The next high-minded conversation between the two scholars pointed directly to the disadvantages of the current dynasty, and said an opinion that Zhu Houzhao did not expect, the Ming Dynasty's guard system, the scholar had to go to the imperial examination because of his father's requirements, but in his heart he wanted to join the army.

In addition to the right to temporarily recruit in wartime, it is only an exception, the real soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have always been the guards everywhere, hereditary military households, Lao Tzu heroes, children, these people have long been not as good as a generation, said to be the guard, in fact, they have been reduced to farmers, year after year of cultivation tuntian, how much combat effectiveness can there be, plus a long time without practice, has become one of the main drawbacks of the Ming Dynasty.

There are also three major drawbacks, land contribution, feudal kings, and commercial taxes, which are the main causes of the weakening of the Ming Dynasty.

The martial arts system of the Ming Dynasty, founded very early, originally with the text, Yongle years to participate in the examination of the martial arts more, and then until now, a generation is not as good as the generation, the martial arts is not as good as the Wenju, the current scholars are not diligent, the grains are not divided, in the lift, it means that the good days are coming, blame only the treatment of the imperial court is too good, these scholars who raise only know how to shake their heads and talk about it every day, they have long been spoiled, and the martial arts are also useless, and even no longer open the course.

And some scholars who want to make a difference, in the face of these general trends, can only choose to go with the flow, Liu Zizhang and Tan Zongzheng's words, but touched some of Zhu Houzhao's bold ideas.

These questions have been raised by later generations, and this vision and insight are not common people, and these two scholars are not simple.

"They reminded me that the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are not all useless and pedantic nerds, such as Wang Shouren, such as Yu Qian, such as Dong Qichang and Zhang Juzheng, these are all readers, I was misled, so that I was blind, they just have a chance, there is a time to shine, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be my Yu Qian, my Wang Shouren, Zhang Juzheng." Zhu Houzhao gestured to Liu Jin.

Liu Jin immediately understood what Zhu Houzhao meant, came to the table, and said; "Two, my son-in-law is invited." After speaking, he gestured towards Zhu Houzhao.

The two of them followed his line of sight and saw a young man in brocade clothes with a good demeanor on the opposite side, in fact, they had already seen it, but they didn't care, but they didn't expect the young man to take the initiative to come over and invite.

Zhu Houzhao held a folding fan and sat on a chair with his hands bowed.

Tan Zongzheng and Liu Zizhang glanced at each other, got up and followed Liu Jin, they saw that the brocade boy in front of them was not simple, but they didn't know what he meant, and they didn't want to offend, so they came over to listen to what he had to say.

Liu Jin stood behind Zhu Houzhao with his hands in his hands, with a humble and flattering attitude, but this guy has a beard and a strong figure, so he didn't know that this thing was a eunuch, otherwise Zhu Houzhao's identity would not be difficult to guess.

Liu Zizhang was the first to speak; "I don't know what advice this son has asked me to give."

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile; "I was drinking with two people at the next table, and I saw that the two were chatting lively, and I was a person who liked to make friends, so I invited you, and the two of you were invited to sit down."

Tan Zongzheng sat down according to his words, hearty and heroic, Liu Zizhang was polite and extraordinary, and thanked him.

Zhu Houzhao looked at their performances and smiled; "I just listened to your tone in the next, it seems that Enke has a great future this time, so I wish the two high schools in advance."

Then, he shook the folding fan lightly, and said to Liu Zizhang suspiciously, "There is a question below, and I also ask Brother Liu to teach, southwest Yungui is in chaos, since I began to Emperor Chengzu, I have not been peaceful, and the war is wasted on food and soldiers, Brother Liu said that if he is in high school, he wants to invite himself to southwest Yungui as an official, I don't know what Brother Liu is going to do to calm the people?" ”

Liu Zizhang took a good look at the young man in front of him, and could see that the young man in front of him was well-dressed, with an extraordinary bearing, and his tone was even more proud.

"Liu Mou lost his words after drinking, don't take it seriously."

Tan Zongzheng was not so cautious, and when he heard the words, he spoke for Liu Zizhang; "Brother Zizhang is talented, for the trouble in the southwest, Brother Zizhang has already had a belly case, and he has traveled all over Yunnan and Guizhou in the past, and he has been walking for three years before he ·······."

"Brother Xian..." Liu Zizhang hurriedly stopped him from continuing.

Although Tan Zongzheng was puzzled, he did not continue.

Liu Zizhang gave up; "Don't blame the son, this brother is straightforward, but he is talking nonsense, thank you for the kind invitation of the son today, but the younger brother and the virtuous brother still have to prepare for the exam, I am not sorry, I quit."

After speaking, he pulled Tan Zongzheng to get up and was about to leave, not ready to be too involved with the brocade boy in front of him, this era is about relationships, and it is taboo to talk about shallow words, not to mention that he is still a noble son who does not know the depths and details, that is not a person they can provoke.

Liu Jin was ready to stop them from leaving, daring to be rude to His Majesty, to see if our family didn't peel your skin, but Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, he could only watch them leave.

Tan Zongzheng's unfinished words just now made his eyes light up, this Liu Zizhang is not simple, he has such courage at a young age, he has walked for three years, and he has thoroughly explored the land of Yungui, just to solve the border troubles of the imperial court, it can be seen that he is really with his heart, no matter what he plans in his chest, this dedication is worthy of praise.

