Zhang Juzheng lowered his head and replied: "Yes! Most of the officials in power hope to compromise so as to eliminate the civil uprising in Wudi as soon as possible."
"Sir, do you also think this will be a popular uprising, rather than a turmoil instigated by right-wingers behind the scenes?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
"Your Majesty, whether it is civil unrest or turmoil, he is a fire that has been lit. The officials are tired and the people are tired. No matter how the court handles it, this fire must be put out first."
"Just like a person with a fever, there is no need to ask where the heat comes from in the five internal organs. Reducing the fever is the first priority!"
"In order to get rid of the fever in time, we have to first aggrieve the pro-military guards, or it is necessary to kill a few pro-military guards, such as Qi Jin, in exchange for preventing more merchants, common people and even officials and scholars from being killed."
Zhang Juzheng said at this time.
"I don't agree!"
Zhu Yijun replied at this time.
"Your Majesty, please consider the overall situation and be patient for the sake of the country!"
As Zhang Juzheng spoke, he raised his hands to Zhu Yijun.
"I cannot wrong my soldiers. Unless Hai Rui can provide proof, my soldiers will be wronged!"
Zhu Yijun said calmly.
"Your Majesty, sometimes the governance of a country cannot be based on right and wrong!"
"It doesn't matter whether a person is wronged or not, as long as he achieves the goal of peace in the world. Since ancient times, the sage has not killed people in vain, but he does not hide his benevolence!"
"At this time, it is not appropriate for Your Majesty to stop being so stubborn. I have never taught Your Majesty to be so stubborn!"
Zhang Juzheng spoke excitedly.
Zhu Yijun stood up suddenly and stared at Zhang Juzheng: "Sir, although what you said seems reasonable, you have forgotten the principle of upholding justice for the king. Let me ask you, sir, for the so-called peace of the world, regardless of right or wrong, sacrifice oneself, Is it true benevolence?"
"It's for Daren!"
Zhang Juzheng replied.
"Then it was the scholar-officials who died?"
"If you want to wrong a few civil servants today and kill a few civil servants unjustly, can you, sir, accept my doing this?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
Zhang Juzheng fell silent.
Then, Zhang Juzheng said truthfully: "Of course it is different. Killing a scholar-bureaucrat on your own initiative is detrimental to your sanctity! After all, those who hold the world's tongue are scholars. Even if your Majesty wants to kill a scholar-bureaucrat on your own initiative in the future, you should not admit it yourself, but should shirk the blame. To the favored minister."
"If you dare to act as a king, what kind of holy master can you be?"
“What else are we talking about about governing with virtue?”
Zhu Yijun asked with a sneer.
Zhang Juzheng said anxiously: "Your Majesty! This is only a last resort, but sometimes you have to make contingency plans, and you can't just follow the saint's wishes. The emperor, especially, should only teach people with the saint's principles, rather than letting the saint's principles restrain him. .”
"Although what you said makes sense, sir, it still tells me that you should treat the scholar-officials with a higher regard. Others can feel wronged, but the scholar-officials cannot! Even if you want to kill the scholar-officials, you have to act like you don't mean it."
"So, if I need to wrong the scholar-officials today, would you advise me not to kill them without reason?"
Zhu Yijun continued to ask.
"I dare not hide it from Your Majesty, yes."
Zhang Juzheng replied.
Zhu Yijun sneered: "But sir, you should understand that I condoned the lingchi punishment of the gentry who were previously complicit in treason, not because they were gentry and wanted to give them dignity, but because they are Han people and my subjects. It is because of me He is determined to take his own people more seriously than the foreigners!"
"As long as they are my subjects, not just the scholar-bureaucrats, but also soldiers and civilians, I must treat them as more human beings than foreigners!"
"So, if I want to kill my own soldiers, I must kill them openly and openly, not this kind of unclear killing!"
"But sir, he obviously only asked me to show kindness to the scholar-bureaucrats, and forgot to ask me to show kindness to all the people!"
"In the Guangdong and Guangxi areas, the people who were forced to rebel because of excessive exploitation by the officials and gentry, sir, asked the admirals of Guangdong and Guangxi to kill tens of thousands of people. Neither sir nor other scholar-bureaucrats allowed me to tolerate it for the sake of the country, and for the sake of my kindness, I killed tens of thousands of people. Go and aggrieve a few local gentry!"
"Now, for the sake of some powerful minions, I am forced to endure for the sake of the country, and I am forced to humiliate my own military guards!"
"So, am I the emperor of the scholar-bureaucrats only, or the emperor of all the people of the Ming Dynasty in the world?"
After Zhu Yijun said this, he asked Zhang Juzheng: "Sir, please answer me!"
