Chapter 935: The rules are set by man
The fact that the crown prince Zheng Hanyu was going to travel after the Spring Festival caused a lot of shock in the cabinet, and there were many opposing opinions, which Zheng Xunrui did not expect.
The most oppositional was Wen Zhenheng.
In royal affairs, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs should not interfere more, including the cabinet, which cannot interfere casually, but Zheng Hanyu has been canonized as the crown prince, and his identity is different, so it is understandable that the cabinet has put forward different opinions on this matter, and Zheng Xunrui cannot force the opposition of the cabinet.
The opposition of the cabinet is also very clear, since ancient times, there has been no such thing as the prince going out to travel, if it is said that the prince participated in the government and was familiar with many matters in the court earlier, this is completely deserved, and Zheng Hanyu is not very old, he still needs to study, and a long time of travel may waste his studies.
The opposition raised by the cabinet was easily overturned by Zheng Xunrui, he said very clearly, the rules are set by people, the times are advancing, many rules need to be changed, the prince goes out to travel, it is very advantageous, you can grasp the suffering of the people, you can observe how the government at all levels does things, this is also to lay a good foundation for familiarity with the government, as for the matter of learning, the same will not be delayed, the professor's husband can follow together, and the knowledge of the professor is combined with the actual situation, There are great benefits for the crown prince.
Zheng Xunrui even pointed out that there are many scholars nowadays who don't listen to things outside the window, and only read the books of sages and sages, and when they succeed in the imperial examination, they enter the court to be an official, but they don't understand anything, and they can't participate in the handling of government affairs at all.
Zheng Xunrui said this reason. Let the cabinet have nothing to say, they all know very well that since the Zhengde period, there have indeed been many Jinshi of the two lists, and they don't know anything except for the eight strands of the exam. It's a lot of delays.
Naturally, the opposition of the cabinet will not have much effect.
In fact, Zheng Xunrui's bold move has long been there, the most typical is the queen Wen Manshan as the president of the Ming Royal Bank, according to the requirements of Confucianism, women are not talented is virtue, but unfortunately Zheng Xunrui is abandoning this statement, not only does not recognize such statements, but also does the same in fact, Wen Manshan, Dongmei, Yang Aizhen, Xu Fojia and Bian Yujing and others are doing things outside, which is the best proof.
Zheng Xunrui also has his own understanding in this regard. He believes that women must have a certain talent, not to mention doing things outside, but also to the education of children and grandchildren, especially in the family of scholars, most of the men have gone out to become officials, it is difficult to educate their children, and most of the female dependents in the family have undertaken this task. Although children can enter the academy to study, but the formation of personal character. I have a lot to do with my mother.
However, Zheng Xunrui still can't ask women to come out to do things, after all, in this era, the understanding that women are not talented is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is impossible to change in a short period of time. These people were the elite of the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Xunrui had to rely on these people to govern the country.
The Spring Festival of Ruiyuan is coming.
This is the second Spring Festival after Zheng Xunrui ascended the throne, but this Spring Festival is completely different from the Spring Festival of the first year of Ruiyuan.
After more than a year of recuperation, the people have basically recovered their breath. Every family attaches great importance to this Spring Festival, and they thank the emperor and the imperial court for giving them a peaceful and stable life.
All parts of the north and south of the Ming Dynasty have basically stabilized, the wounds of the war in some places have not been completely eliminated, some places in the north can still see the burned houses, as well as some of the broken walls, the recovery of the population is even more slow, the Manchurian Eight Banners have gone deep into the north to loot several times, and the most robbed is the population, and the recovery of the population is not a short thing.
After years of conquest and fighting, Liaodong is extremely desolate, and there are almost no people in many places, the population is mainly concentrated in the city, the army recovered all the places west of the Liao River, and some Han people took the opportunity to cross the Liao River, but this situation did not last very long, perhaps the emperor Taiji felt that the situation was not right, and quickly deployed troops to hold the Liao River, so that the Han people could not return smoothly, In this regard, the emperor and the imperial court could not come up with any good solutions.
In order to solve this problem, the imperial court tried to move part of the population from the south to the north, but this action could not be too big, after all, the migration of the population is not a trivial matter, and the imperial court has already migrated part of the population to Taiwan before this.
However, there are many people from the North Korean side who have entered Shandong, and some of them are willing to move to the north, which is also something that the emperor and the court did not expect.
The common people are grateful to welcome this Spring Festival.
