Chapter 986 Four Breaks of the Ming Dynasty
At this moment, another system announcement sounded.
"World Announcement: In order to celebrate the four years of game operation, the system will hold the second global auction at 10:00 am on January 5th of the fifth year of Gaia. Please look forward to it! Friendly reminder: personal funds to participate in the global auction must not be less than One million gold coins."
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Gaia's arrival this time is very humane, giving everyone a buffer time to sort out the new system updates and expansion packs, without rushing to hold an auction.
In the blink of an eye, it will be January 1st of the fifth year of Gaia.
For Ouyang Shuo, the most urgent task is naturally a new round of hidden building summons. In addition to the routine recruiting hall, there are three hidden buildings, namely the Dianjiangtai, Wanming Pagoda and Golden Terrace.
Perhaps it was Ouyang Shuo's [Fortune Source] really profound, and after one round of summoning, he gained a lot, and I don't know if it was a coincidence, or Gaia specially arranged, the civil and military ministers summoned this time were all from the Ming Dynasty.
The recruiting hall summoned a prime minister of the Ming Dynasty——Yan Song.
[Name]: Yan Song (imperial level)
【Dynasty】: Ming Dynasty
[Identity]: Daxia civil servant
[Occupation]: civil servant
[Loyalty]: 75 points
[Commander]: 45 [Force]: 35 [Intelligence]: 80 [Politics]: 88
[Specialty]: Prime Minister (increase the administrative efficiency of the dynasty by 20%, increase the fiscal revenue of the dynasty by 5%, and increase the governance level of the dynasty by 10%)
[Comment]: Although peacocks are poisonous, they cannot cover up articles, and it is fair to say. However, the traces of his actions are not comparable to those of other literati who have talents but have no actions. Therefore, although the chanting is skillful, it only retains its purpose to show the meaning of the disease.
"History of the Ming Dynasty" listed Yan Song as one of the six treacherous ministers of the Ming Dynasty, saying that Yan Song had no other talents, but only wanted to flatter, steal power without profit, steal power for 20 years, indulge in evil sons, persecute the world, and people say that he is a traitor .
Chinese people like to distinguish between black and white. They are either good or bad, loyal or treacherous, one or the other. But people forget that there is a golden mean, impartiality.
Yan Song was clever and intelligent since he was a child, and his thinking was quick. He won the imperial examination at the age of nineteen and the Jinshi at the age of twenty-six.
His private life is also very serious and upright, almost impeccable, and he only married one wife in Ouyang's family in his life. Ouyang's is one year older than Yan Song, and has a pockmarked face, but the relationship between the husband and wife is very good, and Yan Song did not have many wives and concubines because of his high position as the prime minister.
The emperor that Yan Song served all his life was Jiajing Emperor Ming Shizong, who was capricious in his likes and dislikes, arrogant and self-sufficient. Accompanied by this monarch, he was like a daughter-in-law who was angry at both ends.
In the final analysis, Yan Song is just Emperor Jiajing's scapegoat, taking the blame for Emperor Jiajing and blocking the sword.
Yan Song had been the chief assistant for more than ten years, and his property after being ransacked was not as good as that of Xu Jie, a famous loyal minister of his time. Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng and other chief assistants have a very good reputation among the people and even in history books, but their wealth is beyond the reach of Yan Song, a famous corrupt official.
It can be seen that people's words are scary.
Of course, Yan Song can't be said to be a good official. It is true that he clings to his superiors, suppresses political opponents, and connives at his son Yan Shifan's acts of violence. In a neutral evaluation, Yan Song can be regarded as a powerful minister with great ability.
For such a powerful minister, it depends on how the monarch uses it.
Ouyang Shuo was very courageous, and directly recruited Yan Song into the cabinet, as the elder of the cabinet, and ranked in the center. To such an octogenarian, Ouyang Shuo only asked one sentence: "Master Ge, this king has something to say first, and Yan Shifan will never be an official."
