I am the king of the dead

"At that time, the general trend of promoting literature and martial arts was the general trend, and the principles that had been practiced since the cultivation of literature and virtue in the imperial court prevailed. Li Xian's memorial to lower the official salary of Tartars was defined by Yang Shiqi as a grand plan to counter the promotion of literature and military affairs, and then Li Xian was thrown to the local government. Went to inspect the place."

The memorial letter in Shang Ren's hand is the original copy, which has the approval of the Lijian Supervisor and the orthodox treasure of King Jili, but there is no approval of Wenyuan Pavilion.

And the letter of criticism from Wenyuan Pavilion is in Hu Wei's hands.

The cover of the memorabilia had turned yellow, Shang Ren didn't open it, but hesitated for a while before taking a breath, and solemnly opened the memorandum.

Inside is Yang Shiqi's personal annotations, and the content inside is only a few words. The sages have different opinions. If you talk about salary today and talk about martial arts tomorrow, what if the Oala Tatars come to attack?When dethroned.

Dare to lower the salaries of Tatar officials today, dare to talk about Zhenwu tomorrow, and peddle war arguments for Bo superiors everywhere. If the Nawaras and Tatars come to fight, can Li Xian afford this responsibility?

Since he is not from the same path, he should be dismissed and not retained in the capital.

Shang Ren had always had this kind of speculation before, and this was the only reasonable reason, but he lacked evidence, and he couldn't make up his history. Until today, he finally got the evidence.

Shang Ren closed the memorial. Why did this memorial that should have been destroyed appear in the hands of Hu Yan? It was naturally the method of Master Hu, and the content in it made people sigh.

Yang Shiqi, Wang Zhen, and Jili Wang Zhu Qizhen had too many lice on their bodies, so if they added this one, it wouldn't matter.

Li Xian was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Xuande. Yang Shiqi asked in this memorial at the beginning of Zhengtong: If the Oirats and Tatars came, would Li Xian be able to take responsibility?

More than ten years later, the Oirats not only came to fight, but also arrested the emperor.

Who is responsible for this matter?

Shang Ren held the memorial in his hand, and the more the history was revised, the more distressed Shang Ren was. When he was a Jinshi, Yang Shiqi had already lost power, and Wang Zhen was replaced by Wang Zhen.

At the beginning, he hated Wang Zhen deeply, and he thought that Yang Shiqi would be better off in Beijing, but now he discovered that Yang Shiqi and Wang Zhen are actually just raccoons of the same species.

"Your Majesty has said that, looking forward, you should record it truthfully, and leave it to future generations to judge what is right and wrong." Hu Wei looked at the distraught look of the young man Shang Ren, and said comfortingly: "At the beginning, Your Majesty He talked to me about various things during the Orthodox years, and just said a few words."

"Your Majesty said that the past cannot be corrected, but the future is in the hands of each of us."

At that time, it was only common sense, and when the time passed and the situation changed, I was heartbroken.

Regret is regret, from this past history, to sum up the experience and lessons, and not to repeat the same mistakes in the future, is the most important thing.

But history has always been so ruthless, and the only lesson humans learn from history is that they don't learn any lessons from history.

"Then I took this memorial back." Shang Ren picked up the memorial and was about to leave.

Hu Wei stood up to see off the guests, Shang Ren was a scholar of Zuo Chunfang University, this position was extremely noble, and Hu Wei also hoped that Shang Ren would remain so noble.

It is impossible for people to get rid of the secular world in life. Today, Shang Ren was entrusted by others to come to him to listen to his words.

The third person to visit was Jiang Yuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. This person was mainly to inquire whether, after His Majesty’s official ships and official trade, Daming would still implement the grand plan of developing land and sea at the same time. Jiang Yuan needs to make some plans in advance. If the focus is on opening the sea, the planning of the Ministry of War must be adjusted.

After Jiang Yuan learned the whole story, he said he deserved it. Knowing that His Majesty was still going by sea, he chatted a few words and chose to leave.

The six ministers of the Ming Dynasty all went to Hu Wei to inquire about the news, and the responses were different, but generally speaking, the six ministers were closely united by His Majesty's side and supported all of His Majesty's decisions.

Soon, Daming ushered in the court meeting in November of the tenth year of Jingtai.

Zhu Qiyu came to the Wenhua Hall early, and browsed through today's issues in the back hall. On both sides of the long case in the front hall, the civil and military officials of Ming Dynasty, 27. The courtiers had arrived early, and Zhu Qiyu didn't go in. Let them have a discussion inside first. After forming a basic consensus, he went in.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "In the first year of Jingtai, I sacrificed to the Taimiao and went to the title of the Supreme Emperor of King Jili. At that time, I stood here, waiting for the court to discuss the abolition of Zhu Jianshen's crown prince."

