Chapter 533 The Political Theory of Grand Narrative
After the period of supervising the country in the Wenhua Palace, although Zhu Zaijing did not have too deep contact with the state affairs, he also discovered a major problem in the politics of the Ming Dynasty.
After the rule of Renxuan and the Tumubao Revolution, the politics of the Ming Dynasty gradually began to become more conservative.
Whether it is the high-ranking emperor or the officials, what they have done for more than a hundred years is actually to patch up the new political model formed after the Tumubao Incident.
Even if there are various efforts of Emperor Chenghua and Emperor Hongzhi in the middle, as well as the diligence of the old Taoist priests in the past twenty years, it seems that they are all working hard to revitalize the Ming Dynasty.
They all wanted to be a promising emperor for the ZTE, but whether it was Emperor Chenghua or Emperor Hongzhi, no matter how hard they tried, even if they exhausted themselves to death, the final results were still minimal, and they could only barely survive. He hoped that the century-old ship of the Ming Dynasty would not capsize while he was at the helm.
But this century-old ship has never had any new life because of their efforts, so even the extremely clever Jiajing old Taoist priest, who made many measures and policies to eliminate advantages and disadvantages in the first two decades of his rule, still worked. Very little.
It was still unable to prevent the aging and decay of the century-old ship of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in the next twenty years of his rule, Emperor Jiajing gradually began to lie down and wanted to escape reality by cultivating immortality.
Anyway, in his opinion, no matter how hard he works, the results will not be too bad for a while, although they will not get better.
Therefore, after having such understanding and mentality, it is indeed a bit difficult to ask Emperor Jiajing to work as diligently as he did in the previous twenty years.
After all, no matter how smart Emperor Jiajing is, no matter how strong his theory of cultivating immortals is, he is only a human being, not an immortal.
As a person, if after hard work, there is no reward, no expected harvest, and you still want this person to continue working hard, it is indeed a bit taken for granted.
And this is the mentality after twenty years of hard work.
It can be seen that the old Taoist priests will be obsessed with cultivating immortals in the middle and later stages of their rule, and no longer think about working hard to innovate and become a generation of ZTE emperors. This is also a helpless choice.
Now Zhu Zaijing has begun to supervise the regency in the Wenhua Palace. He has also begun to contact the cabinet, the six ministries and other central government offices or first-hand reports from the ground.
After coming into contact with these first-hand reports and the face-to-face reports of these central ministers and frontier officials, Zhu Zaijing suddenly discovered.
It turns out that a kind of political thought called "grand narrative" is missing in the current Ming Dynasty politics.
So in this case, whether it is the emperor, the court officials, or the local officials, when they handle government affairs, they are like barefoot doctors with low standards.
He can only treat his head and feet, and there is no way to take his vision and thinking beyond the chess game to look at the problems of the Ming Dynasty as a whole.
Of course, it may not be that they don't want to, but that the long-term stable politics has given them an "old-fashioned" thinking inertia.
I thought that by copying homework based on previous experience, I could solve the problems of the Ming Dynasty.
But if the experience of previous generations really works, then there will be no change of dynasties in this world.
Therefore, no matter how beautiful the experience of the predecessors is in the history books, it is just a specific practice at a specific time, and it is impossible to become an "eternal law".
Therefore, if people today want to make achievements, they must have a certain degree of pioneering thinking and cannot stick to the old ways. Of course, they cannot be greedy for merit and rush into progress.
After all, judging from historical lessons, those emperors or ministers who once wanted to change the status quo through positive reforms, except for a very few, were lucky enough to get the expected results.
The vast majority of those who reformed, whether they were high-ranking emperors or temporary famous ministers who had high hopes, met extremely tragic ends.
It can be seen that reform is obviously not a good word in the context of ancient politics. Whether it is for the emperor or the ministers who advocate reform, it may be the beginning of their ruin.
Therefore, in the hundreds of years since Wang Anshi, apart from Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, there has been a New Deal similar to reform.
None of the other emperors or ministers dared to take this step of reform.
The reason for this, in addition to their fear of the consequences of failure, in Zhu Zaijing's view, the biggest reason is that their reforms lack the political theory provided by the "grand narrative".
We must know that political theory is not an empty slogan, nor can it be established by a few seemingly correct articles.
