Chapter 506 Is Chongzhen a good emperor?
Gu Yanwu's face was red when he was asked by Li Chaosheng, and his eyes widened and said, "Heaven is unfair!" ”
"Haha...... What is injustice, I told the heavens to the public, a point of hard work and a point of harvest, the people of Lantian have worked hard, the officials of Lantian are serious and responsible, and the army of Lantian protects the territory and the people, it is because everyone in Lantian is paying, and constantly striving for the happy life of Lantian people, which is why there is the prosperity of Lantian today, and in other parts of the Ming Dynasty, officials are corrupt, arrogant and strong, and the army is worse than bandits. According to your thoughts, the people in other places can enjoy the fruits without doing anything, so you should not sit in front of me today, but should sit in front of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and give them advice and advice, because they think the same way as you. ”
"But they are sacrificing the interests of landlords, heroes, rich peasants, and yeoman farmers to meet their needs of the rogues, and you are sitting in the position of the Lantian County Ya, blatantly sacrificing the interests of Lantian to save the corrupt Ming, you say that you are different from Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, you are sacrificing the interests of others and achieving yourself. But are you fighting for the interests of these people? ”
"You haven't made even the slightest contribution to the people of Lantian, but here Tian shamelessly said that you want Lantian to sacrifice interests and save others, do you say that your Gu Yanwu is noble or bad?"
Li Chaosheng said mercilessly, Huang Zongxi sighed again on the side: "The way of heaven is more than enough to make up for the shortcomings, the way of people is more than enough to be damaged, the county should not be angry, Brother Zhongqing just has a heart to serve the country, not really want to be an enemy of Lantian." ”
Li Chaosheng smiled when he heard this: "That's right, in fact, I also know that he didn't do it on purpose, if that's really the case, it's not me who is talking to him today, but Lantian's knife and axe." ”
"Hmph, for the sake of justice, why would Gu die if he died?"
Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Yanwu and said with a smile: "You are right, but your righteousness cannot stand, let me tell you something." ”
"Lantian sweet potato high yield, this is not a secret, Lantian has never wanted to hide private, this sweet potato can be kept by itself, we sell sweet potatoes, it is equivalent to selling sweet potato seeds, nearby Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, our sweet potatoes are sold outside, and even we once sold sweet potato seedlings."
"The result? The yeoman farmers feel that sweet potatoes are fresh varieties, they are not sure, they dare not buy them, although they can't manage the wheat, millet, and sorghum, but at least they don't starve to death, they don't dare to try, and the strong and powerful, they have the cost of mistakes, but in order to control the tenant farmers, they can't let the tenant farmers eat too much, so they slander the sweet potatoes, so that the tenant farmers dare not plant. ”
"There are also grain merchants in various places, they are making national hardship money, how can they make food in various places, if there is enough food, how can they make money? So they united with the local landlords, not allowing the people to plant sweet potatoes, tenant farmers they managed, local homesteaders they also managed, if the homesteaders dared to plant sweet potatoes, they would be squeezed out by the landlords and the villagers, and in this era by the villages, towns, ethnic groups, how do you let this person live? ”
"So we Lantian did our best, our Lantian is not the parents of other people in the Ming Dynasty, we can't care about them eating, drinking, Lasa, for sweet potatoes, a high-yield crop, we have no secrets, and are even willing to sell sweet potato seedlings, and share such strategically important materials, we Lantian has done our best, if you still ask Lantian to do more, I will say a word, impossible."
"We have such a sentence in Lantian folk, Lantian is rich and stable is the business of the Lantian boy, Shaanxi is rich and stable is the business of the Shaanxi boy, Sichuan is rich and stable is the Sichuan guy's business, do our own things, we can only do our own good, and can not change others, this sentence is sent to you."
Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Yanwu, Gu Yanwu looked lonely when he heard this: "The Ming Dynasty has withered so far, but Lantian is prosperous and rich, can the county really bear to watch the world collapse to this point?" ”
Li Chaosheng smiled when he heard this: "The emperor of the capital should worry about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and I, Li Chaosheng, am just a county honor, but I can't control the affairs of the Ming Dynasty." ”
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Gu Yanwu heard this: "Didn't the county zun think about replacing it? ”
Hearing this, Huang Zongxi's eyes widened, Gu Yanwu, you are too bold, do you dare to say anything?
Gu Zi also looked at Gu Yanwu strangely, there are not many people in the world who dare to ask the county lord like this, this Gu Yanwu is one, it is a bit interesting.
