Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

The general meeting was held smoothly, which made Zhu Youjian very happy.

Because this means that people in Ming Dynasty can accept collective decision-making. Moreover, those who participate in decision-making will accept the results of the deliberation.

This is Zhu Youjian's biggest purpose in promoting the assembly of the people and even allowing the establishment of the National Assembly——

Turn your will into public opinion and let everyone accept it.

In this way, when he changes taxation and other systems, he can use the approval of the majority of people to promote his own decisions and target a small group of recalcitrant people.

Therefore, after seeing the successful completion of the assembly meeting, Zhu Youjian had already decided to establish a parliament in Ming Dynasty.

The establishment of this matter by the Congress was officially included in Zhu Youjian's plan as a priority.

However, before that, there is one more thing that needs to be done, and that is the matter of adding additional county magistrates, which needs to be approved by the court:

"It is better to use your remaining courage to pursue the poor bandits, not to use your reputation as an academic overlord."

“If you want the results of the people’s deliberation to be accepted, you need to show your strength.”

"Notify the Public Opinion Department that what I ordered before can now be implemented!"

That night, a newly released "Beijing Evening News" did not publish the list of candidates on the front page, but commented on the matters that had been discussed during the day.

After praising all the candidates for making decisions in accordance with the emperor's requirements, commentators expressed concern that if the matter of adding county magistrates did not pass the court, so many additional Jinshi and deputy ranking officials might be left without official positions.

Call on all the people to pay attention to the court meeting held tomorrow. He also called on them to ask the court ministers to approve the creation of additional county magistrates.

The article even listed the benefits and increased costs of adding county officials. It is a good thing to think that the Ming Dynasty only needed to pay one or two hundred thousand shi in salary to make the county government clearer. All responsible scholars should support the establishment of additional county officials.

This article has been recognized by many people. There are even many candidates who are planning to go to the Yamen of the Central Military Governor's Mansion tomorrow to ask for orders from the court ministers participating in the court meeting.

However, this approach has attracted refutation from some people. Because if you do this, you are intimidating the court ministers. Many people thought about the consequences of this incident and felt like shrinking back.

Especially those who did not pass the Jinshi examination, did not take the Mingfa or Mingshu subjects, and were not qualified to take the Mingjing and Mingshu subjects, they were even more withdrawn. Many of them feel that this matter has nothing to do with them and should be left to those who are qualified to be officials.

Fortunately, there are not many such candidates. Before the results of Mingfa and Mingshu are released, many candidates feel that they have a chance to be on the list and become an official.

Most of them wanted to ask for their lives.

This is also the reason why the lists of the Mingfa Department and the Mingshuang Department have been released, but have not been announced by Zhu Youjian——

Not only does he want to announce the list in Huangji Hall, but he also wants to take advantage of the current situation to promote most candidates.

It's just that these officials discussed and discussed, but they were still undecided about asking the ministers who participated in the court meeting.

They worried that some ministers would be offended and vote against it. Even the person who took the lead in asking for orders might be arrested under their orders. How can they be determined about such a dangerous thing?
Just when these people were struggling, a scholar suddenly said:

"How about this? When we ask for orders tomorrow, we should not surround the court ministers, but sit quietly in front of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion to express our attitude."

"Forgive those court ministers who dare not ignore the wishes of five thousand people."

This statement made many people's eyes light up, and they all looked at the person who said it.

It was just a blind act, and no one paid special attention just now, so it was impossible to determine who said these words.

After no one claimed it, everyone did not insist on looking for it, but began to discuss the sit-in proposal.

"Sitting quietly is gentler than asking for help. But will it be effective if you just sit like this and don't talk?" a Juren asked doubtfully.

Someone next to me replied:
"Why doesn't it work? Thousands of people go to the Central Military Governor's Mansion to sit down. Who dares to risk the disapproval of the world?"

"If the court decision does not pass, we will cry bitterly at Chengtian Gate and ask for His Majesty's sanction!"

This statement has been recognized by many people.

The emperor's attitude of caring about scholars and being kind to the people he promoted had already been clearly demonstrated through the expansion of the recruitment of Jinshi, the establishment of the Enke, and the gathering of people for promotion and discussion.

If the ministers in the court did not approve the addition of county-level officials, I and others could just cry and ask for the emperor's sanction.

