It's already in the middle of summer, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter, but Zhu Yunwen feels relaxed all over, and he doesn't know what Master Dexuan has done, but he seems to have thrown away a burden, and the things in the dream feel weaker and lighter, but the things he knows in the dream are getting clearer and clearer, his sense of fear and urgency is much smaller all of a sudden, and he can objectively consider some problems.

After going down the mountain, when he arrived at the place where the horse was tied, Zhu Yunwen was about to get on the horse, when suddenly a person rushed over next to him, Zhang Tie immediately went up to stop him, and the person did not go forward, but knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, the prince sent me to deliver a letter to His Highness." ”

The letter of the king? Zhu Yunwen asked people to take the letter, opened it and read it, and looked at the person in front of him, although he looked like a scholar, but his waist was straight, he was not tall, and he was thin, but his eyes were sharp and compelling, so he beckoned to him: "You came close, what is your name?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, the humble position is Tan Yuan, a martial arts student, and now he has been elected by Lord Wang to serve in the staff room."

"You're a prisoner, and you're a combat staff officer?"

"Yes."

"Okay, Gu knows, I've worked hard for you, go back and say to Lord Wang: 'Gu has received the letter, he understands what Gu meant, and in a few days Gu will go to the martial arts to see the progress.' ”

"Yes, I understand." After speaking, Tan Yuan saluted Zhu Yunwen, and then rode away.

Zhang Tie looked at Tan Yuan's neat and neat appearance, and couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, this scholar is good, he can be literate and martial, he does things cleanly, answers questions concisely, and is a talent." ”

Zhu Yunwen glanced at Zhang Tie: "Zhang Tie, do you have words?" ”

"There is no lowly position." Zhang Tie couldn't help blushing and feeling a little embarrassed.

"I'll give you one, how about calling Guogang? For the Great Wall of Steel of the Ming Dynasty, would you like to? ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhang Tie was so excited that he knelt down to give a salute. Zhang Tie was born in poverty, because of his superb martial arts, he was assigned to Zhu Yunwen as a guard, this time Zhu Yunwen gave the word, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "Your Royal Highness's kindness to Guogang is high and high, and Guogang will repay him with death." When he said this, he kowtowed frequently.

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly helped Zhang Tie up: "Manly man, blood, sweat and tears, don't cry, let people see the joke." ”

Zhang Tie wiped his tears, nodded, and retreated to the side. Several other guards couldn't help but be envious, His Royal Highness gave the word, what a glorious thing, and when His Royal Highness became the emperor in the future, it was the word given by the Son of Heaven, which was a major event worthy of writing to the ancestral hall genealogy.

The group got on the horse, and Zhu Yunwen thought about Wang Du's letter, some of the things mentioned in it, including Wenchen's inconspicuous resistance to martial arts, such as the Three Kingdoms going out of Beijing, frequent inspections, and interference with martial arts teaching; The students on the martial arts side are in high spirits, and the training effect is good; In addition, the staff office has been set up smoothly, and more than 30 people have been selected at present, including about 20 prisoners, and the others are selected among the children of the nobles and the soldiers of the guard, and they are undergoing training, waiting for His Highness to come and inspect; In addition, the instructors of martial arts, such as Qu Neng, He Fu and Mu Sheng, are more attentive, and Mu Sheng is also relatively young, more interested in the staff room, and often runs to the staff room.

Zhu Yunwen pondered all the way, and the entourage didn't dare to talk nonsense, and in less than half an hour, he arrived at the palace, Zhu Yunwen did not return to the palace, and came directly to the Qianqing Palace, talked to Changfu, and waited for Zhu Yuanzhang's summons. Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing the recital, listened to Changfu's words, hesitated for a moment, and did not let Zhu Yunwen come in immediately, but continued to review the recital, and let Zhu Yunwen continue to wait.

Zhu Yunwen was waiting under the steps at the door, and when he saw Changfu coming out of it, he subconsciously wanted to go inside, Changfu hurriedly stopped him: "Your Highness, please stay, the emperor is reviewing the folds, let His Highness wait here." ”

Zhu Yunwen paused for a moment, quickly stopped, hesitated, and said, "Oh, there is a chief laborer, Yunwen is waiting here." ”

Changfu hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the little one is here, if there is something to say hello." ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled: "There is a chief laborer." "Turn around and walk to the side of the road, stand and wait.

