First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 505

After returning home, I still have to study and do problems. I am very busy, even if I stay up all night, it is also normal.

But he didn't feel tired at all, instead he always had high morale.

On this day, Fang Xiaoru had just given a lecture in the village and was about to go to the next village. Suddenly, someone came out, caught up with Fang Xiaoru, and told him something.

"Not far from here, in Poyang Lake, someone ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor! The palace lady has everything! A few days ago, an imperial envoy was sent to tell us that we have to pay the emperor a land tax. We thought about it, In this Great Ming Dynasty, are there still two emperors?"

Fang Xiaoru was taken aback. Obviously, there was only one sun in the Ming Dynasty.

No need to ask, this is a counterfeit!

Fang Xiaoru returned immediately, mobilized troops, and investigated the situation. After seven days of preparation, he was finally captured in one fell swoop.

In total, one emperor, one right minister, one empress, seven concubines, one crown prince, two princes, and three other guards were captured... There were no eunuchs, and no soldiers.

In addition, there is a set of costumes changed into dragon robes, and a jade seal cut out of a seal stone.

Seeing this result, the big guy couldn't help but laugh, but since pretending to be the emperor is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor and treason, the memorial was quickly sent to Yingtian, asking Zhu Yuanzhang to decide...

Chapter 7 and One

Without Zhang Ximeng in the court, how to describe Li Shanchang's life?

That's potato chips for three meals, only happy things belong to it.

The key to the court situation is balance. Zhang Ximeng's problem is that he is too strong, so strong that His Majesty will avoid three points. How can Ying Tian allow such a powerful person to exist?

As soon as he left, he looked at the various yamen, and everything was peaceful in an instant.

Li Shanchang sat firmly in the position of prime minister, and Zhu Sheng was not far away from resigning and returning to his hometown because of old illness.Wang Guangyang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, lost Zhang Ximeng's support and became honest.

The original Ministry of Rites was successfully divided into the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education... The Ministry of Education is mainly responsible for managing schools at all levels and supervising the implementation of the Compulsory Education Law.

The Ministry of Education and Culture is to promote state affairs and educate the world.

Coupled with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that was previously assigned, the Ministry of Rites finally came to an end.

Moreover, with the increase in the number of ministers, Li Shanchang's position as prime minister became more and more prominent. After Zhang Ximeng was gone, the Menxia Province only performed their duties and supervised and assessed the officials, which could not cause more disturbances.

The court is just like the water in the West Lake, which is called calm.

The comfortable days make people intoxicated, Li Shanchang couldn't help but want to sing a few lines and watch the mountain scenery at the top of the city... By the way, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms has officially been written and published.

Lao Luo also wanted to ask someone to inscribe a poem, and it would be best if Zhang Xianggong could help with this. However, Zhang Ximeng was not in the capital, so he could only leave a blank page, waiting for Zhang Xianggong to show his mercy.

The courtiers had no fights, and His Majesty the Emperor had no room to play.

In addition to the military parade for the tenth year of the founding of the country, Lao Zhu these days is urging his children to do their homework... But there is a very unfortunate problem. Zhu Yuanzhang has encountered the same problem as most parents.

What can children do if they can't learn anything?

And there is an even more embarrassing thing, it doesn't matter if the child doesn't know it, even a father like him doesn't know some problems!

We are the sons of tomorrow, the ninety-five supreme!

We actually can't?

I can't!

Lao Zhu was madly angry, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, math problems would not give the emperor face.Lao Zhu had no choice but to find out what Zhang Ximeng forced him to do back then.

Looking at those yellowed handwriting, Lao Zhu was quite moved. Back then, he was studying and leading soldiers, and he was always on the move. He almost didn't know what it meant to be tired!

Maybe I am getting old too, otherwise how could I start to recall the past?

Zhang Ximeng didn't lie to him. Zhang Ximeng had already talked about the math problems, but now it's just a different form and a different angle.

