Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Zhang Xin really didn't expect Wei Guan to bring up the issue of Zhu Gaochi's succession to the throne so directly.

After all, Zhu Di is still alive and well.

If this word were to get out accidentally, it would be very disadvantageous to Wei Guan.

But Zhang Xin could also feel Wei Guan's sincerity.

It seems that before she dies, she has to arrange a place for Wei Guan and others to go.

A new emperor appoints new ministers, who knows what the future will be like.

She had to protect her people in advance.

And he went to Wudang Mountain to seek medical treatment from Zhang Sanfeng.

Originally, Zhang Xin just wanted to reassure Zhu Gaochi.

The result doesn't matter.

Now Wei Guan has done this.

On the contrary, Zhang Xin was somewhat interested in and looking forward to going to Wudang.

Especially Zhang Sanfeng's resurrection.

In a sense, Zhang Xin has now been resurrected from the dead.

Could it be that Zhang Sanfeng was resurrected on the same spot?

The most important point is that in Wei Guan's timeline of investigating Zhang Sanfeng, Zhang Xin suddenly discovered that the year she came back was the year Zhang Sanfeng came back to life, both in the 25th year of Hongwu.

Could there be some connection here?

It’s a pity that the specific month and day were not specified. If it really was the same day, it would probably be impossible to explain it as a coincidence.

She also wondered if Zhang Sanfeng's disappearance over the years was because she had changed too many things in his life.

No matter what the answer is.

She should go to Wudang Mountain.

Then let’s limit it to one year.

Regardless of whether Tang Sai'er was pregnant or not, she and Zhu Gaochi would leave Beijing and go to Wudang.

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Ming Dynasty, the twelfth year of Yongle, October.

Two months passed in a hurry.

Zhang Xin's life didn't change much, just eating, drinking and being a little busy. Zhu Gaochi was similar.

The busiest person in the family was Zhu Di.

Regarding the matter of Prince Anding, Zhu Di also uncovered some dirty deeds in the military garrisons in various places.

During these two months, a new round of rectification in the court began.

First, send officials to clean up the army.

In September, Zhu Di promulgated the "Twenty-four Rules for Cleaning the Army", making it a routine to send Beijing officials or censors to clean up the army every year.

He also ordered the Vice Minister of Personnel Huang Zongzai and 15 others to immediately set out to clear out the military forces in all provinces, states and prefectures.

The cleanup mainly includes two items:

One is to make up for the vacancies in local garrisons;

One is to clear out the old, weak, sick and disabled people who are occupying the positions.

The reason was that the country was peaceful and there was no fighting on the border.

The commanders of the inland garrisons were paid without doing anything and accepted bribes to recruit soldiers.

The soldiers serving in the garrison were invisibly replaced by some idle people who loved leisure and hated work. The diligent and honest soldiers were bullied and exploited by these people with connections.

Soldiers at border guard posts lack communication channels at night and are easily deceived by their superiors and led to commit illegal acts.

This is the case with An Ding and Qu Xian's soldiers this time.

No matter how angry Zhu Di was, he could not go out to patrol the country every day for things happening in the local areas, so there was a rule of sending people to patrol.

Secondly, the seals of generals in various border areas were issued.

This was promulgated together with the "Twenty-four Regulations of the Qing Army".

It can be considered as a way of making up for giving the garrison commander a sweet treat after giving him a slap in the face.

It turns out that the generals guarding the frontiers would wear a general's seal in addition to their official seals.

The general seal was specially granted by the emperor during wartime, and the general who obtained the general seal would be called "the general with the seal".

Getting a general seal is actually a symbol of being highly valued by the court and respected by the emperor. Everyone is proud to get it.

But at this time, the local borders are very stable.

During these ten years, few general orders were issued.

Although the military generals who got rich by receiving rewards from expeditions no longer had to live on the edge of a knife, their lives were indeed not as good as before. First, they did not have much money, second, their voices in the court were small, and third, they had no say.

Those who are a little more flexible in their thinking will work hard for the money they can earn if they try hard enough.

This has led to some of the chaos in the military today.

Zhu Di simply issued a bunch of general orders at once.

The one guarding Yunnan was called the General of Conquering the South. The one guarding Guangdong and Guangxi was called the General of Conquering the Barbarians. The one guarding Liaodong was called the General of Conquering the Former Enemy. The one guarding Datong was called the General of Conquering the West. The one guarding Xuanfu was called the General of Guarding the Shuo, the one guarding Gansu was called the General of Suppressing the Qiang, and the one guarding Ningxia was called the General of Conquering the West. Even the Prince of Ning who guarded Jiaozhi was given the seal of the General of Conquering the Barbarians by Zhu Di.

Now everyone is happy.

A group of people who had been given general seals were eagerly waiting for Zhu Di to order them to go to war.

Zhu Di was very satisfied.

The third major event was to revise the atonement rules.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the previous emperor attached the greatest importance to criminal law and punishment, so the five punishments were all in place: flogging, caning, imprisonment, exile, and death.

Imprisonment, exile and death are basically aimed at treason, rebellion, corruption, etc.

Those who were sentenced to imprisonment or exile would not survive the entire term of their sentence unless it was unexpected.

The death penalty depends on how the person dies.

No matter how the officials in the court lobbied, Zhu Di refused to give in to these people.

In the past, the late emperor set up so many cruel punishments for corrupt officials, such as lingchi, disembowelment, scrubbing, weighing, castration, knee digging, etc. Just the names are horrifying enough, but they failed to control the people below from engaging in corruption.

The annual salary of officials is now much higher than that in the Hongwu period.

The annual salary ensures that they have enough food and clothing, they receive travel allowances when they go out, pensions when they retire, funeral money when they die, and even in special circumstances they can be asked to support orphans and widows.

With such preferential treatment, some officials still engage in corruption on the grounds that they cannot make a living.

Zhu Di felt that he was simply a bad person, and a cultured bad person at that. It was impossible to reduce the sentence of such a person, and it would be good enough if the sentence was not increased.

Therefore, Zhu Di finally agreed to a revised atonement rule that would only be limited to prisoners who should be punished with flogging or caning.

The instruments of flogging and caning are both made of rattan. The rattan used for flogging is slightly smaller, while the rattan used for caning is slightly larger.

There is actually an interrogation stick above, which is used for interrogation in court and is the largest in size.

During the execution, the inmates were whipped on the buttocks with flogging and caning, and on the buttocks and legs with caning for interrogation. The number of times was indefinite, and the key point was that the lower body needed to be stripped of clothes before being punished.

The reason why all officials proposed to update the atonement system is because of this point.

The late emperor liked to beat court officials with a stick in the court.

It would be fine if they were beaten to death, since they won’t know anything after they’re dead anyway.

Those who are still alive and can still be used feel that life is worse than death. They don’t know where to put their face after being seen naked by others.

It is extremely disgraceful.

Zhu Di had done this before when he was furious.

No one wants to suffer this humiliation anymore.

After a round of debate, the punishment for military and civilian crimes was changed to: they could atone for their sins by carrying bricks, digging coal, quarrying stones, or cutting wood.

Zhu Di finally approved the proposal.

After a series of imperial edicts were issued targeting officials and garrisons.

All officials shouted "Long live the emperor".

At such a harmonious time, a clown came out and wrote a memorial praising peace.

More than one.

[Brief knowledge: Ming Dynasty laws stipulate that officials who accept bribes will be caned 60 times for every five strings of silver they embezzle. If they embezzle more than taels of silver, they will be killed immediately.]