The night is still noisy. [Full text reading]

After Chinese New Year's Eve, before the fifteenth month, there was already a festive atmosphere, but now it was rushed by the triumphant atmosphere of the army, and the festive atmosphere became more and more intense. Houses are lit up and snow reflects the lights, making the capital doubly bright, and the lively scene is far better than the Chinese New Year's Eve not long ago.

In addition to Triumph, many families are enjoying the joy of reunion.

The guards who returned to Beijing were far from reaching the level of full strength, because after the great victory, the sea was no longer worry-free, Zhengde sent many guards back to their homes on the road, and after arriving in the capital, most of the people who were in the capital were also repatriated by him, and finally stationed in Xiyuan, only a few thousand.

It's not that Zhengde or Xie Hong are too negligent and take it lightly, but this arrangement is enough. Still following Zhengde's side are the original Xuanfu disciples as the main force, composed of Mo Dao soldiers, with these people, even if there are some changes in the capital, they can be easily suppressed.

Now that Jiangnan has been flattened, the Tiqi bullet is forcefully pressed, and although the northern provinces have some small waves, they have all been bulldozed quickly; The west is deterred and no longer a trouble; Other places, such as Shuzhong and Southwest China, may have just gotten the news of King Ning's uprising, even if they have conspiracy and ambitions, they can only be brewing, and they will not cause much trouble.

Xie Hong has already tried his best to spread the news of the victory, thinking that those careerists, or those who have grievances, can see the situation as soon as possible, these people will not cause much trouble, but it is possible to attract Zhengde's attention to the past. It is not impossible for the emperor to run around in Beijing, but after the new law is implemented and the new order is established, it is better to stay in the capital at this critical juncture.

In addition, although the Guards defeated the Tartars, in the battle dominated by cold weapons, while killing the enemy, their own casualties were also indispensable, and the casualties of the Guards were also more than 10,000, especially the foot soldiers who built a spear formation.

However, due to the effective treatment and the protection of the plate armor, the proportion of people killed in battle is not very high, and many people are injured but do not die. Rather than letting these soldiers recuperate in the capital, it is better to take the opportunity to give them a home and let them go home, and at the same time, spread the details of the great victory, and completely pacify the slightly turbulent Jizhen and Liaozhen, which is peeped into by foreign enemies.

After thinking about a holiday so much, Xie Hong also felt that he was a little utilitarian, but there was no way, it was still the same sentence, now is the most critical time to lay the foundation, and if you are not careful, you will go around in a big circle and waste a lot of time.

The proportion is not nothing, and there are thousands of battlers, and there are hundreds of people from the capital alone, so in the atmosphere of celebrating the city, there are also crying voices from time to time, which are slightly incongruous, and Xie Hong is also a little gloomy.

However, although he has a delicate mind, he is not the kind of person who likes to get tangled, and war always has to be sacrificed, whether in the process of resisting aggression or in the process of expanding territory. The best way to mourn the deceased is not to cry and remember, but to consolidate the victory that they have won with blood and life, and then carry it forward.

Of course, the way to avoid casualties is also to be considered, war, like business, is best to be able to exchange the least price for the greatest etiquette.

"Do you want to step up the research and development of firearms?" Zhengde exclaimed.

Xie Hong's plan surprised him, and as he spoke, the team had already turned onto Chang'an Avenue and was about to arrive at the Forbidden City. When they arrived at Chengtianmen, that is, the moment when the two were temporarily separated, Zhengde wanted to go back to the palace to appease the old lady and make the next arrangements, and Xie Hong also had to go home to do similar things, of course, they couldn't stick together all the time.

"The Divine Arm Bow and Mo Knife are very useful, and with the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, it will be enough to march north next year?" After thinking about it, Zhengde continued to ask: "Could it be that big brother, you are worried about the enemy at sea, that is, those Europa people you said?" ”

"Those things are enough to deal with the Tartars, as for the enemy at sea, with the current artillery technology, it may not be much worse than them, not to mention that we still have a steam engine here, it should not be weak."

Xie Hong was not surprised by Zhengde's surprise, at the beginning of the victory, it was indeed a bit strange to eliminate the weapons that had just verified their power. However, the strong crossbow and Mo knife were used excessively, and with these ancestral weapons, you can defeat the Tartars, but if you want to crush the Tartars, there are still some shortcomings, and if you want to crush, firearms are the king.

"Now there are casualties in the war, and when the new firearms I expected are successfully developed, killing Tartars will be easier than hunting, but the research and development cycle required is a little longer, and at the current rate of progress, it will take at least five years, well, maybe it will be longer."

