In Tianshou Mountain, wildflowers are in full bloom.

Changling is still located on the mountainside, and the Ming Tower on the square city has not changed at all, and the same architectural pattern and the same pine tree scenery seem to have stopped time here.

"Your Majesty, this year's wind is strong, beware of catching a cold!" Liang Fang was a year old, and he seemed very concerned about stepping forward to remind him.

Zhang Yong and other eunuchs came with him, standing behind and guarding the lord of the Ming Dynasty in front of him.

Zhu Youjiao, who was wearing a dragon robe, had a firm look in his eyes, and the whole person became more and more powerful as an emperor, and he was condescendingly looking at the Qi'en Hall bathed in the sunset.

Everything in front of you is like the old days, and this year's wind is indeed stronger than usual.

Perhaps it was this that made it clear to him that it was not that time had not passed here, but that everything here would be difficult to change.

The emperor's mausoleum seems to be destined to be the emperor's scenery alone.

Zhu Youzhu did not leave to shelter from the wind, but still admired the scenery in front of him and said: "Liang Fang, you shouldn't dissuade you!" Only by standing here can I feel an unprecedented relaxation, and all my worries seem to disappear at this time! ”

Zhang Yong and the other eunuchs silently exchanged glances, but they knew that the emperor in front of him had the world in mind, otherwise the emperor would not be so tired.

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty, slaves and maids sometimes come here, but they have never felt this way!" Liang Fang knew that Zhu Youzhu regarded himself as a confidant, and said bitterly.

Zhu Youzhu sniffed the smell of the spring breeze and said very pleasantly: "Maybe you have given up everything, and now there is nothing to worry about!" ”

"In the opinion of the slave maid, Your Majesty is worried too much! Your Majesty has been on the throne for three years, and although every year has not been peaceful, Your Majesty has not only handled it extremely well, but also made the empire prosperous, which is the result of Your Majesty's hard work! Although Liang Fang is not in the court, he is always paying attention to the dynamics of the court.

Although the epidemic in the first month of the year was blamed by Daming on a sudden natural disaster, he knew that it must be a man-made disaster, and some people even wanted to infect the emperor with smallpox.

In this dynasty, the enemy is often not only on the outside, but also on the inside.

Even now, he still feels that Liu Wentai has a big problem, it is the young and strong Emperor Chenghua who died just because of a cold disease, which sounds unreasonable.

As the sun sets, the gently swaying pine trees seem to tell a different story.

Zhu Youzhu heard Liang Fang's slightly flattering words, and he was not too proud in his heart.

Although he successfully survived the smallpox epidemic this time, there are still many difficulties to face if he wants to lead Huaxia on the road to prosperity.

Especially now that it is the beginning of the third year of Hongzhi, I don't know what kind of thorny problems are waiting for me, and what kind of problems make me in a dilemma.

In March, the capital has returned to its former liveliness.

"Our store is newly opened, and the discount is great!"

"Walk by, pass by, don't miss it!"

"Korean ginseng is big and thick, come and take a look."

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The area around the Drum Tower is the most prosperous business district in Beijing, where the shops and stalls have goods from all over the country, and even local products from various countries, and all kinds of shouting voices are endless.

Although all goods passing through Chongwenmen had to pay taxes, the imperial court created a fair business environment for them, and the turnover of each store now increased instead of falling.

"Looking for a few female weavers!"

"Food, housing, salary, interview!"

"Urgent, three meals with meat, and a monthly salary of five cloth tickets!"

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Thanks to the continuous growth of overseas demand for cotton cloth, especially the Tianjin shipyard to promote the development of the navigation industry, Daming cotton cloth has opened the sea trade market in Nanyang, so more and more labor needs to be used.

It is worth mentioning that the southern suburbs are no longer limited to the royal weaving mills and the United Weaving Factory, and some weaving mills built by the powerful and the wealthy have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

When the financial industry, where usury was the main business, was controlled by the imperial court, the capital of the capital could not twist the thick thighs of the imperial court at all, and naturally entered the easiest industry to make money.

Judging from various signs, Daming's textile industry has formed an industrial effect and is in a period of growth. Although it did not catch the take-off period of the textile industry, it is not too late to enter.

It is in this way that the southern suburbs of Beijing have become the largest textile production base of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, and it is showing a trend of continuous expansion.

As night fell, the lights lit up.

Although the economy is thriving, it is politics that plays the leading role, and in the front hall of the Guangdong Guild Hall gathered Guangdong Xinke Gongshi and Luodi Juzi, including a group of officials.

Although the literati group has always claimed that the gentleman is not a party, long before they joined the government, many fellow villagers had already begun to build relationships and even worked hard to cultivate their own township party forces.

