"Knock...... Boom...... Boom-"

"Daddy! I am back! ”

When the dusk drum sounded, accompanied by Zhu Ciran's voice, Zhu Youxiao, who was concocting wood in the Heart Cultivation Palace, stopped what he was doing.

He turned around to look, and sure enough, he saw Zhu Ciran, who had just run into the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao noticed the mud on the soles of his feet, put down the planer and asked Zhu Ciran:

"Did Speaker Jin take you to the outer city today?"

"Hmm!" Zhu Ciran nodded, and then began to tell the story of Jin Xuan's experience of taking him to Nancheng, Dongcheng, and Tonghui River Wharf outside the city today.

After Zhu Youxiao heard this, he also asked with a little consideration: "That's all?" ”

"Not only that, but Mr. also said about the officials' income and consumption, took me to chat with the people, and asked them about their income and consumption."

Zhu Ciran shook his legs, sat on the couch, stretched out his hand to the pastry, and said while eating.

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he sat on the other side of the couch and asked curiously, "What did he say?" ”

"The gentleman said that if the officials in Beijing want to maintain their livelihood in Beijing for a year, they need about ten taels of silver."

"If the officials still need to support their families, if there are five people in a family, they need at least thirty taels of silver."

"Thirty taels of silver a year is the minimum standard for officials to live in the capital."

"Then you didn't ask Mr. Kim about himself?" Zhu Youxiao opened his mouth inducingly, and Zhu Ciran said unknowingly:

"I asked, and Mr. said that he had just reached high school, and when he was an official in the capital, most of his food and drink expenses were solved in the yamen and the officials' workshop, and it cost at most five or six taels of silver a year."

"However, the gentleman said that if you are an official of the imperial examination, then after high school, you need to meet with the lord of the big and small seats, visit the officials of the same year and the township, entertain the public and private banquets, and reward the servants of the lord and the palanquin of the cabinet and the ministry, etc......"

"After careful calculation, the most frugal needs one hundred taels of silver per year, the average one is three hundred taels of silver, and the most can reach six or seven hundred taels."

"However, after Jinshi High School, officials are generally awarded seven grades, and they can have seven or eight hundred taels of silver if they are combined with bad rules."

"It's just that the basic living expenses of officials are more than two taels of silver per month, and more than 30 taels a year."

"This may not include the living expenses of the family members and the daily entertainment of officials, and if these expenses are included, the annual consumption expenditure will amount to at least 50 taels of silver."

"Mr. also said that most of these bad incomes are the income of the people, so Uncle Qi and Dad are canceling the bad rules income."

"Hmm......" Hearing that Jin Xuan actually taught these to Zhu Ciran, Zhu Youxiao was slightly dissatisfied, after all, in his opinion, Zhu Ciran was still too young, and he should teach these at the age of ten.

"How is the life of the people?" Zhu Youxiao was curious, but Zhu Ciran shook his head when he heard this:

"Dad, the people are so pitiful......"

"......" When Zhu Ciran said this, there was silence in the Heart Cultivation Palace, Wang An and Wei Zhongxian, who were standing in the corner, held their breath, and Zhu Youxiao also frowned slightly and said:

"The imperial court has exempted so many miscellaneous items and divided so much land, why does Ran Erling feel pitiful for the people?"

"Because I asked a lot of people who work in Tonghui River, and they all said that there was a big drought this year, and there was no harvest in the fields." Zhu Ciran said, and then said:

"Some children my age are selling sweet potatoes on the ice of the Tonghui River, and their hands and feet are purple from the cold, and Mr. Jin says that their families are poor and cannot afford to go to government school."

"And Mr. Kim also said that these children are already very lucky, and in some places, their parents have to sell their children to ...... in order to survive."

"Okay, Ran'er." Zhu Youxiao interrupted Zhu Ciran's words and said with a smile:

"Although Mr. Kim's teaching is good, sometimes it is exaggerated."

"But Mr. said......" Zhu Ciran was a little aggrieved, but Zhu Youxiao smiled:

"Dad is hungry, you go to Kunning Palace to find your mother first, let the imperial dining room prepare dinner, and wait for Dad to talk to you at the dinner table."

"Good!" Hearing this, Zhu Ciran's interest immediately shifted to eating, and he hurriedly jumped off the couch, and then made a decent gesture:

"Ahem! Long live, the minister retired ......"

"Retreat, retreat......" Zhu Youxiao smiled and waved his hand, and Zhu Ciran also imitated the appearance of the group of ministers when he saw this, and slowly withdrew from the palace.

