"How could my father and the assistant ministers of the Political Affairs Hall allow such a decree to be implemented!"
"Listen to the cries along the way. It makes you cry when you hear it. It makes you sad when you see it!"
"These Wu Bian are also very rude!"
The second son of the emperor, Zhu Cican, escorted the Zhu Xieyuan family to move to Bozhou. When he boarded the ship at Changmen in Suzhou, he saw the scene of other Suzhou rich people being forcibly moved to India, so he spoke in front of Zhu Xieyuan and He Weisong.
"How can your Majesty and those sycophantic ministers in the court see this?"
"But the rude treatment by Wu Bian of the relocated Jin gentry scribes was really excessive. It really disgraced the civilized people!"
"Although the Tianqi Dynasty was strong in national power, it also led to the rise of warriors, making it difficult for civil servants and officials to rule the world together with the king! This is manifested in two ways:
First, the Privy Council under the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army controls the selection and promotion of military attachés;
Second, the security of each county is under the responsibility of the military attache, and the local gentry is controlled by the military attache! "
"For this reason, in the past dynasties, civil society was used to suppress military power. Now, the central government uses civil and military forces to check and balance, and local governments use military force to suppress civil society!"
He Weisong said.
"Does Duke Li think that allowing warriors to manipulate local governance in this way will be beneficial to the peace of the country?"
Zhu Cican couldn't help but ask Zhu Xieyuan.
Although Zhu Xieyuan started his career with military exploits, he was a civil servant and a scholar-bureaucrat. Therefore, he preferred that the Ming Dynasty continue to use literature to suppress military power. He said: "If the clan survives forever, it is natural that warriors should not be in charge! When your Majesty ascends the throne, he will attach great importance to military commanders. , it was also a helpless move, all because the military equipment was weak at that time, and Wen Tian was aggressive in martial arts. If the king of future generations wants to bring peace to the world, the first thing he must be alert to is naturally the disaster of the Five Dynasties!"
"The disaster of the fifth generation!"
Zhu Cican murmured.
The scene in front of him of officers and soldiers from the street patrol stations in various towns in Suzhou urging many Jin gentry sons from wealthy families to board the ship made him feel even more strongly about the so-called disaster of the Five Generations.
Because he liked to be close to literati since he was a child, Zhu Cican consciously assumed the role of a scholar-official, and therefore developed a feeling of disgust for the officers and soldiers of these patrol stations.
For a moment, Zhu Cican saw several officers and soldiers from the patrol post pushing some soldiers who refused to leave, so he walked over angrily and scolded:
"Stop! You are insulting Sven! You are disrespecting Confucius and Mencius!"
The officers and soldiers couldn't help being stunned, but seeing that Zhu Cican was wearing the uniform of a county king, they couldn't use swear words. One of them, Tian Hong, who was originally a white-pole soldier sentry, replied:
"They refused to leave! They even made some mocking remarks about the court! We cannot ignore them."
"Discipline?"
"What qualifications do you have to discipline?"
"They are scholars. They were originally rich and noble, but now they are just forced by the order to move their clans. And they cannot abandon their relatives, so they can only move to other places. How can you not show any respect to them!"
As Zhu Cican spoke, he raised his hands to these scholars and said: "I am Zhu Cican, the second son of the emperor. I wonder what the names of these noble gentlemen are? It is inevitable that something like this happens now, but please rest assured that I will try my best to advise you. Father, I will send you back home in the future."
"It turns out to be His Highness the Second Prince!"
"Please, His Highness the Second Prince, make the decision for us!"
"The officials at these patrol stations are simply cruel. We refused to move, but they locked us up and now they are beating us!"
Therefore, these scholars complained to Zhu Cican.
"Who said they are more valuable than the officers and soldiers at the patrol station?"
At this time, the emperor's eldest son Zhu Ciwei came over with a group of officials.
