Chapter 304 – Pies Really Do Fall from the Sky

Whenever Zhu Di has something big in mind, he must discuss it with Yao Guangxiao.

And Jin Zhong belongs to the giveaway, roughly, Master Yao are here, Jin Qing’s family also come together.

Of course, that’s not to say that Kim Chung isn’t important.

Rather, Jin Zhong is not good at giving constructive advice, and compared to Yao Guangxiao, he is a bit more honest.

Yao Guangxiao and Jin Zhong came to see Zhu Di and saluted first.

Zhu Di looked at the two of them and smiled, “Master Yao already knows about this roundup, right?”

Yao Guangxiao said, “Breathtaking.”

Zhu Di saw that Yao Guangxiao was not half surprised and couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t Master Yao surprised?”

“Ever since this brat was able to burn relics, I will no longer be surprised by what he does.” Yao Guangxiao acted calmly.

For a monk, even Buddha can be cheated, what else can’t be tossed out?

Zhu nodded at him and then said his thoughts.

Yao Guangxiao mused, “Your Majesty’s concern is, to be honest, even the poor monk did not expect that such a thing could come out in the world. When poor monk was in Beiping with your majesty, he had a deep impression of this.”

“Go on.” Zhu sat down and took a sip of tea.

Then Yao Guangxiao said: “In the beginning, when the Han Dynasty, the military horse began to assemble stirrups, and after that, it did not take a hundred years, the iron horsemen of the desert tribes, had stirrups. After that, in the Tang and Song dynasties, the Ming Dynasty started to have firearms and stone throwing vehicles. In the desert, the Khitan, Jurchen and Tartars also began to use firearms, and when the Tartars were at their strongest, they were able to integrate and recruit a large number of craftsmen to build firearms and cannons, which they used to attack cities and conquer and kill people in all directions. In the eyes of the Central Plains, the Tartars may only be barbarians, but even the barbarians are still like this, the four seas are so big that in the future, if there are sharper firearms, it will not be surprising.”

After a pause, Yao Guangxiao continued: ”Your Majesty is a majestic lord, that’s why you have this worry! But what will happen after Your Majesty? If in the future, Your Majesty’s descendants are mostly conservative kings who do not think about making progress, then Daming may fall into an extremely dangerous situation.”

Zhu Di nodded his head repeatedly, and this was what Zhu Di had been worried about.

Yao Guangxiao continued, “Emperor Taizu Gao set down many ancestral laws, and the vast majority of these established laws, the vast majority of these established laws have been used along to date, some of the ancestral laws are very good, but some …… are not the subject of my presumption to talk about the right or wrong of Emperor Taizu Gao, some of the established laws may be different by nowadays. Since this is the case, then it is time to change the course.”

“Changing course?” Zhu’s eyes narrowed and he subconsciously nodded.

“What the Secretary said is quite reasonable ……” Zhu Di took a deep breath.

“But Your Majesty can’t change course.” Yao Guangxiao said, “To change course is to turn your back on your ancestors, if so, then Your Majesty has lost the great righteousness.”

Chu: “……”

Yao Guangxiao said with a smile, “Your Majesty is the one who has the world by pacifying it.”

At these words, the horizontal flesh on Zhu Di’s face trembled.

Yeah, everyone else can change their ways but him.

When that kid, Zhu Yunhuai, changed course and directly withdrew the feudal lords, overthrowing many of the state policies of Emperor Taizu’s high emperors, Zhu Di was pushed to the brink of extinction and rose up to pacify the country, fighting under the banner of having treacherous ministers beside the emperor, and the other banner was that these treacherous ministers encouraged the emperor to turn his back on the Emperor Taizu’s high emperors.

Now it’s impossible that he used this as a reason to become emperor and then made a big deal about following Zhu Yunzhu’s example.

Not to mention the face, this is tantamount to the name of the great righteousness of their own sitting in the world are also completely divested.

The greatest orthodoxy of an emperor like Zhu Di, who succeeded to the throne irregularly, was that he regarded himself as a continuation of Emperor Taizu Gao, of whom he was the embodiment.

Zhu thoughtfully said, “How is that good?”

Yao Guangxiao smiled, “As long as the Duke of Wei goes and gets it, then it’s not considered to be reneging on the ancestral system.”