Judging from the emperor's revealed attitude, he would almost certainly lean towards them.

Therefore, many people have already had the idea of ​​​​going to sit in front of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion to express their attitude.

Even this idea quickly became widespread. Before the curfew that night, the news reached the ears of almost everyone in Juren.

Although they did not have time to get together to discuss, many people made up their minds on what to do.

On March 11, after dawn, many people went to the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army and sat down in the open space in front. Watching the ministers in the court come and go to the Central Military Governor's Mansion for discussion.

As more and more people gathered, there was no room to sit in front of the Central Military Governor's Mansion, so that the gathered people sat from Chengtian Gate to Daming Gate.

This scene shocked everyone who saw it. The ministers who participated in the court meeting felt particularly strongly:
"I didn't surround the ministers to ask for orders, and I didn't make any loud noises."

"Just sit quietly like this, saying nothing."

"Who came up with this method to do this kind of thing?"

The ministers were thinking in their minds and could all see Juren's intentions. Knowing that they wanted to force the establishment of additional county magistrates to pass the court discussion in this way.

This made some ministers feel offended and wanted to find the leader and arrest them. But many people were sitting quietly like this, and they really couldn't tell who was the leader. He wanted to arrest a few people at random to disperse the others, but he was worried that the sit-in would cause trouble and the matter would be more difficult to end.

So much so that they could only remain silent, watching these people sit quietly in front of the Central Military Governor's Mansion.

"Nonsense!"

"What nonsense!"

"Your Majesty doesn't care!"

A minister scolded and wanted to ask the emperor to send troops to disperse these people. But looking at the guard standing quietly on Chengtian Gate, he finally made no move——

Even the most stupid person can see that this matter is by no means simple. The emperor did not express his position, he was just making a statement.

How could thousands of people suddenly sit in silence at such an important place as Chengtian Gate without the emperor's permission?

The emperor himself supported the establishment of additional county officials. Now it was the ministers who were facing off against the scholars. There was no need for the emperor to step out and serve as a shield for the ministers.

Zhu Youjian's plan of antagonizing the Congress and the court, with the emperor ruling in the middle, began to appear during this sit-in.

Many ministers present had not thought of this at this time. But they clearly felt the changes that would come after today's scene:
"changed! 』

"Everything has changed! "The world is really going to change!" 』

"Your Majesty has won the support of the scholars and the people, and the National People's Congress and the restoration of rituals and music have become unstoppable!" 』

Thousands of people sat in silence, letting everyone see their power. Realizing that the National People's Congress proposed by Liu Zongzhou is approaching irresistibly.

Since the National People’s Congress is going to be established, then remaking rituals and music is something that does not need to be discussed——

Because the so-called National People's Congress was Liu Zongzhou's first policy to remake rituals and music.

The ministers who had previously had reservations about the reconstruction of rituals and music, the National People's Congress, etc. now realized that if they did not change their attitudes, they might be driven out mercilessly by the emperor under this wave.

In particular, the official study room is magnificent and the feeling is particularly strong.

Because he was about to retire, he did not object to the emperor's promotion of the reconstruction of rituals and music, but he could not speak of any support.

At this time, it was clear that the emperor's firm will in recreating ritual music and the implicit threat were felt:

"If all of the more than 5,000 civil servants become official officials, they could replace half of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty. 』

"Not to mention that this subject will recruit 800 Jinshi and 400 Vice-"

"All these people stay in Beijing and can replace most of the officials in the court. 』

There were about 10,000 civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, about 3,000 civil servants of the seventh rank and above, and about 900 civil servants in the capital.

The emperor's department recruits 800 Jinshi and 400 deputy candidates. It is possible to find enough middle and low-level officials from these people.

It is even possible to continue to open Enke and recruit people to serve as officials.

This means that if the officials in the court are disobedient and do not actively participate in remaking rituals and music, the emperor may appoint new scholars to replace the disobedient officials.

This made Fang Zhuangwei, who thought of this, not feel shocked:
"No wonder there are so many recruits in this department. His Majesty has plans to clean up the court!" 』

"Fortunately, I have already decided to quit. Yang Jingchen is also in charge of the official election in February this time. 』

He was sensitive to the number of officials. After seeing the sit-in, Fang Zhuangwei thought of the series of policies previously formulated by the emperor, and was the first to think of the emperor's intentions. I can't help but feel glad that I made my attitude clear last year, and I will definitely retreat this year.

