First of all, in terms of financial power, Zhu Jinglun no longer imposes restrictions on Shangshu Province, no matter how large the financial allocation, as long as Shangshu Province thinks it is reasonable, they can decide for themselves; The other is diplomatic power, Zhu Jinglun basically came to grasp it personally in major politics and diplomacy before, because he did have experience in this area, and Chen Zhiting's government was really unfamiliar; In the end, the judicial power was also completely transferred, and all kinds of laws were basically grasped by Zhu Jinglun himself, but now as long as Shangshu Province thinks it is necessary to introduce new laws, Zhu Jinglun closes his eyes and signs, and does not look at it at all. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Only the military power is still firmly in the hands of Zhu Jinglun, but it has begun to let the government have certain restrictions on the army, such as the budget of the army, which is basically handed over to Shangshu Province for review, and Zhu Jinglun does not interfere or put pressure on the government.

Before delegating power, Zhu Jinglun dealt with the last few important things.

First of all, there is the affairs of the army, and military power is not dared to be handed over to others, and this is an issue related to the cornerstone of this country, and Zhu Jinglun cannot help but adopt a conservative attitude.

Allowing the government to exercise certain restraint on the armed forces is the limit of what can be achieved at present, and the question of making the armed forces obey the government's orders is not on the schedule at present.

Objectively speaking, the army of the Ming Dynasty is already very strong, but compared with the most advanced Western army, there is still a big gap, maybe it is no problem to fight the second-class army of Italy and other countries, but it is no problem to compete with the most powerful armies such as Britain and France, there is still a gap, the difference is not bad in the technical problems of soldiers, the training of this kind of thing The Ming army has completely introduced Western-style methods, and the gap is mainly in the management of the army and the quality of officers.

The Ming army introduced a staff system, introduced an independent logistics and financial system, but the quality of officers did not meet the requirements, the management was still relatively chaotic, and the Ming army was far from being a war machine, at best it was stronger than the Qing army, and there was still a gap compared with Britain and France, not to mention compared with the sophisticated Prussian army.

The quality of officers is poor in two aspects: the first is that the foundation of their scientific management is too poor, so it is really unrealistic for officers who have not even been exposed to mathematics in the past to directly convert into accurate management based on numbers; The second is their own ideological problem, although the combat effectiveness of the Ming army has been improved by studying the West is obvious to all, there are still many officers who despise the West and despise the West, and it is impossible for them to sincerely absorb the modern knowledge that broke out in the West in the 19th century, and sooner or later they will still fall behind.

Zhu Jinglun felt that what he had been able to do in China before had been good enough, and he had established a military academy so that most of the middle and senior officers had studied in the military academy, but he could not guarantee the effect of learning, and it was their thinking that the military academy could not influence, and the main instructors in the military academy were only officers from second-rate military countries in Europe such as Sweden, and their level was also limited.

Therefore, after the Battle of the Northern Empire, Zhu Jinglun began to select military students to study abroad, and he did not select carefully, but directly cut the rules, and all officers under the age of 30 were sent to the West and to various countries, and after diplomatic communication, Britain, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany were all willing to accept Chinese officers to study in their military academies.

The reason why almost all the young officers who are on the fault line are allowed to go is because the idea of despising foreigners is universal, and it is not the behavior of a few people, so they simply send all young people with strong learning ability. Let them personally see the advanced nature of Europe in this era, see the combat effectiveness of the European army in this era to crush other regions, and use facts to combat their blind self-confidence.

Zhu Jinglun does not want the Chinese people to be blindly inferior when facing the West, and he does not want to see the blind self-confidence of the officials under his command, whether it is inferiority or self-confidence, as long as it is blind, it is not objective, he pursues objectivity and seeks truth from facts.

Under this one-size-fits-all policy, not only a large number of middle and low-level officers had to go to the West, but even some high-ranking officers, such as Wen Yuan, had to go to the West. The good thing is that this selection includes almost all levels, and once they return to China, it will bring a new atmosphere from top to bottom.

In addition to the military issue, there was also a legal issue, which delayed the trial of Hou Jin and Zhang Qianshan for a long time.

The two men were charged with treason, and even such a felony is still subject to legal proceedings, which are tried by the top judge in Guangzhou, and they are allowed to hire a lawyer to defend them.

Zhang Qianshan did things safely, there was never enough evidence to prove that he had the intention of rebellion, whether it was what he said or what he did, it could not prove that he did rebel at that time, in terms of speaking, he told everyone from beginning to end that it was to ensure that the Zhu family was in order to ensure that the Zhu family was in the country, and he entered Guangzhou because he kept the inheritance of Zhu Jinglun's son, and he was worried that there would be rebels.

The only flaw is that Zhang Rou didn't write him the letter, which means that Zhang Rou is not pregnant, and Zhang Qianshan pretended to ask his daughter to write a letter to tell him about her pregnancy. However, during the trial, Zhang Rou came forward to testify that she did write a letter, and Zhang Rou said that she was diagnosed by the doctor at that time that she was pregnant, so she wrote this letter, and it turned out to be a misdiagnosis.

