Ming dynasty grand dude

Mr. Zhang Xiaogong was originally at the foundry department to watch the master craftsmen work, but suddenly Xiao Jing brought him back to Da Nei inexplicably.

What do you mean by letting us go to Ouchi twice in three days? This is...

The inexplicable Mr. Zhang Xiaogong came to the imperial study room, and he knew it after receiving the memorial to the bell from Emperor Hongzhi.

I'm afraid it's not just now that Zhong Zhong discovered this problem, he must have discovered it early in the morning.

If it hadn't been for the Qingliu in the country and the Hanlin Academy being beaten up a lot, the old guy would definitely pretend to be stupid on this matter.

I can't afford to provoke you!They dared to devour more than half of the country's fields, and more than half of the Dingkou!

It is conceivable to what extent their power has swelled, if they speak out about it themselves, it would be more terrifying than offending Xungui.

These people will not only kill people, but they will definitely pour all kinds of dirty water on you in the history books. It is better not to give up if you don't slander the pigs and dogs you slander.

"Your Majesty is worried about these things?!"

Looking at the situation mentioned in the memorial, Zhang Xiaogong couldn't help laughing.

Emperor Hongzhi squinted his eyes and snorted: "Stinky boy, what are you laughing at?! This matter is so important that it concerns the state..."

"Your Majesty, in fact, Grandpa Taizu thought of this long ago."

Yu Chihu innocently blinked at his pair of phoenix and peach blossoms, and said softly: "They dare to lie to others, in fact, they rely on two points."

"First, most of the people are illiterate. No matter how good the state policy of the empire is, they will not be able to know or understand it."

"It is because those literate gentry and officials in the countryside dare to collude to cause harm and poison the people without fear!"

Indeed, most of the people of the Ming Empire were illiterate.

At this time, if you can read and write, you can really be regarded as a talent, even if you don't pass the examination as a scholar, you can still be considered a number one person in the countryside.

Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even in the early days of Zhang Xiaogong's era, great efforts were made to eliminate illiteracy.

At that time, the illiteracy rate was as high as nearly 90%!This is an extremely scary number.

At that time, the officials spent 50 years of unremitting efforts, and generations of people continued to carry out comprehensive literacy campaigns.

This reduced the illiteracy rate to 627, an achievement that was rare in the world at the time.

"Secondly, many places in the empire have inconvenient transportation and poor communication, so even if they force the people to rebel, they can suppress it and keep the empire from knowing."

This is a very helpless matter, even in the era of Zhang Xiaogong, it was only partly solved.

No way, this investment is too big.

In particular, the productivity of this era is still not comparable to that of the previous life. Let’s just talk about the construction of the road from Chaobai River Wharf to the capital.

It's been a long time, and the four teams have not completed half of the project until now.

The cost of this road has already made the nobles who have earned a large sum of money from the grain merchants complain and yell that they can't bear it.

"In fact, it is difficult to solve the two, and it is not easy to say."

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help being taken aback when he heard Zhang Xiaogong's words, and said, "How do you say this?!"

"What His Majesty and the courtiers want is to resolve this matter as soon as possible, and these matters obviously cannot be resolved in a short while."

As Young Master Zhang said, he spread his hands and sighed: "So, this matter has come to a dead end for Your Majesty and all the courtiers."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't help but slapped his thigh, ah!Isn't that the way it is? !

This is obviously not a problem that can be completely resolved within three to five years, ten years, or even three to four decades.

"Your Majesty really found out, Your Majesty and all the courtiers have always treated headaches and feet..."

Young Master Zhang spread his hands with a wry smile, and sighed, "Even if some current problems are pointed out, there is no complete solution plan."

"If you want to get this right, then you have to have long-term, short-term and near-term plans."

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help feeling thoughtful when he heard these words, while Grandpa Zhang stretched out his palm.

"Five years! Five years is the limit, every five years to complete a stage of the established plan!"

Grandpa Zhang looked at Emperor Hongzhi, and said word by word: "The minister's plan, it is estimated that in 50 years, the people's initial literacy plan can be achieved!"

Chapter 329 Your Majesty's Empire is Important, Everything For the Senate

Obviously, this kind of thing cannot be carried out by one or two people. What is needed is the coordination of the entire cabinet and the six ministries.

Even though the poor Bai Ang Bai Shangshu was too busy to touch the ground, he was directly arrested by Emperor Hongzhi and attended the meeting together in the imperial study.

This time, at any rate, everyone has stools to sit on, which makes Grandpa Zhang very satisfied.

What surprised him was that Emperor Hongzhi didn't miss Liu Daxia and Ma Wensheng this time.

So much so that these two old guys were a little excited, after all, this was the first time Emperor Hongzhi summoned Qingliu after they had been bloodbathed several times.

They also tried to meet the driver before, but unfortunately, the sign was handed in but there was no sound.

Emperor Hongzhi obviously didn't have a good impression of Qingliu and them, the leaders of Qingliu, at that time.

The Minister of the Ministry of Households, Qi Zhong, the Minister of Rites, Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Officials, Ni Yue..., and even Wang Yue and Wang Zhi.

Of course, there are the three senior scholars Liu Li and Xie who are indispensable at all times.

He Zhong's memorial was copied again, and all information that might reveal his identity was concealed.

Then it was distributed to these courtiers. Liu Daxia and others looked at the statistics one by one, and the hairs on their hearts stood up.

"Shocking..."

Even though Emperor Hongzhi had already seen it, when he watched it again, his face was still full of resentment: "Shocking!!"