A gleam of light flashed through Yan Song's muddy eyes, and he bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
In history, Yan Shifan was actually a time bomb deliberately arranged by Emperor Jiajing, which was used to cheat Yan Song. It can be described as a model of "cheating father".
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The upright official recruited by Wanming Pagoda is Wang Shouren, a master of mind learning.
[Name]: Wang Shouren (imperial class)
【Dynasty】: Ming Dynasty
[Identity]: Daxia civil servant
[Occupation]: civil servant
[Loyalty]: 75 points
[Commander]: 75 [Force]: 40 [Intelligence]: 88 [Politics]: 75
[Specialty]: Learning of the Heart (increase the administrative efficiency of the dynasty by 20%, and the level of the school of the dynasty by 20%)
【Work】: "Wang Wencheng Gongquanshu"
[Evaluation]: Mr. Wang Wencheng is the first-class figure in Ming Dynasty, and his morality, meritorious service, and speech are all at the top.
Wang Shouren, who once built a house in Yangming Cave, Kuaiji Mountain, called himself Yangmingzi, is a master of Lu Wang's mind learning, and is proficient in Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
In the twelfth year of Hongzhi, he was a Jinshi. He successively served as the head of the Ministry of Punishment, the postman of Longchang, Guizhou, the county magistrate of Luling, the censor of Youqiandu, the governor of Southern Jiangxi, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
He was conferred the title of Uncle Xinjian for his military achievements in pacifying Chenhao's chaos.
As a master of the mind, Wang Shouren, Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, Mencius, the master of Confucianism, and Zhu Xi, the master of Neo-Confucianism, are called Confucius, Mencius, Zhu, and Wang.
For five hundred years, the source of Confucianism has been Wang Yangming's "unity of knowledge and action".
Wang Yangming's philosophy, which has been criticized by people, is a major achievement in the history of the development of intelligence in the Chinese nation, and there are not many people who are qualified to criticize it.
Mr. Yangming, who appeared in front of Ouyang Shuo, had a thin body and sunken cheeks, like a person who practiced Taoism in the mountains, not an official.
Ouyang Shuo said: "Master Confucius devoted himself to studying in the Southwest University, sir, would you like to emulate him?"
Be it public or private, Ouyang Shuo hopes that Xinxue can shine brighter in Daxia. Unexpectedly, Wang Yangming just smiled and said: "The study of the mind emphasizes the unity of knowledge and action, which cannot be perfected in a school. I also ask the king to allow my ministers to go to the localities to understand the people's sentiments, so as to perfect the study of the mind."
Ouyang Shuo was stunned, and said with a smile, "Good! There is a governor in northern Sichuan, sir, you can go there."
Wang Yangming bowed from afar and took over the post.
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The historical talent recruited by Golden Terrace is none other than Yan Song's most proud protégé, Hu Zongxian.
[Name]: Hu Zongxian (imperial level)
【Dynasty】: Ming Dynasty
[Identity]: Daxia civil servant
[Occupation]: civil servant
[Loyalty]: 75 points
[Commander]: 72 [Force]: 40 [Intelligence]: 80 [Politics]: 85
[Specialty]: Loyalty to the country (increase the administrative efficiency of the dynasty by 20%, and the governance level of the dynasty by 10%)
[Evaluation]: Zong Xian has many powers, is fond of fame and talent, and Emperor Jiajing calls it the pillar of the southeast.
Hu Zongxian's family was born in Jinyiwei for generations. In the 19th year of Jiajing, he was appointed as the county magistrate of Yidu County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province.
During the period of the Japanese invasion in the southeast, he served as the governor of Zhizhe, and he was powerful in resisting the Japanese.
In the 41st year of Jiajing, the anti-Japanese war presided over by Hu Zongxian achieved unprecedented victories, gradually quelled the Japanese invasion in Zhejiang, and began to exterminate the Japanese pirates in Fujian.
