Chapter 21: Benevolent Government

In the past two months, Zhu Qizhen has listened to lectures every day. I also listened to the Empress Dowager explain the government affairs.

There is also a lot of understanding of the Ming Dynasty and the current rule of Renxuan.

After all, Li Shimian gave Zhu Qizhen the Analects, and naturally he would not be limited to the Analects. Wenchen attached so much importance to the scriptures and feasts, that is, he adhered to the rule of the monarch and instilled Confucian concepts into the emperor.

Let the emperor uphold the Confucian way and govern the world.

The Empress Dowager was influenced by Emperor Renzong, and everything she did was adhering to Emperor Renzong's thoughts. It highly overlaps with the political concepts of Li Shimian and others.

The Empress Dowager's political philosophy is to stop everything that is not urgent.

Why so.

Because in this era, everything has to pay a price, and this price has to be borne by the people. This is also a contradiction between Emperor Renzong and Emperor Taizong.

Contradictions in political opinions.

Emperor Taizong's expedition to Mobei was to eliminate this feud for future generations.

But Emperor Renzong saw that hundreds of thousands of people were requisitioned and transferred from the south to transport grain and grass.

Emperor Taizong had many political reasons for building the city of Beijing, but in the eyes of Emperor Renzong, it was all the people's fat and people's anointment. I don't know how many people died for this Beijing city.

Even many construction projects in later generations do not guarantee that there will be no casualties at all.

Let's not talk about this era.

Therefore stop all things that are not urgent, and rest with the people. The northern captives could not cross the Great Wall, and Annan did not dare to invade the north. If you can not fight, you will not fight.

For the people, this may be the best.

It's like the song that struck the kik: "Written at sunrise." Daily income. Sink a well and drink. Plough the fields and eat. What is Dili to me?

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Such a simple political concept.

For Zhu Qizhen, it is also very beautiful.

But Zhu Qizhen knows that this kind of beauty can't be maintained.

The three-hundred-year cycle of fate of a dynasty proves this beautiful illusion.

Of course, this is a matter for the afterlife.

Now the Ming Dynasty has not been established for many years, Hongwu 31 years, Jianwen 4 years, Yongle 23 years, Hongxi 1 year, Xuande 10 years.

Sixty-nine years in total.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang was called King Wu for a few years, it was only more than 70 years.

More than seventy years is the end of a man's life, but for a dynasty, this is the most vibrant time period.

Although because of the Yongle period, there were many major events, and the treasury was empty.

If Zhu Qizhen follows the method of the Empress Dowager. Rest with the people, be benevolent in your heart, and appoint virtuous ministers, such as Yu Qian and others. In Chinese history, an orthodox prosperous era was written, where every household had grain in stock, and the village had yellow hair hanging down. Women and children smile.

Not necessarily.

But that's not what he wants.

Just what does he want? He didn't know much about it himself.

This road has been clearly laid in front of us. As long as Zhu Qizhen does it, he can win the name before and after his death.

But there is another way, and the end seems to be bright. How many twists and turns, how many twists and turns.

What Emperor Yang of Sui wanted to do was not necessarily a good thing.

There are so many examples of doing bad things with good intentions.

Not to mention, the price of doing things.

No matter what he wants to do, what kind of project, what kind of reform, there will inevitably be lives in it.

Because the taxes of the Ming Dynasty were bloody.

This is true of every court in history.

For a while, Zhu Qizhen was confused.

"Your Majesty." Wang Zhen knocked lightly on the door and said.

"Come in." Zhu Qizhen said.

Wang Zhen came in and said, "Emperor, didn't you ask me to recommend a Jinyi Guard commander?" It's already here. ”

Zhu Qizhen also had no choice.

How many people does he know? Even if many people have only seen it in various documents, many things cannot be written in documents. He could only let Wang Zhen find a way.

Zhu Qizhen got up and sat on the chair on the side. said, "Let him in." ”

Wang Zhen said: "Yes." ”

In a moment, Wang Zhen came over with a person.

This person was dressed in a flying fish robe of a brocade guard. The temperament is crisp and neat, Zhu Qizhen can see at a glance that he is a martial artist, with a dignified appearance, but he has the color of wind and frost, and he looks a little rougher.

