I am the king of the dead

"I don't know, neither do his two uncles." Lu Zhong said very firmly.

The Tiqis went to Jingshan to retrieve the documents of Yu Zijun's great-grandfather, and then found the documents of the Hongwu year's visit to Hu Yuan's clan. After searching for a long time, they finally figured out the true origin of Yu Zijun's great-grandfather.

The three Tiqi personally went to Meizhou, and also went to his family's dilapidated and unoccupied old house. They found the golden seal and edict of Yu Zijun's great-grandfather from the foundation. king.

Zhu Qiyu asked about Yu Zijun's family affairs because Yu Zijun's surname was not Yu, but Borjijin, who was the Borjijin of Genghis Khan Temujin.

Boer Jijin Zijun is the tenth grandson of Temujin. In fact, Yu Zijun can compete with Tuotuo Buhua for the throne of Khan. In the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Yu Zijun’s grandfather changed his surname to Tiezai Jingshan After staying for 12 years, because he was afraid of the imperial court hunting and killing Yuan's clan, he changed Tie's surname to Yu again and fled to settle in Meizhou, Sichuan.

When I arrived in Qingshen County, Meizhou, I entered the local guard and became a military household, and settled down incognito.

The Ti Qis did their due diligence, and Yu Zijun was outstanding in virtue and talent, so it was natural to examine his background. How many of the Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai could fall into the eyes of the emperor?Only then did the nearly 90-year-old case be uncovered.

"Burn them all." Zhu Qiyu pushed out all the information about Yu Zijun's great-grandfather, and the matter came to an end. Jin, more like scolding him.

Lu Zhong put away those papers and threw them into the brazier. After the former imperial family, this status depends on whether His Majesty the Emperor wants to pursue it. If not, these are useless.

Identity is a social relationship, not just blood. Yu Zijun is already related to Hu Yuan's clan and has no social relationship, so there is no need to pursue it.

It's all over, let's look at the present.

"The three provinces of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, as long as they can last for a long time, there will be no Jurchen within a hundred years." Zhu Qiyu lit a fire and threw it into the brazier. The fire in the brazier was bright and uncertain, illuminating Zhu Qiyu's smiling face.

The Golden Family has passed away, and no one will remember the Jurchen three to fifty years later.

In the counties and counties of the three provinces of Liaodong, in the future, there will be old slave chieftain Nurhachi and small slave chieftain Badger, taking advantage of Daming and Li Zicheng's feud, and small slave chieftain picking peaches?

The little slave chief Huang Taiji's real name is Hong Taiji, Taiji means prince, and the pronunciation of Hong in their place means badger, and Hong Taiji means prince badger.

The three characters "Huang Taiji" were specially given by the Boneless Scribes who entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty in order to flatter and please Shunzhi.

"Something in the imperial study, my husband, what if it catches fire?" Ran Siniang came slowly, smelling the smoke, and said worriedly.

Zhu Qiyu didn't explain too much, some of the past, let him be the past, some of the secrets, it's better not to come out of Juxian Pavilion, he asked with a smile: "The imperial hospital asked Mrs. Ran to deliver the memorial again?"

"That's not it." Ran Siniang shook her head helplessly. The imperial hospital wanted to hear something, and it would take more than ten days to go to Wenyuan Pavilion. Don't mention the delay. Wenyuan Pavilion is easy to forget, and the memorials are piled up like a mountain. I don't know when it is again.

"What's the matter this time?" Zhu Qiyu opened the memorial, looked at it twice, looked at Ran Siniang in surprise and asked, "Who wrote this?"

"Hu Wei's second son, Hu Changxiang." Ran Siniang said with a smile, "Miss, is it a matter of course for me to enter Juxian Pavilion this time? It's not considered a kindness or favor."

"I know that my wife is not such a person. This memorial is through Wenyuan Pavilion, and the scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion dare not neglect it. This is a major matter involving the country and society." Zhu Qiyu stood up holding the memorial and said: " Master Xuan Hu and Hu Changxiang come over."

"Okay, okay." Zhu Qiyu walked back and forth with the memorial in his hand.

Ran Siniang moved closer, and said in a low voice: "The husband handles state affairs, and the concubine has returned to the backyard. The husband will come back earlier."

In Hu Changxiang's memorial, he imitated horses and donkeys to breed mules, and bred a kind of cold-resistant rice, and the three provinces of Liaodong were indeed very cold.

