Zhu Yijun was reading the overseas chronicles of the Inca Kingdom, and I have to say that the intelligence collection ability of the Ming Dynasty impressed Zhu Yijun, and the information about the specialties, population, industry, ports, etc., of the Inca king or the Viceroyalty of Peru was written clearly and clearly in the Chronicles of the Incas.

The sources of information are very extensive, and after corroborating each other, they were provided to the emperor for reference, and I dare not say that they are very comprehensive, but they are all verified information.

The conversation of the sailors of Taixi, the sailors of Taixi are all big mouths, half a catty of national cellar poured down, that is really everything, endless, true and false news are collapsed, every time three to five galleons arrive in Hong Kong, more than 1,000 sailors, their information is true and false, but it is enough for Daming to get a vague overview.

The sailors of the Ming Dynasty are the second source of intelligence, Tessie has to buy a different number of five-masted ships every time he goes to the Ming Dynasty, these ships need sailors, they need to be supplemented from the Ming Dynasty, the vigorous development of the maritime academy and the opening of the sea, and the bad status quo of the annexation, resulting in the Ming Dynasty is not short of people who are willing to go to sea to fight, and the main composition of the Ming Haikou is the outlaws.

And it is the boatmaster trained by the Maritime Academy who is responsible for the intelligence work of these Ming sailors.

Daming Songjiang Maritime Academy, is indeed a boat master training school, each of them is carefully selected, stargazing, hydrology, Kanyu, arithmetic, foreign literature, etc., is the Ming Dynasty trained professionals, more specifically, are piled out of silver.

And every boat master is also a spy, when they are pulling stars across the ocean for Taixi's ships, they will also secretly sort out and summarize all kinds of information provided by the sailors, and finally these information are gathered together in the Ministry of Rites and become Zhu Yijun's overseas national chronicles.

The Viceroyalty of Peru, with a population of more than 10 million people, this number is very shocking, even if it is the Japanese country, there are only 9 million people, and the country of Annam is only 10 million people, but Annam is not the Bronze Age, Annan followed behind the Ming Dynasty, and has steadily entered the feudal era.

The Viceroyalty of Peru has such a large population, but only bronze tools can be used, and the blockade of the mines sealed the development of civilization, which is the practice of the Inca kingdom is confirmed.

Zhu Yijun's four-word judgment can be said to be cold-blooded and ruthless to the extreme, that is to say, the primary goal of the Ming Dynasty's overseas development is minerals, and after isolating minerals from the natives, they will be trapped in an era forever and will never see the flash of civilization again.

Taking the Wa Kingdom as an example, once the Ming Dynasty controls all the silver mountains in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, the Wa Kingdom will completely miss the opportunity for development.

Wan Shihe, as an imperial party, as a wall grass, before the previous Wenhua Palace, suddenly said that His Majesty was too cold-blooded and ruthless, that is, this matter.

But what can be done, the emperor Zhang Juzheng also criticized His Majesty for having a soft heart.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Lu is asking to see you outside." A small yellow door hurriedly came to the imperial study, interrupting Zhu Yijun's thoughts.

"Xuan, this guy is lazy and lazy, he can hide on weekdays, this is rare today, how did he take the initiative to send it to the door." Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao with a strange look and asked, "Is something happening in King Lu's Mansion?" ”

"A beautiful woman from all over the world died and died by hanging, and after seeing it, it was indeed hanged." Feng Bao bowed his head and said.

Something happened in Luwangfu, in Feng Bao's opinion, it was just a trivial matter, it was normal for someone to die in this palace, either he knew a secret that he shouldn't know, or he lost in a dog fight, Feng Bao and Zhang Hong climbed up like this.

"Brother see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty." King Lu Zhu Yiyi showed a lot of courtesy.

