People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 462 The unwilling civil servants prepare to slander King Yan!

For the first time, the civil servants were divided on this issue.

Some civil servants believe that the Ming Dynasty is now on the right track.

We should not allow too many military generals to rise again.

Because the emperor had already realized that too many military generals should not hold too much power.

That is why they try to suppress the power of the military generals again and again.

Of course this is their good intention.

What did the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang want to do at that time?

He is not the so-called powerful general.

Instead, he wants to take all officials and all power back into his own hands.

However, the civil officials naively believed that the emperor had realized that the military generals would cause great harm, so he wanted to take back their power.

So they brought it up at this time.

Or continue to carry it out and let Zhu Di realize it at this time.

Even though they have achieved good results now, they still need to cooperate with us and still need to be suppressed by our civil servants.

Just like this time, with just a slight move from us, we can wipe out all your so-called achievements.

Then it becomes our own.

Although this statement was shameless, it made the civil officials realize that this was another good way to control the military generals.

However, on this issue, some civil servants do not agree with such shameless practices.

First of all, if this is done, it will definitely discourage many soldiers. If the Mongolian Tartars invade the south again, how to resist these people will be a big problem.

The second one is that there are so many loopholes in the investigation, and it can be seen that Zhu Di has not told any lies, but he still has to report such an investigation report to the higher authorities.

If it were leaked, given the Emperor's strict requirements on officials in this regard, it is likely that everyone would die.

Therefore, it is not so easy to reach a consensus on this issue.

Everyone knows that it’s either life or death, who would dare to gamble?
If such a thing were to be exposed, the grave crime that awaited him might be the execution of his entire family.

But some officials are very stubborn.

They believe that if we don’t stand up ourselves, no one will dare to stand up against the generals in the future.

"In the face of such obvious loopholes, we civil officials cannot unite and expose them. From now on, whatever the military generals say will be the final word.

If we want to get involved in military affairs in the future, we will just be outsiders and will not be respected at all.

We now have such a good opportunity to capture them, but we let it go because we are afraid of death.

How should the future generations control these generals?

Are we going to let them develop as they please and let them drag the Ming Dynasty into the abyss?"

At this time, each of them seemed very righteous, as if they were standing on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and never selfishly thought about the problem from their own standpoint.

But in fact, they always start from their own standpoint.

As for the so-called future of the Ming Dynasty, they don't care that much.

As long as I can keep my current position, I don’t care about the rest after I die.

That's what they think.

Finally, most of the officials were convinced.

So they made a plan and decided to teach Zhu Di a lesson by giving him a good beating.

Of course, the most important reason why they criticized Zhu Di was that he was so badly treated by the people of Beiping Prefecture when he entered the city.

This is a shadow that they will never be able to shake off in their lifetime.

They came along as imperial envoys, even though many officials were dissatisfied with them.

But I never dared to disrespect them in any way.

Because after they came out, they represented the emperor and the imperial power.

However, at the gate of Beiping City, they were attacked unprovoked by the people.

They have always believed that this kind of thing must have been instigated by Zhu Di.

The people simply don't have this awareness.

They must have been threatened by Zhu Di.

The purpose is to stop these imperial envoys from entering the city.

So now they want to teach Zhu Di a lesson.

Let him know that we individuals represent the emperor.

If you disrespect us, you are disrespecting the emperor.

We must let you know what a lesson is.

Some officials even said directly, "Even if they did not lie about military intelligence, for the sake of my relief, I will never let them get away with it so easily.

Since I took office, I have always adhered to one principle, that is, no matter what I do or how I behave, I should be open and honest.

But Zhu Di actually dared to instigate the people to chase and intercept us at the city gate.

We are imperial envoys, we represent the emperor, and they dare to do this, which shows how much Zhu Di disrespects us. "

He said he respected Zhu Di verbally, but he called Zhu Di by his name. If someone reported it to his superiors, he would probably be charged with disrespect and thrown into jail.

But at this time he was so angry that he didn't care about these details at all.

They believed that any disrespect towards civil servants was a disrespect towards all officials, the emperor, and the people of the world.

The military generals were the ones they had to be wary of all the time.

Now, under Chen Han's reforms, the military generals are becoming more and more lawless.

After they had better weapons in their hands, they wanted to destroy the world and start wars everywhere.

But this is a very bad signal for civil servants.

They mainly rely on talking and negotiation.

If all those civil servants could go to the battlefield, they wouldn't have to just talk nonsense in the back.

But because they have no way to go to the battlefield, but still want to get a piece of the pie, they can only call for peace talks every day.

They even suggested to their superiors all day long that there should be no war, saying that only in this way could they, the civil servants, have a say.

The situation now is very clear.

The Ming Dynasty at this time is already engaged in widespread warfare, and it is absolutely impossible for them to get any special treatment just because of a few words from them.

Even at this time, it can be seen that none of these civil servants can make the people speak well of them.

They also cannot get the rulers to speak well of them.

Anyway, it's blocked at both ends.

The common people basically have no objection to the war now. Because of the good transportation supply lines and perfect logistical support, the court does not need to collect food and grass from the common people.

Most of them were resolved by the court itself.

It has even boosted the economy along the route to a certain extent, which is a good thing for the people.

As the saying goes, the sound of gunfire is worth a fortune. When there is a war, more food and supplies are needed.

Even the raw materials, the functions of the transportation lines, the craftsmen who repaired weapons, and a whole series of other economies were revitalized by the war.