When Zhu Cican saw that it was Zhu Ciwei, due to the principle of respect between brothers and brothers advocated by Confucianism, although he hated his cold-faced brother, he still bowed his hands and asked:
"Brother, do you think that what I said is wrong? There is no guarantee that these scholars will not be the country's talents in the future, and these officials of the rural patrol station who are served by warriors, can they be rich in wealth? Who is the pillar of the country, we still need to ask more?"
Zhu Cican said and looked at Zhu Xieyuan: "It just so happens that Mr. Li Guo is also here, and he is highly virtuous and respected. I would like to ask Mr. Li to judge who is noble and who is humble."
Zhu Xieyuan just wanted to make peace, so he said: "Well, one is to protect the environment and the people, and the other is to study hard to serve the court. They are both for the people, and they should be noble!"
Zhu Cican was quite disappointed.
Zhu Ciwei asked the patrol station officers and soldiers in front of him: "Come here, all of you, stand in a row in front of the second prince, take off your shirts, and show the second prince his injuries!"
"yes!"
The officers and soldiers of these patrol stations also stood over.
Zhu Cican's previous remarks, to be honest, did make these patrol station officers and soldiers feel resentful, so at this time they all followed Zhu Ciwei's instructions.
When a row of shirtless patrol station officers and soldiers stood in front of Zhu Cican, Zhu Cican was shocked when he saw the scars left by various weapons on these people, and some even had broken arms.
"They are all veterans of the former Guards or White Guards and other Ming armies. These injuries are all wounds left by their efforts to exterminate the captives and suppress the rebellion. It can be said that they all shed their own blood for the imperial court! They have made My own contribution! Second brother, do you really think that he is not as valuable as the scholars you mentioned?"
Zhu Ciwei said to Zhu Cican: "If you don't know yourself, you can ask Duke Li. From the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was able to drive out the Tartars and restore China. Until now, for more than two hundred years, the country has not been destroyed. Who is it? A bloody battle?!"
As Zhu Ciwei spoke, he pointed at the scholars behind him: "Rely on them? Or should I just rely on them? Then ask these scholars to take off their shirts and show the people who is protecting them!"
Zhu Cican was speechless for a moment and his face turned red.
These scholars were also somewhat ashamed.
"I, I, just think, at least they can't be that rude!"
Zhu Cican finally explained with some lack of confidence.
"If you want to be treated politely, you must first serve the country and the people!"
"You are a child of the royal family. You should not only pay attention to whether the scholars are polite or not, but you should pay attention to how to make this country better. In addition, the court officials are not the Bodhisattvas in the temples who greet you with smiles every day. They are murderers. Institutions have the power to destroy families and destroy families. The people of this country are loved and controlled by them, and they are also controlled and even driven by them. If you only want to show kindness to others, don't get involved in the right and wrong of government officials!"
Zhu Ciwei said Zhu Cican earnestly.
Zhu Cican looked at his brother and said, "Brother, don't you protect the people and become king? If you don't love the people with benevolent government, how can the people support the king?"
"The people don't know who the king is. You should read "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution" to know the natural law of survival of the fittest. You should also understand what civilization is! Don't just hold on to the learning of Confucius and Mencius. Although it can make you gentle, courteous and thrifty, you will also Makes you pedantic!”
Zhu Ciwei said: "Bring over the officials who disobeyed the imperial decree and secretly tampered with the list of wealthy families, as well as the squires who bribed and corrupted officials in an attempt to escape the disaster of relocating their clans, and beheaded them outside the Changmen! To serve as a warning to others!" "
"yes!"
Not long after, a group of officials and squires who were tied up were brought up.
The Changmen area of Suzhou began to have a dense flow of people during the Chenghua period.
There are many ships coming and going.
In the Tianqi Dynasty, which was the most prosperous in the world, it was natural to praise him even more.
Therefore, when these officials and squires were taken into custody, many people, businessmen and travelers were attracted to watch, and even some ships that were preparing to sail stopped.
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