Zhu Yijun sat up straight, straightened his collar, and said: "King Lu is exempt, sit down, today you are resting, why did you come to Tonghe Palace to find me?" ”

This is really unusual, King Lu Zhu Yijun has been thoughtful for several years, and Zhu Yijun, the emperor who rarely poses in front of his younger brother, has also been put out, and this smell will come up after scratching it.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhu Yiyi sat on the stool, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, my brother begs Your Majesty to give him the art of the Emperor." ”

"What's going on?" Zhu Yijun's playful mind was put away, Zhu Yijun grew so big, except for the beauties of all countries, he rarely asked for anything.

"A servant girl died in Luwangfu, but it disturbed Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it is a servant girl who dies today, and it is a courtier brother who dies tomorrow!" Zhu Yiyi explained his intention.

Zhu Yiyi is a very smart person, Empress Dowager Li grounded him, and let him follow the emperor to continue to listen to the government, the Ming Dynasty opened the sea in full swing, and made a lot of profits.

Zhu Yiyi really just wants to eat and wait for death, but the Ming Dynasty needs him to go overseas to become a vassal.

If there is a choice, Zhu Yiyi wants to go to Guihua City, but he knows that he can't go to this place in the north, if he goes, His Majesty should have trouble sleeping, Daming has already had a successful experience in the Battle of Jingjing.

Zhu Yijun understood what Zhu Yijun was asking for, thought for a while and said, "King Lu, I can pass on your trip to the Great Road." ”

"Don't learn, don't learn, Your Majesty, the minister doesn't learn the trip to the avenue, this trip to the avenue is too bitter!" Zhu Yiyi's face changed when he heard this, and he waved his hand again and again and said: "The qualifications of the subordinate brother are dull, and he can't learn to come to this avenue." ”

Do you want to be a donkey in the mill like your emperor? What time has it been, your emperor is still in the imperial study of Tonghe Palace, playing with the courtiers.

Learning this avenue must be a busy life, and he Zhu Yiyi has no idea of opening up, so why bother mediocrity.

Sometimes, Zhu Yiyi is also very desperate, when he was a child, he also had a little interest in the dragon chair, but in the face of the terrible oppression of the imperial brother, in the face of the problems discussed by the imperial brother and Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yiyi was completely convinced, he was not that material.

Daming needs Zhang Juzheng, and he needs His Majesty even more.

"Do you only learn the art of the Imperial Majesty? I'm the best at the road. Zhu Yijun didn't want to give up, just like Zhu Zaiyu refused to give up training the emperor to learn music, Zhu Yijun was a good teacher, and when Zhu Yijun asked for advice, he immediately committed it, he really wanted to teach.

Zhu Yiyi nodded hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty, my brother only learns the art of the emperor!" ”

"Learn the art of the royal majesty, it's still fake, recover, aren't you tired of talking like this?" Zhu Yijun leaned back on the chair, and the emperor's shelf he was holding was also scattered, and the trip to the avenue naturally had to be taken seriously.

"Brother, you don't know, I'm scared to death! The palace maid just hung on the beams of the house, her tongue spit out, hanging on the beams, turning and turning, I had a nightmare yesterday, and it was the palace maid asking for her life! Zhu Yiyi immediately broke the gong and directly began to mourn.

Zhu Yiyi has never seen a dead person, he has not yet become a child, and he has not got married, and the queen mother and the emperor have protected Zhu Yiyi very well.

Zhu Yijun is different, he is the emperor, and since he succeeded to the throne, he has to face these ups and downs, so he has to go to the noon gate to be imprisoned, and even kill people himself.

"Alias, you have nothing to do, watch what hanged ghosts." Zhu Yijun patted the table and motioned for Zhu Yijun to retract.

"In fact, there are several techniques of the emperor, let's teach you from the beginning, there is actually no difference between this Luwang Mansion and the court, they are all roughly divided into three factions, the first faction is the most radical, the second faction is extremely conservative, and the third faction is silent." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Er'er, I have been listening to the government with our Yumen for so long, you analyze, which faction are the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, and the Jin Party?" ”

Zhu Yiyi thought for a moment and said: "There is no doubt that the Zhejiang Party is a radical faction, their performance and opinions are always more radical than Mr. ”

"The Jin Party is a conservative, they actually hate change, because any change may affect their vested interests, becoming larger will be targeted by the imperial court, and becoming weaker will damage their interests, so they do things conservatively, and maintaining the status quo is what they want to see the most."

