Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 286 286 Jiajing From this grandson to this good boy

Lao Zhu's will was too weak.

It seems that Lao Zhu is not without principles from now on. If he doesn't agree, it means he didn't add enough money.

Wang Buli secretly thought that even if he became the emperor, his subconscious mind that had never seen the world could not be changed.

After both of them left, the inspector gave the record of their conversation to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a closer look and was also extremely interested in Wang Buli's progressive tax collection system.

As for the land of nobles and the land of his sons mentioned by Hu Weiyong, can they be discussed together?

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that he had made great changes. He did not ask to support all his descendants for a lifetime, but only allowed his descendants to freely choose their careers after five or six generations to prevent them from dying of poverty.

The land required is just a little bit passed down by his own sons, and it will not change.

The world is so big, how can we collect taxes from our descendants?

Although there are virtuous ministers, the people used in them are all villains, monopolizing power and disrupting the government.

Lao Zhu himself was born into a poor family, had to earn a living, and worked as a wandering monk. He was very different from other emperors.

Therefore, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, the prime minister system was one of the biggest reasons for the demise of the previous dynasty. The historical reference from the previous dynasty strengthened Lao Zhu's determination to abolish the prime minister.

Since ancient times, who has not longed to become a master?
"This guy Wang Buli is so bad, he almost ruined our plan."

Since the Qin Dynasty, prime ministers have been established, and the second generation died, which led to the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties.

Zhu Yuanzhang patted his son on the shoulder to give him a belief, but his inner thought was to do it after Yunnan and Liaodong were settled.

This is also the most attractive place to make achievements.

"Ah."

This kid also knew it was inappropriate, so he encouraged Hu Weiyong to bring it up. "

"Hu Weiyong is not a fool. How could he take the initiative to cut his own flesh?"

Zhu Biao took it and looked at it carefully, raising his eyebrows slightly:
“Dad, I’m afraid it’s a bit difficult, especially now that the war against Beiyuan has not achieved better results, it is not advisable to kill the goose that lays the goose and get the eggs.

What's more, he has seen his descendants fail to act according to his ancestral precepts so many times. Who knows whether his own son will continue to push for it if he takes office?
In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang was also afraid that Zhu Biao would not live to succeed to the throne in the future, so he had to make two preparations and not be too passive.

Why do these people in Jiangnan choose to cooperate with us, so we have to ensure that their descendants will always enjoy wealth?

Zhu Biao also felt that although Wang Buli's policy was good, it would prevent people with more land from becoming more capital-rich and eventually annexing the rest of the people who originally owned land, leading to chaos in the world.

Instead of letting them wait for the opportunity to retaliate against our Ming Dynasty, it is better to give them up first, so that threats to the Ming Dynasty can be nipped in the bud.

"Haha." Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and took two steps:

Because Lao Zhu believed that since ancient times, the Three Lords discussed Taoism, the six ministers had divided their duties, and there was no prime minister.

Anyway, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the future in the fairyland, and he successfully abolished the prime minister system. This was one of the few happy moments when he saw the future of the Ming Dynasty in the fairyland.

After all, Lao Zhu thinks that anyone with his bad cards can become emperor, so doesn’t someone who has a greater advantage than him have no intention?

"You can continue to push this matter after you ascend the throne."

"Each one is smarter than a monkey."

Governing the world does require a few people with a clear mind, but more often it requires someone to make suggestions.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang comforted his son in this way, he mainly felt that his son was too "kind" to do such a thing.

How many people in the world will be able to join him at that time?

If it weren't for the purpose of winning people's hearts and getting a good reputation before the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang would have wanted them to know what it means that even if you die, the money and food will still be mine!
Zhu Yuanzhang was increasingly satisfied with Wang Buli's "poisonous plan".

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually a little worried, and Hu Weiyong made this suggestion to him in order to show his loyalty.

While he was still alive, he could still swing the knife.

Even if what Wang Buli said is indeed beneficial to the long-term future of Ming Dynasty, it is not appropriate at this time.

In order to establish Ming Dynasty faster, Zhu Yuanzhang chose to cooperate with the large landowners in Jiangnan. Zhu Yuanzhang believed that these people had been deceived by him, so he would not give up.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about the people under his command.

Otherwise, what would the soldiers fighting abroad think?
Since ancient times, the title of nobility has been rewarded with land, so that one can become a master and be supported by others.