Guangdong was not a major imperial examination province during this period, and it has been more than 100 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but only Liu Cunye was lucky to become the first Guangdong champion of the Ming Dynasty.

The current Hubu Shangshu Li Si is a native of Nanhai County, Guangdong, and although this Hubu Shangshu is an important minister of the current dynasty, he is not keen on revitalizing the Guangdong Township Party.

It's just that Cantonese people are good at business, and Cantonese businessmen not only took the initiative to build this Guangdong Tribute Academy for going to Beijing to prepare for exams, but also often organized fellow townspeople's associations.

Xu Hong is still serving in the Ministry of War, and this time he was invited by the Guangdong Guild Hall, and it was very unexpected to meet Zhang Sui here.

"When did you return to Beijing?"

"I just returned to Beijing this afternoon, and it's hard to refuse!"

"They called me several times, and this time I had to come when I carried the sedan chair to the door!"

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The two of them met from the Guangdong Township Examination period, and they had the experience of sharing hardships in the Fusi Prison in Beizhen, and they were like-minded partners when they entered the officialdom, so they had nothing to talk about when they met.

Originally, they didn't like gatherings of this nature, but they still couldn't help themselves in officialdom, so both of them chose to come here to watch coldly.

Hanlin Xiu Liu Cunye as the champion was naturally praised by the stars, and in the face of the new Kegongshi and the unsuccessful people who listened to the surroundings, he even talked eloquently: "The so-called listening to the government means that the emperor is close to the virtuous ministers and alienates the villain; The so-called listening to persuasion, the emperor is widely open and accepts the advice of hundreds of officials, if he can spit on his own face, he can be a saint and the son of heaven......"

"Liu Xiuxi, you just said so much, but you don't know: What is a virtuous minister? What is a villain? Zhang Sui was talking to Xu Hong, but suddenly couldn't help but ask.

If other arguments can be tolerated, but this "spit on his own face" is tied to the "sage Son of Heaven", it is simply that Emperor Hongzhi is not like an emperor.

If it weren't for the fact that Zi Hongzhi eliminated the layers of resistance of the court, could rectify it strongly internally, and took strong measures externally, the Ming Dynasty would not have had such a good situation as it is now.

Especially in the case of Jianzhou, it is precisely because His Majesty did not listen to the dissuasion of the so-called virtuous ministers, but insisted on recovering Jianzhou, that he was able to resettle millions of victims of the disaster in Henan Province in Jianzhou, where the land is fertile.

Now he is still here to advocate that His Majesty should listen to the advice of these virtuous ministers, and also ask the emperor to spit on himself, which is simply here to "confuse the public with evil words".

The most important thing is that the saint Son of Heaven in his mind is not a spit on himself at all, but a wise tyrant like Hongji who dares to think and do.

Xu Hong picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine silently, but he knew that this champion had touched Zhang Sui's scales, but he should not define the saint Son of Heaven in this way, and constantly indirectly belittled the current saint.

This......

The new Kegongshi and the people who were on the list were faintly aware of the smell of gunpowder on Zhang Sui's body, and saw that Zhang Sui seemed to be about to challenge Liu Cunye, so they couldn't help but silently exchange a look.

"Naturally, those who are righteous in the country are virtuous ministers, and those who are selfish are villains!" Liu Cunye has been the existence of the stars in the past year, and he looks down on Zhang Sui, a small local official.

Presiding over the meeting was Huang Yu, president of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, who nodded lightly at Liu Cunye's answer.

Zhang Sui was very disdainful in his heart, and immediately asked seriously: "In your opinion, is Liu Daxia a virtuous minister or a villain?" ”

"Although Liu Daxia's actions back then were inappropriate, his original intention was to stop the soldiers, and he did not covet his own selfish interests, so he can naturally be regarded as a virtuous minister!" Liu Cunye has become an out-and-out defender, and he immediately expressed his position confidently.

Xu Hong's brows immediately furrowed, and he looked at this champion with complicated eyes.

If there are other things, it may be recognized, but Liu Daxia's practice of hiding Annan's archives is simply misleading the country and the people, and it is even more blatant disloyalty to the emperor.

Such a person who is full of evil makes the imperial court miss the best route to conquer Annam, how can he be called a virtuous minister?

Zhang Sui's eyes flashed with a fierce color, and he immediately retorted seriously: "Although Liu Daxia does not want money and power, but he is greedy for personal fame, and he is so disloyal for his own reputation, who dares to call him virtuous?" After a pause, he pointed the finger at the scholars present and said, "Even among the people present, who of you can do it for the country regardless of personal gains and losses?" Some of the motivations for your ten years of hard study are for the country, and your fame is nothing more than for the glory and glory of your ancestors, why do you need to be so coy? ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire front hall suddenly fell silent.