"Mr. is a little bit on both sides, radical and conservative, in many things, it seems a little careless, but I have been looking at it for so long, it is Mr. who is deciding, which method is most conducive to the Ming Dynasty, as my brother said, there is no perfect policy, only a more suitable policy that can be taken out at the moment."

"Mr. seems to be a neutral style, but in fact, he is a follower, a trip to the avenue, and he does not belong to that faction."

"It's those who are silent, who neither oppose nor support a decree, and always look ambiguous, this way, that, it seems to be conformist, this kind of person is like a neutral."

"Hmm!" Zhu Yijun couldn't help nodding, this kid is very smart and clever, it's just that he is a natural noble who is unwilling to work, Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "What about Wan Dazai, which faction does Wan Shihe belong to?" ”

Zhu Yiyi thought for a moment and said: "Wan Dazai's words are a conciliatory person, he can speak in any aspect, he belongs to the middleman." ”

"Yet, boy, follow us to learn the avenue, you have this talent, I will make you an identity, go to the border army for a few years of training, and then go to the place where the contradictions and conflicts in the south of the Yangtze River are fierce to manage a county, how about it?" Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up, this kid must be hiding clumsy on weekdays.

This skill of knowing people is obviously qualified.

"Brother, do you want to listen to what you say, go to the border army for training, and then go to the county hall to be the magistrate?" Zhu Yiyi clenched his fists, his attitude was very resolute, it was terrible to listen to, what kind of busy would he be, who would be spoiled by his beauties of all countries!

Zhu Yijun said helplessly: "It's okay, the word Hongyi, you only have to insist on the beauty of all countries, tell me which of the three factions of people you think should be the most guarded against?" ”

"Radicals?" Zhu Yiyi was stunned and asked.

"If you don't pull the radicals, they can play themselves to death, so why prevent it?" Zhu Yijun shook his head and said.

Zhu Yiyi remembered the old story of Tan Lun's plan to kill the three ladies and provoke a war in Xuanfu, this radical faction has always been radical, and no one needs to deal with it, they can play to their death.

"That's a conservative?" Zhu Yiyi asked again.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "The last thing conservatives like is change, they can't wait for the world to be the same, if you don't want to reform the old and make the new, you just want to eat and wait for death, they are the most reliable, because they want to have status, resources and resources, as long as they ensure that there is no change, they are the most stable." ”

"Conservatives are also the most numerous."

"Neutral?" Zhu Yiyi asked in surprise.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "It's the neutral faction, Er'er, in Vanity Fair, is there really anyone who doesn't fight or grab?" Why did they enter this Vanity Fair if they didn't fight or grab it? What makes them look left and right. Is it a mindset of not fighting with the world? No, it's the weakness, it's the weakness that makes them neutral, in Vanity Fair, in this world, there are no neutrals at all, they are actually more dangerous than the radicals, because they are more hungry for change. ”

"Because only change can take advantage of it."

"It's hard to understand it, I'll give you an example, Xu Jie!"

Zhu Yiyi was still in a daze, but when he heard the word Xu Jie, he immediately understood completely, and he immediately said: "I understand!" It's worthy of being a royal brother, that's it! That's right, Xu Jie's neutrality for twenty years, once he became a country, it was simply hateful! ”

Zhu Yiyi immediately understood what he should be afraid of, how can there be any neutrals, all because he does not have enough strength to fight and grab, so he waits for the opportunity to move, and the dog that bites people does not bark, it is as dangerous as a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows.

Zhu Yijun nodded and continued: "The first technique we want to teach you is the art of balance, and if you master this technique, you can at least sit back and relax." ”

"The art of balance is the simplest, remember these words, power for neutrality, advantage for conservatism, reputation for radical."

