Chapter 847 It's useless to be reasonable

It's a spectacular scene, but it's meaningless. Lying under the corpse on the ground, a large pool of blood, so dazzling in the sun. But no one stopped, and when the hurried servant appeared, and when the body was carried away, Chen Xie was left with a helpless and sad expression. This is a long time ready to die to block, unfortunately, Chen Xie will not stop, when the personal moral exercise hinders the general trend of history, this person may get a compliment, but calm people will regret and express disdain.

In other words, an individual's moral integrity is not necessarily proportional to his ability. In contrast, for those who are not too moral, but are willing to follow the general trend, Chen Xie believes that they have a greater role in the country. The reason is very simple, although they are driven by interests to do something, isn't the progress of mankind motivated by interests?

After the ground was cleared, the bloodstained yellow sand was swept away, and there were still remnants of bloodstains on the ground. Chen Xie was not affected by this matter in the slightest, and motioned for the carriage to enter the city. This is history, and there has never been a shortage of such foolishness. Although they know in their hearts that what they are doing may not be right, they will still stick to their ideas. Sad!

On September 11, the railway station outside Guangqu Gate was not as busy as before, and it was deserted and few people could not be seen moving. Heavily armed soldiers, lined up on both sides of the railway. Zhang Jingxuan, the governor of the capital personally appointed by Zhu Cihong, did not choose to stick to the capital and repay the king with death, but came here, stood on the second floor of the railway station, and watched the billowing black smoke approaching with a telescope.

The news of Chen Xie's appearance in Tongzhou, it is difficult for Zhang Jingxue not to know. It's a pity, so what's the point of knowing? There was no courage to lead the army in a battle, and the high-spirited general that night. At this moment, his mood was heavy, he watched the train approaching blankly, and when he slowed down, he hurriedly sorted out his military uniform and went downstairs, and took a group of officers waiting downstairs to stride out of the station and line up on the side of the train.

It was not Chen Xie who appeared on the steady armored train. It was Wang Ben, the governor of Liaodong. Although he is over 60 years old, he has a youthful face and a steady step. Looking at Zhang Jingxue standing below, Wang Ben smiled slightly and said: "You are interesting, if you want to live, you can take your family and Xiaosoft and leave Jingshi, go to the Americas, go to Nanyang, and be a rich man." You've made a lot of money anyway. ”

Zhang Jingxue sat directly on the ground as if he had been pulled out of his bones. Escape from Ascension. The pressure of the shoulder up the hill is gone. As for the army and his subordinates, he can't care about it now. According to various intelligences, no less than 50,000 troops approached the Beijing Division, Tianjin and Tongzhou surrendered without a fight, and the Baoding garrison did not even dare to hang out the banner of the Golden Dragon Banner.

The six infantry divisions of Gongwei Zhili Gyeonggi were all instigated without firing a single shot. It can't help but remind people of the time of the first emperor, when Jiannu rode under the city, and none of the officers and soldiers on the city dared to go out of the city to fight.

It's like nothing happened. The two infantry divisions withdrew from the Beijing division overnight, and when the doors were opened again in the early morning. The people saw that there were more friendly soldiers in the streets. The familiar black uniform, the familiar flying eagle breastplate, this is the return of the flying eagle rider of the Gongwei Jingshi back then.

Zhu Cihong didn't do anything, and quietly stayed in the palace waiting for the results. Outside the Guangqu Gate, the people lined up to greet each other were civil and military officials. There are only two of the former cabinet elders who are still in power, one is Hong Chengchou. One is Yang Tinglin, who didn't go out of the city to greet him today. The reason is, sick! Hehe.

What is the mentality of the two elders who are about to retire, Chen Xie doesn't care. They are all almost eighty years old, that is, in the era of the Ming Dynasty. It can also call the wind and rain in the center. Chen Xie didn't mean to deny their ability, but he just felt that even if they tried their best to catch up, it would be impossible for them to keep up with this magnificent era.

This era is destined to belong to young people, to those who have a broad vision and know what kind of world the world is.

Bauhinia City is still magnificent, with tall red walls and strict access control.

In the courtyard of the deep palace, there is always a lack of masculinity, and the courtyard is deep and gloomy. Although it was still noon, it was difficult to hide the coldness. A fallen leaf floated gently at his feet, and Zhu Cihong couldn't help but glance at it, his eyes full of sadness.