Chapter 968 The Rise and Fall of Ming Dynasty

When Hu Yan came to the imperial study room, he saw his second son's expression of bewilderment, followed by anger. He thought that Hu Changxiang had made a mistake, and the emperor gave him a little face for his teacher, so he put him down if he was not easy to deal with. shout.

In fact, Hu Wei seldom cares about Hu Changxiang. He has already made clear his pursuit and his life goals, and he has long been free from confusion, so he doesn't need to discipline Hu Changxiang.

"See Your Majesty, Your Majesty bows to you." Hu Wei saluted.

"Master Hu really gave birth to a good son." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile, and motioned Hu Min to excuse him and just sit down.

When these words fell into Hu Yi's ears, it became, look at the trouble your son is causing, even I can't deal with it.Hu Yan looked at Hu Changxiang with a scrutinizing gaze.

Hu Changxiang was a little puzzled. He raised rats on weekdays and was on duty in the Xieyuan Courtyard. He had never done anything illegal. How did this come to His Majesty?Being stared at by his father made him shiver even more.

"Good thing, good thing." Zhu Qiyu signaled Hu Min not to stare at Hu Changxiang with that look, and hurriedly explained the matter clearly.

It was only then that Hu Wei realized that his ancestral grave was really smoking. The look in Hu Changxiang's eyes was no longer scrutiny this time, but doubts, could his son have such great ability?

This kid studies animals and plants every day, and he has really come up with something famous, a kind of cold-resistant rice that can be widely planted on black soil.

It is also beneficial to the country and the people.

"In the pre-Qin period, there was the way of Xu Zi, who wrote "Shen Nong", "Ye Lao", "Zai Shi", etc., and the works of peasants. However, in the chaotic times at the end of Qin Dynasty, the world was vying for supremacy, and his documents were lost. Today, Hu Changxiang, the second son of Hu Shaoshi, regained this way , I am so relieved." Zhu Qiyu was a little emotional.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, agronomy completely lost its inheritance.

Although the Son of Heaven will personally help the plow every spring to sacrifice to Jumang, and the local officials’ examination results include persuading them to teach farming and mulberry, but the most important thought of agriculture is still outdated because of Confucianism, and finally disappeared in the long river of history. inside.

Isn't Confucianism most fond of emphasizing benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith?Why does the great benevolence and righteousness of agriculture disappear because of the prosperity of Confucianism?

The core of Confucianism is not benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, but respect and inferiority, not exceeding the standard, and not breaking away from duty, so Confucianism is highly sought after.

The core idea of ​​the farm is four words, the harvest is divided equally.

It is the crops that are planted in the field. All the harvest should be shared equally by people with different divisions of labor in this society. The princes and nobles have to work together with the farmers, that is, the monarch and the people work together, and get the same labor remuneration, that is, the harvest is shared equally.

The purpose of maintaining honor and inferiority without exceeding the second level is to strip the bottom from top to bottom and rationally. If you want to talk about equal distribution of gains, is it necessary to divide honor and inferiority?

So the demise of the farm family is obvious.

In fact, the agronomists themselves are well aware that the equal distribution of harvest they advocate, like the Datong world, is an ideal country, a kingdom of gods on earth, and it is very difficult, or even impossible to realize.

Therefore, they advocate that food is the most important thing for the people, and agriculture and mulberry are the most important thing. Farming is the foundation of the people, a clear division of labor, and the transformation of farm tools are admired to increase the yield per mu and improve crops. Finally, the prices of agricultural products and handicrafts are maintained to be fair.

Even so, it was still difficult to move forward, and eventually even the orthodoxy disappeared.

Talking about various schools of thought, the Confucian world of Datong is actually the easiest to realize. In the case of insufficient productivity, the monarchy is the best solution after a compromise. It is inevitable that a series of classes will emerge around the monarchy.But the wheels of the times are rolling forward, and Confucianism has begun to rot like a grass.

"Hu Changxiang's rice seeds played a decisive role in Ming Dynasty's rule over the three northeastern provinces. I think it is worth a piece of miraculous merit. I intend to build an agricultural school, specializing in agricultural tools, fertilizers, agricultural affairs, four seasons, plant protection, Animal husbandry, crops, improved crops, research on various crops in the age of great voyages, what does Young Master Hu think?" Zhu Qiyu looked at the memorial presented by the imperial hospital on the table, and said very confidently.

Advocating the equal distribution of harvest was still a dream in the Jingtai period.