Li Chaosheng didn't say anything after listening to Gu Yanwu's words, but smiled and said, "Our Majesty is actually working very hard, and I don't want to hit him in the process of trying to make this huge empire better." ”
"What do you mean by this?"
Gu Yanwu asked, Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Have you ever heard such a rumor, Chongzhen is not dead, Lantian is not opposed?" ”
Gu Yanwu heard this and said, "Have you heard it, could it be? ”
Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "This is my promise to Your Majesty, if you have a heart, you can actually see that Lantian has never used force to carry out any expansion, and the expansion of our territory in Lantian has always been promoted by the people, so I have never taken the initiative to be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, this is also my promise to Your Majesty, and it is also a shackle I put on myself, if I want to sweep the world by force, I am afraid that no one in the world can stop my Lantian Bingfeng." ”
Hearing this, Gu Yanwu was silent, looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "The county is not against Your Majesty, do you want to be Cao Cao, or Huo Guang?" ”
Li Chaosheng smiled when he heard this: "Someone asked me about this. ”
When Gu Yanwu heard this, he looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Who is it?" ”
Li Chaosheng smiled slightly: "A eunuch named Cao Huachun. ”
Gu Yanwu frowned slightly: "How does the county lord answer?" ”
"I, Lantian, am not the terminator of the Ming Dynasty, but the successor of the Ming Dynasty."
Gu Yanwu was stunned, did the county zun want the Ming Dynasty to collapse on its own, and then sweep the world against the thieves, set things right, and inherit the Ming Dynasty?
Li Chaosheng smiled: "How? ”
Gu Yanwu shook his head and said: "That county Zun has to wait, although the Ming Dynasty is now stormy, but it has not yet reached the time of collapse, and now that the world is gone, only Liaodong Jiannu can threaten the Ming Dynasty, but after all, Jiannu is a small country and a widow, although it can fight, but it does not last, if you want to swallow the Ming Dynasty, it can be described as a snake swallowing an elephant, it is unrealistic, although the Ming Dynasty is erosive, it should not be a problem to support it for decades, and the county can wait so long?" ”
Li Chaosheng listened to Gu Yanwu's words and smiled silently, if the Ming Dynasty can really support it for decades, Li Chaosheng will definitely not be able to wait, but Li Chaosheng knows the current Ming Dynasty, and now it has been Chongzhen for twelve years, if nothing else, Emperor Chongzhen will not have a few years to live.
You must know that just yesterday Li Chaosheng also got a telegram from Li Shichao, and the content of the telegram is also very simple, that is, Li Zicheng is ready to use the rising water of the Yellow River in the coming year to block the dam, and prepare to flood Kaifeng.
As a result, thousands of people who were forced by the Ming officials and gentry to have no way out would become the supporters of King Chuang, and began to attack the city and pull out the village to overthrow the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Gu Yanwu felt that Daming could last for more than ten years, it was completely, Daming did not have such a long lifespan, Daming only had seven or eight years of life left at most, and after seven or eight years, Lantian would be even stronger, and when the time came, King Chuang would kill Chongzhen for himself, and he could let Li Chuang get out of the capital, and finally become the master of this Ming Dynasty.
Li Chaosheng is very confident in this, after all, there are still many Li Chaosheng's people under Li Chuang's command, have you been dormant in Lantian all these years when Li Chaosheng is here?
No, although Li Chaosheng was born in Lantian over the years, he has arranged a big chess game in this world, and when Li Chaosheng needs it, he waves his hand, and that is the response of the world, and then Li Chaosheng may only need a very short time to make the world return to his heart.
Therefore, what Gu Yanwu said is impossible to realize at all, Da Ming is not as firm as Gu Yanwu thought, the moths of this empire have corroded this seemingly rock-solid empire, and Da Ming is about to come to the end of his life.
Li Chaosheng glanced at Gu Yanwu and said: "Lantian is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, if Your Majesty can really prosper the Ming Dynasty, or if Your Majesty can maintain the Ming Dynasty, I, Li Chaosheng, am willing to wait, and we are also willing to wait, and even if Your Majesty can make the life of the people in the world happier than Lantian, then I am willing to resign and merge Lantian into the Ming Dynasty again." ”
Hearing this, Gu Yanwu looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "The county is willing? ”
Li Chaosheng laughed and said: "Why are you reluctant, my original intention was to make the world safe, and the people can live a good life, but I found out that the whole world is her mother's bastard, a vampire bastard, so Lao Tzu didn't want to play with them, so he came out to serve as the commander of Lantian County, and then worked hard to govern Lantian County, so that the people have food to eat, clothes to wear, and not to die of cold and starvation, and then to protect the land and settle down, so that they are not disturbed by foreign enemies, so that they can be in this land of their land, Do what they want to do and truly be the masters of the land! ”
"If our majesty can really let the people live and work in peace and contentment, not be bullied by foreign enemies, and everyone can live the life of the people of Lantian, what do I gain by my personal gains and losses, I am willing to send Lantian back to his hands, but can he do it?"
Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Yanwu and said, Gu Yanwu was silent for a moment when he heard this: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty does not know how to govern the people as you do, but he is a good emperor." ”
Li Chaosheng laughed when he heard this: "What are the standards of a good emperor you said?" ”
Gu Yanwu was stupid when asked by Li Chaosheng, yes, what is the standard of a good emperor?
Li Chaosheng continued: "Is it because his cronies in the court and the princes of the court do not collect the merchants' commercial taxes, and they are bent on increasing the taxes of the people, forcing the people to sell their sons and daughters, and even die of starvation? ”
"This, Your Majesty doesn't understand businessmen, this ......"
Gu Yanwu wanted to say something, but saw Li Chaosheng and said: "Is it his cronie Yuan Chonghuan who has been pacifying Liao for five years, and letting Yuan Chonghuan come to Liaodong Hulai, killing Mao Wenlong, and opening up the road for your Jiangnan gentry to sell the country to Liaodong, and transporting grain and grass to Liaodong to sell to Jiannu?" ”
Gu Yanwu: ......
"Yes, suspicious and scheming, everyone is the same, is there a virtuous and unusable emperor?"
"Yes, is it the emperor who is selfish, disregards the suffering of the people, and would rather be plundered by Jiannu and leave for 100,000 people than be pursued?"
"Yes, the emperor who is mean and unkind, regardless of the loyalty of his ministers for the country, and the heart of the fist for the people, and wants to kill the emperor?"
"Xiang Yu has Fan Zeng but can't use it, Chongzhen has Lu Xiangsheng and can't use it, you said that if the good emperor in your mind is really as good as you say, then Lu Xiangsheng will be beheaded in the capital?"
"The Manchu Dynasty was traitorous but not punished, and the only capable and loyal minister ended up beheading at the entrance of the vegetable market, isn't this just murder and arson, building bridges and repairing roads without corpses? Hahaha......"
Li Chaosheng laughed, laughing so much that Gu Yanwu laughed, Huang Zongxi was speechless, lowered his head, and said that others may still have something to quibble, but Lu Xiangsheng, he really has nothing to say.
Lu Xiangsheng is noble in the hearts of thousands of students, and his reputation among the clear streams is also top-notch, and his death has made too many people feel resentful in their hearts, and too many people have lost confidence in this dynasty.
Lu Xiangsheng's death can be regarded as ringing the bell for the dynasty to fall apart.
Li Chaosheng looked at the two people who had been holding their heads high since they came in, and finally lowered their noble heads, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile, don't underestimate these two scholars, although they looked polite after coming in, and even a little submissive, but the arrogance in their eyes, the expression in their bones that we are children of the Confucian family, and you are a shameless warlord is undoubtedly revealed.
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang once said, although our family saw that Liu Bowen knelt in front of our family, we could feel that he looked down on our family from the bottom of his bones.
And Huang Zongxi, especially Gu Yanwu, although he didn't show anything in his words and deeds, as soon as he entered the door, Li Chaosheng could feel the sense of distance exuded by the two, the superiority of scholars, and the superiority that although we have no political achievements, I feel that I can be worthy of a great responsibility.
Everyone thinks that they are Zhuge Liang, although they have never been an official, but as soon as they become an official, they can manage the government of a country.
And Li Chaosheng is very disdainful of their behavior, and he also distrusts their ability, after all, if they really have the ability to reverse the situation, it is impossible to have this strong stroke of the two in history.
Therefore, Li Chaosheng wants to kill their sharpness, and make them feel frustrated, so that they can be trained.
Thinking of this, Li Chaosheng looked at the two and made a concluding speech: "The quality of the emperor has never been evaluated from private virtues, he Chongzhen is saving, but he makes the people live a miserable life, so he is a bad emperor, just like Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty whom you all admire, if you look at it from the perspective of private morality, this kind of Ming Jun who is used as a template is just a bastard who kills his brother and deceives his father, just like Emperor Yongle of this dynasty, as an uncle who bullied Jianwen's orphans and widows, it is very shameful, But no one can deny that he is a qualified emperor, so do you still think Chongzhen is a good emperor? Gu Yanwu! ”