Chapter 36: A New Opportunity

Zhu Yuanzhang did not hide his intentions and thoughts of changing the law in front of Zhu Yunwen. I want to break new ground. and his admiration for He Xi.

Zhu Yunwen is naturally extremely disgusted with He Xi, and he can't wait to kill him as soon as possible.

After all, in Zhu Yunwen's view, He Xi is dead, Beijing can't support it at all, and Zhu Xiongying is just a puppet supported by He Xi.

But for He Xi's doctrine and thoughts, Zhu Yunwen gradually changed his mind.

Without him, reality is forced.

The all-round backwardness of the military and the overall strategic shift from offensive to defensive shocked Zhu Yunwen too much, and even shook many deep-rooted things all at once.

What Zhu Yunwen cares about most is his own power, and the Ming Dynasty is linked to his power, and today it is unstable. What else does he care? It can even be said that the only thing he is worried about is Fang Xiaoru.

Fang Xiaoru's position, Zhu Yunwen also knows.

If it weren't for Fang Xiaoru's resolute opposition to the change. Against He Xi. There's a good chance he won't switch to himself. Without Fang Xiaoru's support, it would be difficult for Zhu Yunwen to hold this position.

But Zhu Yunwen is also grateful for the other party's filial piety.

After all, Fang Xiaoru regarded himself as the teacher in front of Zhu Yunwen for a long time, which made Zhu Yunwen very uncomfortable. Zhu Yunwen prefers Ding Xian. Instead of liking Fang Xiaoru. That's the proof.

It's just that Zhu Yunwen understands one thing better.

His basic plate is the civilian clique, and it is precisely because of the full support of the civilian clique that Zhu Yunwen can sit firmly in his position and extend his power to other places. And all this must be supported by Fang Xiaoru.

Of course, it's not the same as Fu Youde.

Zhu Yunwen was very relieved about the other party's filial piety.

Fang Xiaoru is a great Confucian, and he regards himself as loyal, which is his greatest aura and his biggest shackle. It is precisely because of Fang Xiaoru's aura that he can unite people's hearts and make many people willing to obey Fang Xiaoru's orders.

But on the same question, if Fang Xiaoru dares to do something to commit rebellion, and even doesn't need Zhu Yunwen to do it, Fang Xiaoru's children will oppose Fang Xiaoru.

After all, their loyalty to Fang Xiaoru was more inspired by Fang Xiaoru's knowledge and character, rather than Fang Xiaoru's personal information.

Therefore, Zhu Yunwen has a great tolerance for the other party's filial piety. Even if Fang Xiaoru is a little arrogant, it doesn't matter. What's more, Fang Xiaoru's talent as a prime minister is also true. has been in the center of the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and Fang Xiaoru knows best about the top and bottom of the Ming court.

There is Fang Xiaoru here, and some chores, Zhu Yunwen doesn't have to worry about it at all.

This liberated a lot of Zhu Yunwen's energy.

It's just that now, Zhu Yunwen found that it seemed that the situation was not as he thought, and Qi De was the most trusted person in Fang Xiaoru's eyes in Zhu Yunwen's opinion. actually openly said that he supported He Xi's doctrine. Doesn't that mean that there are already many people in the civil service who have the idea of change?

Zhu Yunwen immediately smelled an opportunity, that is, whether to change the law like Beijing.

Isn't Fang Xiaoru's control over civil officials as strict as he imagined?

Zhu Yunwen had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and he didn't seem to hear the point of Qi De's words, and said, "I am going to set up the governor of Liangguang, you can arrange people for this position." I have already given you all the support I can give. I just hope you don't let me down."

Zhu Yunwen decided to test it, he didn't seem to have done anything, but in fact, he had already opened an opening below.

The official position of governor is still very rare in Daming. The last governor of the Ming Dynasty was none other than He Xi. The functions of the Governor are vague. In particular, the precedent of He Xi is that if the governor does something out of the ordinary while in office, it seems that he can also be allowed.

This in itself is a signal.

Zide understood, and he said, "The minister will definitely not disappoint His Majesty."

If it weren't for Beijing's step-by-step pressing, which made Zide feel a great threat, he would not be willing to do this thing, not because he didn't want to, not because he couldn't, but because it was unnecessary.

