Chapter 18 People in Ming Dynasty are very cute
Xu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of War, did not know at this time that he had been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War by Zhu Houzhao.
At this moment, Xu Jinzheng manically took a bookshelf of books outside the hospital. These books were all Confucian classic textbooks such as the "Complete Four Books", "The Complete Collection of Five Classics" and "Collected Commentary on the Four Books".
"No wonder I have devoted myself to studying for decades, and have been working diligently as an official, but I still see more and more refugees, and the corruption in the officialdom is getting worse day by day, all because I have been misled by these so-called saints' books!
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These books that call people idiots teach them how to govern a country and govern the world! How to destroy the Tartars and how to bring peace to the common people!
After all, the country was wronged by him!
There is no practical strategy on how to govern the country at all. There is no mention of land annexation, no mention of production relations, no mention of interests. It is okay to teach people to be slaves. It is the wrong place to govern the country. I will burn you today. If you don't burn it, there will be harm. Infinitely, the king will be deceived by him and only knows how to fool the people and not fear the people. Hundreds of officials will be deceived by him. He only cares about promotion and wealth but does not know the safety of the world! ”
Xu Jin acted like a madman at this time. He piled all these books in the yard crazily, then asked the servants to pour kerosene on them and started to light a fire.
It happened that at this time, Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, came over and said: "There is a decree!"
Xu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of War, had to change his official uniform in a hurry to receive the order. However, Wang Yue, the chief official of the Chief of Ceremonies, smelled the smell of fireworks, so he followed the smell and walked over. He happened to see a person in the yard of Xu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of War. Piles of books were burned, and one of them was "The Doctrine of the Mean"!
Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, was shocked and hurriedly ran to take out the book from the fire: "Master Xu, why are you burning this book of sages? You are also a descendant of Confucius and Mencius. Why are you acting so rebellious!"
Xu Jin couldn't help but laugh when he saw this: "The harm caused by the Four Books is endless. Even eunuchs say they are books of sages. Yes, they are books of sages, but they are completely devoid of the true meaning of governing the world. I, Xu Jin, do not want to do it." A gentleman is not a gentleman, so why should he read this sage’s book? What’s the harm in burning it?”
"Crazy, crazy, the former Minister of the Ministry of War was just killed in the bombing, and the new Minister of the Ministry of War is crazy!"
Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, said speechlessly, but the imperial edict to appoint Xu Jin as Minister of the Ministry of War had been issued, and he had to read it out, so he read out the edict anyway.
"My family is here to congratulate Mr. Xu on his promotion to Grand Sima, but we still want to say something. Mr. Xu will be in charge of the world's troops from now on. Please don't be so deviant. You must live up to the grace of God and live up to the common people!" ”
Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, sighed and walked away.
Xu Jin has calmed down now. He did not expect that he would become the Minister of the Ministry of War before he became a member of the Zhongjun Society. However, because of this, when he thought that he was still a reserve member of the Zhongjun Society, he felt that he had been promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War. It's not as exciting as others imagined.
Xu Jin had a desire to be recognized by the Zhongjun Society, and even wanted to become a member of the Zhongjun Society. At this time, Liu Jin found him again: "The organization is very relieved to learn that you have become the Minister of the Ministry of War. The organization has instructed you to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War." During this period, please do not change the position of the army when Liu Daxia was the Minister of War. Be prepared to show signs of decadence and choose good futures for the court! And when you see the emperor tomorrow to thank you, don’t obey and study the emperor’s instructions seriously. We are members of the Zhongjun Society, and the purpose of the Zhongjun Society is to unite under a group with the emperor as the core. To benefit the Ming Dynasty and the people, do you understand? ”
"Please rest assured that the organization will definitely live up to the expectations of the organization. Xu will be a good minister of the Ministry of War and regard His Majesty as the only core figure. There will never be any second thoughts!"
After Xu Jin, Minister of War, finished speaking, Liu Jin smiled and nodded.