Chu: “……”

Yao Guangxiao said, “Taiping House both for the capital, His Majesty should give the young people to release a power, let him in Taiping House, to implement his own ideas, do well, His Majesty to encourage, do not do well Well ……”

Zhu Di interjected, “I’ll just chastise him?”

“No chastisement.” Yao Guangxiao said, “If you chastise because you did a wrong thing, then you won’t dare to do your best. Doing this kind of thing that goes against the wishes of the world’s readers is already stressful, and if it is not done well, your majesty can pretend that there is no such person in the world, and there is no Taipingfu …… that can be done.”

Zhu sucked in his breath, good man.

Yao Guangxiao said: ”All matters do not need to be reported by the Duke of Wei, he himself finalized, can be implemented. Taipingfu can set up the seventh grade and below, the court can not ask questions, above the seventh grade, to the fifth grade, need to report to the East Palace. Above the fifth rank, it will be reported to His Majesty. In addition to this, among the military ministers, hereditary hundred households, can be Taipingfu own ruling, hereditary hundred households above, that is, hereditary thousand households, then need to report to the East Palace can be.”

Yao Guangxiao thought for a moment and continued to meditate, “The Taiping Prefectural Government Office, can create another code, within the Taiping Prefecture, it is feasible to do so. The six ministries and have a division shall not ask questions. The money and grain of Taipingfu …… in addition to fifty percent to the Ministry of the household, the remaining money and grain, the prefectural magistrate’s office can dispose of it on its own.”

“Your Majesty, in this way, personnel merit examination, money and food, law and order, also have, with these, anything can let Zhang Anshi own to toss, do well, your Majesty can be good from the good, the future can be promoted, if it is not done well, the big deal is, let the Duke of Wei go back to obediently continue to take charge of his South Zhenfu Si.”

Zhu stood up and began to pace, frowning gently as he fell into thought.

At first let Zhang Anshi tossed in Taiping House, which has been a lot of connivance, but now this decentralization, but it is like setting up a country within a country.

He mused, uncertain for a moment.

After a moment, he looked up and said with a few concerns, “I’m only afraid that if this decree of mine comes out, the world will be in uproar.”

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, “If it is just that, of course the world should be in an uproar. But what if …… a bowl of water is leveled?”

Zhu froze and couldn’t help but say, “What do you mean?”

Yao Guangxiao said: “I found, there is a royal historian, even secretly to the Qixia Temple on the 10,000 taels of silver incense oil money, I also found that this person’s family had not rich, where does this silver come from? This imperial historian …… must have what is not to be told.”

Chu: “……”

“As long as Your Majesty is gracious, I’ll have someone go find this imperial historian, threaten him, and teach him to put up a sermon.”

Zhu Di said, “What kind of zhengshi?”

Yao Guangxiao laughed, “Of course it’s for Ningguo Fu.”

Chu: “……”

Zhu Di couldn’t understand how this was related to Ningguo House again.

Yao Guangxiao saw Zhu Di’s suspicion, then said, “If it is for Taipingfu to fight, then it will certainly cause an uproar, but if there is a royal historian for Ningguofu to speak, let’s say that the Ministry of Justice Minister Jian Yi to Ningguofu, tied hands, clearly have good countermeasures, but in the way of the court’s law, can not be implemented, on the contrary, it is the Duke of Weiguo, Taipingfu, acting unlawfully, so in Taipingfu can be bold, which is really unfair to Jian Gong is really unfair.”

Chu: “……”

Yao Guangxiao continued: “In this way, the whole world will think that this imperial historian’s report must be the authorization of Mr. Jian. Jian Gong, this person, in the dynasty is quite popular, and is the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, everyone respect and fear. What’s more, the world’s scholars, all hope that Jian Gong in Ningguo Fu, can be far better than Taiping Fu. Good to teach people know, this sage book is not in vain.”

Yao Guangxiao paused, only then faintly said: “Then this imperial historian’s zhangshi, will certainly be supported by many ministers. Then …… His Majesty, under the pressure of all the ministers, had to consider, ultimately, to make a ruling, so that Ningguofu, Taipingfu, can act cheaply, the ministries and departments shall not ask questions, all the laws and regulations, personnel merit examination, money and food, can make them a word and decide. I’m afraid that your majesty this decree out, not only will not be full of the dynasty outcry, on the contrary, inside and outside the court, everyone clapping and praising it.”

