From Anlu to Jingzhou, Zhu Zaiqian became more and more confused.

"Since even ordinary scholars are talking about it, why hasn't this matter made waves? Uncle, didn't you say that in the past, the big draft girls would always make the people panic? ”

Zhang Juzheng was also a little surprised.

said that the provincial-level township sage institute was responsible for the recommendation, but the township sages in the prefecture and county were not explained these things at all.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Juzheng replied: "Maybe it's because of the precedent that the daughter of a big family can also enter the palace, and this year Your Majesty has those three questions, so the provinces will announce Your Majesty's intention to marry the daughter of the six industries of Shinong, industry, industry, military and art, but in fact, they don't want to intrude on the local area and attract impeachment by the Constitution." ”

Qi Jiguang didn't understand, Zhu Zaiji frowned and thought.

Zhang Juzheng was very clear about the emperor's expectations for him, so he explained it carefully with the understanding he already had.

The emperor just asked the officials of the world how to cultivate themselves and govern the country together, and put forward the idea of building a great party in the world and putting the people first.

These are two things that are somewhat contradictory to the deeper study.

Although enriching the harem cannot be said from the perspective of the supremacy of imperial power, the emperor has drafted a draft girl again after 20 years, which is still different from his diligent and virtuous image in the past 20 years.

To put it mildly, if the Son of Heaven does not have such great merits and prestige, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape a "ridiculous" evaluation.

“…… Are you saying that this is a local dignitary who thinks His Majesty is deliberately tempting? ”

Zhang Juzheng shook his head: "No matter what they think, before and after this major policy meeting, they must act safely." Although His Majesty has many concubines, in the past 20 years, he has never been known to the government and the opposition for being lazy about women, but the diligent celebrities are well known. Why is this being done now? From the center to the locality, I am afraid that many people have pondered it carefully. ”

Zhu Zaiqian nodded slowly, as if he had realized.

Is this the ripple effect that one of the emperor's actions will cause?

Although the Ming Decree is that each province recommends six people and finally elects six people, everyone will ponder the emperor's true intentions.

Could it be that his father had really figured out this, so he deliberately made such a clear order?

In Zhu Zaiqi's impression, his father is indeed quite diligent. Although there are many concubines in the harem, I haven't heard of anyone who is extremely favored. In addition to the queen mother, if you really want to talk about one or two, it is really according to the position...... Except for the second concubine, only Concubine Jing was slightly favored.

It is the kind of practice that evens out the rain and dew and avoids trouble.

Zhu Zaiqi, who is almost eighteen years old, is also at the age of blood and strength. He is the crown prince, and he has not yet got married, so he must pay attention to virtue, this is the admonition of the teachers. But after thinking about it, if he was already an emperor at this age, the harem beauties would not be able to do it like his father......

Due to their previous worries about the stability of the prince's position, Zhang Bi and Yang Shen both vaguely pointed out: the emperor had the pressure to give birth to the prince as soon as possible after the vassal king succeeded to the throne, and he had to consider the hidden worries of the prince competing for the prince in the future. If it weren't for the emperor's extreme restraint back then, there would be more than just King Yue and him among the princes of similar age now.

Isn't there any fitness method still circulating in the palace?

Therefore, the emperor, who can't be called indulgent, is very different this time and chooses the girl again, but I am afraid that he really has a deeper intention.

"Father...... Your Majesty is really thoughtful. Zhu Zaiqian thinks he understands, "Look at how the place is done, you can know if they just talk about it." A will for everyone to ponder carefully, and it can also make everyone think about how to truly love the people. ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled: "That's true. ”

There is another point, Zhang Juzheng did not say it explicitly.

He is also still young, but he grew up with the crown prince in the past, and he is very familiar with His Majesty and the Holy Empress of Xiaojie.

Before the death of the Holy Empress of Filial Piety, she was extremely dignified in the harem.

But the queen had just left, and the prince later told him about the concubine in fear, and it also involved the eunuchs and female officials in charge of the East Palace, which was extremely dangerous.

Your Majesty is eloquent, where can you be overwhelmed by harem chores?

This time, after adding new people to the harem and establishing a new one, I'm afraid that there are some clear candidates to make the harem peaceful, right?

In that case, why bother all provinces to recommend six candidates?

