After Wang Xijue said this, Shen Shixing just smiled faintly, and then said: "This is the truth. I don't dare to take it seriously."
"Your Majesty is wise and good at coming up with strange plans, so he thought of displaying all the exquisite and novel things in the world to benefit the people."
"And does this also mean that His Majesty will focus on business next?"
"Yuan Fu has thought about whether he can ask your Majesty to revise a business code because of this."
"Because if you want to emphasize business, you should first regulate business so that business has laws to follow, instead of having no laws and letting the officials in charge of business set standards arbitrarily, so that business affairs are tight today and loose tomorrow, or loose today and tight tomorrow. Goods can be sold today but not tomorrow.”
"In addition, in order to prosper business, it is also necessary to lend more money to the market so that there is more money in the market, and it cannot be controlled by private individuals, otherwise the country cannot be a country!"
After Shen Shixing said this, Wang Xijue mentioned the matter of business development to Shen Shixing, and then looked at Shen Shixing.
Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty values commerce, but it is difficult to say whether he will really focus on promoting commerce because of this; the holy will is unpredictable."
"But holy will can be influenced."
Wang Xijue replied.
Shen Shixing smiled and said: "It should be mutual influence. This time His Majesty personally conducts the Western Tour, won't you compromise with the Prime Minister and the others?"
"Is it possible not to compromise at that time?!"
"Do you really want those proud soldiers to risk their lives?"
Wang Xijue spread his hands and said.
Shen Shixing replied: "So I said they influenced each other. What those people did in Jingtai should also let the public know how serious bad rules are. The initiator has no consequences? No, back then, we civil servants If you break the rules, other military officials will imitate them."
"Yuansuke is right!"
"What a lesson I learned that time! Because of this, I didn't want to do anything to the Prime Minister, but I had no desire to get rid of it and be happy. Not to mention that His Majesty's wisdom would not let the civil and military power be the same as water and fire. Even if His Majesty wanted to In this way, I will not follow the Holy Will and do anything to destroy the Great Wall."
Wang Xijue nodded and replied.
Shen Shixing nodded: "If you think this way, I will retire and return to my hometown with greater peace of mind."
"Resign and return to your hometown?"
Wang Xijue was shocked.
Shen Shixing nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, if you sit in the position of chief minister for too long, no matter how harmonious you are with others, you will still be hated by others."
"Yuanfu, what I have mentioned is to promote commerce and benefit the people, and then not to kill people to gain benefits all over the world, and to achieve the goal of enriching the country, strengthening the army and benefiting the people. I want you to report it to the emperor and promote it throughout the world. Woolen cloth!"
Wang Xijue hurriedly bowed to Shen Shixing.
Shen Shixing said: "If you have ambitions for the world, why don't you do it yourself? Why do you expect me to do so!"
"If a country wants long-term peace and stability, it cannot be without those in power, but it cannot be allowed to be in power for a long time. Otherwise, even if it does not have the heart of a powerful minister, it will still act like a powerful minister!"
"Your Majesty's inspection of the west this time found that all those rebellious ministers and lazy officials were appointed when I was the chief minister. I have to take responsibility, and it is also related to the fact that I have been the chief minister for too long, which made these people take the initiative. By using my name to unite and oppose differences, after I leave, they will reflect on themselves and realize that clouds can move away and turn into dark clouds, and only the sky is always above their heads, that is what they should really fear."
"Your Majesty is not sure!"
Wang Xijue said at this time.
Shen Shixing smiled and said: "If the emperor only wants to be a peaceful king, he may always use me as the ruler. This will undoubtedly save worry and can also use my head to calm the world when the world is full of evils. No need to put in any extra effort!”
"However, Your Majesty is just like the Duke. He has ambitions all over the world and wants to restore etiquette. So how can he let me not end well?"
Wang Xijue said nothing after hearing this.
…
Xiyuan.
When Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were walking to the Yuhe Bridge in Taiye Pond, Zhu Yijun was meeting several new officials in Yuxi Palace.
The entire royal garden in the Taiye Pond area is divided into two parts, the north and the south, with the Yuhe Bridge as the boundary. Zhu Yijun actually only opened the south part, while the north part where he and his concubines lived and where the imperial minister was responsible was not open.
As for meeting the new advisers, this was the rule Zhu Yijun had set before.
Once a local official or a county magistrate, such as a people-friendly official, is elected as an official, Zhu Yijun will meet with him.
The first is to ask them about the situation in their respective places, and the second is to understand the characteristics of these new batch of officials.
Although Taiwan's admonishment officials often discuss major issues for the sake of fame, which in turn affects the emperor and the ministers in power, Zhu Yijun did not abandon the admonishment official system, because the admonition official also has his own interests, and his advantage is to make people in the court The public officials and ministers were supervised.
Because although it is not ruled out that there are some stubborn officials who would scold the emperor, most of them actually love to scold ministers, and they especially like to point out the problems of the entire bureaucracy, especially the senior bureaucrats.
After all, they rely on the impeachment ministers to make a living, and most of them are young. In principle, when they are elected, they dare to confront the local powerful, and naturally they dare to speak out some problems.
You know, after bureaucrats have been together for a long time, especially those who can get into the central government offices, they will actually have a tendency to hide from each other, that is, they will take the initiative to conceal the faults of others, or pretend not to see them.
In this way, you can try not to offend others, and others will not target you.
After all, once you work in the central court, you will have to deal with a lot of things every day. There is no guarantee that there will be no mistakes, and there will be no guarantee that there will be no problems that are easily put on the line. It will gradually develop into a situation where you will not offend me, and I will not offend you. , everyone can hide it if they can, and pretend to be blind if they can, so that they can live in harmony and work steadily until they are promoted or become official.