I never thought that the day when Hu Zongxian accomplished his great success would be the day when his bad luck would come.
In the same year, Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was dismissed from office, and his son Yan Shifan was arrested. As a member of the "strict party", Hu Zongxian lost his backer in the court. Under the instruction of Xu Jie, the new chief minister of the cabinet, Lu Fengyi was impeached on ten charges of embezzlement of military pay, excessive taxation, and party protection of Yan Song. Hu Zongxian.
In the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, two years after Hu Zongxian was dismissed, he was taken to Beijing again. After writing the poem "The sword is buried in the wronged prison, and the loyal soul is entangled in the white clouds" in prison, he committed suicide.
In the sixth year of Longqing, the imperial court rehabilitated Hu Zongxian and pursued his posthumous posthumous title, Xiangmao.
Ouyang Shuo naturally cherished a capable talent like Hu Zongxian, but he didn't immediately arrange any position for Hu Zongxian.
With Hu Zongxian's talent, the best place to go is the governor's department, but right now there is no vacancy in any province. Ouyang Shuo plans to wait until Annan is captured, and then make further calculations.
Ouyang Shuo said: "Ruzhen don't need to be impatient, first watch the government at the court, and this king will make arrangements."
"Wei Chen understands!"
Now that the teacher Yan Song has entered the cabinet, Hu Zongxian is naturally not in a hurry.
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The military general recruited by Dianjiangtai has a relationship with Hu Zongxian, and it is Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general in the Ming Dynasty.
[Name]: Qi Jiguang (imperial class)
【Dynasty】: Ming Dynasty
[Identity]: General of Daxia
[Occupation]: Senior General
[Loyalty]: 75 points
[Commander]: 78 [Force]: 70 [Intelligence]: 50 [Politics]: 55
[Speciality]: Anti-Japanese famous general (increase troop attack power by 25%, troop naval combat level by 15%, and troop speed by 20%)
【Works】: "New Book of Ji Xiao" and "Documentary of Military Training"
[Comment]: General Jiguang has strict orders and trustworthy rewards and punishments. Biao made a powerful move, repeatedly destroying the big bandits, and his reputation shook the world.
Qi Jiguang trained troops well, and the new army he trained was called "Qi's Army".
The Mandarin Duck Formation and the Che Ying created are shocking all over the world, and they are known as sharp weapons against Japanese pirates.
Qi Jiguang was also an outstanding weapons expert and military engineer. He transformed and invented various fire attack weapons and improved weapons and equipment, such as Qi's saber and wolf whisks specially aimed at Japanese pirates.
The large and small warships and chariots built made the Ming army's waterway equipment superior to that of the enemy.
In addition, Qi Jiguang creatively built hollow enemy towers on the Great Wall, which can be attacked and defended, which is a very distinctive military project.
For such a famous general as Qi Jiguang, Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate, and directly appointed Qi Jiguang as the admiral of the Coastal Fleet, and immediately took charge of the three major fleets of the [Yanhuang League] in the north.
So far, the military generals of the Ming Dynasty occupied half of the Great Xia Navy and were the mainstay of the Navy.
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The Ming Dynasty began with Emperor Jiajing, and it was a dynasty full of tragedies due to internal and external troubles. Except for Wang Yangming, Yan Song, Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang all ended up in a miserable end.
Not only them, but Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui and others with great reputations, none of them got a good death, and all ended in tragedy.
It can be said that it was a tragedy of an entire era.
Perhaps it was an arrangement of fate, these capable ministers and generals gathered in the Great Xia Dynasty, and were entrusted with important tasks by Ouyang Shuo, to join in a wave of the times that was completely different from the Ming Dynasty.
Ouyang Shuo looked forward to these people bringing a new atmosphere to Daxia. Today's Daxia will definitely not repeat the mistakes of Ming Dynasty and become a leader in the global wave.
And just when Ouyang Shuo met Yan Song and others, the Central Plains suddenly changed dramatically.