Zhang Bin saw Zhu Cihong's stunned appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little unbearable in his heart, these topics seemed to be a little too cruel for His Royal Highness the Prince, after all, he was just a child.

He sighed, touched Zhu Cihong's little head and asked kindly, "Hong'er, are you frightened by the shamelessness of these people?" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded slowly and said, "Yes, I really didn't expect that there are such shameless and cruel people in this world." ”

Zhang Bin sighed: "Alas, there is no way, the temptation of money and power is too great, some people can withstand the temptation and maintain the basic morality of being a human being; Some people can't resist the temptation, in pursuit of money and power, they can be shameless, they can do it, they can even lose their humanity, they are more ferocious than beasts! Especially eunuchs, because of their physical defects, they can't enjoy the pleasures brought by the love of men and women, and their desire for money and power is even stronger. Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a saying that eunuchs are in power, and the country and the people are harmed, and Taizu has also set up an iron plate in the palace, strictly prohibiting eunuchs from interfering in politics. It's a pity that this brand was smashed by Wang Zhen, Yingzong favored Wang Zhen and let Wang Zhen take power, and finally Tumubao was humiliated by Meng Yuan, almost lost the country, and it was a bloody lesson. Hong'er, you must remember that no matter what, you must not let the eunuch interfere in politics. ”

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he nodded heavily and said, "Okay, master, I remember, when I succeed to the throne, I will also set up a sign in the palace." ”

Zhang Bin nodded with satisfaction, and then reminded: "You must always be vigilant about the courtiers' formation of parties for personal gain, the party fights for the country, and those friends gathered for the purpose of fighting for power and profit are the cancer in the court, and they must be eliminated if they are found." If it is allowed to develop, the entire Ming Dynasty will be affected by it and gradually decay or even perish! For example, the rise of Jiannu can be said to be completely rich due to the disaster of the Ming party, if the Zhejiang party does not shield Yang Hao, let him get the punishment he deserves in the battle of Ulsan, how can the Ming Dynasty be defeated in Salhu; If Yao Zongwen of the Zhejiang Party did not unite with other eunuchs to impeach Xiong Tingbi, how could Shenyang and Liaoyang be lost; If it weren't for the eunuchs who supported Wang Huazhen in order to squeeze out Xiong Tingbi, how could the Ming Dynasty lose Guangning, or even the entire Liaodong; If it weren't for the eunuch party to promote mediocre people like Wang Zaijin, how could Jiannu have the opportunity to subdue the Mengyuan tribes, subdue Korea, and rise completely; If it weren't for Sun Chengzong, who was forced by the eunuch party to bring down Donglin, how could Jiannu have a chance to develop and grow thoroughly; If it weren't for Wei Zhongxian snatching military merits and angrily leaving Yuan Chonghuan, how could the situation in Liaodong continue to erode. “

Although he himself also formed a party, the purpose of his party formation was not to fight for power and profit, but to save the country and save the people, he had a clear conscience, and he would not go around preaching that he was forming a party, which Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong may never know.

Those who blatantly formed a party for personal gain for the purpose of fighting for power and profit must not be kept, because a large part of the reason why the Ming Dynasty fell was because these people formed a party for personal gain, fought for power and profit, and set off a party struggle.

However, Zhu Cihong still seemed to be a little confused, he thought about it, and asked with some doubts: "Master, what is a friend?" ”

Zhang Bin explained in detail: "This friend is a friend's friend, and it is also a friend who is more traitorous than a friend; This party is the party of the township party, and it is also the party of the party that fights against differences. The so-called friend party refers to a group formed by colluding with each other to fight for power and exclude dissidents. In "Warring States Policy: Zhao Ce II", there is: the minister heard that the king of Ming was absolutely suspicious of slander, and the traces of rumors were screened, and the door of the party was stopped. “

Zhu Cihong asked a little puzzled: "Has the friends been around since ancient times?" Why haven't I seen any dynasty with such a tragic party struggle as the Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhang Bin then explained: "The party has existed since ancient times, and party strife has existed since ancient times, but it is rare for people like eunuchs to completely ignore the safety of the country and frame the loyal and lawless in order to control the government. Even the backbone of the eunuch party, the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party and the Qi Party, had some scruples about doing things at the beginning, and even if they were fighting, they would fight with merit, because they were all courtiers, and if they wanted to gain power and interests, they had to behave well in front of the emperor in order to gain the emperor's favor, at least on the surface. They don't want to talk about lawlessness, and they don't dare to do things that violate the law and discipline blatantly. However, after Wei Zhongxian gathered a group of shameless literati to form a eunuch party to participate in the party struggle, the nature of the party struggle changed. ”

Zhu Cihong asked even more puzzled: "Why did the nature of this party struggle change as soon as the eunuch party led by Wei Zhongxian participated?" ”

Zhang Bin continued to explain: "Because Wei Zhongxian obtained the favor of the first emperor by deceiving and deceiving the first emperor, he used such shameless means to obtain the favor of the first emperor, and even leaned towards the government and the opposition, covering the sky with one hand, which set a very bad example for other officials. Since you can gain trust and power by deceiving and deceiving the emperor, who will go to work hard, govern conscientiously, and win so little merit to gain the emperor's trust, who will not be able to deceive and deceive the emperor, as long as it is shameless enough and enough to do it! Therefore, more and more courtiers choose such methods, and there are more and more people who act shamelessly, they don't care about the safety of the country all day long, regardless of the life and death of the people, and think about how to use shameless means to deceive the emperor in order to gain the emperor's trust, so that the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and only one hand covers the sky. Since then, there is no limit to party struggle, and everyone is no longer comparing merits, but who is more shameless, who is more inferior, who is more shameless, and who is more inhumane! “

Zhu Cihong heard this, thought about it carefully, and asked puzzledly: "It doesn't seem that the Donglin Party is like this, master, didn't you just say that they were all brutally tortured to death and didn't want to bear the stigma of taking bribes, if they are shameless and shameless, why should they care about such a little false name?" ”

Zhang Bin thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Donglin and the eunuchs are indeed different, at least they will not violate the bottom line of human nature and morality, and lose their humanity in order to fight for power and profit." They advertise etiquette and morality, and they basically can't do shameless things. ”

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he asked: "Master, can I reuse the Donglin Party in the future?" ”

Zhang Bin shook his head firmly and said: "The Donglin Party cannot be reused either. ”

Zhu Cihong couldn't help but be curious: "Why, they flaunt etiquette and morality, they shouldn't be bad people, right?" ”

Zhang Bin patiently explained: "They are indeed not bad people, but they do not have the ability to save the country and save the people. Flaunting etiquette and morality is not the way to save the country, when the times are prosperous, you can flaunt etiquette and morality, so that everyone can abide by the law and behave well, but in troubled times, it is useless to flaunt these, will Jiannu talk to them about etiquette and morality? Will the eunuchs talk to them about etiquette and morality? To put it mildly, if the emperor Sun Chengzong didn't talk about etiquette and morality, he really led the army back to Beijing and Qingjun as Wei Zhongxian slandered, can Wei Zhongxian fight him, and the shameless people of the eunuch party are shameless, and then they will be shameless, will they be useful in front of tens of thousands of Ming army soldiers? He was good, Wei Zhongxian deceived the first emperor, and let the first emperor make a decree and obediently retreat to Liaodong. What did he go back to Beijing for, wasn't it to persuade the first emperor not to be bewitched by Wei Zhongxian, as a result, Wei Zhongxian relied on bewitching the first emperor to let him return to Liaodong, he really went back, did he have a brain? I don't know what I'm going to do! “