Chapter 737: Loss of Ambition
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Zhai Zhe leaned on the couch in the Qianqing Palace, he was slowly getting old, and he would be sixty years old in three years.
Like every person who is afraid of getting old and can't get rid of it, he feels the loss of vitality in his body more and more every year. The ambition is gone, he is not willing to bother to take care of things, he was not willing fifteen years ago, and now he is even more than before.
But fortunately, he was not stupid enough to use Buddha worship and alchemy to prolong his life.
Three people stood in front of him, Chen Zilong, Fang Yizhi and Feng Qin.
His friends and his most loyal subordinates.
"Your Majesty, the ministers and others all know the merits of the prime minister, the Great Zhou can have today's strength, the Great Zhou can recover Sichuan and Fujian and Guangdong without blood, and the prime minister is the first to take the credit. But now the hundreds of officials in the court, the governor of the world knows that the minister does not know His Majesty, and the workshops are entangled like poisonous snakes in Shangshu Province in order to earn silver, sucking the flesh and blood of Yun Dazhou. ”
Chen Zilong's hair was gray, and he was six years older than Zhai Zhe.
"I haven't come out for many years, and today I stand up and admonish, and I'm not afraid that people in the world will say that I helped the prince attack the prime minister. Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there have been constant wars, weapons workshops in order to sell guns, and cotton yarn workshops in order to go to sea to sell cotton yarn. The people are still generally poor, and there are many people in Jiangnan who have become slaves. Each workshop has privately set up torture hall thugs, and they are in cahoots with the local governors, and the sect turns a blind eye, and even sends troops to suppress it at every turn. ”
Chen Zilong couldn't go on. He lived in seclusion in Songjiang Province, which had the largest port and shipyard in the Ming Dynasty.
He saw that the plight of the slaves was even worse than that of the displaced people of the previous dynasty. They are skinny and can only be fed and clothed after a hard day, and the wandering people will be arrested as homeless people and forcibly relocated to the bitter cold places outside the Saiwai.
Zhai Zhe's face was gloomy, and his heart was panicked.
Fang Yizhi said: "Fifteen years ago, Huang Zongxi asked Weichen what kind of emperor he wanted His Majesty to become. I think Your Majesty will definitely become a holy lord like the Han Wu Tang Sect. Huang Zongxi told Weichen about the defeat of the Han Wu and Tang Sects, and Weichen disagreed. Today's Weichen does not dare to speak of His Majesty's merits, although today's Great Zhou is strong, but morally corrupt, the people and officials are the first priority to do with treasure money. The prime minister employs nepotism, Dali Temple has a sloppy life, and there is no end to buying and selling officials. ”
"Listen to what you and others said, where is this a strong Great Zhou, isn't the year of Zhaowu worse than the year of Chongzhen?" Zhai Zhe was furious. Anyone who hears others devalue their fifteen years of hard work is worthless, they can't suppress the anger in their hearts, what Zong Mao does comes from his ideas.
He turned his head sideways and stared at Feng Qin and asked, "Feng Qin, you are here too, are you dissatisfied because I asked you to go to the Wutang to be the mountain chief?" ”
More than half of the founding generals in the army have been dismissed, and with his age and ability, he should still be able to lead the army. However, his prestige is too high, and five years ago, when Zhai Zhe was dismissed from his military post because the Western Regions Protectorate failed to kill the remnants of Jungar, he was also removed from his post at the same time and was thrown to the Jiangwutang as a mountain chief.
Feng Qin's visit made him unexpected, he didn't like the military to participate in the civil battle the most.
