Chapter 25 Putting things right
An hour later, Lu Bing and Huang Di sat on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and Lu Bing praised: "The line of the Qinhuai River in the Confucius Temple is a red light district." ”
"What's the red light district?" Huang Di shook his legs and counted the silver taels spread out, Lu Bing said: "It is the gathering place of the brothel of the Qinglou, I remember that during the Republic of China, there was a person named Zhu Ziqing, who wrote an article called "Qinhuai River in the Sound of Oars and Lights" Today, it is really extraordinary. ”
"Naturally extraordinary, tonight is destined to be even more extraordinary, let's rob six green buildings in a row, those bosses should cry, hahaha." Huang Di said.
Lu Bing also replied with a smile: "I heard you say that you took me to the Qinglou to play, I really didn't expect you to take me to rob, it's really exciting, but is this good?" ”
"What's wrong with it, the people who open the green building are all officials who can't bear to be rich businessmen or don't do their jobs, and the people who go to play are not good people, businessmen who are rich and unkind, officials who are corrupt and pervert the law, or the sons of these people, we don't rob them and rob anyone. Brother, when we leave for a while, you and I will divide the silver into two parts, and divide the silver into four parts, and each of us will take one part as hard-earned money, and throw the rest into the people's houses, so that the poor people will often be sweet. Huang Di said.
"I'm going to do it the same as in 'Flying Bullets'. By the way, Brother Huang, you said that you want to go back now, dare to ask when you will see each other today? Lu Bing said with a little sadness.
Huang Di shook his head and replied, "I don't know what to do, I have to go back to the person you saw last time, otherwise there will be a big mess." ”
"You're going to go back to that faint king and serve him? Don't go, brother, it's dangerous! Lu Bing shouted.
Huang Di was stunned for a moment and then said, "Dusk? Why? ”
"Everyone in the world knows that Zhu Houzhao is a mediocre lord, if you return to him and work for him, you will inevitably be scolded by the world, Brother Huang, you have to think twice." Lu Bing said.
Huang Di was silent for a long time and said with a smile: "People in the world? People in the world know a fart, they don't have any brains, Brother Lu, you are not an ordinary person, others understand that you don't understand, others don't understand you but you know a lot, you say that you are not a person of this era, you are from the future, I believe you, so I don't blame you, but you must not say that the saint is a faint king. ”
Lu Bing didn't feel a little excited, when the two of them were drinking before the robbery, Lu Bing inadvertently said his life experience, and he regretted it a little after speaking, thinking that Huang Di would not believe him, and secretly blamed himself for how he confided in, he had to be regarded as a psychopath by others. How could I have thought that Huang Di believed it, believing what Lu Bing said, respect for the unknown is out of trust in the individual, and trust is the precursor of life and death.
Even so, Lu Bing still insisted on this point of view, so he said: "Brother Huang, my own brother, why do you always like to disagree with others, you see Zhu Hou playing with military power according to him, pulling the army to the north for him to play, he is so mediocre that he appoints traitorous ministers to fight loyal ministers and righteous sons, and also repairs the Leopard Palace to collect rare antiques in the world and rob folk beauties. Zhu Houzhao is not engaged in government affairs, and he loves to run out of the city to travel in the mountains and rivers when he has nothing to do, so that the people of the world will suffer and suffer, and the chickens and dogs will be restless everywhere he passes, and the officials will have to travel with them, wasting the country's money and food. ”
Huang Di nodded and said: "It is reasonable, but it is more reasonable, Brother Lu, if you are asked to be a turtle prince now, what will you do?" ”
"I, why do you want me to be a turtle man, I will not obey." Lu Bing replied puzzled.
Huang Di said: "You have to be it, will you do it well?" ”
"I naturally can't guarantee that it will be done well." Lu Bing replied truthfully.