Although what Zhang Sui said was not to be heard, but this is the current fact, but it ripped off their hypocritical masks in one fell swoop.

"Zhang Yushi, according to what you said, there is no virtuous minister in this court, all of them are villains, so why is the Ming Dynasty so prosperous today?" Liu Cunye felt that his face had been lost, and he looked angry and laughed.

Zhang Sui was not stumped by the question, but went straight to the core: "Empty talk misleads the country, but hard work prospers the country!" Today's saints never regard themselves as virtuous kings, but think about the people everywhere, and are the true saints of the Son of Heaven! Now the court is not divided into virtuous ministers and villains, but everyone works together to tide over the difficulties, which is the reason for today's prosperity! ”

This......

After listening to these words, Huang Yu, president of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, was impressed by this Liaodong imperial history that had no sense of existence.

"Well said!"

Several of the more senior officials present actually saw it more thoroughly, if they knew that the current prosperity was actually caused by the emperor's proper use of people, like Li Si, who was promoted by Zhu Youjiao, they should even echo the authenticity.

Zhongxin Kegongshi was already a person who had stepped into officialdom with half a foot, and nodded as if he didn't understand.

In fact, they all know in their hearts that their pursuit is not pure, and with their pursuit of the image of an ethereal virtuous minister, it is better to strive to be a capable minister who can share the emperor's worries.

"Damn it!"

Liu Cunye saw that he was completely defeated in this controversy, and although Zhang Sui won the applause of the officials present, he already hated Zhang Sui in his heart.

But he secretly swore in his heart that as long as he could get up, he would definitely let Zhang Sui fall to pieces, so as to avenge the humiliation he was here today.

Although Zhang Sui felt Liu Cunye's hostility, he didn't look sad or happy, and continued to take the initiative to talk to Xu Hong about the current situation of Jianzhou.

Although his legs were bombarded, he was still alive and hiding with a remnant. It's just that no matter how unwilling Tuoluo is, Aixinjue Luo no longer has any threat to Jianzhou Wei.

Now the Ming Dynasty did not take the initiative to provoke the Haixi Jurchens and the Savage Jurchens, but focused on building cities and expanding their territory, and incorporated the entire Jianzhou into the territory of the Ming Dynasty by building cities.

As for the relocated millions of disaster victims, more and more people were willing to devote themselves to the upsurge of land reclamation when the water conservancy was built in the Ming Dynasty.

Stimulated by the three-year tax exemption and the government's grant of land deeds, the enthusiasm of the victims has been greatly stimulated, and Jianzhou is developing barren land at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

Zhang Sui silently took a sip of wine, and said very firmly: "As long as the imperial court can persist for three years, and the construction of cities and water conservancy in various places is completed, the entire Jianzhou will be permanently incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, and Jianzhou will also become the northeast granary of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Because he had witnessed it with his own eyes, he knew better than anyone else how wise the emperor's plan was to recover and open up the state, and how wise and holy their emperor was.

As for people like Liu Cunye, they are not worthy of surviving in the current Hongzhi Dynasty at all.

"It's just a little imperial history, what do you do with such a little person?" Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and an official of the Criminal Department deliberately loudly appeased Liu Cunye.

Xu Hong turned his head and glanced at the official of the Criminal Department who was rumored to be about to be searched by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but he shook his head silently.

Although Zhang Sui did very well in the examination last year, he became one of the twelve people in Xiao Chuanyu. It's just that there was an accident, Zhang Sui not only missed the position of a first-class and third-class jinshi, but also couldn't even stay in the capital.

Although after serving as the imperial history of Liaodong, Zhang Sui made great military achievements in the battle of Liyu Gukou, but he was not promoted by the imperial court, but was transferred by the imperial court to Jianzhou to coordinate Liu Xuan of Liaodong to do the hardest work.

It is precisely like this, although a small imperial history of Liaodong is very debatable, but it is far inferior to Liu Cunye, the Hanlin Xiu, a veritable prince.

Zhang Sui listened to the sarcastic words of the criminal department official, but said deafly: "Xu Hong, I'm afraid we will have a good show in a few days!" ”

"What's the show?" Xu Hong was immediately stunned.

Zhang Sui was also stunned, but looked at Xu Hong seriously and said, "Xu Hong, have you really forgotten such a big thing?" ”

"Huh? What's the matter? Xu Hong quickly searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, and objected very blankly.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

Liu Cunye, who was still complacent just now, suddenly showed a look of horror on his face after hearing the conversation here.