"At that time Princess Ji, Princess Qian, brought Zhu Jianshen, who was only so tall at that time, and looked at me longingly. I had five pieces of caramel in my sleeve, so I gave it to him, so that he should not be afraid."

"Later, Mrs. Qian left at the corner and ate all the five pieces of candy. She looked as if she was relieved after waiting for a long time, as if she was still in front of her eyes."

"Actually, at that time, I was afraid of beating wolves with a hemp stick. I was going to abolish the title of Emperor Taishang on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The Empress Dowager Sun, the Qian family, and the prince Zhu Jianshen, if they were united, together with Ji Li The old party in the king's court, I am also worried that they will rebel against me."

"Ten years."

At the beginning, Zhu Qiyu abolished the title of Emperor Taishang and Zhu Jianshen as Prince in Taimiao, which was an act of forcing the officials to stand in line.

At that time, Zhu Qiyu was still unable to fully control the court, so he could only use this method to force the courtiers to board the ship and act as "rebels" together, so that the courtiers would agree with him.

According to the historical experience of the capture of the two emperors of the Western Jin Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, the emperor Jili was captured, and he would never come back in his life. He offended the current emperor for the sake of a captured emperor far to the north. , which is obviously not cost-effective.

Who would have thought that King Jili would come back?

The whole court is already a traitor.

Empress Dowager Sun and the Qian family did not use their prince Zhu Jianshen to rebel, and Zhu Qiyu did not even sit in the Jiwang Mansion when the Huichangbo Mansion was wiped out.

Political leeway is a kind of wisdom.

Zhu Qiyu saw the scene of Qian's swallowing sugar at the beginning. Qian's family is a woman. At this time, she can only protect Zhu Jianshen with her own life.

Ten years passed in a hurry, and Zhu Qiyu no longer had to force the courtiers to stand in line.

"Go, let's go in." Zhu Qiyu waited for a quarter of an hour before walking into the Wenhua Hall.

"See Your Majesty, is Your Majesty blessed?" The officials stood up to salute.

Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Zhen An, sit down."

"The first thing in the court meeting today is that I heard an interesting story. An old prisoner of the Southern Yamen's imperial court who was the labor inspector of the Daming Jianghuai Factory found the general office of the Jianghuai Factory and wanted to return to work at the Jianghuai Factory. No need for wages."

"Yu Shangshu tell everyone about this?"

Yu Shiyue never expected that the first thing the court discussed would be the matter of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He sat up straight, recalled it seriously, and organized his words before saying: "This person's name is Xu Si, the fourth eldest in the family. , a native of Caotang, Bozhou, Sichuan, who was taken to Nanya by Wang Ji, when His Majesty personally conscripted him, he has been dishonest since he followed the crowd and surrendered."

"At first he was about to escape, and he encouraged more than 300 people to run with him, but he was reported by his accomplices before he escaped."

This is the case in all prisons. The biggest enemy of prison escape may not be the jailer, but his accomplices. There may be many people who want to escape from prison, but there are more people who want to do meritorious deeds.

The neighbors are all credited with walking, and they are all stared at, but if there is any disturbance, the jailer should be informed first. If this is found out, at least one month's sentence can be reduced.

Yu Shiyue said with a rather strange expression: "Later, Xu Si summed up his experience and lessons. This time, he narrowed down the scope and together with five people, he began to plan to escape from the waterway. Xu Si was the first to go down, but he was stuck and could not move. Rescued and returned."

As soon as this remark came out, almost everyone in the Wenhua Palace was stunned. The escape was halfway, and it was stuck in the sewer. The reason for the sewer has everything. At that scene, it is no wonder that His Majesty laughed and said about it .

Yu Shiyue continued: "There are quite a few people like Xu Si. Xu Si is more typical in that he has been planning to escape, but he has never succeeded. He didn't calm down until he saw the person who reported him escape. Full of released captives."

"He only went out in Jingtai for seven years, and he didn't return to Sichuan in the past three years. Instead, he worked in Jianghuai. While doing this, he found that it was better to be in prison, so he found the general office of Jianghuai factory and wanted to come back."

The reason why Yu Shiyue said such a thing was actually to promote the labor prisons in various places in Daming to resettle the released prisoners, so that they would no longer commit crimes, and never come in again after they go out.

Zhu Qiyu took out a memorial to Nanya Tiqi Yang Han. After Yu Shiyue said this, Jin Yiwei went to check the situation and did an investigation. He passed the memorial to Xing'an, and Xing'an passed it on to Yu Qian.

Only then did Zhu Qiyu say: "Just such a person who refused to be honest when he was serving his sentence. After leaving the prison, he wants to come back. Because working outside is hard and tiring and can't make any money, he might as well go to prison."

"This is the current status of the workshops in various places in Ming Dynasty."

