Zhu Houzhao didn't pay attention to the screams outside the noon gate, and only turned around and went back to the Qianqing Palace.

From now on, he will still regard the Qianqing Palace as his main palace.

Of course, this does not mean that he compromised with the civilian clique and had to move into the Qianqing Palace.

But the geographical location of the Qianqing Palace itself is the central area of the former dynasty and the inner court, he has now controlled the inner court in his own hands, and he no longer has to worry that he will be controlled by the civil officials and the inner court, so it is naturally more suitable to live in the Qianqing Palace, which is convenient for ruling the entire core class of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the punishment of Mu Bin, it is just a means for Zhu Houzhao to deter Jinyiwei as the emperor now.

Zhu Houzhao is not the emotional and innocent Emperor Zhengde in his previous life, in this life, everything he does is only for his own interests, including the protection of his life.

In the evening, the temperature dropped sharply, Zhu Houzhao only surrounded the stove, looked at the sky outside through the blue screen window that was as yellow as a smoke curtain, and only put the hot tea in his hand on the yellow rosewood plate. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Let them come in!" ”

Green ant new brew wine, red clay small stove.

If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a glass of nothing?

As soon as Zhu Houzhao took a sip of hot tea, he saw that Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Xu Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Jiao Fang, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, had already walked in: "The minister has seen Your Majesty!" ”

"Throne!"

Zhu Houzhao gave the order, then turned around, rested his right elbow on the wooden table, and gently tapped his forehead with his index finger, and began to think about how to open his mouth.

Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Xu Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Jiao Fang, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, hurriedly thanked him.

Among the three, the oldest is Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, who is now eighty years old according to nine men and ten women, followed by Jiao Fang, who is already in his prime, and the youngest Xu Jin is also close to his prime.

Therefore, if the current Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao does not use old ministers, it is not true, Zhu Houzhao just doesn't like to use disobedient old ministers who don't even stand on his side.

Ma Wensheng and the other three can actually guess what Zhu Houzhao summoned them immediately for without Zhu Houzhao saying it, whether it is a politician or a politician, they all have a persistent pursuit of power, Ma Wensheng and the other three are no exception, they also want to become cabinet ministers.

"I summoned you three Aiqing today, not just ordinary monarchs and ministers chatting, but want to entrust the Ming dynasty to the three Aiqing, the recent court must be clear to you, not I am unkind, but traitors are unjust, as for the court, there are many young people who bully me, so I have to kill them to establish authority!"

"Of course, I don't need to explain to you, you are all old ministers left by the first emperor, and you have all served in foreign positions, you know the last wish of the first emperor and the expectations of the people, it can be expected that from today onwards, the three cabinet ministers will inevitably resign, I hope that you three Aiqing can enter the cabinet, and work with me to complete the last wish of the first emperor and reproduce the prosperity of Yongle!"

"The Huanghuang Ming Dynasty has gone through more than 100 years, the military prestige is sluggish, the number of displaced people has increased, the Tartars have repeatedly deducted the border, and the empire has no way to do it, and the finances are even more depleted so that Yin eats grain, this is not the Ming Dynasty I want to see, nor the Ming Dynasty that the first emperor wants to see;

Therefore, the first emperor worked hard for 18 years only to make the people peaceful, but unfortunately the first emperor died young, and now I hastily ascended the throne, although I am young and do not know the world, but also do not fall into the ambition of revitalizing the Ming Dynasty, I intend to reproduce the prosperity of Yongle, and even surpass the ancestors, I hope that the three Aiqing will help me wholeheartedly!

I want to start a new deal and complete the unfinished reform of the first emperor, what is the best policy for the three Aiqing to dedicate to me, I will choose and accept it! ”

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he looked out the window, and at this time the snow had fallen, and when the whirring north wind blew, it seemed that it had begun to give birth to new vitality.

The three of them, including Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, were thrilled when they heard this, and the three of them were not corpse vegetarians, not to mention that His Majesty Zhu Houzhao said that he wanted to let them enter the cabinet and still respected them so much, so naturally he didn't want to hide them anymore.

Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, stood up first: "Your Majesty, if you want to govern the prosperous world, you should first rectify the rule of officials, and now the corruption of all things in the Ming Dynasty is not because the king is not virtuous but because the officials are incorruptible. ”

"Your Majesty, what Otsuka Zai said, the minister deeply thinks so, if you want to revitalize the new policy, you must rectify the rule of officials, now in the government and the opposition, people are floating in things, although the first emperor is aware of everything, but it is inevitable to be mistaken by the ministers, in the past, the first emperor of Hongzhi opened the situation of Zhongxing, but also the first to purge the rule of officials, with the prince (Wang Shu) in charge of the ministry, Dazai in charge of the military department, and the purge of civil and military officials;

Now that hundreds of officials are bullying Your Majesty when you are young, you will naturally slack off, so if Your Majesty wants to start a new policy, you must first rectify the officials! ”

Jiao Fang, the left attendant of the ministry, also agreed.

"The minister also agrees with what Dazai Shaozai said, although the minister is in the military department, although he doesn't know whether the civil servants are honest or not, but he also knows that most of the military attaches have not practiced martial arts, deducted military supplies, and ate empty salaries to enrich their own selfishness, especially serious is the military envoys, so that the armament is slack, so if you want to strengthen the armament, you need to rectify the government first, and select virtuous ministers and good generals to make good governance be implemented, and even not become a bad government!"

Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, also said.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, he also agreed with the views of these three people, if he wants to change the current situation of Wen Tian and Wu Xi and the weak national prestige of the Ming Dynasty, he can only rectify the rule of officials first, because any policy needs to be implemented, and if the person responsible for the implementation can't do it, he will naturally not be able to implement the new policy.

And Zhu Houzhao also knew that the reason why the Ming Dynasty perished more in the original history was also the corruption of the officials, the so-called financial system was out of date, and the system collapsed or something, in fact, these systems have already collapsed, and the reason why they will die after a hundred years is that the government of officials is becoming more and more corrupt, and there are no virtuous ministers and good generals to continue the life of the dynasty, and they only focus on forming parties and running private businesses.

To put it bluntly, most of the rulers of the ruling class are only concerned with exploitation and forget to maintain the balance of the entire ruling system, and do not curb their own greed.

At this time, Ma Wensheng began to say again: "The minister does not dare to hide from His Majesty, the minister has presented the law of the examination to the first emperor before this, so His Majesty is in charge of the ministry with the minister, but unfortunately the first emperor died, and the law of the minister's examination has not been implemented. ”

Zhu Houzhao asked Gu Dayong to take it.

Immediately, Zhu Houzhao opened it and took a cursory look, thinking that Ma Wensheng's examination method was similar to that of Zhang Juzheng in later generations, and the purpose was to improve the efficiency of officials, strictly enforce the inspection system, set a time limit for each official's political tasks, and severely punish those who did not complete anything.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but secretly think that if Emperor Hongzhi did not die and Ma Wensheng could implement it, he would also be the first to open a precedent for the reform of official governance.

Because for most officials, they are officials just to enjoy happiness and accumulate wealth, but your court let me keep doing the right thing and make me lose the opportunity to accumulate wealth and pleasure, doesn't it make me very uncomfortable.

"Aiqing's method of passing the test is naturally excellent, and it is very right to prescribe the right medicine, but the food and clothing are enough to know the honor and disgrace, and the etiquette is known in a hurry, and the officials can not only ask them to be diligent, but also have to make them have no worries about food and clothing or even be richer, otherwise I am afraid that it is still thousands of miles for officials only for money, and improving their treatment can at least ensure that some officials who are corrupt because of poverty can remain clean, so the rewards and punishments in the examination law can not only be as simple as promotion, retention, and dismissal, but also performance rewards, that is, the completed political achievements are linked to the income of Yulu, Of course, the punishment must also be increased, and the punishment of imprisonment, house raid, beheading, and even skinning must be increased! Increase the cost of corruption! ”

Zhu Hou took care of it and said his thoughts, he knew that no matter what era, corruption must exist and it is difficult to eliminate, and now even if he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he does not want to try his best to permanently eliminate corruption like Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, he just wants to increase the cost of corruption as much as possible, and at the same time establish the enthusiasm of promoting officials to do the right thing with interests.

Therefore, what Zhu Houzhao wanted to implement in the Ming Dynasty was the reform of the performance system, linking the income of officials with the performance of individuals, which was undoubtedly better than providing incorruptible silver, and raising incorruptible silver could not support incorruptible, only by letting people know that the better they worked, the more they would get.