Speaking with a sense of conscience, the Ming Dynasty started from Taizu, and it was really bad for the people, and it was not much better for officials and gentry.

The officials' fortunes are really pitiful. The most typical case is Hu Zongxian's famous saying: Yesterday, I heard that Hailing was the mother's birthday, and the city had two catties of meat.

Hai Rui made a birthday for his mother, and buying two catties of pork became big news that alarmed the governor.

As a Qing official in the Ming Dynasty, life is really difficult.

This is still an official, and the life of the common people is even more miserable.

Why did Daming die so happily, abusing the people is definitely one of the most important reasons.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu's reform has always revolved around currency issuance. Ming Taizu's straightforward practice of using waste paper to loot people's fat and ointment can no longer continue.

Although printing treasure money directly is much simpler than minting silver coins and copper coins bitterly, printing treasure money will be addictive, which will inevitably lead to its indiscriminate depreciation.

Can the common currency depreciate indiscriminately, but the economy can be stable? Can the people live well?

Zhu Qiyu and the ministers argued for a long time, and finally reached a consensus on Yi Chu: the prince will be changed, but it will have to wait until next year. First make the transcript of the prince's resignation public, and let the government and the opposition discuss.

And the subordinate officials of the Zhan Mansion will start to set up now.

As for the prince who already has a wife and a civil and military master, the cabinet has to admit it.

A compromise was reached between the monarchs and the ministers, and everyone was happy.

The ministers were quite satisfied with this result. Because at this time, the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty was already extremely strong, and when today's son has extremely high military merits and prestige, even if it is forced, the ministers have no choice.

After the Xuanmiao was easily abolished, and today's son insisted on not establishing a queen, which is proof. What kind of etiquette is not the law, the emperor is really capricious, and the minister has no way to stop it.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu is willing to discuss with the ministers, and he is already very face-saving.

After discussing serious matters, the ministers then played some trivial things to adjust the atmosphere.

I saw Wang Yining bow down and say: "Saint, King Zhenning passed away a few days ago, and his concubine Xin was grieved several times, and she hanged herself to be buried. ”

Zhu Qiyu frowned when he heard this, and asked if he said this, haven't I already emphasized the prohibition of burial.

It's not good to get angry today, Zhu Qiyu turned his head to Zhu Wenfang and asked, "Xiao Zhu, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Wenfang replied: "Erchen thought of a small allusion in "Lu's Spring and Autumn". ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Okay, okay, you teach the truth to your father." ”

Zhu Wenfang first recited: "The law of the Lu country, the Lu people are concubines of the princes, and those who can redeem them will take their money in the house."

Zigong ransomed the Lu people to the princes, and let them come, but did not take their gold.

Confucius said: "If you give and lose, from now on, Lu people will not redeem people."

If you take the money, you will not be harmed, and if you don't take the money, you will not redeem the person. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded and continued to encourage: "You start a lecture for your father." ”

Zhu Wenfang replied: "If the Lu people become slaves abroad, someone can redeem them, and they can go to the government to reimburse the ransom.

Zigong ransomed a slave abroad, but when he returned home, he refused to be reimbursed by the government for the ransom.

Confucius said that Zigong did something wrong because the government reimbursed the ransom, so the people did not have to pay for it, but only needed to raise their hands to redeem the people who were enslaved abroad.

But Zigong saved people but did not reimburse the ransom, he himself was of noble character, but what should others do?

If others go to the government for reimbursement, under the backdrop of Zigong, it is not noble enough. If you don't reimburse it, in the long run, who wants to redeem the Lu people abroad.

The same is true of Xin, the concubine of King Zhenning, her father has long issued an edict prohibiting martyrdom, and she insists on hanging herself.

She herself is indeed noble, so what about other people who are wives and concubines?

Burial is something that goes against human nature.

The establishment of a system by the Father, listed in the Code, which everyone abides by, and which is forbidden throughout the country, is true love and mercy.

The Ministry of Rites posthumously rewarded him, what is the difference between Zigong's refusal to reimburse the ransom?

They all achieve their own nobility, but they damage the laws of the country, and even more fail the monarch's law and the benevolence of protecting the people. “

Zhu Qiyu nodded approvingly, and then looked at Wang Yining: "Wang Shangshu, what do you say?" ”

Wang Yining replied: "The son of the world understands the principle of the sage, and what he said is very appropriate. ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "If the Xin family is really martyred for King Zhenning because of love, the widow has nothing to say, I respect her personal choice."

However, from the point of view of the imperial court, there is no need to reward and promote such behavior.

Funerals must be abolished, which is the law of the imperial court.

Moreover, the imperial court must show a clear attitude and resolutely oppose the burial, and cannot be the first rat at both ends, opposing the burial on the one hand, and on the other hand, giving a big gift to the daughter of the martyr.

As a result of Zigong's refusal to reimburse the ransom, more Lu people were denied assistance and became slaves abroad.

The result of the imperial court conferring martyrdom is that more concubines are forced by their families, or forced by public opinion, or for the sake of their posthumous names, and continue to choose to be martyred.

Even Sage Kong does not support this practice, so I do not support or advocate this practice either. ”

The crowd didn't care about the little thing itself, but were amazed at the wisdom of the son.

Shizi was born in the second year of Jingtai, only six years old, and he can casually memorize a passage of "Lu's Spring and Autumn", and he can also understand the truth and use it.

At best, there are successors to the Ming Dynasty.

At worst, the monarchy will become stronger and stronger, and at least two generations of emperors will have to be maintained.

The most surprising thing here is Wang Ji. I didn't expect that I hadn't been in the capital much over the years, and what a huge change the situation had taken place.

First of all, when the power and prestige of today's prince are too great, even such a big move by the cabinet to change Prince Yi was passed without a trace of opposition, which means that the emperor has completely mastered the cabinet and the six ministries.

Cabinet scholars and six scholars, compared to the orthodox fourteen years, almost all of them are newcomers. Hu Hui, Wang Zhi, Wang Ao, Jin Lian, Shi Pu, Yu Qian, Wei Ji and a large number of other important ministers either died or retreated, and all disappeared from the court.

The interpretation of a son of heaven and a courtier is incisive.

Today, most of these important ministers are cronies of the emperor, and a small number of them are hard-working factions who do not have a clear position.

Secondly, King Yi was left with a son, that is, the crown prince Zhu Jianshen. And today the Son has twelve sons, and he continues to have them.

The prince Zhu Wenfang is blind and visible, and the emperor's other sons should not be too bad.

The prince is six years old this year, and in another seven or eight years, when the emperor's sons grow up, the throne will be completely unbreakable.

Finally, there is a more important one, after years of conquest of the Jingtai Dynasty, the Shangzhiwei and Lao Jingying, who are loyal to Xuanmiao and orthodoxy, have been completely defeated.

The army is gone, so what's the restoration?

Wang Ji was distracted, but he heard Zhu Qiyu ask: "Jingguo Gong, how to rebuild the Nanjing camp, and how to defend the coastal provinces against pirates and pirates, what do you think?" ”

(End of chapter)