It's just that at the moment when he just exited the palace, Zhu Youxiao's original smiling face was withdrawn in an instant, his face was flat, but a little gloomy.

"Spread the young Zhan Shi Jin Xuan!"

As soon as Zhu Youxiao spoke, Wang An and Wei Zhongxian immediately responded, and the little eunuch at the gate of the Qianqing Palace also hurriedly rushed to the gate of the Inner Court.

However, to their surprise, Kim Hyun did not leave after sending Zhu Ciran back to the palace.

He stood under the palace gate like this, dressed in regular clothes, and the snow fell on his body, feeling a sense of loneliness and gloom.

"Jin Shaozhan matter, long live the summons ......"

After the palace door opened, the little eunuch who was in charge of summoning him was stunned, but he passed on the words again.

Jin Xuan seemed to have known that Zhu Youxiao would summon him, so after he returned the salute, he walked into the Qianqing Palace.

Walking through the long palace road, the Jingjun on both sides stared at him, and when he stepped into the Qianqing Palace, he turned to face the Heart Cultivation Palace, and immediately knelt down:

"Minister, Shao Zhan Shi, East Palace lecturer Kim Hyun, long live the worship, respectfully invite St. Ann ......"

“……”

There was a dead silence, there was no sound in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Zhu Youxiao did not send out the words "Zhen'an" to signal Jin Xuan to enter the Heart Cultivation Palace.

The door of the Qianqing Palace was opened like this, allowing the wind and snow to blow into the palace and blow on Jin Xuan's body.

A stick of incense...... A cup of tea...... A quarter of an hour......

When half an hour passed, Kim Hyun's legs were numb and unconscious, his hands were red from the cold, and his cheeks were the same.

It was at this time that footsteps came from the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Wei Zhongxian walked out and said to Jin Xuan:

"Lecturer Jin, long live you to enter the temple......"

"Minister, thank you!"

Hearing this, Kim Hyun's expression remained unchanged, and he got up slowly, stumbling and almost falling, but there was no one to help him.

He straightened his robe, and then walked to the Heart Nourishing Hall step by step with his sore, numb and sore legs.

At the same time as he entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, the wood and debris in the Heart Cultivation Hall had been cleaned up, and at this moment, Zhu Youxiao was wearing a golden round-necked regular clothes, wearing a golden crown, and holding a song in his hand, as if he was dealing with government affairs.

It's just that his behavior, in Kim Hyun's opinion, is just trying to cover up.

"You gave the prince a good lesson, what reward do you want......

Zhu Youxiao spoke, but his voice was slightly cold, and Jin Xuan did not think that the emperor would reward him, but responded:

"Minister, there is nothing missing, I just hope to continue to teach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

“……”

As soon as the words came out, there was silence in the hall, Wang An and Wei Zhongxian's hearts hung up, Zhu Youxiao's movements froze, but he still spoke calmly:

"I didn't say I wouldn't let you teach the prince."

As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao put down the song, but picked up another one, looked at the song with both eyes, but said to Jin Xuan:

"There is a shortage of talented people in the country and the DPRK, and in order to build the country and strive to be strong, we must be good at opening up sources and reducing expenditures, and make good use of all kinds of talents, so that we can overcome all kinds of difficulties and make the country prosperous."

"I ascended to the pole at the age of sixteen, overthrew Fang Congzhe, Sun Ruyou and other courtiers, strictly controlled the officials internally, governed the people with leniency, resisted the Jianju externally, recovered the old port, Annan, Duogan, Hetao, Liaodong and other places, and revitalized the national political ......"

"You were born in Yanshan, I will test you today, throughout the past and present, how many people can I call the Ming monarch in Huaxia?"

Zhu Youxiao asked Kim Hyun a question, but Kim Hyun said:

"The pre-Qin is too long, only since the victory of the Qin, the number of Qin Shi Huang, Han Gaozu, Han Wen Emperor, Han Wu Emperor, Han Guangwu Emperor, Song Wu Emperor, Sui Wen Emperor, Tang Taizong, Tang Xianzong, Zhou Shizong, Song Taizu, Song Zhezong, ......"

"Yuan Taizu, Yuan Shizu...... and Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Chengzuwen, Emperor Jing, and Emperor Xianzongchun of the ......"

"Is it the virtuous monarch in the Yanshan textbook?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Song Shu and asked without looking back.

"No, but a virtuous monarch assessed by the minister." As soon as Kim Hyun spoke, the atmosphere around him became a little weird.

