The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 358 You don't have this prince in your heart

Chapter 358 You don't have this prince in your heart
Zhu Biao didn't know yet that he had become a prodigal son in the eyes of several old farmers. Even if they knew, they would not take it seriously.

The common people only need to consider their own food, clothing and daily necessities, but the emperor has much more to consider.

It is indeed very satisfying to be the sole ruler, but a monarch who is too obsessed with power will often leave huge institutional loopholes.

It's very simple. In order to achieve monopoly of power, they will suppress or even abolish all departments that can hinder them.

If there is a tyrant in the future and there is no institution to restrain him, then we will be doomed.

In the long run, the reliability of the system is greater than that of people.

It is true that expanding the power of the cabinet will limit the power of the monarch.

But it also ensures that the country will not completely collapse because of a foolish ruler.

There are seven cabinet scholars, and according to the selection rules, they must have experience in grassroots and frontier work.

For an official who has climbed up step by step from the bottom, even if he is a treacherous official, his ability is unquestionable.

These people forming a cabinet can at least guarantee a lower limit.

As the second-generation monarch, he received systematic training since childhood, and was later influenced by Chen Jingke.

His ideas were different from those of his father Zhu Yuanzhang, and of course, the situations faced by the father and son were also different.

Zhu Yuanzhang was facing a chaotic world, and what he had to do was to restore order as quickly as possible.

It is normal to use harsh punishments in troubled times and use ruthless means.

Zhu Biao was faced with a country where order had already been initially established, and what he had to do was to improve the rules and regulations.

It is equivalent to laying the foundation for the dynasty.

This can be seen from the reign title he gave himself, "Jianzhang".

Precisely because he understood this, he has been working towards this goal since the day he actually took over the power of the country.

The efficiency was indeed high during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, but the consequence was that the court became a one-man show.

Many departments only follow orders and have no opinions of their own.

To put it bluntly, without the emperor's orders, the central government would not know what to do.

This is not conducive to long-term development.

The most exaggerated thing is that the vacancy rate among central government officials has reached more than one-third.

This is definitely not the state a healthy center should be in.

If this is the case even in the central government, let alone in the local areas.

Therefore, everything must start with reshaping the center.

After three years of hard work, the plan was finally completed.

All departments of the hub are fully staffed and have their own ideas.

Even without orders from above, they can still perform their duties in accordance with their respective functions to maintain the operation of the country.

After the cabinet expanded its power, the operating mechanism of the entire center was finally completely formed.

Now, memorials are initially processed by the cabinet, which gives opinions and then submits them to him for final processing.

If he agreed with the cabinet's opinion, he would simply write his agreement in red pen and then stamp it with the seal.

If you disagree with the cabinet's opinion, write down your own opinion and stamp it with your seal.

The processed memorials will be sent back to the cabinet for review and implementation by the cabinet scholars.

If he wants to be lazy, he can even ask others to approve it for him and he only needs to stamp it.

This ensures that even if an emperor fails to do his job properly in the future, the country can still function normally.

Of course, Zhu Biao was a diligent emperor, so he would not be lazy and give the power of approval to others... right?

Not a ghost.

Zhu Xiongying held a red pen and wrote on the memorial while gritting his teeth as he looked at his father who was leisurely drinking tea opposite him.

Who is the emperor? Who is the emperor in our family?

Zhu Biao seemed to sense his resentment and frowned and scolded:

"What does it look like to be looking around? You have to be careful when reviewing memorials. The three capitals and fifteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are all on your pen."

"If anything goes wrong, you know how serious the consequences will be."

Zhu Xiongying: "..."

Okay, okay, let’s play like this, right?

Zhu Xiongying put the pen heavily on the table: "The shelves in the new area should be built, right?"

As agreed before, he would go there to take charge after the new district was completed and gain experience at the same time.

You can't go back on your word.

Zhu Biao knew what he meant, so he sneered and said:

"You want to go to the new district to escape your responsibilities, right? Fine, call your grandfather back and you can go."

Zhu Xiongying: "..."

Okay, okay, you two, father and son, are bullying people, right?

Old Zhu has already written back, saying that he plans to spend this year's Spring Festival in Fengyang, Zhongjing. He would like to let Zhu Biao take care of the grand celebrations on his own and there is no need to wait for him.

Looking at his son's frustrated look, Zhu Biao felt as comfortable as Zhu Bajie eating the ginseng fruit.

This is how my father bullied me back then, and now it’s finally my turn to bully his son.

