Editing of the ten loyal ministers and the emperors standing up

Chapter 120: The Ming Dynasty’s revival and return to its peak.

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng:? ? ? ?
Liu Bei: Okay, okay, this guy is still a corrupt official!

Song Gaozong Zhao Gou:
"Zhang Juzheng is so greedy and lustful, and dares to break up with local generals. How can such a minister become the prime minister of a country? Wow!"

Qin Hui couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and thought to himself:

How about being less greedy this year?For the sake of my stalwart image, beauties should also accept less!
Anyway, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, were both confused. This person obviously had bad personal ethics. How could such a figure appear on the sky?

People who were watching the canopy couldn't help but have a thought deep in their hearts:
Compared with Prime Minister Zhuge, who has no stains, or compared with the young general Huo Qubing, who has relatively few stains, this Juzheng is too far behind, right?
Above the sky, the powerful Zhang Juzheng looked at the civil and military officials and announced calmly:
"From now on, I, Ming Dynasty, will implement the method of examination. The capable will be promoted, the mediocre will be demoted, and the lazy will be dismissed!"

"May I ask, Lord Chief Assistant, what is the test method?"

"What does it mean to pass the examination? The service cycle is finalized. Officials work according to the time. If the tasks are completed as scheduled, points will be scored. Otherwise, points will be deducted.

The original three-year and six-year assessments have become half-yearly reports.

The assessment form is made in triplicate, one for the six ministries and procuratorates, one for the six departments, and one for the cabinet.

Regular audits are carried out, and officials who do well are expected to be promoted, while those who do not have a job can be dismissed directly. "

Reform has always been an offending job. After all, the so-called reform is to make changes on the original basis.

And some people have vested interests based on the original foundation. This change will affect their interests, and how can they give up?The same is true for Zhang Juzheng's reform.

When it comes to which of Zhang Juzheng's reforms has touched their interests the most, it is none other than the Kao Cheng Law.

In the first year after the promulgation of the Entrance Examination Law, 130 seven things were not completed as scheduled.

A total of 76 officials were involved, and most of these 76 officials were fined, and only a small number were dismissed.

And by the second year, has the situation improved?There has been no improvement, and there has even been a rebound.

The previous year there were only 130 seven things, but this year it soared to 270 two things.
There are already hundreds of officials involved, and the treatment of these hundreds is the same as the previous year.

"Okay, okay, just ignore what I said!"

"These 48 people will be dismissed on the spot and will never be hired. The rest will be fined!"

Since then, the lazy officials of the Ming Dynasty were all in danger. In order to ensure that they had a black hat on their heads, they all started working overtime.

This expulsion was sensational in the officialdom. After all, everyone's official position was hard-won and was earned by Han Chuang after years of hard work.

From then on, the imperial examination was on the right track. No matter how far away the order issued by the imperial court was, if it was received in the morning, it would be processed in the evening. If it was received in the evening, it would be processed in the morning. There would be no delay. .

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng said excitedly:

"Okay, quickly write down this method, I will use it well too!"

Liu Bei's eyes widened and he said:
"Is this method so effective? What do the military advisors think?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said:

"It is indeed good. In order to improve the efficiency of officials, attendance is indeed required. We can also follow suit."

All the great emperors recognized Zhang Juzheng's examination method and thought it was of great use, and expressed their intention to learn it.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, also agreed with everything, but after what he said before, he felt a little embarrassed on his face, so he still said adamantly:

"Zhang Juzheng is just a little clever. A corrupt official like him in this dynasty would have been skinned and turned into a fool!"

At the end, he didn’t forget to add:
"Biao'er, write down his method for me and try it again later!"

Before Zhu Biao could reply, Queen Ma couldn't help but rolled her eyes and said teasingly:
"Before, I reduced people to nothing, but now I want to steal their methods. Chongba, can you save some face?"

Zhu Yuanzhang blushed and said:
"Can this emperor's affairs be called stealing? I call it an honest study. This is something that belongs to the descendants of my Ming Dynasty. It is my Ming Dynasty's thing. What's wrong with me using it?" "Hahaha..."

"The method of self-examination is established once, and the policies that have been neglected and accumulated for decades are gradually improved." - "Records of Ming Shenzong"

This is why Zhang Juzheng's political opponent Wang Shizhen described him as "like thunder and lightning, invincible in everything".

Zhang Juzheng was the first ancient person to invent something similar to the modern attendance system. This move was extremely damaging to the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

Since the situation of tax and grain arrears has been changed, the national treasury has become increasingly abundant.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs in the fifth year of Wanli's reign, the country's annual income reached more than 435 million taels, which was 70.00% more than the annual income of Longqing Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng, who was wearing a red official robe, was walking in the rain holding a white umbrella. He held the front of his hand and said lightly:

"I am not a phase, but a photograph!"

As Zhang Juzheng's majestic words fell, earth-shaking changes occurred in the Ming Dynasty!

In the north of the Ming Dynasty, there were constant business trips, and the Mongols seemed to be more at ease.

Zhang Juzheng also asked Wang Chonggu to send people to spread rumors that Tumen Khan in the east would attack Jizhou, and that Kunduliha and the Ming Dynasty army in the west would jointly occupy Tumen's lair, making Tumen Khan afraid to act rashly.

Zhang Juzheng wrote to Tan Lun and Li Chengliang, asking them to pay close attention to the movements of Kunduliha and Tumen and always prepare for war.

Although Ida accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, his subordinates would still cross the border and do some sneaky things.

Zhang Juzheng grasped the key points, adhered to principles, and handled things flexibly. Anda maintained peace with the Ming Dynasty for ten years.

Although he maintained Anda's leadership position in Mongolia, he often created conflicts, which made Anda unable to resist and had to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty. This was exactly the effect Zhang Juzheng wanted.

Ming Dynasty, which was suffering from internal and external troubles, was actually saved!
So far, Mongolia has been divided and disintegrated, and the Northern Chaos has been determined!

Li Chengliang guarded Liaodong and won consecutive battles!

In the south, Qi Jiguang formed the Qi Family Army based on [-] Yiwu soldiers.

With the strong support of Zhang Juzheng, he fought consecutive battles and won an exaggerated victory. His own losses were far lower than those of the Japanese pirates, which shocked the Ming Dynasty inside and outside, and shocked the court officials.

After basically quelling the Japanese pirate rebellion, Qi Jiguang was transferred to the north as a famous general and continued to perpetuate his myth in the north.

The ninth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.

The fiscal deficit of the Ming Dynasty forced Zhang Juzheng to fight against the odds, and finally came up with a whip!
The One Whip Law combined corvées, land taxes and other non-silver miscellaneous taxes into one tax, "levying silver per acre".

This allowed people to exchange grain for money to file taxes.

People who are not required to serve can be freed to diversify their land or engage in the small commodity economy, thus expanding their income.

At the same time, parallel to it is Qingzhang Land.This was a true Ming Dynasty agrarian revolution.

In the tenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng became increasingly frail.
This offended almost all the officials of the Ming Dynasty, but it gained the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

In this year of the Ming Dynasty, the army was strong and the horses were strong, the treasury was full, the people were prosperous, and the officials were in charge of the Qingming Dynasty.

People all over the world are grateful. Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Shoufu’s reforms were successful!

A eunuch's voice conveyed the decree:

[Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet, was appointed as the Grand Master! 】

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