Zhu Biao fell into deep thought. In the past, he didn't think there was anything wrong with such a statement, but now that Han Du mentioned it, he suddenly felt something unusual.
"Why is this happening?"
Han Du sighed and said: "This is the cleverness of those scholars. They control public opinion, distort public opinion, and constantly tell everyone that military generals cannot govern the world, but civil servants must govern the world. Public opinion wins gold. After saying it so many times, not only did they and the people believe it, but even the generals believed it."
Zhu Biao looked at Han Du dumbfounded and asked, "Are you talking nonsense?"
Han Du shrugged and said casually: "Your Highness, you see, even you are more inclined to believe that only civil servants can govern the world, right?"
Zhu Biao didn't speak. After taking a sip of tea, he frowned and said, "General..."
After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Biao shook his head and continued: "Let me tell you the truth."
"I am all ears." Han Du smiled and nodded lightly, and couldn't help but get closer to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao also lowered his voice and said to Han Du: "I don't know whether military generals can govern the world. But rebellion by military generals will bring chaos to the world."
Han Du was shocked when he heard this, his pupils shrank violently, he lowered his head and began to ponder. It turns out that only civil servants can govern the world, and that if the world is stable, they must be released to Nanshan... To put it bluntly, they are afraid that military generals will continue to hold military power.
"From the Anshi Rebellion to the Chenqiao Mutiny. The lessons learned from the past are so profound that we have to guard against them." Zhu Biao really regarded Han Du as one of his own and did not hesitate to discuss such obscure things with Han Du.
Han Du was silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head.
When Zhu Biao saw it, he asked out of curiosity: "There is nothing we can do about this. Do you still want to say something?"
Han Du nodded slightly and said: "Your Highness, although military generals holding military power are indeed convenient for plotting rebellion, don't civilian officials have no harm at all?"
Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment and looked up at Han Du.
Han Du laughed and said: "Take the Anshi Rebellion as an example. Indeed, An Lushan brought disaster to the Tang Dynasty. But didn't the civil servants at that time bring disaster to the world?"
Zhu Biao was speechless after hearing this, waiting for Han Du's next words.
"An Lushan has raised an army, but the civil servants of the Tang Dynasty are still having a big banquet. And since it is said that civil servants can govern the world, then I would like to ask them how they govern the world. Why did An Lushan raise an army together? Can it spread to the entire world like a fire?"
"Your Highness, the people's patience is already very high. As long as the people have food to eat, even if it is just enough to satisfy their hunger, they will not rebel. And the people work hard, and if they do not pay taxes, Your Highness will think that the food and cloth they produce themselves , won’t it be enough for them to feed themselves?”
Zhu Biao shook his head lightly. He was very familiar with farming. He even farmed with his father more than once, so he knew that if the people didn't have to pay taxes, they could easily be self-sufficient.
"But if the people don't pay taxes, how will the court have the money and food to pay the officials and raise soldiers to guard the border?"
Han Du sighed slightly and said: "If we just follow the taxes set by the emperor, then the people can still live a good life after paying. But since ancient times, at the beginning of the founding of the country, the world has been able to live a good life in just a few dozen years. It will recover within a year. But why is it still declining when it is already in its prime?"
"Isn't it... that prosperity and decline are common?" Zhu Biao looked puzzled and said matter-of-factly.
Han Du suddenly laughed and said, "What's the decline of prosperity? It's just a bullshit excuse made by civil servants!" Han Du's tone was extremely unkind and he cursed Zhu Biao reluctantly.
Zhu Biao frowned and did not interrupt Han Du.
Han Du looked ferocious and said: "Obviously the people are already living a very good life, why do they continue to live in poverty? Since the people can live by farming their own land and paying taxes, why do they continue to live in poverty after they have families and businesses? Falling into a state of starvation?"
Zhu Biao kept silent and his face gradually became ugly.
Han Du took a deep breath and shouted: "That's because as long as the world enters a prosperous age, in addition to the taxes paid by the people, civil servants will continue to create clever names to steal the people's wealth. In the beginning, because the people had certain savings, so this kind of expropriation is not obvious, and even the people will not notice anything is wrong. But when the people's wealth is expropriated, the civil servants at this time will not only not take the initiative to reduce the people's burden, but will intensify it. He continued to use clever names to conquer the people more violently. That’s why when His Highness looked through the history books, he saw that a huge dynasty would gradually fall apart and be turned upside down in just a few decades."
Zhu Biao opened his mouth, wanting to refute Han Du. Thousands of words flashed through his mind, but he couldn't find a word that could point out that Han Du was wrong. In the end, he only sighed.
