I am the king of the dead

"What does Yu Shaobao think?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian. Hu's understanding of Taixi probably came from the information collected by Nikolaoz and Wang Fu in the Western Regions, as well as the information on merchants coming and going after the re-opening of the Silk Road in Ming Dynasty.

Although it is only a glimpse of the leopard, the information is comprehensive enough, and a judgment has been made to a certain extent.

Yu Qian frowned and said: "The Principality of Moscow has grown stronger by collecting taxes from the Golden Horde. In the Principality of Moscow, there are a large number of Tatars. Once the Slavs and the Oirats unite, the Kingdom of Kang, the Western Regions, the desert North, and even Monan, are in danger of overturning."

"Although it is unlikely, it is indeed possible, so I think Hu Shangshu's words are very good."

Yu Qian agreed with Hu Wei's statement that the more brutal the Slavs and the Tessian Germans, Franks, and Angsacons, the better. As long as they can't eliminate each other, they will continue to fight. This is in line with Ming's interests in the Western Regions.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "I think it's very good."

"Your Majesty wants to announce Ivan III, how should the Ministry of Rites communicate?" Hu Wei asked about specific matters. After the general policy is finalized, how to implement it is the next topic.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Sometimes, it is more effective to do bad things and say good things. Those who kill kings and horses are also by the side of the road."

Do you have to curse if you want to kill someone?

Actually not, but praise.

Zhu Qiyu’s story about killing the monarch and horse is Lubang’er, which comes from “Customs of Customs” written by Ying Shao, a literati at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is about the same folk customs and stories as “Aesop’s Fables” and “Arabian Nights”.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, high-ranking officials ate rich salaries, and their horses grew fat and strong. Once a certain official went out, the onlookers applauded, and the rider kept pushing the horse. As a result, the rider’s riding skills were not good, and the horse Died of exhaustion.

If you want to do something, you don't have to scold, you can also praise.

Excessive praise and flattery will make the person praised become vain and conceited, arouse the resentment of others, make the person praised gradually lose themselves under the words, and eventually go to destruction.

Sometimes if you want to destroy a person, you just need to praise him.

Appreciating a wise, knowing those out.

Self-knowledge is a great wisdom that few people possess.

For example, Emperor Ming was not good at commanding battles, so he simply didn't participate directly, but went to the front line to fully guarantee military operations and boost morale.

"Your Majesty thinks it's inappropriate." Hu Wei leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, as far as the Ministry of Rites is concerned, your Majesty still focuses on persuasion."

Hu Wei's meaning is very clear. It is not appropriate for His Majesty to do this kind of dirty work. It is better for scholars like them to do it. Firstly, they are very good at this kind of work; secondly, there is room for politics.

The third reason is that His Majesty is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. As a person who is admired by billions of trillions, the emperor must have a reputation without loss, meritorious deeds, a high ground of morality, and the embodiment of perfection. The matter of Wuchang Dalun should also be said to be righteous and kill relatives.

"The minister also thinks that these things should be done by the minister." Yu Qian also thought it was inappropriate, and solemnly advised him.

His majesty's reputation is intact and his achievements are unscrupulous, which is the most important guarantee for Yu Qian to realize his political ideals and propositions that everyone in the world is selfish and your majesty is a public ear.

This is the system of etiquette. Yu Qian and Hu Wei have never detached themselves from the framework of monarchs, ministers and ministers for thousands of years.

Although Zhu Qiyu really wanted to watch the excitement in person, but in the end he was kind and generous.

The dirty work is done by the courtiers, and the emperor is responsible for the good name and praise.

At this time, Ivan III was in the same post of the Daming Hui, anxiously waiting for the decision of Daming. He really wanted to see the Emperor of Ming who was like a god in the world. What is the appearance of the person rescued at the most critical moment.

Ivan III's journey from Samarkand to Daming was very smooth. He was a very timid person, but along the way, he was not frightened in any way.

The 1-mile journey from Samarkand to the Ming Dynasty capital was smoother than the [-]-mile journey from Moscow to Samarkand.

Starting from Samarkand, going to Suiye City, and then following the commercial road to Luntai City, he reached the area under the rule of Daming, and then Ivan III saw what prosperity is.

Even in Constantinople, he had never seen such prosperity.

Ivan III wrote a lot of travel notes, recording how the great halls of Samarkand and Suiye City make people yearn for; recording Wang Fu's heroism in the Battle of Herat; inexhaustible relationship

It records the slanting shadow of the caravan in the desert under the sound of camel bells; it records the cunning and shrewdness of the busy Sogdian merchants;

It records the magnificence of the setting sun on the long river in Jiayuguan;

After the prosperity, it will only become more prosperous. After Ivan III arrived in Daming, his travel notes became thicker and thicker, and he wrote more and more, almost to the point where he ran out of words.

