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Chapter 490: Being a dog for Ming Dynasty is something you can do if you want to?

Xu Wei and Sun Keyi didn't mind at all when Oda Nobunaga attacked, igniting the gunpowder magazine and creating an earth-shattering explosion in Nagasaki, which attracted the imperial court to directly send troops to destroy the Japanese country.

There is no need to worry about lack of people, because people from Ming Dynasty who want to go to Japan to kill Japanese pirates can circle the earth three times hand in hand.

Oda Nobunaga was very clear about this situation, and he could even tell that the Nagasaki Governor's Palace sent someone to notify him of the arrival of the treasure, in order to let him call it.

Crazy, the Great Demon King Owari's evaluation of the Nagasaki Governor's Palace was just these two words, but Oda Nobunaga was really helpless.

The coastal defense inspection responsible for notifying Oda Nobunaga brought back an envoy of Oda Nobunaga, Kobe Nobutaka, who was wise and courageous.

Kobe Nobutaka is the second son of Oda Nobunaga. Because his mother was from a humble background, the date of birth overlaps with Oda Nobunaga’s second son, Oda Nobuo. We can only wait until the news of Oda Nobuo’s birth is released to find out the news of Kobe Nobutaka’s birth. As soon as the news spread, Kobe Nobutaka changed from the actual second child to the third child.

Moreover, Kobe Nobutaka became the adopted son of Kobe Gumori, the lord of Kobe Castle in Ise Kingdom, so he was called Kobe Nobutaka, not Oda Nobutaka.

Kobe Nobutaka is Oda Nobunaga's most valued son. This time Oda Nobunaga sent Kobe Nobutaka here, obviously hoping to solve some problems through peace talks, or to put it more bluntly, to delay some time.

"Dear Envoy of Heaven, I come here to pay my respects on behalf of my father." Kobe Nobutaka was very polite. He completely followed the "Fan Kingdom Rituals" for the salute, and did not dare to make any mistakes or oversteps. He bowed his head and said: "I This time I came to beg for peace. My father’s intention was the same as that of Ming Dynasty, both for Yongping banditry.”

"Do you think it will happen? Kobe Nobutaka."

This is the deception and rhetoric of Nobutaka Kobe.

Everything is so perfect.

When Kobe Nobutaka came, he communicated with his father for a long time and finally determined the main direction of the peace talks.

Scholars have always killed people without showing blood.

"Even the Japanese in the Japanese pirates are all wandering samurai? Why are they wandering? The widespread high taxes have put Japan in an era of war. Common people and low-level samurai have to go to sea to find a way to survive. My father is to completely solve these problems If the annual energy supply is the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, with only one draw in thirty, I believe that no one would be willing to live in exile." Nobutaka Kobe knelt on the ground and elaborated on his thoughts.

Xu Wei stretched out his hand, waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No, no, no, you are wrong. To kill all the Japanese, we, the Ming Dynasty, do not need to do anything. I am a scholar. How can a scholar who has not touched Yangchun water see blood? There is so much blood." It’s an insult to gentlemen! As long as you kill them all, wouldn’t it be fine?”

"You'd better kill the wolf cubs you didn't raise well enough to avoid future troubles! If you want, I'll be the one you want? Who do you think you are?"

"For the Ming Dynasty, everyone can find pirates and punish them. For us in Japan, the same is true. The harm of pirates is no less than that of the Ming Dynasty."

The goals of Ming Dynasty and Oda Nobunaga are the same, which is to completely eliminate the Japanese plague. I hope that the sea will be peaceful, which is the common goal.

Oda Nobunaga intended to unite the various orders to control the country and become a common people in the world, so that the Japanese could live and work in peace and contentment. In this way, the Japanese troubles would naturally disappear.

"Has Oda Nobunaga given up? It's so boring." Xu Wei said with waning interest. It seemed very boring to send people to talk instead of sending people to attack. Obviously Oda Nobunaga did not want a military conflict. This was very important to Xu Wei. Not good news.

