"People's ambitions are too big. At least there is a palace wall between them. We have to deal with the people in the palace first. If your ambitions are too big, it will make it difficult for me to sleep and eat well!"
Zhu Yijun sighed as he spoke, and then looked at Huang Xun:
"Huang Xun, please tell me, should I not let your eunuchs get involved in power, and only serve the nobles in the palace honestly, so as not to turn bad if they come into contact with power."
"Let's just call him Sun Bin."
Zhu Yijun pointed at Sun Bin: "In the past, he was very gentle and courteous, not to mention ambitious and greedy. I once saw him in the dark scolding the young prisoner who gave him gifts. Now that he has become more powerful, he no longer agrees with me. .”
"Back to your Majesty, in my humble opinion, people may not become evil because they get involved in power, but they may become evil because they want to use power for personal gain."
"Eunuch Sun does not dare to be arbitrary in the ceremonial department at the moment. Although he admits in front of the emperor that he is ambitious, what the servants see is that Eunuch Sun takes foreign decisions as the criterion for everything. He will first respond to any questions raised by the servants. The court rejected it, so in the eyes of the slaves and other eunuchs, Eunuch Sun does not look like an ambitious person."
"If there is, it can only be due to resentment for not being able to use power for personal gain. I don't even want to use power for public good, and I don't want to keep an eye on the foreign court for the emperor."
Huang Xun replied at this time.
Zhu Yijun glanced at him, and then ordered: "Pass the decree, from now on, the power of approving the red will belong to the imperial minister. Huang Xun will be promoted to the chief minister of etiquette. The eunuch and the chief eunuch of the chief minister of etiquette will go to the imperial minister's office together with several Bingbi to participate in the affairs as ministers." Military aircraft policy!"
Huang Xun was startled, and then he bowed in a loud voice: "Minister Huang Xun obeys the order!"
Then, Zhu Yijun looked at Sun Bin again: "Sun Bin, since you have the intention to harm me, I can't let you off lightly. Even though you made great achievements when you were in charge of Dongchang, but you touched You are the bottom line that cannot be touched. In order to prevent the latecomers from taking advantage of your merits, I can only deal with you strictly."
"The decree is passed that Sun Bin, Gao Cai, the deacon and eunuch of the Qinzheng Palace and the eunuch of the scribe's room, He Shi, the imperial attendant of the Qinzheng Palace, and the bureaucrats involved in this matter will all seize their status in Lingchi and execute the nine clans."
Zhu Yijun ordered as he spoke.
Huang Xun once again said yes.
Sun Bin collapsed on the ground, as if all his strength had been drained from his whole body, and he seemed to be dragged down by Jin Yiwei like a puddle of mud.
In the late spring of the 18th year of Wanli's reign when flowers were blooming, a hearty rain once again ushered in. The dense clouds in Xiyuan in the afternoon were thick.
On this day, Tian Yi, who was rescued, was seriously picking up the spices in the incense burner that the new Master Attendant Wan Shi was about to throw away. He was sniffing carefully with his nose. After sniffing several times, he said: "Well, it is commonly used. Put the sleeping incense."
"yes!"
Wanshi agreed.
After Tian Yi saw with his own eyes that Wan lost the incense and left, he went out of the palace and asked the servants to use bamboo poles to drive away the birds outside.
Zhu Yijun took a peaceful nap as a result.
These days, his body has almost recovered, especially now, he feels more energetic, and he has begun to have the idea of finding someone to sleep with him. There is no effect of ambergris, but he can control it, so there is no daylight. For this matter, I only went to the Shiyusi on foot.
"Where are you going, Your Majesty?"
"Slave, do you want me to prepare the chariot?"
Tian Yi asked when he saw Zhu Yijun coming out.
"No need!"
"I'm walking!"
Zhu Yijun said and walked along the red palace wall to the Imperial Palace with his hands behind his back.
Tian Yi chased after him with other servants.
When it rains, the royal road in Xiyuan turns azure.
Zhu Yijun walked comfortably on the royal road under the red umbrella with a green cover. At this moment, he couldn't help but think to himself that even Ambergris and Wuxiang failed to allow the ambitious man to succeed in controlling his ambitions, and ended up with the nine tribes. With the fate of all being destroyed, I wonder if there will be any careerists who want to control him in the future.
If they wanted to, what other methods would these people use?
It should be more difficult, right?
You should be even more afraid, right?
anyway.
What Zhu Yijun knew clearly was that, given the current national conditions of the Ming Dynasty, whether the Ming Empire would continue to move forward in the direction advocated by the new rites or retreat to the era of the old rites, the fate of his emperor was the key to this.