Especially after the Japanese devils in the east were occupied.

Now a large amount of gold and silver is constantly being shipped into the Ming Dynasty, and the inventory of gold and silver is already very large.

If they are simply put into a warehouse and stored, they are no different from a pile of stones.

So it must be used. As for how to use it, Chen Han and his colleagues’ principle now is to print banknotes in proportion to the amount of gold and silver that comes in.

Since the Baochao Tizhusi in various places could obtain a steady supply of gold and silver reserves, they had no worries about causing inflation in the market after receiving the gold, silver and newly issued Baochao from them.

Because Chen Han’s current principle is to print one string of treasure notes for every ten taels of silver he receives.

In other words, issuing treasure notes at a ratio of ten to one can ensure that the treasure notes will not be more than gold and silver. On the contrary, the value of the treasure notes will increase to a certain extent.

Even in the end, Chen Han will stop printing treasure notes based on the economic situation, but the gold and silver will be stored as reserve funds.

Because as the economy gets better and better, as technology gets better and better, and as materials from all over the world slowly flow in, there is a need to continuously print more banknotes.

There needs to be a constant supply of currency to support increasingly abundant material conditions; these are mutually reinforcing.

The previous excessive issuance of banknotes would cause inflation, which is definitely not acceptable.

But once more gold and silver come in, and more and more goods are shipped in from all over the world, but there is not enough currency, it will also cause deflation.

Both of these are not conducive to economic development, so there must be a complete economic supervision system, which falls on the current Tax Inspection Bureau.

It is precisely because we now have the Tax Inspection Bureau that all problems can be nipped in the bud that the Ming Dynasty’s economy is so prosperous today.

As more and more silver and gold were shipped in, the value of the Baochao became higher and higher, and the people no longer had to worry about not being able to withdraw gold and silver from the Baochao Withdrawal Office.

So in this situation, people became more and more accustomed to using Baochao for settlement.

Chen Han and his team even reduced the face value of the treasure notes to smaller and smaller amounts, accurately targeting small denominations such as ten or twenty cents.

Because the smallest denomination of Baochao reached 200 coins, which was equivalent to more than 200 yuan in the early Ming Dynasty.

Who has 200 yuan in banknotes to spend every day without any guarantee?

Nowadays, all the people are actually not opposed to war, especially now that war has a considerable impact on the domestic economy.

For example, when the imperial court purchased food and supplies, it paid entirely in cash and there was no arrears at all.

Ordinary people can participate in it and make a lot of money.

Not to mention the big businessmen, who took advantage of such an opportunity to double or even multiply their business.

The expansion of scale and the increase in staff have recruited more workers. Those ordinary people in the countryside who used to be afraid to go out to work because they were illegal residents now feel less pressure because their family taxes have been reduced.

As a result, the extra population would not be trapped in the fields for their entire lives and they went out to work.

Especially because the household registration management system is now relaxed, there are no more restrictions on people working locally.

There will no longer be restrictions on people’s travel, and the household registration system will no longer hinder people’s mobility.

Just this one action immediately solved all the problems.

Zhu Yuanzhang once thought that letting the people stay where they are would be the best way to keep the world peaceful.

But now Chen Han has used practical actions to tell him that even without a household registration management system, the common people will not be in chaos if they have more financial support.

They want a better working environment.

Ordinary people are not that complicated. In fact, what they want is very simple.

That means having enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear.

As long as these conditions are met, there will be no chaos.

On the contrary, if you exploit the people all day long, you will make them suffer all day long.

Even if you have a perfect household registration management system, it is inevitable that there will be chaos.

It is also because the people at the scene live a very good life.

That is why they can keep the people firmly under their control.

It's not about control.

As long as you provide the people with a better living environment, they will be happy to let you rule them.

The Han people are the most tenacious people; as long as they have enough food to eat, they will not rebel.

This is quite difficult.

Other nations also pursue individuality and freedom.

Only the Han people have discarded all these things that are unrealistic to them.

Ordinary people only pursue having enough food and warm clothes.

This may be caused by the environment.

So these civil servants thought that the war might not be liked by the people, which was completely their own fantasy.

In fact, ordinary people are very happy that the war does not disturb their normal lives.

We can also feel that the Ming Dynasty has become stronger after the reforms, and then it can force the surrounding countries to pay homage to the Ming Dynasty. Who wouldn't want that?
In fact, ordinary people can feel this sense of honor.

Even because of the war, many good things from small countries were able to flow into the Ming Dynasty.

It not only broadened the horizons of the common people, but also made their lives more convenient.

Especially the introduction of spices made people's lives better.

Due to the consumption of pork, it gradually entered the dining tables of ordinary people.

But pork, if you don’t master the castration technique, will have a strong flavor inside;

The second is that there are no more spices to cover up the fishy smell of pork.

So even though many people cannot accept pork as a food ingredient, they are not fond of pork.

Everyone still wants to eat good lamb.

But now with the introduction of spices, a large number of spices can bring unexpected changes to the cooking of this ingredient.

Chefs have more room to perform and ordinary people live a better life.

Even in Beiping Prefecture, which is not close to the sea, the common people could get access to spices from Southeast Asia.

Isn't this the benefit brought about by starting the battle on the battlefield now?
So these civil servants have these wild ideas here, thinking that all the people hate war.

In fact, what ordinary people hate is a war in which they lose.

Who doesn’t like a victorious war?

It not only promoted the development of the court, but also made one's life better. Isn't that the best of both worlds?
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(End of this chapter)