However, it is still possible to think about and look forward to advocating that the prices of agricultural products and handicraft products be maintained in a balanced range, increase the types and quantities of agricultural crops, and then increase the population of Daming.

"Agricultural school?" Hu Wei asked with some doubts: "Does it need to set up a separate school to teach farming?"

Zhu Qiyu said with certainty: "If it is necessary, whoever controls the food will control the country and society."

"Who has the food..." Hu Wei's expression changed, and he bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

His majesty's words immediately made Hu Wei enlightened. This time is not the time to avoid suspicion. Hu Wei's doubts are mainly because his son has produced cold-resistant rice. If an agricultural school is set up, the Minister of Management will naturally be his second son. , Hu Wei has always disliked his son's ups and downs in the political arena, and he can avoid it whenever he can.

But His Majesty's words made Hu Wei immediately realize that His Majesty the Emperor understands the importance of agriculture to the Ming Dynasty better than him. This is an extension of the imperial power and a major event in the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty. Never an inconvenience.

How long does it take for a college to go from the initial conception to the final decision, rough decision, and success?

Take the Jingshi Lecture Hall, Lecture Hall, Lecture Hall, Haishi Hall, and Heroine Hall as examples. The Haishi Hall has twists and turns, and even changed its name.

But these schools, from the day of their birth, are closely related to the rise and fall of Ming Dynasty.

"Then I will submit my idea to the Ministry of Rites for discussion, and come up with a charter. I plan to allocate 30 silver for the construction of the school." Seeing that Hu Wei did not raise any objections, Zhu Qiyu said, He smiled and explained his plan.

Like martial arts halls and other schools, the expenses for the preparation are allocated separately from the royal funds, and all future expenses and maintenance are divided into half and half from the national funds. It is a result of years of games between power and administrative power.

Hu Wei heard 30 silver, and then thought that he had only [-] silver for the emperor Zhang Luo's draft. He could only say that His Majesty the Emperor really should make a move, and he was never stingy.He bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

"Young Master Hu has given birth to a good son." Zhu Qiyu signaled Xing'an to bring the Daming Qigong Plaque that had just been delivered, and hung it on Hu Changxiang's body, patted his arm, and said with a smile: "Work hard, I am very optimistic about you As future ministers, I hope that Daming will produce more and more food in the future, and the common people will be able to eat more. If this is to be realized, Hu Jijiu must share my worries with more."

"The minister will not disgrace the king's life!" Hu Changxiang knelt down to thank the emperor for his kindness.

Hu Wei and Hu Changxiang stood up and walked out of the Juxian Pavilion in the lecture hall, while Hu Wei looked at his son and asked curiously, "How did you do it?"

Hu Changxiang said with hesitation: "The string of Houshan horses and Dawan horses has both the stamina of Houshan horses and the tallness of Dawan horses. In the Fengshengzhou military horse farm, the military horses of Daming are more powerful than sweaty horses." He has run longer and is superior to others, even in terms of my son's shallow understanding of military affairs, being superior to others on horseback is a point of strength."

"Why is this? What determines their stamina, and what determines their height, color, hair, and tail length? Is this heterozygosity only found in animals, or is it also found in plants?"

"This is the reason for doing this five years ago. The Imperial Hospital has dozens of fields in the Miyun Pharmaceutical Factory. In order to screen for cold-resistant rice, the child traveled all over Shuntian Prefecture, and took advantage of his father's reputation. Liaodong Dusi took cold-resistant rice and conducted five years of experiments at the Miyun Pharmaceutical Factory, mixing the pollen of the most cold-resistant rice in autumn and the rice with the largest ear, and breeding for several generations to produce this product."

Hu Wei was taken aback for a moment, as if there was indeed such a thing. Every year the emperor would help the plow to sacrifice to Jumang. Hu Changxiang asked his father to let his father select and breed good seeds from all over the country and send them to the capital. At that time, the selected seeds seemed to be cold-resistant, disease-resistant, large-rooted, etc. With all kinds of weird requests, he finally knew what his son had been up to all these years.

"Stay here, both of you. This is the congratulatory gift of the Qigong card from the imperial doctor Hu Changxiang." Cheng Jing handed over the gift bag of the Qigong card.

Among them, there is a fountain pen made by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty himself, several pens made by the Bingzhan Bureau, a pocket watch made by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, two light oil palace lanterns made by the Bingzhan Bureau, some light oil, a Qigong brand car, and this car. The car uses the same shock absorber system as that used by Dajia Yuren, a rattan chair made of soft strips made by the Bingzhan Bureau, [-] gold and silver coins made by the Bingzhan Bureau, [-] catties of Mengding Manna and so on.

