Chapter 144: Li Xian's Choice

All kinds of thoughts passed by Li Xian's heart, and in a moment, he made a decision. He took a step back and said, "Please rest assured, sir, Li Xian is in charge of this matter." ”

Li Xian knows that if he doesn't make changes, then he will only be able to be a second assistant in the future, and he will not be able to contact the power of the first assistant for the rest of his life.

This may be a gamble, and Li Xian has already decided to bet on it.

But he did not act recklessly.

First of all, he had to figure out what kind of law he wanted to change if he wanted to change the law today.

Instead, he took a half-day off, and when he returned home, he found out all the reforms that had been hidden under the war since the seven years of orthodoxy and the current pro-government. He also read Qiu Jun's works side by side.

stayed up all night, and after the morning of the next day, I came to see Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen naturally would not refuse any cabinet scholar's request to see him. Let him in immediately.

Li Xian hadn't slept all night, but at the moment there was no trace of tiredness, but a trace of dead excitement. Because he knows that his future political future will be determined within one or two hours.

Li Xian didn't say much nonsense, and said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, do you want to recruit Qiu Jun for the scripture feast?" ”

Zhu Qizhen was slightly stunned, he didn't think about who told Li Xian, after all, all major events in the world must be passed in the cabinet, if Li Xian pays attention, he can know this holy decree completely.

"It is true." Zhu Qizhen said.

Li Xian said: "The minister thought that although Qiu Jun was talented, his knowledge was lost in the fire, and the minister promoted Wu and Bi to enter Beijing as a feast. ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly.

The name Wu and Bi, even Zhu Qizhen has heard of it, is a generation of Confucianism, Jiangxi people. There are many disciples, because they are in Chongren County, Jiangxi.

Some even call it the Chongren School.

In later generations, Huang Zongxi sorted out the Ming Dynasty study case, with the Chongren study case as the first, and Wu and Bi were the first in the Chongren study case.

The evaluation of later generations, Zhu Qizhen is not too clear.

However, he recalled Qiu Jun back to Jingshi completely for political purposes, and did not really want to play a role in learning. Why let an old child travel thousands of miles into Beijing.

Zhu Qizhen said: "No need. Mr. Kang Zhai is old, so he doesn't have to travel and travel. ”

Li Xian said: "Your Majesty, if Your Majesty has the heart to learn, the Hanlin Academy has more Hanlin, not worse than Qiu Jun, if you go all the way to summon a foreign minister to the Beijing Master to serve the scriptures, the minister is afraid that the world will laugh at the incompetence of the Hanlin Academy." ”

Zhu Qizhen immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Li Xian is not Chen Xun, many times, he dares to speak out and insist on his own opinions, but that's all, no politician will get along with the emperor in trivial matters.

Because it's small

Lose big.

Unless he feels something?

Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen suddenly became vigilant and said, "What does Mr. Li mean?" ”

Li Xian said: "Your Majesty, the minister has no other intentions, but just a lower affection. ”

Zhu Qizhen immediately knew that there was nothing else, it was simply that I meant something else.

"Speak." Zhu Qizhen said

Li Xian said: "Since the nineteenth year of orthodoxy, the imperial court has fought several wars with the tile spurs for a year, exhausted the world's money and grain, and boasted of military achievements externally, and demanded the weight of money and food internally. ”

"It's another natural disaster. The excesses of the donations are not reduced, and the people are suffering, and they reach the sky, so that there will be great disasters one after another. ”

Zhu Qizhen suddenly frowned and said, "Why is this so? ”

Zhu Qizhen admitted that in many things, he was more urgent, just for the war on the front line, but he already attached great importance to the people's suffering, whenever there was a disaster, he reduced money and food, released disaster relief food, and there was never a shortage.

No matter how hard it was, Zhu Qizhen never made up his mind about the grain tax, and even the local balance in the 14th year of orthodoxy was not used.

This is already his greatest restraint.

Otherwise, if he really learned from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he would rather beat the world's household registration halved, and the tile spur would have been beaten down a long time ago.