At this time, there were still officials entering the palace, and when they saw the imperial grandson next to them, they quickly knelt down to give salutes, and Zhu Yunwen nodded and smiled, and asked them to go about their affairs.

The weather slowly darkened, the temperature was still hot, Yun Wei stood on the side of the road, the sweat on his forehead slowly flowed, and some mosquitoes began to circulate around, buzzing uncomfortably, but Zhu Yun Wei was still motionless......

It was almost time to turn the lamp, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the remaining stack of folds, wiped his eyes with his hands, stood up, and said, "Changfu, are there any important folds in the six parts that I haven't seen?" ”

"No, Your Majesty, this stack has been seen by the Bachelor, and is slightly less important."

"Well, that's good, by the way, I'm hungry, let's pass the food."

"Okay, by the way, Your Majesty," Changfu walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun is still outside, and I've been waiting for two hours." ”

"Huh? Yun Wei has been waiting outside? Zhu Yuanzhang patted his head: "I forgot about it when I was busy," he raised his feet and walked to the door, and saw Zhu Yunwen at the bottom of the steps, Zhu Yunwen was still standing very respectfully, and the lantern next to him shone on his face, extremely quiet, without a trace of impatience. Zhu Yuanzhang sat back on the table with satisfaction and asked Changfu to call the imperial grandson in.

After a while, Zhu Yunwen walked in and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang three times and nine times: "Sun Chen asked the imperial grandfather to say goodbye, I haven't seen the imperial grandfather for many days, the imperial grandfather has been even more clear, please take care of the dragon body." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the kneeling Zhu Yunwen, silent, he found that Zhu Yunwen stayed in Jiming Temple for ten days, there was a great change, and his temperament was a lot calmer, he used to feel like a child, and he was coquettish in front of himself, this time please be safe, he didn't have this feeling, which made Zhu Yuanzhang both happy and sad, knowing that Zhu Yunwen had taken a step towards a qualified emperor, but his well-behaved grandson gradually drifted away......

After a long time, Zhu Yunwen heard Zhu Yuanzhang saying: "Yunwen, I just asked you to wait outside, what are your dissatisfaction with me?" ”

"The grandson doesn't dare, the grandson knows that this is the emperor's grandfather's tempering of his grandson, and he wants to hone his grandson's frivolous temperament, and the grandson is grateful to the emperor's grandfather."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "It's good if you understand, get up, sit down, and talk to me." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took a closer look at Zhu Yunwen and found that Zhu Yunwen had a gentleman's gentle and jade-like feeling, not as sharp as before, it seemed to be more similar to before he passed out, but there were some differences, and the naivety and youth at that time had almost disappeared.

"It seems that you have gained a lot in Jiming Temple these days."

"Grandfather Hongfu, grandson recited the "Dizang Sutra" in the morning, read in the afternoon, occasionally talked about Buddhism with Master Pu Qia, and finally met Master Dexuan, benefited a lot, but Master Dexuan has passed away."

"Well, I already know this, tomorrow you go to Jiming Temple to represent me to the title of Master Dexuan, and I want to call it 'Dacheng Guanghui Zhishen Jueyuan Zen Master', since Master Dexuan is kind to you, you also go to Shangzhuxiang to express your gratitude."

"Grandson, obey." Zhu Yunwen knelt down to receive the order.

"Yun Wei, tell me what you have gained?"