Everyone has the desire for peace and stability, even more than the pursuit of fame and fortune and the intention to harm others, so this phenomenon is unavoidable, especially for people in high positions. The higher the status, the more they want stability, and the more they want to seek stability. I like to be like the light.
And this also requires some young and outspoken officials to serve as speaking officials, to provide opinions when they have nothing to do, and toss around in the officialdom that is about to die, to prevent the entire bureaucracy from being too friendly to the point of harboring dirt and leading to corruption.
This is why Qian Gang is as arbitrary as Zhu Yuanzhang, and would rather abolish the prime minister than the official.
It is because, although speaking of an official will inevitably make the emperor uncomfortable sometimes, it will also make many senior officials in power uncomfortable, and the senior officials will be uncomfortable more often, and the court will not dare to be too quiet, or even because no one will criticize , and as a result, people are surrounded by praises, and then everyone lives in an information cocoon and does very stupid things.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun did not abandon the speech officials. Instead, he paid more attention to the construction of speech channels. He would also meet with the newly recruited speech officials once, encourage these speech officials to speak boldly, but also guide them to speak with evidence. At the same time, Warn them not to turn the matter of speaking with salary into a personal show to gain fame and deliberately mess up Chao Feng.
In addition, when Zhu Yijun met these new advisers, he also had a preliminary understanding of the new batch of advisers. If they were really unsuitable, they would be transferred to other posts before they even started speaking.
"Start your Majesty!"
"When I impeached Yuan Fushen, I practiced nepotism and manipulated the government!"
"Because of these behaviors, Dang Xin, Cao Zedeng and other people who have brought harm to the country and the people have been expelled from the court, and many prefecture magistrates and other people-friendly officials have been selected after passing the exam. In fact, they all have positions that are not recommended by their party. The disadvantages of this are not only the disadvantages of the government, but no official dares to mention the disadvantages of His Majesty spending too much money in the capital."
"The specific operation is that Shen Shoufu takes the initiative not to be enemies with any Beijing officials, and also takes the initiative to mediate conflicts between them. He promises that he will be given the position of cabinet minister according to seniority, but the premise is that these Beijing officials are not enemies of local officials. , also based on seniority, which makes the examination method exist in name only, and the disadvantages of hiding from each other are serious. After all, when it comes to understanding seniority, naturally the seniority of the people around you is the most understandable, and people who have never been familiar with each other will be treated in one state or one county. How many years have passed, who is not willing to take the initiative to ask?"
"In this case, wouldn't it mean that we don't form private parties in name, but in fact we have already established private parties in the world?"
"I believe that he has evil intentions in applying for the position of Chief Minister and is not sincere to His Majesty. He should at least be held responsible for the fact that many of the ministers he has promoted are rebels, corrupt people!"
When Zhu Yijun announced these new adjunct officials, a censor named Xu Honggang handed Zhu Yijun a bullet directly. The target of impeachment was Shen Shixing, the current chief assistant, and he also mentioned that the emperor spent too much internal money on his western tour. thing.
Zhu Yijun frowned slightly after hearing this, and then smiled faintly: "You are quite brave. You have been my first assistant for ten years. During this period, you have freed horses from paying silver and freed from corvee. You also have the martial arts to pacify Burma and conquer Luzon. Now you have regained it." Hetao, in my eyes, has become a person harboring evil intentions; besides, what is the disadvantage of spending my own internal funds to benefit the people and reward the army? Is it because I am not thrifty and leave more for my descendants?"
"Your Majesty's Holy Bright Candlelight!"
"This is indeed what I mean. It is true that the internal funds are His Majesty's private property, but ordinary people still know how to save their wealth to benefit their children and grandchildren, not to mention that Your Majesty is the Emperor!"
"If your Majesty does not use the internal funds prudently today, for thousands of generations from now on, future generations of kings will inevitably use the national funds to replenish the internal funds due to insufficient internal funds. The ruler of this dynasty is like a father in heaven. Once the emperor insists on doing so, no one can stop him." also!"
"As for Shen Shoufu, I say that he harbors evil intentions, but this is just between one person. Your Majesty may believe it or not. It is up to Your Majesty whether you accept it or not."
"But I only have the guts to speak to Your Majesty. Regardless of whether he has this intention in applying for chief minister, he should give up now!"
"Because a person, no matter whether he intends to become a powerful official or not, as long as he has been at the head of the officials for a long time, he will be accustomed to using his own people to make the world belong to him, and it will also be easy for the officials in the world to only know He does not know His Majesty because he is only more familiar with his own people."
"But often people he knows will use their familiarity with him to deceive him."
"As the saying goes, running water does not rot the door hinges, nor does it cause beetles. If you don't stop now, if you do too much evil in the future, you will have no choice but to kill!"
"In order to prevent more killings in the world, I ask your Majesty to think carefully about your words. It is enough for me to be punished in this way."
After Xu Honggang said this, he bowed to the ground.
Zhu Yijun said at this time: "Did you know that this clothes will fit your body after being worn for a long time, and this person will be considerate after using it for a long time. You will not let go of something after using it for a long time, let alone a person."
"Ask the canal how clear it is, so that there is a source of living water."
"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. You cannot favor only one person in the harem, and the same is true in the outer court! You cannot not change the person in front of you just because you want to be comfortable and stable, and do not want to make trouble, so that it will breed evil intentions."
Xu Honggang continued.
(End of chapter)
