parentshiftbook Chapter 764: The Emperor And The Imperial Court’S Expanded Power Of Governance, Supervision, And Exe
Chapter 764: The Emperor And The Imperial Court’S Expanded Power Of Governance, Supervision, And Exe
Hongwu seventeenth year, mid-to-late December.
Prince Zhu Biao led a long convoy of carriages all the way overland from Songjiang Mansion back to Yingtian Mansion.
As soon as they returned to the outside of Yingtian Mansion, Zhou Wang Zhu Ju, who had already received the news, was already waiting outside Yingtian Mansion with his people.
"Brother!"
"Fifth brother!"
As soon as the two brothers met, they gave each other a big bear hug.
Both Prince Zhu Biao and King Zhou Zhu were very happy to meet again. After all, their brothers had not seen each other for more than half a year.
"Excuse me, fifth brother, for bothering me to wait here for me. I wonder if fifth brother is busy?!"
Prince Zhu Biao looked at King Zhou Zhu Zhu and said with a smile.
Zhou Wang Zhu Ru nodded helplessly and said:
"Well, the old man said that this year happens to be the end of Ming Dynasty's first "Five-Year Medium and Long-term Plan", so we want to organize an exhibition of sea treasures to celebrate with the people!"
"Brother, take a look at the seafood transported to Yingtianfu. Which ones are more resilient? Then transfer them to the seafood exhibition hall on Hongwu Street Square so that the people of Yingtianfu can visit the exhibition and open their eyes."
"Wait until after the exhibition is over and eat them all."
"Send the seafood that is about to die quickly to the palace. Chop it up and eat it while it's still alive!"
Prince Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile when he heard this. It was very good, and it was in line with the style of their old man.
Then he signaled to the honor guards behind him to drive the carriage, pulling the specially-made extra-large seafood pool that was three feet long, one foot high, and one foot wide. [Following them, they drove slowly to the Hongwu Street Square that had been arranged before. go.
"When my brother came back last year, the concrete and cement roads in all provinces, states, prefectures and counties across the country had not yet been completely built. I wonder if the concrete and cement roads we took on the way back this time have been completely built?!!"
"I have seen the year-end memorials submitted by the chief ministers, prefects, prefects, and county magistrates from all over the country. They all claim that the concrete roads previously planned by the imperial court for national, provincial, state, prefecture, and county roads have been built. It’s over, I don’t know if it’s true or not.”
Zhou Wang Zhu Ru and Prince Zhu Biao walked slowly towards the Hongwu Street Square while chatting casually.
"I don't know about other places, but the national, provincial, state, prefectural and county roads I passed through this time are basically concrete roads now."
"I have to say that after the construction of concrete roads, transportation around the world has become much more convenient and faster."
"Like this time, I rushed all the way from Qinghua Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, back to Yingtian Prefecture, traveling day and night, and it only took about five days."
"If there is an emergency and we work day and night without changing horses, I'm afraid it will only take about two to three days from Qinghua Prefecture in Songjiang Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture!"
Prince Zhu Biao couldn't help but sigh when he thought about the time it took to come back via the built concrete highway.
Like when he responded to Tianfu from Qinghua Prefecture in Songjiang Prefecture last year, only more than half of the concrete roads across the country had just been built, and not all of them were really completed.
So last year, it took him about eight days to respond to Tianfu from Qinghua Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture.
Before the construction of concrete roads all over the country started the year before last, it took him about half a month to travel from Yingtian Prefecture to Qinghua Prefecture in Songjiang Prefecture.
From about half a month last year to about five days this year, the time required for the journey from Qinghua Prefecture in Songjiang Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture has been shortened by two-thirds!
The significance of this two-thirds reduction in time is extremely significant!
It is not only the problem that Yan Changqing mentioned before, which can break the wall of imperial rule, but also the problem that the central government's control over local areas has been greatly increased several times!
Like in the past, if anything went wrong in Qinghua Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture.
The imperial court simply made a trip to Qinghua Prefecture in Songjiang Prefecture, and then returned to Yingtian Prefecture.
There is nothing to do in the middle, and it will take a month just to go back and forth!
If there is any further investigation or case handling work required, it may take more than a month, or even two months, to get the results.
But now, the Imperial School Disciple travels from Yingtian Prefecture to Qinghua Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, and the round trip only takes about ten days.
In addition to the time required for investigation and case handling, the results can be obtained in as little as half a month and as much as about a month, and reported back to the central court.
