Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 62
Ever since Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty was stationed in Nanjing.

There is no moment in the entire Nanjing city, no endless stream of people flocking to this bustling city.

Under the sunny sky of Nanjing.

It can be seen that Chaoyang Gate, Zhengyang Gate and other city gates have countless people coming in and out.

From bureaucratic gentry to traffickers and pawns to advocating famous concubines, they all gather here because the emperor is here, and they want to use this to find a chance to leap to the dragon's gate.

The war in the north did not seem to give these people any sense of crisis.

Most of them really said "just use Hangzhou as Bianzhou, and when will the West Lake dance and dance stop".

Of course, this psychological phenomenon is normal.

Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty was stationed in Nanjing. In their view, this place must be very safe, so they gathered here one after another.

For a while, Nanjing's land and housing prices soared, and commodity prices were also rising, but labor costs were falling.

But this does not affect people's enthusiasm in the slightest.

In order to attract the attention of the Ming emperor.

Numerous new poetry clubs and even new poetry articles appeared overnight in Nanjing City.

Fu Shan, Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi, Zhang Dai and other Jiangnan celebrities have all arrived in Nanjing.

Promote your own academic ideas.

The arrival of these people in Nanjing naturally caused waves of upsurge, and even Zhu Youjian was watching closely, ordering Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Haosheng to monitor every move of these Jiangnan celebrities.

However, what really concerned the upper-level rulers of Nanjing was that seven cabinet members gathered in Nanjing to meet His Majesty Zhu Youjian in the palace and discuss the New Deal.

Zhu Youjian had already ordered the Ministry of Rites to announce it to the world in order to satisfy the gentry's desire for governance.

He will convene cabinet ministers to discuss reforms, so as to solve the immediate problems of the national economy and people's livelihood.

Zhu Youjian has already aimed to allow scholars and common people in the world to discuss state affairs.

He also ordered that those who have unique insights into the current crisis of the Ming Dynasty can submit them to any cabinet minister, and the cabinet ministers will write a letter to Tianting directly.

As a result, the entire Nanjing Shihlin exploded.

In the late Ming Dynasty, it was the time when the way of speaking was open and the social atmosphere was extremely developed.

All scholars and people have enthusiasm for discussing politics.

But now that Zhu Youjian, as the emperor, directly issued an order to solicit their opinions, they naturally couldn't wait to express their political opinions to the above.

By doing this, Zhu Youjian naturally had the desire to let people of all classes advance and retreat with Daming, and to let people all over the world know that Daming is closely related to them.

However, Nanjing City became more lively because of this.

There are crazy scholars who shouted that the Ming Dynasty should follow the ancient system and follow the example of Yao and Shun.

There are also scholars who believe that the barbarians and thieves are in chaos because of the corruption of officials,

There are also scholars who believe that the chaos in the world is caused by poor agricultural roads and uneven land.

There are reasonable and unreasonable.

In short, they are all preparing to express their political demands and desire to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty to the rulers of the empire.

But now only Gao Hongtu, the second assistant to the cabinet, Lu Zhenfei, a scholar of Dongge University, and Zhang Shenyan, a scholar of Dongge University, are in Nanjing.

Therefore, it can be said that there are a lot of people who step through the threshold of their mansion every day.

But because the imperial decree came first, he, Gao Hongtu, Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Shenyan could only accept the opinions of the scholars patiently, and they stayed behind closed doors until the day before the court meeting.

this day.

The other five cabinet members outside have all arrived in Nanjing.

As soon as Li Banghua, a scholar of the Wuyingdian University, brought the confiscated property of Gong's family and Liu Liangzuo's head into Zhengyang Gate of Nanjing, countless scholars rushed over.

"Mr. Li Ge, the student Wang Fuzhi has a letter of ten thousand words to submit!"

"Mr. Li Ge, this time His Majesty is asking for advice from all over the world, and student Huang Zongxi is offering his ten-year hard work in Neo-Confucianism!"

