Zhengde frowned, he didn't ask this, but he didn't expect it to lead to so many words from Duan Fei, listening to what he said seriously, he didn't believe it in his heart, Duan Fei was observing his expression with the corner of his eye while saying this, and sighed in his heart when he saw this, and continued with a hard head: "Today's officialdom is corrupt and corrupt, and it is necessary to make great efforts to rectify the rule of officials, eliminate those officials who follow the old ways, and promote some enterprising and flexible officials. Throughout the history of the Ming monarchs, how many appointments are old ministers? Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Yongle have reused the talents recommended, the so-called meritocracy, this is not the imperial examination. ”

Hearing this, Zhengde couldn't help but smile slightly, Duan Fei was afraid that he was aggrieved by himself, so he only heard Duan Fei make a summary: "I have never been an official in Xia, and I can only think of these for a while, the above is just a personal opinion, if there is anything wrong, please advise." ”

Zhengde smiled: "It's rare to be able to say a lot of this with your identity, but you are not in your position, you don't know the hardships of reform, how can you be rash and move your whole body?" Think about the Shang Dynasty of the Qin Dynasty and Wang Anshi of the Great Song Dynasty, you can know that the reform of Yang Ting and Lord Yang is rare in my opinion, and it is this piecemeal fight that can finally shake the Qianjun boulder, if it is a heavy blow, I am afraid that the boulder has not yet shaken, and the hammer head will be shaken back and kill the person who carried the hammer. ”

"It's not so easy to open up the sea and trade, but I haven't heard of what you're talking about, and those pirates are really pirates who can't do business? And what kind of Western pirates are so powerful? Where did you find out? Zhengde laughed and refuted all of Duan Fei's words, Duan Fei couldn't help but be a little discouraged, he was still a little shallow and unprepared, it seemed that this interview failed again......

Seeing Zhengde asked about the Western pirates, Duan Fei replied: "What I said is true, although the imperial court is afraid of the Japanese pirates and tries to seal the sea to avoid it, but some bold businessmen are still willing to take the risk of going to sea, they are far away, well-informed, I also heard from them, they say that the ships of the Western pirates are very large, bigger than all the ships of our Ming Dynasty now, they are well-equipped, and the guns on the ships are twice as far and twice as fast as our Ming guns. Compared with the Western pirates, the Oriental pirates are as pitiful as beggars, the Oriental pirates can only harass my Daming coast, the Western pirates come from far away in the West, they sail more than 100,000 miles, burn and loot along the way, and the ferocity is more ferocious than the Japanese pirates, it is said that they are currently looking for a foothold in the South Seas, if they succeed in establishing a base in the South Seas, their next step is to invade my Ming land. ”

Zhengde smiled: "You are too alarmist, you should be talking about the Francos, as far as I know, they are just a small land, not as big as Nanzhilu, their merchants have been to the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, and they have never heard how big their ships are, how strong the cannons are, that time they did not have a letter of state, so they failed to land, and they did not leave in disgrace?" In the eleventh year of Zhengde, they were stationed in Manchurian and sent envoys to the court, voluntarily proclaimed vassals, much more obedient than those capricious widows in the East, how could you say so terrible, you wouldn't see them blue-eyed and red-haired and thought they would eat people, right? ”

Duan Fei looked at him in a daze, but when Zhengde thought he was speechless, Duan Fei sighed and said, "Hasn't Gongzi Zhu heard of the honey-bellied sword, salute first and then soldier?" If you see the Francophone again, you might as well ask them what is called a privateer license, they sent envoys to the DPRK to explore our strength, these years have not come to the Ming Dynasty, it is likely that they are stabilizing the South Seas, the West Ocean, and when the time is ripe, they will attack the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Privateer license? What's that? Zhengde asked curiously.

Duan Fei explained: "The privateer license is an official document issued by their country to ordinary people, and the state authorizes them to drive armed civilian ships to attack, capture, and rob the merchant ships of other countries, in those barbarian countries in the West, no one believes in the way of Confucius and Mencius, their whole country is a robber, as long as you behave weaker than them, they will attack you unceremoniously, defeat you, enslave you, this is their way of survival, although their country is small, but they can establish a base thousands of miles away, and even send a governor, Do we still have a ship that can go straight to the South Seas? Not to mention going far and wide to see the Franc machine, it was a subject country of the Ming Dynasty before the thorns, right? Now that it has become a colony of the Franc Machine, when they occupy all the South Seas, will these robbers let Daming go? ”

"Is that so?" Zhengdehuo stood up, walked a few steps in the cabin, and frowned: "When Manchu was invaded by Franc Ji, he was still young, and the Manchu ministers saw that Franc was willing to call him a tribute and let them occupy Manchu Horn, and now I think about it, this is indeed a big disaster." ”

"Yes, the dignified Ming couldn't protect his subjects, and when the subjects were invaded, he didn't care, and he recognized the legitimacy of those robbers...... It will inevitably chill the hearts of other vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. Su Rong suddenly interjected, Zhengde snorted, glanced at her, and said: "This is also a helpless thing, since the accession to the throne, the domestic war has not stopped, the disasters have continued, and the internal worries have not been solved, how can we have the ability to solve the external troubles?" There's always a priority. ”

Su Rong sighed: "With today's temper, I'm afraid that this internal and external troubles are extremely difficult to eradicate, but unfortunately, when Jinshang ascended the throne, he was at the right age, and he should have been a Zhongxing Mingjun, but unfortunately he was bewitched by traitors, in addition to being able to look at martial arts, he was left with the reputation of being lustful and lustful......"

Duan Fei saw that Zhengde's face was a little dark, he hurriedly interrupted Su Rong's words and said, "Rong'er, how can these words be said casually? Today is the Ming Dynasty's Han Wu, he just stood at this moment, it is the time when the heart is stable and the prime of life is strong, as long as you make up your mind, with the assistance of virtuous ministers, you will be able to create a new situation, and the people of later generations are only afraid to call it a prosperous era of virtue, Zhu Gongzi, what do you think? ”

Su Rong lowered her head and responded: "What Gongzi said is that Su Rong is talking nonsense, and Zhu Gongzi should not be surprised." ”

Zhengde was happy again for Duan Fei, and he smiled and said: "Miss Su is right, Jinshang is indeed messing around, Brother Duan, your words are also very right, there is still time to achieve a great cause today." ”

Su Rong pursed his lips at him and smiled: "Emperor Taizong of this dynasty (Ming Taizong is also Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, after Zhu Di's death, the original temple number was "Taizong", more than 100 years later from Ming Shizong Jiajing to "Chengzu", in the Zhengde Dynasty there is no Ming Chengzu this title) before ascending the throne in the fortieth year, reigning for twenty-two years, Wenzhi and martial arts are called rare Ming Jun, I only hope that today can surpass Taizu and Emperor Taizong, and become a generation of Ming Jun!" ”