The establishment of political theory also requires the gradual improvement and determination of a political thought based on the actual situation and the expected effects to be achieved.
Therefore, the purpose of Zhu Zaijing's retaining Yan Song, Xu Jie and other cabinet members to chat with the six ministers this time was to see if he could reach a consensus with these political elites through such conversations.
Let them also subconsciously believe that Zhu Zaijing's proposals and ideas are a correct and promising new political thinking.
If they have such ideas and awareness, then Zhu Zaijing will take it as an opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to build new roads, and let these court officials with the power of decision-making and execution rely on this opportunity to develop New political thinking.
This new political thinking has never been used again, and it has slowly moved towards a political theory that can be relied on and thought about.
As long as this political theory is established and becomes a new political thinking recognized by both the government and the public, it will be easy to use this political thinking to break some "ancestral systems" or other conventional rules that were previously untouchable. Much more.
Otherwise, it is simply a joke to try to change the current political order of the Ming Dynasty just relying on Zhu Zaijing's advanced ideas and seemingly powerful power in his hands.
You must know that even the most powerful kings such as Emperor Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, and Song Zu, if they want to transform their thoughts and opinions into the will of a country or an era, they have to pay a lot of money to do so.
Otherwise, if they rely solely on the power in their hands and want countless people to work for them to fulfill their ambitions, it can only be said that they are playing a single-player game. Except for them, everyone is an NPC who can move the mouse and keyboard at the same time.
But is this possible?
It's obviously impossible.
People are all thoughtful and selfish animals. If a superior cannot find the greatest common denominator between him and his subordinates, then he can just slap his forehead and give them orders to do whatever they are told. This is simply ridiculous. It's just unthinkable.
Therefore, if Zhu Zaijing wants to change the current Ming Dynasty, in addition to the advanced technologies he is currently developing, he must also create a new political theory and make this new political theory a consensus among the people of the world.
Let most of them think that this is right and that it is developing in the direction of hope. Then whatever Zhu Zaijing wants to do in the future, as long as he applies this set of political theories, it can be said that he will be almost unfavorable. .
After Zhu Zaijing finished speaking, he looked at everyone present.
He glanced at Yan Song first.
Although Yan Song is now considered a retired old man, it is not the time to formally discuss government affairs, so before he really leaves this hall, he still has a certain say and influence. After Yan Song was glanced at by Zhu Zaijing, he immediately understood what Zhu Zaijing meant.
Although he did not have any profound thoughts about Zhu Zaijing's new political theory such as "grand narrative", he knew that he could safely implement it now, and all this was Zhu Zaijing's grace.
So when Zhu Zaijing looked at him, no matter what Zhu Zaijing just said, he would support it unconditionally.
Otherwise, if Zhu Zaijing is angered, the Yan family may not follow Xia Yan's footsteps.
After all, Yan Shifan's case and guilt have not yet been confirmed, so there is naturally more room for maneuver in this matter.
Therefore, whether it is for the sake of having a peaceful life for ten thousand years, or for the sake of passing on the incense and hope to the Yan family in the future.
Yan Song must show his full support for Zhu Zaijing at this time.
Yan Song moved slightly to stand up, and his movement naturally attracted everyone present.
Zhu Zaijing looked at his action, with a satisfied smile on his lips, and extended his hand again: "Old Yan Ge, just sit down and talk. There is no need to get up and back."
Yan Song sat down slightly again, and then bowed to Zhu Zaijing again, "Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace."
Then Yan Song began to say: "The prince just mentioned the new road, and the veteran believes that this matter should be the most important national policy in the future."
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"Once this road turns out to be what the prince said, not only connecting the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, but also connecting the grasslands, Hetao, Hami and other places, then my future martial arts and royal ways in the Ming Dynasty will follow this road. Extending to every place in the world.”
"The places that the imperial court needed to control with gentle policies can also be brought under the governance of Liuguan. The places that the imperial court cannot control can also be used to control the power of heaven in the future.
