First Minister of Ming Dynasty

After all, if you can't keep your family together, how can you govern the country?

Although Zhang Ximeng tried his best to separate the family, the country, and the world, he had to admit that if his background was too special, he couldn't understand the joys, sorrows, sorrows, and thoughts of ordinary people, so he couldn't preside over government affairs.

It's just...it's not important. Zhu Sheng urged himself to replace Li Shanchang as soon as he came back. Could it be that the court situation has reached this point?

"Mr. Fenglin, Mr. Li has worked hard all these years, and he has done a good job. Have you become prejudiced against him?"

Zhu Sheng shook his head again and again, "Master Zhang, Li Shanchang is a hundred times better than me when it comes to doing things, needless to say. He is selfish, likes to seize power, and forms a party for personal gain. This is also a fact. Especially recently, with the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the original The six-ministration structure has long since ceased to exist. If he still has the final say on the reform of the official system, I am afraid that the court will be full of soldiers from the Li family!"

Zhang Ximeng frowned, becoming more and more surprised.

"Mr. Fenglin, have you passed? How could this happen?"

Zhu Sheng chuckled, "Master Zhang, you are deliberately pretending to be a lake! Among the earliest civil officials in the court, there are not many left. Jia Gong is still in Kaifeng to manage the river, and I am not in good health. Li Shanchang alone has the final say. Originally there were six ministries, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War. Even if they were able to stand against Li Shanchang, there was also a Yushitai outside. But now there are several more ministries, not to mention keeping Li Shanchang in check. Competing to curry favor, the only way to get the budget is to curry favor with Li Xiang, although everyone knows that he, Li Shanchang, is not good enough to be the left minister, but there is nothing he can do about it. After all, apart from Zhang Xiang, no one can beat Li Shanchang."

Zhang Ximeng listened patiently, and he gradually understood Zhu Sheng's thoughts.

The establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a signal.In addition to the taxation department that was split up earlier, the original six-department structure will have to be reshuffled. There is no doubt that if Li Shanchang is allowed to continue to sit in the position of Zhongshu Zuoxiang, even if Zhang Ximeng is still in a detached position, it will not be able to stop the people below. Worship under Li Shanchang's door.

After all, you are noble and don't want to form a party for personal gain, but there are always people who need to find shelter, survive in the court, and get a little more money along the way.

It is almost inevitable that more and more people will gather around Li Shanchang.

"Mr. Fenglin, you mean to take down Li Shanchang and let me take over all the power, right?"

"This..." Zhu Sheng's face changed slightly, "Zhang Xiang, I can trust your character, and the superior can also trust you. You must be fair in dealing with things, and you are far better than Li Shanchang."

Zhang Ximeng smiled helplessly, "Mr. Fenglin, you really think highly of me. In fact, we don't like Mr. Li, but sitting in that position, who can not be Li Shanchang?"

Zhu Sheng turned pale with shock, "Master Zhang, I can hardly comprehend what you said, so why don't you just sit back and ignore it?"

Zhang Ximeng thought for a while, and said with a smile: "No, Mr. Fenglin won't forget, I'm still in charge of the door, it's time for the door to move!"

"Master under the door?"

"Yes!" Zhang Ximeng nodded with a smile, "I'm going to conduct a professional evaluation on the officials of the yamen, comprehensively judge their abilities, and give them a score. Those who are capable will go up, and those who are mediocre will go down. Improve the ability of officials."

Zhu Sheng couldn't help but take a deep breath. The big guys didn't seem to care much about the establishment of the sub-district at the beginning, especially Zhang Ximeng didn't do much in the past few years. The big guys just thought that the Du Branch was scary.

But it never occurred to me that the truly powerful Menxia Province has not yet officially started!

The lifeblood of all officials in the world, Zuoguan, is pinched at the door... So, instead of replacing Li Shanchang, it is better to make officials more professional, instill discipline and rules in them, and directly change the entire officialdom.

Don't worry, Zhang Ximeng has big thoughts!

Chapter 523 The Unification of the World Cannot Be Delayed

According to the official system designed by Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning, the ministers of each department were mainly nominated by Zhongshu Province, and they could only take office after the approval of the emperor.

The left officials and scribes under Shangshu are under the management of the province.

Menxia Province inspects officials' employment status, work performance, laziness, dereliction of duty, corruption, etc.

In response to the situation of officials, the province under the door should give evaluation and disposal opinions, and notify the ministries, for serious problems.It must also be announced to the world and transferred to the Ministry of Officials for punishment. After investigation by the Ministry of Officials, it will be handed over to the Three Law Departments for criminal punishment.

