Ming Dynasty: Teaching The Prince Dragon-Slaying Skills At The Beginning

Chapter 680: Balance Between Civil And Military Affairs, Six Ministries, Nine Ministers, Nine Prince

At the beginning of March in the 16th year of Hongwu, it was the second week of the New Year’s Meeting!

The normal New Year's court meeting is actually the first day of the court after the new year.

However, when the first imperial court meeting was held before, Yan Changqing, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes were still in Haizhou City and could not make it back.

In addition, after listening to the "Dragon Slaying Technique" taught by Yan Changqing before, Zhu Yuanzhang also had new arrangements for the governance direction and state affairs in the next sixteen years of Hongwu.

These new changes and arrangements also require Yan Changqing, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes to explain and explain to the civil and military officials, and they also need the cooperation of all the civil and military officials. of.

Therefore, after internal communication and discussion with the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, and a general outline of the plan was set, Zhu Yuanzhang held the second meeting of the 16th year of Hongwu. Nian Da - Chao Hui.

In this regard, although some officials in the Ministry of Rites secretly muttered that this move was not in line with etiquette, no one dared to report to Zhu Yuanzhang that this move was inappropriate.

After all, in the final analysis, the rites of the Ministry of Rites serve the emperor, especially Zhu Yuanzhang!!!

Above the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang was dressed in the majestic and solemn emperor's crown, sitting high on the nine jade steps of the Dan Hall.

Below him, the seven princes, Prince Zhu Biao, King of Qin Zhu Feng, King of Jin Zhu Fan, King of Yan Zhu Di, King of Zhou Zhu Ji, King of Chu Zhu Zhen, and King of Qi Zhu Bo, also wore the same majestic crown prince robes and stood on the royal steps of the Dan Palace. Above, he looked down at a crowd of civil and military officials.

A group of civil and military officials below were arranged on both sides.

On the left are the six ministers headed by Song Lian, the Minister of Rites, Ru Taisu, the Minister of Hubu, Wang Huidi, the Minister of Punishments... Zhan Wei, the Censor of Zuodu of the Inspectorate, Li Shilu, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Li Yun, the Minister of General Affairs. A group of civil servants.

It is worth mentioning that last year, Zhu Yuanzhang made an exception and promoted the Inspectorate, Dali Temple Minister, and General Affairs Secretary, who originally had the highest rank of Zheng3, to the rank of Zheng2, which is the same level as the six ministers.

For a time, the six ministers and nine ministers of the civil service were equal in rank.

On the right side are the nine great princes, including the Duke of Wei, Xu Da, the Duke of Cao, Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Song, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Xin, Tang He, the Duke of Ying, Fu Youde, the Duke of Ping, Mu Ying, the Duke of Ding, Wang Bi, the Duke of Zheng, Chang Mao, and the Duke of Shen, Deng Zhen. A group of military generals and noble marquises.

It is also worth mentioning that the recapture of Liaodong last year was dominated by the original Ding Yuanhou Wang and Yongchang Hou Lanyu.

Because among the military generals and noble marquises under the Duke of Ming Dynasty, whether it is merit, qualifications, or ability, the two of them are the closest to the Duke.

Therefore, if there is anyone who has the best chance of being crowned a duke due to his merits in the recapture of Liaodong this time, then they are the Marquis of Dingyuan, Wang Bi, and the Marquis of Yongchang, Lan Yu.

In the battle to regain Liaodong, Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, also relied on his great contribution of taking the lead, beheading generals and seizing the flag, capturing Naha alive in the midst of thousands of troops, and subduing more than ten thousand soldiers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. He was slightly better than Lan Yu, Marquis of Yongchang, and thus won the title. This gave the Jin Dynasty the opportunity to enfeoff the Duke of Ding.

Therefore, Wang Bi also became the ninth hereditary prince of the Ming Dynasty due to this battle.

By the way, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang made an exception last year to upgrade the three departments of the Supervisory Yuan, Dali Temple Minister, and General Affairs Secretary to the second rank was because of the high status of military generals.

After all, counting Zheng Guogong Chang Mao and Shen Guogong Deng Zhen, two Dukes who were protected by their father's merits, there are now nine Dukes on the side of the noble Marquis.

On the civilian side, there are only six ministers who can barely talk to the nine princes on an equal footing.

It can be said that the difference between the civil and military sides in terms of the number at the highest level is nearly half.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, he could tolerate the noble marquis' side of the military generals overpowering the civilian officials.

