Sent Yang Yunhua away, Ma Xiuying ordered people to put the gold, silver and jewelry in her private treasury in the palace, among which most of the treasures offered by Xu Da to capture the Yuan capital city, and even a few of them can be called national weapons, Zhu Yuanzhang gave these things to Ma Xiuying, the mother of the country.

A cage box opened, the hall suddenly shone brightly, the bright pearls, the warm jade, the crystal gems dazzled people, especially the silver and gold bricks that flowed with silver light directly touched everyone's hearts.

The palace people couldn't take their eyes off it, holding their breath and condensing their breath, but they couldn't control their breathing and gradually deepened, and under Ma Xiuying's cough, they were frightened, and hurriedly lowered their heads to hide their envious and greedy eyes.

"Master, what are you going to do?" Xun Ying's face was full of doubts, she knew that Ma Xiuying was not a person who liked to show off, and it was really strange to suddenly expose so many valuables in front of everyone.

"Have someone re-count the device to see if there's any damage from insects and ants. Ma Xiuying didn't look at the gold, silver and jewelry, and lowered her head in deep thought.

Zhu Yuanzhang was busy with political affairs and came to Kunning Palace, he was angry in the court today, and he was in a bad mood, so he wanted to talk to Ma Xiuying about the depression in his heart, and suddenly saw the gold, silver and jewelry in the hall, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "What is the queen doing?"

Ma Xiuying didn't seem to notice Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, and replied seriously: "The concubine is counting the items rewarded by the emperor, and some of the treasures offered by Wei Guogong and other generals have not yet had time to be registered. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a gold bottle and played with it, not mentioning the merits of the generals, but said lightly: "The Yuan people plundered so many good things from our Han people, and in the end they were confiscated by me." ”

Ma Xiuying didn't mention the generals, and still said calmly: "The Yuan Dynasty has these treasures but can't keep the country, and the concubines guess that what the emperors really need is other treasures." ”

"Other treasures?"

"Treasures are dead, man is alive, man is the spirit of all things, and can create infinity. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, understood Ma Xiuying's extraneous voice, paused with the hand holding the golden bottle, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said slowly: "I know, Queen, what you mean is that getting talented people is more important than getting treasures." ”

Ma Xiuying immediately saluted Zhu Yuanzhang, "The emperor is shengming!" The concubine and the emperor were born from poverty and can have today, and the concubine is often worried about arrogance and indulgence, born from luxury, so she has always been diligent and thrifty. The emperor was worried that the danger of the country was caused by small things, so he hoped to recruit talents to govern the world together. He pointed to a pile of gold, silver and jewelry, and said, "These things are just dead things, and people are the key." The emperor gets virtuous ministers, and the appointment of virtuous ministers is the only way to have a real treasure and make the country eternal. In the past, Tang Taizong followed suit, and the virtuous ministers ruled together, and there was the rule of Zhenguan. Throughout the dynasties, where the monarch and the minister govern together and the people are the foundation, the world will be peaceful. Whoever rules alone, abandons virtuous ministers, and disregards the people's livelihood, he will decline and die. Today, if the emperor regards the country as his home, rules alone, takes what he takes, puts hundreds of officials as if they were fictitious, and ignores the people of the world, he is afraid that he will bury the root of the curse from now on. ”

"The queen is interceding for Fei and Erren, who dares to pass on the affairs of the court to your ears?" Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly angry, he was already in a bad mood, and he felt even harsh when he heard Ma Xiuying's advice.

Ma Xiuying regretted a little after saying the previous words, and secretly said that she was reckless, and she wanted to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang slowly, but she couldn't control her mouth as soon as she said it, and some didn't say a lot. At this moment, he was scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang, thinking that he couldn't affect Song Lian no matter what, so he simply pretended to be stupid, and asked: "The concubine doesn't understand what the emperor is talking about? What happened in the court? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it, and asked forcefully: "Is it? ”

"Don't dare to enter the holy ear, the concubine feels that the law is more harmful, and the law is evil, and the law is evil; Ma Xiuying looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and her eyes did not dodge. Anyway, it's all said, so let's just say it.

