Chapter 61: On Politics (Three Watches)
"There's no hurry to raid the house, it's not early today, so I have to talk about it tomorrow!" Chen Mo pondered, although Zhu Yijun said that he would let him finish copying Feng Yuan's house and then go back to the palace to serve, but this kind of beauty difference cannot be enjoyed exclusively, so he still has to enter the palace to return to Zhu Yijun, even if Zhu Yijun really lets go and let himself deal with it, he has to ask for a decree, and he will not be limited to pulling some people from the Jinyi Weidong Factory to participate, so that everyone can get rich together, and by the way, he can also win some people's hearts. In addition, Feng Yuan is Feng Bao's cronies, Feng Bao didn't mention it last night, but he can't go on the road here, so he still has to discuss it with him in advance before talking about it.
"What Yin Gong said is, how many manpower are needed, go back and prepare for it." Sun Yao said, his eyes burning, staring at Chen Mo with Goldman Sachs, and the meaning of wanting to participate in it is self-evident.
It seems that these two people are here, in addition to the loyalty of the gift table, they are also very worried about this family beauty.
Chen Mo sneered in his heart, remained silent on the surface, and said: "How many people are needed, we can't say for sure now, you prepare first every time you go back, and our family will notify you later...... Anything else? ”
"This is the accounts of the Salary Division in recent years, and it has always been in charge of the lowly position, so I would like to ask the Indian public to take a look!" Goldman Sachs said, following the direction of his finger, on the outside of the leg of the bed, stacked a stack of blue pamphlets a few feet high.
Chen Mo has been speculating about the intention of the two when he entered the door, if it weren't for Goldman Sachs, he really didn't pay attention to those brochures.
The person in charge of the accounts must be the henchman of the palm print, and now that Feng Yuan has just died, Goldman Sachs has actually come over to take refuge, thinking of this, Chen Mo can't help but feel a little cold. But at this moment, he couldn't have a seizure, so he could only nod: "Grandpa Gao has a heart, let's let it go first, we will watch it when we have time...... Our family still wants to enter the palace, if you two have nothing else to do...... ”
"Yin Gong, you are busy with yourself, and you have nothing to do!" The two shook their heads again and again, faintly disappointed.
Chen Mo didn't care about them, and said with a smile: "In this way, our family won't keep you." As he spoke, he picked up the teacup next to him, lifted the lid, and took a sip gently.
"Stinky boy, why did you get into the palace?" Seeing Chen Mo, Zhu Yijun was really strange.
Chen Mo smiled and greeted him, glanced at the little eunuch who poured tea for Zhu Yijun next to him, and waited for him to retreat, then stepped forward, took out the two silver tickets given to him by Sun Yao and Goldman Sachs from his arms, handed them to Zhu Yijun and said: "As soon as the minister became the palm seal, someone from the Salary Division came to give gifts to the minister, such a large amount, the minister did not accept it, nor did it refuse, so he could only take it to the Lord of Long Live to see." ”
"Ho, six thousand taels? Who is it? What a big deal! Such a amount, even if you are the emperor, Zhu Yijun is a little staggering (the tax of the Ming Dynasty is only a few million taels a year, and some authors who write about the Ming Dynasty often write tens of thousands of two hundred and two million taels of silver, which is actually too taken for granted).
"Corruption in the imperial court is rampant and deep-rooted, don't be angry, if you want to change this kind of thing, you have to think about it slowly, and you can't be in a hurry." Chen Mo did not directly answer Zhu Yijun's question, he had just become the palm print of the Salary Saving Division, but he didn't want to memorize a comment that he loved to make small reports, unless Zhu Yijun insisted on asking, he would not betray Sun Yao and Goldman Sachs. This matter has nothing to do with anything else, but it is just a matter of human feelings.
