Chapter 540: Under one person, above ten thousand people
After Zhu Zaijing read "Zheng He's Secret Records", he ordered someone to copy it.
Then he wrote the original version of the "Secret Records of Zheng He" and his understanding of Zheng He's voyages to the West into a eloquent memorial, and sent Meng Chong to the retreat place of Emperor Jiajing in Xiyuan.
Although Emperor Jiajing went into seclusion, he also made it clear that Zhu Zaijing would supervise the regency in the Wenhua Palace.
But just listen to this kind of words, never take them seriously.
Zhu Zaijing could make some decisions on his own, but there were some things he had to let Emperor Jiajing know the reasons for.
Otherwise, he really thought that he could rely on his reputation as the regent of the country, and that the power in his hands was unshakable and comparable to the supreme power of the imperial power.
Then Zhu Zaijing is not far from overturning.
Therefore, we must never be arrogant or underestimate the selfishness and exclusivity of power.
You must know that in his last years, a hero like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dared to kill the prince at the risk of having no successors.
What's more, Mr. Jiajing, who thought he could cultivate immortality and live forever?
What if he took too many elixirs and made a mistake, thinking that he was really going to become an immortal and an ancestor, and live forever.
Then his son's bloodline is naturally dispensable to him.
Therefore, to be on the safe side, I also have a reputation for being a teacher.
When encountering some key matters and problems, Zhu Zaijing would still go to great lengths to inform Emperor Jiajing of the important problems and important matters he encountered.
Even if Emperor Jiajing had no decree, Zhu Zaijing could take advantage of Emperor Jiajing's acquiescence and get the matter settled first.
Otherwise, if Emperor Jiajing turned around and overturned some of the decisions made by Zhu Zaijing, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?
You must know that Zhu Zaijing cannot allow such a slap in the face to happen now. How high his authority will be in the future depends on how much power he can exercise during this period.
If he is questioned and his decision is overturned while he is exercising his power, then even if Zhu Zaijing succeeds the throne of Emperor Jiajing in the future, it will take a long time, and he may even have to kill people and suppress him. , in order to re-establish absolute authority.
And if this is really the case, it will also be unacceptable to Zhu Zaijing, who will regard time as his life in the future!
If his time to enjoy the country in the future is the same as that of Zhu Zaijing in the original history, it will only be a short six years.
If he spends part of the past six years re-establishing his majesty, then how the hell does he still have time to complete his ultimate transformation of the Ming Dynasty?
It's better to just lie down at home and live a happy and shameless life with the concubines in the back house.
History cannot be changed anyway.
But now that Zhu Zaijing has made everything good, he is just waiting for the opportunity to come, when he can carry out drastic restructuring and reform.
He would definitely not want the authority he had worked so hard to establish to be shattered by any accident along the way.
Emperor Jiajing, who was still in seclusion, also saw another memorial and "Zheng He's Secret Records" sent by Zhu Zaijing in his spare time.
Regarding Zheng He's story, Emperor Jiajing did know a little bit about it.
It's just that because of the long history, the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to maritime interests.
Therefore, the understanding of Zheng He's voyages to the West has almost stayed at the level that Zheng He was promoting the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, without considering too much practical significance.
After all, the current social productivity and limited understanding of the world have also caused problems for both the emperor and the general scholar-bureaucrats and the people of the world.
Their understanding of the sea is Japanese pirates, Japanese pirates, and Japanese pirates.
It seems that except for those Japanese pirates who are like leeks and can't be cut off again and again, there is nothing good from the sea.
And if you put in all the effort to build an invincible navy that can navigate the sea, it will definitely be a thankless effort.
After all, this thing is just like a gold-swallowing beast. Who knows how big a hole there is to fill in?
Therefore, in the eighth year of Xuande, after Zheng He died on his way to the Western Ocean, and because of the sudden death of Emperor Xuande, his successors were unable to clearly realize the importance of maritime interests.
Therefore, under the opposition of many officials, the young and ignorant Emperor Yingzong gave up his intention to return to the West.
Therefore, eight years after Xuande, Ming Dynasty never completed any ocean voyage again.
It was precisely because the Ming Dynasty no longer conducted ocean voyages that the Old Port Xuanwei Department established during the Yongle period was abolished, causing the Ming Dynasty to permanently lose control of the Southeast Asian countries and use the Southeast Asia to control the passages to the Middle East and Western countries.