Chu: “……”

Yao Guangxiao said, “In this way, not only did it not cause His Majesty to renege on the ancestral established law, but also can test the effectiveness, and also get the support of the court, this is a three birds with one stone, in the court, and His Majesty have great benefits.”

Zhu Di glared at Yao Guangxiao, “Did you think of this a long time ago, or did you come up with it on the spur of the moment?”

Yao Guangxiao is very calmly said: “people do not have far-flung worries, there must be near worries, in fact, the minister these days, also has been thinking, how to solve these problems. Some things, there are early signs, let’s say Zhang Anshi’s those workshops, the role is getting bigger and bigger, since ancient times, I have not heard of, to the court has such a contribution to the people, but also regard them as craftsmen, to them neglected, such a thing, once the time has passed, it is bound to be something.”

Zhu Di thought of something, so he said, “So this imperial historian, you’ve been searching for a long time?”

Yao Guangxiao said, “Your Majesty, this is good karma. As the saying goes, there is a cause for this effect ……”

Zhu Di said, “How is the reputation of this imperial historian?”

“Reputation and popularity.”

Zhu nodded, “Can we blackmail him?”

Yao Guangxiao said, “If I step in and move him with emotion and reason, he will gladly submit his report.”

Zhu Di cried and laughed, and turned to Jin Zhong, “Why has Secretary Jin been silent?”

Jin Zhong smiled bitterly, “I don’t know much about matters of fate.”

That being said, it’s interesting!

Chu: “……”

He didn’t know what to express for a moment!

Jin Zhong thought about it and said, “I think …… I can give it a try.”

Zhu then nodded his head and said, “In this matter, Master Yao go and make arrangements, remember, do it cleanly.”

Yao Guangxiao said, “Yes.”

After talking about business, the ruler and the minister did not have the heart to chat, so Yao Guangxiao and the two of them took their leave and went out.

Jinchung walked with slow steps, looking sullen.

Yao Guangxiao then said, “Master Jin, what’s wrong with you?”

Jin Zhong laughed bitterly, “I was wondering when that imperial historian offended you.”

Yao Guangxiao’s eyes glared, indignantly saying, “He would rather go to Qixia Temple to give alms than come to Jiming Temple.”

Jin Zhong said, “Does Monk Yao think it’s really necessary?”

“This kind of royal historian, sells his name ……”

“No.” Jin Zhong shook his head, “I’m not talking about this, but …… setting up two kingdoms within kingdoms in the capital city of my Daming ……”

Yao Guangxiao instead put away the anger on his face and sighed: “Throughout the dynasties, if you eat the past and do not adapt, you will suffer from it. In the course of the pacification process, if His Majesty did not know how to adapt, how could he come to today? The point that the poor monk appreciates most about His Majesty is that although he is stubborn and aggressive, once he recognizes something that works well, he will definitely go with the flow and will never be confined by the so-called rites and laws.”

“Only such people can accomplish great feats. In today’s case, it’s the same, as long as the goal can be achieved, then any means, as long as it doesn’t harm the heavens, can be used. Even if one day, it proves to be wrong, with Your Majesty’s ability, you can still backhand things back to the original track.”

Jin Zhong gave Yao Guangxiao a serious look and said, “I understand.”

The two of them walked outside the palace gates, and then they also bid farewell to each other.

Yao Guangxiao is very efficient.

By the next day, there is the imperial censor Chen Kun played for Ningguo Fu Jianyi.

This play immediately aroused the alarm of the whole dynasty.

Good end of the day, so on this one ZaoShi, this is obviously not empty, must be Jian Gong in Taipingfu encountered some difficult things, just some things, Jian Gong inconvenient to say, then naturally implied that a royal historian uploaded.

Ningguo House’s movements, has always been touching people’s hearts, mainly or the Taiping House side Zhang Anshi do things too uncharacteristic.

Now it is a common enemy, nine out of ten ministers in the court, none of them are in favor of Jian Gong, hoping to use Jian Gong’s hand to completely puncture the so-called ‘myth’ of the Taiping government.

After this one zangzhi was sent, Wen Yuan Ge was not good enough to deal with it, and when it drew up the ticket, it only asked His Majesty to rule on it.

