"How do you plan to handle Huang Zicheng's case?"
After a day of commotion, all the officials retreated, except Zhu Yunzhen who was still in the palace.
Lao Zhu ordered all the people waiting on his left and right to retreat, leaving his grandson to say some personal words.
Before Zhu Yunzhen returned to the capital, the Jinyiwei commander Jiang Yu had already reported to Lao Zhu in detail the fact that Xu Dongjiang had accepted Huang Zicheng's letter and refused to allow His Highness Taisun to enter the city in the form of a secret report.
He hated Xu Dongjiang's behavior very much and was very upset about his failure to open the gates of Jiaxing City. The words used in the letter were naturally very harsh.
"What does Grandpa Huang mean?" Zhu Yunzhen did not answer, but asked carefully.
"We are not kind to him!" Lao Zhu sighed with emotion: "We are still thinking that after our dragon controls Bintian, let him help you manage the government and become a life-saving minister."
"Unexpectedly, this guy who is worse than a beast not only refuses to repay his kindness, but even sacrifices millions of innocent people in the Ming Dynasty just to deal with our grandson. If he is so vicious, he should destroy the nine tribes and cut them into pieces."
By the end, he was gritting his teeth.
"Why didn't you kill him directly at that time, but instead captured him, put him in shackles and put him in the prison of Jin Yiwei?"
Lao Zhu seemed puzzled.
This kind of person can just be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.
Zhu Yunxuan smiled faintly and said: "It would be a shame to die for a mere Huang Zicheng. You can kill him anytime you want, so why rush it?"
Lao Zhu's eyes flickered as he looked at him and said, "Are you going to hold Huang Zicheng in your hands, lure him away, and attack the civil servants in the court?"
Zhu Yunzhen nodded and said, "My grandson has exactly what he wants."
Huang Zicheng must be killed.
But can just killing one Huang Zicheng solve the problem of the civil service group?
Even with the establishment of the Advisory Office and the Military and Administrative Office, it was still difficult for the emperor to achieve complete dictatorship.
The reason is that any system must be implemented by people.
And as long as it is done by people, there will be loopholes.
No matter how perfect the system seemed when it was formulated.
Later generations of the Qing Dynasty were able to prevent civil servants from causing trouble. In addition to setting up military offices and establishing a secret reporting system, another crucial point was that the Qing Dynasty was a foreign nation and relied on the Eight Banners nobles rather than civil servants.
Even after the children of the Eight Banners lost their military combat effectiveness, the Eight Banners nobles still controlled the center and held the power of the court.
Most of the military ministers, ministers of various ministries, and local governors came from the Eight Banners nobles.
The emperor of the Qing Dynasty, relying on this huge interest group, could naturally suppress civil servants easily.
But Ming Dynasty was different.
At present, the only one who can suppress the civil servant group is Huaixi Xungui.
But Lao Zhu’s policy was to weaken and suppress them.
Lao Zhu shook his head gently: "Grandpa Huang once told you that no matter what civil servants do, they cannot threaten the throne of our Lao Zhu family. Therefore, civil servants must be on guard but also use them. You really need to be careful. Still a noble military commander."
"This time you led the new army to the expedition and defeated the Japanese pirates in one battle. You have made extraordinary achievements and are praised by all the people. However, in the eyes of the noble military officers, you may have attracted more hatred."
"You have to use civilian officials to deal with them, you can't just attack them."
Zhu Yunzhen was silent.
Of course he knew what Lao Zhu said.
Beating Chang Mao and killing Li Jinglong made many military officers and nobles feel sad and sad, but the impact was not that big.
Military generals charge into battle on the battlefield, go through life and death, and do not value their lives very much.
What really brought Zhu Yunxuan to their opposition was the increase in business taxes and the opening up of business qualifications.
The bustle in the world is all for the benefit of coming; the hustle and bustle of the world is all for the benefit of the future.
The increase in business taxes has caused heavy losses to many military officers and nobles, and the opening up of business qualifications has made up for it even more.
It's strange that these people don't hate him.
In addition, the sudden rise of the new army made them vigilant.
After all, Ming's other armies, their influence is almost everywhere.
The generals of these armies are either old subordinates or their admirers.
All in all, they are inextricably linked.
But the new army was built by His Highness Taisun, and they were all students of Jinling Military Academy and disciples of Taisun.
It is also a place where their tentacles cannot reach at all.
As a result, they became even more wary of Zhu Yunzhen.
But so what?
As the New Army officially entered the stage of history, the generals and nobles no longer mattered in Zhu Yunxu's eyes.
In the past, the imperial court had to rely on military officers and nobles to guard the world, resist foreign enemies, and suppress rebellion.
Therefore, I am somewhat afraid of them.