"Xu Si has been working for the past few years, working for seven or eight hours at every turn. We Da Ming, who are good people, always deduct money in a clever way. It's fine to deduct money, and the money is still pressed. It lasts for three to five months. , Five or six months, sometimes the workshop is in ruins, and even a debt collector can’t be found.”

"Xu Lao Si had no choice but to find Jianghuai factory and wanted to go back, but all Jianghuai labor camps were withdrawn, leaving only Jianghuai factory, and the general office of Jianghuai factory refused to resettle him. He was worried that he would break the ban again, so he had to be resettled in a coal mine. The coal washing company, not to mention, the fourth brother Xu is quite capable, and this year, the fourth brother Xu has a copy of the Qili card reported by the official factory."

Xu Si was not only nominated by Qi Li Pai, but he also got a job in the factory. He was popular in the factory, and his skills were solid. He also brought in apprentices. And pregnant.

"I don't understand. Who came up with such a bad idea, thinking that deducting money and suppressing money can promote production enthusiasm? It's only natural to pay money for work. These good people play like this, and the workshops they run are all A bastard who spends his days in gangs." Zhu Qiyu spread his hands and said with a little sarcasm.

Yu Qian handed the memorial to Wang Ao, and then let everyone pass it on for a look.

"The productivity of Daming's official factory is obviously higher than that of Daming's workshop, and it is very high. Even people like Xu Si know exactly where to be a livestock and where to be a human." After a little thought, Yu Qian knew Why does His Majesty say this?

It seems to be an anecdote, but it is actually paving the way for official ships and official trade.

His Majesty's official ship and official trade is of course to stand out for Li Binyan, and it is also for beating, but it is also for Daming's labor security, for the most simple and natural justice.

Work for money.

The level of productivity determines the cost, and the cost and profit determine the price. The official trade of Ming Dynasty official ships competes with the people for profit, which can effectively promote the advancement of labor security.

Official ships and official trade is a starting point for His Majesty to promote labor security. Once the workshops are generally unwilling to provide labor protection or even pay wages, His Majesty can use official ships and official trade to force these good people to work with high productivity and low cost. can't survive.

Can Yu Qian understand what His Majesty is saying, can the courtiers understand?

They understand so well!

This is power. Power can influence or guide the behavior of others. Power can affect the ability to process events. Power can allocate resources and benefits.

Power is everything.

When the luxury households want to get involved in the power of maritime trade through their spokespersons, His Majesty is strengthening the Ming Dynasty Hall's control over the power of maritime trade.

Chapter 826 The majestic king of subjugation is not worthy of the name

Zhu Qiyu is strengthening the Ming Dynasty Hall's control over power. Power can be distributed to interests, and Zhu Qiyu can distribute interests to the powerful and powerful who are taking risks at sea, but power will never be delegated.

Zhu Qiyu sat up straight, and said rather coldly: "A few days ago, Jin Yiwei visited and arrested a few brokers and compradors, and got an interesting story."

"Our Daming is decent in doing things, even accepting bribes is decent. Before, it was Tan Jing, Bing Jing, who lived in the official residence. This eyebrow is not usable, but it is still decent to give money and collect money. How to do it?"

"These political brokers put the banknotes in envelopes, and it's always unseemly to open the envelopes in person, but the corrupt officials who accept bribes can tell how much is inside by touching them. The master craftsmen here have to check the ingredients accurately.”

When political brokers send money, they always wrap it in envelopes, stuffed with Daming tickets issued by the Baoyuan Bureau. The money is bright and everyone loses face. They put it in the envelope, but how much is clear to each other .

The money-giver knows how much money he puts in, and the money-collector knows it by touching it, which can be described as a strange thing.

How thick is this thin ticket?But these corrupt officials who accept bribes know how much money is inside as soon as they get started.

It can be described as an anecdote.

"It's strange to say that when His Royal Highness King Xiang was in Beijing to supervise the country, everyone's house was closed, let alone corruption, and even the number of dignitaries who drank in Yanxinglou was much less. After I returned to Beijing, I was greedy in retaliation. Get up, do you want King Xiang to sit here?" Zhu Qiyu looked around and asked coldly: "Who do you want to take revenge on, me? Or take revenge on yourself for not being greedy for money for two years, and your hands are itchy?"

Every time Zhu Qiyu went to the place, the local officials were always facing the enemy, fearing that Zhu Qiyu would make a mistake and kill him on the spot. They were as cautious as meeting the King of Hades.

The Beijing officials are completely different. When he is not in Beijing, the Beijing officials are honest and honest.

After he came back, he couldn't stop his greedy hands.

Could it be that he, Hades, has no deterrent power?

Of course not, which is not surprising.

The emperor is not in Beijing, and the emperor's uncle, King Xiang, supervises the country. At this time, he was a little careless in engaging in corruption, and received money from an ambitious family. If this ambitious family wants to seek a big position, if something happens, they will have to sit together. That is ransacking the house The great crime of extermination.