"That's it, okay, anyway, you're the authority in this regard, so let's do it." Zhengde nodded easily, thought about it, and added: "As long as I don't delay going to sea and inspecting Jiangnan." ”

"Uh...... Once the Senate is up and running, you'll have plenty of free time. "In a sense, the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty is still very advanced, there are so many political affairs in the world, the emperor alone cannot deal with it no matter what, and many small things do not need to be decided by the emperor himself.

For example, if there is a famine in a certain place, in fact, what the court has to do is just to provide relief, where is the need for the emperor to personally go out, saying that it is to listen to the opinions of all parties at the court meeting, but in fact it is to watch a group of people quote scriptures and classics for various purposes.

The household department has always said that the treasury has no money; The Ministry of Rites has always tried to argue the connection between natural disasters and the actions of the emperor; However, the behavior of the officials will be more complicated, and in the calamity, they will either promote certain officials, or they will drag the criminal department to punish the crimes of certain officials, depending on the relationship between the subject and the subject.

As long as the goals and strategies are determined, heroic deeds and crimes can always be found, and the most debates in the court meeting are entangled in these issues, and the specific method of relief is rarely paid attention to.

After a toss, the relief strategy was settled, and then all parties began a new round of competition, this time for the sake of interests, after arguing for so long and spending so much energy, the relief money always has to be shared, is it compensation?

In such a process, the emperor actually did not play much role, whether it was to finalize the relief strategy on the spot, or to carefully scrutinize the details, it was inevitable that he would be taken away by the courtiers.

If you really want to play, then you can only go out to get first-hand information from the disaster area, and then let the factory guards keep an eye on the specific executor, and deter with strict laws, in order to really play the role of the emperor, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang did this.

But this kind of countermeasure is not something that every Huang Yanjing can do. Even Zhu Yuanzhang himself, after getting older, slowly slackened off, after all, he is a human being, not a central computer, it is impossible to care about everything all the time and be vigilant at all times.

Zhengde's surname is much worse than his grandfather's grandfather, even if Hongzhi is resurrected, don't want to force him to bow to everything, in fact, there is no need for that. Xie Hong's method was to follow the experience of later generations and replace the emperor's role in government affairs with a mature system.

In the previous more than a year of operation, the Senate has accumulated a lot of experience, although the world is big, government affairs actually come and go so much. What's more, the Ming Dynasty is not so much centralized power as local autonomy, at least in places like villages and towns.

With these experiences, and the direct participation and guidance of senior bureaucrats such as Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai, the Senate divided government affairs into categories, such as those with normal surnames, those with emergency mutations, and those with seasonal surnames, and then determined the general guidelines and principles for each category.

Of course, these regulations are not necessarily complete, and can even be said to be very simple, and they are not enough to support the operation of the entire Ming Dynasty. However, as long as the direction is determined, the rest of the matter can be slowly completed. Therefore, in the early days of the Senate officially ascending to the court, Xie Hong had to keep Zhengde in the capital, he could not care about specific affairs, but he still had to participate in legislation.

The Jinyi Wei Society will gradually transform into a formal supervisory body, and the supervision system will also be integrated into the entire government affairs system, in line with laws and regulations, to examine the actions of officials in political affairs.

In the future, before the head of the household department wants to say that the household department has no money, he must think about it. Because he has to be responsible for what he says, and the financial system is completely transparent to the supervisory body, if he has money and says that he has no money, it will naturally be exposed on the spot, and if he really has no money, he has to explain where the money went.

In the Senate, the debate will be reduced to a minimum, everyone must focus on the practical, and the argument will only take place in the Senate.

The latter will be reorganized from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is specially quarrelsome, and all state policies, they can question them, no matter what the purpose, even if they are selfish, this will also be the only place that the supervision system will not pay attention to, and the person who speaks is truly innocent.

If the emperor is involved in political affairs, then this is the stage for him to listen to opinions, because here are representatives of various families, factions, and classes. It is the Emperor's mission to get a relatively thoughtful approach from their needs and disputes, and to make decisions.

If the emperor doesn't like to participate, it doesn't matter, naturally there are people such as the speaker to preside, and the process of the meeting will be spread by the roadside society, which is transparent to the whole world, and it is difficult for favoritism to happen. If any of the delegates put forward an obviously nonsense proposal, such as a breath tax or something, they were afraid that they would be drowned in the stinky ditch as soon as they went out.

This is what Xie Hong conceived, the future political pattern of the Ming Dynasty, after the smooth implementation, Zhengde can put down his burden and play everywhere.

"It has to go smoothly and quickly." The related content, the brothers have already discussed, Zhengde didn't like government affairs, but he was not dissatisfied, but he was very concerned about the progress.

When they arrived at Chengtianmen, when the two were about to say goodbye, Zhengde suddenly turned his head and showed a mysterious smile: "Big brother, if the progress is ahead, I will give you a surprise." ”

(To be continued)