Yang Rong is the best at observing words and feelings, seeing the change in the expression on Zhu Zhanji's face, he guessed his thoughts, and said after a little silence: "The reputation of opening up and expanding the territory is good, but the territory that can be laid down must also be able to be defended?" Genghis Khan's dead grandsons were so glorious that wherever their iron horsemen went, they conquered cities and conquered territories that no one had ever conquered before, in the north, from the present-day Irtysh River in the west to the Sea of Okhotsk in the east. In the east, it has the northeastern part of the Korean Peninsula. In the southwest, it includes present-day Kashmir and Bhutan and Sikkim at the southern foothills of the Himalayas, northeastern Myanmar and northern Tai.

Compared with the territory of the Han and Tang dynasties, the Yuan Dynasty not only greatly surpassed them in terms of area, but also surpassed them in terms of control. With the exception of the Tibetan region and the three units directly under the imperial court in present-day eastern Xinjiang (Beshibali, Harahuozhou, and Hamili), the Yuan dynasty established Xingzhongshu provinces throughout the country, including the areas north of the Mongolian Plateau and the lower reaches of the Liao River, which had never been formally administratively established during the Han and Tang dynasties. The Yuan Dynasty had military conquests against its neighbors, and some had administrative institutions. But so what, it is just a matter of maintaining it for decades, in these ten years, the Tartars used their own grain and grass to maintain these territories, and in the end they fattened others and slimmed themselves, and these countries were still independent, and the territory of the Great Yuan was only a piece of China.

The Tartars also used troops against Annam (present-day Vietnam) three times, once occupying Annam, and sending Daru Huachi (the magistrate) to supervise the administration, but finally had to withdraw due to Annam's fierce resistance. The Yuan Dynasty set up the province of Burma in Burma, and the time for saving zài was also very short, and these countries were independent in the end. Kublai Khan was anxious to solve the problem of insufficient state resources, so he increasingly trusted the ministers Ahma, Lu Shirong, and Sangke who invited favors to "manage money to help the country" to preside over the state affairs.

How did these people do it, there was no other way than to increase taxes to the common people, so the people of the Great Yuan had to bear, build iron smelting, cast agricultural organs and sell, "Kukan" (recover the Southern Song Dynasty public land seized by private individuals and monasteries, and levy land endowments), "adjust" (collect the money and grain accumulated in various places over the years), change the banknote law, etc., so that the country's revenue increased significantly. However, the officials were corrupt, focused on looting, and were obsessed with rampant expropriation, and the people were full of complaints.

In order to fight foreign wars, they built ships for the Eastern Expedition, and the levy of conscription in the coastal and Jiangnan areas became increasingly serious. The people were overwhelmed by the heavy feudal exploitation and oppression, and revolted one after another. By the twentieth year of the Yuan Dynasty, there were more than 200 uprisings by the people of all ethnic groups in the south of the Yangtze River, and by the twenty-sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, there were more than 400 uprisings. Around this time, several large-scale uprisings led by Ou Nanxi, Li De in Guangzhou, Huang Hua, Zhong Mingliang and others in Fujian broke out, and finally crushed the last straw of the Great Yuan, and the Great Yuan, which was established less than a hundred years ago, successively had the leaders of the White Lotus Sect, Han Shantong, Liu Futong and others, led the sect to launch an uprising, and then Guo Zixing and others also joined in. Monk Peng also helped Xu Shouhui to revolt in Hubei, and finally the good country was cut off, where the horse's hooves went in the past, were the territory of the Mongols, how is it now, but where did it come from, where will it go, in addition to Mobei in this world, which place is their territory? “

Yang Rong's voice was not loud, but everyone attached great importance to Annan, so no one spoke, and he could hear it clearly for a while.

In the main hall, it was extremely quiet, except for Yang Rong's unhurried voice, he continued: "Annan is a mud ball, where we have no popular support in Daming, even if this war is won, but how to deal with the endless war?" Because Wei Chen thinks that it would not be better for Annan to recognize its independence, and then increase the pressure to force them to become our vassals, and pay tribute every year, so that I can not only gain benefits, but also avoid endless wars, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

Zhu Zhanji sighed lightly, deep in his heart he was tired of this endless war, but Yang Zheng's words made him feel excited, people can't just look at the present, but focus on the future, if these words were put a few months ago, he may not have such a big feeling, but now that Zhu Qizhen was born, he was a new father, and he was deeply touched, yes, when I was alive, Annan was forced by the strength of my Ming Dynasty and didn't dare to make a difference, but I will die one day, what should I do at that time?

