Dao Yan flicked the cuffs of his black robe and pulled a letter out of his sleeve.

"The old man asked Yuan Heng and Yuan Zhenren to have a correspondence with Jiang Sheng."

Then, Dao Yan seemed to be thirsty, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea.

The old monk's slowness made the ministers who were waiting for the results extremely anxious, and they couldn't wait to go up and pry open Daoyan's mouth and let him confide all the information.

But at this time, the emperor also followed suit, and Zhu Di waved at the third child behind him.

The third prince, Zhu Gaosui, came to Zhu Di's side, listened to a few breaths, and said in a little surprise: "Father, let the second brother come over now?" ”

Zhu Di nodded, Zhu Gaosui didn't dare to say much, and after going out and arranging for Tong Zhen to be in charge of defense, he used the privilege of galloping horses in the imperial city and went to the edict prison not far away.

Dao Yan opened his mouth and said, "Of course Jiang Sheng has a way to support a new profit class. ”

Hearing this, Huang Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, suddenly felt curious in his heart.

Unlike the licking dog Zheng Ci, Huang Fu has gone through the ups and downs of the Huan Sea for many years, and he has long been unfazed, and there is no psychological fluctuation in the fact that the emperor did not take him to listen to the immortals.

As the so-called thunder, rain and dew, they are all Jun'en.

What the emperor wants to do, that is the emperor's business, as an important minister of the state, what he has to do is not to blindly and unprincipledly move closer to the emperor, but to fulfill his duties well, worthy of the saints, worthy of the people.

But even if Huang Fu is calm in his heart, but for "Jiang Xinghuo", an immortal who was born out of nowhere, it is not right for you to say that Huang Fu is not curious at all.

In fact, since the emperor himself said all the miraculous things about Jiang Xinghuo just now, Huang Fu has already developed a very strong interest in this person.

And right now, Dao Yan's meaning seems to be that a letter from the other party has solved the core problem that plagues the reform method.

-- Supporting a new class of profiteering.

It's not as simple as it sounds.

Supporting the new profit-earners means that the old profit-earners will inevitably be harmed.

Under the current temple system of the Ming Dynasty, what is the old profiteering class?

Of course, it was the gentry class that transformed from the Song and Yuan scholars.

The gentry class, which holds a large amount of knowledge, land, population, and discourse, will encounter strong resistance and counterattack from anyone who tries to offend this powerful and conservative old profit class.

Even Zhu Di, who was the cleanest and most antagonistic with the gentry class, did not dare to act rashly.

Because Zhu Di relied on the basic plate of small and medium-sized landlords in the north and the leaders of the Han and Mongolian armies, although he had an advantageous position over the southern gentry class in terms of force, but in other aspects, such as temples, economy, culture and education, etc., did not reach the point where he could compete with them.

The north, at this time, was still in an all-round backward state compared with the south.

The gentry class is so powerful, its strength does not lie in a single person, but in the fact that the entire class is deeply rooted in the economic center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty.

Doing something to the gentry and breaking with it is almost the same as digging out one's own heart with a dagger.

Can people live without a heart?

Of course not.

In addition, Huang Fu also thought of a more important question.

Even through the reform of the law, a new profit class was fostered against the gentry class.

Then can you guarantee that the new profit-making class will not turn around and rebel against the emperor?

If this is the case, the Ming Dynasty tossed and changed the law, it is better not to change it, but the gentry class has no opinion on the old Zhu family as the emperor, at most let a disliking emperor dissolve in water, and replace it with one, isn't it still the seed of your old Zhu family?

Therefore, although Dao Yan said that this Jiang Xinghuo "Jiang Sheng" had found a way to support the new profit-making class, Huang Fu still didn't think that the road of changing the law would work.

Everyone knows that change is better than staying the same most of the time.

No matter how it changes, as long as the ability of the person who leads the change is not too bad, there is a high probability that the national strength will be enhanced.

Because since the time has come when it is necessary to change the law, it means that it is rotten.

But why are there only a few emperors who have changed the law in the thousand-year-old history of China? Isn't that telling the story?

Huang Fu's doubts could only wait for Dao Yan to be solved.

But as Dao Yan delayed the letter.

Jian Yi suddenly realized.

"Wait."

At this time, Jian Yi spoke, or rather, spoke for Daoyan.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this letter is related to the fate of the dynasty and should not be seen by everyone."

Jian Yi glanced at the cabinet behind him, and the meaning was self-evident.

To put it bluntly, in the early Ming Dynasty, when the Zhongshu Province and the Prime Minister system had just been abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang not many years ago, the bigwigs like Liubu Shangshu who stood at the top of the civil service system really looked down on the young men in the cabinet.

Although there are some young men here, they are really not young.

But under the bureaucratic system, seniority is like this, the old can look down on those who are younger than him, and those with deep seniority can look down on those who are younger.

