Wanli Youming

Chapter 336 Hai Rui Discusses Politics

Chapter 336 Hai Rui Discusses Politics

In the spacious and bright hall, the green smoke from the copper furnace is lingering around the dragon and gold pillars, but the fragrance is not strong, only light and refreshing, so that the ruling ministers who have been ordered to see them at this time are as calm as water, and they can only sit peacefully. On the opposite side of the imperial case, I heard the tinkling of the glass chiming clock on the wall.

After Zhu Yijun received Shen Shixing's request to abolish the ban on road guidance and establish a new entry and exit management system, he summoned the ruling ministers, and wanted to talk about some of his ideas on the reform of road guidance that needed to be supplemented. .

In fact, Zhu Yijun has long had the idea of ​​changing the road and leading the prohibition, but he has been waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity when even the ruling ministers realize that Zhang Juzheng's reform thinking must be continued, and the reform must be done in this way if the New Deal is not abolished.

otherwise.

Zhu Yijun will be worried that if he directly abolishes the decree, the bureaucrats who oppose the abolition of the Luyin ban and only want to use the Luyin ban to restrain and exploit the common people will deliberately make trouble, and even deliberately execute the decree, such as sending prisoners to rogues. Let it out, and use the reason that thieves and refugees gather to make troubles, such as private mines and even private government offices, so they need to be wiped out, to ask the court to still allow the government to strictly control the people and prohibit the people from moving freely in the country.

And the bureaucrats in power will also feel that the emperor is still acting hard, and his sharpness is too sharp, so that he can be easily teased by the people below. He underestimated the heart of the emperor, and even his selfish desires swelled, and his heart for the country was greatly reduced.

And now.

The enlightened reformers in the bureaucratic group are willing to follow the trend in order to survive the New Deal, benefit the people and protect Xinjiang. Naturally, Zhu Yijun does not have to worry that the entire bureaucratic group will deliberately execute his orders indiscriminately.

Even if there is a stubble, it will not greatly damage his imperial prestige.

"The owner's preferences cannot be easily pryed into by others, but flattered by traitors, or even used to make things worse!"

"Even if the owner praises or criticizes, there should be a purpose; since the Son of Heaven is above the ninth heaven, thunder, rain and dew should follow the will of heaven, and the will of heaven is unpredictable! But let the people of the world feel that the will of heaven is still To be under the world, although there is the wrath of thunder, there will be the benefits of sweet springs afterwards."

This is what Zhang Juzheng said to Zhu Yijun, and Zhu Yijun has always kept it in his heart. Every time he expresses his holy intentions, there are rules to follow, not rash actions.

As the saying goes, only after making a decision can we control people and achieve their goals.

"Master wants to abolish the secret disclosure of Luyin's ban, I have read it."

At this time, Zhu Yijun looked at Shen Shixing and said a word.

Shen Shixing nodded and lowered his eyebrows.

Then, Zhu Yijun looked at the other ministers in power: "Master must have discussed it with Zhu Qing!"

The other ministers in power also nodded and lowered their eyebrows.

"From my point of view, this secret report lists many benefits of abolishing roads, and also thinks about how to avoid a lot of problems that are more difficult for the people to manage after abolishing roads. It can be said that both the goal of benefiting the people and the goal of enriching the country have been achieved. , but there are still shortcomings.”

Zhu Yijun said something at this time.

"I would like to ask Your Majesty for instructions!"

At this moment, Shen Shixing got up and answered with cupped hands.

Zhu Yijun smiled slightly: "The master thought of obeying the people's will and lenient the ban on the people, allowing them to find food in other places, but he didn't think of how to give the people the convenience of relocation, the first thing is transportation!"

"Although the world is generally safe, the territory of this dynasty is too wide! Where the mountains are high and the imperial power is far away, there will inevitably be thieves and robbers. In addition, it is very hard work for the car and boat shops. If you really want to let the people find food in other places, and then benefit For the benefit of the country and the people, public security should be strengthened and transportation should be facilitated; and to solve this problem, the official posts can be opened to the people, and at the same time, road officials and road soldiers should be set up on the post roads to patrol the post roads and deal with disputes on the post roads.”