Lao Zhu pondered for a while, then picked it up.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang's IQ is reliable... But the problem is that when he learned how to teach his children excitedly, Lao Zhu was surprised to find that if he can't learn it, he can't learn it!

These idiots have no sense at all!

The fifth, sixth, and seventh children are all lumps of elm wood, and when they are hacked with an axe, they are not enlightened.

The same goes for the princesses, they are so stupid, shocking and soul-stirring!

Facing such a group of gadgets, Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he was about to die.Facing the courtiers, I have never been so helpless!He also heard that Zhang Ximeng was surrounded by a lot of gifted children, even Zhang Shuning was compared.

Old Zhu is already crazy, or he should go to Jimin Academy to experience the joy brought by genius... However, Lao Zhu can't leave Beijing in the short term, and he can't find a suitable name.

He could only lose his temper, and went to the harem... and within a short period of time, news of the concubine's pregnancy continued to spread.I hope that there will be more births, one or two geniuses can be born, so as to support the Zhu family's appearance, and it will not be too embarrassing.

In fact, Lao Zhu is also confused. His prince and princess basically have a good IQ and average ability, or even a little better.

It has surpassed more than half of the children in the world.

But there is no way, the literary spirit is gathering, Jiangxi is so against the sky... Hu Yan presided over the compilation of the Yongle Canon in history, and Huang Guan is a super scholar, the leader of the six poems.Comparing with them is purely unpleasant.

If Lao Zhu knew more, he would probably vomit blood... For example, there is a child who has just changed his original surname. His name is Yang Shiqi, and he has entered Jimin Elementary School and started to learn knowledge.

The future head of the Sanyang has also started to go to school. In addition, in Jishui, there is a two-year-old baby who can recite poems and has an excellent memory... His name is Xie Jin.

All in all, Jiangxi's current talent density and the number of gifted children, let alone Daming, can be counted even if you look at the entire history.

What's more worth mentioning is that at this time, a large number of students from Jimin School went to the countryside to preach the new law and change customs.By the way, he also brought the astronomy and arithmetic knowledge taught by Zhang Ximeng to the people.

Eliminating the old and introducing the new, the cultural level of the people has been greatly improved.

Another point is the establishment of Huaxia Bookstore, the use of movable type printing, and various teaching materials have emerged one after another, and the price has also dropped to an acceptable level.

Let's put it this way, Jiangxi right now is like a pool of muddy water with plenty of nutrients. There are countless lotus seeds buried in it, absorbing water, fertilizer and nutrients like crazy, just waiting for the right time to bloom gorgeous flowers.

Lao Zhu couldn't figure it out, and was angry all day long, accumulating a stomach full of anger. When he saw the news from Jiangxi, Lao Zhu finally exploded.

"There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country! There is someone who ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, right under our noses, what is going on with Zhongshu Sheng?"

Li Shanchang was quite surprised. When he saw this report, he just laughed it off.Everyone knows that this is a boring lunatic, and he is cute in the enclosure.

Among those arrested, there was not a single soldier. If this could threaten the Ming Dynasty, the whole court would not have to live.

In the past, this kind of thing might have destroyed the Nine Clans.

However, in recent years, Daming has made rapid progress in the law.For a case with a funny nature like this, a sentence of exile is almost enough, not even death.

Li Shanchang wanted to deal with it as a joke.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's harsh words made Lao Li turn pale with fright. Could it be that His Majesty wants to make use of it?

"If you return to the superior position, the Ministry of Education will immediately send someone to conduct a thorough investigation. Such rebellious villains will be severely punished and the three clans will be wiped out!"

"Wait!" Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Li Shanchang's words, "Mr. Li, Jiangxi recently investigated the three aunts and six wives, and dealt with the chaos among the people. Can you see the effect?"

Li Shanchang was slightly taken aback. He naturally saw it, and was shocked...In a short period of time, Jiangxi has captured more than 1000 matchmakers, and more than 700 of them involved kidnapping and human trafficking. It's just that there are names and surnames. Those who have no way to find out and don't know at all, don't talk about it.

