jdhmnovel Chapter 444 I, Yang, have done nothing wrong, so I have nothing to fear.
Chapter 444 I, Yang, have done nothing wrong, so I have nothing to fear.
Confucius once said: I examine myself three times a day.
Am I being too polite?
Did I give them too much face?
Should I take action now?
Confucius once said by the river: "Time flows on like this river, never ceasing day or night!"
According to Yang Shaofeng's understanding of "Lunyu", he should not have indulged those officials from the Six Ministries, Five Temples, Two Directorates, Two Courts and more than a dozen departments.
It just so happens that the official gazette says that there has been a serious problem of deserters from the garrisons recently.
That’s a happy decision.
You are the one.
Ministry of War!
Yang Shaofeng smiled and took a sip of the small dragon ball.
He had already secretly decided on the target of his next memorial.
Yang Shaofeng had even come up with the title for the memorial.
"A memorial respectfully submitted requesting the reform of the service system and military system of the various garrisons in Dengzhou."
The service system was not corvée labor, but rather yamen service.
Let's start by reforming the three shifts of yamen runners.
The conscription-based corvée labor was changed to recruitment-based official positions.
Then we need to reform the military system of the various garrisons in Dengzhou.
The garrison system was changed to a semi-compulsory military service system.
But then Yang Shaofeng thought about it again and felt that something was not right.
What good would it do to reform the military service system and garrison system in Dengzhou?
completely useless!
After all, the biggest threat facing Dengzhou Prefecture was the Japanese pirates.
After Sun Gupu's rebellion, Dengzhou Prefecture had not heard any news about Japanese pirates for a long time.
Even if the various garrisons in Dengzhou Prefecture were more capable after the reforms, they would likely not have many opportunities to go to the battlefield.
Moreover, it must be acknowledged that although the garrison system was a major setback for the later Ming Dynasty, it also had its advantages in the early days of the Ming Dynasty.
It can't even be described as one-sided.
For example, because the garrison system had a certain reclamation nature, it was able to effectively utilize abandoned land.
It was precisely because the garrison system had a certain nature of land reclamation that it could achieve self-sufficiency to some extent and did not have to rely excessively on the national treasury. This is why the Ming Dynasty was able to continuously wage war against foreign powers even when the national treasury was empty.
More importantly, it was precisely because the garrisons did not have to rely excessively on the national treasury that Zhu Chongba, this old tyrant, was able to kill officials as easily as killing chickens.
After all, the executioner's knife was in the hands of Emperor Zhu.
As the garrison system gradually collapsed, and the army's provisions fell into the hands of civil officials, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty lost control of the army.
Then, could the emperors of the Ming Dynasty still kill officials as easily as killing chickens?
As it turns out, an emperor who has lost his military power is no better than a chicken.
Take a chestnut.
The Zhengde Emperor was known for his playfulness, mischievousness, fondness for ministers' wives, neglect of his duties, and constant self-appointment as a Grand General.
He was doing well in the military camp.
She was fine while she was in the leopard enclosure.
It happens to dissolve easily in water when it's in the Jiangnan region.
There was also the famous emperor Jiajing, who was known for his cultivation of immortality.
Xu Jie wrote a memorial to the Jiajing Emperor, accusing Yan Song of inhumane behavior and embezzling vast sums of money, as if the country would perish if Yan Song were not executed.
However, after Jiajing killed Yan Song, the amount of money, grain, gold, silver, jewels, calligraphy, paintings, and land deeds confiscated was far less than what Xu Jie and his group had claimed.
Emperor Jiajing demanded an explanation from Xu Jie, but before Xu Jie could provide one, Jiajing died.
A similar example is Emperor Zhu Youxiao, who was a carpenter.
When Wei Zhongxian and Madam Ke were in the palace, everything was fine. But when Madam Ke and Wei Zhongxian were not around, first Empress Zhang miscarried, and then the carpenter was easily soluble in water.
There's also the even more incredible mystery of Tumu Fortress.
The mighty Emperor of the Ming Dynasty could gather hundreds of thousands of troops in just three days, and then ambush and capture Esen, who had been personally supported by him, at Tumu Fortress, which was only about 100 kilometers away from the capital, had no shortage of water and was difficult to hide in.
