"Sir, you've been working hard all the way. It's better to tidy up and have a rest early. Let's meet His Majesty at the palace early tomorrow morning."
"Okay. But you go and report to His Majesty now. Your Majesty will see you tomorrow. Otherwise, I will take all the officials to kneel outside the palace tomorrow."
It has been a tradition of the Ming dynasty to stay behind closed doors and not see officials.
Let’s not talk about the distant past, let’s just talk about the past few decades.
Emperor Wanli reigned for 48 years and did not go to court for nearly 30 years.
Emperor Tianqi further realized that the imperial court was handed over to Wei Zhongxian, and he hid in the harem to study carpentry.
Although His Majesty is not as indifferent to state affairs as the previous emperors.
But he was not a very diligent emperor.
Now His Majesty is clearly delaying. I don't want to affect his plan in a short time.
But the matter is too important to allow His Majesty to be petty.
"Sir, you rest now, and I will report to Your Majesty." The leader of the guard said goodbye with his hands in hand.
His Majesty's original words were to delay the Imperial Master's entry into the capital as long as possible.
Now that Sun Chengzong has arrived in Beijing, he only needs to report the matter to His Majesty. It's your Majesty's business to see you or not!
Don't try to figure out the Holy Will, otherwise it will delay His Majesty's important affairs. Even if you have ten heads, it won't be enough for His Majesty to chop off.
....
"Master Sun, you are here." As soon as he entered the palace, Sun Chengzong met Wang Chengen.
"My lord, your majesty always likes to think carefully. How could he be so hasty this time?"
"Your Excellency, you don't know something. Those civil servants gathered together to force the people to rebel."
"What, how is that possible?" Sun Chengzong exclaimed.
"Those literati dared not to take the Ming Dynasty's laws seriously, but how could they have the courage to force the people to rebel?
You must know that all dynasties have been merciless to rebels. If they force the people to rebel, they will definitely not end well in the end. "
"This is the secret guard's information. Take a look. As long as there are barbarians living in our Ming Dynasty, the local government has not implemented His Majesty's tax reduction policy at all for those barbarians, and has even turned to Bengali to bully the people.
In order not to be discovered by His Majesty, he even put his hand into the hands of the secret guards and Jin Yiwei.
You also know that what His Majesty hates most is someone blinding him, so... "
"Stop talking, His Majesty is looking for you, please hurry over."
....
"See Your Majesty."
"Master, no courtesy. Please sit down."
Zhu Youjian said.
Originally, Zhu Youjian didn't want to meet Sun Chengzong so soon. After all, although Sun Chengzong was different from other civil servants, he was still a civil servant after all.
Even if you are selfless, your heart will always be toward the literati.
Moreover, Sun Chengzong's identity is also quite special, as Emperor Tianqi and his teacher.
In this era of respecting teachers and respecting morality, even Zhu Youjian, the leader of a country, cannot treat him roughly.
"Your Majesty, have you read the memorial I gave you?"
Sun Chengzong said with a straight face.
"Look, the emperor's teacher is right, but the Kong family must be cleaned up, and the civil servants must also impose restrictions."
Zhu Youjian said.
"Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes. The world ultimately needs to be governed by literati.
The Kong family's reputation as a literati in the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to a direct slap in the face of all literati in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Corrupt officials must die, which affects the interests of all literati in the world. Your Majesty, your actions are tantamount to pushing officials into the hands of others.
You know, there are countless royal families, if those literati... "
All the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit.
In Sun Chengzong's opinion.
Although Your Majesty holds military power, the world still needs civilians to govern it.
Literary men are deceitful.
The army is out for a long time, who knows when they will be abducted by the literati?
Even if the army can always remain loyal to His Majesty, there are many places where the Emperor is far away.
If a civil servant is determined to secretly cause trouble for His Majesty, he can find thousands of ways to do so.
The Ming Dynasty finally showed signs of revival under the guidance of His Majesty. Once trouble breaks out, the Ming Dynasty will be at war.
"The Ming Dynasty had an army of 3 million, with more than 1 million elite soldiers. All powerful enemies in the surrounding areas were eliminated. In addition, newspapers, imperial guards, etc. constantly promoted the court's policies. Those literati could not inspire a large number of people.
Even if there is trouble in the Ming Dynasty, it will not be a big mess. "
The reason why Zhu Youjian has such confidence is that throughout history, the so-called peasant uprising army's combat effectiveness was garbage at the beginning. There is no way to compare with the soldiers of the imperial court.
In history, the most fundamental reason why people's uprisings snowballed like a snowball was corrupt officials.
Corrupt officials crippled the army in the hands of the dynasty and then squeezed the people to death. This is the foundation of the strength of the rebel army.
But now, although there is no guarantee that every Ming Dynasty citizen can have enough food and clothing.
But at least people will not starve to death anymore.
Once a local area is hit by a disaster, the Qiming Chamber of Commerce and the local government will quickly launch disaster relief and relief work (those who are slow will have their heads chopped off.)
Coupled with the current communication methods. It would be extremely difficult to avoid detection of a blockbuster uprising.
Emperor Taizu killed hundreds of thousands of corrupt officials, but didn't he cause much trouble?
Now the power in his hands is only stronger than that of Emperor Taizu, and he can also influence the public opinion of the Ming Dynasty.
Without the army, how much trouble can those civilian officials make?
Looking for other clans, it just so happens that Zhu Youjian has no reason to rectify the clan.
Therefore, Zhu Youjian was not worried about how much trouble those civil servants would cause.
As for the reason for the demise of the Qin Dynasty mentioned in Sun Chengzong's letter, in Zhu Youjian's view, it was because the first emperor died too early, and the second generation emperor had a brain defect.
If Qin Shi Huang had lived for 20 years, would the Overlord of Chu dare to rebel? Does Liu Bang dare to rebel? Do the so-called nobles of the six countries dare to rebel?
Not to mention other things, as long as only one can survive for 20 years and the imperial court reform is completed, people in the future will get used to it.
By then, Ming Dynasty will be able to get rid of its stubborn diseases and live for at least two to three hundred years.
"Does the Imperial Master know the root of Liaodong's arrogance as a slave?"
Zhu Youjian did not respond directly to Sun Chengzong's question. Instead, he asked directly.
"Fighting in the court."
Sun Chengzong replied.
"more than"
"The army is weak."
"It's more than that. The fundamental reason for the arrogance of establishing slaves is the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's legal system. The Ming Dynasty was fighting in the front, and a bunch of profiteers behind it sent food, intelligence, and weapons to the enemy under the protection of the dog officials.
The court pays the soldiers to defend the country, but if only 2 taels of ten taels of silver are actually used, it will be considered as valuable. "
"This, this..." Sun Chengzong couldn't find a reason to refute for a moment.
"This is nothing, just war weapons and armor. Before I came to the throne, what did the Capital Firearms Bureau in Noda produce?"
"Look at the Liaodong region. Once the place falls, dog officers surrender faster than rabbits.
"In the Jiangnan area, in recent years, countless literati have taken pride in brothels and women's clothing. If such people become officials of the Ming Dynasty, how can we, the Ming Dynasty, survive?"
