Chapter 244
Zhou Rongjun didn't plan to let go of the matter of Rujia, after all, Rujia was the chicken that killed the chicken and set an example for the monkey, if the matter of the family's daughter-in-law was so simply let go, the emperor Lao Tzu would be killed in the future, and it is estimated that there were more bold courtiers below and did not think it was a big deal.
It is okay to rule the world with benevolence, and only by benevolent government can the country become rich, but it is never possible to succeed in governing people with benevolence.
A little old, as long as the head is not eaten by a dog, people with a little insight understand that as long as there is a little selfishness in this world, it is impossible for the world to be free of disputes, everyone wants to be prosperous and rich, everyone wants to become a human being, everyone wants to speak and count, but there are so many people, but the road is very narrow, there will always be only a handful of people who can become this person, and if they want to rush to the top, then they can only kill and step on the corpses of their fellow Taoists - you don't want to kill, someone always wants to kill you.
And as the emperor at the top, being felt merciful is his failure, because it also shows that the courtiers can do whatever they want to this emperor, can contain him, and if he is a little stronger, he feels that this emperor can replace him.
This is the reason why the former emperor showed no mercy to Zhou Rongjun, and Zhou Rongjun still recognized him as a good emperor.
A person who is an emperor is standing on such a high platform overlooking all beings, if he cannot be cruel, then he will not be able to be merciful at all.
Zhou Rongjun told Liu Zhenji about this truth before.
When the news came from death row that the son of King Yan had died of cannibalism, he told her again.
"This is what they should have thought of when they poisoned us." Zhou Rongjun had a cold face and no sympathy.
The little affection for King Yan has ended with King Yan's several assassinations against them.
He no longer thought about the king of words that he thought was still possibleβhe had saved the king of words under the blade of the opponent without hesitation, not to save him, but to swing the knife at him without hesitation one day.
He is no longer disappointed in King Yan.
I don't want King Yan to die, let him watch his children and grandchildren......
Liu Zhenji knows that this is nothing in the struggle for power, and he must also do it to show people, it is better to make people afraid than to make people feel that he is benevolent and righteous, people have to inch in, and the courtiers always rush up all the way, which one does not know the hearts of the people? If King Yan rebelled like this, he could watch the brotherhood take a step back, even if he left him a whole corpse, and the family really wanted to let go, the courtiers would say that the emperor was wise, the emperor was merciful, and behind his back, he was not thinking that he might take advantage of the emperor's soft-heartedness to do something......
Maybe next time, and next time, they will always have all kinds of reasons to force the emperor to make concessions.
In the end, the country was in their hands again, returning to the period when the family was in power and all ethnic groups divided the interests of the country.
This is the repertoire that will continue to be staged in the imperial court in the future.
So, just let them be scared, shut their mouths completely, and those ambitions come well.
You must know that most people in this world still bully the weak and fear the hard, and human nature is so naked.
She understood these truths, and she didn't persuade him again.
On the contrary, she felt that she was still a bit of a drag.
If he wasn't so strong and capable of protecting her, she might have hurt him because of her mother-in-law's affection......
Although this is the difference between men and women, and she can't make the same decision to kill as him, it still mentions a god to Yoo Jung-gil - they are now emperors and empresses, enjoying the highest honor in the world, and at the same time, it also shows that they have no way back.
Either he was torn off the throne and died miserably, or he died on the throne and was buried in a beautiful way.
Two results, or the latter is better.
"I don't sympathize either," Liu Zhenji thought for a while after hearing his cold words, and said, "Don't worry, I won't intercede for them." β
Zhou Rongjun sneered.
Of course he knew she wouldn't.
She was never such a good person, and she would not see anyone more important than him and the child.
"I also know that you read me very much." So give her prestige in Dehong Palace, and let the elders owe her affection.
Speaking of which, the elders of the pavilion do owe her affection, if it weren't for her babbling, these people would definitely not be so simple as being torn off a layer of skin now, and they could explain to him just by cleaning themselves up.
"What I'm thinking about now is, am I such a woman's kindness, is it too much of a drag on you?" The queen is really a little distressed now, she is okay to be a princess, after all, she is only in charge of one palace, and no matter how much she wants, it is just to sort out the inner family of hundreds of officials and generals.
But now she has to face the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the whole world.
And they are really a pair of too maverick emperors and queens, although he tried his best to use his power to clean up the courtiers, but if she, the queen, does not do well and does a bad job, it is really enough for him to drink a pot.
Just like for the Liu family, the same.
