What answer does Zhu Qiyu want?
It is to completely deny the chaotic government of Xuanzong and Sanyang.
These three questions are interrelated: if the Battle of Luchuan is affirmed, then the Tumu Fort change cannot be entirely attributed to Zhu Qizhen alone.
This brings us to the third issue. Agreeing that Ming Dynasty needs to be revived means admitting that Ming Dynasty has declined.
current situation.
So who is the root cause of the decline of Ming Dynasty? Is it orthodox or xuanzong?
The examination paper handed over by Yue Zheng connected the three questions into one and provided a set of logic that conforms to Zhu Qiyu's ideas:
Xuanzong and Sanyang caused chaos in the government, and made the most inexplicable strategic contraction among all the great dynasties in the world. They also made no outstanding achievements in the internal affairs of the country.
In just ten years, the southern tribute system collapsed and Luchuan rebelled.
Zhu Qizhen had to come out to wipe Xuanzong's butt, and launched the ten-year-long Luchuan Campaign, which led to the complete collapse of the south, to the point where the people were in dire straits and troubles occurred frequently.
This triggered a chain reaction, and a large number of Ming army elites were transferred to the southern battlefield. As a result, the northern battlefield lost control and the Tumubao Incident occurred.
In the end, the power of the Ming Dynasty weakened rapidly, and Ming Jun and the Holy Lord had to come out to revive the Ming Dynasty.
There may not be other candidates who thought of this, but only one person dared to write it in the examination paper.
Zhu Qiyu looked at the answer sheet in his hand, which asked how to revive the Ming Dynasty and create a prosperous age again. The answer given by this crazy candidate was:
Completely negate Xuanzong, negate orthodoxy, negate Sanyang, and carry out comprehensive reforms.
Re-expand externally and pacify the four directions; internally, do little corvee and pay little tax to accumulate people's power.
In a word, abandon the hypocritical rule of Renxuan and strive to create an enhanced version of the rule of Wenjing with martial arts.
Zhu Qiyu looked at He Yi, Yue Zheng and others, handed the examination paper back, and then sighed heavily: "Oh, let him be the Jie Yuan of the Shuntian Prefecture Township Examination.
All of the more than 20 excellent answers you selected were successful.
As for other quotas, let the Cabinet decide. "
A total of about 100 candidates were selected from the Shuntianfu Township Examination. Zhu Qiyu selected more than 20 candidates, and the remaining places were given to the cabinet.
After finally dealing with the issue of the provincial examination, Zhu Qiyu got up and returned to Wenwen Township.
Although he was leaning on the soft couch talking and laughing for most of the day, Zhu Qiyu still felt very tired.
Mainly because he was tired. Although Zhu Qiyu never dealt with general affairs, he still had too many things to worry about.
So when he returned home, Zhu Qiyu immediately chose to soak in the hot springs.
Qianxue accompanied her in the hot spring. Seeing that her husband was so tired, she hesitated and stopped talking.
Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "What's the matter, my little Jade Concubine, is there something going on in the palace again?"
Qianxue smiled bitterly and said: "I conveyed my husband's intention in the morning. Queen Qian is not happy. Judging from this, the harem will be on fire again soon. This time, it will mainly burn the West Sixth Palace or the East Sixth Palace."
"Why, the relationship between the new concubine of the Supreme Emperor and the old concubine is at loggerheads?"
Qianxue nodded: "This is quite normal and human nature. When my husband chooses the next batch of concubines, we old people will also have trouble with the new ones.
After all, if they weren't sisters who grew up together, who would be willing to share their man with an unrelated person. "
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he waved his hands vigorously: "There is no next batch, so let's do it. I teach us that the less will lead to success, the more will lead to confusion.
How much is too much, fifteen top beauties, that's enough, that's enough.
Basically every type is covered, I am satisfied.
Let’s live peacefully and down-to-earth. Don't create trouble for yourself by creating palace fights when you have nothing to do.
Our strategy is to make our own backyard impregnable and to make the emperor’s royal backyard uneasy. "
Qianxue asked curiously: "Husband, you won't need a new woman for the rest of your life? Don't you want to try something new?"
"Forget it, living well is much more important than trying new things. How are the emperor's new concubines arranged?"
"Empress Qian and Empress Zhou discussed this matter. The most favored new concubines were placed in Concubine Wan Chen's Palace."
Zhu Qiyu nodded, then shook his head.
I can understand what Queen Zhou is thinking.
I can’t understand what Queen Qian is thinking.
Let the favored new concubines live with Concubine Wan Chen, and wait until something happens to Concubine Wan Chen's two princes.
It is human nature for Queen Zhou to hope that something will happen to the prince born to Concubine Wan Chen.
Queen Qian and Concubine Wan Chen are temporary allies, why do they act like this?
Recently, after Zhu Qiyu's relationship with his beloved concubines has improved, his understanding of women's thoughts has also improved.
When he was free, Zhu Qiyu repeatedly deduced the important figures. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Queen Qian was not as simple as imagined.
Zhu Qiyu had a bold guess: in history, after Zhu Qizhen was banned in Nangong, Queen Qian's so-called work as a female worker to support the family was not at all to sell money to supplement the family income.
Instead, she used her job as a female worker as a cover to communicate with ministers from other dynasties, similar to the belt edict issued by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
Zhu Qiyu himself believes that this kind of speculation is not too unreasonable. First of all, Jingtai in history was not ruthless enough at all. He said that Zhu Qizhen's family was short of clothes and had to live by doing needlework in exchange for money? Not really.
Furthermore, even if she is doing needlework, after all, Queen Qian is the mother of a country, so there is no reason for the queen to do needlework while the other concubines of Zhu Qizhen are watching.
Queen Qian was blind in one eye and lame in one leg. Even if Zhu Qizhen was so poor that he needed to make needlework and sell it for money, logically it would be his concubines who would do the work. At least certain concubines are doing the work, so there is no need to put all the responsibility on the shoulders of a blind queen.
And after Queen Qian finished working as a female worker, who sold it for her?
This has to be mentioned by Zhu Qiyu's other bolder guess: At that time, there seemed to be only one person who often went in and out of Nangong to visit Queen Qian: the Wang family.
It's scary to think about it, it's scary to think about it.
Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu sighed heavily again.
Seeing this, Qianxue asked seriously: "Husband, don't worry, why don't I try to persuade Shu Liang and Zhang Yong some other time?"
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he smiled bitterly and waved his hands repeatedly: "Forget it, forget it, we can't set fire anymore. A routine will be overwhelming after playing it three or four times. Otherwise, it will be too obvious, and it will become Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by Everyone knows it.
Besides, Queen Qian and Concubine Wan Chen will be of great use if I keep them.
Anyway, the Supreme Emperor must die 'naturally' in the end.
It must be done 'subtly and over time', and absolutely cannot use any means that would create suspicion. "
After saying that, Zhu Qiyu immediately added: "After all, he is my brother, and actually I don't want this. As long as their family is willing to live in Fengyang Palace, I will not treat him badly in the slightest.
They can live as long as they want, and I won't care about them.
Alas, what a pity, they are stuck in the Forbidden City despite all the difficulties. "
(End of chapter)
