Chapter 671: The Emperor's errand is not easy to do
When Zhu Changluo was in his previous life, he had read a lot of the Internet when he had nothing to do, and most of the protagonists in the book traveled to ancient times.
But when he was really in the Ming Dynasty, he found that it was not the case at all, no matter how criticized the imperial examination system was for Baguwen, as a way to select talents, it was extremely strict.
The Ming Dynasty now has a population of nearly 50 million, but those who can successfully pass the imperial examination as an official are only 100 people every year, and there are only tens of thousands of people in total.
Don't say that eight shares are useless, this kind of policy essay with strict format requirements can't be written by others, what practice is there to talk about.
And this one in a few thousand chance is only the starting point of the official career, and the fight within the official career is even more thrilling, step by step, there are only a few hundred people who can achieve more than three grades, as for the six ministries and seven secretaries, the twelve pit positions of cabinet ministers, it is only one out of millions of people.
Therefore, the people who can achieve this point are all the best in the officialdom, they are the best talents in the whole country, and the policies they formulate must also take into account the interests and trade-offs of all aspects, and finally make a decision.
With the incomplete historical knowledge in his brain and the half-baked vision, he thought that those who could kill in ancient times would definitely be played to death by these bigwigs in minutes.
Zhu Changluo does not feel that his wisdom alone can surpass the elite talents of the whole country, what he has is just a forward-looking vision and familiarity with the original history and historical figures, so he has always been very cautious, in guiding the general direction of the country, Zhu Changluo has always been very firm, because he has experience in the next thousand years, so he is confident that he can avoid all risks in advance, but when it comes to specific practice, he often brainstorms.
After all, no one is omniscient and omnipotent, the so-called art industry has a specialization, and the art of the superior lies in being good at employing people, and no longer has to bow down to everything.
What's more, when it comes to the major politics of a country, it often affects the whole body, as far as the matters discussed in the court are concerned, it seems to be an absurd and careless noise, but if it is not handled well, it will become a big storm that sweeps the entire court.
It should be said that Zhu Changluo has been in this era for so long, and he has not changed much to the original history, but whether it is the conquest of the Jurchens, the promotion of sweet potatoes, or the promotion of the revision of the tax system from Lichu to the present, they are all the results of careful consideration.
The disaster at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there are many reasons, there are a considerable number of people in later generations, the Ming Dynasty died in the Donglin Party, the view is paranoid, but it is not unreasonable, the Donglin Party did promote the demise of the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent.
So Zhu Changluo has been guarding against this, and relatively speaking, this point is relatively simple compared to the previous things.
After all, the first few things are all matters involving the core decision-making of the entire country, and the most disadvantaged thing is also the agricultural capital of a province, and it is necessary to be cautious in implementing it, involving the interests of all parties, and the difficulty is extraordinary.
When Zhu Changluo intervened, the founder of the Donglin Party, Gu Xiancheng, was still actively engaged in the court, and the famous Donglin Academy was not established, and the Donglin Party was impossible to talk about.
So to nip it in the bud, it's actually very simple, as long as you ensure that Gu Xiancheng can't influence the court, or the officials in the court.
Facts have proved that all the officials who can achieve high positions have been completely stereotyped in their political concepts and personalities, and they are old fritters in the officialdom, and they are not people who will be easily shaken, so the initial development targets of the Donglin Party are all middle and low-level officials.
When they reach a high position, it is the time for the Donglin Party to develop, so what Zhu Changluo has to do is very simple, he only needs to restrain his subordinate officials, or his henchmen, not to be affected by the Donglin Party.
Because today's history is very different from the original, he ascended to the throne more than ten years in advance, and history has naturally changed, and the former ministers of Zhu Changluo's East Palace are the reserve army of the high-level of the court.
They are not bewitched by the Donglin Party, which means that the future generation of courtiers will not have the Donglin Party.
As for the middle and low-level officials, no matter how capable Gu Xiancheng is, it is impossible to gather them all, Zhu Changluo has a lot to do now, and he doesn't have the heart to care about him.
What's more, according to the development of the original history, at this time, the Donglin Party should have been basically formed, but in this historical plane, because of Zhu Changluo's intervention, earth-shaking changes have already taken place.
The original leader of the Donglin Party, Li Sancai, was forced to die outside Chengtianmen by Zhu Changluo, and the original Donglin Party boss Ye Xianggao, Yang Lian and others were all included in his door, and he had already drawn a clear line with Gu Xiancheng and others, as for Zhao Nanxing, Zuo Guangdou and others, who were supposed to recover, were permanently pressed in the pile of old papers by Zhu Changluo.
And you must know that the best thing in officialdom is to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and the officials who originally had the intention of intersecting with Donglin also wisely chose to distance themselves from them after learning that Zhu Changluo strictly ordered the subordinate officials of the East Palace not to discuss the government with the people.
So to put it bluntly, today's Donglin Party is just a group of idle discussions about the government of the opposition people, not much different from the gossip of ordinary people on the streets and alleys, without the support of the high-level, they will never affect the political situation of the Ming Dynasty, and with Zhu Changluo in one day, among the high-level, there will never be a figure of the Donglin Party!
This is a matter of principle, it is really Emperor Chongzhen who was too miserable by this group of Donglin parties, so Zhu Changluo had to guard against it, and in fact, the effect is also obvious, with Zhu Changluo's strict order, Ye Xianggao and others are very wise, and they would rather be in vain than indulge, not only broke off their friendship with Gu Xiancheng, but even some other friends of Zhishi were only letters of greetings, without mentioning major national affairs at all.
In the same way, if there is something bad at the top, there will be an effect at the bottom, and for the people in the imperial party, this is not a major matter of principle, and there is no need to go against Zhu Changluo's edict.
After a long time, Zhu Changluo slowly relaxed, after all, he was still the crown prince at that time, and the resources and energy at hand were limited, so it was impossible to keep an eye on who his ministers were interacting with.
But who knows, there are people who don't believe in evil!
Originally, after the matter above the court was discussed, although Zhu Changluo was angry, his mood fluctuations were still limited, he had already noticed Li Tingji's character, and it was not surprising that he would do such a thing, after all, he hung on his own teacher's status, and it was just a small punishment and a big admonition to avoid the errand of serving the scriptures and feasts.
But Chen Ju walked out of the palace gate with his front foot, and Luo Sigong, the commander of Jinyiwei on his back foot, sent this secret music, which clearly stated in detail the involvement of Li Tingji and Donglin people, and even the content of the letter, Jinyiwei intercepted several letters intact, and after reading it, Zhu Changluo was simply angry......
Because the idea of making a big fuss in the court was none other than Gu Xiancheng's younger brother Gu Yuncheng who gave Li Tingji!