"It's better to say it than to sing it." Xu Wei looked at Sun Keyi and said with a smile: "Uncle Da Zong said that Fanyi had a wolf-like face and a beast-like heart. He said that the Japanese country was one-third of the human beings who have not learned it, and seven-fold of the animal nature is deeply ingrained. Is that true? Tian Nobunaga ended the disputes between Japan and the Warring States Period. Will the common people really live and work in peace and contentment? "

Xu Wei is a scholar. It is so slow to kill people with a knife. That is 50,000 pigs. The Japanese soldiers and guest soldiers in the Nagasaki Governor's Palace are butchers. The knives in their hands are blunt. How long have they killed nine million Japanese?

The timid Oda Nobunaga.

The Ming Dynasty did not want to cause more killings, but the Japanese country, which had a large population and limited land and insufficient food production, had coveted the Central Plains with more arable land and higher depth for a long time.

Xu Wei touched his beard and said very rudely: "You mean, Oda Nobunaga is willing to be a dog, right? And he will be loyal."

"The eradication of pirates is very important to the Ming Dynasty, and it is also very important to the people of the world. The pirates plundered the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, and they also robbed our kind people in Japan. Please give me a warning from the angels!"

"There are nine million Japanese in Japan, and the Ming Dynasty cannot kill them all!" Nobutaka Kobe's face changed drastically, and he argued loudly.

Xu Wei was really curious about what it would be like to inject such an excessive amount of money into the Japanese country, especially when the Japanese country was under a semi-natural and semi-small peasant economy. Just thinking about it for a moment made Xu Wei uncontrollably excited.

It is worth noting that the person who gave Xu Wei this knife was the Ming Emperor, who sent ten million guan at one time, and it was Zhang Juzheng who suggested that the emperor put the treasure banknotes in the Japanese country on a trial basis. These two giant Buddhas were in the court, and Xu Wei What he did was fully supported by the DPRK. There is no need to worry at all, the DPRK will no longer support his actions.

"So there is no question of whether to admit defeat or not. My father never lost his respect."

"Actually, there is a way to solve it." Kobe Nobutaka kowtowed again, took a few deep breaths, and then said: "The Japanese are proficient in naval warfare, and the Ming Dynasty also needs warriors to develop. If the Ming Dynasty follows the old practice and canonize my father as the new king of Japan, , the Ming Dynasty opened up, the Japanese samurai can be the help of the Ming Dynasty!”

Going to sea these days is a hard job. Only when you have no choice but to survive can you think of going to sea to make a living. On the road to pioneering the Ming Dynasty, there were always dirty jobs that had to be done. After Oda Nobunaga unified Japan, so did the Japanese samurai. Those who have somewhere to go, follow the powerful navy of the Ming Dynasty, burn, kill and loot. In the etiquette state of the Ming Dynasty, there are always some things that are inconvenient to do, such as killing people. The Japanese country just acts as a sharp knife for killing people.

The Japanese daimyo would become the accomplices of the Nagasaki Governor's Palace. With their extremely vicious appearance, after wiping out the farmers, they would annihilate the ashigaru, then the samurai, and finally themselves.

Kobe Nobutaka knelt on the ground, looking a little embarrassed. It was not that the Ming Dynasty behind the Nagasaki Governor's Palace was too powerful. Xu Wei could not look down on his father so much. He said solemnly: "Report to the angel, my father is extremely loyal to the heavenly kingdom." Respectfully, even when there was an opportunity to kill Ashikaga Yoshiaki, because he was the king of Japan canonized by the Ming Dynasty, my father had various considerations and ultimately did not take action. This is respect for the heavenly kingdom. "

The Ming Dynasty could not place guest soldiers, so could Oda Nobunaga place those samurai who had fought for several lifetimes? To unify Japan or since Oda Nobunaga came to Luo, there was only one thing he could do, and that was to expand, expand, expand, and it was impossible to stop.

"I would like to serve as a vassal and follow the Ming Dynasty." Kobe Nobutaka changed his name to a more elegant one. He is a dog and not a dog. Once he is canonized, he will be a vassal king with five chapters of vassal edict from the Ming Dynasty, and a vassal king with a crown and a golden seal.

The Ming Dynasty Duke Ming and the emperor can completely pick it off. It was the notorious executioners Xu Wei and Sun Keyi who deceived the capital for personal gain.

"There is an old practice. When Emperor Cheng Zuwen conquered Mobei, he also had the Jurchen and Duoyan tribes of Liaodong accompany him. The Ming Dynasty came to the country, and the country was rich. The people were unwilling to take risks at sea, and the water of the Ming Dynasty was We also need warriors who are good at naval warfare."

