[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

Under Zhu Houzhao's control, Luo Zhijian didn't have many opportunities to contact the dignitaries, and he stayed in the Siyi Pavilion all day to teach the officials of the Siyi Pavilion the French language.The rest is nothing more than visiting An Guo Gong's mansion, playing around in the capital under the heavy siege of Jin Yiwei.The little translator had already returned home. Luo Zhijian didn't trust him when he was there, and Luo Zhijian began to regret it again when he was away. The little translator was the only person he could get close to, and now he felt more and more sad because he had only one person.

But Zhou's funeral stimulated him again, the royal mausoleum was huge, and the funeral was extremely luxurious.Thinking of the considerable wealth he had accumulated in just half a year, Luo Zhijian stayed in Anguo Gong's mansion with peace of mind.However, he felt that he could not continue to wait so passively, and began to approach the dignitaries in the capital premeditatedly.Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, who is very popular recently, is a big target of Luo Zhijian.

The missionaries who came to Daming to preach generally have their own unique skills, and Luo Zhijian's unique skill is oil painting.Luo Zhijian once studied philosophy and theology in the Jesuits, and later worked as a priest and a painter in a church to learn painting for a period of time.At that time, he just wanted to be able to record what he saw and heard, but he didn't expect to be a stepping stone to break into the aristocratic circle.

Luo Mingjian began to paint portraits of these nobles for the reason that the king was preparing to present gifts.Luo Mingjian's painting skills are not high, but his style which is very different from the East and the extremely similar shape quickly attracted everyone's attention.He quickly became popular in the capital, and many people asked him to paint portraits, and the Duke of Baoguo naturally came to him.

Being Luo Zhijian's target, Zhu Hui didn't feel anything.He knew that the missionary came to the house every day to paint portraits for his family, but he didn't have the energy to pay attention to it.It is now March, and the troops going to the northwest in April are about to leave. The battle over the position of the commander-in-chief has spread from the court to the court.

This group of garrisons will stay in Gansu for two years to prepare for the resurgence of the Tatars, Huoshai and Duoyan Sanwei.Now that Tatar's vitality has not recovered, and the relationship between Duoyan Sanwei and Daming has improved, there is only one fire screen and there is a little threat. Everyone knows that this matter is a cheap matter that can be credited without danger, and no one wants to let go.

Everyone can see the benefits that Zhu Hui gained from winning a battle like this. Driven by huge benefits, the struggle for this position has reached a fever pitch.Others know the benefits of this, and Zhu Hui, who has already tasted the sweetness, of course knows it, and of course he will not let go.

But Zhu Youtang didn't want him to go. It wasn't because he was afraid that he would not be rewarded for his meritorious deeds again, but because he was simply afraid that his good deeds would end up being bad.Zhu Youtang could see what Zhu Hui was like. If it wasn't for Xu Jin last time, the defense against the Tartars almost failed.It's not that Zhu Youtang has no eyes for such a person, so of course he doesn't want Zhu Hui to be the generalissimo.Regarding Zhu Hui's request for a job, Zhu Youtang also pretended not to know, and pushed it as soon as he could.

Unexpectedly, the Marshal position, which he thought was his own, would fall into the hands of others, Zhu Hui is now full of resentment.He felt that he defeated the Tatars by himself, and he was No. 1 in terms of status, status, and achievements. Why didn't Zhu Youtang let himself be the generalissimo.

Under the endless so-called comfort of people around him, Zhu Hui felt that Zhu Youtang was afraid that he would be the master of his own merits, and began to openly call himself Xu Da, saying sad things every day, and often arguing with Xu Da in court. Zhu Youtang sang the opposite tune.Even the civil servants who are willing to watch a good show think that he is a bit too much.

Zhu Houzhao is still busy with customs affairs, and has no free time all day long.Every big move will touch the interests of many people.And the customs offended the Ministry of Rites and many Qingliu.In the past, the Customs was in the hands of the Municipal Bureau of Shipbuilding, which had limited manpower, and could only control important ports such as Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, and Taicang.As for other ports, there is a lot of room for manipulation.

Most of the spoils were shared between the local guarding eunuchs and magistrates. The guarding eunuchs were always limited in what they could do, and most of the money was blocked by the magistrates.Most of the magistrates in these places are the confidantes of the officials in the capital, and no one can tell what is involved.Now that Zhu Houzhao wants to unify the establishment of the customs system, it is natural to cut off other people's financial resources.

The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were not low, but they were not high either.In fact, it is not a problem to support a family by salary alone, but everyone is an official and lord, and it is indispensable to attend to the family. Without a mansion, how can they hold their heads high in front of colleagues.In addition to the need to manage the boss and make friends with peers, the salary of a Ming Dynasty official is not enough.What's more, the Ming Dynasty had a financial system that couldn't be worse.

Most of the time they live off the water.The customs rights fulfilled by the government are a big deal.Now that Zhu Houzhao stabbed horizontally, the local officials are naturally dissatisfied.It has only been a few years since the sea ban was lifted, and these people have already regarded Daming's sea area as their own backyard.They have forgotten that these barbarian lands that no one wants to come to, only salted fish and cabbage.