However, if the military commander, the noble Marquis, is so powerful that he can press the entire civil servant group to the ground, roll it round and flatten it, then this is what Zhu Yuanzhang does not want to see.

It is naturally inappropriate to "emphasis on literature and suppress martial arts" as in the Song Dynasty, but if it is too "emphasis on military force and suppress literature", it is also not a good thing.

So last year, Zhu Yuanzhang found an excuse to make an exception and promoted the three departments of the Supervisory Office, Dali Temple Minister, and General Affairs Secretary to the second rank.

As for this matter, except for the slight objections from the middle and low-level nobles, marquises and officials on both the civil and military sides, the top nine princes and six ministers on both sides of the civil and military sides all maintained their acquiescence.

Because for the noble marquis of military commanders, if they do not support the extraordinary promotion of the three departments of the Inspectorate, Dali Temple Minister, and General Affairs Secretary.

So in order to maintain a general civil-military balance, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely chop down the side of today's military commander, the noble Marquis.

And if they wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to kill them, then at least the middle and lower-level military commanders and noble marquises will be severely damaged, and at worst, even the current Duke may be cut off.

For example, Shen Guogong Deng Zhen and Zheng Guogong Chang Mao, these two Dukes who were protected by their father's merit, are very suitable to be cut off.

Among them, Chinese Gong Dengzhen was the grandson-in-law of former Korean Gong Li Shanchang. In the original history, Deng Zhen was executed because he was implicated by Li Shanchang.

However, in this world, Zhu Yuanzhang may have achieved his own political goals, or he was thinking of his father Deng Yu's contribution, so he did not involve him.

However, just because it is not implicated now does not mean that it will not be implicated in the future.

With the relationship of Li Shanchang's grandson-in-law, Zhu Yuanzhang's desire to depose Deng Zhen's position as Shen Guogong was just a matter of words.

Similarly, Chang Mao, Duke of Zheng, was not much better. He once befriended Hu Weiyong in order to obtain the royal decree from his biological mother, Mrs. Feng, and he was proud, dandy, and ignorant of the truth.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have a good impression of Chang Mao, but he remembered the contribution that his father Chang Yuchun had made for the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Yuanzhang did not implicate him.

However, just because he is not implicated now does not mean that he will not be implicated in the future.

There is a relationship of "making friends with Hu Weiyong in order to obtain the decree of his biological mother to make him his wife" [Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to depose Chang Mao as the Duke of Zheng, but it was only a matter of ten sentences.

If the Duke of Zheng, Chang Mao, and the Duke of Shen, Deng Zhen, are eliminated, then the military commanders and noble marquises will become the seven great princes, roughly in balance with the six ministers of the civil service.

Such a result is acceptable to Zhu Yuanzhang.

But such a result would be very uncomfortable for the noble marquis, a group of military commanders.

Therefore, in order to prevent the military commanders and noble marquises on their side from being chopped down by Zhu Yuanzhang, the nine princes had no choice but to tacitly support the exceptional promotion of the Inspectorate, Dali Temple Minister, and General Affairs Secretary.

Similarly, for the six ministers, although they make an exception and promote the main departments of the Inspectorate, Dali Temple Minister, and General Affairs Secretary, their reputation, status, and authority in the civil service group will be paralyzed and weakened.

But it can further strengthen their civil servant group and compete with the increasingly powerful military generals and noble marquis group.

The six ministers on the civil official side can still figure out which is more important between personal reputation, status, authority and the overall power of the civil service group.

Therefore, with the tacit consent of the highest levels of both the civil and military parties, the three departments of the Inspectorate, Dali Temple Minister, and General Affairs Secretary were successfully promoted to the second-level rank, the same as the other six departments.

In this way, there were nine great princes on the side of the military generals, noble marquises, and six ministries and nine ministers on the side of the civil service group. The civil and military sides once again maintained a general balance of power.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting high on the throne, leaned forward slightly, glanced majestically at the six ministers, nine ministers, nine princes and other civil and military officials below, and then said calmly:

"Get rid of the carpet."

As Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, there were immediately a group of servants on the left and right sides, slowly lifting up the carpet covering the floor of Fengtian Hall.

At first, all the civil and military officials did not understand its meaning.

But after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he still retreated to the left and right sides, and cooperated with a group of internal servants to remove the carpet on the floor of Fengtian Palace.

