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Chapter 219 Chapter 219: The king of Han showed his fangs, and the civil servants were dumbfounded

It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little worried that Fang Xiaoru might cause some trouble, so the fact that Fang Xiaoru came to the Han Dynasty to be a teacher for the Prince of Han was basically hidden from the people in the court, only Li Xin, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and others. Only a few people know!

Li Xin personally supervised Fang Xiaoru's affairs. After all, he was Zhu Li's father-in-law, so he could keep the secret!

Although Fang Xiaoru seems to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yue to belong to the old school with stubborn ideas, no one can deny the influence of this old guy among scholars!

Being able to control Fang Xiaoru will naturally bring more benefits to Zhu Yue!

If he couldn't handle it, then Fang Xiaoru would have to deal with it separately, so Zhu Yuanzhang would try his best to conceal the news!

If the civil servants of the imperial court, especially the Confucian scholars, knew that Fang Xiaoru actually served as the prince's teacher in the Han Palace, it would definitely cause quite a shock!

Now that Fang Xiaoru could return to the Han Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was time to take advantage of this old guy's reputation!

This will also make reforms that are full of resistance become smoother!

Regardless of the fact that reforms are being implemented all the time, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Perhaps no one in the court dares to oppose Zhu Yuanzhang, but how efficient is the implementation, and how many people are delaying or coping?

Especially those so-called scholars who are deeply influenced by Confucianism. Most of them have forgotten the essence of their studies after becoming officials!

Don't look at these Confucian scholars who keep saying that they are dedicated to the public and the people, but in fact they are only doing it for themselves!

Fame and fortune cannot be circumvented even by great scholars of the time!

No matter how honest you are, you will always strive for reputation!

People like Fang Xiaoru are not interested in making money, but they rarely want to leave a good reputation for themselves!

But if even an old die-hard like Fang Xiaoru starts to support reform, what will other scholars in the world think?

Of course, Fang Xiaoru doesn't even need to stand in front of the stage. As long as he can stay in the Han Palace and be Zhu Yue's man, that's enough!

To put it bluntly, taking sides also means expressing one’s position and attitude!

If I don't support the King of Han's reforms, how can I serve the King of Han?

Even if Fang Xiaoru doesn't think so himself, others will think so too!

"I'll go to Xi'an when I have time. It just so happens that Imperial College also needs a group of Confucian students as teachers. With Fang Xiaoru as a brand, it shouldn't be a problem to win over a group of people!"

"By the way, among the civil servants in the court, some of them will inevitably turn to you. Those who should be dealt with should be dealt with first!"

Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his thoughts directly to Zhu Yue.

As a qualified emperor, it is also necessary to make full use of the value of every tool!

Regardless of whether Fang Xiaoru wanted it or not, he was plotted by the old man from the very beginning!

"Okay, I haven't been to Xi'an for a while, so I just happened to go see how the construction of several factories there is going!"

Zhu Yue heard this and did not refuse.

So the next day, Zhu Yue and Zhu Yuanzhang set off directly to Xi'an Mansion.

On the second day after Zhu Yue arrived at Xi'an Mansion, the news that Fang Xiaoru was working as a teacher for the Prince of Han in the Han Dynasty Mansion had spread throughout the court!

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang expected, the group of civil servants and the group of bachelors from the Hanlin Academy who were opposed to reform immediately exploded!

Who is Fang Xiaoru?

He was once the proud disciple of Song Lian, the first Confucian scholar!

His status is definitely among the top among Confucianists!

Although Fang Xiaoru cannot represent all scholars, it will still drive those people who usually admire Fang Xiaoru so much crazy!

Once it gets crazy, it's two extremes!

Or they scold Fang Xiaoru for betraying all scholars and spending his whole life reading the books of saints and sages in the belly of a dog!

Or he is a die-hard loyalist, just like those brainless fans in later generations, thinking that Fang Xiaoru must have his reasons for doing this, and it must be right!

As for this group of people, their mentality will naturally change when it comes to the issue of reform!

This is true for scholars, and it is also true for scholars who become officials!

Most of the civil servants who privately insist that reform cannot be carried out, how many of them are truly unswerving?

