Chapter 116 The people want a wise king, so let’s give them a wise king! (Second update)
It was silent for a long time.
The huge Wenhua Pavilion is as quiet as a secluded pavilion at the moment.
Pu Gouer and other eunuchs serving around him had already left the palace as if they were fleeing.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were bloodshot and red with anger. He stared at Xia Zhibai with his red eyes, as if he wanted to eat Xia Zhibai alive.
Zhu Biao's face was pale, and he felt that the situation was not good, and cold sweat fell from his forehead.
He understood what Xia Zhibai was talking about.
I also know why Xia Zhibai said that he is no longer like his father.
Because he has always been Zhu Biao.
Not Zhu Yuanzhang.
No matter how obedient and obedient he is, he is still Zhu Biao and cannot become Zhu Yuanzhang, let alone the 'strong emperor' in his father's heart.
Xia Zhibai stood tall and had no more words to say.
He actually didn't want to say so much, but Zhu Yuanzhang's repeated arrogance made him lose control.
He has no regrets.
Zhu Yuanzhang's governance of the world has always been contradictory.
In terms of national financial management, Zhu Yuanzhang has always preached the "gold mean".
Zhu Yuanzhang believed that in governing the world, we should not only "not use up people's wealth so that people have more wealth; not use people's efforts so that people have more energy", but also pay attention to "not use up people's feelings so that people can have more." "According to one's feelings", if "what you ask for will be obtained, and what is forbidden must be done," then "people are unbearable, so they cannot get what they ask for, and what they are forbidden will be more than good."
In terms of social wealth, it has been said more than once that we should hide wealth among the people and store wealth in the world.
But all this is just lip service to the world.
I didn’t really do it.
Zhu Yuanzhang started from the bottom and knew the psychology of the people at the bottom very well. It was by relying on these "words" that he not only won the reputation of low taxes, but also secretly carried out the actual exploitation harshly. Under the conditions, when faced with the fierce public dissatisfaction, Zhu Yuanzhang's solution was also very straightforward.
That’s killing people.
Kill corrupt officials and attack wealthy households.
Relying on killing heads all over the world to calm down the resentment of the lower class.
He also took the opportunity to explain to the people of the world that it was not the imperial court that was greedy, but the officials who were too 'accumulated'.
Just like the order issued by Zhu Yuanzhang in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, it said: The gathering of treacherous ministers has caused great harm to the people, taxing everything in the world, and he was very ashamed, so he ordered him to be punished.
After killing people, Zhu Yuanzhang will indeed restrain himself, but when public opinion stabilizes a little, he will come back again.
Zhu Yuanzhang understood the psychology of the people very well.
Because the people have no choice, the only thing they can pray for is for a ‘wise king’ to appear in the world.
Placing hope in Mingjun to rectify the smog in the place, the people have no choice but to comfort themselves like this. It must be the treacherous ministers who are causing trouble and deceiving the saints, so they have such a difficult life. As long as your majesty will remove these treacherous ministers Once the corrupt officials are eliminated, the world will be at peace and life will get better.
If even the monarch is a fool, then life will really be unbearable.
The people want a wise king.
Then the Emperor of the Zhu family will be the wise king.
On the one hand, it calmed the people's grievances, and on the other hand, it attracted people's support for the Zhu family emperor and further consolidated his position and authority.
Zhu Yuanzhang planned everything in the world.
I also thought that the country would be consolidated forever.
But Zhu Yuanzhang always missed one point.
This is also the most critical point.
His system was established based on Zhu Yuanzhang himself from beginning to end.
Therefore, this set of rules can be implemented for a long time only if it is in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang.
As long as later generations of monarchs do not have such high prestige as Zhu Yuanzhang, let alone such strong skills, it means that this system will not be able to survive in the future.
Xia Zhibai raised his head, his eyes full of sadness.
Zhu Yuanzhang was too idealistic and thought of the world too simply.
The supporting systems such as official land, corvee service, household registration system, Kaizhong law, and in-kind taxation that he is now proud of will fall apart in an instant if the subsequent emperors cannot maintain such high-intensity power. The collapse of these systems and Zhu Yuanzhang's so-called low taxes completely became the straw that crushed the finances of the central court of the Ming Dynasty.
Xia Zhibai said quietly: "Fake things will always be fake."
"It really can't last."
"It can't be sustained for a long time."
"And this system needs to always remain powerful."
"That's why you will I am dissatisfied with the prince because he is not ruthless enough and kills not enough. He cannot kill enough to calm the people, nor can he kill enough to stop the officials from being disloyal. However, all of this is based on your Majesty yourself and the system you created. It was established by your Majesty based on your standards.”
“The prince has been very obedient to your wishes.”
"Even so."
"How much less the emperors of later generations of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Your Majesty, you yourself don't believe that any of the descendants of the Zhu family can surpass you, but the system you created , but asking them to do what you did, doesn’t Your Majesty think that all of this is very contradictory?”
