Chapter 134: Life and Death

It's just a lot of things, and when you relax, it's a thousand miles a day.

There's no going back to the way it used to be.

In particular, there has been an increase in the number of malpractices in the army, and many military orders cannot be carried out, and this military discipline is even worse.

Therefore, if Zhu Qizhen urges Liu Pu to fight quickly, in order to motivate the soldiers, Liu Pu can not have many ways to take it, and it is probably the easiest to condone looting.

Most of the rebels were Miao people, and the Han people didn't take the lives of Miao people seriously, and it wasn't a day or two.

But after all, this is a domestic campaign, whether it is Yang Pu or Zhu Qizhen, they all think that it is the long-term stability of Guangxi. Zhu Qizhen wanted Guangxi to be the basic plate of Daming, and the people above, even if they were ethnic minorities, were also Chinese, so naturally they could not kill arbitrarily.

This is not the same as fighting a war outside the borders.

But Yang Pu may not have this idea, after all, the China of the Ming Dynasty is completely different from the concept of China in later generations, the China of the Ming Dynasty is within the scope of the activities of the ancient Han people, and in many places in Yunnan and Guizhou, the Ming people actually do not regard them as within the scope of China.

This is also the reason why many people oppose the expedition to Luchuan.

In essence, they all feel that these are not Chinese soil and are irrelevant.

Yang Pu has the same idea as these scholars, of course he will not divide the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but he does not want to invest too many resources in it.

If you sow the killing, you will reap the killing. The feud between the two sides is as deep as the sea, and I am afraid that Guangxi will be peaceful and chaotic repeatedly, and it will not be easy to deal with it at that time.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Just take Mr.'s intentions, send someone to comfort Liu Pu, let him take every step of the way, and don't fight." ”

Yang Pu said: "The old minister understands. ”

Zhu Qizhen's voice changed and said: "The two Huaiyan cases, now that the investigation is almost complete, how does Mr. think it should be handled?" ”

Yang Pu was prepared for this. said: "Your Majesty, the minister thought that He Wenyuan had done a very good job on this errand, and he could be transferred to Lianghuai and given the title of imperial history to take charge of the salt administration." The top priority at the moment is to quickly establish and rebuild the salt administration system, and not to miss the important matter of the people in the world eating salt. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "He Wenyuan, yes, it's him." ”

He Wenyuan, although he disagrees with Zhu Qizhen on many things, is generally a good official, and he also started from among the local officials, and he was missed by the people of Wenzhou when he served as the prefect of Wenzhou.

Moreover, the people have always been the most important in their discussions, and they are not the kind of opposition for the sake of opposition.

Although Zhu Qizhen may not know that Yang Pu does not want to transfer He Wenyuan to Beijing, after all, He Wenyuan has the most outstanding contribution to the extermination of locusts in Shandong this time, and he is the best among all the ministers sent abroad.

This kind of little Jiujiu, Zhu Qizhen didn't know, as long as this person was suitable, and said: "Summons He Wen."

Yuan immediately went south, and there was no need to come to Beijing. Deal with salt affairs first, resume salt production, and leave everything as usual for the time being. ”

The new salt method has been polished several times, but it is still a draft. Zhu Qizhen still felt that he wanted to take a break. Anyway, the intertwined network of relationships in the salt administration system has been swept away.

In a year or two, there will be no recovery.

A little later, you won't miss the best time.

Zhu Qizhen said: "What to do with Shi Li? ”

Yang Pu said: "Your Majesty, Shi Li is a martyr of Jingnan, an old minister of the society, and now after the consultation of the imperial doctor, he has completely lost his mind, but he is just confused. ”

"This was done by his son. Your Majesty always wants to give Shilin a decent look. ”

Zhu Qizhen was actually very dissatisfied with this matter.

It's just that the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty have a sense of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

Originally, Shi Li was dead. But I don't know where the news leaked from, and the current situation of Shi Li was spread.

For a time, there were people everywhere who were in love with the gift.

It is said that Shi Li is already like this, and it may not be too cruel for the court to kill an old man who is in a mess.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen must kill Shi Li.

Because Zhu Qizhen understands that the focus of this controversy is not on Shi Li at all.

After all, everyone can see that even if Shi Li does not die, how many years can he live?