"You, you, I should be angry, but I think what you say is reasonable. Under Ma Xiuying's frank and unrestrained gaze, Zhu Yuanzhang inexplicably felt ashamed of himself, diverted the topic, turned his head and asked the female historian to enter what Ma Xiuying said into the history books.

Ma Xiuying made a casual gesture and asked, "The emperor hasn't said what happened today to make you angry, if it's convenient, you might as well talk to the concubine." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang came to Ma Xiuying to express the depression in his heart, he couldn't say that he deliberately suppressed the generals, causing the generals to rebound in anger, so he avoided the important and said lightly: "Today, Fei Ju and Zhou Dexing bowed in humiliation in the court, and they were punished for thinking about it behind closed doors. ”

"They dare to confront the emperor in public, they really should be punished!" Ma Xiuying echoed angrily, and then showed a puzzled look, and said to himself: "Although General Zhou is short-tempered, he is an upright person without two hearts, and the concubine used to think that his temperament would offend people sooner or later, and it was for his good for the emperor to teach him a lesson." It's just that General Fei has always been cautious, sensitive, and wise, so how could he be as impulsive as General Zhou this time? Presumably, they saw the emperor's envoys, so they were a little indulgent. But even if the emperor is willing to accept advice, it is not their turn to speak outright, and they have their own words and advice, what kind of mouths do they have......"

Zhu Yuanzhang listened very unpleasantly, it seemed that Ma Xiuying was blaming Fei and Erren, but in fact, he was saying that he could not allow his courtiers to speak outright. However, this matter is not as simple as admonishment, but he wants to divide the power of the generals. He couldn't help but defend himself: "The queen doesn't know, if the big decision is made today, those heroes and generals with heavy troops are a little carried away, and they have been at the core of power for a long time and form individual groups or breed arrogance and disobedience, I have to guard against it." ”

Ma Xiuying persuaded: "Everything the courtiers are given by the emperor, the emperor strengthens their rewards, seals their wives and sons, and hereditary replacement, they are too late to thank the emperor, how can they have two hearts for the emperor." The emperor's blind suppression of heroes will backfire and force them to have other thoughts in order to protect themselves. As a wise emperor, Tang Taizong skillfully handled his relationship with the heroes, not only did not kill them, but united them together, which is exactly what his cleverness led to the later Zhenguan rule. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to be compared to Tang Taizong, "Hmph, of course they didn't dare to have two hearts when I was here, I was afraid that the prince would not be able to control these people after death." You also know that the prince has a gentle personality. ”

The affairs in the palace basically can't escape Zhu Yuanzhang's ears and eyes, and Ma Xiuying's handling of the East Palace Supervisor a few days ago came to Zhu Yuanzhang's ears within an hour. Hearing that Zhu Biao couldn't even manage the people in the East Palace well, he became more and more worried that Zhu Biao would not be able to control the heroes and generals in the future, so he originally planned to stop suppressing the heroes, but because of Zhu Biao, he changed his determination again.

Ma Xiuying said: "The emperor is too worried, the emperor is in good health, and he will be able to survive for a hundred years, and at that time, most of the generals will be in their last years, so why be afraid? Besides, the prince is benevolent, and he will definitely be a benevolent monarch in the future, and the people of the world will support him, and someone will dare to make trouble?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent. All dynasties have advocated the rule of the world with "benevolence", but the boundary of this "benevolence" is not easy to locate, he rescued tens of millions of Han people who were oppressed by the Yuan people, is not it a benevolent monarch? Even if the first emperor of the ages, Tang Taizong, was praised by the world as a benevolent monarch, his behavior of forcing his father to kill his brother is also worthy of being called benevolent?