According to his temperament, a person like her eldest brother Liu Zhicheng must have only one way to die, but she can't, she can't do it, and her mother's brothers and sisters can't do it, so Liu Zhicheng just can't come out to be an official, and he will still eat and drink well in the Liu family for a lifetime.
In fact, when a person dies, there is no trouble, a person like her eldest brother is alive, no one knows when he will come out and drag his feet, and when the time comes, it will be him who will clean up the mess for their Liu family.
He loved her, but what she brought to him was not all good.
Seeing that she was reflecting very seriously, Zhou Rongjun was silent for a while, and then Wan'er smiled.
"Wait a few more years, and it will be like that."
"Huh?" She was puzzled.
"Say more about what you are not and think more about my good."
Yoo Jung-gil couldn't help but laugh, "I'm serious." β
"I'm also serious," Zhou Rongjun felt that there was no need to say any more about what he had said before, so he hugged the person in his arms and pressed his face to her and said lightly, "Don't be careful, you can't just let you compromise for me, I am willing to do what I should do." β
"Even if you don't think it's right?"
"Even if something doesn't go wrong," he nodded, "but I'll fix it." β
After that, he asked her again, "Do you remember what I said to you when you married me?" β
Liu Zhenji thinks about it, but he doesn't remember it very well, his heart for her over the years is more precious than any words, people remember the past, most of the time it's just that the present is worse than before, so I think the past is too good, remember it, but she has been living well, what he once said, only vaguely remember the meaning of the words, so she tried to return and said, "You said you want to give me everything that I didn't give when I got married." β
Zhou Rongjun said "um".
"You've given it all now." Yoo Jung-gil whispered.
"Not yet," Zhou Rongjun shook his head, "I haven't grown old with you yet." β
Yoo Jung-gil suddenly had a sour nose.
Zhou Rongjun continued to say slowly, "You accompany me, but when you get old and become less beautiful, I like you too." β
Liu Zhenji was sour and sad, touched his nose and touched his face, a little slight, "I will still try to be pretty, don't be too tired, if you are tired and old, it will not look good to stand with me." β
Emperor Chengwu was interrupted in the middle of his love words, and glared at her coldly.
Do you want to go on with that?
The queen mother touched his strong chest and sighed with satisfaction, "Really, Brother Lion King, it's better for us to stay as we are now, you don't dislike me, I don't dislike you, how good?" β
"You still hate me?" Emperor Chengwu's eyebrows were raised so high that he could fly out of his face.
The queen mother had just heard the emperor's sweet words, and she was quite not afraid of death, so she nodded and said, "If you are as thin as your father and as fat as Yi Guogong, you will still be disgusted." β
He patted him on the shoulder and praised him, "That's just right." β
As he spoke, he stepped forward and kissed him sweetly, hugging his neck for a while, and flattering.
It's rare that the queen is as innocent and sweet as she was when she was a girl, and Zhou Rongjun didn't care so much.
**
The affairs of King Yan are small and windy, and his affairs are just one of the affairs of the court in Yuanchang in a year, and they are not a major event.
The spring floods and summer droughts in the south of the Yangtze River were alleviated in the autumn, and in the winter in November, the emperor summoned the veterans to return to their hometowns.
Ordinary soldiers who have been disarmed and returned to their hometowns can each receive 200 taels of silver from the imperial court, while soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for the country have already been given a bereavement pension in previous years, and the government officials are ordered to pay another 20 taels to each family, and their families can receive a pension from the government for another 10 years.
As a result, the treasury was mostly empty, and all the tax silver that the imperial merchants had just paid tribute to the imperial court was spent, and half of the original treasury was pasted, but even so, Liu Zhenji settled the accounts, and still felt that the merchants of the Zhou Dynasty were really rich enough to rival the country, and the filial piety silver handed over by the ten imperial merchants in the first year could raise a hundred thousand soldiers and horses for a year.
The imperial court also controls several economic lifelines, and the money is also available, but it will not take long to get it, and it will all be spent - now the entire Zhou Dynasty is building water roads and dry roads, and the money is all allocated down, I don't know which layer of officials will fill their pockets because of this, or which rich businessmen will make a lot of money because of this.
In December, the people of the Zhou Dynasty had a very good year, and the current 400,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhou Dynasty returned to their hometowns with 200,000, which was enough for many families to have a happy New Year.
The palace is also rarely a little festive.
This year, the Wang family and the Kaiwang family entered the palace to celebrate the New Year with the emperor.
The author has something to say: good night.