Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Great Change

The Mukden Hall has always been an important place for the state to discuss the court, in fact, it is also the place where important ministers deliberate, and the place where the fundamental state decrees are issued. In fact, because there are too many courtiers, usually the emperor goes to court in the square in front of the Fengtian Hall or outside the Huangji Gate. Only when there is a private discussion or a ritual will they come to the Mukden Hall to hold a ceremony.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, in addition to the early days of his accession to the throne, Zhu Houxi often slacked off, and occasionally found a few major ministers to discuss in the Yangxin Palace. Usually the national policy and things are discussed by the ministers themselves, as for whether it is above the early dynasty or in private, then Zhu Houyu does not care, Zhu Houyu only looks at the effect, but does not care whether the process is reasonable or dirty. Since his accession to the throne, he has relied not on the wisdom of one or two people, but on the wisdom and resources of their subordinates. For example, Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing, Lu Bing, Chen Hong, and Xia Yan are all without exception.

Lu Bing is different, every day is early. In the early days, not kneeling was one thing, and secondly, some people originally sat on the court. Lu Bing's selection of talents is very fair, and he treats people equally, but he is also a person who cherishes his wings for his relatives, because he understands that these people are the foundation of his country. In the face of these founding feats, no one will have objections to why they are sitting.

Later, Lu Bing felt that it was not fair enough, so he rewarded each minister with a chair, but it was not the kind of wide-backed chair, but the embroidered dragon pier, which was already an unprecedented thing. Originally, squinting, verbal coughing were not allowed when going to court, even if it was normal excretion. You have to endure the rules. Now, as long as you don't make a lot of noise, you can do whatever you want, and if the discussion time is relatively long. Lu Bing will also interrupt and give everyone time to change their clothes, which can be described as extremely humane. Everyone sat down to discuss the matter and expressed their opinions and jointly made suggestions for the construction of the new country.

Lu Bing's dragon chair is gone, and there are not so many bells and whistles, he is dressed in red, which is the same as the military uniform. It's just that there are nine dragons embroidered on the chest. Now this set of clothes can't even compare to the price of a sleeve of the emperor in the Ming Dynasty. The dragon chair was divided into several parts, except that Lu Bing kept a dragon head in the center and inlaid it on the current chair. Other parts are embedded in the tall seats.

These people are Xu Yang, Duan Qingfeng, Ji Lianhong, and Meng Lin. Meng Xueqing. Wei He, Tang Kekuan, Li Xiang, Qi Shuhai, Lu Yi, Lu Xun. As for what Han Sufa and others like Tianxiang do not have such qualifications, and Wusu and Zhang Qingze are religious people who can build yì, but they cannot go to the court to discuss matters.

In fact, except for Meng Xueqing. Now the new queen stays here on weekdays, and the rest of the chairs are basically empty most of the time. Xu Yang is in charge of the deployment in the western region. He led the whole army to begin to deploy, and drilled soldiers and horses, prepared materials and weapons, and began to prepare for the attack on the remnants of the Ming in the future. Wei Heren was appointed as the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, who was responsible for supervision and intelligence work throughout the country, and the others were in charge of Lu Bing, who was only under Lu Bing. Li Xiang was in charge of the entire northern garrison, as well as all military affairs against the Tatars, the old Warats, and Western Liang. Tang Kekuan was responsible for the coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the control of the naval divisions of all sides, as well as the training and deployment of coastal military forces.

Ji Lianhong usually likes to talk nonsense, and he was satisfied knowing that he had his own seat, and began to devote himself to studying the Nanwu faction, but he was more like a monk. And Duan Qingfeng was already idle Yunye Crane, he was ready to marry Shen Yew, and then do business well to restore the prosperity of the Shen family in the past, and at the same time, they decided to focus on the development of South America, hoping to open up a rich and Qingfeng Sect-dominated country.

Shuntianfu and its surrounding soldiers and horses Lu Bing personally deployed, but Yingtianfu's soldiers and horses and power were handed over to Meng Lin, the eldest brother of Yiyi. Qi Shuhai was brought back to Shandong, Shandong is the birthplace of Lu Bing, and Dengzhou has been established as the accompanying capital. Qi Shuhai's talent is limited, but he is loyal, Shandong is the top priority of the new country, and it still has an unshakable foundation role, and it must be handed over to a very trustworthy person, Qi Shuhai is the best choice. And Qi Shuhai has been in charge of the governance of Shandong, and now he is familiar with it. Shandong Minzhi has been opened, the official system is perfect, and Lu Bing is impeccable loyalty, as a reward has been tax-exempt for three years, and the people of Shandong are very excited, so Qi Shuhai only needs to work hard and not use much talent, Shandong can make progress according to its normal development. Of course, this is enough, after rapid development, it must be smooth for a while, otherwise it is easy to develop too fast and lead to deformities in all walks of life.

And Lu Yi was sent to Yangcheng, Guangzhou, to take charge of the defense work of the southern front, govern a large territory, and conduct military training by himself. Originally, everyone thought that Lu Xun would also be entrusted with reuse, but unexpectedly, Lu Xun was sent to Lu Yi as a deputy, and the two brothers discussed and acted together. This made Lu Xun a little unhappy, and at the same time made Lu Yi a little uncontrollable, he originally liked to kill arbitrarily, but now that his younger brother is here, although the majesty of his brother makes his brother Lu Xun not refute anything, but he always feels that something is wrong.