What's more, in the early Ming Dynasty, as the war turned into a local war and the political power gradually stabilized, internal struggles suddenly came to the fore.

It was not easy for Zhu Yuanzhang to create a country. He often felt that his power was not strong enough, especially because the forces of his subordinate heroes were intertwined and seriously threatened the imperial power.

Therefore, he became more determined to abolish the prime minister system.

It's not this group of people who are working hard outside, they just take the initiative to offer money and food.

So is the Ming Dynasty still the world of our old Zhu family?
"Biao'er, what do you think of this method of collecting taxes proposed by Wang Buli?"

But according to the actual situation, this cruel move needs to be postponed for a later time.

Especially the method of cutting flesh from Jiangnan landlords and big businessmen.

If they were all idiots, Zhu Yuanzhang would be the one who should have a headache.

Can the prime minister system be abolished?
This is not conducive to the good development of Ming Dynasty in the future.

By then Hu Weiyong would be the target of public criticism, and this kid's life would be saved.

Especially after Zhu Yuanzhang sat in that position, his thoughts changed.

If he is on his own side and everyone else is on the same side, then my power is destined to be weak and pitiful!

As one of the earliest heroes of Conglong, Li Shanchang presided over Jiangnan Province and Zhongshu Province for many years. He did many things and his influence was deeply rooted.

Many people surrounded Li Shanchang. They formed cliques for personal gain and controlled the court. How could Zhu Yuanzhang sleep peacefully?

Lao Zhu even went to Liu Ji from another party to inquire about his intention to replace Li Shanchang. However, Liu Ji questioned and objected, emphasizing that Li Shanchang was irreplaceable, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel an increasingly serious threat.

Li Shanchang must be replaced.

Starting from the tenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang took a series of measures to limit the power of Zhongshu Sheng.

Hu Weiyong really gave in, but Zhu Yuanzhang was not satisfied because he felt that the effect did not meet his own expectations, which strengthened his inner thoughts.

So in a pool of blood, Lao Zhu suddenly solved a historical problem since ancient times: the contradiction between imperial power and prime minister power.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was really overconfident. He had the assistance of Hu Weiyong and Zhu Biao before he was deposed, and he felt that he could survive even if he worked overtime and tiredly.

But after deposing the prime minister, Zhu Yuanzhang finally realized the unity of imperial power and prime minister power, forming a highly centralized political system.

Therefore, from the civil and military officials to the craftsmen and craftsmen, Lao Zhu finally found that he could not handle so many affairs at all.

He appointed four auxiliary officers every three months to prevent them from taking over power.

But the auxiliary officer had no power, let alone help him.

Something went wrong after two years of implementation. Lao Zhu abolished this system. He also asked the Grand Master of the Palace as an adviser, which was the beginning of a cabinet.

On the whole, in the Ming Dynasty, the power of the prime minister was not imposed on the emperor, but was shared by the ceremonial supervisor and the cabinet. Zhu Yuanzhang's political hopes were frustrated.

Even though the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies met the needs of imperial autocratic power, the power of the cabinet reached its peak before Zhang Juzheng was alive and began to decline after his death.

Because after Zhang Juzheng's death, Wanli wanted to eliminate the adverse influence brought to him by the former Grand Master when he was in power, establish authority that belonged to the emperor alone, and implement effective rule.

With the cooperation of Yan Guan, the liquidation of Zhang Juzheng was completed.

In order to avoid the recurrence of the "authority-shaking leader" chief minister like Zhang Juzheng and eliminate the threat to his rule from cabinet power, Wanli clung to power and resolutely avoided being in power.

In other words, Zhang Juzheng was a capable minister, but he always treated Wanli as a child, which made him extremely rebellious.

Wanli held on to the power in his hands.

He neither believed in the eunuchs nor his ministers, and became completely alone.

Everyone thought that since Wanli had great power, he must be determined to do something big.

As a result, he continued to neglect his administration.

Neither delegating power nor handling government affairs, the emperor has not been in court for a long time, the cabinet has lost control of the six ministries, and the entire court is almost paralyzed.

After Wanli attacked Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, the chief ministers and assistants learned from Zhang Juzheng's fate and no longer dared to make their own decisions or overstep their authority.

It's just that the emergence of the cabinet system caught Lao Zhu off guard, and he still wanted to find out.