"Wechen doesn't dare" bowed down diligently: "Wechen and Zong are brothers and brothers, but axioms are axioms, and private feelings are private feelings." When Weichen was young, his parents and brother were killed by the exiles and were taken in by His Majesty. At that time, Weichen had fear in his heart, and he only hoped that the world would be peaceful. In the past ten years, the Great Zhou Dynasty has been fighting endlessly, and the bones of the Han people have been buried in the northern grasslands with hundreds of thousands, although the Mobei Mongolia and the Jungar Mongolia have been defeated, and there are Rakshasa people in the northeast who are in rebellion. The prime minister forcibly moved the Han people out of the fortress, in addition to the stability of the Monan area, the bitter cold in eastern Liao, the barren western regions, and the great enemy on the side, only two or three people could survive among the ten people. ”
"...... you?" Zhai Zhe felt a dull pain in his chest. Where is this to criticize Zong Mao, these three people are here for him.
He slapped the edge of the bed hard: "Okay, did you three already think about it before you came, what would happen if I didn't allow you to play?" ”
Fang Yizhi knelt down and said: "Your Majesty is a male lord and a benevolent lord, and Wei Chen and others are short-sighted and can only see what is in front of them." Although the country is warlike and will perish, and although His Majesty has conquered a great territory, the people have not lived a good life, and there is always something missing. Wei Chen and others have been afraid of the power of the prime minister over the years, and they have also been taken care of by the prime minister, and they dare not admonish the ministers. ”
Five years ago, Zhai Zhe had abolished the ritual of bowing to ministers.
Fang Yizhi is really a person who can do things and speak.
Chen Zilong sighed softly and said: "The merchants are insatiable, not only bullying the people with their power, but also transporting Kunlun slaves from overseas to Jiangnan. Wei Chen inquired that Kunlun slaves were trafficked across the sea, and only one of the ten people could reach the Great Zhou alive, and the rest were thrown into the sea on the way to feed the fish. Even if Your Majesty expands his territory to the horizon, there is such a thing that violates the harmony of heaven, and it is not a peaceful and prosperous world. ”
"Am I wrong?" Zhai Zhe was furious, "Is I really wrong? ”
Fang Yizhi knocked on the ground with his head and said, "Your Majesty is not wrong, but Your Majesty is in a hurry." His Majesty has given up too many things for the sake of ambition. ”
It turns out that my level of governance is nothing more than this, Zhai Zhe smiled bitterly in his heart, he was very angry, but he knew that Fang Yizhi was right.
"Get up, I said I didn't want you to kneel down to me."
Fang Yizhi got up and said, "This is the only one, Your Majesty has defeated the emperors of previous dynasties. "He is very good at following people's wishes, if he didn't come today, Chen Zilong and Feng Qin Shiyou** would have messed up this matter.
"Don't flatter me," Zhai Zhe waved his hand, "I guess I can't stand it anymore to let the three of you come together." You say, "What should I do?" ”
Fang Yizhi looked at the two people around him, and decided to stand up and say, "The minister thinks that the prime minister has been the prime minister for fifteen years. The minister looked at the history books and saw that Li Linfu had been the prime minister for 19 years, cut off the Tang Xian Road, and caused the Anshi Rebellion; Huo Guang served as the Great Sima for 19 years, and his family was wiped out; For the Great Zhou, for the Zongxiang, the position of the prime minister cannot live alone for a long time. ”
Chen Zilong is the prince's father-in-law, and because the prince and Zong Mao are not in harmony, it is difficult to say too much.
Feng Qin followed and said: "The minister also thinks so. ”
Zhai Zhe pondered for a moment and asked, "Who can take on this important task?" ”
Fang Yizhi said: "The virtuous do not avoid relatives, and the minister recommended Zhang Ying, the governor of Huguang, as the minister's fellow villager; Later, he recommended Yu Chengchan, the governor of Shaanxi, although he was not a great talent, he could be a good official. ”
The two people he recommended were very particular.
Shangshu Province is all Zongmao's cronies, so all the six Shangshu are standing aside. The Metropolitan Procuratorate has not dared to impeach the prime minister for many years, and the reason is also clear. The resignation of the person who has been the prime minister for fifteen years, and the radish is pulled up with mud, which is definitely a major earthquake in officialdom. Anyone who is Zong Mao will definitely not be able to use it.