That's right.
Most of the ruling class in this land are both landowners and capitalists. They can either transform into capitalists or return to the era of big landowners.
He, the emperor, is no exception.
He owned a large number of royal estates and collected rent from tenants. He also held a large number of financial subscription tickets, dividends from many government offices, and various royal properties managed by the Shaofu.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun himself, the emperor, could also be regarded as a landlord and capitalist.
In many cases, landlords and capitalists are not incompatible roles.
After all, land is also a means of production.
And Zhu Yijun is undoubtedly the largest landowner and capitalist, with the strongest military force and the highest status. However, in a country like the Ming Dynasty, there are no landlords and capitalists who can compete with him as the emperor, so the development of the empire is destined to depend on him. The emperor's will has a lot to do with it.
Zhu Yijun is now more willing to change into the role of a capitalist in order to live a more comfortable life.
Because the latter's method of exploitation is more advanced, it can make Zhu Yijun's life more comfortable.
Yes, Zhu Yijun is also selfish, and he is not that great in nature. He also reforms for his own sake.
But Zhu Yijun didn't think there was anything wrong with having this selfishness. He knew that it was precisely because he had this selfishness that he had the motivation. Otherwise, he would rather lie down and lie down instead of working so hard and having to personally serve the imperial minister on rainy days. Listen to politics, don't take advantage of such a good spring to go outing, go fishing, or go to the harem to look for beauty.
As soon as he arrived at the Imperial Palace.
Zhu Yijun asked about recent important military affairs.
Qi Jiguang reported to Zhu Yijun that after the death of Li Kui, the deputy commander-in-chief of the border envoy, who had captured the captives, he gathered 400,000 people in the Hetao to attack the border again.
"Ask the Shaanxi officers and generals to be on guard and guard them to death, and try to focus on recruitment. Transfer Wan Shide to serve as the deputy envoy of military preparation. This person is the son of the general, and he is familiar with Hexi affairs and can be used."
Zhu Yijun then gave instructions, and then said: "The key now is Luzon's use of troops. How is the money and food for the ship and the training and recruitment of soldiers?"
Li Chengliang came out at this time and said: "Many princes in the court do not advocate the use of troops from Lu Song to send northern troops this time. However, in the opinion of the foolish minister, although the northern troops are not good at water warfare and are afraid of the disadvantages of miasma, they are not completely afraid of miasma and miasma." In water battles, soldiers from Anton also travel through the black mountains and white waters all year round. There is no problem in taking out the stronghold and seizing the flag. The attack on Gule stronghold was a clear proof. They will also go to sea to fight against the pirates from the north. Now when they go to Luzon, the cavalry or However, it is not certain that we can win by surprise by landing suddenly from the coastal plains and valley plains, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to let the Northern troops participate in the battle of Luzon."
"Can!"
"But when sending troops, you need to send as many Jurchens and Saurons as possible who have surrendered. The Han people from the north send more troops to the official school."
Zhu Yijun said.
Li Chengliang was overjoyed and hurriedly raised his hands and said yes.
He did not hope that such a nationwide conquest would not involve the Northern soldiers, so that the emperor and the entire Ming court would gradually ignore the Northern soldiers.
The reason why Zhu Yijun agreed was to take care of Beibing's feelings.
Because there are also hills within the Ming army, and as the emperor with the highest military power, if he wants all the hills to obey his orders, he must balance them and at least give them a chance to make meritorious deeds.
But as for whether he performed meritorious service or died in battle on the battlefield, he can't blame the emperor.
In short, the real military layout is not a strategy in the game, but also has to take into account the human world. This led to Zhu Yijun sometimes having to agree to Li Chengliang to send some northern troops to participate in the battle of Luzon even though he knew that it was not suitable to send northern troops to the Hainan expedition.
"Now that your Majesty has said so, the only things left to do now are recruiting the northern troops and confirming the commander-in-chief of the entire army. The rest has been prepared. In Penghu alone, there are already 300,000 shi of grain stationed and eight grain-carrying ships. More than ten ships.”
At this time, Qi Jiguang followed suit and said, "The Privy Council recommends Weng Yuanbo and Chen Lin to be the commander of the army. Please consider it for your Majesty's consideration."
"Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate!"
"Chen Lin treated his soldiers quite harshly and unkindly, and he often used soldiers as slaves. This was just because he often led the navy to sea, so it was difficult for officials to obtain evidence. So far, it is only anecdotal, but this time After all, the use of troops in Luzon is a major national matter, so we cannot be careless."
At this time, Wang Xijue, the Minister of Political Affairs of the Imperial Palace and a scholar, stood up and said something.
(End of chapter)
