Not my race!

After these four words came out of Zhu Mingzhong's mouth, his face was full of sarcasm.

"Since the death of the Song Dynasty, I don't know how many people think that the status of the military generals in the Song Dynasty is completely because of the suppression of civil officials, and this suppression comes from the Zhao and Song dynasties, so that the military will be promoted and suppressed, the purpose of which is to prevent the military generals from usurping power and seizing the throne. But I don't know that even without Zhao Song's support for the civilian officials, the civil officials will still do their best to suppress the military officials, but the results are different, and the reason is just that they are not of my race! ”

Again, Zhu Mingzhong once again used "non-my race" to describe the relationship between civil and military.

"Your Majesty, what is not my race?"

Zhu Zhiyu seemed a little unable to accept this point of view, in his opinion, such a description seemed to be a bit too much, after all, civil and military officials are all ministers of the same dynasty, how can they have "the heart of not my race".

How could they possibly think that?

That's impossible!

At most, they feel that the generals are vulgar and ashamed of their company, that's all.

"Do you think that it is impossible for everyone to have thoughts that are not of my race? But isn't it a fact that the civil servants regard the military generals as mustards? ”

After asking such a rhetorical question, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Zhu Zhiyu, who seemed unwilling to believe all this, and continued.

"Although the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties have made great contributions to the military meritorious service, so the status of the military generals is quite high, and even the status of the court is higher than that of the civilian officials, compared with the language view, they are not only the officials of the imperial court, but also the founding ministers of my Ming Dynasty, they naturally dare not make irresponsible remarks, naturally dare not have any contempt, and the lords and ministers are also relatives and friends. Relationships are intertwined. Civil officials do not dare to offend them easily, let alone provoke them. The relationship between the two parties can be described as respectful and respectful. Such a balance between civil and military forces is the fortunate thing of the country. However, in the battle of Tumubao, the lords of the court suffered heavy losses, and their influence was greatly reduced, and the new lords and nobles could not only balance the government with the civilian officials, but even had to rely on the civilian officials to help them attack the lord, after all, most of the lords themselves died on the battlefield at that time, and even many of their sons and daughters-in-law also died on the battlefield with them. What is it that stays in the capital? It's just a group of second sons who didn't have any inheritance rights in the past. In order to compete for the suddenly vacated titles, they all surrendered to the ministers of the DPRK and China. They inherited the title by relying on those civil officials, and naturally they had no status in front of those people. They even worry and fear if they are not obedient enough. Those civil officials will pick an excuse to take away their titles under the pretense of the emperor's order, after all. There were other brothers waiting there, watching. Since then, my lords of the Ming Dynasty have become a group of ornaments. As for the military power, it is all in the hands of civilian officials. In this regard, the military generals are in charge of the army, and the civil ministers are the commanders, and the military power is closer to the civilian officials, so that the civilian officials not only control the government and the government, but also lead the military power, as for the military generals, the status of the military generals is gradually lost, and they are also suppressing the military generals in every way in order to control the military power team. ”

Zhu Mingzhong did not mention the conspiracy behind the "Tumubao Incident", whether there was a conspiracy is still unknown, but it is certain that it was from then on that the balance between civil and military affairs in the Ming Dynasty was completely broken, and the civilian officials completely controlled the government and politics, and as for the Xungui group, it completely became an ornament.

"Your Majesty......"

Sensing His Majesty's prejudice against civil officials, Zhu Zhiyu immediately opened his mouth to defend himself.

"Why is it that only the Song Dynasty and our Dynasty have such a thing? In the Han and Tang Dynasties, was there no such thing as civil suppression? ”

Zhu Zhiyu's rhetorical question is actually reminding His Majesty that in the Han and Tang Dynasties, there were also civil and military generals, and there were also civil and official suppressions.

"Yes, indeed!"

Zhu Mingzhong nodded, then shook his head and said.

"But at that time, it was not the civil and official suppression, but the party and the difference, although there were civil and military officials in the DPRK and China at that time, but the officials in the DPRK and China were often both civil and military, both generals and ministers, and their disputes were just party disputes, not civil and military identity disputes, after all, most of the officials at that time were from the scholar family, and the people they fought for were often families, not personal identities."

His Majesty's words made Zhu Zhiyu slightly stunned, his brows were tightly locked, and his expression seemed a little unnatural. And Zhu Mingzhong continued.

