Ma Tao's words are still echoing in his ears, Zheng Guang still has some taste inside, Emperor Jiajing is close at hand, His Majesty the Emperor can't wait to summon Zheng Guang into the palace, the whole hall except for Huang Jin, who Zheng Guang is more familiar with standing on the side, there is only the emperor alone, sitting on the top, under the buttocks is a cushion instead of a dragon chair, wearing a Taoist robe instead of a dragon robe, the whole person looks more like a god stick than an emperor. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, his eyes, Zheng Guang only glanced at it and didn't dare to continue looking, Zheng Guang felt that these eyes were even more terrifying than the eyes of Kublai Khan who had faced him, if there were no eyes, the person in front of him might really be just a Taoist priest, but if he had these eyes, the dragon in front of him was really just a dragon dormant in the West Garden, a dragon that could stretch out the dragon's claws and tear everything apart anytime and anywhere.

This is the most powerful emperor of the Ming Dynasty after Zhu Di, and it is really not in vain, and Zheng Guang still feels uncomfortable under his gaze.

"Get up, Huang Jin, take a seat." Emperor Jiajing looked at Zheng Guang for a long time, and then said to Huang Jin beside him, Huang Jin responded to the promise, moved a brocade pier and walked to Zheng Guang to put it down, and glanced at Zheng Guang without a trace. ”

After sitting down, Zheng Guangcai felt more comfortable, and his buttocks were soft, but he couldn't help but hear Emperor Jiajing chuckle, raised his head, and said with a smile on his face: "The little guy who has never been an official or a saint, I tell you, those ministers who meet me, every single one, even if I sit down, they don't dare to really sit on it, that is, to get a little bit of it, to relax, but I have also tried, I only feel more tired, those old guys can actually last for an hour or two, they are really masters!" ”

Zheng Guang was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect that the emperor couldn't really sit on it, but sat in a virtual position, with a little bit of buttocks, all relying on his own insistence and pretending to sit, listening to the emperor's meaning, those old ministers have all practiced, as soon as he thought of this, Zheng Guang hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty forgives me, minister, minister doesn't know this." ”

Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and said indifferently: "Don't panic, I don't blame you, you sit on yours, I allow you to sit like that, after all, you are a capable person who cut off the heads of seven thousand Japanese people for me to calm Su Song's troubles, so why not let you sit and sit?" ”

Zheng Guang didn't dare to hold it up, sat down honestly, and then said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessings." ”

Emperor Jiajing shook his head: "If I really blessed the sky, how could I have the predicament of the southern and northern captives now?" At a young age, don't learn from those old guys to play officialdom, you can say whatever you want, I won't blame you, you are not an official yet, what are you afraid of? ”

Zheng Guangxin said that he believed your words before he came out of the ghost, and said in his mouth: "Even so, the ceremonial ministers in front of the palace still understand, no matter what the ministers say, they are also saints' disciples, and the etiquette still understands." ”

Emperor Jiajing said with interest: "Etiquette? Saint disciples? It's still a bit credible when it comes out of someone else's mouth, but why do I think it's a little weird when it comes out of your mouth? I have heard all the words you said to Lu Bing yesterday, if you spread this to those old scholars, I will know how to scold you, I can drown you with saliva, what are you talking about in front of me now, Zheng Guang, you are not honest! ”

It would be panicked to be someone else, but Zheng Guang clearly heard the emperor's ridicule, although he didn't look directly at the emperor, but the emperor's tone was clearly brisk, so Zheng Guang organized the wording and said: "The saint's disciple means that the minister's knowledge comes from the saint, not the minister's way of life comes from the saint, the minister learns the knowledge of the saint, but he does not necessarily learn the saint's way of life, after all, it is now the world of the Ming Dynasty, not the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms, the times are different, the way of doing things is also different, and the minister keeps pace with the times, There will be no conventions. ”

Emperor Jiajing was even more interested, and said with a smile: "What you said is interesting, people say that they are disciples of saints, so they can't wait to take what the saint said as their own words, and not change them at all, how can you become a difference between knowledge and the way of life?" ”

Zheng Guang said: "Originally, it was the same as Confucius, the enemy of the Seven Kingdoms, who opposed his doctrine, and his way of life was to find a monarch who was willing to support his doctrine, to realize his ambitions, and to protect his doctrine from being eliminated by other doctrines; And the enemy of the Ming Dynasty is the southern and northern captives, a group of big characters who don't know a few big words, then the way of the Ming Dynasty should be knives and swords, not anything else, the times are different, just use Confucius's way of life, it will only seem nondescript and conformist. ”

Emperor Jiajing was more interested, and felt that he had never seen the young man in front of him, and had never seen such a rebellious person, but inexplicably, although Emperor Jiajing was a beneficiary of Confucianism, he was also a victim.

