Chapter 578 The past cannot be remonstrated, but the past can still be pursued
In addition to telling the emperor a story about old Harry, Li Le also told an old story about the Longjiang Shipyard.
The story of Old Harry is actually nothing unusual. He is just a typical poor coolie who changed because of the arrival of the Ming Dynasty in Luzon.
The story of Longjiang Shipyard is not unusual either.
The new Nanjing Longjiang Shipyard was built at a new site, not on the old Longjiang Shipyard.
One hundred and seventy years have passed, and the sea has changed. All the boat ponds in the old Longjiang Shipyard have been filled in and turned into fertile farmland. Even the traces of the original ones cannot be found. In the past two years, with the With the continuous improvement of production capacity, Longjiang Shipyard is expanding its production and plans to renovate the second plant on the old site.
Renovation requires excavation of the old site and sorting out the past. During this process, a notebook called "Xingcha Notes" was discovered. This notebook was placed together with "Longjiang Shipyard Chronicles" In the box, although it was somewhat rotten when it was dug out, it was still intact because it was buried deep in the ground, and the writing could be read. After a year of careful identification and annotation, the notebook was finally revealed.
There is no name on the note, so Li Le calls him the tombkeeper.
The notes record what happened to the Longjiang Shipyard after the stoppage of the Western Sea. The shipwrights who migrated in the early years of Yongle lost their livelihood and dispersed. The boat ponds were filled up and they started to work. 'In farming, there are fewer and fewer craftsmen and more and more farmers.
When the Longjiang Shipyard was built, it was in full swing. Hundreds of thousands of shipwrights were recruited from all over the world and spread across various shipyards. All the craftsmen thought they would live like this for generations until the building collapsed.
The Gravekeeper clearly recorded the desolation that people felt after the building collapsed. When the building collapsed, everyone was wrestling around Kaihai, but no one cared about what to do with these craftsmen who had left their homeland and had no land to cultivate. .
That is the tomb of the Longjiang Shipyard, the tomb of the Yongle and Xuande voyages to the West, the tomb of that era, and the tomb of the Ming Dynasty's sea power.
The tombkeeper mentioned something in his notes.
In the early years of Zhengtong, seven times in total, local powerful people asked the court to buy the useless Longjiang Shipyard. The memorials always entered the palace smoothly, and the three Yangs in the cabinet seemed to be happy to see it. Qicheng chose to turn a blind eye to this matter, but in the end he could not get the emperor's approval.
At that time, Emperor Renzong’s empress, Empress Dowager Zhang, was still there. Empress Dowager Zhang did not allow such a thing to happen, and refused on the grounds that ‘the ancestral property must not be sold’.
Renzong died a year after he ascended the throne. Xuanzong, who was thirty-six years old, died young, leaving the Empress Dowager to guard her grandson and the country of the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps the Empress Dowager was a womanly person. I couldn't do anything, but I still persisted without selling my ancestral property.
The reason for stopping the opening of the sea is that it is not beneficial to the country to make ends meet. As a result, the Longjiang Shipyard was aggressive but asked sincerely, and it was seven times in a row. If the voyages to the West really cannot make ends meet, this folk So what if we sincerely ask for the shipyard?
Is the Sanyang Cabinet in the early years of Orthodoxy really the so-called wise, good and capable ministers?
"Go and ask Uncle Da Zong to come over." Zhu Yijun said to Feng Bao. Zhu Yijun liked the Gewu toy set made by Wan Shihe Tingtu very much. Of course, Zhu Yijun really gave this toy to Zhu Changzhi. After playing, there is no one left.
He has already played it.
Zhu Yijun continued to look through the notes in his hand. The palace refused the people's request to buy the property on the grounds that the ancestral property was not allowed to be sold. However, these powerful right-wingers obviously did not intend to let go of the shipyard. In December of the sixth year of Zhengtong, Tianganwu Dry, a fire swept through the entire Longjiang Shipyard. There was not much left of the Longjiang Shipyard in the fire.
Destroy it if you can’t get it. After a fire, the Longjiang Shipyard was completely destroyed. The last batch of craftsmen who were waiting for the clouds to clear and the moon to shine also left the shipyard.