Even in the Tang Dynasty, the scholar clan still occupied the main discourse power in the court, but at that time, the scholars of the Shu nationality had occupied a high position in the court by virtue of the centuries-old imperial examination system, which was completely different from the previous complete dependence on the scholars. The disputes in this period were nothing more than party disputes, and as for the civil officials and military generals, their identities were different from those of the civil and military officials, and this was the fundamental reason for their differences between the party and the military. They will not hold you up because you are a civil official, nor will they fall into the trap of you because you are a military general. But you will definitely be hurt because of your background. ”

Taking a deep breath, holding the teacup, watching the hot air rising from the teacup, Zhu Mingzhong's tone became heavy.

"At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen usurped the throne, and the court officials from the gate lord clan were killed by Li Zhen, who was born in the common people, and pretended to be Zhu Wen's butcher's knife, and killed him cleanly at one time. It turned into a "turbid current" overnight, and after five generations and ten kingdoms of warlord scuffle, the local nobles also suffered an unprecedented blow. Since then, the gentry have become the swan song in China, and since then, they have moved from gentry politics to plebeian politics. The gatekeeper with blood ties as a bond is replaced by a party friend with a common interest as a bond. ”

"This is a great blessing for the country!"

Zhu Zhiyu almost instinctively expressed his opinion in such a sentence, after all, the reputation of those scholars in the history books is indeed not very good.

"If this is not the case, how can the children of the poor family get ahead?"

Again, he mentioned the children of the poor family, after all, he was also from the poor family. Even in the past, in his opinion, the so-called nobles were just a group of people who wasted money and food.

"Is it really a blessing for the country?"

Looking at the teacher who seemed to be speaking for the children of the world, Zhu Mingzhong asked rhetorically.

"Naturally, since then, taking the imperial examination is the right way, and the family officials are just outliers."

Indeed, standing in the position of the children of the Han family, after the Shi clan gate lords that had lasted for more than 600 years since the Wei and Jin dynasties were completely eliminated by Zhu Wen, China did enter the era of the children of the Han families, so that there was "the scholar's own gold layer, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu".

"Since then, the civil and military affairs have been different, and since then, the world has spoken and written, but not spoken of martial arts, so that there is the weakness of the two songs!"

With a cold smile, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Zhu Zhiyu, who was about to defend himself, and asked rhetorically.

"The Niu and Li Party struggles originated from the scientific examination, and the Niu Party, which is dominated by the common people, advocates taking scholars from the Jinshi Branch, while the Li Party, which is dominated by scholars, is dissatisfied with the imperial examination system and demands the reform of the imperial examination system, advocating the merger of all disciplines, and taking all-round talents, and not taking talents to ......."

"Your Majesty, the Niu Party advocates taking scholars from the Jinshi Branch, that is because the family education inheritance of the gate lord clan is far from being comparable to the children of the Han family.

Zhu Zhiyu's rebuttal returned to the beginning - fairness. In fact, this is also the fundamental reason for the dispute between the Niu and Li parties, the family is good at the classics, they advocate that the imperial examination should pay attention to the study of the world, and the scholars rely on their and the first discipline of poetry, they advocate that the imperial examination should focus on poetry, but also by the different views on the imperial examination, whether it is the family and the first Jinshi, all require officials, and the number of officials can not accommodate everyone, competition is bound to occur, the competition is limited in personal strength, need to accept like-minded people to help each other, naturally to combine. Naturally, partisan strife is inevitable. This was the fundamental cause of the party struggle at that time.

"The purpose of the establishment of the imperial examination is indeed to select talents for the country more fairly. But since then, the two have become different. Although the military generals of the DPRK and China are a community of interests, except at the beginning of the founding of the country, they were either due to the ties of robes or the grace of promotion, but with the passage of time, this relationship has faded, and it is difficult to gather forces. On the other hand, civil officials can have a very close relationship because of the friendship between teachers and students, the friendship of classmates, the grace of promotion and recommendation, the friendship of colleagues, etc., and it is easier to form a group, and this kind of group will not disappear because of time. In the eyes of this group, the military generals are an outlier, in their opinion, the military generals do not study, there is no ten-year cold window, but they have an official residence, maybe they can have military merits, but if they do not raise money and food in the rear, strategize. How could there be those people's military exploits? Those people are just a bunch of rough people. The reason why they were able to win. It's all because they, the civil servants, have taken care of everything for them in the rear. With such a group of rough people, how can he be an official in the same dynasty as them? In this way, it is natural to suppress the generals with all their might! The party is the same as the other, the Niu Party from the common people in the Tang Dynasty attacked the scholars, and in the Song Dynasty and our dynasty, only the military generals were left in the civil and official wars! ”

After such words came out of Zhu Mingzhong's mouth, his expression looked a little helpless and even a little angry. Because this contempt exists in China even in the 21st century.