You can do whatever you want, but you must not get involved in the rebellion. If you can’t win, you have to pay taxes twice. If you lose, you also lose money.

But His Majesty has returned to Beijing, and corruption has been found, but it is nothing more than a corruption investigation. This kind of case is handled on a special case basis, and others will not be implicated. Confess your own problems, don't carelessly bite.

Zhu Qiyu's intention of talking about corruption is too clear, he just wants to beat some guys, and he just cuts off his claws as long as he stretches out his hand where he shouldn't touch.

Since he wants to say good things for the wealthy families, he can't be blamed for being ruthless.

Wang Ao sat up straight, anti-corruption is his scope of responsibility, the core means of Qingming officials, and His Majesty confessed to take over the land of the Imperial Academy, Wang Ao has already begun to mobilize manpower and layout to do it.

Some things have to be detoured in circles. Before talking about maritime affairs, Zhu Qiyu first detoured twice. First, he talked about how cruelly the workshops of Daming are now being exploited, so that the captives who escaped from the labor prison all begged to the original Jianghuai factory. The factory's productivity advantage is a kind of power, and another circle around it is corruption.

In Zhu Qiyu's words, he didn't say a word about the power and profit distribution of Daming Maritime Affairs, but every word and every word was inseparable from the central topic of his court discussion today.

"Now let's talk about the two most violent incidents recently. The first one is whether Li Binyan should move his position, and the second one is official ships and official trade." Only then did Zhu Qiyu put away his momentum and talked about today's center issue.

Officials should think twice, the first is to think about danger, the second is to think about retreating, and the third is to think about change.

Thinking about danger is to think about the possible consequences of doing this, whether you can bear it, and whether it will affect your future; thinking about retreating is to find a way out for yourself, and you can't just keep your head dull and reckless; thinking about changing is to consider Changes in the situation between the DPRK and China should follow the trend and not go against it.

Thinking about danger, thinking about retreat, and thinking about change are the three times that an official should think about every day.

His Majesty has already given enough dignity by going around these two circles, if he still refuses to be decent, then everyone will have to be dishonored.

Yu Qian finally waited for His Majesty to get to the point, and then leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, let me talk about the benefits of official ships and official trade."

"No matter how large the scale of official ships and official trade is, the benefits in this maritime trade matter are like the vast ocean. Can official ships and official trade swallow the ocean?"

"Where the official ship goes, it must be the place where the navy of the Ming Dynasty goes. Those who make a living on the sea have a hard life, and the business at sea is a life-threatening job. If the official ship arrives, the navy will arrive. , even risking your life, doesn’t our Daming ship also have an advantage?”

"It's the same as doing business on the ground. Bandits who block the road and rob, when they meet the officers and soldiers, don't they avoid it?"

The biggest advantage of official ships and official trade is public security. There are no rules when floating on the sea. All sea merchants enter the port for business and leave for robbers.

Have never been a pirate, have no experience of being robbed, and have the nerve to call yourself a maritime merchant who has been in the sea?

It is said that it is doing business, but it is actually risking one's life, but after the official ship official trade starts, at least the law and order will be much better.

With official ships and official trade, at least merchants will go to sea with official ships and official trade, and they will live a lot in peace.

What is discussed is maritime trade. After all, what is discussed is power.

"The official trade of official ships this time is also different from the Yongle period. For example, in the second year of Yongle, Emperor Wen ordered that private sea-going ships be banned, and those that used to be sea-going ships be changed to flat-headed. There are divisions where they are located to prevent their entry and exit. Today's official ships Official trade has not banned merchant ship trade."

"There are many such differences. What does Shangshu Shen think?" Yu Qian mentioned the second most important point of interest.

That is, official ships and official trade are not monopolized, and merchant ships are not allowed to go to sea. This is the biggest difference between Jingtai Maritime Trade and Yongle Maritime Trade.

The voyage to the West during the Yongle period was a political activity, the core of which was to use the abundant commodities brought by the strong national power and productivity of the Ming Dynasty to radiate neighboring countries, and to use economic leverage to maximize diplomatic benefits. In later generations, it is the most-favored-nation system.

At the same time, it can also use the Kanhe trade system to control the dominant economic and trade power, establish a trade system for neighboring countries, realize economic restraint, and strengthen control over vassal states.

During the Yongle period, the construction of Beijing, the five expeditions to Mobei, the recovery of Jiaozhi, the stabilization of Liaodong, the repair of official roads and post roads, etc., all these piles, which one is not expensive, without the huge benefits of going to the West, it is completely impossible support.

Then, a decree such as Saiyang, which brought great benefits to Ming Dynasty, finally fell to the death of the government, and there must be something unreasonable.