Chapter 18 asks Liu Bowen
The room was shabby.
A large bed, an old table, a few red lacquered stools.
That's all.
An old man with gray hair reclined on the bed, his eyes closed.
His face was pale and haggard, skinny, and he looked like he was not long gone.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked bitter for a while.
The old man is his first adviser, Liu Bowen, who is known as the leader of the country.
I haven't seen him for two months, and Liu Bowen is sick like this.
and the sincere Burbie who was high-spirited at the beginning, it is like two people.
Hearing someone enter the house, Liu Bowen slowly opened his cloudy eyes.
At a glance, I saw Zhu Yuanzhang in civilian clothes.
and the crown prince Zhu Biao behind him.
Liu Bowen was excited, struggling to turn over and get out of bed, but felt weak.
There was no way to get out of bed, but it caused a violent cough.
Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly stepped forward and pressed Liu Bowen, who was struggling to get out of bed:
"Berwyn, you are very sick, don't get out of bed to salute, I came to see you."
"Among our monarchs and ministers, we are free from these clichés."
"You have to hurry up and get well, our old Zhu can't do without you's 'Ziliang'!"
As he spoke, he turned to the prince Zhu Biao behind him and said:
"Prince, go back and let the Tai Hospital arrange the best doctor to come and see Uncle Chengyi."
"You must take good care of the sincerity, otherwise we will cut off their heads!"
Zhu Biao agreed.
"Ahem, ahem!"
Liu Bowen struggled to sit up a little, and waited until the cough subsided, and then said:
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Weichen is old and frail, riddled with diseases, I'm afraid the days are over, how dare you bother Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty can come to the minister's mansion to visit the old minister, and the minister is already grateful."
"Lian'er, don't make tea for the emperor yet."
Hearing this, Liu Lian hurriedly wanted to make tea, but was stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Don't bother, the prince and I will come over and leave."
Zhu Yuanzhang casually found a stool and moved to the edge of the bed to sit down.
"Berwyn, you're sick like this, don't worry about it."
"Let's come today, first, to see that your health is better, and second, please ask Sincere Uncle to help us watch a performance."
"Help us take a closer look."
As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang took out the transcription of the prince from his sleeve.
The content of the recital is exactly the content of the edict prison eavesdropping on Lin Che's lecture.
Liu Bowen took the fold with trembling hands, and at a glance he could see that the fold was from the prince's hand, and sighed:
"It's not easy for the prince to be considerate of the people's suffering, and come up with such a good strategy for governing the country!"
Then look down.
When he saw that 'land annexation needs land reform and tax reform to completely eradicate land annexation', Liu Bowen nodded again and again.
Land reform?
Tax reform?
seems to have captured Liu Bowen's point of interest.
This terminally ill No. 1 strategist of the Ming Dynasty, his eyes lit up, his spirit was lifted, and his cough stopped.
Continue reading along the article.
"Reserve the public land of the officials and gentry, and implement the principle of 'spreading the land into the mu', 'the officials and gentry are on an errand and pay the grain as one'"
Spread into acres?
The officials and gentry are one errand and one food?
The more he looked down, Liu Bowen's originally cloudy eyes were faintly bright.
After seeing this, this sincere uncle's breathing became more and more rapid, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly stretched out his hand on Liu Bowen's back and smoothed it.
Liu Bowen took a breath.
"Thanks... Thank you, Your Majesty! ”
In one breath, he read the transcription of the prince.
Half ringing.
Liu Bowen slowly retracted his gaze.
"It's... Your Majesty, is this memora really from the hands of the crown prince? ”
Liu Bowen suddenly looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang, forgetting the courtesy of the monarch and ministers for a while, and his eyes were full of shock.
He has assisted Lao Zhu's father and son for many years, and he has a great understanding of the prince's style.
Although the prince is full of poetry and books, he is shrewd and capable.
After all, there is no social experience.
And this piece, whether theoretical or practical, is not something that the prince can do when he grows up in the palace.
Liu Bowen was an official in two dynasties and grew up in the countryside of Qingtian in eastern Zhejiang.
Seeing this memorabilia full of deep concern for the peasants, it is extremely kind.
"Haha!"
"Let's not talk about this first, Berwyn, you tell me first, what is this recital?"
Without answering Liu Bowen's question, Zhu Yuanzhang was eager to know his first strategist's opinion on this compromise.
"Whew-"
"Whew-"
"Whew-"
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, Liu Bowen took three deep breaths in a row, which calmed his mind down a bit.
Suppressing the churning breath in his chest, Liu Bowen retracted his gaze, and then replied:
"Your Majesty, the old minister has followed His Majesty for more than ten years, and I have never seen such a strategy to understand the sufferings of the people and peasants, consider the people of the world, and solve the contradictions between the officials and gentry and the people."
"According to the old minister! This policy can be described as a national policy! ”
It can be described as a national policy!
These words came out of the mouth of Liu Bowen, who was terminally ill.
The voice was not loud, but it was like a bell, lingering in Zhu Yuanzhang's ears.
The first strategist of the Ming Dynasty, resourceful, and well versed in the emperor's heart.
Throughout the Hongwu Dynasty to the present, the minister Confucian has put forward countless policy theories, and several of them can be so highly affirmed by Liu Bowen.
"Oh?"
"Berwyn's high opinion can't be deliberately elevated because this strategy is played by the crown prince, right?"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting in front of the bed, heard Liu Bowen's high evaluation, and looked tentatively at Liu Bowen who was excited.
"Your Majesty, how dare you deceive Your Majesty!"
"What Wechen said is true, whether it is re-measuring the land, thoroughly checking the household registration, land reform, tax reform, and digging out the hidden land and people."
"Or 'spreading the land into the mu', 'the official gentry are one errand and one grain' can be called a clever strategy."
"This kind of policy is by no means a rhetoric on paper, it is really a national policy that can be implemented!
This kind of strategy can't be done by Wei Chen no matter what. ”
"Your Majesty has a virtuous prince like the crown prince, and the Ming dynasty can be inherited for eternity."
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty."
Liu Bowen put down the recital, his voice trembled, and he excitedly congratulated Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Hahaha!"
"Uncle Sincerity, it's the first time I've seen you make such a high evaluation!"
Seeing Liu Bowen's sincere face, without the slightest compliment, Zhu Yuanzhang was also smiling.
"Berwyn's words, I naturally believe them."
"However, this is not the work of the prince, but I am here to see if Mr. Berwyn can see who did it."
Hearing this, Liu Bowen shook his head.
"Your Majesty forgives your sins, the old minister is sick, and the old man is dizzy, and he really can't see who did it!"
"However, this strategy is novel, closely conceived, and close to the people, and must not be done by the ministers of the imperial court."
"Weichen dares to ask Your Majesty, who is the strange person of this policy?"
"With such a vision and such a pattern, although Weichen is sick, he also wants to see the truth and ask for advice."
Although Liu Bowen was terminally ill, when he met such a genius, his curiosity was instantly aroused.
Now.
He just wanted to see the genius of this thesis right away.