People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 459 Deliberately humiliating civil servants!

The civil servants initially wanted to come to Beiping Lake to show off their power.

Because they seized Zhu Di's loophole.

I feel that I can definitely make up for my previous shame this time.

Be able to make Zhu Di kowtow to him.

Even before they left, many civil servants came to see them off.

They also made solemn promises in front of the civil servants.

This time we must let the military generals who advocate war know that you no longer have such a good opportunity.

If you make the slightest mistake, it will be magnified infinitely in our hands.

We will make you pay a heavy price.

Let me tell you how ironic it is that you are advocating war all the time.

It was precisely because of these ideas that these civil officials never trusted the military generals from the beginning.

It even infinitely magnifies the threat posed by military generals.

In their eyes, just having us civil servants is enough.

After so many years of war during the Hongwu reign, the people were living in misery.

Now that things have finally settled down a bit, a new duke has arrived, fighting the Japanese in the east and pirates in Indochina in the south, making everyone panic again.

They really want to tell the Duke, now that we have so much money and a series of reforms that you have established, can we stop?

Can we please live a better life?

Could we, the civil servants, have some time to sort this out?

We must do the things that are supposed to be done by civil servants now, otherwise how can we demonstrate our position?

But apparently not many people are willing to follow their advice now.

Everyone has seen the changes that Chen Han’s reforms have brought to the Ming Dynasty.

It even let everyone see that now only by following the Duke's footsteps can we develop better.

Everyone has become accustomed to this pace, and they are even willing to see the Ming army spread out and regain territory around the world.

It can even be said that the Ming Dynasty's military might was displayed to the fullest by showing off its military might all over the world.

Although this sounds a bit unpleasant, everyone now feels it from the bottom of their hearts. As the Ming Dynasty becomes more and more powerful, the surrounding countries respect it more and more.

This kind of respect is not given because of how much money the Ming Dynasty has invested.

But it is because the military power of the Ming Dynasty is now very strong.

The countries in Indochina sent tribute from time to time.

Why did they send tribute?

Is it because I like Ming Dynasty very much?
no.

This was because the pirates that the Ming Dynasty defeated in Indochina fled in fear, and finally had to hide in small corners and dared not come out.

Also, because the Ming Dynasty has established a trade transit station in their territory, they all have the opportunity to make a fortune.

That's why they respect the Ming Dynasty so much.

But all this makes the current civil servants feel threatened.

They didn't think that the Ming Dynasty was becoming increasingly powerful, which was good for them.

On the contrary, I became more and more uneasy because of this.

They feel that if things continue to develop in this way, it is hard to imagine where they, the civil servants, will be placed if military generals are allowed to lead national policies in the future.
They don’t see that a civil servant like Xia Yuanji has now gone to Indochina to serve as governor under Chen Han’s arrangement.

He is also doing very well.

They didn't see it.

Because they can't stand the reformist civil servants who are now doing well.

In fact, Xia Yuanji was the one who started the reform together with Chen Han, and he was someone they disliked very much.

It is precisely because of this arrogant attitude that they are losing opportunities again and again.

This is why Chen Han didn't give them a chance.

This kind of person is looked down upon even by his own subordinates, who also look down on him, thinking that many of his reforms are just following the old ways of his predecessors and will definitely fail.

Especially the policy of allocating land tax to each household, which actually has many similarities with the reforms of Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty.

Drawing lessons from Wang Anshi's reform, they determined that Chen Han's reform would also fail on this basis, so they simply did not agree with it.

It is precisely because of these backgrounds that there is now a huge gap between civil officials and military generals, and even a bit of hatred.

They feel that the military faction has now robbed them of the glory they deserve.

In the process of reform and change, they should be allowed to take the lead.

They should be given more opportunities to make meritorious contributions.

But now there is none of that, leaving civil servants disappointed again and again.

So much so that now, even if Zhu Di only reported a number that made them suspicious in the battle loss ratio, they felt that this was a good opportunity.

They must seize this opportunity to bring down Zhu Di.

It was not Zhu Di who was brought down, but all the military generals who wanted to see a good outcome from this war.

You must let them know that even if you win the battle, you will not be able to be happy under the manipulation of our military and civil officials.

So even though Zhang Yu very politely led them in, the civil servants, who were covered with rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs, were all gritting their teeth.

Some civil servants even threatened Zhang Yu directly.

"Your Highness the Prince of Yan is really generous. This is how you take care of the imperial envoy from the capital who came from afar. Very good, very good!
Just based on this, it's hard for us to say anything good about it!"

Zhang Yu is actually a very good-tempered person, even though he is a general who charges into battle on the battlefield.

But he is very magnanimous.

Especially when it comes to dealing with civil servants, he is not as simple as Zhu Neng thought.

First of all, it was because he had served as an official in the Yuan Dynasty court, and a high-ranking official, a civil servant.

Therefore, he is very capable of handling such complex political relations in official circles.

It was precisely because of this outstanding quality that Zhu Di confidently sent Zhang Yu to the city gate to welcome those civil servants.

What is wanted is for him to appear in front of the civil officials as a military general.

Let these civil servants know that you are not the only ones who are good at talking.

You're not the only ones with useful brains.

Our generals may not be as simple-minded as you think.

We need to give them a fresh look and let them see how our military commanders in Beiping Prefecture can use their wisdom to rub you down one by one.

Zhang Yu is such a person. He always has a smile on his face, making you feel like spring breeze all the time.

But he is not someone who can be easily fooled.

Seeing that these civil servants treated him with indifference, he did not try to please them deliberately.