Here, Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Xie Qian, the second assistant and third assistant of the cabinet, also learned about the burning of the Four Books by Xu Jin, the Minister of War, from Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony.
Liu Jian blushed with anger on the spot: "This Xu Jin, I think he has always been non-partisan and self-interested, and he is calm and low-key in his work, so I chose him and Wang Hua. Why did he do such a treasonous thing! The Four Books are also his. Can it be burned? ”
"This kind of behavior can be killed! I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!" Li Dongyang also gritted his teeth.
"It's a pity that Mr. Liu was killed in the bombing. If Mr. Liu had not been killed, a deviant like Xu Jin would not be the minister of the Ministry of War! It was all the fault of Ma Wensheng and Liu Jin, who made the court a mess!"
Xie Qian sighed and said very angrily. Liu Jian couldn't help but ask Wang Yue at this time: "Eunuch Wang, does your Majesty know about this?"
"I have already told your Majesty that the book was bought by someone else, and he can burn it if he wants. It does not violate the imperial decree, so there is no need to go into details," Wang Yue replied.
When Liu Jian heard this, he sat down helplessly: "Your Majesty is confused! This is not as simple as burning books, this is contrary to orthodoxy! Let a scholar traitor become the Minister of War, I feel angry just thinking about it!"
When Liu Jian said this, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also sighed helplessly.
But as Zhu Houzhao said, Xu Jin's burning of the Four Books was his freedom and there was no way to interfere with it. Moreover, Xu Jin's position as Minister of War was also selected through a formal court recommendation process. No one, not even the cabinet, had any reason to question it. Method, because Xu Jin was originally promoted by Liu Jian and other officials, and then the cabinet vote was approved by the Supervisor of Ceremonies to form an imperial edict.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel funny after learning about Xu Jin, Minister of War, burning books. In fact, he didn't expect Xu Jin to be so deviant. He suddenly discovered that the people of the Ming Dynasty might really be cuter than he thought.
According to the usual practice, Xu Jin became the Minister of War to express his gratitude to Emperor Zhu Houzhao.
then.
Zhu Houzhao met with Xu Jin, Minister of the Ministry of War, in the Leopard Room.
Unlike the previous times when Emperor Daxing died and knelt down to worship the new emperor, and when Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne and held court discussions, Xu Jin was already instinctively nervous when he met Zhu Houzhao this time.
This time, although he was already the Minister of the Ministry of War in charge of the money and food of the world's troops, he already regarded himself as a member of the organization. He did not dare to be disrespectful to Zhu Houzhao because he did not know who was the member of the organization around Zhu Houzhao. Who is testing him? He doesn't want to violate the organization's philosophy and show any disloyalty to His Majesty.
"Wei Chen has met His Majesty!"
Xu Jin saluted respectfully.
"Escape, Xu Aiqing, you are expected to become the Minister of the Ministry of War. I also believe that you can manage the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty well. The safety of the world rests on your shoulders." Zhu Houzhao said a few words and asked Xu Jin to retreat.
"Wei Chen understands that Wei Chen will definitely revitalize the military and live up to His Majesty's trust!" Xu Jin said.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Xu Aiqing, do you know where the Zheng He navigation chart is?"
Xu Jin was stunned, thinking why His Majesty suddenly asked about this, so he had to reply truthfully: "Liu Daxia also asked Wei Chen to look for it before, but Wei Chen has not found it yet, and I think it is still stored in a certain archive of the Ministry of War. ”
"After you find it, give it to me. You must keep it properly and don't let it get lost!" Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
After Xu Jin retreated, Zhu Houzhao gathered Liu Jin and other Eight Tigers together again: "Now the Minister of the Ministry of War has been replaced by Xu Jin. This person has obviously become our believer, and Ma Wensheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is also on our side. Now it is time to move. The eunuch Zhang Zhao is in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor. If he is replaced, we will be able to completely control the military power!"
Thank you to the book friend for the 100 starting coin reward for his illicit life
(End of chapter)