In addition to human trafficking, others, bad families, loan sharks, defrauding property, and even setting up secret prostitution... These things are simply too numerous to enumerate.

Jiangxi initially arrested more than 5000 people, and subsequent cases are still under investigation. The number of people may exceed [-].

This is just a province!

"It's really shocking to return to the position... This time, Zhang Xiang went to give lectures, and by the way, rectified the place, changed customs, and it was very effective. I thought that Zhang Xiang could be given full power and let him handle this matter!"

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled, "Mr. Li, Mr. Zhang's ability is indeed good, but you can't use it well and use it to your death! I'm afraid it's inappropriate to hold him in Jiangxi and deal with these trivial matters?"

Li Shanchang trembled all over, his little trick was no longer effective.

What the Ming Dynasty talked about was that people make the best use of their talents, which is different from the kind of Daiying, which uses it to death if it is easy to use, and uses it until it is useless.

What is Zhang Ximeng's status, and what is his usefulness, if he wants to entangle his hands and feet with trivial matters, Lao Zhu will not agree.

That is our important minister, and there are more important things!

"Mr. Li, I want to ask you, is it only in Jiangxi? Are all other places peaceful and peaceful?"

Old Li's forehead was sweating, and he didn't dare to lie openly, "If you return to the superior position, Jiangxi's folk customs are simple, and it is better than other places... Only Huaixi, Yingtian, Zhejiang and other places have undergone vigorous rectification. The first ones included in the territory were sorted out from top to bottom. Powerful households were eradicated, the land was equalized, local schools were vigorously established, and militias protected them. All the messy things were wiped out...and the rest were brought down Due to the rush of time and the multitude of things to do, the rectification was not thorough, leaving a lot of hidden dangers!"

"Hazardous?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Some people are proclaiming themselves emperors. Is this a hidden danger? Is it possible that they will bring soldiers and horses to kill Yingtian and seize our dragon chair, will they be regarded as serious troubles?"

Lao Zhu was furious, and Li Shanchang was so scared that he fell to his knees and sweated profusely, "Qizou Your Majesty, old minister, this old minister will arrange people to go to the provinces and go all out to clean up the chaos. They will definitely punish them severely and never tolerate them!"

"Hmph! That sounds good! Let me ask you, who do you plan to let handle this matter? Is it the local yamen, or the Ministry of Punishment, or Yushitai?"

Li Shanchang was stunned. According to common sense, the local yamen is responsible for the implementation, and the imperial court supervises it. If they don't do well, they will be replaced.

If necessary, imperial envoys can be dispatched from Yushitai.

But what Zhu Yuanzhang meant was obviously not this.

"The old minister was confused for a while, and even if he can't understand the holy will, I hope His Majesty will make it clear!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, "Shouldn't it be time to set up a special department to investigate these chaos from top to bottom, catch all the moths and black sheep among the people, and clean them up!"

Want to set up another department?

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "Have you forgotten, Mr. Li? You said that the official system should be established according to the needs of the people... Let's see, the Ministry of Punishment is not enough, what do you think?"

Li Shanchang was slightly taken aback, and quickly said: "Your Majesty is wise, it should be so, the old minister will arrange it later!"

"No need."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We have thought about it, in order to make this yamen run effectively and act resolutely... We have decided to choose a person from the army and let him take charge of this matter!"

Li Shanchang was shocked, "Your Majesty, who is competent?"

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled, "Zheng Yuchun is good! As a trainer, he managed the soldiers very well! He also got rid of many bad habits among the soldiers. Now leave this matter to him, and send him a group of veterans as helpers. From top to bottom, reorganize the universe for us!"

Chapter 7 Peking University Hall

Zheng Yuchun was granted the title of Marquis of Xingyang, and he was only considered a middle-of-the-road honor among the nobles.But everyone knows that he represents a special group of trainers, whether in the army or with Zhu Yuanzhang, he is unusual and his status is not low.