In fact, from the very beginning, Li Shanchang and others realized the horror of Menxia Province, which is completely a sharp sword hanging over the heads of [-]% of the officials.

Although Shangshu and above are not under the responsibility of Menxia Province, but once all the subordinates are pinched by Menxia Province, what will happen to a few Shangshu?

It's not about obediently being controlled by others.

It's just that after Zhang Ximeng put forward the plan, he also took charge of the daily life of his subordinates as the right minister.

But that's all, there is no more action.

The big guy can only comfort himself, Zhang Xiang is kind-hearted and doesn't have the heart to embarrass the big guy, he is just a name, don't be afraid.

Now, the days of self-deception are finally over.

Menxia Province is about to start to function, and this murderous knife is finally about to fall.

In line with the policy of looking for excitement, then follow through to the end, Zhang Ximeng first suggested to Lao Zhu that Yao Guangxiao, the inspector of Huguang Province, should be transferred to Beijing to take over as Shizhong.

Zhu Yuanzhang readily agreed, and when the decree was delivered, there was a sudden mourning, and all the officials in Yingtian were trembling.

If it was Zhang Ximeng's prestige, it was accumulated over the years.

Yao Guangxiao's prestige was completely earned.

When he presided over the government affairs of Huguang, he followed one word: kill!

Corrupt officials, kill!

Powerful household, kill!

Bandits and bandits, kill them!

Remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, kill!

……

Anyway, as long as there is a handle that falls into his hands, there is absolutely no reason for luck.

The most ruthless case, Yao Guangxiao killed more than 120 people.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was still in the Northern Expedition, so he was shocked.

After reading the case file, Zhu Yuanzhang only said that the killing was too heavy... but he did not deny Yao Guangxiao's verdict.

This eucalyptus mainly concerns an old woman who had six daughters in her life.

The so-called can't steal the door of the five daughters, it's really unlucky to have so many daughters in a row, and none of them can set up a family.

Fortunately, the old man was still open-minded and did not embarrass his wife.

The couple has been supporting them, and they are stable until they grow old.

As a result, the old man took a step first, and the old lady also left after more than half a year.

Now everyone from the village came up, set up running water mats around the old lady's house, ate and drank, and had a great time.

And at this time, the old lady's youngest daughter returned home and asked the folks why they didn't inform her, why they took their family property, ate and drank, and squandered it recklessly?

The villagers didn't care about it, and even said that the married woman and the water splashed out are not qualified to take care of this matter... These family properties are not yours, and they don't deserve it at all.

The youngest daughter was furious, her mother died, she didn't know, and the family property was forcibly seized, and there was nothing she could do.

She couldn't get angry, so she said that according to the law of Ming Dynasty, even though she is a daughter, she can still inherit the family property, and you must hand it over.

The villagers burst out laughing, I've never heard of such a law of the Ming Dynasty!

We don't even know Daming.

This is how it has been these years, stop talking nonsense to us.

In desperation, the youngest daughter found several older sisters, and finally four of the six sisters jointly filed a lawsuit to seek justice.

Somehow, when the news leaked out, the villagers gathered hundreds of people, blocked the way, and beat up several sisters who complained, together with their husbands and sons, many people were injured, and two people were killed.

The matter turned into a big mess, Yao Guangxiao took over the eucalyptus.

He sent someone to investigate, trying to find the murderer.

But the yamen servants who were sent down were also besieged and beaten.

The young and strong among the villagers guarded the intersection and refused to let the yamen servants come in.

Don't ask, it was our village who did it, and all the villagers have a share. If they are capable, they can kill hundreds of us?

That's the point of the matter.Basically there is nothing to do.

A few hundred people is actually not a big deal. Clan fighting, involving thousands of people and killing dozens, is like playing.

Under normal circumstances, the yamen will turn a blind eye and close one eye, and dare not take care of it at all.

But Yao Guangxiao felt that he couldn't ignore it... Embezzlement of property can catch the culprit, fight and hurt people can catch the real culprit.

But openly confronting the court, there is nothing else to say.

Must punch hard!

Yao Guangxiao mobilized a total of 500 soldiers and horses, surrounded the village overnight, arrested more than [-] people, and escorted them all to prison.

For these 500 people, Yao Guangxiao personally interrogated them.

Among them, women, children, children, honesty, and those who did not participate in it were all screened out. In the end, more than 100 people were sentenced to be beheaded by Yao Guangxiao!

Most of the others belonged to the Miejiu Clan, all of whom were relatives, but Yao Guangxiao was different. He pulled almost half of the males in the village out to behead them.