This Ming Dynasty treasure is the knife that kills people without blood.

Although the composition of the Japanese pirates is very complicated, the boss behind the scenes is the Southeast Maritime Merchant, composed of Japanese, Ming Dynasty desperadoes, red-haired bandits, and black bandits. When they plundered the Ming Dynasty, they also plundered the Japanese country of Korea and Ryukyu. The Ming Dynasty finally eliminated the Japanese pirates. The Japanese country did not have this at all. To this day, pirates are still a sharp sword entrenched in the heads of the Japanese people.

However, Japanese pirates are Japanese pirates, pirates dominated by Japanese people.

"Sun Tiju, do you think it's true?"

When there is not enough money, goods cannot circulate normally, which is a money shortage; when there is a little more money than goods, the circulation of goods is normal and everything will be prosperous; when the quantity of money is too sufficient, the prices of goods will Fly into the sky and be side by side with the sun!

To confuse the concepts, Japanese pirates are just Japanese pirates.

There was no China after Yashan, but since the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Japanese led by Onoya have been vigorously promoting public opinion, as if they want to inherit the orthodoxy of China. Their ambitions are obvious, more obvious than Sima Zhao's desire to be emperor. Much.

"But the Ming Dynasty doesn't want to keep this Japanese dog." Xu Wei leaned forward, and suddenly his mouth split into a smile that was very scary. He asked teasingly: "There are so many people who want to be dogs for the Ming Dynasty. Why does the Ming Dynasty want to accept Japanese people as dogs?"

Sun Keyi sneered and said: "That's a Japanese pirate."

"I can actually give Oda Nobunaga a suggestion to deal with the treasure banknotes." Xu Wei said with a smile: "The Nagasaki Governor's Palace issues treasure banknotes here. He can also print treasure banknotes. He casts gold, silver and copper coins. , will definitely be exchanged for treasure banknotes, so why take a detour? Oda Nobunaga only needs to print treasure banknotes, wouldn’t he be able to compete with Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes?”

Sun Keyi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "You can't even deceive children. Even if Oda Nobunaga really unified the Japanese country and ended the war, he would only send Japanese warriors to Korea to attack the city, instead of thinking about this As said, live and work in peace and contentment, because these warriors cannot be accommodated."

"Anyway, the dispute between imported money and local privately minted money has been fought from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the present. Oda Nobunaga only needs to seize the time to print money to stop the rampage of Ming Dynasty treasure money."

Hearing this, Nobutaka Kobe was stunned for a moment. Xu Wei's idea really made sense.

The Ming dynasty's treasure banknotes were money brought from abroad. As long as Oda Nobunaga issued the treasure banknotes, wouldn't he be able to deal with it calmly? In this way, Oda Nobunaga had nothing to lose, and the contradiction of Japanese currency remained the same as in the past.

Looking at it this way, it's not a big deal. With such a simple method, why didn't Oda Nobunaga think of it and asked Xu Wei to remind it?
"Demon King! He is simply the Demon King!" After Nobutaka Kobe figured out the key, he stood up suddenly, took a few steps back, and said in disbelief: "They say my father is the Demon King, and angels are the Demon King! Almost got fooled!"

Who will ultimately bear the cost? Naturally, it was the common people of the Japanese country. The excessive currency was constantly being withdrawn. The treasure notes in the hands of the common people could buy one stone of rice today, but they would not be able to buy even one liter tomorrow.

The second trap of Xu Wei's words appeared. Common people realized that treasure banknotes are as worthless as wipes. Isn't that the currency law has been corrupted?

But the Japanese country is not the Ming Dynasty. When the people of the Ming Dynasty generally did not recognize the treasure banknotes, the treasure banknotes were just a pile of waste paper. However, the Japanese lords only waved their treasure money and took away the last morsels of rice from the homes of Japanese civilians. They pretended to be buying, but in reality they were robbing.

Therefore, once Oda Nobunaga printed a large amount of treasure banknotes, the consequences would be to assist the evildoers and accelerate the proliferation of treasure banknotes.

Hell is empty, the devil is on earth.

Kobe Nobutaka was extremely shocked. Xu Wei was a madman, and so was Sun Keyi. For both of them, there was no other possibility except to completely destroy them by any means necessary and to exploit them with all possible means.