Of course, the reason why there are inconsistencies in the records of the number of people, water shortages, ambushes, etc., is mainly because no one could have imagined that literate people would be everywhere in later generations, and no one could have imagined that various logics and high-definition maps would also be everywhere.
Pay attention: The famous general Fan Zhong, who killed Wang Zhen with a hammer, was first mentioned by He Qiaoyuan, a local historian of the Wanli period, in his book "Mingshan Zang".
The situation is exactly the same as the case of Zhu Laosi executing Fang Xiaoru's ten clans, which is described in Zhu Zhishan's "Zhishan Yeji".
Therefore, the garrison system definitely needs to be reformed, but it cannot be drastically changed in the short term, and officials should not be given the opportunity to seize military power.
Otherwise, it's hard to say whether those officials would make Zhu Chongba easily soluble in water, but I, Yang, am very likely to dissolve him in water first.
While slowly sipping his glutinous rice ball, Yang Shaofeng turned his attention to the government officials.
If we want to amuse the officials, we should leave this to Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen.
After all, this is something that will offend people.
But how do we deal with those government officials?
Performance appraisal?
Year-end summary and work report?
An imperial censor is investigating?
It seems like all these tricks have already been used.
Even that old idiot Zhu Chongba used them.
The effect was simply phenomenal, nothing short of divine.
In just one year, more than fifty officials were targeted by the Censorate and then skinned alive by the Zhu Emperor.
Or should we split up the various government departments?
Let that old Zhu Chongba dismantle the Secretariat and the Six Ministries, and then reorganize them according to the rules of later generations.
However, this approach seems meaningless, since the two are only slightly different in structure, with little difference in other aspects.
Then let's assign some new tasks to the officials?
For example, bringing up the concept of state-owned enterprises?
That doesn't seem to work either.
Zhu Biao has already planned to completely replicate the simplified version of the five small industries and start a crazy road construction and afforestation campaign, so bringing up the concept of state-owned enterprises doesn't seem to make much sense.
The main reason is that doing it this way would make Zhu Biao's black sesame glutinous rice balls cheaper.
Yang Shaofeng's head ached more and more as he thought about it, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Jin'er refilled Yang Shaofeng's teacup with water and asked, "Why did you sigh, my lord?"
Yang Shaofeng shook his head slightly and sighed again, saying, "I was just thinking of finding something for the officials in the court to do, but I haven't been able to think of anything to do in the short term."
After Yang Shaofeng said that, Jin'er was at a loss for words.
So, just because of a casual remark she made, her husband was planning to cause trouble for the officials in the court?
Seeing that Jin'er remained silent, Yang Shaofeng simply began to ponder slowly again.
The Ministry of War should not be restructured at this time.
The Ministry of Justice is busy working on the Great Ming Code.
The Ministry of Rites is busy with textbooks for schools at all levels.
The Ministry of Works will soon be busy with road repairs.
The Ministry of Personnel should be busy with issues such as the treatment, system, and assessment of officials and laborers.
The Ministry of Revenue was busy with matters such as relocating people and compiling statistics on land area.
The Imperial College is busy being dismantled.
The Dali Temple is reviewing case files from recent years.
The Censorate was already extremely busy.
The work of compiling books at the Hanlin Academy was busier than that of a dog.
It seems like nobody's idle?
As he was thinking, Yang Shaofeng's eyes suddenly lit up.
Yes, the Imperial Medical Academy and the Imperial Inspectors are still idle.
That won't work.
Everyone else is either incredibly busy, or even busier than a dog, while your two families are just sitting around doing nothing?
Does this sound like a word?
This is outrageous!
Speaking of which, if I were to persuade that old tyrant Zhu Chongba to change the title of Inspector General to Jinyiwei, could I also become a hereditary Jinyiwei commander?
The flying fish robe is so handsome! It's at least several times more handsome than the official robe of this fourth-rank prefect.
Most importantly, I, Yang, have done nothing wrong and have nothing to fear. How many of those officials are as fearless as I am?
With the infamous Embroidered Uniform Guard keeping a close eye on them, it's estimated that these officials of the Ming Dynasty will have a hard time getting a good night's sleep.
If they can't sleep well, will they still have the energy to sabotage me when I'm dealing with the Ministry of War again?
The plan goes through!