The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

In the main hall, the discussion was intense.

In addition to the fertility rate mentioned by Zhongshan Hou, the ministers also thought of other aspects.

For example, the crime rate proposed by the new Minister of Justice Wang Jianzhi was undoubtedly unanimously recognized by the ministers.

The crime rate of these clans of the Ming Dynasty has always been high. But because of their clan status, the court was concerned about the face of the Tian family and the prestige of the royal family, so they had to bite the bullet and ignore their conscience and treat them coldly, turning a blind eye. Unless these clan members committed some unforgivable crime, other small things were basically minor punishments and major warnings.

However, this actually encouraged the arrogance of these clan members. They committed crimes such as robbery, fraud, theft, private money, intentional murder, etc., which had a great negative impact on the local people and the government's management and rule, especially the Ministry of Punishment, which was in charge of the world's punishments. , which gave me a headache.

Now that he had such a good opportunity, the new Minister of Justice, Wang Jianzhi, was not willing to let it go. He directly made an impassioned speech, hoping to completely solve this common problem of the Ministry of Justice.

"Your Majesty, everyone, Emperor Taizu Gao established a wise education system in the royal palace. He selected talented people in the court to serve as civil and military ministers. They taught the kings in a Confucian style. The chief history officer of the palace was in charge of all matters of the palace. Anyone who asks for your name, please The seal, the invitation for marriage, the favor and thanks, the introduction, the letter, and the long history are presented to the king."

"What's even more serious is that once the princes and princes make serious mistakes, His Majesty the Emperor will question and punish Wang Changsi. This also promotes the performance of the royal officials' duties. Others such as Dianshan, Jishan, Dianshan, etc. Officials such as Yi, Gongzheng, Assistants, and Professors have their own clear division of labor and responsibilities, thereby promoting the effective operation of the royal educational institutions.”

Wang Jianzhi changed the subject and made slightly disrespectful remarks.

"However, after Yongle, the vassal prohibition measures were greatly strengthened, which prevented the clan children from having the opportunity to enter the official career again, and their enthusiasm for teaching became increasingly weakened, laying the foundation for the decline of clan education in the vassal government."

"As for the royal officials, in the early Ming Dynasty, royal officials could hold important central positions, and exchanged appointments with court officials. After strict selection by the imperial court, most of the royal faculty were old Confucian students with excellent conduct and academics. They had high cultural quality. In addition, the imperial court has an accountability system, so they can devote themselves to education, so the royal officials also gain the appreciation and trust of the imperial court, forming a very stable and good situation. "

"But since the Tianshun Dynasty, with the increasing vassal restriction, the selection of officials in the royal palace has undergone tremendous changes, because once an official enters the palace as an official, he cannot be promoted throughout his life, and the official career path has been blocked since then. In this case, the palace Officials lost the sense of responsibility and enthusiasm that their ancestors had. Most of them were lazy, behaved absurdly, and spent their lives doing nothing. In addition, under the predicament that Jinshi were unwilling to serve as royal officials, the imperial court could only choose mediocre talents to serve. "

"As a result, this unwritten official selection system has directly resulted in the overall lack of talent and low quality of the royal officials. Flattery, dereliction of duty, and senile people are more common. What is even more serious is that some of them are These people use their power to make money and hurt the people, and ignore the laws of the country, which seriously hinders the correct guidance and education of the royal family's children. "

As soon as Wang Jianzhi said these words, there was a sudden silence.

In fact, what he said was too straightforward.

This is like the previous selection system for the Transportation Secretary. Everyone knows that the Saltworks Transportation Division is a dirty and corrupt place, so officials are unwilling to go to this dirty place to govern for the sake of keeping themselves clean, or for the sake of their future career prospects. official.

For the same reason, compared with the officials of the Yunsi Department, the officials of the royal palace were even worse.

Once you go to serve as an official in a prince's palace, you will be trapped in it for the rest of your life. There will be no promotion career at all. Let alone a high-spirited official Jinshi, even officials who are not Jinshi are not willing to work in such a place!

A qualified Jinshi can enter the Hanlin Academy, and after a few years he can enter the East Palace, or be released as a local governor. Where wouldn't it be better to go than to become an official in this palace?

