Chapter 389 Sapphire is the knife sharpened by His Majesty for His Highness! ! !
Xia Zhibai stood tall and said slowly: "Perhaps in His Highness's opinion, these are not necessary."
"But in my opinion, it is very necessary."
"Firstly, we will attract popularity for His Highness, secondly, we will clear the resistance to future policy implementation, and thirdly, we will find a group of qualified officials for His Highness. Years have passed. In these twenty years, the imperial court has killed many people, and many corrupt officials. But for local people, what they are most afraid of is often not corrupt officials. Corrupt officials are at best bad or evil. But the gangsters living around them are the real evil."
"And in this regard, the court has not done enough."
"In terms of mobilizing officials, His Highness cannot compare with His Majesty, but when it comes to protecting the people's hearts, His Highness can have his own methods to uproot the ruffians who threaten the people, and at the same time, use this to promote some of His Highness's ideas on governing the country. This is also helpful. It will help the people get to know His Highness better and have better expectations for the Ming Dynasty."
“Without these local tentacles, many things in the imperial court will be implemented smoothly.”
“Of course.”
“In fact, the better way is to transform.”
"Everyone makes mistakes, but not correcting your mistakes is the real problem."
"It's just that the Ming Dynasty does not have so many officials now, nor does it have the patience to persuade or reverse, so the simplest and most direct way is to kill and uproot all those who dominate the local area and treat them as local snakes. At that time, the court had no control over the local government. The control will naturally come up."
"In short"
"Purge the old local forces."
"Your Highness has never lived among the people, so he will not have deep feelings about this. As the saying goes, the King of Hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. These local ruffians are the devils entrenched in the local area. They are actually very harmful to the people. The level is higher than that of corrupt officials. It is precisely because of these people that they become truly evil things.”
“His Highness’s move is also to bring order to chaos.”
"Give peace to the people!"
"And in this way, if there is resistance from the local government to whatever policies His Highness implements in the future, it will be unjustifiable, because the evil forces have been eliminated by His Highness, but the imperial court's decrees have If it cannot be promoted, it can only mean that there is a problem with the local government.”
“This is the best way for His Highness to increase his popularity. "
"At the same time, Your Highness underestimates the political game of the court."
"Your Highness, do you know how many officials' vital interests will be touched by what you want to do? Feeling uneasy and angry? The word economy is full of money and food. How can the court encounter little resistance if it wants to move in this area? "
"If you act rashly, even if your highness is the crown prince, you will probably get blood."
"It's not that I'm being alarmist, but that your highness can't do it."
Xia Zhibai didn't. Tell lies.
Zhu Biao underestimated the resistance to reform. There is no reform in history that does not kill people, and Zhu Biao still dreamed of a harmonious reform, which was simply impossible. And the Ming Dynasty's reform was destined to be comprehensive. A complete change would have to be made from top to bottom, and the interests involved would be too great.
It was so big that even Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to act rashly.
He did not believe that Zhu Yuanzhang could not see the benefits of his suggestions, but Zhu Yuanzhang kept holding on. It was not that he really had no ideas, nor was he really following the old ways, but that he was worried that some policies would not be implemented. Even if he was as strong as Zhu Yuanzhang, In many cases, you have to compromise with your ministers and make some concessions to your ministers, not to mention Zhu Biao?
He was not optimistic about Zhu Biao's diligence and bravery.
To achieve great things, the more calm you must be, the more determined you must be.
Don’t care about the gains and losses of one city or one pool.
Don’t even aim too high.
He always believed that if you want to promote reform, you must have the military to escort you. Otherwise, even Zhu Biao might be in danger of falling into the water. Moreover, Zhu Biao's death in history had some strangeness. If he remembered correctly, Zhu Biao in history was planning to 'move the capital' at that time.
Moving the capital will have a great impact on the world.
Especially in the south. The capital is the political center, and China has been power-based since ancient times. Many southern bureaucracies would not accept leaving the south. This is why even if Zhu Di captured Yingtian Mansion, he did not dare to stay in the city for a long time and moved away early. Back to Peiping.
There may not be those who are wary of these officials.
Zhu Biao is good at everything.
It just doesn’t have its own basic disk.
As for building up his own base from the court, it is unrealistic that Zhu Biao cannot do it. Most of those close to Zhu Biao have different intentions. They just want to rely on power and do not really want to replace Zhu Biao. However, the only thing Zhu Biao can really rely on and truly trust is the army.
The power of the court is shuffled.
Absolute violence must be mastered.
Otherwise it won't be completed.
What Zhu Biao lacks most at present is this aspect, and in this aspect, Zhu Yuanzhang is very strict. Even Zhu Biao will not let him get involved at all. This is also the biggest contradiction between the ancient emperor and the prince. Unless the emperor As a last resort, he will never surrender military power to the prince.
Even if it is given temporarily, it will be taken back soon.
Without an army to hold the battle, the power of the prince is largely a castle in the air, flashy and unrealistic. In order to consolidate his position, princes in history can only secretly collude with some military generals, which will aggravate the emperor's suspicion. , this is actually an unsolvable matter.
He made all kinds of offers and flags for Zhu Biao. In fact, he wanted Zhu Biao to get his hands on the military power.
Only when you have military power in your hands will you not panic.
Zhu Biao frowned. He looked at Xia Zhibai deeply and asked, "I heard that you met Lan Yu and the others more than a month ago."
Xia Zhibai nodded and said: "We have indeed met."
Zhu Biao said: "What do you mean to Lan Yu?" What do you think?”
Xia Zhibai hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: “A strong general, but difficult to control, arrogant and unwilling to restrain himself. He is in a high position but does not know how to hide his clumsiness. It can be used as a vanguard knife, but it must be discarded after use, otherwise it will endanger yourself.”
"But for now, the advantages to His Highness outweigh the disadvantages."
"He is very close to Gu." Zhu Biao said with a stern face.
Xia Zhibai said: "Because of this, we have to be more vigilant, because Lan Yu's character is too arrogant, his joy and anger are shown on his face, and he is also very aggressive. The closer he is to His Highness, the more It is easy for people to mistake it for His Highness’s attitude.”
“This is not a substitute. Your Highness has made enemies?”
“It’s just that there are not many people available to His Highness now, and Lan Yu is very suitable for charging into battle. It is normal for him to charge into battle for Your Highness, but I can tell His Highness with certainty. , the more powerful Sapphire becomes, the more dangerous it becomes.”
"Perhaps."
"When His Highness's wings become full, it is also the time when Lan Yu dies."
"In your eyes, he must die?" Zhu Biao frowned.
Xia Zhibai shook his head. He looked at Zhu Biao and said solemnly: "It's not that I want him to die. I don't have the power. It's your Majesty. The reason why Lan Yu has become the character he is now is to a certain extent. It may not have been caused by your Majesty. The blue jade is a knife that your Majesty sharpened for His Highness.”
Zhu Biao was silent.
(End of this chapter)