Although the Ming Dynasty is not like the former Song Dynasty, it is obvious that it emphasizes civil affairs over military force, but at least in the promulgation of government decrees, it has always been a clear distinction between civil and military affairs, including the reform of the civilian system and the reform of the military system. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

So this time, Ye Yingwu directly brought up the Six Gates and the Praetorian Guard, which really scared the officials of the Six Ministries. In fact, in the final analysis, the Six Gates and the Praetorian Guard are not really the military system of the Ming Dynasty, but belong to the royal system of the Ming Dynasty, after all, the Six Gates and the Jinyi Guard are secret agent organizations loyal to the royal family and directly obey the orders of the emperor, and the Praetorian Guard is also directly loyal to His Majesty the Emperor to protect the royal family and the capital, more precisely, the royal direct system of the imperial city security.

The origin of the personnel of the Six Gates, the Jinyi Guard and the Praetorian Guard is dominated by the main battle army and the military sentinels who are active in the front line, so in the subconscious of many people, these forces are labeled as the "army system", but once a conflict between civil and military officials really breaks out between the government and the opposition, these forces will obey the emperor's dispatch, maintain balance in the middle, mediate the conflict, and if any side is at fault, they will take the emperor's order as an order, rather than standing on the side of the army and supporting the military attaché.

In fact, the person who commands these forces is called the commander rather than the general and the supervisor, and the purpose of this title is to be able to plan the number of commanders under each commander more flexibly, so as to better face the possible dangers around Ye Yingwu, and secondly, to better avoid the confusion between the military system and the royal direct system, and always be alert to the commanders of these three forces, the real purpose of their positions.

Therefore, although the six scholars were surprised, they quickly reacted, although Ye Yingwu was angry and insisted on taking absolute tough measures, it did not mean that the young Ming Emperor had lost his mind.

Sending the Six Gates and the Praetorian Guard, who were neutral and loyal to the Imperial Family, to take coercive measures was actually reasonable. In this way, Ye Yingwu can express his impartial attitude towards civil and military officials, as well as his warnings to civil officials who are unfavorable and even almost make big mistakes. After all, Daming can't afford the price of paper money withdrawing from the market, so in addition to directly scolding Wen Tianxiang and Xie Fangde, the two most responsible officials, and then punishing them slightly, Ye Yingwu must also give a warning to the officials below, especially the governors of the state capital who are responsible for the implementation of paper money in the future.

This time, you don't pay attention to the orders of the imperial court, and the imperial court has sent guards and six doors to watch you, so that you don't pay attention to it. And if there is a next time, these people from the Six Gates and the Praetorian Guard are not here to oversee, but to take the black yarn hat.

Although the Ming Dynasty carried out a thorough reform of the redundant official system in the Song Dynasty, it still inherited the former Song Dynasty in its attitude towards officials, and the most severe punishment for officials was to take off their black gauze hats and kick them home directly. After all, this kind of thinking that has been ingrained for 300 years will be difficult to eradicate for a while. But this is enough for the deterrent effect of officials.

Ye Yingwu then lowered his gaze to several scholars: "Wang Lixin, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Xia Shilin, the secretary of the Criminal Department!" ”

The two hurriedly stood up, Wang Lixin was appointed Shangshu at the end of the year after Wang Yi returned to his hometown, and the new official was planning to do a big job, while Xia Shilin was a relict of the previous dynasty, still middle-aged, and naturally planned to really make a performance in the new dynasty, and also won the name of himself before and after his death, so the two bowed their heads slightly, but their waists were straight, and they looked high-spirited.

"The Ministry of Officials must fully cooperate with the Ministry of Household and the Praetorian Guard," Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, "In addition, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs has also sent powerful personnel to various places, and I will let the Imperial Department of Justice accompany the officials of the Ministry of Justice. Six Doors will cooperate with your overseer! ”

"Obey the order!" Being able to get the help of the Praetorian Guards and the Six Doors, Wang Lixin and Xia Shilin are naturally full of confidence, which arrogant guy may be able to look down on the two Shangshu who have not yet shown any merits in the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department, but they must not look down on the Praetorian Guard and the Six Doors.

The Janissaries are all bloody and bloody guys who kill the Mongolian Tartars, and the six doors are even more strange and powerful people who are familiar with the local area, even if there is no Ye Yingwu, the emperor of the dynasty, the order and majesty of the emperor are pressed here, I am afraid that no one has the courage to make a mistake in front of these people.

After all, these guys have a wrong temper, and it is really possible to cut first and then play, and it is a big deal to use their own heads to make amends. They are all ruthless people who kill people and set fire with their heads tied to their belts, and they are not afraid of anything but death, and what most civil officials are most afraid of is not the word "death".