Zhang Juzheng only buried his head lower: "I have nothing to say, but the current situation is like this. I can only ask your Majesty to be patient for the sake of the country. After all, your Majesty himself does not want to cause more killings."
"I want to be patient, not to tolerate these right-wing ruffians who ignore the king's laws!"
"Why do you only treat the scholar-bureaucrats as human beings and not your own soldiers and other people?"
Zhu Yijun suddenly roared.
Then, Zhu Yijun stretched out his hands, with a solemn expression, and took off the Yishan crown on his head.
Then, Zhu Yijun continued to Zhang Juzheng, who had his head lowered: "I believe in my soldiers! The express delivery sent by Hai Rui said that there is no evidence to prove that my personal guards plundered the people, so my personal guards were unjustly accused. ! Because I believe in my own military guards just like I believe in Hai Rui, and I believe in Hai Rui just like I believe in my husband. If my husband wants me to humiliate my soldiers for the sake of the overall situation, I will give up the throne!"
"Sir, please choose another descendant of the Zhu family as emperor who is willing to treat the gentry only as human beings!"
As he spoke, Zhu Yijun raised his Yi Shan Guan and threw it to the ground.
"This kind of emperor who can't be upright, can't be fair, can't treat all his people as human beings, and is a hypocritical emperor should be treated as such by whoever he likes!"
Bang!
The gorgeous black silk winged crown fell on the gold bricks and made a sound.
Then, Zhu Yijun turned and walked away: "I will go back to Fengyang myself, learn from Taizu, and pull the righteous people of the world who don't want this hypocrisy to exist, raise the flag of righteousness again, form a rebel army, and become a rebel that treats all people equally." New emperor!"
As Zhu Yijun spoke, he looked at Zhang Hong and Zhang Jing, who also had their heads lowered: "As my slaves, if you want to go with me, then go together. If you don't want to, that's fine!"
Zhang Juzheng trembled and raised his head suddenly.
Immediately, he saw that there was no crown on Zhu Yijun's head, and his heart suddenly felt as if someone had stabbed him with a knife, and he began to feel cramped.
"His Majesty!"
Hearing a loud thud, Zhang Juzheng was seen kneeling down, his body swayed slightly, and his head was on the ground. After a while, he sobbed:
"If your Majesty really wants to do this, you should kill me first and then go! Woo hoo!"
Zhang Hong also knelt down at this time and said with tears in his eyes: "If your Majesty is really like this, I will have no choice but to go on a hunger strike and die!"
Only Zhang Jing did not kneel down, he only looked up at everything in front of him hesitantly.
He was mostly confused.
The emperor's behavior seemed to have exceeded the acceptable range of his intelligence, so he suddenly didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him, and made the most rational analysis of what he should do now.
Still seeing Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Hong kneeling down, he hurriedly knelt down and started crying: "Your Majesty, no!"
Zhu Yijun also stopped at this time.
However, before he could lift his feet and continue walking, Zhang Juzheng squinted and found Yi Shanguan, then carefully picked up Yi Shanguan, walked towards Zhu Yijun on his knees, looked up at Zhu Yijun with an almost pleading expression, and cried. road:
"Your Majesty, put it on, but don't be impulsive! Some things cannot be thrown casually. If you throw them, it will be like robbing the heart of the minister!"
Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but burst into tears as he spoke. He still held up the Winged Crown and begged Zhu Yijun to take it back, and continued to search underground, as if he was looking for Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Yu Qian, Zhang Cong, Xia Yan, and even Gang Gang Gao Gong who passed away not long ago.
He hoped that they could help him persuade the emperor.
But these people have long since passed away.
He was the only one, helplessly begging Zhu Yijun behind the backs of the officials and bureaucrats outside.
"Your Majesty, put it on!"
"I beg you, as long as you wear it, you can do whatever you want!"
Zhang Juzheng coaxed Zhu Yijun like a child.
Seeing how pitiful he was, Zhu Yijun also thought of the nearly ten years of companionship between emperor, minister, teacher and student, and the efforts he had made in the past ten years. In the end, he could not bear to treat Zhang Juzheng like other civil servants, and broke up completely. Finally, he took over the Yi Shan crown and put it back on.
Zhang Juzheng immediately burst into tears and laughed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, my whole life's hard work was almost in vain!"
After saying that, Zhang Juzheng stood up suddenly, raised his hands with a serious look on his face and said: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, then there will only be a river of blood!"
"Then there will be rivers of blood!"
"You dare to kill tens of thousands of innocent people, sir, and you dare to kill tens of thousands of evil gentry and bully the locals. Do you have to be soft-hearted, sir?!"
Zhu Yijun asked in a deep voice.
"I understand!"
Zhang Juzheng said goodbye and turned around.
(End of chapter)
