Daming Town Haiwang

On the road from Xicheng District of Beijing to the old city of Beijing, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin were sitting in the same car, talking and laughing about some things.

"Actually, I still miss the time in the past. At that time, I didn't have to worry about national affairs all day long, and I could travel around the mountains and rivers, not to mention how comfortable my childhood was."

Zhu Hou took care of the high-rise buildings outside the window. The changes in the capital are getting bigger and bigger, especially the three new districts in the outer city. It is not an exaggeration to describe them as changing with each passing day.

But the old city, because of many restrictions, the old city has changed very little, and basically still maintains the original appearance, so that many officials have chosen to move out of the old city to live in the new city.

Many facilities in the old city can't keep up, and even if you have money, it's hard to make your mansion big and grand, so it's not as comfortable to live in as the current new-style houses.

Houses in the new urban area are different. Basically, the facilities keep up with the times and have everything, and the design is more in line with the trend of the times, making it more comfortable to live in.

In addition, now that there is a car, the transportation is also convenient, and commuting to and from get off work is much more convenient, so many dignitaries in the capital choose to live in the outer city.

Looking at the bustling and bustling capital city, Zhu Houzhao actually wanted to have some time to go to the mountains and rivers, walk around, and look around.

He himself is not a person who likes to be restrained and restrained, and he doesn't like the serious and serious atmosphere in the palace. It's just that he has no choice but to shoulder the responsibilities that he should bear when he becomes the emperor.

"Your Majesty, in this life, most of the time, people don't live for themselves."

"Some people are living for their loved ones, while others are living for the responsibilities on their shoulders."

"Your Majesty, you are the emperor of Daming, the heaven of tens of millions of people in Daming, with the country and the country on your shoulders, sometimes you can't be as chic and comfortable as you are now."

Liu Jin replied with a smile.

To be honest, Zhu Houzhao can still be an emperor now. Compared with history, the current Zhu Houzhao is simply better than I don't know how many times.

Of course, this is also related to some systems of the Ming Empire. The Xiumu system of the Ming Dynasty gave Zhu Houzhao some time to be lazy and play, but it is different in history. There are often no important things in the morning and morning. Listen If you have a group of veterans pointing fingers at you, everyone will be annoyed.

It's different now. I go to court from Monday to Friday, and I can rest and play by myself on weekends, and I can relax for a few days during the New Year and holidays, which gives me time to relax.

In addition, the morning time has also been changed, so you don't have to get up so early, which makes people more comfortable and more humane.

In addition, Emperor Hongzhi is still alive and well, and has also played a supervisory role over Zhu Houzhao.

There's no way, I'm still watching, it's always under someone's control.

Perhaps Zhu Houzhao doesn't need to care about other people's opinions, but what he cares most about is Emperor Hongzhi, and he respects Emperor Hongzhi the most. A word from Emperor Hongzhi is more useful than anything else.

In history, Zhu Houzhao was somewhat lawless, and it was entirely because Empress Zhang couldn't control him at all. Empress Zhang loved him very much since she was a child. In addition, she was a woman who didn't understand anything, so she didn't care about him.

But the most important thing is that there are very few things that really bother Zhu Houzhao in the current Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty was prosperous and prosperous, the country was prosperous and the people were peaceful, and it developed rapidly. Compared with the Zhengde Dynasty in history, it was [-] times better. If you want money and money, you can get what you want.

In such a powerful dynasty, not only the people live comfortably, even the king can also be more comfortable, without any worries.

If you live in a dynasty with internal and external troubles, even the king may be trembling, and it will be difficult to sleep and eat, and it will be difficult to live a good day.

Just like the last emperor, Emperor Chongzhen, he was not a faint king, nor was he mediocre. In fact, Chongzhen was also very diligent, and he was also a smart emperor who wanted to make a difference.

But living in an era like the end of the Ming Dynasty, even the emperor, he lived extremely aggrieved and helpless. Internally, he was unable to control the officials and the court situation, and his daily energy was wasted in endless political struggles.

Externally, he had no choice but to watch the Jurchen lose Liaodong step by step, and watch the Jurchen repeatedly shut down. Under the intertwining of internal and external troubles, he, the emperor, did not have a few days to live in peace.

Zhu Houzhao's ability to be emperor comfortably is inseparable from the current prosperity of the Ming Empire.

In the powerful Ming Empire, there were no worries inside and no strong enemies outside. The country was rich and the people were strong. Of course, these days were comfortable.

