Chapter 18 Internal and Foreign Difficulties
"Slave maid... They have come to serve Your Majesty. ”
Chen Miaohua lied! She didn't get any orders at all, she found it herself.
But Chen Miaohua is gambling, and Li Ping'an will not ask for verification. And... She is needed.
"You're lying! You lie! I don't believe it. In the midst of the maniac laughter, she seemed to hear the sound of the sword swinging through the wind.
Chen Miaohua curled herself up into a small ball and stuck to the ground, like an ostrich, thinking that if she buried herself, she would not be in danger if she could not hear or see.
After a long time, it seemed that the entire Hanliang Palace was still. Chen Miaohua felt two things thrown at her feet.
"These are my decrees and tokens, and you hold them. Whether you want power or wealth, you can use them to get it. ”
"My request is simple... All you have to do is pledge allegiance to me. Chen Miaohua's ears sounded clear and cold words again. No more questioning, no more commands, no more consultations.
Everything was settled so hastily. Chen Miaohua didn't even remember how she got out of Hanliang Palace.
It wasn't until she returned to the aureth that she fully came to her senses, and cold sweat permeated all of her clothes. If it weren't for the decree and token in her arms, she would have thought she was just dreaming.
The door of the Tianqian Palace was once again pushed open. Another visitor.
So Li Ping'an acted in accordance with it and gave the holy decree and token. Within a few days, Li Ping'an sent dozens of holy decrees and dozens of tokens, just like a big wholesale.
No one has no power in his hands, and it is impossible to grow in secret. What's more, Li Ping'an believes that there are still people monitoring his actions.
Since this is the case, Li Ping'an didn't think about hiding it. It's better to continue to be a crazy man, making people think that he is just child's play and crazy.
And those who have received the holy decree and want to climb up will cover each other, but they will compete with each other. Just look at who can stand out and really complete the goals set by Li Ping'an for them.
"As the so-called Jiang Taigong fishes, those who wish to take the bait. Some small fish and shrimp will muddy the water and attract big fish to take the bait. Li Ping'an muttered to himself, he didn't deliberately lower his voice, and he was not afraid of being listened to at all.
"I am the emperor above ten thousand people! I am the king of a country, if I roll up my sleeves and go down to compete with others, I will lose my greatest advantage, but I will fall behind. ”
"I just need to throw out a piece of flesh and bones, and then watch the wolves and dogs fight and break the blood, and I just have to be a good referee and decide who is right and who is wrong, how to distribute that bone... That's enough. Li Ping'an sat on a cold chair with a cold gaze.
As the old saying goes, with history as a mirror, you can see the rise and fall, with copper as a mirror, you can be dressed properly, and with people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses.
Thinking back to the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao in his previous life, he reigned for seven years, almost ignoring the government and politics, and the eunuch party and the Donglin party bit each other, and came out from time to time to pull the rack, but he was still the emperor, and he still said the same.
Although the Ming Dynasty was riddled with holes, it was still supported, and it never boiled into the sky, nor did any foreign enemy really attack the Guannei.
When he arrived at Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, he worked hard, worked hard, and worked diligently, fearing that he would lose the country passed down from his ancestors.
After fighting the eunuch party, fighting the Donglin party, killing corrupt officials and powerful ministers. So what? In the end, it is not that the country is not in danger and hanged in the coal mountain...
Perhaps like beating a drum and passing flowers, the Ming Dynasty, which was already overwhelmed, was destined to come to an abrupt end in Zhu Youzhen.
However, as an emperor, he always ends up in person, fighting and biting with the courtiers, which is a kind of unwisdom for the emperor.
For the emperor, there was no right or wrong in the Manchu Dynasty, inside and outside the palace. There is only what can be used and what cannot be used, only faithfulness and disloyalty.
Limit what is not what can be used, and spy on the unfaithful with the faithful. Li Ping'an's method is very simple, that is, throw out a bait. Then wait for more fish to bite the hook.
Inside and outside the current palace, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all the hands of the five ministers who care for their lives and some royal relatives, and those are their people.
It is impossible for Li Ping'an to learn from that Kang hemp-son to invite the king into the urn, and then it is very child's play, directly counting the crimes and killing the important ministers.
Although the captivity and killing of Ao Bai is the first major event that Kang Haozi did in his life, perhaps when he reaches his old age and looks back again, he will laugh at his shallowness and simplicity.
If someone hadn't supported him and carried it for him, he was afraid that he would have messed up a long time ago.
Li Ping'an felt that the Queen Mother who lived in the East Palace also had a problem, even if there was news that the emperor had killed someone in his dream, so that those who served in Hanliang Palace thought of a way to escape.
But after all, he is also the head of a country, so how can there be no one to serve around him? Wouldn't it be undignified to spread it!
"Now I'd rather be by my side, arranging for those 'unlucky' who have nothing to do with and no background to serve, rather than arranging some people who have believed.
In this way, they don't want to give me the opportunity to develop and grow and cultivate their own forces. ”
"Could it be that ... I'm not biological?" Li Ping'an said in a mocking tone, but there was a bit of murderous intent in his words.
Besides, if the Queen Mother has been supporting her, how can there be five ministers who take care of their lives and the power of the government and the opposition, resulting in the fall of imperial power.
Li Ping'an has no one to support him, and this court is in a difficult situation both internally and externally, and there is no force of his own.
So he took a more cautious approach. Find a way to set up some similar to Jinyiwei, Dongchang and the like, independent of the imperial court, dedicated to their own loyalty.
Let them go and fight with the princes above the court. Naturally, there will be many people who die on this difficult road, but those who can survive are elites and talents who can really be relied on.
As for whether Li Ping'an will become a faint monarch, a tyrant, or an emperor who is benevolent and loves the people. Then it depends on him, what he can really do after penetrating his will in the Tiansheng Dynasty.
Whether to choose whether to implement benevolence or tyranny is a personal ambition, and has nothing to do with power, or even private character.
Vigorously develop education and carry out Confucianism, the fundamental meaning of Confucianism's "etiquette and governance" doctrine is "different", even if the noble and low, the inferior and the old, and the young have their own special behavioral norms.
Only the noble and the low, the noble and the humble, the elder and the younger, and the relatives have their own courtesies, can we achieve the ideal society of the monarch, the ministers, the father, and the son in the Confucian mind.
The governance of the state depends on the stability of the hierarchical order. The Confucian "rites" are also a form of law. It is centered on maintaining the patriarchal hierarchy, and if the norms of "rites" are violated, they will be punished by "punishment".
More importantly, it is necessary to hold the imperial examination, so that the children of the poor families of the people can enter the court as officials, weaken the influence of the family, and then centralize power.