As a courtier, Wan Shihe knew that His Majesty was in a really bad mood from the moment he stepped into the study room of Tonghe Palace. The atmosphere in the study room of Tonghe Palace was a bit depressing.
"Uncle Da Zong, take a look at this." Zhu Yijun handed over the edited notes.
Wan Shihe looked at it for a long time, and after looking at it, he slapped the table and said loudly: "This is simply too much! Isn't this bullying!"
Da Ming vs. Da Ming The Song Dynasty was quite disdainful. One thing is that the Ming Dynasty inherited the Tang Dynasty and was somewhat unfriendly to the Song Dynasty. This dislike was caused by many reasons. Part of it was due to Han Song Dynasty, the death of King Xiao Ming, and part of it was due to the Song Dynasty. After all, it is not a unified dynasty.
The definition of great unification in the Central Plains is extremely clear, that is, I am the king of the world, and congratulations come from all directions. In the cognitive world, only I am the emperor. This is the great unification. Liao, Jin, and Xixia all have it. The emperor, and the Song Dynasty also had a record of bowing to its subjects. The sentence "I have made a statement, and now I have come to draw the territory" puts a huge question mark on the definition of the unification of the Song Dynasty.
One of the reasons why the Ming Dynasty looked down upon the Song Dynasty was that Zhao and Song won the country unfairly. Zhao Kuangyin did end the dark age of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but Zhao Kuangyin also wore a yellow robe and bullied orphans and widowed mothers.
In Wan Shihe’s view, even though the royal family had clearly rejected the purchase of the Longjiang Shipyard seven times, and the reason was that it was the ancestral foundation, the memorial was still allowed to enter the palace! This is bullying orphans and widows.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were two times when the young people were suspected of being suspected. After comparing Zhang Juzheng, we found that except for preventing the emperor from spending too much money, Zhang Juzheng really never bullied the orphans and widows in the palace. Of course, This is based on the fact that in the third year of Wanli, when the country's finances were not yet full, Zhang Juzheng increased the gold and silver from one million taels of silver to 1.2 million taels of silver.
"No wonder Zhang Cong called Yang Shiqi a traitor!" Wan Shihe looked at this note and became angry for no reason. To put it bluntly, the conflict between imperial power and ministerial power since ancient times has always been about the strong and the weak. The leader is weak and the minister is strong. Zhang Juzheng is a typical example when he can shout that I am not the prime minister but the minister. However, there is a bottom line when bullying others.
Zhang Cong, a famous official in the early years of Jiajing, Zhang Juzheng implemented the New Deal. In addition to passing the law, most of the New Deal was reorganized by Zhang Cong and used again, including It was also the idea of Tang Long, Minister of the Ministry of War, to achieve equalization of field service by Wang Chonggu.
"Does Zhang Cong evaluate Yang Shiqi like this?" Zhu Yijun was stunned, he really didn't know.
Criticizing Yang Shiqi as Qin Hui was something Zhu Yijun never expected. Are all scholars in the Ming Dynasty so aggressive?
Wan Shihe nodded and said: "I checked the old case, Zhang Cong said: The husband's traitor to the juniper has tainted the history of history, and Yang Guanzhi, who is called today, still doesn't know what to do." ! Mainly criticizing Yang Shiqi and other three Yangs for destroying the ancestral law. Emperor Taizu Gao abolished the prime minister and was restored by them."
"Later, Zhang Cong added it in the "Third Letter of Jiajing Reform of Yuan Dynasty". He said: Today's scholars only blame the abuse of power and corruption on the government, not knowing that the abuse of military merit did not start in the early years of Zhengde, but began after Zhengde. It is the fault of the governor's failure to inspect and the military department's failure to be upright. "
"Not only Zhang Cong, but also Gui E also said: Yang Shiqi aided the Han Dynasty and abandoned Zhuya. It was because of the vulgar Confucianism in power, stability at the top and bottom, bribery, and lack of discipline. He entrusted the territory of ten counties. Is it enough to call Yang Shiqi a sinner of Emperor Taizong Wen? Confucianism is mainly responsible for abandoning Jiaozhi. "
Gui E is the founder of the One Whip Law of the Ming Dynasty and an important figure in China's transition from rent to monetary tax.