Behind him is Qiu Zhizhong, who has always been loyal, an old man in the East Palace, of a similar age. Standing there, looking at the back of the nominal first man of the present day, lonely and desolate. Everyone wants to sit in the position of the emperor, but the current position may not be so attractive. In the past decade or so, imperial power has been severely weakened. It's not even as good as the Wanli period. That would be at least because the emperor was young, and there was Empress Li Feng Bao who could check and balance the outer court, which was like the emperors of these years, just like marionettes. If you are the emperor, you have to struggle a little, right?

This struggle is ultimately manifested in the form of force. Originally, I thought that as long as the emperor controlled the capital division and spread the world, he naturally looked at the scenery. Unexpectedly, there was only a lone army in Shaanxi going north, the number of people was not more than 10,000, the funny thing is that the leader of this army was once a rebellious subordinate, Jiang Jiu after surrendering, and the current Shaanxi general soldier, I can't help but say that this matter is a bit ironic.

It's a pity that the elderly Jiang Jiu just set off and died of illness on the road. Whatever his motives, he finally left his name. In actual history, Jiang Hao is also a repetitive person, the reform of the new army in this time and space, he is the old school, subject to the civil servants and cannot master the new army, so the true intention of his Qinwang move remains to be discussed.

In fact, the news of Jiang Huang's troops arrived in Jingshi a few days later than he died on the road.

The carriage stopped outside the palace gate, and after the door opened, Chen Xie stepped out of the car. He was alone, slowly walked to the palace gate, and looked at the guards guarding the palace gate with an expressionless face: "I want to see Your Majesty." The voice was not loud, but those majestic guards, who knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the head general and said: "Grandpa wants to see Your Majesty, and he dare not stop him, and I also ask Grandpa to pass on the word from the small one later." I kowtow to my grandfather, please be gracious. ”

Chen Xie sighed, nodded and said, "You go, I'll wait." ”

At this moment, a person flashed out from the door, bowed to Chen Xie, and said, "Yuyao Huang Zongxi, I've seen my grandfather." ”

This literati in the late Ming Dynasty, who put forward the idea of "people-oriented", frankly speaking, Chen Xie's understanding has never been "people-oriented" in the modern sense. Huang Zongxi's people-oriented, in Chen Xie's view, this "people" is in a narrow sense, referring to the gentry group. Because judging from the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, military households, artisan households, and untouchables. Even small homesteaders, in the eyes of Huang someone, are not considered people? Of course, this is just a personal understanding, or a very realistic understanding, not a magnifying glass to spread it to him.

"It turned out to be Huang Taichong in person, I don't know what to say." Chen Xie still returned the salute very politely. In any case, this gentleman has scattered all his wealth in history and recruited 600 soldiers, and it is not easy for a literati to do this step. You can't expect him to carry a knife to play with the Manchus, right? As for human beings and ideological things, why should we be harsh on the ancients?

Huang Zongxi didn't expect Chen Xie's number of gifts to be in place, and he turned sideways with some trepidation: "I don't dare to see the teaching, I just dare to ask, my grandfather entered Beijing this time." Is there a meaning of abolition? "To be honest, it takes a lot of courage for someone to ask such a question. Chen Xie estimated that the literati who had not tasted the Manchu blades in this time and space were very bold. Especially the literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are even more courageous. Until Jin Shengxian and others asked the Manchu Qing to chop off their heads, and then the text prison was flourishing, and the Manchu Qing unreasonable Wang Ba punched down. The entire Jiangnan literary world is honest.

Chen Xie doesn't like mouth cannons at all, these people have always stood and talked without backache. But he was not Manchu. He had to make people talk. Listen or not, you have to get people to talk. Especially when Huang Zongxi said this at this time, he was ready to die. In today's Ming Dynasty, who doesn't know that Chen Xie also has the nickname of "Chen Yan Wang". Although you are over sixty years old, do you really think that the knife is not fast?

"The world is the world of all peoples, and the king is the guest and not the master. If I'm not mistaken. This is the meaning of Taichong. Chen Xie asked with a smile, and Huang Zongxi nodded speechlessly. Chen Xie continued: "In the future, there may be a system in which a country does not have a monarch, and the people elect the leader of the country through elections. But not now, it's a good day. There are no two masters of the country, and this concept is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Huang Zongxi bowed silently, slowly retreated, and then walked away without looking back.

Seeing this scene, Chen Xie's heart was full of relief, and decades of hard work were not in vain. Even a civil servant like Huang Zongxi, as long as he does not abolish the emperor, he will not come to oppose him. They have their bottom line, and Chen Xie also has his own bottom line. Probably because everyone has a bottom line, they can achieve a subtle coexistence under a special condition.

