Chapter 26 26 The Ming Dynasty Also Had Winter Vacation

For Emperor Jiajing, it was a shame to have the Anda Khan tribe come to the capital in August.

After the Tatars withdrew their troops, the battle naturally had to be cleaned up. Those who had merit should be rewarded, and those who had delinquency should be punished. The corruption of Qin Wangwei also came out.

On November 30, the 29th year of the Jiajing reign (1550), the 42 guards in Nanjing were ordered to investigate the evil practices of seizing, occupying, and occupying the farmland. Those who escaped from other tenant farming households should all sign their names to replenish the army. Otherwise, the original fields would be destroyed. After joining the official position, he was recruited to garrison the army.

It turned out that after King Qin's edict arrived at Peidu Tianfu in late August, the Nanjing garrison eunuch, the Nanjing garrison and the Nanjing Ministry of War immediately sent troop deployment orders to various garrison posts, urging them to gather troops and go north to King Qin as soon as possible.

However, the actual result was that the health center was in dilapidated condition and the whole process was delayed. Even after Jiujiang Guards passed Nanjing and headed for Zhenjiang, most of them had not yet assembled. The actual situation of the health center is evident.

Although the Nanjing chief official at the time tried his best to suppress the following rumors, the news still reached the Inspectorate a few months later.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate, developed from the Yushitai of the previous generation, is responsible for supervision, impeachment and recommendations.

Together with the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, it is also called the Three Laws Division. When major cases occur, they will be tried jointly by the Three Laws Division, that is, the three divisions will try together.

The chief officers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are the Left and Right Capital Censors, and they have the Deputy Capital Censors and the Qian Capital Censors, who assist in the management of the Censorate.

It was also divided into thirteen channels according to the thirteen chief envoys (equivalent to provinces), which were divided into supervisory censors, patrolling prefectures and counties, and specializing in the inspection and impeachment of officials.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ming Dynasty had the power to "report major matters and make decisions on minor matters" and was almost the highest supervisory authority.

The political structure designed by Zhu Yuanzhang is very interesting. Big officials have little power, and small officials have big power is a characteristic of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, and this characteristic is even more obvious in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Rumor has it that Mad Dog is the nickname of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In the party struggles in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the thirteen censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six subjects were often at the vanguard of the fights. They were also the so-called Ke Dao Yanguan.

The Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is only a seventh-rank official, but he can initiate impeachment of officials of all sizes in the court. According to the rules of the officialdom, once impeached, the impeached official usually has to go home to await investigation to express his innocence. He will use his power to suppress others and let the facts speak for himself.

For such an official position that could override various ministries and yamen, Zhu Yuanzhang did not set up a department that could supervise them. In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, very few censors were reported to have done anything, either because the emperor did not like it, or they were caught. Evidence of corruption and bending the law will be dealt with.

Maybe Zhu Yuanzhang gave a very low level when designing this department, and that's why it's about mutual checks and balances.

But this time, the performance of the Nanjing surrounding guards was so outrageous that the Metropolitan Procuratorate found an opportunity to launch impeachments against the Nanjing chief officials and various ministries. The target was not only the guarding eunuchs, but also Nanjing garrison and Nanjing war department officials.

When the Tatar troops came to the city, Emperor Jiajing also discovered the serious decline in the military combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty capital. He directly eliminated the Twelve Regiment Battalions established by the Zhengde Dynasty and returned to the three-camp model of the capital.

After Beijing's defense work was handled, it turned its attention to Nanjing.

This time, Emperor Jiajing wanted to investigate Nanjing's shortage of major guard posts in the surrounding areas, and also wanted to take back this part of the farmland. However, he made it clear in the decree that the farmland would not be included in the official posts, but would instead recruit troops and assign them again. This was to restore the war at the guard post. force.

However, there are policies and countermeasures, and the most important thing is to be able to implement them.

In fact, the policies were good when they were first formulated, but they changed during the top-down implementation process.

The so-called harsh government is actually mostly caused by chaotic implementation, and the responsibility should lie with middle- and lower-level officials.

And this order made all the officials of Jiujiang Wei who wanted to redivide the farmland to be honest. The meaning of the decree was very clear. If the farmland was taken back, it would not be an official position, which meant that it could not be taken back. Instead, it should be re-decentralized to the station and let them recruit. Soldiers made up the shortfall.

If we follow the decree, that is, after taking back the fields, we have to return the fields to the Qianhu Station and Baihu Station below to raise soldiers according to the old system. How can that be done?

You know, now most of the land in the guard station has been divided up by the upper-level military attachés. The most in the station is some rations. When encountering greedy households, even the rations are not distributed. This is the origin of the deserters.

All things considered, it should remain unchanged.

This is the current choice of the command body of the health post, and the previous issues will naturally come to an end.

Well, maybe Wei Guangde's protagonist aura is at work, and Emperor Jiajing accidentally helped Wei Guangde's family solve a huge problem.

Along with this news, the "great hero" Qiu Luan came to the capital to supervise the three major camps of the capital.

Of course, this news has nothing to do with the Wei family. By this time, every household is already preparing for the approaching New Year, which will mark the 30th year of Jiajing.

Although Jiangxi is located in the south of the Ming Dynasty, the weather has become increasingly cold during this season, but it has not yet reached the point where dripping water turns into ice in the north.

But Wei Guangde still got up early every day, washed and had dinner, then went out, facing the cold wind, and rushed to Master Sun to study.

Because in this era, people's thinking is relatively narrow, their understanding of things is relatively simple, and their views on many things converge. Therefore, the article Wei Guangde wrote in his own language after merging two model essays was not only not scolded by Master Sun for plagiarism, but was instead criticized Praise.

Well, Master Sun thought that Wei Guangde had learned the ideas that the author wanted to express by studying those two model articles.

Perhaps, the saying of later generations, "Can the work of a scholar be considered stealing?" originated from this.

Wei Guangde learned from many schools of thought and tasted the sweetness, so he naturally became more and more extreme and plagiarized a lot. No, it should be learning other model articles.

With his super memory, everything seemed to be so logical.

Of course, Wei Guangde's articles were not good, and there were still occasional mistakes and omissions, which required Master Sun's guidance. Master Sun certainly enjoyed this process and enjoyed it.

After three months, Wei Guangde's calligraphy became more and more beautiful after practice, "at least it can be seen by others", this is Master Sun's original words.

As the year draws to a close, Master Sun's private school will naturally be suspended. Although there is no winter vacation in this era, there is always a New Year.

Today is the last day of this year. After school, the private school will be temporarily closed for vacation.

At this time, the children in the school naturally became more excited.

Just kidding, in this weather, getting up early every day is still very hard, far less happy than staying in bed.

And those who can come to the private school to study are naturally not children from families where eating is a problem, so they are naturally qualified to stay in bed.

As usual, after completing their daily homework, when school is over, the children stand respectfully and say New Year's greetings to Master Sun.