When Su Pei heard this, he clenched his pink fist tightly, and his knuckles were already white. Needless to say, when Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen died together, Wang Chengen said to him: "If there are nine thousand years old, it will be more than that." After Emperor Chongzhen abolished the Jiangnan tax supervision, the annual income shrank significantly, resulting in a lack of border salaries. So some people proposed to increase the three salaries and drink water to quench their thirst. In the end, Chongzhen and even Daming were crippled by their own determined reforms.

Thinking of this, Su Pei said sadly: "Reform, reform, it's just a nice name." People who really know how to reform will not be able to see where there is reform, or who will make everyone in the world support reform. Otherwise, even if the advocate is the emperor himself, it will turn into a tragedy. It doesn't matter who is right or wrong, it depends on whether the people you use do things for you and whether they listen to your command. If you can't do these two things, even if the person you use is Bao Qingtian or Hai Qingtian, you will still mess things up. It's all too complicated, but I believe there is one thing that should really be done now, and that is to implement mathematics in the main subjects of the imperial examination. ”

Zhu Si suddenly sat up this time, put his hands on Su Pei's shoulders and said excitedly: "I am just waiting for you to support this matter." But first, tell me, why did you suddenly think of this? Su Pei laughed miserably: "What happened suddenly, wasn't it forced to this step by reality?" Does attaching importance to arithmetic mean attaching importance to the so-called 'tricks and tricks'? If ingenuity can increase armament and production, then people in the country will spend more time thinking about making money or expanding their territory, and only then can they reap the benefits. Didn't you say that the war in your heart was for the benefit of all your countrymen? If the emperor can lead the people of the world to do this, then the contradiction is not between the people of the country, but between the interests of the goals. When the time comes, we will either be the mediator or the helmsman. Reform is for the sake of national development and long-term peace and stability. It is also difficult to detect and criticize. What needs to be criticized is nothing more than ingenuity. ”

Zhu Si shouted excitedly: "Wife, you are really amazing. However, you would support the expansion of your military armaments and then expand your territory, which I did not expect at all. Su Pei said: "It is said that 'belligerence will perish'." However, once war can be linked to the interests of the whole world, then what is the "belligerent will perish"? The wars of Shang and Sui Yang were not supported by the people of the world, and those who believed in the truth too much were fools. ”

Su Pei's eyes were resolute, her words even moved Zhu Si, and this kind of plan had existed in Zhu Si's mind for a long time. But it was still too sudden for a woman to say such a thing. But who is Su Pei? This is arguably the wisest woman in the world, and whether she is saying this for the benefit of her husband and children, or for the benefit of the world, her goal is right. Because the worldly law is like this, as long as it can include the interests of the majority of people, your law is the law of all people. As for whether this Fa is a change or not, who cares about him? How did Chinese civilization suffer catastrophe? Is it because we are closed off from the country, immersed in the dregs of Confucianism and do not want to make progress, or is it because of the famous saying 'I would rather give to friends than slaves'? Who is destroying my home and ruining our civilization?

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Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang, the pasters of the Qing Dynasty, once said: "If the Qing Dynasty continues like this, the scholars and doctors will solidify their thinking, pay attention to the name and moderation and ignore the practice, and immerse themselves in the accumulation of chapters and sentences all day long, and the martial artists will be more stupid and not careful." So much so that all the civil and military cadres use what they have learned, and what they have learned is not used. If there is nothing to do, they will sneer at foreign sharp weapons as miracle techniques, thinking that they do not need to learn. Something happened to exclaim that foreign weapons were strange and magical, thinking that they could not be learned. "Is Li Zhongtang wrong?

Many of the changes fail because they choose the way they fail, rather than because they are in the wrong direction. But if we are afraid of wolves and tigers, and dare not change anything, in a hundred years, our descendants will be forced to change by the barbarians' strong ships and cannons. Either because we can get by, or because we have courage and no strategy, we will all be abandoned by the wheel of history. At the end of the day, you will still get the famous comment: "An old Lafayette, a plasterer, a declining empire, a declining navy, and a group of wolf-like powers and a bunch of chaotic parties that break up all day long." ”

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In order not to disturb the two-person world of Zhu Si and Su Pei, Shu Yao and Mu Qing did not come to the West Palace until before lunch. After having lunch and approving the recitals, Zhu Si finished his day's work. The family is going to the Great Shan Hall again to greet the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces. I also heard that the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces had gone to the Imperial Garden, so they also came to the Imperial Garden together. When you arrive in the garden, the peach blossoms in the garden exude a fragrant fragrance, and the clumps of pink make people feel like they are in the clouds. Zhu Si and Su Pei were holding a queen mother, and Shu Yao and Mu Qing were also like this, and the four of them put the two old queen mothers in the middle. Zhu Cixuan and Zhu Ciye staggered in front of their heads, teasing the children, lingering in the flowers and plants, and chatting about family life. In this way, this family is really no different from ordinary peaceful people.

"Huang'er, unconsciously, Xuan'er is already three years old." "Yes, Queen Mother, this child didn't make you angry, did he?" "What's the matter, looking at him every day, happy and not happy enough, how can there be kung fu to be angry." "That's good, Erchen is busy all day, and with this child under the mother's knees, Erchen will have less self-blame."

The two mothers and sons chatted while walking, and Zhu Si had a hunch that the Queen Mother's words were not just commonplace. "Emperor, which one do you prefer, Xuan'er or Ye'er? And Wei'er and Yi'er, the two little guys, are also very cute. The Queen Mother asked a seemingly casual question, and Zhu Si also replied seemingly casually: "Queen Mother, these children are indeed very cute, and the children can't say which one they prefer." It's not which one can be the most filial to the emperor and his grandmother, and the sons and ministers prefer which one. ”

The Queen Mother pointed at Zhu Si and scolded with a smile: "Hehe, what a clever mouth!" Zhu Si said with a hippie smile: "The queen mother teaches well. ”

The Queen Mother said: "Speaking of educating children, in Lone's eyes, you and your brother are the most obedient, but Lone also knows that obedient children may not be good children, and it is difficult to become a big one." As for you, it seems that it is not obedience, but disguise. Zhu Siyan smiled and said yes, and the Empress Dowager Cisheng said: "When Ding Kuichu and Qu Shiyun instigated you to ascend the throne and become emperor, Lone said that you were not the material to be the emperor, but you didn't think about it, not only did you not listen to Lonely, you insisted on being the emperor, but also did a good job, seeing that the Ming Dynasty is about to have hope of recovery." Even if Lone went to see the old emperor and the ancestors today, he should close his eyes. With Wu'er's deeds, Lone can also be worthy of the Heaven and Earth Ancestral Hall. ”

(End of chapter)