And along the way, what he heard the most was the story of the Ming Emperor. The stories were ever-changing, and the stories told by everyone were different.

In his opinion, the emperor of Ming Dynasty is a very interesting person, just like the first emperor of Ming Dynasty, he has his own hobbies.

Emperor Daming liked to catch fish, but as usual he couldn't catch fish because of the attention, but this interesting person never gave up this hobby because he couldn't catch fish.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk." Honglu Temple Secretary and Maritime Hall Jijiu Ma Huan knocked on Ivan III's door and said with a smile, "I have brought good news. Your Majesty is ready to receive you."

Tong Shi translated the words to Ivan III.

The predecessor of the Maritime Hall was the Tongshi Hall, and His Majesty gave [-] silver coins to prepare for the construction. Ma Huan served as a sacrificial wine for the Tongshi Hall, so he could naturally speak Greek and Latin. The Grand Duchy of Moscow, where Ivan III lived, believed in the Orthodox Church and claimed to be Roman Orthodox. Schooner, also spoke Greek and Latin.

Naturally, Ma Huan could communicate directly with Ivan III, but at the moment he represented the Ming court, he could speak Chinese, and then made Tong Shi look like unnecessary translation.

This is a ritual.

"Do I need to prepare anything?" Ivan III asked quite excitedly.

Ma Huan shook his head and said: "If you want to prepare something, just remember one sentence, Your Majesty is right."

Ivan III was stunned, he never expected that he would get such a piece of advice.

"I wrote it down." Ivan said very politely.

After Ma Huan's simple notification, he didn't say much, but turned around and left. Hu Wei explained the matter. Ma Huan didn't do it deliberately, and it would be counterproductive if he was too deliberate. way.

Ivan has been applying to go to the Siyi Hall to study, and when he gets there, someone will naturally complete Hu Wei's confession.

As the suzerain state of many vassal states, it would be inappropriate for Daming to praise a group of uncivilized barbarians, but when it comes to a place like the Siyi Pavilion where there are all barbarians, let the barbarians praise the barbarians and let the barbarians beat the barbarians, it will change. Be reasonable.

After Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu knew about it, he could only say that the heart of a scholar is darker than ink and fiercer than a jackal.

Ivan was quite excited and took out a pen and paper to continue writing his travel notes:

【It's been more than a month since I came to the Great Ming Capital, and the exhausted His Majesty who had heard that name returned to Shuntian Mansion a month ago. The return of this interesting Majesty has caused extensive discussions. 】

[The topic of debate is: whether the atmosphere has weight. 】

[This kind of debate seems to be not only about the investigation of the truth, but also about the ritual culture of the Ming Dynasty. Those who oppose it seem to be not only opposing the issue, and those who agree are not only in favor of the issue. 】

[This issue itself has become less important, and more like the epitome of the fierce conflict between the old order and the new order above culture. If this issue is won, a new era above culture will come. 】

[I think this kind of fierce conflict is beneficial to the progress of culture. As the Ming emperor said, the more the debate, the clearer the reason. 】

[As more and more experiments by the practitioners have proved that the air really has weight and the pressure that the weight will inevitably bring, the results are becoming clearer and clearer. The old school is retreating, and the emperor behind the scenes seems to be Waiting for a certain moment to end this issue in the way that is most beneficial to him. 】

[This funny majesty is very good at getting the best out of everything. 】

Ivan III wrote here, frowning, and then continued to write: [My record is misleading. This kind of seeking the best profit is to realize the emperor's political ideas, not for personal interests. The reason why the emperor is supported by most people. 】

[As far as I know, this emperor is very frugal and doesn't like extravagance. 】

Ivan III did not record the fact that His Majesty only had one set of coats. In his opinion, it was completely false.

[It has been nearly a month since His Majesty returned to Beijing to apply for an audience, but still has not received any response. Sure enough, all the bureaucrats in the world look the same, they work slowly and have many rules. 】

[There are some good news. 】

[I finally got a reply from the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty today, saying that it has been submitted to His Majesty, but the etiquette for the audience is a very troublesome thing. The requirements of the Ministry of Rites are too strict. I have been practicing for half a month. Fortunately, I was allowed to see him, and the time spent practicing was not wasted. 】

[I got the opportunity to study in the Siyi Pavilion. This is a very good opportunity. I hope to learn the strengths of Ming Dynasty and bring these strengths back to Moscow to establish a stable and long-lasting All-Russian Kingdom. 】

【Daming also dislikes Taixi. Emperor Daming married Elena, the daughter of the Roman Empire, and gave birth to a prince. This prince has the legal right to inherit the Roman Empire and the King of Kings, if he can do it. 】

[In this way, the All-Russian Kingdom and Ming Dynasty have a certain common topic. In the future, the reconciliation between the All-Russian Kingdom and Daming Expeditionary Army and the Kang Kingdom will be somewhat possible. 】

[I don't like war, and I'm not good at war. 】

Ivan stopped writing and looked at the majestic imperial city. He was full of longing for life in Daming. Although the expensive tuition fees of Siyi Hall made him feel a little distressed, he became more relaxed when he thought of learning something. a lot.