……

Li Banghua had already known about Nanjing Shilin's great discussion on state affairs, so now he was prepared. After hearing the words of countless scholars, he hurriedly ordered his staff to take the papers and shouted loudly:

"I know all of you who want to serve the country with fists and fists, and I promise to let His Majesty know your demands!"

The same is true here for Fan Jingwen, the chief assistant of the cabinet. As soon as he arrived at the mansion Zhu Youjian gave him in Nanjing, he saw countless scholars crowded on the east and west sides of the street next to his mansion.

Fan Jingwen had no choice but to get off the sedan chair, and asked one by one, until it was dusk before he was able to escape into the mansion to rest.

Wu Sheng, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, was like a smiling Buddha. It was already late at night after meeting celebrities from all walks of life cordially, and he finally just took a nap in the sedan chair, and hurried to the palace early the next morning .

Only Ma Shiying, a scholar of Dongge University, was treated coldly by many Nanjing scholars. Once he entered Nanjing, almost no scholars came to him to write ten thousand words to him.

This made him feel an inexplicable sense of loneliness, but he also knew that eunuchs like himself would definitely not be welcomed by scholars in Jiangnan.

But Ma Shiying didn't think it was a big deal, he was determined to be His Majesty's lackey, so naturally he wasn't afraid of being treated coldly by the scholars from Jiangnan.

"Criminal Officer Ruan Dayue has seen Ma Ge Department!"

"Student Gu Yanwu has a record of what people in Shandong have seen and heard, and I would like to present it to Mr. Ma Ge!"

However, to Ma Shiying's relief, two people still appeared in front of his car.

Ruan Dayue is a member of the Eunuch Party, and Ma Shiying knew him, so he is naturally very happy to see his old friend now.

Gu Yanwu's appearance made him a little surprised, and he was even more delighted, thinking that it was not true that no one would follow him.

……

Yin time the next day.

It was still very dark.

However, many official residences throughout Nanjing have begun to open their doors.

Lanterns began to spread in the dark streets of Nanjing.

The high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty in red robes and jade belts cheered up and began to gather in the already brightly lit Nanjing Imperial Palace.

Fan Jingwen, a scholar of the Jianji Temple, looked at the vast stars above his head, and couldn't help but think of what he saw and heard when he took the two princes, King Yue and King Ning, all the way from North Zhili to Henan to Huguang and Jiangxi.

He really wanted to go to Beijing immediately and tell His Majesty the hardships of the people.

Gao Hongtu, a scholar of the Wenhuadian University, now only hopes to persuade His Majesty not to expand the Qian Qianyi rebellion case, which has caused panic among the bureaucrats in the south of the Yangtze River.

Li Banghua, a scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts, also had mixed feelings. He had just led Gao Jie and Liu Fangliang to wipe out Liu Liangzuo's troops.

But because of this, he deeply realized the disaster caused by the military disaster to the people, and he had to admit that Ming urgently needed strict military discipline.

Wu Lu, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, did not have any strong worries about the domestic situation. He followed the prince all the way to Hangzhou by sea. He only knew that pirates were still rampant in Ming Dynasty, and that its pirate forces were already rivaling the imperial court.

Ma Shiying, a scholar of Dongge University, collected a survey report of the Donglin Party and Fushe in Jiangnan in advance. He will continue to explain to His Majesty Zhu Youjian the severity of the party struggle, especially the huge damage caused by the Donglin Party to Daming.

Just a few days after he took office in Ying Tian Mansion, Lu Zhenfei, a scholar of Dongge University, felt that the price of Ying Tian Mansion was soaring, and now he only thought about how not to panic because of this.

Dongge University scholar Zhang Shenyan is now full of thoughts about how to use the tens of millions of taels of silver that His Majesty Zhu You obtained by confiscating his home, and how to increase the income of the impoverished treasury in the future, whether it is necessary to continue to raise taxes to solve the current financial difficulties .

　Thank you for the reward of 100 book coins from the book friend Six Misfortunes Canglong. The later plot will enter a period of internal reform. The way of struggle may not be as fierce as before, but there are many major changes. I will try to write more exciting, please continue to read, follow-up Liang Yu, Zheng Zhilong and others will appear.

　　
　
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