Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 566: Treat all officials well, increase their salary, expand territory, and create a prince

In Zhu Qiyu's consideration, Wang Wen is his staunchest supporter, and he will definitely give him the greatest preferential treatment.Wei Ji is the most respected person and can be the second assistant.

Wang Ji's military exploits were extremely high, and he was granted the title of Bachelor of the Jinshen Palace, which was a great honor for him.But in fact, Wang Ji will be guarding the south and will not really stay in the cabinet.

These three are first-level bachelors.

He Wenyuan, Luo Tong, Zhou Chen, Chen Yi, and Xu Youzhen are on the same level. He Wenyuan, Luo Tong, and Zhou Chen are the three older ones and can only work for another five or six years at most.

Xu Youzhen and Shen Yi are the first and second assistants of the next generation and need to be cultivated.

Wang Wen and others who were called were quite satisfied with the emperor's arrangement, and they all knelt down to express their gratitude.

Zhu Qiyu continued to announce: "Jiang Yuan and Xue Xuan are the bachelors of Wenyuange, Wang Yining and Xiao Fan are the bachelors of Dongge, and Huang Pu and He Yi are the bachelors of Chunfang.

Since these cabinet ministers were all promoted during the special period of Tumubao, I made arrangements directly.

In the future, important ministers who will join the cabinet should start from Hanlin bachelor's degree, and work their way up step by step in strict accordance with the order. "

Everyone heard this and had no objections.Nowadays, the ranking of these cabinet ministers is relatively fair, taking into account their merits, seniority and the order in which they entered the cabinet.

In addition, Huang Pu and He Yi, who are direct descendants of the emperor, are ranked at the bottom. They have not been promoted to the first level. They were Chunfang bachelors at the beginning and are still Chunfang bachelors now.As a result, the ministers were speechless.

Seeing that no one objected, Zhu Qiyu continued: "In the future, each of the six departments can have two ministers, two ministers on the left and right, and several additional ministers.

In addition to this, the Ministry of Revenue added an additional minister, Governor Cangchang.The Ministry of Industry added two additional ministers, one to oversee water conservancy and water transportation, and one to oversee firearms manufacturing.

In Nanjing, there is also a ninth-class bachelor's degree, which is an honorary title.The six departments in Nanjing also have the same configuration of ministers and ministers as in Beijing.

The nine guards were responsible for managing Nanjing.Three civil servants were on guard, three honorable officials were on guard, and three eunuchs were on guard. "

As soon as the emperor said this, the ministers became excited.Sure enough, this court meeting was not in vain, and I heard the good news immediately.

With this change, how many positions of ministers and ministers have been added. The key is that all the old ministers who were respectful to the emperor have been almost taken care of by the emperor.

In other words, the emperor had no choice but to promote new important ministers. There would inevitably be a large number of "young people" with insufficient qualifications who would become ministers and ministers.

This is a good thing, this is a great thing, and everyone supports it with both hands and feet.

Only when all the fellow Taoists are finished can the poor Taoist ascend to the throne.

Zhu Qiyu gave everyone another blessing: "In the fourth year of Jingtai, the salary of all officials will be increased by another 14% based on the [-]th year of Zhengtai."

When all the officials heard this, they all shouted long live without even thinking about it.

An official's salary in the 14th year of Zhengtong's reign is one hundred dan.

At that time, the imperial court wanted to issue some waste paper banknotes, but what he actually got was only sixty dan.

Entering the Jingtai Dynasty, including this salary increase, this official's salary has increased to 180 dan, and all of it is paid in real terms, without using waste paper or money to fool around.

180 shi versus [-] shi, which is equivalent to three times the salary of the Zhengtong Dynasty this year.

At least at this moment, all the officials sincerely appreciate His Majesty the Emperor.

This was the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty that an emperor was so sincere and did not play tricks when it came to his salary.

Don't think that officials look down on these salaries. Not everyone in Ming Dynasty was a corrupt official.There are still quite a number of people who uphold integrity and are honest and loyal.

For example, Huang Pu and He Yi are both upright officials who have left their names in history.People like He Yi who died while serving as chief envoys had only a few volumes of books left behind, and were so poor that they needed funeral arrangements from the court.