As a group of internal servants gradually removed the carpet covering the Fengtian Hall, the true appearance under the carpet was slowly revealed [The civil and military officials on the left and right also showed stunned expressions one after another.

"This lake is Black Tortoise Lake?!! That mountain is Zhongshan?!! Then isn't this Yingtian Mansion?!! This is the sand table of Yingtian Mansion?!!"

"No, it's not just the sand table of Yingtian Mansion. In addition to Yingtian Mansion, Fengyang Mansion, Huai'an Mansion, and Yangzhou Mansion are also included!!!"

“Hiss, that’s Xuzhou Prefecture?!”

"It's not wrong. That must be Xuzhou Prefecture. I was once the prefect of Xuzhou Prefecture. I have not seen the map of Xuzhou Prefecture a hundred times, but I have seen it at least eighty times. I will definitely not admit my mistake!!!"

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"If that is Xuzhou Prefecture, then isn't this Long'an Prefecture?!"

"Could it be that the sand table in front of us encompasses the entire world?"

All the civil and military officials were squeezing me, and I was squeezing you. They all stretched their necks and looked at the [Da Ming Dynasty Sand Table] under the transparent floor glass of Fengtian Hall.

After gathering small sandboxes from all over the Ming Dynasty and making the current 1.0 version of the "Da Ming Dynasty Sandbox", Zhu Yuanzhang made more than a dozen in one go.

One of them was placed under the floor of Wenhua Palace. Zhu Yuanzhang also showed it to Yan Changqing once before.

Then in the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, there is also a similar [Da Ming Dynasty Sand Table].

Then, under the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered people to make a [Da Ming Dynasty Sand Table].

In addition, in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Zhu Yuanzhang also secretly carved a "Ming Dynasty Sand Table".

Zhu Yuanzhang even planned to carve a piece of "Great Tomorrow's Sand Table" in his imperial mausoleum after his death.

In short, in order to prevent someone from intentionally or unintentionally destroying the [Daming Sand Table of the World] which records the number of acres of land in various parts of the world, Zhu Yuanzhang made more than a dozen preparations

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And this preparation of more than ten hands is developing into preparation of dozens of hands.

Unless someone can destroy Zhu Yuanzhang's [Da Ming · World Sand Table] carved and hidden in various places at the same time, the imperial court can clearly and clearly grasp the number of acres of land in all parts of the world through this [Da Ming · World Sand Table].

As long as the number of acres of land in the world can be clearly grasped, the most basic land and acres tax for the imperial court can be guaranteed.

As long as the most basic land and acres tax can be collected, then with the financial revenue from this land and acres tax, the court can still barely operate no matter how difficult it is.

In addition, there is a business tax of one out of every ten taxes, and various other national fiscal revenues.

In the future, the fixed fiscal income of the Ming Dynasty will not be said to be very wealthy, but at least it will not be so poor that there is no money.

As long as a country's finances can be maintained, many things can actually be maintained.

For example, in the army, as long as you pay the officers and soldiers on time, then the officers and soldiers will definitely succeed.

Those who continue to support the imperial court and the emperor.

As long as the imperial army has not been disintegrated, it will still have the ability to suppress domestic and foreign forces.

So many problems can actually be solved.

After all, the worst outcome is to overturn the table, smash the whole world, and then start over again. This is also a good solution.

And this is the gift that Zhu Yuanzhang left to the descendants of the old Zhu family, or one of the guarantees.

It's just that although Zhu Yuanzhang made many [Ming Dynasty Sand Tables], there were not many officials who were truly qualified to watch this [Ming Dynasty Sand Table].

For example, the [Da Ming Dynasty Sand Table] placed in the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, in addition to the respective six ministers, six ministers, and the right and left governors,

Beyond viewing.

Other officials have no right to inspect.

Therefore, this is for the civil servants under the Six Ministers, the Six Ministers, and the military generals under the Duke.

This was the first time they had seen such a lifelike sand table that encompassed the entire territory of the Great Ming Dynasty.

And when Yan Changqing, the other six ministers, the six ministers, and the princes saw this [Da Ming Dynasty Sand Table], they couldn't hide their shock.

, not to mention these middle and lower-level civil servants, military generals and marquises.

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Immediately, there was a small but noisy sound in the entire Fengtian Hall. Every civil servant, military general, noble marquis, and noble marquis were identifying the people they recognized in the [Da Ming·Tian Xia Sand Table].

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