[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

Zhu Biao has an excellent image in the eyes of the world, but his family knows his own affairs. Mu Bai can say responsibly that his father is like every child raised by a chicken baby. He was excellent in the first half of the journey. Leading the way, I only want salted fish in the second half.

Yes, don’t look at the old father who still goes to court every day in a serious manner, and looks very diligent, but Mu Bai just thinks that his father will leave all the affairs of the court to him after a few years, and then he will Been to the life of the wild cranes in the clouds.

Don't ask him how he figured it out, this is the intuition from the victim after being framed a lot.

How can this be!

Mu Bai's whole body collapsed.

Although his father can be said to have supervised the administration of the country early, it was not until he was about 25 years old that he really took over. It has only been 12 years now, but what about Mu Bai?

Mu Xiaobai started to take over jobs one after another when he was 14 years old, and now he is doing his father's 19-year-old job at the age of 25, which means that he has worked ten years more than his father, and his father actually wants to retire early. reasonable?

And his father retired, what should he do?Mubai doesn't have sons and grandsons to enslave... Ah no, help me, if he really ascends to the throne, he will work alone.

Such a big Ming, with no prime minister, no son, no grandson, and all on his own, it won't take long for his father, who is idle and wild, to be sent to a white-haired man by a white-haired man.

——No matter how good your physical strength is, you can't stand such a toss!

"So, I am going to propose to promote administrative reform." Mu Bai crossed his fingers on his chin, a row of shadows fell on his face, and his tone was very firm, "In order not to die from exhaustion."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.A moment later, Mu Bai's senior brother, Wang Shen, his husband's second son, went upstream at this time: "His Royal Highness wants to restore the power of prime minister? I'm afraid...it won't be easy."

Everyone doesn't show it on the face, but they all have this opinion in their hearts.

The reason for this is that they knew very well how much the late emperor hated the existence of the prime minister. The severity was so severe that even when Emperor Hongwu abdicated, he would never forget to "never restore the prime minister, otherwise he will not be my descendant!" Added my own list of ancestral teachings.

There is a reason why Emperor Hongwu hated the prime minister so much.

In all dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between the emperor and the prime minister was quite complicated.

In fact, in the early days, the imperial power and the prime minister's power were still distinct.

The emperor is the son of heaven, supreme, mainly to be the spiritual leader of the country and the object of worship. Their responsibility is mainly to serve as a bridge between heaven and earth, and to show up when sacrifices are needed. As for civil affairs, the emperor is generally only responsible for directing the people. The direction, how to implement it, and the feedback have nothing to do with the emperor, and of course, the responsibility has nothing to do with the emperor.

Therefore, in the early days, to become an emperor, one had to have some strange backgrounds and magical stories, all of which were to create an image of the emperor as supreme in the hearts of the people.

But later, the inheritance of the dynasty changed from the blood relationship system to relying on ability. Naturally, the founding emperors who created a world by relying on martial arts and martial arts were unwilling to hand over all the rights in their hands to the prime minister, and obediently performed sacrificial ceremonies. As a result, Wang Quan and Xiang Quan started a hostile mode in which you advance and retreat, and you retreat and advance.

In the Song Dynasty, the prime minister became a professional backer.

Government orders can't keep up with society?Change phases!

Didn't win the foreign war?Change phases!

Foreign wars won, but nothing good?Change phases!

Does this mean reform?Change!If you don't change this, you can change it!Not much effect after the reform?Swap! ! !

During the Song and Song Dynasties, in the 319th year of Guozuo, there were 169 prime ministers, not counting the rehabilitators.What is this concept?That is to say, in the Song Dynasty, the prime minister had to be changed every one and a half years on average.

With such a terrifying frequency, not to mention the dominance of one country, even a small minister of an ordinary company might not be able to carry out business normally with such a rotation, right?