The requirements of the imperial court are very clear, no matter where, no matter where it is, no one is allowed to starve to death and freeze to death, this is a rule that cannot be violated, the Metropolitan Procuratorate at all levels has been specifically starved at this matter, and several counties have been punished in this regard, and have been directly removed from the official position of the county, and some have been directly put into prison because of deception, waiting for the trial of Dali Temple, and the officials punished by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, The imperial court notified the government at all levels in the form of a newspaper, which made the officials at all levels begin to be nervous, carefully check whether the local people have suffered disasters, whether there are people who cannot survive, and carry out relief in the shortest possible time.
Don't underestimate this matter, it plays a pivotal role in stabilizing the situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, the government cares about the people, and the people are not worried about starvation.
The First and Second Military Regions in the north have devoted a large part of their energy to exterminating bandits, but in fact, many people become bandits because their lives are unsustainable, and once their hometowns are stabilized, most of the people will not be bandits, and the local government has tried their best to stabilize the local situation so that the common people have food to eat and will not freeze to death, and this has disintegrated the foundation for the existence of bandits.
The emperor and the imperial court also have clear instructions for exterminating bandits, and for those bandit leaders, they must not let go, as for ordinary bandits, as long as they are willing to go home to farm and live honestly, they can be lenient.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the bandits were by no means the opponents of the imperial army, and the imperial army entered the local area to exterminate the bandits, and won the support of the common people.
The businessmen were busy with business, and the world was peaceful, which was the best opportunity for the merchants, and they traveled all over the Ming Dynasty to earn more silver.
In their eyes, the situation in various places is stable, nothing big will happen, there will be no bandits staring at them, and there will be no rogues, and they can spend the Spring Festival with peace of mind.
The Spring Festival of Ruiyuan three years came in such an atmosphere.
In contrast to the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival in the local area, the palace is much quieter.
The emperor and the queen's mother, including many concubines, have a lot of things to do, Wen Manshan, Dongmei and Bian Yujing are all doing things in the Daming Royal Bank, when the Spring Festival is approaching, the Royal Bank is extremely busy, there is almost no time to rest, as the president, Wen Manshan is even more busy with her feet on the ground, and it looks harder than the emperor.
Xu Fojia and Yang Aizhen need to collect information from all aspects, no matter what the festival is, they need to be busy.
The more leisurely is the imperial concubine Zhu Huijiao.
Because of Zhu Cihong's matter, Zheng Xunrui felt a little sorry for Zhu Huijiao, he wanted to save Zhu Cihong and others, but unfortunately he could not fully control the development of the situation, Zhu Cihong's existence threatened the stability of the court, and in desperation, Zheng Xunrui acquiesced to the actions of Zheng Jinhong and others, and Zhu Cihong finally died.
Zhu Huijiao is the daughter of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, she has always grown up in the palace, received a strict etiquette education, and has been very quiet after becoming the imperial concubine, but Zhu Huijiao helped Zheng Xunrui and asked many children of the Zhu family who had been canonized as princes and county kings to take the initiative to remove the title and fief, Zheng Xunrui was very grateful in this regard.
From these aspects, Zhu Huijiao is very smart and understands things, but after such a long time, Zhu Huijiao has never expressed dissatisfaction, and in the harem, the relationship with other people is also good.
Based on this reason, when the Spring Festival was approaching, Zheng Xunrui accompanied Zhu Huijiao a lot of the time, telling Zhu Huijiao about many things that happened in the DPRK and China, as well as how to fight the Eight Banners Army in Liaodong, and never stopped Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Cizhao, Zhu Cihuan and others from coming to the palace to meet the imperial concubine, and Zhu Huiqin, who was still young, was still in the palace and was directly taken care of by Zhu Huijiao.
What Zheng Xunrui didn't expect was that Zhu Huijiao also made a request to go out of the palace to do things, she wanted to enter the Daming Royal Bank to do things, after all, she talked with the queen mother Wen Manshan on weekdays, as well as Dongmei and Bian Yujing and others, and heard a lot about the royal bank, probably because she felt that she could do these things.
This request made Zheng Xunrui a little embarrassed, he didn't agree, but he had already thought of asking Zhu Huijiao to do something, Wen Manshan and Zhu Huijiao are both doing things in the Royal Bank, which is undoubted to enhance the status of the Royal Bank, but the status of the Royal Bank is too high, and it is not a good thing, and it will be difficult for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise it at that time. (To be continued.) )