After all, the world is peaceful, that

What do you do?

This is also what Zhu Yuanzhang expected before.

Sometimes doing too well on the old road can be an obstacle to the new one. It's not that many people don't see the benefits of the He Xi method. It's just that the benefits are not hundred, and the law does not change. During the Hongwu period, the benefits brought by the change of law were not great in the eyes of many people, but very troublesome.

But that's no longer the case.

There are many kinds of benefits, one of which is to be obtained. Another way to prevent the loss.

The former was promised by Beijing to the people below. Once Beijing occupies the whole country, Beijing's policies will inevitably expand to the whole world, and it will be enough for officials and businessmen to be full of illusions, not to mention that they themselves will be very profitable.

On the Nanjing side, there are so many people who have such and such actions, they see a new trend, that is, the possibility of Beijing taking Nanjing, and these people do not want to lose their current power, so they make all kinds of changes.

It is not the situation that it is today. There is simply no possibility of change in these people.

Like, a series of capitalist reforms, not out of their good intentions, but because they have come.

Zhu Yunwen let Qi De go down.

He thought about it repeatedly in his heart, and there were many ideas, but these thoughts would not be said to Fang Xiaoru. The only one who could discuss with him was Ding Xian.

Zhu Yunwen pondered all night, and after the morning of the next day, he invited Ding Xian to come over.

Zhu Yunwen told Ding Xian about Qi De's actions and said, "Master Ding, what do you think I should do?"

Ding Xian listened to Zhu Yunwen's words, his heart was beating wildly, he saw an opportunity, what an opportunity, that is, the opportunity to replace Fang Xiaoru.

Ding Xian has always been dissatisfied with Fang Xiaoru.

wants to replace him, but Ding Xian also knows who he is. In all respects, he can't be compared to Fang Xiaoru.

Fang Xiaoru is morally perfect, no matter up or down, he is perfect. But Ding Xian was stained by bullying his teachers and destroying his ancestors, and now he is still despised by Shilin. Even because of the newspaper, Ding Xian has a good reputation among the people. But in officialdom, it's a different story.

It's just out of place.

Many of Ding Xian's popularity among the people was gained by speaking out on behalf of the people and attacking corrupt officials.

Although it is said that Ding Xian's actions have been investigated in advance. Won't hit hard nails. It's all about finding soft persimmons to pinch. It is a conditional voice, but it also makes many officials feel uncomfortable.

Ding Xian's popularity among the people is not useful in officialdom at all.

And Fang Xiaoru is full of peach and plum all over the world, how can Ding Xian compare.

Ding Xian knew that the only chance he wanted to replace Fang Xiaoru was nothing else. It was the support of the emperor. But the support of the emperor alone was not enough. There has to be another change, and it's a seismic change.

That's the change.

Ding Xian is also preparing in this regard.

As He Xi's former foundation, Ding Xian is certainly not a good person. However, he has a deep study of He Xi in many aspects, and he is also in charge of front-line work, printing and typesetting and other machines, and Ding Xian's front-line staff. In a series of work, he can better understand many of He Xi's thoughts and ideas.

Among He Xi's first three students, perhaps only Ding Xian was the closest to He Xi's thoughts.

Lian Zining is a Confucian student in his heart, and everything he has learned is to serve the righteousness of the world in his heart. He Xi's doctrine is only in use. And Huang Zicheng is much stronger than Lian Zining. But Huang Zicheng has followed He Xi for the longest time and knows the industrial system best, but Huang Zicheng is still a Confucian in his bones.

He disagreed with He Xi on some ideas other than the industrial system.

After all, he has read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, which has far-reaching influences, and it is not easy for a person to completely deny himself.

And Ding Xian is different, Ding Xian is very good at reading, otherwise it is not enough to be tied with these two. But he didn't agree with Confucianism since he was a child, and he read books for so many years. also did the thing of deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors, it can be seen that he did not read his four books and five classics into his heart.

Essentially, the Four Books and the Five Classics are seen as knocking on the door

Brick. Pursue your own wealth and future. From this point of view, the set proposed by He Xi is really suitable for Ding Xian.

Some people may say that He Xi does not seem to have put forward any ideas about how to behave in the world? ap.

Is there really none?