Moreover, these princes and disciples are all arrogant, domineering and arrogant people. They are not willing to learn and cultivate virtues when they are taught, and they cannot be beaten, scolded or punished. Only fools can do such a thankless task. Be willing to do it.

In addition, once a member of the clan commits any crime, the imperial court will be the first to hold the palace officials accountable, and they will be implicated as well!

Therefore, in any case, it does make sense that officials are unwilling to go to the palace to serve as officials.

But when you, Wang Jianzhi, said it so openly, the officials' faces became a little confused.

After all, they are members of the Ming Dynasty clan, and His Majesty the Emperor is right in front of them. By saying it so bluntly, aren't you accusing the civil servants and gentry of being selfish and unwilling to share the worries of the country?

As expected, Zhu Houzhao's face immediately darkened.

"What is the "unwritten official selection system"?"

"Why didn't I know that the imperial court still had this kind of system?"

"Can't Jinshi go to the palace to serve as an official? What bastard set this rule?"

His Majesty the Emperor was furious, and all the ministers fell silent.

Tang Hao mocked at the side with a sinister tone: "Your Majesty, Jinshi is the elite of the elite, how can you waste your life in the palace?"

"Didn't Wang Shangshu say that? Since Tianshun, the vassal ban has become more and more strict. After the civil servants and gentry took control of the government, any promising new scholars are their potential descendants. Naturally, they must vigorously cultivate and endure the qualifications. You can now enter the court, so why waste your youth in the palace..."

Hearing this, Yang Tinghe looked unkindly at all the civil servants, especially Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, and Wang Hao, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

Wang Hao felt the unkind look in His Majesty the Emperor's eyes, and couldn't help but curse Tang Hao in his heart.

This dog thief Zhongshan Hou is really a famous dog thief. He is a bastard and a disgusting person. Whenever he seizes the opportunity, he will put eye drops on His Majesty the Emperor!

Along with the new Minister of Punishment, Wang Jianzhi, Wang Hao could not help but feel resentment in his heart.

You bastard just said all the things you shouldn't have said in order to solve the problem of the Ministry of Justice. What should we do?

The trouble in your criminal department has been solved, but now the trouble has become everyone's. How can there be such a person who doesn't care about the overall situation?

However, under this situation, Wang Hao had to speak.

"Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. Most officials are unwilling to serve in the royal palace. Even if the Ministry of Personnel makes transfer orders, the officials will refuse to take up their posts for various reasons, so the Ministry of Personnel has to select other officials... "

Wang Hao had nothing to explain, so he could only say so.

After all, Wang Jianzhi told the truth, what else could he say?

Instead, Zhu Houzhao seized the opportunity and cursed at all the courtiers.

"I see, I finally understand why my Ming Dynasty clan has become increasingly ineffective. It turns out it is because of the deliberate indulgence of you civil servants and gentry!"

"You really can do it! For your own selfish reasons, you select people with shallow talents, low quality, flattery, neglect of duties, and senile people to serve as officials in the palace and be teachers to the members of the clan. What good can be taught by such trash? Students coming?"

"On weekdays, don't Lier and others shout something about "eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor"? Don't they shout about "loyalty to the emperor, being patriotic and sacrificing one's life for righteousness" every day? Why do they put it into practice, but they all shrink back, and they are all fucking playing A conspiracy?"

"What kind of unwritten official selection system is there! I will change this official selection system today. That Min Gui has also returned to his hometown as an official. I will give him a chance to go to the Lu Palace to serve as an official. When will Yanzhou be replaced? After the government is in charge, when can we return to the court?"

Hearing this, the faces of the officials all changed slightly.

The consequences of Wang Jianzhi telling the truth were born.

When His Majesty the Emperor learned about this unwritten system of selecting officials, the consequence was that he began to kick some of the court officials directly to serve as officials in various palaces!

Once this precedent is set, it will definitely not be stopped in the future.

Tang Hao couldn't help but give Zhu Houzhao a thumbs up, because his hand was really disgusting.

The former Minister of Punishment has become the Chief Historian of Prince Lu's Palace. Not to mention how Min Gui will feel in his heart, no matter how disgusting he feels, he can only go and take up the post obediently.

