Zhu Houzhao is not a tyrant after all, he can't do the things of a tyrant, the power of the monarch and the minister depends entirely on the emperor's character, on the other hand, if Zhu Houzhao is a very strong and murderous tyrant, I believe that there must not be many people who dare to oppose him in any of his decisions, in the past, Taizu and Yongle Emperor were eloquent and strategic, holding butcher knives to clean the court again and again, which minister dared to question or oppose the will of the two emperors at that time?

"I can't kill it, I still need them to help me take care of my ......ancestral inheritance," Zhu Houzhao hung his head in great despair.

Qin Kan sighed: "Why did Your Majesty suddenly issue a holy decree without going through the cabinet and the General Administration? ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "I'm not confused by these old guys, after the court meeting, I returned to the leopard room, the more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I felt, you say, is this Daming country still my country?" I have to look at the minister's face first, if it's a wrong decision, it's just a mistake, you have made so many contributions to me, why can't you be crowned a prince? Which emperor in the past and present deserves to be so aggrieved as me? ”

"Your Majesty, throughout the ages, the more wise the monarch is, the more aggrieved he is, which of the Tang and Song ancestors is not wise? They can't be angry when they are accused and interrogated by their subordinates, on the contrary, they have to admit their mistakes to the courtiers with a smiling face, and they will never make it again in the future, Tang Taizong Li Shimin because he was afraid of the accusations of the ministers Wei Zheng, he actually held his beloved bird in his arms and killed him......"

Zhu Houzhao was in a better mood: "In this way, the more aggrieved I am, the more it means that I am a wise monarch?" ”

Qin Kan's cheeks twitched slightly, not only did he say this without self-knowledge, but also he was very shameless. Does this little faint gentleman have anything to do with the word "wise"?

"The minister just wants to tell His Majesty that if you want to be a wise monarch, you must first be able to stand the anger, of course, being angry is not the only condition for becoming a wise monarch, and the monarchs who can be angry are not necessarily wise."

Zhu Houzhao pointed to the outside of the hall door and said, "Now there are more than a hundred ministers kneeling outside the leopard room, and the matter has come to this point, Qin Kan, I can't retreat." Otherwise, there is no face. You'll have to find a way to help me fix this. ”

Zhu Houzhao said heavily: "In short, Ning Guogong must be sealed, and these ministers must also give me a retreat, since this basin of water has been spilled." I'm not going to take it back! ”

Qin Kan sighed bitterly.

The words are heroic. Invisibly, a domineering aura filled the hall. It is really the power of the emperor who swept Liuhe, but the essential meaning of Xiao Duanjun's words is not very kind, in other words. The trouble he caused, but Qin Kan had to help him deal with the aftermath.

Zhu Houzhao stared at him expectantly: "Qin Kan, you must have a way, right?" You've always had a lot of bad intentions, and you won't let me down this time. ”

Qin Kan sighed: "The minister has been introspecting himself three times a day recently, and he is already infinitely close to a righteous gentleman, and his sense of morality is unprecedentedly strong, and he has not had the idea of harming people for a long time......"

"Come less!" Zhu Houzhao pointed at him and smiled angrily: "If you are a righteous man and a gentleman, won't you become an unprecedented catastrophe for me?" You should still save the province and honestly help me destroy people. …… By the way, what are you doing in the leopard room today? ”

Qin Kan arched his hand and said, "The minister came today to pull His Majesty into the gang......"

"What's going on?"

Qin Kan said with a smile: "The minister is guilty, the minister and some nobles are preparing to build a merchant ship team, and trade privately with overseas Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and other countries, and exchange ......."

Zhu Houzhao paused for a moment and said, "This ...... Isn't this a violation of the laws of our ancestors? During the Hongwu period, Emperor Taizu Gao issued a decree that the board was not allowed to go to the sea......"

"Your Majesty, do you know that today's so-called 'piece board is not allowed to go to the sea' has long become an empty word, now Zhejiang merchants and Fujian merchants spend a lot of money to collude with the ministers of the DPRK and China, under the power and money of each other, the Daming coastal defense line is useless to them, a fleet of ships without scruples to go to sea to trade, the silver earned by the officials accounted for the majority, the merchants accounted for the small head, as early as the Xianzong Chenghua period there were loyal officials who asked for a ban on the sea, but they were stopped by the Manchu ministers with the threat of death, why not? Are these ministers really desperate for life and death in order to protect the law of their ancestors? ”

Qin Kan stared at Zhu Houzhao and said word by word: "Wrong!" Only because the Ming Dynasty's sea ban policy is closely related to their interests, only the Ming Dynasty ban the sea, they can use the privileges in their hands to trade with the countries privately, so although our Ming Dynasty nominally blocked the coastline, but the Beijing market Japanese sword, North Korea's salvia, Korean salvia, Korean porcelain, Ryukyu meat and spices and other dazzling exotic goods emerge in an endless stream, if your majesty does not believe it, go to the West Market to see in person, the minister asked, if our Ming really cut off trade with the neighboring countries, how did these goods appear? ”

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, Qin Kan's words he didn't have to check at all, because he himself liked to often disguise himself as a civilian Manjing Master to wander around, Qin Kan said that he even paid for the exotic goods he had paid for, but he never thought about why these things appeared on the market in the Ming Dynasty, and today Qin Kan finally opened this thin layer of paper.

"You mean ......"

"Yes, under Your Majesty, the law of the ancestors has become a dead letter, and the strict coastline of the Ming Dynasty a hundred years ago has become the private garden of those merchants and ministers, who make a lot of money, digging up the corners of the walls under Your Majesty, but in the court they keep asking Your Majesty to be a benevolent, righteous and moral king......"

"These bastards are too deceitful!" Zhu Houzhao was furious and took the case.

"Damn it! These people deserve to be killed! Qin Kan, immediately check for me, find out one and kill the other! There are also Dai Yi and Gu Dayong, and your east and west factories will also be investigated! These Sven scum who are full of benevolence and morality are not a thing more than Tang Yin! ”

Qin Kan rubbed his nose and smiled bitterly, Zhu Houzhao seemed to have regarded Tang Yin as a weather vane for judging Sven's scum.

"Your Majesty, these people can't be killed, the huge benefits of shipping are in front of them, even if you kill a batch, there will be a batch of desperate risks, the method of investigation and killing will not only not cure the root cause, but will make the ministers more and more hostile to Your Majesty."

"So what do you say?"

"Therefore, the ministers respectfully ask His Majesty to partner with his ministers, the huge profits of shipping have been controlled by those sanctimonious civil officials and merchants, and they have not paid a penny of the silver to the treasury, but have pretended to be a moral gentleman and embarrassed His Majesty everywhere, since the forbidden sea has become an empty talk, why not not build ships and go to sea like them, and earn silver to enrich the inner treasury of His Majesty? The leopard house under His Majesty has not yet been fully completed, and only a few mining taxes are used to support the inner palace every year, so His Majesty must be also short of silver, right? ”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a long time and said, "I understand what you mean, you mean to say that you want me to dig my own corner?" ”

"Well, Your Majesty can understand it this way, as long as we wrap all the corners of the wall and form a monopoly, so that others have no corners to dig up, the coastline of Daming will be too peaceful......"

Zhu Houzhao said quietly: "It is undeniable that I have done a lot of bastard things in my life, but this matter of digging into my own corner...... Isn't it too much of a jerk? ”

"Your Majesty has done so many bastard things, so there is no need to be too ashamed in this matter......" (to be continued......