Chapter 240 Because of One Person, So the Minister Supports [Asking for a Monthly Pass!] 】
Now that Jian Yi has made it clear to the emperor, the remaining Shangshu should obviously not be hidden.
They are a book of books, in today's Ming official system, the top existence of the civil official system, behind them stand countless protégés and former officials, when it comes to speaking on behalf of the gentry class, they will never hesitate.
Zheng Ci, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was scolded by Jian Yi in front of everyone as an "incompetent minister", and at this time he simply broke the jar and became a traitor in the six books, and clearly supported the emperor's reform of the law.
The attitude of Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is a little ambiguous, and the changes in the law change the content of an important part of it, about the adjustment of the clan system and the increase in the number of people in the Ministry of Rites, it is obviously greatly beneficial to the core interests of his people, not to mention, this "more prison and more gains" are used to it, and at this time, if he gets cheap and does not steal pleasure, do he still want to offend the emperor, wait for the new emperor to send him to the edict prison for the third time, and then follow Jiang Xinghuo to enlightenment?
Therefore, among the six Shangshu, one took the lead in opposition, one supported, and one was neutral.
The remaining three Shangshu, Ru Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Huang Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, began to take turns to express their positions.
Uncle Zhong and Shangshu Ru Yu of the Ministry of War glanced at Jian Yi, who was sitting as steady as Mount Tai next to him, and said reluctantly.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is very appropriate to compare the situation of Wang Anshi's change of law with the "Eight Strategies for Changing the Law".
"Tell me about it."
Zhu Di also made up his mind at this time, and saw that Daoyan never answered, so he asked himself.
"Wang Anshi's various policies to change the law, including the Qingmiao Law, the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the Exemption Law, and the Fangtian Uniform Loss Law, are all policies that have been put forward by predecessors, and Wang Anshi himself has proved the practicability of these policies when he is governing the locality."
Ru Yu said slowly: "What is the difference between this and the first phase of the Ming Treasury Bonds, which is promoted in Jiangnan to enter the mu?" ”
"The Ming treasury bond has seen results, recovering a lot of surplus treasure banknotes in Nanjing, stabilizing the depreciation rate of treasure banknotes; The apportionment into the mu has indeed achieved success in Jiangnan, and everyone in Jiangnan is grateful for His Majesty's kindness. ”
"But Your Majesty wants to know." Ru Yu said seriously, "Wang Anshi's reform has proved that what works in one place may not work in the whole country, and it can even be said that it may not work to a large extent!" Because whether it is population, economy, products, customs, culture and education, geography. Huaxia is just too big, and a place has a specific situation. ”
"There are only tens of thousands of people in Gansu, and they are basically all military households and civilians who depend on military households to make a living.
"Yungui is the Xuanzhi Division of the Tusi, and the people there are no different from slaves, can you go there to implement the stall into the mu?"
"Although what the minister said is an extreme situation, His Majesty must know that oranges born in Huainan are oranges, and those born in Huaibei are oranges, and a starting point is a good policy, and if it is implemented in the locality, there is a high probability that it will be out of shape."
"At that time, the ministers are afraid that the law will be changed, and they will go back to Wang Anshi's path of changing the law, and the local officials will be promoted in order to achieve the goal of changing the law, and compete to oppress the people in order to obtain the corresponding political results."
After all, Ru Yu bowed respectfully, which means that he is all about it.
Loyalty, as always.
It was the turn of Huang Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to speak, but his views were more realistic.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Ming Dynasty has just been in trouble and has gone through several years of war, which is somewhat similar to the early years of the Western Han Dynasty."
Huang Fu's words didn't dare to say too deeply, otherwise, it would be no problem to compare Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but who is Zhu Di, who is the rebel of the vassal king? Liu Bi, the king of Wu in the Rebellion of the Seven Kings?
It must be known that it was precisely because Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty listened to Chao Cuo's suggestion to cut the feudal domain that he would do something to the kings, and the kings were forced to be in a hurry, and Liu Bi, the king of Wu, took the lead in rebellion, causing the rebellion of the seven kings that almost shook the state of the Western Han Dynasty.
How similar is this to Emperor Jianwen who listened to Qi Tai Huang Zicheng's suggestion to cut the feudal domains and took action against the feudal domains, causing Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to raise troops and make it difficult?
And it is precisely for this reason that Li Jinglong's army Gao Wei once wrote an article, saying that Zhu Di "used the excuse to punish the Wenchen of Zuoban, but in fact, Wu Wangbi was wise and his heart was well known."
If Zhu Di feels that Huang Fu is sarcastic about him, then this matter will be a big problem.
Huang Fu just continued: "The rule of Wenjing, which pays attention to the rule of the king without doing anything, is because it is difficult for the imperial court to control how the low-level officials in various places should govern, and even fail to do the assessment at all, so the more the court wants to do something, the easier it is to make mistakes, and the more it will cause the people's lives to become more miserable, so although the local people are strong and bigger when Wenjing governs, the people's lives are gradually getting better." ”
To put it bluntly, Huang Fu's concept of governance is four words.
- "Don't toss around".
This is undoubtedly not in line with Zhu Di's temperament, but Zhu Di did not blame him, after all, every Shangshu has the right to speak on this occasion of discussing important national policies, and the emperor can't say a word.