Under such circumstances, if there is any violation of law or discipline in Qinghua Prefecture of Songjiang Prefecture, it may even lead to rebellion.
Then the central side of the imperial court can receive the news two or three times faster than before, and then it can send officials to the scene to handle it in as fast as two or three days, or as slow as four or five days, or send an army to the scene. Suppress the rebellion on the spot!
In addition, why is there a saying that the capital is the most benign place, and why is there a phenomenon where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and local tyrants, officials (bhab), and landlords wantonly run rampant in the countryside and oppress the people?!
In essence, there is only one reason, and that is the issue of governance, supervision, and execution!!!
As the emperor's feet, the capital is the area where the emperor and the imperial court have the greatest central control, and it is also the area where the emperor and the imperial court supervise the most deeply [and it is also the area where the emperor and the imperial court's orders are most thoroughly implemented.
Within this area, even if something slightly unusual happens, it will spread throughout the capital that day, and then reach the ears of all the civil and military officials in the court, and finally even reach the ears of the emperor!
And once the matter reaches the ears of all the civil and military officials in the court and the emperor, then to be honest, as long as it is a matter that can be solved by human power, as long as the emperor wants to solve it, as long as all the civil and military officials in the court want to solve it.
So given the nearly 100% dominance of the emperor and the civil and military officials in the capital, and the nearly 100% execution ability of the officials below, this matter will definitely be resolved in the end!
If it cannot be solved in the end, there are only two reasons. Either the emperor does not want to solve it, or some of the civil and military officials do not want to solve it!
For example, if there are any officials in the capital, or some landlords, powerful merchants, etc. who dare to bully the people [then the people will not get ten fair solutions.
Then ordinary people can really risk their lives to block the entrance of the palace, block the ministers from entering the palace for court meetings, and write blood letters to express their grievances!
Let’s not mention the final outcome for this people, but this matter will definitely make a big fuss!
And once the matter gets serious, no matter whether other people want it or not, the matter will definitely be brought to the table for discussion.
Because if there is injustice, then where does this injustice come from?!!
And why can’t this injustice be resolved through the normal process of redress of grievances, but instead one has to risk one’s life at the gate of the palace and interfere with the meeting of ten ministers?!!
Is it because some officials are engaging in malpractice for personal gain and enforcing the law unfairly?!!
And if an official engages in malpractice for personal gain and enforces the law unfairly, is it the official’s own doing, or is there instructions from other more senior officials behind the official’s back?!!
In addition, is it possible to use this incident to involve a low-level official behind the more senior official and then use this opportunity to impeach the other party?!!
When the matter reaches this point, even if an official wants to cover it up, his political opponents will not let it be covered up!!!
Therefore, in the end, this matter will definitely be brought to the table and discussed, and a "result" that will satisfy the emperor and all the other civil and military officials will be reached.
However, after leaving the capital, the ruling, supervisory, and executive power of the emperor and the imperial court would become weaker and weaker as they became farther and farther away from the center of the emperor and the imperial court.
It is also an example of ordinary people being oppressed by local officials, landlords, powerful men, merchants, etc., and then not being able to get a fair verdict.
It's just that this time this common man is a common man on the border. If he wants to go to Beijing to file a petition, it will take him as little as three to two months or as long as more than half a year to get from the border to the capital!
Such a long distance and time are enough for him to die on the road due to too many man-made accidents or natural accidents, leaving him with no way to redress his injustice.
Even if he was lucky enough not to die on the road, he was able to get to the capital smoothly, file an imperial complaint, and even let the emperor hear about it, and School Disciple went to deal with it.
From the Emperor School Disciple to the local borders to investigate and process, and then to the investigation and processing, the results were obtained and fed back to the central court.
This round-trip may take more than half a year, and may take one to two years!
The common people who complained could not afford such a long time.
Even the central government could not afford to waste such huge human cost resources.
Therefore, if the local people do not have extremely rare strange or serious grievances, then most of them will choose to accept the oppression from local officials, landlords, powerful men, and merchants.
Similarly, if local officials, landowners, powerful men, and merchants are not truly angry, then even if the central government knows about the general bullying of the people and violations of laws and disciplines, most of them will not bother to pay attention.
Unless local officials, landowners, powerful men, and businessmen really caused outrage and anger, forcing the court to give an explanation to the people of the world, then the court would directly take action and slap them to death!
This was something that Prince Zhu Biao only realized deeply during his previous years as a local county magistrate.
But now, the travel time between provinces, prefectures, states and counties in the world has been shortened by two-thirds.