Gui E criticized Yang Shiqi mainly on the three matters of Jiaozhi, Hetao and Daningwei's abandonment of land. Especially in the case of Jiaozhi, Yang Shiqi used the Han Dynasty's abandonment of Zhuya in Hainan as an example, which ultimately contributed to the abandonment of Jiaozhi. thing.
Yang Shiqi cannot escape the responsibility for losing his land.
When the Ming Dynasty gave up the Thirteenth Division of Jiaozhi, it gave up going to sea and giving up the inflow of silver. This made the currency tax a mirror and a moon in the water, unable to be realized. It is strange that Gui E can look up to Yang Shiqi.
“Your Majesty, the reason why Zhang Cong wants to criticize Sanyang is because since Sanyang, the Ming Dynasty’s officialdom’s test scores for civil servants and generals on the border have changed. Border walls, several forts were built, and the city passes were renovated. Since the second year of Zhengtong, when Wang Ji Shan killed the capital and commanded Anjing, there is no record of how many soldiers and soldiers were trained and how many captives were destroyed in the past hundred and fifty years."
“This is the beginning of the great disadvantages of the rise of civil society and military affairs, and it is also the despicable thing about Sanyang.”
Wan Shihe explained in detail Zhang Cong and Gui E, two important ministers who revolutionized the old and reformed during the Jiajing period. The reason why they were so contemptuous of these three people was that since then, the Ming Dynasty's military preparedness was unprepared, its borders were unprepared, and its military affairs were completely ruined.
"I see." Zhu Yijun thought that he was the only one who disliked Yang Shiqi, the Sanyang. It turned out that it was not only his prejudice, but also his ministers Zhang Cong and Gui E who despised him. .
Whether it is abandoning land, overstepping the authority of the Lord, or using the banner of etiquette to destroy the ancestral law, it is a major crime of rebellion. Gui E even characterized Yang Shiqi and others as Emperor Taizong. Sinner, this is pointing at the nose and scolding.
"The past cannot be remonstrated, but the past can still be pursued. The past is irreversible, but there is still time for the future, and there is still time for everything. This note will be copied after it is internally copied. Leave it to the Ministry of Rites and use it to compile history in the future." Zhu Yijun said with a sigh, there is no use worrying about the past, let's look forward.
"Uncle Da Zong, Zhi'er likes that toy of yours very much. Uncle Zong's idea is to win the game at the starting point, which won my heart." Zhu Yijun praised Wan Shihe for the toy, and Wan Shihe In terms of etiquette, he did a good job.
When Wan Shihe first entered the Wenhua Hall, Zhu Yijun thought that he would leave quickly like Lu Shusheng. Unexpectedly, to this day, he is still standing and has become a member of the court. An evergreen tree remains unmoved no matter how strong the wind and waves are.
This is related to Wan Shihe's position. He is a complete imperialist.
"This is what I should do." Wan Shihe said cheerfully: "As long as the emperor likes it, as long as he likes it, Your Majesty, is it time to establish a prince?"
< br>Wan Shihe asked seemingly casually, seemingly casually, but he had been hesitating for several days, looking for a suitable opportunity to ask. This topic is extremely sensitive, and the slightest carelessness can cause it to rise. A major event regulated by the party.
His Majesty has three sons, the eldest son Zhu Changzhi, the second son Zhu Changchao, and the third son Zhu Changxun. Zhu Changzhi is the eldest son of the emperor and he is a legitimate son. Whether he is a legitimate concubine or a eldest son, Zhu Changzhi has a legitimate reputation and was established as the crown prince early. People's minds are at peace.
"Uncle Da Zong knows what I am worried about." Zhu Yijun looked at Wan Shihe and said calmly: "No."
"I obey the order." Wan Shihe immediately bowed his head. He said, without even asking, what was His Majesty worried about? Wan Shihe knew very well.
Since Xiaozong, the succession of the throne in the Ming Dynasty has become abnormal. Xiaozong only had one son, and Wu Zong died directly.
Emperor Sejong’s first son died in two months. In October of the fifteenth year of Jiajing, his second son, Prince Zhuangjing, was born. In the eighteenth year of Jiajing, he was established as the prince. In the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing He was crowned on March 16th, fell ill on the 17th, and died of illness soon after.
