Chapter XVIII Commitments
When this rare literary meeting ended, it was the time when the moon was at its fullest, but at this time, no one cared about this anymore, and everyone was attracted by the fierce debate just now.
And this cultural meeting also made Shi Lei, who had always underestimated the ancients, see the wisdom of the ancients, although most of the ancients were limited by themselves, resulting in some of their knowledge not as comprehensive as that of later generations, but in this limited understanding, many people have also created amazing methods.
It's like a person named Meng Guangde just now, in the debate, actually proposed a very good method, that is, to ask the imperial court to issue an order to let a local army be organized and trained by a local hero, and the imperial court only needs to give an official position to be able to enjoy leisure.
It's just that his method is not the same as that of the late Qing Dynasty, and as soon as it came out, it was unanimously approved by the court, but there were many Jinshi, who thought that he was tantamount to driving wolves with tigers, for fear that when the time came, after these local armies exterminated the rebels, they would be like the Jiedu envoys in the Tang Dynasty, each occupying their own territory, and constantly moving the court.
After listening to these people's words, Shi Lei couldn't help but sigh helplessly, and said, 'Xiucai rebelled for three years', according to these people's theories, let alone three years, even if they don't want to achieve anything for thirty years, the idea is so complicated, even the immediate crisis has not been resolved, and he has already thought of the future, so that Shi Lei doesn't know whether to praise them for their foresight or narrow-mindedness.
Of course, Li Wensi, who is the biggest limelight in this literary meeting, must not have thought of a way, but although after his method was spoken, it also made Shi Lei sigh in his heart, except for the old rhetoric of sending civilian officials to supervise the army, punishing corrupt officials, and reining in the homeless people, there is no new insight.
It can be seen that the current high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty are helpless against the current situation, you must know that Li Wensi, a person who has never even been out of the capital, must not be able to think of any good way, and he can say these words, it must have been obtained from his father and elders, if even the cabinet ministers said so, so that Shi Lei, who originally had a little hope for the Ming Dynasty, was completely disappointed in his heart.
"Sir, you say, if according to what they say, with the addition of Mr.'s method, can the imperial court really be able to pacify the bandits?" Walking on the way back, probably because he was too excited in the first half of the night, Shi Lei and the Zhu sisters felt a little tired at this time, but Zhu Weiyuan still couldn't help but ask this sentence.
Turning his head, looking at Zhu Weiyuan's bright and pretty face by the light of the moon, Shi Lei opened his mouth several times, wanting to say something to comfort her, but in the end, Shi Lei still shook his head ruthlessly and said, "Maybe, I don't know, after all, I'm just a human, not a god, it's just, 'freezing three feet is not a day's cold', to this point, it is caused by various reasons, not that one or two good methods can be changed."
Besides, even if there is really a good way, does the court have the right people to implement it, the original famous civil and military ministers, now they are either dead on the battlefield, or old and dead at home, to put it mildly, now there is only a group of mediocre people left in the court, let them fight for power and profit, but if you want to do practical things, it is no less than ascending to the sky. ”
After listening to Shi Lei's words, Zhu Weiyuan's originally hopeful eyes suddenly leaked an incredible look, he never thought that a person who was so impassioned when he went would say such a thing now, although he wanted to reprimand him for talking nonsense very much, but after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't know what to say, and in the end, the infinite grievance in his heart turned into two crystal tears, which slowly fell down along his delicate face.
Seeing Zhu Weiyuan's pretty face full of infinite grievances, Shi Lei's heart suddenly trembled, and he wanted to say something comforting, but what could he say, the situation was like this, even if he said flowers, he couldn't change the facts, and a thousand words only turned into a deep sigh when they came to his mouth.
"Hey"
At this time, Shi Lei felt that he was so incompetent, he desperately wanted strength at this time, wanted to protect everything, and let the jade man in front of him regain his flower-like power.
"Ah, Brother Shi, what's wrong with you, why is your face so ugly, is it sick?" Just when Shi Lei fell into deep self-blame because of his incompetence, he said to Zhu Qiangrose, who was riding on a horse with Zhu Weiyuan.
Hearing Zhu Qiangrose's crisp voice, Shi Lei's hands suddenly clenched fiercely, as if he had decided something, and said to Zhu Weiyuan, "Believe me, I will definitely be able to restore Daming's former strength and make it stand at the top of the world again, no matter who it is, Li Zicheng will also, whether it is Dolgon, as long as he dares to stop it, I will definitely let him be crushed." ”
Listening to the voice that was not passionate or surging, looking at the young man in front of him who was still a little thin, I don't know what's going on, whether it's Zhu Weiyuan, Zhu Qiangrose, or even Liguang and others on the side, there is no way to disdain the look in my heart, but more of a feeling of trust, as if he is a god, which can make people trust him in their hearts.
