People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 319: The test method is basically a back door for cruel officials

Chen Han believed that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son would be able to think about things on his side in the short term.

But he had no way to guarantee whether the overwhelming opposition would have an impact on Zhu Yuanzhang and the others.

If an emperor looks at the overall situation and feels that today's reforms may cause pain, it may arouse opposition from a large number of officials.

For the sake of the overall situation, if the next decree says to postpone the reform for some time, is it okay?

That's it.

As an emperor, there is no way to blindly support the reforms of his ministers. He must consider the overall situation.

Chen Han understands this. Chen Han understands policy very well and must consider the interests of everyone.

But for reforms, once something like compromising with those who oppose it occurs,

This may lead more officials who used to sit on the fence to join the opposition camp.

Later reforms may become short-lived.

This is the reason why many reforms fail.

The old man was so smart, he smiled and said, "You kid, you are really a monkey spirit.

So he can only do his best.

You just want to tell us that your current reforms and changes have achieved great results.

Stopping means failure.

Once it stops, more people will speak out against it.

That's why he came today to ask the father and son to come to this place.

Let them see how many achievements they have made in reform today.

At first, Song Shenzong firmly supported Wang Anshi's reform.

This is also the reason why Wang Anshi's reform always failed when it was stopped and started again by Song Shenzong.

But what happened in the end?

Because he knew that what he was doing was against all those with vested interests.

Sometimes they have to listen to the opinions of those officials.

But for Chen Han, the absolute advantage now is that he has the support of the emperor.

Just in the name of reform, I got the opportunity to be promoted to a higher position.

When the reform touched too many abilities, these people began to rebound. He was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would think about the overall situation and ask Chen Han to slow down and compromise with so many officials in the world.

Those who are eager for quick success and those cruel officials who belong to Wang Anshi are not at all for real reform.

Chen Han was afraid that something like this would happen, and he would never agree to stop.

Maybe Zhu Yuanzhang was a decisive emperor, but he was definitely not an emperor who killed innocent people indiscriminately.

Wang Anshi had no choice but to appoint such officials.

Since he saved Zhu Biao's life and even married Zhu Biao's daughter, he should have had no worries and should have carried out drastic reforms.

As soon as I heard the news, I immediately knew what the courtiers think of you now, so you brought us here.

As long as you insist on reform and stick to your approach, Ming Dynasty will become better. "

Chen Han smiled: "I can't help it.

It’s really because I’m afraid that you’ll stop my changes midway.

Then let me wait a few years for the group of staunch opponents to grow old and a new group of officials to be elected.

You even want to use next year's imperial examination to select a group of talents to follow my path of reform.

Your original intention is good and your approach is correct, but officials in the world will not think so.

They will wonder if we have compromised on them.

As soon as such an idea emerges, there will be countless opponents.

You think you want to select a loyal following for me?

You want me to select some new outstanding students at Daming Engineering College.

You would rather have more people behind me.

I understand your concern, but I don't agree with your approach. "

When Chen Han said this, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression became solemn.

Although there were a lot of diners laughing and chatting nearby.

But in this space, the atmosphere solidified into the shape of water droplets.

Even Xia Yuanji, who was eating hot-boiled mutton at the side, put down his bowl and chopsticks at this time.

He came back to his senses after hearing Chen Han's words.

It turns out that there are still some voices of opposition in the court.

The reason for these objections is simple.

It is because after the gentry paid the grain together, their interests were compressed. Because of this, they jumped out one after another.

The impeachment reform was criticized from various aspects.

From the local government to the capital, there is a steady stream of people, floating like snowflakes.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, was a man of great talent and strategy.

It can indeed be suppressed, but if you think about it from the perspective of the overall situation.

The current reforms are indeed a bit urgent.

If we can slow down and slowly repair the relationship with conservative forces.

Maybe the road will be wider.

I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang's idea is right, and Prince Zhu Biao's idea is even more commendable. Everyone is for reform.

But Chen Han understood very well that their original intention was good, but their method didn't work.

The emperor and the prince wanted to ease the relationship between the reformers and the conservatives.

Slowly weaken the power of conservatives.

Increase the power of the reformists.

One goes against the other, slowly replacing the position of conservatives.

In this case, there will be no objections to the reform.

But Chen Han made it clear what they were thinking.

The consequences of giving in were also summarized.

Chen Han said again, "Now that I, Ming, have such a good opportunity to move forward in big strides, but have to compromise because of a few flies buzzing, what does this mean?

This is a retreat from conservatives,

Those conservatives will not think that His Majesty and His Highness have good intentions and do not want to cause turmoil in the DPRK.

They will only think that their obstruction has worked.

They will only think that if there is a benefit, they must seize the opportunity and completely overthrow the reform.

Your Majesty, Your Highness, if you don't take a step back now, everyone will just fight secretly.

After everything has not surfaced, we can still smile when we see each other.

However, once you take a step back, it will be a desperate attempt, and a bloody coup will have to be carried out.

Then all the sacrifices of the previous reforms will become worthless and become a joke. "

The expressions of father and son became even more solemn.

After thinking for a long time, Prince Zhu Biao finally spoke: "Since what you said is quite accurate, there is no need for us to hide it.

Nowadays, impeachment memorials are floating like snowflakes all over the world.

Some of the propositions make quite a bit of sense.

Moreover, after the legal examination was carried out, many unjust, false and wrong cases did occur.

In many places, taxes cannot be collected as ideally as you think.

There are also many cruel officials who take this opportunity to blackmail their subordinates.

They set extremely high quotas every time. If they fail to meet the quota, they have no way to explain it to their superiors, but their superiors can use this to block their subordinates.

Have you ever thought about what would happen to the whole world?

Not to mention anything else, how many of these officials, those at the lowest level, can escape your examination?

We have to consider this issue.

Your examination method is good, with fixed quotas and fixed time examinations.

But it also leaves many people with loopholes. "

When Zhu Biao said this, Chen Han finally understood what the problem was.

The problem is the same as what Zhang Juzheng encountered back then.

The test method is a good tool, but the people behind it have big problems when using it.

It was supposed to be considered at all levels, but instead it became stuck at all levels and falsely reported on political achievements.

In order to gain the approval of his superiors, he will not complete these political achievements himself and suppress the officials below him.

Once the pressure reaches the level of the county magistrate, and there is no way to go down, the county magistrate will have to die.

If this problem is not solved, officials will no longer be able to serve as officials.

That’s why the snowflake-like impeachment appeared.

This problem was not obvious at first, but after two assessments, the problem became very big...

(End of this chapter)