"Grandpa Huang, since his grandson became the grandson of the emperor, he acted impatiently, did not know how to be invisible, and loved and hated his ministers too clearly, which is not the quality of a prince of a country. In addition, Sun Chen attached too much importance to military affairs and insisted on creating martial arts, which led to the centrifugation of the ministers, which was a reversal of the cart before the horse. Since the pre-Qin period, the governance of the country is mainly based on Confucianism, supplemented by Legalism, paying attention to local conditions, using heavy codes in troubled times, calming chaos and thinking of good generals, and governing peace according to civil ministers, in any era to have both civil and military resources, and to be mainly civil, the country is peaceful, the people are rich, and the natural country is sufficient, in order to destroy the enemy outside the territory, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty relied on the Han Dynasty for more than 70 years of recuperation to defeat the Xiongnu; Although Tang Taizong relied on Li Jing and other famous generals to subdue the Turks, he still relied on the rule of Zhenguan to stabilize the situation of Tian Khan. Therefore, Sun Er believes that there is no major external trouble in the Ming Dynasty, and it is necessary to focus on recuperation and recuperation, improve the efficiency of officials, reduce the burden of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and meet their desire to live and work in peace and contentment; With regard to military affairs, it is necessary to improve the quality of the armed forces in two aspects, and the other is to raise the level of military equipment, such as war horses and weapons, but we must not blindly increase input in the armed forces, because it is meaningless to increase the burden on the peasants without war. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to his grandson's words, thought for a while, and said: "Yun Wei, it seems that this meditation has been of great help to you, your opinion is correct, you can take the world immediately, but you can't rule the world immediately, there is nothing wrong with paying attention to martial affairs, but you must remember that the most important thing in governing the country is to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, although you rely on Wenchen, but you must also be careful of Wenchen." Wenchen has always been polarized, there are those who kill themselves and sacrifice their lives for righteousness, but the emperor's grandfather Rong Ma has a lifetime, from the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty to today, there are still very few such people, most of the Wenchen soldiers are in the city, most of them surrender, they have no integrity, and even there are many slaves with three surnames. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang arrived here, he sighed and said: "Yun Wei, in fact, the minister's temperament has been getting worse since the pre-Qin period, the Han has Su Wu shepherding sheep for 20 years, and Zhang Jian has been envoy to the Western Regions for 19 years, but it will be very few in the future, and the imperial grandfather is also very confused, and he has killed a lot of people, but it is useless, and the new people are the same." ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he said: "In the Tang Dynasty, knowledge was mainly disseminated with bamboo slips, and knowledge was mainly spread between the royal family and the nobility in the pre-Qin period. Confucius was the first educator to teach without class, and slowly knowledge changed from family to teacher, and the teacher's face was lost, and the teacher couldn't do anything about you, so the level of integrity declined. Of course, from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the combination of family tradition and teacher tradition formed a gate valve, but under the double blow of the Juntian system and the imperial examination, it slowly collapsed. Today's scholars, it is much easier to obtain knowledge, paper and brushes are easier to use, therefore, there are more and more readers, but the position of the imperial court is limited, the imperial court once every three years, the selection of scholars is hundreds, less than dozens, but a jinshi can be an official for at least 30 years, and the country's jinshi is afraid to be thousands in 30 years, and the imperial court does not have so many position arrangements. Therefore, there will inevitably be a drill camp, and under the pressure of survival, there will be no talk of integrity. Moreover, most of the scholars are from poor backgrounds, and they suddenly obtain official status, and a few people can keep their hearts, be willing to be poor, and make decisions for the people, and more often use power for personal gain, such as dedication, abuse of power, oppression of the good, etc.; There is also the fact that Wenchen is an official, often ungrateful, thinking that he deserves it after ten years of hard work, so he looted the people's wealth after taking office in return. Therefore, the integrity of Wenchen is far less understandable than that of the ancients. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Zhu Yunwen's words, and seemed to be touched: "Yes, Yunwen, what you said is very right, and I also understand this principle, so in order to prevent officials from protecting each other, I used Jinyi Guard, used severe punishment to punish corrupt officials, and set up thirteen provinces to supervise the imperial history, but corrupt officials are like grass in a rice field, they can never be killed, and I am tired of killing a batch of them, but I still can't solve them." The kings of later generations will definitely not be able to do this, and at that time, alas, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger. ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and could feel his pain, yes, Zhu Yuanzhang should be the most successful farmer in ancient and modern times, carefully caring for every crop, carefully taking care of every cow and sheep, cracking down on shepherds and robbers who steal sheep, and sending his sons to the front line, but it was useless. Because he has unlimited power, he can do what others can't, but he can't control people's hearts and minds, and he can't control people's greed.