"How can it end?" Nobutaka Kobe took a few deep breaths and asked in horror.

"I don't know." Xu Wei thought carefully and gave an answer. "have no idea?"

Xu Wei said seriously: "Yes, starting from the Japanese envoys competing for tribute in the second year of Jiajing, the Japanese invaders have plagued the southeast of the Ming Dynasty for decades. How many people died under the butcher's knife of the Japanese pirates? How many people left? How many people died on the way to their hometown? I don’t know. I don’t know how it will be over.”

"So, I suggest Oda Nobunaga unify Japan as soon as possible, and then gather all the troops to have a fight with the Ming Dynasty. Even if he loses, an unprecedented battle can end some grievances."

Can Oda Nobunaga do it? It was possible in the past, but it's difficult now.

Because with the seigniorage, each daimyo can gain a lot of weight. This is a way to catch all the benefits. The difficulty of Oda Nobunaga's attack will increase significantly. It might have taken five to ten years to complete the unification war. Now, it's far away.

Therefore, Nobutaka Kobe asked how and when it would end. Xu Wei really didn’t know.

The Ming Dynasty was really very polite to Anda Khan and the left and right wings of the Beibei. He only beheaded more than a hundred households of Anda Khan, but the main focus was on educating the border people. Even considering the influence of Sanniang Zi, the Ming Dynasty appointed She was the first chief envoy of Suiyuan. This was indeed a reconciliation, but her methods towards the Japanese state were full of ruthlessness and cruelty.

Kobe Nobutaka left Nagasaki. When he left, he met other envoys, including the Nagasogabe clan, the Mori clan, the Hojo clan, the Kamigami clan, and even Shibata Katsuie, Maeda Toshiie, Hosokawa clan, and Tokoku clan. The Kawa clan is the Tokugawa clan of the old fox Tokugawa Ieyasu. These daimyo were all daimyo that Oda Nobunaga had conquered or worked for the Oda family. They also bypassed Oda Nobunaga and came to Nagasaki.

The purpose of these daimyo's envoys coming to the Nagasaki Governor's Palace is self-evident.

Xu Wei did not immediately release the 10 million guan of treasure banknotes, because the Japanese lords did not have enough silver to exchange, and if he released tens of millions of guan of treasure banknotes at once, the treasure banknotes would directly collapse, so every time he Only 1.5 million coins will be exchanged, and then the amount will be increased or decreased based on the information brought back by the merchants.

The firewood was available, the oil pan was set up, and it was simmered over low heat until it was cooked well.

After Kobe Nobutaka returned to Kyoto, he was severely reprimanded by Oda Nobunaga, who was wearing a king's cloak, because Oda Nobunaga sent Kobe Nobutaka to Nagasaki for the biggest purpose: to communicate with the Ming Dynasty, pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and replace Ashikaga Yoshi. Akira became the new king of Japan, but none of these conditions were agreed upon.

The Nagasaki Governor's Office reported Oda Nobunaga's request to the Ming court.

At the end of April, Xu Wei received a reply from the court. His Majesty still approved the eight words in the reply. I don't care if you do whatever you want.

Every time they don't care, for the Japanese country, they are slipping deeper into hell.

Wang Qian, the second richest young man in the Ming Dynasty and the first dandy in the capital, swaggered back to his home like a victorious goose. The ticket price of Suiyuan Chidao began to rise with the start of construction. Although the amplitude was not large, this confirmed that Wang Qian It is my guess that the ticket prices on Suiyuanchi Road will rise to a point that will make everyone stunned.

It fully meets Wang Qian's expectations for Suiyuan Chidao Ticket.

"Lengliggeng, lengliggeng, the price increase scares me, and the money makes me soft, lengliggeng." Wang Qian vaguely hummed a tuneless ditty, and looked at his father's reply in a very good mood. When he got home, he hurriedly greeted him and said politely, "I've met my father."

"Put it away quickly!" Wang Chonggu said angrily: "If you need money, go to the account and pay it yourself."

"Dad, I, Wang Qian, don't need any more money now! Suiyuan Chidao has gone up again!" Wang Qian said proudly: "I made a small fortune. Today, my son will treat my father to dinner. There will be a big banquet at the Qianmen restaurant. A table.”

