Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Updated: 2012-11-06

On June 24th in the fourth year of Wuding, Wuding Emperor Zhu Youge, who was so depressed that he was sick and sick, finally came to the end of his life. www On the second day, under the support of Zheng Kezang, the already gray-haired emperor's nephew Zhu Ciyu (炴) succeeded to the throne involuntarily. The first year of Baokang.

The first thing that Emperor Baokang did after succeeding to the throne was to enshrine the temple title of Dezong and Qi Tian Ying Dao Bo Yi Li Ren Wen Ze Wu Cheng Cake De Hong Xiao Wu Emperor, and then canonized the eldest grandson Zhu Yiming as the emperor's grandson.Then according to Zheng Kezang's intention, Zhu Hezang, the son of the deposed prince Zhu Cichen, was awarded the title of Gaotang County King, and he was entrusted to Hepu (Nantian Island) south of Xiangshan Mountain. Except for Sun and Sun, all the descendants of the Zhu family in Nanjing were emptied out.

Emperor Baokang was also planning to confer the title on Zheng Kezang, but Zheng Kezang now held the two highest civil positions of teacher and fu, and held the highest military power as the governor and recruiting general. Moreover, Zheng Kezang did not want his children to appear in history as bright ministers in the future, so he also resolutely rejected the royal family's grace, so this time the canonization fell to Funing Hou Zheng Cong, Pingyang Bo Zheng Keshuang, and Songyang Bo Zheng Keju and Zheng Ke'an, Zheng Keqi, Zheng Keyin, the sons of Ningyang Hou Zheng Ming's sons Zheng Keyin and other Zheng clan members.

Speaking of it, Zheng Kezang actually disdains this kind of practice of one person gaining enlightenment and ascending to heaven, but this is a temptation by Emperor Baokang. If he does not accept it, he may directly scare the old man to death, and two people died within a year. Emperor Ming was not very good for stabilizing people's hearts, and Zheng Cong and Zheng Keshuang were all relatives of him anyway, so Zheng Kezang reluctantly nodded and accepted.

So Zheng Cong was promoted to the Duke of Min, Zheng Keshuang was promoted to the Marquis of Nanping, the underage Zheng Keju became the Marquis of Guangfeng, Zheng Ke'an attacked the Marquis of Ningyang, Zheng Keqi and Zheng Keyin also got the title of Earl respectively.

In addition to these Zheng clan relatives in the mainland, Emperor Baokang even wanted to send people to Japan to promote the titles of Zheng Zhi, Zheng Rou and others, but was dissuaded by Zheng Kezang's envoys.Thinking about it, it was Zheng Kezang's order to exile a few people, but now Emperor Ming gave him a seal, didn't he slap Zheng Kezang in the face?Besides, now that the Japanese hold them back to bargain with Zheng Fan, and the Emperor Ming seals them up again, didn't they tell the Japanese clearly that this is a rare commodity to live in?

"Your Majesty, these are some auspicious lands selected by the minister." According to the rules of the past dynasties, the emperor began to build his own mausoleum when he succeeded to the throne, but Emperor Wuding Zhu Youge came to the throne in a hurry during the war, and it was another Those who moved back to Yingtian City from Fujian in a panic, even the Nanjing Imperial City was not well repaired, let alone the auspicious land for thousands of years, and Zheng Kezang didn't care about it, so he only waited until Emperor Wu Ding became terminally ill After Zhu Youge died of illness, the Ministry of Posts and Communications (Department of Construction) came up with several alternative plans. "Please show me the king."

"Now that the war is still going on, the construction of the Minling Mausoleum should not be too large." Zheng Kezang sighed, it wasn't because of the imminent revolution that he wanted to treat the late king of the previous dynasty harshly. For a dynasty that is about to enter history, it is unwilling to disrupt its own ruling foundation. "In this way, the mausoleum will be chosen here." Zheng Kezang circled the plan for Niushou Mountain in the southern suburbs. "With a limit of 50 silver, can it be completed within three years?"

Xu Qing, the former head of the construction experience department of the Metropolitan Government as the right servant of the Ministry of Posts and Communications as the right servant of the Ming Ministry of Industry, complained secretly. The imperial mausoleum is a bit difficult, not to mention that a large amount of materials need to be purchased, even the three-year construction period seems a bit tight.

So Xu Qing glanced at the mausoleum official who was standing halfway apart with the corner of his eyes, and saw that the official's face was also full of embarrassment. Xu Qing was about to ask Zheng Kezang to either increase expenses or extend the construction period , but in a blink of an eye, he saw the displeasure on Zheng Kezang's face, and his heart skipped a beat.

That's right, I did something wrong today, my master is King Xia, what happened to Ming Dezong.Besides, although Emperor Wu Ding is the emperor of one dynasty, how long can the Ming dynasty last?Zheng Kezang's willingness to spend 50 yuan to build the mausoleum for him is already the best of benevolence, and the three-year mausoleum construction is a publicity show of his benevolence, so naturally there is no need to strive for excellence.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing immediately agreed: "Please rest assured, the king, if the ministers know what to do, they will live up to the king's trust."

Zheng Kezang nodded slightly: "That's very good, please wait and go get busy."