Matters involving the military are different from other matters and must be handled with caution.
If a mutiny occurs, it will be difficult to end.
But things have changed now.
The new army's combat strength has been established, and sooner or later the original army will be eliminated.
Their so-called influence in the military, their so-called comrades-in-arms and old friends, in Zhu Yunxu's view, will all be swept into the garbage heap.
Why should we be afraid of them?
"Grandpa Huang, don't worry, the new army has been formed, and more soldiers and weapons will continue to be added to the new army in the future."
"Sun'er's intention is to have the new army replace all of Ming's current armies."
Lao Zhu was startled, and his expression suddenly froze.
"What did you say? Let the new army replace all the armies."
"Not bad." Zhu Yunzhen nodded.
It's a matter of time, and not too long ago.
Compared with the new army equipped with hot weapons, the Ming army, which was almost entirely equipped with cold weapons, was simply vulnerable.
"But we heard that the flintlocks needed by the new army are expensive, and the gunpowder is even more expensive. How can the imperial court have so much money to equip so many new armies?" Lao Zhu asked rhetorically.
The flintlock was a very sophisticated weapon.
This was especially true for later fixed-loading ammunition and breech-loading guns.
With the industrial level of this era, it takes a lot of man-hours to make a gun, so the price is naturally expensive.
Fortunately, the number of new troops is not large, otherwise they would not be able to afford the equipment.
Zhu Yunxuan smiled and said: "Grandpa Huang, please rest assured. First, the new army is extremely powerful. It does not require so many people to replace the old army."
"Secondly, now that Sun'er has established a technical research and manufacturing bureau, with the popularization of large-scale equipment and production, the price of flintlock guns will also come down."
After listening, Lao Zhu sat there and didn't speak for a long time.
Zhu Yunxuan was a little uneasy and asked: "Grandpa Huang, is there anything wrong with this?"
Lao Zhu looked at him, let out a long sigh, and said: "After we established the Ming Dynasty, we also divided the professions for the people of the world. Military households, farmers, merchants, craftsmen, prostitutes... all walks of life, each perform their own duties. , children and grandchildren, forever unchanged."
"In this way, we, the old Zhu family, will remain firmly in the position of emperor for eternity."
"But Fu'er, you previously opened up business qualifications so that anyone in the world can do business. As a result, many people will not be able to continue doing what their fathers did with peace of mind."
"The continuous changes in society are really harmful to the rule of our Zhu family but not beneficial at all."
"The same is true for today's new army."
"It is true that the New Army has a strong fighting force, but we have long heard that not all the New Army soldiers are selected from military households."
"This will also make many people ambitious and want to change their own destiny."
"Zhen'er, you have to understand that if you want our old Zhu family to remain unchanged forever, we must try our best to make everyone in the world content with their father's legacy and not have ambitions."
"If not, people's thoughts will change, and their desires will be hard to satisfy. Today they want to do business, and tomorrow they want to join the new army. What will they think about in the future?"
"Do you want to be an official or an emperor?"
"Only if we let them always be honest, not ambitious, and let the imperial court drive them, can the world be peaceful and the country be stable. Do you understand this truth?"
boom!
Lao Zhu’s words were like thunder.
Lightning flashed in Zhu Yunzhen's mind.
Looking at Lao Zhu with a serious face, he suddenly remembered what many people in his previous life often said - class solidification.
For the people at the bottom, everyone hates class consolidation.
Because class solidification blocks the channels for advancement, they cannot escape the fate of being exploited by others at the bottom.
But what about the rulers?
Of course, the upper class would like the class to be more solidified, the better.
In this way, they and their descendants can be regarded as superiors forever.
For the supreme ruler, in fact, the more solidified the class, the more stable the society.
A stagnant society will make many ambitious and capable lower-class elites feel desperate.
They should obviously be outstanding people, should be elites, and should be able to show their talents.
But society refuses to give them such an opportunity, and insists on imprisoning them.
For rulers, they actually don't care whether talents are fully exploited.
What they care about is the stability of their rule.
A stagnant society is precisely the most stable.
It remains unchanged forever, and it will remain the same forever.
Any change means risks and must be done with great caution.
Never change something unless you have to.
Even in later generations, why not be like this?
Many people in later generations criticized Lao Zhu for his small-peasant ideas. The strict household registration system of the Ming Dynasty severely restricted the development of China.
But from Lao Zhu's perspective, doing this is in his own best interest.
Zhu Yunzhen took a deep breath.
This was something he had never thought deeply about.
For a moment, I didn't know how to reply to Lao Zhu.
After a while, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Lao Zhu who shook his head firmly: "No, Grandpa Huang, that's not the case."
(End of chapter)
