My Daming New Empire

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Confucianism has taken root here and thrived here, but it has never been able to escape from the nest piled up by the predecessors.

The backward way of thinking and the way of ruling make the people here live in cruel exploitation.

Those in power have become accustomed to doing whatever they want with the people at the bottom, and the people at the bottom have been living between hope and reality.

When you can't survive, you can only rebel.

To explain it in one sentence, the people in Shandong are all princesses and servant girls.

There is only one way to change this situation, and that is to study Confucianism.

When you have no ability to change this fate, the upper class will not care about your life or death.But if you have this ability, at this time, the upper-level figures will turn you into "one of your own".

When anyone has worked hard and become a top figure.Can enjoy privileges, enjoy money, enjoy the changes brought about by status, and they will naturally maintain this kind of rule.

History is such a cycle from generation to generation, and there has never been a real breakthrough or change.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was guarding against Confucianism, he actually had a sense of respect for culture in his heart.

Because Meng Yuan attached great importance to the Confucian family, in order to show the Han people's respect for Confucius, he promoted Yan Shenggong from the third rank to the first rank, the head of civil officials.

But at the same time, in order to prevent the influence of the Kong family's signboard on the court, he did not allow the Kong family to really participate in politics.

When Zhu Di arrived, he was already from a wealthy family. Although Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't won the world at that time, he was still a hero.

When Zhu Di was eight years old and just learned about the world, Zhu Yuanzhang had already become the emperor and a real master.

The difference in background makes his attitude towards the Kong family very different from that of Zhu Yuanzhang. In his heart, he lacks real respect for the Kong family, so when he grabs their pigtails, he can cut off their pigtails without hesitation. Knighthood.

At the same time, he recruited a large number of civilian husbands in Shandong, not only because of the labor problem, but also because he wanted to change the rigid social structure in Shandong.

In a short moment, Zhu Zhanji figured out the link.He no longer concealed it, and told Zhu Di what he had learned and his speculation.

Speaking of King Zhao's participation in this matter, Zhu Di just hummed and frowned slightly.

Speaking of doubts about the Kong family, Zhu Di was even more calm as usual, as if he had expected all of this.

Seeing that Zhu Di didn't seem to be worried at all, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but said, "Grandfather, now Shandong seems to be a country of alienation. My Ming's policy has changed when it arrives in Shandong. Even the relief food from the imperial court has not arrived, and there is no way to do it." People report, this kind of thing piles up and cannot be let go lightly.”

"Then what do you want to do?"

Zhu Zhanji said affirmatively: "Stability must be maintained, but none of these officials can be let go!"

Zhu Di smiled calmly, and continued walking with his hands behind his back.Zhu Zhanji followed behind him, feeling for the first time that he couldn't grasp his state of mind.

All along, Zhu Di has shown him a gentle grandfather, a grandfather who dotes on him.

When he used all kinds of new knowledge and new discoveries to shock him, he still had a sense of contempt from the bottom of his heart.

With hundreds of years of historical experience in later generations, he has a sense of superiority over the people of this era.

But at this time, he really felt Zhu Di's extraordinaryness and profundity. In terms of strategy, he is still a little tender!

Walking along the concrete road in Dashan Hall until reaching the bluestone steps on the west side of the main hall of Dashan Hall, Zhu Di stood still and said, "The north wind will stop in March, that is to say, I will stop at the end of March at the latest." We have to start. The march on the North Road is difficult, but this battle is to attack from the South Road first and go all the way north, so it doesn’t matter if the North Road Army is a few months late.”

Zhu Zhanji didn't understand for a while, and didn't know what he meant by saying this now.

But Zhu Di had no intention of explaining, and continued: "Originally, I was afraid that those civil servants would be wordy, and I planned to send your father and king out later, but now it seems that this plan has to be advanced. You are also doing well these few days." Get ready, at the first court meeting in early February, I will send your father to Jiayuguan, and you must also prepare to supervise the country."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "The grandson is ready."