Zhu Di got this zhangshi, not happy, directly stay in the center.

The meaning of staying in the middle is that I do not want to care, nor do I want to care, it is none of my business, none of your business.

But this is not to stay in the middle is not a problem, a stay in the middle, but to deepen the anxiety of the hundred officials.

Obviously, Jian Gong has encountered some difficulties in governance and needs to be untied by the court. What Jian Gong wants to do must be a benevolent government, which can not be implemented, and how can this still be a force to suppress the Taiping government?

So, someone was in a hurry.

The next day, so dozens of zhangzhi, it is like snowflakes, drifting into the Wen Yuan Pavilion.

And then the Emperor decreed that the court be ordered to discuss it.

The discussion went down well.

We all know that Zhang Anshi, this guy, is not rules, he does not follow the rules to do things, but Jian Gong is a gentleman, the gentleman act, bright and open, so that the gentleman necessary to eat the small man’s loss.

And to solve it, a gentleman must be allowed to do his work and dare to do it.

With this lopsided attitude.

In the end, a decree that exceeded the expectations of all the ministers who had originally tried to haggle, finally came out of nowhere.

When this decree came out, it almost made people think that it was the court’s intention to set up two clans in Nan Zhili.

No, to a certain extent, the vassal states still need to act according to the laws and decrees of the imperial court, whereas the Ningguo and Taiping provinces, however, can apparently act on their own at the level of laws and decrees as well.

For that matter, it’s actually still the result of lopsided support from the entire court.

Zhu Di is obviously more like a role coerced by the ministers, he first stayed in the center, and then forced the court to discuss, but in the end it is the choice of compromise.

At this moment, not only Hu Guang could not understand, even Yang Rong could not understand.

Hu Guang was quite excited, and said to Yang Rong, “Yang Gong, I think …… Jian Gong is going to prepare for a big bold and big action.”

Young Wing: “……”

Looking at Yang Rong pursing his lips, Hu Guang wondered, “Why didn’t Lord Yang say anything?”

Yang Rong said: “Jian Gong has always believed that the ancestral law, as long as the implementation of appropriate can, how suddenly have this action? This time, I can’t understand.”

Hu Guang appeared very happy, stroking his beard: “Gentlemen act, to have the name of righteousness first. As the saying goes, the name is not correct, the words, the words are not things. If things do not work, the rites and music do not prosper, the rites and music do not prosper, the punishment is not in the center.”

Young Wing: “……”

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Ningguo Prefectural Office.

It has been several months since Jianyi arrived.

Between these months, he was rather very concerned about the situation in Ningguo Palace, and began to clean up the local lawsuits, and almost all of the hundreds of backlogged cases that used to be backlogged here were cleared up by him in just one month’s time.

All of a sudden, everyone called Jianyi Qingtian, and the people were greatly encouraged.

Many of the gentry, who have made suggestions, are also willing to give generously, willing to subsidize the government to repair the school building.

It has to be said that Jian Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Administration, still has a big face.

It is said that many scholars flocked to the city, as well as many lifts, all hoping to become Jianyi’s guests.

The entire Ningguo House, although it is a district of a House, but at this time can be said to be a group of heroes, compared to the pattern of the imperial court may not be as good as, but look at the world, this place can be said to be almost a wealth of talent.

Jianyi acted with a sense of purpose and refused to slack off from morning to night every day.

But just at this moment, someone came with gusto, saying with joy, “Enfu, Enfu …… great joy, great joy ah …… ”

The person is Jian Yi’s a friend of the curtain, in fact, more seriously, this person is Jian Yi’s a disciple, in the lifter’s title, called Wu Huan.

As a matter of fact, the lifer can enter the civil service, as long as you are willing, you can go to the Ministry of mandarins to select the officials, and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty is not much, even if it is a lifer, it is also considered to be a dragon and phoenix among the people, unlike to the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the lifer is like a dog’s situation.

However, many of the lifers were not willing to go for the election of officials, but wished to wait until the next imperial examination to continue to go for the examination of the Jinshi (杩涘＋).

In their view, the lifting of people to elect officials would have been a fall from grace, a path of last resort.

This Wu Huan learned that their own patriarch in this Ningguo Palace, immediately and a group of readers together, came here in a hurry, and then became Jianyi’s guest of honor.