All in all, the Song Dynasty perfectly engraved the concept of "the emperor is infallible, and the prime minister is the one who makes mistakes" in everyone's heart, and it also remained in the heart of Emperor Hongwu. At that time, he met all kinds of emperors who were bullied and manipulated by the prime minister and changed whenever he wanted. The profession of prime minister was full of "negative signs" in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Lao Zhu felt that if these damned prime ministers hadn't messed around, he wouldn't have lost his family, and he wouldn't have embarked on the road of rebellion. If he didn't revolt, those brothers would still be by his side.

Although there is a high probability that everyone is still a farmer, although the relationship is not as deep as the friendship of life, but at least it is a relationship that can gather together for a drink in the fragrance of rice flowers. At that time, compare your skills and compare who is the best. It is also very beautiful.

However, although he thought so in his heart, the new dynasty has always had the habit of patching up the system of the previous dynasty. At the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu felt that as long as he found a good official to be the prime minister, he could avoid the problems in the former Yuan Dynasty. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the administrative organization of the Yuan Dynasty was only fine-tuned, and its satellite-like administrative planning was restored to a branch shape, and the prime minister system was still retained. However, Emperor Hongwu later discovered that the existence of the prime minister was the most unstable among the administrative institutions he built. part of the

If you meet a loyal and capable person, then the whole team will be as stubborn as a rock, but if you meet a loyal and treacherous person, then the whole organization is like a seesaw, and a bad one may collapse at any time.

And worst of all, the two will quietly switch.

Just like Li Si was the best minister under the first emperor, but became a traitor under the second emperor, the change of people is just a thought.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't trust all officials, he only believed in his own blood relatives, so after realizing this, he immediately cut off this profession that had been passed down for more than a thousand years, and then put the pressure of the whole country on the emperor body.

The result of the unity of the monarch and the emperor was that the emperor became busy and became the person with the lowest happiness index in Ming Dynasty. His workload was so heavy that even the workaholic and energetic Emperor Hongwu couldn't bear it, let alone the descendants.

Moreover, this was the early days of the founding of the country when etiquette and sacrifices were relatively simple.

Officials these days probably have enemies with the emperor, and they always try to increase the burden on the emperor.Since Ying Tianfu added an altar, the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to add sacrificial ceremonies as a daily content, and they had to report every few days.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty sacrificed the heaven, earth, sun, moon and ancestors. Later, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors and Confucius were added, and now various gods are added. These people really don’t know how complicated these sacrificial ceremonies are and they have to fast, right?

In order to express their piety, the emperor had to fast and meditate before the big festivals, such as the Spring and Autumn Festival, and the fasts before and after the festival lasted for a month.

Many various sacrificial projects were rejected by Zhu Biao, but there were indeed some projects that were difficult to refuse. In addition, there were various forms of projects added to appear solemn and solemn, as well as various complicated designs for the guard of honor and Dale. Imagine that after this dynasty has been passed on for several generations, what kind of daily life that the descendants will have to face is a headache but cannot be rejected.

In fact, this is indeed the case. The monarchs in the late Ming Dynasty could not change the rules set by the predecessors, and they were really unwilling to participate in the sacrifices and ritual activities again and again, so they sent servants or cronies to go there on their behalf. The activities of sincere thanks and prayers have become purely vanity projects.

This move has virtually reduced the prestige of the emperor. Originally, only the emperor could stand in a position that can be manipulated. Now others are standing. Doesn't it mean that the status of the emperor is not irreplaceable?

Moreover, such operations will also encourage the ambitions of substitutes, which is very bad!

Although these are all excuses for Mu Bai to persuade his father not to change the ritual system, Mu Bai feels that what he said is quite reasonable.

Obviously so reasonable, his father still only adopted half of it, and the ceremony process has not been changed, but Zhu Biao sent people to collect great music from the people, and ordered various departments to compile a movement about Hongwu's founding of the country, and expressed that he would designate it as the Great Ming Dynasty. A must-have track for a party.

This means that everyone will have to wait a lot longer in front of the steaming hot dishes.