"Open the official station."

Zhang Xueyan read a word silently, then got up and asked: "I dare to ask Your Majesty, but the quasi-citizens can use the official post if they pay a certain amount of money?"

"It is for this reason that the official post can increase its income, and the increased income can support more officials and soldiers, and at the same time it can also subsidize the expenses of the imperial court for setting up post. Perhaps when the population flow in the world increases in the future, the imperial court can also set up post. And increase the national coffers."

Zhu Yijun nodded and said.

Shen Shixing, Zhang Xueyan, Hai Rui and others began to ponder.

After the prosperity of the commodity economy in the Ming Dynasty, the degree of population mobility did increase, but it did lead to a large increase in thieves.

Many local bureaucrats have been punished for failing to catch thieves.

For example, in history, Song Shanbo, who was appointed as the censor Tianle by the Nanzhi patrol, was fined and paid poorly because of poor arrest of thieves, so that he has not been promoted.

Because unless they are bureaucrats, ordinary merchants and ordinary people cannot use post stations when they travel far.

And only the imperial court has the strength to open resting shops everywhere in traffic. Private merchants can only open resting shops in places where the population is concentrated, so many merchants and ordinary people often encounter thieves when they go out, so they have to go with them. However, even so, it is still difficult to ban thieves, which has increased the fear of going out for many people.

Especially after the Wanli New Deal, the children of bureaucrats and gentry were strictly investigated and stayed in post stations, so many children of bureaucrats and gentry had to stay in the wilderness when they went out, and they were also robbed by thieves, so that many local officials increased their management. pressure on local law and order.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun now thinks that instead of only letting the official post undertake the national communication function, it is better to also run the private inn and postal and warehouse functions part-time.

But for state institutions to start to assume the role of profit-making dental shops in the commodity economy, the ruling ministers who have been educated in science have to think carefully.

Because the Confucianism education in this era advocates that governing the country should respect propriety and morality, rather than seeking profit.

Fortunately, Shen Shixing and other ministers in power have been influenced by Wang Xue and Zhang Xue, and have begun to pay attention to meritorious deeds and become pragmatic, but they have not opposed rashly. be opposed to.

In general.

Now Zhu Yijun's ruling ministers are basically enlightened.

Because of Xu Jie and Zhang Siwei's fate, Shen Shixing did not dare to hide his views and was only friendly to everyone.

Fang Fengshi had no intention of backing down and resigning from office, and began to seriously plan the country's military grand strategy.

Zhang Xueyan was even more enterprising. Together with Wenxuan Silang Guan Wang Yongji, he made major changes to the civil service system, requiring those who had served as officials close to the people in border areas not to be officials in Beijing. After that, he was directly appointed as an official in Beijing. At the same time, officials outside the customs and overseas would not be asked to increase their criminal responsibilities, and those who were serious would only be demoted.

Hai Rui, on the other hand, favored the common people even more than before.

In addition, he was a die-hard fan of Hongwu's strict government, and he greatly appreciated Zhu Yijun's "benefiting the people and changing his outdated politics" through Zhang Juzheng's mouth, without showing a pedantic side. He also took the initiative to ask the household department to provide disaster funds for equipment, and at the same time asked the household department to directly set up permanent warehouses in border towns to relieve the border residents, and prevent the border residents from moving inward, so that foreign captives can be mixed into the border residents, so that local relief can be realized , but also reduce side trouble.

"Your Majesty is the lord of sages, and what he sees is indeed more sensible than the foolish officials. This move is indeed a policy of convenience for the people and the country. The prohibition of opening the way is also the prohibition of opening the post."

Shen Shixing cupped his hands and began to speak.

Fang Fengshi also stood up: "I echo what Yuan Fu said."

For a while, all the ministers in power stood up and seconded the proposal.

After Hai Rui stood up and seconded the proposal, he said: "Your Majesty, I am a little worried. What if the sons of powerful officials and gentry deliberately default on the payment after using the post station? Wouldn't it increase the consumption of the official station? The powerful officials and gentry are always more evil than ordinary people , this is likely to happen frequently.”

"Your Majesty! I object to what Da Sinong said!"

(End of this chapter)