The Siyi Hall of the Ming Dynasty is a school specially set up to deal with foreigners. There was no charge for placing the foreign fans of the original Guozijian in it. Silver tuition.

This expensive tuition cost most of Ivan's funds, but because of his excellent Greek and Latin, he got a chance to translate Roman documents under Nikolaoz.

In Ivan's view, this opportunity is more precious than silver and gold.

Those documents were something that the Grand Duchy of Moscow could not even dream of but dreamed of before the demise of Rome.

Chapter 796 Saline-alkali land yields a thousand catties per mu, which is unrealistic

On the ninth day of August in the tenth year of Jingtai, it was the time for the provincial examination, that is, the time for the examination of Juren. During this period, the court and the central government were arguing endlessly over the fattest cake.

In Hongwu, the chief examiners of the rural examinations in the northern and southern capitals of the Ming Dynasty were stipulated to use Hanlin officials, while in the provinces, both instructors and senior Confucian scholars were used.

This is entirely because there are not enough Hanlin courts, and even Yang Shiqi is a beneficiary of the procuratorial system. How could there be so many Hanlin during the Hongwu period, and the capital was not enough.

What is Qiru?

The chief secretary and the inspectorate will jointly inspect the censor, and among the instructors in the province, recommend those who are under 50 years old and over 30 years old, "those who are proficient in literature on weekdays and are modest".

What is the degree of proficiency?What is the degree of holding the body?

We must know that the examiner is roughly equivalent to the referee of Qiu Wei, and the standard of the referee is vague, which provides sufficient conditions for fraud in the examination room.

During the Yongle period, with the recovery of the population and the accumulation of talents, Emperor Wen Zhu Di decreed that the examiners in all provinces stop using elders and replace them with Hanlin, which is mutually exclusive from the north and the south, and go to the provinces to serve as academic officials.

However, in the second year of Zhengtong, Zhu Qizhen, who was only ten years old, decreed that the old system of Hongwu would be restored, and all provinces would still use Confucianism.

Until the first year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu changed again and restored the old system of Yongle. The provinces used the Hanlin of the Imperial Academy as academic officials, followed the basic principle of mutual exclusion between the north and the south, and dismissed senior Confucianism.

This is the reform of the administration of officials implemented by Zhu Qiyu, and it is a policy reform made to implement the policy that "the prime minister must start from the state department, and the strong general must be sent to the army".

In the Yongle period, when Zhu Di changed the system, Hu Wei shouted for His Majesty's wisdom.

What is He Zhang's charge of impeaching Hu Wei?

It is Hu Wei who is capricious, especially the one who has no virtue and steals the high position.Hu Wei couldn't justify himself, and admitted that he was immoral.

Is Hu Wei Zhu Qiyu's loyal running dog?

Hu Wei is the loyal lackey of the Ming Emperor, but as long as Zhu Qiyu is still alive, he will still be the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Hu Wei is Zhu Qiyu's loyal servant.

Zhu Qiyu held two memorials in his hand. The first memorial was written by Song Chang, a member of the Hanlin Academy and a scholar of the Imperial Academy. He asked for an order to restore the old system of Hongwu, and to change senior Confucian scholars into examiners in various places. The reason was that it was hard work to leave Beijing.

The reason given by Song Chang is clear. In the eyes of Song Chang or the Hanlin of the Imperial Academy, going out of Beijing to serve as an academic officer and an examiner is a hard job. After all, the sky is high and the road is far away, such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou. Waiting for the barren land, where is the humble land that this group of noble Hanlin should set foot on?

The second memorial was written by Chen Jingzong, head of the Ministry of Punishments and a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, saying that it is the custom of the Ming Dynasty: non-jinshi do not enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin do not enter the cabinet.Therefore, the Shu Jishi is called "Prince Chu".

Chen Jingzong asked for the establishment of the selection system, which is to clarify the way to select Shu Jishi. After the palace examination, the Imperial Academy examination will be added to select young and outstanding talents to enter the Imperial Academy and serve as the national reserve.

These two memorials are obviously contrary to the principles of Zhu Qiyu's reform of the administration of officials, but the Hanlins of the Imperial Academy just said it openly and gave two examples.

