"It's... Hand. Chongzhen saw this raised right hand and said with some doubts.

"That's right, that's the hand. Then may I ask your Majesty, do you see the palm of the hand or the back of the hand? Zhu Changwu continued to ask.

"Naturally, it's the palm of your hand." Chongzhen said in a tone like you think I was an idiot, and said with some impatience.

"Your Majesty really has good eyesight." Zhu Changwu smiled, and slapped it again. Then, without waiting for Chongzhen to get angry, his gaze fell to the crown prince Zhu Cihong and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, are you seeing the palm of your hand or the back of your hand?" ”

"It's the back of the hand." Zhu Cihong stood there and told the truth.

"Well, the prince's eyesight is also very good." Zhu Changwu smiled again, and then took the initiative to say: "Okay, now the problem is out, with the same hand, Your Majesty and the Crown Prince see a completely different side, so may I ask, is anyone wrong?" ”

"This..."

For a moment, the hall was silent.

This may seem like a very simple question, but how do you seem to have the wrong answer?

At this moment, even Princess Zhu Huijiao of Changping pursed her lips, constantly thinking in her mind, but she didn't know how to answer.

Everyone didn't speak, and Zhu Changwu opened his mouth again, "So, the ancestral system is like what His Majesty sees, it is the palm of the hand, but the later people stand at different angles, and what they see is the back of the hand, is it wrong to say that the juniors are wrong?" It's like the Ming Dynasty, how many people were there at the beginning of the founding of the country? And how many are there now? Not to mention anything else, let's take the people of the Huang family as an example, how many sons and daughters did Taizu have, how many people did the Zhu family have? But now, I'm afraid that the population of the Zhu family will be hundreds of thousands of people, right? ”

"Hehe, at that time, Taizu naturally wouldn't have any problem feeding the Zhu family. But now, hundreds of thousands of people have to rely on the imperial court to feed, and this number is still rising, so how can there be no problem? ”

Zhu Changwu's questions were one after another, and when they heard it in everyone's ears, everyone couldn't refute it at all.

"Hey, in the final analysis, society is changing, progressing, some rules also need to be changed, if you don't change, there will be problems, or big problems. This is also the reason why there are so many dynasties in history, but in the final analysis, they all change every few hundred years. How to say it, if you don't fit in with society, then wait for society to abandon you. It seems that what does not compete with the people for profit is just the shackles imposed on the imperial power by those courtiers and those with vested interests. And what about the facts? ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Changwu smiled again: "The fact is that the courtiers don't let the imperial power compete with the people for profit, but they are doing this, the officials and businessmen collude to encroach on the Ming Dynasty, which is ridiculous." Let's take a look, Zhu Chunchen is just a national prince, and he found 3.2 million taels at home, but the treasury is only more than 30,000 taels, this comparison..."

"Alright, don't say any more." The more Chongzhen listened, the more ugly his face became.

How could he not know something?

Sitting on Jinyiwei and Dongchang, what the courtiers below are doing, Chongzhen is of course also aware. It's just that whenever he wants to move some courtiers who do things excessively, the other courtiers will all jump out and accuse themselves of not doing it, and many things can only be resolved.

So what's wrong with the emperor?

The emperor is also a human being, and if he is a human being, he must have a time when he is subject to others. Didn't someone say it? The so-called political, political, and political struggle is a process of compromise that ultimately achieves a balanced goal.

On the contrary, if anyone does not understand and get rid of it, it may cause big trouble, or even when the dynasty changes.

Chongzhen didn't let him say it anymore, because the current situation has a lot to do with his character and the way he handles things. It can also be said that he made a lot of mistakes in this.

But Zhu Changwu doesn't care so much? He has never really feared the imperial power in his heart, where can he not say it if others don't let him say it?

"Your Majesty, today's Daming is like a rotten tree, the roots are rotten, if you want to become strong again, you must completely change. If you want to do this, you must have great power, great wisdom, and great courage. If Your Majesty doesn't have such a big determination, then I advise Your Majesty to forget it and save some effort and leave things here. If you wish, I can promise to send you away and go to a place where no one else can find you, and live out the rest of your life in peace. As for this world, whoever is willing to take it will let him take it. ”

Zhu Changwu began to take strong medicine, and his words stimulated Chongzhen.

Chongzhen in history is one of the few emperors of the Ming Dynasty who has great ambitions and is diligent.

Purging eunuchs, abolishing post stations, appointing new officials...

Chongzhen did do a lot of things, but unfortunately he was born at the wrong time, during the Chongzhen years, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, corrupt officials and corrupt officials were rampant, and the people were not able to make a living.