Needless to say, the attack was ruthless and the shock was great.

When Eucalyptus arrived at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Ministry of Criminal Justice was stunned.

Even if you are reasonable, you can't kill people like this, but the big guy can't directly blame Yao Guangxiao, so in the end, he can only push it up level by level, and push it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

As the Son of Heaven, Zhu Yuanzhang, who holds the supreme authority, did not pardon the villagers in order to show his kindness.

Of course, Yao Guangxiao killed too much, and there was no reward.

But for this kind of thing, allowing Yao Guangxiao to do this and respecting his opinion already speaks volumes.

Do you think the villagers are wronged?

maybe!

But they occupied other people's property, killed and wounded people, fought against the imperial court, and beat the government servants. According to these circumstances, it is not impossible for them to rebel.

In the end, Yao Guangxiao used more than 100 bloody heads to show his style of doing things.

From then on, no matter whether it was Qingzhang Tianmu or dealing with the powerful, everything went smoothly, and no one dared to fight against this fierce god.

The task that was originally planned to take three to five years to complete, under Yao Guangxiao's leadership, only took two years, and it was almost done.

According to Yao Guangxiao's merits, it is more than enough to be promoted to chief envoy or to enter the capital.

There are too many people who are afraid of Yao Guangxiao's behavior, and there has been no movement from the official department, and some people in Huguang even wrote a letter, wanting to drive Yao Guangxiao away.

This person's situation suddenly became difficult.

Just at this time, Zhang Ximeng made a move and transferred him to Beijing to serve as a minister under the sect. He immediately threw a little boy into the lifeless officialdom. It's easy to say.

It all depends on how much power Yao Guangxiao can get.

"I want to make it clear to you that the Menxia Province is not the Ministry of Punishment, nor the Office of the Procuratorate. We only conduct assessments against the dereliction of duty, laziness, and inaction of the officials. Although we are also responsible for things like corruption and breaking the law, but The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment should be the main ones, you must remember that you cannot overstep your authority, and don’t cause trouble for me.”

Yao Guangxiao nodded with a smile, bowed and said: "All the lowly positions have been accepted, but I thought that Zhang Xiang would make a big move and completely reform the government!"

"That's what His Majesty did. I just want to ask you, do you have any opinions on the errands of the province?"

"no!"

Yao Guangxiao immediately agreed, "The humble official will do his best, please rest assured Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Go and familiarize yourself with government affairs first, and we'll talk about it later."

Yao Guangxiao agreed to go on, and just as he walked out, he bumped into Mao Gui, the two of them had never seen each other before, they just shook their heads and nodded, and Mao Gui walked in.

"Students have met their teachers."

Zhang Ximeng asked him to sit down, and then said: "You are now the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and you are under the supervision of the Central Committee. Except for Xiu Mu, it is best not to come here, so as not to be inconvenient."

Mao Gui nodded quickly, but said helplessly: "Master, I came here at the order of Mr. Li. There is a troublesome matter at the moment, and Mr. Li doesn't know what to do. I still need to ask Mr. Li for an idea." .”

Zhang Ximeng was puzzled, "What else is there that even Prime Minister Li has no idea?"

Mao Guidao: "Master, it's like this. Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youding have accepted the canonization of the high-ranking officials. They are my ministers of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, they also paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. But after the students took over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they felt that no matter Suzhou , or the land of Bamin, it is not counted outside, and these two places are not vassals, and it seems that they should not be under the control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. How to divide them, the students are not sure, and the Ministry of Education has no conclusion, so I bother the teacher. .”

Only then did Zhang Ximeng understand that daring affection involves the issue of positioning, which is indeed a bit troublesome, people are ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the land is also the land of the Ming Dynasty.

The management of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is equivalent to turning Suzhou, Fujian and other places into foreign states. Is this okay?

If it is not handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and no chief envoy has been dispatched, it is impossible to control it.

Even on the issue of tribute, it is very troublesome.

"Master, after thinking about it, the students feel that the name is not right, why don't they send their tribute directly to the internal treasury instead of handing it over to the treasury?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Who gave you the idea?"

Mao Gui was startled, "Master, what's wrong?"

"It's very wrong. You handed over the internal money. After a while, when we attack Zhang Shicheng, Zhang Shicheng will say that Daming took his money and broke his promise. At that time, the treasury did not receive the money, and the money was given to the lord. Are you saying that His Majesty broke his promise?"

Mao Gui's face changed with fright, "What, how come? I, I didn't expect this!"

Zhang Ximeng laughed, "Don't worry, you will understand if you read more, there is nothing difficult to understand."