Wang An and Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to breathe, but Zhu Youxiao flipped through the recitals and said:

"Isn't Emperor Jing of Han a Ming Jun?"

"Murder at a young age, ruthless and unjust, retribution, forcing the heir to death, although he is meritorious, he can't be called a wise man." Jin Xuan's impartial answer, obviously in his heart, Mingjun's standards are a little high.

"Isn't Emperor Xuan of Han a Ming Jun?" Zhu Youxiao asked again.

"Thanks to Huaxia, but knowing that Emperor Yuan has no imperial spirit, he still made him the prince, and the domineering of the Han family has been cut off since then!" Kim Hyun replied.

"Isn't Tang Gaozu a Ming Jun?" Zhu Youxiao continued to ask, and Kim Hyun also continued to answer:

"Meritorious but unknown, in order to consolidate the throne, he knew that Prince Yin was invincible to Tang Taizong, but in order to balance the court, he manipulated power, causing the three brothers to turn against each other and cause civil strife in the Tang Dynasty."

"Doesn't Tang Gaozong count?" Zhu Youxiao frowned.

"There is merit and the legacy of the martial queen." Kim Hyun responded.

"What about Tang Xuanzong and Xuanzong." Zhu Youxiao asked, and Kim Hyun continued to answer:

"Xuanzong indulged in his later years, and Xuanzong was suspicious of the righteous army, and his merits were unknown."

"Then why was Song Zhezong able to be called?" Zhu Youxiao was not satisfied with Kim Hyun's answer, but Kim Hyun responded:

"Implement the new law, distinguish between right and wrong, fight against Western Xia, recover Qingtang, and make it clear that both culture and martial arts can be clear!"

"......" Zhu Youxiao frowned at what Kim Hyun said, and asked again:

"Why is there only four generations of Ming monarchs in the country? Why can't I be considered a Ming monarch by Chaorenzong, Xuanzong, and Xiaozong? ”

"Renzong's position is short, Xuanzong is successful and indulges Wara, sits back and sees the best opportunity for the dynasty to recover Mobei and ignores it, does not act on Luchuan, and abandons Jiaozhi, how can it be praised?"

"Xiaozong is short-sighted, although he has the merit of recovering Hami, but for his own benefit, he mobilized the Beijing camp as a people's husband to build a palace, corrupted the twelve regiments and battalions set up by Emperor Xianzongchun, not to mention, and connived at the cruelty and cruelty of the people, how to call it?"

Jin Xuan's words were conclusive, so that Zhu Youxiao couldn't refute the idea, but none of the above was what he wanted to hear, so he finally asked:

"Since Emperor Xianzongchun, there has been no Ming monarch in the dynasty?"

This is a proposition, and if Kim Hyun doesn't answer well, he may have to lose his life.

Wang An and Wei Zhongxian's hearts hung in the air, but Jin Xuan knew what answer Zhu Youxiao wanted, but he nodded directly and said:

"Nope!"

"......" Zhu Youxiao's movements froze, obviously he was stimulated by Kim Hyun's words.

"Aren't Emperor Sejong and Emperor Shenzong counted?" Zhu Youxiao endured for a moment and continued to ask.

This may be an opportunity for Zhu Youxiao to give Kim Hyun, but Kim Hyun is not uncommon, he still said:

"Sejong manipulated the power trick, sat back and watched the corruption of the guard and did not stop it, wasting the northern defense situation left by Emperor Wu Zongyi in vain!"

"Shenzong ignores the government and does not appoint officials, giving the Zhejiang Party a chance to rise, and he has unjustly killed many famous ministers and famous generals under his rule, and indulged Donghu and Jianyu, how can it be called Ming?"

Jin Xuan once again criticized the two Ming Emperors, and these words were ostensibly criticizing these two people, but in fact they were criticizing Zhu Youxiao.

"Long live ......" Wang An wanted to stand up and say good things, but Zhu Youxiao glanced at him, and Wang An instantly closed his mouth.

Wei Zhongxian was so frightened that he was sweating, and he could only lower his head and eyes and look at his nose and heart.

In such an atmosphere, Zhu Youxiao put down his recital, slowly looked at Jin Xuan, and asked word by word:

"The people say that the world is ruled by the apocalypse, can't I be considered a Ming monarch?"

"When Banzai asked this question, the answer was actually already in Banzai's mind......"

As soon as Jin Xuan spoke, Wang An closed his eyes, and Zhu Youxiao also gritted his teeth, obviously enduring to the limit.