Jian Yi was drinking tea at this time, heard Wu Huan’s voice, eyes with gentle, face with a smile, “How, today how so monstrous?”

Wu Huan said with a joyful smile, “Enfu will first read this diwai.”

With that, he presented the diary.

Jian Yi took a look and was shocked, and could not help but say in surprise, “Ya, how …… did the court ……”

Wu Huan meaningfully glanced at Jian Yi, Enfu really acted well, that side to let the imperial historian petition, please His Majesty to grant full powers, this side of the results out, but still seems to have nothing to do with this matter look.

This is something he really needs to learn, and use it when he becomes an official in the future.

So Wu joyfully and cheerfully said, “Enfu, now it’s good, Enfu can just show off his skills in Ningguo Fu.”

Jian Yi, however, frowned; he was indeed a bit confused, but on reflection, it seemed that things were not so bad.

He murmured: ”Things have come to this point, also have no choice but to accept His Majesty’s will. Show your fists and feet …… well …… to implement good and benevolent government is the most urgent task, the old man on the situation of Ningguo Fu, also almost feel clear, just how to implement benevolent government, but still need to deliberate.”

Wu Huan said confidently, “I see that Enfu must already have a plan in place.”

Watching Wu Huan look at himself with a face of admiration.

Jianyi, after a brief meditation, said, “The gentry and elders up and down Ningguo Fu should be invited to come together to discuss the matter.”

Wu Huan’s eyes lit up, and then said cheerfully, “Wonderful, wonderful, Enfu this hand, really smart, this is called to open up the road of speech, so, this Ningguo Fu there is no reason not to prosper. Students this will go to invite all the township sages and elders.”

Jianyi smiled and nodded.

…………

At the other end of the Qixia, Zhang Anshi’s reaction to the others seemed to be a bit different.

He read the holy decree several times in a row and still felt a little uneasy.

Then he specially invited Gao Xiang to come and let him read it over, then he frowned and said, “Here, is it literally true?”

After thinking for a moment, Gaoxiang said, “The holy decree is very clear, it means literally what it says.”

Zhang Anshi scratched his head: “Damn it, how can pie fall from the sky? I haven’t done anything yet, and His Majesty has sent us a sleepy pillow in Taiping Province. His Majesty is not the worm in my belly!”

Gao Xiang hurriedly said, “Your Excellency is cautious.”

Zhang Anshi then suddenly alarmed up look, immediately said, “Oh, oh, is my wrong, hey …… I this person straight heart.”

Gao Xiang, however, likes this feeling, Zhang Anshi dares to say anything nonsense in front of him.

What is this? That’s trust!

Although he had to correct Zhang Anshi very carefully every time he spoke nonsense, he still felt very comfortable in his heart after correcting him.

Zhang Anshi was at this moment saying with an uncertain face, “Will there be a trap here?”

Gao Xiang said seriously, “I don’t think so, my humble servant has read it twice, that’s what it means.”

Zhang Anshi then said, “But I heard that this is the result of the ministers’ court discussion, not that I have any opinion about the hundred officials, but I just think that they have always seen me not good. How could …… be so good to me?”

There was a reason for his concern, and a little more vigilance wasn’t a bad thing.

Gao Xiang thought for a moment and said, “I’ve heard rumors outside as if this has something to do with Lord Jian.”

“Jianyi?” Zhang Anshi said thoughtfully, “That might make sense. Why, is he in Ningfu, could it be that he’s up to something earth-shattering?”

“This …… is unknown.” Gao Xiang said, “If Your Excellency wants to know, let the North and South Zhenfu Si poke around and find out.”

Zhang Anshi coldly snorted and said, “I don’t care about probing him, and …… the jin yiwei have rules, try not to go to probe the movement of the dynasty, external …… only external.”

Zhang Anshi said with a smile, and then shot up, “But in any case, with this decree, the advantage is in me, we can finally do more.”

After a pause, he cheerfully said, ”I said early on that His Majesty is saintly. You see, this decree is the proof. Now that we have been showered with imperial grace and have been honored with such trust, what else is there to say? We should break our bones and do our best to serve you! What are you waiting for? There’s no time to lose. Hurry up and gather the people and prepare to serve!”

Gaoxiang also shook his spirit and busily said, “Yes.”

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