Jinyi Night Walk

Xia Xun doesn't need to go to the court for small court meetings on weekdays, but he has to attend the court during the big court meeting every five days.The next day was the Great Court Meeting. Xia Xun and Ming'er had made a plan and decided to ask the emperor for leave tomorrow and leave the capital for Shuangyu Island.

In the morning of the next day, Xia Xun also got up early and rushed to the palace.In the morning of today, Emperor Yongle ordered a few more important things. One is to re-edit the "Records of Taizu". All are not recognized. Out of political needs, he needs to rewrite a "Records of Taizu".

Zhu Di announced in the court that Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, and Ru Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War, would be the chief and deputy supervisors, and his attendant, Jie Jin, would be the chief executive officer. The editor re-edited the "Records of Taizu". He did not recognize Jianwen's four-year rule, but the deeds of these four years cannot be erased out of thin air. Since the four years of Emperor Jianwen became Hongwu's 32 to 35 years, so A minister suggested that the deeds of the Jianwen Dynasty should be appended to the "Records of Taizu", and Zhu Di agreed after a little thought.

Later, Zhu Di announced the reopening of the Huayi Hall, Wuying Hall, Wenyuan Pavilion, and Dongge University Scholars in Taizu's time to prepare for consultants. Although the rank and rank officials are under the six ministries, and they have no official affiliation and do not govern the affairs of various divisions, they are the real close ministers of the emperor. When Zhu Di revealed that at least four to five people will be selected to supplement the cabinet, all the officials are excited .

Without exception, the ministers who edited the "Records of Taizu" are all old ministers of Jianwen, and the two ministers who entered the cabinet are all former ministers of Jianwen without exception. Chao Wenwu took a shot in the arm. These days, Chen Ying and Ji Gang have been arresting and arresting people in such a hurry that everyone is in danger. Many people are worried about the political disaster that happened during the Hongwu period with countless entanglements and lasted for several years.

Zhu Di's political signal clearly indicated that the purge was about to end, and all the officials were secretly relieved.And the two ministers who joined the cabinet are both young and inexperienced officials with real talents and knowledge. This kind of meritocracy has also made many officials who rely on their talents and learning have eager hopes, and they are secretly gearing up to fight for the cabinet. .

Zhu Di is obviously not only good at fighting, but also a political master who knows how to make a difference. Through these two things, he not only easily influenced the next move of the court, diverted the public's attention, but also easily mobilized people's hearts.This is the best way to govern a big country like cooking a small fish.

Later, Zhu Di ordered the household department to check the number of households without land in various parts of Shanxi, and moved them to Beiping in batches.Due to the four years of war, the population of Beiping Prefecture has decreased sharply. After Zhu Di took control of Jinling, he brought all his troops to the south, and the labor force in Beiping has decreased even more. Now Beiping Prefecture has been upgraded to Beijing, second only to Jinling and Zhongdu. Where Fengyang is located, the policy is naturally more inclined.

Zhu Di decreed that farmers without land in Shanxi who migrated to Beijing should be given banknotes per household to buy cattle, grain seeds, and agricultural tools. The people who migrated were tax-free for the first five years, and taxes began to be levied after five years. A group of wealthy households were selected from the ten counties, Zhejiang and other nine provinces to go to Beijing. In addition, the regulations on the exile of criminals and tenants were formulated, and prisoners below the crime of exile were reclaimed in Beijing's farmland.

Supervise local officials to resettle the relocated people, distribute resettlement fees, supervise provincial officials to select rich households to move to Beijing, and exile prisoners to Beijing to open up wasteland. Naturally, these things are the responsibility of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Chen Ying realized that the emperor stopped cleaning and stepped up construction. It meant that he was worried that he would have to stand aside after two days of bad weather, but after listening to the emperor's order, he finally felt relieved.

As for Ji Gang, he is not worried at all. Through the purge, he has initially established authority for himself, and the next stage should be consolidation.Besides, because of Jing Qing's assassination, although the emperor made great efforts to win over the old officials of Jianwen and used them for his own use, he had great doubts about their loyalty, and he had ordered Jin Yiwei to strengthen the supervision of all officials.

Just relying on this order, he became a knife hanging over the heads of all officials. Who would dare to despise Ji Gang like Luo Kedi from Jianwen Dynasty?

Tracing back to the source, the ones most grateful to Jing Qing are probably Chen Ying and Ji Gang.

As soon as these three major events were announced and discussed, it was almost time for the morning court. When it was approaching noon, when it was time to leave the court, Zhu Di put away his smile, and suddenly said solemnly: "Today, I have a few heartfelt words. Ministers speak!"

There was a sudden silence in the hall, and all the civil and military officials pricked up their ears, especially the officials of the Beiping line. They were always more relaxed than the old officials of Jianwen in the court hall.

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "In the past, the monarchs who created the world with martial arts must rely on the ministers of the generals. However, it is often difficult to preserve the generals in the end. Why? People often say that this is the power of the emperors to kill rabbits, run dogs, and slaughter. Important ministers, to secure the clan. Is this really the case? There are so many parties that the emperor raises his ministers but weakens his authority. Does he have to use killing methods to keep his reputation for thousands of years?"

Zhu Di's eyes slowly scanned the group of officials, and the officials of the Peking Department became a little uneasy.