The officer who reported soon returned, followed by a eunuch, and saw Chen Xie kneeling and kowtowing: "The slave maid came to invite the grandfather, and asked the grandfather to deign to go in with the younger." Chen Xie smiled slightly, and said with his back hand: "Lead the way ahead." ”

It's still the Forbidden City, or the road paved with gold bricks, keep going forward, and the Wuying Hall is in front of you. Stopping and looking up, Chen Xie felt that he had turned back in time, stepped on the steps, and when he took the last step, he saw Zhu Cihong standing at the door, and his expression was a little nervous. Chen Xie smiled slightly, stepped forward and said, "I've seen Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Cihong sneered: "My brother-in-law has come to Beijing this time, and I have been shocked these days. Chen Xie smiled and bought the steps, and said lightly: "You don't have to." Before I came, I knew that the Beijing mutiny rarely disturbed the people. His Majesty is also a benevolent monarch. However, the minister's reason is that the past is no longer suitable. When today's changes are too fast, His Majesty and the first emperor have similar personalities. ”

Chen Xie's surrender to the sky can be regarded as a respect for Zhu Youzhen, and in fact, he evaluates and reports on Zhu Youzhen. Words such as stubbornness and incompetence, Chen Xie thinks they are still more pertinent.

"Brother-in-law, is your surname still surnamed Zhu in this big future?" Zhu Cihong suddenly straightened his waist, and seemed to have found enough courage from the word "first emperor". Chen Xie smiled at this without changing his face: "Your Majesty, look around. Zhu Cihong looked around and said, "I didn't let people follow, I just wanted to have a good chat with my brother-in-law in private." ”

Chen Xie shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Your Majesty thinks too much, I just want to tell Your Majesty that there are palace walls all around, and Your Majesty can go out for a walk without anything." Look at the outside world, not stay inside. From now on, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much about how to govern the world. The minister knows that His Majesty wants to govern the country according to his own ideas, but your ideas have a premise, that is, the supremacy of the monarchy. The minister thinks that the king can be supreme, but the right cannot. ”

"I still have to ask for advice, why do you say this?" Zhu Cihong has been fighting for too long, and he really needs to vent. I can't do it with my hands, so I have to move my mouth.

"The reason is very simple, rights need supervision, and absolute rights will inevitably lead to absolute corruption." Chen Xie replied quite indifferently, and when Zhu Cihong was speechless, Chen Xie said again: "Besides, this era is different, and a new class has been born." They are the most powerful and adventurous class of our time, and they have their own demands for power. Forced suppression will not work, only channeling. What the minister has been doing in the overseas alliance over the years is actually channeling all kinds of social contradictions. If this is not done, even if the Ming Dynasty does not die at the hands of foreigners, it will definitely die in civil strife. Chen originally thought that His Majesty saw all this very clearly, but he didn't expect His Majesty to be obsessed. ”

"Now the guns and knives are in your hands, of course, you can count what you say?" Zhu Cihong still refused to give up, Chen Xie shook his head and sighed: "Since the second year of the first emperor's expedition to Zhili, there have been countless opportunities to overthrow the Ming court, why don't you do it for a long time?" Is it because you don't want to be an emperor? Your Majesty, look ahead. ”

"Hey, hey!" Zhu Cihong sneered a few times, turned around and left, without even saying a word to see off the guests. Chen Xie shook his head, didn't believe it, and after walking out of the palace, he glanced back and said lightly: "Go to the Congress." "Most of the time, reasoning is useless. Showing muscles is the most effective means, just like Zhu Cihong at the moment, he will not admit defeat, but he can't change anything. Of course, he can die, and it is not impossible to die for his country, but is he willing to do it?

The carriage appeared in the Parliament, and the parliamentarians who had been hiding at the time of the mutiny were once again in the spotlight. Chen Xie did not despise these people, it is the essence of human beings to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, the Ming Dynasty has not experienced a revolution that overthrew the monarchy's rule, and everyone's heart is unforgettable for the fear of imperial power. Although it is very weak now, it is still stubborn.

When Chen Xie got out of the car, hundreds of councilors at the scene erupted in warm applause, and no one would easily stop after gaining the right. Now that the loss has been regained, the joy naturally erupts. The crowd automatically divided into a way, and if anyone had a revolver at this time, they would be able to destroy Chen Xie, the boss.

Fortunately, nothing like this happened, it just made the guards break out in a cold sweat. Step into the Parliament Building, a landmark in Beijing that is taller than the Imperial Palace. When it was first built, there were indeed people who objected, saying that they couldn't be taller than the palace and so on. In this regard, Chen Xie disagreed, it was useless for anyone to oppose it, he was the speaker at that time, he wanted power, money, and soldiers, and no one could stop him from doing so. (To be continued......)