As for the Ministry of Rites, it was because the tribute and congratulations were in their hands in the past. Although there was not much oil and water, the matter was more important. Now that the tribute system of the Ming Dynasty has begun to slowly disintegrate, the Ministry of Rites has a growing sense of loss in this regard.Zhu Houzhao's action broke their final fantasy and directly sentenced them to death.In the future, the congratulations of the various countries are basically just going through the motions. Now that the diplomatic system of the Ming Dynasty has not been established, the resistance of the Ministry of Rites can be imagined.

Some people lose benefits and others gain benefits, and the one who benefits the most is the household department.The tax and fees received by the Shibo Department in accordance with the customs management at the beginning were in the charge of the household department. Although the money was not much at the beginning, it was a windfall anyway, and no one was jealous.Later, the money ranged from hundreds of thousands to millions every year, and everyone was even more jealous.

It turned out that the Ministry of Accounts was only temporarily managing the money, but now it is confirmed that the money is filed with the Ministry of Accounts, and those who are interested are already salivating.It's just that this matter was handled by Zhu Houzhao, the prince, and it's not easy for everyone to dismantle Zhu Houzhao's face in person, so they can only endure silently for the time being, hoping to get a share of the money in the future.

The excitement of the Ministry of Hu and the disappointment of the Ministry of Rites, coupled with Zhu Hui's arrogance and the decline of He Ding's faction, made the situation in the court more and more complicated, gradually making it difficult for people to see clearly.And Zhu Youtang, who was busy with the military, and Zhu Houzhao, who was busy with the customs, didn't notice such a weird atmosphere. The top didn't speak, and the little fish and shrimps below started to jump out again, and the situation became weird for a while.

It's not that Zhu Houzhao doesn't want to care about these things, but that he doesn't even know the changes in the court. He is so busy now that even Du Ruo doesn't have time to groom him, so Du Ruo can only let Du Ruo look at him angrily every day.And he could only ignore Du Ruo's fiery gaze as much as possible, pretending that he didn't see it.

Everyone's resistance to the customs is not on the surface. It would be much easier to deal with the resistance on the surface.The resistance of local officials is mostly hidden and unspeakable.But it was the unspeakable conflict that made Zhu Houzhao almost exhausted.

Although they are just local officials with limited powers, it is very easy to make Zhu Houzhao immobilized by some small tricks.For example, as long as people let the police officers leak a little bit, the non-stop petty theft all day long is enough to make the newly established customs suffer.If you ask someone to be responsible for law and order, they will only joke about it. Such a small trick almost shut down the customs in some places.Not to mention things like making familiar foreign businessmen make trouble.

The boss's order often has a magnifying effect. Everyone doesn't care whether the prince is in charge or the emperor is in charge. If there are so many places in Ming Dynasty to establish customs, can they manage their own one-third of an acre of land?It's better to please the boss who sees the benefits, so that one level after another, the officials who originally wanted to teach the customs a lesson, did not expect that their own indulgence almost made the customs almost impossible to open.

There is no way, Zhu Houzhao can only visit one official at a time, he is not the emperor, and he only works by himself, even Liu Jian and Zhu Youtang don’t allow him to help, those old people who think highly of themselves don’t give Zhu Houzhao such a big deal Although it will not be rude, it will not make Zhu Houzhao feel better, and Zhu Houzhao will itch with hatred.

Zhu Houzhao vowed that if he became the emperor, he would take these old guys first, and kill this clique atmosphere.If you don't even pay attention to yourself, then those small officials who want to do something don't know how to be treated.

In such a short time, it was June, and the army headed for the northwest had already set off. The generalissimo was of course not Zhu Hui, but Wang Chun, the eldest son of Weining Bo Wangyue, a little-known young general, but he was not compared with Zhu Hui. He is not considered a young player anymore, he is now a veteran in his forties.But in Zhu Hui's eyes, he is still a child, and he can't compare with himself in terms of record or prestige. Why did Zhu Youtang give him such an obvious opportunity to earn military exploits? Isn't it because of his own merits? Are you crowding yourself out?Thinking of this, Zhu Hui couldn't sit still, and really wanted to rush to Zhu Youtang to question him.

Zhu Hui really did this, but before seeing Zhu Youtang, Jiang Cong invited him out on the grounds that the emperor was unwell.This made Zhu Hui even more uncomfortable. Didn't he just want an explanation? It can be seen that Zhu Youtang was guilty, otherwise how could he not see him.But what he didn't expect was that Zhu Youtang was really sick.

This disease started from Zhou's death. Zhu Youtang had already shown signs of attack in winter, but because of Zhou's death there was no gap for self-cultivation, and later he sent troops to the west, so he gradually became sick from overwork.It turned out that he was hanging at a stretch, but once the business to go to the west was settled and his body relaxed, Zhu Youtang fell ill and lay down directly.Zhu Youtang has been the emperor for so many years, but he did not ignore the changes in the court like Zhu Houzhao did. On the contrary, it is because he knows that the current situation is unclear, Zhu Youtang is not at ease to release the news of his illness, so as to avoid additional complications.

It's just that Zhu Youtang didn't expect that he concealed the news of his illness to stabilize the government, but annoyed Zhu Hui who was angry.