“Of course His Majesty also realized this later and began to patch it up for future generations like crazy. "Cut all the things that can threaten the imperial power and prevent the emperor from monopolizing power. We are also preparing to write some rules to strictly restrain future emperors so that they can only follow your plan."
Xia Zhibai shook his head contemptuously.
“Alas.”
“But Your Majesty, how can your experience be compared to others?”
“When Your Majesty was young, he worked in the fields and swept the floors. I have done the work of fetching water, conquering the country, and managing the country. Your Majesty has the ability and energy to personally manage the general affairs."
"I just took a quick look at the memorials placed on the tables of Your Majesty and His Highness. , at least hundreds of them. Based on the reports from the Ming Dynasty, one memorial will basically describe three to five political matters, and His Majesty personally said last year that thousands of political matters, large and small, must be handled every day."
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"Thousands of things?"
"Does Your Majesty know that so many political affairs are such a terrifying number for the emperors who grew up in the deep palace?"
"Especially when these later emperors open their eyes every day , you have to face and deal with thousands of memorials. How many people can persist?"
"And many of the systems you created, Your Majesty, have not persisted."
“As far as I know, your Majesty’s spring plowing has been done by ministers for several years.”
"Your Majesty's stipulation of the 'imperial gate' of regular visits means that your Majesty must often go to Fengtianmen, stand on a high platform, meet the people, listen to their voices, and understand the people's sentiments to avoid being deceived by treacherous ministers. However, your Majesty is also nearly six years old. It has been seven years since I went to the 'regular court' that I set."
"The other thing is to deal with the memorial."
"Your Majesty is still very diligent, but with more time, he will be able to do it. Let the prince take more responsibility, or let the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy recite it on the side, waiting for your majesty's approval. His majesty's vigorous energy cannot sustain it, let alone the emperors of the later generations."
< br>Zhu Yuanzhang looked angry.
But he really couldn't refute this.
That's the rule.
Memories must be processed in a timely manner every day. If memorials are not processed in time, they will pile up, but there will not be a small amount of memorials tomorrow, and if the memorials are not read, problems will also occur in the upper court. If the upper court cannot pick up the memorials, it cannot be done. Even if the civil and military officials were asked to stand there, the officials could not speak, and the emperor had nothing to say.
Especially during the Ming Dynasty, there were three dynasties in one day.
It’s hard for an iron man like him to bear it, let alone future generations?
Zhu Biao is convinced of this.
He also felt too tired.
There are endless memorials to deal with every day, and as the prince, he must solve the problems for his father. This means that many times, a large number of memorials fall into his hands, and he needs to deal with them in time. He is only thirty years old now and already feels very sleepy.
It’s just that he is the son of man and the treasurer of a country.
He is not qualified to complain about tiredness and suffering.
Xia Zhibai continued: "Your Majesty has already shown a certain degree of decline and fatigue even in handling the memorials that require His Majesty to take responsibility for. Not to mention those countries that must rely on high pressure and power to maintain their rule in the world. System? ”
"Everything about His Majesty is too idealistic."
"It is unreasonable in itself."
"It is even self-contradictory."
"It's just His Majesty's brilliance. He was too prosperous and had too strong control over the world, which concealed these undercurrents of crisis. However, future emperors, even the current prince, could not reach His Majesty's level. They were not strong enough."
"Even if His Majesty has planned everything for future emperors."
"They can't do it either."
"Because His Majesty is too harsh on them."
"Your Majesty's tinkering with the world's system, in addition to his own thinking, is also Some supplementary adjustments have been made based on the prince's situation, but as your majesty said before, his highness is very good and outstanding. Your majesty only formulated the system based on his own situation and the prince's situation, and the pace is too high."
“If your Majesty really wants to improve these systems, you shouldn’t set your sights so high.”
“And you should lower your sights.”
"At least the system of the world should be designed from the perspective of the most mediocre vassal prince among His Majesty's descendants."
"In this way, the lower limit of the Ming Dynasty can be guaranteed to the greatest extent."
Hearing this.
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Xia Zhibai.
Among his sons, the most stupid was King Zhou.
Dumber than a pig.
If the emperor who ascends the throne in future generations is a fool like King Zhou, then it will be useless to design the best system for future generations.
Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "We don't have such high expectations for the descendants of the Zhu family, and we don't expect them to be very successful. We only ask that they follow our ideas and do what I tell them honestly. Do it.”
“After saying so much, don’t you just want to say that we are short-sighted and don’t have a long-term view of you?”
“But how much do you know about the world?”
"After listening to some scale feathers, understanding some superficial things, and just talking nonsense in front of us, do you really think that we will listen to your words? This world was created by us with our own hands. We cherish what we have done more than any of you. Everything is for the Ming Dynasty."
"We never think there is anything wrong with what we do."
"We only see that under our governance, our Ming Dynasty is heading towards the right direction. With prosperity, our world is becoming more and more stable. It is we who have allowed the people of the world to settle down. It is we who have allowed them to have fields and houses to live in. It is also we who have brought lasting peace to the world."
< br>“We are right.”
“And we will never be wrong!”
(End of this chapter)