This time to rectify the place, Lao Zhu has seen clearly that the matter is very complicated and trivial, and it is necessary to send shrewd and capable personnel with strong execution ability and very clean and reliable personnel.

Sending civil servants down, if they don't have the drive to move forward, it will definitely not work.

If Jin Yiwei is allowed to do it, it will inevitably hit the mosquitoes with fire.

These people dare to do it, but the problem is that they dare to do it too much.

If the skin is scratched on the leg, these people can amputate your leg.Moreover, Jin Yiwei was dealing with major cases, and he didn't have enough status, so it wasn't Jin Yiwei's turn to take action.

So after careful consideration, Zheng Yuchun was the most suitable person.

His incorruptibility has been tested in the army, and this person has a strong executive ability and has the style of a warrior.He is also relatively careful, and has a lot of experience in rectifying people's hearts and eradicating rape and evil.

It can be said to be the best candidate.

But even so, Lao Zhu was not completely relieved and wanted to know his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, I have read a lot of memorials from Jiangxi these days, and I know a little bit about them... These three aunts and six wives cheat money, buy and sell people... It can be said that it has existed since ancient times, and it is a chronic disease among the people. In order to avoid troubles, the imperial court has always They don’t care about it. So among the people, stealing and robbing are both serious crimes. But fraud and defrauding money are often attributed to the imprudence of the victims. I have heard of people committing suicide. Some old people committed suicide by taking brine after being cheated. There are also countless suicides by hanging from a beam, throwing themselves into rivers to find wells, etc. I am angry when I mention it. I really wish I could kill all these people. Brutal face!"

Old Zhu nodded, "You're right, but have you thought about how to get started?"

Zheng Yuchun said: "I haven't slept all night, just thinking about this matter. If I rely on the power of the imperial court to conduct a thorough investigation, it is probably useless, and it will end in thunder and rain. So I think that the key It is still necessary for the people to mobilize, to use the power of the local area, and let the common people come out to report and identify... After the crime is confirmed, they should be executed immediately. Only by eradicating rape and eradicating evil can we treat both symptoms and root causes, and achieve good results!"

Old Zhu smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Sure enough, we read it right! It's just like when we raised our troops to eradicate the powerful landlords, we just want to use thunderbolt methods, no mercy! Sweep away these cockroaches, mice, flies and mosquitoes! "

Zheng Yuchun hastily accepted the order, and then said: "Your Majesty, I have the courage to ask for an order. Since this matter started in Jiangxi, I will go to Jiangxi first to understand the situation of the case...by the way, I will ask Xiang Zhang for advice and see his situation." It means that if it is done in Jiangxi, it will be convenient to push it to the whole country. Otherwise, I am worried that I will not be careful enough, and it will be done on the ground, which will spoil your majesty's good intentions."

Lao Zhu pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "You also have what you said, go! Say hello to Mr. Zhang for us."

Zheng Yuchun quickly agreed, and then he set off from Yingtian and headed straight for Jiangxi.

After he entered Jiangxi, especially Xingzi County, he really felt different.

On the walls everywhere, there are slogans, written in bold handwriting: Abandoning children today, growing old alone and alone.

Anyone who dares to buy someone will be beheaded and skinned.

Don't believe in three aunts and six wives, be an upright and good person.

……

These slogans are newly filled in by students. They travel the countryside and explain the laws and principles to the common people.

At the beginning, it was not very smooth, and the common people didn't bother to listen.It is even said that some villages still have xenophobic tendencies and attack the students with words.

This made Hu Yan and others very hurt. It was obviously good for you, how could this happen?

Fortunately, along with their veterans, there are people who have experienced it.

When I first went to the folks to divide the land, I encountered such a situation. I have never known each other. Who knows if you have good intentions?Why should I believe your words!