Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1614, How to be a comfortable emperor
In the cabinet, Liu Jin is sitting straight at work. As a young cabinet minister, it is natural that he has to do more things, especially Liu Jian, who is partnered with him, is an [-]-year-old old man, and he is currently planning to do another job. I also returned to my hometown for two years to retire.

Eighty has been rare since ancient times. Since ancient times, very few people have lived to eighty. Not only did he live to eighty, but he also served as the chief minister of the cabinet for many years. It can be said that he is definitely the pinnacle of his life.

His body has always been quite strong, very good, better than Li Dongyang, a sixty-year-old boy, but he is already eighty, no one knows how long he can live, and he doesn't want to lose all his peripheral vision. Used in government.

He has also been the chief assistant of the cabinet for many years, and he has tasted enough of the taste of power, so he will have no regrets.

In addition, with the development of colonialism and capitalism, Ming's technology is also advancing by leaps and bounds, and various new things are constantly emerging, which also makes Liu Jian feel that he is getting older and can't adapt to the times , the intention of retiring has long been there, that is, she is greedy for the power in her hands.

As for Li Dongyang, his health has always been poor, and he had asked Emperor Hongzhi to resign several times, but Emperor Hongzhi was reluctant to part with Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang is a really talented minister. Liu Jian can only say that he is loyal to the emperor. As for talent and ability, he is actually very average. Fortunately, he is upright and loyal to state affairs, so he can be regarded as a pretty good minister.

The real talent is Li Dongyang, who has great strategy and wisdom, and is also a very upright and clean minister. However, his health has been poor, and he often fell ill when he was only sixty. As for being often discouraged, not interested in government affairs, always thinking about going back to the hometown to take care of the rest of the world, let's forget about it after a few years of small life.

However, Emperor Hongzhi needed Li Dongyang very much. At least, when the two younger generations, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren, could not fully support the main beam, he still needed Li Dongyang to stabilize the court.

Although Liu Jin is talented, he is young after all. Wang Shouren is also a capable minister, but he is not yet ready to join the cabinet, and he needs to hone his skills for a few more years.

At that time, Wang Shouren will be promoted to be the Minister of the Six Departments, and he will work for a few years before entering the cabinet. At that time, it will be appropriate if Liu Jin and Wang Shouren are in control of the situation in the court.

Liu Jin was only in his thirties, in the prime of his life, and very capable. Wang Shouren was also in his forties, and he was also in the prime of life, talented, and capable.

As long as such a situation is formed, there will be no need to worry about the situation in Daming for the next twenty years.

This is the arrangement and plan of Emperor Hongzhi.

As the Son of Heaven, not only do you have to consider the inheritance of the country, but also how to arrange people in the key positions of the ministers of the court and the central government, which also requires energy to think carefully.

If you arrange the right people, capable and loyal courtiers, the emperor will naturally be able to sit back and relax. If you arrange the wrong people, the courtiers are not only incompetent, but also like to mess around and ambitious, then you will know that you are tired.

Like Zhou Jing in the past, he is the Minister of the Household Department. His characteristic is that he is still loyal, but he has no ability. He spends the emperor's internal money on things he likes to do, and uses his lack of money to retaliate against Emperor Hongzhi, so that Emperor Hongzhi wants to Can't do anything.

One or two of these kind of courtiers is fine, but once there are too many, each of them thinks that he is upright and dares to speak out, in order to leave a good name in Qing history, he can't wait to spit on the face of the emperor, so that it appears that he dares to speak out.

As the son of heaven, you will know that feeling.

Even if you ate an extra bowl of rice while eating, believe it or not, he can lash out at you by citing scriptures, saying that you are extravagant and wasteful. road.

In short, when you meet such a courtier who is incompetent, stubborn and not afraid of death, and thinks of leaving his name in history, your good days are basically over.

And when you meet those sycophants, it will be even more painful for you.

Some ministers don't want to do things for the emperor every day, but only think about how to get promoted by flattering them. They have nothing to do all day long and write memorials for you.

There are a lot of words on the memorandum, thousands of words at every turn, with gorgeous rhetoric and brilliant writing, but after reading the whole text, you can only see, how are you, Your Majesty?Your majesty, you are so handsome, your majesty, you are wise and powerful, your majesty, you are an eternal sage, etc.

It's okay to have one or two courtiers like this, but if there are too many, I will watch you to death every day when I read the memorials.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi would review memorials every day until very late, and all his courtiers knew that Emperor Hongzhi was diligent and liked to review memorials, so naturally he wrote memorials to flatter him.

This has greatly increased the workload of the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven has limited time and energy. Watching your sycophants every day is a waste of time and energy. As for major national affairs, he can do nothing. No, it's no wonder that emperors have been getting old since ancient times.

The emperor's favorite courtier is Liu Jin, who has outstanding ability and is very capable. When you are free, you will not see Liu Jin's memorials for several months. Once there are memorials, it is a major national event.

This greatly reduces the workload and burden of the emperor, and can solve the worries and problems for the emperor. Such a courtier is a good courtier, and the most important thing is that he is very at ease.

Liu Jin has no ambitions. He is passionate about education when he is rich. He also spends time with his wife and children at home after get off work. In his words, he is a courtier in court and a husband and father when he returns home. Being an official is a job. You have to stay at home with your wife and kids.

Of course, the more such courtiers, the better, not only assisting the king to manage the country in an orderly manner, but also the emperor can become much more relaxed.

Think about the past, and think about the present.

The treasury is rich, the Emperor Hongzhi’s internal funds are also rich, the imperial court is strong and powerful, the government is orderly, the people’s lives are rich, the Ming Dynasty is flourishing, the weather is new, and the prosperity is prosperous. This is the real prosperous age. The key is that this prosperous age has just begun. It has an infinitely bright future.

This is the importance of using the right courtiers.

Only with Zhuge Liang can Liu Bei be able to divide the world into three parts. Without Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei alone, he is still a wandering dog.

Emperor Hongzhi also had a deep understanding of this.

In the past, he had learned the lessons of his father Ming Xianzong, so he reused honest ministers. The court was stable and the atmosphere was renewed, but these ministers lacked the ability and vision to break the shackles of the fate of the dynasty.

Therefore, even though Emperor Hongzhi was diligent and the ministers were upright, the Ming Dynasty was still the same. The so-called prosperous age was nothing more than the bragging of the civil servants, and a famine tore away the veil.

Now that the situation is finally good, it is natural to continue and create a more brilliant future, so the arrangement of the courtiers is even more important.

Regarding the arrangement of Emperor Hongzhi, anyone with a discerning eye can actually see it.

Both Liu Jian and Li Dongyang can clearly see it, and they both know that Emperor Hongzhi is vigorously cultivating Liu Jin.

Starting from the number one scholar in Liu Jinzhong, the speed of promotion was like a rocket. Now he is only in his thirties and he is already old in the cabinet. It is estimated that he will be the chief assistant of the cabinet in a few years.

It can be seen that Emperor Hongzhi attached great importance to Liu Jin. Of course, Liu Jin's own ability is obvious to all, and they all admire him very much.

Now that Liu Jin has entered the cabinet, both of them intend to retire, so even though Liu Jin is the new cabinet elder, Liu Jin is basically handling the affairs in the cabinet now.

As for Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, the two still drink tea and read newspapers more often, and they will take care of any big things.

Most of the things are left to Liu Jin. Anyway, he is still young, and the emperor also intends to cultivate it. It is good to do more things.

(End of this chapter)