Chapter 241 [Hu Weiyong's Case]

The Ming Dynasty Trade Treasure is written underneath; Zhongshu Province is allowed to print and manufacture Daming treasure banknotes, which are used in circulation with copper coins, and those who forger are beheaded, and those who accuse are rewarded with 250 taels of silver, and still give property to the prisoners.

If there are 500 texts, the money text is drawn as five strings, and the rest are inferred, and so on, and at the same time; Each banknote has always been a thousand copper coins, one tael of silver, and six treasure banknotes; Consistently, 500 Wen, 400 Wen, 300 Wen, 200 Wen, 100 Wen.

After the promulgation of the treasure banknote, it is forbidden for the people to trade gold and silver goods, and the offender will be punished! Those who denounce it will be rewarded with their goods; If there is gold and silver to exchange money, let it be at their own convenience, all commercial taxes, courses, money, money and banknotes (three-tenths of money, seven-tenths of banknotes) less than 100 wen only use copper money.

At the same time, the bank is equipped with a library in Beijing; One ambassador (Zheng Bapin), two deputy envoys (from the eighth grade), one warden, and two capital supervisors, who are subordinate to the household department; In other prefectures, there is an ambassador and a deputy envoy, all of whom are governed by Zhongshu Province.

In addition, he also set up officials in various provinces to set up officials in the same way as the governor's office, and set up guards in Hangzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, Yanshanwei, and Qingzhou Mansion.

Later, in Zhejiang Province, Henan Province, Xi'an Province, Taiyuan Province, Wuchang Province, Datong Province, Chengdu Province, Fuzhou Province, Jianning Province, Guangdong Province, Guangxi Province, Dingliao Duwei and Xi'an Province, they were also very heavy in terms of Duwei moderation, and they chose to be promoted from the imperial court and were not allowed to be hereditary.

On October 27, Ming Taizu issued an edict, and changed the capital guard set up in various places outside the capital to command the envoy (referred to as the capital division), so the Yanshan capital guard was changed to the Beiping capital division, the Xi'an capital guard was the Shaanxi capital division, the Taiyuan capital was the Shanxi capital division, the Hangzhou capital was the Zhejiang capital division, the Jiangxi capital was the Jiangxi capital division, the Qingzhou capital was the Shandong capital division, the Chengdu capital was the Sichuan capital division, the Fuzhou capital was the Fujian capital division, the Wuchang capital was the Huguang capital division, the Guangdong capital was the Guangdong capital division, the Guangxi capital was the Guangxi capital division, the Dingliao capital was the Liaodong capital division, and the Henan capital was the Henan capital division, changed Xi'an Xingduwei to Shaanxi Xingdu, Datong Duwei to Shanxi Xingdu, Jianning Duwei to Fujian Xingdu.

In Beijing, the left-behind guards were changed to the left-behind guards commanding the envoys, and the original jurisdiction of Tiance Wei, Leopard Taowei, Flying Bear Guard, Eagle Yangwei, Guangyangwei, Henghaiwei, Longjiangwei, and Jiangyin Wei were all pro-army command envoys, and the left and right guards of the navy were the commanders, all of which were subordinate to the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

Later, in the ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, 1376 A.D., the local administrative divisions were changed, and the Zhejiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Division, Fujian Division, Beiping Division, Guangxi Division, Sichuan Division, Shandong Division, Guangdong Division, Henan Division, Shaanxi Division, Huguang Division, and Shanxi Division, all changed to "Chengxuan Political Envoy Division" abolished the chief official of Xingzhongshu Province and the provincial Pingzhang political affairs and the left and right Cheng, and changed the provincial governor to "Bu Political Envoy" belongs to the second rank and right, and the left and right political participation are from the second grade, and the left and right divisions are changed to the experience division.

The original line of the provincial authority has been divided into three parts, since; The local government announced that the political envoy department was responsible for civil affairs, and the meaning of the political envoy was taken from the imperial court's virtue, ban, and inheritance.

Since then, the Chengxuan Political Envoy Division has replaced the Provincial (Metropolitan Division) as the highest administrative division at the local level, and the Gyeonggi Prefecture has been renamed "Zhili" under the direct jurisdiction of Zhongshu Province due to the fact that there is no Chengxuan Political Envoy Division in Cheonfu.

At the same time, the court was also governed by Ming Taizu, and the right prime minister of the Ming Dynasty: Hu Weiyong, promoted to the left prime minister began to be arrogant and arrogant to kill and depose the major events, some did not report to the emperor and went straight to the implementation, the internal and external departments of the chapter, he had to watch first, all those who framed themselves, they were not detained, all aspects of the people who were keen on fame, lost their positions of meritorious warriors, competing to run in its door, bribing gold silk, famous horses, and good things to play.