Busy enough already!Add to this red tape!

Great music was popular in the Spring and Autumn Period, but the Spring and Autumn Period advocated etiquette and music for enlightenment. Music is a kind of class symbol, and there are regulations on what instruments can be used and what instruments can be listened to.

Therefore, as the most advanced music, Da Yue is really similar to fairy music for ordinary courtiers. Let alone adding a paragraph, they can let the princes and kings listen to it for a day, anyway, they have prime ministers to work.

But what's the situation now?

Now is the time when the emperor is busy like a dog!A piece of great music takes one or two hours, how many documents can be processed in this time?These official documents took up Mu Bai's time when he went out to play!

Zhu Biao can enjoy rituals and music because he has his back, but he can't!

Thinking of this, the crown prince felt sad: "It's been a long time since I have been in private for a long time, and I'm going to lose touch with the people!"

Everyone was silent in unison, and suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with this. It was not a good thing for the prince to run on the street twice in three days to "have fun with the people".

"So, I propose to my father the establishment of an advisory system!" Mu Bai clenched his fists, his eyes burning, "Select those who are well-versed in government orders to work part-time, and use the talents of all families to check for gaps in government orders. Father thinks this method is also very good. So I’m going to try it out from here.”

The young prince's eyes were burning: "Father wants to build Prince Zhan's mansion for me to assist me in doing things. I don't know who would like to enter the mansion?"

Dear friends, don't be polite, apply boldly, this is the official position of the third rank.Zhu Biao's role as emperor was much softer than that of Emperor Hongwu, and the rotation of official positions would certainly not be as frequent as it was during the Hongwu Dynasty.

One radish for the third grade is a pit, it is not easy to survive until this day, come early and get it early, dear friends.

However, none of Mu Bai's friends took the initiative to sign up.

Although the third grade is good, but thinking of becoming a close minister of the prince and taking on the responsibility of advising the prince and supervising education, everyone feels insensitive.

This idea is very irritating, Mu Bai stared and protested: "Zhan Shifu not only teaches Gu, but also Gu's younger brothers."

That's even more trouble!

Everyone's eyes drifted away, His Highness's reputation among his courtiers was hard to describe, and the reputation of His Highness' younger brothers was not much better.

Today’s emperor’s heirs are not abundant...Of course, this lack of abundance is compared to the previous kings. It is said that His Majesty has never forgotten the former princess who has passed away, and has never continued after her death. Li queen.However, everyone speculates that this is to avoid disputes over the throne today - if he establishes a queen again, and the queen gives birth to a son, it will inevitably happen that he favors the young son and his wife and wants to abolish the prince and establish a new one. There is no such turmoil in history. less than.

Among them, the most famous one is King Zhou You of the "Princes of Fenghuo Opera".

King You of Zhou deposed the queen and prince Yijiu after giving birth to his concubine Baosi because he loved his concubine Baosi, and made Baosi the queen.Baosi's son Bofu became the prince, which broke the Zhou Dynasty's inheritance method, destroyed the sanctity of the Zhou royal family's inheritance, and also angered the father of Queen Shen.

Therefore, in order to vent his daughter's anger and support his grandson, Shen Hou joined forces with Zang Kingdom and Quan Rong to attack Zhou You King, but none of the princes came to rescue him, and finally Zhou You King died in Lishan.

There are countless examples like this in the long history. Wang Yi caught a lot of kings who threw themselves into the street because they spoiled their concubines, killed their wives, and set up another young son. But it was extremely frustrating.

As the saying goes, if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepdad. Thinking about it, His Majesty didn't want to be a stepdad, so he didn't marry a stepmother. What a good father of Ming Dynasty!

Of course, moving is moving. For the sake of the country and the stability of the current situation, the reason why most of the courtiers did not urge Zhu Biaoli is that he already has three grown-up princes. This achievement has reached the qualifying line for most emperors. Considering that most of Emperor Hongwu's children lived to adulthood, the courtiers felt that the quality of the prince's children would not be bad.