"Neutral because they are weak and neutral, they need power the most, when they have power, they will find other people in exchange for benefits and fame, and slowly, neutral people will become what they once hated the most."

"Radicals are the least numerous, they need more support, so you give them fame, let them get support, and then they themselves will die."

"The number of conservatives is the largest, but it is also the cornerstone of your eating and waiting for death, and if you give them benefits, your position will be more stable."

Zhu Yiyi thought for a moment, then immediately shook his head and said, "No, if it goes on like this, the benefits are given to the conservatives, so don't everyone become conservatives?" What kind of balancing act is this? ”

Zhu Yiyi found a blind spot, where is the balance, the conservatives themselves are strong enough, and if you want to give them benefits, they will only get stronger and stronger.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Hahaha, congratulations to our younger brother, you understand, you hate this kind of distribution, right?" It's right to hate it, it's not fair, but how can there be anything fair in this world, in fact, this is the fundamental reason for the merger, maintaining the stability of the upper ruling is the first premise of eating and waiting for death! ”

"You have to learn the art of the Emperor, you have to learn to eat and wait for death, and if you don't learn the Great Dao, this is a process of slow death in itself, but the span of this kind of annexation is as long as two or three hundred years."

"They all chose to eat and wait for death, and after death, they will be flooded."

Zhu Yijun smiled and smiled, then stopped laughing, his face became stunned, leaning on the back of the chair, his face became more and more ugly, obviously remembering a very unpleasant thing, Zhang Ju is an anomaly, Zhu Yijun is also an anomaly, Daming's trip to the avenue, after they left, will inevitably come to an abrupt end.

It's really a discouraging reality!

All efforts will be in vain in the end, and all efforts will be in vain, and then they will go to the established fate.

A doomed reform, a futile struggle.

Zhu Yijun quickly thought of Zhang Juzheng, maybe Zhang Juzheng already knew his inevitable end, but he still resolutely embarked on this road, what is Hongyi, this is Hongyi.

Zhu Yijun quickly smiled, he is not the kind of person who is easily depressed, what if he is doomed to failure? It's enough.

"This, this, this, is really a despicable act!" Zhu Yiyi said fiercely: "If it is distributed like this, the benefits will be fixed!" Stability is stable, brother, can it be balanced, and the radical can also get some benefits? ”

"Nope." Zhu Yijun sat up straight, looked at Zhu Yijun and said quite accurately: "If you want to eat and wait for death, you are a conservative, when you give the benefits to the radicals, the conservatives will kill you, if you don't work once, twice, and if you don't work twice, ten times." ”

"This..."Zhu Yiyi's young head melon finally stopped a little.

Zhu Yijun continued: "If you want to reform the old and make the new, it is not to give the radicals benefits, it is a dead end, the radicals themselves will gradually perish in the radicals, to reform the old and the new, only the road trip, the art can not be done, the road trip is clear rewards and punishments, it should be given to whomever it should be, this is too difficult." ”

"Okay, when it comes to specific issues, the problem of your Luwang Mansion is very simple, because of your preference, some people control both within your three zhang and outside your three zhang, you just need to separate the power, the henchman you rely on the most, admonish it, and hand it over to other people within three zhang."

"Life will always find its way to survive."

"Thank you, brother! I understand! The younger brother retired, and the royal brother continued to be busy! Zhu Yiyi immediately understood the problem and left with a full harvest.

Zhu Yiyi favored the palace maid who asked him to get up, he got up on the palace maid who had facial cleanser every day, and his excessive preference led to her too much power, she could bully anyone, so there was something wrong in the palace.

Feng Bao was stunned in place, he felt inexplicably familiar, these things seemed familiar, because it happened to him, Feng Daban at this time immediately understood that His Majesty's imperial skills were innate, not taught by others.

"Feng Daban, what's wrong with you?" Zhu Yijun asked suspiciously.