Fortunately, Zhu Yijun also heard of such a thing, and did not delve into it, but sighed lightly, and said slowly: "Actually, I have always wondered, the ministers don't say it, most of them are illiterate and unreasonable, and the corruption and love of money are forgivable. ”
"'There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book', long live the Lord actually doesn't need to wonder, looking at the internal ministers, it is not surprising that the foreign ministers are corrupt. Sage Yun 'The world is bustling for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit', most of those people are born poor, ten years of cold windows, once they gained power, in the face of huge temptation, how many people can keep their bodies like jade? The so-called 'thousands of miles of officials are only for money', and those who can really worry about the world in their hearts dare not say no, they are rare. ”
Chen Mo talked eloquently, but Zhu Yijun did not interrupt: "Speaking of the inner court, the ministers are from the lowest level of the small fire step by step, and the sufferings are too numerous to mention. Such an experience is similar to that of every upper-level eunuch. After suffering so much, I finally climbed to a high position, and naturally I had to win what I didn't have before. Eunuchs can't have offspring, can't live a normal married life, and the rest is just the hobby of gold, silver and jewelry. Those people in the outer court say that every time we love money, we also want to love sex, but we just lie to ourselves! ”
Zhu Yijun heard such a comment for the first time, and nodded slightly while listening, and when Chen Mo stopped, he sighed lightly: "What you said makes sense, I am also faintly aware of these things, but I don't see them thoroughly." According to you, what if you want to change all this? ”
As the king of a country, it is very natural for Zhu Yijun to be able to ask such a question, and in two years, he will even walk dozens of miles to the suburbs to pray for rain because of drought - at this time, he is still an emperor with great ambitions and hopes to prosper the Ming Dynasty. It is precisely because of this that Chen Mo changed his original intention, regardless of the danger of revealing his secrets at all times, and stayed in the palace to work for him.
"Difficult!" Chen Mo hesitated for a moment, and slowly spit out a word. Such a problem could not be solved by those outstanding politicians of later generations, let alone a small history teacher like him. This question is really about human nature and belongs to the realm of sociology. Countless people want to solve this problem, and countless people are frustrated on this problem. Perhaps, corruption will only disappear if humanity dies out, right?
"Is it really that hard?" Zhu Yijun was a little unwilling and forgot Chen Mo's age for the time being.
"How does the Long Live Lord think it compares to Taizu?" Chen Mo did not answer the rhetorical question.
Zhu Yijun was stunned and replied: "Taizu is eloquent and strategic, and the light shines for thousands of years, and I can't do it just in case." ”
This is a bit insincere, or at least exaggerated.
Chen Mo knew it, but he didn't break it, but said: "Long live the Lord also admits that Taizu is powerful, and the ministers remember that when Taizu was a child, he had to peel off the skin of a small amount of silver, what was the result?" Those who should be greedy are still greedy, they can't be killed, and they will be born again in an instant. ”
"Yes, Taizu also sighed, 'Why can't these corrupt officials be killed?' Are they not afraid of death? ”
"'The people are not afraid of death, but why should they be afraid of death?' If the people are always afraid of death, and those who are strange will be killed, who will dare? Chen Mo slowly spit out a paragraph, and Zhu Yijun was stunned when he heard it: "This is the article in the Tao Te Ching, right?" You're not very old, and the books you've read are quite miscellaneous. ”
In fact, Chen Mo regretted it when he said this, the Ming Dynasty ruled the country with Confucianism and did not respect Huang Lao's skills. Fortunately, Zhu Yijun didn't mean to blame, so he secretly took a long breath and said thoughtfully: "Long live Lord praised, the ministers are just blind...... In fact, the ministers agreed very much with this passage, the people below are actually not afraid of death, and they have to use death to scare them, which is actually not very effective. When there was a disaster in the minister's hometown, in order to earn a handful of Guanyin soil, people were really not afraid of death......"
PS: The three watches will be sent in advance, for the sake of me staying up late for the sake of the code word, keep the recommended ticket for me tomorrow!