Because Min Gui was deprived of his title and official status, he was basically useless. If he wanted to make a comeback, he could only seize this opportunity and go to Prince Lu's Mansion to complete this long history. There was still hope that he could return to the court, otherwise he would spend his whole life. We can only work until death in Prince Nalu's Mansion!

"Your Majesty, Academician Li Dongyang is a famous person in the world. He is also idle at home now. How about..."

Tang Hao started to recommend immediately, and his words directly disgusted everyone.

Li Dongyang, a famous person in the world, this is not a lie.

But the problem is that Li Dongyang is an eunuch and has long been tolerated by the gentry in the court.

Well, it is indeed a good choice to become an official in the local prince's palace.

No matter how Li Dongyang goes to the palace to scheming, it will not affect the overall situation of the court.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Wang Hao and said with a smile: "Leave this matter to Wang Shangshu to arrange. Be sure to arrange a good place for Academician Li."

When Wang Hao heard the words, he immediately understood and bowed to accept the order.

For the gentry in the court, the best choice is for Li Dongyang to get out of the capital.

Seeing that the matter was about to end like this, Wang Jianzhi was unwilling to miss the great opportunity and spoke again.

"Your Majesty, as far as the children of the clan are concerned, under the vassal ban policy, the children of the clan cannot enter the officialdom and lack motivation to study, which has led to the increasingly serious crime phenomenon of the clan children."

“In order to completely eliminate the harm caused by the vassal kings, Emperor Taizongwen implemented the vassal ban policy in a drastic way, which stipulated that all clan members were not allowed to serve as officials or engage in industry and commerce. Even entering the capital and entering the court had to be approved before being allowed. "

"As victims of the vassal policy, kings often failed to display their talents and abilities, and could not realize their ideals and ambitions. Under such embarrassment, the children of the clan naturally lost the motivation to study and enjoy the salary in the vassal government. They did not need to pay for Worried about livelihood, they gradually lose their direction and goals in life, so the phenomenon of clan crime will naturally increase. "

"They committed all sorts of evil including robbery, fraud, theft, private money, intentional murder, etc. Not only did they have a great negative impact on the government's management and rule, but the local people also suffered as a result, and suffered at the hands of the feudal princes and clans!"

It’s still a commonplace issue, that is, the vassal policy.

As Tang Hao said before, the children of the clan are not allowed to participate in the cause of the four people and are not allowed to enter the official career. So why do they still study and cultivate virtue honestly and study hard and practice hard?

Anyway, people don’t have to worry about their livelihood. If they have this free time to endure all these hardships, they might as well go out to eat, drink, have fun and play with women!

So why the Ming Dynasty clan is rotten to the core? This vassal policy is the main reason!

When a person loses all goals, sees no hope in life, and can see the end at a glance, then they will naturally give up on themselves and degenerate.

Wang Jianzhi made his words very clear, echoing what Tang Hao said before.

The ministers started talking about it for a while, all focusing on this vassal ban policy.

However, they did not dare to open this mouth and change the imperial court's vassal ban policy.

Why?

Because of the Battle of Jingnan!

The current Tianjia is not the orthodox Tianjia.

If we really talk about it, the lineage of Prince Yiwen and Zhu Biao should be the orthodox royal family of the Ming Dynasty!

And King Zhu Di of Yan rebelled and usurped the throne to seize the world. Later, he learned from his own experience and lessons, so he implemented the extremely harsh vassal ban policy!

Under this premise, who dares to open this mouth to lift this strict ban?

The matter involved Emperor Taizong Wen and the Gou Gou in the Flying Camp during the Jingnan Campaign, so no one dared to take the lead.

They didn't dare, but Tang Hao did.

"Your Majesty, in fact, as long as we seize the military power of these vassal clans and provide them with living security, the Ming Dynasty will never have another Jingnan War!"

Are you kidding?

Do you really think that the Battle of Jingnan just happened?

The King of Yan, Zhu Di, conquered the entire world with a small corner of Beiping. Is it really replicable?

If there really was such a hero in the Ming Dynasty clan, and he really fought a battle to overthrow this imperial court that was rotten to the core, then the Ming Dynasty would not have collapsed!

The Battle of Jingnan itself was an unrepeatable miracle!

"So whether it's for the good of these clan members, the good of the people in their country, or for the court itself, I also hope that your majesty can slightly relax the vassal restrictions on these clan members."