"Your Majesty, go up and down to work." Li Xian said: "Why do you want Your Majesty to do anything? Chen is a native of Deng County, Nanyang, Henan, adjacent to Hubei, these years, letters from home, Nanyang has many escapees, in the Yunyang Mountains, there are already more than 200,000 disaster victims, rather flee into the mountains, suffer from tigers and leopards, and do not want to live and work in peace and contentment at home. ”

"Your Majesty, have you ever seen the change in Deng County's annual income and household registration?"

Zhu Qizhen only felt that his head was buzzing, and he was simply pointed at his head and scolded: "Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger." ”

"Why is that?" Zhu Qizhen's voice fell.

He also knew that although the situation had improved a lot in the past two years, there had been a series of disasters before, although Zhu Qizhen tried his best to provide disaster relief, but many times, he had a feeling of numbness and routine.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen doesn't have sympathy.

One is that his focus has always been on the thorns, and he has no time to take care of it. The second is that he's used to it.

Yes, get used to it.

Since he became the emperor, there have been almost no disasters for many years, and disaster relief has really become a process-based thing. Zhu Qizhen is also accustomed to reporting disasters every year, and he ordered the cabinet to provide disaster relief.

It's just that the officials below are the ones who are the most able to see the direction of the wind.

Zhu Qizhen's mind may not be able to hide from others.

Zhu Qizhen wanted to let the disaster settle down a little, so as not to affect him to fight the tile. The people below are naturally willing to report the disaster to a small extent. As for whether it's really small, it's hard to say.

Zhu Qizhen is also asking himself now, and now when he is in disaster relief, is he really as attentive as when he sent Yu Qian to disaster relief due to the drought in Henan? At that time, you can put Jinyiwei in Yu Qian

Around, the situation is reported every day.

Now?

Zhu Qizhen is often a glimpse of the light. In the name of it: trust the minister.

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen's natural suspicion as a king was stirred up by Li Xian.

Seeing this, Li Xian secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

If the advice is believed, it is learned. It's just that what Li Xian said is not entirely true, or it doesn't say that the whole people.

There are two or three hundred thousand people in the Yunyang area who are not in the Yellow Book of the Ming Dynasty, but it is true.

Recently, there has been an influx of disaster victims in the Yunyang area, which is also true, but he did not say that these 230,000 people were actually quite a lot very early.

The recent disaster relief has had problems of one kind or another. But it's still generally good.

After all, there are so many disasters in the world, and it is very difficult to want everyone to do a good job without problems.

Li Xian further said: "The soldiers are arrogant and the people are tired, but today's situation is the same. It is the time to recuperate and recuperate in order to be safe, how can there be anything else in the world? ”

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while and said: "Li Qing, time is not waiting for me, you are the minister of my humerus, I will not hide it from you, yes, I want to change the law, the Ming Dynasty has been passed to my hands, it has been nearly a hundred years, and the disadvantages have accumulated layer upon layer in a hundred years, and it has reached the point where it has to be moved, not to mention anything else, the situation of the guard, the world knows, if there is no change in the military system, where is this great victory." ”

"And the king of the future, how can I have my prestige, if I don't do it, I will not only fail the world, but also my family. I am afraid that future generations will not be able to solve these problems. ”

Li Xian listened, but he also understood.

If the current emperor changes in the fundamental system, the prosperity and decline will be in the orthodox dynasty.

This is the law of history, for more than 100 years, Emperor Taizu's system has long been unsuitable for today's situation. The previous systems that promoted the progress of the Ming Dynasty have also become delayed.

Now that the country has a long monarch, today's defeat has increased the prestige of the royal family, and also made today's authority unshakable in the Ming Dynasty. That's how a lot of things are covered.

Once the present day goes, or a mediocre monarch comes up, the good situation may not be ruined in one fell swoop, but it is a high probability event that it will decline.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the progressive posture has become more and more difficult to continue.

But the benefits are not hundred, and the law does not change.

That is to say, if you don't have a hundredfold benefit, don't move the law.

Wang Anshi's experience in changing the law is a lesson from the past, once the topic of changing the law is raised, it can easily become the beginning of a court battle.

There are some things that once they start, they can't be over.

It is likely that the change will not be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, but will plant the hidden danger of the country's demise.

This is the reason why Chen Xunyi felt this and would rather give up the position of first assistant, and it is also the reason why Li Xian took a big risk to advise.