The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 82: So many thoughts

The current situation in the Ming Dynasty reminded Chen Jingke of the Wanli period.

There is a saying circulated in the past life that Mingshi died in Wanli.

The Wanli Emperor began to behave badly when he couldn't defeat the civil servants.

Aren’t your civil servants great?
I won't grant you official positions, let's see what you can do.

If an official position becomes vacant, leave it vacant.

At the most serious time, less than half of the six ministers and nine temple ministers were in office.

There are only four people in the six departments, and all the principals are vacant.

There are only five of the thirteen censors left, who are responsible for patrolling the country.

You know, according to regulations, there should be more than fifty people in the six departments and more than a hundred people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

There are even more vacancies for local government officials. In many prefectures and counties, deputy officials are in charge of government affairs, and they are in charge for 20 years.

Just think about how serious the consequences are.

When local officials had no hope of promotion and no one to supervise them, they colluded with local gentry to make money.

Wanli was in trouble, but it didn't stop him from making money.

Send out guard eunuchs to various places to make money.

These eunuchs colluded with local officials and local gentry to squeeze every last drop of blood and sweat from the people.

The final result was that Ming Dynasty completely lost control of the local area.

24 years after Wanli's death, the Ming Dynasty fell.

He put his words into practice: I will not care about the flood after I die.

The current Ming Dynasty is very similar to the Wanli period.

There are a large number of official vacancies, and large local households have seized local power and wantonly violated the interests of the people.

It's just that Wanli's failure caused the consequences, and Zhu Yuanzhang's excessive killing caused the current situation.

But no matter what the cause is, it must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

No, the consequences have already appeared.

The most intuitive manifestation is that land annexation has intensified and large gentry households have passed on taxes to the common people.

Power is something that is easy to give away but difficult to take back.

Especially for land annexation, once it is in the hands of big households, it will be extremely difficult to get them to spit it out.

Unless there is a killing spree...

Wait, Chen Jingke suddenly froze and started killing?
Zhu Yuanzhang seems to have begun to take action against big local households.

Fuck, no way.

Lao Zhu actually hid himself so deeply?
Before, he thought that Zhu Yuanzhang moved these big families because of the Zhao Mao case.

Now it seems that it is not that simple.

Is there a possibility that Zhu Yuanzhang has already noticed this situation.

That’s why we decided to use the Zhao Mao case to clean up these big households?
The more I think about Chen Jingke, the more likely I feel that this is possible.

Thinking back on Zhu Biao's attitude, it was also very suspicious.

Except for initially persuading Zhu Yuanzhang not to go on a killing spree, he seemed to ignore it later.

This time Zhu Yuanzhang took action against big local households. What was he doing?

He was busy building warehouses and raising supplies, and had no time to take care of government affairs. Even cabinet errands were temporarily put aside.

So he didn't say anything.

It's totally out of character for him.

And Ma Xiuying did persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to kill less people, and the two even had a big quarrel.

and then?
She was banned, Zhu Yuanzhang should kill her or continue to kill her.

Abnormal, [-] out of [-] abnormal.

Isn't this family acting?
As for the purpose, one is to hide the real purpose, and the other is to maintain the personality.

You need a reason to kill a big business owner. You can't just say you're engaging in land annexation, so I'll kill you, right?

Even the Han Dynasty would find a reason to build imperial mausoleums and relocate large local families.

Zhu Yuanzhang also needed a reason.

That is the Zhao Mao case.

You, the local bigwigs, are colluding with the officials. The evidence is conclusive and you should be killed.

As a result, the people in the world would at most complain that the emperor was too murderous and would not have any other ideas.

As for maintaining the characters... the main reason is to preserve the characters of Queen Ma and Zhu Biao.

Lao Zhu has a decisive and decisive temperament, and his character design is here.

No matter how many people are killed, everyone is accustomed to it.What is the character of Queen Ma?
Mercy, the last protector of all officials.

But no one really thinks that she is a virgin, right?

She does have a kind side and doesn't like to be too harsh on people.

But if he can assist Lao Zhu to win the world, he must be a decisive leader.

In the face of the big situation, she naturally knows what to do.

What about Zhu Biao’s character?

A benevolent king.

But this kindness is only relative to Lao Zhu.

If it was just pure kindness, how could it be possible to subdue those arrogant and powerful generals, and how could it convince the brothers?

His abilities and skills are also very strong.

It's just that he doesn't like to expand it, as that is not conducive to national construction.

He is also very particular about what he does and will leave everyone with a decent appearance.

If the founding hero committed a crime, Zhu Yuanzhang would send people to prison and torture them severely, without leaving even the last bit of face to them.

Zhu Biao was different. He felt that these people had made contributions to the Ming Dynasty after all.

If you kill, you should kill, and you should show dignity to others.

This is a bit like the relationship between monarch and ministers in the early Western Han Dynasty.

In the early Western Han Dynasty, Gongxun and the three gongs and nine ministers committed crimes and were imprisoned. If the emperor thought he must die, he would send a letter privately.

No matter what is written in the letter, after seeing the letter, the hero will commit suicide.

Then the emperor would issue an order to talk about his merits and faults, and let him be buried according to the rites of the princes.

The matter was settled decently.

Zhu Biao probably liked this kind of tacit understanding between monarch and minister, and his benevolence was mainly reflected in these aspects.

Zhu Yuanzhang went on a killing spree, and if Queen Ma and Zhu Biao ignored him, it would be a character collapse.

Now Queen Ma has indeed persuaded them, and has also preserved some officials with less serious crimes.

Then he was banned by the emperor.

Even during her confinement, she continued to persuade the emperor.

The character is preserved.

Zhu Biao was busy with other things, and his character was preserved.

But Zhu Yuanzhang still killed again.

Not a single damn person escaped, and the hidden danger was resolved.

If the speculation is true, then this family of three has too many thoughts.

They work together to act and manipulate everyone in the world at the palm of their hand.

Of course, this speculation is too conspiratorial, and it also assumes that Queen Ma is too hypocritical.

Chen Jingke was at least certain that Empress Ma did not like killing, and her advice to Zhu Yuanzhang to kill less was also true.

Regarding this matter specifically, she was probably helpless.

It is a fact that large local households take advantage of official vacancies to seize local power.

She really wants to keep these people, but due to the current shortcomings, there is no other way but to sweep away these big households.

So she could only choose to turn a blind eye and not listen.

As for Zhu Yuanzhang, he probably acted after he had made up his mind.

Connecting everything together, he kept flipping tables and killing a large number of officials.

There were not enough junior officials to fill the vacancies, so the imperial examination was restarted.

When he discovered that a large local household was in danger of losing control, he took advantage of Zhao Mao's case to kill him.

The seized land can be distributed to the people, and the property can enrich the national treasury.

Then the talents selected from the imperial examination were selected to fill the vacancies.

Oh, and there's monetary reform.

Checking the assets of large households can just be used to make up for the shortfall.

Perfect solution to all problems.

Thinking of this, Chen Jingke was already inclined to believe that Zhu Yuanzhang did it on purpose.

No wonder he can conquer the world with just one bowl.

There are so many minds.

(End of this chapter)