During the Jiajing dynasty, there was no crown prince. From then on, Emperor Shizong began to believe that the two dragons should not meet each other. Not only did he not establish a crown prince, he even did not see a son.
Every official of the Ming Dynasty was a talented person, and they all forced the emperor to live in Tonghe Palace, even Xiyuan. It was clear who to guard against, and even Wan Shihe himself was the target of guarding against .
After knowing His Majesty's clear attitude, Wan Shihe could advance and retreat in a measured manner. "I retire." After Wan Shihe finished his work, he bowed his head again and chose to leave.
Zhu Yijun looked at Wan Shihe’s back, stunned, and asked Feng Bao: "Uncle Da Zong, won’t you stop fighting for it? If I say no, he will directly obey the order. , Just leave like this?”
The national case of Wanli Dynasty lasted until the day when King Fu came to feudal lordship. The emperor and the courtiers had been grudged for so many years, and the fight was extremely fierce from the beginning.
In the end, Wan Shihe left so easily without even saying a word.
"Your Majesty, Uncle Zong has probably been holding back this question for a long time. He mustered up a lot of courage to ask it today. Uncle Zong has no position to argue with Your Majesty on this matter." Feng Bao said in a low voice. : "Uncle Zong is still very brave. Even the ministers dare not ask. No one in the civil and military dynasties dares to ask."
The current emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not at all like the late Emperor Longqing. On the contrary, he is like Dao Ye. The most similar, especially to the Taoist masters of the past twenty years, they were both young emperors, both worked hard to govern, reformed the old and reformed, and were famous ministers and wise ministers. The only difference is that Zhu Yijun does not have the historical burden of Emperor Wuzong and can do whatever he wants. Zhenwu.
In the early years of Jiajing, there were no conditions for promoting military affairs. Emperor Wu Zong had no heirs because he was engaged in military affairs. He even fell into the water and contracted diseases from cold to pneumonia because of his own expedition to suppress the rebellion.
It is common knowledge that riding a horse can easily hurt the roots of descendants. Qi Jiguang had not allowed the emperor to mount his horse before. He would not let his majesty mount his horse until the emperor's horse steps and the roots were solid.
Because the environment is the same, establishing a prince has become an untouchable topic just like it did during the Jiajing period.
Wan Shihe dared to ask so seemingly unconcernedly, and had already mustered up all his courage. It was too difficult for him to argue with the emperor about establishing a prince early.
Wan Shihe was ridiculed by Shilin as being boneless, but Wanwugu dared to ask, was there anyone in the civil and military circles of the entire dynasty who dared to ask? Feng Bao didn't even dare.
As the Minister of Rites, Wan Shihe must know His Majesty's clear attitude before he can do anything. If His Majesty says he won't establish it, then he will not establish it for the time being. When Your Majesty feels it is necessary to establish the Crown Prince, it will not be too late to establish it again.
In early October of the 11th year of Wanli, Shi Maohua finally settled in the capital. Shi Maohua declined all visits, including the invitations from the first assistant Zhang Juzheng and the second assistant Wang Chonggu, and continued to thank guests behind closed doors. Now that he has withdrawn , then it would look like they were retreating, and the same was true for Liu Xian and Ma Fang.
Shi Maohua came to Tonghe Palace to express his gratitude to His Majesty with his imperial edict to grant him an official position and a residence.
"No need to salute, sit down and talk." Zhu Yijun waited in the imperial study room. When Shi Maohua came in, he immediately spoke, sparing Shi Maohua a big salute, but Shi Maohua was still ill.
Shi Maohua bowed his head again and said very solemnly: "I thank your Majesty for your kindness."
"Shi Butang, it has been more than seven years since Huangjimen parted ways. At the beginning, Shi Butang was very kind to me. He said he wanted to get back together, but he has already done it now. "Zhu Yijun talked about what Shi Maohua was most concerned about.