Most of them just lack a reason to convince themselves!

When a great Confucian began to side with the King of Han, that is, the side of the reformists, it was equivalent to playing a leading role, making the literati and civil servants who originally wanted to support the reform but were afraid that they would be encouraged by the scholars seem to be It seems like we have found the direction!

You see, even Fang Xiaoru supports Zhu Yue, King of Han Dynasty, so what if we support him?

In this way, Fang Xiaoru also succeeded in making Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yue open a hole among the scholars, and also made more and more scholars support or not oppose the reform!

This effect is actually very scary, and it also makes those scholars who have always opposed reform feel fear!

Zhu Yue also took advantage of this trend and directly attracted the support of a group of civil servants in the court and some scholars among the people!

Coupled with the group of officials and nobles who originally supported Zhu Li, Zhu Li formed a faction in the court with himself as the core!

At the beginning of the capital move, Zhu Yue had always been very restrained. In fact, it was Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, and Zhu Biao, the prince, who advocated reform and wanted to reform boldly!

This also made most people think that Han Wang Zhu Li was not that strong, and it also made many people relax their vigilance!

But this time, the time was obviously ripe, and Zhu Li's actions caught everyone off guard!

It also made the officials who were disapproving of King Zhu Li of Han finally see the methods of King Han, just like a hungry wolf finally showing its fangs, which actually made them feel frightened!

Only then did everyone realize that even if the imperial court moved the capital to Xi'an, the king of Han had the final say in the entire northwest!

Now, even in the court, the influence of King Zhu Li of Han has begun to increase day by day!

A vassal king actually had his own faction in the court, and it was in name only!

This was something that was simply unthinkable before!

First of all, you will not be able to pass Zhu Yuanzhang!

The vassal system formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, which confers princes out after they reach adulthood, also has this consideration!

When an adult prince stays in a power center like the capital, he can always build his own faction!

This has happened throughout the ages!

Just say that during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, even if Li Shimin established the crown prince Li Chengqian, the other princes also had their own group of followers in the court!

With Zhu Yue's ability and strength, it is a very simple matter to pull together a group of officials who support him to form a huge faction. All he needs to do is pull everyone's interests together. No one is willing. Work hard for Zhu Yue!

However, in the entire Ming Dynasty, currently, apart from the emperor, Han Wang Zhu Yue is the biggest vested interest!

It is too simple for him to distribute some benefits to those who support him. Even if he squeezes a little bit between his teeth, it will be enough for these people to be full or even full!

The change of dynasties, from the initial victory over the country, to the later resurgence, and even the later fall, is to put it bluntly a process of redistribution of interests!

It's just that the feudal dynasty mainly distributed the benefits brought by land annexation!

But what Zhu Yue has to do is to develop the market economy, and then continue to distribute benefits through the big cake of market economy! This can reduce the negative impact of land annexation, distinguish the Ming Dynasty from other dynasties, and make the country more durable!

In the traditional feudal dynasty, the greatest benefit was land. After all, it was a small-scale peasant economy, and land was the greatest wealth!

The rise and fall of dynasties is just an inevitable process of land redistribution!

If Zhu Yue wants to reverse this process, he can only change the economic model. Although this change will face huge resistance, this resistance is far less in the early stage of a dynasty than in the middle and late stages!

To put it bluntly, Zhu Yue can make this road smoother for future generations as long as he lays a good foundation for future generations!

It also makes the distribution of economic interests a new way of distributing dynasty interests, thereby slowing down the speed of land annexation and even making land no longer popular!

Of course, as long as the imperial power exists, land annexation cannot be completely eliminated. After all, the emperor represents the largest landowner!

But for now, Zhu Yue is fully capable of letting those who follow him gain certain vested interests!

And it can also let everyone know that only those who support him Zhu Yue and are willing to follow him will have such benefits!

This will naturally form a snowball effect over time!

What's more important is that Zhu Yue, the King of Han, is talking effectively now. I didn't see that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao are almost supporting the King of Han!

This kind of support, in the eyes of the ministers, is simply incredible!

But it is undeniable that once you become the faction of the King of Han, it is equivalent to an extra guarantee for yourself!