"They don't have to participate in the four people's undertakings, but they can have certain hobbies, such as seeking immortality, practicing Zen and worshiping Buddha, painting, or studying medicine... There are so many things that can be done. Well, for them, the most indispensable thing is time and wealth, so why not let them waste this time and wealth on meaningful things, which can prevent them from becoming waste and pigs? Benefit the people of Li, so that the Zhu Ming royal family will be truly loved and respected by the people!"

"Furthermore, the clan year-end bonus we just mentioned can also set a clan contribution rate. As we just said, these clan members need money, money, and time. Precisely because they have no goals and direction, they only If they can eat, drink, have fun and have children, or if they plunder the people's wealth and harm the people, then the court has to find something for them to do, which is called contribution!"

"For example, excavating and restoring the ancient books of the sages is a great achievement. The court will be rewarded and the contribution will be recorded; another example is that a certain prince likes medicine. He does not need to practice medicine, but he can compile medical classics and then publish them. Writing a book to benefit the common people is also a great achievement, and the contribution rate must be given. Another example is that a certain prince likes painting, or the art of painting, then the court can hire him, that is, pay him to go If you draw a defense map in the frontier fortress, you will be rewarded, and your contribution will be recorded..."

"In addition, during the process of countering the rebellion, Zhu Dangqi, the returned king of the Lu vassal, performed outstandingly. He was brave and good at fighting, and he also made great achievements in this battle. Naturally, we must remember his contribution to the country at the end of the year. An extra share of the prize will be given to Lu Fan. In addition, Zhu Dangqi can also be regarded as a brave general. In case of war, the court can also recruit him to lead the army, and the military power will be lifted after the war!"

Tang Hao simply spoke more straightforwardly.

"There are not many generals who can be reused in the current dynasty. If Zhu Dangqian is abandoned because of his clan status, that would be the biggest loss."

"There will never be another Jingnan War in the Ming Dynasty. If this is the case, why should we continue to implement strict vassal bans?"

"Strict feudal restrictions are not good for the country and the people. Changes should be made according to the current conditions!"

In fact, the reason why Tang Hao said these rebellious words and planned to reform the vassal ban was because of the people.

Historically, the reputation of the Zhu Ming royal family was such that it was so stinky that it filled the streets.

Starting from the first generation of kings, most of them are not good people. They are all cruel and cruel, and they treat human life as nothing. They oppress the people in the feudal country, treat human life lightly, kill and take away, take and ask for everything!

After Emperor Yongle carried out the second vassal reduction and completely eliminated these clan kings, the clan kings restrained themselves somewhat, but they all turned their activities behind closed doors, occupying manors and fertile fields, plundering the people's wealth, enslaving and squeezing the people... …

What Wang Jianzhi, the Minister of Punishment, said just now is not just empty talk, but a record of clan crimes, and they are increasing year by year!

For example, how far had the lineage of the Ming Shu kings gone so outrageous by the Wanli period?

The Prince of Shu's Mansion occupied 70% of the land in the Chengdu Plain!

The remaining 30% of the fields and the 20% belonging to military households belonged to the imperial court.

That is to say, millions of ordinary people in Chengdu only occupy 10% of the fields for farming!

What do people use to support their families, and what do they use to pay heavy taxes?

If this feudal policy is not reformed, it will reach that point sooner or later!

The Zhu Ming royal family shouldn’t be like this!

Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang loved his people so much, but in the end, his descendants became the biggest cancer of the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Houzhao fell into deep thought.

Of course he trusted Tang Hao, the kind of absolute trust that could be entrusted with life and death.

Zhu Houzhao really listened to the suggestions Tang Hao said at this moment and really understood them.

But the problem is that Zhu Houzhao couldn't agree immediately.

Because he is responsible for the throne and future generations!

Once this precedent is set and the vassal ban is relaxed, who can guarantee whether there will be another peace battle in the future?

If you, Tang Hao, say you can't do it, does that mean you really can't do it?

Who dares to make this guarantee?

This is the throne!

This is the kingdom of the Ming Dynasty!

So Zhu Houzhao had to think carefully.

"My dear friends, let's discuss what Marquis Tang proposed!"