Zhu Yunwen knelt on the ground: "Grandpa Huang, please mourn, Yunwen will definitely work hard to solve these problems, so that I can live in peace and stability for a long time." ”

"Get up, Yun Wei."

"Yes, Grandpa."

"How are you going to solve this problem?"

"Returning to the emperor's grandfather, Yun Wei plans to find ways to increase grain production, increase the wealth of farmers, and then gradually increase the salaries of officials, which may reduce some corruption problems."

"Hehe," Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "Yun Wei, it is not easy to increase grain production, and in addition, raising the official salary will inevitably increase the burden on the peasants, which is not advisable." But your idea is still good, mainly to see if you can do it, if you can do it, of course, you can consider raising the income, otherwise you can only follow the current method. ”

Zhu Yunwen lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "What Grandpa Huang said makes sense, my grandson will convene the officials of the Ministry of Industry to study it and see if there is a good way." Yun Wei will not act recklessly, and will report to the imperial grandfather after he has the results. ”

"Okay, Yun Wei, I will ask the Ministry of Works to cooperate with you."

......

Zhu Yunwen walked out of the Qianqing Palace, it was already late, and he looked back at the lights of the Qianqing Palace, this light is generally lit up to the time, the imperial grandfather is really hard, maybe this is the charm of power. Zhu Yunwen walked in the palace with the guards, and seemed to feel that the palace was filled with Zhu Yuanzhang's majesty. Zhu Yunwen looked back at the Qianqing Palace, where lived the master of the Ming Empire, although he had many shortcomings, but he was still loved by the people, but he killed the heroes indiscriminately, and treated the ministers harshly, so his reputation in history is not good, maybe this is a kind of helplessness, but it is also a historical necessity. Zhu Yuanzhang was chosen in the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, so the subsequent Chengping years will also be shrouded in his shadow, drinking and pecking, is it predetermined?

The next morning, after Zhu Yunwen greeted the Lu family, accompanied by Changfu, he went to Jiming Temple to confer the title of Master Dexuan and appointed Pu Guan as the new host. Although he only came down from here yesterday, Zhu Yunwen had a different feeling, if he was panicked when he went up the mountain last time, then this time he was full of gratitude and a touch of sadness, with a kind of joy of breaking out of the cocoon and being reborn, and his attitude towards the future has changed from panic to indifference, work hard, he has a righteous name, there is no reason not to win, and he has a lot to do, Uncle Yan Wang is just the first hurdle.

Arrived at Jiming Temple, the monks put down the incense case, Changfu read the holy decree, and the monks thanked him. After the ceremony, Changfu said goodbye, Pu Guan and Pu Qia invited Zhu Yunwen to drink tea in the inner hall, and after a few words of greeting, Pu Guan went out to entertain the people who watched the ceremony, and Zhu Yunwen then asked everyone to retreat, and only Zhu Yunwen and Pu Qia were left in the inner hall.

Zhu Yunwen stood up and looked at Master Puqia: "Thank you, Master, let Yunwen be reborn." ”

"Your Royal Highness, Pu Qia doesn't dare to stand it, the expectation of the ancestor is only to hope that there will be a Ming monarch in the Ming Dynasty, so it is the blessing of the people, the ancestor is very old, and he can help His Royal Highness is also smiling Jiuquan, please don't be polite. In addition, no third party will know about this matter, please rest assured. ”

Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't want his secret to be discovered, otherwise the blessing and misfortune would be unpredictable.

Master Pu Qia continued: "However, it is better for Your Highness to recite the Heart Sutra often and insist on meditation. ”

"Thank you, Master, for your teachings."

The two chatted for a while, Zhu Yunwen got up, and Pu Qia saw each other off. Zhu Yunwen suddenly whispered: "Please don't leave Jingshi for the past few years, is it?" ”

Pu Qia's footsteps were as usual, and his expression remained the same: "Of course, Pu Qia has been studying Buddhist scriptures in Jiming Temple for the past few years, and will not leave Jiming Temple." ”

"That's good."