Ming Wei Guogong: Xu Da, hated him extremely for being treacherous, and calmly told Ming Taizu, but was turned by Ming Zuo's prime minister: Hu Weiyong, who tempted the gatekeeper of Xu's mansion: Fushou, and plotted to kill Ming Wei Guogong, but was exposed by Fushou.

Ming Chengyi Bo: Liu Ji (word: Bo Wen), also said his shortcomings, and later Ming Chengyi Bo was sick Ming Taizu sent Ming Zuo Prime Minister to visit with the Tai Hospital and the Tai Hospital, but he didn't expect him to poison Ming Chengcheng Bo.

After the death of Ming Chengchengbo, he became even more unscrupulous, and colluded with the right prime minister of the Ming Korean prince: Li Shanchang, to marry his brother's daughter to the nephew of the right prime minister of the Ming Korean prince: Li You, as his wife.

After that, he was impeached by the Ming Wu Yingdian scholar: Wu Bozong, and the impeachment was almost a catastrophe, and then the momentum was even worse, and a stalagmite suddenly grew in the well of his hometown Dingyuan County and came out of the water several feet deep, and the people who offered it rushed to say that this was an auspicious omen.

They also explained Prime Minister Zuo: Hu Weiyong, on the grave of the third generation of his grandfather, there is a fire every night to illuminate the night sky, which makes him even more happy and conceited.

Soon Ming Ji Anhou: Lu Zhongheng, when he came back from Shaanxi Chengxuan, he took a stagecoach without authorization, and Ming Taizu learned that he was furious and scolded, "After the war in the Central Plains, the people have just resumed business, and it is very difficult for post house households to buy horses. ”

He was also ordered to go to Dai County to catch thieves.

And Ming Ping Lianghou: Fei Ju, who was ordered to pacify the soldiers and civilians of Suzhou Prefecture and indulged in wine all day long, was furious by Ming Taizu and ordered him to go to the northwest to recruit the Northern Yuan Mongols, who knew that he returned in vain, and Ming Taizu severely reprimanded him.

Both of them were very afraid, and Prime Minister Ming Zuo secretly coerced and lured the two, and they saw that Prime Minister Zuo was doing things autocratically, so they secretly corresponded with him, and went to Prime Minister Mingzuo's house to drink together, and deliberately used the time to drink, so that they could collect soldiers and horses outside for emergencies.

Prime Minister Ming Zuo once sat in the Zhongshu Province to read the books of soldiers and horses in the world, and ordered the Ming pro-army captain: Mao Xiang, the general guard: Liu Yuxian, and the outlaw: Wei Wenjin, as confidants, and said to them, "I will use you." ”

Among them, Li Cunyi, the younger brother of the right prime minister of the Ming Korean prince, and the father of Li You, the son-in-law of the Ming left prime minister, so the Ming left prime minister asked him to secretly lobby the right prime minister of the Ming Dynasty to join in.

However, the prime minister of the right of the Ming Dynasty refused to agree on the grounds that he was old and could not insist, and then he disagreed, which made the prime minister of the left of the Ming Dynasty think that the matter could be successful, and happened to meet the commander of the Ming Zhou Guard: Lin Xian, who came to Beijing to discuss with His Majesty the Emperor how to resist the Japanese Invaders, so the Prime Minister of the Ming Left used the excuse to win him over, and sent the Ming Zhou Wei Commander to go to sea to attract the Japanese and meet them on an agreed date.

He also sent the former minister of the Mengyuan Dynasty, Yu Shi Dafu: Naiban Fengji, to send a letter to the Northern Yuan Dynasty to Xuanguang and the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Biliktu Khan Zhaozong, and the emperor: Er'er Zhijin Aiyou Zhilitra, saying that the ministers asked to send troops to do external response.

These things have not yet been acted, and it happened that the son of Prime Minister Ming Zuo: Hu Qinbin, who galloped through the city on a horse, unfortunately fell under the carriage and was trampled by the horse's hooves when he turned the corner, and was so angry that Prime Minister Ming Zuo directly killed the person driving the carriage.

Afterwards, Ming Taizu learned that he was angry and asked him to pay for his life, but was asked by the Ming Zuo Prime Minister to compensate the family of the driver who drove with gold silk, and only reluctantly agreed after mediation, but it also made the Ming Zuo Prime Minister scared and conspired with the Ming Zuo Yu Shi Dafu, the Ming Nanbei Zhenfu Si Jinyi Wei Commander and others, and secretly told the Quartet and the military ministers who obeyed him.

In September 1379 in the twelfth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the Zhancheng State sent an envoy to pay tribute, according to the regulations, it should be the Great Emperor who wore a crown to meet the envoys in the Fengtian Palace, but the Ming Zuo Prime Minister did not report to Ming Taizu, but let the envoys of the Zhancheng State wait outside the Guangjing Gate, and finally the eunuchs of the ceremonial eunuchs came out to meet, and they entered the palace to tell Ming Taizu.

