Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 60 Zhu Yuanzhang is Angry
Among the news compiled by the school inspector, those about Zhu Jingjing all came from the people Zhu Yuanzhang arranged to be around Zhu Biao.

When Zhu Biao knew about Zhu Jingjing, he also knew about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang arranged spies around Zhu Biao, not that he was worried about Zhu Biao, but because he cared about Zhu Biao and hoped that the prince's training would not deviate from his expectations.

Unexpectedly, he hunted rabbits and found out about Zhu Jingjing.

However, the information sent by the inspection school was not comprehensive.Zhu Yuanzhang just knew that Zhu Jingjing had persuaded Zhu Biao and said that she wanted to make the decision on her own marriage!

After reading these messages, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally angry.It is the parents who make the final decision on the marriage of their children. This daughter actually wants to make the decision on her own. To my disgrace, I really thought that helping her was the most important promise she made to Queen Ma.

After thinking for a while, he wanted to know more, so he naturally summoned the maids and guards around Zhu Jingjing to ask.

After asking this question, he understood everything clearly, which made him even more angry.

In short, it’s nonsense, it’s too much nonsense!

It's just a life-saving favor, and you have to promise it with your body. Do you really think you are living in storytelling?
Is that country boy named Zhang Yifan?He has some medical skills and a little cleverness. Can he tinker with something?But even so, where does he have the face to dare to compete with the world's talented people?Still want to have a competition to find a bride?Are you so sure that Zhang Yifan can win the beauty?
Simply bullshit!

Are the boss, the boss's wife, and the fourth child all going to fool around together?This is really unreasonable!

If you want to protect this girl, you can't let her do whatever she wants!

Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry, and there may not be a factor in concealing him.Especially Zhu Jingjing didn't listen to him and wanted to be self-righteous, which made him even more angry.

Of course, it was also related to the fact that Qiu Ju and others were trembling in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. They only dared to report the matter truthfully and did not dare to emphasize that Zhang Yifan was really powerful!

Even if they meant this in their words, Zhu Yuanzhang would not believe it.Just as he thought when he was angry, he just has some medical skills and a little cleverness. How dare he compare with the world's talented people?

When Zhu Yuanzhang held his breath and returned to the harem, he did not expect that Queen Ma mentioned Zhu Jingjing's marriage again.

Who was Zhu Yuanzhang? He immediately realized that Queen Ma might have been won over by Zhu Jingjing, so after a little probing, Queen Ma thought he would agree, so she really had to tell him everything.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the patriarch, was really angry.Although he is a father, he does want his daughter to live well.However, for an emperor, he is more concerned about the current situation and the stability of the imperial power.

According to his previous plan, this eldest daughter was going to marry Li Shanchang's eldest son in order to win over the man who was the most responsible figure in the founding of the Ming Dynasty and continue to support him wholeheartedly.Especially to set an example for those civil servants and not to form any cliques.

Thinking of the vague accusations against him in the memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang felt more and more that he needed Li Shanchang to help him.

In the final analysis, it is still a question of talent.

If he has enough loyal and talented people, then he can completely put aside Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and others, as well as the people they recommend, and instead reuse the talents he recognizes.

But the current situation is that the officials in the court are all recommended by civil servants. With the connections and connections, he feels like he is alone when faced with the major issues of governing the country.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to change this situation and switch to the imperial examination system, he did not get a satisfactory result.So far, we still have to rely on the recommendation system.In fact, he also sees the disadvantages of the recommendation system very clearly.Those who were recommended were not grateful to the emperor who appointed them as officials, but were more grateful to those who recommended them to be officials!

Thinking of these troubles, Zhu Yuanzhang told Queen Ma that Zhu Jingjing's marriage was not hers to decide, and she would still have to marry Li Shanchang's eldest son according to the original arrangement.

Regarding his decision, which still involved political affairs in the court, Empress Ma did not insist on it and could only listen to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The next day was Zhu Di's wedding.The entire court and royal family were naturally busy with King Yan's wedding.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang got up very early, and before the wedding started, he still dealt with political affairs and reviewed a batch of memorials.

As a result, he was fine if he didn't review it, but when he did, he immediately became furious.The memorial he was reviewing in his hand was smashed to the ground by him.

The eunuchs on duty nearby were all trembling with fright. When they went to pick up the memorial, they found that it was Pingyao's memorial to Ye Boju.

This Ye Boju, in the memorial, used Xingbian to report three things to Zhu Yuanzhang to criticize Zhu Yuanzhang's failings: too extravagant enfeoffments, too many tortures, and too urgent treatment.

What does that mean?

The enfeoffment was too extravagant, because he accused Zhu Yuanzhang of making all his sons vassal kings, and also had military power to guard important places in the Ming Dynasty. This was not done well.In order to illustrate this point, he started with the enfeoffment of kings of Zhou and talked a lot about it.

The use of punishment is too complicated, which means that Zhu Yuanzhang was too harsh on officials, and 60 taels of silver would be used as grass. Which dynasty or generation has heard of it?Even if it is less than 60 taels, once you make a mistake, you will be exiled to the frontier, doing some lowly things like civilian husbands, and you simply don't treat officials as human beings.

Seeking treatment too eagerly was an accusation that Zhu Yuanzhang was a little eager for quick success and put too much pressure on officials.How can there be such harsh requirements? To do this or that, is it something that humans can do?

This Ye Boju was highly praised in history books, saying that he had foresight, was a man of great talent, and was able to address current issues.

However, this is only from the perspective of an official. From the perspective of the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, it is completely different and he must be furious.

The two accusations of using too many punishments and being too urgent to seek treatment actually did not make Zhu Yuanzhang particularly angry. After all, it was just a matter of degree.

Zhu Yuanzhang personally experienced the corruption of officials in the former Yuan Dynasty, which made it difficult for the people to make a living, and the incompetence of officials in the former Yuan Dynasty, which led to him being driven away by him only a few years ago.

That's why he formulated those policies.This involves a talent issue.It was also something he had been thinking about and worrying about.

If it were just these two things, Zhu Yuanzhang would not be so easily angry. After all, he himself ordered others to point out his political gains and losses.

What really made him furious was the first point: the enfeoffment was too extravagant.The focus of Ye Boju's memorial is actually this, and it occupies the largest space in the entire memorial.

This point of view definitely touched his nerves. Especially under the current political situation, he dared to say such a thing, which was even more sensitive.

So how do you understand this matter from Zhu Yuanzhang's perspective?
(End of this chapter)