Hu Changxiang took the miracle box, and all the things that were inconvenient to carry were in the car.

"Thank you, Da Dang." Hu Changxiang carried the box, helped his father into the car, and then got into the car himself, and left the martial arts hall.

Cheng Jing stood in front of the door of the lecture hall, looking at the back of the car driving away cheerfully. These things are not expensive, they are all made in the palace, except for the two made by His Majesty himself, the discount is only a hundred silver Right and left, but these things are not expensive, and they are indeed hard to find. As far as His Majesty makes two things by himself, what price should be used to measure them?

Cheng Jing especially hoped to send out a few more Qigong brand gift bags, which represented another great deed that benefited the country and the people, and had been approved by His Majesty.

The Ministry of Households did not object to the establishment of the Agricultural School, nor did the Ministry of Rites. This is the second son of the old Shangshu. To be a disciple of the Son of Heaven?

But the emperor didn't dislike it, no matter how loud the Hanlin and Guozijian students shouted, it was useless.

But the monthly exams in those few months were more difficult than the last, and the Hanlin and end students who were difficult scratched their hair.

Yao Kui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, published a copy of "The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty" before he announced the list of Jinshi outside the Donghua Gate of the Ming Dynasty. , Zhu Qiyu posted the full text on the mansion newspaper, not missing a single word of the ten internal affairs, not missing one article, and took two of the ten foreign affairs, the whole mansion newspaper, only this book is about the rise and fall.

In this Book of Rise and Fall, from both internal and external perspectives, a total of [-] things about the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty are listed. This is a great victory for the old party.

The ten internal affairs are:

The first thing is: to establish the common understanding that the people are the foundation of the state, and that the state is the foundation and the state is the imperial power and the ministerial power, which is the basic political correctness.

He also pointed out that once the common cognition weakens, it will lead to the rise of other common cognitions. No matter whether this kind of cognition is endogenous or external, this rise will fundamentally compete or even challenge the old Zhu family.

The second matter is: the reasonable boundaries of imperial power and ministerial power.

Based on Emperor Mingwen’s personal conquest of the Crown Prince, the basic program determined the boundaries of imperial power and ministerial power in military, political, economic, cultural and other fields, and established the basic scope and powers and responsibilities of government officials and affairs officials.

The third thing is: the basic political operation logic of the Ming Dynasty.

That is to say, the Ministry Council, the Three Divisions, the Nine Ministers, the Wenhua Palace Court Council, and the Six Divisions are the basic political framework to deal with state affairs, and for matters that harm the party, please confirm the law to ensure that the party guard does not become a Ming Dynasty The disaster of subjugation of the country, the highest priority is to clean up cronies.

The fourth thing is: anti-corruption and arresting corruption, the long-term policy of the country.

Yao Kui quantified the Mandate of Heaven in this memorandum, and the degree of corruption in the dynasty became a criterion for measuring the Mandate of Heaven. Yao Kui used the 14th year of orthodoxy and the corruption of the Daming Beijing Camp as an example. At that time, the Daming Beijing Camp froze to death. Nearly [-] people lacked clothing and food, and had no intention of fighting. According to the standards of the previous Ming Dynasty Beijing camp, even if they were stripped down layer by layer, they shouldn't be unable to buy even a piece of thick clothes and some dry food.

The fifth thing is: Be alert to the further usurpation of political power after the powerful right controls a large amount of social resources.

Regarding the nature of this issue, Yao Kui simply defined the matter as a heinous crime of conspiracy and treason. Taking the case of the Xia clan in Renhe County, Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province intimidating and luring any county government officials to avoid the incident, Yao Kui is bound to coerce all levels of government to report disasters. Those who seek huge profits use the theory of treason, and take Jiangxi Xueba as an example, to be alert to the dangerous situation in Jiangxi where the courtiers are half.

The sixth thing is: double the vigilance and praise, obey the government's government and violate it, and redouble the implementation of opposing government orders.

To ensure that the Ming Dynasty's decree can be implemented, instead of being deliberately destroyed, it should be regarded as a crime of treason.

The seventh thing is: Be vigilant against the excessive use of power by violence.

Taking Chaoyang County Hall and Wucheng Bingma Division to catch even dung trucks, the abuse of power must be banned internally and externally. Based on this, the punishment will be punished by exile overseas.