Zhu Houzhao did not stop them from leaving, but secretly instructed Liu Jin to send someone to keep an eye on them to see where they lived, so that they could be summoned at any time in the future.

"Go back to the palace."

If it was Zhu Houzhao in the past, I am afraid that he would turn into a hooligan and a scoundrel, beat him with his fists, and dare to talk to me like this and beg for a beating.

After the two came out of Xia's restaurant, they didn't go around again, and after returning to the palace, Zhu Houzhao directly ordered Liu Jin to send a copy of his will to Xu Qiong to the Ministry of Rites.

Ministry of Rites.

Xu Qiong has been very busy recently, and he has been very busy, and he was originally the most idle yamen, but it has become a yamen with more things than the household department and the ministry of work, because His Majesty decided to open Enke this time, and he should consider the selection of topics and the study of policy theories.

The topic is very rigorous, quoting scriptures, undertaking the topic, solving the problem, and breaking the problem, all of which must be selected by him personally, and he must not be sloppy at all, and he cannot fake outsiders, otherwise it will be leaked, but it is a serious crime, and finally it must be reported to His Majesty's holy judgment.

Just when he was buried in the hundred and ten questions, Liu Jin arrived with Zhu Houzhao's will.

"Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, kneel down and accept the order."

"Minister, Commander"

After Xu Qiong knelt down and raised her hands high, Liu Jin handed over a will, helped Xu Qiong up, and whispered closer; "Your Majesty will explain to our family, tell your lordship, choose the candidate's policy and answer, and use this article as the standard answer, and the closest one will be the first name, and do it in turn, our family has already explained Your Majesty's words, so we will go back to reply and leave."

Xu Qiong waited for Liu Jin to leave, and then slowly opened the holy decree, there were only a few sentences on it, and there was an article mixed with the holy decree, written on royal paper, and after he read this article carefully, he not only praised it deeply, "This theory is very high, high theory, high theory." ”

He recognized that this was His Majesty's handwriting, and he didn't expect that His Majesty still had such a high opinion, although he was a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, but he also knew how feasible it was, and whether it was possible to achieve it, it seemed that His Majesty didn't know, this thousand-word article, if it was transmitted to the court, everyone would be embarrassed.

After so many years, why hasn't anyone thought of changing the land and returning to the stream? Since Emperor Hongwu changed the land and returned to Yunnan, the Yongle Dynasty also implemented the reform of the land and returned to the stream, but then gradually not recognized by the imperial court, because the disadvantages of the times are different, Your Majesty is really a genius, this article for the disadvantages of the times, pointing out the feasible strategies, he now hates to pass this article to the cabinet to see, how fortunate the first emperor is.

Xu Qiong prides himself on being clear, but he is sophisticated, not pedantic, and not badly loyal, he was always stared at by the prince's beard in the past, and the first emperor always protected the prince, thinking that the prince would ascend the throne and the future was confused, but since King Ning's usurpation, and these days, judging from His Majesty's governance, he has misunderstood His Majesty.

Today, he was once again impressed by Zhu Houzhao, and with His Majesty's splendid article and the insights of this policy, those so-called talents were overshadowed.

It is a shame that Zhu Houzhao simply put forward the strategy of changing the land and returning to the stream based on the things in his memory, and only based on the research experience of later generations and the inferences of the eighth generation, this article is the research result of many scholars in later generations, but it has become the fruit of him alone, but even if he admits that he plagiarized, looking at Xu Qiong's appearance, he will not believe it, and he still feels that His Majesty is modest.

No matter what others think, Zhu Houzhao is very proud, he knows how much prestige this article will bring to him, let himself worship in the government and the opposition, and kill these ancient people, it is nothing, as long as a small means can be used.

Anything can be virtual, only if you first subdue the hearts of these ministers, it is true, Ning Wang's case is a good start, Enke is a good start to subdue the scholars, and so on to solve the government and the opposition, and then the army, as for the people, the people's requirements are actually simpler, as long as they are not hungry, can eat enough, they will not care what you do, as long as they can make them full, it is a good emperor, it is a Ming Jun, let him be precarious, even if the reputation of the government and the opposition is good, it is also an incompetent faint king.

Therefore, as long as Zhu Houzhao can find a way to make them have enough to eat, then everything will be fine, the world will be peaceful, the current grain yield per mu is only three or five stones, or the rice fields in rich places such as Jiangnan, and other places, there are not such good conditions, whether the grain production can be increased, yes, but how to do it.

Okay, this is really not a problem for Zhu Houzhao, crossing the three essential artifacts, gunpowder, potatoes, hot air balloons, potatoes are not available now, but I know where there is, just go and get it back, the world is mine, if you don't give it, Lao Tzu will wash the floor with a cannon, anyway, you have to give it, if you don't give it, you will be killed, Lao Tzu will take it himself, okay, it's decided.

"Liu Jin, go to the military department, find Liu Daxia to bring me Zheng He's sea charts and lucky boat drawings, and tell him that if there are no drawings, he will be imprisoned, and the nine clans will go together, and the whole family will die.

For Liu Jin, as long as it is His Majesty's order, then it must be done, he doesn't care what the military department or the Ministry of Rites is, if he doesn't have those drawings, then go to death.

"The slave obeys." Liu Jin took the order and left.