Zhu Di said: "Has anyone ever checked whether those generals who are difficult to preserve are arrogant and arrogant, are they arrogant? The monarch responds to things on behalf of the heavens. Once he is in the country, he is not just the monarch of the ministers, he is the monarch of the whole people. The monarch of the world is the subject of the monarch all over the world, and there can be no partiality.

Therefore, ministers and criminals must be punished severely.I, Emperor Hongwugao, established a constitution to make future generations abide by it unremittingly.If the ministers violate the constitution and punish those who do not understand the precepts, they will naturally be punished according to the law.Even if it is the closest relatives and the oldest, they must not be forgiven!

I have heard a lot of news in the past few days. Some of my courtiers are arrogant and bully the old courtiers. There are those who suddenly rise to high positions, greed breeds, and think that the mansion I built is too small, and there are those who invade and expand the houses. There are those who accept bribes from deposed criminal officials, those who work for the top and bottom, and those who steal opportunities;

A good general and minister who is used to fighting does not mean that his personal character is so noble that he has no flaws. Zhu Di's words, every sentence has something to say, and he pointed out that the officials of the Beiping Department who have similar behaviors all feel awe-inspiring. They are the most unscrupulous people in the sky. They rely on their own labor, and they regard Jianwen's old ministers as inferior to them.

As for all kinds of misbehaviors, there are indeed all kinds of wrongdoings. Some are minor and some are serious, some are big and some are small. There are very few officials who clean themselves up and don't get any benefits that they don't deserve. Probably only Xia Xun feels that he has no shame in his heart, but after hearing what Zhu Di said In other words, if you think about it carefully, are you really worthy of your heart?

The king's son-in-law said that the house was borrowed, but what would others think?Would you believe that he borrowed a house from the prince's son-in-law or accepted a gift from others?Xia Xun suddenly realized that since Zhu Di was in power, although he said he kept vigilant himself, he was actually a little bit flustered. If it was a different situation, would he accept the king's son-in-law's kindness so rashly?

Especially the crime of forming a party for personal gain and enveloping courtiers is the most serious crime. Could the emperor be talking about me?Yesterday I appealed to the emperor to stop the cleaning. On the same day, someone knelt down in front of my mansion and begged him. If someone told the emperor about this, the words were slightly vague, and the time was deliberately not mentioned, what would the emperor think?

Not only can't you violate it, even if you are upright in your heart, you have to be skilled in doing things in the officialdom.Because others can't see your heart, what they see is your behavior!

Everyone's understanding of Zhu Di's wake-up call is different, but the edict he issued to his ministers in a timely manner as soon as he ascended to the world undoubtedly played a very important role. , has a lot to do with Zhu Di's sincere words today.

Zhu Di's voice echoed loudly in the Golden Palace: "The words today are just beatings and beatings. Everything that happened before can be regarded as I didn't say anything. You support me, accompany me through life and death, and lead to the world today. I can live long and rich, and live with the country. But if someone persists in evil and commits crimes, then don’t blame me for being ungrateful and ungrateful!”

The dynasty was over, and all the civil and military officials dispersed one after another with their own concerns. Those who entered the cabinet and those who received important errands such as the revision of "Taizu Shilu" all felt proud, especially Xie Jin, who had both major events. His participation showed how much he was valued. As soon as he left the Golden Palace, he was surrounded by his colleagues to congratulate him. Seeing his beaming face, he was also in high spirits.

Those ministers who have done something wrong recently are thinking about how to remedy and make up for their mistakes.Xia Xun deliberately slowed down and walked at the end. After much deliberation, she still had to bite the bullet and find the emperor.

"Go to Shuangyu?"

"Yes, when I rescued the prince and the two princes from Jinling, I got the help of the Shuangyu bandits. At that time, I promised them on behalf of the emperor that I would never forget their work. I heard that the emperor was very dissatisfied with the Japanese pirates. Yue, I want to teach you a lesson. These pirates are not only good at fighting at sea, especially on long-distance voyages. Their familiarity with the ocean is a hundred times better than my navy. If these pirates can be recruited and rectified a little, they will be one of the emperor's men who can conquer the sea. Good sailors."

"Well……"

Zhu Di stroked his beard and pondered, Xia Xun said again: "When the minister and the princess were fleeing, it happened that General Yi Shaozong, a thousand households in Xiangshan, was fighting hard with Japanese pirates on the beach. General Yi also said before his death that it was because the Shuangyu pirates The people along the coast were not harmed more by the Japanese pirates, so it can be seen that although these pirates are not the people, they are still quite sincere in front of the foreigners, the emperor is better to educate them than to encircle and suppress them."

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded and glanced at him: "Your family members are all on the island now?"

"Yes!"

Xia Xun smiled, and to this shrewd boss, rather than concealing it, it is better to tell the truth: "The minister is highly valued by the emperor, and he is appointed as the Duke of the country. He is an extremely personable minister, and he is very proud of himself. Both of the minister's parents died, and he is so proud." Falling out with the clan, there are only two virtuous wives who will never leave, and will always be by your side. The ancients said: If wealth and honor do not return home, it is like walking at night in brocade clothes. Now the minister wants to... take the two wives back in a graceful manner, and enjoy the mighty emperor's grace together .”

Zhu Di smiled: "I'm afraid, this is your biggest goal?"

Xia Xun said shyly, "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Di waved his hand: "Hehe, this is also human nature, well, you go, ask Chen Xuan to send you some warships from the navy, since you are going, you will have a good time, don't let my court's prestige be weakened, It's disrespectful to Duke Fu."