Obviously, Zhang Rou gave false testimony, this was not Zhu Jinglun who asked her to do this, Zhu Jinglun hated to let Zhang Qianshan, a-stirring stick, obey the law, but Zhang Rou is Zhang Qianshan's daughter, at the most critical time, she chose to save her father, what can Zhu Jinglun say, this is human nature, he can't even criticize Zhang Rou for this.

Zhang Qianshan was acquitted because of the testimony of Zhu Jinglun's concubine Zhang Rou.

Hou Jin's trial is even more troublesome, Hou Jin is a military veteran or Zhu Jinglun's brother, which is recognized by the outside world.

Zhu Jinglun never thought of killing Hou Jin, killing this person has too much impact, although this person has no ability, but he is in a high position, the most important thing is that his identity is very special, he followed Zhu Jinglun when he started his family, and he fought with Zhu Jinglun before Zhu Jinglun started, and he is Zhu Jinglun's brother in life and death in the eyes of others.

If Hou Jin is sentenced to death, it can indeed demonstrate the authority of the law, make everyone afraid of the law, and even think that such a prominent person has to obey the law, who will doubt the power of the law, just like Xiao Chaogui killed his parents and established power, the discipline of the Taiping soldiers was stronger than that of the Qing army.

But once Hou Jin is killed, the outside world will still see Zhu Jinglun as a ruthless and unrighteous person, and Zhu Jinglun must skillfully maneuver between the authority of the law and the prestige of himself as the emperor.

If it were a Western society, he wouldn't have so many troubles, even if a prince committed a crime, he should be exiled and exiled, no one would say anything, Westerners can even exile the emperor, let alone others. But this is in China, in a humane society, and the emperors of China are not comparable to the kings of the West.

The emperor of the East was not only a political leader, but also a religious leader, the Son of Heaven, who shouldered the dual colors of political power and theocracy, and once everyone thought that their emperor was a ruthless person, this was not conducive to the formation of an inclusive political atmosphere.

Therefore, the trial of Hou Jin has always given Zhu Jinglun a headache, and in the end, no matter how the verdict is, it seems that he will lose something, either the authority of the law or his personal prestige. And he can't afford to lose both, not because he has a good face and doesn't want his authority to be damaged, but because he knows very well that in Chinese tradition, the emperor's prestige is of greater significance to the stability of the country than any country in the world, and in Chinese history, dynasties with high emperor prestige are more stable. For example, in the Song Dynasty, although the power of the emperor was weakened by the courtiers, in fact the Song Dynasty was politically stable. The prestige of the Ming emperor was insufficient, even if the Ming Dynasty was more powerful militarily, but the Ming Dynasty was more chaotic.

The reason is very simple, the courtiers of the Song Dynasty recognized the king more, thinking that the king was enlightened and ruled the world with the scholars, so they were more active, more active, and less infighting, while the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty had less spirit of national ownership, and being an official was more to compete for personal interests, so the officialdom struggle was more fierce than any era, and it can be said that the Ming Dynasty was not destroyed by the peasant uprising, not destroyed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in fact, it was destroyed by the party struggle.

Zhu Jinglun is a proud man, he has great ambitions, he wants to bring Chinese politics to the highest level since ancient times, but not overnight, first of all, he has to ensure that Chinese politics can reach the stability of the Song Dynasty without breaking through the tradition, so his personal prestige is extremely important at present.

After weighing it, he finally made a compromise consideration, he did not interfere with the operation of justice from beginning to end, and let the imperial power respect the judiciary as much as possible. But he interfered with the verdict.

Zhang Qianshan's crime was not established, and Hou Jin naturally did not rebel, but unlike Zhang Qianshan, Hou Jin was finally convicted, and he was still responsible for deducting military salaries.

Deducting military pay is a serious crime, and Zhu Jinglun is very strict about this, and the death penalty cannot escape. But when the verdict came out, Zhu Jinglun issued an edict of amnesty without waiting for execution.

He has this power, and the leaders of most countries in the world, even the president of the United States, have the power to grant amnesty.

But there must be a reasonable reason for the amnesty, the reason given by Zhu Jinglun is that Hou Jin has meritorious service to the country, and Hou Jin, as one of the military commanders, has indeed made great achievements in the process of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, even if he has no ability, but the army of the Ming Dynasty is strong enough, or the Qing army is too weak, but what he shows is his merit.

It is also a tradition to redeem merit for sin.

So in the end, despite some discontent, the dignity of the law was preserved, and the dignity of the law lay in its power to judge anyone, not in its ability to decide the fate of all. At least let people see that even a person as powerful as Hou Jin must endure judicial trial.

But in order to appease the anger, Zhu Jinglun then announced the exile of Hou Jin.

The only place of exile for the Ming Dynasty now can only be Alaska.

Hou Jin was exiled, and for Zhang Qianshan, whom Zhu Jinglun had always disliked, he simply appointed Zhang Qianshan as the governor and sent him to the colony of Alaska.

In addition to these legacy issues, Zhu Jinglun also has some private affairs, the most important of which is marriage issues. (To be continued.) )