Shen Shixing smiled: "Since ancient times, many emperors and generals have been strictly taught by saints since childhood, and there is no shortage of famous teachers and Confucians, but there are still virtuous and foolish, loyal and treacherous, it can be seen that many things are not avoided if you want to, but maybe it will be better." ”

The Wang family held their heads and looked out in amazement.

It was the autumn of the fourteenth year of Wanli, the sky was high and cool, but it was only rained for a long time, and the green leaves in front of the window were more and more withered, and as if they had been baked by fire, they were dark and shriveled.

Wang Jiaping couldn't help but wrinkle his eyebrows.

And when he thought that according to Shen Shixing's statement, he had to let the Son of Heaven have his own ideas and let the Son of Heaven do whatever he wanted, Wang Jiaping felt a little lost.

"The drought is so severe, what should Your Majesty do in general?"

Therefore, Wang Jiaping couldn't help but ask again at this time.

"Didn't you let Pan Wucheng go to control the river and water to relieve the drought?"

Shen Shixing replied with a smile.

Wang Jiaping said: "What I mean is that Your Majesty should always personally pray for rain from heaven, and make hundreds of officials introspect themselves, so that the people of the world can see that Your Majesty has a good heart." ”

Shen Shixing bowed: "Reasonable!" You can make a speech on this, and see whether the Son of Heaven is willing or not; However, if the Son of Heaven is unwilling, we should not force it, it is just a formality after all. ”

Wang Jiaping: "......"

And after pondering for a moment, Wang Jiaping still couldn't help but say to Shen Shixing: "I still don't dare to agree with the public's statement, the ancestor's Jiangshan Sheji is not the responsibility of His Majesty alone!" We are favored by the country, and we should be loyal to Your Majesty's society, not only obey Your Majesty's orders! Therefore, if Your Majesty is unwilling to pray for rain so that the whole world will know his sincerity, we should advise until the Son of Heaven wills! ”

"The public doesn't ask, whether Your Majesty wants you to be loyal to Sheji or to Your Majesty himself."

Shen Shixing was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then smiled and said.

Wang Jiaping stood up directly, turned his back to Shen Shixing and said, "We are not Your Majesty's slaves, and we don't have to consider whether Your Majesty is willing or unwilling!" ”

"The public said that he was loyal to His Majesty's society, but I'm afraid that the real reason is still loyal to whether he can make his family stable and prosperous for a long time, right?"

Shen Shixing asked coldly at this time.

Wang Jiaping looked back at Shen Shixing: "Isn't it right to cultivate one's self and rule the country and level the world, for the peace of the family and the country, and be loyal to His Majesty's Sheji, instead of welcoming the king?!" ”

Wang Jiaping said and turned his head again: "It's better than some people who don't care about changing the dynasty, and only know who is the lord of China and is loyal to whom, and feel that the death of the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with him, anyway, it is better for the children of his family to continue to be officials in the new dynasty!" ”

Shen Shixing blushed and looked at Wang Jiaping with cold eyes.

Half an hour later.

Shen Shixing said: "The society and family country you talked about, he is just a lip service!" ”

"And Your Majesty is a father of flesh and blood with his own ideas, if we want him to treat the world with kindness, we must first treat him with respect, really regard him as a monarch, care about his feelings, and know his thoughts!"

"Even if he doesn't listen to our advice, we have to respect his opinion, if even the Son of Heaven can't have his own opinions, then everyone seems to be responsible for the safety of the world, but in fact, it will only become that everyone can't be responsible for it!"

"If you have inherited the destiny of heaven, you should bear its weight!"

"Your Majesty has no choice, we can't be disloyal to the Son of Heaven just because he killed others, and the Son of Heaven can't think that we are traitors and thieves because we don't welcome him!"

After Wang Jiaping said this, he waved his sleeves and left Shen Shixing's place.

Shen Shixing sighed, then shook his head.

……

Zhu Yijun walked in the garden after the dispersal of the court, and Shen Shixing's words in the early court made him very useful, and he had a feeling that his ideas were really respected and regarded as an emperor.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun chose to keep Shen Shixing in the early dynasty, did not abuse the imperial power, and dismissed Shen Shixing regardless of whether the evidence was conclusive or not.

Because there are too few ministers of this kind who can care about his emperor's personal thoughts.

Even Zhang Juzheng is actually more loyal to his country, and he doesn't care so much about his personal feelings, otherwise, Zhu Yijun would not have a scene of flipping the table in Zhang Juzheng's era.

Of course, Zhu Yijun also knows that ministers who care about his personal feelings are not necessarily good people.

As the saying goes, people need to maintain some sanity in order to succeed, otherwise they will be deceived by flattering people.

Zhu Yijun naturally understands this truth, so he is also wondering if Shen Shixing will be more considerate of himself as an emperor, but relatively speaking, he doesn't care so much about the long-term interests of the entire country and society.

But Zhu Yijun has not yet realized that Shen Shixing has something that is not enough to care about the long-term interests of the country.

Zhu Yijun felt that perhaps it was because Shen Shixing's life had changed because of his attitude as the emperor, so he didn't show that although he cared about the emperor's opinion, he didn't care so much about the long-term interests of the entire country and society.

In any case, Zhu Yijun didn't plan to change the first assistant easily, he promised to give Shen Shixing ten years, then he had to give Shen Shixing ten years, and let Shen Shixing use time to prove whether he was worthy of the emperor's trust in him.

At least for now, Zhu Yijun feels that Shen Shixing is still worthy of himself and the entire Ming Dynasty.

First of all, Hao Jing and Daning recovered.

Secondly, the whole people did get the benefits from foreign mining and foreign trade, and then the large number of displaced people caused by the disaster was finally solved by migration, rather than the previous era that needed to be solved by means of extermination.

In short, Zhu Yijun is still very satisfied with Shen Shixing, and is not affected by the current natural disaster.

Who let Zhu Yijun come from the next generation, his education made him not believe that natural disasters are really related to a person's immorality.

Therefore, he will not be like many ministers, who really feel that there are traitorous ministers in the court due to frequent natural disasters.

However, in this era, there are indeed many people who believe in "heaven and man induction", and the idea of idealism is indeed widely believed.

Many Confucians always believe that the teachings of the sages can really affect matter, and matter and truth are one and the same, so Wang Yangming also had the behavior of facing bamboo objects in order to understand the truth.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun knew that many people questioned Shen Shixing because of natural disasters, and it was inevitable that he would slander the imperial court.

And the drought in Gyeonggi is indeed intensifying at the moment.

Even the waterhole in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City exposed all the stones under the water, and Zhu Yijun couldn't help frowning.

Although he knew that according to the development of the original history, from ten years after Wanli, the climate would only get worse and worse, and it would intensify to the point that there would be a catastrophe every year during the Chongzhen period, and it was called the "Chongzhen Abyss" by historians, but in the shoes of a long-time environment without rain, and through Jinyiwei, he learned that the people of Beijing had fought for water to the point of killing people and destroying the door, Zhu Yijun still hoped that the drought could be alleviated as soon as possible.

And at this time, Wang Jiaping, a cabinet scholar, still went up and asked him, the emperor, to go out of the city to pray for rain in person.

(End of chapter)