The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 627
After the enthronement edict had been read out, all the officials in the Fengtian Hall were a little puzzled. Normally, the new emperor will amnesty the world when he ascends the throne, but it seems that he did not hear such content just now.

Sure enough, Pang Tianshou changed another imperial decree and continued to read: "The edict said. When I first came to the throne, the whole world should celebrate..."

The courtiers just thought it was an amnesty, but unexpectedly, Mr. Pang said: "Blessings to the people, all households under five cents of land tax will be exempted from tax for two months. And, from now on, the court will pay homage and celebrate Do not pardon the world without authorization, take this imperial edict as an example. I respect this."

The courtiers were busy bowing down again, "The emperor is wise!" If you don't pardon the world, it's nothing to do with the taxation of the common people. As long as your emperor is happy, everyone will be happy to support you.

Zhu Linmi took the opportunity of the enthronement ceremony to quietly erase the long-standing bad habit of "amnesty to the world".

In ancient times, emperors would be pardoned when they enthroned, had a great funeral, changed their reign title, even gave birth to a prince, established a queen, and celebrated their birthdays.In fact, they did this just to seek auspiciousness, to show that they are benevolent monarchs, and to win people's hearts.

But in this way, a large number of criminals escaped punishment and flowed back to the people to do evil.Those who benefit from crimes go unpunished, and those who suffer are hard to get justice for. In the end, it is ordinary people who suffer.

Zhu Linmi's targeted reduction or exemption of land tax for small households is a thousand times more effective in winning people's hearts than amnesty, but it will not cause harm to society.

In addition, he left a hand in his imperial edict.Famines and natural disasters were not included in his ban on amnesty.This also leaves room for future governance. Otherwise, if there is a catastrophe, 10,000+ people will be arrested just for stealing food. Amnesty is still required in such cases.

Immediately Pang Tianshou retreated, Yang Tinglin stepped out of the class, stood in the middle of the hall, respectfully received an imperial decree from the eunuch at the side, turned around and recited loudly: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said.

"Zhu Jizuo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, never slack in his duties, has a clean and honest government, and was conferred by the first rank as a doctor of Ronglu."

When all the ministers heard this sentence, they immediately cheered up—this is the highlight!
You know, once the emperor and the courtiers, now that the Han Xing dynasty has changed, who is beautiful and who is sad depends on how the imperial edict is arranged.Just like Zhu Jizuo just now, he seemed to be promoted to Doctor Ronglu, but in fact he was an idle job. Compared with the former minister of the Ministry of Rites who held real power, he was completely different. That is to say, there is no place for him in the new dynasty.

Look at the person who read the decree again, it is Yang Gebu who first advocated the succession of the assistant king.How majestic it is that he can be promoted and demoted to civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty in public in Fengtian Palace!It can be seen that it will inevitably have a high weight in the future.

In the subsequent imperial decree, Yan Qiheng, Song Gaoyi, Liu Xiangke and other eleven people who had jumped up and down in the recent "land reform" and the robbery of the emperor were "promoted" to idle positions.As for Huang Jingfang and others who were caught with real evidence, they have been imprisoned by the Ministry of Punishment, but they are not included.

After reading the officials who wanted to "handle", Yang Tinglin continued: "Song Yingxing, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry, performed his duties conscientiously and made many achievements, so he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

"Fang Yizhi, the former doctor of the Ministry of Industry, preached hard work... was promoted to the left servant of the Ministry of Industry.

"Xu Erlu, the former right minister of the Ministry of Rites...was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

"Hong Si, the former doctor of the Propaganda Department...was promoted to Zuo Shilang of the Propaganda Department.

"Tian Zhuangfei, former head of the Propaganda Department...was promoted to a doctor in the Propaganda Department.

"Zeng Jian, the former doctor of the Ministry of Officials... was promoted to the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment.

"Zhang Canghai, the former member of the household department, was promoted to the right servant of the household department.

"Yao Qisheng, former director of the Ministry of Industry..."

After Yang Tinglin finished reading the word "Qin this", the court team in the early Han Xing Dynasty was basically settled.Of course, in order to maintain the stability of the court, Zhu Linmi only moved more than 30 people, and more personnel adjustments will have to be made slowly in the future.

However, this time he put almost all the core positions in the central government on people he trusted, and he also appointed a large number of talented people.Especially in the Ministry of Industry, there is no official above the sixth rank who does not know how to learn.

In addition to the courtiers of the outer court, Zhu Linmi also made major adjustments to the inner court, such as replacing the eunuchs Zhangyin and Bingbi with Ma Wensheng and Feng Kang.However, the inner court is basically the emperor's private matter, so there is no need to announce the decree in Fengtian Hall.

After the arrangement of the personnel work was completed, Zhu Linmei stood up and said in a loud voice: "The newly promoted minister of punishment, Zeng Jian, listens to the order."

Zeng Jian hurriedly came out and knelt down, "The minister is here."

"You are in charge, and the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Ministry of Officials, and seven departments will cooperate to thoroughly investigate the major case of Emperor Taizheng's kidnapping and plundering! This is an extreme crime of treason, and no one can slip through the net!"

Zeng Jian and the officials in charge of the mentioned departments immediately bowed down and responded together: "Minister, obey the order!"

Strictly punishing the officials involved in kidnapping Zhu Linyuan is an inevitable act of justice, even if no one can say a word, on the contrary, all courtiers have to do their best to "assist in the investigation".And Zhu Linmi also had his own plan to investigate this matter with such great fanfare—this is a serious case of treason, and it shocked the whole country, and everyone involved in the case must be executed.In this way, when the investigation of the case is over, the DPRK will inevitably have a large gap.

So he specially asked Zeng Jian, his direct descendant, to handle the case. This was the "big stick" he held high to the courtiers.The position vacated by the officials involved in the case is his "carrot".Under the combined effect of carrots and sticks, the resistance he encounters in rectifying the administration of officials, promoting gezhixue and even reforming the tax system will be greatly reduced, and the long-planned "Daming Development Outline" will also start to enter the fast lane.

After the enthronement ceremony, the courtiers all gathered around the newly promoted core ministers and left the Meridian Gate, congratulating and complimenting each other endlessly.

Zhu Linming also habitually walked towards the palace gate, and Ma Wensheng hurriedly chased after him, reminding carefully: "My lord, are you going out of the palace?"

Zhu Lin was taken aback for a moment, then patted her forehead, and said with a smile in her heart, she really forgot that from today onwards, the Forbidden City is her home.

In order to save money for repairs, Qianqing Palace has not been repaired until now, only the Hall of Mental Cultivation on the south side of the West Sixth Palace can be lived in.

When Zhu Linmei walked into Yuehua Gate surrounded by palace people and guards, and raised her eyes to see the grand and majestic Hall of Mental Cultivation, the excitement brought about by her ascension to the throne just now faded away, replaced by Wan A heavy burden weighed on his heart—that was the weight of the entire Great Ming Dynasty!
It has been a year and a half since he came to this world. During this period, he relied on advanced weapons and tactics to take back half of the Ming Dynasty south of the Yangtze River from Jianlu, but he is very clear that the current Daming has actually been suffering for a long time, and there are many positives and disadvantages. .

From the corrupt official administration to the ridiculous tax system, from the severely unbalanced distribution of cultivated land to the almost decayed industry and commerce, and the people's loss of confidence in the imperial court, and the sea transportation that has shrunk for hundreds of years, etc., these problems are eroding the body of Ming Dynasty all the time. .Even in terms of official administration, taxation, etc., even Jianlu is doing better than the current Ming Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)