Wang Chonggu said with certainty: "You have a very accurate vision in this regard. Yes, you should remember your Majesty's words: Don't speculate in food, clothing, housing, and transportation, otherwise no one will be able to save you when you die."

"How much does it cost to pay for basic necessities, food, housing and transportation?" Wang Qian said nonchalantly.

The poor coolies only have a few dollars for food, clothing, housing and transportation. If they go to such trouble, they have to bear political risks.

Wang Qian was really not short of money. Wang Chonggu died. The old Wang family belonged to him. He just wanted to experience the process of making money and the self-realization of spiritual pursuits.

"Dad, you said that the government factories and engineering corps camps that dad has established are in full swing. Can our family have a chance to meet Zhang Juzheng?" Wang Qian asked in a low voice.

Wang Chonggu curled his lips and said, "Are you going to touch the heads of the whole family? Stupid!"

Wang Qian immediately whispered: "Dad, why are you so afraid of Zhang Juzheng? He is an assistant minister, and you are also an assistant minister. He has passed the imperial examination, cleared his father-in-law and returned the land, and dad also has an official factory, a factory, and an engineering corps. We are afraid that he will do something wrong." very!"

"You're right. Our family is indeed very strong now. To put it bluntly, Yan Song from the Jiajing Dynasty was nothing more than that. If Yan Shifan doesn't do serious work, you are much stronger than Yan Shifan." Wang Chonggu said with great certainty: "It's a pity that I still can't beat Zhang Juzheng."

Yan Shifan's request for a bribe from Prince Yu was the biggest stupid thing Yan Shifan did. Wang Qian would not do this, and Wang Qian did not dare to ask for a bribe from Zhu Changzhi.

"Why, I feel that we are still very strong." Wang Qian said with great conviction.

Wang Chonggu thought for a while and said: "Let us put aside Zhang Juzheng's Zhang party all over the Ming Dynasty, put aside the outstanding people selected by the imperial examination, let us remember Zhang Juzheng's feelings, put aside the rich country that cleared the father-in-law and returned the land, and put aside the relationship between him and Qi Jiguang. The relationship between them is irreversible, regardless of the military power given to military officers, fifth-class merit awards, the military attache's support for him, regardless of His Majesty's words that those who make mistakes will be killed, regardless of the contradictions, public and private discussions that he and Your Majesty have created, The great influence of the production diagram and class theory.”

"Let's just talk about Zhang Juzheng's examination method."

Wang Qian was stunned for a moment and said: "Dad, aren't you just like a cheap Confucian who ignores the facts? This is all part of Zhang Juzheng's strength. What is there to say about the examination method, its execution, impact, and results? Isn’t this all clear? The newspapers have already analyzed the good and the bad.”

"Look at the examination method from my perspective." Wang Chonggu leaned back in his chair and said: "There is only one examination method, and I can't compete with it. In my opinion, the great thing about this examination method is that But no one else noticed.”

"What is it?" Wang Qian asked curiously.

Wang Chonggu said slightly absent-mindedly: "This is a problem I only realized when I was implementing the examination method in the official factory these days. The Ming Dynasty has changed. It started to change from the first year of Wanli. In the past, when we were doing things in the Ming Dynasty, we were all busy with our own affairs. Yes, the Ministry of Husbandry belongs to the Ministry of Husbandry, and the Ministry of Personnel belongs to the Ministry of Personnel. Nowadays, national policies are often implemented jointly by two or three ministries. "

"Everyone believes that the basic logic of the imperial examination system relies on the authority of the capital, the complete accountability of the bureaucracy, and the absolute suppression of the downwards to achieve its current efficiency. However, many things in the Ming Dynasty were messed up as soon as they were released. , you will die as soon as you take charge of it. Logically speaking, this should be the case for those who have passed the examination, but our officialdom in Ming Dynasty is more active than ever. "

Wang Qian suddenly jumped up from his seat and said in great surprise: "If you let it go, it will cause chaos, and if you control it, you will die. It is true. I have seen the child many times. It's strange that I didn't pay attention unless my father told me. Why?" "

"Why?" Wang Chonggu rubbed his fingers a few times and said with a solemn expression: "It will lead to chaos as soon as it is released, and it will die as soon as it is controlled. This is the most intuitive manifestation of the rigidity of the imperial court."