The area where the emperor and the central government had the strongest control, the deepest supervision, and the most thorough execution of orders was able to further expand from the capital and the area around the capital to the various state capitals adjacent to the capital.
Similarly, the central government's governance, supervision, and order execution in other provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties in the Ming Dynasty will be further strengthened accordingly.
Then the mountains are no longer high, and the emperor is no longer far away, so that local officials, powerful men, and landowners are afraid and no longer dare to run rampant in the countryside and oppress the people!
And if the people can live and work in peace and contentment without being oppressed by local officials, powerful men, and landlords, then naturally there will be no large-scale public dissatisfaction.
The world will naturally be able to be harmonious and stable, and the Ming Dynasty will naturally be able to have long-term peace and stability.
It can be said that after the construction of concrete cement roads all over the world, the benefits to the Ming Dynasty are indescribable.
After hearing Prince Zhu Biao's answer, Zhou Wang Zhu Ji also nodded and said with a smile:
"Since the country, province, state, prefecture, and county roads that my eldest brother passed through when he came back are now basically concrete roads, then the construction of concrete and cement roads in other parts of the Ming Dynasty should be the same."
"In this way, Ming Dynasty's "First Five-Year Medium and Long-term Plan" is basically completed, and next is Ming Dynasty's "Second Five-Year Medium- and Long-term Plan."
Hearing Zhou Wang Zhu Ji mention the Ming Dynasty's "Second Five-Year Medium and Long-term Plan", Prince Zhu Biao also became interested:
“The Second Five-Year Medium and Long-term Plan?!!”
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Know the specific contents of this "Second Five-Year Medium and Long-term Plan".
While the two brothers, Prince Zhu Biao and Zhou Wang Zhu Zhu, were chatting unconsciously along the way, they slowly walked to the Hongwu Street Square that had been prepared in advance.
At this moment, rows of wooden shelves are arranged in the square of Hongwu Street. On each row of wooden shelves are placed square transparent glazed pools six feet long, six feet high and six feet wide.
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Each transparent glass pool is closely adjacent to each other. From a distance, it looks like rows of transparent crystal glass walls have been erected!
Under the sunlight, the transparent crystal reflects dazzling light.
And in front of the rows of vertically arranged transparent crystal glazed walls, there is also a row of horizontally arranged large square transparent glazed pools one foot long, one foot high and one foot wide.
And at the front of the row of large square transparent glazed pools that are one foot long, one foot high, and one foot wide, there is another one that was dug out temporarily, which is ten feet long, two feet deep, and wide.
A large pool of five feet.
Seeing this, Zhou Wang Zhu Xi smiled and said:
"Brother, please let people start fishing for seafood. The smaller seafood will be put into the rows of six-foot-sized glazed ponds, and the slightly larger seafood will be put into each one.
In the ten-foot-sized glazed pool, larger seafood can be thrown directly into the large pool at the back. "
"By the way, don't waste the sea water that was brought here. Pour it into the same pools."
"Otherwise, you have to mix sea salt with water to make seawater, which would be too luxurious."
Thanks to Yan Changqing's reminder, Zhou Wang Zhu Ju also knew that seafood is different from ordinary river food. The living environment of seafood is salt water, while the living environment of river food is fresh water.
If live seafood is put into a freshwater environment, the live seafood will not be able to adapt to the freshwater environment and will die.
So if you can get some seawater brought back for free, then you should get some seawater brought back for free.
Prince Zhu Biao nodded, and then ordered the attendants behind him:
"Let's start as the fifth brother just said!"
Immediately, the attendants began to pour seawater into the glazed pools, and then picked up large lobsters, squids, swordfish, sea lions, turtles, etc. that were several feet long.
Foreign creatures were thrown into the glazed pools.
Soon, some of the rows of glazed ponds in the Hongwu Street Square were filled with sea water, and various seafoods were swimming in the glazed ponds.
And as Qin King Zhu Xi, Jin King Zhu Fan, and Yan King Zhu Di took the waterway and led their navy back one after another, the empty glazed pools were filled one after another, and more strange and strange things happened.
Huge marine creatures were brought back to Yingtian Mansion.
As the New Year is approaching, everyone from the civil and military officials of the imperial court to the hundreds of thousands of people in Yingtian Mansion are looking forward to the upcoming "Hongwu Festival at the End of the Seventeenth Year of Hongwu" organized by the imperial court.
Summary Conference of Tianhai Treasures".
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