"Slave, I believe you, I believe that you will definitely do it, I will wait for this day, wait for the day when you fulfill your promise." Looking at Shi Lei's eyes full of determination, Zhu Weiyuan followed him closely, not half shy, only the invisible trust.
Beijing, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it stands to reason that his city gate is never closed during the day except when it is extremely urgent, after all, the country is not like an ordinary small county town, if even the capital of a country has to be closed, then it can be seen that the whole country has been chaotic.
Although, during the Chongzhen period, the situation outside was getting worse, but as a good-faced king, Chongzhen did not let people close the city gate at night, but only sent more soldiers to protect it.
It is precisely because of this that Shi Lei and the others were able to return home smoothly in the middle of the night.
On the empty street, except for the sound of horses' hooves, there is no other sound, from the beginning of entering the city gate, Shi Lei's group of people are not talking, in such silence, when they came to an alley, Shi Lei finally took a breath and said, "Hey, Miss Zhu, I'm home, let's separate here." ”
After finishing speaking, Shi Lei also climbed down from the horse, and after saluting Zhu Weiyuan at the same time, seeing that she didn't say anything, he turned around and walked slowly towards the alley.
"I'm waiting for the day when you fulfill your promise."
When Shi Lei's figure was about to enter the alley, a slightly trembling voice came, hearing this low sound like humming, Shi Lei's figure couldn't help but tremble, but he didn't turn back again, but raised his hand and waved behind him, and then sped up his pace.
After seeing Shi Lei's figure disappear, Zhu Qiangrose, who had been holding back and not speaking just now, said, "Sister, since Brother Shi has gone back, then let's go back quickly, I believe that since Brother Shi has said so, he will definitely do it." ”
After pausing here, Zhu Qiangrose raised her hand and waved it fiercely, saying in a too heavy tone, "He will definitely do it, I believe in him." ”
"Yes, he will definitely do it, as soon as we meet, I know that he is definitely not an ordinary person, so, what ordinary people can't do, he will definitely do it, okay, let's go, I believe, we will meet him soon."
"Master, it's already time, you haven't eaten much for a day, it's better to rest, otherwise, you'll be tired of the dragon body, how can it be good."
At midnight, the whole palace was silent, whether it was the nobles in the palace or the lowly slaves, most of them had already fallen asleep, but in the Qianqing Palace, it was still bright, and countless candles the size of bull's eyes illuminated the entire hall as if it were day.
And in this, Emperor Chongzhen behind the desk was still looking at the fold in his hand energetically, hearing the words of Wang Chengen next to him, Emperor Chongzhen barely finished reading the fold in his hand, and then wrote a line of small characters with a bright red pen on the fold, and then slowly raised his head and said,
"Why, is it already time, it's really fast, I didn't expect that there have been a few more things in the past few days than in the past, it seems that the situation is even more chaotic."
"Please also ask Your Majesty to punish, it is all the fault of the slaves, originally at the beginning of the month, after the slave chief Huang Taiji was in power, there was no major event at the border pass, so the political hall was much more relaxed all of a sudden, at that time, it happened that the Mid-Autumn Festival was in time for the past few days, and the ministers presented more congratulatory tables, but they did not think of screening out some small things, but let those trivial things bother Your Majesty." Listening to Chongzhen's words, Wang Chengen hurriedly knelt down and said.
"Oh, it turns out that it's the Mid-Autumn Festival, a few days ago, I also said that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I must have a meal with Changping and Anton, but I didn't expect it, I actually forgot, okay, tomorrow, tomorrow you remind me, I forgot about it again, by the way, since it's the Mid-Autumn Festival, then there must be moon cakes, I'm really a little hungry, you let people bring a few pieces, I'm also hungry." Seeing Wang Chengen, who was sincerely afraid, Chongzhen did not punish him, but said something casually.
"Ah, yes, yes, the minions have already asked people to prepare moon cakes for His Majesty, they are all good moon cakes sent by the ladies of the harem, just now the minions saw that His Majesty was dealing with state affairs, so he didn't dare to alarm His Majesty, so of course he sent it back." Wang Chengen hurriedly said.
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