"No, the minister just remembered the madness of the minister at the beginning, fortunately, His Majesty felt that the minister was still a little useful, he could fake the tiger's might, and bite the minister in the outer court, so that the minister's life was spared, and the minister's heart palpitated." Feng Bao didn't mean to hide it, eight years had passed since the incident, but he still remembered it vividly, and he didn't dare to deceive His Majesty.

Your Majesty is really not to be fooled.

Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "You saved your own life." ”

When Zhang Hong took the handsome Zhu Xi Xiaoti to clear the palace, Feng Bao did not resist too much, but chose to accept this result, even if he was full of blood, he did not regard the emperor as the emperor, Feng Bao saved himself, if he really wanted to die biting the power within the emperor's three zhang, now Feng Bao's grave grass is also three zhang high.

Zhu Yijun picked up the overseas national chronicles in his hand and thought about the word civilization.

To destroy a civilization, start from two angles, and go hand in hand, one is physical and the other is spiritual.

When the mine is controlled by the colonizers and the indigenous civilization cannot progress and develop, the body will be gradually weakened because of the erosion, and the spirit will gradually converge with the colonizers because the civilization cannot progress and develop, and eventually the civilization will die, leaving only some ruins and wreckage, telling the traces of the past.

What a misfortune this is.

In October of the eighth year of Wanli, the weather in late autumn suddenly warmed up for three days, and then immediately began to cool down, and soon a heavy snowstorm spread throughout the northern provinces, rampant, smearing the entire Ming Dynasty into snow, winter came as scheduled, a winter snow, so that Qin Tianjian breathed a sigh of relief, His Majesty did not have to beg for snow this year.

Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Hall with Tang Pozi in his hand, and after the monarch and the ministers saw the ceremony, they began the court discussion.

"The ministers and horses are self-reliant, and they are ashamed of the grace of His Majesty's ring." Ma Ziqiang is leaving, his body really can't stand it, originally seven days ago, he should have resigned from the court, and the first warm and cold made him sick, and today's heavy snow, his body is slightly better, so he came to resign.

"When I was young, I was tired of studying, my industry was not refined, and my virtue was not successful, but I bothered the great uncle, and I tried my best to keep it, but the great uncle was not in good health, and the state affairs were heavy. The books that Zhu Yijun studied, "Four Books Direct Explanation", "Emperor Jian Illustrated Explanation", and "History Department Tongjian" were all printed by Ma Ziqiang, and Ma Ziqiang has been a bachelor since Zhu Yijun became the prince.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ma Ziqiang saluted again, he stood up, looked around the Wenhua Palace, and was quite reluctant, but his body could no longer support him to continue to serve the Ming Dynasty and be loyal to His Majesty.

Ma Ziqiang dragged his tired body away, and Zhu Yijun specially arranged for the driver to bid him off, and parked outside the Wenhua Palace, and the driver was sealed with a rubber strip to prevent the cold wind from blowing into the car.

"Sir, I actually don't want the great uncle to leave the court, this person has a breath of heart, I am really afraid that he will lose his heart, so I will leave." Zhu Yijun said with a solemn face.

Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, birth, old age, sickness and death are normal human feelings. ”

Guo Chaobin was also about to leave the court, and after Wang Daokun returned to Beijing, he left.

"Let's discuss." Zhu Yijun looked outside the hall, and when the car drove towards Zuoshunmen, he waved his hand, as if to say goodbye, and also seemed to let Zhang Juzheng preside over the court meeting.

"Today's court pushes the Ministry of Rites to be in the book." Zhang Juzheng sat up straight, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of the imperial examination, and at the beginning of the country, the Ministry of Rites was the head of the six departments, and it was not until the Jiajing period that the Ministry of Officials was called the Heavenly Official.

"Is there a suitable person, sir?" Zhu Yijun didn't wait for others to speak, he asked Zhang Juzheng, Ma Ziqiang is Zhang Juzheng's person, Zhu Yijun interrupted the court meeting and asked Zhang Juzheng directly, that is, to continue to leave the position of the Ministry of Rites to Zhang Dang, this is not a temptation, the temptation is before the court meeting, he asked in front of everyone, that is, to express his position.