"It's not that I didn't think that there was a problem in the country, but I didn't expect it to be so serious!!"

A group of courtiers got up and left their seats hastily and bowed down: "I... all die!"

Looking at the courtiers under the jade steps, Emperor Hongzhi waved his hands wearily: "Let's all get up..."

"I asked you dear friends to come here, not to listen to your words of death..."

However, Emperor Hongzhi stood up slowly and looked at these courtiers solemnly with his hands on the imperial case.

"I asked you to come here to solve this matter!!"

solve? !How to solve this? After the courtiers got up, they looked at each other and fell silent.

This involves at least hundreds of thousands of gentry and aristocratic families in the entire empire, and even the generals of the Weisuo and noble vassals.

One hundred and fifty years have passed since Hongwu, and the land of the empire has not increased but lost more than half. 【~abc￥better and faster】

A large number of people have disappeared directly, how can this be fixed? !

Is it true that no courtiers have seen or discovered this problem in the 50 and [-] years of the Kingdom Dynasty? !

Obviously not, but everyone does not want to touch this issue.

We just receive a salary to do a job, to help the current His Majesty to deal with the matter and then pull it down.

As for when the collapse will really happen... Anyway, it's better not to fall into our hands, most of the courtiers probably think so.

And the gentry and nobles are not fools, they naturally know that they must have their own spokespersons in the court.

Those with the most resources are naturally the most enthusiastic about fame, and after passing the exam, they will attract the township party and celebrities.

In Qingliu, Hanlin, and Gishizhong, everyone sometimes gathers and sometimes disperses.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is because of their respective interests that they gather and fight. If their interests do not match, they will naturally tear each other apart.

"Since all the gentlemen are silent, let me talk about it..."

After waiting for a while, no one in the imperial study room spoke.

Emperor Hongzhi let out a long sigh, stood up slowly, looked at the courtiers with his hands behind his back, and said, "I've thought about it a lot, and I know it's hard to do."

"That's right, I don't intend to solve this matter within a few years or even ten years."

Hearing this, Li Dongyang and the others breathed a sigh of relief at first, it's okay~ it's okay!Your Majesty is holy!

If it is to be resolved within a few years or even a dozen years, it will definitely cause a terrifying wave of blood!

I don't know how many people will die in it, this is the most terrifying thing...

After all, what is the best way to solve this problem in the short term? !

Very simple and very direct answer: kill!

And once this butcher's knife is raised, it's not so easy to put it down.

"The purpose of summoning the ministers here today is to make the ministers think more: how can the empire be able to..."

"Squeeze these matters!"

After saying these words, the faces of all the courtiers suddenly collapsed again, although the time has elongated.

But this requirement is too difficult, how to eliminate the influence of these gentry? !How to extend the influence of the court? !

When Emperor Hongzhi was in power, it was easy to say, but what if he became famous? !

How will the policy continue? !

There is no big problem for these courtiers to deal with sudden court affairs and daily court affairs.

It can even be called stable and stable, and there is nothing wrong with it.

But let them make a long-term plan, and this involves the planning of the entire empire for decades.

That's really terrible, they haven't done this!

"I...have done my best to all my dear ones. I have already prepared for you..."

The faces of the three major scholars changed when they heard this, but they saw Emperor Hongzhi wave his hand.

Xiao Jing took the little eunuchs and distributed the dossiers one by one.

Ji Zhong, Liu Daxia and the others who were originally a little confused stopped talking after reading it.

Especially Ma Wensheng, the old guy is over 70!

How many more years can he survive? !If the Imperial Senate is really built, wouldn't he be the first to benefit? !

Then think about the first batch of elders of the Imperial Senate in the history books in the future, and even the first elder is himself...

Ma Wensheng just gritted his teeth, what the hell!Qingliu roll the calf!

My old horse is about to sell it to the royal family. Anyway, you guys are too muddy to support the wall!

"Your Majesty must already have a charter in mind, and please give your Majesty instructions!"

The old horse stood up tremblingly at this point, and first patted his chest to express: "Since I have received the state's grace, I will die as a servant!"

Speaking of which, Liu Daxia is not considered young anymore, he still has a little bit of a rush to join the cabinet.

Besides, the name of the Imperial Senate was hanging in front of the carrot, and seeing Ma Wensheng expressed his opinion.

Combined with the recent attitudes of Emperor Hongzhi and the courtiers towards him, the old guy gritted his teeth and stood up.

"How dare I not swear to repay the country's favor?! For the sake of the empire, I will not hesitate to smash my body to pieces!"

The rest of the courtiers were stunned when they saw it, damn it!You two are usually the leaders of Qingliu!

This guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes can express his loyalty faster than us who are not clean, that's too much!Too much!

The three major scholars and the remaining few ministers hurriedly jumped up, expressing loyalty if they should, and vowing to die if they should.

All in all, all in all, we will unite closely around His Majesty Emperor Hongzhi to make greater contributions to the Ming Empire!

Uh...then everyone held hands and walked into the Senate together!

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3 Thirty chapters have penetrated the whole territory for fifty years, and the country's most important weapon is teaching

The road problem is definitely not going to be solved all at once.

Everyone was still interested in the cement road from Chaobai River to the capital built by the nobles, but after hearing the words of Zeng Keming, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, they stopped talking.

"I have learned from the road construction branch of the construction department that this old man needs to pay six taels per mile based on the road standard."

The relationship between Zeng Jian and Li Dongyang is not ordinary, both of them are from Huguang, and both of their ancestors were guards in the capital.

Although he is more than ten years older than Li Dongyang, the two are real classmates of the Imperial College.