Seeing this, Wang An could only act as Zhu Youxiao's mouth, and said sharply: "Long live, where is Mingjun?" ”

"On opening up the territory and expanding the territory, long live the opening up of the South Seas, recover Annam, pacify the southwest Tusi, build the northern imperial captives, clear the desert, settle Duogan, cross the sea to fight the Japanese and ......"

"There is no royal court for three thousand miles from north to south, and the sea and frontier from east to west are all under the rule."

"The apocalypse rules the world like this, isn't it a Ming Jun?!"

Wang An's words made Zhu Youxiao very satisfied, but in the face of Wang An's boasting on behalf of Zhu Youxiao, Jin Xuan said:

"Long live the merits, in fact, can only be attributed to one sentence......"

"What?" Wei Zhongxian knew that this kind of question could not be asked by the emperor, so he hurriedly asked.

In the face of his inquiry, Jin Xuan glanced at Wei Zhongxian, then bowed, and said to Zhu Youxiao:

"Make good use of King Qi'......"

"......" Zhu Youxiao was silent for a moment, and the atmosphere in the hall froze.

After half a ring, Zhu Youxiao leaned back in the chair, and Wang An also knew Zhu Youxiao's thoughts when he saw this, and hurriedly said:

"Knowing people and making good use of them, opening up territories, and implementing new policies, isn't long live a Ming Jun?"

"If that's the case, long live it can naturally be counted, but long live you, like those meritorious kings you just asked, can only be called meritorious, not clear!"

Jin Xuan is now equivalent to pointing at Zhu Youxiao's nose and scolding, if he were another official, Zhu Youxiao would have been dragged down to beat the court staff, but Jin Xuan is an official of Yanshan, so Zhu Youxiao did not do this, but wanted to explore the roots.

"The monarch is the lord of all things among the subjects of the world, but he is the lord of all things among the subjects of the world, and the responsibility is extremely heavy.

Jin Xuan opened his mouth and said with a righteous face:

"The minister is favored by the country, please insist on the righteousness of committing no hidden crime, and put on the heart and guts for His Majesty."

"Long live in the deep palace for a long time, even if you go out of Beijing to travel, when will you go deep into the people and explore the lives and needs of the people?"

"In the eyes of the people of the world, Banzai is a respectable monarch, but in the eyes of Beijing officials, Banzai is just a carpenter who only knows how to play!"

"Kim Hyun! You are presumptuous! Wei Zhongxian seemed to have been stepped on by someone, pinching his throat and scolding sharply, but Zhu Youxiao raised his hand with a dark face and signaled Wei Zhongxian to shut up:

"Let him continue!"

His words made Wei Zhongxian shut up, and Jin Xuan said:

"The life of the people of our Ming Dynasty can be divided into three stages, one of which is from the founding of Hongwu to the orthodoxy fourteen years ago."

"During this period, the quality of life of the people of the dynasty was gradually restored and improved from the war, and everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment, although there were small rebellions, but there were no major chaos."

"Second, from Chenghua and Hongzhi to the early years of Wanli, the national strength of the dynasty has increased greatly, the wealth of the people has accumulated, and the quality of life has reached its peak."

"Third, from the middle of Wanli to the second year of the Apocalypse, wars and natural disasters broke out in the world, the burden on the people increased, and the quality of life dropped sharply."

"The quality of life of this generation is, in the final analysis, a matter of people's livelihood."

"The quality of the people's livelihood is related to the back of the people's will, and the back of the people's heart depends on the good and evil of the officials."

"It can be seen that the relationship between the people's livelihood, the people's will, and the rule of officials will undoubtedly become the key to examining the people's livelihood of the people in the country."

Speaking of this, Kim Hyun breathed a sigh of relief, but continued in the next second:

"However, in such a situation of corrupt governance, fortunately, the king of Qi turned the tide and allowed the dynasty to be peaceful for many years."

"Today's Lord respects the palace, it should have been Your Majesty, but you are hiding in the deep palace and turning a deaf ear!"

"His Royal Highness the King of Qi's words, the minister has already heard them in the East Palace, but the minister feels that His Royal Highness the King of Qi's words have not been finished."

"Who doesn't want to reach the poor? And those who reach it are even more afraid of poverty. ”

"Nowadays, the officials of the officialdom are all witnesses of many dignitaries who have failed in the deceit and become losers, and finally exiled to the local area, or beheaded for public display."

"This situation makes them even more afraid of poverty, so they spare no effort to squeeze the poor and accumulate wealth in order to maintain this development permanently."

"In their eyes, the so-called world is just a little bit of money and status on the tip of their nose."