But the young man in front of him said what he wanted to say, what he wanted to say.

"So, what is your way of life?" Emperor Jiajing was eager to know this question.

Zheng Guang paused, and said: "How to do what is beneficial to the country and the people, I will do it, don't care about the so-called reputation and ethics, there are too many things in this world that reverse black and white, and care too much about honor and integrity, which will only make the ministers restrain their hands and feet, dare not do anything, can't do anything, and have nowhere to display their talents, isn't it in vain to waste ten years?" ”

Emperor Jiajing felt a little surprised, he had never thought of these words, and he had never heard of them, which of those literati and courtiers didn't regard honor and ethics as more important than the sky? But Zheng Guang said that he didn't pay much attention to honor and integrity, but would only do things that benefited the country and the people, which was very different from those courtiers, could this be the reason why he was able to do what no one had been able to do for 20 years?

"You can defeat the Japanese invaders twice, behead nearly 10,000 Japanese invaders, I know that you must not be an ordinary person, I asked today, and it is true, in fact, some of my thoughts are very similar to you, for the country to choose materials, the choice should be a person who can do things, not a group of people who will only quarrel and shout in front of me all day long, fighting for power and profit, the person I need most now is the person who can pacify the south and the north for me, but I have been looking for twenty years, but I have not found it, Zheng Guang, will you be that person?" Emperor Jiajing asked meaningfully.

Zheng Guang did not hesitate, and said: "Your Majesty thinks, the minister will do what he does, whether it is the south or the north, the minister thinks, the Ming should not be afraid of them, but should take the initiative to attack, completely eliminate it, blindly shrink back, hope and peace talks, in fact, it is just a disguised means of the enemy, the thief gets the goods, the more powerful, will want more goods, one day, when the Ming is unable to pay for these goods, the thief will not hesitate to go south and north to invade the Central Plains, and at that time, we are powerless to resist."

Therefore, whether it is the southern Japanese or the northern captives, the minister thinks that the Ming Dynasty should strengthen a belief, that is, until it is completely exterminated, how to exterminate it, that needs to be carefully discussed, and all the prerequisites are based on the imperial court's determination to exterminate the southern and northern captives, as long as the imperial court has this belief, the minister thinks that the southern and northern captives are just a temporary crisis, and they are definitely not the opponents of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Emperor Jiajing's heart was slightly excited, and his face was still Gujing Wubo: "What you said is very right, and I think the same way, but in the past 20 years, the Ming Dynasty has lost more and more and gave birth to less, so that the southern and northern captives have intensified. Zheng Guang, can you solve my doubts? ”

Zheng Guang sorted out his thoughts and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if you need to solve the problem in the south and the north, you need to have a sequence, the northern captives are Mongolian iron horses, who have been in the Central Plains for 97 years, and still regard the Ming Dynasty as their rebellion, and they don't want to re-enter the Central Plains all the time.

But the two-front battle is a taboo for soldiers, the so-called outside must first be safe inside, internal peace, in order to concentrate all efforts against the outside, the Japanese Kou, is the internal trouble of the Ming Dynasty, entrenched in the southeast, raiding the coastal land, destroying the business, so that the Ming tax revenue sharply reduced, and if you want to concentrate on solving the trouble of Mongolia, the southeast wealth tax is essential, so, if you want to level the north, you must first level the southeast, if you want to level the southeast, you must first suppress the Japanese, the minister advocates, first the south and then the north, take the defensive position in the north, in the southeast, then take the initiative! ”

Emperor Jiajing's eyes flashed, and his tone was a little strong: "Go on, what should I do?" I want you to give specific measures! ”

Zheng Guang nodded and continued: "If you want to level the Japanese, first of all, you have to start with the Ming Dynasty itself, the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty is that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are extremely weak, and the soldiers of the guards have been peaceful for a hundred years, and they are not able to fight at all, each of these guards is an expert in fleeing for their lives, once the war starts, they will do nothing but flee for their lives, and even abandon the Lord to flee for their lives, even if there are generals who dare to fight, they will be killed by these bastards, 120,000 people don't matter, but more than 100,000 people are all like this, there is a problem."

This time, the three thousand new army of the ministers fought the Japanese Invaders, but they were able to defeat it, the Japanese Kou were 7,000, and the ministers were 3,000, and they could have such results in just one month of training, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were several times that of the Japanese Invaders, but they were repeatedly defeated, the reason for this, Your Majesty should be more clear, the generals of the guards are colluded, deceitful and deceitful, and their crimes are too numerous to write, so the ministers think that the first step of the southeast peace is to strike the guards and recruit soldiers! ”