The way of governing the country is not static, there is a prosperous way of governing the country, there is a way of governing the country in troubled times, each dynasty has the way of governing the country of each dynasty, there is no universal way of governing the country in any dynasty at any time in this world, but it is the best that is suitable for the time.

The two points proposed by Zhang Bin to develop business and expand the territory cannot completely save the current Ming Dynasty, and there are many things that he can't say, he can only do.

For example, let Chongzhen, a faint king, step down.

Another example is to clean up the traitorous ministers in the court.

None of this can be said, and there is no need for Zhu Cihong to do it, Zhang Bin will naturally plan secretly and complete it slowly, what Zhu Cihong has to do is to vigorously promote commercial development after succeeding to the throne, and then let him expand his territory.

After talking for a long time, it was almost noon, Zhang Bin felt that everything that should be said was almost done, and he was about to end today's teaching, but suddenly remembered a question.

This problem is the art of balance, and the reason why the Ming Dynasty has become the way it is now has a lot to do with the superstitious balance of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

Wanli inexplicably played a balancing act, and as a result, he played a party struggle for the country.

Apocalypse stupidly played some balancing skills, and as a result, he played a eunuch disaster.

Chongzhen was self-righteous and played a balancing act, and as a result, he played the Ming Dynasty to the country!

I worked hard to reverse the situation, and finally saved Daming, but I didn't dare to let this little prince Zhu Cihong play any balance in the future and play himself to death!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly reminded: "Hong'er, there is one more point, you have to remember that the art of balance is not a way to govern the country. ”

"Ahh When Zhu Cihong heard this, he couldn't help but exclaim, because his father Chongzhen taught him that the way of governing the country was the art of balance, and his father boasted in front of him more than once how good his balance art was, but the master now said that the art of balance is not the way of governing the country!

He couldn't help but ask in amazement, "Master, why isn't the art of balance the way to govern the country?" ”

As soon as Zhang Bin heard Zhu Cihong's words, he understood that Chongzhen must be teaching his son to play the art of balance.

Are all these emperors of the Ming Dynasty sick in the brain, and is the art of balance the way to govern the country?

The reason why they want to play the art of balance is because Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed Prime Minister Hu Weiyong and his gang in order to centralize power, and abolished the post of prime minister, thus going to the opposite side of the civilian clique.

As a result, successive emperors were influenced by him to think that civil officials were unreliable, and civil officials wanted to seize their power.

Isn't this sick!

What other prime minister will take away their power, it's just not light!

Qin Shi Huang has had a prime minister since he ruled the world, did the Qin Dynasty die in the hands of civil officials, and did the prime minister seize their power?

The Han Dynasty also had prime ministers, did the Han Dynasty die in the hands of civilian officials, and did the prime minister seize their power?

The Sui Dynasty also had prime ministers, did the Sui Dynasty die in the hands of civil officials, and did the prime minister seize their power?

The Tang Dynasty also had prime ministers, did the Tang Dynasty die in the hands of civil officials, and did the prime minister seize their power?

Civil officials are unreliable, so who do they rely on to govern the country, and rely on eunuchs?

Zhang Bin didn't answer and asked: "Then tell me, why do you want to rely on the art of balance to govern the country?" ”

Zhu Cihong seemed to understand and said: "This, this, once the civil official loses restraint, won't he cover the sky with one hand and be lawless?" ”

Bullshit!

Zhang Bin thought for a while, and then said angrily: "To say something disrespectful, the first emperor Yingzong relied on the eunuch Wang Zhen to restrain civil officials, what was the result? Was he taken to the ditch by Wang Zhen during the change of Tumubao? He was captured by Meng Yuan, and Yu Qian in the court had no one to restrain him, right, what was the result? Is Yu Qian saving the country or destroying the country? And at the beginning of Wanli, the first assistant Zhang Juzheng was unrestrained, what was the result? Who does Wanli ZTE rely on? Zhang Juzheng didn't seize power, right? ”

"This." Zhu Cihong was asked by Zhang Bin at this time, and he was speechless, it turns out that what his father said is that civil officials must be checked and balanced, and civil officials will seize power, which doesn't seem right!

Zhang Bin calmed down for a while, and then patiently explained: "To put it bluntly, the art of balance is just a way of the emperor, and it has nothing to do with governing the country. When it comes to the way of the emperor, the most important thing for the king of a country is to have the wisdom of knowing people, if you can select and appoint capable ministers for the country and the people, do you need to play any balance? “

Zhu Cihong's face was at a loss at this time, although he had a disagreement with his father Chongzhen on how to treat Zhang Bin, it did not mean that he thought that his father was wrong no matter what he said.

For example, this balancing technique, when Chongzhen told him, he felt that it was very reasonable, and he also thought that an emperor should be good at playing balance, otherwise he would be taken away by civil officials.

However, as soon as Zhang Bin said this, he was confused, does this civil official really have to be restrained?

Seeing his confused look, Zhang Bin continued to explain: "To say another disrespectful word, the first emperor Tianqi used Wei Zhongxian, a rogue ruffian-born eunuch, to restrain civil officials, what was the result? Wei Zhongxian is not using civilian officials, but he is using those corrupt officials who have been dismissed, and the result? The court has almost become a world of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and almost all the honest and honest officials have been killed by them, and the former civil officials still know the shame and dare not be blatantly corrupt. Is this balancing act good? For example, now, in order to achieve balance, the emperor uses Xue Guoguan to suppress me, what is the result? Jiannu saw that he was about to be destroyed, and he Xue Guoguan suddenly gave me a release of the captives and sued for peace! Liaodong has fallen short, and Jiannu will be relieved again, do you know? “

Immediately afterwards, he pointed to the map and carefully explained the victory of Jinzhou, the battle situation of the raid on Xuancheng, Zhenjiang and Phoenix City, and the situation in Liaodong.

At this time, Zhu Cihong's face finally showed a sudden look.

If there is no restraint from Xue Guoguan, whether it is to besiege the main force of Jiannu in Xuanfu Town or take advantage of the situation to take Liaoyang and Shenyang, the disaster of Jiannu is almost solved, but unfortunately, because of Xue Guoguan's constraints, everything has fallen short, and after Jiannu will take the captives back, he will slowly ease his breath, recover Liaodong, and exterminate Jiannu will become distant again, it seems that this balancing technique really can't be played around!

Zhang Bin finally concluded: "Therefore, the art of balance is not a way to govern the country, you should think more about how to find out the meritocracy, appoint the meritocracy, in the way of the emperor, the knowledge of people is much more important than the art of balance, don't reuse what eunuchs or corrupt officials in order to play what kind of balance art, that is putting the cart before the horse, it will only bring disaster to the country and the people, you know?" ”

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he nodded heavily and said, "I know, master." ”

After this half-day of teaching, the little prince has obviously matured a lot, his thoughts seem to have undergone a baptism, and Chongzhen's wrong way of governing the country has been completely washed away by Zhang Bin with facts.

At this time, he really got rid of Chongzhen's influence and completely stood on Zhang Bin's side.