"How, how could it be ......?"

Zhu Zhiyu's rebuttal looked a little pale.

"Why not, regardless of anything else, take the Niu Li Party dispute as an example, the Li Party advocates weakening the power of the feudal towns and restoring the authority of the central government, while the Niu Party opposes the use of troops in the feudal towns and advocates compromise; The Lee Party advocates the streamlining of state institutions, while the Niu Party strongly opposes it. It is not difficult to see from this that the party struggle is not principled. Why not streamline state institutions for the benefit of the country and the people? The Niu Party knew that it was correct, but this proposition was put forward by the Li Party, and it was rejected regardless of whether it was merit or not. ”

When mentioning the Niu Li party dispute again, Zhu Mingzhong had a wry smile on his face. The Bull Party, which is supposed to represent the interests of the progressive small landlords and the interests of the poor, often does not hesitate to sacrifice the interests of the state in order to ensure the power in their hands. On the other hand, they represent the backward and conservative scholars, but they are dedicated to maintaining the interests of the country. This may also be the reason why the Tang Dynasty was usurped by swine fever so soon after the Li Party was attacked.

"Why would the Bull Party be so selfish and distort state affairs?"

After asking rhetorically, Zhu Mingzhong said in an unusually positive tone.

"Because the interests of the scholars are to some extent consistent with the state, they are attached to the court and the state, and it is by virtue of their family status that they can be officials and officials, even if they are children of the family lineage, they can also rely on family education to enter the imperial examination, so they will do everything possible to maintain the court, which is also the foundation of maintaining their power. In order to gain power, they can have no principles at all, which is their natural disadvantage, because they have worked hard for decades to have the opportunity to become officials, and anyone who prevents them from gaining power is an enemy of life and death! In order to gain power, what can you do even if you tolerate adultery? Even if the court doesn't support it, you can vote for someone else! For them, all they need is an official position. It doesn't matter who gave them the official position. ”

When referring to those civil officials who have no principle for personal power, Zhu Mingzhong naturally thinks of the Democrats in the lighthouse country of another time and space, who, in order to win votes, constantly amnesty illegal immigrants and provide them with huge subsidies to consolidate their vote base. The "scholars and doctors defecting to the enemy" in this era also have similarities. After all, the starting point for both is the same - to do whatever it takes to gain power!

"Could it be that Your Majesty really thinks that the talents taken by the imperial examination are all the disciples of the drill camp in Your Majesty's mouth?"

Zhu Zhiyu's tone was full of dissatisfaction, and even with anger on his face, he obviously couldn't accept His Majesty's point of view. At this time, as a teacher, he even wanted to loudly reprimand the students in front of him. He couldn't understand what was wrong with his student, how he had read the book the way it was.

"Of course not!"

Zhu Mingzhong shook his head and said.

"For thousands of years, the scientific examination has taken thousands of talents, the so-called scum, but only a few of them, and the scientific examination can make everyone in the world have the opportunity to enter the court as an official, and the shadow official enters the court, among which there is more than one incompetent person? Naturally, I can't generalize. It is precisely because of this that I will separate the civil and military, since under the imperial examination, the civil and military have been different paths, and the two cannot be officials in the same dynasty, so there is my dynasty's "Wen does not enter Wu Ying, Wu does not enter Wen Hua." ””

"Wuying Palace" and "Wenhua Palace" are the two palaces when Zhu Mingzhong received civil and military officials, and one of the advantages of the separation of civil and military is that both are his arms, just like the left and right arms, separate on both sides, do not disturb each other, and naturally there is no mutual attack. However, because it is easy for civilian officials to form a group, in front of this kind of group, military generals have become a disadvantaged group, so Zhu Mingzhong will bury a dark chess, that is, to use the military department Shangshu as a dark chess to restrain the civilian official group from sitting big.

"Your Majesty is preparing to reopen the scientific examination?"

As if sensing the looseness in His Majesty's words, Zhu Zhiyu immediately asked happily.

"Reopen? Why is it reopened, and since there is already a civil service examination, why is there another scientific examination? ”

Faced with His Majesty's answer, Zhu Zhiyu immediately asked rhetorically.

"What about them? What about the men who went on hunger strike? ”