Instead, he said with a smile: “Then please take a closer look, and see if you can find out what our Beiping Prefecture has been doing to conceal the actions of the court over the years.

If we can find it, we can also admonish the officials of Beiping Prefecture and work together to improve it.

If not, please be kind, officials, and let us, the generals who can only charge into battle and protect the common people, fight well in the front. "What a retreat to advance. Zhang Yu used this kind of continuous elimination and sarcastic rhetoric, which was quite good.

What I mean is that you should check carefully to see whether we are really the fraudulent army as you claim.

If not, please help us promote it.

After all, we can't do anything else but charge into battle, bleeding and desperately protecting the people.

We are not as powerful as you flatterers or civil servants who are good at talking. Your pens and your mouths can decide all the major events in the world.

But people like us can only use our flesh and blood to face the enemy's swords and guns.

This is the only way to protect the people.

This is quite a beautiful statement.

And these civil servants had no way to refute it.

Even the civil servants felt that such words were like a knife scraping on their faces after hearing them.

They were also surprised.

Isn't it said that military generals are all straightforward and don't know how to beat around the bush?
How come this general speaks so elegantly, but is actually stabbing himself with soft knives?

Instead, they had no way to refute it.

How do you refute?

People have said it clearly, we are people who don’t know the rules and we are not sensible.

We will only charge into battle to protect the common people.

So please give us more guidance.

People flatter you on the surface, but they are actually mocking you secretly, saying that people like them only cause trouble.

He would only deliberately cause trouble for those generals who were fighting desperately to protect the people.

That seems so immoral and shameless.

This is simply a roundabout way of scolding them.

This made the civil servants very angry.

What are you talking about? We are here mainly because we saw that you have problems, so we came to guide you.

We need to find evidence of your fraud.

When you said this, you pushed us to the other side.

It's as if we're deliberately picking on you.

Although this is true, it cannot be said in this way.

After all, we are imperial envoys, and we are here mainly to help you change.

So some officials blushed and immediately retorted: "General Zhang, you can't say that. When we came here, we never thought of doing anything to you generals who fought bravely to protect the people."

Zhang Yu immediately replied: "In that case, I would like to thank you all for your generosity."

No matter how he heard these words, the civil servants were filled with anger.

They were already in a miserable state after rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs were thrown at them at the city gate.

Now he has to endure the sarcasm and ridicule from a general like Zhang Yu who knows how to play tricks.

This immediately made the civil officials realize that these military generals were not necessarily so straightforward and were not necessarily the kind of people who could not hear the sarcasm.

Look at how eloquent this general is, I have no way to refute him.

You even always feel that there is a thorn in his words, but you can't find it.

They could only snort and walk on the road, which made them even angrier.

When they arrived, the sedan chair was already stinking with rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs thrown by the people, so it was impossible for them to sit on it.

However, when Zhang Yu came, he probably had not really thought that they would be treated like this, and did not prepare any other carriage.

And these civil servants can't ride horses.

All the people Zhang Yu brought were soldiers on horseback.

So now I'm walking on the ground in a very awkward manner.

You have to know that they were just sitting in a sedan chair carried by eight people, traveling comfortably all the way from the capital to Beiping Prefecture.

When traveling, officials from any place along the way may treat you with the most delicious food, but they will still be polite to you.

Every time they arrived at a place, they were given a better sedan chair so that they could sit comfortably.

This is the etiquette of officialdom. Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who was most opposed to this, had no way to completely eliminate these things.

So now that they have arrived in Beiping Prefecture, they think that they will be treated the same way as we were on the road.

But what was unexpected was that Zhang Yu really showed his roughness as a military general at this moment, and did not even think of giving them special treatment.

Seeing that they were unwilling to sit in their original sedan chair, Zhang Yu actually rode on a horse himself and led the way with his men.

Let these civil servants just walk around like this.

It's really careless.

At this time, Zhang Yu seemed a little careless.

In fact, this is intentional.

Especially when the civil officials saw Zhang Yu sitting on his horse with a smug look on his face, they knew that this must be intentional.

He was just looking for trouble, just wanting to teach his people a lesson.

You have to know that it is more than ten miles from the gate of Peking City to the palace.

We can't let these civil servants go that far. By then, let alone investigating, we will have to prepare a doctor to stapling our legs first.

But Zhang Yu is now determined.

If you don't ask me to change your sedan chair, I will let you walk on the ground.

Although he shouted to the people at the city gate at the beginning, calling on the people not to abuse these officials, and asked them to go to the Beiping Prefecture to investigate with all their heart and do their best to give everyone fairness and justice.

After all, we are people who walk upright and sit upright, and we have nothing to fear from our own crooked shadows.

But this is just polite talk, but when it comes to actual practice, it is not the case.

How dare you bastards come to check on us?

We cooperate with you because we are cooperating with you, and of course we discipline you because we are also disciplining you.

Just like now, even if I see that your sedan chair has been made stinky by rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs, I will not change it for you.

If you don't ask me, I will let you walk in.

The road is only a dozen miles long, so it would be no problem for the soldiers to march and fight.

But these weak civil servants will definitely break your legs.

We'll see if you'll ask us for help then.

The common people seemed to have seen the funny side of this, so they followed along and laughed on purpose, appearing to be very relaxed.

What that means is to tell these civil servants, see, we are walking so easily, if you can't stand it, it means you are incompetent.

These civil servants were so embarrassed that they asked, "General, can you please give us a sedan so that we can be carried in?"

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(End of this chapter)