Zhang Ying has the talent of a prime minister, which can ensure the smooth transition of the national policy, and Yu Jackie Chan is a well-known honest official, who can sweep away the unhealthy trend of officialdom in the world.
Zhai Zhe put his palm on his face, and said faintly: "Rong Zhen think again"
Seeing this, Chen Zilong wanted to admonish again, but Fang Yizhi took advantage of Zhai Zhe's tilt to pull Chen Zilong's sleeve and asked him to stop talking. He bowed down and said: "The dismissal of the prime minister is a major matter of the state, Your Majesty really has to think carefully, and the ministers will retire." ”
"Hmm," Zhai Zhe waved his hand repeatedly.
Xiao Huangmen sent the three of them out of the Qianqing Palace.
Feng Qin frowned and was silent all the way, he had been so silent all his life.
Chen Zilong couldn't help but ask Fang Yizhi: "Your Majesty's heart has already moved, why don't you strike while the iron is hot, Zong Mao is not in the capital, we just found an opportunity, and as soon as Zong Mao comes back, His Majesty's mind will inevitably change." ”
"Your Majesty, is he a soft-eared person?" Fang Yizhi shook his head again and again, "How many people have said that the sect minister is not over the years, has Your Majesty listened to it?" The problem is not with the prime minister, but with His Majesty himself. Your Majesty interrupted the hunt this time, suddenly returned to the Beijing Division, and rarely reprimanded the prime minister, and there must have accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction in my heart, so I asked Ge Lao and Wei Guogong to come forward, and the world is about to change. ”
This statement failed to dispel Chen Zilong's worries, and he smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty has protected the sect minister for so many years, and it is hard to guarantee that he will not continue to protect him this time." ”
Fang Yizhi asserted: "I think Your Majesty will be removed from office this time." "He just said that the harm of Li Linfu and Huo Guang's dictatorship is a fatal blow.
Chen Zilong was indignant: "It's just that the prime minister is already cheap, except for the big crime of rebellion, he hasn't committed any major crime over the years." ”
Fang Yizhi's heart was like a mirror, and he thought: "As long as it is not a major crime of rebellion, and the sect minister has done something for His Majesty for fifteen years, how can His Majesty punish him?" Such words cannot be said in a high-sounding manner.
Feng Qin suddenly interjected: "In my opinion, after the prime minister, the most suitable prime minister is the secret brother." ”
Fang Yizhi laughed: "The temple is old, the rivers and lakes are far away, I have been in charge of the academy for fifteen years, the sect is gone, and I am going too." ”
Hearing this, Chen Zilong was surprised. He thought that Fang Yizhi had a plan to unite with Zong Mao and him to bring down Zong Mao this time, but he didn't expect Fang Yizhi to retreat.
Fang Yizhi said: "Although today's Great Zhou is getting poorer and the rich are getting richer, it is also a powerful world, and the sect does not pay attention to benevolence and righteousness internally, nor does it emphasize benevolence and righteousness externally, and the storage is sufficient, and the treasury is also sufficient. Although the sect minister has lost, who can do better than him in the follow-up? I don't think I can do it, so I don't do anything to pick people's teeth. ”
His words were frank and unrestrained, which convinced Chen Zilong and Feng Qin.
Fang Yizhi's words changed, and he said: "It's just that the sect minister is very strong, and he may not be able to live in peace after retiring from the phase." ”
Over the years, Zong Mao has killed a lot of people, from the prime minister to the common people, and the people who stand in his way, all the way through. If Chen Huwei was greedy for ink, he would not end up with a lot of copied, Zong Mao saw that he made the Zhejiang sea route depressed, so he was ruthless.
Chen Zilong couldn't answer, Fang Yizhi was referring to the crown prince.
As long as the emperor lets Zong Mao go, who else dares to trouble him? Only the next emperor.
The three of them walked out of the imperial city while talking, and each boarded the carriage of each province and left.
Since his family is in charge of his own affairs, some things have to say will pass, and Zong Mao's fate is not their turn to worry about now.