Ye Yingwu nodded, although Xia Shilin and Wang Lixin had not yet shown their skills, one had been quite experienced in the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department for a long time, and the other was a young capable minister who was rolling up his sleeves and preparing to do a big job, so Ye Yingwu believed that the two of them could achieve the goal they wanted.

The world often says that Ye Yingwu is the best in the world, but in fact, this is mainly because Ye Yingwu simply pulled out those who would shine in the final struggle of the Southern Song Dynasty ten years later in history into the military recklessness, so that these people could show their demeanor earlier. And now Ye Yingwu has stepped into the position of Emperor Ming step by step, although the trajectory of history is still moving forward, but all the details have become unrecognizable, and it is time to really test Ye Yingwu's ability to use people.

There is no doubt in employing people, no suspicion is needed, Ye Yingwu still trusts every official he appoints, and it is precisely because of this trust, as well as the experience of following His Majesty to the south and north to fight the world not long ago, that these Conglong Yuanrong, who have now occupied the middle and upper level of the Ming Dynasty, can truly support Ye Yingwu and maintain absolute loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.

Not only because most of them are passionate and ambitious people, but also because they met Ye Yingwu at the beginning of their lives, and because they watched Ye Yingwu stretch out his hand to support the huge sky and shape the sun and moon.

After seeing miracles, he will naturally be devout to the gods, and Ye Yingwu is undoubtedly an unbetrayable existence in the eyes and hearts of these officials.

Therefore, Ye Yingwu can also trust the officials below and disperse more things, so as to avoid concentrating power in the hands of one or two cronies, and at the same time be able to cultivate enough talents for the imperial court to support heaven and earth.

Jiang Wanli's generation of old ministers and capable ministers stumbled and stumbled over in the battle of wits and courage with Jia Yidao, so they were more mature and stable, and they were more able to maintain the Southern Song Dynasty in the wind and rain when the country was in danger. In Wen Tianxiang's generation, there are no dangerous enemies in the government and the opposition, and their roads are naturally smoother.

What Ye Yingwu needs is not a "promise" to eat an iron rice bowl and not work, but someone who can decide the fate of a dynasty at a critical time, so he creates tasks for these officials who have come to this point. Supervising the state capital below, for Wen Tianxiang and others, may be familiar with the road, but for Wang Lixin and Xia Shilin, it is the first time. With this time, Ye Yingwu could test their abilities, and he could also exercise their wrists and courage.

Wen Tianxiang slowly raised his head and met Ye Yingwu's gaze.

The two of them exchanged glances quietly, obviously Wen Tianxiang understood what Ye Yingwu meant, and also understood what he should do.

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After Wen Tianxiang and the others retreated, Ye Yingwu slowly leaned back in his chair and exhaled softly.

After experiencing today's events, Ye Yingwu finally realized that he was not omnipotent, and it was impossible for him to directly work out everything and let it go directly because the general trend of history has developed like this. Facts have proved that what the Mongols can do with a saber does not mean that Ye Yingwu can do it with prestige. After all, in the face of interests, nothing can really threaten people except death.

Although Ye Yingwu was enshrined by many people for the immortal tablet, although he single-handedly created this Ming Dynasty, in fact, he mainly relied on the understanding of historical trends before, and externally afterward, he directly ignited the powder keg between Haidu and Kublai Khan, which would actually wait a few years before it completely exploded.

Although the Ming Dynasty never admitted that he had done anything in the contradiction between the Mongolian Kublai Khan and the Haidu Ministry, and there was no record in the history books of the Ming Dynasty and His Majesty's living notes, the six doors and some of the backbones of the Jinyi Guard, which had suddenly disappeared for several years, were actually the most obvious clues.

It's just that with the passage of time, fewer and fewer people know about this clue, and naturally it will eventually disappear into the dust of history. After all, the activity funds of the Six Gates and the Jinyi Guard are allocated by the Imperial Treasury of the Ming Dynasty, and no one is qualified to view these expenditure records except for the emperor of the current dynasty. Therefore, if there is any obvious gap in the accounts, naturally except for the emperor who knows it, the rest of the people have no way of knowing.

And the six doors and the annual ledger of the Jinyi Guard will be directly burned after being seen by the emperor, so as to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy's internal exploration organization.

What's more, now that Kublai Khan's Ministry and Haidu Department are on the same footing, it doesn't matter who lit this fire in the first place.

Externally, Ye Yingwu can make a reasonable and beneficial judgment on the Ming Dynasty by relying on his vivid images of Haidu and Kublai Khan left in the history books, but internally, the actual Ye Yingwu is no different from crossing the river by feeling the stones.