The first example is: During the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Yuan, a native of Huayin, Huazhou, Yongxingjun Road, was dethroned in the Northern Song Palace Examination, and Zhang Yuan rebelled against the Song Dynasty and voted for Xia.

In the Battle of Haoshuichuan, Zhang Yuan, who was deposed as a Jinshi, assisted Li Yuanhao, the lord of the Western Xia Dynasty, to defeat the Song army, beheading [-] Song troops, and wrote a poem on the wall of Jieshang Temple:

"Where did Xia Song ever rise up? Han Qi is not surprising. The chariots of dragons and tigers are full of rivers, and they are still talking about military opportunities."

The second example is the rebels of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, King Fu of Kang Guo was dismissed after bluntly speaking and admonishing him. He defected to Daming and surrendered to Wala.

Chen Jingzong almost said plainly, we are all talented people, His Majesty will give us preferential treatment, otherwise, after we defected, wouldn't we become Daming's confidantes?

Holding the memorial, Zhu Qiyu was in a daze for a while. He had just returned from his southern tour. This trip lasted two years and six months. He was exhausted by boats and cars, and was tired of traveling for the Ming Dynasty. On the same day that Zhu Qiyu returned to Beijing, Zhu Zhanqian, the King of Xiang, went to Daningwei. Guard the king of Tatar.

"Where's the face? Where's the face of a scholar? It's written so plainly in the memorial, and it's usually flaunted as being noble?" Zhu Qiyu threw the two memorials away, spread his hands and said, "This is not the right number."

"They should first let the writers of the Poetry Club create wind power, and shape their appearance into a model of dedication to the country and the people, and then let the great good people actively cooperate, bind famous officials in history, and create a contemporary Zhuge, Fang, and Du, In the end, make a few more auspicious omens, hold auspicious omens, go to Chengtianmen to offer auspicious omens, and then ask for treatment?"

The way Zhu Qiyu said was not made up by him. In the third year of Zhengtong, Yang Shiqi did something like this, saying: "The four dynasties were the seniors of the time, and the virtuous prime minister Yaming was called a virtuous prime minister; Du, the king of all beauties and effects, assisted in praising the gaps and hiding them for all uses; finally, he made a white deer auspicious, carried it to Chengtianmen, and finally got Jin Shaoshi.

Xing'an, as the internal minister, had naturally read the memorial. He smiled and said, "When it gets too big, the head will fall off. The last memorial is neither painful nor itchy. If there is no date, it will be good if you hit it. You won’t be able to hit it.”

"These two are very old, and they have reached the age of seventy. Song Chang was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Yongle, and Chen Jingzong was a Jinshi in the second year of Yongle. Their petitions have angered His Majesty. A Confucian scholar with gray temples sent to the Coal Wells Division?”

The most taboo thing for Daming now is to make things big, because it will definitely offend His Majesty.

On weekdays, all the courtiers are like quails, shrinking their necks, for fear of offending His Majesty, how dare they make a big deal out of it?

This meant that His Majesty had returned to Beijing, and the retired veterans of the Imperial Academy could only come out to chatter. Zhu Qiyu had never received such memorials during his southern tour.

"Recently, the wind in the capital is very strong, and people in the streets and alleys are discussing whether the air quality is good, and whether it is because of the strong air pressure that the water is drawn for three feet. At this time, the performance will somewhat allow me to improve the treatment of the sages. The sages give For the sake of saving face, everyone wants to take a step back." Zhu Qiyu threw the two memorials into the trash can and kept them, he was talking about another possibility.

Zhu Qiyu picked up another book of memoirs, and said confidently: "Tell me about the conditions. If I give them, they have to take it if they don't want it! If I don't want to give it, don't even think about it!"

This memorial is the memorial of Yu Shiyue, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. In the memorial, Yu Shiyue talked about a case.

A woman accidentally fell into the water in Chongyang County, Wuchang Prefecture, Huguang. Wang Chui, a villager in Qingshan Town, was a swimmer. When he saw someone drowning, he jumped into the water recklessly and rescued the woman from the Lushui River.

This was originally a good thing, but the bad thing was the identity of this woman.

This woman is the legitimate daughter of the Fan family in Chongyang, and she went out to attend the poetry club meeting that day.

Fan's daughter's cousin soon sued the county government, claiming that Wang Chui took off his clothes while swimming, and that the man was innocent.

The Fan family is a wealthy family in the local area, so of course they can afford the best suing sticks. Wang Chui, an ordinary farmer, is naturally invincible.

Wang Chui is a farmer of Qingshan Farm. When the officer in charge of Qingshan Farm heard this, he was filled with righteous indignation, so he went to Chongyang to inquire about the whole story. The upper performance was in the hands of Wang Wen, the general envoy.