Among the imperial censors, the majority are also honest.Then there are those who are ambitious and ambitious, such as Xu Youzhen, but he is not greedy.People like Xu Youzhen pursue power and achievements. What they want is to leave a name in history and give political opponents leverage, and they will not do it.

Next, there is the sacrifice of prisoners.The personal guards brought Si Jifa, Si Bufa, and the former king of Burma up.

The officials were excited again. The Luchuan Kingdom, which had been in power since the Yuan Dynasty and had been intruding since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, indirectly led to the Tumubao incident, which caused a lot of trouble for the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that they finally saw King Luchan's golden face, everyone wanted to pounce on him and punch him into a pulp.

Fortunately, everyone still knows the temper of the emperor today, and there is no way to think of a way to avoid blaming everyone.

After all, Zhu Qiyu was considerate of everyone and ordered Liao Zhuang, the Minister of Rites, and Liu Dingzhi, the Minister of Hanlin, to represent the court and severely reprimand Si Jifa and others.If the officials want to be angry, they are allowed to come forward and curse a few words.

After struggling for half an hour, everyone finally vented their emotions.

Zhu Qiyu gave the final verdict: "The former king of Luchuan thought about Jifa and was appointed as the commander of the vanguard of the government army. His younger brother was thinking about divination and was appointed as the commander of the vanguard of the government army. He took his salary and ignored the affairs, and settled in Fengyang. .

The former king of Myanmar disobeyed the emperor's order, refused to hand over the Si Ji Dharma, and secretly released the Si Ji Dharma. His crime should be punished.However, the widow was lenient and made him a Marquis of Disobedience. He was given ten miles of land in Qiongzhou, Guangdong, and a salary of three hundred stones per year, so that he could meditate on his mistakes in the fiefdom and live a stable life. "

This decision was beyond the expectations of all the officials. Why not behead?
What the officials don't know is that the emperor in front of them will continue to conquer the east and west, so they must treat these subjugated lords well and ensure that they have enough food and clothing to live in peace for the rest of their lives, and at least they can become rich men.

Even Luchuan, who fought to the death with the Ming Dynasty, could get a good ending, while Annan, who surrendered happily, could even be considered a king.

Only by setting these examples and giving other vassal states a way out will they not resist wholeheartedly and risk their lives to the point of death.

Regardless of whether the ministers understood it or not, Zhu Qiyu continued to announce important matters: "

The newly occupied Annan, Myanmar, Bangladesh and other places were divided into Annan Province, Myanmar Province and Bengal Province respectively.

On a lighter note, we monarchs and ministers have given birth to nine sons and three daughters in the past two years.

Now, six more concubines are pregnant.

I decided to enfeoff the princes to protect the vassal country. If I enfeoff the princes as soon as possible, I can also build the palace and place the guards as soon as possible.

In addition to the fact that the second son of the emperor has been named King of Han, the third son of the emperor has been named King of Wei, and the fourth son of the emperor has been named King Ning,

Today, the emperor's five sons are crowned kings of Yue and guard Annan.

The sixth son of the emperor is the king of Burma and guards Burma;
The seventh son of the emperor is King Meng and guards Mengjia;
The eighth son of the emperor is King Ping, guarding Kaiping;
The ninth son of the emperor was the king of Xia and guarded Ningxia.

From now on, set up a guard for it.

I must firmly occupy Annan, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.

I also wanted to restore Mengyang's former hometown of Luchuan Kingdom. Unable to avoid another rebellion, I decided to move Min Fan to Mengyang.

I've made up my mind, so be it. "

When all the officials heard this, they looked at each other.The emperor said "I have made up my mind", which made it clear that no matter how opposed the ministers were, it would be ineffective.The recent witchcraft disaster greatly irritated the emperor.It is reasonable and reasonable for the emperor to insist on enfeoffing the various disciples as early as possible.

Moreover, the two princes of Min Fan rebelled, and moving Min Fan to Mengyang was considered a compromise.After all, the old Min King fully supported the emperor back then, but now he directly attacks Min Fan, which seems too ruthless.

Without the relationship of Old Min King, people like Min Fan would have died long ago.

Zhu Qiyu looked left and right, feeling quite satisfied. Finally, no one stood up to argue with him.

In fact, the civil servants were also tired, and at least for the time being they were not in the mood to go to war with the emperor.

(End of this chapter)