"Those young people who once did not take into account the might of our great Ming Dynasty will bow down with sincerity when this road is paved at the door of their homes. They will sincerely respect me as the supreme dynasty of the Ming Dynasty."< br>
"Therefore, I believe that the new Beijing-Tianjin Road is not only the beginning of the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, but also the beginning of the Ming Dynasty and the Han and Tang Dynasties, transcending ancient and modern times. I am lucky enough to see the beginning of this prosperous era at the advent of this prosperous era. I am also honored to see it. The supreme glory! ”
Yan Song spoke so impassionedly that people couldn't help but look at him sideways for a moment, as if Yan Song had become strange to them all.
They must know that Yan Song's state has almost never happened before in their memory.
In their impression, Yan Song seemed to have always been between "distracting" and "dozing off", although no one dared to believe that Yan Song was "distracting" and "dozing off".
But no one would think that Yan Song would be so impassioned and say such inspiring and "bottomless" flattery in front of such a high official in the court.
After all, Yan Song was once the chief minister of the cabinet, and he was also a powerful minister who had been in power in the cabinet for ten or twenty years.
But now this powerful official who was about to take his final bow actually showed such abstract impassioned expression towards Prince Yu.
It was really shocking for a moment, and I couldn't figure out what bad tricks this old guy was up to.
However, this idea also made everyone present feel absurd.
Because they all know that no matter how loyal Yan Song is now, he will have no chance to return to the center.
Therefore, at this moment, after a brief period of astonishment, the people present could not help but feel a sense of emotion and awe for Zhu Zaijing.
They also didn't expect that such a young Prince Yu would already show such political skills not long after he officially took charge of the country.
To some of the old ministers, this scene was really like the young Jiajing who had mastered Yang Ting and Yang Shen and his son when he first arrived in the capital forty years ago.
At that time, Yang Tinghe and his son Yang Shen were far different from Yan Song, Yan Shifan and his son now.
However, in this short period of time, Zhu Zaijing not only arrested Yan Shifan for questioning, but also asked Yan Song to come to the Wenhua Hall in person to express his loyalty to him.
I would like to ask, from ancient times to the present, which king has achieved this step?
So at this moment, the officials in the Wenhua Hall also had mixed feelings, sighing that the next generation of the Ming Dynasty would also be a strong emperor who was not inferior to Emperor Jiajing.
At the same time, he lamented that he seemed to be quite lucky, as he seemed to have caught up with the positive and energetic era of the Ming Dynasty.
After Xu Jie listened to Yan Song's words, his reaction was also very fast.
Xu Jie didn't even have time to think deeply about why Yan Song suddenly showed such shameless loyalty to Zhu Zaijing.
But he understood that at this time, he must not fall behind others.
Because he also knew very well that the present and future of Ming Dynasty began to be tied to Zhu Zaijing.
Although Emperor Jiajing is getting older, his dragon power is still there, but time is no longer on his side. God knows what will be the consequences if he continues to cultivate immortality like this?
Therefore, whether it is for his own present or his future, Xu Jie must immediately express his great recognition and loyalty to what Zhu Zaijing is thinking about.
Xu Jie followed Yan Song and said, "What Mr. Yan Ge said just now is true. The prince ordered Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui to preside over the special zone of the capital. Now he is taking advantage of the situation to build a new road between Beijing and Tianjin, ushering in a prosperous era for the world. Minister. The mood is the same as Mr. Yan Ge’s.”
"I also believe that once this road is as successful as expected, it will not only increase revenue for the Ming Dynasty, but also allow the Ming Dynasty to connect the world through this road, connecting the ancient and modern dynasties that have never been connected before. Then I, the Ming Dynasty, will definitely join the prince and the Under your majesty’s protection, we have once again prospered and become a prosperous age that surpassed the Han and Tang Dynasties!”
As soon as Xu Jie finished speaking, the others immediately came to their senses. Li Chunfang, Gao Gong and others were even more excited.
First of all, they are much younger than Xu Jie and others, and secondly, they are still King Yu's die-hard team. In the future, King Yu's achievements will also be their achievements.
The future prosperous age will not only be the prosperous age of King Yu, but also their prosperous age!
Maybe a few years later, these paths will really be realized bit by bit, bit by bit, and the general trend of the world will flourish again.
The Ming Dynasty might as well imitate the Qilin Pavilion of the Han Dynasty and the Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty, and build a new building for ministers like them who co-created the prosperous age, leaving an eternal reputation!
After all, for people who have achieved their level of officialdom, apart from their immortal fame, there are not many other things that can impress them.
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