"This... An can be like this, An can be like this..."
Although Lian Zining only tried to be free and easy, compared with many other conservative censors, he was still at ease. Most of the conservative officials were stunned and at a loss. What's more, he was already in tears on the spot. He no longer cared about his official status, covered his face with his sleeves and started sobbing.
The Chinese people are the most rural people. As these officials want to come, this Fengming Prefecture is tens of thousands of miles away from the land of China. If they go there, they are afraid that they will be destined to die in a foreign land and never see their hometown again. the scenery.
What's more, what was said before in front of the emperor was that the whole family would move together. He devoted himself wholeheartedly to serving his family and country, but in the end he ended up with the same fate as his whole family?
Oh, not really. The whole family is distributed, with the most distributed being distributed to Qiongzhou and Liaodong. The land of Fengmingzhou is thousands of miles further away...
Seeing that on the other side, the maritime faction supported by the businessmen were rejoicing, while on this side, the few conservatives were gloomy, Zhu Su couldn't help but feel sympathy. "Master Lian, gentlemen." He took a few steps forward, wanting to comfort these officials. "Don't think that Fengming Prefecture is a bitter cold place."
"That place can produce such excellent seeds as corn, and even a 'god seed' with a yield greater than that of corn. How can it be such a barren land as you imagine? I think that in terms of unparalleled merit, nothing can be said about it. It is too much to imitate the sages, open up the soil of our Chinese civilization, and strengthen the power of our Chinese inheritance."
"All of you are talented and knowledgeable people, and you are loyal to serving the country. You are definitely not greedy for money and glory. Fengmingzhou is such a vast world, and it is the time to make great achievements. Why do you feel sorry for yourself here?"
Although Lian Zining and others are considered too pedantic, if you put it another way, they can be called upright. In history, most of these people were loyal ministers who voluntarily followed Emperor Jianwen to death. The loyalty of such ministers was sufficiently guaranteed. If they were allowed to take charge of Fengming Prefecture, they could also ensure the imperial court's control over Fengming Prefecture thousands of miles away.
On the contrary, those who are on the side of the maritime faction due to interest trends should not be overly trusted. If they are allowed to manage Fengming Prefecture, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, who knows what trouble will happen.
If Fengmingzhou wants to open up again, what it needs most is a loyal and trustworthy minister who can rule the country. Zhu Su actually had high hopes for people like Lian Zining, so today, Zhu Su went out of his way to comfort them with kind words.
Lian Zining was quite surprised to see Zhu Su coming to comfort them. But I also felt that His Highness the Fifth Highness still had the will to serve the country, and he might still be able to persuade him, so he cupped his hands to Zhu Su and said: "It's not that I don't want to fight for the Ming Dynasty, but I have never seen it in thousands of years. There has been such a situation before.”
"We don't know the benefits of maritime affairs for the time being, but looking at it now, opening borders and swallowing up other countries has made the people of our Ming Dynasty impetuous. In today's Ming Dynasty, everyone likes to talk about profit, and everyone wants to go to the sea to seek gold. , no one is willing to keep their feet on the ground, men farm and women weave, and are self-sufficient. It can be said that the world is declining and people's hearts are not the same..."
"Why is the world declining? Lord Lian sees that people's hearts are impetuous, but in my eyes, what I see is that the lives of the people of our Ming Dynasty are getting better and better, and they are becoming more and more abundant and well-fed." Zhu Su said. "It sounds wonderful to say that men farm and women weave. But have you ever thought about how difficult it must be for those families where men farm and women weave every day?"
"In the morning, I clean up the wasteland and return home after hoeing. These two lines of poems sound poetic, but they have lived like this for a lifetime, day after day, year after year, and they have never stopped. However, they work so hard, All we can get is just food. Why should we, the Chinese people, work hard all our lives and only deserve food? Not to mention that the method of making a living by cultivating the land and weaving is extremely fragile."
"I will not talk about various man-made disasters, but natural disasters. Once God is not kind, the harvest in the fields fails, and the farmers and the people have no food to eat, they will be desperate! At that time, will Master Lian ask them to sell their land to become first-class people, or will they Do you want them to exchange their sons for food?"
"It doesn't even require natural disasters. Just one illness and one missed spring plowing can cause a simple family to fall into the abyss in an instant... Master Lian, why should the Chinese people deserve it? They are so hard-working, why should they do it for you and me?" A meat-eater's words of 'being down-to-earth' and 'self-sufficiency' mean he deserves to work and suffer for a lifetime?"
"They want to take risks and go to sea, but they just want to use their lives to find a way that does not have to be so hard for their families, or even for future generations... Why do you think about me, a meat-eater, when the common people seek other more important things? When they are looking for a better way out and a better life, do you accuse them of saying, 'The world is declining and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be'?"
Lian Zining's face turned pale, and he cocked his neck as if he wanted to argue, but could not say a word for a long time. After a long time, he sighed: "Even so, it is too hasty after all... Your Highness is still young, and the Ming Dynasty is also prosperous. Why not wait for the people of the Ming Dynasty to recuperate and recuperate. After a few years, the country's population will be abundant, and then send more people." Going to sea..."
"The Yuan Dynasty has been raging for a hundred years, and the vitality of the land of China has not recovered. It is really urgent to go to sea at this time." Zhu Su nodded, "But time waits for us not to wait for the rich resources of Fengmingzhou. If they are taken by others, So what? Besides, our Ming Dynasty can of course rest and recuperate for decades or even a hundred years, but at that time, Mr. Lian, do you think the maritime affairs can still be implemented?"
"My father is wise and powerful, and he is the founder of the country. He has no taboos in his actions, and he can govern as he pleases. But if my father leaves maritime affairs to future generations, and when future generations of kings want to develop maritime affairs, those with ulterior motives can use the 'ancestral method' He rejected it on the grounds that it cannot be abolished."
"Let's put it this way, the success or failure of maritime affairs does not depend on me, but whether the whole court is united. When my father was here, even if there were monsters and monsters, he could suppress them with just one hand, and maritime affairs would proceed unimpeded."
Lian Zining smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said so, isn't he also one of those "demon monsters" in Zhu Su's mouth?
But now that success or failure has been decided, looking back, it is true that His Majesty did not take conservatives like them into consideration. There are only a few conservatives among them, and they have little influence in the government. Even if it is influential, how does it compare with the Huaixi School and the Qing School?
Now when His Majesty wants to do something, even if the whole court is in the way, he still has the courage to change the civil and military affairs of the whole court.
Zhu Su seemed not to notice the bitterness in Lian Zining's expression, and continued: "My eldest brother is also a talented person, but no matter what, he is definitely not as good as my father. If my father is 100% sure about maritime affairs, If I change my eldest brother, I will only have 70% left at most."
"My grandson Xiongying is young and smart, and he will be a hero in the future. But when he promotes maritime affairs, he is only 50% sure of success. The number will decrease from generation to generation. After three generations, there will definitely be less success and more failure, not to mention if there is a foolish king in the future, What if you miss this great opportunity..."
"Therefore, the implementation of maritime affairs must not be delayed. Even though there are one or two disadvantages to promoting maritime affairs at this time, is there any reason to give up eating because of choking?"
(End of chapter)