But this kind of regret may not be a real regret at that time.
After all, the Ming Dynasty and the social productivity at that time were almost entirely supported by traditional agriculture.
If ocean trade could not bring food security to the Ming Dynasty, it would just bring back ship after ship of spices, ship after ship of gaudy overseas treasures, and ship after ship of loss-making tribute envoys.
This kind of significance is simply useless for an ancient empire that relies on agriculture as its basis for survival. No one will continue to carry out this flashy voyage to the West.
Therefore, it is not without reason that Zheng He's voyages to the Western Ocean were canceled after his death.
After all, as a normal person, when talking about historical gains and losses, you must not just look at the problem with a perspective that is hundreds of years ahead of the times, but also look at the problems and reality at that time.
Otherwise, it will be easy to turn a cause that is obviously a cause of eternal merit into a cause that is "a sin in the present" and the benefit may not be in the future.
Therefore, when future generations look at Xuande and the Ming Dynasty's decision to stop conquering the West, they cannot just rely on current knowledge and cognition to accuse the ancients of doing so.
Little did we know that hundreds or thousands of years later, when future generations look back at this period of our history, they might have similar discoveries and emotions.
Therefore, when looking at the historical process and historical regrets, we must seriously think and study what are the problems and realities faced by the historical era at that time?
Only after taking these issues and realities into consideration can we get a more alarming historical answer.
Otherwise, we will only think about the mistakes made at that time, and ignore the social and practical problems at that time, blindly thinking that the ancients at that time were either mentally ill, or thinking about them with conspiracy theories.
In this case, when we look at history, we will easily fall behind.
Even if we are asked to help them make choices, we may make the mistake of Emperor Sui Yang and ruin an originally strong and great empire in just a dozen years.
Therefore, as latecomers, we, as latecomers, must not make rash comments on all historical regrets and occurrences based on thinking that is divorced from reality.
Because such comments not only appear ignorant, they even appear particularly stupid! It had no good meaning at all to the reality at that time.
Emperor Jiajing looked at the memorials of Zhu Zaijing in his hand, and then at the yellowed "Secret Records of Zheng He". After reading these two things, he also fell into thinking.
Although Zhu Zaijing listed many benefits and benefits at sea in his memorial, no one has ever truly verified these benefits and benefits.
Moreover, the cost of going to the Western Ocean was so high that it was not something that could be made on the spur of the moment.
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing could not help but hesitate at this time. He also hoped that he could have a moment of front and back vision to help him see clearly the fog ahead and allow him to make an accurate and wise decision.
But Emperor Jiajing, who is trapped in the historical puzzle, even if he is a high-ranking Ninth Five Emperor, even if he is as smart as any emperor in history.
But he still can't make a clear prediction about what the future will look like.
After all, what he saw and heard was given to him by this era, and he did not have the insight and knowledge that surpassed the times for hundreds of years like Zhu Zaijing.
Therefore, it is human nature for Emperor Jiajing to fall into hesitation and entanglement after reading Zhu Zaijing's memorials and "Zheng He's Secret Records".
You can't blame him for not having courage!
After all, his courage will influence hundreds of millions of people in the world.
Once you make a mistake, the consequences can be disastrous.
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After Emperor Jiajing thought for a while, he still had no idea.
So Emperor Jiajing also called Huang Jin who was waiting beside him.
"Huang Jin, please also take a look at this memorial sent by San'er, and this 'Zheng He Secret Records' that Si'er dug out in the Jinyiwei Yamen."
Huang Jin, who was helping Emperor Jiajing clean up the house, stopped when he heard Emperor Jiajing's words and said yes.
Then he wiped his hands with a towel again, and then respectfully went to Emperor Jiajing and took the memorial and "Secret Records of Zheng He" handed over by Emperor Jiajing.
Huang Jin carefully looked at the memorial sent by Zhu Zaijing, and then carefully looked at the "Secret Records of Zheng He".
By the time he finished reading this memorial and the "Secret Records of Zheng He", nearly half an hour had passed.
Huang Jin also raised his head in confusion and looked at Emperor Jiajing, "I am stupid and can't understand this."