Since the Lantern Festival, in the past few days, Zhu Zhanji has received the generals of Jingwei, Jingying, Navy, and Youjun in turn, and inspected the major research institutes of his Xiamaqiao farm.

Although he doesn't have the hearts of civil servants now, but he has control of the army, he is not afraid of anyone who can make troubles.

Zhu Di nodded and said, "The so-called supervising the country is nothing more than preparing for your future enthronement. I want to take away most of the ministers who can influence you, which will also help you control the overall situation. However, I took away most of the ministers. Army horses, elites from the imperial court will go out with me again, so you have to pay close attention to the rebellions in various places. As long as there is no civil strife in the country, those civil servants will not be able to do much by just talking."

Zhu Zhanji was already prepared for this matter. Since Zhu Di drove Zhu Gaochi to Jiayuguan, Zhu Zhanji would not be afraid of someone holding him back.

However, what Zhu Zhanji couldn't figure out was why Zhu Di didn't worry at all, didn't he care about the situation in Shandong at all?

He couldn't help asking: "Grandpa Huang, this Shandong matter..."

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing, reached out and patted his shoulder, then touched his face and said, "You're a fan of the authorities... Don't tell me you haven't figured it out yet, all of this is caused by your Confucian The tormented father and king did it? I haven't died yet, so I can't help it!"

Zhu Zhanji has always been calm and calm, but when Zhu Di said this, he collapsed immediately, and said in surprise: "What!"

Wang Yan, Li Qian, they couldn't help looking over when they heard Zhu Zhanji's voice.

Zhu Di shouted loudly: "Everyone step back ten steps..."

Dozens of servants were originally a dozen steps away from the grandpa and grandson, but when they heard Zhu Di's words, they stepped back in an orderly and quiet manner.

Although Zhu Zhanji was surprised, he really figured it out all at once.

Yes, the Kong family's prestige is too high, and it is impossible to directly control the officialdom in Shandong. If they had this ability, they would have become emperors by themselves.

As for the rebellion, a group of wimpy and useless scholars, they would not dare to give them the courage.

But why they can be so active and bold in this matter is because there are people in the court who support them!

The emperor doesn't like literati, the grandson doesn't like literati, only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince treats literati with courtesy.

And the emperor is 60 years old, and now he is going to go to war again, maybe he will die during the trip.

At this time, if Zhu Gaochi, the prince, is not active, then it really shouldn't be.

When the prince came forward, he was originally "the favored one".Now that his actions are absolutely in line with the interests of the class represented by civil servants, it is not surprising that he has the support of all levels of government.

As for the corruption of grain, the grain merchants and landlords boycotted the grain shipped from Nanyang for their own interests.It's just a link in this big conspiracy, and it's the incidental behavior of those people to win their hearts.

Zhu Gaochi doesn't have many resources in his hands, but his promise is resources.As long as he can control the court and ascend to the throne, everything will be his in the future.

Under such a situation, how could those civil servants refuse to bet?Won't you follow him?

Although this net is not completely presented in front of Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji can already guess Zhu Gaochi's thoughts.

During Zhu Di's expedition to the west, he will do everything possible to win over the ministers and become a real supervisor of the country, not a puppet.

And this plan is not implemented just now, it has been implemented since last year...it shouldn't be since Zhu Di had the idea of ​​going west.

Shandong's grain cannot be transported in to protect the interests of the big landlords in Shandong and domestic grain merchants.

He couldn't stop Zhu Di's decision, so he could only lure Ma Qi to become corrupt and resell the grain.

Without Nanyang's grain, domestic grain prices will naturally rise.And Nanyang's food would not be wasted in vain. Because of the lack of food, Daming had been banning alcohol. The food was unplanned, so he could naturally make wine at will.

Although he didn't have the data on the current development of the wine industry in Ming Dynasty, he could know this just because the current ban on alcohol in the court has existed in name only.