Rise From the Humble

"Zihou is a great talent. He can tell the whole story at a glance. God is so unfair. Zihou's writing and calligraphy are so excellent. I didn't expect that his political vision was so unique." Zhang Siwei sighed with emotion and looked at Zhu Pingan and joked.

"How can this be considered political vision..." Zhu Pingan curled his lips disapprovingly, picked up the teapot and filled tea for Zhang Siwei and himself respectively.

"Just be humble." Zhang Siwei shook his head and looked at Zhu Pingan with a smile, and then continued.

"Zhang Sijing and others were doing firewood fasting to express their congratulations to the Holy One. They accidentally mentioned the word 'longevity'. The Holy One was furious and gave all the people involved in the event a beating with a royal stick. He even ordered the Emperor to give a special order to the Emperor." In the middle, Zhang Sijing and others were hit with a royal stick while wearing court uniforms... No one in the Six Sections could escape. Alas, it was simply a shame." Zhang Siwei sighed and said.

The six subjects are an important part of the Mingyan Officials. Together with the thirteen censors, they form the Mingyan Official system. The level of the Mingyan Officials is not high, but their power is extremely broad. Although they are not real power, they can be ranked high. The emperor was advised to supervise all officials, and he could be said to be the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Ming Dynasty.

The Six Sections Administration has a close relationship with the Hanlin Academy where Zhu Pingan and Zhang Siwei are located. They both belong to the Si Yamen. To a certain extent, the Hanlin Academy can be regarded as a public speaker in a wide range of fields. The six subjects were given to Shizhong and the thirteen censors, together with the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Personnel, were collectively called the Four Yamen.

The six subjects were so important in the matter that Emperor Jiajing actually beat them all?

"You were beaten during the whole incident?" Zhu Ping'an was a little stunned when he heard this. He had never noticed this in modern times. Emperor Jiajing originally had a bad attitude towards Yan Guan, but now he was given a slap in the face because of two words. The insult to the minister was unprecedented, and Yan Guan was even more difficult to do.

"Well, we beat them all." Zhang Siwei nodded.

"However, even so, even so, he did not forget his responsibilities in the matter." Zhang Siwei said with appreciation, "In the matter, Wang Mingchen requested to strictly prohibit the palace from embezzling taxes and grains. He said: Today, all clans are collecting people's fields for He has his own private business and uses his power to control the local area, so that there are officials who are not allowed to collect taxes, which is a waste of food. Please order the patrol censor to strictly investigate the taxes that have invaded the land of Jiazhuang in Junpai and use it as food for the palace. If there are officials, A Zong, punish him. Your Majesty will allow him to play."

Zhu Ping'an nodded when he heard this. Land annexation was a cancer of the feudal dynasty. Last time he won the election and the villagers donated their land, he realized the seriousness of this problem. Of course, as a modern person, it is not surprising that I am aware of this problem. It is rare and valuable that Wang Mingchen was aware of this problem and reported it.

It can be seen that there are still many people of insight in Ming Dynasty. Although Wang Mingchen only saw a corner of the land annexation, which was only the land annexation of the royal clan, it was still commendable.

"The Ministry of Household Affairs reconsidered the situation and gave Wang Guozhen the following six things to pay attention to: 1. The rewards given to the border troops should be based on the distance and time, and the inland officials and troops should not be asked for help in vain..."

"Xu Shen, the censor of Jiangxi Province, requested that redundant and abusive officials be eliminated..."

"The Ministry of Households changed the salt law, and the Ministry of Industry minted money..."

"Half a month ago, Mongolian Anda led more than 20,000 cavalry, broke through the border wall from the north of Datong, and plundered the left and right guards of Datong and the Seventeenth Guards of Anton. Within a few days, he divided his troops and plundered Pinglu Guards, Shuozhou, and Yingzhou. , Shanyin, Mayi and other places. Later, they divided their troops to attack Shanxi Sanguan and Ningxia. Fortunately, they did not continue southward, otherwise it would be another disaster... The imperial censor Mao Bowen and others once asked Shu to build the outer city of the capital to prevent Due to the calamity of previous years, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works have been unable to start construction due to lack of money... For this reason, the two sides have been fighting for a long time..."

