bullyxtreme Chapter 474: the victory was mentioned only briefly, while the defeat was described in great detail.
Chapter 474: the victory was mentioned only briefly, while the defeat was described in great detail.
Zhu Biao was the crown prince in charge of overseeing the country and had the power to use the seal of office independently.
Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, those two old men, were essentially assisting Zhu Biao in overseeing the country.
The current Minister of War is Yue Shaofeng, who was in charge of recording the emperor's daily activities and is considered a confidant of Zhu Chongba, that old tyrant.
Yang Shaofeng felt absolutely no guilt about causing trouble for these people.
After all, these four people combined are not even half a good person.
As for the Grand Commander's Office, the current Grand Commander is Li Wenzhong, who is currently preparing for the Northern Expedition in the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, so it's not advisable to provoke him for the time being.
Yang Shaofeng could swear on the ancestors of those short, ugly Japanese for eighteen generations that the reason he didn't provoke Li Wenzhong was simply for the sake of the Northern Expedition, and not because he was worried about not being able to defeat Li Wenzhong.
After calculating the list of people to be assigned work, Yang Shaofeng began to think about what kind of work to assign them.
Zhu Biao, who was in charge of overseeing the country, submitted a memorial pleading poverty and requesting the continuation of tax exemptions.
Anyway, the people of Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture were all extremely poor.
The people of the entire Shandong Provincial Administration Commission were also extremely poor.
The people in more than a thousand prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty were extremely poor.
Not exempting people from taxes is tantamount to forcing them to die.
Yes, we should also request the large-scale construction of reservoirs and canals.
Putting aside the facts, isn't it Zhu Biao's fault that your Ming Dynasty didn't organize the people to build reservoirs and canals?
After arranging things for Zhu Biao, it was time for those two old men, Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, to take their place.
Li Shanchang is the head of the Secretariat, so let the Secretariat figure out the reform of the provincial administration, prefectures, counties and districts.
After all, the official system of the Ming Dynasty was somewhat complicated.
Pay attention: In addition to the well-known Provincial Administration Commission, Provincial Judicial Commission, and the structure of prefectures, states, and counties, the Ming Dynasty also had a "circuit".
The Provincial Administration Commission had Councilors and Advisors, who were in charge of various circuits, collectively known as Circuit Intendants; the Provincial Surveillance Commission had Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners, who were in charge of various circuits, collectively known as Circuit Inspectors. In some areas, there were also Circuit Intendants for Military Preparation. There were also Circuit Intendants for the Imperial Household Department, Water Conservancy, Agricultural Settlement, River Management, and Salt Administration, among others.
Furthermore, after the reforms in the third year of the Hongwu reign, the Imperial Censorate was established at the prefectural level, resulting in a chaotic official system in the Ming Dynasty.
Let the Secretariat make the changes.
Ideally, the entire structure should be completely modified to be one that the official is familiar with.
For example, the Central Secretariat governs the various provincial administration commissions, then the various prefectures govern the counties, the counties govern the townships, and the townships govern the most basic villages and communities.
By implementing this hierarchical system, the structure becomes simple, clear, and straightforward, allowing officials at each level to perform their duties effectively, and making it easier to hold those responsible accountable if problems arise later.
Well, this restructuring should give Li Shanchang and the officials in the Secretariat a headache for months.
There's not much to say about Liu Bowen, after all, he was the head of the Censorate.
However, shouldn't your Censorate take care of all those wrongful convictions, miscarriages of justice, and troublesome issues left over from the Yuan Dynasty?
Putting aside the facts, is your Censorate office without any fault?
As for the Ministry of War, you should at least resolve the issue of the conscription age first.
Should the issue of resettlement after retirement be addressed?
Should the issue of preferential treatment for the families of soldiers during their service also be addressed?
Should there be a unified standard for killing and being wounded?
Oh, by the way, this desertion of soldiers from the garrison has had an extremely negative impact on several garrisons in Dengzhou Prefecture, as well as the thousand-household garrison outside Ningyang County.
Even the personal guards of my son-in-law's residence were affected.
Putting aside the facts, shouldn't your Ministry of War give me an explanation?
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While Yang Shaofeng was figuring out how to "set aside the facts," Emperor Zhu was looking through some textbooks from the Dengzhou Prefectural School.
There's nothing interesting about those Confucian classics.
I can't understand the math textbook at all.
It's already quite impressive that our old Zhu can understand the three-pole, four-string, and five-pole triangle.
What are these positive and negative numbers anyway?
And what exactly is this circle division, 3.141592653?
There are also Pascal's Triangle, the square root of positive and negative roots, the method of four elements, the method of multiplication, and the method of difference.
What exactly are all these random things?
We don't understand it at all, you bastard!
As for "The Physics of the Imperial Academy"...
Emperor Zhu glanced at it only once before tossing the textbook aside.
How many colors are there?
"Friction?"
"gravity?"
"gravitational?"
We recognize every single one of these characters.
But when put together, we can't understand any of them.
No, it's not that I can't understand it; I can understand the literal meaning, but I have no idea what it's actually about.
Then, Emperor Zhu picked up the "History of the Prefectural School".
Then, just by casually flipping through a few pages, Emperor Zhu was so angry he almost exploded.
The Battle of Haojing
The Siege of Baideng
The Yongjia Rebellion
The Five Barbarian Invasions
The Alliance of the Wei River
The Treaty of Chanyuan
The Humiliation of Jingkang
Battle of Yamen
The Defeat of the Red Turban Rebellion Against Goguryeo
The situation was somewhat better from the "Battle of Haojing" to the "Alliance of Wei River".
After all, it happened a long time ago.
Even if the Emperor Zhu found it infuriating, it was still within a tolerable range.
However, from the Treaty of Chanyuan to the Red Turban Army's defeat in the conquest of Goguryeo, these major defeats and losses all occurred within two or three hundred years.
What infuriated Emperor Zhu even more was that the reasons for the defeat in almost every major battle were clearly stated, along with the impact on the aftermath.
Especially since it even has illustrations.
It also included a large collection of poems.
It can be as terrible as it gets.
"boom!"
Emperor Zhu, enraged, slammed the "History of the Prefectural School" onto the table and said through gritted teeth, "Northern Expedition! Northern Expedition!"
"We need to prepare well this year, and next year we'll launch a northern expedition against the Yuan dynasty!"
"We will not rest until we have avenged this humiliation!"
Seeing that Emperor Zhu was furious and wished he could wipe out the Hu Yuan dynasty in one battle, Empress Ma simply reached out and picked up the "History of the Prefectural School" to read.
"This is a good thing."
Empress Ma suddenly said, "Have more copies of this 'History of the Prefectural School' printed later... No, have the bookstores in Ningyang County print it. We can't let the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works get involved."
"This book must be printed every year from now on, and students of the prefectural school should take it home with them when they graduate."
"And another thing, you've been tricked into a trap by your good son-in-law again."
Emperor Zhu snorted angrily and said, "Actually, I know that we've been tricked by that bastard again."
"Moreover, this afternoon he himself said that the victories were mentioned only briefly, while the defeats were described in great detail."
"Otherwise, the scholar's abilities won't be apparent."
"But we just can't stand it."
After a slight pause, Emperor Zhu continued, "But this is fine too."
"From now on, we'll do as you say, girl."
"Moreover, this book should not only be printed in large quantities, but also tested more frequently."
"Those who fail the exam should not even think about becoming officials in the future."