Many people were puzzled by this, but Meng Xueqing didn't care about it, claiming that the emperor was shengming. Xia Yan was puzzled, and asked Lu Bing why he did this in front of Yan Song, if he wanted to choose a better heir, he should let Lu Xun out for exercise, so that he could see who was more talented. Yan Song laughed at Xia Yan, who was only a certain country and was not close to people. Yan Song said that if the two brothers act together, they will eventually hone the two, and there is no room to develop their own power, so as to avoid the struggle for power in the future, and there will be less cannibalism. Even if it doesn't work, the two can only see which is higher and which is lower when they are put together. Lu Bing just smiled and nodded, and didn't make a sound.

Shuanglong in the south, Li Xiang in the north, Xu Yang in the west, Dongwu River, sit at home and guard the sea of Qi books, the town has its own Meng Yuting, and the great sage sits in the Forbidden City, one yin and one yang determines the world. Officialdom gradually flourished such a saying, its meaning is self-evident, all use the name or font size to describe the location of their guards, as for the double dragon is worthy of two dragon species, Lu Xun Lu interpreted, it is not difficult to see that Lu Bing in everyone's hearts is a saint, so he will be described as a great sage. These are all private words, and naturally there is no intention of deliberately slapping the horse, so it is enough to see Lu Bing's success, as for one yin and one yang. That is to say, Duan Qingfeng and Ji Lianhong, although these two people do not have military power, their noble status has a deep influence on Emperor Lu Bing. Their voice is also very important.

So it seems that those chairs are very arrogant, but except for the occasional person who sits on the back to Beijing to report on work, usually Queen Meng Xueqing sits there alone. Lu Bing not only gave honor and honor to these hard-working founding ministers, but he did not let them show off their might in front of the ministers in the capital every day, so there would be no psychological gap and class contradictions.

Lu Bing eliminated the inequality between men and women, and women were no longer out of control when they were naked, and at the same time, Meng Xueqing sat in the main hall. Suffice it to tell. The women among the people respect Lu Bing even more, and when they are often discriminated against, they will use the queen as an example. No one dares to say anything now. I don't dare to say that it is not only because of the awe of the royal family, in fact, even if I say anything, I will not suffer from prison, but the Lu family is a respectable family, and at the same time, the majesty is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. There is also a little bit of servility that was planted before.

Even so. This is also an unprecedented thing since ancient times, even the regent is mostly the queen mother's regent, when the emperor was alive, except for Wu Zetian of the Great Zhou, few queens were in power, but now Lu Bing has broken a qiē, an emperor and a queen jointly govern the country.

Meng Xueqing has made a lot of contributions, without Meng Xueqing's support and help behind her, as well as all kinds of appeasement of Lu Bing, it is difficult to achieve great things. I've heard a little about that. But not enough for outsiders. But later, after Meng Xueqing said a few words in the court, the ministers deeply felt that who said that women were inferior to men. Meng Xueqing didn't talk much, but it was very good, and it was enough to show the depth of her resourcefulness and strategy. If he is a man, I am afraid that this world may not necessarily be Lu Bing's. Therefore, those who don't know Meng Xueqing were stunned, and only then did they understand what it means to be a mother in the world, and a dragon and a phoenix govern the country together.

However, the current days are very easy for Meng Xueqing, the operation of the country has the joint efforts of all the ministers, and there is no longer any need to care about everything, and the selected talents continue to supplement the country's brain. In addition to helping to make suggestions in the court, Meng Xueqing is discussing some major matters with Lu Bing, which is nothing compared to the hard work of planning the world in Shandong. Therefore, Meng Xueqing's body has also improved a little, and it may be that there is no need to worry about it every day.

As an empress, managing the harem is also a big responsibility. But Lu Bing's harem really has nothing to manage, plus the queen has three women, and the relationship is very harmonious. The minister didn't say anything to supplement the harem, Lu Bing was busy fighting the world, but he didn't have time to have children, so far the heirs are thriving, he has four sons and one daughter, and he is in the prime of life, and there will be opportunities in the future. It is not necessarily a good thing to have more princes, and the ministers who are familiar with history deeply understand that the princes they have now are enough for them to keep busy.

On the basis of inheriting the Ming Dynasty's court and the six divisions, Lu Bing also added many departments, of course, most of them were under the six ministries, except for the three religious and legal departments and Jinyiwei, most of them were still under the management of the six ministries. The cabinet system has also been retained, this is a good system, there is no need to beat it to death with a stick, and the Ming Dynasty is not only a bad thing, but it is just not fully utilized.

In terms of commerce, Lu Bing set up two separate yamen, the Department of Taxation and the Department of Commerce, to do business in the new country and to allocate and dominate the market. The prohibition of monopolizing commerce and raising prices, etc., regulated the economy of the Ming Dynasty, and Lu Bing himself was an expert in this regard, and with the help of Shen Qingshan, the head of the Shen family, he was even more powerful.

Just like the new word of the new country, many new things are emerging one after another. For example, Yang's money bank, which was once famous in Shandong, became a national money bank, and the establishment of private money banks was also allowed, but it required a lot of supervision and audit to prevent people from being deceived. In short, it was a free economy, and within three months the new country was in a state of unprecedented prosperity, and the speed of post-war recovery was breathtaking.

As for the others, most of them also got what they wanted, such as Han Sufa as the deputy governor of the water division, which seems to be under Tang Kekuan's position, but in fact there is no conflict, he is in charge of the freshwater water division troops of rivers and lakes across the country. However, because of the drive of Wusu and Zhang Qingze, various religious sects and thinkers from all walks of life began to emerge, and in peacetime, there was a grand state of a hundred schools of thought contending and speaking freely.

There was no sign in the tavern that said "Don't talk about state affairs", and everyone felt proud to be a new countryman, and they also tasted the dignity and freedom of being a human being. With the contrast between the rule of the Ming Dynasty and the new country, the people finally arrived at what it means to live in the sun, and what it means to live like a person. (To be continued......)