Even Zhang Juzheng can vaguely guess it, he believes that those local dignitaries who have rich experience in officialdom must be more clear.

Therefore, as the first thing to observe the suffering of the people, Zhu Zaiqi and Zhang Juzheng were put behind their minds.

In Jingzhou, Zhang Juzheng is actually very famous. But since he entered Beijing by chance, he has never returned, and the Zhang family has also moved to Beijing.

Even though there are still clansmen, Zhang Juzheng was just a child when he left Jingzhou, but now he looks beautiful and has a very different temperament, and no one knows who this person named Zhang Feng is.

Traveling all the way, the prince and him became a little famous because of their extraordinary views on Xinxue.

Seeing that the prince was enjoying the feeling of being praised and sought after by others, Zhang Juzheng reminded: After all, I am from Jingzhou, and after staying for a long time, I am afraid that I will still be guessed, so let's change places.

So the three of them began to set off for Shandong, but Qi Jiguang was very nervous: because he was about to start taking a boat.

If something happens on the river, isn't it called the heavens and the earth?

Without much thought, he contacted people and went down the river with a caravan. Some of the sailors and laborers in the caravan naturally had other identities.

But the master really didn't know that the young owner of the caravan was dancing in the cabin: "When I arrive in Wuchang, I will definitely go to the Xiujiang Building to get drunk!" Brother, I am the east, and the Chu Art Troupe supported by my Song family is known as Wuchang Color and Art. The head of the house, Miss Shu, that's really ......"

Qi Jiguang was sweating on his forehead when he heard this, and looked at Zhang Juzheng.

I made some friends along the way, but let His Majesty know what kind of "fox friends and dog friends" we took the prince to, and we actually wanted to take the prince to visit the Qinglou, and he would be killed when he went back, right?

Zhang Juzheng was just interested in learning from him about the customs of Wuchang.

Qi Jiguang looked at the prince again: What's the matter with your shining eyes?

Aren't we here to observe the sufferings of the people?

……

In the blink of an eye, it was November, and the capital was full of important ministers.

In the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, when the monarchs and ministers meet again, Zhu Houxi and Tang Shunzhi are already middle-aged.

"The minister has figured it out. Historically, local officials have to return to Beijing once every three years at most. His Majesty has a broad mind, and only says that the road is far away, and it takes time to travel and misunderstand. ”

In an era when transportation conditions were so backward, making it necessary for local officials to come to the emperor and give a symbolic report of gratitude was nothing more than an emphasis on the emperor's control over personnel power.

It's okay to be closer, but it's okay to go back and forth for half a year.

Zhu Houxi only smiled slightly when he saw that he took this as an example and said that he trusted the officials he appointed.

"It's good that you've returned to Beijing. With his talents, in addition to the Ministry of Education, the military council can also hang a staff officer. Zhu Houxi admired Tang Shunzhi very much, "In the years to come, I will help me establish order around me." At the Great Power Policy Conference, many people still don't understand why I want to start with Japan first, what do you think? ”

With Tang Shunzhi's learning ability, letting him go to the Ministry of Culture and Education will not take up too much of his energy.

The establishment of the Academy of Sciences, the establishment of the Daming scientific research system, and the research and development of new technologies require more open-minded and effective management talents.

In addition to doing this well, Tang Shunzhi can also give full play to his strengths in Taozhi.

"Although Taizu said that Japan is a country that does not conquer, it is not what it used to be, the route is already known, and the benefits of the Ming Dynasty are even more unstoppable to Japan." Tang Shunzhi thought for a while and said, "In addition to the benefits, what is more important is what Your Majesty wants to do with Japan." Have you ever heard that Your Majesty wants to try out the system of hypocrisy in Japan? ”

He asked Zhu Houxi very bluntly, looked into the emperor's eyes, and waited for an answer.

Zhu Houxi was silent for a moment, and nodded slowly: "I really think so. ”

Tang Shunzhi owed: "The minister dares to ask Your Majesty, don't do this." ”

"Why?"

Tang Shunzhi's eyes looked at him calmly: "The ministers have gone through the annals of history, and there is no one who has far-reaching plans like Your Majesty!" His Majesty is worried that in the future, he will be worried that he will be a prince who is not virtuous and mislead the country and the people, and now he is trying to implement the system of hypocrisy in Japan, which is counterproductive. ”

"Tell me more."