"You are right. Since the people can bring the world into a prosperous age in just a few decades when the world is stable, there is no reason why they can't live a better life in the prosperous age."
When Han Du saw Zhu Biao nodding in agreement, he felt relieved. Being able to persuade Zhu Biao made Han Du feel relaxed. Originally, Han Du was not sure that Zhu Biao could listen to his words. After all, he has received Confucian education since he was a child. What military generals can only open borders, what civil servants can rule the country, what prosperity and decline, the cycle, etc., are all Zhu Biao has heard in his mind since he was a child. He wants to let It is not easy for him to abandon these concepts that Confucianism instilled in him and jump out to see the problem from the perspective of a bystander.
Fortunately, the results were consistent with Han Du's expectations. Zhu Biao's wisdom allowed him to look at these issues from Han Du's perspective. From different angles, the pros and cons are naturally different. At a glance, Zhu Biao knew that what Han Du said was right.
"So, I have never believed in civilian government. If civilian officials can really govern the country, then they should make the world more prosperous and prosperous, instead of going into decline in the prosperous times." Han Du curled his lips, his eyes filled with tears. Contempt for civil servants.
Zhu Biao said attentively: "But I still don't understand why it happened like this? I know a lot about civil servants, but I didn't find the clever name you mentioned."
Han Du raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Biao. He didn't know where he got his confidence. He dared to say that no one among the civil servants had deliberately used pretexts to seduce the people. He said sternly: "Your Highness, even now, I should assure you that at this moment, there must be some officials in the world who are cleverly making excuses to exploit the people and enrich themselves, but there are definitely not many such people now. The reason why Your Highness cannot see it, That's because almost all the people who come into contact with His Highness are civil servants in the capital. With the emperor in charge, those civil servants don't dare to be arrogant at all. After leaving the capital, the further away from the capital, the bolder they become, and the more people they need to punish. common people.”
"Moreover, the emperor has established himself in the world through hundreds of battles, and his prestige is extremely high and unrivaled. No matter what kind of official he is, he can only stay away from the emperor and dare not confront him tit for tat. However, His Highness asked himself, if he inherits the throne, he can also have the emperor's Is it powerful?"
"Of course not." Zhu Biao said without hesitation. He was self-aware of this.
Han Du continued: "Although His Highness does not have the power of the Emperor, His Highness's prestige is also very high. Therefore, at this time, civil servants do not dare to make mistakes, so the Ming Dynasty can successfully usher in its prosperous age. However, the prestige of future emperors will be even worse. Your Highness, it would be fine if you have enough skills, but if you don't have enough means, there will definitely be a conflict with the civil servants. At that time, either the emperor will have enough strength to suppress the officials. Or... ."
"How's it going?" Zhu Biao's face turned ugly and he looked up at Han Du.
Since Zhu Biao asked, there was nothing Han Du dared to say. He gritted his teeth and highlighted a few words: "Reverse the guest, the civil servants won, and the imperial power was ejected, making the emperor a human seal."
"Bang~" Zhu Biao punched the table angrily.
Han Du knew that Zhu Biao was angry, but no matter how angry he was, he had to face the facts. With fire in his eyes, he said: "It's not like civil servants have never done this kind of thing before. In the former Song Dynasty, wasn't it that the civil servants won a great victory in the confrontation with the emperor, completely eclipsing the power of the emperor in the future? The emperor's A civil servant can directly reject the decree if he thinks it is wrong. This is not an evasion of imperial power, what is it? If your highness does not believe it, you can compare it yourself. Which minister in the court now dares to reject the emperor's decree? "
Zhu Biao just thought about it briefly and thought that Han Du was right. Although the former Song Dynasty talked about "the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats sharing the world", in fact, this was also the helplessness of the former Song emperors. There were ministers in the Ming Dynasty who suggested to their father that they wanted "the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats to share the world." As a result, his father angrily reprimanded him, saying, "The Ming Dynasty is the emperor who shares the world with the people." He was also directly demoted and never used again. From this point of view, the attitudes of the father and Han Du towards civil servants are almost the same.
Well, in comparison, Han Du is a bit more extreme.
Han Du continued: "Furthermore, even if the civil servants have emptied the imperial power, squeezed out the generals, and gained the greatest convenience in governing the world. But as a result, the world will be a mess governed by the civil servants? Corruption is rampant, and the bedrock is stacked. , the huge salary transfer made it difficult for the court to make ends meet year after year. In the end, it was the only way to perish."