He couldn't help but think of the picture of Emperor Jianwen and Hongwuzu's grandfather, when Zhu Yuanzhang paid attention to the theory of "thorn removal of thorns", the prince Zhu Biao had a benevolent personality, and was very dissatisfied with his father's slaughter, and often tried his best to advise, Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry, so he put a thorn on the ground and asked the prince to pick it up, the prince saw that it was covered with thorns, and his face was sad, Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to teach him that the wicked people were like these thorns, and I am killing people now is to remove thorns, I will remove thorns for you, and you will be the emperor in the future. What's even more worrying is that the crown prince selected by Zhu Yuanzhang died before Zhu Yuanzhang in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, and the heir Zhu Yunwen was young and full of books, which made Zhu Yuanzhang even more unscrupulous. In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the "Blue Jade Case" broke out, and the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty were almost killed. Li Shanchang, Lan Yu, Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, and Xu Da, who were born and died with Zhu Yuanzhang for the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, did not escape this catastrophe. The involvement of the Lan Yu case is wide-ranging.

According to the record of "Records of Rebel Ministers", there were 1 duke, 2 uncles and 13 marquis in the "Blue Party Prison", dozens of generals were killed, and more than 15,000 people were killed. Although Zhu Yuanzhang removed the trouble in his heart for Emperor Jianwen, but he buried another bane, that is, the rebellion of the vassal kings, and the court faced no generals.

Think about it from another angle, if the grandfather of Hongwu Sheng back then, he could look farther and solve the vassal king in one fell swoop in his own hands, and the later battle of Jingyan, naturally there was no, but Grandpa Hongwu Sheng saw that it was the vassal king who guarded the frontier and guarded the Jingshi, but he didn't see that the vassal king would also rebel, and he left this Annan, would he be the next vassal king? “

With this idea in my heart, I felt more and more that Yang Zheng's words were reasonable: "The emperor's grandfather defeated Annan, and it took twenty years to govern, how could I be lazy because of a defeat, although the current situation is not good, but it will be over by gritting my teeth, and besides, the Tartars are busy with infighting at the moment, and I have no time to pay attention to my Daming for the time being, and taking Annan is the best opportunity now!" Thinking of this, his eyes swept and fell on Yang Zheng's face and said, "Yang Aiqing, Yang Ge's opinion, what do you think?" This is a first-class matter, you can't talk about it, think about it? ”

After working hard for such a while, Yang Zheng had already made a plan, so after listening to Zhu Zhanji's shout, he was not so alarmed, and at the same time, he vaguely felt the change in the emperor's tone, as if he had a plan for Annan, just looking for a step. Knowing this change, it's easy to say.

After a while, he groaned: "Weichen admires Yang Ge Lao's heartfelt words, but Yang Ge Lao's opinion, Wei Chen does not dare to agree!" “

Zhu Zhanji's eyes flashed, he glanced at him, and said in a loud voice, "You heard Lord Yang's opinion just now, Annan is capricious, even if I am sent by the Ming Dynasty to exterminate Annan, I am afraid that I will fall into an endless war again, this matter is a major matter of my Ming Dynasty, I must not take it lightly, I let you express your opinion, do you want to talk nonsense?" ”

Yang Zheng's knowledge is extraordinary, especially when "Yang's Words" came out, he had a very high prestige in Shilin, seeing the emperor ask like this, both Wenchen and military generals were interested, and they all raised their heads to look at Yang Zheng, wanting to hear what kind of flowers he said.

Yang Zheng had already prepared, seeing that everyone looked like this, he didn't panic at all, and hugged his fists and said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen doesn't dare to agree that it is not Lord Yang's words that are wrong, on the contrary, his opinion is completely correct, the Annan people are capricious, and Li Li is even more cunning, to deal with such a person, even if I win this battle, I am afraid that I will fall into endless war...... ”

When Zhu Zhanji heard this, his brows immediately furrowed, and he didn't know why.

Even Yang Rong glanced at him with a little surprise, and said in his heart: "What the hell is this kid standing on that end, could it be a temporary change of hexagram, but look at this kid's appearance, it's not like it?" I'm afraid it's a conspiracy, there must be a conspiracy! “

Yang Shiqi knew Yang Zheng best on the field, and it was not the slightest strange to hear his words, and said in his heart: "This little brother Yang is only afraid that he has a way, and now he is afraid that persuading the emperor to withdraw his troops from Annan is a fantasy?" But as long as the method is good, it would be good to be able to hold Annan? ”

Yang Zheng didn't seem to see the dissatisfaction in Zhu Zhanji's eyes, and continued: "But Yang Ge only saw one side of the problem, and ignored the other side!" ”

"Sure enough...... it?" Yang Shiqi's eyes flashed, and he said to himself.