"A matter is reported from the local level. Each ministry makes a ministerial decision, gets it to the court for recommendation, and then gets His Majesty's approval. Then it starts to go down layer by layer, and the local government solves it. This is still smooth. If someone gets stuck Should the six departments have different opinions and not implement it? Or even if the six departments also have objections, it will take a long, long, long time to resolve this matter. This is rigidity. "

"Did you discover it?"

Wang Qian asked blankly: "What did you find? Isn't it like this?"

For the first time, Wang Qian suspected that his vision was not enough. He didn't discover anything at all. Isn't it always like this?

Wang Chonggu shook his head and said: "The local officials who discovered a certain problem and the local officials who solved it are both the same group of people, and they are also the group of people who bear the responsibility. But after going through such a large circle, Huang Hua waited until the court gave instructions. The dishes are cold, which is the most intuitive manifestation of rigidity.”

"This has always been the case. Haven't you discovered the problem? The discovery, handling, and responsibility are all local officials and petty officials. There is such a big circle in the middle, and there is no need to take responsibility or discover and solve the problem."

"How many people in this circle do you think really want to solve this problem, rather than fighting for their own interests around this problem?"

"Stay!" Wang Qian finally understood what his own father was talking about and why the court was so rigid.

Take the case of the governor of Sichuan as an example. The government officials knew what the problem was. They reported it to the government officials, county magistrates, county magistrates, magistrates, chief envoys, governors, six ministries, Wenhua Hall, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and His Majesty. The palace and six departments are passed down to the next level, and the final result is solved by the Yamen.

Can the Yamen solve it? It can't be solved, but the government officials are responsible for this matter, and everyone in the middle does not need to be responsible for it, but why don't we just focus on this kind of case, regardless of how the matter is resolved, and fight to the death first?
The bureaucracy, the rigidity of the layers of bureaucracy, is so rigid. Discovery, handling, and responsibility are all placed at the end. It is better to do less than to do more, and simply don’t report it. Small officials really can’t handle it. Take this responsibility.

"This is no longer the case with Kao Chengfa." Wang Chonggu said sincerely: "Kao Cheng Fa clarified the rights and responsibilities, and held people accountable at all levels. Last year, Jiangxi hid 615 million acres of land. Except for the governor Wang Lin, all others were taken away. This It was Wang Lin who found out and reported to the court, otherwise Wang Lin would not have been able to escape this disaster. Tsk tsk, there was a big earthquake, and there was also the case of Sichuan Governor Luo Yao, who resigned and was held accountable. "

"No matter who you are, you have to take responsibility, but you have to solve the problem first. If the problem is not solved, everyone will die. Once it is solved, it is not too late to fight."

"Awesome! Dad is also very knowledgeable, but I didn't notice it at all!" Wang Qian said sincerely. Zhang Juzheng, who designed this method, is very powerful, and Wang Chonggu is not weak either. At least he understands the key. It's not Wang Chonggu who said, Wang Chonggu said When I was in the game, I didn't notice this difference at all.

Wang Qian passed the Jinshi examination and the examination method has been implemented. He thought that this was the case, but in fact it was a phenomenon unique to the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years.

Wang Chonggu sighed and said, "And it's not just that."

"Everything we do now is done jointly by multiple yamen, instead of working alone. There are some things that cannot be accomplished in a lifetime by working alone, such as suppressing bandits, just the archers or yamen servants of the patrol inspection department, or the Dusi It is not enough for the guards to fight alone. The inspection department needs to provide intelligence, the yamen are responsible for preparation and aftermath, and the guards of the general department are responsible for the suppression. This is the cooperation of multiple yamen. "

"This is the beauty of setting limits and completing things within a time limit."

"To put it bluntly, this examination method is to set a time limit and solve the problem within a time limit, forcing the bullies in the yamen to put aside their internal strife and work together to work together."

Wang Chonggu has been using the test method recently, and I have to say, it is really easy to use!

There is nothing new about this thing. It is a weakened version of Guaman sitting together in "The Great Edict", with one person taking responsibility. But it is such a weakened version that the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is no longer a backwater, and it is full of intrigues and favors all day long. It's the Lord.

The two major problems facing the imperial court were that it was rigid and bloated.

(End of this chapter)