After all, no one would have thought that one day they would travel back to these 700 years ago, and even if they did, they would not think about how they should put the economy in order after turning the tide. Now what does the economy of the Ming Dynasty belong to, Ye Yingwu actually can't say it himself, if you really want to define it, the semi-feudal and semi-capitalist economic form is actually more in line with the status quo of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, there was a trend at the end of the Song Dynasty, but because of the Song and Yuan wars and the melee at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, this trend was forcibly contained, and the wealth accumulation and prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty for three hundred years were ruined, so the germination of capitalism was only revealed in the Ming Dynasty.

Now the Ming Dynasty inherited the mantle of the former Song Dynasty, it can be said that there is no chaos in the middle of this hundred years, at home Ye Yingwu quickly recovered Heluo, Shandong and other large areas of lost land, and vigorously developed in Nanyang, so the Ming Dynasty's commerce and trade are more and more prosperous and developed, has far exceeded the former Song Dynasty, even if the Ming Dynasty later recovered the northern land has actually been dragging its feet, there is no way to hinder the vigorous development momentum of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Ye Yingwu is very sure that the Ming Dynasty already has the germ of capitalism, and as long as the imperial court does not interfere much, the transition from feudal society to capitalist society can occur in just a few decades.

Of course, Ye Yingwu couldn't sit idly by, after all, he didn't want to let himself or his descendants become emperors who were sent to the guillotine. Therefore, Ye Yingwu must try his best to make the entire social system change within the controllable scope of the imperial court, to be precise, it is a top-down reform, not a bottom-up revolution. In the final analysis, Ye Yingwu is still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the founder of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally doesn't want to watch the Ming Dynasty "die after the second century".

Therefore, in fact, the reform of the civil service system and the military system led by Ye Yingwu since his accession to the throne, as well as the later implementation of paper money and the establishment of the silver standard system, were all to allow the germination of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty to develop within a controllable range.

At least before the outbreak, the imperial court was able to take appropriate measures to calmly transition to Ye Yingwu's ideal constitutional monarchy. For Ye Yingwu and for the whole of China, if capitalism is really implemented, then it is obvious that the constitutional monarchy is more suitable than the separation of powers of the later Americans. Because China has actually always been accustomed to allegiance to individuals, especially in ancient China, the prestige of the emperor and the reputation of the generals themselves can sometimes even determine the smooth implementation of a policy and the success or failure of a war.

Therefore, maintaining the existence of the Ming royal family and allowing the people and the army to still have nominal allegiance is actually the best choice for the Ming Dynasty in the face of capitalist change, and it is also the choice that is most in line with Ye Yingwu's personal interests.

At this moment, Ye Yingwu saw not only that paper money was excluded among the people, but also that the development of the entire economy and trade was almost out of the control of the imperial court, so it was impossible for Ye Yingwu not to get angry and not to take coercive measures. Once the country is in turmoil, the cheapest ones can only be opportunists and Kublai Khan and Haidu, who are already red-eyed.

Especially at the critical time when the Northern Expedition was in full swing preparations, the entire government and the opposition were actually nervous, if there was a problem at this time because of the salary and salary, it would be fatal to the Ming Dynasty's civil and military system and the army.

What's more, all parts of the Ming Dynasty need a lot of money because of the preparation of the materials needed for the Northern Expedition, and by taking this opportunity, Ye Yingwu can also completely promote paper money to every corner of the country.

Sometimes, the stable issuance of banknotes and the stability of prices actually symbolize the strength of a country's power, as well as the normal operation and unity of the whole country. If a country cannot even issue paper money, it will naturally be vulnerable.

At this moment, Xiao Yangzi walked over lightly and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the scholars of the Ministry of Rites outside the palace, the scholars of the Hanlin Academy and the scholars of the Academy of Sciences jointly ask to see you." ”

Ye Yingwu was stunned and nodded hurriedly: "Well, quickly Xuan." ”

Xiao Yangzi hurriedly retreated, while Ye Yingwu slowly stood up, his eyes falling outside through the crack in the window.

In order not to block the sky and to prevent people from hiding in the trees with bad intentions, there are actually not many trees in the palace, and they are mainly concentrated in the Imperial Garden. The imperial study is a corner of the former palace room, and there is an apricot tree outside the window.

The apricot blossom rain is the apricot blossom that blooms in February and March, and in the middle of March, it is the time to bloom, yesterday's spring rain obviously did not prevent the apricot blossoms from blooming in the wind, the warm wind is blowing slowly, and a few petals are falling, but in front of the blooming white and light red, it seems insignificant.

Before you know it, it's the middle of March, and April is getting closer.

The first official palace examination since the founding of the Ming Dynasty is about to be held, and the first champion of the Ming Dynasty will also be born in a month.

"Before you know it, time flies." Ye Yingwu muttered. (To be continued.) )