"You have to be a man with your heart, you are not sure that you can accomplish what you don't want to do, why do you have to force Zhu Houzhao to be the emperor? I think from this point of view, Zhu Houzhao should be the first emperor in the world, and it is enough to do what he doesn't want. Huang Di asked rhetorically, and Lu Bing said in surprise: "Why did the emperor force him?" ”
Huang Di nodded and said, "Of course there is, the first emperor only has one queen, and only one son survived, and that is Zhu Houzhao." I have always been obedient to Zhu Houzhao's orders, and I know him a little bit about eating and sleeping together, so listen to me. ”
Lu Bing nodded, and Huang Di opened the conversation: "Zhu Houzhao never wanted to be an emperor, he wanted to be a general, a fisherman, or even just a free person who could do whatever he wanted." But he is the child of the first emperor, so he must be the emperor. After ascending the throne, Zhu Houzhao fell into the constraints of Chong Chong, and those ministers were in charge of everything, and it was extremely uncomfortable to live as to be tied to death. Who can follow his will? The courtiers, thieves, eunuchs, and traitors are traitors, so this is also the reason why Zhu Houzhao connived at their misdeeds, but Zhu Houzhao is not stupid, he did not harm Zhongliang, he did not cause chaos in the court, and what the traitors did was not too outrageous, he could tolerate it, because he needed someone to play with him. Zhu Houzhao may not be a conscientious monarch in his life, but he is a living and comfortable person, he has passed two words in his life, happy! ”
Lu Bing suddenly thought of a sentence, don't do to others what you don't want, don't do to others what you want, think about it heart-to-heart to let a person who doesn't want to be the emperor go to the king of the world is indeed a difficult thing to do, but he has to do it, so Zhu Houzhao is also very depressed when he thinks about it. A normal person, especially a high-ranking person of the Ninth Five-Year Honor, in the face of traitorous ministers who obey him and so-called loyal ministers who oppose him in various things, it is self-evident who to choose. Perhaps, things are really not what I heard and thought.
"You said that Zhu Houzhao repaired the Leopard Palace, it was because the first emperor was a diligent emperor, and it seems that Zhu Houzhao has some problems in comparison, but the monarch is not the three palaces and six courts, as compensation for not wanting to be the emperor, what about playing in the Leopard Palace! is in charge of the world, is it too much to compensate for this? I don't think it's too much, not to mention that the secret things in the world can't always be shouted and publicized everywhere, the Leopard Palace is the secret, in fact, the Leopard Palace is not only a place for Zhu Houzhao to have fun, but also a training ground for cultivating generals. Huang Di said, and Lu Bing listened.
Huang Di continued: "This people don't know how to scold wantonly, hehe, the bird's ambition is good. I explained what you said earlier, and I also said it just now about appointing traitors, but I answered it from the perspective of human nature, and now what I want to tell you is the strategic significance, the law of separation of powers and checks and balances of the monarch. When those old-fashioned and uncivilized old antiques disagree with the grand idea of the saint, how can Zhu Houzhao unfold his grand idea? There is only one way, that is, to find traitorous ministers to check and balance these courtiers, whether they are loyal or traitorous, it is not a gentleman who controls the government, and the so-called loyalty and traitor are just the comments of the present and the views of later generations, and the secret is not something that others can know, and it is not enough to be found. The courtiers were deflated, so they secretly grieved and went out of the way and privately proclaimed, saying that the Holy Lord was mediocre and did not do government affairs, and he looked like a lonely minister, but can you ensure that the minister who has ruined the reputation of the Holy Lord is a good person, or can he be worthy of his own loyal ministers? I don't think so. People have a first impression, if a person says too many bad things, then no matter what he does, you will think it is bad, so when Zhu Houzhao prepared everything and was ready to start his own grand cause, the people began to scold him for going to northern Xinjiang to use the life of a soldier to live at home. In fact, if there were no ministers who did not have their wishes to ruin their reputations so much, the people might have cheered for Zhu Houzhao who was mighty in the northern expedition. Of course, this also involves the fear of Emperor Yingzong being captured by Wara, but Zhu Houzhao wants to crush this fear and take the initiative to attack, so that the Mongolian Tatars will be afraid of us Han people from now on! ”
Lu Bing couldn't help but be a little excited when he heard this, and really wanted to praise Zhu Houzhao's heroic behavior, but he didn't want to interrupt Huang Di's discussion, so he continued to listen.