Hey, don’t say that, it feels so comfortable.

At this time, a eunuch came in with a tray and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to use the medicine."

Looking at the porcelain bowl on the tray, a hint of disappointment flashed across Zhu Biao's brows.

He quickly returned to normal and drank the medicine in one gulp.

Zhu Xiongying watched all this silently, feeling a little uncomfortable.

In fact, the reason why Zhu Biao did this was not to bully his son or anything, but because of a sense of crisis in his heart.

Despite the best medical treatment, the impact of high blood pressure becomes more and more serious as you age.

Especially when he devotes himself to his work, various symptoms will appear.

And the more you worry, the more severe the symptoms will be.

Especially in the past year since he ascended the throne, he has been working extremely hard and has had little time to rest.

The result is that the physical condition deteriorates rapidly and medication has to be used to control the disease.

He didn't know when his body collapsed.

Zhu Xiongying must be trained in advance.

Moreover, letting Zhu Xiongying share some of the work will be beneficial to his health.

Zhu Xiongying was well aware of this, and complaining was just a way to improve the relationship between father and son.

Because of sleep problems, sedatives were added to the medicine. Not long after taking the medicine, Zhu Biao felt sleepy.

He yawned, threw the jade seal to Zhu Xiongying, and said, "I'm going to sleep for a while."

"After you approve it and stamp it, send it directly to the cabinet. You don't need to show it to me."

This is the advantage of a complete cabinet. Even if there are problems with Zhu Xiongying’s reply, the cabinet can still find and fill in the gaps.

As a father, he doesn't need to be by his child's side all the time.

Zhu Xiongying didn't say much. This kind of thing had happened many times and everyone was used to it.

Of course, he is not completely without sense of propriety.

He would approve small matters himself, but when it came to big matters, he would wait until Zhu Biao woke up before making a decision.

After watching his father leave, he continued to correct papers with his head down.

Some memorials were indeed reporting problems, some were daily work reports, and some were daily greetings from local officials.

When one's rank reaches a certain level, one must submit a memorial to the emperor whether there is something important or not.

It expresses his loyalty to the emperor and also reminds the emperor not to forget him.

Similarly, this was also a means for the emperor to win over officials.

These memorials of greeting were equivalent to bypassing the cabinet and allowing the emperor and ministers to have direct private communication.

The more you communicate, the more personal feelings you will naturally develop.

In a society ruled by man, personal feelings can influence many things.

Don't think these memorials are boring, on the contrary, they are often quite interesting. After all, they are written to please the emperor, so how can they be boring?

Therefore, those senior officials often write about some interesting things that happened in the local area.

Of course, there are also those who don’t know how to please the emperor, and their writing is boring and tedious.

Your Majesty, are you in good health? Are you eating well? Are you sleeping well?

He asked a few dry questions and that was it.

These memorials must be treated seriously, even more seriously than memorials on government affairs.

However, different emperors naturally have different styles.

Zhu Yuanzhang was more realistic, but his tone was often sharp and contained many warnings.

Zhu Biao was relatively benevolent and cared more about the health and family situations of his subordinates, but his words were rather conventional.

Zhu Xiongying is different, he speaks in a somewhat silly way.

Your Majesty is doing well, eating well, drinking well and sleeping well, but this prince has been very angry about something recently.

If there was no greeting in the memorial, and he happened to be the one who approved it, he would write:

You only greeted the Emperor and the Retired Emperor, but not this Prince. You are not a loyal minister.

If his subordinates mentioned him in their memorials, for example, saying that the prince was loved by the people, he would reply:
I think they have the foresight to discover the wisdom of this prince.

If his subordinates said something irritating, he would reply:
If I were there, I would kick them to death.

There shouldn’t be too many words like this.

At first, Zhu Biao felt that it was beneath the dignity of a monarch and that he should speak with dignity.

Zhu Xiongying retorted: "Isn't it just to cultivate personal feelings with the provincial governors? The more casual you are, the closer you seem."

"As for majesty, if anyone disobeys you, you can chop him off. Wouldn't that create a sense of awe?"

This left Zhu Biao speechless.

Zhu Xiongying himself didn't know whether his idea was right or not, so he asked Chen Jingke privately.

Chen Jingke was very supportive.

The emperor's majesty lies not in the words on his memorials, but in the power in his hands.

As long as you hold power, everything else is easy.

With the support of his good brothers, he felt relieved and went further and further on this path.

