"Tell me, why didn't you tell me? Is it just to spy on the emperor when you go to the palace? If the emperor disobeys one day, or discovers something that shouldn't be discovered, he will be killed directly, right?
Embezzling military pay is nothing more than destroying the country's army and becoming a slave to the country's subjugation as soon as possible!
To increase taxes on the people in the north and oppress them to death is nothing more than to worship the emperor.
If you don’t collect money from those who owe taxes, it’s just them taking money. Please feed me and pray!
The Ming Dynasty has taken you very seriously. You claim to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but in fact you desperately want to be a slave to the country's subjugation as soon as possible. What else do you think I should do?
I will continue to pamper you so that I can become a slave to the country's subjugation as soon as possible.
So that the slaves can directly slaughter the people of my Ming Dynasty. Dig the graves of your ancestors and kill your wives and daughters? "
"I'm very disappointed. I'm really disappointed. I'm telling you now that the court's requirements for officials will only become more and more strict. Anyone who dares to violate it will be severely punished as long as the evidence is solid!"
"Okay, let's let the representatives of the landowners and gentry express their views on public opinion."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me." The official representatives hurriedly kowtowed to express their gratitude.
"Your Majesty, after consultation, we landlords and gentry would like to ask your Majesty a few questions."
Maybe he was worried that Zhu Youjian would be angry and bear the unreasonable fire.
So the No. 1 representative of the landlords and gentry asked gently. Update without error@
"Speak confidently and boldly. I am not a fool, nor am I a person who breaks my word. Since I have convened this public opinion meeting, I naturally want to hear your true thoughts in your heart.
If everyone is talking nonsense, why bother talking about it? "
Zhu Youjian said with a smile. At this moment, it was obvious that he had just become furious.
"Your Majesty, the common people heard that when you returned to Beijing, some landowners and gentry wanted to explain the public opinion to Your Majesty, but they were indeed ordered to starve in the local area by Your Majesty. The common people want to know that Your Majesty listened to the slanderous words of that female cad and sycophant. Who gave such a ridiculous order?" asked the No. 1 representative of the landlords and gentry.
“No one is slandering me, it’s my decision.
I don’t want to answer this matter yet. Let me ask you a question first. Have you ever experienced being unable to eat for more than 3 days in a row? "Zhu Youjian asked rhetorically
"Your Majesty, the common people have never experienced this." The No. 1 representative of the landowners and gentry replied.
"There is an old saying, don't persuade others to do good things if you have not experienced others' suffering. If you have experienced others' suffering, they may not be good. If you go back and try not to eat for three days, you will know why I did what I did."
"During the Tianqi years, the slave establishment was rampant, and some refugees fled to the vicinity of the capital. I went to see it at that time, and I didn't understand when people became so cheap. Two steamed buns can be exchanged for a child!
I don’t understand why the people are so pitiful and those beasts still come to give them a knife.
I really don’t understand why, when the people are suffering so much, those officials dare to embezzle the government’s disaster relief funds!
Didn't someone just ask me why I don't respect the teachings of Confucius and Mencius? Now I want to ask, are the things those corrupt officials do worthy of being human? Do they respect the teachings of Confucius and Mencius again?
I didn't understand it at the time, but after I tried to go without food for three days, I understood that the reason why the two steamed buns sold the children was not because their parents were cruel, but because their parents couldn't bear to watch their children suffer together. I'm hungry! ".
505 Public opinion of the landowners and gentry