Naturally, he, the emperor, didn't need to be always annoyed like in history, and he didn't want to go to court when he was annoyed, and he left the big and small affairs to the eunuchs to do, and hid himself to live a clean life.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao's ability to live a comfortable life is also inseparable from Liu Jin, Wang Shouren, and Zhong Fan, ministers of the practical faction.

The practical ministers headed by Liu Jin and Wang Shouren all pay attention to practical work and have outstanding abilities.

After they dealt with it, all the big and small matters in the government and the public can basically be dealt with easily. When they came to the princes, there were not many memorials.

History is different.

At that time, there were as many memorials as a cow's hair, and hundreds of thousands of memorials were placed on the copybooks every day. The key is that if they are all major events, they can be accepted.

Most of the memorials are memorabilia advising you to be an emperor, not to do this, not to be that, or flattering. In short, it is a memo that wastes time and energy.

Spending a lot of time and energy on this every day, not to mention Zhu Houzhao, anyone would not be able to stand it, so naturally he became the shopkeeper and left the matter of reviewing memorials to the eunuchs around him.

It’s different now, with Liu Jin and Wang Shouren dealing with government affairs, they pay attention to efficiency and hard work, you have to write me a concise memorial, just talk about the key points and things, don’t make it smelly and long like a mother’s foot wrap , Wasting my own time and wasting the time and energy of the elders and emperors above.

Under such a system, the number of memorials to Zhu Houzhao's here is very small. Dozens a day is considered too much, and when there are few, there are only a few. They are all state affairs, and Zhu Houzhao can deal with them calmly. You can also have more time to think clearly.

For the helm of an empire, more energy should be considered on the development direction of the empire and long-term major events, rather than being troubled by trivial matters.

If trivial matters consume too much energy and time of a helmsman, the helmsman will have no time and energy to really think about the future and development direction of a country.

Any great emperor in history clearly understood this truth, knew in his heart what he was going to do, how to do it, and in what direction the whole country should develop.

Of course, history is very complicated, and the affairs of a country are also very complicated.

The emperor is at the center of power, and there will always be various things and people around, and there will always be various things and people trying to influence the emperor in various ways.

Even a wise and powerful emperor such as Han Wudi would be confused and bewitched to kill his own son and an excellent heir, so that the power of the Western Han Dynasty was once controlled by powerful ministers, and the emperor was like a puppet.

"Yeah, people often don't live for themselves."

After Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jin's words, he nodded solemnly in agreement after thinking about it carefully.

Think about yourself, if you live for yourself.

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to be the emperor. What he wanted more was to visit mountains and rivers, eat, drink and have fun.

But in fact, if he is really not the emperor, not the son of Emperor Hongzhi, can Zhu Houzhao really live in style?
That's not necessarily the case.

There are countless ordinary people in Ming Dynasty who are also unable to be free and unrestrained, and are running around for life and money; as a soldier of Ming Dynasty, can they really be sealed off as wolves?

Not necessarily, most of the time, soldiers are training hard, over and over again, or standing guard like wooden stakes, and this station lasts for several hours.

Perhaps at that time, Zhu Houzhao would no longer worship soldiers, nor would he feel that soldiers are very cool.

This is like besieging a city. People outside the city envy the people inside the city, and people inside the city think the people outside the city are good.

"Old Liu, what are you living for?"

Zhu Houzhao asked Liu Jin after thinking about it.

"Your Majesty, I am also living for others."

Liu Jin smiled and said: "In the past, I saw that the people of our Ming Dynasty were extremely poor, with no food to eat, no clothes to cover their bodies, and no fixed place to live. I thought about taking the imperial examination and becoming a high official in the future. This country and its people have done some practical and good things so that the people of Ming Dynasty can eat well, wear warm clothes, and live in good houses.”

"I didn't expect that decades have passed, and now it seems that my ideal has basically been realized."

"Right now, the people in my Ming Dynasty have basically lived a decent life, with enough food, warm clothes, and decent houses to live in."

"Externally, my Ming Empire is also extremely powerful and invincible in the world. My Ming Empire is prosperous and prosperous, the country is rich and the people are strong, and I have no regrets in this life!"

Liu Jin looked at the bustling street outside, and talked about his ideals with a smile.

Zhu Houzhao listened carefully, and nodded slightly. Based on his understanding of Liu Jin, Liu Jin did not lie. This is Liu Jin, the Liu Jin he trusts and values.

"So, Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to give you permission to resign. In the future, I want to live for myself, to travel around the mountains and rivers, and to see the world!"