However, the time spent in the fairyland was too short.

Zhu Biao didn't understand what his father meant by saying this, but he kept his mouth shut and didn't answer.

He just thought about Wang Buli being arranged to rest. Can he still enter the fairyland to have a glimpse of the future today? The father and son entered Wonderland again, but this time there was no scene.

Zhu Yuanzhang had some impression that the last time this happened, he had doubts about the treatment of the vassal kings that he had formulated. Then he saw some phenomena of the clans in the Ming dynasties from beginning to end.

It seemed that the opportunity to survey the entire Ming Dynasty would come up a few times. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately sat at the table and looked at the books below.

"The cabinet system was basically formed during the Yongle period, with seven cabinet members and five from Jiangxi Province."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows slightly. He knew that Yongle was the reign name of Zhu Di, and this boy was designated to resume the imperial examination.

After all, Jiangxi people are good at examinations, and Lao Zhu is still well-connected. The two top picks in the imperial examinations he held were all from Jiangxi, and those with a background in Jiangnan could not pass the exam.

Then many great Confucians from the Jiangnan line began to accept people from Jiangxi as disciples, teach them and teach them, and try their best to win them into their own camp.

Xie Jin is one of them.

"At the end of the Yongle era, the rank of cabinet ministers did not exceed the fifth rank, and they all wore Hanlin titles but had no public identity."

Zhu Biao blinked. The actual role of the cabinet is far beyond his official position. It belongs to the rank, but it does a lot of work for the prime minister.

“During the Hongxi and Xuande periods, the rank and status of cabinet ministers continued to rise, and their power to participate in government continued to increase. With the introduction of cabinet votes, the weight of the cabinet at this time was greater than the power of the ministry (six ministries).

Historical records: After Renzong, there were many great scholars from the Jin Dynasty, including Shangshu, Bao, and Fu. They had honorable tastes, and they were able to express their opinions and make decisions. They were all drafted by votes. Their power in the cabinet was as high as that of the prime ministers in the Han and Tang Dynasties. They were not particularly famous among the prime ministers. . "

Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that Lao Si knew that things did not go against his original intention.

But the son and grandson of the fourth child don’t want to personally handle government affairs?

"In Zhengtong and Jingtai, there has been a distinction between the first and second assistants in the cabinet. Tianshun obeyed the advice of the cabinet minister Li Xian and added Prince Shaobao, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and Bachelor of Huagaidian, to take charge of Wenyuan cabinet affairs.

He has a unique position in the cabinet and is at the head of the literary class, so he is regarded as the chief and assistant by the ministers. "

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly pinched his fingers. This was another change of three emperors. The appearance of the word "chief assistant" was equivalent to the restoration of prime minister.

He shook his head slightly. Do his descendants not want to deal with government affairs that much?
"In both Chenghua and Hongzhi, the old practices of the previous dynasty were extended, and the power of the eunuchs increased. Only during the Zhengde period did the power of the cabinet decline significantly. Because the eunuch Liu Jin was in power, harmed the court, and committed many evil acts, and the cabinet helped him."

Compared with the three emperors including Zhengtong, whom Lao Zhu Ting had never heard of, Zhu Yuanzhang was still familiar with two of these three emperors.

Especially Zhengde watched it twice. This grandson is too playful.

But he also has a bloody spirit and dares to personally conquer and fight for power with his ministers, which makes Lao Zhu quite satisfied.

Then the book automatically turns to the next chapter:

"Because Zhengde had no children, Yang Yanhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, wrote the "Emperor Ming Ancestor Instructions" and said that brothers would eventually succeed each other, prompting the vassal king to inherit the throne, establish his first contribution, and obtain the cabinet's guidance authority over the imperial power."

"Something's wrong."

"Dad, what's wrong?" Zhu Biao, who was addicted to reading this magical book, asked quickly.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head solemnly: "This boy Zhengde is a lustful man, how can he be childless?"

"Perhaps the child died before he grew up."

After hearing his son's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that his eldest son, Sun Xiongying, was also treated in this way. It was so easy to make people sad.

Even if he is a royal heir, he cannot fully grow up.

"Since the early years of Jiajing, because the Emperor Jiajing was fifteen years old and succeeded to the throne of the foreign vassal, he did not have much reliance on the eunuch group in the original palace.

The power of the eunuch group was quickly suppressed, and the power of the cabinet was rapidly expanded.