After all, he is pampered in Nanjing, and he doesn't know how many servants are serving, but now Shi Li may be spared death, but Shi Li's son, the Shi family's people who have something to do with this matter, it is estimated that one person will not survive.

When the time comes, an old man with dementia. How can you live?

What they care about is the identity of Shi Li.

Shi Li is an orthodox Jinshi background. It is also an old-timer in Shilin. Today's court sword is on Shi Li's body, and tomorrow's knife can also be cut on them.

Therefore, if you can slow down a point, you can slow down a point.

Zhu Qizhen said: "The matter of giving gifts is pitiful, so let's do it, the imperial court has designated the regulations of Zhishi, and a minister like Shi Li should not be in the court." It's a two-pronged approach. ”

When Yang Pu heard this, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed. ”

"Why so, sir?" Zhu Qizhen said, his voice seemed to have a hint of yin and yang, and said: "Oh, Mr. is worried about his age, please rest assured, I can't leave Mr. for a moment, and naturally I won't let Mr. leave Beijing." ”

Yang Pu said: "The old minister is not a person who is greedy for power, but among the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty, there are many ministers who are as old as Shi Li, and the minister is afraid that as soon as His Majesty's words come out, the government and the opposition will be in chaos." Now His Majesty wants to govern the water conservancy in Hebei, and he wants to run two Huai salt administrations, not the time when there are big waves in the imperial court. ”

Zhu Qizhen naturally understands that this thing can't be done.

This is the sequelae of Daming Wenchen's stability from the Hongxi period to Yang Shiqi's Zhishi. That is, there are a large number of old ministers in the court. Even if Yang Shiqi deliberately selected some young ministers in the cabinet, Yang Pu himself was the beneficiary of this policy, and as for other positions, there were 670 ministers.

Even if Zhu Qizhen adjusts the six departments and transfers Zhou Chen in, Zhou Chen is nearly sixty years old, and he can still be regarded as relatively young in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

These important positions require a lot of energy. You can't sit still without a lot of energy. But in some quiet locations elsewhere, it's different.

Many officials are in their seventies and eighties.

This point was also Zhu Qizhen's eruption in the matter of giving gifts, so he did an age survey, and he didn't expect it. The average age of Ming officials is so high.

In general, this is because the imperial court did not have a perfect retirement system. There is also no perfect post-retirement benefit.

Yang Shiqi can walk in a chic manner, but it is the grace of the Empress Dowager, and Zhu Qizhen allows him to eat the original food. There are also a bunch of rewards, plus the Yang family is originally a big family in Jiangxi, and the family is also rich.

But it's hard to say about the petty officials.

As soon as they retire, they can get a sum of money if they are lucky, and if they are unlucky, they can only return to their hometown alone and rely on their children.

Although most officials did not have a bleak old age, they were not without bleak ministers.

So in general, officials are willing to die in office. After all, if you die in office, the court will give you a pension, and someone will be sent to preside over the funeral.

Generally speaking, the yamen will take care of it.

There are all the specifications that should be given. And when you return home, it all depends on your own family.

If the family is solid and the son is capable, he will go back to be an old feudal king, so he naturally doesn't care. But today's Ming Dynasty is not the late Ming Dynasty, and in the late Ming Dynasty, if you have no money at home, don't think about being admitted to the Jinshi Examination. Just look at the officials at all levels, almost all of them are children of official families.

Maybe it's the problem of educational resources, maybe it's the reason for connections, it's the fraud in the imperial examination, or it's the old argument that it's difficult to produce a noble son from a poor family.

But at this time, in the Ming court, there were many officials whose families were quite poor.

For example, Wei Ji, the secretary of the ministry, is one of them. After Wei Ji returned to his hometown, although he did a lot of things for his hometown, it was just coarse clothes and food.

This situation naturally needs to be improved, but as Yang Pu said, it is not appropriate now.

Zhu Qizhen just wanted to advance two and retreat one. He said lightly: "The matter of giving rites is a common phenomenon in the court, or an individual phenomenon, if it is a common phenomenon, then it is naturally inappropriate to punish the rites, I mean, I will send the lieutenant officials to serve the old man, but the situation in the court is well handled, if it is an individual phenomenon, it is a matter of bullying the monarch in vain, and the family is not strictly governed, and he cannot escape the blame." ”