"Minister Jinyi Wei Qianhu Ma Shun, meet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live." The man said.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Get up and speak." ”

Ma Shun got up and stood with his hands over.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Have you always been Jinyiwei? ”

Ma Shun said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen's family is eating Jinyiwei's meal, Weichen took office in the Yongle period, followed Emperor Taizong's northern expedition, Weichen walked on the grassland as a merchant several times, and drove the army, which served as a thousand households. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded, he thought about it, and said: "Since this is the case, you are the new commander, and after taking office, there are several things to do." ”

"The first thing is to send people to Henan to see how the disaster situation is in Henan, whether there are any local officials who have embezzled the disaster relief funds, or whether there are people with bad intentions and intentions to make trouble."

"If everything is peaceful, you don't have to show your face. If there is something, report it to Yu Qian, and subordinate it to Qian's command, and wait until he returns to Beijing, and then hand over the order. ”

When Zhu Qizhen said this, he said to Wang Zhen: "Wang Daban, give him a letter." as a credential. ”

Wang Zhen said: "Yes." ”

Ma Shun immediately said, "Your Majesty Xie." ”

Zhu Qizhen said to Wang Zhen again: "Give him Lu Quan's case file." said: "The second thing is to make the case of Lu Cheng clear to me, what is behind this, and who Lu Cheng is." Find out what you think I should know. ”

Ma Shun said: "Weichen obeys. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "The third thing is to send people to the tile spur. Report all the information of the tile spur, remember that this is a long-term task, and the person who sends the tile spur must be prepared to stay in the tile spur for ten years, twenty years, or even a lifetime. ”

"I don't care what you do, in short, in the future, what happens to the Watts, within a month, I want to know the inside story.

"The first two things are urgent, hurry up, and take your time."

"When Wang Daban recommends you, I trust you, but whether you can afford my trust depends on your performance. If you do it well, the commander of this brocade guard is yours, and you will be given a knighthood in the future, but it may not be impossible, if you don't do it well. You know that, too. ”

Ma Shun's face was flushed, and he said: "Weichen understands that Weichen must do his best to repay Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Wang Daban send the horse commander out." ”

Wang Zhen said: "The slave obeys the order. ”

Immediately, Wang Zhen took Ma Shun out.

Ma Shun left the Qianqing Palace and immediately said to Wang Zhen: "The grace of the prince and the princess is unforgettable, and all affairs in the future will be arranged by the prince." ”

Wang Zhen's performance was completely different from in front of Zhu Qizhen, Wang Zhen raised his head slightly, looked down at Ma Shun, his voice was slightly higher, but there was no taste of eunuchs, because Wang Zhen was castrated after adulthood. said: "Where is it for the miscellaneous family, it is for the emperor." If you do it well, the miscellaneous family will have a light on their faces, if you can't do it, the miscellaneous family will be the first to do you. It must be known that miscellaneous families can raise waste people, and Jinyi Wei does not support waste people. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Ma Shun said: "The kindness of the prince and his subordinates cannot be repaid. Then he took out a few gold bars from his sleeve and said, "This little meaning, please accept it with a smile." ”

Wang Zhen glanced at the eyes, didn't look at the gold bars, and said, "Is the miscellaneous family such a person?" The miscellaneous family just looks at you and is rare, and the miscellaneous family doesn't need this thing in the palace. ”

Suddenly, Wang Zhen's tone changed, and he said: "The miscellaneous family is a rootless person, and he doesn't think about anything, but he has a nephew from his own family in Beijing, but he needs to be taken care of by Commander Ma." ”

How could Ma Shun not know what it meant, he secretly sighed in his heart. He thought, "Don't you just want me to deliver the gold and silver to your nephew?" ”

Although he thought so, he didn't dare to say this: "Please rest assured, your nephew is my brother, and I have decided to take care of the nephew of the prince as my own brother." With me to eat, Brother Wang is indispensable. ”

Wang Zhen is actually itchy and unbearable, he has been a hard bench for more than ten years, and now that he is developed, how can he not want to scrape, but the empress dowager and the emperor are not easy to fool, so they have to endure and change more tricks. He smiled at Ma Shun and said, "Thank you very much." ”