Just as Xu Qing wanted to quit, Zheng Kezang suddenly called him back: "Xu Qing, you are not too young now, and it will not take too long to choose the auspicious land for ten thousand years. In this way, we will be together On the banks of the Minling Mausoleum on Niu Shou Mountain, choose a place with good geomantic omen for the construction of the mausoleum, so as to make use of the materials and manpower of the Minling Mausoleum."

Although Xu Qing was a little astonished, but he had already figured everything out just now, so he immediately agreed: "I respectfully obey the king's order!"

Xu Qing retreated, and Cheng Qi from the Tongzheng Yuan entered the hall and reported: "Second Assistant, Mr. Yang, please see me."

Yang Ying?Zheng Kezang was taken aback, why did he come here?But although the other party is semi-retired, he is one of the few veterans in the domain after all, so Zheng Kezang ordered him to enter after a little thought.

After a while, Yang Ying, who was wearing a big red robe, walked in tremblingly. Seeing him doing this, Zheng Kezang couldn't help but smile, and immediately ordered a seat.Yang Ying was not polite either, she sat down on the brocade stool brought by the waiter, coughed before opening her mouth.

After the flustered little fireman brought a spittoon and asked him to clear his throat, Yang Ying, who relied on the old to sell the old, said why he came: "Your Majesty, the old minister has nothing to do. After careful consideration of the regulations of the King's shogunate, I found that there is a lack of monks." Records, Daolu, and now there are many Yi religions in Taixi, should there be a supervisory department?"

Yang Ying's words are actually not unusual. Zheng Kezang himself admits that the future government he created is just a prototype and needs to be increased or decreased in the future.Speaking of which, in the Ming Dynasty, there were no cases of veterans intervening in politics, but officials who returned to their hometowns were a great harm to the localities. How to avoid repeating the same mistakes is a big issue.

While thinking about it, Zheng Kezang perfunctoryly said: "Then what the boss means is to imitate the Manchu Qing Dynasty and set up a Lifan Academy to manage it?"

"That's not necessary," Yang Ying shook her head. "It can be assigned to the Ministry of Rites according to the Ming system. No, it can be managed by the Institute of Rituals."

Zheng Kezang immediately understood that after stripping off the most important academic department, the Institute of Rites and Rites became a Qingshui Yamen with no rights and responsibilities. It's good to have the power to issue certificates in your hands, and it's good to have some money to build a small treasury or something.

Zheng Kezang was somewhat dissatisfied with such matters of fighting for the interests of individual departments, but it is indeed unnecessary for the government to set up a religious department, so he thought about it for a while, and finally nodded: "What the boss said is true, A teaching affairs office to manage various religions can be set up under the Ritual Academy."

Yang Ying nodded in satisfaction, but she didn't leave. Instead, she said, "Your Majesty, judging from the situation when I was in power in Dongning, it is better for the Yantie Division to work with the Taxation Division."

Zheng Kezang looked at Yang Ying in surprise, and Yang Ying explained it in a long way, and Zheng Kezang realized that he was somewhat subjective.It turns out that most of the factories, workshops, and mines in the Dongning period were run by Zheng Fan officials, and the Yantie Division could not manage them at all. At most, they could only manage small shops on the market; There are many merchants and mines everywhere in Guangdong, but the Yantie Division is facing a situation of being unable to manage and unable to manage.That being the case, based on Yang Ying's experience, in order to prevent this department from becoming idle, it is best to let it merge the current tax accounting office.

While Yang Ying was speaking, Zheng Kezang kept pacing in the hall. The more Yang Ying talked, the deeper Zheng Kezang thought.

After Yang Ying finished speaking, Zheng Kezang also stopped: "My lord, I'm afraid this matter is just wishful thinking."

Zheng Kezang really misunderstood. He set up the Department of Salt and Iron and the Department of Salt and Iron to promote industry and commerce. However, industry and commerce at this stage is not the situation of large-scale industry and commerce that began in the second half of the [-]th century in a different time and space. His government is not a government with a certain degree of professionalism and control in the future, so it is doomed that what he has to do must be half the effort.

However, no matter how difficult it is, Zheng Kezang will also try to do it, but it will not be achieved overnight, so Zheng Kezang took a step back from his original position: "The words of the boss are an old-fashioned move to seek the country. Taught, no matter, there is still room for improvement in all initial creations, so let’s hand over the power of tax collection to the Ministry of Salt and Iron.”

In this way, the tasks of the Ministry of Salt and Iron became to review the qualifications for opening mines, factories, and shops, to register and issue business licenses, to register business changes, to inspect mines, to approve and collect transaction taxes and shop taxes, and to collect summer and autumn taxes; , Approved business laws, etc.However, Zheng Kezang did not abolish the accounting office, but further reorganized it into an auditing office, which was responsible for auditing the revenue and expenditure of various ministries and local agencies. The right-hand man of the "black letter" policy.And because Zheng Kezang transferred part of the responsibilities of the General Law Department to the audit office, the future audit office will also have the "famous name" of Zheng's East Factory.

After the change of the Ministry of Salt and Iron, Zheng Kezang set up the Bute Courtyard to accommodate elderly ministers, and all Beijing officials and foreign officials of the fourth rank or above were allowed to enter.The Bute Court has one person in charge of the fourth rank, one supervisor of the fifth rank, and one prime minister of the sixth rank. There are also a number of records and offices. Rewards, but do not assume the responsibility of impeaching officials at all levels, so as to avoid interfering with the power of civil servants of the trial court