The grain harvest was lost, man-made disasters suddenly appeared, there were kings inside, and there were Jiannu Manchu Qing outside.

During the Xiaoice River period, major droughts and floods occurred one after another in summer, and winter was extremely cold, and even Guangdong and other places had heavy snowfall.

In such an environment, even if you find the person who started with a bowl, it may not be able to turn things around, not to mention that Chongzhen originally lacked tough means to do things, his attitude was always hesitant, and his suspicion was also heavy, and it was strange that the Ming Dynasty would not die.

Fortunately, Zhu Changwu is here, if Chongzhen can seize the opportunity and hold this powerful arm, it is not impossible to reorganize the Ming Dynasty. If it is done well, it is not a problem to extend the life of Daming for hundreds of years

Zhu Changwu made a move and began to force Chongzhen to make a choice.

After hearing this, Chongzhen at this meeting gasped, and his whole body was fluctuating violently, obviously his mood was very conflicted.

Seeing Chongzhen's appearance, Queen Zhou and the others all looked worried. Especially Wang Chengen, his blaming eyes kept scanning Zhu Changwu's body, as if he was blaming him for forcing Long Live Lord to make a decision.

This look fell in Zhu Changwu's eyes, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that Chongzhen and Wang Chengen were true love.

Under the gaze of everyone, Chongzhen's eyes slowly changed from wandering and hesitation to firmness, and then he suddenly looked at Zhu Changwu, and his eyes flashed with light: "Zhu Aiqing, if I do what you say, may Da Ming become strong again?" ”

Faced with this problem, other people's eyes involuntarily fell on Zhu Changwu.

What is the situation of Daming now, several people in the palace can be said to be very clear.

As Zhu Changwu said, it is already rotten to the roots. This can be seen from this morning, Chongzhen personally went to ring the Jingyang bell, but there was still no minister to go to the court.

I'm afraid that all the ministers don't have any hope for Daming.

Since they were going to abandon Daming first, and then Chongzhen would abandon them in turn, it would not be a big deal.

This is the cycle of cause and effect.

Facing the eyes of Chongzhen and everyone, Zhu Changwu plucked his ears very invisibly, and then said lazily: "Save the Ming Dynasty, the whole world, I'm afraid no one can do it." But if I wanted to, I could barely do it. ”

Hearing the previous sentence, Chongzhen almost died in a hurry. But as the second half of the sentence came out, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Changwu with a disgusted gaze, probably meaning that if there is something that is not said directly, there is a big turn, do you really want to kill people in a hurry?

Facing Wang Chengen's gaze, Zhu Changwu felt goosebumps all over his body, and he secretly decided in his heart that he would not be with this Wang eunuch in the future, it was too scary.

"Can you really do it?" Chongzhen listened, although he was extremely happy in his heart, but he was still a little uneasy to ask.

"Of course. I don't have any other advantages, but I don't lie by nature. Zhu Changwu replied seriously.

"Poof!"

A laugh couldn't help but come out, it was from the mouth of Changping Fair Zhu Huijiao, she found out that this Zhu Changwu is not only not afraid of his father and mother like ordinary people, but also very interesting to speak, and more importantly, this person is really an arrogant maniac. But he is crazy and does not give people a sense of disgust.

I really don't know what kind of growth environment can create such a person.

Chongzhen ignored his daughter's laughter, but looked at Zhu Changwu with a serious face: "I believe in you, you can also believe in me, as long as Da Ming can become strong again, I will definitely reward you generously." ”

"Okay, don't pour these chicken broths well. I want power, absolute autonomy. After all, the current Da Ming foundation is too weak, and the danger outside can appear at any time, at this time, I am afraid that it is too late to take slow medicine, and only strong medicine can cure the disease. So I may do something next that others don't understand, but Your Majesty only needs to know a little, and he only needs to look at a little, that is, whether Daming is getting better day by day. ”

"By the way, there are too many things to do, I'm afraid I don't have time to explain anything to His Majesty, you have to be mentally prepared for this." After thinking about it, Zhu Changwu also added.

The reason why he hurried back tonight was because of Zhu Chunchen's death, and he needed to give an explanation. But he didn't want things like this to happen all the time, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to do anything, and every day there would only be a mouth left to explain what a big deal would be.

"Absolute autonomy? Okay, I've got you. Chongzhen agreed almost without hesitation.

During the day, Chongzhen thought a lot in the Jianji Palace. Especially from the beginning to the end, no courtier came to see him in the palace, and he knew that he had been abandoned by the courtiers.

Among them, not all of them surrendered to the thieves or the slaves, but one thing is the same, that is, they all think that the Ming Dynasty is hopeless, just like themselves.