Chapter 461

"Xuan!"

Despite the door and window, Zeng Guofan still heard the voice of the emperor, no, His Majesty, which was different from the "emperor" of the Great Qing Dynasty, and was called "Your Majesty" here, which was the traditional title of the emperor. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the invitation of the female official, Zeng Guofan walked into the imperial study, he already knew from the ninth brother that the "emperor" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was different from the "chief" who liked to meet his ministers in the warm pavilion, and His Majesty preferred to meet his ministers in the imperial study.

Unlike the study of the Manchu "chieftain", upon entering the imperial study, Tsang immediately saw the towering bookcases on both sides, despite hanging his head.

As a minister, Zeng Guofan entered the imperial study at the moment when he entered the imperial study, and the instinct of the courtier allowed him to kneel a few feet in front of the imperial case, and as soon as his legs were weak.

"Minister Zeng Guofan knocks on Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

Zhu Yifeng did not stop Zeng Guofan's great gift, but looked at Zeng Guofan with great interest, although he has long been accustomed to seeing famous ministers and celebrities in history over the years, and he has long lost his initial excitement about them, and just treats them with a normal heart, but now looking at Zeng Guofan, who was highly respected in modern times, and was later defeated, and then respected again in the new century, is now kneeling in front of him like this, Zhu Yifeng's heart suddenly has a sense of pride.

What if you are a celebrity? But it's also a minister! In the end, I have to kneel in front of me!

Yes, that's the biggest benefit of being an emperor.

When Zhu Yifeng was thinking about it there, Zeng Guofan, who was kneeling on the ground, felt that a cold sweat seemed to break out on his back, he could feel that His Majesty was looking at him, and he also knew that this was by no means a dismount, but a ruler weighing his subordinates. At this moment, instead of feeling any grievances, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He is familiar with history books very well, and if a monarch treats his subordinates like him, if he goes out to greet him, it will make him panic, because there are only two possibilities, one is appreciation, and the other is appeasement, appreciation can be reused, as for appeasement! There are several understandings.

At least at this moment, he knows that he is a minister of the new dynasty in the eyes of His Majesty, not a minister of the old dynasty, which means that he no longer needs to worry about his identity.

From now on, he is a courtier of the Chinese Dynasty!

When he was relieved in his heart, Zeng Guofan kowtowed his head to the end again, knelt down to the emperor in the most humble posture, and waited for the emperor to open his mouth.

Zhu Yifeng, who was observing Zeng Guofan, noticed that he knocked to the bottom, and immediately realized his gaffe.

"Flat!"

After Zeng Guofan thanked him again and stood up, Zhu Yifeng's left hand pointed to the soft chair on the side and said.

"Sit down!"

Although bowing is used instead of kneeling in the Chinese Dynasty, when the courtiers see the emperor, they can usually only stand there, and only a very small number of ministers get the "reward of sitting", and according to the rules of the Chinese Dynasty, this "reward of sitting" can be described as a "heavy reward", which means that from now on, the ministers who get the "reward of sitting" have the right to sit down in front of the emperor.

This is a kind of glory, and only a few people in the entire Chinese dynasty have received this kind of glory. And Zeng Guofan never thought that when he first met His Majesty, he actually got the "reward of sitting".

"Minister, thank you, Your Majesty."

Zeng Guofan knelt down again and bowed in thanks, and then sat down on the soft chair with sincere trepidation, and when he sat on the soft chair, he seemed to be able to understand why everyone in the new dynasty regarded this "reward for sitting" as "the grace of heaven". Because this kind of sitting is not a "virtual sitting" in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but a "real sitting", the ministers who have received the "reward of sitting" can sit on the chair by themselves after meeting His Majesty, and the monarchs and ministers sit together, just like before Song Taizu.

In fact...... They really think too much!

Seeing the irrepressible excitement on Zeng Guofan's face, Zhu Yifeng thought to himself in his heart.

The reason why they think too much is because they are used to kneeling, and for Zhu Yifeng. He was not used to people kneeling, nor was he used to a group of people standing in front of him, sitting there and talking to them. And I am also tired of repeating the "sitting" every time I see the minister, and then I am the courtier's still pretending to be there.

Therefore, Zhu Yifeng came up with a "reward for sitting" - the minister who got this reward no longer needed to "sit" every time, and only the left and right ministers and the eight books of Shangshu got this reward, and because of this, in the eyes of many ministers, this kind of "sitting" is the embodiment of the emperor's grace and a very popular minister.

And the reason why Zeng Guofan was given this power is very simple - just because Zhu Yifeng didn't want him to kneel there, maybe he didn't have much emotion for these historical celebrities, but there was always some respect, so Zhu Yifeng casually gave him the right to "sit".

"When I sent troops to Yuezhou, I thought about whether Zeng Qing would surrender to me, and at that time, I also thought about getting Zeng Qing's help to take charge of Hunan!"