Otherwise, he will inevitably be involved in this turmoil, and may even be instructed by the emperor to purge court officials.

At this moment, he looked at Yang Jingchen with a mixture of envy and pity. He wondered if this emperor's confidant could take on this important task after he left the official department:
"Next year is the year of Jisi. According to the custom of Sihai Jingcha, it is the year of Jingcha. 』

"Whether the storm is big or small, it all depends on His Majesty's decision!" 』

Beijing inspection is held once every six years, scheduled in the years of Si and Hai. At that time, no one will be missed among the officials of the fourth rank and above who will present themselves and the officials below the fifth rank for inspection.

The disputes between the Donglin Party and the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party and even the Eunuch Party were brewed and intensified through the Beijing Chaos during the Wanli period.

The emperor may use this opportunity to purge court officials.

Therefore, the emperor appointed eight hundred Jinshi and four hundred deputy officials in this department as low-level officials.

If these people stay in the capital, they can fully support the official positions below the sixth rank.

The emperor only needed to let his supportive ministers take control of the six cabinet ministries and then promote some officials from local areas to ensure that the court would still run smoothly after the purge.

Seeing this clearly, Fang Zhuangwei was extremely happy. He was glad that he had proposed last year that he would become an official this year, and the emperor would not force him to express his position.

At this moment, although he didn't know how likely the emperor was to cleanse the court. But after thinking about this possibility, he felt fear from the bottom of his heart and did not want this thing to actually happen. At least make sure that this matter has nothing to do with you.

Therefore, in his heart, he had already planned to report his illness and completely hand over the power of the official department in the next few months.

Now, he needs to preside over this court meeting and pass the matters decided by the emperor in the ministers' court meeting.

Entering the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, Fang Guiwei, as the host of this court meeting, looked at the ministers who were silent and thoughtful, and said:
"Today's topic, you have already seen it from the poster."

"You can also see clearly what's going on outside."

"Fang hopes that today will have a good result."

Fang Guiwei clearly stated his attitude and asked all the ministers participating in the court meeting to express their opinions and make a decision after discussion.

But under the current situation, no minister is willing to speak.

In the end, they skipped the deliberation step and cast their votes in silence.

The creation of additional county magistrates was passed without question, and unanimously.

No one dares to risk offending thousands of people by stubbornly expressing opposition in a registered vote like the imperial meeting.

Fang Zhuangwei summarized the results, asked the participants to sign, and then took the results out of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion and went to report to the emperor.

Juren who was sitting quietly outside saw this scene and knew that the result had come out. Although they were uneasy, they tacitly agreed not to make any noise. Just looking at Fang Guiwei, he silently walked into Chengtian Gate.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian, who had been paying attention to this matter, let out a sigh of relief. Knowing that I had manipulated things, I finally got through it smoothly.

With the power of this sit-in, the establishment of the National Assembly and the reconstruction of rituals and music have undoubtedly become the national policies of the Ming Dynasty——

In the entire Ming Dynasty, there can only be voices supporting it!

The various policies he formulated before can also become the final conclusion without doubt in the name of remaking rituals and music.

In the name of remaking rituals and music, the entire Ming Dynasty system will undergo earth-shaking changes according to Zhu Youjian's will.

This was what he had dreamed of before. After realizing it, Zhu Youjian was both excited and a little nervous——

Because even he doesn't know where he will take the Ming Dynasty in the future.

However, what he can be sure of is that he will do better than in history no matter what, and will not let the Jianlu invaders enter the Central Plains and bring serious disasters.

He even did not allow Jianlu to enter the Great Wall, and the changes in Jisi next year would not allow it to happen.

If despite all his efforts, the rebels still break through the Great Wall and loot near the capital, Zhu Youjian, who has won the support of everyone in the world, will not hesitate to launch a purge and replace most of the officials in the court——

It can be said that Fang Guiwei's idea is not without basis. Because Zhu Youjian hired so many officials, he was indeed preparing to clean up the court.

The current batch of officials are only retained temporarily. If they cannot satisfy Zhu Youjian, then these people will be replaced in the future.

No matter how many officials will be replaced and whether it will turn into a purge of the court, Zhu Youjian must reserve enough officials before doing so. (End of chapter)