Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

It is estimated that it was during these few months that Li Jinglong clearly realized that the new emperor was too stupid to cooperate, or he finally discovered the cause of death of his father Li Wenzhong.

So Li Jinglong and the veteran general Guo Ying fought together in the Battle of Baigou River, but still lost.

When the defeated Southern Army retreated from Dezhou to Jinan, Dezhou still had more than one million shi of grain reserves.

These "grain reserves" were left intact to the Yan army.

After Li Jinglong was recalled to the capital due to a series of defeats and the mistake of leaving a huge amount of food and grass for the enemy, Zhu Yunwen still trusted Li Jinglong and asked him to guard the last line of defense at the Nanjing city gate!!!

When his father-in-law led the Yan army to the capital, Li Jinglong was still defending the Jinchuan Gate, which was the more important of the city gates.

There were 200,000 elite soldiers in the city with sufficient food and grass, which was more than twenty times better than the 10,000 soldiers Zhu Gaochi had when he defended Beiping City.

Moreover, it was midsummer at the time, and most of the Yan soldiers were from the north. They could not stand the heat and had to travel long distances and march deep into the enemy's territory alone. The cities in the rear were all newly captured. Even if Li Jinglong held out for half a month to a month, the situation would change.

But Li Jinglong and Prince Gu opened the city gate and welcomed his father-in-law to the capital.

From then on, my father-in-law succeeded in suppressing the rebellion.

Huang Zicheng, who was close to Zhu Yunwen, requested Zhu Yunwen to kill Li Jinglong to thank the world. More than 20 people including the Imperial Censor Lian Zining, the Imperial Censor Ye Xixian, and Song Zheng from the Ministry of Clan Affairs submitted petitions to the emperor, begging him to kill Li Jinglong to give an explanation to the people of the world, but Zhu Yunwen refused to listen.

After his father-in-law crossed the river, Fang Xiaoru again brought up the idea of ​​killing Li Jinglong. Zhu Yunwen not only did not agree, he also sent Li Jinglong to meet with his father-in-law to negotiate and seek to cede territory in exchange for peace.

As the saying goes, don't employ someone if you doubt him, and don't doubt someone if you employ him. This "good" virtue was fully demonstrated in Zhu Yunwen.

This was not only true for Li Jinglong, but also for the regent ministers such as Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai.

While Zhu Yunwen sent various military generals to fight, he was also busy in the capital.

He couldn't wait to implement the Jianwen New Deal.

Last year, he introduced the Recommendation Law on the grounds that there was a shortage of officials both inside and outside the country.

Just by looking at the name, you can tell who this thing is for.

Who would recommend these officials who are in short supply both inside and outside the government? Who else could it be except the civil servants surrounding Zhu Yunwen, headed by Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai?

Once the recommendation law was released, countless people from aristocratic families were recommended into the court.

The recommenders and the recommended persons, and the recommended persons then continue to recommend others, gradually forming a dense network of relationships.

They also have common interests.

It didn't take long before the civil service faction's voice in the court became overwhelming.

In addition to the recommendation law, Zhu Yunwen also initiated a new policy to abolish the inspectors in various government offices.

The so-called Jianxiu was a position specially created by my emperor’s grandfather to supervise the officials of various government offices.

The main task was to find out the illegal and disciplinary violations of officials and then report them to the Emperor.

After all of them were abolished, the officials not only lost a layer of control, but also completely eliminated the eyes and ears of the person sitting in the position of emperor.

It turns those in high positions into blind and deaf people who can only be manipulated by civil officials, and also makes it easier for them to further control the imperial power.

Among the civil officials, all six ministers were promoted from the second rank to the first rank.

The provincial governor among the civil servants was also promoted from the second rank to the first rank.

There was no change in the rank of military officers, and all military officers and nobles immediately became subordinate officials of the civil servants.

The recommendation system, the abolition of the Censorate, and the promotion of civil servants could barely be said to be something Zhu Yunwen did out of fear of his father-in-law and a desire to build up his own power.

But what Zhu Yunwen did later once again refreshed the imagination of everyone inside and outside the court.

Zhu Yunwen passed three new policies tailored for the Jiangnan aristocratic families and landlords who were behind the civil servants.

Three in a row.

Abolish the guard post!!!

Abolish the Taxation Bureau!!!

Abolish the Taxation Department!!!

When these people in the Prince of Yan's Mansion held a meeting, they discussed in detail the reasons behind the civil officials asking Zhu Yunwen to implement these new policies.

When the garrisons were abolished, Kaiping Garrison was the first to be affected. The reason was that the garrison was remote, the journey was long, and the transportation of food and fodder was inconvenient. The garrison troops were directly disbanded and returned to their hometowns, and they were transformed directly from military households into farmers.

The aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River felt that they were the ones who supported the soldiers. Now, not only did they not have to support the soldiers, but they also freed up a group of strong laborers to do the work for them.

The Mongolian invasion and the unrest among the border residents were not within their consideration.

In fact, these people in Jiangnan prefer the Mongolian emperor more.

In the pre-Yuan Dynasty, they enjoyed much more privileges than in the Ming Dynasty. My royal grandfather had been suppressing Jiangnan since he ascended the throne, to prevent these people in Jiangnan from occupying their positions and doing nothing again.

Zhu Yunwen's abolition of the Taxation Bureau and the Taxation Department made a bigger splash than the abolition of the garrisons.

The tax bureaus of 109 counties and the tax offices of 41 provincial capitals were all disbanded on the spot.

A large amount of tax collection in counties, townships and prefectures was handed over to the local gentry and elders.

All the gentry are dependent on the local landlords and powerful people.

In other words, under the control of Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, Zhu Yunwen directly handed over the task of collecting taxes, which was always a state power, to the local landlords.

Not only that, along with the abolition, Zhu Yunwen also had a new policy to equalize taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, and abolished the rule set by Zhu Yuanzhang that people from Suzhou and Songzhou were not allowed to serve as officials in the Ministry of Households.

Looking at all the measures together, Zhu Yunwen was simply the best puppet left by his grandfather for the civil servants.

Through Zhu Yunwen, the civil servants overturned the restrictions on civil servants imposed by their grandfather one by one.

This was a counterattack by the civil officials against the emperor's grandfather.

They took advantage of Zhu Yunwen's fear of the Ming vassal kings and completely controlled him.

They are not afraid of counterattack from the nobles.

Because the civil officials had already eliminated the main power of the military officers and nobles through the death of the former crown prince.

Now we just need to mobilize the whole country to overthrow the vassal kings.

This world, without a doubt, has become the world of civil servants.

After his son Zhanji ascended the throne, he summed up Zhu Yunwen in five words.

Clear stupidity!

These five words are quite accurate.

However, at this moment, Zhang Xin felt that the so-called "those involved in the matter are confused" were really confused.

She has also been obsessed for so many years and is as stupid as Zhu Yunwen.

If she hadn't started over again, she wouldn't have known about the many twists and turns involved.

No wonder my father-in-law didn't declare himself king at that time, but instead counterattacked with so few men and horses.

As a son, you can't bear to see your father's hard-earned empire being handed over to others by a nephew who can do nothing.