"Because of the incident involving Mongolian Anda Khan, the day before yesterday, the Holy Spirit issued an edict to change the old inner training ground into the inner palace camp to train the inner servants. The purpose is to think that the Beijing soldiers are not enough to defend the enemy, so they want to rely on the inner servant camp to defend the capital."

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"Oh, and also, there are too few people in the Xiyuan Palace of Yange Laojue. Please select 300 folk girls from eight to fourteen years old from eight prefectures in and outside the capital, including Shuntian, to enter the palace. Your Majesty approved the report yesterday. Shuntian Mansion has already begun to select civilian girls..."

Zhang Siwei briefly recounted what happened in the capital, and Zhu Pingan was silent for a long time.

It can be said that the political situation in the capital is all performed by Xu Jie, Yan Song, and the six major officials. The last time it is for these political veterans who have already emerged on the stage, you sing and I will take the stage, with Zhu Ping'an and the other newcomers. It doesn't matter if you become a petty official.

Not to mention performing on stage, even the seats under the stage may not be their turn.

They were far from qualified and could only stand aside and watch from a distance.

Of course, Zhu Pingan was not silent because of this, it was just because the big guys in the capital were turbulent and the political situation was changing, but almost none of it was related to people's livelihood. Along the way from Xiahe Village, I have seen many hardships in people's livelihood.

Especially when passing through Henan and Shandong areas, I had a deeper understanding of the hardship of people's lives.

In the past two years, Henan and the southwest of Shandong Province have experienced many natural disasters, including floods, droughts, locust plagues, etc., which have ravaged the people in this area. The last time I was rushing to take the exam, I encountered a disaster and displaced people. That time, ice floes on the Yellow River caused the population to disappear. Juye The Jiaxiang area was the hardest hit.

In fact, along the way, through listening, seeing, speaking and asking, Zhu Ping'an also learned a lot about the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Officials in the Ming Dynasty were very corrupt.

The result of natural and man-made disasters is that people are in dire straits and hungry people are displaced.

More than a month ago, a private salt dealer named Shi Shangzhao in Henan led the hungry people to revolt. He was rebelled by Emperor Jiajing. He was a private salt dealer again. I feel that private salt dealers were one of the professions with the highest rebellion rate in ancient China. Sui Cheng Yaojin in the late Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng in the late Yuan Dynasty, Qian Liu in the Five Dynasties...

This teacher Shangzhao put forward the slogan of "no killing, no robbery, large-scale disaster relief, and relief to the poor." Within a few days, tens of thousands of armed forces were developed, and they were deeply supported by the people. For a time, they became famous and echoed the Shandong Rebel Army. They invaded far and near, defeated Guide, and moved to the east, defeating one prefecture, two states, and eight counties in total.

Of course, when Zhu Ping'an passed through Henan and Shandong, Shi Shangzhao's uprising had failed, and he and his clan members all had their heads hung on the city wall.

This was the nearest peasant uprising to Zhu Pingan. We had seen it in books before, but this time it was a bloody reality. When Zhu Pingan passed by the place, the blood stains under the city wall had not been washed away...

This uprising exposed many problems of the Ming Dynasty. Although the official army suppressed and annihilated the rebel army in just forty days, the combat effectiveness of the official army was severely reduced, and it was not much stronger than the peasant uprising army.

Moreover, Shi Shangzhao put forward the slogan "No killing, no robbery, large-scale disaster relief, and relief to the poor", and he could easily call on tens of thousands of armed forces...

This proves how disappointed the people are with the government. Who will work hard to revolt if they have little hope of survival?

The common people have no means of livelihood and are displaced.

However, the big bosses in high positions looked at them stingily and could not blame the common people for being so disappointed that they followed in rebellion.

Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country; the rise and fall of every man is the responsibility of the country. As state managers, we officials are naturally bound to shoulder the responsibility.

I want to go on stage...

Have a show.

Zhu Pingan picked up the wine glass, drank a glass, and turned his eyes out the window, looking at Xiyuan, the center of political power in the Ming Dynasty.