"Let me say a digression, in my opinion, as a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to admonish each other with death, but you can't always think that you are right, and you want to use the thoughts of ministers to influence the saints, so who is the world in this world, and who is the highest monarch? The imperial power is inviolable! But even so, Zhu Houzhao still did not kill those ministers who opposed him, this is the act of the merciful lord, knowing that he is the enemy but not moving, it is really benevolent and righteous. Okay, let's go back to the topic of the Northern Expedition, when the Tartars often violated our borders, the Tartars bullied me and had no one in the Ming Dynasty, burned, killed, humiliated and plundered, dare to ask whether it was tolerable or unbearable? No matter what others say, Zhu Houzhao and I have the same idea, I can't bear it, so I set out with Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao, who left the capital, was very happy, he finally didn't have to be the emperor, this was his wish, so he decided to change his name during this time. From a personal point of view, I can't think of anything wrong with this, but this has become a joke in the world, Zhu Shou, the mighty general of the Governor's Military Affairs, is this funny, whether it's funny or not, Zhu Houzhao just wants to do it, he did it, and regards the world as dung, this is the real man. Huang Di said.
"And then?" Lu Bing asked.
"Then there is the bloody wind and rain Jin Ge Iron Horse, mobilizing a large army to gather in the northern Xinjiang, the Son of Heaven took the lead in fighting with the Tartars in Yingzhou, and the little prince of Tatar was defeated and defeated! Since then, have you ever heard the news that there are Tartars in the north who dare to go deeper? No, not only now, I think in the next few decades, they will not dare, Zhu Houzhao scared them, but after the world celebrated, the joy was replaced by the ridicule generated by Zhu Houzhao's own name change. Who is behind this thinking? Of course, Zhu Houzhao knew what he said, but he was unwilling to do it. Because in his opinion, these rumor-mongers are far less harmful than those traitors, since they have won the battle, it is time to clean up the traitors, so a large number of eunuchs were killed, just like Liu Jin before, hehe, there is no excuse for the crime that they want to add, they will naturally have to accept their lives in the end. Not to mention what happened after the victory in Yingzhou, just take Liu Jin in the fifth year of Zhengde as an example, the jade seal found in his house, the dagger in the folding fan, how can you say that the people around the emperor are so careless, and they carry things before they succeed, isn't this waiting to be caught? Huang Di said.
Lu Bing heard Meng Lin talk about this incident, and said in surprise: "You mean that Zhu Houzhao deliberately framed Liu Jin?" ”
"Of course not, it's just a eunuch, if Zhu Houzhao wants to kill him, will he be framed, it's just the fall of Yang Yiqing and others. Of course, Zhu Houzhao knew everything about it, opened one eye and closed one eye, and effortlessly used the hands of others to get rid of Liu Jin, and let the ministers have a trace of joy. Fighting with Zhu Houzhao, they will always fall behind, so it is natural to give them some taste of victory. Huang Di breathed a long sigh of relief and stretched his waist.
"And then?" Lu Bing asked, Huang Di smiled and said: "Then there is no more, what else can there be, Zhu Houzhao is the same age as me, and there are still many things to do, how can there be so many stories to tell." That's right, I heard that Zhu Houzhao also had a lot of opinions on this trip to the south, saying that it was a loss of money or something, Wang Shouren caught Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, and said that he would be escorted into Beijing, but Zhu Houzhao had to come in person and play a play to catch and release Cao, hehe, I think Zhu Houzhao also did a very happy thing. ”
"Why?"
"It's not simple, if you are the emperor, you will definitely hate rebellion, especially people in your own clan, this kind of thing is naturally hateful and angry, how can you feel comfortable if you don't play with him with your own hands. Labor and wealth are just the actions of traitors, Zhu Houzhao can be regarded as a benefit to them if he doesn't say it thoroughly, the real Zhu Houzhao is not as evil as you think. As for the normal consumption of the treasury, then Zhu Houzhao can't take care of it, he has been busy for so many years and has not been happy for so many days, I don't think it's too much to get this kind of reward, hehe. Oh, of course, this southern tour also involved the great adjustment of Nanjing's power and southern power, so we won't talk about this in detail. Huang Di said.
Lu Bing breathed a long sigh of relief, Huang Di's one-sided words and everyone's remarks made Lu Bing feel confused, although he didn't dare to believe it all, but there is a good saying, the truth is always in the hands of a few. Suddenly, Lu Bing had a feeling of suddenly opening up and setting things right.
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