Chapter 6 Between the Emperor and the Empress
Empress Ma said: "Well, I won't say anything anymore. This will save you the irritation."
Queen Ma was silent. Instead, Zhu Yuanzhang held back his discomfort.
In this world, there is no one who can discuss matters with Zhu Yuanzhang without distinction of superiority or inferiority. There is only Queen Ma. As an emperor, only Queen Ma can comfort the feeling of being cold at high places.
Zhu Yuanzhang's tone slowed down and he said: "It's not that I won't tell you, it's just that I haven't figured out this matter yet. It's like a dream, no, I couldn't have imagined it in my dreams."
Queen Ma chuckled lightly and said, "Is it possible that you have met a god?"
Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself: "No, this is more divine than an immortal." Immortals can understand, but there are many things about He Xi that Zhu Yuanzhang cannot understand.
Zhu Yuanzhang changed the subject and said: "If, I say if. If you find out that what you have done for many years is wrong. It's the opposite. What should you do?"
Queen Ma suddenly stood up, leaned on the bedside, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and said, "Zhu Chongba, this doesn't look like you."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What's wrong?"
Queen Ma said: "Why did you leave Haozhou back then? Although your adoptive father was not good to you, you were his son-in-law after all, Mr. Zhu in the army. If you didn't leave, he wouldn't do anything to you. "
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Because it is difficult for them to achieve great things. Facts have proved that you could be where you are today without me leaving Haozhou."
Empress Ma said: "That's right. You should listen to Mr. Feng's advice and go south to capture Jinling. Listen to Old Master Zhu and build walls high, store up grain widely, and slowly become king. You wouldn't have hesitated like this. If you had hesitated at that time, Now you may not be the emperor. You were never like this before. If you are wrong, you are wrong. Just change it. Why are you hesitating?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This is different."
Yes, the era of war is different from the era of construction, and conquering the world is different from taking over the world. When conquering the world, if there are any policy or strategy problems, they can be easily discovered. Ability to make corrections in a timely manner. But when he was in power, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that many of his policies were very good. But what's the result?
It seems that his most proud ancestral training from the Ming Dynasty became one of the sources of the later difficulties of the Ming Dynasty.
Although it is said that the ancestral teachings of the Ming Dynasty have not yet been completed. But Zhu Yuanzhang had already had this idea.
His efforts to make the Ming Dynasty last forever became one of the reasons why the Ming Dynasty struggled later. This kind of historical ridicule made it difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to calm down in his heart.
Like ocean policy.
It is wrong to say that Zhu Yuanzhang did not set his sights on the ocean at all. But Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't pay much attention to it. Also false. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the maritime ban policy was not very important. But I didn't expect such a result.
But aren’t all of Zhu Yuanzhang’s policies wrong?
This is not necessarily the case, and nothing is wrong. Can the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty be used for six hundred years?
After a one-night conversation with He Xiye, Zhu Yuanzhang's decades-long philosophy of governing the country collapsed. Prior to this, Zhu Yuanzhang adhered to Yuan's principle of being lenient and losing the world, and he wanted to govern the country strictly. With the equalization of land and the attack on large households as his primary policy, he even wanted to fix his achievements for eternity.
But now all have been denied.
Zhu Yuanzhang was confused for a while.
But it was difficult to explain these thoughts to Queen Ma.
"What don't I know? I've said long ago that you can't be too mean to the old brothers. Even if he has some small thoughts. But who doesn't have small thoughts in this world? You can't be too blind." This time Queen Ma has wanted to say this for a long time.
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he knew that the two people were talking about completely different things.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought that it was the thousand-year national policy of the Ming Dynasty. But Queen Ma talked about some old ministries.
Zhu Yuanzhang may have admitted that from the perspective of later generations, many of his policies were wrong. But it's never about killing heroes. These people deserved their death. Although it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang went on a killing spree and there were many extrajudicial executions. But Zhu Yuanzhang really killed innocent people indiscriminately, and that happened after the death of the prince. As for the Kongyin case and the Hu Weiyong case, it is true that the killings were excessive. To say that this generation is innocent is not necessarily true.
Zhu Yuanzhang used killing to reshape the economic system of the Ming Dynasty, and almost no landowner with more than 3,000 acres could be found. This established the foundation of national strength for the early generations of the Ming Dynasty. It created a country in which farmers were the main body. Compared to the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when various places almost returned to slave society, the wealthy families in various places occupied thousands of acres, and the common people had no place to stand. It was a world of difference.
Many methods, perhaps a little cruel. Kindness or not is not a way to evaluate politicians.
Even when Zhu Yuanzhang killed the heroes, he also discovered that after he killed the big families left behind in the Yuan Dynasty, the newly grown big families were his old heroes. He has obviously rewarded them with many acres of land. But he was still greedy and used various methods to occupy the land. This is a violation of his laws. After three orders and five applications, it is natural to implement the law.