... It's not only not bad, it's simply too good to be true.

The eldest son is His Royal Highness the crown prince, so there is no need to mention his achievements. The current crown prince is the nightmare of the heirs of the meritorious families of the Ming Dynasty. His Highness came down to attack the brats at home, and the effect of the attack was outstanding.

The second son is a concubine, very talented, although his personality is a bit soft, but benevolent and pure, he has already participated in the compilation of books when he was young, and he should be a good local vassal when he reaches the age of enfeoffment.

And the third son is quite special. Zhu Yunxie, the third son of the emperor who is also a descendant of the emperor, has a lively personality and likes to raise exotic pets. A few years ago, someone impeached him when Daming was hit by a disaster, and the reason was ready-made.

——Ordinary people will starve to death because they can't afford to eat, but you use food and meat to raise pets here. What's the difference between this and "the rich man's wine and meat stinks".

Ahem, of course, the other party did not dare to say the latter sentence, otherwise he would not have waited for the day when Zhu Yunxie, who was still the emperor's grandson, appeared in court to defend himself.

In fact, the matter of wasting food is a false proposition. Among other things, everyone knows that if you want a horse to grow fat and strong, you have to feed it with concentrated feed. What is concentrated feed? For horses, it is whole grains.

As long as the family has some assets, who hasn't sprinkled rice noodles in the manger?According to this standard, half of the families in the entire capital would have to be shot.

As for the meat... Hey, let's take a walk around the homes of the nobles of the Yingtian Mansion, who doesn't raise some weird animals.

There are not a few people who eat meat here, and there is a family that loves to eat bamboo. In winter, it has to go to the south to chop bamboo for it, which is a big expense.

These are all legitimate expenses. If we talk about waste, those things that can’t be eaten and thrown away in the banquet are called waste.

But the Yanguan doesn't care about these, the duty of the Yanguan is to find places that violate Daming's core values, not to find reasons for these violations.

So, the little emperor's grandson, who was only 14 years old, went to the palace with the permission of Emperor Hongwu.

Mu Wen was very angry. He felt that these ministers were simply making trouble for no reason. As ministers, they were not busy with disaster relief and reducing losses, but just stared at what he was doing with his one-third of an acre of land.

Who did he provoke with these pets?The big brother who helped him pay the bill didn't say anything. Why are these civil servants talking and talking? The angry Mu Xiaowen immediately said that he would go back publicly and refuse his brother's help. Anti-stigmatization starts with himself, so it can be recorded in history The scene just happened.

The young grandson of the emperor quoted scriptures in the lobby of Fengtian Temple and said that it is very normal to keep pets. In ancient times, emperors even kept flying beasts!He is already a low profile version.

Moreover, the source of his pets is legal, the process is transparent, and his income and expenditure are completely within the standard line.In order to raise a tiger, he has worked for his father and grandfather since he was a child, and he will also work for his brother in the future. He is completely exchanging labor for income. What's wrong?

The third grandson of the emperor puffed out his chest in front of the public, and he was very eloquent: "Every morsel of food for the lonely pet is earned by the lonely, why can't it be kept?"

In the end, he also put a map cannon: "By the way, Gu's property income and expenditure have clear records, but I don't know if you have any. Don't think about it until the end, but you have committed the crime of 'unknown origin of a huge amount of property'" .”

Many people in the court felt tense after hearing this sentence. Their first reaction was not "what, we still have this crime", but brainstormed to figure out the meaning of this term. In the end, everyone Having a bad premonition, Qi Qi looked at Emperor Hong Wu.

Damn, this crime is too badass, isn't it?Doesn't this mean that it is illegal to say that the small money in the family cannot prove the source of income?

That attack area is really too wide, so despicable! !

Different from their reactions, Emperor Hongwu tilted his head slightly, and felt his eyes light up, as if he had been ignited with the light of inspiration.