Three fluffy cannons rang out, and two "Zhanren Confucians" in red clothes and red scarves held their long swords and strode ahead to lead the way. Huang Zongxi, Huang Baijia, Wan Si, and other one or two hundred people had already arrived.

Putting on "Confucius clothes", the counselors waiting outside the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City in Nanjing were led into the vast and dilapidated Forbidden City.

This imperial pavilion, which was built in the Hongwu period, has been abandoned for a long time and destroyed by war, and is now in a state of dilapidation. After entering the Meridian Gate, you can see overgrown grass and dilapidated palaces everywhere.

Wuying Hall, which was repaired and used by Emperors Hongguang and Kangxi, and the surrounding buildings are still in use.

After Zhu Heji moved into the Forbidden City in Nanjing, he had people take the bricks and stones from the dilapidated buildings in the Forbidden City, and built a high wall around the Wuying Hall to isolate the Wuying Hall from other parts of the Forbidden City, and also enclosed a large wall.

A piece of land.

On this enclosed land, Zhu Heji had someone build a pocket version of the front hall and the back bed.

The so-called front hall refers to the main hall of Wuying Hall and the courtyard outside the main hall, as well as the newly built duty rooms on both sides of the courtyard.

Among them, the main hall is where Zhu Heji went to court, held meetings, and worked every day. The check-in room is where the attendants are. Zhu Heji's attendants and ministers work here. The yard outside the main hall is where Zhu Heji held meetings.

It is the place where the imperial meeting is held, so today's council will be held here.

It is already November of the third year of the reign of King Ding of the Ming Dynasty, and winter has entered. Now it is the so-called Little Ice Age. Even in Nanjing, which is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is extremely cold after winter. It is the eleventh day of the lunar calendar.

Months later, Nanjing has already had several heavy snowfalls.

Therefore, holding a conference in the open air is not a serious crime. If a few of them freeze, that will be bad.

Therefore, in early October, Zhu Heji ordered people to build a "big greenhouse" with brick walls, a thatched roof and papered windows outside the main hall of Wuying Hall. He also built a fireplace with a chimney, which could be lit by a fire.

The whole "warm shed" was warm and cozy... It was comfortable, but it lacked a bit of royal style.

There is also a cotton curtain hanging at the entrance of the greenhouse. Once the curtain is opened, you can feel the warmth and comfort inside.

Huang Zongxi walked in and took a look, and found that the layout inside was also very interesting. It was not like a large court meeting. There was a wooden platform facing south from the north. There were three rows of tables and chairs on the platform facing south. One of the rows was in the middle, which was two sets of tables and chairs side by side.

Two rows are arranged on the left and right, forming a figure eight shape.

Under the wooden platform are rows of tables and chairs facing north.

There is a wooden sign on the top of each row of tables and chairs under the wooden platform, with the words "South Zhili", "Zhejiang", "Jiangxi", "Fujian", "Guangdong" and other words written on the sign.

Obviously, wherever the counselor comes from, he can sit wherever he is.

Among them, the counselors from Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi provinces have already arrived... They all came with King Zhu Tian and the Ming Dynasty who moved from Guangzhou. One counselor is also sent to each county. These three provinces are about

There are 200 counties, and a total of 200 consultations have been launched, accounting for more than half of the greenhouses.

"Master Huang, Wan Fantai, please come to the stage," a "Zhanren Confucian" who was leading the way said to Huang Zongxi very politely, "You two, come with me."

Still able to sit on the stage... Huang Zongxi and Wan Sida glanced at each other, and then followed the "Confucian who killed people" on the stage together.

There were already many people sitting on the wooden platform, including King Zheng Jing of Yanping, Prime Minister Zhuge Sanhe, Governor of Zhejiang Chen Yonghua, Admiral Qiu Rong of the Navy's Nanyang Fleet, and Mr. Yu, Gu Yanwu, Zhu Shunshui, and Qu Dajun who had just arrived from Guangdong.

Su Yong...a great bachelor!

The two sets of tables and chairs in the middle were still empty, obviously reserved for Zhu Heji and Prince Zhu Tian.

This is the arrangement of sitting on the academic platform and sitting under the advisory board...it looks quite fresh.

Huang Zongxi and Wan Sida also found their seats. At the end of the right side of the two rows of tables and chairs arranged in a figure-eight shape, there was their seat - with an origami nameplate on it!