Shi Maohua said with a relaxed face: "Yes, I was very worried at the beginning and was afraid that what I said would be thought by the scholar-bureaucrats in the court to be alarmist. In the land bordered by Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, there is less food and more soldiers. , civil unrest in other places means people rise up. If chaos breaks out in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, it will be a military disaster. "
"It's better now. The thing I was most worried about will not happen. "
"Your Majesty, I underestimated Chidao. Even if we don't reopen the Western Region, if Chidao is there, the Hetao will be there. We can hold on to it without reopening the Western Region. The Ming Dynasty's capital camp can be projected to the Hetao within five to ten days. That is The heart of the land will never be lost again."
Zhu Yijun said with some confusion: "Does Shibudang think there is no need to reopen the Western Region?"
"Of course not, it should be opened. Open, there are mines in the Western Region, and you can also grow cotton." Shi Maohua shook his head and said, "Reopening the Western Region is just a barrier." When fighting a war, the battlefield takes place in our hinterland, and the Ming Dynasty loses whether it wins or loses. But fighting on the border is completely different. Suiyuan and the Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated. This is depth. If there is a conflict in these places, there will be no The disaster of overturning. "
Depth and buffer zone, these are the two things Shi Maohua wants to say. Only by establishing more depth can the hinterland of Ming Dynasty be safer.
Shi Maohua still advocates reopening the Western Regions. What he wants to say is that he lacks understanding of Chidao. It was not until he saw it with his own eyes that he realized that he had completely underestimated the terrible impact of this thing on the military. The Ming Dynasty The main force is still the infantry camp. The projection speed and ability of the infantry camp determine the territory of the empire.
"It is imperative to reopen the Western Region." Shi Maohua said quite accurately.
Zhu Yijun and Shi Maohua talked about the incident in Gansu. The enthusiasm of the Ming Dynasty scholar-officials was something Zhu Yijun had not expected at all. The Ming Dynasty scholar-officials still wanted to make progress. They took office in Gansu for one to two years. And he can also perform meritorious service. The recent focus is on catching spies, spies from various tribes in the Western Regions who spy on the movements of the Ming Dynasty court.
The next step is to send an envoy to the countries in the Western Regions to declare power in the Western Regions. This envoy will naturally be born in Gansu Province, and is destined to leave a name in history.
"Your Majesty, I found out how dirty this palace is." Shi Maohua said in confusion.
"Burning coal." Zhu Yijun said with a hint of helplessness. The capital was not livable. Zhu Yijun originally built a house outside the Yicheng residence in Xishan, but Shi Maohua's health still needed to be monitored at all times. It was more convenient to live in the city. .
"I have heard about coal burning in Shaanxi. What I am talking about is these miscellaneous reports in the capital. They are too bold! Why does Your Majesty condone their nonsense?" Shi Maohua Shaking his head, Your Majesty misunderstood what he meant. He did not mean soot, but the nonsense written by the newspaper writers.
If people don’t burn coal, they have to burn firewood. In the capital of the Ming Dynasty, all the firewood that can be cut has been cut. Where can there be firewood to burn?
In Shi Maohua's view, the contents of the Jingtang miscellaneous newspapers were too deviant. The noise made by these people was extremely dangerous to the Ming Dynasty.
Shi Maohua has never been a rigid and conservative person. It is not that he cannot accept new things, but he is very interested in iron horses. He has a positive attitude to understand Chidao, iron horses, and machinery workshops seriously. Thinking about their significance to the country, Shi Maohua could not accept these upright words.
"By inciting public opinion like this, they are hollowing out the foundation of the Ming Dynasty." Shi Maohua said with certainty: "These people are completely controlled by the powerful and powerful, and everything they say and do is for their own benefit. Whoever eats his food is his dog. This has always been the case. "
"But if we need to think critically, we must allow them to exist and speak. There are also people like Lin Fucheng, Li Zhi, and Geng Dingxiang. People, and the Ming Dynasty also needs miscellaneous newspapers, and only Di newspapers are not enough." Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said, "The sky will not fall if you let people talk, but I won't allow it to talk nonsense."
" That's true, the Wanli Reform does need more voices." Shi Maohua agreed with His Majesty's point of view, but he still said with some persistence: "These newspapers do not distinguish between true and false news at all, they just publish it indiscriminately, just to be faster than others. Only by publishing it faster can we gain sales. In order to attract people to buy and watch, we will deliberately exaggerate the facts, confuse right and wrong, and call deer a horse.” We should supervise and review these miscellaneous newspapers to confirm that they have the ability to publish newspapers, instead of allowing them to grow wildly. Furthermore, we should falsely accuse those who spread rumors and ban them from publishing.”