"At the beginning, the minister was stupid, failed to see the trend of the world, followed the Manchu Qing Dynasty, raised troops to block His Majesty, it is really an unforgivable crime, if it were not for Your Majesty's leniency, how could there be a minister's today, Your Majesty's grace, the minister can only be broken to serve him."

Speaking of this, Zeng Guofan seemed to be moved by his true feelings, and the corners of his eyes were a little red.

Officialdom is a theater!

Looking at Zeng Guofan's performance, Zhu Yifeng, who knew the stakes, just secretly reminded himself in his heart not to take these words seriously.

In history, Zeng Guofan was the "hero" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and his loyalty to the Manchu Qing Dynasty was so sincere. And now he is submissive to himself, why is that? The reason is very simple.

It's a last resort!

It's the general trend!

If he is defeated in the future, he will also abandon himself, this is the current "Shi", without the spirit of "Shi", in front of the "Shi", when a "person" is added, they will naturally become "filthy people, thieves, wantons, greedy people, those who resist, rude and righteous and power-hungry people." ”。

The spirit of the "scholars" is noble, and they must not defile their blood with their indiscriminate behavior. Because they attach importance to honor, they often dare to take responsibility when they encounter danger, and they have a very strong spirit of commitment. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, you can see the nobility of the scholars, the spirit of the scholars, in that era, the aristocracy or the "scholars", has never been synonymous with freewheeling and extravagant enjoyment, let alone refers to the nouveau riche, nor does it mean a pampered, leisurely and luxurious lifestyle, but a kind of honor, responsibility, courage, self-discipline and a series of core spirit.

In the unification of the six kingdoms by Qin Shi Huang, the nobles of the original country and those who were loyal to the nobles and the "scholars" who swore to resist to the death were basically killed, and those who were not killed, or migrated or exiled, what the Qin State needed were slaves and "scholars" who did not have independent personalities. After the Qin Dynasty, the spirit of "scholars" slowly disappeared, people can only see "scholars" from the history books, and see Tian Heng's five hundred heroes with their lives, interpreting the spirit of "scholars", and those who survived "scholars" became "scholars", and they slowly became "slaves of the emperor".

Since then, "Shi" has become an ancient thing that people can reminisce, and what "Shi" does is just for the "official career", in order to put Yan Ruyu in the book, and for the golden house in the book. So much so that in the end, "integrity" became secondary, and for them, the most important thing was personal glory and wealth.

That's why there is the ridicule of "the scholar doctor is scrambling to be the first to join the enemy, and the little woman is unswerving in keeping the festival". Thinking of this, Zhu Yifeng secretly laughed at himself, if they were all "real people", how could they win the world?

Having said that, if the spirit of China's "scholars" had not been destroyed by Qin Zheng, even if he had traveled to this era, how could he have to start in a reckless manner?

Of course, there will be no existence in the era of "I Tatar Qing".

What will the Chinese empire look like in the future?

Zhu Yifeng didn't know, but he knew very well what he needed, what he needed was to recast the spirit of the nation and reinject the lost "spirit of scholars" into the country.

Yes, that's exactly what you need to do.

But before you can do all that, you need to do a few more things.

The biggest feature of these "officials" is that they are the king's slaves, not the king's courtiers, and this is the biggest advantage of the Qin government for more than 2,000 years - taming people into slaves!

And in this current era, this is exactly what I need...... Well, the same talent.

"There is no need to mention yesterday's old things, after all, it is in the past."

Zhu Yifeng said calmly.

"Today, the reason why I ordered you to return to the court from Jiangxi is because I have a fateful life to entrust you!"

"If Your Majesty sends you, your ministers will follow suit......"

Zeng Guofan's heart was uneasy. I thought to myself: What kind of errand does Your Majesty want to give yourself?

"Zeng Qing, as we all know, now the land of the northern Zhili is still stolen by the Manchu Tartars, and it is my duty to expel the Tartars and restore China, so the Northern Expedition is also inevitable......"

Zeng Guofan didn't feel strange when His Majesty mentioned the Northern Expedition, the Majesty in front of him was not the "cult chief" who was obsessed with the "Nine Heavens", His Majesty was a person with great ambitions.

"If everything goes well, at the turn of spring and summer this year, Beizhili can return to China!"

Looking at Zeng Guofan, Zhu Yifeng expressed his thoughts.

"Therefore, I want you to go north to serve as the governor of Beizhili, this Beizhili has been poisoned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, and the wind of the Han family has been lost.

His Majesty's words reached Zeng Guofan's ears, which only made him shudder involuntarily, he didn't understand what His Majesty meant, why did he let himself go to Beizhili. Zeng Guofan is a smart person after all, just in an instant, he understood the meaning of His Majesty, there are some things that don't need to be said, but you have to do it as a courtier!

But as a courtier, he didn't dare to refuse, he hurriedly said:

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will live up to Your Majesty, and reproduce the prestige of my Han family in Beizhili!"

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