Zhu Zhanji also seemed to feel the change, and said eagerly: "What can I do with this?" ”

Yang Zheng said: "Just now Weichen has said, the world's major events can not only look at the present, but also focus on the future, in fact, in the final analysis, is not only to look at the bad side of one thing, and ignore its good side, Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall to send 300,000 troops, countless casualties, this is his disadvantage, but it is this Great Wall that has cost countless people's efforts, to protect the Chinese civilization for thousands of years, to this day it is still the most favorable city for us to block the Tartars, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty levied more than 100,000 Huainan migrant workers to repair the Eastern Han Dynasty Chen Deng's ditch straight road, From Shanyang to Yangzi into the Yangtze River, the canal is forty steps wide, and the royal road is built on both sides, and the willow is planted. From Chang'an to Jiangdu, more than 40 palaces were built.

Then, he ordered the dredging of the Han Dynasty Tunshi River, the Great River and Cao Cao's Baigou for the Yongji Canal, the dredging of the Spring and Autumn Wu Canal, the Qin Dantu Waterway, and the Southern Dynasties Canal for the Jiangnan River, the whole project took six years, it is a real benefit of the people's Grand Canal, but what is the result, the eyes of the world are staring at the disaster brought by the river transport, but do not see the benefits of the canal, in fact, the Sui Canal not only has economic motives, but also has political aspects.

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Some book friends asked, what is the royal door to listen to the government, here to say, here is not the number of words, because the number of words is enough.

Say the royal character

Royal words, "Saying Wen Jie Zi" said: Yu, driving horses. The original meaning of the word "御" is to drive chariots and horses. The Analects•Zihan says: Persistence? Shooting? Palm driving, or palm archery? Later, it evolved into polysemous words, one of which refers to the honorific title of something related to the emperor. For example, the emperor's articles are called imperial texts, poems are called imperial poems, reading books is called imperial reading, eating is called imperial meals, drinking tea is called imperial tea, instructions are called imperial decrees, thrones are called imperial thrones, stamps are called imperial treasures, utensils are called imperial vessels, doctors are called imperial doctors, etc. In short, it means that the emperor personally participates and presides over in person.

Say the word door

The door is the door of the door and the window. The door that Emperor Yongle began to listen to the government was not an ordinary door, but a special door, that is, Fengtian Gate (now Taihe Gate). The imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty is divided into the former dynasty and the back court, the former dynasty is mainly Fengtian, Huagai, Jinshen three major halls, as well as Wenhua Palace, Wuying Hall and other buildings; The back court is mainly the three palaces of Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, as well as the East Sixth Palace, West Sixth Palace and other building complexes. The gate in front of the Fengtian Temple is called the Fengtian Gate, and this gate is located at the front of the three major halls. There is a square in front of the door, which is suitable for civil and military officials to perform work here. Therefore, Emperor Yongle chose Fengtianmen as the location of the imperial gate to listen to the government.

Listen to the words

It's fun to listen to the words. Now when I simplify the word, I can't see its original meaning. In the past, the traditional Chinese character was used for listening, and the left side of the ear and one (tín) was the shape sound; The right side has always been single-minded, for the understanding. In today's words, it means: A king listens with his ears, and when he listens, he must be virtuous (straight heart is virtuous). "Historical Records•The Biography of Li Silie" says: King Nabaisi of Qin is a long history, listen to his words. Emphasis should be placed on listening to politics, rather than discussing, governing, and observing politics. As the saying goes: Loyalty is against the ear, and good medicine is bitter. The royal gate listens to the government, the most important thing is to listen to the word, and the emphasis is on listening to the word. When a king hears the voice of his ministers, he should listen with sincerity, sincerity, care, patience, and humility. This was the premise and basis for the emperor's correct decision-making.

Say the word politics

"Analects•Yan Yuan" said: Politicians, Zhengye. The right side of the political word is 攴, and "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" says: 攴, small hit also. This is an interesting explanation of etymology. Here, politics mainly refers to major military and political affairs, the appointment and dismissal of officials, and so on.

In short, the word "Yumen" listens to the government, in layman's terms, the emperor is the emperor, the gate is Fengtianmen (moved to the Qianqing Gate in the Qing Dynasty), listening is to listen to the reports of the officials of various ministries and courts, and the government is to discuss and decide on military and political affairs. In other words, the emperor personally went to the palace to preside over the court meeting, listen to the reports or speeches of the cabinet and ministers of various ministries, discuss and make decisions, issue edicts, and implement them.