situation is clear. Zhang Futai tried the new method in Guangdong to save food and salaries, and Wang Jietai and Zhao Can will select and train naval divisions. You and I focus on Guangxi. , Suppress the bandits and appease the people, and prepare the army for war. When the time is right, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan will advance side by side by land and water, and then resume the trend of intercourse. Without such great achievements, what face will I have to return to the court, and what will Zhu Zongbing do? Relying on the restoration of the prestige of the Duke of the country?"

Zhu Qi only felt that the road was clear, and immediately asked: "When...is the time ripe?"

Chen Jin only felt a lot of things: "When the money and food are sufficient, when Guangdong and Guangxi are stable, when the soldiers are good and strong, when the intercourse is troubled and my great Mingshi is famous. Before that, there are too many things to do."

"Cross-toed and internal worries...then can we just sit and wait?"

Chen Jin took a deep look at him: "Forgive me for being disrespectful, Lord Hou, you can't be in a hurry now. If the time is right and your subordinates are useless, then you will be guilty again without merit."

Zhu Qi accepted the teaching with awe, and now that he has been deprived of the World Ticket, he is really anxious and humbled a lot.

"As for the internal worries of cochin..." Chen Jin arched his hands and bowed to the north, "I am completely convinced of His Majesty's temple. The Beizhen Fushi went south not only to guard against Lord Hou?"

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