Five Shangshu have spoken, three opposed, one supports, and one is neutral.
Zhu Di looked at the last Shangshu who did not speak, the household Shangshu Xia Yuanji.
"What does Xia Shangshu think?"
"The minister is against it, but he supports it."
Xia Yuanji's answer made everyone in a trance.
Is Xia Shangshu confused or confused?
"The reason why the minister opposes it is because what Jian Shangshu said is reasonable, and if he does not support the new profit-making class, he really can't change the law."
"Or take Wang Anshi's change of law as an example, under the pressure of Song Shenzong, in order to achieve quick results, but also to plug the mouths of Sima Guang and other opponents of the change, Wang Anshi was forced to use his relatives and many people who came to see the wind and rudder in the absence of a change team, including Wang Anshi's son Wang Wu, in-law Xie Jingwen, son-in-law Cai Bian, but also Lu Huiqing, Zeng Bu, Li Ding, Deng Shao, Shu Man, Zhang Zhen and others."
"But there is no group of profiteering class who firmly support the new law, just using these people to support the change of the law for the private interests of the temple, how can Wang Anshi succeed in changing the law?"
"Since ancient times, there has been no empty castle for a changer." Xia Yuanji sighed, "Qi Huan's public management of the Zhong Reform Law is to use the giant businessmen and wealthy landlords to fight against the Qing Dafu class; The Qin filial piety and merchant martingale reform was a military class based on farming and warfare to oppose the old aristocratic class of the Qin state; Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed Confucianism and used Confucianism to fight against the military nobles in the early Han Dynasty; The Western Wei Yuwentai reform was to establish the Guanlongmen valve system to fight against the old Xianbei aristocracy. ”
"On the other hand, Wang Mang and Wang Anshi, aren't they all saints? What is there to reproach in private morality? But there is no damage to private morality, and it can't succeed in changing the law, but it has nothing to do with it in the final analysis, it's not because Wang Mang's new dynasty is inherited from the Western Han Dynasty and has no new profit class; Wang Anshi relied entirely on the support of Song Shenzong, and did not have his own truly powerful supporters. ”
After Xia Yuanji's point of view was finished, everyone became more and more confused.
Xia Yuanji's objections are indeed no different from Jian Yi, and what he said is also very reasonable, and it can even be said that it can't be clearer.
Successive dynasties have changed the law, success is because of what success, failure is because of what failure.
But since Xia Yuanji said it so clearly, why did he say "but support"? Could it be that Xia Yuanji is also a courtier like Zheng Ci?
But Xia Yuanji is obviously not such a person.
Soon, Natsuhara explained why he supported it.
"The minister opposes it because of the reasons mentioned above."
"But because of one person, the minister supports it."
As soon as this statement came out, although it was explained, everyone became more and more confused.
In this, those whose minds were turning fast, such as Li Zhigang, Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and others, almost instantly thought of which person Xia Yuanji would support the change of the law.
- Jiang Xinghuo!
There's only one reason!
It is precisely because all of this was proposed by Jiang Xinghuo that Xia Yuanji chose to believe unconditionally that Jiang Xinghuo must have thought of a solution.
Can you think of it, I can think of it, Jiang Sheng can't think of it?
And at this moment, Li Zhigang, who had recalled, no longer hesitated, and immediately expressed his position.
"The minister didn't make it clear just now, and the minister also had the same idea as Xia Shangshu, although he felt that there was indeed a key point in the change of the law that could not be solved, but because of that person, the minister supported it!"
In an instant, the situation was reversed!
Six Shangshu, three against, three in favor!
"The minister has a word, and he doesn't vomit unpleasantly." Huang Fu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, couldn't help but ask: "Xia Shangshu and Li Shangshu, who are they who will make up their minds to support the change of the law?" ”
Xia Yuanji and Li Zhigang both looked at the emperor.
Obviously, whether to expose Jiang Xinghuo's identity or not, this choice can only be made by Zhu Di.
After all, for the ministers, some people know about Jiang Xinghuo's existence, and some people don't.
But whether he knows it or not, Jiang Xinghuo, the great Ming teacher who has been in the edict and has been guiding Zhu Di to govern the country through lectures, is not on the table.
Therefore, the ministers knew about Jiang Xinghuo's existence, and under the emperor's clear warning, they tacitly guarded this secret that was not open.
And now, is it time for this secret to be revealed?
Xie Jin looked at the emperor with a frown in a complicated mood.
In the face of Jiang Xinghuo, a demon born out of nowhere, Xie Jin was still a little disdainful at first, but as time went by, an unprecedented policy was proposed.
Xie Jin's mentality changed from disdain to shock, from shock to self-ashamedness, and from self-shame to numbness.
Why should a man compare himself with a demon?
And Xie Jin knew that as long as today, in the cabinet room where high-level decision-makers from the Ming Empire gathered, the three words "Jiang Xinghuo" were said by Zhu Di.
Then it means that a new era is coming.
In the face of this kind of historical torrent that is frightening and uneasy, but has to be truly accepted.
Even a great talent like Xie Jin feels quite powerless.
At this moment, Zhu Di slowly spoke.
"Today, it's time to tell you."