He never saw anything wrong.
Zhu Yuanzhang has an old farmer's belief in his heart, that is, land to the tiller. The way to complete this process is just like an old farmer weeding, using a hoe to skillfully remove the weeds. You won’t feel that you have hoeed away too many weeds, and you won’t feel any compassion.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't explain clearly to Empress Ma for a while, and said: "Don't worry about external matters, it's a woman's kindness."
Empress Ma sneered and said: "Zhu Chongba, you have been doing things for a long time. Now you are talking about my kindness as a woman. Okay, okay, now it is Zhu Yuanzhang, not Zhu Chongba who is waiting for my pancake to save his life."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "Sister, sister, it's my fault, it's my fault. Let me go back and think about it. Okay."
Queen Ma snorted coldly and said, "That's about it. By the way, what's wrong with Zong Liang?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "There is nothing we can do about it. I have ordered him to be buried in Xiaoling Tomb and found an heir for him."
Empress Ma said: "What is it for? What is it for? Others don't know, I don't know. You didn't know many words at Huangjue Temple. Many of your words were taught to you by me in Haozhou City. What is the origin of this He Xi? What kind of Zen Master Dazhi, you have never mentioned before, but he jumped out of a stone?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Sister, I won't hide this from you. It's just that I don't know how to say it now. However, from now on, you can treat He Xi as our own nephew."
As a good wife, Queen Ma naturally knows what's appropriate. Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had already talked about this, he said no more. Said: "Okay. I treat him as your son."
Zhu Yuanzhang always felt that Queen Ma meant what she said. But I don’t know how to explain it, and I can’t explain it clearly at first. Secondly, when a woman gets angry, explanations are useless. Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Queen Ma was just speaking out of anger. I can only sleep with my head down. Ignore him.
Naturally, no one knew about the whispers between the emperor and the empress.
The next day, the fifth watch had not yet arrived, and the rooster had just stretched its throat. Zhu Yuanzhang had already gotten up in high spirits. No meal at all. Just outside Fengtian Gate, the imperial gate listens to politics.
When Zhu Yuanzhang came back from outside Fengtian Gate, it was already bright. Behind Zhu Yuanzhang, there were several young eunuchs, all of whom brought memorials from the morning court. Hundreds more copies.
Zhu Yuanzhang entered his Qianqing Palace. I discovered it immediately. Things have changed a lot here.
Zhu Yuanzhang never admired prosperity. This style is also reflected in the Qianqing Palace. There are no exquisite details in the Qianqing Palace. There are no murals on the walls and no carved pillars on the pillars. The ground is only paved with bricks. Although the bricks are neater, they are far from the so-called golden bricks of the Forbidden City in later generations.
Zhu Yuanzhang's Qianqing Palace is not much different from ordinary houses except that it is larger.
Before, many documents were just placed on the bookshelf, but now, all the documents are neatly stacked together, and there are signs hanging on the sides of the bookshelf. These signs are painted in different colors and have various departments written on them, such as the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Department of Three Laws, etc.
The invention of order. It seems that more than a thousand memorials are not too much when placed in their respective categories. Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang saw it. On each memorial, there is a short signature. There are about one or two hundred words on it. Not with a brush. But it was written with a very strange writing style. Use concise and concise writing style to write out the contents of the memorial.
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to only read these two or three hundred words, and did not need to read the contents of the memorial.
At this moment, He Xi was sleeping on the low table.
So many memorials were processed overnight. Not to mention, there are also the difficulties of transcending eras. He Xi's level of classical Chinese is good, but only good. Even though he was asked to read so many memorials, he still had some dyslexia. Not to mention, when writing abbreviations. It is also written in ancient Chinese.
Fortunately, Chinese is so magical. In some places, He Xixia intended to write in vernacular. Simplified Chinese characters are also used, so for Zhu Yuanzhang, there is not much difficulty in reading.
After He Xi finished all this, it was already midnight. So he didn't go back to rest. Just rest here for a while. After all, you have to hold your thighs. We must also have the awareness to hug our thighs. Zhu Yuanzhang's movements at this moment alarmed He Xi.
He Xi immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "You handled all this?"
He Xi said: "Exactly."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Why are the colors of this brand different?"
He Xi said: "This is because the eunuchs in the palace are illiterate. I can only use this method to let them distinguish the different types of memorials. The red ones are the most urgent reports, usually military information and disaster situations. The black ones are the case files of the Ministry of Justice. .The rest are divided into six parts."
Zhu Yuanzhang took a look and said: "You are wrong. The Ministry of Rites, the Spring Official, the Spring Man, and the wood are green. Not white."
He Xi didn't know how to react for a while. I don’t understand why the Ministry of Rites is cyan?
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't mean to explain it to him. He could only say that there was still a generation gap between the thinking of modern people and ancient people.