Soon he received a memorial from Temasek, which was written by the new Governor of Temasek, Fu An.

Reported the specific situation there in detail.

Temasek is the core of the Nanyang Project, so Zhu Xiongying was naturally very concerned about it and took the time to read it word by word.

After Fu An arrived, Temasek had returned to normal, at least on the surface.

Xu Chailao made up for his crime by making amends and used the remaining 10,000 people to barely keep the commercial street and various institutions running.

Provide various services to passing merchant ships.

Once the news of the massacre spread, it would normally have a serious impact on the docking of merchant ships, and it would take at least several years for popularity to recover.

However, the policy of the Ming Dynasty was that if one wanted to pass through the Strait of Malacca, one had to go to Temasek to obtain customs documents.

Money makes the world go round. Driven by the huge profits from maritime trade, maritime merchants had no choice but to go to Temasek to declare customs.

At first they were trembling with fear, fearing that they would be killed.

When they arrived on the island, they found that the situation was completely different from what they had imagined.

Not only was there no chaos at all, but it was even more orderly.

In the past, there were always merchant ships trying to cut in line, but now everyone is docking and queuing up honestly in the designated areas.

In such a huge harbor with thousands of ships, there was not even a hint of chaos.

After the boat stops, a guide will distribute leaflets to them.

He wrote down everything that had happened before, even the fact that he had killed more than 90,000 people, without hiding it.

Finally, I would like to warn everyone that they must abide by the rules when they arrive at Temasek, otherwise they will bear the consequences.

Also, if you are cheated on the island or are dissatisfied with the work of the government office, you can file a complaint there.

If you find loopholes in the work of the government, or have better suggestions, you can raise them somewhere, etc.

Everyone scoffed at the last few words.

Complain? Oh, those who understand will understand.

However, this leaflet made them feel a little relieved, at least the court was not killing people for no reason.

Thinking back to the previous situation on the island, they felt relieved. It was a good kill.

There are also expectations for the new order.

After getting ashore, the scene I saw was completely different from before.

Every few meters there was a wooden pavilion with guards on duty inside.

It not only maintains public order, but also provides help to the best of its ability to those in need.

Although the streets are a bit deserted, they are very harmonious.

The beggars, street thugs, and overbearing merchants that were common in the past are all gone.

Most of the people engaged in business activities on the island are smiling and polite.

Things like cheating and fraud are completely eradicated.

These changes finally made everyone believe that Temasek has changed.

In other words, the original familiar Temasek is back... no, better than it was back then.

All I can say is that killing is sometimes the simplest and most effective way.

This was the scene Fu An saw when he arrived at Temasek.

When he learned about Temasek, he despised Xu Chai Lao very much.

It was a really bad start for him, and he ended up in such a mess. It turned out that he was born a businessman, and he only cared about small profits and forgot about the big picture.

He originally thought that after arriving at Temasek, there would be a mess waiting for him to take over.

I didn't expect it to be such a harmonious scene.

This also changed his impression of Xu Chailao a lot.

Especially when it came to handing over work, Xu Chailao had no grudges and no reservations.

I happily handed over everything to him.

He also openly shared all the experiences and lessons learned from his previous work.

This allowed Fu An to have a more thorough understanding of Temasek's situation and to have ideas on how to govern.

It was precisely because of this good relationship that Fu An said a lot of good things about Xu Chailao in his memorial.

Zhu Xiongying was not stupid, so he could naturally see the reason.

He snorted coldly and said to himself, "This loser is lucky to know what's good for him."

Continue reading, it’s about Zhu Chong.

After resolving the Temasek issue, he launched a strike against the Nanyang clans as planned.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, many people have moved south to make a living. After hundreds of years of reproduction and development, many large families have been formed in the local area.

These families intermarried with the indigenous people and had great influence.

The key point is that they have been outside the dynasty's rule for a long time and lack sufficient respect for the court.

Not only did they not support many of the court's policies, they sometimes even deliberately hindered them.

This time, Zhu Chong used Temasek Island as a breakthrough point and carried out a large-scale attack, uprooting many large Nanyang families.

By the time Fu An arrived at Temasek, 30% of the Nanyang clans had disappeared.

And Zhu Chong's actions are not over yet.

The memorial is almost over here.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the incident in the memorial, which was issued a month and a half ago. He couldn't help but think:

"My second uncle's operation should be over. I wonder if he has set off for Asia Minor."

(End of this chapter)

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