Chapter 35: Draining the Liver and Courage
Chongzhen was poked in the sore spot by Huang Dao Zhou's words that he didn't know how to advance or retreat, he wanted to have a seizure, but because Huang Daozhou was the young Zhan of the James Mansion and a famous Confucian minister of the Ming Dynasty, he was always pushed by the Qing Dynasty, and he swallowed a few mouthfuls of old blood that was about to spurt wildly, so he had to endure it again.
He dipped the tea in his hand, drew circles and forks viciously on the imperial case, and wanted to come immediately and snatch the toy villain of the fifth son of the emperor, and then poke and poke with an awl. Finally got through the angry period, Chongzhen estimated that he should be in the safe period at the moment, so he sank for a moment, sneered and said: "What you said is all the views of scholars, knowing the scriptures but not the power." You only look at the heavy burden on the common people at present, and you don't know that once the big and small Li thieves and other rogues are cleared, they will be able to enjoy peace for a long time; you only look at the increase in the salary of 7.3 million taels, which seems to be a large amount, but you don't know that the endowment comes from the land, and the land belongs to the wealthy family...... Therefore, only three or four coins of silver are added to 100 acres of land, which is not only harmless to the small people, but also can slightly restrain the merger of the rich. ”
Chongzhen not only spoke sincerely, but also laboriously and thanklessly scolded Zodiac Zhou, and his reputation as Yao, Shun, Yu, and Tang was damaged, he wanted to end it as soon as possible, the heavens and the earth, you should take him away!
And the thunder mother who came from afar, at this time has finished packing, the two gods discussed, Chongzhen's eleventh year is not good, should you go out to avoid trouble, simply relax yourself, maybe go to Tahiti to spend an annual vacation? Go to Provence to plant a little lavender?
Huang Daozhou now thinks that there is only one word, and he immediately replied to the emperor: "The land of the country has indeed become a common practice, the rich have no land, and the poor have no place to stand." However, in the past dynasties, the accumulation of land endowments was very profound, and those who had wealth and power went up and down to their hands to deceive and hide in many ways, evading levies, and receiving more land and less grain; poor and small households did not dare to deceive and conceal themselves, and were unable to evade it; not only did they pay grain according to the truth, but also suffered from the passing on of the powerful and wealthy households, and often paid more grain with less land; in addition to the land endowments, every time they encountered errand servants and miscellaneous factions, corrupt officials and corrupt officials let the rich and bully the poor! Therefore, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and the former middle-class families have now become poor, and they do not hate the thieves but the government! His Majesty said that increasing the land endowment can slightly curb the merger of large households, this is Yang Sichang's words to the emperor last year, it is really a pipe dream, with the monarch's father as a bully, and the state affairs as a child's play!"
Chongzhen was annoyed and angry, but the upbringing in the palace made him unable to scold MMP, so he shouted: "No need to say it again, go down!"
He saw that Huang Daozhou was stubborn and refused to get up, so he continued to reprimand: "The state affairs are not going well, the ministers should work together to live up to the high expectations of the imperial court, and you attack Yang Sichang when you encounter something, aren't you too selfish and forget the country's difficulties?
As soon as the upright temper of the Fujian Mansion of the Zodiac Zhou came up, of course he didn't care about it, he straightened his neck and said: "The minister only knows how to think about the livelihood of the people and the emperor's society, but he doesn't know what selfishness is. ”
It was the first time Chongzhen spoke so patiently to Renchen, and he deliberately pitched a tone, and then he spoke: "I heard that you often talk about heavenly principles and human desires in your daily lectures, and you have no name for nothing! I have heard that those who do nothing in everything are called heavenly principles, and those who do something are called human desires. Three years ago, because you were not admitted to the cabinet, you attacked Yang Sichang when you encountered something, is it inaction?"
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has always ruled the world with the way of Confucius and Mencius, and Zodiac Zhou is the great Confucian of science in the world, so Chongzhen deliberately picked up the tooth wisdom of Song Confucianism and Zhu Xi and others who often talked about heavenly principles and human desires, and disgusted Confucianism Zodiac Zhou, Chongzhen, who was still childlike, seemed to have suddenly found an incomparable toy.
However, Huang Daozhou confessed to death today, and now he is guilty of Yan Ting's disputes, which are extremely urgent practical problems, so he does not want to talk more about the truth of heaven and human desire with this 205 emperor, so he replied stubbornly: "Minister, minister, how can the minister not speak? The minister has studied for decades, and he knows a little about the distinction between heaven and man, righteousness and benefit, but he is loyal to the king and loves the people, and does not take merit and fame as his heart. The ministers have been ploughing the fields for many years, calloused hands and feet, clothed and clothed, eating coarse food, being poor and self-controlled, not admiring Rongli, everyone in the world has heard of it, how can it be because there has never been a pavilion and began to attack the heirs!"
Chongzhen knew that blaming Huang Daozhou was a bit of a reason, not the reason of the king's majesty, but he was naturally confused, what can you do with me! Although his expression was still very grim at the moment, he said in a slightly slower tone than just now: "Innocence and integrity are virtues, but you can't do things, you can't be compared! The ancients said that Boyi is a holy and pure person, how are you better than Boyi? I know that you have integrity, so I have repeatedly expelled you, and I still want to use you." I didn't expect you to be extreme and pretentious, willful and presumptuous, as soon as this is the case! I remember that you are an official, and you have worked hard to tell me and the prince, this time I forgive you, and you are not allowed to attack the minister again in the future, obstruct the plan, go down!"
Huang Daozhou was even more angry, and said in his heart, "It's really good things for you to say all the good things, and it is your Zhu Youzhen's reason to be expelled from the court repeatedly, and because of my integrity? Why don't you expel Yang Sichang? Isn't Yang Sichang more ethical in your eyes?"
He was really angry today, and a verbal dispute with such a two-hundred-and-five-year-old emperor made Huang Daozhou's heart like ashes. Originally, he was worried that if the government continued like this, there would be a disaster for the destruction of the country, so he died bluntly, hoping to sacrifice his own body to save the country; he would rather die than see the Ming Dynasty fall to the country, but now he saw that the emperor not only did not understand his loyalty, but also humiliated his name in such a way, he almost cried bitterly.
Upright people are like this, the right thing, even ten cows can't pull back, as the saying goes, the family has a bad man, and the family is not defeated; The state has a minister, and it will not die in its country, saying that it is these people, Huang Daozhou has completed the sublimation of his personality at this time, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty! 'The people are like water, and water can carry a boat and capsize a boat.' I am afraid that Your Majesty's insistence on going your own way will definitely cause the people's hearts to be lost, the four seas will be boiling, and the state affairs will be out of control!"
"Go out and wait for the order!" Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to dwell on this matter, so he reprimanded the ignorant Huang Daozhou in a cold tone.
"Levying salaries will bring disaster to the country and the people! The ministers do not say anything today, and the ministers are responsible for Your Majesty, and they are also responsible for all the people in the world! Your Majesty kills the ministers today, and Your Majesty is responsible for the ministers!" Huang Daozhou has put life and death aside, and he said in a high-pitched tone, but he said extremely seriously.
Although he did not explicitly say that he would die in the country, but he was as broad-minded as Chongzhen, and he was naturally very sensitive to this kind of words......