Seeing that the emperor did not change his expression at all because he said frankly, Tang Shunzhi's eyes were full of admiration.

"According to the minister's opinion, the reigning king of the Ming Dynasty in the future, who can be virtuous and diligent like His Majesty, can almost be said to be unattainable. The trial trial of the hypocrisy in Japan will only make His Majesty's descendants worried, and the hearts of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty will fluctuate in the future. Monarchs and ministers are jealous of each other, and it is a curse rather than a blessing to Daming. ”

Zhu Houxi didn't speak.

There are examples out there, and there are indeed such consequences.

Tang Shunzhi said proudly: "The minister doesn't understand why Your Majesty has to keep the foreign vassal hypocrisy. Hearing His Majesty's three questions, he knew that His Majesty had a great wish to love the people like a son and to the world to be in harmony, with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, the prosperity of culture and education, as long as the people of the foreign domain live and work in peace and contentment, why should they keep those foreign domain magnates? ”

Zhu Houxi looked at him with some surprise.

"The ministers are in the Hetao, and they are all regarded by the Mongolian people, and they are just self-reliant. Now that the people of Hetao are Mengmin, who does not praise the kindness of the Ming Dynasty? There is enough food, cold clothing, and a fixed place to live, and the people do not ask for much. The magnates of the foreign domain have left too much, and they still hope that they will not add to the chaos and help the Ming Dynasty govern the foreign domain, isn't that self-tiding? ”

Tang Shunzhi came with experience, and said disdainfully: "Although there is no need to treat it as a barbarian, but the other generation fights for power and profit, and does not learn and has no skills, and it is really too far behind the Ming Dynasty." The army is everywhere, first punishing the people and thieves, and then leniency and governance, promoting culture and education, giving them full warmth, and allowing them to go out. Instead of worrying about the future, Your Majesty should take advantage of Your Majesty's prime and take care of the foreign domain. It only takes one generation, who will still miss the old years in the hearts of the people of the foreign domain? ”

Zhu Houxi was stunned by him, is Tang Shunzhi so rude?

I have to say that Zhu Houxi still has some thinking of later generations, and feels that the national issue is only very complicated.

But now that Tang Shunzhi said this, he suddenly felt that even Da Ming was still struggling to condense the national and national consciousness. Is there really a strong sense of nationality in places like North Korea and Japan?

Speaking of which, as long as outsiders are not too brutal, it is unlikely that there will be a war scene in which the national consciousness of the outside world is most easily cohesive.

In other words, Tang Shunzhi's opinion is that if you push over with a more disciplined Wang Shi, and then implement benevolent government, the kung fu of a generation will change greatly.

“…… In all dynasties, it was extremely difficult to educate after opening up the territory. Zhu Houxi voiced his question, "Why is Yingde so optimistic?" ”

"Your Majesty's work." Tang Shunzhi said seriously, "In all dynasties, I don't hear of such a Ming monarch as Your Majesty. Under the new school, the officials are pragmatic and the rewards and punishments are appropriate. Your Majesty also has the ambition of the great harmony of the world, and the physical avenue is more prosperous to create wealth for the people and strengthen the national strength. Naturally, it is difficult to regard such a distant foreign domain as Japan, but since shipping is prosperous and convenient to travel, it cannot be regarded as in the past. The prince thinks that he is a vassal and controls China, why not? ”

He concluded: "The system of hypocrisy is absolutely impossible! If the system is different, how can the world be the same? ”

Hearing the word system from his mouth, Zhu Houxi didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

“…… That's not right. Zhu Houxi said, "If Japan sets such an example, the rest of the vassals will be panicked, and the Ming frontier will continue to worry." ”

Tang Shunzhi looked at him a little strangely: "Your Majesty...... The reform of the Ming army, the improvement of the armor has never been slack, you are afraid that the Ming military strength is not as clear as the minister, right? ”

“…… You mean, whoever is not convinced, can call them all? ”

Zhu Houxi also knew it in his heart, he just didn't expect Tang Shunzhi to be a conservative, Tang Shunzhi felt that he was too conservative.

Is it so pragmatic that the lecturer is no longer famous?