Ming Taizu was quite angry about this matter, and immediately issued an edict to blame the ministers of Zhongshu Province, which frightened the Ming Left Prime Minister: Hu Weiyong, Ming Right Prime Minister: Wang Guangyang, the two kowtowed and apologized, but secretly blamed the crime on the Ministry of Rites, and the ministers of the Ministry of Rites blamed Zhongshu Province, which made Ming Taizu even more angry, he imprisoned all the ministers of the ministries and interrogated the masterminds behind the scenes.

After that, he gave the right prime minister the death penalty, and the Wang family buried him with him!

Among them, it involves the Chen family, she is the daughter of Chen Zhixian who was admitted to the official, Ming Taizu was furious when he learned about it, "The women who were not admitted to the official are only given to the meritorious family, how can Wenchen get it?" ”

felt that there was something strange about this matter, and immediately issued an edict ordering the Law Department to investigate, so Prime Minister Mingzuo and the six subordinate officials were convicted.

On the 15th day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty in the following year, 1380 A.D., the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhongcheng: Tu Jie, because he conspired with them to fail, he reported the catastrophe to the invention of the Zuo Prime Minister to rebel? Even Shang Hao, who was demoted to the provincial official of the Ming Dynasty, also reported the matter together, which made Ming Taizu even more angry! He ordered the courtiers to take turns to interrogate, and the testimony was connected with the Ming Zuo Imperial Shi Dafu: Chen Ning, the Ming Imperial Shi Zhongcheng: Tu Jie, and was also written by the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department as a confession and presented to the Ming Taizu, the letter said that the Ming Zuo Prime Minister: Hu Weiyong, the main plot and his henchmen plotted to be beheaded.

It just so happened that Ming Taizu also felt that the official rights of the left and right prime ministers were too great and the emperor's position was vacated, so he agreed to kill and kill the participating accomplices and henchmen, a total of more than 30,000 officials! After the "Hu Weiyong tragedy", it was changed to the 12 political envoys in the country and the jurisdiction of the Beijing division directly belonged to the six departments, and the rank of the political envoys was changed from the third grade and the political participation to the fourth grade.

In addition, the power of the Dadu Governor's Office was too great, and at the same time as abolishing the prime minister system, in order to prevent the excessive concentration of military power, the Dadu Governor's Office was also abolished, and it was changed to the (center, left, right, front, and rear) five military governors' offices, which managed the Beijing Division and the local capital guards respectively.

The Governor's Office of the Five Armies each has a Governor on the left and a Governor on the right (the official position of the first product), the Governor Tongzhi (from the first product), and the Governor of the Governor (the second product), and the Governor of the Central Army Governor's Office is the judge of the five armies.

Soon after, the five military governor's mansions were set up to participate in the military office, and the left and right were set up to join the army, and then the five military governor's mansions each set up two people on the left and right, and one person was prosecuted, which was from the nine products.

Ming Taizu also divided 24 sons as princes, except for 26 sons: Zhu Nan, who died early! The eldest son Ming Yiwen crown prince: Zhu Biao, the second son Ming Qinshu Prince: Zhu Zhang, the third son Ming Jin Gong Prince: Zhu Li, the fourth son Ming Yanwu Prince: Zhu Di, the fifth son Ming Zhouding Prince: Zhu Hu, the sixth son Ming Chuzhao Prince: Zhu Zhen, the seventh son Ming Qigong Prince: Zhu Rong, the eighth son Ming Tanwen Prince: Zhu Zi, the ninth son Ming Zhao Ai Prince: Zhu Qi, the tenth son Ming Luhuang Prince: Zhu Tan, the eleventh son Ming Shuxian Prince: Zhu Chun, the twelfth son Ming Xiangxian Prince: Zhu Bai, the thirteenth son Ming Dynasty Prince Jian: Zhu Gui, the fourteenth son Ming Suzhuang Prince: Zhu Zhen, Fifteenth son Ming Liao Jian Prince: Zhu Zhi, sixteenth son Ming Qingjing Prince: Zhu Chang, seventeenth son Ming Ningxian Prince: Zhu Quan, eighteen sons Ming Minzhuang Prince: Zhu Lu, nineteenth son Ming Guxuan Prince: Zhu Lu, twentieth son Ming Hanxian Prince: Zhu Song, twenty-first son Ming Shen Jian Prince: Zhu Mo, twenty-second son Ming Anhui Prince: Zhu Ying, twenty-third son Ming Tangding Prince: Zhu Huan, twenty-fourth son Ming Yingjing Prince: Zhu Dong, twenty-fifth son Ming Yili Prince: Zhu Yu, the rest of the relatives surnamed Zhu are all named "County Wangjue" but the imperial nephew Ming Jingjiang County King: Zhu Shouqian, except that he is the title of the prince of the county but receives the prince's salary and treatment.