< br>John Gutenberg invented movable type printing. Although movable type printing has undergone several iterations, the press censorship mechanism was established in the West. In the Ming Dynasty, it was completely free to develop. This freedom was From Shi Maohua's point of view, he was just allowing rumors to spread wildly and filling the capital with complicated and false information, which was very dangerous.
Shi Maohua thought for a while and said: "If someone blocks the way of speech, then it is up to the minister to blame him. I am an old man, but it doesn't matter whether he is scolded or not."
"The minister is loyal to the emperor and the country." "Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. Shi Butang doesn't know that there is actually censorship. Otherwise, wouldn't these miscellaneous newspapers be demon books? Some miscellaneous newspapers have also been banned. This reputation is huge. Zongbo Wanshihe has already memorized it, and the content that the department has seen is within the scope of allowed discussion. "
"With censorship, they still dare to bark like this in the newspaper?" Shi Maohua? He said in surprise: "Except for the articles written by Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi, the so-called liberals' remarks are simply unpalatable. They eat food from others' charity, wagging their tails like dogs and begging for mercy. They dare not lavishly Talk about freedom?”
“What did Shi Butang see?” Zhu Yijun asked curiously.
Shi Maohua shook his sleeves, took out a newspaper and handed it to Feng Bao. He frowned and said, "They confuse inaction with freedom. It's sheer nonsense."
Zhu Yijun opened the newspaper and read it carefully. No wonder Shi Maohua had such a big reaction. The content in this newspaper discussed the evil of gentlemen. In this newspaper, there was only one point of view, that What turned Ming Dynasty into a hell on earth was often the will of the "big men" and their ambitions.
The side court bleeds into the sea water, and Emperor Wu opens the side court with endless thoughts. The opening chapter is introduced with a famous line from Du Fu's "Army Chariots".
The Emperor Wu here is superficially referring to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, but it is actually a common way of avoiding taboos in the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu is talking about the fact that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty continued to use force during the Tianbao period and suffered repeated defeats, which brought great losses to the Tang Dynasty. Caused huge harm.
An Lushan and Shi Siming rebelled, and they also saw the weakness of the Tang Dynasty.
After criticizing, it is to sell the invisible big hand that can let everyone live in their own way, instead of using the visible big hand to interfere. Every interference of the court is In doing evil, the height of governance by inaction is infinitely raised, and governance by inaction is regarded as great freedom.
"This pen doesn't even understand the four words "governing by doing nothing." Zhu Yijun put down the newspaper, shook his head and said: "Just take a look at Shi Butang, someone will teach him a lesson, doesn't he advocate the invisible big hand? ? When others see that he has made a mistake, they will naturally criticize him. "
Governing by inaction never means doing nothing. Inaction means not doing anything rashly. The core concept is Tao.
Tao is invisible and inactive, but Tao has laws. Tao uses laws to restrict the operation of everything in the world. By extension, governing the country by doing nothing means: governing the country with systems and restricting the behavior of subjects with systems. When designing the system, We must be cautious and thoughtful, and do not easily cause inconvenience after implementation. This is not to act rashly, that is, to govern by doing nothing, rather than inaction.
Obviously, this Bi Zheng doesn’t understand the rule of inaction at all. Someone will soon correct him. Trampling on others is also one of the ways to quickly gain fame. Literary men look down on each other. In this miscellaneous newspaper It is more vividly reflected in the circle.
"Your Majesty said this, I really don't worry too much." Shi Maohua thought about it seriously. The truth became clearer and clearer, and the truth became clearer and clearer. Writers who talked nonsense will naturally be criticized by others. Trampled underfoot.
"Your Majesty, I am on the border, not in the capital. What I want to say is that we cannot let the Western Regions become the second Jiaozhi." Shi Maohua took out a memorial with a serious look on his face. Said: "Your Majesty, I do not want your Majesty to underestimate the difficulty of reopening the Western Region."
(End of this chapter)