Tang Shunzhi said awe-inspiringly: "If you have the ambition of the great harmony of the world, the Ming Dynasty and the vassals should really surrender!" ”

Zhu Houxi looked at him with a complicated mood: Isn't it because you will be a general staff officer of military affairs in the future that you have become such a hawk?

Can things really go this way?

“…… Yingde, you have great ambitions, so you are willing to work in the border for more than ten years. Zhu Houxi said, "In the past, Taizong set up the Jiaozhi Political Envoy Division, because most of the virtuous ministers refused to go to the land over there, so the education was not effective, and in the end, it still harmed the people and the country. ”

The problem of people is always the biggest problem.

It is naturally not difficult for the army of the Ming Dynasty to push over, but to let others live willingly in the system of the Ming Dynasty, and not give them some status and a way out for the local powerful people, are there so many talented people in the Ming Dynasty who are willing to go over?

Tang Shunzhi laughed: "As the minister said, this is Your Majesty's work." Now His Majesty has made it clear to the world that agriculture and industry are the foundation of the country. Straight roads, river transportation, and sea transportation have been greatly facilitated. He has always despised businessmen, because of his cunning and greed, and he is afraid of misleading the country and harming the people. However, the merchant walks in all directions, but he is the most fearless of the difficult and dangerous road. Since the merchant will be worried about how the ministers will be worried about the power in the future, what His Majesty should try in the foreign domain is what the merchant will be the official general. ”

“……”

Zhu Houxi was really shocked now.

Tang Shunzhi actually saw through the true nature of the merchants in the future era as the vanguard who were keen to open up colonization, what did he mean to encourage the merchants to go to the surrounding foreign domains to implement a specially designed capitalist system?

To be honest, since Zhu Houxi already felt that the Ming Dynasty was essentially some kind of "agricultural capitalism", he did not resist it.

Maybe...... Only when everyone attaches great importance to industry, commerce and trade, can the entire Ming Dynasty dominate the Oriental market be established faster?

What will happen with it, of course, is a whole set of Eastern standards.

Tang Shunzhi also said: "Now Your Majesty has asked all the officials in the world three times, so that the ministers should remember the public heart and cultivate their families, but everyone has selfish intentions and wants to ensure that future generations are rich and worry-free." It's inconvenient to do it in the Ming Dynasty, so why not go to the foreign domain to do it? This best of both worlds is supported by hundreds of officials, and the people of the Ming Dynasty can also benefit. Even though the world is the same, the Ming Dynasty and the foreign vassals are also like concubines. The sister-in-law is doing better, and although the concubine is a little worse, it can be much better than before, right? That's enough. ”

“…… I haven't seen you for many years, Yingde, you have changed a lot. Zhu Houxi said truthfully.

Tang Shunzhi's justice is awe-inspiring: "The minister has always been loyal, only for the Ming Dynasty!" The minister saw the suffering of the Mongolian people in the Hetao, and he really took pity on him! Your Majesty loves the hearts of the people of the world, and the ministers empathize. The Ming monarch is in power, the virtuous ministers are full of dynasties, why do you need to delay everything? What kind of foundation is the great harmony of the world, how can it be refined without blood and fire? And even if you want to be famous, you don't need to work hard. ”

"What is Yingde's opinion?" Zhu Houxi felt that he had been a little moved by him.

Tang Shunzhi said categorically: "Next year, after the envoys of the feudal domains submit the results of the visit, in the name of the suzerain, they will send an edict to the feudal domains, ordering them to abolish the people's forced labor, share the burden between the government and the people, and sort out the taxes to reduce the suffering of the people. This majesty's grace, the people of the foreign domains are looking forward to it, but how can the princes and ministers of the domains obey it? Since you don't obey, hanging the people is the crime! ”

Zhu Houxi didn't expect him to say things about interfering in other people's internal affairs.

But judging from the situation at this time, they did serve the Ming Emperor as their king on the surface and called themselves courtiers.

What do you ask your courtiers to do...... It doesn't seem to be a problem.

In the past, it was useless to ask for it, that is, the strength could not keep up.

Now you have the strength?

"Yingde, I didn't expect you to be so radical......"

"Your Majesty said that the world is the same, why is he so hesitant?"

Zhu Houxi was speechless: Yes! Co-authored me too conservative?

(End of chapter)