Huang Fu said instead: "Jian Shangshu, the matter of changing the law is not in a hurry, since the young talents in the cabinet have heard the front, why can't they stay and discuss one or two?" After all, these people are already the next generation of my Ming leaders. ”

Jian Yi insisted very stubbornly: "There is no need to discuss, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that everyone in the cabinet should be avoided immediately." ”

Of course, Xie Jin is a bureaucrat with temple ideals and ambitions, and he is now the de facto chief assistant of the cabinet, even if there is a big disparity in status with Jianyi, but if he does not stand up to protect the interests of the cabinet as a whole at this time, I am afraid that he will be greatly disappointed in the future.

What's more, the most critical point is that the emperor did not drive the cabinet away.

Xie Jin frowned and muttered, "Gong Jian, I'm afraid this move is inappropriate." ”

"Since Your Majesty has formed a cabinet and appointed us to handle the edicts and folds, it is natural that you trust us. Your Majesty has already summoned us to observe today's events, why did Gong Jian drive us away? ”

Jian Yi snorted coldly: "The major events of the national dynasty, when will it be your turn to be the junior counselor?" ”

You must know that although Ping Suli is not amiable, he is by no means so aggressive at the moment.

The unusualness of Jian Yi made almost everyone in the cabinet aware that something was wrong.

Xie Jin was stunned for a few moments, and his smart head suddenly understood.

Jian Yi drove them away, not to be jealous of the virtuous, not to look down on them, but to protect these most top-notch and outstanding young talents in the civil system of the Ming Empire.

The changes and changes of the past dynasties and dynasties, participating in it is certainly the step of advancement.

But if you are not careful, it will be a temple turmoil with broken bones.

The problem is that as long as the cabinet can afford to have qualifications, the future prospects are unlimited, so why do they need to get in at this time and try to change the law, which is quite a bit of a quick success for them?

Yang Shiqi was stunned in his heart, and said in his heart: "Gong Jian is a responsible, ordinary minister, it is too late to protect himself at this time, how dare you do this kind of thing, you are not afraid of angering the emperor?" ”

The emperor asked the cabinet members to attend the meeting, and the head of the six Shangshu told the cabinet members to get out.

Jian Yi said this, and he didn't care much about the emperor's face at all!

On the other side, Jin Youzi, who knew more about the inside story, was silent and seemed to be hesitating.

As the emperor's absolute confidant, Jin Youzi not only knows a lot of content about the reform method today, but also knows that what the emperor wants to solve today is not only the preliminary unification of the reform method at the decision-making level of the Ming Empire.

The dispute between the emperor and the prince that has plagued him for a long time; the erasure of the Jurchens after the melting of the ice and snow in the spring of the following year; more distant cross-sea operations against Japan; and the large-scale conquest of Mobei that the emperor had in mind.

In all directions, many important national policies of the Ming Empire in the future will have to be set at this meeting.

Jin Youzi had these messy thoughts in his head, and couldn't help but look at Yang Rong next to him.

At this time, Yang Rong was lowering his head, his expression was cloudy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Ahem." Zhu Gaochi coughed dryly and looked up at his father.

I saw that Zhu Di's face was still calm and silent.

Zhu Gaochi said: "The minister thinks that what Jian Shangshu said is not unreasonable. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the cabinet knew that His Royal Highness the Great Prince loved them.

Zhu Di waved his hand, and everyone in the cabinet walked out of the cabinet room with a sigh of relief and came to the courtyard.

Looking at the closed door, several young talents were not only relieved that they did not have to get involved in this whirlpool of broken bones at every turn, but also felt frustrated that they missed this rare opportunity to participate in the decision-making of the high-level temples of the Ming Dynasty.

"Righteousness."

Yang Rong was stunned for a long time, spit out a sentence, and then stopped talking.

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In the room, only Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Dao Yan, and six Shangshu remained.

Dao Yan achieved his goal, and invited a few little guys in the cabinet in his heart who were not successful enough to fail, and then stopped grinding, and simply carried out the letter and handed it to everyone, including the emperor, to circulate.

Zhu Di looked at it and threw it directly to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi took it with both hands and read it carefully.

There are only two pages of letterhead, and the content is really not much, but Zhu Gaochi read it very seriously, and even read it twice, and he was reluctant to hand it to the next person.

It wasn't until Jian Yi cleared his throat that Zhu Gaochi reluctantly handed him the letter.

And Jian Yi's expression before receiving the letter was still relatively calm, but as soon as he received the letter, he became serious, which aroused the high curiosity of several Shangshu beside him.

"Master Jiang, what exactly is written? Unexpectedly, Jian Shangshu paid so much attention to it? ”

Xia Yuanji was itching, but he couldn't wait.

Although I can't see what is written on the letter, Xia Yuan Jichai can also guess that it must be about supporting the new profit class after the change.

Moreover, Xia Yuanji listened to a lot of classes, and he had an understanding of what the new profit class was.

He looked at Dao Yan, who nodded imperceptibly at his guess.

Finally, Jian Yi finished reading the letter and passed it to Xia Yuanji's hand.

(End of chapter)