The Ming Dynasty system in which the six ministries managed the government began to change into a pattern in which the chief minister and assistant ministers had power over the six ministries.

Especially when there was no emperor in the Ming Dynasty for more than a month, Yang Yanhe acted as the regent and carried out a series of new policies. He was called the prime minister to save the time. "

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes slightly, and he finally understood.

Why the power of the cabinet will increase.

It turns out that the roots are here!

The boy Jiajing had no power of his own in the court. Even though he was alone, he was unwilling to indulge the power of the eunuchs, but he did have some ability.

But Lao Zhu still had a very bad impression of Jiajing.

This grandson was too fucked up to be an emperor, and he was so careless about his own safety that he was assassinated by a palace maid.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that such an example was attempted murder by people around him.

This grandson cultivates immortality and alchemy. He wants to seize power from those ministers of the second and third dynasties, but he has no base of his own and no strength to fight against him. It is very difficult for him to be the emperor!

"Dad, Jiajing's situation is not very good."

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly.

"Due to the dispute over the Great Ceremony, Emperor Jiajing allowed Yang Yanhe, a veteran of the three dynasties, to leave office in the third year of Jiajing's reign, and made a major change in the cabinet members.

Strengthening the imperial power and combating the influence of civil servants, the young emperor quickly got rid of Yang Yanhe's control, worked diligently on government affairs, rectified the political agenda, implemented the New Deal, and re-employed virtuous ministers.

Restrict foreign relatives, rectify the administration of officials, reform the imperial examination, improve the administrative ability of the cabinet, and give them the power of secret reporting.

It seemed that he was giving them more power, but in fact several cabinet ministers were firmly in his hands. "

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened.

Even Zhu Biao rubbed his eyes.

"Dad, I think this grandson is a little bit powerful."

Zhu Yuanzhang also took a breath of cold air. This grandson's tactics are indeed a bit strong!
We are eighteen years old and still begging for food on the roadside.

As a result, this boy started fighting with the elders of the three dynasties at the age of fifteen.

Guan Jian is still damn good.

This ability is not that strong.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not underestimate the governing abilities of his descendants, but none of them were as outstanding as his grandson Jiajing!

When the Ming Dynasty did not have much external struggle, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that power struggle was an extremely important thing.

It's not that he's good at this, he's been exploring it all the time.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang also confirmed that Jiajing had never received any imperial education, but he handled it with ease.

If this kind of person is not extremely talented, how can he explain the past?

Zhu Yuanzhang pinched his beard and showed a bit of a smile on his face.

motherfucker.

I never imagined that we would have to learn from our descendants how to fight for power.

The key is that Zhu Yuanzhang felt excited that he could have such a talented descendant. This child was really a good candidate to become an emperor!
From his disdain for the grandson to the name of the child, Lao Zhu's inner feelings towards Jiajing have changed greatly.

Zhu Biao was also a little excited when he saw it. He had heard his father talk about Jiajing's glorious deeds before, but he never imagined that this grandson of a foreign vassal could achieve such achievements without any foundation when he became emperor. It really surprised him.

"what is going on?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiajing's power struggle: "Is it possible that he lived too long and felt invincible, and followed the path of Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty?"

Such an innate emperor's holy body can easily lead to insanity in his later years, probably because he has lived too long.

Zhu Biao remembered that his father had said that Emperor Jiajing, his grandson, had lived a long time, so that was probably the case.

Jiajing and Zhu Yuanzhang had completely different ideas.

This Emperor Taizu did not want to have a strong chancellor's power, and would rather do it himself. This was his characteristic in governing the country.

In particular, Lao Zhu grew up in poverty and had to work a lot. After the abolition of the prime minister's power, even though he had many things to do, he was diligent, capable and physically fit.

Zhu Yuanzhang was able to play the dual role of Emperor Ming and head of the government at the same time. He could handle complex affairs and handle them well.

But Jiajing didn't think so.

He believes that the emperor should live a leisurely life, and it does not matter if the cabinet has more power and the court has the power of the prime minister.

Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes.

The emperor leaves the government affairs to the chief minister of the cabinet to handle, and he only needs to control the chief minister of the cabinet.

The most important thing is that the emperor needs to support strong opposition forces to the chief minister of the cabinet.

This balances the two and everything is under control.

(End of this chapter)