"The so-called upward and downward effect, the poor see the attainment, to be such a disgraceful example, in order to be developed, can only find another way."

"The peasants abandon their fields and do not do them, or they go into the cities to wander, or they fall into the grass."

"Workers abandon their after-use devices, or become addicted to gambling, or drink for fun."

"Merchants abandon their trades and do not do it, or they collude with the powerful, or they lend money for profit."

"Abandon your homework and not specialize, or be opportunistic, or climb the dragon and attach the dragon."

"This is the Hundred Trillion People!"

Jin Xuan stopped, but Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes and said:

"According to what you say, you are the only loyal minister left in the world?"

"Ministers are not loyal ministers, in the history books, most of the people who mention loyal ministers are emperors and mediocre!" Kim Hyun replied with a loud voice.

"So what are you? Nengchen? ”

Speaking of which, Zhu Youxiao was not angry, and looked at Jin Xuan to ask, but Jin Xuan shook his head again and said:

"A minister is not a capable minister!"

"If you want to choose, the minister should be a direct minister!"

Jin Xuan held his head high, obviously satisfied with his identity, but Zhu Youxiao spoke;

"Naotomi?"

"In my opinion, you keep talking about the morality of sages, but you have only cultivated into a hypocrite."

"The books of the saints are for reading, not for acting, or for educating."

"I said that there is nothing wrong with you teaching the crown prince, but you need to know that the prince is the prince of the country."

"Throughout the ages, most of those who are close to the people have been cowardly and charitable, and how can cowardly and charitable people be able to hold the authority of the world?"

"Hooray is wrong!" Jin Xuan looked at Zhu Youxiao and said in a righteous tone:

"The character of the prince has nothing to do with whether he is close to the people, the king of Qi is close to the people, but he is decisive in killing and killing externally, and he has no connivance with corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and long live although you are far away from the people, you are full of forbearance when Huaibei is hungry."

"Honestly, how can you be upright?"

"Banzai, if you cultivate the prince according to your standards, you will only get a prince who is not even as good as Banzai yourself!"

"According to you, to whom should I entrust the crown prince? Here you go? Or to the group of officials in the outer court who only know how to talk about rhetoric? Zhu Youxiao asked rhetorically.

"To His Royal Highness King Qi!" When Kim Hyun said this, he bowed and said:

"If Long Live entrusts the prince to Weichen, Weichen doesn't dare to guarantee that the prince is a Ming monarch who expands the territory, but at least he is a benevolent monarch."

"But if it is given to His Royal Highness the King of Qi, Weichen can guarantee that the dynasty can break the national fortune for three hundred years, and the Ming Dynasty will prosper for three generations!"

Speaking of which, everyone understood Kim Hyun's thoughts, but after his thoughts came out, Zhu Youxiao smiled and said:

"Renjun?"

"Throughout the ages, most of the people who have served as benevolent monarchs are cowardly people who can only be at the mercy of hundreds of officials."

"As for giving ...... to King Qi," Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment, and finally worried:

"King Qi is busy with government affairs, he is tired enough, and if he is asked to take the crown prince, I am afraid that my younger brother will not even be able to hold on to the year of his establishment, and he will have to go one step earlier."

Zhu Youxiao's words were full of distress for Zhu Youzhen, but in the face of his words, Jin Xuan directly debunked:

"King Qi is busy with government affairs, not because he is busy with affairs, but because he has undertaken government affairs that should not be undertaken!"

"If long live you can share the government affairs, Your Highness will not be so tired."

"If you don't share government affairs, then even if the crown prince is taught by Weichen, the king of Qi is still tired."

"The minister once looked at the living notes of the king of Qi, and the king of Qi got up every day to deal with government affairs, and did not fall asleep until four o'clock."

"Except for the three meals for less than an hour, and the half hour of the lunch break after noon, King Qi only rests for three hours a day and deals with government affairs for eight hours!"

"The minister dares to ask, when His Royal Highness the King of Qi is dealing with government affairs, what are you doing?"

As he spoke, Kim Hyun actually walked to a screen, and then seemed to see something and stopped.

After a breath, Kim Hyun opened the screen, revealing the wood that Zhu Youxiao had hidden behind the screen.

"Long live anyone who takes two hours a day to deal with the music, His Royal Highness the King of Qi can sleep well and eat a good meal!"

Jin Xuan turned to look at Zhu Youxiao, and finally asked with some nervousness:

"Hooray!"

"Aren't you really going to tire Your Highness to death?!"

It's really late, sorry sorry, it's really not fast to write.

(End of chapter)