"Yes, civil servants always regard the former Song Dynasty as the time when political achievements were the most enlightened. But the irony is that even so, the former Song Dynasty also died in just two hundred years, which is really sad." Zhu Biao While his tone was regretful, he no longer believed in the things that Confucianism had instilled in him in the past. At least he could stand from a more objective perspective and rationally identify the right and wrong of things.
Zhu Biao turned around and glanced at Han Du. Seeing the indifferent expression on his face, his heart moved and he tried to ask: "You are very resourceful. Is there anything you can do about this?"
Han Du couldn't help but complain to Zhu Biao that when he was being used, he was "resourceful" and when he was not being used, he was "full of clever ideas". It was Zhu Biao who said all the good and bad things.
However, although Han Du was dissatisfied, he did not show it. Instead, he answered Zhu Biao directly. After all, this was the purpose of coming to see Zhu Biao today.
Han Du took two sips of tea, crossed his hands in front of his stomach, and said calmly: "Why does your highness need to ask me? Your highness has read history books. Doesn't the answer lie in the history books?"
Zhu Biao didn't think about it carefully. He glanced at Han Du and said, "I still want to hear your opinion."
"Okay." In this case, Han Du said: "Actually, it is not complicated to check and balance civil servants."
Han Du moved three teacups on the table and said: "The most stable relationship in the world is the triangle relationship. Just like Wei, Shu and Wu, the three countries check and balance each other and no one can become stronger. Although Cao Wei is the only one, there are also It took more than a hundred years under the checks and balances of Shu and Wu to end this relationship."
"This is His Highness, and this is the civil servant." Han Du first placed two cups and said: "If there are only Your Highness and the civil servant in the court, then there is no need to think about it. In order to gain more power, the civil servant will definitely put all the hostility Put it all on Your Highness. Step by step, we will weaken the imperial power until it is completely eliminated."
Zhu Biao stared at the two teacups tightly and remained silent.
Han Du continued: "But if there is a cup added to it, it will be different."
Han Du reached for another cup and placed it between the two cups on the table, suddenly forming a tripartite posture. "Half of the power that originally belonged to the civil servants was taken away by others. Therefore, the civil servants must take back this part of the power before confronting His Highness. Otherwise, they will not have enough strength to challenge His Highness, and it will be easier The other party takes advantage of it."
If civil servants want to compete with the emperor, they must not allow anyone to stand aside and watch the show. Because, if when they and the emperor were fighting fiercely, this force instantly turned against the emperor, then they would definitely die without a burial place.
Therefore, before the civil servants wanted to arm-wrestle with the emperor, they had to get rid of this force first no matter what.
Seeing Zhu Biao nodding, Han Du suddenly laughed, stretched out his hand to push the cup representing Zhu Biao towards him, and said: "This will be extremely beneficial to His Highness. Since the civil servants want to fight with this side, then this side will naturally also He will not sit back and wait for death, but will rise up to resist. At this time, the emperor only needs to give a hand at the right time, so that none of them can do anything to anyone."
"From now on, no one can threaten His Highness."
Zhu Biao's eyes lit up and he instantly understood what Han Du meant. Suddenly he asked in confusion: "Why didn't you tell me these words before?"
Han Du curled his lips and said matter-of-factly: "If His Highness had not married Jingyun, I would never mention these words in front of Your Highness in my entire life."
"Oh? Why is this? If I don't marry Jingyun, wouldn't I be worthy of your help?" Zhu Biao frowned, with displeasure on his face.
Even an ordinary man would be unhappy when hearing Han Du's words. Because of these words, there is a suspicion that someone is taking advantage of the power of his wife's family. What's more, it's Zhu Biao?
Han Du explained: "Your Highness has saved my life, and His Highness is wise and kind to others, so I am naturally willing to assist His Highness. But my willingness to assist Your Highness does not mean that I dare to say these things in front of His Highness. Because, I am willing to assist His Highness. I don’t know how important he is to those civil servants in His Highness’s heart.”
After saying that, he gave Zhu Biao a look to see if he understood.
Zhu Biao understood it immediately and couldn't help but nodded secretly.
Han Du's worries would not be unreasonable, if it weren't for the strong and close relationship between the two. Even if Han Du said it, Zhu Biao might not be able to listen.
After Zhu Biao heard Han Du's explanation, he stopped talking. Instead, he pointed at the teacup that Han Du finally took and said, "What do you think about this?"
Han Du looked up at Zhu Biao and looked at him with a meaningful smile, and said, "Isn't it obvious? Now in the court, the only people who can compete with the civil officials are the noble generals."
Zhu Biao looked as if he was like this, and said with a smile: "You are really rude, so blatantly speaking for a distinguished noble? Why, just because you are also a distinguished noble?"
