Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

When Fang Zhenghua thought about this, he raised his eyes and looked around the courtiers. He saw many people who looked like they were trying to get money for free.

"Cough cough!"

He immediately coughed heavily.

brush!

The courtiers all raised their heads.

Everyone looked at Fang Zhenghua in surprise.

Fang Zhenghua actually made a mistake while reciting the imperial edict?

Doesn't he want his own head?

You, Fang Zhenghua, are in the Holy Family at this time, but today is the New Year's Day!

At the great court meeting where tens of thousands of officials were present, you, Fang Zhenghua, made such a big mistake?

Aren't you afraid that one day you will lose power, lose His Majesty's favor, and be overturned by someone who wants to?

You must know that this is a disgrace before you——

It's not a big deal, no one dares to mention it when the emperor puts you in a high position;

If you really think it is small, once the Holy Family is gone, it will definitely lose its head!

You, Fang Zhenghua, are such a smart person, but you made such a stupid mistake?

Everyone was stunned.

Whether it is the absolute boss in the Chengtian Palace, the powerful boss under the roof, or the tens of thousands of officials in the main square——

Everyone looked at Fang Zhenghua.

However, with just one glance, the courtiers had already woken up.

This is not a mistake by Founder!

This is a warning to them!

In other words, this is the attitude of the emperor!

But in the blink of an eye, Fang Zhenghua was already filled with murderous intent.

The strong murderous aura made even the top bosses in the court unbearable.

Just listen to Fang Zhenghua's tone increase:

"I tell the world:

The above places are chartered by the imperial power and are only open to the people of Ming Dynasty who pay taxes on time and in accordance with the law.

If there are any illegal infiltrators, kill them!

If the common people are exploited and violate disciplines and laws, the concession rights will be deprived, the illegal income will be recovered, and a fine of three times the illegal income will be levied.

And—kill him!

If we, the people of the Ming Dynasty, dare to sneak into the above-mentioned area, we will allow the people to kill without guilt!

If the infiltrator commits illegal acts, the person who kills him will be rewarded!

If there are officials who use the convenience of the court to line their own pockets in the above areas——

The Yi tribe!

The fifth generation is not allowed to enter officialdom!

Officials at all levels, after receiving this imperial edict, immediately announced to the world:

I would like to inform all my citizens that this land is rich in mineral deposits and is covered with gold and silver. I give permission to the law-abiding people of the Ming Dynasty to develop it!

——Half of all profits earned will go to my internal funds;

After half of the tax is paid, the remainder belongs to the developer.

This is the national policy of the Ming Dynasty and cannot be changed for a hundred years. "

After Fang Zhenghua finished reciting this paragraph, he put the two scrolls of the imperial edict together and raised his eyes to look around at the courtiers.

This is what His Majesty meant.

Fang Zhenghua has a very clear positioning of himself - he is the sword in the hand of His Majesty the Emperor!

Different from Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen spends more time with His Majesty and is used as a minister in the inner court.

The eunuchs who serve as ceremonial officials have the same role as the cabinet ministers in the court.

They are just the emperor's secret skills.

China has always attached great importance to "family, country and world".

What is home?

It does not refer to the surnames of thousands of families, but to the royal family.

The actual meaning of family, country and world is "the world under the leadership of the emperor"!

Due to the cruelty of power struggles in the past dynasties of China, there is not much explanation on this point in historical materials.

However, North Korea, which has always had a "small Chinese court", did not "conceal illnesses and avoid medical treatment" in the records of North Korea because of the arrogant nature of its literati.

This move resulted in North Korea being the clear expounder of this point.

Therefore, when it comes to the title of North Korea, literati do not shy away from the essence of "family, country and world".

For example, North Korea during this period was called "Lee's North Korea".

——The king's power is granted by heaven, and the emperor represents the country.

This is different from later generations.

Since the emperor represents the country, the courtiers in the court represent the operation of the government.

Zhu Yuanzhang learned from the experience of the ancients and felt that the dominance of the prime minister's family had created turmoil in history.

Therefore, he took advantage of the Hu Weiyong case to completely depose the prime minister system.

Lao Zhu's actions offended the entire officialdom.

Therefore, in just eight days, the courtiers handed in memorials in various ways and asked the emperor to make a decision.

Anyone who is familiar with political struggles will understand the intention behind this move.

——Soft strike!

Sure enough, in the 15th year of Hongwu, for eight consecutive days——

On average, Zhu Yuanzhang had to review more than 200 memorials every day!

On average, more than 400 state affairs are handled every day!

The courtiers were prepared to use a lot of work to force Zhu Yuanzhang to restore the prime minister system.

The real reason behind this is that the Prime Minister is the No. 1 person in the court who is inferior to one person and surpasses ten thousand people!

This is the "uncrowned emperor" of officials.

Who wants to lose the "goal" and "motivation" for their struggle?

Now that the prime minister is gone, can we force the emperor to surrender without a lot of work?

Any study on the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang established cabinet ministers said that "the emperor's workload was too heavy and he had to establish them"...

In fact, this statement is nonsense!

Just imagine, this kind of work intensity, even the workaholic Lao Zhu can't stand it...

Then Hu Weiyong, can he work with such high intensity every day?

Which prime minister can accept such a heavy workload?

The real reason is simple——

The courtiers did this just to force Zhu Yuanzhang to surrender.

That's right, just to force Zhu Yuanzhang to surrender!

The country has three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five prefectures!

Even if the Zhongshu Sheng is dismissed, won’t the chief officials at all levels stop working?

Don’t the six ministers know how to handle government affairs?

If everything needs to be handled by the prime minister, what do the top leaders of these departments do?

This is just forced utero! ! !

Although this move by the courtiers forced Zhu Yuanzhang to adopt a flexible strategy, he established a cabinet with low positions and high power.

However, it also laid the foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang's next push to combat corruption in officialdom (the Guo Heng case).

thereafter.

Just over a year after the Cabinet University was established——

In the 17th year of Hongwu's reign, he was promoted to the Department of Ceremony and Discipline Inspection and became the Supervisor of Ceremonies!

The most fundamental reason why Zhu Yuanzhang raised the level of the Supervisor of Ceremonies was to find someone among the eunuchs in the inner palace who could fight against the ministers of the outer dynasty.

This can be seen from his positioning of the Supervisor of Ceremonies as "in charge of the etiquette of his class, and to detect those who violate the etiquette and laws of internal officials."

The fundamental reason for the establishment of the Supervisor of Ceremonies is to check and balance foreign dynasties!

"Instructions for the leader's position" - seemingly unimportant, warm and drizzle.

In fact, it was far less shocking than the later "Picketing the Inner Palace".

However, this is the most fatal point of the Supervisor of Ceremonies!

Disgrace before the king - if the emperor really decides to take action against a certain big boss, just these four words can wipe out all nine of his clans!

Everyone should understand where the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies lies.

In fact, this is also the meaning of the existence of the Secretary of Ceremony.

Emperor Hongwu, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, made this move very far.

——As early as when Zhu Yuanzhang was just taking charge of the King of Wu (1637, the year before the founding of the Ming Dynasty), he established the predecessor of the Si Li Jian - the Nei Envoy Jian.