The eighth thing is to establish that the imperial court has the power to redistribute social resources.

In order to ensure that the imperial court has the ability to adjust the contradictions of various interest groups, Yao Kui’s words on this point are vague, which is probably the emperor’s set of hard work and hard work, to maintain the balance between the number of meat eaters and laborers, and prevent excessive concentration of wealth. , leading to low social and economic vitality, insufficient domestic demand, etc., the emperor was far-sighted, and Yao Kui did not focus too much on this matter.

The ninth thing is: the responsibility system for local ground officials in civil unrest.

Once civil unrest broke out in the local area, the unfortunate responsibility system from the governor to the county lieutenant could not be implemented, and the court or even His Majesty could be asked for assistance. Yao Kui's cousin Yao Long was the beneficiary of this.Ask the emperor to go out, as long as it is for the country and the people and not for self-interest, His Majesty will never blame him.

Civil unrest is the biggest threat to the feudal monarchy. As the Ministry of Rites, which was led by the great flatterer Hu Yan for 50 years, it finally established this responsibility system from the perspective of maintaining imperial power with the major civil unrest in Fujian.

The tenth thing is: Adhere to the only standard for promotion based on the examination method.

This is the political achievement obtained by His Majesty's personal conquest back then, and there is no room for loss. The selection of talents and the selection of prime ministers are the most important political tools of the Ming Dynasty, apart from anti-corruption, and the core tool for Beijing officials to maintain their own status. , must not be lost.

It is roughly the political characterization and decision of several major events from August 14 to February 14 in Jingtai.

In addition to the ten internal affairs, there are ten external affairs. In the discussion of the ten external affairs, Zhu Qiyu agreed in principle with what Yao Kui said. Tools and so on, but Kaihai has just made some achievements. In many matters, it is still a blur. For the other ten matters, because of the limited space of the mansion newspaper, Zhu Qiyu only took two, namely, the Haiyi Fanguo Shu And opening the sea is the long-term strategy of the country.

Yao Kui's book The Rise and Fall is not only a summary of Ming Dynasty's great political speculation in the past 14 years, but also a prospect and expectation for the future.

As soon as the mansion newspaper was published, the scholars were in an uproar, and all the people with lofty ideals scolded the Ministry of Rites for violating the etiquette system, and they were all flatterers!

Officials of the Ministry of Rites don't have the character of a literati, so they know how to be the emperor's licking dog!

Because of Yao Kui's memoir, he inadvertently scolded the Hanlin and the nobles who scolded the emperor as the king of subjugation.

Chapter 969 Paper is expensive, ink is expensive, books are expensive, and reading is expensive

On the third day of March in the 14th year of Jingtai, when it was another year of spring, scholars often went to the mountains and rivers near the capital to have blind dates in the name of the outing poetry club.After all, spring is here, everything is revived, and it is the breeding season again. Among them, Xishan is full of tourists, scholars take advantage of the good spring to recite poems and Fu, and ladies burn incense sticks in temples to seek a good marriage.

At this time, Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty was receiving the Minister of Industry Wang Xie and the Minister of Industry Zuo Shilang Nianfu. After Nianfu went to Henan to inspect the river, he returned to the capital again. Minister of the Ministry of Industry of Ming Dynasty.

Holding two memorials in his hand, Zhu Qiyu said to Wang Qiang and Nianfu: "One knife paper is one hundred sheets, and the one with seventy characters and one knife is yellow paper."

"Eighteen pieces of Jingtai Tongbao can buy a catty of tenderloin, and then four catties of tenderloin can be exchanged for a knife of yellow paper. The paper is yellow and has a peculiar smell, and it does not condense ink."

"Slightly better paper costs 20 to [-] Wen per knife, and more than [-] catties of tenderloin can be exchanged for a knife, and the best Ciqing paper (used for copying gold powder scriptures on black paper) costs only one piece. Two twenty-five coins."

"A catty of the most inferior ink costs 240 five Wen Jingtai Tongbao, and a pen costs about [-] Wen even the worst."

"It takes about four silvers to support a person who is studying out of production in just one year. The sergeants in the capital and the Beijing camp only need about twenty silvers a year, but there are only 24 people in the Beijing camp. A military household in the Beijing camp, When I am on errand, I can raise at most two children to study."

The military households in the Beijing camp earn more than the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, and the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty can raise two children who are studying by saving food and money. Children study in social schools, and lamp oil is more expensive.