Emperor Jiajing, who had been waiting for a long time, laughed and said, "It's okay if you don't understand. This is the unconstrained imagination that only San'er has. I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't figure out the reason. That's why I let you take a look."< br>
Huang Jin laughed and said: "The emperor has really broken my slave. You haven't even noticed it. How can a fool like this slave know the secret?"
Emperor Jiajing smiled again and said: "Don't you have more contact with San'er, so what I want you to think about is how likely are the things San'er said to come true?"
Huang Jin paused, thought seriously for a while, and then replied: "Based on what I know about Prince Yu, he is definitely not a person who is aimless. Since he believes that there are huge benefits in the sea, it is also related to whether the Ming Dynasty will wait for the heroes in the future. The great significance of being the first in the world. I think this is probably true. ”
Emperor Jiajing also nodded with deep understanding, "I think so too, but the cost of going to the West is too great. Now Hu Zongxian has finally stopped the Japanese pirate rebellion in the southeast."
"If the imperial court continues to be so clear-cut and wants to reproduce the heroic voyages to the Western Seas during the time of Emperor Chengzu, it will definitely attract unanimous opposition from all officials and the people of the world."
"So, I also feel that this matter is not easy to accomplish. Unless San'er can come up with a convincing fact and result."
"Otherwise, if you just talk in vain about the huge profits at sea, you will have to spend an unknown amount of money to build huge ships and sail to the Western Ocean. It is definitely impossible to explain."
Huang Jin also hummed, "The emperor is thinking about it very much. The difficulty of this matter lies here. If Prince Yu can find evidence about the huge profits at sea, let all officials and the people of the world see it. Then the matter of returning to the Western Sea , it’s not impossible.”
"So, I would like to ask you to ask Prince Yu again to see if he has other realistic thoughts and actions on this matter?"
When Emperor Jiajing heard Huang Jin's suggestion, he nodded again and said, "Okay, you can go find San'er. See what other plans he has."
Huang Jin immediately bowed and said, "Yes, I will come over right now."
Emperor Jiajing waved his hand, then stopped looking, and started to meditate again, trying to restore himself to the mysterious state of meditation and enlightenment.
Seeing Emperor Jiajing like this, Huang Jin quietly exited the monastery where Emperor Jiajing was retreating, being careful not to make any noise.
After he really left the monastery where Emperor Jiajing was retreating, he suddenly accelerated and walked out of the palace at a faster pace.
After Huang Jin came out, he saw Chen Hong who was guarding the palace and following him.
Huang Jin ordered Chen Hong: "Go and change your clothes and carefully go to the emperor's monastery to wait. If the emperor is called, you will be the first to wait in front of the emperor. Do you understand?"
When Chen Hong heard this, the excitement on his face and heart was immediately palpable.
You must know that during the period of Emperor Jiajing's retreat, he did not see Emperor Jiajing's face even once.
Now Huang Jin asked him to wait outside the monastery, waiting for Emperor Jiajing to call him at any time. How could he not be excited?
Chen Hong immediately bowed to Huang Jin and said, "Ancestor, don't worry, I will definitely serve the emperor well."
Seeing Chen Hong's excitement, Huang Jin gave a faint hum.
Although he didn't quite like Chen Hong's temperament, Huang Jin could also see that Chen Hong was someone who would really do anything to be loyal to Emperor Jiajing.
Therefore, whether Chen Hong's nature is greedy or he is unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals, Huang Jin can treat it as invisible.
After all, Huang Jin also knew that Emperor Jiajing really needed a loyal lackey like Chen Hong as a last resort weapon.
Therefore, when it comes to Chen Hong, Huang Jin will still give Chen Hong a chance without hesitation.
The reason why he did this is actually very simple, that is because he was absolutely loyal to Emperor Jiajing.
Therefore, Huang Jin would unconditionally affirm and support anyone or anything that was beneficial to Emperor Jiajing.
He would never harm the fundamental interests of Emperor Jiajing just for the sake of so-called competition for favor.
So this is why Huang Jin can always stand beside Emperor Jiajing, and has always been the most caring and trustworthy eunuch beside Emperor Jiajing.
It was because he could clearly position himself and think about Emperor Jiajing at every turn that Emperor Jiajing gave him the status of ancestor in the inner palace, "below one person and above ten thousand people".
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