If the emperor really grabs his pigtails or causes trouble, as long as the King of Han Zhu Yue can stand up to protect him, even the emperor will have to listen to the opinion of the King of Han!

Just like Zhu Biao in the past, why did all the Gong Gong princes in the court admire and support Zhu Biao so much?

In addition to being a direct line of orthodoxy, what's more important is that he can save their lives in front of Zhu Yuanzhang at the critical moment!

Because of this, the direction of the wind began to change!

The ministers were not blind. They could even see that the Crown Prince was always defending the King of Han, and he highly praised the King of Han's policies. They were not worried that the King of Han's prestige in the court would one day exceed that of the Crown Prince!

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang was so close to Zhu Xiaqiu, the eldest son of the Han Dynasty, and his eldest son Zhu Xiafeng, it was as if he had seen the shadows of Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunxi!

No... To be precise, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards Zhu Xiaqiu and Zhu Xifeng was even better than that of Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunxi back then!

Who would believe it if there was no thought involved?

Some people have even speculated privately that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao seem to be paving the way for the King of Han Zhu Yue, as if they want to help the King of Han ascend to the throne!

This kind of speculation is not groundless, or if it were not for the fact that this topic is taboo, I am afraid that this kind of remarks would have spread all over the sky!

"Lao Jiu!"

"The list of cabinet members has been drawn up, there are five people in total!"

"We are planning to let the cabinet take charge of reform matters after the New Year!"

In the imperial garden, Zhu Yuanzhang was walking and told Zhu Yue about the cabinet that would be activated after the year.

Among the six ministers, the ministers of the Ministry of official affairs, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, and the minister of the Ministry of war are all cabinet members. They do not have the first and second assistants for the time being, but they are directly responsible to the prince Zhu Biao. In fact, it is equivalent to Zhu Biao leading five people alone. It can also greatly reduce Zhu Biao’s workload!

In addition, there is also the minister of Honglu Temple who is responsible for external affairs.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it. Honglu Temple will be picked out separately after the new year and a department will be established alongside the six departments!

This is equivalent to the diplomacy of later generations, specifically responsible for managing various external affairs of the Ming Dynasty!

The most important thing is external intelligence work!

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay much attention to this aspect in the past, but as he had the ambition to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty, understanding all aspects of the surrounding countries has become a top priority!

It is also necessary to upgrade the level of Honglu Temple to the level of the Sixth Division. At the same time, it is also necessary to upgrade the functions of Honglu Temple to have an additional function of collecting external intelligence!

In addition, among the generals and nobles, there is also a cabinet member who is responsible for the army and war. For this candidate, Zhu Yuanzhang chose Xu Huizu!

Lan Yu's group of arrogant and powerful generals don't dare to let them into the cabinet, otherwise their tails will be raised to the sky, and they may cause some trouble for you!

It's okay to let them fight, but if you really let them handle state affairs, it will be a mess!

"Very good! My son doesn't have any objections to the cabinet matters, you can just do what you want!"

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and my son is planning to return to Hanzhong in the next few days!"

Zhu Yue naturally has no objections to cabinet matters, and the candidates selected by the old man are also relatively suitable!

Among them, Shen Dan from the Ministry of Finance and Li Xin from the Ministry of Personnel still absolutely support him. This is enough!

As for Xu Huizu, he is more like a soy sauce guy!

It is indeed necessary for the Ministry of War and Honglu Temple to be included in the cabinet. This is the most basic configuration!

"What are you doing back in Hanzhong?"

"Let people go back and bring everyone to Xi'an Mansion to celebrate the New Year in the palace!"

"When the New Year is over, you can go back!"

Zhu Yuanzhang directly gave the instructions.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao can also go to Hanzhong to celebrate the New Year, but Zhu Yuanzhang will not take the entire harem and princes to Hanzhong, right?

Then the only choice is to let Zhu Li's family come to Xi'an!

Anyway, the distance is short and the cement road is more convenient. We can start in the morning and arrive in the evening.

"That's okay, but I'd better go back and pick them all up!"

Zhu Li also knew that the old man must be thinking about how lively it would be for the whole family to be together during the Chinese New Year, and he had no objection to this.

(End of this chapter)