It's all a thousand-year-old fox, and everyone knows what the emperor means.

It is very clear that no matter how outrageous the rumors are, His Majesty still regards Zhang Juzheng as the minister of the humerus, as the emperor's master and concubine, and His Majesty respects Zhang Juzheng's opinion very much for major personnel appointments.

"There is no one to recommend." Zhang Juzheng hurriedly bowed his head and said.

Zhang Juzheng does not intend to recommend candidates, he is now gradually handing over power and returning all the usurped imperial power, he has been doing this, the candidate for the Ministry of Rites, he has not prepared.

"Jiajing's 20-year list, the compilation of the Ming Huidian, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Pan Shengjia, the prince Taibao, entered the court as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." Zhu Yijun saw that Zhang Juzheng refused to recommend, so he directly appointed a candidate.

Pan Sheng, Zhang Juzheng's teacher, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu involved in the Ming Dynasty's rectification of the major events of the study and administration, Pan Sheng in Jiajing thirty-five years for the country's son to supervise the wine, because he refused to write a green word for the Taoist, to return to his hometown, to Longqing four years, Pan Sheng became the Ministry of Rites, and later because of the subordinate disciple Zhang Juzheng became the first assistant, again to the Shi.

Pan Sheng also has an identity, he is Feng Bao's teacher, that is, Feng Bao's teacher when he was studying in the inner study.

"Yu Youding, the right attendant of the Ministry of Etiquette." Tan Lun recommended the mainstay of the Zhejiang Party, Yu Youding, Jiajing 41 years of Jinshi, is a good candidate.

"The minister recommended Xu Xuemo, the right attendant of the Criminal Department." Wang Chonggu also recommended a person, this person is Jiajing 29 years of Jinshi, although he is a native of Nanjing, but he is the Jin Party, when Wang Chonggu resisted the enemy in Xuanxuan Mansion Datong, Xu Xuemo presided over the head of the ministry in Xuanda and other things.

The three candidates can be said to be in dispute, Pan Sheng's identity is too special, he is not only Zhang Juzheng's teacher, but also Feng Bao's teacher, this time, Zhang's party's power is too inflated, the Jin Party and the Zhejiang Party are against this candidate, and Yu Youding is known as a virtuous person, but his qualifications are still shallow, I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the public.

Xu Xuemo is suitable in all aspects, but what is inappropriate is that he is a Jin party, Xu Xuemo really wants to enter the Wenhua Palace, Wang Chonggu has to let out the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, he doesn't want to let it, so the promotion is not strong.

When it comes to the status of Ming Gong, who is who is who is itself a false proposition.

Let Wang Chonggu transfer real power to the so-called 'own people', that is irresponsible to the Jin Party.

"The minister recommends Wan Shihe." Hai Rui looked at it and chose to speak, so if he continued to promote it, it was not a matter to be noisy, and Hai Rui recommended the most suitable person.

Wan Shihe sits on duty in the Ministry of Officials and manages the affairs of the Ministry of Rites all day long, so it is better to let Wan Shi and the Ministry of Returns to the Ministry of Rites.

"I think so." Wang Chonggu immediately said that he had no opinion, anyway, Xu Xuemo entered the court, everyone was against it, it was better to push the boat with the water, Wan Shihe as the imperial party, it was more suitable, and the ministry was personally controlled by Zhang Juzheng, and there would be no problems.

"I'm okay with that." Tan Lun is the idea of giving it a try, and Yu Youding's qualifications are still shallow.

"What does Wan Dazai think?" Zhang Juzheng asked Wan Shihe's thoughts, everyone has their own people, each has their own plans, and it is not a matter to quarrel around.

Wan Shihe looked left and right, and said with a smile: "Then I'll do it?" ”

(End of chapter)