After the two sat down, an attendant immediately came forward to serve them tea and pour water. The cup they used was a bone china cup made in Chaozhou, which was milky white, thin, moist, and slightly translucent. It was also soaked in Fujian.

The Beiyuan Tribute Tea is fragrant and fragrant, and it makes you energetic when you smell it!

Sitting next to them was Gu Yanwu. They had known each other for a long time, so they naturally wanted to exchange a few words when they met. But before they could talk in depth, a voice with a slight Chaozhou accent started shouting.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ding, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Jian Kingdom has arrived!"

Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Heji and his father and son are here.

The academicians and counselors in the big greenhouse quickly stood up and saw the "big descendants" of Emperor Chongzhen swaggering in from the gate at the other end of the big greenhouse. They bowed and saluted together and shouted long live the mountain.

"Hahaha......"

"Pingshen, Pingshen!"

Both father and son seemed to be in a good mood today, one was saying "big guy" and the other was just laughing.

The people below all stood up straight and were still peeping at Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Heji... The lighting in the large greenhouse was not very good. Although there were many candles lit, people from a little further away still looked at them.

I don't know the faces of the two men clearly. I just know that they are two big bearded men in yellow clothes and yellow turbans, with long swords and empty hammers.

They look a bit like reckless heroes... If it weren't for the Qing court's repeated certifications, no one would believe that they were the descendants of Emperor Chongzhen.

"Sit, everyone, sit down!"

Zhu Heji's loud voice rang out again, and he asked everyone to sit down with a smile.

After seeing everyone sitting down in confusion, Zhu Heji said: "Today is the first session of the Ming Dynasty Council. This council looks quite good. It allows the Gu family and the father to directly listen to the public opinion below. What's the matter?

If you want cooperation from below, you can also talk about it openly. This is called consultative politics... You can express your own opinions, and the Gu family and the father can also negotiate with you face to face.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Therefore, this session of the Council is the first one, not the only one. From now on, the Council will be held to discuss politics, which is the family law of my ancestors in the New Ming Dynasty.

No matter the north or the south, rich or poor, everyone is qualified to send advisors to the court to express their opinions. If you have any difficulties or requests, you can raise them with the court!"

It is political coordination and deliberation, not a representative system!

These days, let alone the Internet, there are no newspapers or televisions! When a monarch lives in the palace for a long time, it is too easy for him to lose touch with the masses.

Once it is separated from the masses, centralized power is centralized power that has been emptied out. If you want to avoid being emptied out and giving blind orders, you must listen carefully to opinions and information from all sides.

The lesson learned from Emperor Chongzhen is that he has lived in a deep palace for a long time and knows nothing about the lower world!

The three additional salaries he gave to the subordinates were only 20 million per year on paper. I wonder if the actual income was 15 million?

This amount of money was actually not too much for the size of the Ming Dynasty's economy at that time... The question is who should get it?

The economic development of the Ming Dynasty was unbalanced, and the currency in various places was also unbalanced. The southeastern economy was developed, sea trade was prosperous, and there was a lot of silver flowing in. It was possible to take out the silver... In fact, this silver was transferred to the court.

The circle still has to go to the southeast to buy grain, silk, cloth, and iron firearms.

The northwest is different. The northwest is already poor, and there is no incremental source of silver. There is only a little stock running there, and the silver taken away by the court will not flow back to the northwest, so the silver is in a state of having a way out but no way out.

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Even a fool knows the results of drawing money year after year!

Coupled with the disasters that have been ravaging the northwest for a long time since the end of Tianqi... There is no way for him to survive!

The reason why there is such a situation where everyone bullies the poor people in the northwest is actually because the economy in the northwest is backward and scholars do not get good educational resources, so they suffer more in the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty...

Even if there was a North-South exam in the Ming Dynasty, they would not be able to pass the exam in other places in the north!

There are fewer Jinshi in the northwest, so naturally there are not many people in the civil service system who are willing to speak for them. Without the right to speak, of course they become a doormat... they get angry and get angry!

If Chongzhen had held such a coordination and discussion meeting and asked the advisors from Shaanxi Province and Shaanxi Province to go to the Forbidden City to cry out for poverty, Emperor Chongzhen might have adjusted his policy and asked rich people from Guangdong and Fujian to spend three-quarters of their money on behalf of the Shaanxi people.
Chapter completed!