"Of course." Han Du curled his lips and said nonchalantly: "I always help relatives but not others. It's not like His Highness doesn't know this."
"You! You are really not ashamed." Facing Han Du, who was like a knife, Zhu Biao was so angry that he almost choked. He raised his finger and pointed at Han Du, then put it down helplessly.
"What does this mean to me?" Han Du said without any trace of shame: "I have read some miscellaneous notes from the former Song Dynasty. It is eye-opening for those civil servants to be shameless in order to seize power."
Zhu Biao stopped arguing with Han Du about this question and asked instead: "But you also said that the generals have heavy troops. If they are planning to rebel, they can turn the world upside down with just one hand. If Gu Ruo is given to Xungui The power of military commanders allows them to marry civil servants to check and balance them, so you can guarantee that they will not rebel?"
"certainly!"
Zhu Biao originally wanted to hear Han Du's explanation, but he didn't expect that Han Du would just nod his head as if it was natural.
Even Zhu Biao was surprised now and asked quickly: "Do you really have a solution? What solution do you have? Tell me quickly."
Han Du smiled and said: "Your Highness's thoughts are still stuck in books, and he has not closely followed the vicissitudes of the Ming Dynasty. Twenty years ago, I would not have been able to completely restrain the noble generals. But now , times have changed.”
When Zhu Biao heard Han Du say that he could completely restrain the noble general, his chest rose and fell violently. If he could really do this, the benefits to his descendants would be huge. Even Zhu Biao held his breath subconsciously, for fear of disturbing Han Du and for fear that nothing would happen.
Han Du reached out and took out a revolver bullet from his waist. Ever since Han Du was attacked, he had always kept his gun with him. When entering the palace, although the revolver was taken away, the bullet belt wrapped around his waist was not removed. Because there is no revolver, this thing poses no threat at all, and there is no need to remove it.
Holding the bullet and putting it in front of Zhu Biao's eyes, Han Du said in a deep voice: "A revolver plus a bullet is the Ming Dynasty's magic weapon. But as long as there is no such a small bullet, the revolver is completely useless. Even if Even if it is thrown out and hit on someone, it may not hurt the person."
"If all the armies of the Ming Dynasty were equipped with firearms, then as long as they mastered the bullets, they could firmly control the army."
If Zhu Biao realized something, he stretched out his hand and took the bullet out of Han Du's hand, put it in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully.
Han Du didn't interrupt, just sat quietly aside, waiting for Zhu Biao to see enough.
After a while, Zhu Biao suddenly raised his head and sighed: "It turns out to be so simple, but after so long, no one can figure it out."
Han Du shook his head and said: "It's not that no one has thought of it, at least the emperor must have thought of it. Moreover, although the revolver has been around for so many years, not many people know about it, so it is normal that they have not thought of it."
"But how to control generals with bullets?" Zhu Biao frowned. He just had a guess in his mind, but he was not sure, so he wanted to ask Han Du.
Han Du nodded and explained patiently: "It's very simple. As long as you don't distribute bullets to the soldiers on weekdays, wait until there is a need to fight and then distribute the bullets. In this way, if the soldiers don't have bullets on weekdays, there will be no problem at all. Threats. Even if the general wants to incite the soldiers, the soldiers will not listen."
"Oh? Why is this?" Zhu Biao was a little confused. He was no stranger to the Ming Dynasty's army, so he naturally knew that in order to improve combat effectiveness, generals would make their soldiers obey his orders completely. This is also the reason why military commanders are prone to rebellion, because the soldiers under his command only obey him.
Han Du continued to explain: "Because as long as the soldiers have seen firearms, they will naturally know that the power of firearms is unmatched. If they don't have bullets in their hands, the rebellion will be dead. Because the army that came to suppress them must be equipped with firearms. of."
"No one will seek death. If the general dares to incite his soldiers under such circumstances, then the soldiers under his command will tie him up and send him over to receive the reward before the general raises his arms."
"Hahaha, it makes sense. What you said makes sense..." Zhu Biao seemed to have thought of the scene where the general who was about to rebel was actually tied up by his own soldiers after calling out. Suddenly he laughed happily.
"Not only that, the general can naturally guess how his soldiers will choose after he says the words of rebellion. Therefore, no matter when, he will never dare to reveal anything." Han Du added.
Zhu Biao was overjoyed when he heard this, with a hearty smile on his face. He nodded and said, "You are indeed resourceful, but if there are no bullets in the army, we have to wait until they are slowly sent over. Then if we are attacked, will it be too late?"
Han Du thought for a moment, nodded sincerely and said: "His Highness's concerns are not unreasonable. This problem does exist."
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